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DENTIST AND JEWELER
OLIClTS THE PATRONAGE OF TOE
D-ot. Work -warrnnfed. Office cor
"Walnnt and Pin Strt. vMAy
Footry.
i:'.CTA' OF AGES.
'Rock of Ages, cleft for rue,"
Thoughtlessly the maiden snug:
Fell the words unconsoionsly.
From her girlish, gleeful tongue;
Sang as little children sing:
Sang as .siug the; birds in June:
Fell the words like light lea vis down
On the current of the tune "
Rock of Ages, cleft forme,
Let m: hide myself in Thee."
"Let nuflude myself in Thee," j
Felt her soul no need to hide:
Sweet the song as song could be
And she had no thought beside;
AH the wordunhcedingly
Fell from lips untouched by care,
Dreaming not they each miht bo
On some other lips a prayer
"Hock of Ages, cleft forme
Let me hide myself in Thee." '
"Rock of Ages, cleft for ne,"
'Twas a woman sung them now,
Pleadingly and prayerfully;
Ev'ry word her heart did know.
Rose the song as storm-tossed bird
Beats wit a weary wing the air
Ev'ry note with sorrow stirred,
Ev'ry syllable a prayer
"Rock of Ages, cleft forme,
Let me hide myself in Thee."
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me," -
Lips grown aged sung the hymn
Trustingly ami tenderly;
Voice grown weak, ami eyes grown dim,
Let me hide myself in Thee."
Trembling tho tha voice and low.
Ran the sweet strain peacefully,
Like a river in its llow,
Sung as only they can sing
Who life's thorny paths have passed;
Sung as only they can sing,
Who behold the promised rest -
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee."
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me,"
Sung above a colli n lid;
Underneath, all restfully,
All life's joys and sorrows hid.
Nevermore, O storm-tossed soul,
Nevermore from wind or tide,
Nevermore from billows roll.
Wilt thou need thyself to hide.
Could the sightless, sunken eyes,
Closed beneath the soft gray hair.
Could the mute and stiffened lips
Move again in pleading prayer.
Still, aye, still the wv;s would be,
"Let me hide nivself in Thee."
Iul'is3Colliir5.3r.
A CONFEDERATE STORY.
The Letter
that Caused
to Desert-
Brave Ken
At a recent political gathering in
Tuscumbia, Ala., General Culkn A.
Uattle related the following touching
story iii the cme of his speecli:
During the winter of 18lu-(U it,
was my fortune to he President of
one of the courts-martial in the army
of Northern Yirginla. Ono bleak
December morning, while the snow
covered the ground and winds howl
ed around our camp, I left my bi
vouac tiro to attend tho session of
the court. Winding or miles along
the certain paths, I at length arrived
at the court ground at Hound Oak
Church. Day after day it hail been
our duty to try the gallant soldiers,
of that army, charged with violations
of military law; but never had I on
any previous occasion been greeted
by such anxious spectators as on
that morning awaited the opening of
the court. Case after cae vas dis
posed of, and at length the case of
"The Confedeate States r. Edward
Cooper" was called charge deser
tion. A few murmurs arose sponta
neously Trom tho battle-scarred spec
tators, as a j-oung artillery-man rose
from the prisoners' bench, and, in
response to the question, "Guilty.or
not guilty?" answered "Not guilty."
The Judge Advocate was proceed
ing to open tho prosecution, when
the court, observing that the prison
er was unattended byfcounsel, inter
posed and inquired of the accused,
"Who is your counsel?" He re
plied. "I have no counsel." Sup
posing that it was his purpose to
represent himself before the court,
the Judge Advocate was instructed
to proceed. Every charge and spec
ification against tho prisoner was
sustained. The prisoner was then
told to introduce his witnesses. He
replied. "I have no witnessesAs
tonished at the calmness with which
he seemed to be submitting to what
he regarded as -inevitable fate, I
said to him, "Have 3 0U no defense?
Is it possible that you abandoned
your comrades and deserted your
colors in the presence of the enemy
without any reason?" He replied,
"There was a reason, but it would
not avail me before a military court."
I said, "Perhaps you aro mistaken;
you are charged with the highest
crime known to militarv law, and it
v V.
' is your iluty to make known the
; causes that influenced your actions."
