VOI. LI 11. WIHNirS WELCOME. Well. Shamus, what brought ve ? It"# 4*al. mm. I ye— What '.- kept ye tin- fortnight from calling on me ? Stop there ! IVm tbo lyiu' ; It no nee lien Tin", 1 know you've been fughin' for Kitty Mage*. She's onld end ehe'e homely ; There'# girl# young and oemely, WhoVe loved yon much longer and better then she ; Bui. deed! • I'm not earin'; I'm a led Tve ne share in The k*ve of e hoy who'd loved Kitty Mageo. 00 'way !' I'm not crying'! Tom- charge I'm denym', You're wrong to attribute snch weakness to me; If teas* I'm ashowiQ*. I'd have y he knovtua', Tbey>e abet out of pity for Kitty Mageo. For mane and ooneateL Wid pnde overweighted ; Ooid. beanies# and brutal she'll find you to le When you ahe'U he get tin". She'll soon be regrettm'. She ere changed her name from p aiu Kittv ■—SI. What'# that ? Am I dhrauun', VoaVe only been echamin*. J net tt.rrm' to u#t the affection in me ? But you're the sly dml! There now *. Plaee he civil ! IVmil hug me to death. I'm uot Kitty Mage*. Tour ki#ee# oonfuse me— Well. I'll net tvfnse ye, 1 know you':] be tindber and levin' w.d me ; To rbow my oonthntiou Far douhe# and #n#funon. I'll ax for my bndesmei i swate Kitty Magee One Summer s Harvest. A sjitinr rb— a girl standing at the famo-housr gate. Iwihtni in that sun's dying glory: the deep blue ma, fringed by their jftty lahhes. eager and erptvtant. the red hps curving in a glad happy smile, as her ear catches the far off echo of a well known step; ami o*e reads again the old. old story which arcnts no new to every heart that teams its pages. Ye* Elbe: Max-no was ikM one to wear her hear; upon her sleeve; but neit her had Ernest Mc!watd lived his thirty years in vain A month before, fortified by a let- ' Ter of introduction to the squire, one of his father"# college friends. who, since the dr*Tii of his ruing wife. had buried himself j In tins ctmn'.ry life, he had c.nie among I thtan to retrain strength, to recover from a weverr fever. whuac victim be had well nigh Iteeome. He had been received by Mr. Mayne wt:h roorteou# hospitality. but when his daughter was formally presented, when first his eyes dwelt upon the wonderful beauty, which had sprung into such perfee bor far fran the city's din. all thoughts of fNN and country dullness fled. S the days went on, orarcv ni*ted by the mac of the world. watching this new yet aid development a subtle sweetness crept into his tone his dark eyes grew strangely soft, as draw- I ing near, be clasped the tiny hand laid so rnnfidingly in his own. and looked into tliv arurc-TiU'Cd eyi* upraised to his. "Were xvu waiting for me Etliel!" "Ah. Erne®, the days are long without you!" "What will you do when I have gone?* 1 j •"Gome!" And the color died out of ' eboek and lips, lea vine an asliv paleness as she said, with a faint smile. "You are play mc with me Ernest. You would not leave me?*' **BusiTKs compels it darling; but I shall I caary your sweet beauty with me. where- j ever I may go." "But you are coming back? You are act going for long?" "1 trust no." And for a moment the girl's peerless beauty made the man waver in his alle giance to the haughty summons received the: dav frnun his betrothed. Had he known this girl beside him was the owner of as many thousands as the toetre* whose band he considered essential to the furthering of his irther schemes, the ; summer harrest would have born different fruit. In no measured words had he asked Ethel Mayne to he his wife; but in her young trusting innocence, when from lier lip# be had snatched tbeir first sweetness, while her ears caurhi his vows of love, in the singular fascination of his presence and 1 tho keen snKicty of his words, slie had no other tbcaight, and she now looked in his face with a wondering hesitancy, while a hand of iron seemed clutching at her heart. ♦•You trust not! What do vou mean. Erwest?" and there vt a hatigtity ring in the tone new to the man's ear—new to her self, but horn of bon her lipsth" kisses you can yield so well, and ask her if she is not proud of such a pri7.e. Let her bind you closer in her chains of gold. You thought mine only of perishable flowers; but had you trusted them I would have made them of precious stones. Forgive you? For what? For opening my eyes to man's treachery and worldly lust? For showing mo the in carnate baseness which can bo veiled in the glory of the image of his maker? Yes, I forgive you even as 1 scorn you. Go in peace!" The June roses were once in bloom, as Ethel Mayne stood before God's altar by Philip Vaugh's side and took upon herself the solemn vow to love, honor and obey. Nor was the man to whom she pledged herself unworthy of such a gift, lie it was who had thawed the frozen channels to her heart, and had taught her once again the ! faith amt trust without which woman's life is blighted. The sun had hid himself for a brief while, and now shed forth resplendently upon the rose bordered path h"r feet so gladly