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ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, JUNE 28th,
1874, the Passenger Trains on the Georgia
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29, 1874,
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TIIE LAST LOOK.
[The following touching and beautiful
poem is from the jien of Edwin W.
Fuller, of Louisburg, N. C., the author
of “ The Angel in the Cloud,” “ Sea
Gift/’ etc. It was written upon the
death of his little daughter, and is ded*
icated to his wife :]
Do not fasten the lid on the coffin yet,
Let me.have a long look at the face o't fhv
pet,
Please all quit the chamber, and pull to the
door,
And leave me alone with my darling once
more.
Is this little Ethel, so cold and so still?
Beat, beat, breaking heart, against God’s
mystic will j ~.
Remember, Oh ! Christ, Thou didst dread
Thine own cup,
And while I drink mine let Thine arm bear
mo up.
But the moments are fleeing, I must stamp
on my brain
Each dear little feature, for never again
Can I touch her, and only God measures how
much
Affliction a mother conveys by her touch.
Oh ! dear little head; Oh ! dear little
. hair f
So silken, so golden, so soft and so fair *
Will I neves more smooth it, oh ! help me
my God,
To bear this worst stroke of the chastening
lod.
Those bright little eyes that U3ed to feign
. #6.ep[; , ........
Or sparkle so merrily, playing at peep,
Closed forever ; and yet they seemed closed
with a sigh,
As if for our sake she regretted to die.
And that dear little mouth ; so warm and so
soft,
Always willing to kiss you no matter how
oft, ( i (| .
Cold and rigid, without the least tremor of
breath; .. , ,
How could you claim Ethel, oh! pitiless
death ?
Her band*, no—’twill kill me to think how
they wove
Through my daily existence a tissue of
love ;
Each finger a print on memory’s page,
brighten, thank God, and not fade
with my age.
Sick or well, they were ready at every re
quest
To amuse us. Sweet hands, they deserved
a sweet rest ;
Their last trick was to wipe “80-peep’s”
eye,
Their last little gesture to wave us good
bye.
Little feet, little feet, how dark the heart’s
gloom,
Where your patter is hushed in that deso
late room ;
For oh, ’twas a sight sweet beyond all com
pare
To see little “ Frisky ” rock back in her
chair.
Oh. Father, have mercy and give me Thy
grace,
To see through this frowning the smile on
Thy face ;
To feel that this sorrow is sent for the
best,
And to learn from my darling a lessori.’ of
rest'.
A Valuable Secret.
If the anecdote is old, the lesson of
life it bears can never grow old any more
than can the divine lessons* of the Ser
a
mon on the Mount.
It is related of Franklin that from
the window of his office he noticed a
mechanic, among a number of others,
at work on a house which was being
erected close by, who always appeared
to be in a merrj humor, and who had a
kind and cheerful smile for every one
he met. Let the day be ever so cold,
gloomy or sunless, the happy smile
danced like a sunbeam on his counten
ance. Meeting him one day, Franklin
requested to know the secret of his con
stant happy flow of spirits.
“ It’s ilb secret, doctor,” the rpan re
plied. “ I’ve got one of the best of
wives, and when I go to work she al
ways gives me a kind word of encour,
agement, and a blessing with her part
iug kiss ; and when I go home she is
sure to meet me with a smile and a kiss
of welcome; and then tea is sure to be
ready ; and as we cHhfc in the evening 1
filicT sh'd' has has been doing so many
littlb things through the day to please
me that I cannot find it in my heart
to say an unkind word or give an un
kind look to anybody.”
And Frankling adds:
“ What an influence, then, hath wo
man over the hearts of men, to soften it,
and make it the fountain of cHeefful
and pure emotions. Speak gently, then;
a happy smile and a kind word of greet
ing after the toils of the day are over’
cost nothing, and go far toward making
a home happy and peaceful.
Real Comforts of Life.
