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Assain, it seems to brec AliuEtnao, supplied gratig, I ..... when caused by accumulations of extraneoui matters in the blood, yield guiekly to it, as nisi Xircr Complaints, Torpidity, Chngeation or ih- iammation of the Lvier, and Jauitdiec.when aris ing. as they often do. ftom the rankling poisons in the blood. This SiJ-sopariffcs isagreatrestor- er for the strength and wigor ot the system.— Those who ara Languid and Listless, Despondent.- SleepV' and troubled with Sereoiis Apprehen- eonvinoing PBEPASED BY 3. A T E a & CO.. Eoweir, M Practical and Analytical Chemists, BT ALLLL DRTJGGIXSRUG! BOLD BT A D m EVBFvIWHERB A y e i ' s C a t h a r t i c P i l l s , For all the parpossa of a Lazativa Medicine. ■pERH APS DO one medicine is sc A universally rettuired by everybody as a oa- thartic, nor yra^ ever Ijefqre'so univorsally adopt* ' • M i l S f i m s s its healthy tone and.action.. For OtfscntcTTf or piarreah, but one mild dos- _ ________ se those complaints di.-«, For Dropsj/tiiLd Dropfiical^wciHngfi they snoul< be taken id large and frequent doses to produe» the effect of a drastic purge. advantageous where no serious derangement ex g% ly better, from their cleansing and renevatiuf oiTeet on the digestive apparatus. DR. J. C. AYER & CO. - P P l A Q i r i e A I - C H E tS r tiS X S , - XiOW^XiXirt \S* A# mcliSirl DR. X W. POLAND’S W h it e P in e O O M P O T J 2 5 T I ) , The O reat R e w -E figh * i Rem edy f D R .J.W POLAND’S W M t e ^ i n e C o m p o u n d T S new offered to tJie afflicted through- -L out the country, after hAvine hacn PMved by the test of thirteen years in theNew-England States, whore its merits have, become m ’^ U known as the tree from whichiinparti w derives it rirluei. THE WHITE PINE COMPOUND i w M i i c t DEBOCBAT ESTABUSBED 1842.1 j A J s r x y w ^ j 3 k 3 u x , j , & G - j e k S s s t J S f ^ ^ m . CCAZEnE ESTABLISHEtt 1863 C. 0 . W ITHEBSEEBBI. P r o p r ieto r . The Union a n d the Oonstitution. ; T E E j£ S :- ^ $ S ,0 b A Y S A B . Y O L U M I I ^ S V i n . H E R K I M E B , W E D N E S D A Y , D E C E M B E R 1, 18«9. N U M B E R Iff. WHAT IS A HERO 7 Perhaps you think a hero A man of giant might, A warrior in armor, A champion for the right, Who through the world goes tes boasting Lir\\' In olden time, a hero Was such a man X know i He went to battle, aided By javelin and bow. Tou all have heard of Ajax. Of Priam’s valiant son— And of the great Achilles . Who many battles won. But now to be a hero Is quits another thing; And he who earns the titlg Is nobler than * king. *Xis h© wLo follows du'ty* « Who scorns to bp untrue— Who’s guided by Ms congciea<Oy» Kotby what others d o .. - > And ywj may b ** hero By doing all you can Xo ficee the world from error And aid your brother man; And thoush^o blast of txumpet ' Your greatness may proclaim, With heartfelt benedictions Mankind Will broattio your name. TBUB HEKOISIf. letotliefs write of battles fouglit ‘ On blood5% ghastly fields. Where honor greets the man who wins, And death the man who yields; 3d.t I irili Ycxit© of him who fishts ’ Andvau^ishealiissizis, {Who struggles on through weary yewi, I Against himself, and wins. He is a hero athuneb and brave, , Who fights an unseen foe. And puts a t last beneath his feet. His passions base and low. And stands erect in manbood^s miffatt T7zida.u.iited. undxsmfty-«d— Xhe bravest mau that dro\v a sword, In foray or In raid. I t calls for something more than brawn E lla looked up, and kissed the pale and tear-wet-cheekv There was a new light in her large, ffluei eyes, and a glow, as o f inspiration, rested upon her childish face. “Manama,” she said, “ don’t go no.w. Don’t , go this -morning.. I think, papa Will come home to'us, and loye na and. be good to us, *& h e was when ■he use^ to H o I g L mo otx Ills htueo tell me pretty itories. Wait} maia* ma, don’t speak yet. ILetme ncell you o f the dream I had last night. Oh, it was silch a bright dpfiani,«Hd seem ed 80 muck aa though i t was all real. Papa had come home yery^bad—Qh I 50 dreadful!