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TIE DRUvKARD,s FA1lzx 2.

The night wind blew cold and wild.
The hour OF twelve was drawing np2Fs
A mother bending Ger her dying child,
Listened to its moaning whispers drear.
She was the child of beauty and wealth,
And welded well. so every body said.
When rum. foul fiend. worked by STEALTH
And brought them to the want OF bread
Oh! God of mercy hear my prayer;
My child is dying of hunger and cold;
Wilt not Thou who doth for ravens care,
Heed our sufferings here untold?
Why does he leave me with his child alone 2
He once was kind and true to me;
Why has he thus colder grown
And to my boy-he worshiped thee.
Ills ruIf whose work has done its All,
Deprived a5le -of my husband and tny
Win soon not hear my yearning call,
Then all my hopes on earth are done.
The midnight hour had slowly passed
How dark TO sit without q light
And Johnniess coming to his last
Oh, will he die this dismal night?
How cold to sit without fire
Oh God wilt Thou not send us aid
Must Johnnie thus cruelty expire,
And no effort to relieve him made?
I'm dying now, my sorrows soon will endg
| hope that God Will care for the,
That father now his ways will mend.
He sank back and breath was gone:
The mother with agopizing heart set there
alone;
The chilling wind blew wildly on,
That mother needed not its restless moan,
At last the roseate hues of morn appears
Ills Christmas, and children on the street,
Make glad the frosty air with nolsome cheer
As they each other with merry Christmas
greet.
My child was once happy TOO, as they
But here he lies in deaths unconscious
sleep;
How often while engaged in play
I'd watch him and my heart for joy would
leap.
Her lamentations soon were heard
By passers-by, who stopped to hear her
grief,
Who quickly to the neighbors gave the
word,
And proffered her at once relief
Johnnie soon was laid within the silent
tomb;
A neignbor took the mother home for care;
But nothing could remove the shades Of
gloom
) Around her aching heart that lowered there.
8She disappeared they knew not where
she'd strayed;
In vain they searched the country roundg
| That her reason she had lost they were
| afraid,
! And would be frozen to death when fbNnd,
One morn the sexton beheld, in horroF
| wild,
The mother lying dead beside the new
| made tomb
| Her heart was broken, she could not long
outliye her child,
But boldly sought deaths dismal gloom.
| At last the father saw what he had done
| His brain grew strangely fierce and Wild,
| When lie realized his beastly love for ralu2
Had murdered both his wife and child.
He hurried to the rivers steep bank,
| Into its gurgling waters he sprang,
| And, like a bali of lead, he quickly sank
Was brought to shore a lifeless thing.
Thus my sad and tragic story ends
| A happy family was brought 70 misery
and death,
! By the deamon who so slyly blends.
A poison with its sweet, enticiilg breath,
Shun it as you would the king of hell.
/ For it viii lead you from the paths OF rights
| DO not revel in its magic light,
| 1t will cloud your future iil pail Of night
7. n, g.
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DO TouR BEST.
The heart and mind of man to man

Tie heart and mind of man to man
Must differ, it is true.
And so the deed our neighbor does
Perchanee we nefer could do !;
And thus, in climbing fortunes height
To reach the fame in store,
If people only do their best,
The world will ask no more.
Docs then the little humniing bird
Its tender song forsake,
Because the llightingaless sweet voice
May softer music make?
Or does the tiny. Lwinkling star,
Which lends to earth its light.
Repine because some kindred orb
May chance to burn more bright?
And SO thro' life we find that some
Are. clad in praise and fame,
While Others meekly plod along,
With Iialight to gid their name;
But when each life Is recon'd mp,
Its doings counted DER,
II we can say. II did my best, -
Our God will ask no more.
N. O. Piodyuae.
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AT THE CALVARY CHURCH-Last Sun
day evening. a large congregation assemble
ed to witness the interesting ceremony OF
marriage, Mr.. John Withcrow and Mrs.
Durno being the contracting parties. Rev.
II. w. Stratton performed the ceremony
in splendid style, to the satisfaction of the
happy pair and the large concourse Of
friends assembled to witness it. Judging
from the immense number of people col
lected at the church on the evening in
question, John can congratulate himself
on the tact that he has more friends than
anybody.
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THE LAsT.-The sermon at the M, "a.
Church last Sunday evening, by Presiding
Elder Star. was very interesting and Inns
pressive. The sermon being ON the lass
day of the year, near its closing hours was
appropriately taken from the last chapter
in the Bible, and nearly the last verse.
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mA1tRrED.