There are different conceptions of
pleasures and comforts. Most people
find with or without experience, that
the real comforts of life are had at
home. For there the devotional wife is
the presiding deity ; there the children
prattle and play ; there the young girl
approximates and reaches womanhood ;
within its sacred precincts youths put
on the responsibilities of manhood;
there are the reunion of hearts and hopes
and prayers ; there can be found real
rest; there the place and affection ty
pical of the better life and the “ home
not made with hands eternal in the
Heavens ;” there the germinating and
binding together of hparis and miuds
and souls in a bond as strong as a
chain ,?nd as lovely as a wreath of beau
tiful fWers; there the memories that
glow and ! exist with life itself; there
the influerices”that strengthen, and bless
and guide in after years, whatever we
do and wherever out* footsteps roam.
Never were truer and' more eloquent
words said, than Payne hath poetized :
“ Be it ever so humble,
There is no place like home.”
CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1875:
The Children at Chureli.
A great many of them never go to
church at all; as many more seldom
go; and very few comparatively are
regular attendants. This would proba
bly be the testimony of most of the
pastors of our churches, if they spoke
from their own observation and experi
ence. And this, let it be observed, is
the case regard to the children of our
Protestant population, and is also true
to a very great degree of our Sabbath
school children. Such a condition of
affairs is worthy of the deepest regret,
and demands the attention of all who
are interested in the prosperity of the
church and the conversion of souls.
The shallowest of all reasons given
for this non-attendance of the children
upon the public worship of the sanctu
ary is, that the preaching does not in
terest the children —that it is designed
for the older people. Rut the sermon
is not the whole of the service. , There
is the prayer, in which wise min
ister ought to specially remember the
children; there is the reading of God’s
Word, which is so well calculated to in
struct and bless both the old and the
young; there is the singing, which
ought to be of interest to all ; so that,
with the most ordinary preaching, the
house of divine worship would seem to
present attractions for all. Neverthe
less, whether the minister preaches spe
cial sermons to the children, or not, it
is Clear that he ought often to notice
them in his discourse, and by anecdote
or illustration ca’l their attention to
some point that may come within the
range of their understandings. The
drye3t sermon will in this way present
something to the minds of the young
whiph ipay be of lasting profit to them.
Another vain delusion, which some
people fall into, is, that children get
about all they need of religious instruc
tion in the Sabbath school. If all the
teachers were what they ought to be, if
the lessons had point aud pith and vL
tality, and if there were more of sound,
fundamental Gospel truth, as well as
Bible geography and moral illustrations,
there would be more force to the sug
gestion. But the sad fact is apparent,
that a child can go to some Sabbath
schools for a good while and then not
seem to know much about the Gospel
or the doctriucs of the Word of God.
Admitting the existence of the diffi
culty to which attention is called, the
methods of removing it may well be
considered. And, first of all, the
preacher should show that he has an in
terest in the children ; and this he can
do in many ways besides remembering
them in his public prayers and in his
sermons. He can notice them on the
street, and at their homes, and whrever
he may meet them.
Beyond all that the pastor can do
there will still be needed the influence
of parents and those who have the care
of children. If the adult members of
our families reverence as they should
the place of prayer, speak kindly of
the minister, and strive to profit by
what is preached; if they are as regu
lar and self-denying in their attend
ance upon divine worship as they are in
their attention to business ; if the chil
dren were given to understand that the
Sabbath preaching service is to be par
ticipated in with the same regularity
and promptness as the Sabbath dins
ners; if these things were observed,
conscientiously and perseveringly, a
change for the better would be speedily
realized.
Again, if the superintendent and
teachers will do what they easily may a
very large proportion of the children of
any Sabbath-school may be induced to
attend at least one preaching service,
each Sabbath. Some of the children’s
parents never go to church, but they
would have no objection to the children
going, provided they could be well cared
for; and some arrangements ought to
be made by every church by which
such children can have seats and watch
care in the house of God. There are
many good ministers who are preaching
to thin houses', whose hearts might be
made glad by a rapid increase in their
congregations if they would only use
these simple means. Try them, breth
ren ; and when the lambs of the flock
gather about the undershepherd let
him be sure that some portions of the
choicest food be placed within reach of
the little ones. — GoncfregationaUst.
- — M
£ fleet of Light.
