&]p Jfamilg ®wtlt. (COMMUSICAT£I>.) " INASMUCH AS YE DO IT TO ONE OE THESE’' BT LILLIAN HOPE. The sun shone dim, and the wind blew cold ; He came from the lonely moor; „ 1 saw that his garments were thin and old, As.he BtOpd.at our cottage door. Little at best did he wish to take ■ From octr “ basket and our store.' “ Inasmuch as ye do it to one of these,” Had burthened my mind that day ; He asked for fire, and food, and rest; — What if I answered nay ? Dwelling, and bands, and heart were fall, Yet— could I turn him away t I saw that the sun sank lower and lower— The Wind rose higher and higher, Some of my guests stood shivering Near to the ample fire. The children came from the village school, — Would I grant the old man’s desire ? “ Inasmuch as ye do it to one of these — Slowly the daylight dims; — JJU-hy my fireside,. poor old man, Warming your palsied limbs. Eat at our table—then, if yon will, Join in our evening hymns; The Oare of the day at last was done, Ithad been -my nightly round, Had kissed the little ones all to sleep— Left them to dreams profound, frpm the room of our lowly guest, I heard, A murmur of trembling sound. I stood in the hall near the old man’s door, And the stars looked in to see: “Dear God—may they never know hurigerorcald, Su£ blessed in their giving be. .•> When to thy kingdom Thou shall come Remember both them and me.” ■ I knew that those feeble, .trembling limbs Were bent in the gloojp to pray; A feeling of awe crept .o’er my heart, As. softly I stole away. , i • I w oil Id speak with « geritfe reverence On the inorn of another day. The morn of another day—it broke , O’er a rest that was long and deep! The Father, who seeth the sparrow fall, “ Gave His beloved sleep.” Those eyes, those sunken and sightless eyes. Would open, no more to weep. We from our, dwelling anolher morn . Slowly and solemnly trod, Bore him away, to the old churcli-yard, Buried him under the sod. Praying that we like-him might be Heirs of the Father—God. Among the Pises,” Mich. COSTING DOWIT IN THE WORLD. It lies lik6'a gteat giijo and a great sha;- AbW ori bejiv.rt, eyepy day when,,, lip,.OGflieSyjbome from his business. He's grown, so-pale and thin, and- has such a troubled, anxious, harassed, look, that I can’t be# 18 iJe& sil doivn and'WUt to, hiip abOttt my dofl, ftnd my lessons, and the walks I’ve had, he don’t listen as he usodLtdj and drkw' me; eloSe rip to him-,.and look in. my face*, with his pleased stoile. and pull my curls, and say, “Go on, 4 ‘pfu’sefy,® When I stop. , I know, Whenever I Ipok up in his iace, tjbat he hasn’t heard a word of wbftfc I’ve, been saying; and last night, when ■ I carried him the new stereoscope aunt Mary hfid' sent me, he just turned away, and said— ... . \ There, there, jfefiSe.; I.oan't be hotheretl with any such nonsense as that, now.” It just mftde, feel, sp bap, that I sat down oA A'edrnriYof thb lounge, and cried all al'ohe to iny'Self, and pupa,walked up,and down the room. Suddenly, he turned round, and saw me, ■ “•Why, ElHe*!”' he said, and came right towards tpe. aqd took me,,up .in his arms, and kissed inp. pftpa spfealc cross to his little girl ? She mustn’t mind,'fpr"he’3 iri A great, great deal of trouble now, and don’t know what he aays ” “O, papa, I’m very sorry 1 HPw soon 'Will the trouble be gone?" I asked. ' Grid only knows, my dear child;” and H.psptme down, with, such a sorrowful look. Last night, when Guy and I were look ing over that new book of “Pictures of the Principal Cities of Europe,”; mamma came in, and: looked at us a few moments, and the tears came into her eyes, and she wiped them away, arid then she rose up suddenly and left the room, and I said to Guy, after we had looked at each other a moment— “ Did you see that, Guy ?” Y“Yes„l did,.Jßffie,” he said, looking as •grave as an old mail. '• * * * - v “Papa and mamma are in some great tgcbublA. , IKhaA does it niearijfGnjfK^ltffiy brother is nine, while lam only seven, .so I thought it quite likely he might know more about the matter than I did. “I think it’s some trouble about papa's business, and that he’s afraid he’ll lose all his property.' 