trod. So as they turned from the sacred place, and the organ breathed forth j its jubilee, it was echoed and reechoed in both their hearts. But only a short distance from this scene of rejoicing, amid the great city's din, a pistol-shot rang out upon the clear morning ; air. A bullet, sent by bis own band, found its way into the heart of the man who had learned too late the possession of that heart j and found ho had rendered his own lifeuu cndurablc. Yet, when Ethel Vaughn learned the ! sad truth leaning upon her husband's I breast, she felt naught save a great pity, and a pure prayer rose from her own grate ful heart for the soul's happiness of the man whose requiem her wedding chimes had rung. Jniiant'ifl Carpenter#. Japanese carpenters—a numlier of whom have been exhibiting their skill in fitting up j the stage of a San Francisco theater for a company of gymnasts from Yeildo—have 1 an advantage over American mechanics, in the fact that they have four hands instead : of two, their toes being as handy as their j fingers, but they gatn nothing by it, because they make no use of work-benches or vises. t If a Japanese carpenter wants to sharpen a . saw, he squats down, places the back of the tool to be operated upon on tire ground, grips one end of the saw with his left hand, seizes the other witn the toes of of his right foot, and goes to work with as much confi dence as an American carpenter at a bench. Their tools are not like American tools; though they have a small similarity, show ing that all tools have a common parentage, whether their inventor was Tubal Cain or j some other artificer. All Japanese saws are shaped like butcher's cleavers. The handle I of a cleaver, but tlattish, us if whittled out : of a piece of inch board; the metal shank of the saw is driven into tl at of the handle and the whole is secured by being wrapped with a fine split cane. The metal of the saw is about the substance of our saws, but the toeth are narrower, giving more of them to an inch, and much longer. They are all pointed toward the handle and cut the wood like so many hooks. When a Japanese wants to rip a plank, he places it across anything that will elevate the end a few inches, then stands on the wood and cuts it by seizing the cleaver-looking saw and pul ling it toward bim. Thus, by a number of short, quick up strokes, he gets through a plank not so speedily, but quite as effectal ly as an American carpenter would with the long, low-down strokes of the rip-saw. The planes are small, with single irons, and no handles. The planes aro shorter, lighter, and the wood shallower than ours, being generally not more than an inch deep. To plane a piece of wood they lay it on the ground, squat down, hold it fast with their toes, and work the piano with lioth hands toward them. To drill a hole they have a short awl inserted in the end of a round stick eight or nine inches long. They take the wood between their toes, squat as before, and make the hole by rubbing the handle of the awl between their hands, in less time than one of our oarpenters could drill one with n gimlet. Their hammers are solid cylindrical pieces, not made shapely with waists and graceful outlines like ours. They have the same flat-sided handles as the saws. The Japs have iron square*., not un like American squares, marked with de grees. The measures are brass, eyry light, and fluted. On one side the inch, or what stands for an inch with us, is one and three sixteenths inches, and divided into ten parts. On the other side is a different scale, measuring one and thirtcon-sixteenths inches, and divided into twelve parts. What Generosity Would Have Cost Illiti. A man in Pennsylvania noted for his generosity lately had #IOO,OOO loft him as a legacy. Beggars of all manner of causes, good, bad and indifferent, flocked upon him so fast that lie adopted the plan of stating to each the amount of his legacy, and the fact that lie had hosts of applica tions and the inquiry, in view of all this, how much he ought to be expected to give the applicant, The amounts then applied for he noted down and promised an answer in six months from the time he got his legacy. At the end of that period lie added up the amounts applied for and found the sum total thereof was $700,006. The Sugar Ituwi. Upon each of the tables ranging along the walls in Hunt's dining-room there sits a sugnr-lxiwl. It is placed ujion tho end of the table remotest from the wall, and when a waiter takes an order ho shoves the howl across the table to the other anil. This sig nifies that a customer occupping a seat at that particular table has given his order, ami by this simple plan the other waiters are kept informed as to who is waited upon and wiio is not. One day an honest farmer, who was innocent of the tricks of city restaurants, entered tho place, took a seat, amt, pulling the sugar-bowl on his tabic back toward tho wall, proceeded to help himself to a pinch, lie