Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 19, Brookville, Franklin County, 7 May 1869 — Page 1

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PUBLISHED VKRT JRIDAT BT C. II. BINGHAM, Proprietor. Office in the National Bank Building, (third $tory.)

FERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 12 50 PH"R YEAR, in abtance. $3 00 " " IT HOT PAID IS AttTAKCE. So postage on papers delivered within thia County. OAKDALE MANOR. BY GUV UAKSSWORTII. Oakdale Manor was built by George Livingston, who with his family had emigrated from England to settle in this beautiful valley, then thinly settled and full of danger from the dusky denizens of the pritnival forest. George Livingston died eighteen years after completing the manor, leaving an only son Edward, who now became master of the many fertile acres. At the age of twenty-three he met an accomplished belle at a fashionable watering-place in Germany, daughter of an old friend of his father; he loved and married her before the season was at its close. Twenty years later Edward Livingston died from the eilects or a tail, leaving uis widow and a son and daughter to mourn the loss of a kind protector. Edward, the son, then eighteen years of aire, was being educated at a college in the vicinity. Alice, the daughter, two years younger than her brother, was a pale, expressionless beauty, and was just then receiving the finishing touches of her education from a renowned tutor at the lraoor. tix years later, a distant relative of Mrs. Livingston died, leaving a daughter often ears to her protection. Airs. Livingston was an imposing but heartless woman, and while the prayeis of the dying relative were still fresh upon Ler memory, she was as kind to poor Amy Hastings as her nature would permit, but this occupation soon wearied her, and in a few years Amy was made to labor almost as bard as any domestic at the manor. This was the state of affairs at the manor when after having obtained a thorough eiucation, Edward Livingston returned home from his extensive tour in Europe. Edward Livingston was not strictly haud.-oine, but decidedly attractive and commanding. A high brow, bushy eyebrows, serious brown eyes, a thin, delicately foi died nose, give but a slight idea of the noble face; al l to that his bight of j almost six feet, broad shoulders and massive chest, long narrow feet, white hands j and tapering fingers, made hiru altogether j a more than ordinarily attractive man.! lie was warmly welcomed at the manor by his mother, who was exceedingly proud of! her son. While still clasping her handj in his own, he saw his sister advancing to- j ward iii ui from the hall, followed by a i ilashy-liH king gentleman and a strangely ! IrauMiul lady, faultlessly dressed. Greetin;: arid introductions followed each other ' lapidly. Edward was then aware of liav-j ing It fore hi in his brother in-law and; that Lent l man s sister, Miss Dauvic. Alice had m irtiu l George D.mvic shortly i-.l'ier Edward had left for Europe, She had taken a violent affection for Miss Hanvie, and tier great desire was to see Miss 1 'a ti vie and her brother united; iu fact, tliis was her pet scheme. Edwatd left them to hurry to his room to dress for dinner; but he soon icj. lined tliem, and immediately the long-deferred liitiner was announced. Edward glanced hurriedly around the room, and then iu a low voice iuquired whether Amy were absent. ".My dear Edward, we will speak of her after dinner or to-morrow, wheu you are rested," replied Mrs. Livingston, evasively. ' I am sure you must be tired to death sitting in a wretched car a dozon mortal hours," she added. '1 do feel weary, and with your permission will retire almost immediately after dinner," replied he. Alter dinner the ladies nrncocdd to thn library, and Edward walked out to the pimi with a lighted segar, aud throwing himself upon a rustic bench, closed his 'ye, and lazily emitted the smoke from under his mustache, enjoying the fragraut Havana to its utmost, lie was soon join1 ly his sister, charged by their mother to lieuk the iee iu regard to to morrow's -splatiation of Amy's change of living. '1 love the odor cf a good cigar, and want to speak to you ever so much," said le. "You are tired, so don't rise; this air will do very well," added she, draw- "? U toward him and seating herself. He merely uodded, looking at her from under his half closed eyelids. ' Vou asked for Amy before dinner, but ttother did not wish to answer before Miss Konvie," continued Alice. "Well, what about her?" he asked. "rou know mother does everything for 'no Lest; she tried to rear Amy in a religous manner. At first she behaved toler"Lly, hut some years ago she formed the acquaintance of an old eccentric woman the name of Mrs. Dorcas, living in the white cottage near the ledge; since then h,e has become a most willful, obstinate "eature, and now her only delight seems w be to torment mother and defy her authority." J While speaking she glanced at her "other to see the effect of her words. His ndolent position and careless expression 01 lm face re-assured her. '5o mother," she continued, "deemed it "et to subjugate her obstinacy by coru-ll-n'i 10 Jo household work and plain Doing this grieved mother very uch, but Amy's self will is stronger than , and she does her work with bad fc-e enough, bo that mother is in a con"nt stme of excitement concerning her." of b "J'PI'ed speaking almost for want breath "5 am"uly sorry to hoar this, wrd replied. "T hi;-..-.i 1.-. . . Ed- , prl, and in the last vacation I spent l bome she intproc.t ,.1. u.. oe ho. I . vri- itness ai;d innocence. v. . v. . cu me triy iiiulu uv But nawill change." evlfl C,'urse the-y cried Alice, her J nuslnng Wi,u triumph. "liutnow," '"ins. "I. will laaveyoube umsueu, anu vou win Xnn .1 - 1 . . 2 oy, wuai uo y tilltlkofyIiss Djnvic? lgi.he beau . 7 retire. Uy the hv -l.af d,i tilul a'rdWeU 85 1 can j,ld2c," replied K 1- , nstng and throwiug his ciar in the

