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VOL. 59.
A SILK DRESS.
"There's Annie Beldon 1" said Aunt
Jaue, looking up from her knitting as
she heard the sound of footsteps on the
plank walk which lay along the front
fence. "Poor 60ul ! I never see her
that I don't think of that verse in the
Bible which says that 'from him Jthat
hath not shall be taken even that which
he hath,," and she sighed deeply.
I looked from the window ju3t in
time to see Annie Beldon befdre she
turned the comer of the next stieet.
She was a faded, careworn looking wo
man, a little past middle age, with
dark-brown hair, thiuly sprinkled
with grey. Her dress was a rusty
black cashmere, her black shawl was
decidedly shabby, aud her crape bonuet
was shabbier still. She looked neither
attractive nor interesting, and I turn
ed from the window and took up my
crocheting again, remarking only that
"she looked as if she had had her share
of sorrow."
"Sometimes I think she hs had a
good deal more than her share," said
Aunt Jane. "I know dozens of women
would have sunk into the grave under
oilly half as much. And the best of it
is, she don't never complain. She's
the cheerfulest soul that ever breath
ed."
"Does she live near here ?" I asked
more out of politeness thau from any
real iuterest iu the subject.
"No ! but she was my next-door
neighbor for twenty-five years when
this was a farmhouse. The town lay
two miles off then, and we never look
ed to see it grow up right to our very
doors. Annie wouldn't be wearin'
such shabby clothes if there hadn't
been a mortgage on their place. She
could have sold every acre at a good
profit tf it had been free."
"Tell me about her, Aunt Jane," I
said, as the old lady paused. "You'll
have plenty of time before supper."
"Dear me, child, theie isn't much to
tell, 'u' maybe the little there is
wouldn't, prove very ii.terestiu' to you.
I know Annie looks shabby, 'n' old, 'n'
grey now, 'n' not much like what she
did thirty years ago. We was girls to
gether, 'n' she was tho prettiest 'n'
liveliest little thing I ever saw. Iler
eyes were as black as coals, 'n' ber hair
huug in long curls to her waiat. She
had a laugh 'n' a good word for every
body, 'n' more beaux than she conld
'tend to. There was only two of 'em,
though, that she favored at all. One
was Tom Layton—"
"The owner of Layton Mills ?" I
interrupted.
"Yes ; but be didn't own the mills
then. He was only superintendent
there, 'n' though he was a savin,' in
dustrious young man, no one looked
to see him get to be a millionaire. But
he had a good salary, 'n' bis father was
well-to-do, 'n' be was reckoned a good
match for Annie. For a while folks
thought £sbe'd marry him ; but he
warn't a professor, 'n' Annie set a deal
by her church. She allowed if she mar
ried a man who never went aside of
one she'd be false to her principles, for
the Bible says the righteous shall not
be yoked to the unrighteous,you know.
"Tom took it real hard at first, but
he didn't bear Annie no ill will, 'n'
when she married Luther Beldon he
sent her a handsome present.
"Luther, he was a really steady
young man, but somehow or other he
didn't have no luck. He had a good
farm, but, work as he might, he never
made nothio' off it raore'n a bare liviu'
'n' Annie had to pinch 'n' screw to
keep clothes to their backs. She was a
master hand at raanagm,' 'n'she work
ed like a horse,but year after year went
by 'n' they didu't get no better off.
Drought 'n' early frost, 'n' too much
rain kep' 'em allers behindhand,'n' jest
when they was goin' to do better there
would come somethin' that would put
'em back again.
"Luther he got discouraged, but An
nie she never lost heart. Leastways
she never seemed to. When they'd
come over here 'n' Luther he'd get to
tellin'how crossways things allers went
for him, she'd always have somethin'
cheerful to say. She'd tell about it
was a long lane that bad noturnin,' 'n'
it was allers darkest jest before the day,
'n' there was always a silver linin' to
every cloud, till Luther he'd get pleas
ant again 'n' ready to laugh with her
over their troubles.
4 "Ain't I got a treasure in ray
wife ?' he'd say. "Long as frosts 'n'
mildew 'n' floods don't take her away
from me, I guess I can get along.' "
"They were over here to take dinner
the day I was thirty. I was-wearin'
for the first time a new black silk dress
which John bad given me for a birth
day present. It was thick 'n' soft 'n'
mighty handsome, 'n' Luther he didn't
seem to keep his eyes oft it.
