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RAIN AT NIGHT.
After the flrey son all day
Has showered his Kbafls on earth, Till tha weary zepbyra bava ceased to play.
And the birds have bushed their mirth; And the flowat* aud tho grain hava drooping lain.
And the grosa in tha meada is dry. While Ihe farmer jn vaiu bas prayed for rain,
Looking anxiously at the aky; How welcome tben are the gathering clouds.
As tha red ana siuks from aight. While the thunder's voice bids all rejoice.
As he prophecies rain at olghtl
FanlHStic forms do tha clonda assume,
Up o'er the horlzou'a rim— Dracona. and direfnl "hapes of gloom.
O'er the dim wo"d-* crawling erim: Now lit, each one. by tbe annken ann.
And now by tbe lightning's gleam ; Now hullao and dim, when the Ught is gone,
Likx formt' >n a tr*arrni dream. No piirteuia Ihey of a terrible doom,
The ^pirit of ironhle and fright; They are lonmlng ihfre, in the dusky air,
Tha berulda of a rain at night.
Tha twUght comes, with a c<iol, molat hreath.
And tba cloods. like wild fowla fly: And tha trees awakad from 'hair dream of death,
Tbeir lone arm- los-s on bich. Tba Jigbinlng play*: with Us'fitful raya.
Along tba bnrizoa'fi wall; Aud ita vivid blaze each bird affraya,
Aod ihay hnuifward haatenall From the river*a marge loud notes are heard.
In a MirtK of vapnw dMishi; And the tree'toad'h croak, trooi the leafy nak,
fc'aying, -Tbere will be rain to-night I"
Oh< abl>-s»cd tbiog ia'ihn rain nt night.
In the Miytime of the year! It apraadN. tike an ungal unspen, delight,
Andfilielh mao'ab art wilh cheer. Golden Ith ^howerr^ beuigu are Its powere;
Aod beanty Ua ofi'-priugs fair; Pruc^edelh the flowera for June'>: grean bowars.
And cheata weary souls of care 1 Life and healtb-brioger, 0 rain, tweet rain ;
I eing itice thi^ pxin, though alight: May ita mn^ic ariii.' through tha watery akiew,
To thy .-Huder, O rain al night!
PRETTY MEGGY HEYWOOB-
A  TALE OP  CIBCDMSTAKTIAL EVIDENCE.
On a fombre and snnless morning, in the mouth of Febrnary, 17—, the popalation of the towu of Lowes, seemed to be moved by an unusual agitationprevading theui. They might be seen hurrying in groups of twos, threes, aud more, all apparently makiug head for one particular .-ipot, as by mutual aud commou couseut tuey had engaged to meet there, by some imperative or very extraordi¬ nary circumstance.
In effect, it was to witness au execution, which took place iu frout of the gate-house of the old caFtle. The couuty jail had not then been built, nor for many years after that dismal occurreuce.
Hoar-frost lay ou the ground, snow buug darkly iu the air, like a tenebrous veil drawn over the face of the sky. Anything more dreary, cbilly, and shudderingly in keeping with the proceedings of tbe morning, can scarcely be imagined. The assemblage, whicb begau with aggravated crowds, grew into a maltitude—a dense, pusbiug throng, packed aud massed at last into one vast baman tuTnuli, as if it formed but oue expectant, anxious creature : and one could scarcely tell what kiud of emotion moved its breast—wheth¬ er the morbid appetitite to behold so revolt¬ ing a spectacle; whether pity or anger, or a stem determination to see retribute justice dealt out, actuated that enormous heart. It was certaiuly not indifference, as tbe very density of tbe crowd forcibly testified.
The gibbet was erected in front of the gate¬ house. The sheriff's javelin men lined the short distance that led from the gate-house to the platform of the grim aud ghastly doomsman. The hour was at haud. A mur¬ mur rau through tbe assembly—a thrill of uncontrollable horror—a shock, keen, eleo- tric,and universal,wasfeltto actuate the mass* The door opened—the prisoner, walking be¬ side the chaplain, and followed by the hang¬ man and other officials followed—and the shudder of horror which ran through the assembled thousands was easily accoanted for. , The condemned was—a woman I A womau yoang and fair—comely, even to have verged upon the beautiful. Even al¬ though her face was as white as the snow, although her eyes were purple, and her lips livid; even crushed, haggard, aud wau as she looked-—she could not be despoiled of the evidences of an unusually attractive face. The brown bair was snooded up. She wore a garment of coarse white linen ; whether it was the castom to do so, or whether it was to express her innoceuce—for she had pro- tested this with impassioned vehemence up to the last moment, aud was repeating it in a firm, unfaltering voice to tbe venerable man who was at her side, and who aontinued to administer to her tbe last consolations of religion, as she walked, step by step, to the scaffold.
For his part, the clergyman was even more deeply agitated than herself. Her composure was apparent enough, but it was of a dread¬ ful order, aud might havebeen that of des¬ pair, as well as of resignation. Hts agitation arose from two sources—the oue was that, in the anomalous probability of things, thougb the evideuce against her had been most damning, she might be iunocent. And what a terrible responsibility was that to lie on the shoulders ofher judges and executioners! On the other hand, if she was really guilty, what hardness of heart and utter depravity did sbe not betray in persisting in that lie even at the foot ofthe scafiold she wasabout to mount ?
Tbe sight was inexpressibly diamal. Tbe cold, gloomy morning, the lowering atmos¬ pbere, the chill ghastliuess of tbe  tragical
" I am hinocent—iknocbht—I declare it in
the uame of Qod, and with my last breath 1''
She was a woman or rather  a girl-woman,
for her age was not twenty. She was going to be hung for a dreadful and appalling mur¬ der tbat had been committed in the town some few months back—a murder committed snder oironmstauces of great atrocity, and she was to be hnng for the deed, brought home against her. Bat her last words had come npou them like a thunder-olap.
In five minates the fair, comely oreatare was dangling in tbe air, a colapsed, strangled, degraded corpse, and atrong men swooned at tbesight. Strongmen turned white,and stok at heart, though not all—uot all. There was one—a yonng, genteel-looking man dressed with some elegance, whose face thoagh pale to lividness, and working nervously still bore upon it no expression of pity. It waa on the contrary of an exulting character—the smile on tbe lip, the gleam iu the^eyes ; as his look wandered from tbe victim before him, that swayed to and fro—a hideous, abhorrent, and damning sight—to the sobbing youth wbo stood far removed from him, bis amile be¬ came absolutely fiendish, as he mattered to himself, " We are quits now, my proud, pretty madam 1"
A third individnal may also be indicated —a hirsute, brawny, thick-set powerful mau, clad in the coarsest garb of the poor, yetbear- ng little or none of those industrial traces which mark the working man. A bold, blustering, aemi-savage air, stamped by dis sipatiou, witb its iudeiyila traces, set him apart as one not to be on too familiar terms with- He gazed with a blood shot eye on the ghastly tragedy performed before him, from beneath the rim of his broad felt hat, which was pulled down over his brows. Not a muscle quivered, not a nerve stirred in his iron frame as the poor girl was ''turned off;" but, as he departed with the dispersing crowd, he stuck his tongue in his cheek, aud muttered  with a sneer, and  in a slang  only
known  to himself, " Queer oufilua, by !
Beak, harman-jack, and all 1'* and then dis¬ appeared.
Strange to say, also, tbere were women who looked on without bleaching—who look- ed on witbout shrinking—who beheld that ghastly death with some fearfnl sense of aatisfaction I Envy and spite, and even the stern propriety of justice, might actuate tbis, but it certainly was not the less a fact.
At the same moment a singular phenome¬ non occurred. As the last shudder ran through the corpse, the sun burst forth with a rich meteoric effulgence, aud bathed tbe poor Tictim's bead with a glory that was almost unearthly. The crowd melted away, cowed, abashed, ashamed, as If it had beeu engaged iu some infamous act. Something like fear, something like remorae, began to work among them ; and they departed, with bated breath, speaking of tbe ill-fated Meggy Heywood, just done to death inso cruel a manner, and of poor Charley Dean, her sweet¬ heart, who had been oarried away in strong convulsions, and who wonld be sore to die of a broken heart.
Then followed a long lapse of time—gossip died away—pretty Meggy all but forgotten, and Charley Dean, a sad and moody man, bad quitted the place, and had not since been heard of.
We must now retrace our steps a little, iu order to ahow bow this dreadful catastrophe had come about, and brought the beaatifal, thongh lowly maiden to the awful death of tbe murderess.
