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Delegates 10 the judicial COnyen-
rdf1Efki tlOn.

The following named delegates and
proxies attended the Judicial Convention
held at Barnesyille on the 29lh ult
Adams w. S. WILEY.
Benton-AUGUsT MEYER.
Bethel-*H r. WEST.
Center-J. p. SPRIGGs, I. .. LITTLE
ROBERT. MCCAMMoN.
Franklin-ALEx PIoKENs.
sGreen-GEo NEFF, "a. G. MILLER.
Jacksou-*Dr. j. WAY.
Lee-*J. L. MORRILL,.
Malaga-JAMEs ARMSTRONG, j. A
SCHwoB. sts
4Ohio-#JAs. r. NORRIS,
fPerry--*WM. o. BUTLER. aias
Salem-JAMEs RuTTER, JOHN MORRILL,.
Seneca-JAMEs FoLGER.
eSummit-*DAyID OKEY, 2 votes.
Sunsbury-JoHN KEYsER, 2 votes.
Switzerland-AARoN HEADLEY.
Washington-O. f. FLINT, JOHN
BEARpMoRE.
Wayne-EDwARD NoFFsINGER.
#Proyy.
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LOCAL NOTICES.

s@r Notices in this column aoill be charg-
Ell 10 cents per line. A reduction loHt JE
made for notices running 2, 3 d 6 months.
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wJ. W. HAYS, Postmaster at Barnes
vile, has rendered his resignation.

ETA camp meeting will be held at
Summeriield,' Noble County, the latter
part of August. 80
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WA. c. MILLER & Co., Bankers cash
pension checks free of charge.
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Hon. James NJ Wood, ex-Msyur Of Williams.
D..

port, Pa: r s.
l take great pleasure in recommending
''Hoofand's German Toric'' to any one who
may be afflicted with Dyspepsia. I had the
Dyspepsia so badly it wasimpossibls to keep
any food on my stomach, and L became SO
weak as no. to be able to walk half a milss
Two bottles of Tonic effected a perfect curs,
.-.gs ,..s..3-f - JAMES NJ. WooF,
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REMEMBER THAT
EEGGfEani's German Ritters,
,N ATT y .s'sts = I 8
EEOOfland's German Tonic,

~ WI Cure Evey Case OF ai,ss
MtRASAIUS,or or Wasting AWAY of the Body.
fit3a2 REMEMBER THAT w
HOofiand'S G IN u II Remedies;
Are the medicines you require to purify the
Blood, excite the tvrpid Liver to healthy ac7
ton, aud to enable you to pas safely through
any .hardshps or exposure. 81. stast. 81
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. kBonr Stseet Commissioners, with a
pretty strong force, was engaged the lat
ter part Of last week removing ash piles
and other rubbish from Main Street
The drains were repaired and placed in
good condition.
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The Campaign Spirit.

We will furnish the SPIRIr to CAM
paign subscribers commencing at any
time and expiring the 1st day of No
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-IAg9R6EtAfl 1 81 DE r.

s..Ag1RfEi M / n DE r.
To Debilitated Persons. to Dyspeptics, to Snf-
ferers from Liver Complaint, to those having
10 Appetite, TO. those with b oxen Down Com
stitutiots to Nervous pcople.to Children VAST
in~ Away. to anv with Deb;litated Direstive
Organs or @tterfag -ariM 0nyof HtJollori69
snnptJpS, teticb itdcHe DsIrlrt.t Liccr OF
!St0Diach.
such as Con- l's.
stipation, Inward
Piles, Fullness or
blood to the he II, acid
i:y of the stomach Nau.
4. ses, Ifsartburu. Disgust for
FOOD, FutIusss or Weight in the
Stomach, Sour Fluctuations, Sink.
ing or FiutteriIig dt the Pit of the
Stomach, Swimming Of the Head, Hur.
rie and Diff suit Breathimg. .Fluttering at
the Hart. Ch,kiug or .Sdfacatins Seusa;sf
tions, when in a Lying P6stire, mus. of
Vision, Dots or webs bef)rs the Sight, Fs-4
yer and Dull Pain iu ths Heal Defcien.
cv OF Perspiration, Yelowna.s of the
Skin AMI Eyes, Pain in tn. Side,
Back. Chest. Limbs. &c. sudden
Flushes of Heat, Burning in
the Flash. Constant I'm 8
aginings of Evil and i
Great Depression
of Sprits
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j h IL g.. VIII. E.EA. VI -,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Woodsheld, Monroe County, Ohio.
mehl2,7l.
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w-A sure cure for bugs of all kinds
upon plants and vegetables, is to make a
thin whitewash-say pint of slack lime
to a pailfull of water--and sprinkle ii
through watering can over the vines.
1t will, without fail, kill potato bugs, cut
worries, or anything of the kind.
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will appear during the exhibition in some
OF his marvellous feats of Magic.
In the afternoon, at 6 O'Clock, Miss
CARRIE MAY will
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Hon. VIM. r. Rogers, Mayor of the city Of
RuHoIn NJ ".

