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SOPHIA TEMPLE.

Glance back over your own lives. Have
you ever bad such momeut Of love after
years of psin2 Just recall your own sensa,
tons, aud leave Percivsl and Sophia to en-.
Joy theirs uudiSturbed, as happy lovers
should.
Even when their first transports are over
there they sit, exchanging at slow intervals
one low spoken sentence for another.
So q, tull tide on some quiet coast a
wave breaks with low plash of music on the
shore, and thea there is a silence, and then
another wave answers in the same murmur
ing note. as 10 its turn it lays its head on
the golden beach, Or so, deep in the woods
at summer noon, when ell beside is res. and
stiffness, one singing bird trills out q few
deep notes of passion, and then the golden
stillness recu7s, until the mate answers
from tree in notes as laden With music and
tenderness Break, shining sea, wave after
wave of joy Sing birds Of love, and let
the voice Of yous passion go to end fro from
breast to bresstl And you tro pure and
faithful hearts, touch each other at last
and tell in what language you please that
sarthly paradise is here, within your clssp
3D. arms.
But Sophia" Percival said st last, for
ShAtpOssiblereasou did you behave yourself
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sevsn months, and the yield is about nifty
feathers, but there is more money msoe oy
charging visitors to the ranch atty Genus
head gate money than on the festhefs
The process of picking is no sinscure, oy
any means. 1t takes three men to pluck the
feathers from healthy bird-t.o to hold
the bird and one to take the feathers. Inc
bird has It's feet padded, BY putting sort OF
mitten on, SO it cannot kick the everlasting
dsyEghts out OF q man. A mule Is some
thing cf a kicker when he is feeling well,
hut the mule, in all iEs glory, is not arrayed
like enc OF these ostriches with Kicking
utensils. Ii was hard mp, aud out OF s
lob, and couldn't get q JOB shoveiing fog'
and somebody would offer me fair wages to
p,uck feathers off OF a mule, might take
the lob rather than stsrye. but if any man
who KEEP, en- ostrich orchard should oner
ME a salary to pluck feathers OF OF those
birds. unless be would furnish we'll rivit.
ed iron vest aud coat and helmet, and
pair OF wrought steel pants, and drawers
of sheet iron, and sEee to indemnify my
heirs, executors and assigns IN case L mad
the inside of zoe al! kicked out over the
prairie, | would not accept this well'mesnt
offer of JOB There is case on this farm
which elbows how nearly allied to the hu-
man race The ostrich is A female ostrich
killed her mate in cold blood. She got
mad aoout some family matter. which did
not get into the papers, and k'hed him
out of bad snd all oser the piantanon anu
s,iied him In the OF time II became prop
or for her to mate again and SIDE sswed
herself of on TO an old unlucky rooster
shsdid not dare refuse. aud the poor o.
aich goa about her bidding ia meek as
Moses, not daring 10 say bis alleged soul
his Own. They say that II Is Z clear case Of
a heu.pscked husband, aud he shows his
disgrace and humilistioDjus' as PLAIN rs any
of us do, or would under the circumstances
1t does not seem possible that The chsrsct
erislics OF the human race could show then
selves 80 plainly iu oiads. felt like go
ing ND to the ostrich and extending to bin
my heartfelt sympathy on behalf OF tn
race to which | bstong, but his wife wa
there, and | thought perhaps she woul'
kick the life out OF me slso 80 didn't d
il, ba. sm going 10 send the Ostrich
married cops of this paper, anyway, TheF
IS no person that has more genuine sym
patty on tap than have.
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TALMAag ON MAGNETISM.
Re Argues for n Saturday Half Holiday
From an Experience in Philadelphia.
Brooklyn BdgIe.