—and he fell doyvn on the floor, and I lifted his head and put a pillow under it. H e was pale, and there’.was blood on h|s foreaead; his clothes w e r e a llra^ed and dirty, and his feet were bare. 1 <a:ied,-fbi? 1 thoughthe was dying. But pregeatly a great light shane in the rooin— a light wery bright,—and yet so f and pleasant like the light o f thi sun when i t is sinking behind the great sycamore trees,—and- ftom a white clpu'd, that seemed to reach farther away than iny eyes could.ses. m r n r 'All honor, then, to that brave heart. ‘ Tkough poor or rich he be. Who struggles with his baser part— ' Whaooniiucra.andisfree. Ho may not wear a hero’s crown, ' Or fill a hero’s grave; But truth will place his name among The bravest of the bravo. A WOBKIHO HAN. The nohl63t men T know on earth , . 'Are men whose hands are brown with toil; lybo, backed by no ancestral groves. jHew down the wood and till the soil; ‘ And win thereby a prouder name Than following king or warrior’s fame, 'The working man. what’cr the task. tWho carve the stone or bear thehod, fiSiey bear upon their honeskbrow^‘ Yhe royal stamp and seal of God; And worthier are their drops of sweat Than diamonds in a coronet. and- hes garments were so shining; but when I looked again I fcnew that it was iny graudmatua—pRpa^js mbth- er, who 13 dead—^the dear,, good, kind old mother, that he loved so #elL She went to him—not walking AS W6 walk* but floating in the bright l i ^ t — and she toiicliea Lis foreLe^d. H e started up,Ahd lie knew ker* And still h e r . hand was upon his forehead. A little while they stocd so, and then papa's face grew a l l bright and hand some, and the rags dropped off, and he was an Ided his hands, f ’ ^ig said ,:—' Mother I . Mother! I your ovm true boy once morel \elp me Qod o d P And then h e put bis with the Ikithftil, true hearted wife, who had given her a ll o f earth into his keeping., . ' The. hour had come and the man had been awakened. As the light shone down ftom heaven upon Saul o f Tarsus, with’ th e Spirit o f the Re deemer smiting the e v il thoughts from his soul, .so It descended now upon this poor wandorer. iBCe sank down nj^i^^ the grave, his knees resting upon the spot where bisbead bad tain, and rais ed his clasped hands towards heaven j and thus ho cried, with a ll the strength and fervor o f a soul redeemed; “ M other! Mother! I will be your own true boy once more !•' I will,—so help me God!” 4 len, in softer tones, he breathed lames o f his wife and children ; WEBSTER'S RETAINING EBB. One day a gentleman ^ o m Hew waited ui the ebld; wet sward—and there he # « ♦ # ;,e ’The .rain had ceased to fall, and the sun’s bright beams were breaking through the mists, When CHarence E p- wortb entered bis cot. H is garb was tattered, his stop was- feeble, and h k lot seen tberefora long, long time _,._aetbingf-of the linbt o f other days light of love—the gleaming of nmnbood. Clarence sat down, and his wife .went to him and kissed him, and^asked him if she coaid h^p h im .' ■ Could sLe m ake Him b , cup o f tea ? H e had not ashed, In the morning, r tea for many t ’ “ ..... . w.onth. H e had on drink I And now ,; tea to give him ^ n o tea—no food! And tremblingly, she told him, and o. .He put his hand B e d ford _____ _ his office in Bosh otf Mr. Webster in—the little old of- Court .street—wishing to L for the defense in an impor- a t lay. Tiie visitor was him--' seated all the important points, and Mr. Webster was willing to undertake the task. But the client could not tell exactly when the case would come ‘•Very e w well,” said Webster. “ I f to retain me for the defense V well,” said Webster, ish to retail in this gait, I will hold myself in read* 1 ^ will taot engage for the j l t e A T O U O H I N r a S T O R Y . BIT SVLNVANTJS COBB, JB. I t was a home o f sorrow and suffer- d—of shame and utter destitution. ----- — *— an ithoi) was e a r l i ^ T3g in autumn-:^—a dark, <3rea^p and lo ' p y raorning-'tlio wind sighing noiirnfully through the great tree- oj>3-^tbe rain dripping down from the -oiiibre vault of the cloud; as it had le^n dripping a ll night long. A nd in h^t cot, with no fire—^nofood—Sarah SaworthYiook her two children in her 33 , and told them they must find itber.