In an old-fasbioned street in the town of Lewes, there dwelt—keeping a small shop, and thriving and well-to-do enoagh in a small way—an aged widow, known to the townsfolk aa Dame Keymer, and living with her—her house-keeper, in fact—her god-daughter. Meggy Heywood, a remarkably handsome yonng woman, whose comeliness hrought her as many suitors aa envious rivals. Of a sweet and genial temper, sbe conducted herself with a propriety and modesty, against which the breath of slander never ventured to direct its shafts, thougb she was sought after by the humbler town-gallants, and not by a few of tbe "better class" of the youths of Lewes.
Merry and lighthearted, she treated these flatterers in a manner that was, in every respeot, creditable. Mirthful without levity, Meggy Heywood knew how to reply to, or repudiate, auy advances; and if one more presumptuous than another ventured to pre¬ sume npon a frank familiarity, she possessed the art of making him "keep his distance," and of "knowing his place," in a very un¬ common degree.
But forall this, it was not fated that Meggy ahould escape the inevitable shaft of love. Some suitor, it was clear, she must accept, not only because, like every other pretty girl, she had (possibly) no valid objection to a sweetheart; but because, having once decided upon accepting one, it would relieve her from much annoyance she was subjected to, and the fact once known that she had made her choice, would be a safficient signal for othera to hold off. Once appropriated, she would bave a protector, and her choice waa accordingly made.
Not all at ouce, though. Meggy was neither rash nor wilful. If she bad any secret lean¬ ing any latent sentiment towarda one over another—any hidden preferencis—she did not exhibit it at onoe. Among tbe nnmber who made advances, under honorable pretences, was a youug apark, son of au opulent trades¬ man in tbe town, who, on the strength of hia better dress, rumored means, extravagant habits, and other uharacteristics of a fast young dandy, at last became her torment, her pest and bane. Dame Keymer herself could not keep her patience at seeing Mr Francis Palmer enteriug her little shop, mom¬ ing, noou and eve, and nuder the pretence of purchasing some trifle or other, seeking every opportunity ofiugratiating bimself witb pretty Meggy. It would become town-talk, a scan¬ dal, tbe gossip of tbe whole neighborhood. j What could he want witb Meggy, forsooth ? I " Was he, witb a rich, hard-hearted sort ofa
spectacle about to be afforded the lookers-on I fatlier, who was looking up 4o the aristocracy —formed ou** of those haunting nightmare ' of Lewes, in order to find a match forhis son
ful. He beheld in Meggy the aim and end of all his hopea and wishea, and vowed, inter¬ nally, that if a loving, faithful heart, and in¬ duatrious hand, and an inventive brain oonld reward her, theae should not be wanting,— All, in faot, was going on cheerfully, pleas¬ antly, delightfully; wben, suddenly, aa by earthquake, or eclipse, the whole was dark¬ ened, absorbed, and lost forever—forever—in the hideous calamity, the unutterable horror, that obscured aud entombed every hope, uever to be awakened more 1
One morning, Dame Keymer was fonnd with her throat out from ear to ear I—her lit¬ tle moneychest, wbioh she kept iu he bed¬ room, broken open, aud her Uttle hoard van¬ ished. Meggy was the first to give the alarm, and the utmoat oonstemation prevailed.
The night had been wild and stormy; a fnrions tempest had brokeu over the town, and wailed aud boomed all night. The wind went howling throngh the streets, beating tbe chimneys, banging to loose shutters and doors, and drowning all other sounds, if sounds there were; while in the pauses of the storm, as if the blast was gathering its forces together for another wrathful ontbarst, people in their startled slumbers fancied tbey heard one of thoae awfal criea wbioh, at timea, startle the ear of night, and which cau be none other than that of "Murder!" or of " Fire I"
An examination of the premises now took place—strict and zealoas,though,perhaps, not condacted ou the scientific principle of anal¬ ogy and deduotion whioh oharaoterizea the " detective " of the preseut day. Doora and wiudows were securely fastened ; and, ao far, it was apparent that uo one from withoat oould be the perpetrator—at least, it was ap¬ parently 30. The only living creature iu the house, besides the cat, waa Meggy Heywood, and certain sanguine marks found ahont her bedchamber door led to tbe conclusion that she must be the murderess ! and within tbe next hour she was safely lodged in the gate¬ house of the old castle, on the charge, until fttrtber examination shonld bring the proof home to her.
As a matter of course, the wbole resolved Itself into one of those casea whioh depend entirely and solely upon the evidence of cir¬ cumstances ; but which evidences have so repeatedly proved themselves fallacious, false and contradictory even, that tbe wonder is that men will venture to arrive at a conclu¬ sion terminating in " Guilty," with so mauy past examples of judicial murder before their eyes.
Circumstantial evidence weut woefully against poor Meggy Heywood; and yet, there waa every thi ug^almost—lacking to give this corroboration. What was the motive ?—and wbere was the plunder ? What waa her gaiu by tbis fearful deed ? Every one who knew Meggy, knew ahe loved the old woman, aud that the Dame looked ou her as her own child. On examining her boxes, not a coin, not a trinket could be traced connecting her with the deed. Still the proceeds could have been handed without, and suspicion pointed to Charley Dean as au associate. He, however, was soon exculpated—nothing was found on him, or at his home ; aud as he was working through the same night, at the foundry, in the modelling room, with other men, an un¬ questionable alibi freed bim from ^ivorj sus¬ picion of the murder, at all events.
Saspicions that lack confirmation only seem to grow into greater certainties, from the anxiety that arises in people's raiuds to bave a doubt resolved. People begau to grow angry with Meggy, because she would uot "confess.' Folks looked doubtfully upon Charley, because he protested his belief in her inoocence, day and night, and because he never ceased to visit her in ber imprisonment whenever be conld obtain admission. But at last, the day of trial came, and great was the commotion-in tbe towu.
Let the reader imagiue all tbe formalities aud preliminaries over—Meggy in the" dock*' the prosecution opened—every title of evi¬ dence adnuced, and all still circumstantial I Yet this only wanted confirmation.
At last, Mr. Francis Palmer is called. He has, it is stated, some important evidence to communicate. It is a bre?.thless moment, and he comes forward slowly, and makes bis statement with evident reluctance. The sum of bis evidence accounts to this :—
*' That he had entertained an effection for theyonng person in the dock, and being jeal¬ ous of the preference she displayed towards a rival, be—altbongh he could not defend the act—had, out of tbis instinctive jealousy, carefully watched them both; not having any clear reason, beyoud that, why he did so." Here he paused a momeut, iu some em¬ barrassment, and then, urged by the counsel for the prosecution, went on with his evidence.
"On the evening ofthe murder he had seen his rival and the prisouer at the bar, walking towards tbe castle; and, aa the darkening twilight favored him, be followed, and, from the corner in which he esconced himself, over- beard a conversation which threw aome light, however sinister, upon the case iu questiou. Her lover spoke of their marrying soon—of a prospect he had of setting up for himself; adding, that ifhe could muster some fifty or sixty ponnds he could commence at once.— The prisouer replied, that there would not be much difficuUy about tbis matter, as her godmother had some such aum by her, which it would not be difficult to obtain."
The effect ofthia evidence, as itcamealowly fortb, began to tell, little by little, with tbe most fatal effect. Here waa a motive to the consequence—a reasou for the^act—a coudi¬ tion answering the requirements of the case —a confirmation that closed np the last link. But where was the money ? None knew. It could not be traced. The lovera soon par¬ ted. Charley was at his work, and had not quitted it nntil the deed was consummated. These were the good old days of hanging.— Somebody must be hanged. Meggy Heywood waa found guilty. We do not follow the trial through every phase and transition.— Meggy was fonnd guilty! The poor Dame was mnrdered—and Meggy Heywood was hangfd!
"Fiatjustitia,'^ etc., etc.
" She waa a woman, too—a girl almost—the foola I—tbe fools I and as inuooent as the babe unborn I"
" Enongh " shouted Charley Dean, for it waa be—worn, haggard, aged before hia time. "Enongh t I arrest you on tbe spot. Ob, you oannot esoape me I Were yon twice as bur¬ ly, and ten times as strong, yon would only be a child In my gripe 1"
The stro^le was brief, for the wretch would now escape. luvainl Soon oame a orowd, soon oame constables, soou it ran about the town that the real murderer of Dame Keymer was taken, and tbat Meggy Heywood waa in¬ nocent I
And tbey bad hanged her!
