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y COLORED SkEPTIC.-W hen schools
were established In the South for the edu-
cation OF the negro, they were eagerly pa
tronized by the colored folks of all ages.
Coy msidens of thirty and bashful lads
equally old gayly trudged to school with
dminutive primers ia their hands while
the small Try swarmed in the school.
hnnses aud were enthusiastic on the cdu-
cation question. OF Pete, the subject Of
our arecdote, it might be truly written that
"ne'er did pencil trace whittier eye or
blacker face" His former master. Dr. n
-, had taken great pains with him, n-
-tructing him daily in reading and writing
In the fall Pete was TO go 10 school. aad
anxiousy looked forward TO it. This was
In 1863, when the sun was in total eclipse
In August. There were all sorts Of rumors
among the colored people about calamlties
which would happen at the time Of this
phenomenon. A few days before it occur
red the following conversation took place
between Pete and friend:
Pete, did you know dar was gwine to
be a 'clipSe OBJ de sun next week."
Yes" said Pete, Il heard de folks talk
in bout it,"
Pete, | hear dat awful things is gwipe
TO happen when it comes. Dey say dat de
world is gwine To come to an end"
Curling his lip in scorn, and dxing his
big white eyes on him, Pete answered,
with contempt, Go way, uiggah. Don't
you know das school opens In SsptemberP
How, den, can de world come to an cad IN
AugustY'-EDIToR's DRAWER, in Hurper's
Magazine for February.
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Ten Rules (never to be observed at
church Never open yOur pew door 10 Il
stranger wanting II seat; he may have de-
signs on your purse. >. II the sexton
brings a stranger to your door, look dag
gers At him, and make him just as uncom-
Portable as you can. 3. Take out your
watch severai. times during the sermon,a and
il it has hunting case, shut it up with
sharp snap; it may hurry the preacher. 1
When you return your hymn book to the
rack let 1t 20 down with bang it enivens
the service. 5 Wear the most stvIi,n
dress you have; it shows you don't care
for the prsprieties- 6. Rush to the pew
door on the instant OF the last amen; you
are glad it's over. I. Stop iu the aisle to
salute All your friends, and tprn about, if
possible, in the crowd; it makes you con-
spicnous. $. Tread on as many dresses
OF the ladies as you can, and make them
look around. .. In the door, stand still
and have a chat. so as TO hinder all behind
you from getting out. 10. Then light
your cigar and go.
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abruptly, "see! your mother has tainted
from some severe shock. Send for your
father and physician at once!"
Alice rushed for father. and in a few
moments he was by mothers side. All ef-
tort To arouse her was, for time, unavail-
ing; but when she did iopen her eyes, and
they fell on father and Mr.. Lyman, she
cried in a hoarse whisper:
80 Herman. don't you see it?"
See what:" exclaimed my father.
"7he likeness r. she uttered. For the
first time, he :glanced at Mr.. Lyman, and
then-the color all left his face.
No word was spoken. but oh, for some
way out of this fearful labyrinth. Sudden
~ our mother started.
The old blue chest r. she said.
That vas all; but over the years there
came TO US As wildly as II painted in fresh il,
living coiors before our eyes, that day
when Percy's voice said, Lets tell
EIsle," and they impaired 10 me the fact
OF our mothers anguish In the shadows Of
the dim old garret.
At last. at last, the old blue chest was to
yield up its hidden secret. At last, with
out any seeking of our own, we were TO
know.
That was a supreme moment, aud If you
can take in the tableau, you will have a
most startling picture.
Out from the sacred corner was dragged
the chest. What our hands. in the times
that were gone, had not dared to touch,
was now exposed 10 the gaze OF all that
company; for. 10 the intensity of the in
slant, all went togather once more up the
steep, nnpainted stairs.
Dear mothers trembling fingers placed
the Key in the lock, and that which had
never, in all those years, been seen by
mortal eyes, was open to view.
What? 4 string Of bs1iS. dRi a nAte
cap teih feather, young child's suit of
clothes and half-worn shoe
Nothing more, and yet here was the mis-
sing link. Up in that garret, by the dim,
shadowy light, with the yellow corn dang
ling, and the bags swinging. as OF yore,
the second act in this drama was enacted
The mother had found her son
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Vol. XIV. Whole No. 1858. No. 6.
Fugitive Pieces.
BY W. W. BAILEY.

