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BT WILI. T. rzA t IR.

J e n y Lortg, when young, had learned thb trade of a cobbler^ and. he atill follow­ed th a t uKfuI occupation a t the time of wliicK wo write, though now his ^ i r waa streaked with gray, drhile in his youth it was as dark as tho wings of tlm t croaking' raven that so troubled the gifted young poet, j. 00,

Jerry had not aeguired much of this world’s g (^ s , .y e t ho bad inanapd , by 4iligeutly attouding< lo his. business, to give bis children a good education, beside m aking a good living for. himself and fam- ily.

Uowiio EsTSKTAia atfasTB—I pray yon. O excellent wife, not to encumber yourself and me''to get a'rich dinner for this man, or this womap, who has alighted at our gate, uor a bed chamber mads at really too great cost. These thing*, if they are‘curious in, they css get fori* dollar'io any village. But let this plranger-see if be will, in your looks, uoccut and bcharjonr, your hrsrt and eornestness, your tUboght and^ill, what be canuot buy at any pric* 'at any village or city, and which he may well travel fifty miles and dine spare­ly and sleep bard in order to behold. Oer- tainly, let the bsard be ppresd, and the bed be dressedJor tbs traveller, but let the empha­sis of hospital, ty be in these things. Honor tolhehonte where they are simple to ,the verge of'liardjbip so lh«t the interest is awake «iid Kccwthe laws of the .nniverse, the soul worships truth and love; honor and courtsey flow lutb all deeds.

IttellaeA t* >« Qwarrel. s—w,

There .was once a 8"m,huilt fellow, rich as n Jew, .riding on the liigbway in the state of Georgia;/when bo overtook a roan driving a

^dluyO/fthpgS'by lire help of a big raw boned, six-foot two pjict iuicn'uf liumanity Stop­ping last tn ii.< il ii dividual he arcosted^bim :

•■1 s»y, arc tlniso'your hogs?*’-N o sir ; i am at work by th month.”‘ What pay might you be getting, my

• Ten dollarn a month and whi>koy thrown in,”’ was the ri ply.

-W ill, lo..l< 'icre. I am a weak, li'-llo iano- fensive putn, and the poojdo are apt lo im­pose upon me New I'll give you #25 a monili to ride along with me and protect me. Hut bow migh'. joa be on a fight sard Mr Gardner.

‘ Never been licked in my life, ’ Miid six-

“Ju.-l the man / want. Is it a bargain T” eai.1 Mr.jGardinor.

Six footer ruminated.“rwebfy fire dollars ; donble wages, noth

ing to do but ride ardund and sroasli a felldrrB mug ocottttohally wlien he is sassy ”

Six fodfer accepted.They rode along till just ot night they

Tosebed AyUlag* inn.GordiMc^mB*ediately singled oat the big­

gest fellow in tbe room abd picked a fuss with him. After considerable promiacnoas jawing, aardnef snrned tohlsflghUng man 4»cd intiihhad that tbe whipping of that manbad become a ,H looter poll­ed, went « «

The Bext.ni£ht, jtt another hotel, the same scene was re-««wt*d. Gardiner getting into a row with.tbe biggest man in the pUce andSIX fooler dolprtbe-fighUng.

At lastoritbo third day, they caM to a ferry kept by a huge, doubl* fisted roan, who had never been licked In hU life. TVhlle crossing tbe river Girdfker begin to find fiiuh and “blo>.” The ferryman • iiaturslly got mad, ttoeV things round, and ,,told h b (pin­ion of tbeir^Wnd. Oardioer turned, to.hb friend and gpoUy brok? the Intelligenoe to‘ him lhat!ie-'ira soixy but that it wio) abio- lately uetjemety lor him to lick UiesMcy fer-

"^^b^footeiTnodded his head but said nett­ing. It was' plainly to be seen tt«t bn did not relish the jc^ .b> .tife.way h«'ihrngged.'hta,shoulders, bntihere . was no help for it.when they reached the shore,' bett' 'stripped and at il they went Up and down tbe hwik, over the sand, into the water, they fbngH scratched, bit and rolled, till at thjs end- oif v. half hour tt«S fenyiwtl. gave in. Six, feirter was trlomphant, bat it had been rougjh york.,

mighty well, but r r a o f tte opmionCflbt ,;ydn: are a litUa Inclined to be guarreliosM, ^ e r e ' , I have been with yon ttroa days and f haye Ucked throe of tlie biggest men jn the counr;. try. I think the firm had better diisolTC, Tor youE(Hj,2J|^. Gardiner, I am afraWyou^t^- Inclined; to.<b« tpiatrebome.'and I reckon 1 11

CourtshiB is bU“ t, t u t matnoaony is b K s i e S i _____ _ ..

