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A STORY OF THE

CHAPTER IX.It was about a fortnight after the

departure of Captain Johnston fromStone House that Robert Hagan re-

ceived orders that he should, earl inthe morning, take a skiff-loa- d of wheatdown to the mill at Concord, and getit ground. Pleased with the expedition, he wus up betimes, and, afterloading the little boat with as manywell-fille- d backs as it would carry andkeep dry, he pushed offaud pulled forthe middle of the stream', intendingto take advantage of the current inits full strength, since the morningfog, whicli tilled the valley from thesurface of the water to the level of thebanks, aud from thence up to the topsof the hills, was so dense that nosteamboat would dare be moving toruu him down. Thus, though hecould but dimly ten the stern of hisown skiff, he felt absolute safety onthe bosom of the mighty river.

O man ! O boy ! how little can youknow where beneath the skies is safe-

ty or danger for boy or man ! J, oh hadalready turned the b'ow of the littlecraft down stream, aud was pullingcheerily away, mentally defying thebiggest steamboat on the river totouch or hurt him, though one ofthem, from her mooring closeby, justthen began to blow off steam with aroar so loud and so long it almoststunned his every sense, when whatis that? who goes there? As he sitsat his ours, looking toward the stem,there glides noiselessly across thewake a boat formed of mist and shad-ow, bolt upright in whose stem seat,with folded arms aud scowling front,was the spectre of the man ho hadkilled! The next instant a blow be-

tween the eyes knocked the .beholderbackward into the bottom of his skiff.

The only condition upon which thepresence of ghosts is tolerable is thattney no not striKe. une sense maysupport the perception of them, twohardly ; ami if the victim in thepresent case had possessed imagina-tion, he would have survivedthe double shock received. As it was,pure and .unadulterated horror thrill,--'edlUuvlo the tip eud of every uplift-iu- g

hair of his head, andIoug"Tielay"without nerve or will. Wheu 'hewasslroug enough to sit up aud look andlook and listen, the din of rushingbteam had ceased , and nothing was tobe seen, nor any nound heard, exceptdimly and doubtfully far away whatmight be the uoiau of oars. Then thepoor boy, drifting at the will of thedeep, impetuous iiood, enveloped withthe white darkness of the terrestrialaloud, got upon his knees and prayed

prayed till his while visage grewpurple, aud the cold sweat that wasupon him became hot, while his uu- -

piloted boat was borne miles beyondits destination. He prayed that thevision of his victim often beforeseenin dreams, never before with wakingeyes might fade out of his sight andmind, might go to its rest, might bereceived Into heaven, or cast down in-

to hell, or in some other way disposedol ellectuaiiy ana liunlly. iie pray-ed directly to the spirit of tho deadman to forgive him for the act of war,or murder, or homicide, in tho first,second, or third degree, whichever itmight be, and urgently recommendedhim to submit quietly to death, sincereturn to life must be impracticable;begged that his tender years at thetime he did the deed might bo takeninto account, as well as his ignoranceof leading and writing, and that theprovocation might be charitably con-

sidered, as it was in the celebratedSickles case. He prayed finally thatthe Great Judge would pardon hissoul when he himself should die, andadmit him into that heaven, at least,where the murderer went whom hesaw die on the gallows after singing acheerful hymn on the scaffold. Hepromised never again to shoot anyhuman being so long as he shouldlive, and, above all, never to makewar again neither "on his ownhook," nor on government accountno, not to save the life of a dozen na-

tions.Very foolish stuff Indeed ; but how

much foolish stuff is uttered in pray-er by people not near so much In earnest as poor Robert was!

His uncouth religious exercise didhim good, aud, what was more, hisuncouth petition was granted; for thespeotre never appeared unto him anymore from that day forward, neitherto his sleeping nor waking senses.

