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CHAPTER XIII.

"There is no use of talking
or oftrying to have things my
own way about that boy, for
see that priest and people are
against me-" So said Mr.. Loren
70 as he took a seat in bis
snug little sitting room a few
evenings after we closed our last
chapter.
Mrs. L. was ever ready to
take advantage of every good
trait in the character of hel
husband, and at once observed :
81 think husband that you
should feel grateful for so many
kind friends, who seem desir-
Gus of your good, and that Of
those entrusted to your care"
81 presume" said Mr.. L., ,"that
| have a peculiar nature, and
that | am a singular man, but
| don't like to give up my
plans"
"Whoever is wise, will change
poor plan for a rich one," said
MIR. L., "and | am very happy
to believe, that when you dis
cover anything that works best
for all concerned, you are as
ready as any one to adopt the
same. You cannot fail to see
that this interest taken in Will
lie, is a very great compliment
to us
eyes, yes, I reckon so )" said
the husband. 'It speaks well
for our training of the lad, and
louder still for the intelligence
of the family" said Mrs. L.
"Wife, | received a letter to-
day from DR.. Smith, of Homer
vile, who says that he would
be pleased to have a boy come
and stay with him, "what do
you say to letting Will go?"
"Will you permit me to read
the letter husband?" said Mrs.
L. She reads aloud
BONNEVILLE,
June IS, 1S54.}
Mr.. j. LORENZO,
Dear Sir: I an informed by
an acquaintance of mine that
you have living with you, a
very sprightly lad, and that he
is anxious to obtain a classical
education, and also that you do
not feel able to give him the
advantages required. You will
therefore excuse me for the lib
erty l take in thus writing you.
| am trustee of q benevolent
fund especially designed for the
education of smart good boys,
whose talents and tastes in
cline toward the ministry.
If | am correctly informed.
the boy you have, would meet
the requirement of the bequest,
and If yol concur, / shall at
once proceed to pay proper and
ample attention to the subject
The Institute situated at this
place would amply meet the
required preparatory steps, an(
the Huron Theological schoo,
would complete the course.
will agree to take the lad into
my own family and duly pro.
vide for his wants, while at.
tending the Institution here
You will excuse me for this lib.
erty, but it became my duty as
an officer of our Board to write
|you and others coming under
my observation or information
touching this very solemn an(
important subject. Please bc
SO kind as to inform me, rela
tive to this matter by return
mail. Yours Truly,
j. G. SMITH.
"What do you say TO it, Mr.
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The Mining Journal recon-
mends use of pulverized fuel in
the manufacture Of iron. II
states that the iron made in
this manner will bear a greater
tensile strain when reheated
and rolled once than that which
has been reheated and rolled
three times by the ordinary pro-
cess.
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pleasantly, when the front gate
opened hastily, and a person
walked up toward the house
very rapidly.
N TO BE CONTINUED.
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There is a prospect that the
bankruptcy proceedings against
the Louisville, New Albany and
St. Louis Air Line Railroad
Company will be compromised
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Selected Poetry.
The Widow and the FatherIess.

Forget them not-the lonely heart
Which grieves for joys departed,
The loving soul whose light he's fed,
And left her broken-hearted
The child of one, thy brother here,
Translated to u higher sphere.
Forget thou not, but to their needs
Be thine aid freely given;
SO will the Master smile on thee,
Who rules the Lodge in heaven;
So will he, brother, say to thee,
"rhy kindness all was done to me-"
Forget thou not, when in thy home
Is plents's horn o'er1Owing,
But bid sweet blossoms in their path
To richer fruit be growing,
Soshall the Master say to thee,
swell done, truelMason; come to me-"
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rision. "If | make a mistake
now, it will be the first time. /
am ready to stand to my agree
ment," and he nodded to Polly,
and turned 'on his heel and
walked away.
The next morning was one
in a thOusand-cool, clear,
crystalline, with sky of une-
qualed depth Of splendor, and
little breezes idly running their
fingers through the grass and
leaves, and touching all the
harmonies of the world.
Handy Andy had a choice
collection of the worst old
cloths ever seen. 1t was one
Of Mrs. Andy's standing griey-
ances that father would get on
some old dud when she wished
him to apbearres sfecfable He
never parted voluntarily with
any Of his habiliments. Some
times, when he was absent on
a journey, Mrs. Hinman gave
away a few she hoped he would
not miss, and burnt up others
that were too bad to bestow in
charity, carrying them out to
the purifying and sacriicial
flame with a pair of tongs.
