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WAIFS A NO WHIMS.
!YrrE>'ETEira man prefaces ft remark
detrimental to another with, “I hate to
jk “Ut,”—you may be sure be is
tickled to death to say it.
The total Ifl'he co|rt of the Zulu war is .£5 -
138,000. tot^Lgain is—i^shaw! we
have mislaid oar memorandum. gai® Wli*t
did you say me total was, Mr.
Beaeons8|ld?
The Jersey City Journal asks: “Why
should it be necessary to kiss pretty
women in order to preach the gospel?”
It isn’t. There would be fewer editors
and lawyers if i t were.
Ajt , exchange says that Bonner used
to allow Beecher one hnndred dollars
per week for writing for the Ledger, ad.
Lib. hb- that Ah, floored Mr. Beecher, it was the add
you.
a oentlbmak sprang to assist her,
And picki*d Did up Iter muff and her wrister;
“ you fall, ma’am?” lie cried,
“Do you think,” she replied,
“ I sat down lor the fun ©1 it, mister?”
Doctor (examining) —“ The action of
the heart is Dot good. It beats twice as
fast as it should.” Son of Erin—“ Be
gorrab! An’ itisn’t the beating of my
heartjyou'r watch.” counting; it’s the ticking of
my
If you are a very precise man, and
wish to be certain wbat you get, never
marry the authority a girl named Ann, for we have
for the of Lindtey Murray and
others assertion that “An is an
indefinite article.”
When people are having fun or a
funeral they don’t care how much money
they spend. This is the reason, perhaps,
that confectioners and undertakers
make so much of it.
of An the exchange refers to the language
postage stamp. But we do not
think the postage stamp has aDy lan¬
guage that expresses anything. If it
had, we believe it would holler “enough"
when it is licked.
He was praying, and in his prayer he
said, “ I pray that the power of Satan
may be curtailed.” Just then an old
darkey in the congregation ciied out,
“ Yes, amen! Bresj me. Cut him tail
right smack, smoove off.”
“ There is a multitude of people ly
around and tell the truth K about fH that
us
do than the damage, unless we are better
most mankind.
“Ma;” said an inquisitive little girl,
“ will rich and pool folks live together
when they go to heaven ?” “ Yes, my
dear, they will be all alike there,”
“Then, ma, why don’t rich and poor
Christians associate together here?”
The mother did not answer.
“Js there any opening here for an in¬
tellectual writer?” asked a seedy, i^d
nosed individual of an editor. “ Yes,
mv friend,” remarked tbe man of quills,
“a considerate carpenter, foreseeing
your visit, -left an opening for you.
Turn the knob to the right.”
U'kr this poor gamblor’s si lent day,
Kin-i reader, do not grieve,
His death-took place n-hen Johnson caught
The aces up bts s’teve.
y —Leadoltte Epitaph.
Scientific GSnt (with his hair on
end, and the tassels <sf the cords to bis
he dressing gown thumping behind him as
descends the stairs)—“ Ve’y strange!
But I could almost swear— I hear foot
steps-followingmedownstairs--!” into his bed-room, (Bolts
locks the door, and
writes to the Athenwtm the next day.)
How He Cangnt a Hare.
[Kan Francisco FosU]
1 hey had a grand coursing match at
Merced the other day, ai.d after two or
three byesbad gone by, the human par
t impacts of thesjorr, were very much
annoyed by the remarks of a lank ca
daver us sportsman, who had been fash
in, in .he lake near at hand, and who
left his angling to watch the work of
the nounds rfcis party amused him
self by mailing wreaauc and contempt
nous remarks regarding what he con
siusred the stup,dity and folly of going
to allihat expense and trouble in killing
M?wu Why haM> on - ear h,’he said , to 4l the ref- .
eree, earnestly, ihe why on earth don’t
you kill hare, with a club instead of
taking the chances of the dogs catching
tnen when you couh save them all
wnh haif the trouble,
“Oh, you go to blazes! said one of
the dog-owners, impatiently.
“But just reason abeut the thing,”
expostulated the lean economist, “ft’s
a e'ear loss of two hares out of three.
Now, if you must use dogs, why not put
say twenty rabbits into a barrel with a
rat,; terrier?”
business.” “Oh. dry up, and mind your own
“ Yee; bun hate to see you wasting
strike much good meat. h:tch Now, how hare would it
you to t e next to this
trout-iine before you letit-Uft. U can’t
get away then, and when the dmrs fall
behind all you have to do is to Var on
the reel and kinder sfcMtWT. Now-”
“ Will rut this wan ofl the
an umpire.
“Putyour Aunt Middy off,” retorted
the practical fisherraam “Fact is your
dogs ain’t worth Tour bits a piece, any
way. Bet forty do iur, 1 cau ratcha
hare better ihsu they wjtli this line.”
“What’s that”’said old Judge
Snyder, who had come up just then.