4 "I wonder when I'll be able to give
you a black silk dress, Annie ?" he
said, putting his arm around her as she
stood by bis cbatr. "We've been mar-
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rled seven years 'n' I ain't been able to
give you nothin' better'n calico.'
4 "1 don't need a silk," says Annie.
"I've got all the dresses I can use
now."
"Luther looked at her real steady a
minute. Then lie says,sorter slow and
quiet, 'for all that, I mean to get you
one, Annie. I want to how you'd
look in it."
4 "No better'n I look now in my blue
delaine," says Annie.
4 "We'll see 'bout, that," says Luth
er. ' 4 I dou't care how hard times are,
I mean to live till I get you a black silk
dress
"She laughed 'n' told him he'd make
a peacock of her if ho could; but for all
her brave words I knew she was down
right fond of pretty things. V it really
hurt her to have to wear old faded
dresses, 'n' bonnets five years behind
the style. But she never said so, 'u'
she'd walk into church Sunday arter
Sunday iu her old blue delniue and yel
low straw bonnet, lookin' as sweet and
happy as if she'd been dressed like a
queen.
44 Well, Luther he never came over
here after that without he had some re
mark to make about my black silk,aud
be stuck to it that he'd give Annie one
like it before he died.
"But year after year went by and my
silk was all worn out'ul got another,
and still Annie's best dress was a cheap
delaine, and it wasn't often she could
even afford to buy a pair of cotton
gloves to cover her hands. Things
hadn't got better with Luther aud they
had other thiugs to sorrow for tnan
losin' their best horses and cattle and
their crops. They lost their six chil
dren, one after the other. Three of
them died in one week of scarlet fever,
and the others was sickly little things,
and went off in slow consumption.
"If it hadn't been that she had to
keep Luther up, I believe Annie'd have
give way many a time; but for his sake
she didn't show one half she felt. An'
she never lost faith in the Lord. Sue
said His ways seemed bard, but that
Ue knew what was best for her.
44 Well, time went on, and about five
years ago things seemed to take a turn
for the better with Luther. His wheat
crop turned out we'l, and he sold it to
good profit, and he got his corn off the
bottom lands before the river rose, and
that was a great help to him. He seem
ed real cheerful, and told John that he
was jest beginning to enjoy life, and if
things went, well he'd soon have the
mortgage cleared off the farm.
"The weather set in cold and stormy
just after Thanksgivin,' and one after-
DOOD I was out in the chicken yard
sheilin'corn to the hess, and all muf
fled up to my eyes, when I beard a wa
gon stop at the gate and there was
Luther a noddin' and beckonin' to be.
I went down to the gate to speak to
him, and before I got there be was tell
in' me bow he had sold Tom Loyton a
colt he'd been raisin,' and he was on
his way at last to buy Anuie that silk
dress. He asked me about the number
of yards he ought to get and where he
should go to buy, and said be could
hardly wait to get it now he was ready.
He was going to give Annie a surprise,
he said : she didn't know what he was
goin' after.
44 We11, the tears was in my eyes as I
watched him driye off,pleased as a child
at the idea of surprisin' Annie. But I
never guessed what the black silk dress
was to cost her, poor soul !
"It began to rain soon after Luther
had gone, and poured down for upward
of fout hours. I was at the winder
when he went by on his way home, and
I noticed he didn't have his overcoat
on, and I wondered what he'd done
Wltb It, for I was sure he'd had it on
when he stopped at the gait. Annie
told me afterward that he'd taken the
coat off his back and rolled the black
silk in it to keep it from gettin' wet It
wasn't even damp when he unrolled it
an' showed to her, but he was wet to
the skin himself, and In a few days
there was a doctor's buggy at the gate.
John went over to see what was the
matter, and found Luther walkin' the
floor and groanin' with pain. The cold
had settled in his side and the doctor
couldn't give him no relief. But he
said he guessed he'd pull through all
right and there wasn't no need to wor
ry.
"Miss Parsons was raakin' the silk
UD. Luther wasn't satisfied till Annie
had gone to the village and got some
one to work on it, and she thought
best to humor him. He wasn't no bet
ter when the dress came home, and the
doctor was still tendin' him ; but no
one 'lowed he was anyway dangerous.