Now the lord and master
presented himself in a pair of
trousers he had used to paint
in, and which were plentifully
streaked and spotted with dir
vcrs colors. OF a pleasant
morning Andy liked to begin
work bright and early, and it
secretly did him good to hear
Polly go singing round the
house, to smell the coffee bub-
bling on the kitchen fire and
minglingits fragrance with lilacs
and seringas, and hear the hens
cackling in a business like way
out in the barn. Now as Polly
tripped down the orchard path
to the spring, she took sly
peeps at a picture of a kind
known as tin-type, which Jonas
Strong had given her the day
before, and it seemed as though
her heart was full of melody,
which overhowed her lips.
Well-digging seemed to come
by nature to Andy; before noon
he was up to his head, and had
rugged a pully and bucket, and
Margaret came out to empty
the bucket as it creaked up
over the pit. Overhead in the
pear-tree was a robins nest,
The fuss had not driven off the
mother-bird. She sat there
eying proceedings and taking
a very intelligent interest in
the matter.
"Any signs of water yet, faith.
er."
''No," responded Andy. 81
shall keep on for a spell right
down towards Chany. There1
be some satisfaction in seeing
what buttresses and supports
the old farm, how the sleeperf
are put in. It's curious how
one feels going down into th'
insides of the 'arth. TvO
thought of all those passages o
Scriptur' where it speaks Of lifi
} eternal, and compares it to {
we'll of living water. And
expect if l go down dec
: enough, to see stars SHINING
, in the daytime, It's something
, to be sartin the sun don't snni
'em out every morning like can
dies in the gold candlestick
, that was set before the ark o
covenant. And to see the rob
! in roostin' up there ON tn
, pear-tree limb, as if she know
/, ed all about it and give he
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Original Story.
Written for THE CHRISTIAN W ITNEss.
MIDNIGHT AND MONDAY.

BY EceE FRATER.
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depth Of her pocket, in sympa-
thy with her cheeks. So they
worked on, the hOllyhocks
blooming in variegeted ranks,
and the larkspur, and candy
tuft, and sweet williams spread
ing a perpetual banquet for the
bees while Mrs. Hinman snap
ped out the pilloW-Slips and
towels she had washed, and
hung them on the currant BUSH
es, and brood of downy chick
ems peeped in the burdock All
that day they worked and the
next, and Andy was deep in
the well his own hands had
digged, when suddenly there
came a voice fromthe pit.
'That rascal was right, atter
all. There is. water hereS It's
rushing ins fit to drown me"
And Andy scrambled oub fast
as ever he could. v.
Polly was .as pleased as
though they had found o dia-
mond mine under the pearrtree.
''The worst of it is we can't
crow over JONAS" said Andy,
scratching his head; but ! shall
say it was lucky guess. Won
der what your mother'll do now,
she hain't got the well to- din
on ? Guess my old clothes'll
ketch it worse than ever.",
When the well cleared the
whole family came out to taste
Its refreshing draught.
"It's prime Adams ale,"
said Andy passing the dipper
to his wife. "DOn't believe
there's a better well of water in
the town. Inever thought be-
fore that goodness struck in the
'arth much below my growing
crops; but the grounds full of
it. You can't dig anywhere
but what you'll strike some
blessing or nuther. If ] should
follow we'll digging for a living,
l believe Ishould turn philoso-
pher." ..i-.. --,'-.' Z :
81 hope you won'Gturn into
anything SO shiftIess as that,
observed Mrs. Hinman, with
proper contempt; "and what
I'm thinking offs whether /
shall have to make lye for
washing, and whether it won't
use up sight Of soap"
In the course of a week An
dy stoned up the well, built a
neat curb, and hung a bucket
ready for use. Polly was only
sorry that the bucket could not
be made moss-covered to order,
like the one in the song. What
sentiment is there about a spick-
and-span new well2
One day, when the work was
finished, Jonas Strong came
over to inspect it. Polly went
out with him, bare-headed, into
the shady, grassy yard. She
wore a white spencer and a
! black bodice, and had put a red
rose in her hair. She stood
close to Jonas under the great
pear-tree, that made a shelter
ing bower with its long arms,
and they peered down together
at the little, cool, clear mirror
below.