was not noticed by any of the busy waiters who were hurrying hack ami forth filling orders and clearing away dishes. The old fellow remained in his seat for fifteen minutes, patiently ex pecting some one to offer to take his order; but, no one appearing to see him, he got mad at tho apparent neglect ami tried to hail three or four passing waiters, who failed to grasp the situation. After half a dozen slights, as he thought, the honest farmer stretched forth his mighty paw ami gathered a waiter by the nape of the neck. Squarely imprisoning the startled hash col lector, the yeoman addressed him thus. "See hyar, young feller, you ncednt think cos 1 don't put on style and wear store clothes when I come to town, that 1 ain't just as able to pay fur what chuck I eat as any dressed-up galoot in thisoountry. Why, I'll buy yer durned aid shop and burn it down. Now I want you to fetch me s great big four-cornered meal—the best in the place, and lots of it, ily'e hear me ?" The young man, as soon as released, started to till the commission of the mus cular Granger, ami the customer took his seat once more, but this time further away from the wall. Reaching back ho pulled the sugar-bowl to the outer end of the table and dug out another handful to stay his hunger until the big meal should arrive. The sugar-bowl was now on the end of the table which signified that the old fanner was not waited u|x>n, and in an instant a young follow stepped up to him and asked what he would have. "I sent a feller after my grub," replied the man from the country. The waiter pushed the sugar-l>owl to the rear and walked off. The farmer again pulled the bowl out and went to exploring it. Another waiter, spying the bowl on the outer end of tho table, tackled the rural rooster, who impatiently answered that he had no use for him. This waiter gently propelled the sugar-bow' to the wall, and bounced away about his business. By this time the countryman was thoroughly aroused. Taking hold of the offending bowl lie savagely drew it to the front, but bud no sooner done so tlian be was ap proachcil by a youth wearing an apron, who carried him a bill of fare, and stood waiting for instructions. "Goto the devil!" blustered the fanner. "You're almighty, all-fired willin' to get me something to eat since you found out that 1 ain't a beggar. One feller is enough to git what 1 want, and he's done gone for it." The waiter took hold of the sugar-bowl to place it where it belonged once more, but the farmer wouldn't have it. Fetching the young man a stroke across the jaw, he sang out: "Let that ere thing alone, dog-gone you! Yer fearful 'fraid that I'll eat a half cent's worth of yer blasted old sugar. I'll pay for all the stuff I swallcr in this shebang, anil I don't want nobody coniin' around me shoving dishes outen my reach. Now you just clare out 'o hyar." By this time the Iniys tumbled to the old man's innocence, and allowed him to munch his sugar in peace until his dinner arrived. Extraordinary reople. Commander Cameron of the British Navy, recently gave the following description of the manners and customs of the people of Urua, in Central Africa. Urua was one of the largest native states in Africa. It was bounded on the east by Tanganyika, on the north by independent tribes in Man gucma, on the west by Ulunda, and on tho south by mountains south of the lake of Bangcolo. The great chief was Kasongo, and the race was perhaps the most civilized in Central Africa. The chief claimed Di vine honors. On his death all his wives save one were slaughtered at his grave, and the one whose life was not taken was bund ed over to the chief's successor. The spirit of the deceased prince was supposed to pass into the body of the successor. The centre of the religion of the people was an idol, which was held in great reverence. The idol was placed in the midst of a dense jungle, and it had for wife one of the sisters of the reigning soverign. Under the prin cipal chief were smaller chiefs, whocollected and paid over to the sovereign tribute. Ho had seen this tribute come iu, and some of it must have come from distant parts of the country. There was a numerous class of wizards in the country who did a large trade in idols and charms. Many of the wizards were ventriloquists, and in this way the idols were made to give answors to the questions put to them. Caste was very clearly defined in the race. No one dare sit down in the presence of the chief with out permission, which was very seldom granted. In one place where, in the trav eler's presence, a native had neglected eti quette, severe punishment was about to be inflicted, but the traveler saved the offen der. Authority was maintained by mutil ation. Hands, feet, ears and noses were mutilated, and the natives did not seem to mind it much. One woman had cut off her own cars. This woman was one of Kasongo's wives; lie had about a thousand of t hem. Slie asked permission to mutilate