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VOL. XXXTT. NO. 13. RRESKVTL1/E, N. Y „ T H U R S D A Y , DEC, 28, 1871. W H O L E NO. 1625.

WATCHES AND JEWELRY. MfN

S NEW 8T0BE! NEW GOODS I

V*>l<ft. , i i .«. .t |00 *ji Muiillift. I..40 I'tirt* W « f t t i . M i . . . t l o o | Nlm> M o t i i h i . . . « . . . 6 | ^

Mii»tlti.,ii I tM«* Multll .10 00 (Hit Y.'t»r»..,. . . . . . .11 00 Twvit* tilths Natt|mf¥ll,or On* huh, cotutHulu t

Phfcllftrt* mtsiitM* tho.ls, ftttttpythg tiot mur* than ttnt

••titans M |.»t }••*»• . . . . . iiifhi1 ii<lmlti«tit»Mft pttMt#h*><t Ml th* Mttfft tiiiW »'V| tijr * Mill ttlW.

UIMII VHDII ii<l¥vrlt*«mvni ihooUi Iw plulhty writtin llio lOMttUf of tHM'Hkmt f«H|iitr«»«t.

VMV •toiulil t*» infant iu wrtw un on** •!«!• ohly of t»i# iH*iM«r tiii'4.

WmtMvirr i« lM«»ii't«"t for put •i Hv thv imttt0 Atttt not Uit>ntlin^*

bllomlntt mttii I K m* trvftt of ttiv writer.

A I t t i i ' i M ^ y n ,

Aifornt y ami I ouusHlor at I.RWt

I6H? IH)HT UKNHY, II. V.

VITDMIV' A PERRY,

.Itlornrjfi Atid ivMmtrlors nt I*RWi A NOD R titfOkMv. Mui> C. Pmtiv.

H A t « , UMlflf A KtTLOOG. ATI'oUNt;\S AND i'UlNSKLuu^, l^.ttmlirttit^u-tit fi**%r» ('itiitity* h. Vi

Unninr H fMf l tH i

H. I U I . K ,

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I t o t i O i

THE AMERICAN HOUSE. KrPT tiv iM in it vnn.

>p 11 if Tic v w i T ii Y w TiiT niAni*i.AiVvAurv

IV K Si BAR I ATI BMAR*. l*tnn,Ml>tit»u ,>u ^ » V .

in, %. I M Y ^ W H W t f . l « t ! « A T n »

iMMHilh W| ritHlilt.L •» NKW tluiKL.tur h t u ! U M h l l l H | l H ! l I l . 'UltftuUutlMH. llti l iflK r. l i lOllP III Jliv.i»f*of thv K)(, Ktr mtU Tlir-ont, mi tlio/lr^t ut>«t M(r*nv^ttt| iifumih tttwtith. Ai otlup unit* tit

B i | uiiiiitly *»i» Imiiil t«i bin n>il*ti>u«v In KtthititK', , ^,, wh«rt t»iu«nu >tr« ieo»lv»tt fur trtmitutoit.

(It ,M1 >.I.|,| ...||, ^, nhtrtin»i| nt H (Pir rrtU, ^ r pfit^yl if<Motdf»it n. tt AYNKH M D. *1:W M i h N r S Vi

H t i M t t H * n « t it twtpi,

" ' u b r r A N Y A LA MUDOE, '

Shaving & Hair Dressing

fti Mutual Mtnck, KocupylUo, N, V. cm win a i Actft rrN i k A!IY rKMH»K WANI'INU A r i U ^ i ' K . A ^

IMPROVED HOWE SEWING WiCHINf, W t f t t t A t f T E t t , n% KAWV TRIIHK,

(Hilt on rtr nUilt M J . C*. « l I \ W , A|»*t t

K«H»¥lM». H Y.

VOHiC Mt'M< AL

WILLIAM REED Htoitu«t r»tufii»«t fruui Now Ynrfc, mid h^«now rm

exhibition ul hltNtorv

V L A H O n N T O C H

r O H R f f l t t AMD A ^ K I t l C A ^ j

GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, wuh »n «nai«»i t.irUty of

JEWELRY. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, IM i n ; MII.VI:II upAiti%

M th« Ititoit ami 'test it)ri?i nnJ hntti KOudi.

GOLD, M L V t t l t A » D ITICKI, irKCTA*.

W^nth Chatr>i# Klnsi, Charms ThltrtbloB, Jowelry, A c .

C L O C K S , A tvty tt»»t* ittt«lt. Kutiwlnl uttpntinn \i *II1IM1 tw

lit* <»Mu'rft! uMortiMpnt «>f

Nilvot* IMtifiMl VVnro ! Ati*», Anint for

•noufti^^rM.KiutA'tKnnot.nri.W!!. A Fill,I* AUHOIITMBNT OF

tilttiiU ItooU^i itiiil mntlotirry« t.^uilomrri Af« ft»qni»ltmt to cnM Rt\d <*fdtiilnv hU

(JI.UOKH, \VATimi«*h<UKW|Ct.ttr rnf>»»ired hy fti crJoM. ud work no; ti on short not' *«•, sn>l i\t ttic lowv«\ ti>rmi«.

WTLItAn Rf!ttt>, fHif (to, 15 Mnrfiml Hi., h*»iul uf Krt.l r tit.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Mt> Ur

X t t t t v M t t U N

THE HOLIDAYS. Great Array of Goods

AT H. E^ART'S. Gold and Silver Watches,;

C L O C K S , , JEWELRY OF AM, KINDS, j

eotiiMlogln LAWKS' HKTrt-l'IXi KAlMtl.N'08,1

HI.KKVK-nurroirs, I.ADIKSAND UICXT.'B ; suinrnTfi)s«, coi.LAU-HfrroNi*, KIX. I tli:UiUN(l8,(MlU),8Il-VKIUVt'I.ATKn

U-ATOIICI!A!NH. (JKX'I'.'H (l')I.D ' visa, I

All k imUof Silver Thimbles,! Silver Fruit Knives, Silver j

Nnpkin-Kingft, Silvor-pla-ted Cups, Cake-Baskets,

Cantors, Call-Belis, | Cnrcl-BaHkets &e. !

PERFUMERY of all kinds. Table €lilnn Tea-Scts, China lups

and Saucers* Vases, Smokers* Sets, Hull) Vases, fut-tilass i

and Milna Toilet-Sets from $1 tip* I Mate Ii-Boxes, iJilna Motto*

dips all Sizes, nil.Vi noMS,| WOOD A N D § T I N TOYS,

all kinds. ranTFoiios, IL\VICOAmrox-

WliffiXU-DKSKS.

Traveling-Bags, Lava Spittoons,

Meerschaum Pipes, STATIONERY OF ALL KINDS.

