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A"' VOLUME 11. CLARKSVILLE, :TENN.; TKIMY. NOVEMBER 10; i860. ' NUMBER 51, v 1 Printed Weekly, on a double-ruedium ibeet every f sUar morning, by NEBLETT & GRANT, , .Fllihtrt and Proprittort. TSM11S : $2 AtAUJl IN AD VA KC.S. I - i TERMS OF ADVERTISING, ro one sugars or twilvs likw OB LBM. Oh Insertion Two iDMrrliuni Three Insertions On month $1 1 1 1 Two month! $4 BO Three months 6 00 Six months 9 00 Twelve monthi IS '00 H. H. POSTON, Agent for Wl SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY. PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD. QUAKER CITY INSURANCB COMPANY. CHARTER OAK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. ' Snail package or henry freight will be Mat by Bzpress, at reasonable rates. Through receipt!, over Pennsylvania Railroad, ftvea lor Tobacco, Flour, and other freight! c-.--destined for the Eastern cities. Fire, Life and Inland Navigation risks taken lo be above reliable Companies. BQUOmce at W. M. Pollock Jt Co' I Clothing More Ho. 12, Franklin Street. Karon 1, 1860-tf. H. D. POSTON, B. A. ROGERS, Office on Strawberry Alley, Clarksville, Tenn etwee. 'Will attend promptly to the collection of all Uioii entrusted to hi! oar. ' Feb 17, 1860-tf. TOBACCO NOTICE. New Fire-Proof Buildings, Between Dunlop's Factory and Rail Road Uridge. wn. a. M'cLtrxa, atar w.cooaT. MeCLTJRE & COURTS, CLARKSVILLE. TENNESSEE. Til most devoted attention given to the Sale and Shipment of Tobacco, and all other business intrus ted to our care will receive prompt attention. Nov. 4th, 1859-tf. OWSLL, O. II. SLACKM1, T. i. MITClirTT. HOWELL, BLACKMAN & CO , oimibal airnvixo, roRwtmxNa : And Commission Merchants, CITY FIRE-PROOF WARfcHOUSIi, Comer Commerce and Front Streets, Cluiktvtlle, Tenn.' Apecial attention given to the Insertion Rud Sale f Tobaoco. Lihoral advance! made ou Produce, either for Sale or Shipment. N. R. Good tupply of Tobacco Bnds. constantly rv hand. Nov 18, '56-ly O. W. DAVIS, Receiving, and Forwarding AND BTEAM- US BOAT AGENT, rr n.i rfboa t del a wa re, CLAaaaviLLK, Ttiw. Jaa IS, 'fl0-ly A. J. HARRISON & Co.. PIALIUS III Lumber, Sash, Boors and BLINDS. 80 Water St., just below Railroad Depot, And neit to M'Clure k Court'! Tobacco Warehouse, CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE Keep constantly on linnd Dressed Flooring, Wealher-bonrding, and Dressed and Rough Lumber of every description, loir or Cum. Feb IT, 1800-ly. 030. PEGRAM, S'(. Louis. JOSIIT'A COM?, CltrrkieUU, Ttnn. PEGRAM & COBB, Commission Merchants, Comer of Mniu and Plum streets, ST. LOUIS, MO. J. COBB & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, CLARKSVILLE, TENN. We lolicit order for the purchaso of Flour, Com, Bacon, Ac, and will give prompt attention to exe cuting inme. Clrkville, Sept. 21, '00-Cm B. DUFIELD, Commission, Receiving and For warding Merchant, NEW ORLEANS. HJ Consignment of Flour or other western produce will receive the prompt attenliuii of Mr. II. It. SIiiviv. lie rcfvri to the Commission Merchants f t'l.irkvlllo. Oct ':8, '69 tf. U. f. UIMV, t III. 1. GIVES, ww. watts, V N. Orleans. I pavik watts, h. a. aavAN, j I Pudiicah, Ky. Civen, Watts & Co. TOBACCO FACTORS, AND Com iii in ion J crc h n n t ' No. 80 drns street, NEW ORLEANS. . Watts, Given k Co., Commi'u n and forwarding snerchnuis, Paducali, Ky. Oiven, Haynes k Co, (luasmis'dun and Forwarding Merchants, Suiitlilund, ky. (Ml. Cash advancements miwle on connign ftieuta to (liven, Watt k Co., by Watts, Oiven k to.. Pk.Iuc.iIi, Ky. Nov J7, 59-ly THOMAS bukkkT Commission & Forwarding Mer chant, and Dealer in Produce, IT A 19 Commercial Pit-rut, ft. Louis, Uiwourl. Flour, Tiny, i'oru, Onts, Uran, JU-. tc. Always on haud. Aliso. a ihojce artUle wl tjuiuty bay. Or tUrs pnrinptly attended to. ApAi !T, Uti-in. SOCRATES TO HIS FRIENDS BEFORE DRINK. LVG THE HEMLOCK. IT SBASTCS W. CLUWOHa. Look not on me my gentle friend1, Aa If you thought that I must die; Believe, when mortal being ends, The epirit'e immortality j Or if you doubt, deopond and fear, And dread in death a dismal sleep Dem not the soul encumbered here, Whose silence you, perhaps, may weep. This body, wrought with curioui skill, ll but the temple of the mind, The friend and servant of a will, Aa subtle as the sightless wind. My body is not Socrates ; It is as dull and lifeless now, As when it throbbing pulse shall cease, And death-damps settle on its brow. This, I to Athens now resign, Ry her unjustly stern decree; But though she seizes what is mine, She hue no might to injure me. Though Tyranny