herself, and she did it at once. The body guard of the chief was composed to a great extent of mutilated people, whose affection for the chief seemed in no way decreased; indeed, it would appear that mutilation strengthened their regard for the chief. Tbc name of the idol was Kungwca Banza, and profound reverence was shown to it. Fire was obtained by friction from a fire block, and in one case the chief used the shin-bone of one of the other chiefs who had been conquered. The dress of the people was very simple consisting of an apron. Members of the royal family wore three large skins, and junior members of the family wore aprons of green monkey skins. The hair dressing of these people was curious, varying more with districts than with rank. In some places it was worked up into four ring plates crossed at the top of the head like a crown, and sur rounded at the bottom with a band of cow ries or other shells. Skewers were inserted in the hair, one end of which could be used in tatooing. The people were not a hairy race, but manage to grow their beards long, and plaited them like a Chinaman's pigtail, usually putting at the end of each a lump of mud to weigh it. Some of the beards reached to the waists. The wo men, not having beards to amuse themselves with, were tattooed extensively. Tattooing usually commenced at the ago of seven, and might be completed about the age of twelve or fourteen, which was the time for marriage. Beautiful patterns were used, and the tatooing done in raised cuts. Some times a husband, when he was displeased with his wife, cut off all these raised pieces, and the woman could not appear in public again; slie was not received in society un til she was re-tattooed. Ho saw one of their weddings, which was very curious. The proceedings lasted several days. A ring was formed of the natives, two men with big drums being in the middle. The drums were played and the people round danced. The bride was brought out, dres sed in feathers and other finery, on the shoulders of two or three women ; she was taken in the middle of tho ring, and was jumped up ami down on the shoulders of the women. Tho bride threw shells and beads aliout, for which there was a scram ble, as the possession of them was supposed to confer luck. Ultimately the husband came into the ring, and putting the bride under his arm, carried her off. The means of communication was by drum signals. They had a call on tho drum for every body's name, and they could ask questions and convey intelligence over hundreds of miles, ami receive answers almost immedi ately. In war, messages were sent enor mous distances to bring up reinforcements or to stop their coming. The mass of the jieople live in huts on dry land, but there were one or two exceptions to this. He saw two lakes on which people were living in huts. In one place the people had cov ered over the long grass growing in the water with earth, ami on that hail built their huts; in the other the huts were built on piles. The language of the country belonged to the same broad family which stretched across lhc large licit of Africa traversed by him, and the grammar was on the same principles as the grammar of the Swaeli. Health Hint#. Never go to bed with colli, (lamp feet; always toast them before a fire for tea or fifteen minutes before going to bed. When going from a warm atmosphere to a colder one, keep the mouth closed, so that the air may be warmed by its passage through the nose, ere it reaches the lungs. Never stand still in cold weather, espe cially after having taken n slight degree of exercise; and always avoid standing upon the ice or snow, or where the person is ex posed to a cold wind. Never take warm drinks ami then imme diately go out in the cold air. Merely warm the hack by a fire, and never continue keeping the back exposed to the heat after it bus become comfortably warm ; to do otherwise is debilitating. When hoarse, speak as little as possible until it is recovered from, else the voice may l>e permanently lost, or difficulties of the throat may be produced. Never begin a journsy until breakfast has been eaten. Keep the back, especially between the shoulder blades, well covered; also the chest well protected. Never lean the back upon anything that is cold. Never omit regular bathing; for unless the skin is in an active condition tho cold will close the pores and favor conjestiou or other diseases. Some of the most valuable constituents of the wheat are left in the bran, aud the fine flour is not sufficiently laxative to meet the requirements of most systems, so it is advisable to take frequently or systematic ally a coarser dies. Graham, cracked wheat or r}-e will generally meet this wut, or a fair supply of berries or fruits will answer a similar purpose. Proper attention to the diet will generally obviate the necessity of a resort to physic, anil is by far the prefer able course in every aspect of the case. To cure corns, take