“ l sav,'’ repeated tbe man, dollars‘lean emphati
caily, “that Imre FUoet forty
catch a by casting this line every
M “®;,, line, says the judge. ‘ Jut up,
and to the surprise of everybody the in
f 0 /™ 1 he money Ihe
judge then bad har ded to a l by stander, and
began reeling out b>. line and get
ting Ufa pole ready for a throw,
a 1 Bands crow e-i up to wateb tberamlt
ol ' tbe^Btjmr Now, tlmr w«e .«fiiodti4 f the acorir, as
the hste'Va.tefyrrt.,, hiH tlie newt
men t the .ulgc’s i.a'flew otf, and bis
wig iBt g'fil out in front of the crowd
on the fisherman s hook. There was a
terrible a wr that, when the latter
claimed the ctiui oo the rtreogth of the
“hair ywwrbViMKl U.u Lada t
been shortHBisupami »t#e
holder meeting group! nave 4MIW# sriffe Wp**! fin ItjP
fight all round-
if The Watkinsville Adyanee.
YOJ/UME I.
Why Yonng Children Read Trash.
m^tiie^^sfion the Christian Union Src^lldren^reading calls attention in
to
jjj e small number of persons, even in
this country, who read. “We boast,”
he says, Babont the circulation of our
newspapers. newslpf 'ThSbest ofthen^are daily
marvels of readill, information, of mis
cellaneoiis lire of entertainment of
all setrts. Thev the’cheapest things
manufactured in modern days. Cons id
enng the capital in brains, number, industry and
put into every momderc>f they are
f th ? r P n «» tbe our c, v
llization. And yet the most wondhr f ul
thing about them to me, is the smallness
0 f their circulation compared to the New pop
ulation. Take such a center as
York, with a compact population of
nearly two millions,and radiating enable the lines of
quick distribution that news
papers within ft few hours to reach mil¬
lions -.tore, and set against this the ac
tii-'.l circulation of the three or four
commanding journals. It is a mere bag¬
atelle.
“Still thereare many newspapers, and
a large proportion of the population
sees one every day—that is, of the city
population; but the number of people
who master the contents Readers of daily pick news¬ of
paper is not large. out
them the items of business or amuse
ment'or politics that interest them. And
it is hr.rdly fair to credit our prople with
the habit of reading because they glance
at the daiiy newspapers, or because in
the country they are in the habit of
spreading the excellent weeklies over
their faces to keep the flies from disturb¬
ing tbeir Sunday nap. I believe that the
majority of business men read a book
very business rarely; and tbe majority society of I fancy young read men
in
little—they do not give their evenings
to reading, and are not apt to take up a
book unless .it becomes the talk of soci¬
ety. People who spend a great deal of
money on dre^s, on dinners, on amuse¬
ments, would think it extravagant to
buy a book, and if one is commended to
them they will wait till they can borrow
it or get it from the library. They ordi¬ do
not hesitate two minutes about an
nary two-dollar dinner, but they will
wait months to borrow a hfty-cent
book.”
t le tras V aa lh e f are said to do, is be
cause there parents, or older persons
about them, either have not the habit of
households reading or they as" I also have read described, trash. In where such
the elders go about declaring that there
is nothing to read, the children catch
the tone and think there iB nothing to
read—that story-book is, nothing except the latest In
or the picture where paper. the a
lower strata of society, mother
has neither time nor inclination to read
anything, and the father pores over the
Police Gazette, it is quite natural that his
son should take the Boy's Own storv
paper of about it rnffins and children burglars. Tbe this
short is that the in
country follow theii* elders. And I sus
l ect that the vast majority of people
care little fox reading, except as it fur-’
ni.shes them a smattering excitement.” of news or
gives them a
Rich ... . Congressmen. ,,
I see a paragraph floatmg around the
new-papersto the effect that Senator
Henry G Davis is the richest man in
West Virginia I vuess thisis true and
like all rich men in Congress he did not
inherit but earned his money When
he was seven t en vears old Baltimore Senator
Davis was a brakeman oh the
and Ohio Railroad He was promoted
from one lM)8 i t j on to another until he
became a man of considerable import
ance upon the road, when he found more
lucrative employment as superintendent
() f coal mines in Want Virginia. i, til Here «b'e
„an^ent“ m nf „ Tnw Ts^ r ; “r’e® r , ln hv
he has
accumulated an immense fortune. Sen
a tor Da vis is a man of some oddities, and
often annoys hie fellow Senators with
the persistency with which lie pursues
whatever he undertakes, whether it be
an but; upms fa/nvs or something practical; consid!
