&]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 <thp matter , ex
claimed mamma, laying her band* on his
arm. He turned and Said—
“ Mary, the worst hAs Home. I’vfc gone
under, to-day. Pin a poor toari.”
Mamina grew very pale; the tears,ran
right over her cheeks; but she tried to
smile, for all, and said—
“ Well; Willard, my dean, .husband, .we
wop’t! dpßpSir. You've, got thjs;'comfort,
yon’ve dOnP the best you could.”
“ I,believo„that,l .have,’’ said .papa. . ,“1
hayqnft
alone, I could stand it; but there’s You and
those dear children—O, Mary! that’s the
thought vhbt> 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;n<he met a
rough-looking man, at the very sight of
whom he. began to* qoake;*>for 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'<ienVdoor,jand as -he hung np
hs cstp liy the 'light of the hall-lamp, b'e felt
tllarikfuFth'at he had been kept frpni bom-
Wicked Act-io’nMtßAt Ee.had in
tqnded, -*He thought,, with, pleasure of the
vjhite pifeon snugly sleeping in its OWn box;
aad.wh.en he Went into the parlor, hoping
tlat r, he v had riot been inissed, and toot the
sailing * looks of his mother and sister, he
vjondered v how such bad wishes could have
fqundf their yvayinto his mind. His absence
had no£ called forth any particular* remark,
si n v o ■que'stipnS were asked, and tho remain
der of. the evening was spent in the usual
rjanner...,,, :’ ’ i■' *
| d’A'this night, when Alfred was Alone in
chamber;: he did not omit his prayers.
On the contrary, he thought of God’s mercy
b che%kihg hT‘rii;’juo? As was about to
comiriii>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.