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showered like rain. 1t was the funeral Of
Bertel Thorwalsden, with the Danish nation
for mournersl And she--the old woman who
gazed at it as it slowly wound by-she was
Amalie, his first love Thorwalsden had never
married, neither had she.
"Ah, Hmlin T. murmured the old woman,
wiping away tears from a source which for
many long years had been dry, how marvel
Gus is the will Of God To think that should
live to behold this sight Poor, poor Bertel
All that predicted came to pass; but, ah
me who knows whether You might have en-
joyed happier life after all bad you stayed
with your old father and mother, and married
me7 All, Himlin, there's only One can tell!
Poor, poor Bertel" |"
-Four years more sped by, and one fine Sab
bath morning an aged aud decrepid female
painfully dragged her weary limbs through tho
crowded rooms of that wondrous building
known as Thorwalsden's Museum She paused
not 20 glance at the matchless works Of sculp-
turs, but crept to an open doorway leading into
the inner quadrangle, in the centre Of which
low tomb of gray marble inclosed the mortal
remains of him whose hand created the works
which fll the edifce. Step by step she drew
close to the tomb, and sank on the pavement
by It's side. Then she laid down her crutch
and pressed her bony hands tight over her
skinny brow "Ia, ja,' murmured she they
told me to lie here, and prayed God to grant
me strength to crawl TO the spot, and he has
heard me. Alb, Himlenl l can die happy
now |"
She then withdrew her hands and peered at
the simple but all-comprehensive inscription Of
Bertel Thorwalsden," deeply cut on the side
Of the tomb Then she raised her forefDger
and earnestly traced with it every letter to the
end. Smiling feebly, she let fall her hand.
while an evanescent CLEAN Of subtle emotion
lighted up her lineaments. "Tis true no
moulders hero. Poor Bertel, we shall meet
again--in heaven!
Her eyes closed and her head slowly sank
upon her breast, in which attitude she remained
until one of the officers Of the museum, who
had noticed her singular behavior, came up.
"Gammel kone," told wife) said he, "what
are you doingi"
She answered not and he slightly touched
her shoulder, thinking she was asleep. Her
body gently slid to the ground at the touch.
and he then saw that she slept tie sleep Of
death.-Ohamber,' EHinbwg Journal.
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The Children.

As this is the Cbildren's Festive Season the fol
lowing beautiful poem by Charles Dickens will bc
read with pleasure:
When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And the school for the day is dismissed,
And the little ones gather round me,
To bid me good night and be kissed:
Oh, the little white arms that encircle
Nv neck in a tender embrace
Oh the smiles that are halOs of heaven,
Shedding sunshine of love on my face!
And when they are gone sit dreaming
Ofmv childhood, too lovely 10 last:
Oflcve that my heart will remember,
When il wakes to the pulse Of the past
Ere the world and its wiekedness made me
A partner Of sorrow and sin;
When the glory Of God was about me,
And the glory Of gladnes' within.
Oh. nv heart grows weak as a woman's
And the fountains Of feeling will flow,
When think Of the paths steep and stony,
Where the feet of the dear ones must 90;
or the mountains OF sin hanging o 'er themi
OF the tempest ofFate blowing wild;
Oh there Is nothing on earth halt so holy
As the innocent heart Of child!
They are idols of hearts and Of households;
They are angels Of God in disguise;
His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,
His glory stills CLEANS in their eyes;
Oh those truants from home and from heaven
They have made me more manly and midi
And know how Jesus could liken
The Kingdom Of God to child.
ask not a life for the dear ones,
All radiant, as others have done
But that life may have just enough shadow
To temper the glare Of the SUM-
would pray God to guard them from evil,
But nv PRAYER would bound back to myself
All a seraph may pray for sinner.
But a sinner must pray for himself.
The twig is so easily bended,
have banished the rule and the rod;
Ihave taught them the goodness ofknowledge
They have taught me the goodness of God;
Nv heart is dungeon Of darkness,
Where shut them from breaking rule;
Nv frown is sufficient correcton:
Nv love is the law of the school,
Ishall leave the old house in the autumn,
To traverse its threshold no more;
All how shall sigh for the dear ones
That meet me each morn at the door!
shall miss the good nights" and the kisses
And the rufh Of their innocent giee,
The group on the green. and the flowers
That are brought every morning to me.
shall miss them at morn and at evening,
Their song in the school and the street;
Ishall miss the low hum Of their voices,
And the tramp of their delicate feet.
When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And death saws, "The school s dismissed" |"
NAY the little ones gather around ne,
To Did ne good night and De kissed'
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Once on a time gentleman and bis servant
were travelling together, and the gentleman
called to his man and said unto bin: John,
get thee down from thy horse, and / will get
me down from my horse then take OF tho
saddle that Is on thy horse. and Afterwards
take of the saddle that is on my horse. Then
take thou the saddle that was on my horse
and put it on thy horse and the saddle that
was on thy horse, put thou on my horse. :
Lord, SIR" says John, could you not have
said, chaoge saddles p
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LEFFERsONINSTITUTE