"They say truth lives far
, down in the WE'LL" Jonas re-
marked, as his hand stole out
, and clasped his companions
+ "but I can read something
sweeter in your eyes, Polly"
They kissed each other, while
the robin looked sedately down
f from her nest; and that day
love got into the well along
with truth, and, for aught |
know, has lived there ever
since.
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NhUO l. III opOu' VA" A'
greeny, as they may suppose.
can see as far through a mil
stone, as any of them, and il
wanted that boy educated,
could do as much for him as
these meddlesome benevolen
societies, and then once more
we are not dependent upon the
benevolence of other folks, and
so l will write DR.. Smith, an(
politely invite him to mind his
own business"
"No, no, Mr.. Lorenzo, you
entirely misconstrue this whole
affair. This is only another ev.
idence of the esteem and ap.
probation we are held in by
the respectable and pious com.
munity. Mr.. S. only wrote you q
letter of enquiry and explana.
tion,and had not the least idea
of your being offended, much
less that you would charge
him with sinister motives"
"Then l shall not reply al
all, and treat his letter with 81.
lent contempt" replied Mr.. L.
eff you have no objections, ]
will answer the letter for you
declining the Offer," said the
wife.
"Just as you please. If 1 an
swer, [ shall give him a piece
Of my mind. 1 have made W
my mind to-day to the
effect that I will accept of the
offer made by Elder Walker
send the boy to school here fol
awhile, and then put him un
der the parson, and if he cam
make a preacher out of the lad
no one can"
"With the help of the Lord
you mean, Mr.. Lorenzo"
eyes, of course ; but 1 am O
the opinion that the Parson cal
do more for the boy, than al
their 'lummy dido doings a
bonneville or Huron either
remarked the husband.
81 have no doubt, but, Mr.. w. vii
dc his duty by the boy" sait
the wife.
"And then again." remarked
Mr.. L; eve can have the boz
at home to do the chores, ant
not grow up in idleness, nor b,
the niger of some one, no kil
to him. l shall go over ant
see the Parson at an early date
and no thanks to the oflicioui
Trustee of Homerville."
81 fear Mr.. L. that you do
not appreciate the motives .
Mr., Smith properly" said hi
wife.
"I don't want to appreciate
selfish motive" said the very
unselfsh Mr.. j.
Several seasons had nov
passed with their varied scenes
and peculiarities. Indeed,
year, had almost flown by,whel
we again open our our story
This evening is the 9th o
May, 1856. The day had beer
Universally delightful, and tn,
flowers had perfdmed th,
spring time air, with the arom,
Of elyrian sweetness. The Lo
renzos were sitting on the from
porch; in conversation touch
ing the various topics of tn
day, far a neighbor by tn
name of Davis, had called il
and the evening was passing b,
lUnEHuguau UlIlHn1uEEuuH
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A True Story.
DIGGING THE WELL.
BY AUGUSTA LARNED.

BY AUGUSTA LARNED,
Andrew Hinman, known tc
lhis neighbors as Handy Andy
lhad grown handed by al
linfallible reeipe-hard work
economy, and the habit of do
ling every himself. There was
.lno man in the town who hire(
3as few days work as Handy
IAndy. He was-born with con
trivance, that first, best gift tC
the New Englander, and coult
build a barn, or paper room
or cook a meal, or whitewasE
a ceiling, or solder tln-ware as
deftly as if he had served al
apprenticeship to each and all
of these useful trades.
There was no manner of tool
Handy Andy did not possess in
his shop, which was part and
parcel of the old cider-mill OF
if he had it not in his collec-
ton, he could make the thing
itself, Or a substitute, from his
unfailing store of gumption.
Andy Hardy's name wasper-
fectly justified by the facts. He
had a very queer pair Of hands.
hairy, brown and wrinkled, and
it was marvellous the fine work
they could do, even to putting
new stick to the family umbrel.
la, or mending a crochet.nee.
die. He had even made a lit.
tie coffin for one of his own
children, not to save ex.
pense, but from a feeling that
he could not let Indifferent
hands touch the wood that was
to enclose his curly-pated boy
who had clambered so otter
over his knees, and clasped his
neck with a pair of chubby
arms. He shut himself in the
old shop, and tears fell down on
the well-seasoned boards as he
planed and fashioned the little
casket.
But with all Andy's contriv.
ing there was no we'll on the
place. A shoemalsaT's family
says the adage, goes poorly
shod, and a handy man will
sometimes tolerate very unhan'
dy things on his premises for d
long course of years. Andy had
got used to seeing his women.
folks bring water from the
spring some distance off at the
foot of the hill, and gather theil
washing-tluid in a large hogs
head placed at the corner of the
house.
