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Athwart the vast etherial sea, No power sufficient to portray The beauties of thy bright array, Piece meal, thy folds of stainless white, Rent by the winds, fade out of sight. THE TORY'S WARD CR TREASON AT HEADQUARTERS. Bright and early one hazy morning in the brown leaf month, October, 1777, a courier drew rein before General Howe's headquarters in Philadelphia. The coal black courser which he bestrode was reek ing with foam, and the man drew a breath of relief as he sprang to the ground, and tossed the lines to a sable groom who made his appearance. Entering the grand old colonial mansion over which waved the flag of St. George, the bearer of dispatches found Howe con versing with several generals, and, at the same time, dictating orders to his private secretary who wrote at a handsome marble table. "Well," began the commander, sudden ly startinc , ° towards the courier, whose face declared him the bearer of startling ti dings: "What brings you thither so early in the day ?" "I come from Saratoga," answered the messenger, respectfully saluting the gen eral, "and I have the regret to report that General Burgoyne and his army are prisoners of war." Howe started back, and an oath fell from his lips. "This is an unlooked for disaster," re marked one of the officers. "It must be remedied, and that speedily." "By jove il, shall," cried Howe, like a man suddenly and fully aroused from a letLargy. If we can keep our own secrets and effectually bar this city against the rebel spies, we can retrieve our fortunes, and put a speedy end to this rebellion." "But, General, can we keep their spies out of Philadelphia at" meekly asked his adjutant general, a handsome, smooth faced young man of six and twenty. "We can ifwe will," answered Howe assuredly, and then his voice dropped to a lower tone. "We must strike at once to inspire confidence in ourselves among the troops. I will now teach our city rebels what it is to secrete rebel spies. They are doing it every day, and that before our ver. eyes. Hereafter we will not corres pond with the enemy on the capture of a spy. We will pull him up and acquaint Washington with his death. Gentlemen, I summon you to a council of war to be held in this room tonight. I would have you all here by eight; do not fail to act promptly. We must wipe out the disgrace at Saratoga, and that, as Kyphaused has said, speedily' A few moments later the general offi cers had departed, and Howe was closeted with the fatigued courier. Major Woollern, the adjutant general lighted a cigarette and. enveloped in a cloud of snowy smoke, strolled leisurely from the room. "I wonder where Emma is this morn ing," he murmured, glancing about as he stepped upon an elegant veranda. "No doubt she is dreaming of her brilliant vic tory of last night. Never before played I euchre so poorly. Had I been playing for hearts, I would have lost." "Perhaps Major Woollern played for hearts, after all, last night." The silvery Voice, caused the soldier to start, and a deep blush crimsoned his tem ples. Ire did not dream that his words could reach ears save his own. Ile looked up quickly, therefore, and beheld a lovely_ young girl gathering honeysuckle seeds at the further end of the porch. She did not appear to notice him ; bat there was a mischievous smile about her deep, red lips, which grew broader as he advanced to wards her. "So, Miss Emma, you would taunt me with my defeat," he said pleasantly, pans:- ing at her side and looking into ber laugh ing eyes. "Well, I argue that I played miserably last night, hence your victory." "However well Major Woollern plays, I can euchre him," she answered boastingly. "No doubt Burgoyna played well, but—" "Then you have heard the news," he said, interrupting her: BUSINESS CARDS, "hither Cold me but a few moments since. It was quite unexpected." "Yes; we had expected much from Burgoyne, and Clinton was marching to his aid. Miss Emma, we are not going to smart under defeat long," continued the major, growing excited; "to-night we ma ture plans that will wipe out the disgrace." "Ah ! Major, I fear I shall lose faith in you as a prophet." she remarked, not seeming to notice his last words. "This is the twentieth of October, you see." Major Woollern bit his finely chiselled lips, and his gaze sank beneath the maid en's eyes. "Yes, and Washington, the arch rebel, is still at large." _ _ LEGAL BLANKS "And at the head of an army." There lurked a secret triumph in her tone. "True, Bliss Emma, I am not going to prophesy again; but the rebellion willter minate before St. Valentine's." -- "Not going to prophesy again, Major, ha! ha! ha!" and her clear laugh rang out melodiously on the bracing autumn air. "The final triumph of Gonfalon of St. George is but a question of time. But you will not play to-night ?" '•Regretfully I say that I cannot," he answered. "Heaven knows that I would rather serve Venus than Mars." PAMPHLETS She did sot reply, but returned to the frosted vines again, and for several min utes he aided her in her honeysuckle har vest. Howe suddenly called his adjutant from the beauty's