LADIKS' AND GENTS/

B F C K AND KT1) GLOVES AND MITTENS, in grout variety,

AND CHEAP. ItESTSTET:!, Sl'lCC'.S to IU tli(> Old ftntl Vauni(.

not!) rr:^, unit*, cloth, tttni Xuii nnrsiiKs,

l rr t ther I K S T K I l ^ , DO n i >()»!,

( i i i ! « . M K \ f P A P K I I rori.Art**, Iu fact, every thing in tho

Jewelrv & Yankee Notion MXK YOU MAY CALL Poll,

FOR SALE at A BARGAIN.

T^oetry TIIK D I M t n OF T H E YKATl.

HV rHANCIs I'H KkVv> JAMVIKK

feeble* rtli«l futn*i Rtnl urlin, iin.t «m>*, In hU lui»t tlurk 'loin tin- Oi<! V*ur iny ; Ami tii'iivlty cnm« liin purttntc breath, Atul hlm.i)t>niir.'W Una in tht* mUtH ol il<* tfh

Vpt it f :tv m-HiHut \n\*\, wfrnn til -Sprt*^>lttn«imtlf<1f 'I lilrf «r»iy OlrJ V»-iir WA»» n nu'irv child ; All.l ||M t | . a ! | . d tlu' talk lit it ek' t tin* lilr, Ami tfei:i<.«t '»ri lit t.udi* in u*i!'!t.u tmlr.

Thi'h thi* PtitufniT c mu», n» d «hu tni»1* wpf« ftaw»*rfj Aitd thu iiliclitlttK ili' ''iiitg in Hiu bio lining tiowurp; Anl.ft pi'iinivv yjiilti, li<# luvt'ij ilu* nijf'it And liiu Nllunt HttiM ftiid the pnU- inouiill^lit

t*tl!I Hit* rnmitli!* foiled tiy» and th« Autumn, now, 0:ive Itfl gulden trilit from M-M-M bund Inn IH»UKI); And witli inliid mature, Jiu lud reached, nt IUDKIII The full peifectiun uf nvtuly itriMigtli.

Hut tbe leave* grow K>t\tt An l the Auttimn ptiPtud, And the (uil tri'fK henl to the wintry blu.it; And thu day§ wore on, and the end "drew nigb, And the wuiiry o!0 yu lay down to die.

feeble and faint, timl grim, and grayi In hit hint <lurk hour the Old Year lay; And heavily enriie hin purling hreiith, And liiH ey* P givw ilim in the mtsta of death. Yet not Hlono -for old Time utood the^ : llii w.ttehed ut hi* Hide with pu'e'itul e.tre; And he Kiuted on the v\n** in hin withered hand,

; Am! J-iiloUPly cotitiU'd eueh ehbiiik' i»nnd.

I Ntiy, tint n'otie-fiir « com|mriy Vast, i The fliudenof the numberh^n Ve;im of (he piml,» j Km I eleil iliHcoiU'li wheio the <1> Intr >e«r Iny, , And iiwmiifutiy beckorud hi»npiilt away.

'I'hi-n nullenly tolie; from n crumbltni( tower, Tlie nolemii Ntroku** ut tie* inldnUht hou»; -And the ghoHt uf the «rsis < hd Yeiir wm» fri»(»i With the Htttulowy i»»»'. "in eternity.

Written for tit" ft wirlh nnd Homo, mid piibllnhei iu ttiin paper by * per hi I pcimtrt/dou ]

THE HOOSIER SCHOOL-FASTER.

TIY r:nM*Aim Raot^sToN

CHAPTER V.

TitK WALK IIUMR.

()U expect mn to iloscribe that walk,

A0KMT ruU TH«

AXU

nimlral Mrrehattitlw <Jfttera1lr«

W § ^ * , I. ( iKhl) , Murltib OttilHi, If Y ^

Tuttirt'i noo^ A jci iiVdnttnji ome©! l l N t H t i 1 i « h 4 M t I n t « 1 J .

BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, nukr lu llmri>rt)'n >PW litilldinv.

^!irS,^r?,:( PLATTSBURGM, It. Y.

F. L.REED,

PIANOS,ORGANS ESTEY COTTAGE ORGANS, r o o h w . l Monivit rr\TnE» % r.

TIIK&K IMBrHrMM-HTtf CONTAIN TIIIC

BrRUtlfni Vo* IltinintiA Trcmoto AHt>

Wonderful Vox Jubilanto, t i f t O V H ^ i l t ! ! f t C t t t A R tV AND OHIO!JtAI. Wltll t « »

AU WOt* '

•turniy on hiittd.

IWtlliNl in ttt» |»Mt ft* le Kdd «kl th« lwW« A full itniufltttHUt gf LAW bhmiiAo<ttii

ItM^r

mHAM BUCK,

m u ii v la v o n i xtTtoxiii MM? nsrnwrE co%

5 T O T A TI V T » U 1 1 T ^ T C

Agent mill lltuft r tu llotit TMutt*. UITIWU Point Cuittre, N. Y.

Vt i f t tn l iU *r»ln1ti»i f««ltti1«i I - Otlnlim, f ft%ftll*

M C t t t A R tV AND OHIO! Jt AI fcfTVt ObUARS.

A Uttftf ¥urlety of tl^titlful Stvle« for llluitmtit ft<}tllreitl«titt till

illogUtft

Addffwi

t u t e s . Hei:d Hdrth "! to nit

ttorinh Uuulur, N. »

M.i^vrr} ittitrttutt'iii Fully Wnrrnnt^tt. furnish"'!

Prescott & Weston Ttnve tho largest stock <»f

FURNITURE fa Xnrthtrn Xvw York,

P » I A N 0 8 ' > f the be#t ttitiken ie moftl liiM-rnl tefirm.

upon 714

LUMBER.

t.ATTim naif M stoum VAUD.

I in, M*« fuf *.iiv

v l l Wsutxii HIIU otltvr Uuuntli>i»

T,

Odontology. DRr C. E. STACKS,

ATI; i< l ion i ' t iuovro I M . M \f*TOTi« KMitiTwouhl r«'«p«H>t(i»H>"miii«mnoe to the oltiH"h* uf K4«0« itnd Adjoiniit* Inwtt* Uml li« i< how rvmty to I'-'rform nit tt|»vriittoM tu

DKXTAT. PURCIKllY worktnuhttk*

H«r i for nrttHeUt <tibnlt«

PfttftMifd to ht« vrtrv in n iMpnlur Ah I HLihtier.

tWth •ilfrndiH. trw of ItH***.

» f * A t t work wurttuttvd. KisMt, .f»in. i . t i l t . 1174

BAKER BROTHERS, Whotomitc* nnil TU*tull

Lumber of all Kinds. AVtih IrTUt^foF npe4i1iiff,jit t h i Whnrf .