^Home. nee Sarali Bpwortlxiiad been proud i happy—proud of her husband, ’ hap )y in the sunlight of his warm generous love. And it-was not many years agone. She was y e t young -4 n l y thirty* In those other years bad been fair and beautiful; “but now the cruel hand o f dire misfortune had drawn deep, dark lines upon the brow once so bright and sunny, and ih^eyes and lips, about frKich such labpy smiles used to play, had grown lunken and pinched.. And in those other years the cottage had been neat and trim ; its rustic porch embowered with climbing rosOs, and ita pretty ifden enclosed b y a handsome fence • 3 p now neglect and decay'marked rlrything. The story o f the wreek’of thafchouse* old was the story which has been written in Tears and blood all over th l iand-^the story which is sounding, day and night, through the months, and through the years, aud through th i centuries, in groans and wails of anguish most bitter. ' T he mother took her children to her bo^m, and. told them they nrust find an|)trier homr ions. A t bis senses C U B E S B r ticht m narff a R t gtmerally. It t thle Remedy f o r Kidney \}ete3 TH-ff,culty _______ . -ine,. Bleeding from the Kidneys and Blad^ der, ■ Qrcrcel, and other Compiaints. . PBBPABED AT THE NHW-ENGiSND DOTANJC DEfOT, I B O S T O N , M A S S . fo r s a l e ^ j i ^ V . .Palmer, J r., and J.G .B u r- ril. Dnurgistat.gerkiittcr. N. Y. aoVllyx VALUABLE DAIRY FARM E O B S A A X j B ! T H E irakenber offers for sale s JL pjfcxry ktxoini as tbo Uaaitt faTnx*^sitt^ la«.,ea9uireQf the Dated Ofitoter i 1 9 9 9 . . . 1 \ a . . iftcttlfiiS girl o f ten yeai And her Brother Pauh two years yopnger, looked up and said t ^ “ W e have no other , home, mam* Epwortb drew ber little ones more closely to her bosom, so that they cohld not see her face, and then she told them that Mr. Watson had offer ed j them a home—that he had ad vised hep to leave the cot and como to. him. But she shuddered while she told it, and choked and hesitated, as though th? plan were not altogether a welcome iiH tle Paid knew very well wbo Mr. Watson was-r-knew that h e WAS chief among o n g .the Ovexaeors o f the up.” “ H u sh! hush! darling, wait to-da^.” The ! ling, bleeding heart had caught and inspiration o f hope from the dream o f the child—a hope faint and feeble—like many another hope that had faded away into a darker • ' -hutfetm mce the entiortt tf ovnng wire and motner s en more fervent prayer to the Gifei ill good. o f all goo( • A nd where was Glaience Epwortb —the Husband and the lather 7 On the evening preceding that dark and dismal a few shillings that he had won at cards during the lay, be repaired to the public house, irbere, with his degraded and degra ding companions, he plunged into the soul-searching flood. Once Clarence Epwortb had been a presence^ o f joy and' happiness in the social circle of his native village-4)rave, geperous and free—ever ready willing to ccor the needy, and quick to respond to the notes o f song and mirth, lin t now, alas I how, fallen] Of alUnose who wallowed with him in the slough of drunkenness, be -was the greatest sufferer • he had fallen from the high* give ^you a idy—some that lidnigbt, drunk and stupid—- aes a ll drowned, aud bis whole frame paralyzed—he staggered forth inio the storm. W hither he went he knew not. H e reeled’ and stumbled on, like a ship upon the wildly heav in g sea without mast or rudder- 7 -reel- fed and stumbled om until, finally he fell prone upon tho xeekiag sward, where hp lay like ope dead. The first gray tints o f morning broke the gloom when Elarenee Epwortb, wet with the storm, and chilled to the marrow by theautumnal blast, awoke and sat up. Hift head had been rwt- iiig u p o n a g side he hi a fittlo you left-^” .. The husband started to his feet, and caught his wife by both her hands. JYeVeri'Tieveri nevermoroT\Tiw cried. “God helping me, I will never toach th e acetrraed stuff ag;aiii 1 O I my wife !—E lla !—Paul 1—forgive me, and I will be once more a husband and a father, good and true!” And ift time, when he could speak clearly, with his wife and children .weeping upon his bosom, and looking up by turns, he told the story o f his mother’s grave. And then Ella, her face radiant with heaven’s own light, told of her wondrous dream—wondrous now.wben. wm e 1 9 know th s k ths 96198- tial vision ivas Upon h e r a t the v ery time when h e r father knelt Upon the sacred mound in the church*yard I And the angel host came down and rested upon that household; and the bright .spirits o f love and peace and sweet content took up their abode th in g white spectre in the murky ^ ^ dawn. A t first a l l waa nhaoa in his lo e a x ly ipon H e knew thatjie had drank him self drunk in the tavern, and that was he? him self drunk in th e tavern, a hemust have staggered forth to this place. B u t what place .was It ?. H e arose to Ms feet, weak and tot- tarlng, and looked ^boiit him. He felt in his pocket and found a few small b itaof silver. WherewaathetaVCrn? Thank fortune he had the price o f more liquor I H e looked fSr the hjgb- am “ M amma!” h e cried, started hack, you mean that we niust go to the Alms-house?” ,, “ A la s ! mV darling, it must he so?’ tui She struggled mightflv with herself, and then added,—\ W e cannot stay /here- I cannot see. you starve. I f I vere well and strong-—Oh I my chil* Iren, it is our last and only hoj life I W e shall all die i f ' W ! I:.., A little time spent in. collecting and couceDtratiog Ms perceptions, and Olarence EpwoBh knew where h e was. H e had slept in the churchy w d I ' H e ,on r ^ t ____ a grav^ and: thespectral thing which had first startled him was the marble idab which marked the place o f sepal- ohre. H e tottered arolind, and looked >on tbe.sculptnred tablet. 0 * 0 od plty hlm ! i t wm tW s k h upon tbe.sculptnred which'he h ^ put/ there wi hands; and. over it droope 4 the Ivy .apd’the cllmWng rose, now .weeping storm-tears, which the h a n d lof.h ii once h a ppy wife h ad^lanted attd aur- ired and trained. H e had slept his sleep up» on his mothers gTaVe. . B ilck, hack to the t ik e when that mother smiled upon him in pride nnd joy went his thoughts—to they< when he was happy and pro^erou ....... .................. .............. ... . . W thebifiiKd hours of loYe ^ 4,P«U9« fo«u4 ^ ouco. Dhenhe sank _ _____________ , ^ v. • , ______ kn^s, and folded h is hauds,_and he into h pqgket and drew forth the ^ your ovm 8 Q help me G V Aud then h e put bis hands to his face, and wept} and the’ bright angel ■vanished, and i t was a ll dark. I awoke,— and it was the dream that made me cry when you got She utillbe pieces o f money- that, were left. H© held them in his palm and looked upoi them . The anxious wife did not y et know o f the spirit that was In Mm. knew-how raging his thirst for s drink had been after a night’s deh___ and how h e Would sacrifice anything W e will everything to g e f it. She feared that he would go away now to the tavern, and spend that money for rum. Gould she not keep him a t home ? She put ber arm around his neck—^in her ■ji’eat love she did it—-and said to ■ if. ■visitor seemed to have er on bis mind—something'*that —i _ ade him restive and uneasy. “pf CQurge,” he ventured, after a pause, sball not require your*ser vices, Mr. Webster.” “ Certainly not, sir.” “ And—aud—^how about the thou sand dollars I paid you?” faintly queried the gentleman,- who couldn’t -s^han& r o fktV D fD a v i^ such % sum for services wiuen were never to oa QU—ah,” responded Daniel, with a bland smile, '‘you don’t understand. T/. • ---------- j ---- That was a retain- , in law a refetwer. B y virtue o f the contract, I , also Jbecame a retainer. W h a t should I retain i f not my fee?” And the gentleman from New Bed- have neverfor a momenttorsaken the fhm ily o f the redeemed one. 1 know them w e ll;-and i t was Ella, now with a happy family o f her own, I told me the story which I have SRIDB AID BRIDEGROOM A O E i m i AGO. . To begin with the ladyi herlocks were krained upward over an immense cushion that eat like an incubus on her head, and plastered over with a pomatum, and then sprinkled over ■with a shower o f white powder. The- height o f Ihfe tower . Was somewhat over a foot. .One single white rose bud lay on its top like an eagle on a hayitack. Over her neck ana bojotn ---- ------ . . . ^ - m, w itha podice, worn outside, whence the skirt flowed off, and, distended at the top of an ample hood. Shoes o f white kid, •srith peaked toes, and heels of two or three inoh^ elevafion, inclosed her of the white spectres} and there were ©usly out. H ew for the swain: his h air other spectra— spectres gray, and spectres black— tall, gaunt, and terri- ouslyou k H ew for the swain: h is hair ■wassleeked and plenti&Uy heflowed, while his flueue projected like the handle o f a skillet. H is. coat wasA sky-blue silk, lined with yellow ; his long vest o f white satin, embroidered -with gold la c e ; his breeches of the same material, and tied to. the knee with pink rihhon. W h ite s ilk stock ings and pumps with laces, and ties o f the same Hhe} completed the.habili- mente his nether limiw. Lace ruf fles olustered around his wristi-and a portentous frill worked in Teotrespbad- ence and bearing the mihiatnxe o f Ms . The joke practical does not al ways ^ d M harmieis.as