NIGHT AND STORM. 
BY MBS. 8 AKA FI IIKLKN TOITBAK. 
I paw the waning August moon 
Rise o'er i he rocky shore, 
And on a sad and stormy soa 
Its lurid crimson poor. 
The broad, rod son seemed like a field 
Whore Charging squadrons go— 
I saw their rank of shining steel. 
1 heard their clarions Mow. 
Near mu the dancers’ flying feet, 
With sonuds of harp and horn.. 
And wild wallamusic, madly sweet, 
Were on the night-winds borne. 
Rich voices lingered on the ear, 
And laughter floated by, 
And many a call of merry cheer, 
And many a glad reply. 
I only watched (lie trampling Feet 
. Of waves upon the shore— 
I only heard their war-drums heat 
Their plunging batteries roar. 
I thought on many a bannered plain. 
On battles lost and won, 
On homes bereft and heroes slain, 
And armies marching on. 
The wild waltz music died away, 
The laughter and the glee, 
Bnt all night long a stormy song 
Seemed soimding from the sea 
A wail of trumpets in the air, 
A dead march on the ware, 
Wild tones of triumph or despair 
O’er all our martyred brave. 
I hailed Jehovah’s fiery sword 
In battles lost and won; 
I hailed the armies of the Lord, 
And heard them marching on. 
[IV. T. Independent. 
her exact counterpart in character as well as in 
form and feature. 
Mrs. Lawrence saw in this new relation to 
the little heiress, a prospect of the attainment 
of her cherished wishes. La Grange, as she 
named t he place, was a grander home than even 
lior wildest fancy had pictured, and she resolved 
the moment she entered the mansion that for- 
house; the night had fallen blaok and heavy. 
Her uncle welcomed her kindly, but, her aunt, 
and Annie received her coldly. Little was 
changed since Nina was last, there. Her aunt 
admired anything of ancient grandeur, and 
liked the heavy, antique furniture hotter than 
more modern. 
One pleasant suite of rooms had been fur- 
cvcr afterward she would be its mistress, and nisbed to please Miss Annie’s taste. She was 
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Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
NINA RONALD SON; 
OR, THE HEIRESS OP LA GRANGE. 
"With wailings like those of doomed spirits, 
the winds swept up from the river, through the 
pine trees, over the snow-covercd terraces 
around the castle-like mansion of Howard 
llONALDSON. 
The night was black, save, now and then, the 
clouds were swept for a moment aside, and the 
moon looked with a ghostly light upon the nighL 
The bell in the old tower tolled. Was it the 
work of Bpirit-liande, or only the wind sweeping 
through the shattered tower? That night a 
light swept over the crucifix upon the tower, 
like the wing of an angel. Was it only the 
reflection of a light in the valley, or was it some 
thing supernatural—a warning of evil to come? 
In the mansion of How ard Ronalpson a 
alienee brooded such as always Alls us with a 
nameless dread; a silence born of death. The 
halls echoed drearily to an occasional foot-fall,— 
the lamps burned dimly, and otic, the groat lamp 
before the western door over-looking the tower, 
swayed heavily, and went out. Onto -the 
favorite hound paced up through the long par¬ 
lors, howling piteously, as if in pain. 
That night a child was born to Howard 
Ronaldson— a feeble, wailing cJiiid; but the 
aame wave that swept up from the sea of eter¬ 
nity the soul of the child, earned thither again 
the mother’s spirit. Life and Heath met, em¬ 
braced and were forever parted, and Howard 
Bonaldson, looking upon his dead wife, cursed 
that power that had crushed the white rose of 
his heart and left him only this tiny bud that a 
single frost might blight, 
Nina, the mother, with white lips and her 
parting breath, named her child. Poor Nina! 
it were well if the little soul, scarcely removed 
from Heaven, could flutter back in its spotless 
purity. Not for the sainted mother the angels 
wept—nor yet for the strong, stern man, bowed 
though he was beueath his grief; but for the 
little one, for the long unloved childhood before 
her. Where the pine trees met and clustered 
together their evergreen crowns, they buried 
her—the beautiful Lady Ronaldson. Over 
her grave a mimic chapel was reared, upon the 
marble tower a cross was sculptured, and 
beneath it, only this —“ Lost Evangel." 