' For the first time his manly form
trembled, and his blue eyes swam in
tears. Approaching the president
. - K . I . . . . . . 1 . A T Til
vi me; tuiin j. rtreiiieii n leiitT,
saying as he did so, "There General,
is what did it." I opened the letter,
and in a moment my eyes filled with
j tears. It was passed from one to
! another of tho court until all had
j seen it, and those stern warriors who
had passed with Stonewall Jackson
I through a hundred battles wept like
1 little children. Soon as I stifHcient-
! ly recovered my self-possession, I
j read the letter as the defense of the
j prisoner. It was in these words:
i My lh-ar ftlu-arl:l have always
: been proud of you, and since your
! connection with the Confederate Ar-
my I have been prouder of you than
! ever before. I would not have you
! doanvthing wrong for tho world ;but
before "God, Edward, unless you
come homo we must die! Last night
; I was aroused by little Eddie's cry
! ing. I called and hesaid :-"Oh, mam
j ma, I'm so hungry!" And Lucy, Ed -I
ward, vour thirling Liiicy, she never
complains, iut sue is growing nun
ner and thinner evcrv dav. And bc-
1 fore God, Edward, unless you come
homo we must die. Yoi u M.i:v.
' Turning to the xtioner, I. asked:
"What did vou do when vou re
ccived this letter?" Ife replied: "I,
maoe application lor lunougn, ami
it was rejected ; again I made ap-
plication, and it was rejected ;a third
i i i r r 1 t -I.
time I made application,
was rejected, and that
and it
night,
as I wandered backward and
. forward in tho camp, thinkm
inv home, wi'h tho mild eyes
of
of
; Eucy looking up to me, and the
; burning words of Mary .linking in
.my brain, I was no longer the Con
federate soldier but 1 was the father
of Eucy and the husband of Mary,
and I would have passed those lines
if every gun i:i the battery had tired
upon me. I went to my home. Mary
ran out to meet me, he r angel arms
embraced me; and she whispered
'O! Edward, I am so happy! I am fuj
triad vou got vour furlough! She
i must have felt me shudder, for she
; turned pale as death, and catching
her breath at eve ry word, she said,
; nave vou come wunout vour iur-i
lough? O! Edward, Juhvard, go
back! go back! Let me and mv
! children go down together to the
grave, but O, for heaven's sake, save
! the honor of our name!' And here I
! am, gentlemen, not brought here by
, military power, but in obedience to
I tho command of Mary, to abide the
tencc of vour court.
Eveiy ofliccr of that court-martial
felt the force e)f the prisoner's words.
Before them stood, in beatific vision,
' '
; me eloquent pieauer ior a nusoami s
: i r.ii i 1 1
lumtuuucis wro:.s; uul hu-j
; been trained by their great leader,
JioDert x-j. Jjee, to treau tnepam 01
humanity, fortunately for the Con- ;
federacv, the proceeding:; of tho !
court were reviewed by the com
i manding-general, and upon the rcc
I ord ft as written:
; Heapovauteks, A. N. V.
j The tinding of the court is ap-
t i mm. : ... :.. 1 . l
, IHOHH, Aue p isonei is paiuoucu
; anel will report to his company.
j RobeutE. Lee, General.
j During the second battle of Cold
: Harobr, when shot and shell were
I falling "like torrents from the
mountain .cloud," my attention was
! directetl to the fact that one of our
batteries was being silenced by the
i duty, though tho lightning's Hash i . . .. " " " "" are ino V"' ""penansts,
, " . iing to alter its course or to hie a j believe in the magic of a great
; scorched the ground beneath their , . . u.i n,M t ri . . ,
, . . , . ... shot; perhaps lwre and there a sea- n;une as the .est legend to govern
1 feet, and each in his turn pronounced 1 , , rriot ! . . . .
!,lv. . , , casts a compassionate glance , rrance, and who still operate, with
tho venliet "liiltv. I' ortunatel v for .. ..... 1 1 t 1 ' 1 '
; concentrated fire of the enemy. When j som0 cotton seed, and ho had taken
i I reached the battery every gun but j & without a thought but what the ti
' one had been dismantled, "and by it ! tIe Sood. But another negrp
stood a solitary Confederate soldier,
with the blooel streaming from his
; side. As he recognized me he cle -
vateel his voice above the roar of
battle and said: "General, I have ! ten dys'iaiprisonnient and$20finc al
one shell left. Tell me, have I j though there was not a particle of tcs-
saved tho honor of Mary and Lucy?"