one measure of coal or gas tar, one of saltpeter and one of brown sugar; mix well. Take a piece of au old kid glove and spread a plaster on it the size of the corn and apply to the part affected; hind on and leavw two or throe days aud then remove, and the corn will come with it. Sailing the Jewel), The Plantagenets were very rough and ready financiers. When Richard 1. took it into his head to try conclusions with Pala din, he raised the needful by turning the crown manors and fortresses of Roxburg and Berwick into hard cash, selling offices of trust to the best bidders, and did not hesitate to avow that he would dispose of London itself if a purchaser were forth coming. Strangely enough, Coeur de Lion never seems to have thought of doing the same by his crown jewels. Ilenry HI. was the first English monarch who had recourse to that undignified expedient. The idea, indeed, did not originate with him; for it is recorded that when some jicrson or per sons unknown suggested that tho repleni shing of the royal coffers by selling the crown plate and jewelry, the king hinted a doubt as to the likelihood of finding pur chasers, and lieing assurreil that the citizens of London would gladly accommodate him, Ilenry exclaimed: "On my word, if tho treasury of Augustus were brought to sale, the citizens are able to bo the purchasers. The clowns, who assume to themselves the uanies of Barons, abound in everything, while we aro reduced to necessities." Notwithstanding his indignation, Ilenry, like other men in his predicament, was willing enough to deal with the full pursed ones he abused, and so, in 1248, he sold the citizens of London all the plate and jewelry lie had not already mortgaged to the merchants of Franco. The relief affor ded was, however, only a temporary one, for seven years later, we find him demand ing 8,000 marks of the Jews, and answering their remonstrance against the reaction by pleading he was a beggar, spoiled and strip ped of all his a farthing wherewith to keep himself, and therefore must have moucy om any hand and by any means. The life of every man is as the well spring of a stream, whose small begin nings are indeed plain toall, but whose course and destination, as it winds through the expanses ot infinite years, only the Omniscient can discern. llave you known how to compose your manners ? You have done a great deal more than lie who has composed books. Have you known how to take repose? Y r ou have done more than he who has taken cities and empire. A Phenonienou in Niagara Hirer. Niagara river lias this season offered some fu3 opportunities for the study of themain te lance of the equilibrium of animal life on both land and water. Early spring was marked by an unprecedented migration of minnows from Lake Erie into the Niagara rivor. They arrived by millions, and formed here and there almost solid banks of moving fish. The shores of soma little creeks like those of Frenchman's creek, emptying from tho Canada shore into the Niagara, were actually strewn with eount lesa numbers of dead minnows, which had been suffocated for want of oxygen in these narrow channels. The advent of the min nows attracted in turn, as might naturally he expected, a proportionately sized swarm of their destroyers, in shape of the different species of pike, muscalonge and black bass. The latter could be seen lying quietly in solid column along the bottoms near the shores, where the water was sufficiently shallow and transparent to permit a full view of them. Fishermen were perplexed and in despair, since they would take bait of no kind, no matter how temptingly dis played. Their stomachs wero fairly gorged with minnows, which could bo captured without any effort whatever. Later on, when the main bulk of minnows disappeared without lieingfollowed by their enemies, the tables were turned, and bass fishing never has been known'to be as tine as it was toward tho latter end of the sum aser. Though the river is no longer stocked with minnows as it was in tho spring, the present amount probably still exceeds that of any previous year, and has attracted later on anetlier host of their natural enemies, tho winged toilers of the sea. Never before has the surface of the green Niagara exhib ited such an animated display of glistening white flocks of gulls and terns us in tho present months. I'hey have assembled by thousands, and luxuriate in immense abund ance on their natural prey. Among them are some species never before observed here in any uotable quantity, or even single specimens. We enumerate the Kittiwukc gull, liesidcs three species of terns, two of which are determinable as the black and common tern, while the other is dubious on account of its immature plumage. They are congregated in large and separate flocks and though occasionally hovering high over the river, may easily lie decoyed to come near the surface by throwing upon it some white bunches of cotton or paper. A good breech-loader