in robes of power And pomp of cruel state be found, Soon come the guilt-avenging hour, And hurl him headlong to the ground; But Goodness, In her sackcloth vest, Know that the soon-retrieving year Shnll see her wounded soul redressed, On earth, or in the starry spheres. And whether death be endless rest, Or be, of life, the second birth, The soul can meet the stern behest, Secure in her untarnished worth. If, in good thoughts and deeds of love , Her swiftly-turning yean go by, What evil power can rise above, Or crush her lofty destiny T None none; she calmly see the wave Of Lethe o'er bcr being roll, Or findi herself, beyond the grave, A living and immortal soul. My toil has been, through all my years, To know, and then to do the right; And death brings now no restless fears, No more than welcome sleep at night. Why should I fear, if Nature's plan I have each day with thought pursued, That death which she ordains to man May bring me anything but good T Nay, nay, my friends, these tears give o'er Our years of doubt are quickly run ; And then Elysium'i halcyon ibore Marries the friendship here begun. There, too, those men whose souls sublime Once walked, as we, in morcal mould, The great and good of anrient time, We shall, in living fronts, behold. Oh then, in tbow celestial bowers, How deep the daily joy to trace Their virtues and their lofty power lu each revered, majestic face. Kay, thou who beareet the fatal cup, Turn not thy faithful eyei away ; Al I do freely lift it up As on a merry festal day. Serve thou, thro' blessing and thro' ban, Thy friends, thy conscience, and the state; Then wilt thou be, indeed, a max, Not good and true, alone, but oriat. MY BIRTHDAY GIFT ; OK A Stray Leaf from my Journal. BY E. M. Tlirtr years old tomorrow! Why docs my pen reluctantly trace these words? Why am I loth to acknowledgo tho years that are gone? I may as well confess it to my own heart, and learn betimes the bitter truth I am an old maid! Ay, and more than that: there is no gentle mother to softly kiss my brow, and whisper, "never mind, my darling; wo will love each oth er." No father's loving glance, no broth er's kindly tone. Throughout this dreary world there are none to claim me kindred. I am alone! Clouds and thick darkness overwhelm mo ; and almost my despairing heart echoes the wailing cry "My God, why has tbou forsaken me?" How beautiful is tho night! The sum mer air, laden with fragrance blows fresh ly on my cheek ; thestar are glittering in the clear b!ue ether like myriad eyes while over all is spread a silence as pro found and calm as tho dreamless sleep of death. Oh, weaned, grieving heart, be still! Po I not know that he who formed this lovely sceae He who guidos the pla nets in their course can also pierce the depths of my unquiet heart can see and know this longing, eagar pain for human love and sympathy? and if, in His good pleasure He withholds them from me if I am never to meet one earnest, loving glance never to hear one such burning word as knits heart to heart let me bow in subinitision to his will, and remember He has said : "My peace give I unto you not aa the world civcth, civo 1 unto you. Now I am calm; but as my brain is still too troubled for sleep, let me place clearly before myself my prospects for the present and future. Hero I am, plain Lucy Bon ton; governens in Mr. Marvin' family, be ing neither very talented, accomplished or beautiful but my mirror i belore me, and I will draw a pen-and-ink portiait for my own gratification. I see & round English face, clear com-, plexion just now flushed and heated with tears honest, kindly-brown eyes, aud a wide mouth, but with pretty teeth, and, I think, possensinu' a pleasing, gonial ex pression. Of that I am glad, for I be lieve in the theory of the mouth being the index of the character. 13ut, alas I the stamp of my thirty years is indelibly im pressed on lip, check and brow. Never could I be mistaken for my pet and pupil pretty Laura Marvin. Dear child! he glided into my room to-night as the dusk wa closing in, looking, to my fond vision, like some peri strayed from her starry borne. Her whito dress enveloped herlike angel drarcry ; tho curls of her hair fell in grspe-liko tendrils upon her rounded shoulders; her eyes, usually so radiant with mirth, now had a serious, loving light in their clear depths, that made her beauty seem unearthly. The tones of her voice, always musical, now had a murmuring ca dence that thrillod my ear, as though heart tone, never touched before.had been struck aud sent up glad melody. As she lightly pressed