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shrubbery below; "from my short aoquain- ; the manor of all the fashionable people in tance with the lady, she is certainly a the vicinity, and the festivity was to tcrgreat beauty, and has great conversation- minate with a grand hop.. The cards of al powers, and is very agreeable." invitation were sent out a week previous, They both walked into the library. and the aff.iirs was understood to be in Edward, bidding all "good night," lit j honor of her son's return, his candle and proceeded to his room, j To Mrs. .Livingston's great indignation where he slept soundly until the sun was -and dismay, Edward avowed the determifar advanced on her daily journey. I nation to have Amy present at the gathIn the morning he had a long confi- j ering. She was to see to it that the girl dential chat with his valet, who had re- j was suitably dressed for the occasion, and mained at the manor during his master's ; that she was properly attended and cared

dusence, ana encuea enougu to eatity Lim i that Amy was treated with systematic I cruelty and was not a wicked girl as his j sister iuformed him. The second morning after Edward's re- j turn was clear and pleasant, and rercciv- , ing the beauty of the inorninir, he threw f open the window to admit the inviaoratinir ; atmosphere into the room. Partly dress- ' ed, and still standing at the window, he j heard the sharp,-vexed voice of his moth-I er. Looking down, he saw Amv standing : in a graveled path leading from the ledge ! listening quietly to the not endearing ep- ' ithetsused by her protectress. Her faee -1 . .. , . . 1 was flushed with anger and pain, but her j eyes gleamed defiantly aud her mouth was J eompressed. j xjunuiu iicugiuzeu uer immediately, ; noticing all the beautifying changes four years had wrought in her. He saw the shades of anger, pain and defiance pass quickly over ber fine countenance. Edward listened wonderingly to a long tirade cf abuse which his mother heaped upon the poor girl. lie fell to thinking of the change in Amy, of the graceful fYhtm nf tile vtainofl u awl n . -,r l...Lhe felt instinctively that she was kind to ! those who dealt fairiy with ber aud defiant 1 to those who wronged her. j He breakfasted aloneinmates of the house . ! the rest of the j Iiad arisen and breakfasted hours before-later he joined the Iad.es in the drawing-room, where 1 Miss Danvic was endeavoring to master a difficult overture of Beethoven on the! , . j piano. She was as expert in music as in j 1 11 1 ff n d"co 1 1 1 rt a ml uhn t: -k t i li.t.-l t ln . . kj t v. 1 .'miv" uu c ny puvu uau 1 iir; rat in j ' 1 faction of seeing him leave his mother's side to come to her and compliment her in regard to it. "Are you fond of music?" inquired she, smiling, "Passionately fond of it," was the answer, in a low tone. She suddenly changed the music to a soft German air, while saying. "Which do you prefer? This, I presume. He inclined his head, saving, "You should accompaoy it with singing." She did so without a reply, repeating the melody again and again. When the song ended he silently left her without a glance. Taking his broad Pauatu hat from the hall table, the heir of the manor slowly descended into the garden, strolling across the lawn into the woods beyond. Taking a cigar from his case he lit it, looking about hiui deliberately for a suitable spot to rest his iimbs. He soon found a spot both dry and large enough, aud threw himself upon it with a sigh of intense satisfaction in the ccrtaiuty of dreamiug for hours. His enjoyment, like all earthly enjoyments, was not to endure very long; he had just lit the second cigar, the smoke of the first still curling lazily above him. when a low soft sob came to bis ear. II came to his ear. lie j without changing his j not repeated, and he, rustling of the di y listened attentively position, but it was laueieJ it to ue tne rustling ot tue dry foliage above him. Suddenly a loud rich soug burst in upon him a, wonderful song a quaint Norman melody of sufVering and despair; now low, soft, sobbing, now swelling and rusliing revengefully up to the leafy canopy above him, and ending plaintively accusing. Edwaid had arisen at the first few notes of the song; he stood entranced until it ended; theu, suddenly erecting his head, he brushed his brow with his hand hastily, as if to efface the impiessiou it had made upon him, and walked quickly, with his brow contracted, toward the manor He had discovered j who the wonderfully gifted singer was: as I he had raised his head, the bushes were , parted slightly some distance before him aud Amy had appeared walking slowly in the direction of the manor, with head low aud sorrowful, aud an expression of great grief on her face . lie did not then care to meet the girl he had heard so badly spoken of the pet and youthful playmate of his long colleire vacation; he feared ho would betray his sympathy for her too plainly, were he to address her now. His iutentions was to question his mother that very day, who had gone to the village, accompanied by her daughter and Miss Dan vie, and would not return before dusk. He paced up and down the hall, not in the very best of humor, and when tired seated himself in the library to read if readi ng can be done by not turning a leaf for over an hour, lie saw Amy pass the door going up stairs with a basketful of linen; saw hr glancing in furtively and turning her head away quickly as she caught sinht of him. j As she re passed the door he called her ! in aud requested her coldly, while glanc- j ing at her sharply, to get him a cup of 1 chocolate. She nodded an assent with j lnitrprfifl l:iliw anil nuinoil fnna litit Knurl ' (sinking within her to hear him speak so coldly; but she walked out of the room with her head erect, try ing hard to force back the rebellious tears to show him that he was utterly indifferent to her. She had adored him ever sineo she first mot him, and while home in tho vacations he had petted and watched over her with a broi therly care, she had then in her littlo heart thought him all that was noble, good and true, aud now his changed manner