It was John who brought the dress
home from Miss Parsons' and he said
Luther was just too pleased for any
thing to see the bundle.
"I'm goin' to have Annie dress right
up in it," he says,and you'n Jane must
come over after supper and see how she
looks."
44 We11, as I heard afterward, John
had hardly gone when Luther began to
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tease Annie to put the dress on. She
wanted to get supper first, but he
wouldn't hear to it.
4 "I've been wait'n' nearly twenty
years to see you in that dress,"he says,
"and I won't wait even an hour long
er."
"Well, Annie she made him lie down
—for he'd been walkin' the floor con
stantly nearly all day—and she went in
to tho bed-room to put the dress on.
She got the skirt on and was fastening
the waist, when she heard a queer sound
from the spare room where Luther was
lying. She stopped a minute to listen,
and then called to him to know if he
wanted anything. There wasn't no
answer, and she crossed the hall and
hurried into the spare room. Well,
child, she found him dead, his face
turned toward the door as if he had
been lookin' for her, and the sound she
heard was the death rattle in his throat,
"Well, when John'u I got theie he'd
been dead only a few minutes, and 1
tell you, child, it was a sad sight to see
her kneelin' down by that low bed in
her new black silk,her arms round that
dead man and moaning and shudderin'
over him and begging him to speak to
her.
4 "lie isn't dead 1" she says to me as
I came in. "He has only fainted. Oh,
Jane 1 do somelhingAor him. Get hot
water' aud you'll fiud camphere iu the
pantry on the lower shelf to the right."
"But I saw that hot water aud cam
phere wouldn't be no use, and I told
her so as gentle as I could and begged
her to come away. She wouldn't listen
to me at first, but after the doctor had
come and told her it was all over and
poor Luther died from apoplexy of the
stomach, she let me take her to her
own room.
"As we crossed the hall she heaid
the dress rustle and she stopped and
looked at me pitiful.
4 "lie never saw me in it after all,"
aud she broke down and cried as if her
heart would break.
"After poor Luther was burried and
there was a stone put oyer him,and his
debts was all paid, there.wasn't nothin'
left for Annie,aud she was glad to take
a place in the mill 9. We wanted her
to come here, but she was t bo proud to
eat the bread she hadu't earned, she
said :
"About a week ago I was out with
Miss Sniper getiiug subscriptions for
the church carpet, and we met Annie
on the street. Miss Sniper, she ain't
over sensitive herself aud she don't
give no one else credit for bein' so, and
she up and asks Annie if she didn't ev
er wish she'd said 'yes' instead of 4 no'
to Tom Layton.
4 "Never," says Annie. "Had Imy
life to begin again I would not alter it
as far as Tom Layton is concerned."
4 "But it's pretty hard to haye to
work for him, isn't ,it V" asked Miss
Sniper,and I felt it in my heart to hate
her for asking such a thing.
"But Annie only smiled. "I consid
er mysell fortunate to be able to earn
such good wages," she says, and she
walked away smilin' still.
"I was glad Miss Sniper didn't know
anything about that black silk dress.
If she'u said anytning about that, An
nie would 'a' broke down. She's got
it packed away at the bottom of her
trunk, poor soul, and she neyer speaks
about it."
Elephants in Undress.
In his "Leaves from the Life of a
Special Correspondent," Mr. O'Shea, a
correspondent for English newspapers,
gives the following anecdote of an ad
venture with a herd of elephants: 44 A
young friend asked me to show him
some elephants in undress, and I took
him along with me,having first borrow
ed an apron aud filled it with orauges.
This he was to carry while accompany
ing me in the stable, but the moment
we reached the door the herd set up
such a trumpeting—they had scented
the fruit—that he dropped the apron
aud its contents, and scuttled off like a
scared rabbit. There were eight ele
phants, and when I picked up the
oranges I foundl had fiye-and-twenty.
I walked delioerately along the line,
giving one to each; when I got to the
extremity of the narrow stable I turned,
and was about to begin the distribution
again, when I suddenly reflected that if
elephant No. 7 in the row saw me give
two oranges in succession to No. 8, he
might imagine he was being cheated,
and give me a smack with his proboscis
—that is where the elephant falls short
of the human being—so I went to the
door and began de novo as before.