The man was takeu into oustody, and nn¬ der the evulsion of clroumstanoes, made a full confession of the orime. He, in boDjunc- tion with another—whose life had long before expiated hia crimes—bad heard the ramor of tbe poor Dame's little board of wealth. By a skilfully planned and daringly carried ont scheme, daring the tempest of tbe night, tbey had crept, by a ladder laid transversely from an outhonse at the baok to the widow's window—^had opened It—oommitted the mur¬ der and the robbery—had escaped—the catch of the window falling within having prevent¬ ed snspicion of auy one's entering. And Meggy Heywood was saonficed I
The townsfolk sorrowed, for many a day, for the heedleas judgment their jury had re- florded ; but they could uot bring baok tbe dead.
Let ns hope poor Meggy met witb & judge far more mercifnl than ahe met with on earth.
Of tbe fature fate of Charley Dean we have nothing to record. Aa little have we to say of Mr. Francis Palmer. He did not sleep on a bed of roses, as his last hour teatified.
The murderer—the double murderer—paid the penalty of his turpitude; and that con¬ cludes all we know of the matter.
exhibitions tbat bang about oue for hours for days, eveu after tho atrocioua "carnival of tbe gallows" is passed over.
It waa evident that the crowd felt au in¬ terest in her. A murmur rose, and deepened, and broadened,as she advanced ; and perhaps it would have grown into a yell of execration, had she uot at tbe instant lifted up her meekly-bowed head, and with her large blue- beaming eyes looked upon tbe thousand eyes
¦was he (Master Francis) likely to marry Aer —Meggy—tbe prettiest low-l om lass, thongh she migbt be, in a day's walk? Nonsense ! Pooh! She wouldn't have it—and an end must bd put to it," and so on.
And thns it was that Meggy did put an eud to it, for she accepted the suit of a worthy and industrious young artisan of her own atation iu life ; and while Charley Dean, who worked at one of the factoriea on the Ouse,
" Wall, I went home with all iny Wttoh of [ Endor riggin' on.   When husband  oame to j the door to Tet me in  he waa ao frightened: that be Set the dog on me.    Tbe dog oame towarda me, growled, and rua aa If he'd break his neok, and I haven't seen him from  that day to tills.    I at lafit convinued my huaband that I was hisbeloved'*>ife.  Wben lexplalned it all to him, the way he growled was a oau¬ tion.
" Wall, they raised three hnndred dollars at that abominable fair. With it they bonght an ornamental chandelier and a ailk pulpit oushion, and hired oarpentera to make gin¬ gerbread work all over the meetiu'-honse.
"I'm jost of Mrs. Deaoon Ware's opinion about church faira, I am—that they are juat the wiokedeat swindles that orthodoxy ever tolerated. She eays that the older ohuroh members think I was deapritly put upon at the fair, and I declare, I don't believe but what I waa."
devouring her, with so firm, so collected, but I was transported and out of bis senses with
not defiant, a manner, that awed or cowed, as it were, and fascinated into submission. •The murmur died away, and the silence of the grave followed.
She moanted to the scaffold step by step, slowly but firmly. The grim official was by ber side, and pursuing the manipulation of bis infernal trade. She knelt, she prayed, sbe rose, and tben she cast on« long, keen, anxious glance around tbe crowd, probably to exchange a last look with aome one or other wbo would look upou ber a little more pityingly and tenderly* than did the stony
joy, Mr. Francis Palmer, on the other baud, was livid with rage and jealousy, and swore that, some way or other, he would have his reveuge. And Mr. Francis Palmer was just the very man to do so, for under his fair- spoken mannera there lurked a malignant and evil spirit which was not to be turned aside from a purpose once told.
Days—happy daya—weeks, bappy weeks, passed by, and tbe yonng lovera were happy. Charley waa a prudent and money-saving young man, and was known to be looking out for a small business, in the same artisan line
eyes abe met. She was rewarded ; for on a ! he was following at his factory, on his own mound there stood a young man weeping bit- acconnt. Dame Keymer was pleased, which terly,   unnerved   to prostration—her lover,   was a great point gained, and hinted more
probably—who extended his clasped handa towards ber.
He, too, was rewarded; for a aweet, raptu¬ rous, gratefnl smile, a smile o ( affection and
of thanks, broke upon her thin, pale lips.	
She kissed her hands, waved them towards him, and tben surrendered herself to the rude hands of the ao called minister of jnatice.
She advanced a step. She Ufted up her head as if to claim attention. Breathless grew the heaving orowd; she waa ahout to eonfess her guilt I Clear, calm, distinct, like the tone of a ailver trumpetj oame her words:
than once, that sbe should have a small legacy to bequeath to her god-daughter aome day- a piece of news that aoon spread abroad among the neigbbors, who speedily generated a report that Dame Keymer waa rich, and that Meggy, on her marriage-day, would como Intothe inheritance of some fabulous fortune.
Ten years had passed away. Meggy Hey- wood's fate was only a dreadful story to teU round the winter's fire. Charley Dean bad gone away and been forgotten, aud Mr. Fran¬ cis Palmer waa a married, reapectable, exem¬ plary, tbriving townaman of the venerable borough of Lewes.
One day, a dtiaty, travel worn man might have been seen halting suddenly before the gate-house ; aud, while hia lips quivered and tbe tears filled his eyes, by his heaving breaat and agitation it might have heen easily gath¬ ered that something of a very unusual nature had occurred to bim in tbe shape of remini- scene or memory. He stood on a particular spot. He ejaculated a name—be covered his face with his bauds, and sobbed aloud.
" Oh, Meggy, Meggy 1" he murmured : "all this weary, weary time to wait, and ho olue yet I—nothing to prove your innocence yet!''
" What's ,,the cove maundering about?"
said a hoarse, drunken voice at  his ear.	
" I've Been a little game played out here myself, some ten years ago, or thereabout; but, burn me, if it makes me move—not a bit!"
The first comer lifted np his face, and look¬ ed fuU into a bearded, grimy, haggard, and debauobed ruffian face. The flush of liquor was ou hia cheeks, ita fire in hia eyea, andhe laughed a short, idiotic laugh as he met the atartled look of tbe man.
"Ay, you may stare," he aaid, witb his air of reckless   bravado,   wbicb,   nevertheleas
ATTNT HANNAH AND THE CHTIECH.
Aunt Hannah Uved ont of town. " Did I never tell you what a time I had at our church last winter?" said she to me one evening. "Nol what of it?"
"Now, ain't that strange? Thonghtl had told everybody about it, to be sure. La! well 'twill be news to you, then ! Yon know NoraThomdale, Judge Thoradale's darter.— i She came over to our houae, and aaid our congregation were goin' to have a fair in the village meetin' bonse.
" 'Do tell,' sez I. *Who'a going to preach?' " ' Oh I' said she, mighty smiUng, *we ain't gofn' to bave preaching ; a few young per¬ aons of tbe congregation, who seem to take a deeper intereat in tbe church's welfare tban the members themselves, desire to purchase a few iudispensable articles for the meetin honse ; and we thought all the church would present us cakes and pies, and meats, and snch things, we would appoint a night to sell them in the vestry ofthe church, and take the pro¬ ceeds to buy the necessary articles. The plan is well received, especially by tbe yonng.— You know the money is to be spent for char¬ itable purposea, and on that account every¬ thing given us will sell for double its value.' " ' Well, I wouldn't bave believed tbere was so much wisdom left in tb6.,world, as to have conjured up that,' sez I.
"' 'Tis even so,' said Nora. 'And what will yon give ? You live on a farm, aod far¬ mers produce lots of things that would be ac¬ ceptable.'
" * Well, I will give yon two roast turkeya and six roast chickeus,' sez I, thinking that woald be as much as anybody could expect these hard times.
" ' Um I Well, wbat else ? 'Tis for the church you give it, you know. Church mem¬ bera shouldn't be less anxions for their Inter¬ ests tban the world.*
" You see I was a church member and she wasn't.
"' Well, I'll give you a jar of peach jam,' sez I.
" * That will help mo along some. A few bushels of apples or a roast pig would be ac¬ ceptable.'
"She was ao ravenous, I began to be sorry I offered ber anything. Howsomever, I thought I'd go tbe whole hog or none, ao I promised the pig and apples
"'Of coarse you will give ua cheese, and pies, and cakes, and milk, and oream, and then I think yon will have done your part of tbe givin'. By the way, we are to have his¬ torical tableaux, and Mrs. Amoa Bruce want' ed you to take the part of the WUch of Endor. All you have to do will be to dress to represent that lady, and stand perfectly still behind a curtain; and people will pay sometbing to see you t'
" Wall, I'a old and ignorant, and didn't know what I was about, so I consented. I aent them tbe pig, aud tbe turkeya, and the ohickens and apples, aud the reat of the things wanted, np to the meetin' house the day be¬ fore the fair.