An explanation of Amy's willfulness from i .h' ,s 1-P h of a11 soa?his mother occurred late in tho evening, i lt ls " !!b . and did not appear very satisfactary to! The "best illustrated paper out' a bank either, as the;r faces plainly iudicated, uote. when both retired fur the uight. i

On a Tuesday two weeks later, Mrs. t Livingston had arranged, a gathering at

THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS."

lor that evening, and that Amy was to dine with the family in future. Mrs. Livingston almost fainted, gasping for breath as'she drnnned into a rlnir at s"ch unheard of and defying requests, ne by turns entreated, defied and threat ened, then begged him not to disgrace 'er before the fashionables by beinsr com. Polled to introduce such a boorish girl to tuem as a relative. e answered her quietly that it had been her fault if Amy had become boorish;

but that be was better informed, Amy was Though your dream of iore' and happi we'l educated, could sing to perfection,! me no more arc toM and was a good pianist, and that her op- ; You mt icineinber,dea.it, though you'v ,.,n c., r.. 1.. :u .... eu to rget,

pearance was far from boorish. Seeing Edward's determination, his mother accepted the charge with bad grace, caua, cuuuu Unnc m the poor girl be noised ab ut. During the next week Edward was busy gathering facts in regard to Amy's past life, Sndiug much to increase his satisfaction as to her character and accomplish ments. Mrs. Dorcas had met her repeat- i edly near the manor, and soon loved her ; with a mother's tenderness. Amy had j evinced great longing for education, the! old encouraged her to the utmost' Aaj" fPenl ever? sP'ue U105ue,it l Jhe 0""S studying and incrcas.ng her Kuowicirge ot music. Mrs. Uorcas was an different musician, but kuew sufficient ,i, ;i ,i. . v i. her ow fiue earfcaiia arlirei.i;l, iotl of the art made her ia tiu)e fcct fora,er vi.,.i I 1 1 Jjdward met her now at the cottage allfwt A-, ;.,,,.,,,. ... 1, uuaiv u 4 it u o tiv i ; uv. in 1 . 1 i l'u 1 v. -1 ' The old lady was ovetjoved at the pros pects of her dailing, as she secretly glanced at them over a book, or her knitting, when they met at the cottage. Since Edward's return Amy had much leisure time, thanks to Ins lutertcreuce, spending! most of it at the cottage, or strolling about j the woods aud lanes, accompanied Ire-! qucntly in her walk by Edward neither of i them avoiding or courting the eyes of the i curious when together. i Pity frequently begets love. Such was the case with our hero; his pity changed into a sincere and lasting yClcnon, and he j felt that life without Amy wuuid be hard- i ly worth holdiug The festivity was passed and had given ; imiense satisfaction. Amy and Edwaid, had been the centres of attraction. The : ladies secretly admired her bcautv, and j hatred her for the good fortune which secured ber so kind and wealthy a lover: the genuemen naa nuttcrea aouut tier, a itrae.1 II 41.. tl .1 I ted by her unassuming graces, secretly astonished they had not noticed her beauty before; and all, wuh dimmed eyes, pronounccd her singing unsurpassed. She had sung, at the request cf Miss laii vie. a peculiar, wild, wailing air, deser.pt ive of the passed glory and present degradation of Hungary. Mrs. Dorcas had been present at the earnest request of both the lovers, and bad

jhe Hati;jfiietion cf knowing the guests dis. ; j &t a ,a,e ,)our with'a totsi Jiffer j nt inion of her ot ian t!l , ,laJ j ..'., .1... ,i,.,ti,ut'