Having come out of his agony, heresumed the oars, which, being ad-

justed with swivels, had not goneadrift, and without knowing that itwas one of them had "caught thecrab" and struok the blow attributedto the ghost, rowed toward shore tilltha dead-wat- er was reached, and, theufinding himself three miles belowConcord, made every exertion to re-

cover lost ground and time. Rut dohis best, he was unable to get backwitii his flour to Stone House untilthe close of the day. In the eveningthe gossip among the loungers underthe apple-tree- s informed Robert thatGeneral Damarin had that day goneback to his command, to remain uu-I- 1

he should be mustered out, and al-

so another brother of "the gal rebel,"as Bella was uupopularly called, hadbeen to see heK 'He was described as

GREAT REBELLION.

being taller than the other aud muchbetter dressed. The rumor also ranthat he had brought bad news, whosetenor being unknown Its quality hadbeen guessed at by those who saw theserious faces worn by the major andMr. Damarin during the long walkthey took back and fourth in the ave-nue, and observed the absence of Bel-la from the supper-tabl- e.

The true story was that Major John-ston had come as well for the purposeof seeing a sister from whom he hadso long been separated, as to explainto her and her protectors whv shecould not yet be removed to her ownhome. He brought a letter from hisbrother Charles, communicating hisill success at Chicago, and apologizingfor not calling at Stoue House whileou his way up the river. It seemsthe two brothers had met with somepecuniary success in the oil regions,and were then engaged"in an enter-prise from which brilliant resultswould come if it turned out well. Themajor gave his sister a one hundreddollar bill, and left twice as large asum with Mr. Damarin to be given toher as it sliould be needed, uuy in-

demnity for what he had already ex-peud- id

fin her account being peremp-torily declined by the large heartedfarmer, though he who offered it con-

soled hia pride by resolving to renewthe offer in more pressing form when-ever he should bebettersupplied withthe means of carrying it out. He re-

mained nearly the whole day at StoneHouse, aud, like his brother Charles,made friends of all its inmates, thegeneral included, before he left.-- .

The family very naturally supposedthat the enterprise alluded to was dig-ging a well for oil, or speculating in"oil lands;" but they were mistaken.It was something a good deal eafer;it consisted In conducting a faro bankand doing a general banking busi-ness. Hardly an easier and surerroad to wealth, if not respect ibility,exists thoii professional gambling wellfollowed ; thatis tosay, followed withcool head, steady nerve, and a closeadherence" 'tp tfie' "principles whichsbouldVoveru' ffcVBuT ft seldom is

--Velrfolio wed, "and where atCetnptBdvby youngj gentlemen like the Johnstons, who feel It to be a degradation,is almost sure to be pushed to hazard-ous extremes, and become associatedwith other vices incompatible with athrifty care aud disposition ofthe profits.

And thus, of course, it fell out withthe two young Caroliniuns. For thefirst six months their success wasmost brilliaut; for the six which fol-

lowed, their course was down hill andamong the rocks, The worthy object of saving a parental estate fromdecay, aud reclaiming a sister fromexile and dependence, which in thebeginning they held up to themselvesas a justification for using unworthymeans was lost sight of equally in theexcitement of success and the despon-dency of failure. Aud before the eud ofthe year they had gone many a mileon the road to ruiu and to crime.Now let the curtain drop, hardly againto be lifted, lest the reader, by follow-ing their career in its details of ad-

venture, have his interest painfullyabstracted from the true thread of thisstory, which ho may hope will bespun of a brighter floss.

Wherefore, when another four sea-

sons had come and gone, and the red-bu- d

aud dog-woo- d blossoms had againappeared and vanished on the Ken-tucky hills that frowned or smilnd,according to their humor, upon theStone House uud its people, BellaJohnston still found herself a prison-er there, with tho day of her redemp-tion more than ever uncertain.