side. "Major, can you not remain a moment from that girl's side ?" said the general, putting on a stern face. "I brought you from England to serve Mars, not Cupid; our king prefers fighting to love making; and, besides, the girl isn't true as steel." at Num' 4riwrx. [Ol iginall To a Cloud---A Sonnet, ghe RV CAPT. CHARLES HOWARD CHAPTER 1 MAJOR WOOLLERN HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1874 Major Argent Woollern, who was look ing at the floor and crimsoning under the general's reprimand, started at the last words, and the pallor of indignation drove the blushes away. "If every soul in Philadelphia was as loyal as hers, your excellency, we would not fear for treason in the camp," he cried. "her heart is as true as the steel in this. blade," and the youthful adjutant drew his trusty Damascus'sword, and bent it until the glistening point touched the jewelled hilt. "I know Emma Hunter; you know her guardian ; he would have no traitors about him." "Forgive me, my dear WooDern," said Howe, relaxing hi's stern expression, and smiling as he came forward. "I was mere ly trying your good nature. I do not doubt Miss Hunter's loyalty, uor her guardian's. But I have use for you. Mere, sit down and listen to my dicta dons." . The young officer sheathed his sword and a moment later was writing busily at the table. Howe - paced the room dictating to the adjutant, who ever and anon glanced through the window at' Emma Hunter, half concealed by the dying climbers. He loved the tory's beautiful ward and blessed the day that first threw him into her presence. In the fullness of his ado ration, lie had disclosed to her ears more than one official secret, and the purport of which had, some how or other, reached American camps. Howe would shake his bead and wonder who was the spy, but his vigilance availed him naught. When the British army first entered Philadelphia, old Montjoy Hall was the first to fling open his doors wide to its generals, and Howe bad re warded his loyalty by making his noble old mansion his headquarters. During Washington's late occupation of the Qua ker City, the tory had given the Ameri cans much uneosines, by his fearless devo tion to the king and his boisterous tongue. Washington at last tired of the tory, and expelled him from the city; but with the British troops he returned, anti lived in the element he loved, fearless and inde pendent. "So Burgoyne has surrendered," mur mured Emma Hunter, as she sat in her chamber assorting the pretty black seeds which she had gathered. "At last a northern wind has blown some hearts some good, and the cause of liberty is striking towards success. God speed the day of Washington's great triumph. But I must look to my papers; really I have forgot ten to lock my drawers." _ She started forward suddenly and paus ed before an antique and elaborately carved escritoire. Her face was pale as ashes; but the color returned when she opened a tiny drawer, and put her hand on a pack age of yellowish papers. Carefully she unbound them and looked them over. One read thus : "Admit the bearer, a true patriot, into our lines. GEO. WASHINGTON." These brief words were enough to hang the tory's ward, and her life would be worth but little, if she was caught with those papers in her possession. C lIAPTER 11. A RIDE IN TIIE DARK At the time of which I write, Indian summer clothed the city of Brotherly Love in her beautiful robes, and the soft gleam ings caused the poetic heart to think of paradise. The ruddy leaves were dropping slowly from the trees, and the stately Del aware reflected like a mirror the keels of many boats. The spacious garden attached to the Hall mansion looked upon the river, and when the beautiful gleaming came, Major Woollern found himself seated on a rustic settee in a delightful arbor. He was look ing into the face of the tory's ward, who was straining her cerulean eyes over a piece of delicate embroidery. `•What are you thinking about, Miss Emma ?" he asked, smiling. She started, and looked up. "Of the war." "Ah I fair ladies should think of love, not war. That is the soldier's dream," he said. "But pray tell me your thoughts perhaps I can-have the honor of present ing them to the council to-night." "A woman's thoughts would have no weight in a council of war. But I was trying to discover why the American forts below the city were permitted to prevent communication between our army and fleet." Major Woollern looked surprised. "How singular I" be exclaimed. 'Miss Emma, your mind is equal to the exigen cies of the hour. The surprise of those hated forts will form the topic of conver sation between the council to-ni . ght." "Indeed!" "Howe is determined that they shall awe and trouble us no longer." lam glad of that. I have blushed for shame to think that. Washington's flag floats within eight miles of Philadelphia. Will the council last long to-night ?" "Scarcely an hour. Howe's plans arc perfected now, and his generals have but to say yes or no." 