Re Argues for n Saturday Half Hohdsy
From an Experience in Philadelphia.
Brooklyn BGgle.
What is the difference between the clerk
who is able to sell goods we'll and she who
is not able to sell goods well? Magnetism
That is all. What is magnetism? don
know, but we all know its effects See the
young woman who has magnetism. do"
she brings down the goods iron the shelves
and spreads them out on the counter to at
tract the attention of Customer OF the
opposite sex. Maybe he he does not want
the goods, hut be listens entrsnced as she
tells him that there are no.such goods ss
thsse anywhere else 10 the whole world
laughter; that his whole happiness will
surely be wrecked if 40 fails TO taxa the
present opportunity Of buying the goods
Laughter He has to take 1t Laugh
ter. He would feel everlaStiIgly demesn:
ed II he did not take it. Laughter. l
met with "A case OF that kind in Phiadel'
phia the last time | was there. Laugh,
Ter | wen. into a store and was seized
upon By magnetic young lady, who tried to
sell me pair OF opera glasses. l dldn L
need opera glasses told her that never
went TO theatre, but il was no use, she
praised these glasses up 80 highly and spoke
80 eloguently of the delights of possessing
them aud so pa,helicallY OF the miserles OF
being without them that | began to feel
that it was a duty to buy those glasses.
| Laughter And had to bear the deriSion
of my whole household on account OF them
Applause aud laughter.
If you give the Saturday halt'hoilday to
the men and women who stand behind the
counters they can sell anything. Ap'
plause and laughter. What stupid idea
It ia that a store can sell more gods the
longer it keeps open. Under this impress
sion merchants OF the Eastern district keep
their shops open till 9 o'clock every night
and till II on Saturday. Such stupid
slavery as that would make ma mad il Was
no, in a profession in which q display OF
i'll temper would be inconsistent, Five ane
a hslf days now ought to be as long as a
month in the DAYS when there were no eIe,
waited railways, no such systam a. We have
now and no labor saving machinery. Why
in the time Of Methuselsh a man could go
TO store and say to the proprietor: 81
want q little time to make up my mind
about this, | will cell again next century"
Laughter Nine hundred and sixty-nine
wears Methuselah lived and be wouldn't
have died then if he had not been careless
and got his feet wet. Fancy mourning
over the death of con who died at 4SO
years and saying, II knew | shonld never
be able to raise that boy" Laughter.
| If the world without labor saving mschin-
cry could do its work in six days what are
ali our inventions good for if with them We
are not able to do the worlds work in five
and a hslf days2 Applause
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Scrofu!a of Lunr,
Relieved.

I AN now 4s,years old, and have sy,,
last fifteen years with lang ,roubl. =
members Of the lsmily on my raO,hsr,,
house had died with consumption, ana =
were all agreed in their opinion ,h., Cd
sun 9tion also. had all the Distress,
toms Of that terrible disease. Ihavs
ands OF dollars 70 srrsst the march a, -,
have employed all OF the us1sj ,S- lie
only in my osn case, but in the tIesirSs..a
mem oers Of my family, but iemnor.ree q ~
all that obtained. vas unit Tor tAs n
labor fos several yean. By chsnos IA
possession OF pamphlet on Blood ,sa - y
ease, trom the once oil ssifi sIecihe a =, n
Ga, 4 friend recommended the u,S Ala
Specific, claiming that he hiusslf had ssa
benefited by lite use In some lung ;roSS ~,
solved 70 Try L. About four year, "a, d
msnced TO take 5. 5 ). ACCORDING I. Az Z,
found II an iny!gorstipg touic. And ga
about fifty bot lee. Tee Ie.u.ts are At =
able. My cough has # me, nv ,r,rs. es.s|
turnei, and weigh liIty pounos NOR y. u !,
did In my lie. IL hes been ,hrep ~ y
stopped the use OF the medicine, oui / u
no r sss q tn n my iS. ana Ia. d ~.
vi ,acOhsaIo.l sork, and feel a, vel !, I''.
since sas boy. 1he-s, ! knos, are 80 &
statements 10 make, out | am honest ,ss
that owe my ex 'ttence and health 10 IA, -
Specific. IL Is The only medicine IA, e,
me any permanent rellet. 1 O. not sAr ts,' -
Specific will do this In every ca,e. bIt 80
lively affirm that Il has done tais mocs : ~
and would b. q recreant 10 the city go
iering hu sanity II 1 failed TO oesr M, 80
u stimony 10 the merits Of tnii sopS-,s
cine. 1 am well known In the CITY a "
cry, snd can refer TO some Of the btr, rs. -
the citv. .JE
Montgomery. Ala, June IS, 1855
Swift Specific Is entirely vegetable =
ON Blood and Skin Diseases ~ ilsi Tree
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Irsvs, 4.
Ga.
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so very oddly when / frst came into the
roomP l really thought you we're very an
CRY or frightened, What could you mean
by it?"
He laughs, but when he looks at her be
sees her lower lips give q witch, and she
makes little shivering noise, ss if she were
going TO burst cut crying.
Il suppose you have had go much trou
bic lately" be says tenderly. Think no
more about it. dear"
She hated hsrseh for her doubts. She
would confess ell to him. No she would
not Yes, she would. Then at last she
answered:
at was not my home troubles Percy. 1t
vast wss--
What was it2' 1t is 30 sweet TO bend
over her and question her in his low voice.
well, you know, it vast was
He sees the twltch of the lip once more,
he sees her eyes move round the room, as
if looking for something, but she stops
again.
What can't have been?' he asks third
time.
Then all at o2ce she looks up, laughing
like a shining April shower, though hel
voice trembles still.
1T was nothing-nothiug in the world
but that l was delighted to see you, dear
EFT. dearest darling"
She seals the statement with kiss, Bat
my moral young woman, we have caught
you in decided 6b.
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CHAPTER ".
PERCIvAL RETURNS.