Thrice I went along the line, and then I
was in a fix. 1 had one orange left,and
I liad to get back to the door. Every
elepant in the herd had liis greedy gaze
focused on that oue orange. It was as
much as my life was worth to give it to
any one of them. What was I to do ?
I held it up conspicuously,coolly peeled
it and sucked it myself. It was most
amusing to notice the way those ele
phants nudged each other and shook
their ponderous sides. They thoroughly
entered into the humor of the thing."
Flowers of California.
One of tho most surprising things
that one sees in California is the extra
ordinary height to which many of the
roses grow, climbing into tho highest
trees, covering the whole side of a
house, and exposing to view one vast
mass of rose buds and roses in full
bloom. Tho Marshal Niel rose is one
of the most beautiful flowers to be seen
in California, surpassing other kinds in
the luxuriance of its growth. It is
claimed that the California roses do not
possess so fine a perfume as those in the
east. This may be so. hut for size and
beauty of color, and luxuriance of
growth, they probably compensate for
any lack of fragrance.
Heliotropes and geraniums can be
found iu bushes almost as large as lilac
trees, and calla lilies can in some door
yards be counted by the hundreds; but
from their very numbers they seem to
give us an impression of courseness.
The yarious cactus plants of California
are woithy of closest attention and ex
amination. In many localities hund
reds of acres are covered with them.
Their peculiar shapes and sizes, some
slender, others short and thick,
with bright llowers nestled among the
jagged spines, give a striking appear
ance to the landscape. In some places
in southern California, Arizona, and
New Mexico the cacti form an almost
impassable barrier.
The luxurious foliage, flowers, vines
and fruits give us an idea of the cli
mate that can bring about all of these
things. After all it is a good deal as a
Massachusetts boy said after spending
a winter at Los Angeles, llis father
came out in the spring after him and
after taking a walk through the orange
groves at Pasadena and Sierra Mad re,
the boy asked his father what he
thought of California. The Massachu
setts man said he thought it was a par
adise. 'Yes,'said the boy, 4 but it is
terribly monotonous.'
I think this little story shows how
ago tempers the view of people. Cali
fornia, with its sunshine, flowers and
fruits, combined with one of the fiuest
climates iu the United States, must ap
pear monotonous to the young heart
and blood, sighing for the active pur
suits and stirring atmosphere of other,
portions of the Union, but to the older
man who has seen the picture of life
come aud go, and who seeks repose and
contentment, and who is willing and
eyeu anxious to relinquish his former
ways, California has an attraction that
does not appear monotonous.
A Great River Improvement.
Davis Island Dam, on the Ohio, six
mile 9 below Pittsburg, designed to
maintain a navigable stage of water at
that city the year round, was begun
August 18, 1878, and since then, with
many interruptions and delays, the
National Government has spent nearly
$1,000,000 on the structure. The dam's
distinctive feature is its movability. It
is in reality 300 little dams, each so
hinged that it can be prone upon the
riyer bed. This line of movable dams,
or "wickets," extends the entire dis
tance across the-river, 1,233 feet. Of
this distance, 559 feet only is the navi
gable pass or pathway for all crafts
when the lock is not used. The rest
of the dam is designated as "weirs," of
which there are three, divided by solid
piers of masonry. To raise the wickets
of the navigable pass a "manoeuvring
boat" is used; to raise the 4 weir' wick
ets a 'surface bridge' is called into
play. Like the wickets, this bridge
lies upon the bed of the river when
not in use and is raised and joined sec
tion by section. To raise the wickets
aud tilt them into position, where they
are retained by a prop, calls into play
an ingenious device, the Fasqueau
'hurter.' A deft pull upon tin prop
dislodges it and permits the wicket to
recline upon the bed wrested from the
river. Between each wicket is a space
of an Inch or two, which can be batten
ed from the upper side if desired, but
which will probably be left open to per
mit the passage of surplus water. Ttie
monster gates of the lock are closed by
force generated in a turbine wheel fed
by water stored in huge tanks. Each
gate rolls upon its track, and when in
position they form the upper and lower
extremes of a lock 110 feet wide and
600 feet long; a space sufficient to ac
commodate a tow boat and average
tow of coal boats and barges. To fill
the lock requires but four minutes
time; to empty it the same. The great
dam is experimental, in that, should
its success be assured, others will fol
low, and a serie3 of pools will render
the Ohio steadily navigable, as has
been tho c*se on the Monongabela.