harbored before entering the room that t'1' . On a brisht May day the marriage of Edward and Amy was celebrated with ccremony and splendor, witnessed by merous friends of the Livingston family. Advocates of Woman's Rights Not Represented at the Late Convention. The lady who thiuks she has a right to the best scat. The ladies who think they have a rijLt to sweep the sidewalk with their dresses, and monopolizes it for their owu exclusive uso. The lady who thinks she has a rA7t to wear a wafer for a bonnet, and diess her child in thiu clothes, in winter. The lady, next door, who thiuks she iuis a right to drive the whole neighborhood to the borders of distraction by practicing her high notes till eleven r M. The lady who claims to liner o tight to visit her own kitchen, at her own pleasure, and the cook no right to oppose her. The hnuse-maid who thinks it In r righ' to put the papers iu your library to rights. The mother-in-law who thinks she 1ms i right to visit her dear daughter twice a month, -and regulate all matters iu the hou.-chold without consulting the busThe State of tho Markets. Ih-caihtvj;' llising every d.iy. Guupouthr (iocs off easily. lUttcr Bier This article has a down ward tendency. huligo The trade is dyeing. Pickled Pork Dead and very inactive. lira dtf Very spirited. Ytrmilion Finds a reddysa'e. JTufm'gs In grater demand. Soda ic t r Drisk aud lively". Lead Very heavy. Long Division Divorce. A natural curiosity is a dog which a whistle growing at the end of his He calls himself when wanted. has tail. Why is a hobbling p-irson like a secular persou? He is a lam-', mm (layman.) Why U thought like the sca?-,It U a nuti-.m -in ocoan 1.

HROOKVILLE, IND., FRIDAY,

Don't You Remember, Dearest. BT ALL1K VERNOS. Don't yon remember, deare.-t, the happy, happy . .. t . .r , 4 " e we sat and wovo ua vuiona too beautiful to last" 00 oeauuim w When you listeneJ so inten?e!y tj my ev'ry murmured word? And thought my tonvs the sweetest that ever you had heard? Don't y3u recnem'ier, dearest, you bado me dry my tears, And told me hope ard faith rhould reign triumphant o'er my fears? You said long 3-ears ne'er blighted Love's dreamings, fund and true; That time might change all other hearts, it never could ehang9 you. Don't you remember, dearest, you held me to AndsoothXnyiefb, ,rmuring sweet words of peace and rest? You called me your darling your only hope and tride Your fairy one, wtrth more to you than all the world beside. You must remember dearest, tho' 3-our heart hith now grown eol 1, in ess to ve strivi And the nitmorv of'our bapvy hours is mineled with regret. I you must remember, dearest, the cnguish v.f my : . , ., , ,,, hea rt, were doomed to part: I knew it wis frever, though you whispered, uuu iiic-i, a ii;u vui laio u r fvai vi lutm "lioj e, mv own, aine' " ... ... . w. v . . . .a . v, , v Why did you win my soul to yo, to triSo with its love? Oh! though tho world may Llam you not, the deed is marked above; And though I have forgiven you, still to your path will clin;j The memory ef the heart you crushed, and made u worthless thins! From llarpsr's B.izar. Before lh3 Doctor Comes Bruises. There are but few of the male sex, however pacifically disposed, who manage in their encounter with life to escape a black eye. This is a bruise of the eyelids, aud is so generally produced by a blow of the fist that when it is, as it may be, the result of any other cause, it is difficult to persuade the- world of the fact. Every one accordingly does his best to L-et rid of or conceal a black ee, which, beinsr nniveri saliy regarded as the broad mark of black gu.-.rdistn, is enough to damage the repu - fatiou of the demurest respectability. Prize lighters and roughs of every sort are

iu the habit of applying cold raw meat to which, stronghold litt.elooted, sinal.era black eve, but. we question whether it is ''-'X'dcd young men deemed impregnable, of anv bent fit beyond the temporary re- lier curious thoughts and philosophical

lief it gives by i's fresh nes and moisture. The bruise will persist in going through its various stages in spite of every treatment. At fii'st, :ss in all bruises, the part swells, and if the blow h.is been sufficient ly severe, to burst some of il o small ves i scls the blood will escape from them benP nl.thf.sLi,.. "Ins m-.K hires a blank-- i ness, which will in the couise of time be j changed to a dirtv sr. ecu and irrcenishellow color. There aain, will pass into . va..ioUj hwe. between black, blue. , .U)d veHoWf ill)d finallT into a marj bled eon. bfnati(n of aU, bct;re tho skin j and recovers their natutal hues. The j remedy of all brui-es is a fomentation, .rhU is.bcst applieJ by writmtn a piece 1 f flannel outit- hct water.aud keet.insr , - t , ,j i;arcj part as Ion" as it remain ' ! ,, ,,,,1 ,i.t ' Tl.U J.ml.l l i vcreij jn whiic the pain and swelling eon -I ' t .. ,. nr , r .i.L ,. ic bruise, they must be kept for some ; in pci fcct repose, as there is alwaj's S i,,t" ,i ti,. ..;,.(,.-.,. ,r -,v: ; D r. pr 01 tticir ixconiin" s,ciion v 111i vorite remedy for bruises, but it does not ' depPrve ,!le ,;,-., popular reputation it has i acquirej. It,' however, may be applied ' wnhout fear of any bad result. The black eyo U)ut be patiently endured while it j passed through its. various discoloration., though it may be partially concealed by i wearing a shade, or touching up the skiu ; artistically with chalk and paint, A very severe kind of bruise is caused ; by jamming the tinker in a closing door j or drawer. This is a very painful and sometimes serious accident. The small j vessels arc generally broken, from which the blood escapes, but beinrr cor.Q.ied beneath tho nail, which it finally destroys, jcau - .es at first excessive pain by its pres- , sure. The quickest relief is obtained by ; plunging the linger into water as hot as it J will bear. This will soften the nail, and cause it. to yield and give room to the : blood, the painful pressure of which will j be thus relieved. After giving the finger a thorough soaking in the hot water, you should wrap it up in a thick poultice of; bread and water or milk. G;i the next or ' j d ay after, if the p iin is still troublesome, ! ; it i n good thing to scrape the 11 til with j a knife so thin that it may readily yield J to the pressure of tho blood or matter which j frequently forms below. If this does not j produced the desired rcr.et, it wtil bs well to make an opening into the scraped nail, and let out the fluid beneath. What is true of a jammed finger is equally so of a jammed toe, which requires precisely tho same treatment. A heavy as well as sharp substance falling on any part of the body is apt to produce something between a bruise and a cut. If the bruise should be siigbt and j the cut tolerably clean, it will be" well to i treat the accident as it it were simply the I latter, by bringing the edges of the wound i together with sticking plaster, that they I may unite by what the surgeons call "the j first intention." Should the bruise, how lever, ba severe and extensive, it wiil be necessary to treat it with poultices of j bread and wateror milk. These wiil modcrate the infiamation, which is the first serious svmotom. V hue the core, win en 1.- i u ...,11.1 1,,- ci,r.rnnj ! j