For years Mrs, Hinman hat
talked about having a well dug
and had expended mucl
breath and eloquence on the
subject in vain, while Andy, il
his spare hours, tinkered away
at something to amuse the chill
dren or please his own fancy
Andy had promised many times
that he would do the job whel
farm work was slack, but tn,
time never came, owing, per
haps, to a deeply-grounde'
prejudice in his mind that wha
was good enough for his moth
er, would serve bis wife, and
very stubborn faith in the pow
ers of endurance possessed b,
women folks generally.
But his daughter Polly ha,
grown to be a tall, straight
comely girl, with fine grny eye
in which the thoughts lay lik
agates in q clear brock. Poll
had developed 0 talent for man
aging her father, Mrs. Hind
man did not possess. That eS
cellent woman had harped s
long on a few lnoldered string
l1sI
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that she could carry with a
steady hand.
One day Polly presented her.
self before her father, who sat
on the porch, all embowered in
trumpet-creeper and bitter
sweet. He was fitting a helve
to a new ak, and a little pile Of
snow-white shavings lay heap
ed against the rocker of his
chair. Just over Polly's shoul-
der appeared the florid face
and curly locks of a young
lneiQhbor.
"Here is Jonas Strong, faith
err" said the girl. "He has
been locating oil wells down in
Pennsylvania, and thinks he
could show us where to dig for
water near the house"
$50, jonas" remarked Far
mer Hinman, sighting along
the ax-helve at the same time,
"you've struck ile."
"No, sir" said Jonas, "but
I've helped other people to do
it. It's a gift"
"Gift ?" repeated Andy,
whiting away; 81 don't be-
lieve in gifts, except the gift of
tongues, and the women mo-
nopolize that. Now, if it was a
contrivance or invention that
would lead people to discover
what's hid in the bowels of the
'arth-"
"This is what he does it
WITH" interrupted Polly, and
she drew the divining-rod, a
crotched stick of the common
witch-hazel from the fold of her
dress. "Come and see how
Jonas goes to work. You can't
understand the thing, father,
until you watch the process"
"Sho !" spluttered Andy,
"you can't make me believe in
any such witch work. I'm too
old a bird to be lined in that
way"
Mrs. Hinman had listened to
this confab through the Stats Of
the buttery window. She left
the yellow butter she was
working over into yellow balls,
and came out on to the porch.
"Do humor Jonas, father
said she. "What's the damage,
anyhow? If he's playing off a
trick on us, there won't be nc
bones broke"
Andy was himself curious to
see the young man operate, so
aided and abetted by his better
half, he left the ax-helve anC
and the pile Of shavings.
"Come now, young man." he
grunted, 'let's have a taste O.
your conjuring, but I tell yor
aforehand 1 don't believe a wore
ont"
Jonas exchanged a furtivt
smile with Polly, and, seizins
the crotched stick by both it
prongs, walked slowly out int
the grassy yard, and stopped
under a great pear tree.
"This is the place." stamping
the ground with his foot. eth
witch-hazel bough turned in m,
hand. l will put down a stalk
here, and any time you choos'
to dig | think you will strike
vein of good water"
"Sho, nonsense" spluttere'
Andy, 81 could do that tricl
myself. It's all moonshine, an,
just to prove that it is, I'll be
gin digging there bright an
early to-morrer morning"
every well, sir" said Jonas
"and if you don't strike waite
in the course of a day or two
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M oARTHuH HACK LINE.
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at2 o'clock r, M, 10 meet the 81. Lo.is Exnrcss,
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son or by letter. '' Po'-
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An exhaustive and interesting article on
religious progress in New York, as exein.
plited by the increase Of church edtices and
the value Of ecclesiastical property, shows
that these number $40, with seating capacity
for sos, 800 persons, and an estimated value
of SAC, 100000. Includingin the Calculation
churches, chapels, and missions OF all KINDS
We believe that the number Is about 4'V,
and the accommodation sufficient for 3oo,ooo
persons. 1t is a somewhat suggestive tact
to lind that not more than half the ministers
| in New York receive salaries OF S2,5Oo,
whilea very large number DO not get more
than half this sum.-Ne,o York Times.