Buffalo, ~ Y: 8f las
Mayors 0fice Buffalo, June %. 1863;
have used "Hoofand's German Bitters and
Touic" in my family during the past year and
can recommend them as an excellent tonic,
imparting tone and vigor to the system
Their use has been productive of highly benz
efcial effects. iJi WM r. RoaERss
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.Netu 9Obutlsements
Select School.

a Select School.
THE next regular session of the Antioch
L Select School will commence on Tues.
day, August 1, 1871, and continue ter
weeks.
TERMS:
Common branches S. 0C
Higher - Z OF
Tuition invariably required in advanced. NJ
deductions will be allowed for absence during
the term, nor will any money be refunded, ex
cept in cases of Observation-Disclosures g.
.-atsI q, sssENOCH NJ MARTIN, Ffshdipat.
Antioch, O.; July 4, 1S71-w6.
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FIF Y CE N z g +.

ats,form your campaign clubs of
subscribers, in each township and, by so
doing, prepare yourselves to make a
Vigorous and successful campaign.
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Walk the Tight Rope.

across the street, so feet above the
ground. For particulars see programmes
Admission SOC. . Children 25c.
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Manhood, Womanhood,
THEIR MUTUAL AUTHORIZATIONS.

By Prof. o. S. FOW Z II !,
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CALIFORNIA MINSTREL =.
.i-"l IL !
AND
VARIETY co NJ PlNY

The above comprising - of the most
talented performers in the country VIII
give an exhibition ON
Thursday Night, July 6, 1871,
in the Court House. Prof. WHITE, the
World Renowned Magician.
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wThe Radicals of Guernsey County
nominated the following ticket during
last week:
Observation-Disclosures ARMSTRONG
Auditor-FRANus HAMMOND.
TredSurer-JAMEs PATTON.
Pros. Atfy-J. Q. GRIMES.
Comm iSSioner-JoNATHAN Rose.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-05-17
-.~.s
Coz - r.

After two weeks Of arduous labor
the May Term Of the Court Of Sc. si,us
and Common Pleas, Tor Suu.;er, closed
on Saturday afternoon last.
Judge GREEN exhibited an AMOUNT Of
patience yet decided readiness and Is
patch) imparliaity and ability, which
show his fuess for the bench.
The most important Casa case that
largely occupied public attention aud
consumed four or five days-was the
trial Of Mr.. D. G.. ROBERTSON, under
indictment for perjury. L. W. Mol>r,
Esq, with signal ability, managed
the case, mainly, for Solicitor ArKlN.
son, on the part Of the State. Tie
accused was ably defended By G n.
j. b. KKRsnAw and JAS. S. G.
RIcHAED>oS aud JosErH GAILAcuAT,
ksqrs The case involved vast amolnt
Of elimination and re.crimiuaiion, al
Of which, for the sake Of humanity, aud
under the peculiar and delicate attend
ant circumstances, we would fain co:er
beneath the merci(ul nao;le of OBJ
liyiop.
The Jury-consisting Of two white and
ten colored-was greatly perplczed in
a satisfactory finding. and the result vas
6 mistrial. Eleven Zone white and ten
colored) favored verdict of not guilty,
and yet were not unwilling that it should
assume the aspect which was the rcsul,
of final disagreement.
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THE ssSOCIABLE.n

By the ladies' of the Methodist Church,
will, the presen: week, and hereafter, be
held Oh Thursday afternoon and evening
at Mr.. J. r. SoLoMoNs' fue new Hall.
a piano, and music (vocal and inSiru-
meutal: likely.) not folmal-but iaior-
NAL, Incidental OF sociable, are expected
to grace the occasion.
The ladies feel clccrcd in ,'.alr labor
of love by the encouragement: they have
received, and request US to return
thanks to Nr. J T. SoLoMoSs for Ills
lioerality AID kindness.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Poisonous Medicines,