When Lhe spring opened Howard Ronald- 
SON closed bis princely mansion, left hi 9 child 
in the city with an early friend, and sailed for 
Europe. 
Every provision was made for the comfort of 
the child; all that wealth could do to make her 
life beautiful was done for her; yet the little one. 
knew no mother’s love, nor yet any affection 
akin to it. Her physical wants were cared for— 
nothing more. And. as the violets opened their 
blue eyes to the sun, spring after spring, so 
Nina’s heart expanded, and cried for love. The 
blue eyes wanted to be kissed to sleep each 
night, and through the day the little hands were 
outstretched for lender aid. The tiny feet needed 
to be guided, lest lhe thorns should bruise them. 
When Nina was six years old her father died 
in Germany, leaving her nearly the whole of his 
large property, and appointing her mother’s 
eldest brother her guardian. Immediately upon 
receiving this intelligence, Warren Law¬ 
rence removed from his humble home in u 
distant city to the Konaj.dson estate, taking 
with him his little ward. Lawrence had been 
highly esteemed by Howard Ronaldson du¬ 
ring their brief acquaintance. Ho was a kind- 
hearted, frank, cordial man; one who wins 
friends, and loves to keep them; but he was 
weak, and had learned to submit entirety to the 
stronger will of his wife, wlio was a proud, 
selfish woman. The prayer of her life had been 
for wealth. Gold had been her god, and for it 
she bad saeriflaed all the finer feelings of her , 
woman’s nature. Her daugter, Annie, was 
Annie, alone, should be second to her. 
Little Nina wandered up and down the old 
ancestral halls, wondering at the heavy black 
oak furniture, the grand old pictures. She knew 
her father had loved that home; she knew her 
grandfather had died there, and long afterward 
her gentle mother, and, child that she was. she 
felt a reverence for all she looked upon. It was 
beautiful to sec the tears welling up in her gen¬ 
tle eyes as she looked upon the portrait of her 
mother; it was beautiful, the look of holy love 
and faith upon her little face; it was as if the 
spirit of the lost Evangel bad fallen upon her. 
It was touching, the sweet voice, that said, 
“Auntie this was my dear papa's home, wasn't 
it?" And very chilly the reply, “Yes, it ioas 
your father’s, but now it is your uncle’s, and 
mine, and Annie’s. You are to live with us, if 
you are good; so you must remember and not 
make any trouble." 
Poor Nina! She understood that it was 
cousin Annie’s home, not hers; and the thought 
filled her with sorrow. She was too young to 
hare any idea of inheritance, and legal right, 
and so, of course, believed si e was only “ living 
with uncle, in uncle’s home." Eveu the piano 
that had been her mother's, Mrs. Lawrence 
forbade her using. It was Annie’s, she said, 
“and there was no necessity of Nina’s thrum¬ 
ming upon it.” 
Now more than ever Nina pined for love. It 
was very hard to see Annie caressed, and she 
unnoticed. It was hard when Annie received 
her good-night kiss, that she must go to her 
room without even a smile. At such times she 
would kneel beside Iter little bed and pray that 
Jksds would please take her to Heaven, and let 
her be With her dear mother; and “please 
Jesus do not wait long — your little child is 
very tired.” 
There was one Rpot she often visited — her 
mother’s grave. Her little feet wore a path 
thither through the long grass, and often the 
solemn twilight would find her kneeling before 
the sculptured cross, her great, soft eyes filled 
with tears. 
O, lost Evangel t surely God must permit 
mothers to hover over their little ones. Surely 
so dose a tie death may not sever.. The day 
may be twain, but their spirits shall be one. 