1 “ Well, would th*t be anything very bad ?” I said. . / , I , ; - . “ talk just like a girl. Of course it woujtk.bo very bad indeed. We should bo poor folks, and I don’t know what.would become” of us " «Tou’d.r jaaye wjthput,tbp papa-sproimseii- you- %hmi ! you *wef§ ten— and I—O, Guy, mamma said if I was a good girl till New- Year’s, I should have a party ! How could I give that ,up ?” “ Well, I hope it won’t be so b:d as that, for either of us,” answered Guy, and his face was graver than ever, and I thought he felt just aS'if he would like to cry, for his heart is so se,t on the new pony. There’s a shadow over the whole house. -T canrfeel it, and I go about on tip toe, and don’t s£bak&bB€hla iwMspef: I wish the old time WQttldt eQme back, when wo all looked and felt happy; but, dear me! 1 haVen’t the heaj*t ! to go singing and playing around, as l uaecj to. It’s all'coma-outat last,-sad I ean’t tell why, I doh’t feel half SO* tfad asldid, though it seems as thdttgkT’d giWh a great deal THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1868. older, and a great deal stronger, since last night. We were all sitting together, just at night—mamma, Guy, and I. Somehow, as it began to grow dark, the pain at my heart grew heavier, and I and put my arm around mamma’s neck, as she sat still, looking into the grate I said — “ Mamma, mayn’t Martha light the gas, and then won’t you play some pretty tune on the piano ?” She.looked at me, and smiled, and pinched my cheek, and I knew that she Was going to say “Yes;” and Guy Sprang up, and started to open the piano, when the front door opened suddenly, and we heard papa’s footsteps ring along the hall. They cable right up stairs, towards the door aS it ope ti ed. Papa did not speak a word; He came right towards the fire; but I knew that something very bad had happened, as sodri as I looked in his face. “O, Willarcj, ;w,hat is oil ts me ftps the: quick -!’’ f a, ; ; it, my dear husband. God wiltitakefcare of iis. a®d give nSjgotrdj dbrave hearts,® to" cari*y through this'tfme 6? trial.” “ Why, Mary, I didn’t suppose you’d take it like this;’’ And' papa tlrew mamma to him. I Went np to them —“ Papa, is it trad We’re poor folks now ?” “■Yes, my little girl', papahAs failed, and lost all his property, and he’s only got mamma, and Guy, and Effio, td comfort hi mi now.” “Well, papa, I don’t believe’ it’s so very hapto.bq jjoor., v l’ll gp wjtbou.t .my. Nev? Year’s party, and wear my old dresses for a yeari’-’- J ? ‘" s ' •■■ ■■ " '• “Arid I’ll go Without my p6ny, M Said Guy, and I knew it" cost him more to give np this, than it had me.tolet my party, go. ,t “They’ve got your spirit, Mary,”..said Oa, and ho begin f to already as though 'we should' weather the storm!” i ;».r*: *■; -n.- ...» .c “Of course we shall,” said mamma. “We must .matter i% jtjie*faqe, and make up our minds to come down in the world cheerfully and submissively. It won’t be so' had, after all,' \VilfArd:' We’ll break up here, and go off into the country, and back to the dear old cottage where you fdririlf me twelve- r oah py there again withiyOu'- and 'the children, and almost forget that I ever left it: Aunt Rachel will grew yourigiri her old age, to. have us back there, and ip the green fields and the sweet mountain air, our boy and our girl will forg i et. tq ; ,Bigh, ( fpr the lost lux uries of their city home." “And we can keep a cow, can’t we, mam ma? and feed the chickens, and ride horse back on aunt RncbeL’%,ol4. gray, every,day, can’t We ?” 1 asked. Mamma laughed; and kissed me. - “ Yes,-little .girl,, your-cap? do all .those thihgs j arid'you ana Guy must learn to tak,e,care of yourselves as much as possible, for we can’t afford to keep but one girl '; and there’lb befjno'nurse, or chamber-maid, or waiter, any more; for poor folks, , and ,shall even have to sell'a great part. r of; our furniture.” : “Well, mamma, we couldn’t put it iii Aunt Rachel’s cottAgP; you krio'W. BfitT’d quite as lief b 6 ’thorp as hero, for don’t you remerii'bpr. i Pried w-hen we came away last summer?”. r “ What a little philosopher!” said papal “Arid Efiße, ybri arid I AAri gb arid'ride on farmer Watson’s loads of hay, arid we can go off into the Woods for berries and nuts; for the eggs in the barn every day, and watch the little black duck# go swimming in the pond: Oh, I tell you, Effle, it’ll be glorious 1” cried Guy, clapping his bands. “ On the .wKtflevil Guy,” I said, “ that it's,better, to.be poor folks,,and.-l|ve in thri-Porfritry: ' One cAri*'hAve' such good times* yotr know!’’ * f f Papa andi mamma laughed outright, but thero were ,tears in mamma’s,- eyes all the time; and at last she said, “ May-be it’s foi*-’ the best; After' all, Wil lard. God may have sent this to make orir boy.andtgirl a better man arid Woman >; (for I have often trembled lest this life of ease and luxury should make , them ; weak and selfish. “As for you, dear, I’ve no fears.' You’ll get into business again w|>( en -the shock is over, and can take care of your little flock, for I’m resolved it shAri’t be much of a bur den on you for the next, five; years.