Dr. Moore, the metaphysician, thus
speaks of the effect of light on body
and rqind :,
“ A tadpole confined in darkness
would never become a frog ; and an ini
fant being deprived of Heaven’s free
light will only grow into a shapeless id
iot, instead of a beautiful and reason
able being. Hence, in the deep, dark
gorges and ravines of the Swiss Valais,
where the direct sunshine never reach
es, the hideous prevalence of idiocy
startles the traveler. It is a strange,
melancholy idiocy. Many citizens are
incapable of any articulate speech ;
some are deaf, some are blind, some la
bor under all these privations, and all
are misshapen in almost every part of
the body. I believe there is in all
places a marked difference in their
healthiness of houses according to their
aspect in regard to the sun, and those
are decidedly the healthiest, other
things being equal, in which all the
rooms are, during some part of the day,
fully exposed to the direct light. Epi
demics attack inhabitants on the shady
side of the street, and totally exempt
those on the other side; and even in
epidemics, such as ague, the morbid in
fluence is often thus partial in its la
bors.
Even the laziest hoy can sometimes
catch a whipping.
Animal Wonders.
In each grain of sand, there are mar
vels ; in every drop of water, a world.
In that great spectacle called nature,
every being has its marked place and
distinct role ; and in that drama called
life, there presides a law as harmonious
as that which rules the movement of
the stars. Each hour removes by death
myriads of existences, and each hour
produces legioas of new lives. The
highest as well as the lowest created or
ganism consumes carbon and water to
support life and its duties, and it is not
uninteresting to glance at the food, the
habits, and the ways and means pecu
liar to some of the inferior animals.—
From their petrified ejections we know
what such fossilized reptiles as the
plesiosauras, etc., are, we may some day
be able to discover the fish and Crusta
cea they hunted down. Animals, whon
not living by their own respectable ef
forts, are either parasites or depend
ents ; many would seem to have posi
tive trades, of industry. There are
miners, masons, carpenters, paper map- ;
ufacturera, and weavers, lacenakers
even all working first for themselves
aud to propagate their kind. The mi
ners dig into the earth, form natural
arches and supports, remove the useless
soil : such as the mole, the chinchilla
of Peru, the badger, the lion, the ant,
as well as certain worms and molluscs.
The masons build huts and places ac
cording to all the rules of architecture,
as the bees and tropical ants ; there are
fish that construct boats that the waves
never can upset, and Agassiz has drawn
attention to a fish which builds its nest
on the floating sea weed in the middle
ot the ocean, and deposits therein its
eggs. The wasps of South America
fabricate a sort of paper or pasteboard.
Spiders are weavers as lackmakes; one
species coristfubis £ diving b’6ll, a pal
ace of lace. When the astronomer has
need of the most delicate thread for his
telescope, he applies to a tiny spider.—
When the natuialist desires to test his
microscope, he selects a certain shell of
a sea insect so small that several mil
lions of them in water could not be vis
ible to the naked eye, and yet no micro
scope has yet been made sufficiently
powerful to reveal the beautiful varie
gated designs on the atomic shell ! Ar
istotle remarked, and he has since been
corroborated, that a variety of plover
enters the crocodile’s mouth, picks the
remnants of food off the animal’s tongue
and from between its teeth. This liv
ing tooth-pick is necessary, as the
tongue of the crocodile is not mobile.—
The Mexican owl, when enjoying a
siesta, puts itself under the guard of a
kind of rat, that gives the alarm on
the approach of danger. Parasites are
everywhere, depend on no particular
condition of the body, and are as abun
dant in persons of the most robust as
of the most debilitated health. They
are at home in the muscles, in the heart,
in the ventricles of the brain, iu the
ball of the eye. They are generally in
the form of a leaf or a ribbon, and are
not necessarily, as was once supposed,
confined to a special animal. The par
asites of fish have been detected living
in the intestines of birds : and there
are some that, for the purpose of devel
opment, must pass into the economy of
a second animal.
How to Live Happy.