This one joy of the little Comfort less heart was 
at last broken, when Mrs. Lawrence said, 
“ Nina, you must not go down to the chapel so 
often, you need not go at all without my permis¬ 
sion: you are always gone when Annik wants 
you, and 1 think there is no necessity of your 
being forever out of sight when you are 
needed.” So she went no more, down through 
the pines to the chapel above her mother’s 
grave. She could only press her little, sad face 
up to the window of her room, and catch a 
glimpse of the crucifix through the trees. 
So the summer crept away and the winter 
came, another summer, and then, although 
Nina had tried very hard not to be trouble¬ 
some, she did become so, and was sent to a cheap 
boarding-school. 
Her clothes were poor and few—for Mrs. 
Lawrence told her she “ could not expect to be 
dressed finely while she was so young and could 
not earn any thing;” but Annie wore the 1 
richest garments, had fashionable instructors, 
and lived in elegance upon the revenue from 
Nina’s property. 
At school Nina studied diligently, trying all 
the time to lie grateful to her uncle for the ad¬ 
vantage* lie gave, never dreaming, poor child, 1 
that all within and without the mansion at La 
Grange was her own. 
She occasionally received letters from Annie ; 
telling her of her costly wardrobe , her jewels, i 
her attainments in music, French, Ac. Now i 
and then Mrs. Lawrence sent a small remit- < 
tanee of money, always charging her to be pru- i 
dent; “people who live on other people’s money i 
Rhould not be spendthrifts." i 
So the months and years went by. Once Nina i 
went to her uncle’s during vacation, but was so | 
coldly received that she never repeated the t 
experiment. i 
Oh I kow wearily the years wore on! How 
she longed, prayed, agonized for something to ’ 
love; some thing, some one to love her. And 
often was her child’s prayer repeated:—“O, , 
Father! take mo home; for the world, I love it l 
not P’ i 
Back to the past her heart went with its gush- t 
ing memories, and found but one thing to love, i 
the Gothic Chapel above the grave of her moth- t 
a passionate lover of the beautiful, and nothing 
j bad been denied her in the gratification of her 
c wishes. She had changed as well as Nina, 
, though she was not half so beautiful, and as she 
r looked upon Nina’s queenly form, her classic 
I features, pearl-like complexion, and beautiful 
. eyes, she felt a dark pang of jealousy. 
, Mr. Lawrence looked upon bis niece with 
real satisfaction, and a sweet memory of his sis- 
. ter— the lost Evangel— must have come over 
, Him, for he said, tenderly, “ a fine-looking little 
, girl, upou my word; nearly as lovely as her 
mother." 
These were the only words of praise she had 
ever heard in her uncle’s house. And her face 
. flushed with pleasure, but changed again to 
sadness as Mrs. Lawrence, frowning, said:— 
• “ If Nina Iwhavcs well, no doubt we shall think 
she looks well; a plain lace, even on ugly one 
may be rendered passable by belonging to a 
lovable person." 
After Nina bad eaten the cold lunch set be¬ 
fore ber after her long ride, she followed Annie 
into the parlor. She leaned her head upon her 
hand, and lost in thought scarcely noticed the 
brilliant etudes and variations ber cousin was 
playing, until that young lady said, pettishly, 
‘‘Well, Nina, you haven't so much as told me 
whether you like my playing.” There was 
something exacting in her voice and manner, 
something that said, “ I ecr.pcd praise, and you 
must give it to me;” so Nina quietly replied, 
“Indeed, cousin Annik, I was tbiuking so 
busily I hardly noticed your playing; if you 
will favor me with another piece, I am all atten¬ 
tion, and no doubt will be able to compliment 
you.” 
“ IndeedP replied Annie, “indeed! what 
condescension! But you are no judge of music, 
so you needn’t trouble yourself to give atten¬ 
tion.” 