-,*iWe will trust in God, and we shall weather the stqrm.” . ... ,> “So we shall,” said papa, with a smile that was like his old one! “Arid; Mary, ivc shall learn, one of life’s grandest lesrioris, that there may be calm, peace, and content ment, in coming down vn the world !"—From Grace arid Clara and other Tales (Pres Board.) , - i•- . - • . r - . ' _■ .■’ - r - ...A THE WHITE PIGEON. One day last autumn,' Prank Grove invi ted his school fellow, Alfred Weldon, to see his pet white pigeon. Alfred said-he would ask leave to come next afternoon, which was a holiday ; and, as he had no difficulty in obtpning’permissionfAe af ter three o’clock* ah‘S wSS a hearty welcome by Frank, who stood look] ihg out for him.at the, garden gatO 'They meant to have a good game of play- . to] gether; but of course the first thing to be thought of was the. pigeon; and Frank ;le( the way, with no little delight, to a Snug corner in-the yard; where a- nice pigeon-b’oj had been put up within reach of itkmaster When Alfred saw the pigeon he thought it deserving of all the praise that Frank had bestowed upon it. It was quite White; not a speck was to be seen upon its soft feathers; and its beautiful head and downy breast, its delicate claws, and the gentle cooing with which it received its master’s caresses, all in turn called forth Alfred’s warmest praise. Frank was not soon tired of showing bjs pet; hut at last he returned him safely to his box, arid then the two boys wentto ram ble round the garden and the orchard, after which they had a merry game in tho pad dock, and ended their* pleasure by a scam per over the short brown turf, on the back of CharfeYptbri old pAriy; Which BAd been lying lazily ifl the sun. .^Beforef, caving, Alfred went to take an other lobfc at the white pigeon, and the de sire to he the owner of such a fine bird Was tbA uppermost tbdught in hiA’foirid As he> walkedhomc.. <■The’diStanCe was not very grifatf, hut hia road; lay along a quiet lane where , was rotting to disturb his though ts, and Alfred did pot try, as he ought to ba’vC (tone, bo diAmlse from hi’s ihind the wish to’pideMbsa'Frah'K’e pigeon, hdi- did he orice think'oft tbat text which says; “ Thou shaft,potpoivet.” *,. w j-.-im. ,;i He but when ped,.tjSajt night, his headwAiyqyulljqb’ftthatheiay-downwitt out spying; h|s, prayerpj.. Ho ivas .trying to think ou sq mp.pjan f tpfgain ( poaseZsion 'of. the bird, Anybpsy There Was ari cage up in thoj BAyloft, and he thought jhe/couid keep. it there. Tpm, the stable boy, might find it out j but Alfred did not ..hhjrik,- hje, wpuid telij. and even Tom Woplct not,know. hoiY.he came by the pigpon. Then he qonsicier .how, he, could ge| yarfl, for no doubt, the great gajtes wAre kept,,shpt; and he remem bere(j ,that h.e had seenA hole,in the garden hedge, tfirough which’he could Creep, , and then^^it,was o e a ey,tp,- go. round, the back pi theh.ouse inlo £hp yard, ite made np his mind’,he would dp.thjs.the very ( ue4t night. oif .dapger io. admit sinful wisheS iintd our hearts! .Step by step we gp on from baa to worse,' until at last. ..We end by: doing that which we were afraid think of' al Ifirst, ’ ’ .. ‘ Cfcipber .d'ays soon draw tp a close, anid tjfip! nexti' evening, before seven o’clock, .it wae dark enough for Alfred to set out: on his gqiltynarpose, He was at a lossfior ,an excuse for’leAy.ing the parlo.r, bo he,' gdj.ug qu^l;ly',when r mother was busy giving his'iiiter directions abbuther,;work, .and, getting into the hall like a thief, he took aowu nis cap, »&d, softly opening the door into the garderf, gate. He’hid ndt ;gone£AVwhfe;nfor mot hi rig de- S' 'veaoncof corirage like agdlltyconscience. Wever, the' ihap paßsed on without tak ing any notice of him, and recovering from his fright, Alfred ihAkp up his,mind pdf savere. He crept, trembling, down the lane, afraid to rhri lest his-footsteps shotrki be-neard' ahd his heart beating. faster every ’time that the wind rustled among .the dead leaves on the ground. At last he turned the cornerVlthAt led 'to'Mf! Grove’s gAfden. He came to the hole in the he'dg’o, arid gave one lopk.roundto make sure,that there* was no one.neari All ' was . still: A feW stars were pimly shining in the dark Sky, and the church clock ,qd„ the distant hill