leaving the hobbies out of
era tion, he is an excellent man and a
f ] Senator “
usc ' u
The rich Congressmen are Newberry
0 f Michigan, Morton and Btann, of New
sett.,^Bingleion, York, Loring and Russell, of Massachu
Ire of Illinois; and the rich
senators Sharon and Davis, of Ne
j i )(ln rjameron Davis of West
Virginia and Davi-< of Illinois vicPher
Michigan N ew Jersey rs^stated and theyaU(i.m- Baldwin of
and
meDC “es ed life in poor and humble circum
Senator Baldwin made his money in
the mercan tile busin.s-, commencing in
a small wav in Detroit in 1838 about
he time the late Senator Chandler com
menced
rnooey^in Congressman Ncwberrv made his
' Ho
aTtradw^ manufacturing railroad has been
S c ^j eBgbeer isnowBre^oen lawyer a and a mi maun
^Zrpont&Z. rcr foj ZTiIc££g t of tbir v g
^KminUiS“^S Judge Davis of Illinois made his by
w
,l iat state ^ Gem tiingieton g made his in
a wa
0 { Vew York m“v“d commenced
N'ew^England a s a merchant and from
to New York just in time
„“wrMS»«, to catch the flood time at tlm commence
c igrk in a drug store when be was a hr,y and
but got a beginning as a craft boatman, than
now controls more water any
mallin t hew orld.
Sharon and Jones made their money
in mineH .
McPherson, of New Jersey, in cattle
dealing.
Loringand 8 Russell, * in manufacturing.
. _____
At a crowded XreBCh country ■ Iheatre •.
a woman fell from the gallery to the
pR and was picked up by one of the
spectators, who, hearing her groaning,
a»kea H wa« injur e<J, “Much in*
exclaimed tbo won an, “J
should O’* thick mioHB , I nave the front lost the
10 row.
..-J Hhit? it; "fM TTcqlfl-i.tly * ~ speaking
are on
• terms, and they lie to.
WATKINSYILLE, GEORGIA, MAY 5. 1880.
a sTRWir, nova
sy n, <■ noixjE.
I ;!asB«.l her struRglin* to my heart,
1 wnisiH'red luve unknown:
One kiss on her red lips I pressed
And she wits alt my own.
I loved her with a love profound,
K*en deal h eoutd not destroy,
And yet, I must confess, \ Sound
| M» idiss tijd soraoailoy.
For onto t k»W her Unaware
He Upon claiming it fellow’s liip;
kisses ripe ami rare—
1 dM not like th© chap.
She had some faults (so have we all),
But one I hope to throttle;
Hhe had, alas, what I mar cidJ
A weakness for the bottle.
One morn I caught her ere was made
Her toilet, ana beneath
And old straw hat her laugh betrayed
My darling had no teetn.
Unconscious of my presence«he
\Vfth nrttulantic* rare.
Tossed off the hat, and—Gracious mo)
ller head was minus hair.
But love is founded on a reck
And mighty in its might;
For I could learn without a shock,
She could not read nor write.
8he could not dance nor sing a tone
And scarcely could converse;
But what cared f, she was niy own,
For better or for worse.
And yet I loved her and confessed
You’d Devotion, the and, it may Ikj,
do same if you possessed
Another sueh a babv.
TIIK ««.!> B1ILX.
Here from the brow of the hill I look,
Through the a lattice of boughs and leaves,
On old gray mill with its gambrel roof,
And the moss on its rotting eaves.
I hear the clatter that jars its walls,
And the rushing water’s sound,
And l see the black floats rise and fall
As the wheel goes slowly round.
I n>de there often when I was young,
With my grist, on the horse before.
And talked with Nelly, the miller’s girl,
As I waited my turn at the door.
And while she tossed her ringlets brown.
And flirted and chatted so free,
The wheel might stop or the wheel might go,
It was all the same to me.
’Tie twenty yea is since last I stood
On the spot where I stand to-day,
And Nelly is wed, and the miller is dead,
And the mill and 1 are gray.
But both.till we fall into ruin and wreck,
To our fortune of toil are bound;
And the man goes and the stream flows,
And the wheel moves slowly round.
—Harper's Magazine.
* PIIKTII AI, n l oin Mi IN OHIO.
MINISTER.
This woman wilt thou have,
And cherish her for life;
Wilt l&ve and comfort her,
And seek no other wife7
he.
This woman I will take
That stands beside roe now;
I’ll find her board and clothes.
And have no other “ frow.”
MINISTER.
And for your husband will
You take this young man,
Obey And his love slightest him all wish,
you can?
SHE.
I’ll love him all I can,
And Obey when him I all a*k f him chocse; for
fundi
He never wust refuse.
MINISTER.
The n mf vou are man and wife,
And happy happy may mav you vou be: be;
As manv may be your y eara
As dollars in iny feel
— Baltimore (Jmette.
A SHOPPER BY PROXY.
The y f <^merly lived in Madison
Square, 0 atldmoved in the best New York
Mciet y- The father, a Wall street man,
lo9t 1118 m °ney, and the wife, two sons
and two daughters lived on the East
Side, and the best society knew them no
more - Is °ena, the youngest of the
family, had accepted the situation with
becoming laden fortitude. She had three
trun ks with the spoils of Saratoga
and Newport. They would keep her in
clothes for two years, and so long as the
spoons held out to burn to her board
inghonse fare she could return. After
the crash ihe father did nothing in U. par
ticular, and the mother t ok to her
The sons, never having done anything
during their prosperous pdb. days.now The kept
sternly to that noble desperation, eldest
daughter, herself in a ht of book-keeper threw
away on a with
e.ght hundred a year, and was buried
m. Jersey. Isolena Van sold Rensselaer and
being a person of sense, silver
jewelry, a bit at a time, paid the family
bo *7‘ Weeks v‘ l8j passed and sokept the store the wolf of spoons a way.
theyhveon ^cdaway. silverware? How much The longer wolf cou.d had
already bayed the gas lamps m Third
avenue around the corner, and the
sound kept her awake in the night.