in . the. case of Hathamel Appleton, who found on riding tip to the, house o f his Belaved that»hi3 rival’s bomo wav hitchedni \Cnhitehiag him and m v - . -ery — ■ “ li a r f stroke wirii a thegafe. ing'.him lawhide.,he a v sm |aw h id e walked in and inqiiijed whose-horse that was cantering down the W e e t. I t need.not b e said that h e :e W inm you TO! friess, riad w ill plaintiff.” -3Dbe gentleman asked what the re taining fee would be. “ A thousand dollars.” “ A thousand dollars 1” \ S «5 what I engage to do sir. not only hold myself at your com mand, perhaps fora month or m o r e - hut 1 debar m y self from accepting offer, no matter how large frem t plaintiff.” x The applicant filled out a check for one thousand dollars and gave it to the great expounder. “ And, now, sir,” said Daniel, after he had put the cheek in his pocket, \ ” rill g ive you a bit o f advice, grafe I f you can cowprpiaise this wusi- ■ . laEXISSTNG DEAGOI. In one Of the Buritanical towns o f Hew England, says an Eastern paper, lived PeaeoB Brown, a very dignified sort o f » Christian, a perfect modi ’ lei Of ropriety. Deacon Brown -had the lisfortuae to loss his wife, and at'the age o f forty had ffland him self with a family of four small children, with- out a iBtl'^tre.ss to liis lairm Hrauas. - JUs he eould not imffledktely tdke anoth- er TOfe aud avoid escUtng scaiidaT, ■ along witboatsorae o f the'fcitchen and and could not g et ah one to take charge nursery, h e had rec ness, upon fair terms with the plain tiff; you had better do so.” , The client acknowledged his thanks and took h is leave. Daniel sent the check to the bank, where i t was duly honored. On the very next day the gentle man from Hew Bedford called u] Mr. Webster again. The plaintiff! in Boston—had come upon theprevh ous day on purpose to compromise— and a compromise had been effected. “ In short,” said the client, “ we have made a fair and satisfactory set tlement.”- congratulated his visitor, have turned to other business; but the ir seemed to have soi ^ ~ ther on bis mind pray to be forgiven, and I want you to forgive.me, brothers'ahd sisters,” As the Deacon bowed himself upon osk berore Ifellow arose Lcestillmore by saying} ^‘.Brothera and sisters, you , have heard what brother Brown has s a id: now he wants oiir forgiveness. For my part I believe brother Brown is- truly penitent, and I am wilHng t t forgive him with ' m y whole'heart. And toothers and a ister^ i will add asm rimnvivviRSirir x imuratr ^wtie*«uix- a pretty girl like Haney S b ^ e s should come into loy room, .and.- Xesta I’d hiss her, «» or no sla.* IldHTAIfl. An extraordinary fallaey is the dread o f night air. W h a t air can we hieathc at night, hut the night Mr 7 T&o choice is between pure nightpiir from .without und foul aiir within. AS^A'good story is told- -of John W . Crockett and John Gibson, both of them able lawyers, anfWn full prac tice. In the early flsys of Jackson’s Purchase they both ivsided at Ful ton, in Hickman county. On one occasion they were DOBite sidesrin ah eii ------------------ , —- le court’waslield' frostr,i tten of nnpi^cede ockett Was read- continued. Tb© . .nis is nut wo plan which C( . . ies^ry for r ^ Calculations. coVery. In great cities, n ight air ^s \fom under often the best and purest air to be had in the twenty-four hours. I could frr understand shutting’’’-e ----- “ ting th win- thg the day, for the . The absence qf betfrr understand dows in town durfhj ake of the sick. smoke, the quiet, a ll tend to make night the best time for airing the pa tient. ■Quo o f our highest medical authori ties on consumption and climate, has told that the air in London is never indows reme must be aSed ftom w ith o n t^ v e r y passage from Avithin, B u t the fewer passages there are in a hospital the made t o o^ n ,“doors ara made to ^ u t —ft truth'Which seems extrem oly dif ficult o f apprehension. Every room must be aifed ftoi SriXii. iw SiftPE.— -A t a recent ex amination o f a Scotch farmer, on h is sistef entering the box J;o be examin ed, fch® following con^rsation took place between ber and the opposmg agent: A gent—“ How o ld are you ?” ' M i^ Jane—“ Oh, Weel, sir, I am an unmarried woman, and'T dinna think it richttoftnswerthat question.” The Judge— Oh, yes, answer the gentleman how old you arc.” Jane—“ 'w eel a weel, I am 4 . \ 1 not more?” , I am sixty.” ence a n d b e a r in g t h e nm n aim x e o r M s 50 , wui©a jsob U . v A f a i . W I.U -tealy genteel ap- I am siek and tired o’your pkver al ready.” . 