rT1HE next Session Of nv School for Young La
dies will commence on IONDAY. the l4h
ddV of SEP TENDER, 1865, and close the last
THURSDA y IN JUNE, 1869.
Being provided with competent Assistants, every
advantage for thorough course in English, Mu-
sic and the Languages will be Afforded. The course
of study embraces Latin.
Particular attention will be paid to Music, and
Pupils will be required to play at the Musical
Soirees, which will be given once in two months,
when the friends of the Pupils can have an oppor-
tunity to Judge ofther progress.
English Department-MRs. FORREST.
Mathematics & Languages-MIss IaENE
LEACHE. -
INSTRUMENTAL MUs1C-MRs. RICHARDSON.
Vocal Musrc-MIss MAMIE FORREST.
Terms:
For Board, and Tuition in English and Latin per
sessiOn..,-.................,....
One half in Advance and The rsTldinder on the fret
Of Jonudrs
Lights and Washing Extra. The usual deduc-
tion made for pupils who remain only during the
scholastic week.
DAY SCHOLARS.
Senior
intermediate and Junior
Primary
Instrumental
Vocal
French, German, Italian and Spanish, each.....?0
References:
zs-The Clergy of the different denominations In
Charlestown, and the patrons Of the School.
MRS. i. N. FORREST.
Charlestown, jefferson County.
In1
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Boarding and Day School
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
No 1877 Nest Street,
GEORGETOWN, D. C.
Mrs. n. T. BIDB & MISS 8. A. LIrscoMD,
PRINCIPALS.

THIS Institution was opened on the 9th Of Sep
tember, ls6 S.The Principals having been
engaged for years in some Of the best institutions
of learning in the country. feel prepared TO carry
pupils through a systematic course, comprising
the advanced as well as the elementary branches
of a thorough education.
II will be the constant aim Of the Principals to
surround their Bosrders with an agreeable and
salutary home influence. To secure this, order
and strict attention totneatness in all their do
nestle arrangements are deemed absolutely essen
tial.
The scholastic year will be divided into two
Sessions the first commencing September 9th,
will end with the first week in February; the Sc
cond Session, commencing with the second week
in February, will end July lst.
Terms &C., made known on application to Prin-
cipals. Send for Circular containing references
September q, 1865.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-08-11
From the Toledo Blade.
49,. IL IL

A gentleman who is now a prosper
Gus merchant of this city, was ten
years ago clerk in an Eastern busi-
ness house, on salary of four hund-
red dollars year. Among his ae-
quaintances at that time was Young
man in poor circumstances, who was
in the habit of coming to him quite
frequently for small loans, ranging
from fifty cents to dollar or two, un-
til the amount thus lent had reached
twenty-three dollars. The 800 clerk
who paid his own board and had oth-
er expenses to meet that required all
the means at his command, finally re-
quested his borrowing friend to give
him his note for the S23, which he did
when the creditor Immediately receipt
ed the document and returned it to
the borrower, who took the hint and
did not ask for another loan.
The clerk steadily advanced on the
road to success, and not long after this
occurrence began business for him
self in the West, the past few years
having been spent in Toledo. Abb
sence and business cares had driven
the circumstance from his mind, and
having heard nothing from his former
friend, the matter had escaped his
memory, when a day or two since he
was astonished at receiving from an
other city in the East letter written
by the small borrower and enclosing
a draft for S23 with interest for ten
years, together with thanks for the
favOrs shown the writer in time of
need. We overheard the gentleman
say something about "never been
more surprised in all his life,H and
declared he should return the amount
Of interest, with his compliments, to
the honorable fellow who had done
such a praisewOrthy act.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-08-11
The CHRONICLE.
From the Overland Monthly
REPOSE,