Harmony in the married state is the
first thing to be aimed at. Nothing can
preserve affections uninterrupted but a
firm resolution never to differ in will,
and a determination in each to consider
the love of others of more value than
any object whatever on which a wish
had been fixed. How light, in fact, is
the sacrifice of any other wish, when
weighed against the affections of one
with whom we are to .pass our whole
lire ! And though opposition in a sin
gle instance will hardly of itself pro
duce alienation, yet every one has their
pouch, into which all these little oppo
sitions are put; while that is filling, the
alienation is insensibly going on, and,
when filled, it is complete. It would
puzzle either to say why; because no
one difference of opinion has been mark
ed enough to produce a 'serious effect
by itself. But he finds his affections
wearied out by a constant stream of lit
tle checks and obstacles. Other sources
of discontent, very common indeed, are
the little cross puYpbses of husband and
wife, in common conversation ; a (dispo
sition in either to criticise and question
whatever the other says,, a desire al
ways to demonstrate, and make him feel
himself in the wrong, especially in com
pany. Nothing is so goading. Much
better, therefore, if our companion
views a thing in a light different from
what we do, leave him in quiet posses
sion of his views. What is the use in
rectifying him if the thing be unim
portant? Let it pass for the present,
and wait a softer moment and more con
ciliatory occasion of rehearsing the sub
ject together. It is wonderful how many
persons are rendered unhappy by inat
tention to these little rules of pru
dence.
Never forsake a friend. When en
emies gather around, when sickness
falls on the heart, when the world is
dark and cheerless, is the time to try
true friendship. They who turn from
the scene of distress betray their hy
pocracy, and prove that interest only
moves them. If you have a friend who
loves you, who has studied your inter
est and happiness, be sure to sustain
him in adversity. Let him feel that
his former kindness is appreciated, aud
that his love was not thrown away.—
Real fidelity may be rare, but it exists
—in the heart. They only deny its i
worth or power wit. never 3 ved a
India, or iuDorcd t*o 3* Incua, unp- \
V J'
Dreamland.
“ Where is dreamland, Lottie V* ask
ed one little prattler to another.|
“ Dreamland,” replied Lottie,
“ dreamland ? Why, it’s away up
there,” was the reply, pointing upwards
with one chubby finger; “ away up
there.”
“ Away up where,” continued the
reasoning Susy. “ I don’t see any place
that looks like it.”
“ No, you can’t sec it. It’s away
up ever so far—away up where Gpd
lives.”
Afld Lottie arranged her doll’s dress
differently, seated herself complacently
in her chair, confident that now Susy
was satisfied with the location of dream
land.
But not so.
“ Away up where God Hues!” re
peated Susy ; “ away up where God
lives ! Why, he lives everywhere, Lot
tie ; he is in everything; we can’t hide
from him. No, dreamland is not there
—I don’t think so.”
“ Well, I can’t help it if you don’t
Susy ; it is up there.”
“ Now last night,” continued Susy,
“ I dreamed—no, I went to dreamland,
and Ipw Willie Warren as plain—
why, just as I see you, Lottie; and
when I opened my eyes, it was so real
I could see him then—just as plain. I
didn’t go away up there; I didn’t go
anywhere, jfou see; so I thunk last
night my dreamland was ’tween Willie
and I.”
Bravo, little reasoner, bravo ! , .
You have solved a problem, and with
more reason than many an older and
wiser head than yours has failed to
give.
“ My dreamland was ’tWeeh Willie
and I.”
We have listened to argument after
argument on this very subject.
Persons have wondered why they
dreamed.
They had a dream—good or bad as
the case might be—could anyone inter
pret it ?
In other words, they had been to
dreamland ; where was it?
Some reason one way, and some an
other.
If a very beautiful dream of some
dear friend who has passed from this
earth, they reason that some guardian
watcher must be around them, forget
ting, at tlie time, that our guardian
watchers never leave us ; also unmind
ful that the day had been passed pleas
antly, the associations had been akin to
themselves, and, like Susy, their dream
land lay between them and some asso
ciations in a direct line ; consequently,
a pleasant journey ensued.
But if through the day disagreeable
objects had presented themselves; if
the creditor who owed that large sum
of money had failed to do so as the
notes signified, and harsh words and se
vere threats followed, and a restless
night and frightful dreams were the
consequence, we have heard the proph
ecy that some dreadful thing would hap
pen.
