MOORE’S 
THE LOOM OF LIFE. 
BY EBEN E. ltEXFORD. 
Ali. day, all nlsht, I can heaf'tbe jar 
Of the mom of life, and near and far 
It thrills with ltd deep and muffled sound. 
As the tire 1 crs wheels go always round. 
Busily, ceaselessly goes the loom 
In the light n{ day and the midnight gloom ; 
The wheels are turning early anti late. 
As the woof Is woven in the web of fate. 
Time, with n face like ft mystery, 
And hands that are busy as hands can be. 
Sit* at the loom with Its wnrp outspread 
To catch in Us meshes each glancing thread. 
Click, clack ! There’s a thread of love wove In; 
Click, clack ! And another of wrong and of sin ; 
What a checkered tiling will this ltfc-web be, 
When we see it nnrollnd in Eternity 1 
When shall this wonderful web ho done 
That thousands of years ago begun ? 
When shall the wheels of the loom stand still. 
And the weaver rest, as she sometime will? 
When shall it bo ? Ah, wo cannot tell: 
To-morrow, perhaps, or a year hence,—well, 
Or a thousand,—who knoweth ? Not you nor 1, 
But the wheels turn on, and the shuttles fly. 
A1 , rad-eyed weaver, the years are slow. 
And each one Is nearer tho end, 1 know; 
And some time the last thread shall be wove In— 
God grant it be love instead of sin! 
Are we spinners of woof for this life-web ? Say, 
Do wo furnish lliu weaver n thread each day? 
It wore better then, oh, my friend, to spin 
A beautiful thread than a thread of sin. 
#itr j&org-Sfyltyr. 
LOVE AND DESTINY j 
OR, HOW A SAINT BERNARD DOG LED TO TWO 
HAPPY MARRIAGES. 
BY AN KM E HA ED ISLANDER. 
Henry Jackson and Frank Macaulky were 
college mates and ardent friends, and they grad¬ 
uated on one and tho same day. In a short time 
after the graduation Hunky went to China on 
commercial business, ami did not roturn to his 
native city for ten years. When ho came hack 
he was called on at once by his old companion. 
After a most hearty greeting, the following con¬ 
versation took place between the two 
friends: 
“ Well, MACALLEY, old chap, I hear you 1 ^ 
are married and have a family of four | 
sons. That surprises me; for I never j| 
thought you would settle down to be a s 
paterfamilias quite bo scon.” 
“Yes, Jackson, Imre I am, a married | 
man. You see every one has his own des- 
tiny, and let him resolve as he will from ‘ s 
himself, ho is sure at last to meet it.” 
“ My dear fellow, you Bpeak us if you had L 
been in frequent consultation with the 
fortune-tellers." 
“A mistake, Frank. I have never call¬ 
ed ori any of those wretches; but, for 
all that, 1 am satisfied that there is such 
a thing as destiny.” 
“ You mean, then* that you are a married f| 
man by destiny and not by your own de- 4 
liberation." 
“The destiny, my friend, came first into s 
operation ; then my own purpose put in i 
an appearance and finished the business. If 
You see this Saint Bernard dog, named | 
Beppo; it is lie that opened the gates of 
destiny for me." 
“ Bravo, Macalley, bravo! So you |: 
mean to say that Beppo whispered to you | 
to get married ?” § 
“Not that exactly.” 
“ What then ?” 
“No doubt you wbl laugh at me; but, | 
to be candid with you, something whin- | 
pered to me to become tho owner of Bep- r 
po, and the something whispered to Beppo | 
to lead his master directly on the road to S 
marriage.” I 
“ What! something whispered to you to ' 
become the owner of Beppo, and then—!” ■? 
“Yes. The whisper was not made In | 
words; it came suddenly in the shape of a - 
decided Inclination and, following tho in- | 
clination out, the dog became mine.” 
“Why! how did you get the dog?” 1 
“ In all truth. Henry, 1 went to Europe ] 
—to his native Alpine hills for him.” 
“Come, come, Macauley, tell it out.” 
“I will, If you will let me. It is a fact | 
that I went all tho way from this to the | 
Mount Saint Bernard monastery in the | 
Alps to procure that dog. One day-" 
“Stop! stop! How did you know that 3 
such an animal was at the monastery, and | 
how could you,u busy merchant, have gone | 
all the way to the Alps for no better pur- | 
pose than that of procuring a dog about | 
which you knew nothing?” 
“ If you will notsulfer me to toll you the 1 
story I suppose 1 must stop." 
“ Well, go on and tell it.” 
“ One day, not long after your depart- = 
ure, something suggested to me to buy 
a book on the natural history of the dog. 
I went at. once and bought one, and in 
reading what it said of the Saint Bernard L 
animal, I decided at once that I should 
have one of the breed. Then-” 
“ Hold on, now ’—hold on! I am afraid, Ma- 
CAtn.ET, that you are gulling me with pure ro¬ 
mance." 