1t isa philanthropic impulse that leads
one to rescue the odds and ends of verse
that he sees wandering in the by-ways
of literature. We have a sort OF orphan
asylum where waits of merit are always
welcome. Indeed, we do not always
determine whether or not they are
meritorious when they present them
selves. The first impulse is to save them
from degradation, and then study the
good that is in them. Of course there
are verses s0Fweak and wretched that
one must reject them; but even these we
feel sort of pity for. What heartaches.
and SORROWS, and disappointments they
may represent We have known Al
poem, alas too Intimately, to go the
rounds of all the editors, piteously seek
ing admittance into the company OF the
elect. At last. threadbare aud con-
tenptible in the eyes of its very parent.
it brings up in the corner of a country
newspaper. Undoubtedly that is the
best place for it, "we smile and say,
'this is no fiattery.'"
But it was not of the houseless and
homeless strangers that we purposed so
much 10 speak, as of those which some-
how have not met the eve OF critic.
We have seen such anonymous poems
that could thrill us like a beautiful
song,-verses which the modest author
may himself condemn, but which should
stand high in contemporary literature.
Then, too, there are those which, hav-
ing the need of appreciation, stroll off.
as it were, into rural by-ways, search
| ing tor wild-flowers. We love to well
come these beauteous strangers, unfa-
miliar in garb only, for we have known
them long. Stray children of Long
| fellow aud Tenuyson aud Whittier aud
Hugo, thus wander to our gates. They
speak q "various language" but it is
always the utterance OF inspiration.
We welcome them, as they do US, for
the sentiment OF delight in meeting is
mutual. We cannot but feel when we
read, say some sweet verse of Long-
fellows that the poet knows that he is
at this precise moment giving Joy to
some one. There are gypsy bits OF hui
NOR, also, curious bare e-legged and shoe
| less sprites, whom their very fathers
will not acknowledge. Mschievous,
goodnatured. ne'cr- do weeis, why
should we turn them away? Their
antics will amuse us Of winter eve
ming. Come in by our fire: we are glad
to see you all. He who delights in
books must also rejoice In the di,jointed
scraps which have thus escaped from
! the fold. 1t is a good work and pleas
ant TO gather them in. Allowing for
errors in judgment, we will have in
time collection worthy of publication.
Perhaps the namelees, beating on the
editors door in company with the titled,
may find u reader admission ". b.
! Journal Of EiucdtiOn
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poetrp.
The Golden Milestone.


II. W. LoNGFELLow.
Leafless are the trees; their purple branches
Spread themselves abroad. like reefs OF coral.
Rising silent
In the Red Sea of the winter sunset.
From the hundred chimneys of the village,
Like the Affect in the Arabian story,
smoky columns
Tower aloft into the air of amber.
Al the window winks the Pickering freight;
Here and there the lamps OF evening slimmer,
Social waichfres
Answering one another through the darkness.
ON the hearth the lighted logs are glowing,
And. like Ariel In the cloyen pine tree,
For it, freedom
Groans and sighs the air imprisoned in them.
BY the freside there are old men seated,
Seeing ruined cities in the ashes,
Asking sadly
OF the past what II can ne'er restore them.
BY the fireside there are youthful dreamers,
Building castles fair. with stately stsirwsys,
Asking bliddly
or the future what IL cannot give them.
BY the iireside tragedies are acted.
In whose scenes appear two actors only
Wife and husband.
And above them God, the sole spectator.
BY the freside there are peace and comfort;
Wives and children. with fair, thoughtful faces.
waiting. watching
For well-known iootstsp IN the passage.
Each mans chimney is his Golden Milestone;
Is the central point from which he measures
Every distance
Through the gateways Of the world around him.
In his iarthest wsnderings still he sees ii.
Hears the talking flame. the answering might
wind,
As he heard them
When he sat with those who were, but are not.
Happy be whom neither wealth nor fashion,
Nor the march Of the encrosching city,
Drives an exile
From the hearth Of his ancestral homestead.
We NAV build more splendid hAbitaiiOns,
Fill our rooms with painting. and with sculp-
ture>.
But we cannot
Buy with gold the old associations.
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-Lessing exclaims, Woman is the
masterpiece OF the universe" Bourbon
says, The pearl is the image of purity,
but woman is purer than the pearl Thack-
cry writes, "A good woman is the lovliest
flower that blooms under heayen." Bazac
says, Even the errors OF woman spring
from her faith in the good" Votaire de-
clares, "All the reasoning of men are not
worth one sentiment of woman" Lamar
tine asserts that women have more heart
and more imaginationithan men," Otwy
exclaims, "Oh, woman, lovely woman,
Nature made thee TO temper men. We had
been brutes without YOU
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-Nasby: Paying Is what bites man.
and cripples his energies. Payin is slow
ly. but shoorly underminin the Corners
and sappin its prosperity. | hate payin
Ii robs dollar Nv all its delte to know
you hev got to pay it agin, after you hev
spent it. Wat shood like wood be to he'd
dollars which reprodoose themselves. Ell
two dollars Good only marry and hev large
families, That would be suthin like it,
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Night.