The theory that the virus CT disease can be
safely counteracted by doses of poison, is false
and dangerous. Within the last twenty-five
years, not less than score of virulent poisons
have been added to the repository of the medical
profession. They are given in small doses
otherwise they would destroy life Immediately
but even in minute quantities, they produce,
ultimately, very disastrous effects. It's unwise
and unphioscphical to employ, as remedies,
powerful and usidous drugs, which, in subjuga-
ting one disease, sow the seeds OF another still
more unmanageable. None of these terrible
medicaments operate with as much directness
and certainty upon the causes Of disease as
.Hosteter's Stomach Bittcrs, tonic and correc-
tive, eithout single deletcrions ingredient an ats
composition. Arsenic and qunia are given for
intermittcnts: bromide of potassium for nervous
disorders strychninc and prussic acid for gener'
al debility mercury, in various forms, for liver
complaint preparations of chloroform and opium
for sleeplcssness and yet these deadly drugs do
not compare, as specifics for the diseases above
enrmeratcd, with that wholesome vegetable in
vigorant and Alternative. while they are all so
pernicious that it Is astonishing any physician
should take the responsibility of prescribing
them. lie, invalds, for their own sakes, try the
Bit,ers before they resort to the poisons. The
relief they will experience from course Of the
harmless specific. will render recourse to the
unsafe preparations referred to, quite unneces-
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At the Commencement Of the DiarrhGa which
always pre- .cies an attack OF the Cholera, take a
tcasroon." Of the Pain Killer in sugar cnd water,
(hn;. if fco'."enica;.l a;d then IaIhe freely the
stomach a. / bowc.- wit, the Pain Killer, clear.
Should ;hc liarrhoa or cramps continue, repeat
tie dose every ten or fifteen minutes rntil the
pa;ieii I: relieved. In extreme cases, two or
more teas onfuls may be given a; dose.
Tic Pa. Killer. rs internal remedy. has no
equal. L.. ases Of Cholera. Summer Complaints,
Dy>pcp-t,. D5scn:cry, Asthma. 1t cures in one
night. b, taking !: internally. and bathing with
i, .fcc'y :tsa.tipn is ike magic, Whem extern
ally arI.ed TO OH Sores. Burns, Sca!ds. and
Sprsius For Sick Headache ard Toothache,
don't fail to try IL. IN short, it is PAiS Nil
LEa.
Directions accompany each bottc.
The Pain Killer is sold by all dealers in Medi-
cincs.
Prizes, 25 cents, so cents aud 81 per bottle.
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fssOUR LABOR SYSTEM AND THE
CHINESE"

We have on file, from a valued cou-
|tributor, a manuscript, embracing ez-
tracts from and comments on, an article
bearing the above caption, in the May
lumber Of ScrtJucr's -Muthy, which We
shall p.iut in our columns at earliest
convenience.
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MASONIC.

We regret exceedingly that previous
engagements prevent us from accepting
the courteous and esteemed invitation
1 of Bishopville Lodge, a. f.. NJ. to
be present and address the same, at the
next St. johns Day Festival, on the
9th of June.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-05-17

CHEMISTRY is furnishing US new agents for fuel,
force, food, and many other important aids over
those We once possessed. Pores from which COM
merce was driven during the bet months BY their
terrible fevers are visited all the year with i'm
punity now. Many localities in the South and
Wes, kept .ensutiess BY their delsrerious miasna
are now filing up with populations under the
protection Of Ayers Ague Cuul. Their afaietine
Chiils and Fever sre 30 oc6eclualiy cured BY this
remedy that ths disesse 20 longer turns emivrs.
ton aside Of 'des,zoysths settler il hs veutnre,
upon its infscesi districts. ."6azstss," Inds-
peadenee, Ma.
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THE COTTON PROSPECT.

A highly intelligent Salem planter
| F(friend), in a private note, says -
E"Nolens volens," Il think We are in for
Ia short crop of cotton. The stand is
bad. The plant sickly"
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LUMBER.

4 The Lumber Yard of Messrs. REAMEs
q Co., will be found convenient for the
supply of all necessities in this direc-
Zion. as will be seen from the advertise
ment printed elsewhere
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rowN CLERK AND TREASURER,

Our old and much esteemed fellow
eitizen, Maj JOHN F. HAYNswoRTH,
has been elected to and entered upon the
duties of the Office of Town Clerk and
Treasurer.
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1t is almost universally the case that fnys-
clans condemn what are generally known as
"Patent Medicines" Although DR.. Trr1'>
LIVER PILLS Is NOT PATENT MEDICINE. UT it.
composition (the resul; of years of study is
known only to hims elf, and so palpahle are their
valuable curative properties, that very many Of
the first Physicians in the South and West have
adopted them in their practice, and recommend
them to their patients.
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8- Rev. Thos. O. Summers, D. D., Editor
Of the Nashville Christian Advocate, in an Article
On Darby's Prophylaotic Fluid says: ut come.
nearer taking the rank of a.Catholicon in our
family than anything else. 1t Ough, to be better
known and more extensively used"
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COMMERCIAL.
SUMTER MARKET. MAY le.

