BUTTER'S "
STATE CAPIToi
sook Bind.6rv
| -BLANK BOOK MANDFAcKaL
Vo. Market St , Uarruburg ,
f establishment ie chiefly d evn ,„,
« manufacture of Blank Books for' t<
3omi«r 0«c«i, Kailrond OouiMin. jSSiiii*
rsta IndliUtila, In all caeca
ll of atock and workmannh Ip may )>«
>M>. Blank Hooka printed, paged
red pattern. Sheriff's. Attorurji Vlf, i,.
of all aiaea. made and ralod to order nvi ll llC(i >
rij Antes* menu. OspUcatva. Ac, forcon^V w, "“‘l
lM or plain, ruled and bound to oft£f l)r J ,ur l“.
•made of tbe brat Hum paper. ■ •
rlaaa. and others, deairing to bare their
>d at moderate Prieeia'ahoulrfgiramia j..i> * We H
If the largeat aiara. Harpert Weaken
I, Bailout, Scientific American.
>order, aod In any atyle required. Harw,-.
aloe, Kuiekerbocker, lliarnwood’eami**°»th.
ra. Oodet’a Lade . Book,
gatine. Piano Untie. Ac, bound In
t plain and auhatantial half biudiua SitS f" or
a»ar Magazines, Pamnhlet lawa, bound
fie, at aery moderate prioaa. Persona !*“*?*
rfroiemmtoblnd, •
oanaafily be teat to at &nn> adiZ^: <t ! c °«ni.
>d' ail work an treated tooSetWiSfXrfi At
iMd. tafeiy packed and rathnmdb»nb!y*‘
i.Warranted. Addreta P. '~
aOß|m A BHBH.at the IhJJTo^l^’
> Altoona, tad rhdnity. They «m giro iJSL?* v
dalfcn to binding, and receive ehdmrnS SS*
Ihatnt ehargea, (ur all who out, net »M7S^° kll
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UN DERSIGNED DESIRES TO
mhUttU cnatomera and the pnbitem~.il.
»thi. tyring me Into the Dtp OoodT»£S£
it recefrej a large and entirely ne# ktotkaf
R ESS GOODS,
embracing all the latent, prettleataad me,
>H lON ABLE PATTERNS.
(T which may L« loond rrerr Qualitr -r am.l.
bf Which it would be too t-dkJTSS-" g” 1 -
In the line of pure, freeb andchea|f BIB * , * t^
OERIES & PROVISIONS
' of . c ;'“ n,r > produce taken In exchnnee f"r
ih« liigbest market price allowed.
ihe corner nf Annie and Helen street a. «...
THOMAS OKS LOP.
M«> 22,18«2.
-JACOB WETS,
SR AND CONFECTIONER
Vunixu Sraiti. Altoohl, Pa,
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
lEAD. OAKES. GANDIES
CE CEEAM
ET'MEATS, of hi* own nunubctan, which he
10 i -‘II, whoiewle or retHll. at the moat regnoo-
I Ueo, FOREIGN FRUITS, euch as
GES, LEMONS, PINE-APPLES,
srNEs, raisins, Nyrs, <tc., &c,
and in their re>|iectiTe suuons. *
ES BAKED TO ORDER,
»r AcoMinoa. on ibort notice and in the neat
*tjl« or the art. I
nine and price mj stock and yon will find
»d cheap •« can be pnrclnwed eUewhere.
i. FETTINGER’S
era! News Agency.
ALL. No. 7, MAIN STREET
OL BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS,
NERY, CONFECTIONARIES
ARS>& TOBACCO,
D NOTIONS nr GREAT VARIETY
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
. iMi;
LLOYD & CO.,
ALTOONA, PA,
STON, JACK & CO.,
BOLLWArSBrtte, At,
VISTICEBS,
‘ '\Oeli, Johnston, Jack. $ Co."} ■
FTS ON THE PRINCIPAL
and Silver and Gold for a*!*., Collections
r> nohed 6n deposits, payable' cm demand,
t«,Ot npou tine, with iatenat at foif ratee.
KESSLER—PRACTICAL
'of AltwSTSSdMthfpahDc*gea^^||£
"i'll ill laialmaa WW
|wt. where he fami constantly
fo, Wholesale andßefoH.Dßm»,
CttpiCCALa. OILS. V AIUUIH-
entka to business, and a deslrs to render sat
*****
• Vow of pQDQc MtrMifß,
Bd nHnhaAta aoppUad on waaoaaHe terms,
Iran a distance promptly attended fo
mrri|irtaiacarafany eMmpßiiddad
U)Y FRIENDS WOULD DO
ok la npioa the choke and chaste aaaort
ir DIUeS GOODS m»w dtadnad open the
'eaof 1 MURPHY A HeHKK,
Cor. of Tintnia'aad Caroline ata.
* It. 1802.
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min* Xtnid, 08,
D AT McCQRMIOK’S Store
Ud aawrtDnat of Beedjhlfa* dMWV
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IUES.-—A LARGE AND
■uaortßWDt rfOnicerto* IwiMlMtfcy? 1 !, 1 ’
wor ». a-mue?* K -
RAT, TOOTH, SUAVH'O
•* ** ’■"A*
ADS OK PRINTING
\ILaH and PARASOLS'
w variety, at LACHBHAN S.