One day there came a letter inclosing
a check for one hundred dollars. Her
hand shook as she unfolded the crisp
paper, and sudden tears filled her eyes
Were the family miseries and poverty
wearing upon her that the right of a
check fh,)ok every nerve? And bow
had heaven raised such friends in their
hour of need?
It was only a letter from cousin Mary
PelllRn[1 - Cousin Kitty was to be mar
ried, and Mary wished to furnish one
room in the new home. Would Isolena
^ « kind as todo-some shopping e«% ip the
f have y-get it sent a nice up chamber by express? Glad and to
fi“d something to divert her mind, Tso
l^a went shopping among the carpet
men ' Belecte, l wbat she thought would
please and fit the prescrilied measure,
and paid the bill, and returned home
tired out, and minus fifteen cents for
car tare - Two days iater came a letter,
y ln , g ‘ the carpet was lovely, and we
eo much obliged?”
The next day Isolena counted the
* w and figured out their position,
ber ® j° 8t enough to pay their
board bil s for exactly six weeks. 8bc
appealed bad trouble to her father. hand. He, j>oorman,
enough on The wife
f nd «° tb et was dying. For a time tEd
lesser griefs were lost in the greater; and
‘ hen the mother crept away to peace and
her grave, weary with the miserable
aaters of the family.
The day after tbe funeral Isolena
asked her father for her portion, and be
divided his living among them all. Jso
Inna’s share was the silver spoons and
eome diamond ringH. The family
broken apand ruined, and each peMafiljr
looked out for himself. The mea
to tbe bad generally. Tbe eldest
ter furnished her parlor with her
of th* wreck, and lsoUma sold a
ring, snd put an advertUemwit in
papers. Then she found auother and
cheaper await results boarding place, and sac down to
or starve.
Within a week a million people read
this advertisement:
MADEMOISELLE JSOLEN A, purchaser of dress
ds, glovs. h'«tery unit millinery. Kood Persona at n
York, dtsOing address to purchase dry ©lie Isolena. 1 , etc., in new
may MmUnnoi Evert
*in t of underwea’K ami snittll wares bo »ght, goods
aud colors matched, and t*«e best selections made at
lowest nrces. Terras five per cent. Alt orders
must have the n o- ey enc osod. (b»ods sent by luail
cxross at purchaser's expo-se. Address 492
We t Twenty-fourth direct, Not York. Hefeiincea:
Arnold, Taytr A Co.. Stewart, Lord A Kinsey.
Three days Mademoiselle Isolena
waited in heartsick impatience, and then
there came three letters. One contained
dollar, another email ordter. six, another 'fetal ten, pJkits, and
had a
cents —the first money ever
earned in her life. She put on a pretty
and a bright smile, and weut out
do the shopping. At the door her
fell on the walk, and a blush half
hall something else mounted to
her face. He actually said good morn¬
her ing, left and hand. offered Teat his hand. She put out
was the least worn
glove. She felt grateful that he should
recognize her. So many once friends
had passed indifferently on the street
that the thought that a Van Stupen
should speak to hergave her unexpected
happiness. “Awful idea Mademoiselle
clever Iso
] ena> ”
“ Oh, Mr. Van Stupen? how did you
knowl I can never forgive myself for
it.”
“ Gad! we all thought it a bright
idea. Why you're a broker—in trade,
you know; same as I am, and Pell and
Dennon, and all the old set. Oh, by
the-wy, Sister Patty is to be married,
and I want to do the presenting busi¬
ness Tiffany's iu good style. something You please step iu to
and buy pretty and
suitable.”
“ Mr. Van Stupen, what do you
mean ?”
“ Biz of course. Now vou’re offended.
I beg parden, Miss Van Rensselaer.
You could know help you—” I would not. I thought I
“Van I”
‘ That's right, Iso—Miss Rensselaer,
call me Van, if vou like. I am vour
friend.”
“ Let us speak of this no more. 1 am
poor now. Our paths divide. I must
earn forgive my living and Patty glad would hear never
me. I am to of her
marriage. I—”
“Look you, Miss Van Rensselaer, will I
want some work done. I pay you
ten per cent.”
“My terms are five, sir.”
“ Well, five it is. Here’s the money.
Spend it all and take out your commis¬
sion.”