When she retired ber aunt conducted her to 
her room, a small one, opening from Annie’S 
sleeping-room. It was meagerly furnished, but 
was good enough, as Mrs. Lawrence said, add¬ 
ing, “you sleep bore so that if Annie noeda 
anything you will bo near; and, Nina, here, 
after, I do not wish you to sit in the parlor eve¬ 
nings. Annik frequently has company, and 
does not need your society." 
Nina made no reply. The great burning 
teal’s sprang to ber eyes, and when the door 
closed after her aunt’s retreating form, she threw 
herself down and sobbed In an augony she bad 
not known for years. Widely the tide of an¬ 
guish rolled over her soul; but unseen hands at 
last parted tliertSulvQ* and a calmness e:une over 
her. She crept »wp to tho window and looked 
out upon lhe night. The great stars blossomed 
out like white lilies, and by the pale moonlight 
she could just discern the chapel in the pines,— 
the tower in the valley. In that hour her 
mothor seemed very near to her,—ber hand 
upon her brow, ber kiss upon lier cheek, and 
she softly sang, “Rock me to 6 leep mother, 
rock me to sleep.” 
The months wore wearily on. Nina was 
little better than servant in her uncle’s home. 
She curled Annik’h hair and attended toiler J 
wardrobe, did stitching for her aunt, clear¬ 
starched their muslins ami laws, read the papers 
to her uncle; indeed she vats very useful, as her 
aunt herself declared, in an aside, of course, 
“They really hardly knew what they should do 
without her." They could but secretly admire 
the beauty of her character, but the loveliness 
of her person increased their uukindness to her. 
“Annik,” said Mrs. Lawrence one day, 
“Annie do you know that for some reason 
Nina excites a great deal of attention? I am 
sure I can’t see why. Only yesterday Mr. 
Courtland said to me, ‘Annie’s maid is a 
charming girl.’ Mr. For rest inquired of me 
to-day, who that splendid-looldng girl was. You 
may tell her, Annie, not to come to table when 
company is present. 1 declare it is a great care. 
I wish she would get married. There is Will, j 
the gardouer, plenty good enough for her. Its a 
chance if she doesn’t think now she ought to 
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marry as high as v/ou.” 
It was Nina’s eighteenth birth-night. She 
was sitting in Ann ie’s room plaiting Some rich . 
lace into the neck of a beautiful evening dress of 
Annie's, when that young lady bounded into 
the room in rather uulady like haste, exclaim¬ 
ing, “0, Nina, throw down your sewing, and 1 
dress my hair, put it up in those heavy braids 
mamma says are bo stylish, and quick I How¬ 
ard is down stab’s, and with him, Markiiam 
they sang. She had hoard Annie and Howard 
sing together, but the third voice — the sweet, 
rich tenor — she knew belonged to Mr. Gra- 
ham, Nina was passionately fond of music; it 
always breathed peace to her soul; but that 
night, there was a jar in the spirit’s harmony. 
She could not respond to the sweet tones. At 
last, from sheer weariness she lVU asleep, but 
was awakened by Annie, saying, 
“Come, Nina, do wake up. Graham is 
perfectly splendid. He has invited me to ride 
horseback with him iu tho morning. Mamma 
says she is sure lie admires me,—but my habit 
needs fixing; cau’t you stay up and do it to¬ 
night?". 
“ Wont the morning do, Annie? I am very 
tired, and my headaches.” 
“ No, the morning wont do, it must bo done 
to-night; and if you do not choose to comply 
With my request, I will call mamma and see what 
is to be done.” 
Having delivered this amiable speech, the 
young lady let her hair down, settled herself in 
the depths of an easy chair, and took up a novel 
she had spent nearly all day in reading, while 
Nina, weary as she was, commenced sewing— 
and was not able to finish her task until the lit- 
jQEAFNESS, 
AND DISEASES OF TIIE 
EYE, EAR, AND THROAT. 