" The next day my husband tackled up his old horse and chaise to carry me to the fair. Our old chaise, somehow or other, don't look very well. There's a hole In the top and sides, and some of the spokes of the wheels are gone. The wheela squeak powerfully, too. Well, we hddu't but jist got into town, when it seemed as if all the boy out of jail come hoUerin'and hootin'arter us as if tbey were possessed:
'"Hurra for the Witch of Endor I    Her chariot approaches I   Make way for her ma jesty!'
" ' Do ask them unsightly crittera to he oivil,' aez I to my husband—' my patience is gone entirely.'
"At that he clambered out of the chaise, and after 'em liofc-ertespit, tight aa he could leg it. And, ohl he dropped the reina ou the ground, and the old horse took a notion to go, and he went. Yon see he knew the way to the church, and put cbase for it. Hasband he came hoUerin'' whoa, whoa I' just as I was ridin' up to the meotin'-house. The meetin'- house yard was full of folka laughin' and atarin' aa if they hadn't no respectability in urn. I got ont of the ohaiae and made my , ((|w^' throagh the crowd, and wben they woaldn't make room I elbowed them right smarth, I'm desprit thin of fleah, and whrn I hit am tbey gave back aa if they'd been atruck with a dagger.
" Paid twenty cents to go iuto the church. Tbe tables inside did look beantiful. Nora abe explained the fixina to me. There were grab boxes that contained a hnndred tbinga worth one cent, and one thing worth ten, and you paid five cents a grab, ani if you grab¬ bed right yon wonld get twice your money's worth. And there was a ring cake. 'Twas divided into fifteen alicea. You paid a dollar a slice, and one slice contained a riug worth fifty cents. So he that got the right slice got a ring. And there were gness cakes, and ever ao many auoh kind of things, too numer¬ ona to mention.
'* Wall, they drest me up to reprint the Witoh of Endor. I never was very handsome. and they rigged me up at sucb a rate that I must have looked awful. I stood behind the curtain and people paid a nine pence to come in and see me. Some went off mad ; children geuerally scared. Some went off laughin' as if they'd split. I evidently produced a pow¬ erful impression on all that saw me. People at last come to see me faster than they conld
SOITIi CONFLICTS.
Defeated 1 bot never dlBhaartened!
Bapulsed 1 but unconqoered In will, Upon dreary dlBComfltnres bnilding
Her virtue's etrong battlements *)tlll, Tbe Soul lo the elege of temptations
Yields oot uoto fraod, oor to might; ITnqnelled by tha rui^h of the pasbioos
Sereoe 'mid the tomollB of flght!
She sees a graud prize lu tbe diatance.
She hearn a glad aoood of occlaiois. The crowu wrooght of lanrelu immortal.
The music far sweeter than fame's, And BO, 'gainst the rash of tbe paaslooB
She lifts tha broad buckler of right, Aod BO, throngh the glooms of tamptatioos,
She walka In aaplendor of light 1
A EATITEM.
Tho reporter of the Philadelphia Norih American recently stumbled upon a profes¬ sional rat catcher and speculator, from whom he gathered some curious facts relative to the art of rat catching, and the use to which the animala are put, which It seems is to furnish •amusement for tbe iuhabitants of the city of brotherly love. The rat catcher says he is the proprietor of a pit, iu which regular exhibi¬ tions of rat fighting are given tbree timea a week. The average consumption of rats iu thla pit Is about a hundred aud fifty per week. The rat catcher knows all the spots in the city where rats are most abundant, and there are bis traps regularly set on evety night iu the year. His best results are obtained at the breweries, the livery stables, and aroand the old and dilapidated quarters of the city. He boards every foreign ship Immediately upon her arrival, and dnring the first night generally captures every rat that finds a harbor among its timbers. Sometimes aa many as a buudred are caught on a single night from one vessel.
The trap which he uses—a patented article —Is an oblong box, opeu at both ends, aud baited with roasted cheese, sprinkled with oil of carroway. Walking in to aeize the tempting morsel, Mr. Rat steps upon a sliding trap whicb lets him down into a grated apartment, and then resumes its former positiou to accom¬ modate the next customer. After cue rat enters, the box fills rapidly. Sometimes the rat merchant's sapply increases much faster than the demand, and he accumulates a stook of a tboasand rats, which he feeds with dead pigs and other offal. Sometimes he sells to the New York pits, and a week or two ago received $50 for as many "good, lively rats.' The Philadelphia operator haa made a decidedly "good thing," pecuniarily, out of hia novel trade, and besldea two good brick houses, owns a building which reuts for $350, and has $4000 invested in stocka, all the proceeds of rat catching. He has followed the basiness from childhood, having been taught Its myste¬ ries by his father, who waa a Scotch rat catcher.    
A GOOD DATJGHTEE.
There are other ministers of love more con¬ spicuous thau ahe, but none in which a gent¬ ler, lovelier spirit dwells, and none to which the heart's warm requitals more joyfully res¬ pond. There Is little which he needs to cov¬ et to whom tbe treasure of a good child haa been given. Her idea is Indissolnbly connec¬ ted with that of his happy fire-side. She is bis snnligbt and evening atar. The grace, vivacity, and tenderness of her sex have their place in the mighty away which ahe holds over bis spirit. The lessons of recor¬ ded wisdom, which he reads with her eyea, come to his mind with a new charm, aa blended with tbe melody of her voice. He scarcely knowa weariness wbich her song does not make him forget, or gloom which Is proof against tbe young brightness of her smile. She Is the pride and ornament of bis hospitality, the gentle nurse of his siokness, and the constant agent in those nameless, numberless acta of kindness which one chiefiy cares to have rendered because they are un¬ pretending but expressive proofs of love.— And then what a cheerful sharer she Is, and what an able llghtener of ber mothers's oares! Wbat an ever preseut delight and triumph to a mother's affections? Ah! bow Uttle do these daughters know the power which God has committed to them, and tbe bappiness God would have them enjoy.
A Dead Wife Coues to Lifb and claims a Widow's Doweh.—^The Boston Journal de¬ scribes a remarkable will case now on trial before the Massachusetts Sapreme Court In that city. Twenty-seven years ago Benjaman Lakin, a Boaton pilot, married, hut in a few yeara his wife left him, aud afterwards he re¬ ceived notice ofher death. Instead of dying however, she married a Mr. John Davis, with whom ahe Uved until two years ago. Sixteen yeara after the desertion of hia first wife, Mr. Lakin married a lady named Louiaa Cummings with whom he lived nntil the time of his death. In October, 1857, and to whom he left all his property, amounting to $12,000. Athis fune¬ ral the first wife made her appearance, and both relicts followed the remaina tothe grave. The heirs at law dispute the will on the ground of illegal influence exercised by the secoud wife, aud the flrst wife joins them in the en¬ deavor to set^it aside. The court has decided that tbe first wife is not entitled to the dower, hut no full decision has yet been reached.
conld not hide a certain under-cnrrent of Meggy Heywood was very happy, and feeling which It is imposaible to define; but thought of Uttle else than her own bUsa.— j it is the sort of restlesanesa whioh brings Mr, Palmer did not oease to persecute her, i murderers back to the scene of their crime- but she put him aside with a qniet gravity! that forces confession from hardened hearts that made him furious. A% for Charley, he } ont of the very recklesaness that has made was happy, too—devoted, tender, and truth-  life a daUy heU to them.
For the Examiner k Herald. WHY DO WE LIVEI
BT UEOBaESTaElfaBiFEUEBBlTBll.
Why do WB live, Bince every hour Gives birth but to Ita own dark Borrow,
To-day if trouble's clonda but low'r, 'Twin burst npon ns to-morrow.
Why do we live, sUice every joy.
Id hut a ligbt ahade to Its aogolsh, For bllaa withoat ita dark alloy,
Io vain our hearts may langoUh.
Is It for pleasure tbat we live?
Tbat flre-fly light tbat meteor's brightness, Ita ray 'twill but a moment give.
Then soul where's all thy joy and llgbtnesa.
Is it for fame we live t snch fame Ab mortals give—beed not tbe story,
Boru but to dia, seek not a oama From man for with bim dtee thy glory.
Is it for frieoileblp that we llva?
Ah! friendships words are kiudly spokeo, In hours of joy, but wlli tbey give
Tbelr balm to hearts which griaf baa broken.