To be happy, the passions must be
cheerful and gay, not gloomy and
melancholy. A propensity to hope and
joy is real riches and to fear and sor
row, real poverty.
—A good advertisiug medium for
business men are the columns of the
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Don'fc Los© Your Temper.
Mr. Brings was bothered nearly to
death with callers,one day,all of thcra
in the cause of some charity or other,
and his temper was sadly crippled
There was a slight cessation about
three o'clock,and just as Brings began
to breathe easier,another man came in.
"Weil ?" inquired Briggs, turning
impatiently to the visitor.
"Mr. Briggs,' ho began, in a gentle
way. "I want—'
"You want, do you?" interrupted.
Briggs. ' Well, everybody wants.
It's want, want, all day. There's
been a thousand in here to-day want
ing. I want too. I want a rest. I
want you to leave.'
"But, Mr. Briggs," continued the
gentle voice,"l know it,but I want—'
"Don't say 'want' to me,, shouted
Briggs ," get out of this quick or I'll
go crazy. "
"Bat Mr. Briggs, I want—"
"Get out!" howled Briggs; "I want,
too, I told you f " and Briggs reached
for a paper weight, while the visitor
got up and flew,and about ten minutes
afterwards there was a call at the tele
phone. Briggs responded.
"Hello, what is it?" he asked.
"Is that you, Mr. Briggs?' came
the query.
"Yes, all right, go ahead.'
"Well, Mr. Briggs, I want to pay
vou five hundred dollars I've been ow
ing you for about a year, and you
wanted me to pay it, but when I call
ed at your place,a few minutes ago—"
Briggs yanked the telephone off the
wall, kicked it out the front door,
jammed his head into his hat clear up
to his ears,and went out to find a mule
to kick him serene.
Drawing The Line.
It was a Nebraska jail, tavern,
saloon, and real estate agency com
bined. The Sheriff came out to wel
come the traveler and he seemed to be
a very nice sort of a man.
''Things isn't just as I'd want 'em,
you know,'' he apologetically observed,
"but this is a new country, and we
can't have everything at once. Make
yourself right to home while the old
woman cooks dinner.'
While waiting for the promised
meal one of the five or six men loun
ging around the place entered the
room and asked the traveler for a chew
of tobacco.
"Jim, you mustn't do it—you
really mustn't,' said the landlord.
"I want to do what's right and fair,
bnt I must draw the line somewhere.
You jailbirds must not try to put
yourselves on an equality with the
guests of my hotel.'
"A jailbirddid you say?, queried the
traveler as Jim withdrew.
'Yes. He's in ior two months.
All that crowd omt there are in jail.'
'But where's the jail?'
'Right here. Tain't no silver
plated palace, I'll admit, but it's the
best the county can afford.'
'Where do you lock'em up?'
'Nowhere. There isn't a lock on
any door.'
'But what prevents 'em from rifn
ning off?' #
'Nothiug in pertickler. Reckon
they'll all clear out as soon as the
grub gits poor and I begin to water
the whiskey.'
'And you won't try to stop 'em?'
'Oh, no. I'm willing to be Sheriff
and jailor,and I want to see the county
git along, but they mustn't put too
many burdens on me.'
A United States citizen just returned
from Europe was on a Central Hudson
train bound West.
Leaning forward be tickled the ear of
the passenger in the seat ahead with
the remark:
"I'm just from Europe*"
"Yewrope—Yewrope," mused the
forward passenger. "Oh, yes, Yew
rope; it's across the pond."
"Yes, sir, au' a wonderful place it is.
People who've never been in Europe
don't know anything about it. Why,
it's worth a man's while to run over
there jest to see the palaces an' castles.
Talk about fine buildin's! Them pala
ces an' castles beat me, an' I've lived in
b't. Lou is all my life, too."
"Ilaye you ever been in Chicago?"
asked the listener.
"Chicago? What line of road is that
on?"