will then make considerable havoc among them, as they generally re main quite a long time near any spot where one or more of their shot comrades float up on tho water. It is verv easy to see how black bass and the various species of gulls anil terns should lie found in such great num bers, where there is an unusual abundance of their natural food; but a more minute knowledge, through close observation and examination, is needed to determine tho reasons for the unsurpassed spring migration of the minnows. The solution trf the prob lem probably hings also upon their peculiar microscopic food, whicn may have been af fected by changed conditions of the ordin arily temperature of the water, or other similar influences of a physical nature. How to Ride a Rleycle. Where practicable, it is advisable to learn on a small wooden machine, on which the rider can teach himself, after wliich he has only to learn the mounting and dismount ing, as any good velocii>ede rider can ride a bicycle the first time he tries. In case a velocipede cannot be obtained, then the as sistance of a friend will be required to hold the bicycle up until you are able to ride alone. If you experience a tendency to fall, do not fail to turn the wheel gently and without the slightest jerk, in the direc tion the bicycle is falling. This is the whole secret of bicycle rilling, and cannot be too attentively observed. The ball of the foot should be placed upon tho treadle, and not the instep as in riding the velocipede. I a order to mount, take the machine by both handles, place the left toe on the step, take two or three short leaps to get a little headway, raise yourself upon the step, and slide easily into the saddle, but be sure not to jump; it is well to practice riding on the step until you cau do it with case, before attempting to slide into the saddle. Also, do not try to place your foot upon the treadle before fairly getting into the seat. There are several ways of dismounting, the most com mon being to throw the right leg over tho backbone and vault off on the left side. When doing this, great care should be taken not to lean forward over the handles. In order to dismount by the step, the left toe should be accustomed to seek the step and find it with ease, when the rider can drop lightly to the ground on the left side, at the same time keeping hold of the handles. It is quite impossible to say how long this state of pupilage will last. No two riders, on comparing notes, ever find t ex periences coincide. We can only say that bicycling is not very difficult, and that suc cess is within easy reach of all who per severe, a few hours being generally enough to learn each successive stage on the way to complete mastery over the machine. Tho art of riding the bicycle once learned, the bicyclist is more independent than the owner of a horse, for he can then accomp lish distances which a horseman never thinks of attempting. Tho healthiness of the exercise has never been questioned; the difficulties of learniug arc not so great as horse-riding, skating or swimming, and the acquisition places a man of ordinary strength in a position superior to tho equestrian, in asmuch as he has his motive power contain ed within himself, and that power is aug mented as well as economized by the Im proved mechanism of the biccylc of to-day. Poisonou* Colors. Energetic steps are being taken in Switz erland against tho use of poisonous colors. The governing council of Zurich has prohibited the use cf all coloring mat ters prepared from the compound of the metals lead, arsenic, copper, chrome, zinc, antimony, bismuth and mercury, for decor ating articles of consumption, or of cloth ing, or materials ; also paper for wrapping up chocolate, coffee, tea, chiory, tobacco aud eatables in general; toys; covers and cushions of children's carriages, carpets, curtaius and window blinds, lamp-screens, wafers and table services. Poisonous orga nic masters, such as gamboge, pifiric acid, the aniline colors, especially magenta, are not to bo used for coloring articles of food or drink, such as confectionery, jams, syrups, wines, etc. The rule applies to tiie phenol colors. Imported articles containing poisons may not be sold. As the body is purified by water, so is the soul purified by truth, FOOD FOR THOUGHT.; Low iiH the grave is, only faith can climb high enough to Bee beyond it. Women aro extreme in all poir.ts. They are better or worse than men. Great souls hold firmly to heaven aud let the earth roll on beneath them. Peace Ib such a paecious jewel, that I would give anything for it but truth. Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good deed to all eternity. # Where one is fagged, hungry, and de pressed, the worst seems most probable. Death is the funeral of all sorrows atid evils, and the resurrection tMf all. joys- Nothing is further from the earth than heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth. The great problem of life is fer each man to do his share of the world's work and keep well. He who has created its with a thirst after the knowledge of Ilim will cer tainly satisfy that thirst. Never promise anything unless you are quite s\ire you can give what you say. Certain sermons are more calculated to weaken faith than to render men be lievers. Only what we have wrought into our characters during life can we take away with us. There is no right faith In believing what Is true unless we beiievo it because ft is true. Venture not to the utmost bounds of even lawful pleasures; the limits if good and evil join. If you wish to have a good house to live in when you are old, you must lay a briek every day. No one can over-estimate his own weakness, or the dangers to which ho is continually exposed. Evil, is like a rolling-stone upon a mountain top. A child may first im pel—a giant cannpt stop. What other dungeon is so dark as one's heart? What other jailor so in* exorable as one's self. Every good and holy desire, though it may lack the form, hath, In itself, the substance and force of a prayer. We do nor believe immortality be cause we have proved it, but we forever trv to prove it because we believe it. If a man has transgressed one law, and speaks lies, and scolfs at another world, there is 110 evil he will not do. • The direct and proper act of faith is bf perpetual use and necessity, aud then most when there is least of assurance. To do for man what he can do for himself were not wise—uot good for man's growth either in knowledge or virtue. Keep the head cool by temperance In all things, and the feet warm by actual exercise in the discbarge of important duties—deeds of kindness. A philosopher never deems any man beneath his notice, lor there is no mind that cannot furnish some scraps of in tellectual entertainment. Gentleness which belongs to virtue is to be carelully distinguished from the mean spirits of cowards and the fawning assent of sycophants. The angel who ministers to a dying beggar may hold himself as highly honored as he who keeps the gate of heaven. Internal conflicts are the heritage of superiority, it is so easy for sinall headed stupidity to take no thought for for the morrow. A man whe has a fixed purpose to which he devotes his powers, Is iuvul nerable. Like the rock in the sea it splits tiie troubles of life, and they eddy round him in idle foam. There is much greatness of mind in the owning of a good turn as iu the do ing of it; and we must no more force a requital out of season, than be waul ing in it. l'ride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages; and e-ivy feels not its ow"n happiness, but when it may be compared with the misery of others. —The liberty of using harmless pleasures will be disputed; but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless. The evil of any pleasure is not in the act itself, but In Its conse quences. The beginning of hardship is like the lirst taste of bitter food; it seems for a moment unbearable, yet if there is nothing else to satisfy our hunger we take another bite and find it possible to go on. Whatever conies out of despair can not bear the title of valor, which ahouid be lifted up to such a height that, hold ing all things under itself, it should be able to maintain its greatness even in the midst of miseries. There is no despair so absolute as that which comes in the first moments of our first great sorrow—when we have not yet known what It is to have stiller ed and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. A religious life is not a thing tiiat spends itself like a bright bubble on the river's surface. It is rather like the river itself, which widens continually, and is never so broad or deep as where it rolls into the ocean of eternity. The smallest motion is of importance in nature. The whole substance of the sea moves when we throw in a peb ble. 80 111 the life of grace, the most trifling action has a bearing in its con sequence upon the whole. Everything then is important. The truth is precious as it is divine. The truth is precious, because nothing else is so near man's present and future welfare. There is not a sin, crime or bad thing in the world, but, sweep away the dust of the earth around it, it stands upon a lie, and falsehood is the foundation of all evil. The more quiet and peaceably we get on, the better —the better for ourselves, the better for our neighbors. In nine cases out of ten, the wisest course is— if a man cheats you, to cease dealing with him; if he is abusive, quit his company; it he slanders you, take care to live so that nobody will believe him. Fear and timidity restrain our ap proach toward him whom fortune has elevated above us. All who are ac quainted witli the workings of tlio heart will allow that equal friendship* are the warmest and most lasting. Those who%re linked together by I hen interests are friends no longer than prosperity lasts, NO. 47.