Is it for love we Ure ? a dream—
A hurried dream aa faet as fleeting; We sleep aud all does brigbtnasb aeem.
We wake and darkness la oor greeting. If tben there ia oanght.of bliss below,
If lova ia but a dream'e IUubIoo; Io hours of joy if friendsbipi grow,
IC elgbs of woe is its cooclnulon.
If fame is but a mortal's breath, And pleasare hot a morolog vapor,
We Barely will not care when death Pots out our sickly gUtomeriog taper.
We BUrely will oot heave one sigh, Wheo fiom tbe world and all wa saver,
But joy that we have lived to die, And die that we may live forever.
FACT, FUK AKD FAKCY.
Wherever there is authority, there ia a natural inolination to disobedience. It waa ao with our first parents, and it has ever been ao with all tbeir descendants. It is part of the legacy we inherit from Adam.
Give me death, or give me Anastasia.— What's life withont Anaataala? and what's Anastasia without Ufe ? Then give me death, or give me Anastasia I—with a decided pref¬ erence for Anastasia.
" Mary, my love," said a not very attentive huaband to his wife, at the dloner-table, "sball I help yon to a piece of the heart ?"— "I beUeve," aaid she, "that a piece of a heart waa all that Z ever got."
A conceited coxcomb asked a friend what apology he ought to make for uot being one of a party, tbe day before, to whioh he had a card of invitation. "Oh, my dear sir," re¬ plied the wit, "say nothing abont it.; you were never missed."
"Come here, my little dear," said a yonng man to a little girl, to whose sister he waa paying his addresses: "you are the sweetest thing on earth."—"No, I am not," she re¬ plied, artlessly ; "sister says you are the sweetest." The question was popped the next day.
" I will give you a good dressing," said a fine geutleman, with threatening gestures, to an huTible laborer. "I am much obliged to you, air; but, as you are a gentleman, you ought to be tbe better dressed of the two, and, if you please, I will nndertake you shall beao."
A cAsnm Am) cossciestiods wrrsESS.—A wit¬ nesa, entering the box, had a Teatameut pre¬ sented to him, but he declined to be sworn. Beiug asked bis reasons for refnsing, he naive¬ ly replied, " I'll tell a lie wi' ony mon i' Eng¬ land, but I'll not swear to It."
Rounded and squared.—A butcher preaent¬ ed a bill for the tenth time to a rich skinflint. " It strikes me," said the latter, "tbat tbis is a pretty round bill."—"Yes," replied the batcher, "I've sent it round often enough to make It appear ao; and I have oalled now to get It squared."
"Woman, lovely woman I" aaid Brown; " what la the world witbout womau? Yes, if there were no women iu the world, we should aU be miserable! They are the primeval cause of all happiness !"—"No doubt," pnt in that cyulo Robinson; "for theyare tbe prime evil themselves."
Trae science and trne religion are twin- sisters, and tbe separation of either from the other is sure to prove the death of both. Sci¬ ence proapera exactly in proportion as it is religious ; and religion flourishes iu exact proportion to the acientific depth and flrm¬ ness of its basis.
The man who was always splitting witb laughter, has been recommended to try an axe.
Au Old Datch Proverb aaya—"Stealing never made a man rich.'' The aimpie old Dutchman wbo got up that proverb, knew little of the exploits of officeholdera.
Wbat is the difference between a fool and a looking-glass ? Ans.—Ooe speaka without reflecting, and the other reflects without apeaking.
A mau of philosophical temperament re¬ sembles a encumber—for altbongh he may be completely cnt up, he stiil remains cool.
It Is easier to be wiae for others than for ourselves.
Nature faas sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb Is alwaya of man's own making.
A Califoruia jury In a suicide oaae, lately found the following verdict: "We, the jory, flnd tbat the deceased was a fool."
Keep your temper in disputes. The cool hammer fashiona the red-hot iron Into any ahape needed.
He who masters his passions, subdues a fearful enemy.
" What's the uae," said an idle fellow, "of a man's working himself to death to get a living ?"
Tbe best way to strengthen a good resolu¬ tion Is to aot it ont yourself. If you resolve to repair an old fence. It strengthens tbe re¬ solution, and tbe fence too, to commence at once.
Our merits procure us the, esteem of meu of aense, and onr good fortunes that of the public.
Good humor Is the blue aky of the soul, In which every star of talent will shine more clearly.
When the body of the illnatriona hero of Trafalgar was put into a cask of spirits, to be transported to old England. The bung acci¬ dentally fell out, and one ofhis Iord.ships fin¬ gers made Its appearance at the opening. A seaman, wbo bad for some years served in the Admiral's ablp, aiezed the hand, and giv¬ ing It a cordial grip, at the aame time wiping away a tear that glistened on his weather- beaten cheek, exclaimed : " Hang me, old boy, if yon are not in better spirits thau any of usl"
Never confide in a young man; new palla leak. Never tell yonr aecreta to the aged; old doors seldom sbnt closely.
Au old man named McEIroy, wbo has long been supported by charity, at Wheeling Va. has beeu discovered to have $40,000 on in¬ terest in Ohio.
" What's that?" said a schoolmaster, point¬ ing to the letter X. "Daddy's namo." "No It isn't your daddy's name, you blockhead, It la X." ** I'U be darned if it is. It's daddy's name, blowed ifit ain't.    I've seen it often."
A lazy, over-fed lad, returning from his din¬ ner to work, was asked by his master: " If he hadno other motion than that?" " Yes," replied the youtb, drawUnc out each letter, "but it Is a little slower."
A peraon went iuto one of onr fashionable refreshment-rooms not long ainoe, and was mnch surprised at seeing notbing on the ta¬ ble. " What will you have VI aaid the waiter. Jonathan started like a stuck pig, and said: " I dun know." " Would you like a bill of fare, sir ?" " WaU, thank you, I don't care if I dew take a amall piece."
A poor Hindoo having been releaaed from the oares of this world, and from a acurvy wife, presented himaelf at the gates of the Brama'a paradise. "Have you beeu tbrough purgatory," asked the god. "No, but I've been married I" he repUed aerioualy. " Come in then, it'a all the same." At thia moment arrived another defunct, who begged to go in also. "Softly! bave you beeu tbrongh purgatory ?" "No; but what of that ? Did you not admit one who has not been there more thanl ?" "Certainly, but he had been married 1" Married I I have been mar¬ ried twice." "Pshaw 1" repUed the Brama, "Paradise ian't for foola.
Observed duties maintain our credit, but secret dnties maintain our Ufe.
Ere tbe introdnction of tbe cold water sys¬ tem into the navy, every Jack had hia GiU.
A great many peraona nndertake to buUd fortnnea aa Pat tried to bnild hia ohimney— tbey begin at the top &nd build down.
Employment, whioh Galen calls "nature'a
MU Jamilg ^xxtU. \      Mnmikml
BE TEUTHFTTL ALWAYS.
I. NEWTON PEIECE, Editor,
I wlinm all communicationa intended for thia dc- TiartmoDt may be addressed.
Two country lads came at au early hour to a market town, aud arranging their little stands, sat down to wait for cuatomera. One waa furniahed with fruits and vegetables of '¦ the boy's own raising, and the other supplied \ with olams and fish. The market hours passed along, and eaoh little merchant saw with pleaaure his store ateadily decreasing, I
and an equivalent in ailver bits ahining in '^ ^ ^°-^' "*'^*=''^' aithoagh tbey have better hla little money cup. The laat melon lay on "PPO^nnity for reading tbe acbool law, than Harry's atand, when a geutleman came bv, = °^^'''^ ' ^"^^ P«r»»aP^do «ot "^-i it> depending and plaoing hia hand upon it, aaid:-" What "P"" ^^'*^''" °^° preconceived notions. We a flne large melon ; I think I mu.st have thin ' ^«»"'* fnrprised asbort time siuce, to hear, that for my dinner.    What do yon ask for It my   * '**'-ector. and a man of legal repute say, that
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Extent of a Teacher's Authority.
This septus to be a mooted question, one I In which there is a diversity of opinion. Di- j rectors are aa liable to differ in their views of
boy?
The melon Is the last I have, air; and though it looks very fair there is an unsouud spot on the other side," saitl the boy, turuing it over.
So there is," said the man; " I tUink I will not take it. Bat," be added, looking into the boy's fine open countenance, "ia it not very anbnslness like to point out tbe defects ofyour fraits to customers.
It ia batter thau being diabouest, sir," aaid the boy, modestly.