Calcratt, the English Jack Ketch, has
hanged nearly all the murdererS sentenced
To death in Great Britain since 1929. The
adiustcr of hempen cravats for forty-fsur
years might be supposed to have disagreea-
Lle rccoections, but Calcraft has none. 81
never killed anybody" says he, otis their
own weight that does it, His pastor says
that he j. Il particularly mild and inotlenslve
man. a pattern husband and father, and one
of the most earnest and regular Worshlppcrs
in his church.
Three adventurous young men OF Boston
have started for a cruise down the coast to
Florida ia little yacht measuring only seven
tons, thirty feet in length and eleven feet
beam. She is thoroughly provisioned, ana
they expect to enjoy the winter months
hugely.
At Lewiston, where there are quarter OF
million of cotton-spindles, work Is going
on without interruption, and the manufac'
turers express their entire confidence IN re-
yiyal of business. At Fall River, though
the mills are running on half-time, the mill
owners look for full resumption by Deem
ber.-Neac York Times.
She is Mexican lady, and resides at San
Gabriel, California. She has reached one
hundred and thirty-four years, and was
always an inveterate smoker, or, it is argued,
might have preserved more youth in her ap-
pearance, and perhaps added TO tue years OF
her life, though there are as yet no signs III
her case of immediate death from nicotine.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Marshall is appointed
postmaster at Held of Waters, Highland
county, Va. ,1ce John Wilson, dccllued.
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CuRIous AND INTERESTING INSURANCE CASE.

Curious AND INTERESTING INSURANCE CASE.
In the Superior Court, before Judge Dobbin,
the case OF Samuel N. Bowman IS. The
Franklin Fire Insurance Company has been
pending for some days. In November, 1867,
General 8. n. Bowman, then of New York,
now Of this city, bought of John w. Walker,
of Danville, Va, a large distillery- property,
in and near that town, for $50, 900. Before
Bowman'S title was perfected, which was
about the 22d Of March, 1868, he had the
property insured in Baltimore, New York,
and English offices for. $40 900, and in the
mean time judgments were entered up
against Walker, some Of them being entered
before Bowman's deed. The property was
burned May l. 1868. Joe Motley, q colored
man. swore he was hired TO burn it for $500
ny j. W. Walker, who became bankrupt
shortly before the fire. The court, how
ever. rejected all the testimony rclat-
ing 10 fraud and inccndiarism on the ground
that il did not connect Bowman with the
fire. The counsel are now being heard be-
fore The court on the following points:
First. The policy requires 4 statement Of in.
cii!ubrtnccS, and none WAS made by Bow
man when he got his Insurance. nothing
being said about the judgments, claims, and
outstanding rights of other parties hat the
nature of Bowmn'S interest under the deed
from his partner. Walker. is rot explicitly
set ollt i'll the policy, Is required 10y lis terra>,
and in which lie inSurcs IL Il lee simple
owner. and does not disclose tlarkson's
partnership interest in TIE land or ma
rhinrrv, and thnt The policy falsely stated
that me property was surrounded ny a high
3oa!d-.a.ncc: that the notice OF the tire WAS
given too late. &c,- Baltimore Sun, IM. -
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DEATH FROM A DRUGGIsT's MrsTAKE.-A
dispatch TO the Louisville C0urier-JOurnal
states that John l.. Nanslord, of Harrod>-
uurs, ny, recently died after few days III.
ness. LinSced oil had been prescribed by
the physician, which was put up at the
drugstore Of William Payne & Co. After
taking the first dose violent paroNysms OF
pain came on, which continued until the
death Of the patient. Upon examining The
bottle it was found to be croton oil which
had been administered. 1t is reported that
the widow Of the deceased has brought suit
against the druggist for so 900 damages.
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The RECENT ELEcTIoSs.--One of the nota-
BILE results Of Tuesdays elections is the Sc
lection of the Democratic candidate for Con-
gre<s to ill the vacancy in the fourth district
of Michigan. This district has always been
looked upon rs hopelessly Republican, and
has always given majorities Of thousands for
the nominee of that party. The election OF
An Opposition Legislature in Kansas secures
The return of an anti-Administration United
States senator in place of the notorious Cald-
We'll. Mr.. poneroy left here last week,
some say for the purpose of setting his wires
TO come back to the Senate, but the people
of Kansas have rendered any trouble on his
part Of this nature unnecessary. This I'M
expected result will also bring to grief the
senatorial aspirations OF Governor. Osborne
and other Kansas politicians Washington
.eieQr0na. B0ltlmOre Sun.