bur lips to miuo, the said i "Is not thi a beautiful night, Miss Lu cy? The flowers soem so fragrant; my little brook is rippling such sweet music at the foot of tb gtr deu walk it sven ieios that the stars are singing for gladness, they shine ao clearly." I smiled "It may not be Nature alone that causes you sach joy. Tell me, birdie, are you not particularly happy to-night?" A flush colored her cheek, but she an swered, in a low tone : Yes, more happy than I could once have dreamed possible. But I will tell you no more now ; wait awhile, and perhaps we may have a pleasant story to tell each oth er. Would you like that, Miss Lucy?" "I can have no story to tell. But your's I can guess ; and, my darling, I wish you all the joy you now anticipate." 'And why not you, also?" she returned, while an arch light played in her eyes. "You are no Cassandra to foretell the fu ture : and who knows what the fairies are even now weaving for you? Listen to a verse 1 bave learned tor your especial ben efit : 'As I walked by myself, I talked to myself, And myself said to me: Beware of thyself, take care of thyself, For somebody careth for thee.'" She gayly bounded to the door: then. as if checked by some sudden thought, re turned. "Miss Lucy, will you please come in the parlor to-morrow night, for Mr. Everett and Harry Amrnidon are coming, and I cannot entertain them both?" "Why, Laura," said I, "I do not think your guests will care much for any enter tainment I can give them ; however, (I anticipated her deprecating words) if you desire it, I will be present. But hark! rido is waiting for his romp in the car- den. Go!" ? With a smile and a kiss she vanished. leaving me free to struggle with the pent up storm of emotion which her idle words had raised. . What could she mean by her vague allu sions? "Somebody careth for thee!" Ha! ha! the very idea is absurd. Too long have I been tho quiet, prim maiden - lad v. whom all respected, and considered very nice, estimable person, whose opinion is always consulted upon grave and important mat ters; but trom whom none would covet a dearer title than that of friend. Ah, thoughtless girl! How unwittingly have you touched that inmost aching chord I have so vainly tried to still. - "Care for me!" Havo I not aung that old song : I care for nobody no, not I, And nobody cares for me.'" Have I not at times smiled in grim satis faction at the thought no human being has power to stir tho inmost pulses of my being; there is no shrine before which my heart tremhlcs and bows down. But now her light words have called in full bitter life the humiliating truth I have endeavored to ignore. I have yielded, weekly yielded, to an infatuation I cannot overcome. My whole heart, soul, and be ing has been given to ono who cares not for the gift; who would indeed smile in pity at the romantio passion of the gover ness. I have fought and wrestled in the still dark night with this absurd weakness. Over and over again have I accused myself of doltish folly, mora becoming n girl of sixteen than a plain old maid ot thirty. But in vain! The morning light has still found me with that longing, cnger aching to behold him, to mark the changing shad ows of his deep grey eyes, to liaten to his words the sweetest music on earth to me. And then, when he has come and gone gone, and left with me all darkness and gloom have I not vet my unquiet pillow with salt tears, wrung from s heart quiv ering with anguish, and moaned in utter desolation : "How long, O Lord! how long?" And he loves her! My beautiful Laura, my darling pupil ; and why should lie not? Slio has every fascination to allure, every charm to bind him willing captive to her chain. Of course they will marry, and happiness will flow upon them in bounte ous measure. It was in the exultant consciousness of this she sought my rom to-night, that I inisht rejoico in her exceeding happiness. I have at times thought she preferred Harry Amrnidon. But no, it cannot be I A very child would acknowledge the supe riority of one to the other. It is true Harry has a merry eje, a genial laugh, and a careless, winning way, that doubtless many might admire. While Mr. Everett no! I will go off in no more romantic rhnpsodies. It is well his eye cannot rest on theso lines. He would smilo per chance sigh in compassionate sorrow for the poor old maid. This afternoon, after lossons were fin ished, I went into my room and soon fell in a deep, heavy slumber: for mind and body were exhausted with the weafy con flict I had undergone. A light kiss star tled me. Looking up I saw Laura stand ing