forming and until in fact it is cast out, j might have been saved had their owner and itf gap filled up by new iiesh, the! been able to attend to them in time. Durpoulticeshould be continued. This new ' ing six weeks enforced idleness at the iiesh is vub'arlv known as '"proul flesh," ! business period of the season, his farm s-. . ..I -, ...

aud is erroneously suppjscJI tj ba a Uiseased growth, while it is simply the wholesome suhstauco in the process of forma lion. When the sore is thus filled the poulticci ui iy be tntcrmittc J, and (strips

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of sticking plaster slightly applied. The less was left a potr man for the rest of hi j And to day there is no more popular deancw fleIi, which is apt to grow too vigor- life. All these misfortunes came upon j ,.r j,. t.e umtUt, and no woman in Sew-

. ..- ... - dowu by placing upon it a bit of lint bound down tightly with abandage. When J . 't u -i u ui , ,he doctor comes b3 wi.l probably toucn tne super anunaant granulations as he calls then, or proud flesh as the vulgar , term it, lightly wuh blue stone, the use of , .n,,m1i ur a goou ueai or sk 1 1 .ea discretion, had better be left to professiou1 al bauds. The Girl of the Country. This girl is all and more lhan she claims to be. Pen and ink cannot do her justice. All those rich colors and soft shades that ' "?k h t at.e i. cannot e painted. 1 Mie is a luminous body she feels it; she j knows it. She knows the is what she is, uu miv iuuhs oniy iu nei.scu 10 mane ner J 1 , I. - 1 a 1 . I I' . I 1. what she will be. She hopes and - wishes, and wishes and hope; but her hopes are noble, and her wishes are womanly. She ever looks upward and the darkness cant:ot smother her trust. She is the stien:i!i of her sex: notwithstanding front door ! peoide trcnerallv consider l er the mere ballast in woman's ship, the lowest repre1 sentative of Eden's fair, false queen. If sue is 1113 least noticed, sne al.iO dues tliC ii i , . , , . . most goou ior tne least praise, cue laDors a tid CXCt-ptS a reward. j She cuts, fashions and bastes,--hcr paler ...... , I . l.'!.. - 1 V"J tlMcr -ne spcaus anu you

know her; you know her and wonder. She j they sctk the married state for its social j wl" be upon you; your fair lady s sewing may not be beautiful; she cannot be home- j advantages, but they are unwilling to wll e done by others, while she mopes iu ly. If her words are not long; they are . assume the responsibilities which marriage j idleness or riots in fashionable dissipation, sweet and full of meaning. She is good j should entail. H ence they lea ve no means I I 'hen yoo may bid farewell to all your as she is kind and forgiviug. If her cate- untried to avert the very aim and object i drean:s of domestic felicity; they would gory of exclamation is short, she can show ; of their being, and if. despite their efforts, ! fde as suuiircr ti wers at the touch of you a long one of blinding replies. If she ' natuie refuses to be controlled, the child- frost. - is timid, or you thiuk so, insult hci! Ilcr ! rcn that are born arc liable to be left to the I 1 have heard ladies derlare with ac recollection of wrong is short as her mem-I vicarious maternal offices of hirelings. j tual pride their ignorance of the art of ory of love is long. j For this cryiug sin of our age, it is diffi cooking. They 'could not make a cup ot Can she sing aud f lay, she can also cult to devise a practicable remedy. None j office to save their lives,' and as to their wash dishes aud chop hash. If her neat- will suffice, we fear, until public opinion ; making a loaf of good broad, or cooking a ness (golden virtue) brings you fond re- shall brand as iufaaieus the taking of hu J simple dinner, that was out of their pow mcnibrances and harpy anticipation, her ; man life, even at its earliest stages i er. Poor miserable unfortunates! breakfast will bring fonder and h:i pf ier j doubly iufamous, wheu the murder is done ! Doubtless mothers are much to blameones. Would the history of her bonnet by her who, of all the world, is most sol- j for thus neglecting the education of thoir slrings make a voluu c, a brother's j;rati- ! cmnl v bound to iruard. the trust imposed 1 daughters: but surely there is no sensible:

i tude and a sister's love would make two. ! c,lc repays ! She repays the few pangs she gives by being, poorly appreciated, humanity's soothing sirup. ller courage is manly a,nt ner wll never despairing, leading her through difficulties and prejudices up to I ani over lile very walls of Fort Ignorance, unravelings make von take a shv ul von take a sliv olmice at your own littleness; while her fearlessness to differ with you calls forth 3'our strongest dcfeiidiug powers. If you think, in her calico she is not quite an angel her intuitive glance reminds you that "the .'ange.s feil. ' A little money rarely makes uiisiaKe iicrscir lor a oo.i.iess. She Inav Le pometimcs girlish, but. she shrinks lri1" tieing a moonlight heroine. ller decided iangudire a i;d her n.-itural an tier cause many a jest and smile on .... 1, 1 1 ....:. 1 .i : ... 1. : lips that will 3'et be honored in speaking her name. And, whether you think it or not, the decision of the American country girl will be the destiny of the Coming Woman. Fascination, rich paters, beautiful daughters brilliant trousseaux, yea. Grecian llend have not raised woman one step nearer the platform sue is. smuggling to reach, and they never will, Woo to ihe treneral who commands an arll!3" ot of fops, and, pity for the woman who puts her trust iu ''lily whito" and cau de rose! This tlirl will be th.i governor of woman's influence, usefulness and elevation, because she is a firm believer in tint consistent doctrine that the Creator, in his wisdom, fashioned man and woman for m:m and woman's miss-ion. He saw, as trtcn m ah n itr 1: I .1 r f 1 t iu nn n ti n ' j y. 1 ' " 1,' . . , " -"'I kj-iiv: iouivs u''uii ouuic us a uuvc tut nu- . 1 1 1 111 home, will that and the world bless her. And years from now happy lips will I -J .mij proudly tell of her deeds, as we remember thn PiKrrim Mother. Then let i,:. si ,r one song for "Anna Laurie," while uli around swells the chorus, "Long live the Country GirU" A Stitch in Time Saves Nine. "For ffnt of n nail the shoe was lo?t; Knr want nf a .hue the horse was lost; l'or want of a horee the rider naj lost; Aud all for the waut of a horse shoo nail. Here is an instance of what the wart of! a nail cost Farmer Careless. He had just finished milking, and, with a steaming pail itl each hand, walked out of the barn yard to boar his load to the house. In passing through the sraiden gate, he noticed that one oi' the naiis holding the latch was broken and the bar was hanging loose. Haifa minute of time, one small nail, aud two blows with a hammer would have fixed it; but our farmer was in a hurry and couldn t attend to the matter just then, so, leaving the mending for another time, he trudged along the path. Just there was his mistake, as was shown by jice consequences. A cow pushed open the neglected gate and walked into Far mer Careiess s garden, icliowed by mneteen more cows, aud all proceeded to lunch upon Ills young corn, to march witu uevastatiiifr tread over his cabbages, and to , . 1 r . t 1 j carry ruin to his onion" patch. In driving tuem out. atter they had done a vast amount of damage, Farmer Careless stumbled over a stump ( which ought to have been pulled up long before) ad fell, fractunng his knecnan, which accident cost; him six weeks in bod, a Jong bill irom the doctor, a rheumatism as of.cn as the wind blew from the east, ever after, and a limp in his gait as long as he live l. Two ot his best cows died from eatiag too freely ' F I li f i r stolen luncheon: tliuh thpv I they was necessarily negiecrea, uis crops -were j ungalhcred and his grass was left un f From all thesd troubles he was unable uucyii. to 1 pay the interest on his mortg,g3, his Urm sou aoi Eacnu:cu, nm tanu.-i v,di:-

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j ..vg.o.v, j to drive a needed nail i the latch vf his baru-yaid gate. American Agricultural. 1 "Ante Natal Infantcide." Xhe Kew Yofk Medcal u( 1 g(r arti(.,e QQ th(J Clime q. aLortk,B from w,lich we ,h follow:. It is our duty to call attention to tho. . 11 fact that ladies with whose ease aud amusement the inelegant function of child bearing interleies bave adopted a convenient code of ethics, which attaches no blame to the extinction of local life iu ; its earlier stages. Devou church poinda mcs, who -1. udder at the crushing of a beetle, feel 10 compunction in killin' 'their own yiiunc, provided that the deed I 1 ... . . ; De aone within the Erst two or three

months of gestation, and information of : jour mor mdwstricus sister? Or do you. new and effective means of slaughter soon.! hire all yimr sewing done? Shorld th-iw spreids from one to another, until their j 'at suppositinti be the case, rosy you nevai mamentarium exceeds that of most re-! er marry, and the chance are you never