,f ff 0AKKM,) - . , A1 , ^ %* *r

S . ! i : ! ! » ( riattsburgh, N. Y, Th© ittbntirllWM tir# ftrVhtlfed to olttir for iftle *

INSURANCE.

w (KM ii vi, iivsritixre fo. NiW VOIIK.

VS*n A*HkiH,dV»r ,„„.«••».1900,000.

Wi J. Wff\rrnrv, OpiflRtt. Aftitit ruH NWMMIMH NRW

Pl.ATTHHUItOll, N, V.

Yrtlti,

WESTdlESTKU FIUE !NS# fOi NKNV VOHK.

tV. J» 1IH Al I I4KY, Ht9ttl4i. At»«Nf run iN«*HOttHN iNitf YoKI,

I'liArrHiiriuht, N. Y,

A ff«*n t N W n n tod Tof#|tr»«iMi»l UIP«* two (,Wp*»iv« in thi> «1trT rc*nt towhi of KMI>I t'onniy.

MnihiirthcianomimnUf Will thtute Ihtrm Prop^ y *t thi> ¥»r> low. «\ rrttr*.

Ittrtfvv fttet better Mioriment of

Pine, Spruce nml fTrmtock Lumber Umtt etr»r bifofe, Wn lint©on trnhd ti ttirfp sttppty

O T T A W A r»T1VE thorou^bty

Ituvltiirii'Meil toftnd Imttmvedour mftohtnory mieh Nh ettetil thnt WM fbvl

AddrtM W.J Mi?(*AKrUKT, Ul«t I'MUbunib. H. f,

Of nil dMertptlottn uml dtiitettiitont. and •miffnneil,

to ronlident thtit mu c»n

iv mm roi Preimlng nnd Mutehlnii thftt eftti be found.

WHOLtSALI DEALERS Will Itnd Ii lor their Interent to putronlae ut lift 19* curing their nupplWt of

S P R U C E F L O O R I N G , Shlnglf s I alli i, firmlork Bourd*,

lOICT, A^ffl WALL 1ITH1I% M Wn mtitte thnif* nftlolf l ipnol-ltlrH, ft ml dealing tti lurpe (|ilnhtitiettir« ennbled to furnUh themnn eheup ot eh«*pi*r Uinti they enn he purchmted eliewhero.

I t t M t i t ! n<Hi1<* l *s

Wtlt ftti.t cotifit intly on himd vtory d^trrlptlott of tittmhert drewid or ttt the rottgh.

Addrt***, I IAKKtt tlltOTttlSItAi

M0o rUtUhurvh, N. f.

Among others, they make a ppcciulty i»f

PARLOR AND

Chamber Setts, in BLACK W A L N U T ,

ASH & CHESTNUT. Also, u largo stock of GTUTNET) BKTTS,

HUREAUS, TABLES, iSre,

BURIAL CASES AND COFFINS In ull styles*

C H A I R S , CANE and WOOD S E A T S .

Mirrors, Picture Frames &

Molding, Baby Carriages,

&c. Also, t\ largo assortment of

Window Shades, Sash, Doors and Blinds.

Building Material PfRNISllEO TO OIIDKH.

A11 of which they will sell ftt prices

DEFYING COMPETITION. Kecscvillc, May 1} 18TU 1DU1

Holiday Goods. tntCK among

Insurance^ Agency I *vnn

i. j h emit* tun tut rtm

»tiw itrmrtttnrtt m*itPA TO r* vt.L . l l t l ' i l l l . ! ! ! tu lh< t t l m t In- «.-uhlil lUes t o

!*.,,<<* M I < ( . . i . i t ' l - ' i . i " t u i i u i *

llftiHirrr V\n ln'<tirnnrf rowpn«y« mm VOHK iMtt

0«»li (.9ti|iluli••••••• .• .WmtifK)

ff|»rlfiffflH<1 Plr* niut ilirliir In** Co <>r M Si*ii.U i l l i«K I I F .

0i%f»lti%l . . • • . . • • • • • • • • . • • | f tnn , . i00 i\MH'l**t . . i i i . i i i . i i . i . . . . « . . . . . ^ • T ^ 1 1 1

I,fff?rntftR Plrr IrittrtMVf < nitipjinyt

A • i l i . 1 1 1 . 1 1 • . * 11 > • <. . i . . . i f rtOtij.rtiO

Initial Plro rinrf Marine In*, fott U l N i f k h N ^ l i i • •Hl'»»

tJ*«h rupiiHi,.,,,.,,., , •ilnt)o,rioo Uttlniil Mfr ItiHTirhiirf rofnpuBj8!

(Unit Aivrii, t iw, ...105,000,000 t'h»« Uomp^Hi I raitftwti HimtHviK vnttndy oti the

UAftl ft . AN, nnd IU mmXM»4o AM«II I he hid© ©o pfi'minin it.tteii hu\») *tm'kn( or utber Itlitttfltmry

Tr«rrlff!if In firanri* fompiiiiy« IIAHt K*»tU», tUNN.

tn«fif«©ii||rttitt< ltMtilt>ttii o f « H K h i ( U «

• i*h ( ttpltal,. , . M . H . M . , . friOO.noO Nul H i r p l u i i . , . , . , , • , , , , , . • 911,887

Railway Pw^flffr IsjtfirRiif^

t t f * i#t t i i t

Take Pictures lit hU tU">itt»in Keem>vUle.Htiil U in line with nil the Irtle ImprovftiR'iiU mid nt) le*. 1 f he eiinnot rflv mit* lifnetlot^thv quenttott tmtumlly occur*, " W l i r r e %tilt yntl Kr» t *'

Stereoscopes, Kr#lil«*inrlieleii( cumtntitly on liuhd, utid

Stfrroftcoplc Views Kdy. ThoM of the Wfitti

R l l . W R J f S T TlKrKIVKII A HMi»rliii*'Mt of UOl.lUM (iOOl>S}

wliieli mny In1 found

Vases, Toilet Sets, Perfume Bottles,

Cups and Saucer^ SmokorH* Sets,

Vhlna Mateh Jloxes and Ornament*%

Uluvo and Liumlkerchief Hoxcs, Dressing Ca^os, Work Boxes,

Wrltltier Desks, Portfolios, Autngraph and I'hotograph Album*)

rrriirlt nnd <<<Tmiin rpiTimirM, And many other article* luittiulc for (liftn. Wo have nUo n full line of HOLIDAY I10OK3

for OM and YOUIIK, Rl'liniXO AXi) ALPIIMIEI BLOCKS, MAtilC MlliltOHS, <ft., <fe.

