The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-12-01

me-" said Mrs. Murke Il shall never forget
her early influence over my husband; but, Mr..
L'ghte, we must not waste time in grief, and
every sorrow has compensations-yo have
now one less to support in these hard times
Your wife had great many children, and was
ambitious Tor them and liked to keep up a good
appearance in the world. She was aneexcelent
woman, but you may find another that will do
as well as she, and save your money besde.''
'Ah.' broke forth the husband, too grieved
for anger, "she spent money for us ;she watched,
and planned, and wasted all her strength for
our welfare; this house is full of the works of
her hands. Ny heart is full of recollectons of
her patient love and industry. have too often
panied the gentle heart that is sleeping by re-
peang here your avaricious advice. Yes
terday my partnership witt, your husband was
dissolved; to-day, Mrs. Murke, l beg leave to
dissolve my acquaintance with yourself"
And they buried her, that good Carrie with
the fruit tof her hands she had planted a vine
yard and when she was dead her husband and
children dwelt therein.
The Murkes added gold to gold, and ''laded
their souls with that thick clay They built
tlne house, and gave great formal party
evory yoar; then covered the furniture packed
away the silver, locked the parors, and lived
in few small back rooms.
MIR. Murke's daughters married early: to
escape their ungenial home they accepted the
| first adventurers that offered themselves, and
one by one came back to her father with wasted
health, and ruined hopes, and family of chill"
dren. His sons rushed into dishonesty and ex.
travagance, and were a living disgrace and
sorrow to the parents hearts. - j %l
Doing out with many sigh the scanty pitt
tance which they consider needful for the wants
i of their children and grandchildren, Mr.. and
Mrs. Murke live alone in their house, pore over
newspapers and deeds, discuss stocks bonds
and notes, and feel miseraby poor, as we'll
/ they may who have lost their souls for the sake
of that which perisheth # " sF.e-
Mr.. Lighte, with sufficient property for all
his wants, divides his time between many house
holds, all copies Of the dear one he can never
forget; and IN each Of which lie is eagerly well
coined, and cared for with watchful love. His
children continually develop before his eyes
the traits which he has now learned to appre;
ciate IN his buried wife. They have taken the
place in society for which their mother fitted
them, have married into good families, are STIR
grounded with refined friends, and make them
selves attractive by whatever among the COM
forts or eegancies of life may be within reach.
AS Charles Lighte, an old man now, sits thus
at the freside of bis children, and watches his
daughters, ornaments to society, blessings to
their homes, comforters to the destitute-and
his sons forward in all good works and manly
enterprises-tears, not of loneliness, but of
gratitude, fill his eyes, and he thinks how the
good wife, ''being dead, yet speaketh." Yea,'
''let her own work praise her. r.--.>-..
y Reader t wou11 pot ri c,o tbo ox,o11,.t
and needful virtue of economy; but only sue-
gest by this sketch, drawn from actual life,
that there is a judicious expenditure which
leads to wealth, and piggardly accumulation
which leads to misery
A HUNDRED YEARS AGo-The Pittsburc
f Post, alluding to the near approach of the one
hundredth anniversary of fort Duquesne, says
One hundred years ago there was not a sim
; gle white man in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and
; Illinois territories Then what is now the most
tlourlshing part of America was as little known
as the country around the mountains of the
moon. 1t was not until 1869 that the "Hunter
r of Kentucky" the gallant and adventurous
, Boone, left his home in North Carolina to be-
t come the first settler of Kentucky. The first
4 pioneers in Ohio did not settle until twenty
years ago after this time. A hundred years
r ago Canada belonged to France, and the whole
population of the United States did not exceed
a million and half of people. A hundred
years ago the great Frederick Of Prussia was
> performing those great exploits which have
, made him immortal in military annals, and with
his little monarchy was sustaining single
handed contest with Russia, Austria and France,
| the three great powers of Europe combined.
A hundred years ago Napoleon was not born,
and Washington was young and modest
; Virginia colonel, and the great events in the
history of two words, in which these great but
! dissimilar men took leading parts, were then
scarcel y foreshadowed. A hundred years ago
t the Union was the most loyal part of the Brit
=! ish empire, and on the political horizon no
| speck indicated the struggle which, within a
= score of years thereafter established the great
est republic of the world. A hundred years
| ago there were but four newspapers in America,
steam engines had not been imagined, and rail-
e roads and telegraphs had not entered into the
, remotest conceptions of man. When we come
y to Look back at it through the vista of history
we find that to the century which has passed
. has been allotted more important events in
! their bearing upon the happiness Of the world
= than almost any other which has elapsed since
:, the creation. ..
A hundred years hence what will be the de-
! velopments? 1t is past finding out except in
= one thing-a thought which astonished Xerxes
p when he stood upon mount Athos-al, with
: but few exceptions, now living will be dead.
> can American Abroad writes from La
Spezza, Italy, on the 26th ult., that he had
q just been on visit to Carrara. where he saw a
great many engaged in cutting the famous
y marble of that locality, and adds:
. The town is altogether made up of ateliers
# where they work the stone, chimney pieces and
- - monuments astonishly we'll and cheaply. Then
g there are innumerabIe cupids, fisher boys,
y Magdalens, and all the popular statuary re-
), peated to wearisome extent. We saw very
fine Frederick the Great on a horse standing on
= three legs, general jackson and a pony at
Franconi's are the only ones who have yet re-
, duced the number and gigantic Columbus
leaning on best bower, with an able bodied
l. Greek featured squaw, as usual, knewling al
, his feet. 1t is going to Genoa, and will prove
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