At the residence Of Mr.. r. NJ. Irving,
Stratton. Mr.. Archibald Af0nteith and Miss
Clara D. Layton. both OF this city.
Compliments received. The printer's
blessing goes with them-may their weds
ded hfe be long and happy.
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a. mn IN Can't be made by every agent
WC0I1 every month in the business we
work can easily earn q dozen doll
lars n day right in their own localitiess Have
M room TO explain here. Business pleasant
4 l,e,siosst,lf Women and boys and girls do
81 syveil ~ men, we will furnish yoll q com
9Iefe 6luffff free. The business pays better tnan
assx.f,i1so else We viii bear expense OF start
s9,Ss xoti Particulars free. Write and see.
FARMERS and mechanics their sons and uanS n
Il nj eissssp iii need of paying work at
home should write 10 US about the work AZ
9gleg Nr,sy IL the time. DON'T delay azores
TR1 Il S Cos Agusifl, Maine. tt-oN9.l
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rapsT REwARn.

strayel fxom tho subscriber. about ss sogs
mouths since. young COW W. ~ s,,ss.ss
Come oi,t elose together in 'front.' of mee ~
s,l ss sornerly owned by Prof soxs 0t
ilis i,iss eifv. Who purchased her e. MI
Isonas i liberal reward Will Df GaWM S4
any one giving information 20 ffat \
obtain her. uS,.ly. .s,x,S.yk
Albany, Or. Dec, g 1875
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The old steamboat company has Issued
its ',bill of fair'' for 1877, greatly reducing
the price of freight on the Willamette
river.
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There is growing belief among prop
erty-holders that when insurance compan-
les take risks on property for more than
the property Is worth, either for the pur-
pose of getting that much more money or
through the ignorance of agents, the conn
panies taking such risks should be forced
to pay the full amount Insured when the
property is destroyed. and our laws should
be so framed as to meet just such cases.
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Should the present favorable conditions
continue, Linn county will turn out, next
season, the largest crop OF cereals ever har~
vested.
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MUST RNG
Z I N I NJ E N T
VIII. n HAS sToOD THE TEST OF 40
YEARS.

WIFI II HAS STOOD THE TEST OF 40
YEARS.
There is no sore it will not heal, no lame
ness it will not cure, no ache. no pain, that
a1illct the human body. or the body of a
horse or other domestic animal, that does
not yield to its magic touch. A bottle
costing 25c. soc. or 81 90, has often saved
the life of human being, and restored to
life and usefulness many valuable horse.
FOR MEN, III WILL. CURE
Rheumatism. Burns, Scalels. Bruises. Cuts,
Prostitutes. Swellings. Contracted Cords,
Pain in the Back, Lumbago. Sciatica,
Chilblains, Stratus, Sprains, Stiff Joints,
Sore Nipples, Eruptions, Pains, Wounds,
Ulcers.
FOR ANIMALS. 1T WILL CURE
Spawn, Calls and Sores, Swinny, Ring
Bone, Windgalls. Big Head, Poll Evil,
Hunors and Sores, Lamelless, Swellings,
Scratches, DistempeT stiffness, Strains
Soreness, Open Sores 26ys
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-01-05

A remonstrance, largely signed, against
committing the sentence of Nell, was cir-
culated Ia this city on Saturday.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-01-05

The week of prayer commences next
Monday night at the M. f. Church,
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Albany Book store.
mo. FOSHAY.