SElfEGTED STQj^IES*

as you pss4dd his little shop by tho road- ride, you could bear him singing some lively song as ho was busily engaged ovei his “ last."

W e do not mean his last ‘job’’—fat from that—for Jerry, unlike the most of his class at the present* day, ahvajs h.id his work done a t the time promised, so he always had plenty of work to do.

I t was on one cold, stormy day in the month of March, jnst as Jerry was leaving the shop for the nigiiL, that an old man iipproachc<J luin and cnquiretl llie distance to the next village, saymg that ho there expected to find a friend whom ho bad not aeon for many years.

The stranger was somewhat older than tho cobbler, and as he stood there loaningupon his staff, the wind playing and sportr ing with the rags which hardly covered him from the cold, piercing air, he couldnot Uiiiik of letting the stranger go far-

V irivitc(Lthetting til

ther that n igh t; so he kindly old man to partake of his humble board and stay with him until the morrow; to which he readily agreed, saving ho had travelled far and was very weary.

B u t wo littlo know what a day will bringforth. ^ .

The next day tho stranger was wro un­well to proceed on hi^ journey,—tho fa­tigue of tho past few ddiys had been more than bo could endure, and he was now fast' sinking into a dangerous fever. Day after day tlie old man continued to fail, and he must certainly have died had it not been for tho careful nursing of tho cob hler’s family, through which ho was final­ly restored to health. '

‘llow came yon to take such care of ono whom you knew had nothing but thanks with which to repay yoii V said tho stranger, as they wore sitting by the table ono day, partaking of tbcir humble

*I have,’ said Jerrv, and bis eyes bright­ened, as he quietly wiped away the tears tha t came .unbidden to them, ‘I have some­where in this wide world, if he is not dead, an only brother, and I’ve only done to you as I would that others would do to him under like circumstances.”

‘W hat was your b rother's name ?’ asked the old man, as bo moved back from tho

‘My brother's name I ’Twas Robert Long. Bat why do you ask that f’

B u t Jerry had scarcely finished tho last sentence before tho old man clasped his sinns about hia neck, exclaim ing: ‘Then I have fopnd my only brother I’ and so it proved, and under w hat happy circum- stancM was the lost found.

B nt this long lost brother was not so poor*as^ad been supposed. Long years before, on leaving bis Homo in England, •ho had taken passage in a vessel for Amer­ica. ’ They had been but a few days out, how,ever, when tb e vessel foundered, and bubvety feiPof those on 'board were saved by taking to the boats..

A f te r being tossed' about for several days, and almost giving up in despair, they were taken up by an East India ves- a d and taken to. Calcutta. Hero he com-/ fiaeneedhosinesa as a salesman in a mcr- pantile boush, where ho arose from one poet to anotha, until he became one of

_ A tje i^ V -h M in g ,* Ijwgo offer for his intetost -in the .bwinsiia,' ke accepted it, and joBM mfHfo timstedihimself to: the.BH «ie- *of the great deep, hoping he might read •hornedand,find, some reM i^^ frie'W

^henKhujshpniapass away to. thatV,*happy lan4» to:< which

-givi

v^hicti tjrkhdttcre 'ttebro thrers’paSied. th'd '• remai'rider of«U^d.r'^’d » j« ''if i '‘pIdafuh^ happiness. "

. A wayBTjrp»i.;grjMB;y.«t?w.c.

‘W hat 'do' yon think I 'bave got in m y batid, George V asked Charles Sanders of his bro tteras ho entered th e drawing-room

‘How sbou/dTkiip^l^reLa'rkc^ ’Gobfgcl ‘I guess, though, it's allettcr, for I saw the poB ti^^go down.tho>teps a minute ago...