'Act; I shall remain up until the termi nation of your council. Major, you will reward my wakefulness with its results?" "Miss Emma, that would be the diso bedience of a sacred duty," he said. "Major Woollern has never disobeyed, then," and she smiled mockingly yet be witchingly as she spoke. "Beauty led Marc Antony to his fate.— I fear it will lead a certain British major to his," he answered, half seriously. "A soldier should face his fate like a man, whatever it way be." '•I will, Miss Emma." "Then you will inform me how soon forts Mercer and Mifflin are to quarter the soldiers of the king." "Yes; but what is to reward my un faithfulness to his Majesty ?" Her eyes sought the embroidery again, and without resisting she permitted him to take her hand. "When Thesens slew the miniataur he was rewarded with Arionde's hand," be continued, in a lover's tone. "Shall not a hand as fair as hers reward the soldier of his king ?" "Major Woollern I never dreamed of this," she answered quickly, and with a trembling voice. "I am not prepared to answer now." "Emma your silence tortures me. I can not endure it. When will you speak?" "When the British flag waves over the American forts." He rose to his feet. "It shall wave over them soon !" ho said with determination. "I will place it there with my own hands, and I will, please heav en, return to bear your answer." A minute later they deserted the arbor and re entered the mansion, where they separated. Major Woollern sought Gen- eral Howe's room, where the council had already assembled. Emina Hunter glided to the stables, and with her own fair hands caparisoned a black horse, which snorted to be free. The skies were dark overhead, and afar to the south the lightning—strange sight for autumn—was flashing furiously. Sev eral drops of rain struck the girl's hands as she returned to the house and sought her room. Taking up a volume she seated herself at the table, but did not read. She beard a confused murmur of voices in the room below, but could catch no intelligible sounds. The council lasted until ten o'clock, and when the girl heard the gen erals taking their departure, she closed the book mid descended. By and by Major Woollern joined her on the porch. "You have experienced a stormy time, no doubt, Major," she said with a smile.— "I had hoped to play to you to-night but we must defer the pleasure. What of the forts ?" "On the night of the twenty-second we surprise them," he answered in the lowest of whispers; "and the sun that rises after that night of victory, shall shine on our flag on their ramparts. I, Miss Emma, will place the banner there; then I will come to pu." He gallantly took her hand and raised it to his lips. Half an hour later the tory's lovely ward, attired in a close fitting suit of black, swept like a spectre to the stables and led the sable horse through the garden to a narrow road that lead down the river bank. Without assistance she mounted to the saddle, and spoke gently to the steed, which started forward like a thunderbolt. Never a word the heroic girl breathed as she rode away, but she listened for the stern "halt'" or the whiz of a bullet in the dark. Fortune favored her, for she successfully eluded the British pickets, and at last the far flashing lightning revealed the walls of Fort Mercer. "Thank heaven !" were the words that fell from her lips, and then she heard the command to halt. She drew rein, and rode slowly up to the American picket. "Your pass, miss." She handed him a paper, and by the lightning he saw the name of George Wash ington, written in the hero's own bold chirography. Then be stepped aside, and Emma Hun ter rode on towards the fort. The old gray-headed son of Mars, who held the post, started when she entered his narrow, cell-like room, as though she were an apparition. In a firm tone she communicated the result of General Howe's council of war, and received the thanks of the old commander. "We'll show them a thing or two when they come," lie said with a smile. "We will not tamely relinquish our guard over the Delaware." When Emma Hunter rode front the fort a. young soldier walked by her horse's side. "Emma," he said, just beyond reach of the picket's ears, "when will you answer me ?" "When you march down the streets of Philadelphia beneath the stars and stripes!" "God hasten that day, then," he respond ed, fervently, and carried her hand to his lips ere they parted. Then the black horse dashed up the riv er again, and an hour later Emma Hun ter's Thir head pressed the snowy pillow. On the night of the twenty-second of October 1777, the citizens of Philadelphia Were startled by the terrific roar of distant cannon. Howe smiled and rubbed his hands with glee; but after listening an hour, be. turned deadly pale. The Ameri cans were prepared to receive his troops, and treason, very naturally, suggested it self to the British general. After a while a courier arrived from the mouth of the Delaware with bad news for the commander. His troops had been compelled to retire from Fort Mercer with a loss of four hundred of their number, among them the gallant Hessian general, Count Donop. But this was not all. Ma jor Woollern, the gallant lover Woollern, had fallen in the act of planting the En glish flag on the ramparts of the fort. At his own request, he had been permitted to accompany the expedition. Emma Hunter turned away. sick at heart, when she heard of the gallant fel low's fate. She loved him--she could not deny it now; but he was gone. But time brought wondrous changes to Philadelphia. 