W. MOULD A HoK. ftocnevltle, flee. 0,1ST1. 10«w4

furiilth imnki *

ed In >f th«

•rent vnri AMirthle,

Walled iiiefnce Mountain and vl-t,.pr:illth'«, are rvcelvlny n cltilt), add other Home

Ifthfi* nhar© of ittintlon. Vorvltcn uiid Kmiey Vlewi tttltirtfe nirtety. Kteetited III the bent ntytt of the art, ahd Hold on the rnont roanonahle teritn*.

Picture Frames, 0 all ntyleft, ni*rh nn HlneK Walnut, Uniwwood, Otll, IftiUPrliil, and INird ile Vlnite.

fIiiaUohR<ir,/fMri.V(i.Vtvi*ry and RXtlN.l ltXUXt u|>|irnfirint •tttltiM roiiin.

Allarelnvltedto0all.it hU room*, trt the Adlran itai' Uloek.and •uetidun hour in ft personal eiamlna tlotu II. 8. TOUH1.KY.

KeiHIetliit, !)#«. » , \m 15-0

|iFetty for |>ri»ii#tit#. e for the parlor and

Millinery, and I-ailios' Ftmiishiiig Store.

Steroscopic Views Of Ausable River Chasm,

VHiltefaco Mountain Scenery,

And John Brown's Grave And Residence,

Oofittnmly on hmid and for Pale hv II. rf. Totitdry, ftt One Dollar Klfty Cent a perdo*nin.

MTRooiua In Adlrundar Itloek. II. 8, ToUHLKY,

Operator and Proprietor. 1581 Keeievile N. Y.

AUo, Pit A $0*8 AMKKIt'AX CHROMOU,

thu Adirondae

MAtrrrt»Mti

«. o. ^«¥ U, U;g

, OONN. l» l ! \ I IOOY»

+ *-^

Agent.

urn

\ f U « . ft, W. f l \UT Wort.D i*l thut *he htm opt Mi-.l a itore In iU.-.-k( Whore

Millinery Work HfthiriiMv Will t* done oft short hoUee, and

Furnishing; Goods ttf|>l constantly on hand, of good quality and ftteet

s sat It factor! I y low. 17, tito. nm

And n variety of FAXd' I'irrt'RrN; II.WN1N-A rin Tkxrn. SA tut A rtr s c ff oo n \\ RUX ; STKROSi rtM for |1.0U ; 1* I V T C ft K FRA MRS of every *Ue mid dencrlpttoti, llluck Walnut, ltusllc, Gilt, and tinltntton of Hose; nil to IKI nold lower limn ever before In Northern New York,

P i t o l o g r a p h s , 1^.30 per th.zen until .Tati 1,1*71,

XT X You Lave htul enough uf the Jtiek

MefUiHes and the St|uire IIinvkinseH, niul the Teto JOUOHOR, ami tho rent. You wink me to tell you now of thin true-hearted girl and her lover ; of how the silvery moonbeams eamc down in u show­er—to use Whittier*8 favorite metaphor —through thu maple boughs, ileeking the frozen ground with light and shad­ow. You would have mo tell of the evening star, not yet gone down* winch shed its benediction on them. J'ut T shall do no finch thing. For the moon wus not shining, neither did tho stars give their light. The tall black trunks of the maples swayed and shook in the wind, which moaned through their leaf­less boughs. Novelists always make lovers walk In the moonlight. But if love is not, us the cynics believe, nil moonshine, it can at least make its own light. Moonlight is never so little need­ed or heeded, never so much of an im­pertinence, UH in n love-scene. It was at the bottom of the first hollow beyond tho sehooMiolise that ltulph overtook tho timid girl walking swiftly through the dark. He did not nsk permission to walk with her. Love does not go by words, and there are times when con­ventionality is impossible. There are people who understand one another at

once. "When one Houl meets another, it is not by pass-word, nor by hailing sign, nor by mysterious grip, that they recog­nize. Tho subtlest freemasonry in the world is this freemasonry of the spirit.

Kalph and Hannah knew and trusted, llalph had admired and wondered at the quiet drudge. But it WUB when, in the unaccustomed sunshine of praise, she spread her wings a little, that he loved her. He had seen her awake.

You, Miss Amelia, wish mo to repeat love-talk* T am afraid you'd lind it dull. Love can pipe through any kind of n reed, Ralph talked love to Hannah when he spoke of the weather, of the crops, of the spelling-school, Weather, crops, and spelling-school—these were what his words would say if reported. Hut below all these commonplaces there vibrated something else. Due can make love a great deal better when one doesn't spoUk of love. Words are so poor! Tones and modulations are better. It is an old story that Whitelleld could make an audience weep by his way oi pro­nouncing the word Mesopotamia. A lover can sound the whole gamut of his aiVeetion in saying Good Morning. The solmenest engagements ever made have been without the intervention of speech.

And yon, my Gradgrind friend, you think me sentimental. Two young fools they were, walking so slowly though tho the night was sharp, delaying under the trees, and dreaming of a heaven they could not have realized if all their wish­es had been granted. Of course they were fools ! Either they were fools to be so happy, or else some other people are fools not to bo so, After all, dear Grad­grind, let them bo, There's no harm in it, They'll get trouble enough before morning. Let them enjoy tho evening. I. am not sure but these lovers whom we write down fools are the only wise peo­ple after all. Is it not wise to be happy? Let them alono. If you do not know how it is yourself, 1 pity you,

For tho first time in three yearfl, for the first time since she hnd crossed the threshold of *'01d Jack MeansV and come under the domination of Mrs. Old Jack Means, Hannah talked cheerfully, almost gaily. It was something to have a companion to talk to. It was some­thing to be the victor even in a spelling-match, and to be applauded even by Flut Creek. And so, chatting earnestly about tho most uninteresting themes, Ralph courteously helped Hannah over the fence, and they took tho usual short-cut through the l'blue-grass pasture.'1 There came up a little shower, hardly more than a sprinkle, but then it was so nice to have a shower just as they reached tho box-alder tree by tho spring! It was so thoughtful in Ralph to suggest that the shade of a box-alder is dense, and that Hannah might take cold ! And Hannah yielded to tho suggestion. Just as though she had not milked the cows in the open lot in the worst storms of the last three years ! And just as though the house were not within a stone's throw! Doubt­less it was not prudent to stop there. But let us deal gently with them. Who would not stay in paradise ten minutes longer, even though it did make purga­tory the hotter afterward ? And so Han­nah stayed,

MTell me your circUhistaiices,M said Ralph, at last. *'I am sure I can help you in something,"

4'No, no ! you can not," arid ITannal s face was clouded. "No one can help me, Only time and God. I must go, Mr. Hartsook," And they walked on to the front gate in silence and in BOUIO con­straint. But still in happiness.