ftbThgF..
Night.
Night came down DER all ihaearih.
And took the tired Day,
And clasp.i her tightly in her arms,
And bore her far away.
The moon like some vast lighthouse seemed,
Far up In the Milky Way;
The glisiening star. like tiny barks,
Al anchor round her lay:
And like 4 single silver thread
That twincs IN some dark curl.
The river wound through trees and brakes.
A cleaning band OF pearl.
/ heard the son low DIP Of oar.
Like weary slow heart-throb;
And,the wayeleis lappcd the bow Of the boat
A low half-broken sob.
And on that night. 30 long ago,
A vision wouderous sweet
Came 10 ine in IT, fullest JOY,
So perfect and complete.
o golden dream, why did | wake
To f-d II past and gone:
The dream was like a glorious day;
ia ---Lt--. --iA ---g -i-'--
'Twere better far that | had died
Believing II were true,
sTwerc better far to sleep for aye
Beneath the sky 30 blue,
Than live, when each long weary day
Seems longer than beforc;
When life is but = constant pain
A wound unhea.ed and sore.
The river still flows murmuring on;
The stars are lust As bright
As when the vision came TO me
That rcstful summer night
The same! Yes. / alone AIN changed.
Oh God each wear, day
/ wish that had died the night
The vision passed away.
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AS they were about to Quaff, one OF
the patty suddenly called out TO another !:
Hello ,DougheIty You drinking whisky
Sure, ii was only yesterday ye tOwld me
ye was taytOtler." WELL" said Mr..
Dongherty, evidently somewhat disc IN
certed, 'you'er right, Misther Kelly IT..
quite right ye are. ! am taytotler, It's
true; but 1-I-lm not big0ted one!"
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80 Herman Dana came 10 us, and we
stranger aud distinguished friend OF Wal
ter Hastings. o. how We blessed Mr..
lla~tng,s party.
1t was happy company tina, gathered
now, daily, at our house and, as straws
show winch way the w ind blows. We were
not Ion. IN discovering that sweet Alice
was the bright star Ia our Hermann frma-
tnent; and when Percy kept away more
than wa> his wont. We felt sorry foi the
sunny eyed brother who would not even
tell his secret to either OF those most
Interested.
Clarance and Exile went on blushiug, as
OF late they had continued to do, till one
bright evening. when nobody saw the
deeper bushes, he told her he had AWAY.
loved her and always should, ,-sud ii she
would make him happy, why, then
hat Ettie said, oGly the moon and
twinkllng stars heard. and they won't tell.
Now for Elsie-yes, Elsie is the last, the
little one; but somehow. II you say much
about it, there is a certain Walter Hastings
who resents It, nightly, and declares
earnestly that his Elsie is Il sizable maiden
and VOWS ven 2~ance on all rnaligners.
Let the curtain fall.
The secret of years has been revealed !;
and though the dear garret remains as OF
old and other little feet pattsr up and
down its steep, implanted stairs, there is
no MYSTERY now about the old blue chest
Boston 1rdreiier.
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L [