SUMTER MARKET, MAY 10.
~~~O~><-~S~~-O~
Cotton active, with an advance Of ! cent
Sales rast week have ruled from to IA cts. &C.
.orjing to grade. Sales 20 bales, market. closes
dull.
BAcoN-s;de,, 12s@l33; Shoulders, 1o3S
III Hams. IS.
LARD-2O@25c.
FLOUR-Per Dbl. S7@S12.
COFFEE -Laguayra, 10000; Java, 4o@oo;
Rio, 2O@35.
SALT-$250
SUGAR-Browu, 12s@I4; c., ls@1s; A., II
@0O Crushed, l7@lS.
BAGGING-25@37l.
N-TIES-SWlo.
hOPE-lO@l5.
BATESvILLE SHIRTINGS-Per bale BIC.
YARN By THE BALE-$l, ,30c. Per bunch
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Nr y. T. Noxc.

.bT. -. 4 -|"6'.
DEAR SIR: deem it my duty and only an
act OF justice to yourself, that should make the
following s,a,emc:t, coming as it does from one
who for many years had no faith in "patent
Medicines" and have per>i.,cn'ly refused to
u-e them for any PURPOSE Whatever, must say
tta, Fave used your FEVER AND AGUE
PILLS in uy rac,ce this fall, and have never
in the first in> f.. led 10 relieve my patients
have now fr,'laeut calls in my Drug Store for
your Fever and !, cue !'.':s Ia.ways recommend
thcn and with ;he happie<t results. ain avcrse
10 giving lafse Quantities of qunine. or continu-
i:.s l.. Use Ing, ami can safely say that
NJ!>t'S FEVER AND AGUE PILLS fills its
r'lrc ara leave. the r.,.eat no 2nr!casant symp-
toms. wi>L ;:.a:y'u may have the satisfaction
% knowing t:., your "i'c or aad Ague Pills.
have -eiievcd many u"dcr my treatment when
c.;er .aci.cine. tha: have t-i-l have failed to
so. Yours respectfully,
is. BRocKIHGT0N, N. D.
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PRIZE sTORIEs-.-saoo.

The Proprietor Of the "YorKvILLE
ENQUIRER" offers THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS in prizes for the bcs, ORR
GINAL STORIES delivered to him Ly
the 18th Of October, 1871. For further
particulars, address
In. GRIST. Yorkville. S c.
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For Sale or Rent

A TRACT OF LAND near Providence. In
a suuter County, containing 23SEeres. lately
owned by C. C. Jackson, and pvschased by
hin from Edward L.. Murray and Wife, Terms
accommodating. apply 70 aiebard.on b Son, al
6nm,er. S. c.
r.h f5- II
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Physicians Use them in their Practice

L. NJ. GRIST. Yorkville, S c.
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Bankinq Hours from 0 o'clorl. i "
to 3 p. w., and ecery .Satrre'ay at;sr
noon. t;'on, 5 to : o'cloc'l:
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J. :. DRocKlHGT0N, NJ. D.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-06-02
How We Get tbe Nevs


The New York Telegram has an
interesting article under the above
caption, which we give as follows:
The press dispatches from Europe
to New York during the last four
weeks numbered about one hundred
thousand words. New York has
been better posted on the issue of
the war each day than London, Paris
or Berlin. These dispatches have
almost wholly been sent by a single
cable, full one third of the whole to
single paper, and with marvellous
rapidity and accuracy. Familiar as
we are with the work of the tele-
graph, it has been a marvel to US.
To hundreds ofthousands Of minds
the whole process is and has been a
deep enigma.
Here is man sitting in darken-
ed room at Hearts content. The
ocean cable terminates here. A fine
wire attached thereto is made to sur
round two small cores of soft iron.
AS the electric wave, produced by a
few pieces, of copper and zinc at Va
lentia, passed through the wires
these cores become magnetic enough
to move the slightest object. A
looking glass, half an inch in diam
eter, is fixed on a bar of iron one
tenth of an inch square and half an
inch long. On this tiny glass a
lamp is made to glare so that its
light is reflected on table on the
wall. The language of the cable is
denoted by the shifting of this refec.
ted light from side to side.
Letter by letter is thus expressed
in this fitting idiom in utter silence
on the wall. There is no record
made by the machine except as the
patient watcher calls out to a COM
rade the translated flashes as they
come and which he records. 1t is a
miracle of patience. Something of
awe creeps over us as we see the evi-
dence Of human touch three thou
sand miles away swaying that line
of light.
By such a delicate process as this,
and after being repeated from line
to line five times before its ultimate
copy is in New York, have the late
great battles been recorded in our
daily papers with great particularity,
and sent throughout the Union.
Nothing like it has ever before been
accomplished.
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schamyl, the Caucasian

Schamyl, the captive warrior