On the second day following thevisit of Major Johuston and the Gen-

eral's departure Mrs. Damarin, withthe two girls, went on the boat toPortsmouth. And why did they go?Because Bella, despite her despond-ency, and through all her hatred auddisgust toward hersurroundings, bothanimate and inanimate, felt her pock-et to be in peril of flames aud combus-tion from the presence there of theone hundred dollar bill. Mrs. Dam-

arin, who was invited to act as coun-

selor, found it hard to keep the girlfrom buying every pretty thing shesaw, in the order in which they mether eye, and quite impossible to re-

strain her from making all her pur-

chases in double, so that Polly couldhave the same as herself; for Bellawas as generous as she was inconsid-erate. The bundles with which thetired shoppers returned home In theevening contained two black silkdress patterns, and numerous articlesof flummery of the flimsier sort. Butflu turnery and flimsiuess had 'theiruse, and in tho accupation of makingup the materials purchased, with itsdifficulties, dilemmas, and delibera-tions, Bella found a solace, one of thebest possibleo a woman in grief.And here let it fee said that whoeverwould. defend the apparently baibar-ou- s

oustom of hanging our badies inblack when our souls are afflictedmight best do so by taking thegroundthat it compels a widow, that chiefmourner of all, to occupy herself inthe dreary blank that comes in betweendeathbed and grave with seleoting andarranging'crape andb'ombazine, mus

lin and cambric, jet jewelry and ja-

panned pins, handkerchiefs andgloves, collars and caps, frilling andquilling, piping and fluting an occu-pation so distracting that it amountsto a sort of diversion, and becomes,in spite of her, pleasauter than sheknows.

Thus Bella, who was not a widow,but a young maiden with a rich na-ture, responsive to all that gave inter-est or enjoyment, before the end ofthe fortnight required to make andfit the dresses and accessories, had be-

come almost cheerful, and when herdress was finally tried on, seemed aahappy as Polly; and though whentaking it offshe heaved a deep sigh,was careful not to do so until all thehooks aud eyes had been unfastened.

After this the girls resumed theirvisits to the house of their instructor;and Robert was again happy in hisdaily duty of starting them off audreceiving them on their return. Pol-

ly was happy that she was not yet be-

reft of her friend ; and the" friend, saywhat she might to the contrary, wasat least comfortable.

CHAPTER X.Three months after he returned to

duty General Domarin was musteredout of service, and came home again.Something had happened to the youngman meanwhile that had greatly al-

tered him. A residence of threemonths with the family of a rich Cre-ole planter, whose elegant mansion hohad during the owner's absence pro-tected by making it his headquarters,and in which afterward, on pressinginvitation, he remained as a guest,had quite turned Damrin's head. Hehad seen pictures and statuary, andread guide-book- s, and listened to theconversation of his entertainers, whohad spent a third of their lives inEurope, till he got fascinated with theOld World, and resolved on spendingtwo years of his time and all of thesavings from his pay In seeing study-ing and enjoyiug it.

Besides the desire to travel, theplanter had Inspired his guest withsentiments and purposes such asmight worthily guide a young Ameri-can favored by fortune with meansand opportunity for making the pre-

cious but perilous exploration this onewas about to undertake.

It was not until he had enjoyed ahappy mouth of idleness with hisfamily that he ventured to makeknowif-bi- s in ten llon-of-'leaviu- g them,-Th- e

farmer, looking toward the fu-

ture 'had already "begun topuKzlohimself wlth the question ' whatto'db''with a hrevet general ou ar'famf, forhe could hardly expect him to flingoff the uniform and take' the plow 'andreaper as of old ; but the proposeti.so'-lutio- u

of the problem was one that as-

tonished him."Travel !" he exclaimed ; "travel

for two years ! "Why, isn't that whatyou've been doing these last fouryears? Where-o- n earth do you wantto travel now? Isn't your own coun-try good euough.for you ?"

"No it isn't" broke in the weepingmother ; "his own country ain't goodenough for him, nor his own home,nor his own folks neither. I see howit is. Those great folks he's been withhave done all this. They've spoiledmy boy. He Isn't my own Willy auymore." Repeatiug herself in this lastremark, aud employing her old formu-la of reproof that used to be all-po- w er-f- ul

to subdue the willfulness of theWilly of six years old.

And Willy had trouble enough tosatisfy them he was, and would everbe the same loving sou he hadbeen, and reconcile them to his exe-cuting what be failed to persuadethem was anything but a boyishwhim.