was striking SeVen. No other sourid Was to be heard. : , Alfred Stopped dow.n to the hedge ; a 1 readyvnesCembditofeel the pigeon fluitering in his grasp; > when suddenly th < AftMMaWto His* ®iA*d? tSA shi ljt , yfdy^teAlf® 3!: Jb| c ;Are'w‘ > hAck f Ah'd Raised for *then, without stSying to I parley with temptation, ran back to w{rdS hoirie AS’ faSt As his feet codld go. H it areMgpingdnto srn that we feilicowaTfilypDOtfWhen. we are flying from ’ lt i . r - ; iHp reached home in safety, went qufetly iqatithpr(gAi'a great sin, andJlTe knelt down with t periiteatviieart to asli forgiveness for his ♦ovetous desires and -wicked purposes, and .ese'ceh Bis eoriipaSsioriate Saviour to help iin\ for tiip. time to come. As he lay down n bed bis pillow seemeil soft Arid easy, for his mindrwasi,at peace, -and before he fell iBleep>he-had’-dome to’a determination to peek daily Aifd*darrieStly?fof divine graee to lieepL. hiffrftbm'-th'e'dAcgerous ways of sin. I Alrrea'feltf 'h alf ashamed to see Frank Grove the next-day; and repentance for the injury swiiich ; he had iCftntemplated him to show his schoolfellow greater kind ' ness than he had ever done before. ' They have' been excellent friends since then, and Alfred often goes to play with Frank, and to have a ride pH 'old Cimfley roufrd 1 the paddock, but he never sees the white pigeon without a twinge of conscience,.and a feel ing of gratitude that he Was ever taught the commandment, “ Thamshalt nofsteal." The greatest difficulty in conversion, is, to win the, heart to God, and the greatest difficulty after conversion, is, ? to -keep the hbkrt tiufA Gbdl ‘ ' • 1; [Comw»icA«D.] GOOD SERVANTS. “ Why don't we get as good servants now-a-days aw’we did once,” is a cry often heard. The advertising column of news papers, and the crowded intelligence offices, bear witness to the transitory character of the relation between housekeepers and their servants. And why is this? If the cause and the remedy of the evil could be found and applied, it would be a blessed boon to , many a weary woman, who almost finds it easier to do her own work than to Obtain those Who Will do it rightly for bet. It seems to the writer that bill gibiif reri ’ sOn for. the existing trouble (besided the inutual faults of employer and employed in dealing with each other), is the increasing notion that domestic service is degrading. A girl is disposed to believe that loathing a trdde; or Standing in a Store, Or almost a’dy other of the few employments opeh td wO itiefl, is far more respectable add desirable than living as servant in a family. There : fore they crowd into these occupations, oft ten earning a larger sum of hioney per week, it is true; but dsuklly lacking the protection and the quiet cotrifort of a good home, ‘and exposed to many tefhptatiotis khd evils front which those living in service,- as it .Is'called, are saved. Thuathe position of a servant comes to be regarded as a step lower .down in the scalar and,of- course it comes to tmr’fiileq mOrd ,rind inor;e by .ihose iyho have no hope or ohance of what they call better things. That this -state of affairs is neither right nor desirable,; is evident. AM it can prily be improved, by the Community iri geiiefhl, (and thjs means individuals in' particular), ericpiiragirig the belief that a girl or woman holding,the position of faithful servant' ina respectable family; is as much to' be honored and rbspectrid in l the conscientious, capable discharge ‘of her dutiriS; ris of the famiiy with whdm iiveS. 1 This belief ik held by,the mabagerispf fhe Industrial Some for 'Girls,'., who are. laboring to lake .the poor girls. who need .their care, and train them to be useful women. They da notiprofess to make them accomplished servants; but they aim to give them good principles and habits of work—and they utterly discourage the idea that they can do anything more, thoroughly respectable than go into a. Christian family as a: servant] They never intend to make drudges of them, or to place them where they will be SO con sidered; b'dt they do ihtend to dp all iti their power td fit theirifdl 1 useful honorable service. !. if ,they desire tp ,learn;trade6, or.if they are. better suited; for such work by nature; the managers of the Home will facilitate their doing so in every Way-, bht-'thb; usual dbj'ect is 1 the first ,meh tioried. 