As they camo to tho gate. Dr. Small pushed past them in his cool, deliberate way, and mounted his horse. Ralph bade Hannah good-night, having entire­ly forgotten tho errind which had been his excuse to himself for coming out of his way. He hastensd to his new home, the house of Mr. Fete Jones, the same who believed in the inseparableness of "lickm' and larninV

"You're apurty gal, aVn't you? You're a purty gal ul'n't you?_ You air! Yes, you air!!" and Mrs. Means seemed so

Yon're n mean, deceitful thing* Stuck up bekase you spelt tho master down. Ketch me lettin' you go to spcllin'-sehool tomorrow night! Ketch MI: ! Yes, ketch ME, I say !"

"Looky here, martu," Raid Bud, "it seems to me you're a inakin' a blamed furss about nothin'. Don't yell so's they'll hear you three or four mile. You'll have everybody 'tween here and Olifty waked up.M For the old woman had gotton so excited over tho idea of being caught allowing Hannan to go to spelling-school that she had raised her last "Ketch me!" to n perfect whoop. "That's tho way Tm treated,'' whim­pered the old women, who knew how to take the "injured-innocence" dodge as well as anybody. "That's the way I'm treated. You tillers take sides with that air hussy agin your own flesh and blood. Youdon'tknowhow much trouble I have. Not you. Not a dog-on'd bit. I may be disgraced by that air ongrateful crit­ter, and you set right here in my own house and sass mo about it, A purty fellow you air ! An* me a delvin' and a drugin' fer you all my born days. A purty son, a n't you ?"

Bud did not say another word, He sat in the chimney-coruer nnd whistled "Dandy Jim from Caroline.'1 His di­version had the eflect ho sought. For while his tender-hearted mother poured her broadside into his iron-eluded feel­ings, Hannah had sliped up the stairs to her garret bed-room, and when the old woman turned from tho callous Bud to finish, her assault upon the sensitive girl, she could only gnash her teeth in disappointment,

Stung by tho insults to which she Could not grow sensible, Hannah laid awake until tho memory of that walk through the darkness came to her soul like a benediction. The harsh voice of the orgo died out, and the gentle and courteous voice of Hartsook filled her soul. Hho recalled piece by piece tho whole conversation—all the conversa­tion—all the commonplace remarks about the weather; all tho insignificant remarks about the crops; all tho unim­portant words about the spelling-school. Not for tho sake of the remarks. Not for the sake of the weather, Not for tho sake of the crops, Not for tho sake of tho spelling-school. But for the sake of tho undertone. And then she traveled back over the three years of her bondage and for tho three years to come, and fed her heart on the dim hope of rebuild­ing in some other form the home that had been so happy. And she prayed with more faith than ever before, for deliver­ance. For love brings faith. Some­where on in tho sleepless night she stood at the window. The moon was shining now, and there was the path through the pasture, and there was the fence, and there was the box-alder.

Hho sat there a long time. Then she saw some one come over tho fence and walk to tho tree, and then on toward Peto Jones's. Who could it be V Hho thought she recognized the figure, But was chilled and shivering, and she crept back a^ain into bed, and dreamed, not of the uncertain days to come, but of tho blessed days that were past—of a father and a mother and a brother in a happy home. But somehow tho school­master was there too.

CHAPTER VL

A NrortT AT PKTR JOKES'*

When Ralph got to Peto Jones*« he found that sinister-looking individual in the act of kicking one of his many dogs out of the house.

"Come in, stranger, come in. You'll find this 'ere house full of brats, but I guess you kin kick your way around among'Vm. Take a cheer, llere, git out! go to thunder with you I" And with these mild imperatives ho boxed ono of his boys over in one direction nnd one of his girls over in the other. "I be­lieve in trainiu' up children to mind when they're spoken to," ho said to Ralph apologetically.

But it seemed to the teacher that he Wanted them to mind just a little before they were spoken to.

"P'raps you'd like bed. Well, just climb up the ladder on the outside of tho house. Takes up a thuuderin' sight of room to have a stairs inside, and wo ha'u't got no room to spare, You'll find a bed in the f urdest corner. My Pete's already got half of it, and you can take t'other half. Ef Pete goes to takin1 his half in the middle, and trying to make you take yourn on both sides, jest kick him."

In this comfortless bed "iu the furdest corner," Ralph found sleep out of the question. Pete took three-fourths of the bed, and Hannah took all his thoughts. Ho ho lay, and looked out through tho cracks in the "clapboards" (aB they call rough shingles in the old West) at the stars. For tho clouds had now broken away. And he lay thus recounting to himself, as a miser counts tho pieces that compose his hoard, every step of that road from the time ho had overtaken I lannah in the hollow to the fence. Then he imagined again the pleasure of help­ing her over, and then ho retraced the ground to the box-alder tree at the spring, and repeated to himself the conversation until ho came to the part in which she said that only time and God could help

him and reined up a little. Why he should have been started by the presence of these men ho could not tell, but an indefinable dread seized him. They gal­loped on, and lio stood still shivering with a nervous fear. The cold seemed to have gotten into his bones. He remem­bered that the whole region lying on Fiat Creek and Cliffy Creek had the reputation of being infested with thieves, who prac­ticed horse-stealing and house breaking. For ever since tho day when Murrell's confederate bauds were paralyzed by the death of their leader, there have still existed gangs of desparadoes iu parts of Southern Indiana and Illinois, and in Iowa. Missouri, Kentucky, and the Honth-west. Tt Was out of*these mate­rials that border rufllanism has grown, and the nine members of the Reno baud who were hanged two or three years ago by lynch law, were remains of the bud blood that came into the West in the days of Daniel Boone, Hhall I not sav that these bunds of desperadoes still found among tho "poor whitey," "dirt-eater" class are the outcropping* of the bad blood f»ent from England iu convict ships? And ought an old country to sow the fertile soil of it colony with such nox­ious seed if

Before Ralph was able to move, he heard the hoofs of another horse striking upon the hard ground in an easy pace. The rider was Dr. Huiull. Ho checked his horse in a cool way, and stood still a few seconds while ho scrutinized Ralph. Then he rode on iu the sumo easy gait as before. Ralph had a superstitious horror of Henry Small. And, shudder­ing with cold, he crept like a thief over the fence, past the tree, through tho pasture, buck to Pete Jones's, never once thinking of the eyes that looked out of the window at Means's. Climbing the ladder, he got into bed, and shook as with the ague. He tried to reason him­self out of the foolish terror that pos­sessed him, but he could not.

Half an hour later ho heard a latch raised. Were the robbers breaking into the house below ? He heard a soft tread upon the floor. Should he rise and give tho alarm i Something restrained him. He reflected that a robber would be sure to stumble over some of tho "bvats." So he lay still and finally slumbered, only awakening when the place in which ho slttpt was full of the smoke of frying grease from the room below.