1 The examination proceeded, Whoever feels p in in 1 a goad character o f Ms ne|ghh^-, - fe^ plessure in.the reverae; and thoae ,whp despair to rise to distinction by th 4 r virijmsj.are happy i f others can he d-Cpressed to a level with th« ■«lves* :couise to employing young woman as houaemaid. ^ ancy Steams was a laughing, romp - ing beauty, who delighted in experi- snting upon the Deacon by wa.y o f . ting the Strength of human natur®. P ot a long time the Deacon was in- vulnerahle. j but a t last; in a mdraent of unguarded weakness, he was led into temptation, and committed a “ slight indiscretion,” with his beauti ful houaemaid.^ When he recovered - Not BO NOW. ■, when Jn. 4^0 Tlob- ert^L i i £ t o n ^ o f Savannah, gia, was quite a young man, ire u pany with his flither, Hon. T. Charlton, .^penfc every sum mev in tin .delightful little village of.Oiarksyilie, Northeast Georgra., pened to be election day. Members of Congress were then elected by what was called the general ticket system, and not by districts, as they now axe, when he was met b.y a verdant Demo- lUng man, her. Hot! Jgo K’ ,h, Gei T r p . PAID JH SIS own oonr. ’ A .J e r s ^ tavern keeper -srho iiad bssoise more celebrated for the length of Msjbill than for the abundance on rone j:egioo, stopped tel and ordered dinne came to pay the b ill he ’to find i t stretched out to the round nri -. hersiari landed t< lis man’s ho- W h en he was astonished im o f s ix dollars. This raihi sum o f s ix led the Y a he was m et by a ; Mr, Chaflboa, t of the mountp I thus ss, ee-rs-tod sr arose and requested the forbear- ace o f the brothers and listers a few moments, when he electrified them by making the following confession, “ M y ehriatian friends, you know- th f t t l l o s t l (sobs and ____ _ Stearns has been me. And you know*that I h a v e a little chad not a year did. W ell, imes that child Would cry in the and it would b e a long time . .. _ could quiet i t ; and last Thurs day n ight-~God forgive me i the child cried so hard that H a n c j arose and came,into the room, and leaned over the bed to hush th e child—and, broth ers and sisters, her leaning oyer me there, made me foi *\* “ W h a t did you minister, sternly. “ I — kissed her,” stammered out the Deacon between his sobs,\ but I have been very sorry about it, and it Christ ” I?” demanded the ■would Just as soon vote for Him as anybody.” Mr. C. thanked him, and thinking, perhaps, h is friend was .seeking^a treat, invited Mm into a neighboring bar- “ What will you take?” “ I never drink anything, bat I see they have some ginger cakes. I would as lie f take one of them with vou as n o t ” ** V ery Tirell. Oive us a cal:©.’ ” M y brotlier Is In town with me.” “ A ll right; take him a caki ir r^peots.” her cake Jtwo friends r>ai„„, Mr. join,4he merry dance -with his yoUn^ friends in a .parlor' hard<-by.- “ The golden hours « n angel’s wings” pagsed rapidly away with Mr. Charlton. H is friend was soon forgotten. Late in the afternoon, when .there was a pause in the dance,, our verdant friend irymuch to the surprise of every le, stalked into the parlor, enquiring for Mr. C. O f course, a ll eyes were dioseted to our friend as he approach- ed_Mr. C- - _ D rawing from his bosom le said:— ed Mr. L D rawing irom h a four by s ix inch _cake, h i ___ _ “Mr. Chariton, here’s your cake. My brother had voted afore I seed him.” Mr. C.’a-embarrassmeat was not p e a ter than his admiration o f the fel- low^s hi A S p i d e k .— Spiders abundantly and con- BtJIWED BT crawling more spieuously than nsual upon the in-_ door walls of our houses foretell the near approach o g ja in ; but the fol- Dtreclit, : tiio b a b itslt the spider} and ei^l years o f imprisonment had given hii leisure todie well versed in its. ways. In thI December o f 1794, the French array, o n whose success his restoration to liberty depended, was in H o lland; te sides’iu a h ejectment case, be ^od victory seemed certain, if the The court-was held 'fros t, then o f jmpr fore a magistrat.. ________ ________ in a schoot-house, Crockett was read-1 ing the law to the court, and when he got. through Gibson asked him for Ms book, Beeing. that; the statement just- read was new to Mm. <3rookett refus ed to give it to him on the ground that it was his own private property, and i f Mr. Gibson: wanted the benefit o f i.aw _ _ ______________ riglit to see it, except With Crockett’s their windows shut? A n open ^nsent. Oibson Was pUsKiled,but;be- ..........