During the two months he remain-ed at Stone House, before departingon his travels, the young general andhis young prisoner were of necessitythrown much in the way of each oth-er. And as each of them expectedthis to be their last intercourse, It wasmore free and more truthful thanotherwise it might have been. Ho,on his part found the study of herreal character and disposition as in-

teresting as her strange, intractableconduct had formerly been amusing-fou- nd

in it much that needed to beexcused, but more to admire. Butwhat required no study to unveil it,what Prendered investigation intomental and moral qualifications,and all those matters so important iuthe case of an ugly woman, of butsmall consequence to a man vulnera-ble through the eyes, as most men are,was Bella's rich Grecian type of beau-ty ; not as yet developed iu its full-ness, to be sure, hut every now andthen announcing with a flash of ex-pression that it was coming risinglike water in the fountain, swellinglike the hud In its calyx, kindlingand coloring like the sky before sun-rise.

And Bella, on her part, patterningher deportment after that of herbrothers, as she felt bound to do, treat-ed him with respect and outwardamiability, through without abatingany of her hatred, which she private-ly indulged in more than ever, nowhe was near enough to be hated inti-mately ; for we know the true enjoy-ment of hatred, as well as love re-

quires proximity of the object; andher enemy, having come within easyhating range, got thoroughly detesteddaily by the gentle companion of Pol-ly and himself in their frequent ridesalong the ridge roads of the neighbor-ing hills. And even while alone shewould call up his image repeatedly toher mind's eye, to be hated again and

again. After he had gone, too, shewould call up thesame image, thoughnot to hate it; for what would be theuse of hating one she could never seeagain ?

"I do declare, Polly," said Bella,the day after the general's departure,"if my new black silk isn't half woreout already, while yours is as good asnew !"

"No wonder," replied Polly, "foryou've worn yours every day for thelast fortnight."

"Have I?" said Bella.

CHAPTER XI."We burn no grimy coal or coke,

With sulphur smell or smoko bituminous,But hickory and chestnut oak

Consume'tC comfort and illumine Us."

Long as a tree should stand on thefive hundred acres of hill land ownedby the old fashioned farmer of StoneHouse, he had sworn nothing butwood should burn on the broad hearthof its great square sitting-parlo- r. Be-fore that hearth, on an evening thatclosed one of the dosing days of theyearlSGG, he and his family were seat-ed comfortably and cheerfully. Thefine, low singing of the foamy butt ofthe back-lo- g was the ouly voice heardIn the apartment. It was nearly bed-time. The newspaper had been readand the needle-wor- k laid by, and eachone of the half-circl- e was looking at'the fire and only thinking, as it iseasy to do in the presence of a fire ofwood, a fountain of water, or thedashing of sea waves on the beach.

Mr. Damarin was thinking of thework he had planned for the morn-ing; liis wife was thinking of herWilly ; Polly was thinking, if all herthoughts must be told, that RobertHagan In his "store clothes" was thehandsomest young man except herjust named brother she had everseen ; Bella was wandering why herbrothers had not como for her, andand whether, after all, General Da-

marin would uotreturn first: for Bel-

la Johnston was still there, and herbrothers had not yet come.

"Somebody's hailing,'-'- , exclaimedMr. Damarin, rising up aud going tothe window fronting toward the riv-er.

The hail was the usual call for theferryman, a long, musical whoop ;

but to the practiced ear of the listenerthis one expressed unusual urgency.

"You won't send any body out sucha night as this,' remonstrated his.wifeVand thetriyerruuning ice!"

"I wou't sendJfrlih

anybody no," her rz 'Wreplied ;J'but,5.therH'H somebody over

there Jwho'wantlba'dly to 'get across,and If one of the men 'chooses to goand earn the ferriage for his ownpocket, I'm willing he should takethe skiff; I wouldn't, of courso, truttthe boat," alluding to the small scowor flat used for ferryiug horses audcattle. Ho went out with this pur-pose, and the result was that RobertHagan volunteered to go. Ho en-

countered little floating ice, whichwas mostly near the shore, and bykeeping the skiff heading up stream,crossed squarely over. But soon ashe came within speaking distance ofthe other side, a voice called out ofthe darkness:

"Go back and bring your flat. Wehave three horses to cross. Go qulok ;

the quicker you go, the better we'llpay.""