II vas about the middle of January. The
funeral was over, and Sophia Was sitting
alone in the little morning room Which had
been her mothers fsvorits spot. Car and
Sibyl hsd zone home, aud Goldmore was
down stsirs in the library examining the
old lsdy'S papers, the greater portion Of
Rbich hsd only just b=eu obtained, as her
solicitor hsd been from home. be had ar
rived half an hour ago, and, together with
Goldmore, was going into the affairs. So
phia sat alone, full of fore5oding and dreari.
ness. 1t was after four o'clock; the sky
was sullen and gray; mist was rising all
round the house Drssry dresry world
Sophia's heart went off-ss 1t had done
hundred times every day for months past
to Australia and Percival, ss1 that odious
MIS-. Lanigan. She had in her minds eye
quite 8 picture of her rival; a tall, hand
some woman, with free eyes. high color,
and dark eye brows and hair. How could
Perciysl have liked such cfesture2 Then
there was the wonder which had haunted
her row for weeks. Would Pe.ciyal come
to see her when be arrived in Englsnd?
W Oui1 NC lulasluo cue HiN ASt huON' |
Could she steel her heart and repel him as
she ought2
So constant hsd these reflections and
lueatiopings been Of late that shat follow
"a Was q coincidence only in appearance.
Will Percivsl come to me?' was actually
IN the tip of that inward tongue With which
We soliloquize when her msid came into
DOM With an expressive face, saying:
Gentleman called to see you. miss, sd-
ling, in kind of uOoficisl whisper: IFS
Nr. Brent. miss
She had heard all the gossip OF the town.
mt her face and tone sigui6ed that if she
sere mistress and not maid, PsEciyal
hould be forgiven at once. and more than
orgivsn shortly. But sophia was too sgi-
ated for observation. Should she say:
lot at homer Engsged2 Cannot see him2
Ter heart had almost stopped beating; but
ssoIyed not to let her maid see sn5,hiDg.
be said, 10 as quiet voice as she could
ommAnd:
SHOW him up. J,
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TIE SUMNER PEST.
How "A Good Housekcsper should Get Rid
of Flies


II for forts-sisht hours you can keep
every drop of liquid from a room the flies
in il will lesve 1t But the prohibition is
absolute A drop Of deT on rose leaf,
still mere the concealed breath on a win,
dov.psue gives qaite as much fluid AS the
thirsty little fly will ask for. But good
housekeeper will remember this rule 60 as
never TO leave pitcher OF water uncovered
in room which she wishes to enjoy nap
in, or 10 which she means TO place a guest.
Aud she will carefully cover any other cup,
mug, glass or other vessel which contains
liquids.
Observe, next that the Fly is tropical
insect disilkes cold, and cannot bear 1t
long. For the same reason, probably, he
IS disconnected, even on o warm day, by Il
draught Of air. DE- Franklin, you will re.
member, proved that man might be
killed, as If frczsn to death, by swift
drsught OF air, even az the temperature OF
100 dsgrses Fahrenheit For practical
purposes the Hy knows this as well as Dr..
Franklin did So soon as your. patient
leaves q room, open tho windows enough
to start all the drsughts possible. Have
papar weights n abundance TO keep books,
handkerchief or all other movables in
place, that no Qua may have Gil excuse for
closing the windows.
TIE old New England housekeeper sup
poses that flies dislike darkness, and the
old treatment Of summer rooms ID to keep
them dark when they are not occupied by
men, women or children. But think this
is An error. The fly, in darkness, simply
recedes into his dens and caves and holes
Of the earth. So soon as the light comes
be is out again, seek;ng his prey, il may
OF observed also, that the apparent reason
why be arncys your patient as be does, in
the estly DorniUg, when no one else il
awake or wants to be, is simply that be-
has been chilled at night and now seeks
the warmth OF the pillow or the
cheek. He ia not at that moment
seeking food. If you have been
careless enough to permit any aiea 10 sleep
in the room with your patient, you can
draw them % another corner by lighting
Que or two kerosene lamps, with such an
arrangement, for instance, as every oil
stove gives.
You should rot have had any Hy in the
bedroom Nor would you il the whole
house had been kept II proper condition.
II the esthbltshuept Ia large, the superin.
tend-..:. ~ intelligent will certainly detail
. competent person early in the spring to
the special business Ct keeping out the
hiss aud seeing that 10 more are Matched
If Jon are in q private house, read this ar.
ticlo 10 the bou,ekeep,r. and concert with
her thorough measures, taking pains to in
struct the servants.
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CHAPTER ILL