“The romance is to come yet. But, if you 
will not listen to me, I can go no further." 
“ The romance is to coiue yet! That is de¬ 
lightful. Then let us hear it.” 
“ Well, what 1 read In the book filled mo with 
the Idea of going to Europe, and —” 
“Going to Europe for a dog, Macalley?” 
“ Yes, Jackson, yes! Now are you satisfied? 
Of course I had business also in view; but, most, 
certainly, the business part of tho proceeding 
was suggested by the thought that a H ue Saint 
Bernard was worth having.” 
“The case then is that you went to Europe 
for a Saint Bernard and also on business." 
“That is it exactly; but remember that the 
commercial part of the enterprise sprung out 
of the Idea of procuring the dog." 
“Well, my friend, I’m dcuoodly impatient to 
reach the end; how did you procure tho dog ?” 
“ Well, 1 went first to Mount Saint Bernard to 
procure the dog, and ” 
“ What 1 the dog before the business!” 
“Yes; the dog before the business. Theplaoo 
of the business was Liverpool; but I took pas¬ 
sage to Havre, and Irom Havre I wont to the 
Alps, where-” 
“ Macalley, did you do such an a«t as that 
—the dog before the business?” 
" I did. You will not let me tell you tho whole 
adventure." 
“ Proceed, proceed. I have never, before, 
been so perfectly amazed.” 
“ Well, I went from Havre to tho Saint Ber¬ 
nard Monastery, where an obliging monk put 
me In relation with a dog breeder, from whom 
1 bought Beppo, then one year old, and called 
by that name. Then ” 
“Then, of course, you quickly made your way 
to Liverpool to transact the business,” 
“ I did not. I went on across the Alps and 
into Rome, having-" 
“ What! Neglected the business and went to 
Rome with tho dog! You were mad! I don’t 
believe it. II was impossible” 
“It was not impossible. I did it. I did it, 
whether I was mad or not.” 
“You are certainly mad. But what turned 
up in Rome ?” 
“ I stayed in Rome three months, and-” 
“ What! Stayed with Beppo three months in 
Rome, neglecting tho Liverpool business! Mad 
surely—never heard of anything bo mad !” 
“JACKSON, you won’t let me tell the story." 
" Well, go on—go on, old fellow, but you were 
mad, 1 insist on that.” 
“ Insist on what you like 1 Stayed lu Rome j 
three months, and one day I lost Beppo. Then j 
_»I 
" Glad to hoar It; served you right. You de¬ 
served to lose the dog that turned you away 
from business. And if you had never found him 
It would have boon a good thing. Isay you 
were mud." 
“ 1 wasn't mad; and I found the dog; and the 
finding of him was the hinge on which turned 
all that afterwards took pluce.” 
“Macalley, I’m becoming confoundedly 1 
uneasy. I do really think that you arc gulling 
me. Why, man, you ure married. That is a 
matter of fact. No romance Is necessary to 
explain such a thing.”' 
“ Well, If you won’t listen to me I’ll stop. I 
am Hut gulling you.” 
" flu on, then, and don’t keep mo in agony.” 
" Well, I found the dog by means of an adver¬ 
tisement. When I lost, him he took up his quar¬ 
ters by a decree of fate In-” 
“ Btop, stop ! Decree of fate! You are mud." 
“I’m not mail. When Beppo slipped away 
from me lie found his way to a very respecta¬ 
ble house, and there lie singled out one of tho 
young ladies for Ids most special esteem. 
Wherever she went ho followed her; whenever 
she sat down he couched at her feet; and when¬ 
ever she spoke to him ho fawned on her with 
the greatest delight. My advertisement was 
read lu that house, and from it I got a note 
stating that the missing dog was on the prom¬ 
ises. Instantly 
“Yes, yes! Now I see a little tight. I can 
guess Hie rest ; any one could. You 
"No, you can't guess tho rest. Nor do you 
see any light cither. I went for tho dog; a serv- 
“ I tell you 1 was not mud at. all. I was sim¬ 
ply under a fate, and-” 
‘Stop! no more about fate. You will kill mo. 
Go on with tho business.” 
“ You won’t let mo go on. You interrupt me 
at every stop." 
“ We'l, go on.” 
“ Well, when I .arrived at Liverpool I found 
awaiting me t here a letter which was written 
the day after 1 left, home, in which it was sug¬ 
gested that tlio business had hotter not be trans¬ 
acted, and—■" 
“ What! no business, after all!” 
“ None whatever, and Beppo then commenced 
to culminate my destiny for me.” 
“ Beppo, Uie dog, to culminate your fate for 
you ! I believe, after all, that, you are mad.” 
" No. What 1 say Is true. Yon see, the fam¬ 
ily with whom Beppo took up ills quarters in 
Rome left Rome for Liverpool about the time 
I did—a thing of which, I assure you I, at tho 
moment, knew nothing whatever, for, when 
f went to recover the dog, l saw only a servant. 