"Pay or no pay, I can't fetch theflat t. He told me I mustn't."

"No matter what ho told you. Itell you to go back and fetch it, andyou shall have two dollars."'I nhaii't do it, I tell you. Come

along, if you want to leave your hors-

es behind till daylight. If you don't,I'll go back again,' was the firm re-

ply-

There was some further useless ex-

postulation, in which two of the threehorsemen, who could be dimly dis-

cerned on the shore, took part, fol-

lowed by a low conference amongthemselves, which Robert, however,cut short by crying,

"If you ain't going, I am.'"Stop !" exclaimed one of the. horse

men, as he dismounted. Then, walk-ing to the skiff, he stepped in, took hisseat, eaying, "Pull away." He saidnothing more until the other side wasreached, when he broke silence withthe abrupt question :

"Mr. Damarin has a large family,hasn't he?"

"Oh yes, there's a good many ofUB."

"A large family of children livingwith him, Imeau?"

"No, he hasn't only Polly.""Only Polly? I thought he had

two daughters," rejoined the strangerrather carelessly.

"The other one isn't his daughter,"replied Robert, briefly as he couldframe iiis sentence.

"Are Mr. and Mrs. Damarin well?in good health?""Yes.""Aud the two young ladies, Miss

Polly aud Miss Bella, 1 think yousaid, are they both of them well,also?"

"I didn't say her name was MissBella."

"On, didn't you?" eaid the ques-

tioner, affably. "May I ask what isher name?''

"Her name's Bella, but I didn't tellyou so."

Butshe's well, you say?""Yes."The landing was now reached. The

stranger stepped on shore, banded abit of fractional money to the ferry-

man, and merely remarking, "This isthe way out to the road, I think,"was soon lost to sight.

. Robert pulledthe skiff well up out

of water, and returned toward thehouse by the orchard path. But as hewent through the gate into the gar-den he observed to himself: "Thatflat ought to be beached in the morn-ing, ton. The river's falling so fastshe'll beach herself before then, ifBoldman didn't spar her off good.Juook here!" (still to himself, in con-

tinuation), "why didn't I see to herwhile I was about it?" And sudden-ly stopping he turned and ran downto the shore. The flat was not there !

Yes, 1 1 was, but not six paces out, audbeing slowly pushed away by a figurestanding in the stern, which, if dark-ness did not deceive him, Robert reo-ogniz- ed

as that of the very man hehad just ferried over. To board theflat seemed impossible at the moment,but while theyouth halted at the wa-

ter's edge and shouted, there camodrifting down between where hestood and the receding boat a largecake of ice, which so far bridged thespace that, with a short run and fly-

ing leap, he was aboard yes, and ly-

ing flat ou his face, too; but whetherfrom tripping on a cross timber, orfrom a blow, he could never after-ward remember. A strong grasp, in-

clusive of ail his collars.from overcoatto shirt, held him down, and a voice,in which he recognized the very tonesof his late passenger, while at thesame time he heard the click of a revolver horribly close to his ear, 6aid,"Be quiet, my man, aud don't makea fool of yourself."

"Oh 3'es, I will," was tho rathernervous reply.

"Don't be frightened," coutiuuedthe Blranger. "I intended to row theboat myself, but I dare say you cando it a good deal better; so you takethe oars, while I hold the revolver.We'll keep to our first offer, you see.You shall have your two dollars. Wewill get put across. There'll be no-

body to blame, nor any body hurt.Otherwise you'll die heconcluded with the impressive cool-

ness of a veteran.Robert was brave enough, but it

seemed bo reasonable he should obe3revolver law, in the absence of anyother, he submitted, and pulled man-fully at his oars as any galley prison-er of old. Notwithstanding which,however, the impatience of the stran-ger was evident.