You are right, my little fellow ; always re¬ member tbat principle, and you will find favor with God, and man also. You have nothing elae I wish for thia moruiug, bnt I shall remember your little staud in future. Are tbose olams fresb ? he ountinued, turning to Ben Wilson's stand.
Yes, sir, fresh this morning. I caught them myself," was the reply ; aud a purchase being made, the gentleman went away.
Harry, what a fool you was to show the gentleman that spot on the melon. Now, you can take it home for your pains, or throw It away. How much wiser Is be about those clams I caught yesterday ? Sold them for tbe same price I did the fresb ones. He would never bave look,ed at the melon until be had gone away.
Ben, I would not tell a lie, or act one eitber for twice wbat I bad earned this morning. Besides I shall be better off in tbe end for I havo gained a onstomer, and yoa have lost one.
And so it proved, for the next day the gentleman bonght nearly all his frnit aud vegetables of Harry, but never invested anoth¬ er penny at tbe stand of his neighbor. Thns the season passed ; the gentleman finding he could always get a good article of Harry, cou- tinually patronized him, and sometimes talked with him a few minntes about his future hopea and prospects. To become a merchant was bis great ambition, aud wheu tbe wiuter came ou, the gentleman wanting a trusty boy for his store, decided on giving the place to Harry. Steadily and,surely be advanced in the confidence of his employer, until, having passed through various grada¬ tions of clerkship, he became at length au hooored partner In tbe firm.
A lesson1)N riches.
I hope, and pray you may ever be thus faith¬ ful to all. I am convinced by your inflaence over my ohildren, of tho power a teaoher pos¬ sesses to monld the eternal destiny o{ ohildien under her care. You cannot estimate It too bighly, and that your inclination to use thia power in winning soula to Chriat, may be strengthened daily, ia uow, and ever shaU be, my earneat prayer for you. So ahall you shine above in tha kingdom of ' Our Father.' " Believe me alwaya.
Most truly your friend,
A little boy sat by his mother. He looked loug in the fire, and was silent. Then, as the deep thoaght passed away, his eyes bright¬ ened, and he spoke:—
" Mother, I want to be rich."
" Wby do you want to be rich, my son ?"
And the child said, "Every one praises the rich; every one asks after the rich. The stranger at our table yesterday asked who was the richest man in our village. At school, there is a boy who does not like to leam. He canuot say hia leaaons well. Some¬ times he speaks bad worda. But the other children do not blame him, for they say he ia a wealthy boy."
Then tbe mother aaw that the ohild waa in danger of thinking that wealth might take tbe place]of goodneaa, and be au execuse for indolence, or cause them to be held In honor who led unworthy lives.   So ahe asked him—
" What is it to be rioh ?"
He answered, " I do not know. Tell me how to become ricb, that all may ask after me and praise me."
"To become rich is to get money. For this you muat wait until you become a man."
The boy looked sorrowful, and said, "Is there not some other way of becoming rich, that I may begin now.?"
She answered, "The gain of mouey is not the true wealth. Fires may bum it, the winds sweep it away, the moth may eat it, the rnst waste it, or the robber may make it his prey. Men are worried with the toil of get¬ ting it, bnt they leave it behind them at last. They die and carry nothing away. The aoul of the richest prince of the earth goeth fortb like that of the wayaide beggar, without a garment. Thoae who posaess it are alwaya praised by men, but tbey do not receive the praise of God."
" Then," aald the boy, " may I begiu to gather this kind of riches? or must I wait untill am a man?"
The mother- laid her hand upon his little bead, and said, " To-day, ifyou will hear His voice; for He hath promised that those who seek early shall find."
And the child said, "Teach me how I may become rich before God,"
Then she looked tenderly on bim, and said, " Kneel down every night and morning, aud ask that you may love tbe dear Saviour, and trustin Him. Obey His word, and strive all tbe days of your life to do good to all. So, tbouehyou may he poor iu the world, you shall be rioh in faith, and an heir of tbe kingdom of heaven."
he thougbt our Common School Teachers had a rigbt to expel pupils for iusnbordiuation or very bad conduct. As this paper may come under the eye of many wbo have not read the Common Scbool Laws of Pennsylvaaia, and tbe decisions therein contained we will ex¬ tract tbe following pages 104 and 105.
fl"379, A Teacher Inthe Common Schools stauds tn loco parentis, in place of a pareut to a pnpil,-and may administer correction to him under the same restriction as in the case of a parent. The right of the Teacher to iu flict such punishment is founded upon the necessity of the case, aud not upon the stat' ute. It is absolutely necessary that good order should be maintained in the Schools, aud that all proper rnles, regulatiouT^, aud commands of the Teacher, should be strictly aud promptly obeyed. Hence, a nece.-isity exists for sufficient power to enforce this duty and therefore it ia held tbat a teacher may iufiict snch reasonable corporal pauishmeut upon his pupil as the parent might inflict for a similar canse.
^ 375. In order to reuder a Teaober-ilihale to indictmeut and conviction for assault aud battery for correcting a pupil, it must appear that be waa governed by motives of malice or wickedness.
^ 379. Tbe Board of Directors have ample authority to expel a pupil for incorrigibly bad conduct, bat they cannot delegate such au¬ thority to Teachers."
The caso of a pupil in one of our pnbUc schools being pretty severely punished for insubordination, has set thepeople to talking npon the matter, and various opiuious are ex¬ pressed. Some aver that tbe Teacher bas no right to punish, but should resort to otber methods of correction.
If other means fail he should be turned out of school I But wa see we have no right to exercise the authority of expulsion. Some say they sbould be kept In after school and give them tasks. Others think a teacher has no right lo detain pupils after tbe hours of dismissal, bat shonld punish them and send them home. Anothersaya thatitissufficient to send a note to the parent, giving au ao count of tbe pupil's bad conduct, and let him attend to it.
It is true tbat there is no statute giving au¬ thority to the Teacher, and limiting or defl- ning his powera, bnt commou law has decla¬ red him to possess the same power over tbe children, while under bis care, as ia possessed by parents and amenable to the same law, for any unjust treatment.
If a aingle parent haa a right to whip his cbild, to bring it into subjection, then haa the teacher a perfect right to do tbe same. If pa¬ rents have need of this resort to control their children, wheu tbey bave the care and train¬ ing of them from helpless infancy, to that age when they may attend school; then much more have teachers need of it to aid them In controlling children who are so short a time under their influence, and the rest of the time surrounded by influences entirely beyond their control.
A teacher must have sufficient power to preserve order, aecure obedience and iuduce study. We cannot agree with one of our eminent directors that if a child thinks be has not committed an offence worthy of no¬ tice, he might then refuse to obey. We say, that wheu the teacher is cognizant of the of¬ fence, be shoald be tbe sole judge of the worthiness of that offence to receive atten¬ tion. The pupil's feelings that he did not do mnch, cannot and never should be a shield for insubordination. Although the teacher, like other finite beings, may sometimes be in error, yet his authority should be observed, his commands obeyed. If pupils feelings and prejadices are to be observed theu there wonld ba no use for a teacher. He would have no power, government or control.
We abhor corporal punishment, our whole feeling revolts at It. We never use It hut we feel sick at heart. It Is a dernier resort with us. Most gladly, would we hail that adop¬ tion of some plan that would obviate the ne¬ cessity of its use uuder any aud every cir¬ cumstauce. If a pupil proved rebellions, in¬ subordinate, or refractory, and we would have the power to turn him out of School, and suspend him for a time, we think that then tbe teacher could sustain his authority, pre¬ serve order and secure obedience without resorting to thia—wbat seems to us—brutal regimen.
But if we have no power to expel or suspend wbat are we to do, but to exercise sufficient authority, iu the manner granted us, to sus¬ tain order and good govemment.
The note waa read with gushing tears, aud the voice which murmured "Holy Father, I thank Thee," was broken by sobs, but the darkness and doubt were dispelled from Jen¬ nie's beart, and in their stead, was tbe bright sunahine.
The teacher's task is not thankless j there are mauy aunny spota whose Instre never dima, but grows even more radiant with tbe lapao of years. In every true teacher's Ufe there are experiences, which are more precious than all the gems of Golconda.
Yes,—a " teacher's reward " Is in propor¬ tion to the " teacher's mission;" falfil the one faithfully, and you will surely obtain the other."—Common School Journal.
BOAKDING.
TWO OR THREE 3IALE HOARD¬ ERS WANTED, in a private family, in a pleaaant part of the city.   Terms mode'rte.   Enqnlre at
Mrs. J. CUANNEL'S, may 11-21-24    Prince-Ht., two doors above CbeBont.