‘You arc,’ auswer^.Cb'atloy, ‘and .to re­ward you for yoiir gogd guessing, I w;ill inform you th a t it is directed to ‘Master Charles B., and George F., Sanders,’ and that it is post-marked ‘San Francisco, Cali­fornia.’ Now see if you can guess who it is from. If yon can’t you don’t deserve to

‘I should think not,’ cried George in some excitem ent; ‘of course it’s from U n­d e F red ; and I am sure it contiiiua a

ft?’‘I snpose il doe/,’ answered Charley, ‘but

08 I have'cn’t opened it, I am not sure.— But let’s open and read it, now.’

So saying he tore open the envelope find unfolded tlm jct'er As ho did so, two ten ddllar ‘greenbacks’ fell upon the flopr.

‘Gracious,’ cried George’ ‘won’t we have fun with these, though ? Now I can gel that wateh chain I so much admired a t T ------’r the other day.’

‘And I,’ added Charley, .can buy that set of books which I have been wishing for so long. B u t let’s read the letter,

So they took it from the floor, where they hud let it fall iu the e.xciteraent of discovering the money, and sitting down tlicy read tho missive. I t was a long and intersting letter, and it closed with a sen­tence, asking them to ‘accept, of the cn-

'closed money, to be divided between

‘Uncle Fred’s a trump,’ ejaculated Cbar ley, as *ho refolded the letter, ami put it into his pocket.

•'riiat ho is,’ responded George, heart-, ily. ‘But let’s go and 6how tho .letter to . mother.’

‘All right,’ replied his brother, and they left the room.

After Mrs. Sam lersh id read tbe letter she told tbe boys they might,if they wislied, go out and spend the money. So they put on their hats and left the houie. - As they walked down the street George ex­claimed : *

‘Why, there’s old Sinitlj, George,’*and 0 pointed to an old gentleman who was

walking by.‘Dont call him old Smith, George,’ said

Charley. ‘I pity the poor old man ; prob­ably ho has seen much sorrow in his day. He certainly has, if wo can judge from his

died one month after they landed on the shore of tli'ei New W o rld ; that she had been bikon 'sick, and was conscqncntly nn able to earn .any money ; that Mike had tried in vain?to help h e r ; and that she ex­pected to h*. turned from the room that day, on account of her inability to pay her

W hen she.had finished hec story, Char­ley told hori'that bo would help her all he uould.- Ho.^len*'went-out, and soon re­turned with,* largo supply of food.

deposl

‘Poh ! Don’t be so sentimental, Charley.- gaily interrupted George.

For the benefit of my Tenders, I will state tliat ‘Old Smith,’ was a personage

ir years before tbe time of Titing, moved into a spacious

mansion a short distance from the res­idence of my young hcioes. ifo lived there alone, and - had no visitors oxc6pt a grocer, who came to his house three times a week, to attend to his corporeal wants. Tho old gentleman had no comrnuuication with any of bis neighbors; all they knew about him was th a t his name was Sm ith.. 'ITiis they learned from the door-plate.— H e but seldom went npon the street, and conseqnontly it excited some remarks when

lid i(

who had foul which I am <Vi

The boys did not know that ho bc«rd every word tif their conversation ; but al­though they did not know it,* i t is trad that he did hear them, and he forln§d his^ opinion of them accordingly.! The boy*

reached the thoioughfare of B road­way. They were walking rapidly toward the store where they intended to lay put their mono;[, wJien they were accosted by a ragged littletbpggar*^y. *. • ' -

'■Will ye plaza g ive 'm o *cint, young ■mutlomcn. It’s mithor that’s sUrving to V i b r t b e w a u t ^ f ; # ^ ^ ‘

fWhore.do j .o a li.vojj — ' ■ ■ ’ inti

said t t ’o.boyi . . .hap* U :th ^ lio u g lit of^fii

ivo than to receive.’

ly'sclf *, Ibnifeff you need it, yon shall- hiit."