1 .; : , The Home is now Ideated,! jri a- house just purchased for its use,! at the!,s!!, W. eornerof TeritharidCatberineSts. With the new advantages for- T working,,, which Upw surrpifritl 1 th.bth,;*ind,!managers“pf,,'lh-P institution desire to labor more,, earnestly and successfully than they have ever dene— and while . they look ' to- the; Master .-Whota they delight to 1 sferve, both for help' arid for regard, they also ask foraidfrprri those, whO''are fell(jw labprerS with theni in !the great virieyafd’of the Lord./ . ; ! ' ! ! , TELEGRAPHING. The /bill introduced fay,,. Representative ’ySTa&hburns, dfGllinois, May 18th, for the construction of, a- Governmon t telegraph undelr tho direction of the Post Office De partments between New York and Washi icgton, provided that the Pbstmaster shall Within thirty' ddysadvCrtiSejin ti?ro newspa pers in \yashingtqn, B a It irnore, Ph i 1 ad e 1- phia, and Sew York for, proposals for con structing a telegraph line I from-the post; office in Washington to the post-office in New York, by way Of Philadelphia, Balti more, and such intermediate stations as he may designate. Thh General shall, at the time of opening proposals, also receive 1 and examine kty frpin'tbe proprietors df any existing line of tele graph, for the sale to the United. States of the entire line of such telegraph between any two of said citieSj or for the entire line herein provided for, 1 with all the franchises; rights, and privileges connected therewith. The proposals ofthe loWestresponsibio bidder are to be accepted, a'n'd the ; Work is to be of the best character. Power is given to the Postmaster General to establish telegraph ■ stations at as many poSt/ofßces along the line as in bis judgment the public, inter est,.with due regard to: economy .of admin istration, shall require; and shall, employ in the business, as far as practicable, the employes of the Post-Office, and also spe cial telegraph clerks when necessary, at.the customary salaries, au,d employ, a general superintendent, .who shall lie. a practieal.tele grapher, at a salary not exceeding 83,500 per annum. No message shall bo sent un less stamped with a three-cent postage stamp. There shall be a uniform rate for the transniission of messages, without re gard to distance, of one cent each word, ex qiusive of address, and signature, but no message shall be sent for.: a- less sum than ten cents; and there shall be charged two cents* for the delivery of'eaCb and every message; provided the Government shall be entitled to send 1 and receive all its mes sages over the line free of charge, and shall baverpriority in sending,them; .and provi ded, that when less: rites than are herein provided shall be charged by any other teh egraph line between the samo points, the Postmaster rates to conform thereto; and provided further, that he may directthajt news telegrams for publication by newspapers shall be trans mitted at a reduction not exceeding st) per e'en't. on these rates. Another section pr.o vides that persqns tampering.with .despatches, or making an improper disclosure of their contents shall be punished by a fine not ex ceeding $l,OOO, or imprisonment not to ex ceed one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. The sntn bf $75,000 is appro priated to eaffy hut the provisibhs of the act. The bill was referred to the Committee ofi PbSt-Officesi arid Post BdridS. Accompa nying this bill is ati elaborate paper, in which it is said, although the .world is in debted to the genius of a citizen of the United States for the practical development of the electric telegraph aS a means Of com munication, and although the first line upon the plan in universal use was built with menus furnished by Cdhg'fesS, the teldgfkpß system has made less progress toward per fection, and has been practically ofless value to the masses of the, people in our own country, than in any civilized country on the globe. In nearly every country ifl Europe the telegraph has become a- speedy* certain, and economical medinm oft cdrinStri nicatibn, the inestimable benefit! of WhifeM afe f extended to the inhabitants oftfstririll tOwfiS rind communities as well as thegreat Ce'rifreS of trade.. In this conn try ielegrapbie communication has.always been Urieertaiu and. expensive, and limited to chief towns arid cities;- To the evils of exOfbitfiU® ebarges ■ h avebebri added distrust of the tel egraph Us a rfelirible' rHediiim of corismfiffi catidniii caSe'S bf ehfetgbpcy, and as a safe cohsefyatOr of the necessary secrecy of public and priyate businese; Instead of an auxiliary to the postal system, controlled like it by the State, arid