1,1882. •
YLES CARPETING AN®
scan be found a i hAVOBU^J^
iRAL AShORTMENL G*
ry, Hair and Clothe. '
assortment ow^nk
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McCBUM & DEKN,
VOL. 8.
Muskingum Valley
STEAM WORKS
CORNER OF
Market and Third Streets,
ZANESVILLE. OHIO.
lift ARE NOW TURNING OUT A LARGE
T T number of our improved Portable Steam Engines,
iuJ Portable Circular Saw Mills, as. well as fitationaiy
UK in«a and Saw Mias, many of which are finding their
niv iuto Blair.Cambiia,'Hootlngdooand Crawford Couqk
ua, and other parts of the Stole of Pennsylvania. Those
-i ready received and lnop«ration,arv giving the most en
.* satisfaction. There M now hardly a State or Territory
m the Onion, but that our improved Portable Engines
Vl j saw Mills are in use In. Ail our Engins have Spark
greater Stacks on them which confine the flying eparks.
SVe would respectfully refer yon to the following gentle
au>n and Certificates for the portability, utility and prac
iiCßl operations of oar Portable Steam Engines and Saw
'U li •
Uabtstowm, Crawford Co., Pa., )
May 16th, 1863. j
MESiis. J. k J. 11. DCVall: —Gentlemen Wo received
jar Xweatv Horse Power Portable Engine and Saw Mill,
in good order. We are perfectly satisfied with it; every-
works to our entire satisfaction—in fact beyond our
. Kpectations. We sawed 4000 feet of wbiteoak boards in
uth boars* and coaid have done mare in the some time,
bad we have had good logs.
We take pleasure in recommending those in want of
Vmw Mills and Engines to purchase of you.
Respectfully, C. REYNOLDS A £. ANDRESS.
We am authorized to «ay, for Mcl Samuel Milliken.oi
liollidaysburg, Pa., that the 20 horse power Portable En
,iue ami Saw Mill we sold him, ha* fully met bis expec
tation and proved itself to be all that was claimed for it
in jar circular; /and since starting it, has sent in his
jniei fur a secomr Engine and Saw Mill, of same power
md aiw-
Fur farther references, we will give the names of M.
r Dill and Thomas M'Aullcy, Altoona, Pa,; A. L. Ilolli
,Uv. llullidaysburg, Pa.; M. M. Adams, Cresson. Pa. ;\V.
i. 2eiglcr and Joseph S. Reed, Huntingdon. Pu.: Messrs,
ihirley, ± Co„ Tyrone, Pa., all of whom have purchased
.\ifuide Steam Engines and Portable Circular Saw Mills
.■f us.
We fully warrant our Engines and Saw Mills, to be
ia;k'U* of first-class material; workmanship the same:
■ lf iill Brass Ball Valves in pumps and checks, and to saw
L-m G,ooo to 10.000 leet of lumber ppr day—say 10 hours.
Tilers solicited. Description circular sent to all cor-
Respectfully,
J. A J. H. DUVALL,
Coruer Market, and 3rd Streets,
just opposite C. 0. U. Road Depot, Zanesville, Ohio.
Juuc ‘1,18634m.
0, YES! 0, YES!!
THIS WAY! THIS WAY!
NEW
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS.
TB HILEMAN has just received a
• largo atul well selected stock of Goods, consisting
„f Cloths, Plain and Fancy Casainieres, SatinetU, Ken-
M:ckr Jeans* Tweeds, Beaverteens. Bine Drilling, and all
,-ther kinds of Goods lc»r
MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR,
uigeih-r with a grand and magnificent assortment of
LADIES* DRESS GOODS,
-ah as Black and Fancy Silks. ChaUiet, Denver, Brilliant!,
Uams. Delaines, Chxnlss, Deßeges, Crapes, Prints,
< rape and Stella Shawls. ManOtas, Vndcrslerrts and
Hosiery, Bonnets and Ribbons, Collars, Hand
kerchiefs. Kid doves. Hooped Skirts, Skirl
ing, Lace-Mitts, dr., dr.
ALSO,
Tickings, Checks, Bleached and Unbleached Muslins,
Cotton and Linen table Diaper. Crash, Ncakeen, Ac.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HARDWARE, QCEENSWABE,
WOOD AND WILLOW WAKE,
OIL CLOTHS, . CARPETS, AC.
GROCERIES.
iiur stock of Groceries is more extensive than ever, and
■ciniists of Rio and Java Coffee, Crushed. Loaf and N O.
sugars; Green, Y. U. and Black Teaa; Molasses, Soaps,
''smiles, Salt, Pish. Ac.
Thankful to the public for the very liberal patronage
heretofore received, he hopes by strict attention to bush
•n sa, and an endeavor to please, to merit a continuance of
ths same. ' , m , .
AD-Call and examine his Stock, and you will be con
vinced thvt he has the beet aeeortment and cheapest Goods
in the market. . ,
V Country Produce of all kind, taken in exchange for
ihioda at market prices.