Prophet Of the Caucasus" is dead"
This remarkable man was born in
the village Of Himri, just north of
the Caucasus, in the year Of 1896,
when about thirty years of age, the
leader of a national party, half re-
igous and half political, whom he
headed in a crusade againt the do
minion of Russia. The great object
Of his life thenceforth was to effect
union between the Caucasians of
the Black Sea and those of the Cas-
plain, and out of them to establish a
national sovereignty capable of re-
sisting the encroachments of Russia.
In 1881, in one Of the attempts of
the Russians to subdue the tribes in
the neighborhood Of the Caucasus,
the Mourids were slain almost to a
man, and Schamyl fell, pierced by
two balls. He, however, recovered,
and effected his escape, and helped
to renew the unequal contest, though
at a great disadvantage.
In 1880, on the death Of his leader,
Cast Mollah, he was chosen to the
command of the Caucasian tribes,
whose power of resistance was such
as for years to keep at bay the whole
forces of the Russian Empire. In
1857, and the following year, the
latter gained some important victo-
ries over the independent chief, who,
in September 1859, was captured by
the Russians under Field Marshal
Prince Bariatinsky, and carried off
into Central Russia. Since that
date Schamyl had resided chiefly at
or near Moscow, a vanquished enc
my, and nominally a prisoner, but
treated with the consideration and
respect beftting his former situa-
ton and character. Even in his old
age, when he attended an Imperial
festivals, Schamyl was distinguish
able Cor his noble mien, his calm
and naughty countenance, and the
fire ofhis glance. In 1868, he, along
with his sons, took the oath of fidel-
ity to the Gar.
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"Where? HoW?" I asked, with
deep interest.
"Vell. I did it up, in my hurry to
get off that night, in one of his big
bundles that he bought. He didn't
find it for a week, cos he didn't oDen
the parcel at home at it got worked
into somehow, 1 don't know how.
But he went and told my old master
about it-who turned me of, you
know, for stealin' it, when 1 didn't
know nOthin' about it-and one o.
the shop-boys told me of it yester-
day."
1 congratulated the lad, and then
induced him to give me his history.
He was now an orphan; an intel
igent but uneducated boy, and one
who had been bred in poverty but
honesty.
His good mothers counsels and
teachings had a sslutary effect upon
his mind, and an influence which
was lasting, 1 conceived.
He was out of work, and wanted
employment, l recommended him
to a aneighbor, and secured him a
good place subsequently.
He was always very grateful to
me for the service 1 had so aeciden-
tally rendered him in court, and he
proved a thoroughly honest and
good servant in the years that fol
lowed that little incident.
This event is one which confirms
me in my opinion that it is unsafe to
convict upon circumstantiaI evidence
only, however strong that evidence
may be.-Ledger.
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Qoetrg
TEE DOOR STEP.
BY E. c. sTEDMAN.

The Conference meeting through at last,
We boys around the vestry waited
To see the girls come tripping past,
Like snow birds waiting to be mated.
Not drawer he that leaps the wall
By level musket flashes Htten,
Than I that stepped before them all,
Who Ionged to see me get the mitten.
But no, she blushed and took my arml
We let the old folks take the highway,
And started toward the Maple Farm
Along kind of lovers by-way.
can't remember what we said,
Twas nothing worth a song or story;
Yet that rude path by which we sped
Seemed all transformed and in glory.
The snow was crisped beneath our feet,
The moon was full, the fields were gleam-
ing;
By hood and tippet sheltered sweet
Her face with youth and health was beam
ing.
The little hand outside her muf-
o sculptor, if you could but mold i'll
So lightly touched my jacket cuff,
To keep it warm had to hold it.
To have her with me there alone,
Twas love and fear and triumph blended;
At last we reached the foot-worn stone
Where that delicious journey ended.
She shook her ringlets from her brow,
And with "Thank you, Ned" dissembIed;
But yet knew she understood
With what darling wish I trembled.
A cloud passed kindly overhead,
The moon was slowly peeping through it.
Yet hid its face, as if it said,
"Come, now or never! do it, do if'
My lips till then had only known
The kiss of mother and of sister,
But, somehow, full upon her own
Sweet, rosy, darling MOUTH kissed her.
Perhaps twas boyish love, yet, still,
o, listless woman weary loverI
To feel once more that fresh, wild thrill,
I'd give-but who can live life over.