But Susy had solved the problem.
“My dreamland was ’tween Willie
and I.”
lieilT
The word “ hell,” is a translation o£
the Greek word Gehena, is a term used
to designate the valley of Hinnom.—
This valley bounds Jeruselem on the
North, and lies below Mount Zion—a
scene of sacred and imperishable asso
ciations. In this valley Moloch, the
national God of the Amorites, was wor
shipped with the inhuman rite of sac
rificing children in the fire. When
Josiali, in his conquests, overthrew this
idolatry, he poured c ntempt upon the
infernal practice by , casting into the
valley the bones of the departed. In
the estimation of the old Hebrews the
bones of the dead caused the greatest
of all pollutions. Whatever person,
place or thing they touched were forth
with considered “ unclean.” Hence
this valley of Ilinnour this hell having
been the receptacle of the human re
mains which Josiah threw into it, was
considered a place the most polluted
and accursed. From this circumstance
it became a common receptable for all
the refuse of the city of Jeruselem.—
Here large quantitiec of decomposing
vegetable and animal matter were con
stantly thrown. This putrescent mat
ter generated an abundance of worms;
the worms here never died. To pre
vent the noxious effluvia, springing
from this mass of eorryptiqn, poisoning
the atmosphere and breathing disease
and death into the heart of the city,
fires were kept burning day and night.
This valley, therefore, was literally a
place where “ the worm never died, and
where the fire was never quenched-”
Rev. Phelps.
France now seems to be the reser
voir into which the gold of the world
is pouring. In the first three months
of the present year the imports of the
precious metals exceeded 350,000 000
francs, or seventy million dollars, and
almost four-fifths of the whole was in
gold coin and bullion. The sources of
this supply were much more various
than may be supposed, for much less
than one-half was sent from England.
The United States contributed about
teu million dollars.
— ■
A rich American in Paris discover
ed that an unpleasant-looking fellow
followed him every day from morning
till night. He became uneasy, and di
plomatic inquiry was made as to wheth
er the man who watched him was con
nected with the police. Asa result of
much negotiation the unpleasant person
was arrested, ahd proved to be a gath
erer of huts of cigars. The rich Amur- j
lean onl\ r smoked famous brands, and !
only smoked them half up, aud it paid I
to follow him.
Pompeii.
Pompeii, that beautiful and ill-fated
city, buried underneath the shower of
ashes, pumice and stones cast forth
from Vesuvius, A. D. 79, and first re
discovered in IG4B, and now a ruin of
world-wide interest, is said to have de
rived ifs name from the word pompe,
with reference to the pomp with which
Hercules, its founder, celebrated his
victories. The frescoes which have
outlived 1669 years’ concealment are
brilliant yet in the forum and temple.
The art of frescoe painting is still with
u$ in practice, but the records of a me
dium of preservation so durable as to
withstand the effects of fire and damp
of centuries is lost with the people, cun
ning and rich, whose hands wrought
the beauties of Pompeii. Iu the houses
of this excavated city, the dining hall
is always found most beautifully deco
rated. In these noDe rooms the Ito--
mans reclined at feasts, at which small
fortunes were expended. It is said of
Lucuilus that once wishing to deceive
Pompey of Cicero when they insisted
upon diniug with him cn famile , he
simply sent word home that he would
dine in the room called “ the Apollo,”
where he never gave a supper for less
than a sum amounting to $9,000 of our
money. In the house of Scaurus, the
most marvellously rich frescoes adorned
its walls, and lamps of bronze gave
brilliant light., The tables were of cit
ron-wood resting on ivory feet, and
were covered by a plateau of solid sil
ver, chased and carved, weighing five
hundred pounds. The three couches
were of bronze, overlaid with orna
ments of silver, and tortoise-shell;
the feather cushions were of stuff of
silk and gold threads. Pliny says of
the tables of citron-wood that they were
made of the roots and knots, and prized
for their veins and marks, which re
sembled a tiger’s skin or peacock’s tail.