shngh’t like it to be made useful'to - 'the‘great irikSSeS Of the peo ple, without regard to the ,pecu niary'prpfi t, arid to be as in nearly every civil iried'.cprifitry in, wprldj. we see'the sys tem in this country in the hands of rival companies, anxious.only fixeextendibg-theiri lines to prominedtplriees where pfOtUsafe to be secured; arid iiidiffeffetit t 6 the public convenience. *lnsbort;:fcbe popular verdict of the people of this country; if it cpuldbe beard, would be that the telegraph system in view of what it is in other countries and might become in this, is pfftetically a failute. Thd paper’ them pro bedels to show: What • bp 'ab'eoihpiirfhfed' ih .rendering ,teie.- graphie. dbmhijcijiicatidn fcfia'Bie, economi cal, fthdatthesame,time profitable in this country, by referring to .-what is accom* plish'ed in other countries where the expe riment has been thoroughly tried undbr thri Coritroloftbc State! If, these brief 3' have bferiti StibcessftiHy accomplished.iri countries like Belgium, and, ESwitzerlapd, where the masses of thie people, gre poor, and where all but a comparatively feWperadns who are engaged ih trhde,: or ’who are hUtbOr • ized to employ' : the -ttfliegrapri in crises’ bf eifiergericy* do riot habitually avail thein seivCS of its Serf ice, .bow much more might be ribcopipliebea in our own. country where so few of the population are poor,, and j where so large a - proportion would habitu-1 ally -employ the telegraph ft>r business arid I social purposes; UtvleSa debarred By the ex orbitant priSfes now demrih'd^fi for the trans i&ftsiph oft despatches. , .lb np country, un der a liberal scale of charges, would the telegraph be employed. by. so great a piro portion of tbe inhabitants as in this—in nrt 'eountiy can telegraph lftaes‘‘be v more cheap| ly built-ot* operated. At pried, afterthe ih| feritiofi and successful establisbment o| electric telegraphs, every government ini Europe where wires were built, except that! of; Qreat Britain, formed a telegraph feys tem, in connection with -its postal system. I* Seoms tb bavb occunfed to theiii .thaft * system &F cdmxnßhicatibtf so df bbibgrib nseftiil ah aux il*ary«in»tbe'>trairsuction t of 'pritflic ancTpfT the opeD letters forwarded by this Speedier means should, like the sealed letters for warded by thg post; W Ifai&miiEfbd'hlfiPde-' HverSd under th’e sope'rvision of th«, government. In Great Eritaih a few weeks since, after twenty years of trial of thesys teiri in the bands of .private companies, the people of the British Islands with singular unanimity demanded that the telegraph system be placed under the control of the postal authority, and a bill was introduced I by the pi eserit government.for that purpose. The paper concludes as follows : “ In the present position of the finances Of the country it would hardly be wise' to'enter I upon am extended experiment. It should he tried at first On a limited Seale, arid a'tpmall cost. If it prove successful and become what the telegraph udder govern merit con trol became in other countries, namely, a source of revenue as well as an estimable boon to ihe community, it ought to be arid doubtless will be extended. The amount necessary to construct a line from Washing ton to New Yqrkgand to surstairi it untiftTt becomes self-sustaining, will not exceed $75,000. It is the belief of experienced tele graphers that, with a tariff of charges as low as that of Belgium' arid Switzerland, and with an additional charge of a single postage ripon each message, the line would be self-sustainiDg from the beginning, and would probably repay its entire cost long before the value ot the’structure was mate rially impaired. - ‘HOW TO FIX TEE OLOOK. The Country Gentleman contains the fol lowing: When the clock stops, don’t take it to the-repair shop till you have tried as fol lows : t Take off the pointers and the face; take Off the pendulum and its wire. Ee i move 1 the ratchet from the ti&k * and the Clock will run down With great velocity- L'etitgo. The increasedspe'edwears away t'he giM and dust, from, the pinions the . clock cleans itself: ■ If you have any pure sperm oil, put the least,, bit on the axles. Put the machine together, and nine times in ten it will run just* as well as if it had been taken to the shop: In fact this is the way most shopmen.cleanclqcks. If instead of a pendulum the .clock a watch eseape ■ mont, this lattcr can be taken out in an in jstant without taking the works apart, and the result is the same.