6n the Sth of June in the following year, the British evacuated the city; and when the young soldier who ac companied our heroine from Fort Mercer marched down its streets, flashed with vic tory, she gave him her hand. ilowe never knew that his headquarters sheltered a lover ofliberty, and when peace came to America's blood-drenched soil, Washington acknowledged, in fitting testi monials, the aid rendered him during the patriot struggle by "The Tory's Ward!' stailiug fOr thepillion. A Hint to Candidates. The editor of the Memphis Appeal is tired of this sort of thing. and says : '•lt costs the proprietors of' the appeal three hundred dollars a day to publish the paper, and we cannot see how aspirants for office can expect, at our expense, to use our columns to aid them in getting au office worth ten, fifteen or twenty thous and dollars per annum. If there be an honor in the office of Governor, or a seat in the Legislature, 'Many Voters' who would confer this honor should not seek to do so at the expense of' others, and must pay for the praise they lavish upon the men they would exalt. The press has too long been 'hewers of wood and drawers of water' for political aspirants, seeking high position. Editors have too long been the ladder, to be kicked over by men who have secured offices which enriched them. Candidates in search of offices of honor or profit can find access to our columns; but their übiquitous friend, 'Many Voters,' cannot herald their greatness or extol their merits and many . virtues at-our expense." A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.—Sorrow sobers us and makes the mind genial. And in sorrow we love and trust our friends more tenderly, and the dead become dear er to us. And just as the stars shine out in the night so there are blessed faces that look at us in our grief, though before their features were fading from our recollection. Suffering ! Let no man dread it too much, because it is better for him, and will help to make him sure of being immortal. It is not in the bright happy days, but only in the solemn night, that other worlds are to be seen shining in the long, long distance. Senator Scott The South, for many years, governed our country, in spite of the fact that the increase of wealth and population in the Northern States clearly entitled them to a preponderating weight in the Government. They effected this by sending their ablest men to Congress, and by retaining them there. These able and experienced men were met by delegations from the North of one te.m men, who were not allowed to retain their places long enough to become ac quainted with the complicated rules of or der that governed those bodies, and never acquired sufficient confidence to fairly claim the weight to which they were entitled.— It was like sending raw recruits to fight with veterans. Our New England brethren, who, what ever qualities they may lack, are not defi cient in shrewdness, were the first to dis cover the reason of Southern supremacy, and to profit by it. They sent Daniel Web ster to the front and kept him there, and soon secured an influence which all our one term Senators sought in vain to obtain for Pennsylvania. Mr. Sumner had, at the time of his death, served in the Senate for twenty three years, while in the entire list of Senators from Pennsylvania, only four have served over six years. Gen. Cameron, who now occupies the post of Senator, has very great influence, which is attributable as much to his age and experience in the councils of his country, as to his natural abilities. The lesson, then, we should learn from our Southern brethern and Northern breth ren, is, that we can never secure our prop er influence until we make our Represen tatives a part of the government, by send ing them to Washington until they have an opportunity to acquire their proper weight and influence. Those offices must not be considered simply as rewards for political services ; but, as great trusts, where integrity and experience are essen tial to their successful executijn. We have been led to these reflections from having learned with great satisfac tion chat one of our Senators, Hon. John Scott, will be, as he ought to be, a candi date for re-election. There will be, as there always are, plenty of people willing to take his place, and while doubtless it would be a great advantage to the person who should succeed in turning him out, it would be a great disaster to our State. So far from the fact of his having served six years being a reason for dropping him, it is in fact the strongest reason for his re election. Mr. Scott has been an able, at tentive, and honorable representative of our State, and his character and weight are just beginninc , to be felt in the Councils of the Nation. where be is destined to take a high position. To enable him to repre sent Pennsylvania as she is entitled to be represented, he