In a further description of this dining
hall of Scaurus, in Pompeii, it is stated
that tiie floor was finished in mosaics
representing the fragments of a feast as
though jusifc fallen frotrf the table—
hence it was called the “ Unswcpt
floor.”
The War W aste of Lite.
Since the creation of the world,
fourteen thousand millions of human be
ings have fallen in battles which man
has waged against his fellow creature —
man. If this amazing number of men
were to hold each other by the hand
at arm’s length, they would extend over
fourteen millions, five hundred and eigh
ty-three thousand, three hundred and
thirty-three miles of ground, and would
encircle the globe on which we dwell
six hundred and eight times! If wc al
low the weight of a man to be ou an
average, one hundred weight (and that
is below the mark), we shall come to
the conclusion that six millions two
hundred tons have been mangled disfig
ured, gashed, and trampled under foot!
The calculation will appear more stri
king when we state that if only the
forefingers of these fourteen thousand
millions were laid in a straight line,
they would reach more than six hun
dred thousand miles beyond the moon ;
and that if a person should undertake
tQ count the number allowing nineteen
hours per day and seven days a week,
at the rate of six thousand an hour, it
would occupy that person three hun
dred and thirty-six years ! And awful
is the cousideration, thousand of pipes
of human blood have spilt in battle.
Wellington as a Young Han.
Great men do not always give prom
ise of superior powers in early life.—
Some develop slowly, and have no idea
themselves of the force latent within
them till circumstances compel its ex
ercise. Patrick Henry would have
been unknown, probably, Beyond his
own neighborhood, if the revolt of the
Colonies against the English Crown
had not called out the power that lay
dormant in him.
The Duke of Wellington, next to
Marlborough, the greatest of British
Generals, gave little promise in youth
of attaitting distinction. He was appa
rently frivolous, without any serious
thoughts or generous aims. Thomas
Moore, in his journal, says that even
on important committees he amused
himself with phiying with toys, taking
no part in the deliberations. Mr. Lut
trell who was intimate with him in ear
ly life, says that when he used to spec
ulate on the future fortunes of his as
sociates, he said to himself, looking at
young Wellesley’s vacant face, “ Well,
let who will get on in this world, you
certainly will not.”
—a
How to Become Ra^py.— Many
young persons are ever thinking over
new ways of adding to their pleasures.
They always look for chances for more
“ fun,” more joy. Once there was a
wealthy and powerful king, full of care,
and very unhappy. He heard of a
man famed for Kis wisdom and piety,
and found him on the borders of the
wilderness. “ Holy man,” said the
king, “ I come to learn how I may be
happy.” Without making a reply, the
wise man led the king over a rough
path, till he brought him in front of a
high rock, on the top of which an ea
gle had built her nest. “W hy has the
eagle built her nest yonder ?’' “ Doubt
less,” answered the king, “ that it may
be out of danger.” “ Then imitate the
brid,” said the wise man, “ build thy
home iu heaven, and thou slialt then
have peace and happiness.”
—
The foundation of domestic happi
ness is faith in the virtue of woman,
the foundation of political happiness
temporal aud eternal, is the reliance on
the goodness of Providence,
VOL. V.—NO. 44.
Aimless Lives.
According to a recent author, (IfiL.
nese women present a peculiar speci
men of the daughters of Eve. They
spend a great part of the time in gos*
wiping, smoking and gambling. These
accomplishments do not come by nature,
but require years of assiduous-. training
for the perfection which prevails in po
lite circles in China. They never dream
of playing except for money, and when
they have no visitors of their own rank
to play with, they call up the domestics
and play with them. Poorer wonjetj
meet a* some gambling den, and square
der large sums of money, or ruu their
husbands in debt, which thev are un.lt
ble to pay at the end of tho" year, and
thus have an excuse for suicide. The
married lady rises early, and first sees
that tea is provided for her husband, as
well as some hot water for his morning
Wash. Each lady has one or two mul’T
besides small slave girls, who wait on’
the maids, and lights her mistress’s pipe.