near, who laughingly exclaimed : 'Why, Miss Lucy, here it is ever so late, and you aro not yet ready ; but sleep ing as calmly as though the visits of gen tlemen were not of the slightest conse quence. But I shall not allow such gross injustice to their merits any longer." Aud stepping to tho chandelier, she turned on such a flood of light that my dreams quickly vanished. How beautiful she was! Her robe of dark blue silk enhanced tho fairness of her rounded arms, and whito, dimpled shoul ders, while her eyea gleamed, radiant with happinees. My toilet was soon completed. My brown hair brushed satin-smooth, and ful - ded rigidly plain around my head; my dress of quakcrsgray soon adjusted, and ith but a passing clunoe at the mirror, that reflected luuli unwelcome contrasts, I descended to the parlor. Harry Atntni- don welcomed me with his usual careless l.v.a Mr HvAratt with a rnrdial warmth that almost uuuerved me. I could not but observe the utter devo - lion of Mr. Amrnidon to my beautiful pu - pil, and I glanced furtively at Mr. Everett, I to note some traces nr the pun I ten kurei you uave atxea me, i win ion juu. it is iwasathis heart. But his faco woro its Tor the soma reason that your tongue wgt 'usual look of eslm composure, and with a so a ort of natural weakoestt." I feeling of relief I turned away. 'Laura j laughingly bade me sing. I complied, and sang ballad after ballad. Finally I rose. and Mr. Everett took the vacant seat. Soon the deep, rich tones of his voice floated on the air. I know not why, butI could not strive as I might prcservo my usual decorous composure. Bitter, scalding tears would rise ; till fearful of exposure, I stole to the conservatory, and while listening to the refrain "Morn, noon, and night, where'er I may be, Fondly I'm dreaming ever of thee" deep, heayy sobs struggled for utterance. Resolutely I kept back the tide of emotion that threatened to overwhelm me; and, turning to tho open window, sought the fresh cool air that fanned my temples. A voice at my side startled me. "It is indeed lovely night, Miss Ben ton. I am not surprised at your prefer ence for this cool retreat." I stammered tome rcajly about the heat- "Why," said Mr. Everett, (for he it was) "are you ill, Miss Benton?" "No, not ill, but not very well." And turning I would have left him. "Don't go in yet, I entreat of you. I come out to talk to you iu fact, I have something I would like to say." bwitlas lightning came the thooght: Yes, I am to be consulted about Laura! He oontinued, nervously plucking a jes samine that stood near : "Miss Benton, you must have seen, and know the reason for my long continued visits here; my evident preference nay, my devotion" I interrupted : "Yes, I have seen" I could say no more. "Well," eaid he, earnestly and eagerly, "have you nothing to say to me no word of eneouragoment?" "Certainly, Mr. Everett, you havo my best wishes for your happiness. "Nay," said he, "Laura has already giv en me that. May I not, dare I not ask for more from you?" Sick and faint with agony, I mechani cally repeated : "I promise you, Mr. Everett, I will use what little influence I possess." "Influence you possess!" repeated he, slowly; then suddenly : "Did you think I referre'd to Laura?" " , I bowed for utterance was denied mo. He gave me a keen, searching glance then with a quick movement he seized my hand, and these were the words that fell upon my ear : "Lucy, it is you whom I mean. You are the one aud only one I have ever loved. I am wearying, longing for you, my own, my darling. May I not call you so? May I not claim you for mine from hence forth, and forevormore?" Ah, faithless, repining heart, is this thy reward? My head fell upon that dear breast, a'nd as I felt that strong, true, manly heart throbbing against mine, I knew that from henceforth it beat for me, and me alone. With a happiness too deep for words, did I enter my chamber when the guests had gone. And as I again looked forth upon the quiet lawn and star-lit night, ray heart went up in unutterable thankfulness to tho giver of all good for the exceeding great joy vouchsafed to me as my "Birth day Gift." A Pulpit Anecdote. Some days since we chanced, to be in company with several eminent divines, who were relating nume rous amusing anecdotes of the pulpit. Among others, the following struck our fancy as deserving of record : "I was," said the reverend gentleman, attending divine service in Norfolk, sever al years ago, during a season of some ex citement. While the officiating clergyman wes in the midst of a nioBt interesting dis cussion, an old lady among the congrega tion arose, clapped her hands, and ex claimed : 'Merciful father, if I had one more fea ther in my wing of faith I would fly off to glory.' The worthy gentleman, thus interrupt ed, immediately replied : "Good Lord, stick it in, and let her go; she's but a trouble here!" That quieted tho old lady. The Jehsev Schoolmasters Abroad. The following is an exactcopy of a print ed notice which is at. present posted in a Jersey stage : "Lost a calf red. He had a white spot on one of his behind legs. He was a she calf. I will give threo dol lars to everybody what will bring him home." New Cot NTERFEtT.