Nor was poor Sophia left alone with her
sorrow. We have all friends 10 this world
some who wish Gs veil, aud some who
aish rs nothing Of the kind. Ill wishers
and we'll wishers sometimes are equals in
making % uneasy. And thus It was With
Sophia, for while she was shut up with her
mother in the sick house various persons
found opportunity to disturb her with couu-
sci or warning. The interchangeable Mrs
Hands, who had made up her mind that
the Young woman must aud should marry
Young John Done, managed to work her
way into the house several times. Sophia
nov fssred and hated the widow in equal
portss although she could not deny that,
in telling her the truth about Psrciysl, she
she had acted thep art Of friend.
MY dear Sophia" this energetic dame
said, Il hear that Brent is coming home
bankrupt they say; character and cash
both gouel should like to see you COM
forts6ly settled before that time, and in q
position to treat him as he deserves. Nov,
while your mother is still living, and able
to be comfo.ted, settle yourself, Sophia.
settle Yourself Ny dear. know one young
man, at least, who would be at your feet
in an hour after the time | told him there |
vas hope that you would change your
mind and say yes l know the young
man"
"Fhsnk you" Sophia replied, hastily, |
Her chseks we're on Ere at the bare idea Of
SEEING Percival sgAin. Il shall sssy with
mamma to the last; and i am not going
% mary any one,
Certainly not . man who has treated
Iou badly" the widow said, resolved to
,ledgs Sophia 10 this much, at least.
II Sm rot going 10 marry anybody"
sophia repeated, tsrtly.
She had smother counselor. Egsrton,
Isving heard that Pereiyal was returning,
sntursd to sdvise Sophia on the whole
1bjsct.
Ii is not his being little wild, Sophia,
hat would so much object to-" be said. |
We are gil that sometimes. | mean Hs {
Dung fellows, not girls, though said we I
had what we call an affair with Miss
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Taken at Her Word.
~ s..., NJ.

The sudden aud remarkable death of q
woman named Lyon at Greenville, Mich,
is causing great deal OF comment. she
was given TO positive expressions, and
when engaged in the transfer Of a piece OF
real estate, the title OF which was question
ed, remarked that she hoped God would
strike her dead if was not all right.
The fact that her claim was not perfect
finally appeared. A lawyer confronted her
With the evidence of her Misrepresentation
and so shocked her nervous system that
che fell dead at his foot Q mr..
sons Regard this calamity as direct visj.
tation OF Divine wrath, but the medical su-
thorities account for the phenomenon on a
theory more within the bounds Of human
comprehension.
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Constitutional Catarrh.