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or; and she longed to Bleep beside Lcr, nestled. Graham, lie has traveled a great deal in Office, Uuion Building, Opposite the Court Bouse, Malo SL 
down under the long grass. 
The years crept on as ever do the saddest 
years Nina growing every day more beauti¬ 
ful, more graceful ami winning, and upon ber 
seventeenth birth-day she graduated. Her uuut 
then sent to her the following brief hole: 
Nina—Annie is too busy to write. She is xery 
ranch admired, and engaged most of tho time with 
company. 
You are through with school. 1 suppose you will 
expect to come to us, and no doubt you can make your 
self useful If you try Annie has dismissed her maiil, 
mid as she really needs one, you can act in that capacity. 
We have spent much on your education, and 1 trust 
you are u sensible person, and will be willing to do all 
you can to repay our kindness. Mns. Lawrence. 
Poor Nina! lier heart rebelled, yet there 
seemed no alternative. Out into the world she 
could not go alone, and though a life of servi¬ 
tude In her uncle’s home would be very hard, 
yet she Inal borne bitter trial*, and God would 
give her strength to bear this one. 
It was late when Nina arrived at her uuclc’a 
Europe, is very talented and rich, and splen¬ 
did-looking. Mamma saw him In Now York 
last summer, and says lie is quite a catch." 
Annik really looked lovely as she flitted out 
of the room, but ran back to say, “ Do sit up 
for me Nina. I hate to come up stairs of an 
evening and find you all asleep. There is my 
Crimson merino needs a little alteration; you can 
busy yourself about that” 
Nina stitched with nervous haste until her 
task was finished, then turning down the gas, 
gave herself up to her own sad thoughts. How 
weary her life seemed to her I I low sho felt 
more and more, day by day, t he bitterness of her 
cup! How she longed for love, for some sweet, 
human love! Ami yet, tlds, the one great cry of 
her heart, had been denied lier all ber life. The 
contrast, between Annik and herself rose before 
her. Annik had lane; she had none. Annie’s 
life was bright—her’s, alas! all desolation. Be¬ 
low stairs sho heard their voices, and very often 
Annie’s laughter ringing out sweetly, and then 
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TESTIMONIALS. 
From F. L. Cagwin, Esq., 
PRESIDENT CITY HANK, JOLIET, ILL. 
Djl Lioiituill -Dear Sir; It affords me the greatest 
satisfaction to be able to iuforrn you that I atn still im¬ 
proving, and have the highest hopes that my ear will be 
entirely well by the time you at first mentioned It wonld 
take lo effect a cure. 1 can say that I am truly thankful 
to the kind Providence which directed me to yon. Since 
the first few days’ use of your prescription, my car has 
improved, and almost at once I was relieved from a very 
depressed state of feeling and an almost Intolerable case 
to an elast ic aud hopeful state of mind. What Dr. John 
Nott replied to me as Ids experience has been mine so 
far. My catarrhal trouble seems very much better also, 
and, Indeed, altogether, my health never was so good. I 
am weighing sonic live pounds nmre than Is usual tor 
me, (and more than I ever weighed before.) 
I can but hope that It may be the good fortune of many, 
with like troubles, to rail in the way of the benoatof 
your skill, and knowing how great the fear or Imposition 
Is with those who In time past, may, like myself, have 
Biilfered by It, and feeling a wish, sincerely at tills time, 
to aid and commend you In establishing a ltlgh and de¬ 
served position among us In your profe'wion. I beg, 
therefore, that you will not hesitate to refer to me, ns It 
may be Of use. I also Inclose herewith. Professor Nott’s 
reply to my letter of Inquiries, which I doom highly 
creditable to you, and of great Importance to others, as 
It has been tome. 1 will visit you again soon. In the 
meantime, believe me, Yours, very sincerely, 
Joliet, Ill., July IT, IAS*. F. IS UAtj WIN. 
From the Rev. John Nott, D. D., 
Professor in Union College, Schenectady, New York. 
Fonda, N. Y., April 29,1863. 