-There is a couotefeit note in circulation in this city which we bave not seen noticed a five on Plan tors', Bank of Tennessee. The engraving is course and illy calculated to deceive a good judgo of money. A shopkeeper on Jefferson street, near Clay, took ono of the notes yesterday. Louuville Journal. A coteniporary asks if we can throw any light upon kissing. We don't want to the thing is dono just as well in the dark. tar The red, white and blue the rod checks, the white teeth, and blue eyes of a lovely girl, are as good a flag as the young soldiers iu the buttloof life need fight un der. Several nice younggrutleinen went to tho residence of a youngdamsel to give her a serenade. After some tinse, the ser- j vant stepped out, and walking up to one I of them exclaimed : "My friend the folks !re all abed ; you can t get a cent hero to- i night, Natural Weakness. A "bumptious' travallcr, overtaking an old l roibyterian miniKter. whose na WHS lllUcll futiliued. j quizzed tho old gentleman upon his "turn jout." A nioo horse, yours, doctor! very ' valuable beast that but what mokes ' him wag his tail so, doctor?" "Why, as How a Lady Preseved Webster' Reply to Hayne. Tni Taunton (Massachusetts) Gazette inooporates the following interesting rem iniscence in notice of the article on "The National Intelligencer and its Editors," in the last Atlantic Monthly : It will be seen, from this interesting nar rative, that there was a time when Joseph Gales stood alone among Congressional re porters ; and, to still further illustrate his position in that line, we call to mind what we owed to him and his wife with regard to the celebrated reply to Mr. Hayne. Meet ing tho Massachsetts Senator as he was go ing to the Capitol on that morning, Mr. Gaies inquired of him how long he intend ed to speak. "About half an hour," was the reply. The editor's duties at that time were pressing, but he ventured to take so much time from them. Mr. Webster, how ever, directly after met Judge Story, who said that he thought the time had come to give to the country his views on the con stitution, lo this proposition heassented. Mr. Gales took up his pencil, unaware of the new arrangemen t, and alike unconsotous ef the lapse of time under the enchant ment of the orator; and consequently he wrote on until the close of the spell. Some days passing away, and the "proof" of the speech not appearing, Mr. Webster called on the reporter and made inquiry. "I have the notes," said Mr. Gales, "and they are at your service, as I shall never find time to write them out." This led to some rs monstrance and persuasion, but tho ever tasked editor stood firm. Then Mrs. Gales came to his rescue, by saying that she thought she could decipher her husband's short-hand, as she had formerly occasion ally done so. Mr. Gales doubted, seeing it was fiifteen years since she had tried it. But she had heard the speech; and as the resistless sweep of its argument and the gorgeous and massive magnificence of its imagery were yet vivid in her mind, she Persisted in undertaking the difficult work, n due time thereafter, the fair manuscript came to Mr. Webster's hand for final cor rection. Scarcely a word needed to be changed; and soon a set of diamonds, cost ing a thousand dollars, accompanied the rich thanks of the eloquent statesman. Thus was saved to literature the most mem orable oration of the American Senate. How to Test the Quality of Wool. A Texas paper says : Take a lock of wool from the sheep's back and place it upon an inch rule. Ifl you can count Irotu thirty to thirty-three of the spirals or folds in the space of an inch, it equals in quality the finest electo ral of Saxony wool grown. Of course when the number of spirals td tho inch diminishes, the quality of the wool becomes relatively inferior. - Many tests have been tried, but this is considered the simplest and best. Cotswold wool and some other inferior wools do not measure nine spirals to the ineh. With this test,. every farmer has in his possession a knowledge which will enable him to form a correct judgment of the quality of all kinds of wool. There are some coarse wools whieh experienced wool growers do not rank as wool, but as hair, on account of the hardness and straight ncss of the fibre. Tobacco for Boys.