‘Yop df^ ltm ean to illy tli*fyo6?rfegot. ing to g iv ¥ j |n r money to this little teg- gar, do y d ^ asked ^eorge,'in'uDdisgiiis-

‘y ^ ’r ^ l replied bis' bi other firmly. ‘If h e ,o^ fv& j^ .o shall hare .if,’

■Good boy,’ remarked a voiceteb ind-tteroW T bey tuine”d'i,ftround. w as‘old

‘Y ds’cdn'tjBUod he, ‘you ave.a*good boy. Now, go diS] and show* us your home,’ added he fiitb'o beggar.

. t e a w,"|||.*in.v«el(tbau.. replied Iji^.^and bo walked down the street, motiohing bis new friends to follow

‘Cpme, George, gp with us, won’t you ?’ asked Charley.

‘Y our sincere friend,lY C. S j im

\ B u t even th is fortune did not give C harles so -iniicb pleasure ase as die thought

Georgo*a*«enled; more out of curiosity it !d Smith’ would do, than forto see what _____

any other rc^on.Mike O’Blien—this was the Irish b o /’e

name— led 'them to a tenement house in W— s t r e e f ^ l i e y ascended several pairs of stairs, and at last renclicil Mrs. O’Brien’s room. It was indeed a cheerless pli)cc;— The poor w.oinun was lying on a mattress irffone corner of the ro/m . As they en­tered, she slowly turned nroiiiid and look­ed at them. H er wan features plainly showed that she had uot tasted food for several day* Iu a weak voice she told them that she bad left the ‘ould country,’ four montlis'teforo ; tha t her husband had

icro ,* ji|^ O’Brien.’ said ho, siteil-fiw loiwi upon t te floor—f

there was no table in tho room—‘Ithat will 1 olp you a little won’t it

‘God bless ye, young guiitlcmHU. Falx It's yerself that’s an angil, jist,’ said the grateful Woman.

‘Well,’ remarked Mr. Smitli. ‘as you, young man, have given so mu. h interest to this unfortunate woman, I think T Will contribute m ym ito.’

So saying, ho handed Mrs. O 'Brien a hundred dollar ‘greenback.’ l ie then turned to George and said :

‘Uaven’t you got anything for our poor friends here, my boy ?’

t h a t ho had done good to a poor-and needy'person. As for George, I am glad to say^tbat h e now realizes tbe full, glo-

•rioua.moairing of our .Sarior’s w ords: ‘In­ns much as-yo have done i t unto o n e -o f tho least of these ray brethren, yc have done it unto m e.’

A ( tu c e r B v i im

lod joke is told of a preacher in Ne- whohad dined with a friend Just '—

walking into tho pulpit began the exercises wrtliout QlifBiig the garment, it being rather

afternoon services. As it happened, tkis If that’ll 4o.U»e sam ^’., ociSiSkmaliy iwturiated in a smile of

. -ii_ a .1 the ardent, and sometime*'eprried a morocco-covered flask ill his overedat pocltct. .....

By iniRtake ihe ministef'fOok the friend's overcoat W his own on his difparlure, and

chilly iu the room.Looking very ministerially over his congre­

gation from behind his spccticlcg, he begim drawing from his pocket, us he supposed, Lfs hvinn bonk, with the introductory icmtirk that the congregation would ring from a por- ticnlar page which be had selected beforc-

The minister held the supposed book up in full sight of the congregation, and attempted to open it sideways, but it was no go.

1’hr situatiuu was realized iu a inomuit,but alas! too late.

JtHs reverence was dumbfounded, the sudi ence giggled, and the whole scene was made ludicrous by a fellow in the back part ol the congr'*giitioii who drawled out

p ,

chief from bis pocket,-and-began- waviitg” ' ! it vigorouslyrin the air; a t the skme tebbing his bead but of tbe w indb#'in s- j i e fy energetic manner. .. ■ ...j• ^V hat arc yon aboftt. Judge?’ A sk ^ ‘ Mf. 0 ., without rising from his scat. **'

‘W hy don’J; you sec yonder I T h e iV ^ i '« R lady waving a white handkerchie/; and' ' I’m returning the salutfe.’ ' ■ , •

he, Judge? asked Miv" Q:-;as- * in om* cnniiir * . 9

‘W liteis sh< ho lounged ■ in one comer.