I raised my hat. Once more a Con
federate shell went crushing through
the ranks of tho enemy, anel the he-
! ro sank by his gun to rise no more.
Subscribe for the iNrrrrxrrvr.
j THE BIBLE AND ITS FOES.
' LRodgrrs' Superhuman Origin of the P.ible.
i If collected from the earliest times
j to the present day, infidel books
, -1-1 ...... 11 - 11 . I
wuuui occupjr ii iiiuru iiiiiu u uiim-
j and times the space of the one vol-
I ume against which they are directed,
and would certainly be much more
numerous than all the works that all
other "sacred" books ever had tho
honor of provoking either for or,
against them. If nil these books I
were placed in one library, and this
single one set on a tabic iu the mid
dle of it, ami irsttnr-ger were told
that this book affirmed to be, for
the most part, tho work of a number
of unlearned and obscure men bo
lonsring to a despised nation called
the Jews had drawn upon itself.for
its exposure, confutation, and de-
struct ion, this multitude of volumes,
I imagine he would be inclined to;
say: "Then I presume this little
book was annihilated long ago;
though how it could bo needful to
tvvitr n f lioiiniith tifll't SO lllllch for i
i
any such purpose, I cannot compre -
bond. For if the book bo what these
authors say, surely it should not be
tut: 11 t .. .y : 1 . . 1 , n. .. 1 : t
uuucmL 10 :m it iu , a,u
what wonderful matincss to write all
these volumes." How surprised
i would ho then be to learn that they
: wcro feU not to bo CUimh; tlia sim.
j,ar work3 wcrc helu mumviCi ev.
, , activelv than
..i . .
at the present time; and still to no
purpose in disabusing mankind of
tins same pnronsey: 110 woum
learn, indeed, that so far from ac
complishing the object, the new vol
umes aro little more than necessary
to replace those ef this fruitful but
fruitless literature, which is continu
al !v sinking into oblivion.
l,ui me volume iibmwnnu,
friends and foes, Without being
1. 1 it . ir : .1. ,n.
able to speak one word in its own
behalf, but what it has already J
.1 1 . r 1
wimoui nny power 01 expinn.u.on ui
rejoinder, in depreciation of the at
tacks made upon it, or to assist tbo:;c
I who defend it: it passes along the
; as ;a inajVstic hilc.nco. I,passive
j amillsUll this tumult of controve rsv,
: j which it tal.cs no p,irtfit might be
likened to some great ship lloating
down a mightv river like tho Ama
zon or Oronoco, the bhores of which
aro inhab ted by various savage
tribes. From every little cre ek or
inlet, from every petty port or bay,
' sallv tlotillas of canoes, some seem-
j iuJy fl.iendh Romo Bt.CIllijlsv hos.
;fiI -'h .vnri.:nl.B :n ..11 ho
- -
: terrors ef war paint, and their artil-
lew of bows and arrows. Thev are
.... .
hostile tribes: and. soon turning
i,, . -
their weapons against one another,
assn 1 each other wi-h ijroat farv ami
mutual loss. Meantime, the noble
, j .j , through the
e , ,
from the lotty huiwarKs.amt woimcis
1 t 1
at the hardihood of those who come
to assail his leviathan.
.....r- ,, rtTTrii I TV,rti mi '
JUSTICE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
... .
A lawyer from Chester, a heavy
negro county, give me many instan-!
illustratinff the African's judicial
; . 0 .
capacity. Not long since a negro
j offender was brought before a negro
! Trial J "stice. The prisoner's oflence
was, in fact, no offence at all, and it
was only out of malice that ho was
arrested. A white man a most re-
i spectnblo farmer had given him
claimed the cotton seed, and had
darkey No. 1 arrested for stealing.
1 Tne Tlial Justice heard the testimo-
j n3' an sentenced the poor negro to
timony upon which he could reason
ably base a' conviction. It happened
that tho CircuitCourt was in session,
and the Justice was informed that an
innocent man was in jail. He had
the Justice before him in court, nnel
i inquired for the Ustiraony, which
i4u willinnt le-;ifrn-! n r i- 1.. . - . 1 . a .
fio law declares f-hall be reduced to ,
j writing.