DEALER N AIISCELLANEOUsBo
y school Books, Blank Books, Stationery
Books imported 10 order, at shortest nos.
sioEe notice. v5nS0
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New Years day opened with a heavy,
chilling fec.
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neuIty of r,,Str.,ctso,

TNHE FALL TERM of this institution win
= begin ON MONDAY. SEPTEMBER A. 1876.
with the. following
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-12-20

DECLINE OF THE QUAKERs.-Mr.
Barclay informs MS that there Is at
present only 1900 Quakers in
England and Wales, while in 100
they numbered 10000, and their
greatest losses took place in the
period of their grcatst moral tri-
nmphs. Was Coleridge right. as
Maurcie seemed to think, in sup>
posing that the life is ont or the
tree, and only its bark is left? Va
ricus causes have been assigned for
its decline, snch az birtllright mem-
bership-not an original principle
of the systcm-which led to tho
wholesale admission of nominal
members, either careless about re-
ligion or hostile to Quaker ideas
and traditions: the system of dis
owning members for slight devia-
tions from "the Unwritten Law" in
such trifiing matters as dress and
language; but, more important still,
from marrying outside the Friends;
the silent meetings, which wore
very rare in the early history of the
sect, and the absence of singing
and reading the scriptures in pubs
lie. 1t is hard to conceive, indeed,
how a christian body can exist
without some regular provision for
religious teachings ; and the fact
that one OF the greatest secessions
from its rank arose ont Of persist
cnt refusal to supply a larger reli-
gious instruction seems 70 point to
the inevitable extinction Of Quaker.
ism at no distant day.-Bratash
Quarterly ReUieao.
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THE NEW TARIFF AVD IN
TERNAL RE VEN UE BILL
LIGHTER DUTIES
AND 10 WER
TAXES.

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE Ways
and Means committee are already
husily at work in laying the fotrnda-
tions of the new tariff and internal
revenue bill. The bill will not prob
ably be reported before some time in
FEBRUARY, as the Ways and Means
committee desire to delay its compile
tion until the appropriation bills are
repol ted. When the appropriation
bills are all in it will then be seen
what the expenditures OF tue govern
ment are likely to be, and the tariff
and tax bill will be framed to meet
those necessities. The whole tenden-
cy of the tariff bill will be toward
lighter duties and free trade. Con-
versations with members OF the Ways
and Means committee confirm very full
ly the views heretofore expressed in
these dispatches that the new bill will
reduce the taxes 10 the lowest point
compatible with The proper admins
traion OF the government and the pay
ment of the public obligations
Among the propositions which are
likely to receive the favorable consid-
sion for six years of the sinking fund.
1t is said that according TO the repor t
of tie S cretary of the Terasury it is
shown that the reduction Of the pub
lie debt and the accumulation of the
sinking fund is in n much greater ra-
ito than re equire6 by law, and that tho
operations of this fund may be sus-
pended for six years without any in
convenience. If this is done and the
duty on tea and coffee is restored. as
is proposed, it is calculated that it will
make a difference of 0,000.0O0 an
nually, and that burden of taxation
may be lI9htcned to that amount. 1t
should be understood that it is as
sumed the reimposition of the tea and
coffee duty will not add to the cost of
the consumer in this country, as the
export tax in the countries where
these articles are producted would
probably be lifted.
It is probable that the internal tax
on whiskey will be reduced TO so cents
per gallon and on tobacco to 10 cents
| per pound. The duties on iron, steel.
silks and woolens will all be largely
duced. The object will be to SIM
plify as much as possible the internal
revenue and tariff system, and to con-
fine the taxes to as few articles as
possible. In any event the free list
on the tariff billwil be much enlarged.
1t may be that the tariff bill will be
reported in sach shape that the FREQ
| list will he omitted entirely and the
bill will specify only such articles as
a duty il to he levied upon, with the
rates. This is, however, subject To
future consideration, but it is believe!
that the above gives clear outline OF
the character of the bill that will come
from the committee.
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THE GRATITUDE OF THE COL
ORED PEOPLE, WHAT THE
SAY or NORTH CAROLINA.