With that he thrust a roll of bills into
her hands and disappeared into the
Broadway. University Place car. Just as they reached
fully the That night she weeks. slept peace¬
for first time for She
had earned enough in one day to sup
port her three. The following day she
laid aside one dollar from her earnings,
and received seven more letters, inclos
ing forty dollars in all. These orders
employed nightshesent her nearly all day, and at
a letter with each, detail
ing day the there business but transaction. letter, The next
was one and she
was but a trifle discouraged. Then catne
the Sabbafh, and on the Monday there
were twenty letters, including one that
had evidently wandered about Madison
Square It in from search Patty of Johnson, her for some late time, Van
was
Stupen. brother’s Sue was charmed with glad her
beautiful present, and was
to bear that Isolena had made the se
lection. “Would it be too much trouble
to do just a little shopping-only a
dozen gloves or so?”
There was no money enclose 1. Per
hape Mrs. Johnson was not aware that
Miss Van Rensselaer was in business,
Withoutthe slightest hesitation she en
closed her advertisement to Mrs. John
son and explained her position. Mrs.
Johnson might cut her dead ; she prob
ably would. She might even talk to her
brother, and perhaps say hitter things,
Then she must.
letters, The and following loud day brought more
a complaint from her
landlady concerning large.a mail. the trouble of
bringing turned up all so available Isolena at
once her a»setsinto
m0 ney, and made one more bold pu,h
f„r her life. After much search she
fonnJ a small back room in the third
story of a store on Broadway, jusi be-ow
Union Square, and, having supplied ii
with second hand furniture, set up for
hernlf, alone in the city. The room
was at once a chamber, parlor, kitchen,
and business oifiee. A dollar a day cave
her all this, th^ and placed her within Bred easy
reach of best stores, both on
way and Sixth avenue. The removal
eave her a chance to advertise again,
and she went into it with seeming reck
lessenergy. She believed in advertbin|
add she meant to play a bold hand ip i
the game.
increased. i-lpwly, day % fypi by daj, Ur her kmsmf*
and in the and upon
stores lilr streets nearly «« ra
day, t^’city but in all wanderings VanVuS
she never met Mr.
nor Patty any Johnson oae el N who recogniMH answered
|amf never im
letter, andI hew seemed tohav*
utterly passed, and fallen out M her Hi*. Weeks Tqfm
tbe warm season came.
nerbusinesm deelinkdl, dollar^lEetilfWPif and she at once
spent advertisements, every and within j
new ten
davs her correspondence nearly doubled
in volume. ^
Late one warm afternoon, Mie
climbed the dismal stair* tbWl&L w/utfnjlptt
she found Mr. Van fwipen
her door. 8he could do no less than
ask him in. He can# into her little
room, and then said slowly:
“Is this your room, Isolena?’’
“ Yes, Mr. Van Htura-n; it is my
home, counting-room, and all. T letter,! do up
my package, here, and write my
and live generally. Don’t you thin
it a “Well—yes; pleasant room?” but hardly ale.”
t
“ Ob, indeed live it is. The and janitor the and
his wife upstairs, street
door U locked at »even. I am never out
afU;r that, liehiciea, there are the
; lice.”
; “ For all that, pcojile might come up
and annoy you. Your lather and
< ' brother have -been looking for you.
They tedd m« y*«ierd*y when 1
turned from Saratoga, and asked where
you lived, i had seen your
ment, but I would not tell (hem.”
“That was kind, I am sure.”
“ You aro bitter, Miss Van Rensselaer.
Had you seen them, you would have
thanked mefor keeping them away.”
“They are my friends, sir. ”
“ I know it. Pardon me if I seem un¬
kind. I am not, Isolena. I would glad¬
ly ierve you, gladly tate you away from
such a life, gladly offer—”
A knock at the door interrupted him.
It was the postman. He counted out a
large bundle of letters, and said pleas¬
antly: Biz is lookin’ mam’selle.
“ a up, Sixty
two letters in one day is a big haul.”
“Shebowed the man out, and then,
with the buneh of letters still in her
hand, she said slowly:
“Thank you, Mr. Van Stupen, you
are very kind. I need no help. 1 have
Created a good bus ness, and I have more
than a hundred dollars in the savings
bank, and as soon as the fall trade opens
1 shall take more comfortable quarters.
I am- doing well and want for nothing,
save—”
She paused. The door slowly opened
without w-aniing, and a shambling fig¬
ure crept in unbidden. It startled
them both with a drunken laugh.
“Say—’Solean, I’ve had hard gimme a ten—won’t
you. lines—I have."
“ What do you mean, sir, by this inso¬
lence?” cried Mr. Van Stupen.
yourself “Mr. Van off!”
interposing between Htujien,” the cried the siBter,
men, “ he
my brother. Edward, there is
again money; another now please go away.
“Yes. demine day.”
fy don’t! Ten dollars I
here’s weahh for you! ’
StumbBng and down the stairs, he
away, the two were left alone.
“That was not wise, Miss Van Rens¬
selaer. He will trouble you again."
“ He is my brother, sir,” she said,
with dignity, “ We will not speak of
him more.”
Mr. Van Stupen whh in a measure de¬
feated. He had not accompl shed his
mission, and alter r. few commonplaces
be withdrew, and, without an invitation
to renew his call.
Now was her life clear before her.