"I hain't got any," said the blade
.Tiisitifo. "T ilnn't do writing in
court; I keep it all in my head."
""What tcstinonv
j arroinst this imn"
did vou have
demanded tho
Judge.
lie could not givo any.
"Then why did you Convict himV"
the Judge asked.
" 'Cause, sah.I noticed him close,
and ho Jooked guilty."
"You coavicteJ him, then, ou his
j looks, and not on the evidence?"
I "Yes, sah; ho looked guilty and I
juumi .umguiuy.
-Tho black judicial ofiieer was
thereupon given some wholesome
i I.?...
advice, and departed with a bow and
a "Yes Huh
; EXPLANATiOM OF FRECNH PARTIES
The Assembly contains six distinct
parties, with seldom more than two
! and general! v onlv ono acting as a
i unit. rn juiv ,
measure of important
; lu1)Hc 1)olkv Tho rj)ul)i;(,.lJVp.u..
. ... lt ,r.
i is uouii'ii julu mien iiiciious; Alio 1
Left, who claim to bo tho llcpubli-
, c;m . .)ropor nml rcffo,,nizG
.lllllMK n t.a,(w. Tho v..
j . T.eft.wlu. nm v.;,.;,l T?r.,,ldi-
! ..1i., ..n.i r
j ists; and the Left Center, who are
J Conservative Republicans, recog
nizing Thiers a3 their chief spokes-
j , , lircctop of Ul .
()f tiiP8C lhu,0 f;u.i(JllSf the one
headed bvGonibctta is the strongest,
but never strongenough tocarrg nnv
measure without the concurrence of
tho Ihu'licals an.l tho Conservatives.
The Monarchial partv partv is di-
vided into tio Parties. Tlie Right
L ... ,
into tJo parties.
proner. is-fiiaiw; niinf t.
Chnuibordist's
, (,icmscl vo;, L(itilnist S,wh I J
i.licvo monarch v. and, that !
1 '
; of (,jo j,ourlon ,in(. Tlif;y irnon, !
j tat has ll0rn 1mo in ymnco i
1
1780 ,vhptllir 1( iho rrnnhVu . i
the cmpire.or the Orleans monarchy, !
as unlawful, illegitimate, and nu of- j
fence to the divine right of the j
JJourbon lino of kings.
Then there is what is called the
liight Center. Thfiso aro alio be- j
lievcrs in monarchv. but thev talk of ,
constitutions, of toleration of the
past, and are sweet n the house of
Orleans.
Thev prefer the Duke nf
Aum'ale or somo other member of the ; rai,, li,iC a riJo t)f hiU1o, manner,
family of Louis Philippe to any ,lu 'tJ breath smells likMho bung
member of tho Bourbon lino proper; j ,ir,lc ov a rnm t,as!: hvtdy, emptye I.
but at the same time thev prefer anv When Jersey lightning iz fust
I sort of monarchy to anv sort of ite-
j lmjic The :iht and Biht Ccn-
tcr That is tho Chambor.lists and
Orleanistsarc not strong enough
to carry any measure iu tho Assem
bly without tho assistance of either
iho Bonapartists or ono branch of
tho Republicans. Latt of all, there
; or less effect willj BUch
j onsJ as Lotli Ulnl( Al.q)Ct Austcr-
HtZf jCUVLf xicdland ami Borodino.
Sedan and Metz bluntetl their tools,
.... . . .
but they have hoper a compact or-
! ganization, and a oneness of pur-
; 0 . ..
' . .
tics sometimes than more numbers
without organization or a settled
plan of action. The Bonapartists do
not exceed 'M votes in an Assembly
of 730: but thev always hang to-1
gether, anel often send tho victory
in a elircction that secures to them
some remote advantage.
Since H. W . Beecher has begun a
prosecution of Tilton and Moulton
for libel, anel these delectable free
love rascal aro somewhat at elis
count, tho newspapers that were so
determined to make Beecher out
guilty, fhnjilif lnx-auyt Jir mi a
preacher, aro fixing their sails to
catch the adverse winds. Pretty
soon the will be bold enough to
write mild paragraphs in commenda
tion of Mr. Beecherand in conelemn
ation of Tilton ami Moulton, to bo
followeel when they thiuk they have
a safe foothold, by big held lines
j and "outs' words.