The cool, wet grasses lure my weary feet;
The tender winds entrtat;
The velvet tongues of blossoms red and white
Woo me 10 their delight.
All day the fields entice me, and all day
The forrest calls, Away:
"BehoId, how tenderly our roots are spread
With moses for thy bed.
"How pleasantly the sunshine lies adrowse
On these our slender bouehs-
"Green-fringed as the cedar trees that plume
The brows Of Lebanon.
"wfthin our fragrant depths the hours go by
Serene and TRANQUILITY
"As some still flowing watercourse that feeds
The flowers of pleasant meadS.
Here doth the lily sway in graceful ease
Her weight of drowsy bees
Here blooms the guelder-rose, and here doth
The daisy's blussoming,
''with lotus-buds and spice-trees bending
Whence all sweet odors How.
Throughout the fragrant dusk the niGhtin-
Makes musical the vale.
"An day the meadow songSters earrolled
words
Blend with the forest birds.
'All day the water-vOice, that ever grieYeS,
Calls answer from the leaves.
o pleasant voices! when shall have done
With toll beneath the sun?
o happy voices! when shall be freed
To follow where ye lead?
o world, that claims me and that yet denies,
When shall my soul arise
When shall my heart find answer to its need,
And peace and rest, indeed?
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-08-11
A Band Of Robbers Organized in Wood
County.

Daniel NJ. SwOpe, whOresides in the
south part OF Wood county. has been
detected in an effort to organize a gang
Of thieves and robbers. On the 26th
of July he went to FOstora, where he
met John Wood, who was induced to
accompany Sw0pe through the cOun-
try. They went from FOstnria to Ar
eadia and Findlay, back to Arcadia
and across the country to Basc0m,
and from Bascom back to FOstoria,
arriving here in the morning, after
having travelled all night. On their
nightly rounds SwOpe introduced to
Wood the subject of becoming a men,
Der of a secret clan, to be handed to-
gether for the purpose of robbery, and
that murder, bound together Dy an
oath. Swope administered the oath
to Wood, and requested him to sign
the agreement Of the league. On ar
irving at FOstOria Wood took from
him by force the agreement by which
members were to be found, and deliv-
cred him to Constable Drenning.-
The following is copy, verbatim, of
the oath:
I'VE, the undersigned, do solemnly
and firmly bind ourselves together
into league for the purpose of never
! disclosing any secret whatsoever, of
any nature, Kind or sort, that may be
/ given by one to the other, and that
we will faithfully keep all trusts that
we may enter into of whatsoever ma
ture or description, and that we will
| faithfully. unto the diving death of
each and all fulfill this agreement
Whereas, that if one or the other shall
ornf "a G1s tnr~
/ other means the other shall assist by
/ all possible means for his, the disabled
ones benefit. Further, anything that
shall be necessary 10 procure means
for living We are bound to go into
with due respect to gain, and that
while one has the other shall have
also. If one shall be inveigled into
law in any shape, the other is bound
/ TO assist, by any means whatsoever,
to deliver the one so distressed out; it
shall be no difference what shall be
required at his hands. Noseeret shall
be told by either OF us to any person
| whatsoever.
"Odth-We, and each of US, do for
ourselves solemnly swear by and be-
fore God Almighty, the searcher of
all hearts, and his holy angels, and
before the heavenly throne of God
Almighty's power, that wewill faith
fully keep and perform each and all
Of the foregoing statements, here set
forth in this instrument, so help US
Almighty God. The penalty for the
violation of this oath by either party
shall be death"
Swope had signed the agreement,
and it also contained the name of
residentO of Jackson township, Seneca
/ county.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-08-11
Freaks Of a NObleman.