She must give her whole heart to her
business. There was naught else to feed
on, and it _ must take that or starve.
The one friend she had retained had
proved unfriend’y. How had he dared
to come to her since his engagement to
Amy Ramsey? She had seen the en¬
gagement in some weeks gogniji’g before. letter in a
newspaper By the many morning she
ten next had two
advertisements written, one for a bet¬
ter room, and one for a female house
keeper. At night slie glanced over the
paper to see if her advertisements bad
received attention. Her eyes fell on the
marriages.
“ R.»msay-Couti.ani>.-A my Ramsay, duugh
<«r of Theodore Ramsay, of this city to Allen
°» urtI “»d, «f Htamford, Connecticut,
The paper slid from her hand, and for
«n Itour or more she dreamed of the
happy might-have-been. How she had
misjudge Three hundred him! and ho was gone,
and thirty-one girls
and women presented themselves at her
room during whom the next four days. Ten
per cent, of knew their business
fairly well; ninety per cent, were totally
ignorant of the whole subject. After
much discussion a girl who had a first
class talent for doing exactly as she was
told was selected, and In a room on West
Fourteenth street the two set up a larger
and more convenientestablishmeni. The
ghl kept the books and the mistress
shopped for a profession. The weeks
grew to tnontns, and the winter came,
Mademoiselle Isolena,constantly spread
her advertisement before the rural pub
lie, the and the fame of her bafga ns hied
feminine mind with admiration,
The slowly and surely prospered, and
tried to think herself happy-but failed,
1" all this neither father or sisters
nor brothers ever visited her. She
worked for a living. Uey never could
forg.ve that. Madison Square concluded
she must have died, a-,d nobody ever
cm.t.adicted the rumor. Mademoiselle
fsolcna was often useful to Madison
rfquare, but none knew her none recog
nized her She had changed uomewhat,
grown lmd more placid and quiet and her
face Isolena put of on Madison a womanly leauty had by
the hquare never
known-
Suddenly Ihe clerk gave notice . that
she must leave. Aw, jesl going to be
married. That was it. Her work was
only a makeshift till a man could be
found to support her. After some del-y
Isolena found her father, and be called
to see her. Would he keep her books
for her? “ Never I She was an migrate
ful girl thus to blast the family name.
Julia, never did, nor Edward, nor
l’homas.” Could lie support her? Well,
bo, not very the conveniently. and it took He all was
busy on street, he
could pick up to pay his board and the
boys’ board. By-tlm-way, be was just a
little short. C,mid she 1-nd him twenty shi
dollars fora day Zlars, or two? In silence
gave him ten and he went away
Without even thanking her.
Hhe sat down indignant and heart
sore, and would have cried for shame
and Patty misery had not a visitor knocked,
“ Van Stupe n.”
“ Iwffena! Can I believe, myselt?”
“Yes, Patty, it is I. ('.ml be of ser
Vice?”
“Service! isolena Vftn Rens-elear,’
One would think you were marlernoi
^ f.
(Ireat heavens, , has . it come to
tbmf
‘ I do not know what you mean, Miss
Van H This up-,,. is Shopping ollice, end is 1 my profev
don. my am neither
ashamed nor afraid, leasdaiaed it to
you oiy;e, by letter. Oh, .Mrs. pardonmo;
you are married, Mrs. -
“ Johnson, i sole,»a. I never received
your letter, and I a,u truly grieved and
shocked.”
“ I do not know why vou need be.
have a good name in my 11 inteihew, and 1
owe no man anything. hrothW'&mMr
* 4 Ixe* my of tbiif—thin
great mlsfortunef”
“ Hs one, knew that ! worked tor a
living; hut that was along time sgo. I
have not seen him for a vear or more."
’
* He »a»iu • terntauy. JAtl fw dot
NUMBER 9.
hear how spiteful Amy Ramsay served
him! Poor buy 1 He lost his money on
the street, and then she left him and
mnired Courtland, Then poor Van
broke down. Bnd father sent him
abroad; and its cheaper living there,
you know. Father allows”—
There was a sudden knock, loud and
and jolly. The mistress said : “Gome in,”
a big fellow entered, breathless and
rosy with excitement—and something
more. The two women were for a mo¬
ment silent with astonishment. Isolena
found her tongue first.
“ Van!”
“Isilenal Patty I Dear girls, how
are you both ?”
He of’errd a hand 1o each.
“How you surprised us I When did
you return ?”
‘ One hour since. 1 bought a Herald
and read the dear girl’s ad., and here I
came."
" Oh, Van I” said the two, and with
a different tone to the “ Van ” and the
“oh.”
“ 1 am cured, Isolena. I have cut ihe
parental Square. apron I strina, and defied Madi¬
son haven’t a cent in the
world; but I am going to work like a—
man. Know any body who has a spare
job?” “ Frederick
amazed! I Louberry Van Stupen, i
am cannot listen to Bitch
language. will Grandmother Van Stupen
“Bother never forgive you.”
erick. “Say, grandmother I" cried Fred¬
sister, couldn’t you just
run home and tell ’em I’m retured?