"It's on all lines of road. Do you
mean to tay you've never been in Chi
cago?"
'No I've heard tell of the place, but
I've never been there.'
'Well, you ought to go there before
you talk any more about Yewiope.
You're only givin' yourself away.
And the disgusted Chicago man laid
his head down on his valise and fell a
sleep.
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No Dogs Allowed.
The train was just about to leave the
station, wlion the guard observed a
small white dog, with a bushy tail and
bright black eyes, sitting cosily on the
seat beside a young lady so handsome
that it made his heart roll over like a
lopsided pumpkin. But duty is duty,
and he remarked, in his most depreca
tory manner,—
"I'm very sorry, madam, but it's
against the rules to have dogs in the
passenger carriages."
"Oh, is it?" and she turned up two
lovely blown eyes at him beseechingly.
"What in the world shall I do? I
can't throw him away; he's a birthday
present from my aunt."
"By no means, miss. We'll put him
in the dog-box, and he'll be just as
happy as a robin in springtime."
"What, put ray dog In a dog-box?"
"I'm very sorry miss, I do assure
you; but the rules of this company are
as inflexible as the laws of the Medes
and them other fellows, you know.
He shall have my overcoat to lie on,
and he shall haye plenty food and
water every time he opens his mouth."
"I think it's very cruel, that I do;
and I know somebody will steal it,"and
she showed a half notion to cry that
nearly broke the guard's heart; but he
was lirm, and sang out to a porter,who
was poking a fire close by;
"Here, Andy, take this dog over into
the dog-box,and tell Dudley to take the
best possible care of him."
The young lady pouted, out the man
reached over and picked the dog up as
tenderly as though it was a two weeks'
old baby, but as he did so a strange
expression came over nis face, and he
said hastily to the guard, "Here, you
just hold him a minute till I put this
poker away," and he trotted out at the
door and held on to the handshaking
like a man with the ague.
The guard no sooner had his hands on
the dog than he looked around for a
hole to fall through.
" Wh-wh-why,that is a worsted dog!"
"Yes, sir," said the little miss, dem
urely. "Did you not know that?"
"No, I'm sorry to say that I didn't
know that," and he laid the dog down
in the owner's lap and walked out on
the platform , when he stood half an
hour in the cold trying to think of a
turn to*suit the most sold man we ever
saw on that railway.
Hints for Young Women.
Be natural; a poor diamond is
better than a good imitation.
Try to be accurate, not only for your
own sake but for the sake of your sex;
the incapacity of the female mind
for accuracy is a standard argument
against the equality of the sexes.
Observe; the faculty of observation ,
well cultivated,make practical men and
women.
Try to be sensible; it is not a par
ticular sign of superiority to talk like a
fool.
Be ready in time for church; if you
do not respect yourself sufficiently to
be punctual, respect the feelings of oth
er people.
Avoid causes of irritation in your
family circle; reflect that home is the
place in which to be agreeable.
Be reticent: the world at large has no
interest in your private affairs.
Cultiyatethe habit of listening to
others; it will make you an inyaluable
member of society, to say nothing of
the advantage it will be to you when
you marry ; ever} man likes to talk a
bout himself; a good listener makes a
delightful wife.
Be contented; "martyrs" are detest
able ; a cheerful, happy spirit is infec
tions ; you can carry it about with you
like a sunny atmosphere.
Avoid whispering; it is as bad as
giggling; both are to be condemned;
there is no excuse for either one of
them ; if you have anything to say, say
it; if you have not, hold your tongue
altogether ; silence is golden.
Be truthful; ayoid exaggeration ;
if you mean a mile, say a mile, and not
a mile and a half; if you mean one,say
one, and not a dozen.
Sometimes, at least,allow your moth
er to know better than you do ; she
was educated before you were bora.
Five Good Rules.
First, never lose any time. I do
not think that lost which is spent in
amusement or recreation some time
every day; bat always be in the habit
of being employed. Second,never err
the least in truth. * Third never say
any ill thing of any person, when you
can say a good thing of themjnot only
speak charitably ,but feel so. Fourth,
never indulge yourself in luxuries that
are not necessary. Fifth, do all things
with consideration, and when your
path to act right is more difficult, feel
confidence in that Power which is
able to assist you, and exert your own
powers as far as they go.
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