spcctable physiciaus. A quaiter of a ceutury ago no woman would have dared to confess the things which wives now speak of lightly, aud commend as "prudent" measures. 'I he fact is, that as advancing civiliza tion uiings luxury 111 us train, too many women are forgeiiin:r that motherhood is' ; their highest aud holiest mission, aud sub- ! 1 ' . , , . . . ordinate i lie duties ot lite to its pleasures, ; uuou her by natuae until womeu shall learn that "mother" is the most honorable ! title which their sex 'can bear, and that j the wife who iudulges passion and destroys its fruits, is not very far abovo level of tho wanton whom sho despise? To suppress the grosser horrors of tue ! ises. the abortionist's trade a revision ot the law n m is needed. As it now stands, the actual perpetrator of the crime is alone amenable to punishment (aud experience has shown how seldom his conviction can be secured), while she who instiiiates the act iroes free. lie who hires an assassin to kill his enemy, is justly held responsible for the deed ol bis agent, and the same rule should up j ply to 1 he case under consideration. Let it be made a felony to indoee abortu (save in ret tain specified instances, where in at least three qualified physicians shall! certify its necessity, owing to deformity 'or disease") at any stage of pregnancy . l -. . 1 Jet the mother who submits to abortion be j held not only as parliecjis criminis, but as the principal offender far guilter than the mercenary tool whom she employs let such a law be executed to the letter, rejrardless of person or of social station. even if its penalty involves the transporlauon or a lew lair aristocrats irom their boudoirs to a common prison, and, our word for it, a marked improvement in i morality and increase of population would ; socu be the resuit. A Remarkable Story. The 2sew York correspondent of the Providence Press narrates the following of an energetic woman: '"She was born a 'lady,' as the world j says, the had a loving lather, w ho sparest uo means to izic her the brilliant aceum j ,. , 1 plishments of her station. She had a troop of friends gay fluttercrs around her . ' .i .i.u J.i ... i - t . . . ?i- i , auu.r '" W-B luVcuu,'' n-i.. i lu .uwrnoa uio ran out, 01 course. liusbind, after spending the fortune of his j wife iu reckless living and wild vat specu ; la'ions, and involving the father in disa? i ter; after doing this, and fretting her life away by inches, eloped or.c day, and lei'i the young mother of his child alone, with : bis debts and disgrace, aud her own sad ' heart alone, to work for ber living as ; best she could, or starve, if work she eou'.d n"t. Ihe deserted woman piued away at j hist, and shed bitter tears, and became f.ided and broken. One day Ebe awoke to the stern fact that she must woik or starve. She could not go back to her father, and her pride kept her from former fiiends. What did she do! In vaiu she told over lir list i.f l1fnt I-.vpi v r-hniir: sfPiiiPil ..1.W...1 t,,.r 1',. cp,,;,,,, ,.i.l ,,, 1- . earn eiiouiih to live aud iay the lent. Her mu-do she had neglected afier marriage. The doting father had given her ornament and froth in her education nothing by which she could put bauds to for support. At this time a man said -to ber. 'Come down to my farm this prason, and work iu the strawberry filial' Noil, insr but dire necessity made her so. The : man was kind to her and taade the woik light. Ail the season she worked lor aud in the open ail, and with the plain,! regular living, her heart came back to ter. She became healthful and hopeful, as in former d.iys. Here was h-r chance. When the season was over, sh j said to her i employer 'Take me into your business! I

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1 s.ian urop. xw.u Decorae Dasme womm!' lie thought she was jesting at j hist; but she was m earnest, ljer off.r ! was accepted, b or three years this woman acted as clerk and manager for one of the ! large produce-raisers ot Jersey. 1 he de - tails of the business came into Her bauds. , No better salesman than she, no be"6"" i executive. At last she bought an interest, afterwards half of the business. It1 seemed 33 if her old life had been led by 1 somebody else; from being a nervous, timid woman she grew into a brisk, sound-, laborious worker ou 1 rnaae a nome m "jf l uc -a-- ..

- TRANSIENT.' 1 1 J ' V , Oa iMn, (I o.. tr.. ... M CTb iqnaT. two iimrtii. t W Oo QOre, Are iaMrti.. . 1 W All aabmqiie. t iarartiont, r-T equar .. 5 TKABLY. 0 laiBB, ohaagoabW qo rtrlj ..ST Threa-auartert of a column ... ftft ; Oae-kaJf of a coiama Sfr fa Oaa-qaartar .f a i 79 a Oa-iciih f moetmn . 12 w TraaaUota4rrtieaiDBti BraTti ia all a ba paid for is advaots. ralew a parfilr trm ayrtfld mhmm baadd 10, adertimau will k frb1iaaa4 mtil ordered oat ed estad eorIirj .