JERSEY LIGHTNING.'
i Who it was that invented alcohol
I I urn unable to tell without ' lvimr:
j but it would hav bin a fust class
blessing for tho rest of us if ho and
tho lickor had both ov thim been
spilt on tho ground and never been
scooped up since.
Tho devil himeclf,with all hi ren
ins for a 10 strike, could not hav
rolled a ball more serviceable for hi
bizness on era th; ono more certain to
quarter on the head pin, and fvrep
the alley every time. Hum i4 tho
devil's stool pigeon, hiz right bower,
; jlis , j' jllcj JUKr(Jj0 r.un0
A great mmmy, witlt dv.pej.tie
i m()niiSfar?y that lickor is indispensa
; ,,rl fol. luan;if;lctu rillff nn1 ll(K.f()l.
j nn)OSC.s nU(
alo ) for mekanikal
uses, and thev hohl tljat vu
could
not lni " 1):iln ihat '"hl Innd
withoutenny good old Jumaka rum,
and sum say that pudding sass,vsith
out enny perets in if, is no health
ier than common grease.
3ut all ov these argva aro furnith
od free ov cost by the devil himself,
! and ennv man who advances thoni iz
tfllil1' (w Uhout knowing it perJiaj)s)
mat Will woign, at a run rati-
I ,n:lt'?. "t least a pound'apiecc But
, ln.v 0,'j('d these fu prelimiuus re-
Mnat ks iz tew r.it a trood chance to
! tell what 1 know about "Jtrsev
j lightning" (ono of alconol's inips!)as
i a mauufaktring and mclnphvhika
; agent.
Jersey" lightning is cider brandy
three hours old, still-Lorn and
quicker than a lladi. This juico is
: "J 1110 out sports, ami
! niakes a premonitory and hissing
utiise as it wnnis clown th throat,
1 ,u. au 01,1 liC oosc tting on eggs
' or 11 not 'l'011 stuck into ice water.
; lhree horns a d;iy of this lickor will
m a man's interior in six months so
that ho kan swallow a live, six-footed
krab, feet fust, and not Nvaslo a
..
wimc.
11 ihm't 'lt n ,,,:in (eider brandy
'"'O Hko wliiskeo duz but puckers
,lim UV hd potatozo. If a man
kan survive the fust tliivo years of
J-wy lightning, he iz Fafe tlicu for
theyliext years tew cum, and keeps
Poking e very day more like a three.
year old red pepper pod, hotter, hot
ter. An old eider brandy drinker
1 1 1 . . .
: wm sienni, in a ii.iuu Miowcr of
1 ,M,1U x"sl0li llUC "''uig turpcjitiuo
! ftn' f"'yenne, half-and-half, and will
ralc a ino'1 htcr on a pair ov old
a. .
',vhnie orogans in 10 mtnits, and
applied externally will euro ruma-
I tism or kiil tho patient, I forgot
which. The fust horn a man takes
ov this lickor will make him think ho
has swallowed a gr-ts-b'ght, and ho
will go out behind tho b..rn and tiy
tew die luit kant. Tho eyes of an
ehl cider-brandist look liko deep
gashes kut into a ripo tomato, his
noze iz tho komplexshun of a half
biled hbster, and Iho grizzle in his
gullet sticks out liko an dbo iu a
tin leader.
Tho more villainous tho drink, tho
more inveterate aro thoso who drink
it, I kant te'l ver whether cider
j amy will shorten an old H:ckeri
j lVs or uot to1' thoy generally out-
1 llvo a11 11)0 rofc of tho i'ars, and
i it i 1
mo Jusl soon a luo
old tavern
stand changes hands and iz eipencd
on temperance principals. Ono bot
tle of sassaperilla or ginger pop iz iz
fatal tew these old fellers nz a ritlo
all is to n )Ctl hu
'no'
1 rrt
I would do most ennylhing but
murder to save a young man from
Jersey lightning, but tricing to savo
an old one iz like tricing tew putfiro
out ova holler log; yu might az well
let it burn up, for the ashes iz worth
moro than tho log. Jo.h IHUivgs,
How to pronounce a Polish name,
j sneeze three times and say ski.
Tho farmers of tho U.iitcd States
expend $20,000,000 in reaping
and mowing machines. Tho annual
production in estimate! at 121,000
madiiuo.
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