You cin take the carriage at the door.”
“ I will at once, for 1 am grieved and
surprised beyond expression, and I mu-t
consult with my parents.”
“ Do, do. It will be kind in you.”
“ Allow me to wish you a very good
morning, This Mrs. Mademoiselle Isolena.'’
erable French, Patty Johnson said in tol¬
and the shopkeeper re¬
plied with equal grace and better
French.
Once more they were alone. For a
moment neither spoke, nnd then with a
smile she drew near, and said, quietly;
sir?” “ Are you familiar withbookkoepiiig,
hand.” “ Yes, inarm; and I write a very good
“ 1 am in want of a bookkeeper, and
shall be plea«ed to employ you.”
“ I am deeply grateful, mademoiselle,
for your kind oiler. You will j-ardon
me if 1 ask concerning the prospect of
an interest in the business—-if I tried to
be good.”
She drew near, and a diviner light
filled her eyes, and her lips parted iu an
ill-suppressed “ If smile.
you good, please me, will sir, into and you are
ship very, very we go partner¬
in just six weeks from this day.”
“Under the style of—”
“Isoler a, Van Stupen &Oo,”
No more honorable snd successful firm
can bo found in New York than the dry
goods and millinery purchasing house
of Fourteenth isolena, Van Stupen & Co,, in West
street. More than this, it is
creased a gri.wing house. The company has in¬
ready—twins. materially. There are two al¬
Due Girl’s Deeds.
(Cleveland Voice. |
An indulgent up town father recently
determined to presen t his only daughter
—a beautiful maid ot eighteen—with a
couple of the practical prools of hisaffic
lion in shape of two valuable build¬
ing lots. lie had the deeds prepared,
an evening of his or child two ago; during the ab
sence at a party, li« crept
up to her room and laid the valuable
documents on her bureau, intending
they should prove an interesting sur
prise for H the young late lady hour in when the morn- the
mg- was a
miudeu reached her room,and, without
turning out the gas, seedily rna«)e her
retiring arraneements. As she stood
before the bureau it occurred to her to
put her ha.r up iu papers, as an aid to
her toilet for a dinner party on the
deeds, coming day. Her hands fell upon the
and, without a moment’s exami
nation she immediately converted them
into slender strips, and1 soon had her
raven tresses ornamented with the usual
spiral knobs Ihe next morning with
out removing the papers, she went down
to breakfast and found her father await
ing her with a peculiarly happy smile
on his benevo en», countenance Hs
face drew down, however, when his
daughter gave him the usual morning
salutation, and seated herself at the
table. He fidgeted about for a moment
or two, and then, with ill-comealed
anxiety, didn’t inquired: “Heml Laura,
you get your deeds?” The
maiden looked up fn surprise. the “Deeds,
father, what deeds?” old deeds gentle
looked blank “ Why the I
gave you last in lit,child.” There was
an «wful look :of astonishment in the
mrl s eyes, Ihe deeds you gave me
father! Where are they ?” And then
a sadden recollection enswed her mind,
and, with a frightened movement, he,
band sought her cur) papers. The old
gentleman mstantiy his noticed her confusion, and
gaze struck in the same
direction-and there, twined with his
daughters «rip* tresses, he saw strips and
there of tell-tale “ legal cap,” with here and
a bit of red sealing-wax.
“Thy deeds!” he groaned, “ thydeeds
beon thy bead!” The beautifnl girl
did not faht; she just begged
and parent’s old forgiveness for her
the gentleman felt so elated
hi. happy witicism that be not
bufc dup mated the
merits the very same day.
Thk Aboutfwo C*ir gets s salary of *% 000 a
day tj.Ti,S dav. (v .nng fJIbnw would be
,^ ulll dn ' wlt . Ttir f ...p \V Wfcti fc as ’ d
.
, and and bid hid iar« iaiewelMo well to Rus'sla’ Atu-aia.
A Tennessee, man can so pertly ini
itatc . the rounds made by two dogs en
KRg' M In fighting, that be can call a
ttirce Memphis minute*. congregation out of church in
. - -
“fcoLUiEU wuut be isariully <Ma. “ft
horif«t,” said Mrs. Partington,
w-ms to In, ah occurrence every night
for a sentry to he relieved of his
wateb. 1 ' ‘
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THOUGHTS FOR SUNDAY,
The way to gain a good reputation is
to endeavor to be whatyoirdesire to ap¬
pear. There like
is no tyrant custom, and
ro freedom where its edicts are not re¬
sisted.
Jy yon would have your desires al¬
ways effectual, place them on things
which are in your power to attain.
No degree of knowledge attainable by
man !h able to sot him above the want,
of hourly assistance.
The most brilliant qualities become
useless when they are not sustained by
force of character.
Dependekck is a perpetual call upon
humanity, and a greater incitement to
tenderness and pity than any other
motive whatsoever.
He who imitates what is evil always
goes the beyond the example that is set; or,
contrary, he who imitates what is
good, always falls short.