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I HEREBY notity aH whom it may concern, that JOSEPH LIKE la oo longer my agent inthe manufacturing and sale of FAKMINO IMPLE¬ MENTS, and that he Ih no longer authorized to collect any mooey for me or in my oam^. . 5*y ^^i"l24 _^ JOHK DELLINOER.
Dissolution of Partnership.
THE partnei-ship, heretofore existing between the subBcribera in tbe Haedwabe Bchi- H^SA, under tbe Srm of UugsEl. k Babb, was tbls day dUfolved by mutual cooaent.
The bneineiut of the late firm will be continued by Joii.v K. Kcsj!BL, who In doly authorized to settled all the claim» of the lato flrm.
JOHN R. RUSSEL, A. R. B4RR. _ La-vcabtrb, May 4,1869- [may ll-4t-2i
Lascastee Codstt Baxk, ) May 3,1S59. {
THE Directors have tbis day declared a Dividend of Fonr aod Ooe-half per cent., {AH), on the Capital Stock paid lu, payable oo demaad. may 4-3t-23 W. L. PEIPKR, Caabier.
FABUP.ua* BA.VK OF Lascasteb,  { LAJtcABTEB, May 3d, 10)9.    t
AT a Meeting of the Directors held this day, a dlvldeod of four per cent, waa declared on tbe Capital Slock, payablo to Stockholders on demand, may 43t-23 EDW. H. BROWN, Caabier.
$200 BEWAED.
THE Farmers* Mutual Insurance Com¬ pany hereby offer a reward of TWO HUNDRED Dollars to any person or persoos wbo shall appre¬ hend and couvict any peraoo or persooB who eball wil¬ fnlly aodlntentiooally aet fire toauy buildiog or build¬ ings, tbat are or may be In-iurcd hy the said Company, at auy time between thid dale und the flret day of April, 1860.   By order oftha Board of Directors.
may 4-4t-23 JOHN STROHM, Secretary.
TO PABMEHS.
FOR   SALE   OiIEAP,   a   first-rato THRASHING  MACHINE AND HORSE-POWER new,                Applv to _^ar30-tf-lS _^ GEO. CALDER & CO.   ,
Buggy for Sale Cheap.
ANEW JiUGGY, built by one of our beat cUjr UttUerij ia the l&test Btyle.   Apply to
Cdititated Women.—Sheridan 8aid,'beaa- pliysioian," ia bo essential to hnman happi- tifuUy, "Women govern ns; letns render °°^^> "'*'^°^''^™<'° '^ jnstly oonaidered as i them perfect. The mora they are enlighten- ; "'^ mother of misery, be accommodated. I conld hear nm talliiDg j "^' ^° °'°°'' *•¦* ™°™ ^•'^^ "* '"• On the j Nothing ia farther than earth from heaven; aroand the tables about the Witch of Endor's i <'""'^*''<"' of 'te mind of women dependa . nothing ia nearer than heaven to earth, pig, and turkeys, and cake ; andl began to | ''*'''^'^''™ of men. It is by women that' If yon woald teaoh secrecy to others, begin feel, at length, dreadfully as though I ^f^g ¦ nature writea on tho hearts of men." j with yourself.
making a fool of myaelf.   I stood there feel-'     An upright is alwaya easier than a stooping      To some men it is indispensable to  b« in' despritly, and had just made up a face to j posture, because it is more natnral, and one   worth money, for withont it they would Iw ory over roy nufortunate condition,  when all   P"' *s better supported by another; ao it is   worth nothing, ofa sadden, down came the curtain, and   ®*sier to be an honest man than a knave.   It      t. •      'a.i. .      t.    , there I stood right afore nm all 1   They sot   ^ alao more gracefal. ,  "'" °"* hat such la tho religions interest
„„ ..,»i. . I.-...1 IT .      jv/        : in some parta of Sweden that in some placea
upBachahurraln'aalneverbeardbaforeori An affeotion, however misplaced and ill It is no more aaked, "How do you do ?" but !Sdfir« !^dZ^T"rr Ti'^ "^ hkelrequited. ifhonestly conceived and deeply "Have you repented r "When wiU you re- wad fire, and made for the gettin'out place . felt, rareljr feUa to advance the self-education   pent?"   Thua every one ia preacher to hJ
ofman. brother.
and Btraok for home.
THE LAW OF LOVE.
" Two girls, supposed to be siatera, jumped over and sank kissing each other. A mis¬ sionary and wife leaped into the sea togeth¬ er, and the stewardess and assistant steward, arm in arm, followed. One Hungarian gen¬ tlemen, with seven children, four of them girls, made his wife jnmp in, then blessed his six eldest children, made them jump in one after the otber, and fallowed them with au infant in his own arm."
Suoh is the storj ofone who witnessed the thrilling scenes on board the fated Anstria.
And snch is the law of love. When the Spartan mother saw tbat the Laccedemontan heroes must ba conquered, she first stablied her babes to the heart and then threw herself from a giddy precipice ; when Virgin- ius saw that his daughter must be polluted, he bnried his dagger in her breast and then threw himself in the van of Tarquin's enemies.
Sach is the fearful spasm of holy love, wben the highest and tenderest emotions are linked with the keenest agony or the most utter despair.
They kissed and died, and arm in arm the cold waves swept over hearts whose last Leat waa the heat of love—and they will awake on the jadgment day with the impress upon them tbat was left in the death embrace.
Waa there not beautiful poetry in this hor rid tragedy of tbe burning steamer ?
Lifb withodx Trials.—Would you wish to live without a trial f Then you would wish to die but half a man. Withoat trial yon cannot gneas at yoar own strength. Men do not leam to swim on a table ; they must go into deep water, and bufiet the surges. If yoa wish to understand their true character —if you would know their whole strength— of what they are capable—throw them over¬ board ! Over with them—and if they are worth saving, they will swim ashore of them-
Makhees Maeketh Man.—Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in s great measare, the laws depend. The law touches us but here and there, now and then ; manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarise or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like tbat ofthe air we breathe. They give onr Uves their whole form and color. Aooording to their quality they aid or destroy morals.
FOH RENT. rr^HE subscriber has for rent a LARGE
JL SHOP, saitabla for a Carpenter. Cabinet or Coach- malcer Sbop or any other inechii£.ical baHineij.t, fiO by 27 ' feet, well lit op by thirteea windowe, witb eaQcient- yard room and Shedding for tbe accuinmodatloa of lam¬ her, kc, lociitM I a the rear of the " Sferrlmack Hoatis " balf a Hqaare from the Iiailroad. ja^lD-tf-S AMOS FUNK.
Scrivening and Conveyancing.
THE UNDERSIGNED respectfullyan- QoanceH to the poblic that he bas taken tbe oEScs Utel7 occnpledby Jnbn A. HleHtandiEiiq., where be will be pleased to traofiact all bniiiQeBri CDnnected with the above profeneion thaf may he placed ia bis hands. 53* Offlce No. 26 North Dnke Street, Laocaster, Pa. feb 16-ly-12 C. E. HAYES, City Regnlator.
FEBDINAND E. HAYES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. 402 LI- BRART STREET, Eyans' Bnilding. PHILADEL¬ PHIA^ ^^ aprll 13-tf-20
FKEDERICK SMITH, T^ASHIONABLE HAT and
CAP   MANDFACTURER, King street, Lancaster. Pa.
IIK   WestA^ dec 1-ly-I
Problems.—Answers and Solutions.
pROBLEii 34.—Four men A, B, C and D entered into co-partnership tor ona year. A's share of the capital invested equaled B's and ^l of C's; B's sbare of the capital invested equaled 5 of A's; C's share of the capital invested equaled J of B's ; and D'e share of the capital invested equaled \ of Ca. At the expiration of the year tbey found tbat the capital stock invested had increased to $795 which was 125 per cent, on the investment. What was the capital stock invested, and what was each partner's share at the end of the year ?
ANTHRAX.
Solution of Projile.m 32.—Let x^re- quired number, and a, b, c=digit3 of pro¬ duct. Then 2x = 100a-f lOb-^c, and a -|-b-hc=5, which on examination will be found the only two equations to be satisfied, accordingly a=5—b—c. "By substitution 2x=500—100b—100c-fl0b-i-c=r500—00b —99c, x=(500—9Db—99c)-^2=uj7i, But (500—92b—98c)-;-2=also w/t; which sub- stracted from the foregoing leaves (2b—c) -=-2=wjA. Now as a=5—b=c, b-fc caa* not be greater than 4, and to make the last equation a wh arrest each^2, a^l, and x =G1, required number.