We find the subjoined report in the
Charlotte Observer. 1t was made by
committee Of the A. M. +. Confer
ence (colored), that was lately in ses-
sion at Salisbury. Our columns were
too much crowded last week to get it
in. The report is on the estate OF
the country
Dear Bishop and Brethren We.
your committee on the state of the
country, beg leave to report as fol
lows: Many have been the obstacles
in the way Of harmony among the
masses Of North Carolina and the
South generally. Our people have
been discouraged in the effort to ac-
quire and beautify homes of their own.
Agricultural advancement has been
much retarded, and education has Ian
guished. In tact all the interests
that go to make State or country
great and happy, have been arrested
hY the unsettled state of things
Many have been the prayers of the
good people of this and all otheI
States that prosperity, harmony and
enterprise would again bless this
country of ours. Even al year age
many fears were entertained as to
what the future of the country would
be. But by close observation it is
declared by all with whom we con
versed, that not since 1860 has there
been such a tranquility in this State,
and in the South generally. as within
the past year. Never have the col
ored people of this State been so great
ly encouraged to purchase lands and
| build themselves comfortable man
sions and be happy in this country to
day. Agricultural enterprise is being
p, eminent in the minds of all Il e good
men of both races in North Carolina
The State has taken in hand the edu
ca ion of teachers fl r our race. Ono
thing in this direction is quite graf
| fving, and that is that Governor Z. B
Vance has been the lcaGe; in this gra
cious work Of elevating our people.
And the Governor could not have in
troduced more important measure
one more conducive to tile elevation
Of our race and harmony of the peo
rle generally in North Carolina. We
think that the days of yore are fas
returning 10 the old North State
Enterprises in the way OF manufacto
rics, and the prospects for the materia
advancement of our people, are g. od
no power of popular education is be
ing impressively felt; tie disapproba
ton of every good son of North Caro-
lima, coIored or white, is felt upol
every attempt at riot at any time, o
in any place.
Now, let every minister in this Con
ference do ali in his power to futthe
the most elevated and happy conditio
of the people of our long languishin.
State and country.
J. A. TAYLER,
W. II. FERGUSON,
MAYFIELD SLADE.
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WIEN TO Bow.-A well-bred per
son instinctively bows the moment
that he recognizes an acquaintance,
at the instant of the first meeting of the
eyes. According to the rules of courts,
and of good society everywhere, any
one who has been introduced to you.
or any lady to whom you have been
introduced. is entitled to this mark OF
respect. A bow does not entail a
calling acquaintance, and to neglect
it, shows neglect of early education,
as we'll as deficiency in cultiva ion
and in the instincts of a gentleman
so that the truth of Saint Loup's as
sertion, that the bow is the touch
stone of good breeding, is made good
The one introduction that entities
to recognition, having been once
made, it is the dnty OF the younger
person to recall himself or herself to
the recollection of the elder person
by bowing each time oc meeting, un
til the recognition becomes mutual.
AS persons advance in life, they
look for these attentions upon the
part of the young, and it may be il
some instance, that it is the only way
which the young have of showing
their appreciation of courtesies ex'
tended to them by the old or the mid
die aged.
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THE MEN WHO MAKE 10 URN
ALISTS.

CFrom the Cincinnati Commercial
1t has been remarked that very few
who get into journalism start out with
such Intention. They drift in acci-
dcntally, and are promoted as they
develop capacity. Money, wealthy
parents, and influence are of no sort
of service in getting young man a
place on a newspaper. There is no
business that is SO entirely lndepend
ent Of all considerations as this. A
wealthy faCher can get his son loca-
ton to read law or medicine, or push
him forward in almost any walk OF
life he may select; but he is utterly
powerless to do anything for him in g
journalistic way. To be sure, he may
buy newspaper, and set up his hope
ful in that manner, but unless there
is something in the youth called jour
nalistic knack, natural knowledge
of what to write; and how to write it
he will be a failure in that line, ane
all the money and influence Of weslthy
and perhaps powerful relatives viii
count for nothing.
Some fond parents educate thei
sons with especial view to making
journalists of them, but it is rare tha
we hear of these young men after fev
wears. Meantime some scrub, borl
among the hills, having nothing but
common school education, and th
knowledge scraped up in n countr.
printing office, will advance to from
rank in the profession. He has th
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journalistic knack, and forces recog-
milton because he has it. He gets a
place, not because he has wealthy
parents to influence the proprietors OF
leading newspapers, but because he
konws what to write and low to write
it, and the editors take it because It
is what they want. His articles 60
in because they supply a demand,
while perhaps the elaborate essays
from the pen of man educated on
two continents with an especial view
to journalism, are cast into the waste
basket.
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Mildred.