"Pull hard as 3Tou can,'' he wouldexclaim, "till we get to the otherside. You'll have help coming, back,and thero'lf be'no h'urry thM&'M fJl, .They hadgot half-wa-y over, w;henj

hfnint "(r learn of lfcht shot across the?waves. A loud bath buraWrom theimpatient stranger.

"Afire!"' heexclaimed; "theinfer-ua'- lold fool J" adding a minute later,

aud addressing Robert, "You see thatfire? pull straight for it!"

Robert looked, saw a small heap ofbrush burning near the foot of theprecipitous bluff of tho river's bank,whoso irregular face it revealed inbright lights and black BhadowB. Itwas a little above (that is up tho riverfrom( the ferry landing. As the boat,iu making a direct crossing, must bekept with its bow inclined upstream,it was easy for the oarsman, by looking over his left shoulder as he work-ed, to keep the point of destinationin view.

Approaching nearer to where thefire was burning, two persons couldbo seen beside it; one of them stand-ing, aud apparently warming his feet,while leaning on the neck of hishorse ; the other crouched closelydown to the blaze, ns if he would getinto it. Behind this one two oth-

er horses stood, as if held by him.As a brighter blaze than usual 6hotup, the stranger started to his feet,then sat down agaiu, crying,

"Pull! pull! pull! I tell you!"Robert, looking at the same instant,

had seen, as the other had, the formsof several men moving on the edge ofthe bluff. The next moment voiceswere heard on the bank, one of themmuch louder than the others. Theushots were fired, 6ome from the partyon the bank, now in darkness, andtwo or three from tho upright figureon the shore, who fired from behindthe breastwork the body of his horseafforded. Meanwhile tho one whohad crouched over the blaze sprangupon one of the animals he was hold-ing, and went galloping down theshore. Then came quite a volleyfrom the bank, and the horse that hadserved for a breastwork broke away asif wounded, while his master spranginto the shelter of the bluff.

"Pull away! pull faster! pull rightin, or I'll'shoot!'' cried the stranger,as Robert slackened his oars, but a fewrods from shore.

TO BE CONTINUED.This story Is published by Messrs. Harper

& Bros., N. Y., complete, aud will be sent bythem to any part of the United States, post-age prepaid, ou receipt of fifty cents.

The Springfield Republican arguesthat many of the ways of Americanwomen are vulgar, one of its pointsbeing this:

"No gentleman would care to par-ade the streets in such attire that onehand was constantly occupied in reef-ing't-he

slack of his breeches, after themanner of holding up skirts at thepresent time."

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A Kentucky editor tells anotherthat if his head were as red as hisnose he would remind one of a bowlegged carrot surmounted by a cock-ade.

Carlyle says there may be a couragewhich is the total absence of fear.That is when the. fence. Is, between

" ' 'you a&d.the dog. -- ,

Spiritual Manifestations at Lincoln.

P. S. Sheldon is a prominent busi-ness man of Lincoln a merchant.He is a gentleman of culture and thehighest sense of honor, and wouldnot think of deceiving, or practicinga fraud, upon the publlo in any mat-ter especially on the subject of spirit-ualism, he and his family, if we mis-

take not, having been for years, be-

lievers in tho philosophy aud pheno-mena of spiritual manifestations. Theeditor of the State Journal tells whathe saw, wonderful, in Mr. Sheldon'sstore room on the evening of the 18thof November, as follows:

"Suddenly, like the sunburst of oldIreland, a rosy radianco slid up froma pile of trunks along the wall we fa-

ced. It came suddenly, but there wasno mistaking tha fact that it camefrom below. For a time nothing buta red light could be seen, but gradual-ly, like a group of figures loomlug upthrough a fog, weird faces and shapesbegan to be defined, and soon we hada young woman of life Bize recliningasleep upon her couch at an angle ofabout twenty degrees from the hori-zontal, her face about a foot or soabove the pile of trunks, herhead to-

wards the north. Above aud southof the sleeping spirit, appeared as ina cloub, the buBtsand wings of fourangels, who were apparently lookingdown upon the sleeping beauty audguarding her slumbers. We werestruck witb the beauty of the scene,which did not seem unfamiliar to us,and remembered that Ave never sawsuch a miraculous appearance exceptthro' the Intervention of a magic lan-tern, and wo instinctively looked ar-