-A strong and sens ible writer administers a wholesome dose for boys who use tobacco in any form, as suring them that tobacco has utterly speil ed and utterly ruined thousands of boys, inducing o dangerous precocity, develop ing, softening and weakening of the bones, and greatly injuring the spinal marrow, tho brain, and the whole nervous fluid. A boy who early and frequently smokes, or in any way uses large quantities of tobacco never is known to make a man of much energy of character, and generally lacks physical and muscular, as well as mental energy. We would particularly warn boys who want to be any body in the world, to shun tobacco as a most baneful poison. The Number of Languages. The least learned are aware that there are ma ny languages in tho world, but the actual number is probably beyond the dreams of ordinary people. 1 be geographer, mbi, enumerates eight hundred and sixty, which are entitled to be considered as distinct languages, and five thousand which may be regarded as dialects. Adelung, anoth er modern writer on this subject, reckons up three thousand and sixty-four langua ges and dialects existing, and which bave existed. Even after we have allowed ei ther of these as the number of languages, we must acknowledge the existence of al most infinite minor diversities ; for almost every province has a tongue more or less peculiar, and this we may well believe to be the case throughout the world at large. It is said that there are little islands, lving olose together in the South Sea, the inhab itants of which do not understand each other. Of tho eight hundred and sixty dis tinct languages enumerated by Babi, fifty three belong to Europe, one hundred and fourteen to Africa, one hundred and twenty-three to Asia, four hundred and seven teen to America, one hundred and seven teen to Oceanica, by whieh term he dis tinguishes the vast number of islands stretching between Hindoston and South America. IUmedt fob Decated -Tet0. An exchange gives tho following : Mix chalk, powdered tine, with enough salt to give it a decided saline taste. Use onoe or twice a day as a tooth powder, with no water, but applied with tolerably stiff tooth brush. jtiL-The entire population cf Richmond, Va., by the new census, is 37,958, an in crease of 10,398 since 1850. SSr The time we live orght not to be computed by the number of yesrs, but by the use that ha bevn made or it. The Tomb of Rachel. The Hon. James Brooks, the senior ed itor of the New York Express, writes to that journal from the Holy Land : Upon my return to Bethlehem, I rode by the tomb of Rachel a small building with a whitened dome, and having within it a high, oblong monument, built of brick and stuccoed over. The spot is wild and solitary, and not a tree spreads its shade where rests the mother of Israel. Chris tian, Jew and Moslem all agree that this is just the spot where Rachel was buried, and all unite in honoring it. The Turks are anxious that their ashes may rest near her's, and hence their bodies have been strewn under the tombs all around the simple grave of Rachel. The sweet do mestic virtues ef the good wife have won their love and admiration, as the tomb of Absolem, near the brook of Kedron, their detestation. Upon the latter they throw a stone td mark their horror of the disobe dient, while around the former they wish, when they die, their bodies may be inter red. Nor is this wonderful. The wife, worth fourteen years as a shepherd, must have been worth having. The whole life of Rachel is, indeed, one of the most touching in biblical history. The sweet shepherdess has left her mark upon the memory of every nun as well aa her tomb. The tribute to her is the tribute to a good wife, and infidel and Jew, and Christian, all combine to pay it. The great women of the earth the Zenobias and the Cleo patras, have died, been buried, and their very place of burial been forgotten but to this day stands over the grave of Ra chel, not tho pillar Jacob aet up, but a modern monument in its place, around which pilgrims from every land under the sun gather in respect and reverence for the faithful wife and good mother of Israel. The Sorrow of the World. It comes upon every impenitent man sooner or la ter. It is the sorrow of unsatisfied