‘Well the fact is, I don’t exactly know], I’m quite near-sighted’ and I can’t recogt'-»i nizc her, but she is dressed in gray silk; • and stands yonder under abignmplq;trte6-- near m yfriend, John B’s house,’ -•

Mr. Q . h o b b M o v er to the Jadga’-atUAi^ul^ and gazed in the dircctio.i

'•Say, mister, cm we all (hie) Jine iu tlmt or hymn,

SuecesH lu L lfa .

Keep the Uw of duty eve.- butoro you—’.et 't bo vour 11 vor failing pii'.ar of liglil. Be brave and on tho square with your const ience

Youp success in life me may not bi .0 your conscience to the last. Tour i in lile may not be equal lo your hope

: your dcrerts ; it is not to mac to insure success The best and wisest of ns may fail in the struggl*. ; but wo have onr consolotton even tlun. '1 o gain the* worlds applause,

j and snatch its fl.viing spoils, is not a roan’s

ward iu the rare for those eternal honors (bat t’lo world cun nciliter give or takeaway, the prize which nil may si rive for, and no one strive in vain.—D - M.zkhan.

—“Why did yon r lust night ?’’ j

gazed in the direction indicated; b p tf ' only tha t the judge bad bo’en c.xcbang-' salutes for ten minutes with an iron -•’ marc, whose long white tail, a * i i t -

ped nwny the flies, had been taken byt Ingrey marc, whose long white tail, a * i i t - ' flipped nwny tlr

for a white iiandkcrchief, waved by ai lady in a grey silk dress. ^ ;

l l io buttons tlm t wore subsoquciitty picked up in that car are said to hiive beon ' exceedingly numerous. Tbe judge didn’t r swear, hut he changed tho subjeut-to saw-- ‘ J mills, the only intelligible portion -df - • which being tho frequent repetition of th e word ‘dam.’

Iu former days there d.welt iu the brave Corncrnckcr State, to close proximity *t( each other, a young buxom and wealthy widow and a bachelor of scarce;ely m oro’than her own age. Both bad inherited ' ' the property, and were comparatively strangers, lin t their jilantations joined, and many were tho acts of neighborly kindness that passed betw ten them. "Well ■ as somebody sang to the witch W idow Macroc, the lime arrived when ‘the b 'rds go in pairs,’ and the wiejpw found th a t although she had plenty of bon tu rk ey s '* she bad none of the o ther persuasion, they having mysteriously disappeared. B u t she knew th a t her noigbbt^ bad p ite ty of a rare breed, and so sent Sambo over lo borrow a c.oiiple. In duo tim e ho came Lack with a Inrgc gobbler under each arm, and a broad grin on bis face,

‘Well ?’ n-sked bis m istress.‘Massa said,’ wiis the nns'wer, *dat lie

SOI d dein turkeys, and if dey d idn’t an­swer he’d just come over and gobble his own self.’

‘Go back aiid toll him to come,’ com- 'H ivts t-i T oo.no L adie.«.-t tuk-)-lltc arm of my brother lust nitrlit j ------- '— ooo

eaid u young ludy to hi r friend, a very intelli- j nianckd.thc widow with cheeks like peoi gcoi giiljab-jut nineteen, iu u l.irgo town ucar |

tke Ontario. l l i c negro did ns he was commandedSlio repli</l ‘I3cr*i:se ] k;icw him to be a ' — the horses of the bachelor were hitched

liceulions young man ” I that night until a late Lour in front o f the••Nonsz-Ii.c,’’ iva.R Ihe answer ol (he sitter, widow’s door— and there was a weddiflg

if you i-cfust- the. attentions Of.all lice-j-ious i roosths.you wilt ImVC none, I can assure ’ ______

••Very we I,''s-jid her frier.d,‘Then I can | III man nature is given to flattery. I tnows th a t the rther—lor n ddiglits to do it.•Eve got some money,’ replied George, p o J iT t t 'S le

doggedly, but I th ink '.tlrat tlilti womanhas got enough. Besides I have a better I ro<-ietv, w, rc all young ladies to adopt this I use for my money, than giving i t to every | rosohinon — Vi Clironi.lc. please people ; and decidbeggar tlmt comes along. ‘Old Smith’ | " ° F lattery

or my rcsiution on tMa point is nnaltenihly fixed •’ I .u lt of tickling is laughter ; and that-