F. L. CAQWIN, Esq.— Dear Sir.- 1 received your letter 
of April 23, to-duy. I have hod from Infancy one very 
deaf ear, and always discharging mure or lu« offensive 
matter. This year both oars became diseased, running 
very much, very offensive, producing the greatest debil¬ 
ity of body and depression or spirits, aud my hearing 
Impaired In the highest degree. In such a condition I 
placed myself under the care of Dr. Ltghthlll. He has 
fully restored me. I hear well; the dix/.lncss and tho dis¬ 
charge have been removed, and have not returned. The 
stopping of the runnlug has given me the highest elas¬ 
tic! ly and vigor of body and a flow of spirits, while my 
fears were, that stopping the discharge would prove det¬ 
rimental or dangerous. 
I esteem, or rather have learned to esteem, Dr. Llght- 
lilll (for he was a stranger to me until I was Ills patient,) 
as a gentleman and a man of sclouce, In whom the high¬ 
est comidencc may be placed. 
Yours, very Lruly, JOHN NOTT. 
From the Rev. P. R. Russell, Lynn, Mass. 
1 have been much troubled with catarrh of the worst 
type for some 20 years. It gradually grew worse, pro¬ 
ducing eoilgh and hoarseness, destroying the sense ol 
smell, and breaking down my general health to such a 
degree as to compel me to reslgu my pastorale and sus¬ 
pend public speaking. 
1 made diligent use of the usual remedies, each as 
snutt's of different kinds, nitrate of silver, tar water, 
olive tar,and Inhalations, but without any very salutary 
effect*, lout Bummer I heard of Dr. l.tglitldlPs success¬ 
ful mode of treating catarrh, visited him, and put my¬ 
self under Ills treatment. I began Immediately to Im¬ 
prove, and this Improvement has gone mi to the present 
time. My catarrh ttas gradually melted away, my cough 
has disappeared, my voice has become natural, and I 
am once more able to preach the blessed Gospel. Let 
me advise all troubled with catarrhal difficulties to ap¬ 
ply to Dr. LlghllillL I*. li. RUSSELL. 
Lyuu, Mass., Feb. 1,1862. , 
From James Cruikshank, LL. D., 
EDITOR NEW YORK TEACHER, ALBANY, N. Y. 
This may certify that haring beeu afflicted during the 
year 1866, with severe and almost total deafness, and 
having tried the ordinary medical and surgical aid, un¬ 
der the care of those estoomed us eminent practitioners, 
I was Induced at lust to put myself under the core of Dr. 
E. It, Llglithlll. His treatment was brief und successful. 
I was completely restored, and the cure ts apparently 
permanent. I have all confidence In Dr. L.’s skill and 
Integrity in the diseases he makes specialties. 
Albany, OoL ), 1802, JAMES CRUIKSHANK. 
PICLAVAN IIousx, Albany, N. Y., March 7,1868. 
To G B. lAghlhiU; 
Dear Si hi— 1 take pleasure In certifying that you 
have effected a great deal of Improvement In the hearing 
of my sou, Marcus O. Itoewde. who bad, previous to your 
taking the ease In hand, been quite deaf from the effects 
Of Scarlatina. As 1 kuow of many other cases which 
you have cured and benefited, l have no hesitancy to 
recommend you to the public. 
1 remain yours, very truly, 
TH EOP11 El, US ROESSLE, 
Proprietor Dcluvan House, Albany, N. Y. 
New York, Sept. 2, 1863. 
Tills Is to certify that l have been a filleted with Ca¬ 
tarrh for some years, which produced tin 1 usual disagree¬ 
able effects. I consulted Dr. Llglitlilll about nine or ton 
months since, and at once placed myself under Ids care. 
I am now entirely free from Catarrh, my throat Is per¬ 
fectly healthy, aud my health Is very much Improved. 
P. E. NOLAN. 
Ollloe Erie 1 Railroad, foot of Duane SL 