KAYTOWN.
THE TEACHER'S EEWARD.
BY COUSIS  NICELY.
" You teachers, get more kicks thau thanks," said a would-be sympathetic frieud to me tbe other day. " We do not," wasimy instaut re¬ ply ; "weare rewarded in more ways than you dream of. Kvery true teacher can call up incidents in his, or ber own experience, which would repay the labor of a life-time."
*' WeU, yes. I suppose you old teachers do get pretty well paid now, wages are so h igh.'*
Oh, dear 1 tbere was no use in talking to one who thought money a grand panacea for all tbe ills of life, aud I was silent. But to you, brothers and sisters, who read tho Jour^ nal, let me relate one of those little incidents which leave sunny pictures on "Memory's walls."
Il waa tho last day of the school term, and Jennie N. sat at her table, sadly reviewing the past. The thought of all her high hopes, and earnest purposes; of her endeavor to sow tbe "good seed" of truth in the hearts of the children committed to her care.
Alas I it seemed all lost: true, the pupils had progressed iutelleoiually, aud sbe was urged to return to them after a short vacation. But wbat of the hearts ? Had they kept pace with tbe heads ? While thus engaged,a note was placed in her haud. "From uiother," aaid the little brown-eyed girl, as sho gave " teacher " the good moruing kiss.
Jennie opened the note, and read, almost indiflferently the mother'a thanks for the kind¬ ness shown her children, and for tbo judicious instruction, by which they had advanced so rapidly in Iheir stadies.
Saddenly her eyes brightened, for she read: " Bat more than all, do I thank you for the gentle, earnest appeals Tnade to their hearts."
Carrie aaid to me one day, '¦ Mother, I never thoaght 30 much about Qod, until Mias M. became my teaoher," and Annie, says the same. Be assured my dear friend, that theae things will ho grateftUly remembered by me.
D. G. SWABTZ,
IOWA LAND AGENCY, OfficeNo. 75 North Dnke St. Lancaster.Pa.   60,000   ACRES of TIMBER and PRAIRIE   FARMINO LAND  in IO¬ WA, MISSOURI, and WISCONSIN FOR SALE. nova  l*yr-49
JAMES K. ALEXANDEB,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.—Office with I. N. Llgbtner, Dokeatreet, aearly oppoBlte tba Gonrt Hootie. jaly 2-'>8
WM. AUG. ATLEE,
ATTORNKY AT LAW,-No. 45 East King Street, oppoolteSprecher'ii Hotel. Laocseter V&. [gov IQ-6m.S0
SIMON p. EBY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.   OFFICE, No. 3S North Dake Street, Lancaster.Pa. may 12 lyr-2*
BR. J. B. STEABLY,
Medical Graduate of ihe Penn'a CoUege, 0/ Philadelphia,
HAS located himself permanently ^io Earlville, Lancaster coanty, where he offers'hls profea.slonal servicea to tba pablic.       feb 9-3»mofi-Il
ABBAM SHATTK,
A TTOKNEY AT LAW, Office with D. G.Erthlemaa,Es(l.,N0.3iiN0RTHDUKE STREET. Lancaster, Penn'a. mar aM"yr-17
WM. N. AMER, Dentist,
EESPECTFULLY informs hig friends I and tho cltizoDB of Lancauter city and coanty in ^^H^^^ general, thut he still contlBnea to ^ C^^^^f practice the varlons hranches otft ^t^^^^ff Operative and Mechanical Den-'i tlKtry, attho uffice lately occnpledby J.G. Moore, oa tha Hoatbea&tcornerof North QneenandOrangetitreetfl.
Having been for tbe last eight yearu, engaged In the atndy and practice of Dentiatry, five years of wblcb timewa»Hpeatandertbelnatractionaad inthe employ of Dr.Waylan, of thlscity, will, he thinka.bea hnffl- cientgaarantee of bin ability to perform all operatloos connected witbthepractice of bia profession,lo such a maooer as will renderentlretiatiefactlontoallwho may favorbim witb a call.
N. B,—Entrance to office.Sd door on Orange etreet.
sap 22 tf-43
DENTAL SURGERY.
THE undersigned has associated with him in the practice of DENTAL SOKGERT, E. W. Swe.vtzel, D. D. S., i well known   as   hia  Aaalatant.     Dr. ( Swentzel gradoated at the Baltimore College of Dental Snrgery, witb bigh honors, and has been in practice sevenil years. OFFIOE. No. fiO>iNortb Qaeen aireet. apU-tf-19 JOHN WATLAN.
cneoplastio Process of Mounting Ar¬ tificial Teetli, RECENTLY PATENTED BY DR. BLANDY, formerly Profeaaor in lbe Baltimora Colleee of Dental Snrgerv, Is certainly
ONE OF THE GREATE.ST DISCOVERIES ofthe present aire, and destined to work a gieat change in Mechanical Dentiatry.
The aaderalgned baving been tba first in the State to introdace this proceas into his practice, and which has been attended with ^reatjincceas, feeln no besitatioo la recommending it as Superior to any other method ot mounting artificial teeib lieretofore knowj -thecastlng of the piatea having great advantages over the com moo castom of "awaglng." The nanieaccuracy in flt¬ ting, parfectcleanlines-and dnrability, cannot be ob¬ tained by any other proceaa.
It3-Tha anderaigned la ALONE aatborized to practice tbeChoopIaatic proceaa in Lancaater City and Oonotyi JOHN WAYLAN. D. D. S., may 27-tf-26 No. 6f)>i North Qaeea Street'
WOTICE.
PEllSONS reiuoving to the West, or remitting fands there, will find It to tbelr advan- tagrttot-Hkeoar drafts on New Yoik or Philadelphia, which commaad a premiam when aaed Weal of the Ohio. Tbey are drawa la araoaota to salt oorcuatomai •)
Spanish coin bonght at beat rates.
Preminm allowed on old American silver.
Five per cent. Intereat, per annnm, allowed on de- ooslts naTabI? oa demand wlthont notice. *^        *^ •' JOHK GYGER fe CO.,
jaa 12-ly-6 Bankera.
ISNOASTER COtTNTY
EXCHANGE & DEPOSIT OFFICE.
Cor. of East King and Duke Streets,
BET. THE ConRT HOOSE AND SPKECHEK'S HOTBI,
LANCASTER CITY.
JOHN K. KEED & CO., pay interest on depoaita at tlie following rates :— 6i per cent, for one year and longer. 5       do.        " 30 daya   "      do.
Jt3-ALS0, bny and sell Keal Entate and Stocks on oomuiiitKlon, DeRotiate loane, &a , &c.
t^The nnderalgned are indlvldnally liable to the extent or tbelr estatee, for all tbe depOHlte and otber ob- ligatione of Jobn K. Reed & Co.
JOHN K. HEED, JlMOS. B. HENDERSON,
DAVID SHULTZ,        ISAAC E. HIESTEK. jan 12 ly-S
HEED, McGBANN, KELLY & CO. B A N K E K S ,
Old Lancaster Bank Building, Centre Square, Lancaster.
WILL KECEIVE MONEY ou De¬ posit and pay interest thereoa aa followa: 5 per cent, for auy length wftlme. 5>i     ¦'       for oneyear.
Collections made in all parta of tba UnltedStatea. .Money aent ta England, Ireland, Germany,France, kc. Pa-taago certiflcatea for sale from Llvarpool to New York, or Lancaater. Land warrants and ancarrentmoney bougbtand sold. ^paniah and Mexicaa doUars, ola U. S. gold and sllvar coioa bonght at a premlam.
r^pecial attantion wlllba paid by Q. E. Beed, to ths Negotiation of Commercial paper, Stocks. Loaoa sud all marketable secnritleB lo New York or Philadelphia.
Oor friends may rely npon promptneas, and our por- Bouttl attention to their intereata In tbo transaction of any busineaa which may be Intraated to aa, and we bold oarselvea Individually liable for all money lotmiUd to our care. GEO- K. HEED.
RICHARD MoGEANN, PATRICK KELLY, Juoe24-tf-30 A. .\lcCONOMY.	
Imported Eed, Mediteranean Seed Wlieat.
A SAMPLE of the above wheat can be seeo at tba Agricoltural Ware-Hoou of the un- darakgned, Farmers la want will le&vt theiroxdenbe- tween now and tha middla of April.
S. OEIOEB, match 9-tM6] Boath Qaeea 8t.,LAiicut«r.