ound for the apparatus. But. therewas none, at least that we could dis-

cern, and we hastily bent our steps to-

wards the southwest corner of theroom, where there was a small bed-room partitioned off. The apparitiondisappeared as suddenly as it came.We examined the pile of trunks, welooked into the little room, we glanc-ed up at the south windows, but wefailed utterly to discover any apertureor machine by which thespiritscouldcould be projected throngh space up-on Sheldon's east wall. While wowere making our examinations, theboys said it was time to shut up, andthe twenty or thirty spectators beganto move out of the front door. Justthen another flash of red light pro-claimed that the spirits were not yetjdone with us, aud the sameimanifeat-Sat'Ion- s

appeared as bef6re.''Tn'espiritlpictures occupied a space of about'foight feet square. It was then sug- -:

gested that Irthegas light was turneddown the weird figures would be moredistinct, but the turning down of thegas completely obliterated the specta-cle. It would appear only in the light.Assisted by Messrs. Harwood, Walsh.Holmes, policeman Cox, Boggs.Rushand others, we investigated, but invain. It was evideutly spirits. Par-ties who had been there before wecame informed us that separate auddistinct spiritual groups had manifes-ted themselves during the evening.One was the head of Christ with acrown of thorns, another an anzelbearing two cherubs in her arms, andthe third was the group we had seen.Much excitement had prevailed. Ourfriend Hallo, overcome hi the visionsof another world that he hud flatteredhimself did not exist except in theimagination of the fanatical, fell downon his knees iu sileutadoratlon of theaugelio visitors. Others trembled andwore silent. We were credibly infor-med that this was the third eveningof the exhibition ; that the first visionappeared to a colored man who sleptin the little back room, and who car-

ried the news of the dispensation tothe boys, and the next night the ma-

terialization was more vivid and con-vincing.''

A city gentleman who had just pur-chased a farm in the country, wishedto buy some cattle with which tostock it. He therefore attended anauction where cows were to be sold.One of them, a remarkably fine ani-mal, soon attracted his attention, audhe bought her at a fair price. Ho wasexamining his purchase, when a far-mer, who unfortunately had arrivedto late to buy the cow himself as hehad intended, drove up and thus ac-

costed him :

"I say, friend, did you bid off thatcow ?"

"I did," was the reply. ."Well, did you know she had no

front teeth in the upper jaw?""No," replied the gentleman, in-

dignantly. ''IsthatBO?""You can see for yourself."

The gentleman examined the mouthof the cow, and finding no upperteeth, immediately went to the auc-tioneer and requested him to sell thecow again.

"What's the trouble?" asked theauctioneer.

"She hasn't any upper front teeth,"was the reply.

"Very well," replied the auctioneerwith a smile, "I'll put her up oncemore."

He did so, and the shrewd farmerwho had given the information to thecity gentleman, bid her off at thosame price. St. Nicholas for Dec.

"There may be such a thing as loveat first sight," remarked a Detroitgirl, as she twisted a friz around thecurling iron, "but I don't believe inIt. There 1b Fred. I saw him a hun-dred times before I loved him. Infact I shouldn't have fallen in lovewhen I did, if his father haduit givenhim that house and lot."

A Prayjfer.that Created an Unpleasant-ness Among tbe-Sister-

They came near having a rdw'incolored prayer meeting at Key tesvillea few nights ago. One of the slaters,who had a grievance, prayed :

"O Lord, look down 'pon dy resem-bled children hyar dis ehenin', anraoob 'em with-D- grace. Tetch dar "

hearts wid de spirit ob all 'boundingIutr. Build up dar faith so strong dedebbil can't budge it, an 'speciallywould we ax, if it am poasible-wi- d deRedeemer, dat Bou put a little moahsense into d pate obldeyallow weueh whatam a gigglin'-o- n

de bench pre-oppoBi- te Dy belobed sar-- --

vant.""What'o dafyou'se enyla'-- ' td de

Lord 'bout me?" asked the wench, --

rising to a point of order. . :

Not seeming to notice the interrupr"tiou, the supplicator continued:

"Gib our fool aud errin' sister moredisgumption, O Lord, to see de diffureuce atwixt right an' wrong, an1 Jam- -

de huzzy to behave hersef in Dy holysaukchooary, 'stead of wrigglum'round like she had swallowed a cork-screw, an' 'tamiuaten- - dese saked pre-sin-ks

wid unholy winkins at de malean' maskeliue proportion ob dla.as--sembl- ed

gatherin'. An' oh" . .