Well, one day 1 was taking an easy walk in Liv¬ 
erpool, having Beppo with me. when suddenly 
lie became all excitement. He saw people ho 
knew, and in an Instant he was renewing his 
acquaintance with the family that had been so 
kind to him in Romo. The young lady anil ho 
were in a particular manner delighted to meet 
eacli other. I suppose you can see a litt le light 
now." 
“Malali.kv, old chap! Beppo Introduced 
von to that young lady, isn’t it?” 
“Yes, Jackson, that's it. Now you have the 
light,. Beppo’s introduction led to acquaint¬ 
ance; acquaintance to the stage beyond it; the 
lady was from Dhielnuatt, and 1 married her." 
“ Macalley, my friend, it is a very strango 
ant gave him up to me and I walked away wlt.li story, and of course^ there is great regard for 
my property. Home time-" 
“ Stop I Didn't you see the lady that had been . 
so kind to the dog?” 
“ No, l did apt." 
“ You aro right. I didn't see light when I 
thought I did,” 
“The case was all dark — entirely invisible 
yet.” 
“ Dark and Invisible yet. Macalley, you 
are mad, and you will make mo mad. Goon 
and let out the secret let, in tho light.” 
“ Well, having found Beppo, I thought It was 
time to think of the business, and so I set out 
for Liverpool. Tho train— ” 
“ Yes ! I thtnk it was quite time for you to 
think of that business. Iain glad you wero not 
all mad." 
TAKING CARE 
LITTLE SISTER.-(See IPa^e iiS7.) 
Beppo in the house.” 
“Yes, JACKSON, the good will for Beppo in 
our house Is something that can’t bedcsciibed.” 
“Really, Frank, I'm becoming Interested in 
the St. Bernard dogs. Do you think there is a 
Beppo in tho Alps for me? 
“My friend, lot, Beppo serve your purpose. 
Take tho hint from what he lias done for me.” 
“You moan I should get married?” 
“ Precisely. Think about it.” 
“ No, Macalley ; f am very well as I am.” 
Hero the two friends parted. 
But Henry Jackson did think about it, and 
in three weeks he was happily married. Thus 
did Beppo, the Mount St. Bernard doj, b ad to 
two very happy alliances. 
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HOW I TAUGHT THE CONTRABANDS. 
BY MARGARET LIVINGSTONE, 
In the year 18—, having become tired of 
country life, I removed with my family to 
the village of—for the sake of a mime, we 
will call It Holvcrne. Soon after living 
comfortahly settled 1 was rather more sur¬ 
prised than pleased to roceive a visit from 
i he President of the Board of Kdqoation. 
He made known ills errand by stating Unit 
he was In search of some one to take charge 
of a small community of African descent, 
and to superintend tho growth and im¬ 
provement of their mental corn fields. 
Having hud no acquaintance with the 
aforesaid class of” American citizens,” 1 
looked upon them as a sort of connecting 
link between mail and the lower animals, 
and did not at all relish the idea of under¬ 
taking their development; in fact, looked 
upon his proposition as derogatory to my 
dignity. Ho very kindly rOluntceicd the 
information that it was no more di; rat lug 
to teach the darkles than to tend a lap- 
dog, And also Intimated that, though the 
children might he dirty, the money would 
lie very clean, and ended by offering me ? tu 
a month. This latter condition was not 10 
be overlooked, and as “The love of money 
js the root of all evil,” for love of it 1 con¬ 
sented to play the part, of achooIaii.-Li -:s 
to the " children of Ham." 
Tho next, Monday morning I went into 
my schoolroom (an old church) with a firm 
determination to bo dl satisfied at the 
smell, and the conduct, of these untutored 
children of nature. I had never seen more 
than two dozen darkles before, and I had 
formed my opinions of them from anti¬ 
slavery books as discussed by slaveholders. 
The first day my school numbered twenty- 
six, and I was very much surprised to Oml 
that nearly all of them could read, while 
some of them could write a very readable 
hand. I had previously decided. In my own 
mind that, as It was not expected they 
would learn anything, I need not Injure 
my health by any extra exertion In the 
school-room. Having had several years’ 
experience in the “ Empire State,” I very 
naturally was led to a comparison of tho 
mental capacities of those now under my 
can: with the paler-faced and more favored 
children It had been my pleasure to In¬ 
struct In my natlvegtate; and ( found the 
comparison, considering their funner Con¬ 
dition and their present advantages, did 
them great honor. When l saw the eye 
flash with intelligence and the dusky face 
beam with interest, my feeling of con¬ 
tempt changed for one of pity, and 1 in- 
wnidly resolved that 1 would brave the 
ridicule of my acquaintances, using my 
best efforts to encourage the hearts and 
illuminate the minds of those whose Intel- 