At breakfast Pete Jones scowled. He was evidently angry about something. He treated Ralph with a rudeness not to be overlooked, as he intended to bring on a quarrel. Hartsook kept cool, and wished he could drive from his mind all memory of the past night. Why should men on horseback have any significance to him V He was trying to regard things in this way, and from a general desire to keep on good terms with fiis host ho went to the stable to offer his services in helping to feed the stock.

"Didn't want no saft-handed help!" was all he got it return for his well-meant oiler. But just as ho turned to leave the stable ho saw what made him tremble again. There was the same sorrel horse with a white left forefoot and a white nose.

To shake off his nervousness, Ralph started to school before the time. But, plague upon plagues! Mirniuly Means, who had seen him leave Pete Jones's | started just in time to join him where j he came into tho big road. Ralph was not in u good humor after his wakeful night, and to bo thus dogged by Mirandy did not help the matter. So ho found himself speaking crubbedly to the daughter of the leading trustee iu spite of himself,

"Haulier's got a bad cold this mornln' from boiii' outlast night, and she, can't come to spelliu'-school to-nifjht," began Mirandy, in her most simpering voice.

Ralph had forgotten that then? was to bo another spelling-school. Tt seemed to him an age since the orthographical conflict of the past night. This remark of Mirandy** fell upon his ear like an echo frotn the distant past, Ho had lived a lifetime since, and was not sure that he was the same man who was spelling for dear life against Jim Phillips twelve hours before. But he was sorry to hear that Hannah had a cold. It seemed to him, in his depressed state, that he was to blame for it. In fact, it seemed to him that he was to blame for a good many things. He seemed to have been committing sin iu spite of himself. Broken nerves aud sleepless nights often result in a morbid conscience. Aud what business had h* to wander over this very road at two o'clock iu the morning, and to see three galloping horsemen, one of them on a horse with a white left forefoot and a whito nose ? What business had ho watching Dr. Small as he went home from the bedside

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impressed with Hannah's prettincss that she choked on it and could go no far­ther. "Apurty gal! you! Yes 1 you air a mighty purty gal!" ahd the old woman's voice rose till it could have been heard half a mile. "To boa san-teriu1 along the big road after ten o'clock with the master ! Who knows whether he's a fit man fer anybody to go with? Arter all I've been and gone and done fer you ! That s tho way you pay me I Disgrace me! Yes, I say disgrace me !

her. What did she mean ? AVhat was the hidden part of her life? What was tho connection between her and Sliocky ?

Hours wore on, and still the mind of Ralph Hartsook went back and traveled the same road, over the fence, past the box-alder, up to the inexplicable part of tho conversation, and stood bewildered with the same puzzling questions about the bound girl's life.

At last he got up, drew on his clothes, and sat down on the top of tho ladder, looking down over tin? blue-grass pasture which lay on the border between the land of Jones and the land of Means. The earth was white with moonlight, He could not sleep. Why not walk? It might enable him to sleep. And once determined on walking, he did not hesi­tate a moment as to the direction in which ho should walk. Tho blue-grass pasture (was it not like unto the garden of Eden?) lay right before him. That box-alder (was it not a tree of life V; stood just in sight. To spring over the fence and take the path down the hill and over the brook was as quickly done as decided upon. To stand again under tho box alder, to climb again over the farther fence, and to walk down the roi d toward the school-house, was so easy and so delightful that it was done without thought. For Ralph was a mau full of e.hm% who, when he I saw no wrong in anything that proposed I itself, was apt to follow his impulse with­out deliberation. And his keeping com­pany with the stars, and the memory of delightful walk, wero so much better than the commonplace Flat Creek life, that he threw himself into his night ex­cursion with enthusiasm.

At last ho stood in the little hollow where first he had joined himself to Hannah. It was the very spot at which Shocky, too, had met him a few mornings before. He leaned against the fence and tried to solve again the puzzle of Han­nah's troubles. For that sue had troubles he did not doubt, Neither did lie doubt that he could help her if he could dis­cover what they wero. But he had no clue.

All at oneo his heart stood still. Ho heard the thud of horses' hoofs coining down the road. Until that moment ho had not felt his own lonliness. Ho shrank back further into the fence-corner. The horsemen were gollopiug. There were three of them, and there was one figure that seemed familiar to Ralph. But he could not tell who it was. Neither could he rememember having seen the horse, which was a sorrel with a whito left fore foot and a white nose, The men noticed

of a dying patient near daylight in tho morning ? And because he felt guilty, he felt cross with Mirandy, and to her remark about Hannah he only replied that "Hannah was a smart girl"

"Yes,'1 said Mirandy, "Bud thinks so/ '

"Does he?" said Ralph, pricking up his ears.

"I should say so. What's him and her been a-courtin' fer for a year ef ho didn't think she was smart? Marm don't like it; but ef Bud and her does, and thev seem to, I don't seo os it's marm's loofcout.

When one is wretched, there is pleas-1 lire in being entirely wretched. Ralph felt that he must have committed some unknown crime, and that some Nemesis was following him. Wras Hannah de­ceitful ? At least, if she wero not, he felt sure that he could supplant Bud. But what right had he to supplant Bud ?

"Did you hear tho news?" cried Sliocky, running out to meet him. "Tho Dutchman's house was robbed last night."

Ralph thought of the three meu on horseback, and to save his life ho could not help associating Dr. Small with them. And then he remembered tho sorrel horse with tho left forefoot and muzzle white, and he recalled the sound he had heard as of the lifting of a latch. And it real­ly soomed to him that in knowing wiiat he did he was in some sense guilty of the robbery.

fTO MS COVTINUBD.l

Wit IHMI Humor. —Many young men are so improvident

that they cannot keep anything but late hours.

—Mrs. Stowe hopes to stow away 813,-000 this year, clear profit, from her Flor­ida orange grove,

—An Irish lover remarks that it is % great comfort to be alone, "especially when yer swatch curt is wid ye !"

—"Gentlemen." said a publican to his guests at midnight, "I don't know wheth­er you have talked enough or not, but as for myself, I am going to shut up."

—-"Why do they call this sort of wool mohair, I'd like to know." "Dat isn't wool, honey; dut dar kim off a goat and dey call it mohair caze a goat have mo' hair dan a sheep,'1

—A music dealer on Broadway has in his window a sentimental song thus marked; "Thou hast loved me and left me, for 25 cents." This is certainly the cheapest kind of divorce.

•- Grasshoppers having been a long time a plague to man, now have a plague of their own. It is a sort of reduced flea. They have not been interviewed as to how they like it.