Nosiog'e disease has ,ntsilsl more suffering OF
ha,tensd he breaking uP Of the Constitution than
CatATrH. lie sense Of smell, Of taste Of sight OF
be1rirg. ;he human voice, D,ird,-one or more,
and sometimes al, y,eli 10 It's destructive inHu
encs. Ihe poison IL distributes throughout the
system attacks every Vita force, and breaks OPP the
rnIst robust 81 constitu'iJGr. Ignored. because
but ilille undsrt0od, by most physicians, i'm
pot"ntly sssaile1 ny quacks and charlataDs those
suffering from Il have utIls hops % he relieved Of
IL this side OF The grave II l. Time then that the
popular treatment Of this ter lille dis ase BY rene.
dies sithIn the reach Gf ali passed. into hands
at once compaieut aud tTDt~Jrthy. The nev and
hitherto uHtried etso3 adopted BY Dr. saniord
In ths preparation Of his R.nICAL CURE has won
tbs hearty approval Of th9u,Ahda. II Is instsn.
taneOus N aHGrlug relief In al head colds, snssz-
ing, Hing and ObsiTuohd breathing. snd rap
IDLY removes the most opp es.iys symptoms, clear
ING the head, sEestsniDg the breath, IeIioing the
ssus;s OF SINE ta'te AID bearing, and nsutrkliE-
ibg tho cSnstitu iOBsI trndepcy IL the dsea,e 10
wards the luug', liver and kid1eys.
bASYORD's EiDEAL CURB consist, Of one b9ltle
OF the RADICAL CCHE, one kox OF CATARRHAL
oOLykar, and an IMPROVED IsHALEK; prscs, g.
POTTER DEUO q CHEMICAL Co, BosTos.
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He Feared no Foe.
I-L,a.s,,, Tr,r.TJ.y

The memory OF drunken man is some'
times strikinQly alive. A well.knovn citi
zen stood in barroom attempting to in
d1ce every one to drink. Very naturally
bis war experience soon came up, and with
that chestswell OF pride which ever charsc'
terizes the old soldier, he said:
Il fought seven battles during the wa,
and amt afraid OF no man"
Come on and go home" remarked a
friend. taking his arm.
mo, won't go home | fought seven
battles, and | amt AFRAID of no man, but
won't go home. an a married man"
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psarsuee with that of Caroline, or even
With that Of Sibyl, was warning against
living for an idea in this worldly world.
The other sisters might not indeed have
grasped the whole substsncs-in this HE
who does2 But Sophis's very shadow had
vanished away, and she was quite alone,
snd destitute not only Of pleasure but OF
illusion, too.
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Who Can This BE?

Mr. y (Grises, rubs his hands Sloply,
gldHces Orer The room and smiles. 81
don't know that can add any more to this
subject than has been said By the preceding
speakers. l shall not detain you long but
there is one feature that | should like to
touch upon" latter half an hour And
now in conclusion let me add" (guarter
ofan hour Of hope and despair) THAT
IS l believe all have to say on the subject
at present" (sits douOH-heGrysH ap.
pLagSc).
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Why He Wa, AfraId.
Rtnlueku Sat JgnrnaI.

Johnny, go up to bed now. Irs after 8
o'clock"
20 pshsH You come along, mother,
and hold the light; I'm sfesred."
Why, child what are you afraid OF
You went up to bed many time without
a light"
But it wasn't when had chspped lips,
like | now got, and can't whistle and; |
could whistle then"
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Our Funny Language.

Lady (who has lately purchasei Web
s'ers. Unabridged, to Real Estate desler)-
rs the house | ENGAGED insus yetT'
Dealer -Ms'an2
Lsdy-'Is my house iUspe YETI
Deaier-"That wasn't in The lease"
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WHY.
For Re SsAdag Register.

For lse SsadaV Register.
II was down on the sandy beach one nisst
when the moon shOns over tae sea-
That a sauey girl who stood by my eide
Put this posing question to me-
"Why don't YOU marry she said,
Ard /, idly repeating e. question Ger,
t;azed in her ewes one iust,nt and then
nm fbe waves hat broke on she sandy shore.
And gazing still on The waves l asSei,
n = $500 fhst va trembling aud low,
tsyill YOU marry me-" could say no more
And .Se rath,r hastily ans EcUed no
Then anal = sort Of cynical smile,
80 csrs(sS,Iy y,anced At tHe mOoult sky
Az 4 aid: ''Nhy don u,Srfy - -
lou NS Z. A.
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Used To IL,
The Judge.

Temperance revivslist 10 the reformed
ope) BROTHER, DO you know what the na-
ture of this pledge isY'
Reformed one-"Well, ooss. | ought to.
l have been signing these pledges for you
fellows for the last thirty years"
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TO THE EDITOR.

FoT The Sg7idy Reyisisr.
You wise old coon.
You deep polyhis
o, grant me boon
DoR't be : rcsisier.
OF looms?
Respect my aspiring
To climb up PAruaSsu5,
In verses sutpiring
Poetic moizsssS
OF lsSSies.
just open your hssTt
BE not like the eranks
Who shy me the dart,
"Deciinei With thanks"
The Crsnks, S4P-Ho