A lady’s hair dressing takes her atten
dants onß or two hou-s. Then a whiv?
paste is applied to 4 her face and neck,
which is smoothed over and polished
when dry. The eyelids and cheeks ere
next touched with a blush of rose
powder, the surplus rouge remaining on
the lady’s palm, as a rose-pink on°thc
hand is considered a great heauty. -
'lhen they dye the nails red with
the blossoms of a certain flower, and
finally they dress for the day. Many of
them have chignons and false hair ; hut
no hair-dyes are used, for raven locks
are common, and gold tresses are not In
repute. . Many ladies pass a good deal
of time in embroidering shoes, purse?,
handkerchiefs, and before marriage near
ly all their day is occupied in prepar
ing for the dreary event of wedding a
man whom they have never 6een. Af
tei all, are the lives led by some of our
American girls so infinitely Superior to
those of tho fair Chinese '( Compar
isons are odious—but there’s room fora
great deal of thinking here !
A Suggestive Legend.
There is a suggestive moral in the
following G recian legend :
When Bacchus was a boy lie fjur
neyed through Hellas to go to Naxia,
and as the way Was very long he 'rew
very tired, and sat down upon a stone
to i est. As he sat there, with his eytjs
upon the ground, he saw a little plant
spririg up between his feet, and was so
much pleased with it that he deter
mined to take it with him and plant it
in Naxia. He took pb ( up and carried
it away with him ; but, as the sun was
very hot, he feared it might wither be
fore he reached his destination. Hp
found a bird’s skeleton, into which ho
thrust it, and went on. But in hia
hand the plant sprouted so fast that it
started out of the bones above and be-*
low. This gave him fresh fear of its
withering, and he cast about for a reiiir
edy. He found a lion’s bone, which
was thicker than the bird’s skeleton,
and he stuck the skeleton with the plant
in it into the bone of the lion. Ere
long, however, the plant grew out of
the lion’s bone likewise. Then he
found the bone of an ass, larger still
than that of the liou, so he put it into
the ass’s bone; and thus he made his
way to Naxia. When about to set the
plant, he found that the roots had en
twined themselves around the bird’s
skeleton and the lion’s bone and the
ass’s bone; and as he could not take
it out without damaging the roots, he
planted it as it was, and ii came up
speedily, and bore, to his great joy, the
most delicious grapes, from which he
made the first wine, and gave it to men
to drink. But behold a miracle !
When the men first drank of it they
sang like birds ; next, after drinking a
little more, they became vigorous and
gallant like lions ; but when they drank
more still they began to behave like
asses.
Prayer Before Battle.
it is true or not that the
Welsh are a quarrelsome people, re
cannot undertake to say; the following
laughable anecdote, however, would
seem in some measure to countenance
the conclusion (and Shakspeare, we be
lieve, almost invariably represents bis
W elsh characters as touchy to a degreej
that there is a modicum of truth in the
charge. But to the story. A Scotch
peddler, without the remotest intention
on his part of getting into a quarrel or
fight with any man, had put up (with
his pack; fur the night, at a country
ale house bordering on Wales, where
as the fates wculd have it, he found a
a motley assemblage in the kitchen of
the inn, of not the most desirable in
dividuals ; and, among the re? * a
Welshman, whose aiir, from the very
first, it seemed t<s be to get into hot wjt
ter with poor Sawney. The latter sa
gaciously appreciating the true charac
ter of his tormentor, and deteripiped to
get rid of him in the quietest way pos
sible, told him that he did not want
to fight.” This only excited to a st ; ll
higher pitch the bravado of the Welsh-,
man, and he told the Scotchman thao
he would “ make him fight.” “ Well ”
says Sawney, “ if I must fight, let me'
say my prayers before I fighr,” which
the Welshman conceding, the Scotch
man fell upon Ins knees, imploring his
Maker to pardon him for “ the two,
men he had already killed, and for the
one that wus about to die.” The Scotch
man slowly rose from bis knees, but not
before the Welshman had made a pre-'
cipitate retreat from tho room.
One of the saddest things about hu
man nature i, tliat n man may guide
others in the path of life without walk
ing in it himself-—that he may be a pi
lot, and yet u cast away