—Out in San Francisco, a rejected lov­er named Kelly, dunned his favorite ri­val for money'spent in courting the lady,

rticulars are not as yet made pub-

f£tld>'« Ln itch e o n - B a s k e t * Forty boys were congregated upon the

play-ground iu front of Mr. Watson1* large select school in Pineyville, waiting for the ringing of the school-bell. They were of ages ranging from seven to fif­teen, and they all bore the signs of wealth in their carefully selected clothing, hand­some satchels, and other outward tokens, which mark tho child of rich parents as distinctly in the school-boy as in the grown man,

While they waited, a boy of twelve or thirteen years of age, with a noble face and an air of quiet refinement, but dress­ed shabbily, walked hastily past the group, and entered the school-house. No voice greeted him as he passed, but when he was fairly inside tho building, a storm of ill-uatured comment arose.

"There goes Mr. Watson's beggar," said ono.

"His toes are well enough to be out of hih boots !" cried another.

"Did you ever seo such a coot?" cried a thud. *

"I'll tell you what it is, boys !" cried Charley Kitely, a tall, handsome boy, apparently the oldest of the group. **Mr. Watson has no business to expect us to u*..i<«»iute with beggars."

"No!" cried Will Mason. "We are all gentlemen's sous here,

"Edward nunter is not a beggar," cried a fair-haired, blao-eyed boy, who spoke then for tho first time. "Did he ever beg of any of you?"

"His mother takes in sewing for a liv­ing,'' said Charley,

"Honest work le not beggary." "Harry Mills,'* taid Charley, severely,

"his mother is not a lady." "Sho is. His father was a gentleman

of wealth, but ho failed and died. My mother says Mrs, Hunter U a lady, ana I guess she knows."

His voice softened as he said: "I know how to feel for a boy without a fathor, money or no money."

"Ho ought to go to work," persisted Charley,

"He'probably will when he finishes the year of study Mr. Watson is giving him."

"In the mean time," said Charley, "he is a disgrace to tho school, with his shab­by out-atthe-elbows coat and patched trowsers. It makes me hot all over to see such a walking scarecrow gowing in and out of the school I attend. Come, boys ; join mo in the conspiracy, and we will turn him out."

Tho others looked rather startled at this bold proposition, but finally one voice said ;

"But Mr. Watson thinks everything of Eddy. He will never allow him to bo turned out of the school."

"Oh! Mr. Watson won't know it. We drove a boy out of the last school I at-teude I AVe did not let him have a mo* ment's peace—tore his compositions, soiled his books, stole his luncheon-bas­ket every duy, and filled it with dirt and s t o n e s — "

"What a shame!" cried Harry Mills, indignantly.

"You can easily drive a boy out of school if you all conspire against him,' continued Charley,

"I. should think so," was Harry's an­swer. "What is one boy against forty? See here, boys, is there a better scholar among us than Eddy Hunter?"

"No," was the reluctant but unani­mous answer.

"Is he not respectful, obedient, order­ly, an example to most of us ? Who can say here, Eddy ever harmed him ?"

Silence was the only answer, "Has he not helped many of us in dif­

ficult studios ?" Silence again. "I will start n conspiracy. Next Wed­

nesday, we will steal Eddy** luncheon* basket, as Charley suggests, and "

"Thebell! tho bell!" cried forty voices, and forty pairs of feet rushed across the playground and into tho school-house.

Wednesday morningfound Eddy Hunt­er starting for school with a face so so­ber it was almost sad. It seemed as if ho must give up tho year of study so kindly offered by Mr. Watson, for want of clothing. Toil as hard as sho would, his widowed mother had ail she could do to pay the rent aud feed her four child­ren, three of whom were little ones, and Eddy the only one who could have worked for her. She was as anxious as himself for the opportunity for education to be improved, but she understood well how hard it was for the sensitive boy to take his rugged clothes among tho well-dressed sons of the wealthy men of the village.

The school was an expensive and pop­ular one, many of the scholars coming from the cities to board at Pineyville for tho sake of attending it, and Mr. Watson was willing to give Eddy all its advanta­ges free of cost, if he would spare the time to profit by them. But the boy thought sadly, if he could not get clothes, he must put aside Ins books aud go to work.

Mrs. Hunter watched her boy with tearful eyes as he went down the road. She felt the probable loss of the year of study as keenly as Eddy, for slie was proud of her noble boy's talents and in­dustry. All day she tried to devise some plan by which ttie necessary suit of clothes could be procured, but in vain. Four o'clock came, and Eddy would soon bo home ; his mother looked from the window for the slow step and downcast eyes of the morning.

* Was that Eddy coming ? Could that radiant face be the same one she saw so doubled in the morning ? Bhe had not long to wait for an explanation; Eddy bounded into the house, and was by her side in a moment.

"Mammii," he cried, "I have such spledid news. You know I have always thought the boys at school disliked me, and were ashamed of my shabby clothes. To-day, they stole my lu-ehcon-basket, and I did not find it till after school was over. It was so heavy I thought it was full of dirt and stones, and opened it to throw them out. See what I found in it."

As ho spoke he opened the basket and took out the contents.

"Here is a scarf, a pair of new boots, a new cap, and forty little packages of money—one from each boy. I don't know which boy gave each one, but the sums range from ten cents to a dollar, and one, only one, has a five-dollar bill in it. See: twenty-one dollars and sev­enty-five cents !"

"Boys," said Harry Mills, on Monday morning, as they all watched a neatly-dressed, gentlemanly-looking boy com­ing down the road to school; "whoso conspiracy was the best, Charley's or mine?"

"Yours. Three cheers for Edward Hunton and his luncheon-basket?"

her white hands togethEr, and the bridi wreath trembled on her pure white bro* her breath came quicker, and her heart beat wilder.

"Yes, Marion, lay aside your s c r o * * * S for once," said the Judge, in a low tjtc, te* going toward his daughter, ' the com­pany expects it. Do not seriously in* fringo upon the rules of etiquette; iu your own house act as you please; but in mine, for this once please me."

Every eye was turned toward the bridal pair. Marion's principles were well known. Harvey had been a convivialist, but of lato his friends had noticed • change in his manners—a difference in his habits—and to-night they wat^ied *£•' him to see, as they sneeringly said, ii he jt was tied down to a woman's opinion cc -**, soon.

Pouring a brimmfng beaker, they held it with tempting smiles toward Marion. She was very pale, though more com­posed, and her hand shook not, as smil­ing back, sho gracefully accepted the crystal bumper and raised it to tier lips* But scarcely had she done so, when every hand was arrested by her piercing excla­mation of "Oh ! how terrible I"

"What is it?" cried one and all, throng­ing together, for she had slowly curried tho glass at arm's length, and was tlxed-ly regarding it as though it were some hideous object.