England is not the only country in
which young persons of consideration
turn sOmersaults out of the window
and roll in the kennel to amuse them
selves. A young Frenehman of high
family has just been obliged to leave
Tor Australia in consequence of his
many follies and misdeeds. He had
several times barely escaped being
sent to prison, and his friends had all
the trouble in the world to prevent
his following the example of the Duke
of Newcastle's brother, Lord Arthur
Clinton, and going on the stage, though
in the very subordinate capacity of q
clown at circus. One of the "eccen-
tricities" related of him is that while
secretary of a prefeet in southern
department of France, he appeared at
q masked ball, given by an eminent
official, leading bear by a string
He gave everybody to understand
that this bear was the prefect in dis
guise, and the bear was consequently
allowed to behave with a freedom
which would not have been pardoned
in brute, but was thought permisi-
BILE in a prefect. The bear danced
much more successfully, we suspect,
than President Grant at Long Branch.
The bear waltzed, which certainly
President Grant did not attempt to do
The bear hugged his partners, which
President Grant, we are sure. never
would have dreamed of doing. In
hort, as the ball went on, the bear
drew all eyes upon himself, and no.
body wondered that for a week after
wards the prefect forbOre to appear in
public. The most charitable of the
citizens hoped that his Exeellency
really had the grace to be ashamed of
himself. At the end of the week,
however, it turned out that the pre-
feet had gone to Paris the night before
the ball, and that the bear was no
other than the secretary's valet, the
low Leporello of this vulgar Don
Giovanni. The best society of that
department has not yet got over blush
ing with mingled rage and shame.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-08-11
How Topsawyer was Identified.

Topsawyer, of the house of Top
sawyer, Bullion & Co., importers and
merchants, Boston, found himself
going into a bank in New York, last
week, with a check drawn to his
order, which he duly indOrsed and
presented to the paying teller.
"Mr. Topsawyer?" inquired that
individual, glancing at the robust fig
ure before him.
"Yes, sir" said Topsawyer, sOnOr-
ously from behind his ample waist
coat, "that's my name"
"Know any one here, Mr.. TOPsaw-
yer"i
know any one here?n said the
merchant, looking around.at the busy
crowd of money-eounters, boOk-keep-
ers, and others that were within his
range of visiOn-"NO, not soul"
Every sorry sir, we cannot pay out
money unless the holder of the check
is known to US, or identified as being
the proper person to receive it, by
some one we know"
Proper person to receive it, sir,
said TOpsawyer, growing red about
the gills; "prOper person to receive
why, anybody knows me in New
York; Spratt, Roe & Co., fish deal
ers; II. c. Ninmon & Co., grocers !;
Bullion & Co., bankers"
"Very likely sir, but do not know
you sir, and you must bring in some
one that know to identify you.
Topsawyer, crimson, and swelling
with suppressed Indignation that he,
the great Topsawyer, should be served
in this manner, seized the check and
strobe into the street. He had walk
ed scarce half a dozen steps when he
met Gallons, of Gallons Bros. x Co.
the great dry goods house.
"How are you GallOOns! Just the
man I want to see! Come in here
and identify ME so can draw a
check"
"Certainly," said Gallons. and in
they went.
"Mr. Teller" said Topsawyer to
the payer out of bank notes, "allow
me to make you acquainted with Mr..
Gallons, house GallOOns Bros. & Co.,
dry goods, Murray street"
"How do you do, sir?" said the
teller.
"This is all right" said Galloons,
pompOusly from behind another big
waistcoat. "This is Mr.. TOpsawyer,
of Boston, and l know him.
"That may be SIR" said the teller
again to Gallons, "but don't know
!yOy."
"Wha-wa-whatI" said TOpsawyer,
boiling over at the second refusal
don't you know him! What dye
mean by that? HdUeH't I Just intro
dtced .yO,I 9"-BOstOR Commercial
Bulletin.