Mildred with the golden hair,
Mildred with the beauty rare,
Mildred, ever in your prayer,
Remember me.
Mildred with the eyes so blue,
Dark as Ocean in their hue;
Angels must resemble you,
In their purity.
Mildred, we may never meet
In life's converse soft and sweet,
But may your heart forever beat
Still as happily.
Mildred, Mildred! love life's giver
He will take you down the river,
That runs forever and forever
To eternity.
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Happiness between husband and
wife can only be secured by that
constant tenderness and care of the
parties for each other which are
based upon warm and denonstra-
tive love. The heart demands that
the man shall not sit rcticent, self
absorbed, and silent in the midst
of his family. The woman who
forgets to provide for hcr husband's
taste and wishes renders her homo
undesirable for him. In word.
ever-prescnt and ever demonstra-
tive gcntleness must reign, or else
] the heart starvcs,
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that she was lost without perceiv-
ing it.
AS she stood quietly on the
bank watching a floating leaf,
voice behind her. made her start
with astonishment so we'll known
was it-so dear.
'Can you tell me, miss, how far
I am from the stage road ?"
Jennie turned deliberately and
looked into the face of Royal
Hamlin. She actually relished his
LOOK of utter dismav and discon-
certment.
"I-beg your pardon, Miss
Dane" said the amateur sports
man, stiffly 81 did not recognize
you, or I would not have intruded
upon you."
"You did not disturb me In the
least, Royall," said Jennie, quietly,
with scarlet face +; "but l am sor-
ry | cannot tell you which way the
road lies. I think, | have come so
far, l must be lost myself
He stood gazing at her speech
less. At last he stammered -
"Miss Dane-Jennie-you called
me Royal ; you do not seem an
cry, now. Tell me, in the name
of God, what got you so furious at
me, last winter and he pressed
closer to her side by the brook
bank.
Jennie hung her head
Unresistingly, she permitted him
to gather the little band up in his
strong fingers, and take seat by
her eide on the moss, and draw
her down beside him on the turfy
bank there they sat like a couple
of idiots, for very gladness Jen-
nie's fishing tackle, fly, line and
rod went sailing leisurely off down
stream. Jennie struggled with
herself, and finally managed to an
swer
81 misunderstood something
I-couldn't read-shat stuff on the
locket, and-EIla said it implied it
was all over with me,-and that
would have been abominably i'm
pertinent of you. Royal you know
it would" she flashed through her
tears at him, smiling liz the most
dazzling manner at the next mo-
ment.
Good heavens = he exclaimed,
excitedly. as new light dawned
in upon him, "you don't mean to
say my little German motto on
that clasp was misrepresented and
the cause of all this misunder-
standing Why Jennie p and his
tone was full of chagrin, "why
thought it was SO neat y
SO Jennie told him all about i
as they nestled among the leaves
the hush and dreaminess of the
forest. The light and air that sur
rounded them, that bathed them III
its waves, was not of heaven o.
earth, it was rose-colored =! Jennie
could no more complain of Roy
all's uncertainty, because he was
very explicit in his remarks, and
later, when they went hunting fol
the road, and found the balance ot
the fishers, Jennie's health was
visibly improved, judging by he
beautiful color and happy eyes.
1t turned out Royal was due a
her hotel, his baggage had alread.
gone on, and he had left the stage
for a ramble, intending 10 cross th'
road in time for the evening stage
AS it was. he rode home with th,
party. What need to tell an.
more2
Royal had "Uberall DUE" en-
graved on Jennie's wedding ring
with the laudable intention Q
teaching her German more effect
lively than it is taught in boardin
schools generally.
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OUA1Ls CoM1NG SoUTH.-7

QUA1Ls COMING SoUTH-It is
stated that the migratory quails
introduced into Vermont from Eu
rope last spring, whose flight for
the Snuth was noted and followed
as far as Eagle Bridge, N. Y, have
recently been heard from in Car
teret county, N. c., and between
Cape Hatteras and Bermudas, sew
eral having alighted in The rigging
Of vessel.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-12-20

A Louisville correspondent says
it is reported that Wade Hampton
is soon to marry beautiful,
wealthy widow, prominent as one
of the leaders cf Louisville society.
She has two beautiful daughters,
the elder of whom, lovely as a
dream, made her debut last winter,
and is now Louisville's bright par
ticular belle. The mother is almost
as youthful in appearance as the
daughter; tall and elegant in figure,
and exquisitely graceful, brown
eyed, with mass of sunny, brown
hair, she would make a bride of
whom even Wade Hampton might
be proud. She aid the lion Gov
ernor met at the Lee Memorial ball,
at the White Sulphur, last summer.