desire the hateful sorrow the fire which does not melt, but hardens. The good which the man seeks and obtains not, troubles him ; he good whieh he obtains, satisfies not. There is some way an ingredient in the cup of life which embitters all his bliss. All the fruit is specked or rotten at the core. The world grows a great deal of oomfort for worldly men. But the sorrow! It comes as an earthquake shock or as the lightning's flash, or in fever's burning blood, consumption's wasting hand, ambi tion's guilty gain, or sensual debasement, or in having nothing for the other world. In all wasted lives remorse beats into 'bil lowy griefs' the memories of the soul. Fi ery billows, indeed! And they are here, they are there, they are everywhere I Springing from within, the growth of our own hearts the sorrow of the world which worketh death! Shun the path! Farewell to Greece. Bayard Tay lor, in his last letter from Athens, thus bids tender farewell to the land of oolossal heroes and mighty memories : Let me not loose the pensivo sweetness and sadness of Athens. The sun is rapid ly sinkingin the clear saffron light beyond the pass of the Dephne, and a purple flash plays along the barren sides of Hymettus. Before me rises the Acropolis with its erowns of beauty ; Parthenon, on whose snowy front the sunset of a thousand years have left their stain. In the distance is tho musical yEgean, dancing with the whispering waves to fill the rook-hewn sarcophagus of Themistocles. Plato's ol ives sond a silver shimmer through the dusk that is creeping over the Attio plain. Many an evening have I contemplated the illustrious landscape, but it never was so lovely as now, when I look upon it for the last time. Jvery melodious wave in the long outline of mountuins every sacred marble in the august pile of ruin every blooded anemone along the banks of the Illisus, and every asphodel that blossoms on the hill of Col Ion us I know them and they know me. Not as a curious stranger do I leave Athens;' not as a traveler, ea ger for new scenes hut with the regret of one who knows and loves tho sacred soil, to whom it has boon a sanctuary and a home. A lady well advanced in maidenhood, at her marriage requested the choir to sing the hymn commencing ''This Is the way I long hare sought, And mourned because I found it not" ttyThe sincere gratitude of one, over pays us for the ingratitude of twenty. Peace. Peace is better than joy. Joy is an uneasy guest, and always on tiplooto depart. It tires and wears us out, and yet keeps us ever fearing that the next mo ment it will be gone. Peace Is not so it comes more quietly, it stays more contcnt ly, and it never exhausts onr strength, or gives us one snxious forecasting thought. Therefore, let us pray for peace. It is the true gift of God promised to all His children ; and if we have it in our hearts, we shall not pine for joy, though its bright wings never touch us while we tarry in the woild. Old Parson Peters, who was a good deal of a wag, ones married a Mr. Partridge to a Miss Brace The parents of the bride requested that he would wind up the cer emony with a ahort prayer, which he did in the following words : "God bless this brace of partridges!" Woman is like ivy the more yon are ined the closer she clincs to von. An ru old bachelor adds : "Ivy i like a woman, the closer she clings to you the more you are ruined." PUaaeatast part of a wans life is gen erally that which passes in courtship, pro vided his passion be sincere, and the par ty beloved kind with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the plenaing emotions of I the soul, rise in the pursuit. ! Strange Medical Remedy, Dr. D- had long been thr attending" physician of a lady considerably above her teens and affected with certain disorders incident to the wsnt of occupation snd the) care of a family. She sends for the das' tor io season and out of season ; he rusu es at a two forty pace, and finds his patienf physically well, but sad and lonely, ond of course afflicted with tfie blues. All that he can do is to administer a few drops of peppermint, and the patient is well for day. '..,-. On one occasion eold and blusterous night the doctor had just turned in with I the hope ef a quiet sleep, when a loud rsp aroused him. "Who is sick?" inquired the doctor. ' "Miss Sally Strickland, sir ; she is most dead expect a bo will die before you can get there. ' "I'll be along," says the doctor, exclaim ing to himself, 'that Miss Sally! I'll try to cure her this time.' The doctor plods along through mud and mire, eold and rain, studying