must be kept where he is. No talents, however great, can in less than six years give a Senator a position where he can be of use. It is in the lead ership of the great committees where influ ence can be exercised, and these require not only ability, but very wide experience of public affairs, only to be obtained by continuous public service. We are always lamenting our want of influence in political affairs; but, PenLsyl vania, with all the liable men she has with in her borders, never gives them her confi dence long enough to enable them to attain the positions where they can be of use to- her. If she were tomorrow called on to present the name of a cabinet officer she would not turn to any of her sons who would inspire so much confieence, even in Pennsylvania, as many outside of her bor ders. Our men are never allowed an op portunity to make a national reputation, and when we are called on to supply a foreign minister, or a cabinet officer, we are obliged to take some one whose expe rience of public life consists in having served a term in Congress or in the State Legislature. Pennsylvanians are less known in public life than any others. When we give them a chance, they always reflect honor upon us. Thaddeus Stevens had a backing at home, and was the great leader of the House of Representatives, and shed undy ing lustre on our State. Does any one suppose he could have done this if his thoughts bad been occupied with the nn certamity of a re-election. What man works his best to perform the functions of an office that he does not expect to retain ? He becomes like all tenants who have no lease, very indifferent about the future.— No man will qualify himself by untiring study for a post unless it has a character of premanence. This is human nature, and applies to all persons alike. Pennsylvania, then, should turn over a new leaf in this matter, and let her public servants understand, that the permanence of their tenure of office depends upon them selves, and is not to be limited to accom modate those who desire to supplant them. Mr. Scott is a good man, an honest man, and an able man, and men of that class are not so plenty now-a-days as to in duce us to give one of them up. We, therefore, say, "let well enough alone," especially if yon ever wish that "well" to become "better," and able to serve his country and his State to their entire satis faction.—. All Day 'C'ity km. The Find Vote on the Currency Question. An analysis of the final vote in the United States Senate on the currency ques tion is not uninteresting at this juncture. The measure was adopted by a vote of twenty nine to twenty-four. There were also seven pairs, so that the vote would have stood thirty-six to thirty-one, bad these been present. Five Senators were absent unpaired, of whom three would have voted in the affirmative, so that the Senate stands thirty-nine to thirty-three, two seats being vacant. There were in the majority twenty-two Republicans, six Dem ocrats and one Liberal ; while in the min ority there were fifteen Republicans, six Democrats and three Liberals. The pairs were four between Republicans and three between Democrats. The Atlantic States north of the Potomac, twenty votes, bad but two Senators favorable to expansion- One was paired and the other was absent. Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia gave two for and four against. The South ern States, excluding Missouri and West Virginia, which gave thirteen votes, had two favorable absent and three paired, leaving six for the negative. The remain ing majority votes were from the West and Northwest; only Senators Howe and Chand- Ler voting in the negative. The six Pacific coast were cast, one for inflation and five against. Sectionally considered, then•, the South and West controlled only nine Sena tors voting nay. Subscribe for the JOURNAL. Personal. James McClarin, of Erie, is 103 years old, and quite spry. Mr. Hugh Hunter, aged seventy-three years, died suddenly in Mercer a few days ago. The Rev. Adirondack Murray offers to give up his salary if his congregation will engage a clerical assistant for him. Mr. Gladstone's expenses at the Green wich election in February last are officially declared to have been £1,323. Mrs. Sickles, wife of the General, has the melting dark eyes, raven hair and slen der rounded figure of the Cadiz women. Religion and roubles keep about even in the marriage contract of the Duke of Edinburgh and the Grand Duchess Marie. James Estes, of Amity township, Erie county, has been arrested on suspicion of having poisoned Mrs. Hiram Perry, his paramour. The late widow of Col. Frederick W. Lincoln, of Canton. Mass., is reported to have bequethed $200,000 to the Massa chusetts General Hospital. Mr. Henry Taylor, an English writer, is preparing a new biography of L,rd By ron, bringing fresh and authentic evidence to bear on the cubject of Mrs. Stowe's scandal. Samuel E. Raines, clerk in the Chester County National Bank, West Chester, was discovered to be a defaulter to the amount of $1,150, refunded $l,lOO of it which he had deposited in another bank, and left for pins unknown. Henry Janclaus, a