^ hc6 fellVell o f resources, h f upcn A completely upsetCrockett’s . . ^ _ _.S. H e stepped back and found,' unaeir a d^Kr, an old -copy of Jfoah Webster’s spelling-book, afid in addressing the Court, he rMd from the speller; “B e it enacted bytheGcneral Assembly o f the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that all laws htoetofore passed (here fitting Crockett’s law) be and the same are hereby,r6pealed.”— Crockett spritng’to ’Ms fret-with me 6ee that book.!’ . “Ko you don’t,” says Gibson, “ this book, sir, is pri^mte property, and I am not in tho habit of packing law books around for tho m efitof others/’ I t l a needless to y that Crocket lost his ease, Gibson iving the last say on him. This reminds US o f an other story we have heard, which is too good to be lost. Years ago Judge C„ and Judge r . , two able lawyers .of Western K e n tucky (pud we a re happy to say they are.both with U8 y et,) werO on oppo- eito sides in a .jlawBuit,, and in the ar- twenty years ago ncertaM Methodist mmiiler—pow desery^ly b /^ p r c ^ n t i im t - [ S I was holding forth with characterisbo ^eal ia one o f our ru r 4 districts-pn the text “Thou fooy^ H a v ing in due Jbrm -oiffolded the l^son contained in, ; over h e -aamned feojsl” - .. I^A g e s a e m iu ion h d a y , indlBcrc^f y i • ijiu vnarifc are you fcko laau that is running for Congress ?” “ Ho, s i r ' I am & q candidate—] “^Kotbing, only I haven't voted “ I f it is ■s I wouldould like] i f you I R consistent with w lj father.” ir feel- id vote honesty. 5 equally the certain frost beiug at: baud.—- *jng ta be- Bir Jiabits are ation. of frost lemGr Disjonval, fi{ ii^ th e tedium of his prison hours b ad studied ____ [ented sevc __ _ JDutcb envoTS bad Ailed to n egotiate a peace, and H o l land was despairing, when the. frost suddenly broke up* The Dutch were >W exhulting, and the Ereneh gene- ils prepared to. retreat} but the spi der forwarned Disjonvalthat the thaw would be o f short duration, and he igaew that-this weather monitor never ’eceived. H e contrived to communi- a£6 t i t h the army o f Jus countrymen ; aqd its general?,! who duly ^tiraated :.Ms character, relied upon b is assurance ^ that within a few days the waters would Be again passable by troops, T h ey delayed their retreat; within twelve daystbefeost bad retarned-t-the Frefich army triumphed, Dlsjonval was libem te4and a spider had brought down ruin on the Dutch nation. il@*The late Duke o f York once re marked to Colonel W ., a t the mess o f the Eleventh Regiment, that i h s Col onel was uneommonh ^ou g h .a much youngei “ OAH’X -rouDBIimr UTASE?\ Not a hundred miles from Chicago, in the rural “burg” of Dundee, lives an ancient widow lady who has a lout o f a son, about twenty-four years old, who, like the man’s son, “is a darned smart boy, but don’t know anything,” N o t long since, the old lady was taken siek and lay at the point o f death.— Eeeling^ her end approaching, she call ed h er SOn to her bedside to give him her parting counsel. Abe stood with open mouth, apparently swal lowing'toei’V Word, the old lady’s words seeming to have a good -affect upon him. “Abram,” said she, “here I lie, with death staring me in the face.” A t this moment a knowing expres- fiion passed over Abe’s features, and he broke o u t: “Can’t you- let him -wtxz (Xsaicr invT^iiir xt> a-x., _ _____ speedily recovered. TooMuenTnnniEY.-Eriend “Jerry” s a good-natured, civil feHbw, who at tends to his business, and provides wall fo^hls.frmily, hut has one little failing, in this that when he goes home in the suberbs at night he is usually more or less under the influence o f con traband fluids. One night a little after dark h e started for home with a nice tur key, safely done up in a strong wrap- , ning paper, under bis arm. 'Cerry'* found tho road from the station to his pretty cottage, some half a mile dis tant, uncommonly rough that night. H e several times stumbled and' fell over all sorts of obstructions in the Each time-he fell he dropped t.... l i s tu] by no n ^ , al Highness that Ms ------ he easily accounted for. ‘'In wha manner ?” asked the Duke. To whicl Colonel W. r e p lie d “ By junior off ceia stepping over my head.” Th Doke-was so pleased with the repr that the gallant. Colonel receive! promotion in a few days. H a v isg t h e C o tnE c i.'