"It's e lie! jjood Lord, it's a lie! audDou in Dy inflammate wisdom khowsI never done it!" shouted the tra-duced sister, who had now becomenearly wild with rage. "Dar'snotone particle ob troof in It. It's a lie, --

an' I can mash de Hess!" ;With these words she threw herself

over the bench on to the back of thekneeling sister, plunked her hands' in-

to the bustle of that devout butiudis-oret- o

person, and lifted her up bodily.Confusion reigned, and dire dismay

was in many faces that but a momentbefore were bright with the hope of .heaven. But a stalwart deacon final-ly separated tho females, calmed theirexcited feeliugs, and addressed there'"lieved audience in an impressive tonesaid :

"Bredern, it am better dat we dwell .

togederiu impunity. Less'pealtodefro no ob grace dat dan be no moah, .

Buch graceful disruption In our midst.Will brudder Johnson pleas make de'peal in one ob his powerful prayrs?"

And the appeal was well and timelymud e. Brunswicker.

A DreaaMhat Parted a Xan.ond Wife- -.

Bundyhas been marriedtwo weeksaud haajeft his wife. Bundy is a lit--

IPfWnJ8! weighs ISOpounds. About ten-day- s after marriage Bundy was surprised, on awaken-ing iu the morning, to find his betterhalf silting up In bed crying as if herheart would break. Astonished, heasked her the causo of her sorrow, butreceiving no reply, he began to sur-mise that there must be some secreton her mlud she withheld from him,that was the cause of her anguish ; sohe remarked to Mrs. B. that" as theywere married she should tell him thecause of her grief, so that, If possible,he could avert It, and after considera-ble coaxing he elicited the followingfrom her :

"Last night I dreamed I was single,and --as I walked through a well light-ed street I came to a store where asign in front advertised husbands forsale. Thinking it curious, I entered,and arranged around the-wal- l, on ei-

ther side, were men with prices affixed to them. Such peautlful men somefor one thousand dollars, some for fivehundred dollars and so on down toone hundred and 'fifty dollars ; and asI had not that amount I could notbuy."

Thinking to console her, Bundyplaced his arm lovingly around her,and asked, "And did you see anymen like me there ?w

"Oh, yes," she replied, drawing-awa- y

from him, "lots like you ; theywere tied up in lots like radishes andmarked "10 cents u bunch."

Bundy got up and went to ask hislawyer if he had not sufficient groundfor divorce.

How to Get Along- -Do not stop to telf stories in busi-

ness hours.If you have a place of business, be

found there when wanted.No man cau get rich by sitting-roun- d

stores and saloons.Never "fool" or trifle in business-matter- o.

Have order, system, .regularity, lib--.erality and promptness.

Do not meddle with business youknow noth Ing about.

Never buy an article you do notneed, simply because it is cheap, audthe man who sells it will take it outin trade.

Trade is money.Strive toavoieVhard words and per-

sonalities.Do not kick every stone in the path...Pay as you go.A man of honor respects his wordf

as bis bond.Aid but never beg.Help others when you can, but nev-

er give what you cannot afford, simp-ly because it is fashionable.

Leam tosay "ucv" No necessityof snapping it out dog fashion, but sayit firmly aud respectfully

Have but few confidants the fewerthe better- -

"Father, bring home your moneyto-nig- Is the titleof thelatest newtemperance song. It should ba fol-

lowed by "Stop at'-- the giocery, dearfather, and fetch us a codfish-fa-x;

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