his applica tion. When he arrives at the dwelling of Miss Sally, he finds her, ss nsual, in rath--, er a depressed state of mind. "Doctor," she said, feebly, 'I expect to die every moment I am very low can yon do anything for me?" , The doctor feels her pnlse ; nothing thr matter merely wanted company. . ' "Miss Sally, I was having a terrible dream when your servant awoke me." f "What was it?" she eagerly inquired, i "I dreamed I was dead," continued t he doctor, "and descended into the lower re gion, where I met 'Old Soratoh, who invi ted me. to view his dominions. The in mates were-engaged indifferent occupa tions ; some playing cards, others swind ling their neighbors in short, all th9 pur suits they followed during their life -ther continued there. When Satan got through showing me round, he exclaimed to the four quarters of his kingdom that they would all go to bed 'for said he, 'Sally Strickland will be here directly, and there will be no sleep in my regions for a monthi" ' The doctor s speedy departure was in creased to flight by the sight of 'a broom stick flourishing actively in his rear; lot the remedy was effoctual. . t Oni or Napoleon'b Soldiers. In the town of Ludlow, Mass., there is living soldier of Napoleon, past eighty years of sge, named Geo. Ilyncs. He entered the Drench army in 1785, then not quite fif toen, eontinned a soldior till near the Rus sian campaign. He was repeatedly woun ded. ' He fought at Austerliti, Leipsio, Marengo and Borodino. He was present as a cavalry soldior at the terrible crossing of the bridge of Lodi was wounded in the engagement, and three of his brothers slain. He attended Napoleon in his expe dition to Egypt, and with painful interest reoalls the seigo of Aero the forced march across the burning sands of the desert the thirst and hunger experienced, and the skirmishing with the Mamelukes that ever harassed their flank and rear, He was with tho French army upon its en trance into Moscow, but disheartened, and seeing nothing but disaster before him, with thirty-five others left the service, 'and finally arrived in this country. Taking Cold. A "cold" is not neoess- arially, says the Scientific Amerioan, tho result of low or high temperature. A per son may go directly from a hot bath into a cold one, or into snow even, and not take cold. On the contrary, he may. take cold by pouring a couple of tablespoonfule of water upon some part of nis dress, or by standing in a door, or other opening, whre one part of the bodjr is colder than another. Let it be kept in mind that un iformity of temperatnre over the whole body is the unequal heat upon the differ ent parts of the body that produces eold, by disturbing the uniform circulation of of some part. ....... If you must keep a partially wet gar ment on, it would be as well, perhaps, to wet the whole of it uniformly. The feet are a great source of colds, on account of the variable temperature they are subject ed to. Keep these always dry and warm, snd avoid drafts of air, hot or cold, wet spots on the garments, and other direot caucus of unequal temperature, and keop tho pvrtem braced up by plenty of sleep and the eschewing of dibilitating food and drinks, and you will be proof against t cold and its results. A Word to tue Over-sensitive. A. strikes me with a sword and inflicts m wound. Suppose, instead of binding up the wound. I am showing it to everybody; and after I has been bound up, I am ta king off the bandage continually, and ex amining the depth of the wound, is there a person who would not call me a fool? Now such a fool is he who, by dwelling upon little injuries and insults, or provo cations, causes them to agitate or inflame the mind. How much better were it to nut a bandage over the wound, and never look at it again. A Garrulous asd Wittt Womam. A Very loquacious lady offered to bet hef husband t50 that she would not sneak a word for a week. "Dono," crieJ the de lighted huaband, Instantly tabling the money, whioh the lady as soon grabbed and put in ber pocket, observing very naively that sirs would secure it until the bet was decided. "Why!" said the hut' band, "I have won it. already," and re quired her to fork over. "Not stall," said the lady, "you are mistukon in the time I mean the week after I am bur ied." The ludy went a "shopping" thai same afternoon, ., , . , . We get at tho outlinea of things from what we read and near, but the filling op mast be through oar own experience, The Seeds' of reren!snc) are sown In yodtb by pleasure, eat tfcs b)fvi t reap H in age py pii . i: I if! i f. i i 2 J! 1 ; i