"Wait," she answed, while an inspired light shone from her black eyes, "Wait, and I will tell you. I see," she added, slowly, pointing one jeweled finger at the sparkling rtioy liquid, "a sight that beggars all description. And yet listen — I will paint it for you if I can. It is a lonely spot; tall mountains crowned with verdure rise in awful sublimity -around ; a river runs through, and bright bowers grow to the water's edge. There is a thick warm mist that the suntiiektf in vain to pierce; trees, lofty andbeeut tiful, wavo to the airy motions ql the, birds. But there a group of IattanJ gather; they float to and fro with tOttfc thing like sorrow upon their "ark brow* and in their midst lies a maidy form, brJ his cheek, how deathly pale! his eyes wild with tho fitful fires of fever!

ye' "As Mr.

pui Re!-

Theparticul lie, for as the CV' says ley is at the hospital suffering from f\^e gashes with a bowie-knife, and we have not consulted him personally."

Splinter* —Divorce—tin? turn of tho tied, —Cure for brain on fire—Blow it out. --Original Articles—A, and, and the. - Hue-full cities- Any French town. —Military furniture—The army bu­

reau, i —Sweepstakes are suitable food for

sweeps. - A Handy Tune--Fortune, It is not

common metre. —A doctor's motto is supposed to be

"Patients and long suffering. —Why is a dog's tail like an old, de-

eripit man? Because it's in-firm. - W h y don't hens lay, nights ? Ans

—Because at night they are roosters. —The quickest way for a man to for-

fret all common miseries is to wear tight joots.

ne friend stands beside him—nay, I should say, kneels ; for he is pillowing that poor head upon his breast.

"Genius in ruins ! Oh! the high, holy-looking brow ! Why should death mask it, and so young ? Look how he throws the damp curls ! see him clasp his hands * hear his thrilling shrieks for life ! mark how he clutches at the form of his com*

Eanion imploring to be saved! Oh! hear im call piteously his father's name!

See him twine his fingers together as he shrieks for his sister—his only sister— tho twin of his soul—weeping for him in his native land.

"See!" she exclaimed, while the bridal party shrank back, the untasted wine trembling in their faltering grasp, and the Judge fell overpowered upon his seat "Seo! his arms are lifted to heaven; he prays now wildly for mercy! Hot fever rushes through his veins *! The friend beside him is weeping. Awe-stricken, tho dark men move silently away, and leave the living and dying together." .

There was a hush in that princely par­lor, broken only by what seemed a smothered sob from some manly bosom. The bride stood yet upright with quiver­ing lips and tears stealing to the outward edges of her lashes. Her beautiful arm had lost its tension, and the glass, with its little troubled red waves, came slowly toward the range of her vision. She spoke again, every lip was mute. Her voice was low, faint, yet awfully distinct; sho fixed her sorrowful glance on the wine-cup.

"It is evening now; the great white moon is coming up, and her beama lay gently on his forehead. He moves not— his eyes are set in their sockets—dim are their piercing glances—in vain his friend whispers the name of father and sister. Death is there—death, and no gent! voice to bless and sooth him ! His he sinks back ! one convulsive shudder! he is dead!"

A groan ran through the assembly. So vivid washer description, so uneirtl ly her look, so inspiring her manner, th.vt what she described seemed actually to have taken place then and there. They noticed, also, that the bridegroom hid his face in his hands and was weeping.

"Dead !" she repeated again, her lips quivering faster and faster, and her voice more broken; "and there they scoop him a grave, and there, without a shroud, they lay him down in tho damp, reeking earth. The only son of a proud father, the only idolized brother of a fond sister. And he sleeps to-day in that distant country, with no stone to mark the spot. There he lies—my father's son—my own twin brother—a victim to this deadly * , poison ? f jt

"Father!" she cxclimed, tuning suojf *" dculy, whilo the tears rained down hA ' beautiful cheeks: "father, shall I drink it now?"

The form of the old Judge was con­vulsed witli agony. He raised his head, and in a smothered voice he faltered, "No, no, my child—in God's name, no!"

She lifted the glittering goblet, and, letting it suddenly fall on the floor, it was dashed into a thousand pieces. Many a tearful eye watched her movements, and instantaneously every wine-glass was transferred to the marble table on which it had been prepared. Then, as she looked at tho fragments of crystal, she turned to the company, saying;—

"Let no friend hereafter, who loves me, t-empt me to peril my soul for wine. Not > * firmer the everlasting hills, than my re­solve, God helping me, not to touch that terrible poison. And he to whom I have just given my hand; who watched over my brother's dying form in that last solemn hour, and buried the dear vrander- / er there by the river, in the land of gold f

will, I trust, sustain me in that resolve. Will you not, my husband?" ( . i

His glistening eyes, his sad, sweet ... smile were her answer. * -«.

The Judge left the room, and when an hour after he returned, and with a more subdued manner took part in the enter­tainment of tho bridal guests, .10 one «j,_» could fail to read that he, too, had de- „ termined to banish tho enemy at once and forever from his princely home.

Those who were present at the wedding can never forget the impression so sol­emnly made. Very many of the party from that hour foreswore the social glass.

S o m e Post-Offlce R o l e s . ' Owing to tho fact that there are still a

few persons who do not understand how to transact post-office business properly, the department issued a series of rules and regulations for the benefit of post-office patrons, which are well for each to remember and follow ;

Concerning "mailing of letters." ARTICLE L Never buy any postage

stamps. Hand your letter to the P. M. and ask him if he can change a V. If he can't, tell him you'll hand it to him some other time. (It will not be neces­sary to do so, however, as three cents are nothing.)

ARTICLE II. When you hand your letter to him, do not, by any means, for- get to tell him to be sure and have that! go. (If you do not give him this wam-t lug, he will be very apt to keep it in hist office a long time.)

ARTICLE IIL Always remember not to put your letters in the letter box. (If you do tho post-master will not have so much b isiness, and you encourage lazi­ness.)

ARTICLE IT. Tis well io ask him how long before you ought to get an answer to it, (Of course he can't tell, but just to see how he can guess.)

Getting the mail. ARTICLE I. If you have a box, do not

call out the number of it, or your name, but stand and drum on it with your fingers. (This will enable you to show that you have got a box, and also obliges the postmaster to take a good look at you.)

ABTICLE II. When he hands out your mail (if there is any) don't fail to ask him if that's all. (Post masters are in the

piabit of holding back a portion of each one's mail, which of course, they will not do after this question is asked.)

ARTICLE III. If an expected letter, or paper docs not come, ask the post master what he s'poses is the reason ? and tell him it's mighty curious. (Of course poet masters are not possessed of supernatur­al knowledge, out they should know where the letters are after they have been in the business a while.) "Pis well to tell the P.

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