German, fell from a bridge near Scranton, on the night of the 16th inst., to the water below, a distance of ninety feet. The body had not been recovered at last accounts. The man was drunk at the time. Mr. Frederick Shannon, of Phoenixville, a tinsmith, while guttering the roof of a house, fell to the ground, and lay insensi ble for nearly an hour. When he recov ered his senses, he returned to work as if nothing had happened. Franklin Stambaugh was killed instant ly at York, on the rith inst., by the fall ing of a trestle work over which he and a number of boys were pushing a car loaded with coal. George A. Rinehart, one of the boys, was seriously hurt. Schuyler Colfax, in reply to many in formal requests that he run for Congress in his district, announces his intention of remaining in private life, since be has "found that the truest happiness in life is in being out of office and master of one's own time and movements." David Wills. esq., nominated by Gov. Hartranft as President Judge of the Forty second District, composed of Adams coun ty, is a capable, experienced, and honest lawyer. He is among the leaders of the Gettysburg bar, and, with the exception of his patriotic service during the war, and especially in devising and carrying to com pletion the Soldiers' National Cemetery and Monument on the great battle-field, has devoted himself exclusively to his pro fession. Clippings from State Exchanges Another California gold fever is threat ened. There :ire thirty granges in Bradford coanty. Hematite ore has been found in paying quantities in the suburbs of Pottsville. There were eight funerals in Miners. ville, Schuylkill county, in one day lasi week. The finances of Jeffersan county are in a healthy condition, her bonds selling at par. In a free fight in Williamsport, William Hammond had his leg broken in two places. The Watchman says the Bellefonte glass works are now shipping two car loads per week of their manufacture. In a drunken row at Jermyn, Luzerne county, on the night of the 16th inst., a M2ll named Mulligan shot another named Gillie in the breast, producing an ugly and probably fatal wound. There is sent annually from the iron mines of New Jersey to Schuylkill and Luzerne counties, according to the Ava lanche, published in Philadelphia, 520,000 tons of iron ore. At the mines this ore is worth $5 per ton, and of course brings in an immense revenue. The Executive Committee of the Men nonites of Pennsylvania has entered into a contract with Messrs. Peter Wright St Sons, of Philadelphia, to bring the Men nonite people from Russia to Philadelphia, and from thence the Pennsylvania Rail road Company will forward them to their destination in the Western States and Ter ritories. The Brookville Republican says: One of our leading business men informs us that a postmaster on one of the routes lead ing to Brookville has made robbing the mails a practice for some time, the amounts taken usually being very small but of fre quent occurrence. He is determined to put the officer of the department upon the track of the dishonest official should any further evidence of guilt be given. Political. William H. Stanton, Prosecuting Attor ney at Scranton, is mentioned as a candi date for the State Senate. 3!r. Stanton was at one time editor of the Scranton Daily Times. Colonel R. B. Allen, of Parker City, is called upon by about two hundred citizens of Armstrong county, to become a candi date for State Senator, to represent the oil interests. The Democratic County Committee of Indiana county have instructed their rep resentative delegates to the State Conven tion to vote for Silas M. Clark, esq., as their first choice for Judge of the Supreme Court. Dr. A. Nebinger, Chairman of the Dem ocratic State Central Committee, has writ ten a letter to parties in Reading, in which he states the opinion that it will beimpo- litic to hold the State Convention befOre late in August. At the Democratic County Committee meeting in Mercer on Wednesday, S. R. Mason, P. J. Pierce and James A. Stran ahan were chosen Representative delegates, and George D. Herbert as Senatorial del egate to the State Convention. NO. 17. gAlonit tittMtle. [By Request.] Only a Little Brook Dear mother I tremble to think I must die, It is lonely and sad in the dark grave to lie, Could you but go with ma I know that your band Would guide me through the gloom of death's shadowy land. This deep endless river, I shrink as I feel, Its darkness and misery over me steal, I fear its wild waves will my soul overwhelm Ere I reach the far shore of that heavenly realm. But what is this music that falls on my ear, Enchanting my senses, dispelling my fear, Oh the angels are with me I am not alone They are bearing MC safe to my dear father's some, The playmates I loved who have gone on before, Are waiting for me on that beautiful shore, Jesus beckons me to him—l follow his call, It is only a little Brook after all. Power of a Hymn. Good Hymns lire in the memory like texts of the Bible, and they 'often do as much good. One very sweet in sentiment and melody reclaimed two gamblers in China. It may be familiar to our readers : " One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o'er and o'er, I'm nearer home to-day Than I ever have been before. “Nearer my Father's house, Where the many mansions be ; Nearer the great white throne, Nearer the crystal sea. "Nearer the bound of life, Where we lay our burdens down ; Nearer tearing the crone, Nearer gaining the crown." Two Americans—one a young man, the other forty—were drinking and playing at cards in a gambling house in China. While the older one was shuffling the cards, the younger one began to hum, and finally sung in a low tone, but quite unconscious ly, this hymn. The older or.e threw down the cards on .the floor and said : "Harry, where did you learn that tune ?" "WV at tune ?" "Why that tune you have been singing." The young man said he did not - know what he had been singing. But when the older one repeated some of the lines, he said they were learned in the Sunday school. "Come, Harry," said the older one; "come, here's what I have won from you. As for me, as God sees me, I have played my last game and drank my last bottle. I have misled yon, Harry, and I'm sorry for it. Give me your hand, my boy, and say that, for America's sake, if for no oth er, you will quit this infernal business." Colonel Russell IT. Conwell, who was then visiting China, and who was an eye witness of the scene, says the reformation was a permanent one.—Youth's Compan ion. A Scene from Life A young man entered the bar-room of a ' village tavern, and called for a drink. "No," said the landlord, "you had dile rium tremons once and I cannot sell you any niorc." He stepped aside to make room for a couple of young men who had just entered, and the landlord waited upon them very politely. The other had stood by silently and sullen, and when they had finished he walked up to the landlord and thus addressed him : "Six years ago, at their age, I stood where those young men now are. I was a man with fair prospects. Now at the age of twenty-eight I am a wreck, body and mind. You led me to drink. In this room I formed the habit that has been my ruin. Now, sell me a few glasses more, and your work will be done ! I shall soon be out of the way ; there is no hope for me. But they can be saved. Do not sell it to them. Sell to me and the world will be rid of me; but for heaven's sake sell no more to them !" The landlord lis tened pale and trembling. Setting down his decanter he exclaimed : "God belpme, this is the last drop I will ever sell to any one !" And he kept his word. Wear a Smile. Which will you do—smile and make others happy, or be crabbed and make ev ery body around you miserable ? You can live as it were among beautiful flowers and singing birds, or in the mire, surrounded by fogs and frogs. The amount of happi ness you can produce is incalculable if you will show a smiling face and a kind heart. and speak pleasant words; and a fretful disposition, you can make a number of persons wretched almost beyond endu rance, let joy beam in your eyes, and love glow in your face. There are few joys so great as that which springs from a kind act or a pleasant deed, and you may feel it at night when you rest, at morning when you rise, and through the day when about your daily business. A smile! who will reface a smile, The sorrowing breast to cheer, Apd turn to love the heart of guile And check the falling tear? A pleasant smile for every face, Oh. 'tin a blessed thing! It will the lines of care erase, And those of beauty bring." A Beautiful Prayer. Lord ! bless and preserve that dear per son whom thou bast chosen to be my hus band ; let his life be long and blessed, com fortable and holy; and let me also become a great comfort and blessing unto him, a sharer in all his joys, a refreshment in all his sorrows, a meet helper to him in all the accidents and changes of the world; make me amiable forever in his eyes, and very dear to him. Unite his heart to me in the dearest union of love and holiness, and mine to him in all sweetness, charity, and compliance. Keep from me all un gentleness, all discontentedness, and un reasonableness of passion and humor; and make me humble and obedient, charitable and loving, patient and contented, useful and observant, that we may delight in each other according to thy blessed word and ordinance, and both of us may rejoice in Thee, having our portion in the love and service of God forever. THERE lived acme fifty years or so ago, a set of table-talkers, who were asked to dine because of their lively conversational powers. Now if this be in any of you, never waste it in mere pleasantries, but say something worth saying, and aim at the highest results. Remember Jesus was a mighty table-talker, as the evangelists took care to note.—Spurgeon. NOTHING teaches patience like a garden. You may go round and watch the opening bud from day to day, but it takes its own time, and you cannot urge it on faster than it will. If forced, it is only torn to pieces. All the best results of a garden, like those of life, are slow but regularly progressive. NEVER put off until to-morrow what can be done to-day.
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