Above every other feature whleb
adorm tbe female character, delicacy
stands foremost within the province of
good taste.
lr the disposition to speak well of
others were universally prevalent, the
world would become a comparative
paradise.
Tiie vanity of loving fine clothes and
them, fashions, and valuing ourselves by
is one of the most childish pieces
of folly that can bo.
It is easy enough to make sacrifices
for those wo love, hut for our enemy we
have to struggle and overcome self.
Such a victory is noble.
Honorable age is not that which
staudeth in length of time, nor that is
measured by number of years. But
wisdom is the gray hair unto men and
an unspotted Lfe is old age.
Life has many ills, but the mind that
views every Rod object doubtful in the most dispensation cheering
aspect, every
as replete with latent good, bears within
itself a iKiwerfu! and perpetual anti¬
dote.
The world isalooking-glass, and gives
back to every man the reflection of IBs
own face. Frown at it, and it wilt
tarn and look surly upon you; larub
at it and with it, and it is a pleasant,
kind companion.
Try ever to make others plud anJ merry,
And laugh and Joke, nor care how dark the day ;
Jteme/nhenng, while you hM m bright and cherry,
Thut hearts of oak will never plnenwiiy,
Hackensack nepubflean.
Some one has beautifully said, “As
when the sea-worm makes a bole in the
of the mussel, the hole is tilled up
with a pearl, so when the heart, is
pierce,d by fill an injury, healing forgiveness wound.’ is likp
the pearl nc, the
and thus rendering beautiful and of
priceless worth the lowliest heart of
man.
Helfishnelh cannot flourish where
magnanimity rrigns. ’Ihe man of larg •
soul sees far beyond sympathy bisown little orbit:
his heart thrills in with ioys
and sorrows that touch not his own life.
Like the astronomer, who sees our earth
to be but a speck in the great universe,
he sees himself to be but a sjieek in the
great humanity that lives and throbs all
around him. instead of fixing an in
tense and microscopic gazs upon him
►elf, with heart his little round of interests,
his large swells with sympathy f ir
others, and his hand hastens to do them
good. be Generosity, however liberal, may
self conscious; but the tsstnen of
magnanimity -elfin is to forget the c'aims of
the yearning for others, to pass
by the less in the search for the greater.
“Engagements” In Italy.
^ , *'“ an '-'enaacemcnt ^^r^ledl.v ” is n,a<V
in " nr^ntW.affiAncidbride h j cusom- whH
'» ’ n ^ g, waicn, "atoh ^cha cornu, . loXt iookii, rui ear-ri, rue, n. and a no
’ * ^ the^v“ mese’. ts \7e leeiUmate
^u! t ed Thehusbandfu^sheshe M trou
* "enmallV houw “l.
P™ H? ,tlF ? wcdflinc provide V
/ather . ^unllv^ t hh the
“‘‘“I l* '““Y in tl presents L? her with
X r »t whhca'ean ice 1^ t u n 1
^Xnt^aUn prefers money ,, 'added^tothe
uni e i value VH,uty is K1,eu u ‘
, , . . . {
^^’itUrithera^fm^on tm.'ri J i-elfisln landed
EE \ w the^ buebtld enro tv
” to admlnfarter ‘i®“
lf e j" F j. r
’?• 1”. 1 Li ir
hut , in any case he mut h I 1® , h .
{.“**'* £•» mny, I?tn or to h a wi w. e’s eir ^amilv’l'hou^d am l/nhouM
!^L!f r e he fitted bv bis hire wife's
Slu* ^es “jf?, is m.reW ufc “trussed £b husban" toh mid ur'
A■ T too ,i
f h "^ ath * r ’ ®^ lTJZr’,, rr ,“ nd ^ tog "mount !
r r.^usl. ir.. r ,1,,
a.
for It
i! h f,
child has at ained mBjor.U it .uh,.
^MLothT.Iln UalvarHp^r other 22i* '
Dfl
^ n # d ZZmJy /’ ^lod a hi d
S33CLSS? , ■ Vd H
^ >nve „* S ™
arm j n ftrm if must
f P r the Chureh and
”
^ , Thu^e hound veOtvlfni^moH.ZI together the noor
Iu f fj u til e contrary, “S n.B
trust carried to excess, and tbe voung
people rebel against it. It may be that.
thia extreme reserve marriage, before marriage libertv.
engenders that after ll
which, in its turn, becomes a matter
wunder * to more prosaic nations,
Two men were out shooting the other
,| ay . had approached a liccaoe, aud the other hadn’t.
A keeper tue ouc that
| lttd a license ran awav. The keeper
a .-ihkI ninucr.and "so«xi:uiiu> race
emued over about a mile and « half ot
uiw . ploughed fields. At last thek oner
up to the runaway. “Now, kir,
where 'h your license?’ I t wm pro
duced. “Thenwhv the -did cier- you
runaway?" “(»b. I’m fond of
oLe,” answered the tnau; “ but don’,
you thick vou’d b-tter »sk mv tii pd ii
tiehasor" 4 ”