—^'‘Now, a ll WhohavetheCollect raise their hands,” said the rector o f an Episcopal church, :Albany. Only one little hand ,me up. “ Ah, I see ft \band raised in Mis? —•’s class,!’- said the encouraged rbe- my.goof i The scholar i^peared su< wildered^ ber tocher said: “I f you Jtnow the Collect, why don’t yoii’jepeat ifcl” Oinp little heroine, evidently think in g ;SQmeting was wi’Ohgi bashfully stammered out ! : . ■ “r'thought'he wanted all that had ‘ ^ had to stay ;np and itake oaro' o f in© I” g e n S T t S e o M Oshoib ired suddenly bs- idraiira through the draina ^ o f tho. Jinei and; m . expense o ti«n dollar! laved by the operation. ankee and he dei ___ _ __ _ know whnt h8,had..xot'?a that such a bill should be charged. The landlord replied: ^ T h e b lllv ill sho’T y -u.” Oft consuming the bill he found therein charged several kinds of wine and extras. “ W ell, look here! I didB*| have none of your wines; there was none o f that ’ere stuff brought on for me, and I won’t pay that bill.” er wait for orders h ere; business,” replied' the _ j0w inew .as on the ta ble, and you could drink it or n o t ; that was your huslaess, not ours.” The Yankee saw that there wss no use in quarreling about the m a tter ; so, with a muttered vow of vex^sanee, he paid the bill. Three months n i ter that, our Eastern friend again made his appe.aranee at the hotel, and called for dinner for himself and a friend.- When he sat down to the ta ble he laid a twenty dollar bill at the side of his plate, and ordered all the delieaeiesho coiild think o f and all the wines hecQUld stomach. W h ile eat- I ^juner he called the attention andlord to the h ill, as to wheth er it was genuine or not. The land lord looked at it^replied that it was —^and handed it back. A s soon as they had finished their dinner and cracked an extra bottle o f champagne, the 'Yankee put bis money in his pocket, walked out of the house and jumped into bis wagon. “ HalloI here, you haven’t paid your bill,” said the landlord. “ That’s your oWn fault,” said the ikee. “ 1 never wait to 'have a b ill presented to m e ; the money lay on tbe ifeble, and you eould bave taken it or not, just as you told me about the Wine, three months ago yester day.” The as the Yankee’s hoi the dust” along the road, grei td beautifully less by degrees a i to some extent ie, “ kicking up joad, grew small iis turkey, but contrivedto pick it up again. On entering his house he steadied h imself as well as ,be was able, and 'said to bis Wife, .“Here wifey. I’ve gdS ^Jevea turkeys foryou.” “Eleven turkeys, Jerry! what^do you mean? there’s only one.” “ There must be fell down le I found a turkey. There be ’ievea tur- whi He|oflered twelve shillings. “A siliv i live,\ said the, Quaker, “I cannot affort ti> give ifc t e at that price.’^ “As you iw e !” exclaimed tbe countryman, “then live more moderately, and be hanged to you.” -“Friend,” .said the Quaker, “thou shalt have the hat fer nothing. I hava sold hats for twenty years, and my trick was never found ont till now.” lings. “A s e ,” T saks .—To tell as, by way o f cou- golatioD, that the object for ivhom wo mouta was mortal, is to offer the very reason for tsars. Tears are the un- doubtedlangnageof moi’tality. Were the ease not remediless, consolation would he e a s y ; and. we should weep, i f only at the lesson which reminds us that we are mortal also. * Beside?, how should‘wa forh^r our sorrows, whoa we discover that on© who was a ------- x..^T gQjjygg o f joy, can also prove 35 o f privation? ^^’■‘Tbe man who ' ' ' ers who wants les not read know “ ivho is the Cemtnodore,”^ has tbe following points of Infonnation, in a measure with which h e maybe famlimr, placed at his s ervice: “ This is the man the bears have torn, that married the maiden all forlorn, that took the W a ll street bull by the horn, that tossed Jim E isk , that -worried .Dan •Dre-w, that loosed the rats that stole the stock. that Jay in lha h&use that Vasder- J l ^ A friend asked a little girl lYhich do you love best, your cat or your doll?” The little ^ r i thought ■some time before answering, and then whii^rod in the ear o f her questioner: ‘f I^iove my cat best, but\ plese don’t tell dolly. . Those who blow the coals o f other’s strife may chance loIiavQ the ipariis fly in their f a m i ' ' -.a