How long wonld It take lo revolutionize , j ^ h c odds are- ,n ourDf'tPtv tC.-n* till VAniwr )n<lioa tr\ tliL

after saying that ho'would send a

then turned to Cliarloy, and^asked his I MISCELL AN HX)U S« 1he gave. Then 1 "send a doctor !

to Mrs. O’Brjen, left the bouse. The two

n*nc and residence, which Iicg;

0 -b J:brothers went* out soon after. George bought his watch-chain, but did not enjoy its possession a t all. Every time bo look­ed a t it, it seemed reproaching him for his selfishness; Ho felt veiy ‘cheap,’ too when hi§ father, after hearing Uie story of his bods’ adventure, warmly praised Char- Icv, and cast upon him a stern, reproach­ful look.

Charley lost nothing by his goneroeity. On tbe contrary, ho gained a g reat deal in pocket, as well as conscience, for when Mr. Smith died, which was one year after tho events which I have related, he left tho whole of his property, consisting o one hundred thousand dollars, to Charley. Among hia paper* was found a le tter ad­dressed tc ‘M asterC harles Saunders.’ I t read as follows:

‘JMy D ia b Y odRg Faixun ;—‘W hen you read, this 1 shall be dead,

and you -w U -know tlia t I have left the. ilo of my property, to you. I have no

uy tow».o J- leave i tto lay put j have, indo*di-*'*Pp,. who in re tu rn foi ccosted by 'my.kind .carCi^ jiin f^u ring bis younger

day*, a t t e m p t ^ , , a p ; J -,bad,grown

! Tell a plain girl, not . strong mind

m ^ S :

, is preMilwankie Sonlincl says very jtistly con-.j ,vill believe it, and be very ghid to.

a pri-ttv one si“ Abused as Horace Greeley is by friends

cerniug Horace G rcely :

and foes, I dt^ubt very 11 another editor in the w tom is so much respected,

bo an Americah habit t

much if there lives world who a t bot-

oted. It has become to speak sneer-

ingly of him — a habit that he himself m ust be accustamod to by this time but I notice that respect and admiration for bis stu rfy boldness, and for his experience always trium phs in a mixed asseinlily when he is spoken of or appears.— Men who cominciiccd year* since to save up materials for his obituary have passed

ay apd been forgotten; but bo still sHainblcs around tho Spruce street corner. U pstarts, in journalism which predicted his poliUcal annihilation and his social downfall have run the course of decadence, b u t ho still smiles blandly. Mon tried to se t h i s ^ c e on fire and burn him o u L te t

no use, Bennett has witdrawn in s ^ h t ^ ^ bis penitential retreat a t Moimt WasbiSgton. ITiurlow "Weed does liftle

ic^ with the ine’ i’igor^.tho itidptqiUblc will,. |n d tho

:*ame 'y«attyai;bfcQm,qn,,Ji^ chocete, that 'b e bad decades ago. W h a t is tte -n se of

. Sjri/ itsscLT .' pi?:iGAtLisiaT.—A

ifriendsjthc bon'-'horsb'hasrifoppeditb'water

a pri-tty one she is an angel, and she not troubled with doubt as to w hat josay, tlioiigli as a fact she is considerably lo.wor than an ange). Flattery, however, when well bestowed, delicately p u t on with a poDci), Instead of being daubed on with a mop, and on a proper subject— is* a good.thing. We-uso a little occasion­ally, and receive it freqacntly, such, as it

Good men attend auctions— men. who**-’ j . ics arc forbidding.

Tbouglit^E.abird tha t flies too rapidly r a woman to pat sa lt on its tail.

Perfect integrity and properly cooked cf steak arc rare.

■Wkon is coffe like real e s ta te ! it is ground.

M ost of the shadows tha t cross ottf path through -life are caused by our stands ing in our own light.

A bore is a u t bimsc

n who persists in tJilk- wben you want to talking about himself

about yourself.

There is not a' stra im of b'qu6lq. .*<>,.«

be' ■

idiSor^^'aSSl

‘« initis6m.you well'somO;day. v’ '