Some years before the period of which
have written, our father. Mr.. Dana. was
successful merchant, and lived. with his
small family. hi n handsome country seat
at Halford. His wife. whom he dearly
loved, and young sou, Herman, the idol
OF his heart, were blessings which he daily
recognized most gratefully; and by all hu-
man calculation. his pathway was strcwn
with flowers. But reverses came; the
country seat was sacrificed, and with the
calm brow of a man who met his fate brave
ly because OF sterling integrity, he set his
face towards rcdeeming his fortunes; so,
taking n small house In the city, he readily
procured a situation.
All went well, for were not his beloved
Esther and little Herman still LEFT 10 him
But In an evil day his darling was taken
from him; not By death. no,-theTe j. a
more remorseless enemy than even death.
One can bear TO lay away the loved one In
the silent and restful grave,-can give the
last itcnder kiss submis.ively. II but the
knowledge il sure that God has taken the
immortal soul TO Himself. But poor father
aud mother had not even that consolation;
the little fellow had strayed away
through the city's streets, and never come
back. All search was useless; he was never
heard OF more. Had death taken him
Was he drownedi Was he sioleni iIor-
rible As all these thoughts were the uncet
tAinty was the hardest 10 bear; aud th"
broken-hearted parents prsyed.and prayed
that their darling mi ght be deldi
This terrible aillciiouilefi thctu childlcss,
till some two years after, Elite came TO
gladden. their hearts. then Percy, and then
myself
A. we grew In years. the subject OF our
having once had a brother was never men.
toned TO us. Since knowing the circum-
stances, | question seriously the keeping o. (
vital family matters OF this nature from the
knowledge OF the children, who certainly
have the best right TO know. But different
natures view things differently; and the
loss our parents had sustained was OF such
painful nature, that no alluson 10 Il, in
oar hearing, ever passed their lip--
In the meantime we grew older, aud
gradually our romps in the dear old garrct
grew fewer and fewer, TIL. finally, all there
was len OF il all 10 u, were sweet and ten.
der memories. The steep unpainted stairs.
were seldom traversed now by the feet
whose tramp made the whole house rihg.
and for all We knew to the UutItI aIr, 'hr
.p4dars ihriv.d In the silence. and buili
their wondrous houses and bridges uumo-
Tested
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or course there is another chapter. You
will wart to know OF MIR. Lyman's previ-
Jus history, and | shall tell you that the
ocean cable had much business to do for
several coming days.
The gentleman at Leeds. the reputed
father. after hearing all these circum-
stances, wrote that, years before, he and
his wife. not being blessed with children.
had adopted this little fellow. lie had
found him, as he thought, the child of poor
parcn.s, who seemed reluctant to part
with him, but had finally yielded to the
hattcring prospect. His wife had died.
and the boy, who had never known they
were not his real parents, was his only
comfort. But now that he saw he must
give him up, he should come Immediately
TO America and be an eyewitness to all
this new found happiness.
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"A gentleman speaking of his wife to a
friend said: Before we were married. she
used to say 'bye-bye' SO sweetly when |
went down the steps" And now what
does she say?" asked the friend "Oh.
just the same" exclaimed the man, ''buy,
buy !" 'Ah, l see," said the other, "she
only exercises little different spell over
you"
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-Pettengill says that the first return
ing board of which he has any recollec-
ton was shingle in the hand OF his father.
The three-father, son aud shingle-used
to hold frequent committee meetings in
the back shed, but the returns came 10 so
swiftly that fair count was impracticable.
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Freedom Notice.

mHIs ceriiHes that have this day given ny
L son william II Braey the iemaiader oi his
minority to transact business Tor htAself there.
any bills Of his contraesiag after this date,
IL 81 DAVID BRACY.
NJ. Desert. Jan. q, 1s7s. Sws'
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to do with IT. From that day forth. the
garret was as a sacred place TO Us. and we
never. never any OF us. went into 1t without
"A thought, dim and shadowy 10 be sure. but
still a thought. In the direction of this un-
woniei revelation.
Up to this time. we never had queried as
to the contents OF the chest. but nOIr what
could be in IL we dared not ask. aud surely
never dared To look for ourselves. Once.
Clarence Doyle, our neighbor's son. and
always our dear playmate. in very mis-
chief. seized one handle AMI WAS about
dragging 1t forth from Its hiding-place,
when Percy rushed at him with:
80. Clarence. don't! don't touch that y
aud Clarence dropped it from his hands,
amazed. NO" explained dear Percy, I'VE
never touch that; we don't think mamma
wants US to-"
That was enough, and henceforth. during
all our Schildhood's years, the ''oid blue
chest remained unmolested aud untouch-
ed. We never again saw our mother there.
and never did she explain 10 us the mys-
terry OF her tears; but sure II is, that " 1t
had contained gems and gold uncouuted. II
could not have been guarded more sacred
ly.
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-F0ur-years old, to his mother holding
the baby Say, mama, say! Eat squawl-
ing little baby seems to sink 'ee's ze only
chile yon got. I'd give him back again?
f London Paper
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--"Wiil you name the bones OF the heady''
"fve got 'em all in my head, Professor;
but can't give them"
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Medical Notice.

A ST am about to change my field Of practice.
IA wish to close my accounts All bills not
settled before the FIRST OF March next will be col
lected at ths expense OF the debtor. Daring my
absence Joseph Small 10 authorised 70 settle my
accouns.
A. T.. HAGERTHY.
steubeh, Jan. 25, Dse. Sws
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The following bright and touching little poem
BY young lady Of Buffalo Is publi,h.l In the
EpfToR's DRAWER Of NIrYer's MGJ4-iHe for
FsbrugrU
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SCLr-PKESERVATUON.
OPPOSITE REVERE HOUSE,

Posii.hed and for Sale 0aly by she
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1Butnarh Street.