: ihi,. fii no nuvr nppcaTinjp- lady mr j whcir, thR. iht' adc woiaan wbo- ' can dailv Le evir manaaitP-her censfT f. . ,a"a$,"B cl ta.eaaivc I Luinc iu Was-hingt-.i, Market. auoeUt"h m-it kctmcn. 1 -i n;-ver for-etiae nor do the, tl,"t ,h u t.dy. andCOtn- ! mandina aU the re.--ct due to her sex. Do Nothing Young LarUe. ; At a recent sociable gathering, a yooojr ; ldy informed me that she itever s!wedf ' What do you suppose was the nature of V flections on hearing the declaration? 1 8:,d to myself, either the girl speaks ! falsely, or she is, very iaey. Ncvt j Who: then, I queried mado your aud cloaks, your skirts and bows er sews! dresseayour skirts and bows? Who repairs tho rips in your pretty gaiters, and I 1 . t a .. A - ; uarns tne nines m yotvr stocking Is it will. .Not one voumr mau in n hundred can afford to marry a woman who habitu.aliy neglects household dutic. Young man, if it should ever be your ! fortu-e to hear a woman declare that she never cews; bewarrt Shuu her as you would chills and fever. He in?ane enough tt make such one your wife, and beforc. ! Ine honey rr.oon is over, ibe horrors of 1 l I - , , f,l .. , , i ouuoniess stuns and nosC lull ol noics butionfcss i g'rl who could not, by the exercise of little energy, perfect herself in the most useful branches of domestic knowledge. If a young lady of the present day can thrum thuro the piano, make uso of a few IS 1 1. Jl.. . 1 J. . ..L' iTcncu pu rases uance, uiri ana ao noining j generally, her education is accomplished I "1 .1 ui: L . I 11 s,,e eonsiuereu -uuisncu. 1 uuuje j Journal. ! The New Postage Stamps. j The new postage stamps, which are to ' displace the ones now in jrcueral use. are beginning to make their appearance. The following are the designs aud colors for each particular denomination : One eent Head of Franklin iu circu lar oinamcNtal scroll. . Color, Koine 11 ; ocher. Two cents Postboy on horseback, within ornamental scroll we?a, printed in I lis ht brown. Three cents--Locomotive on track, surrounded by ornamental scroll work; the color is blue, the word "pootage" in white 011 a panel of darker hue. Six cents Head of Washington in square frame, bine. Ten cents American shield and eigle, surmounted by stars in the form of a section of circle iu clouds, printed in orange. Fifteen cents The landing of Col u in bus a miniature copy cf the pict ure in the rotunda t "Washington. T! This ia beautifully executed and piloted in blue, wbi.e the ornamental scroll or frame ; around it is of j't'e reddish brown. Twenty four cents I he report of the j committee to tho Continental Congress in 1 1770'. on the lee!ar ttiou of Independence, j Though of a most diminutive size, tha 1 figures aie liii portraits. The design is 1 printed green acd lbs wrnamcntal border i rW-v. . v .1 - l.ii:y tents Ou this is ain rcpre- ! rt,.m.u 1 Jc tiiiiriiidii hield and cagr, . I'1 printed is, carmiue resting on battle flags Nint-fy cents Medallion head of e-!r, in black, and the scroll vsctk Liuand ftteno'r oeinr rurii.'ii.c Hoi,v to 77 Miserable. TL;nk about yourself 'alfjut what you Wj3t, wh.it you like, what respect people j ought to p iy to you, what people think ,.. . .i-..,tt. os you, nr.;i men :o yon noining win do pure. 1 . a wul Fpoil everything you tonch; yu will make ni'sery for yourself,' out of everything; you will be as wretched! as you choose oa earth, or in hsatveta citbe In heaven cither, I sayj for that proud, greedy, se'Gsh. self seeking spirit, would turn heaven into htil. It did turn i heaven into hell for the great devil himself. 1 ?r tv t Uv nrii? l,v prl: ! ti fWll olorV. 1 " - j 1 ' j "-- o thai be fell from heavcu to hell. Ho was not content to pive np bis own will, antl do God's will like the other angels. He wou'd he a in it. r hi:uself, and set np for hiiu.-tif. and ici -ic-.- in his own glofy; and so, when he wntid 10 make tt private heaven of his own, he found he had tfrado a hell. And why? Because fi heart was not pure, clean, honors, si'S'ia, uu se.ii ill . Kiiigsley. Two Frenctt iif-'ifs wce lf'.Aiiig fjr ihe I'tlle d:nigh'cr of one -f iheu, in a group) of b:.bv trri;ig s. "Do you see him? asked the frien i of the mother. Ili I an, looking fr her nurse." ''Her nurse?" t : I I.,... .i;t. T l-nrvor : . f IV-Pr 1 tV.inlr al'j fi(j J t,(e .,., L kuow ,Le auMisr ; ' ' . , juJ Bi!li0 ,s ays ..no livo uw in- jv u, jr,ke a ttitSl, ov "ntu at d4sliiH seho'ol hv.- sots everybody sovatahing at ousl Wheir u gentleman step cwk ar laijia. tri:r tha lady should turn- rouud ikI say 1 oineiy, i beg vour pa-fio-nr &r. - enueun m.ou.u MJf, t -. .

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