Altoona, April 28,1883. , . c
The tone wm fretful, with a quality of
accusation. The face of the speaker wore
an injured loqk.
A boy between fourteen and fifteen
yean of age, ; sat reading. He moved
uneasily, as if pain had disturbed him;
but he did not lift his eyes from the page
on which they were resting.
“ The harder a mother slaved for her
children the Jess they care for her.”
The boy moved again; almost with a
start, as though the pain felt an instant
before had suddenly increased.
“All children are thankless!” So the
speaker kept on, talking to a friend, yet
really thrusting at the boy.
“Not all,” answered the friend. “I
have a mother and I know my heart in
regard to her. It is full of love and
gratitude, and I cannot remember the
time it was aot so.”
“ There are exceptions to all rules.
And besides there are few women like
your mother. That would be a cold
heart, indeed, into which she did not in
\ spire love.”
“ Love begets love. That is the old
xt ta trite story ; and as true to-day as it was
6W J )mg a thousand years ago. If children grow
U BERLIN &CO , ANNOUNCE TO U p cold and thankless towards their pa
, the citiiens of Altoona and Tic initythat they hare reQtf jfthcy Clffly SCperatC from them,
w BUILDING going Off into the world and treating
WORK b JMEW liVlhifi. ix, the _ neglect, the fault, in most
Virginia Stnet, CW,ne Sw cases, rests with the parents. They did
dhcos, cBEMicMS. dyestuffs, i not make themselves lovely in their chil-
PATXITT MEDICINES PMBFUBEBIBS, , „ „
PAIKTS, OIL, GLASS, PUTTY, ; ; aretlB ‘v® 8- ? ' „
ail ether articles usually Bold in the Drag buaineaa, ; XhCTB fullpWfid this & QC®d SIiCnCC lOf
’ OUR MEDICINES J eoQte monenjts. The boy had let his book
arc of the purest and oest quality, anti dn? Chemical* f it v l:, ovm ond W&8 listen
beii the marks of the best manufacturers. fall from before IUB ey«, ana was hblw.
Painters, Ulasiers, Builder* and other*; requiring to u»e * . intentlv. His mother SftW tiUS) Wiu j
PAINTS, OILS, VAHNI9IIBB, TDRPI4NTIN*» - nf what wftfl Tfflßp-
KWow shus. Putty, Paint Bntthu, Satk Tooit, da., dc., ■ had a quick perception of what was passr ,
will find our assortment to be of ths I . l;_ miiid
BEST QUALITY AND AT THB LOWKST PRICKS. ■mg hj« , , itT V |- t# . UflTO
The purest Wluea and Liquors for Medicinal, Mechanl- u BRIO She, “ IdOtl t UK6
cssnll Sacramental par pom slws,» In store. . . ; . <lnwn stairs.” This
#B*lll orders'correctly and promptly answered, and in my bedTOOin. . . - r[[ «
Vhysieians Prescriptions accurately compounded. I wa, not arwflran harshly. la# mOUMSS
klteoaa. May It. IMS. W " * u
EXCELSIOR
Hat & Cap Store.
rp H E - PROPRIETOR OF THE
X “EXCELSIOR” IIAT and CAP
would iofonu bi§ customer*. mid the Public generally,
that he haajust returned from the city with the Urgent
and most varied stock of goods In his Hue ever brought to
Altoona, alt of which he has now on exhibition and sale at
his new store room on Vlrigioia street, next door to Jag*
yard’s store. His stock embraces all the latest styles of
SPRING AND SUMMER
EATS, ■ CAPS,
MISSES’ FLATS, &C.
Ilia Stock of Hats and Caps are of the very beat selection,
of ereiy style, color and shape, for both old and young.
Ail he asks is that the people cal! and examine his stock,
a ml he feels confident that he can send them away re
; 'icing, if not in the purchase of ancb*n article as they
wanted, at the remembrance of having looked upon the
handsomest stock of Hats, Caps, Flats, Ac-, ever exhibited
in this town. v
1 have also on hand an entirely nasr stock of
Ladies’ and Childrens’ flats and Flats,
which I am confident cannot be surpassed In the country,
all of which I win sell at the most reasonable prices. Re
member the Hall of Fashion when you want anything in
the rme of bead covering, and call on
May 4. ’63-tf JRBBB SMITH.
THE ALTOONA TRIBUNE.
K. H. McCBUM,
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®boire f
AFTER THE BATTLE.
ITK L K
The cannon’s thunder ceased to swell—
The whistling shot and shrieking shell
No more with vengeful fury spread
Amid the mangled and the dead.
A Sullen silence broods around—
For on that dark and bloody ground.
The gallant champions of the free.
Fought, bled and died for liberty 1
Perchance a brother’s fate was sealed
Upon that solemn battle field ;
And, e'en while In the arms of death,
A prayer for home—his latest breath I
Where raged the fury of the fray.
Two warriors—side by side they lay—
All rent with many a ghastly wound.
Their life blood bathed the crimson ground.
Fierce foes in life —the cannon’s roar
Will ronse their bitter ire no more ;
They perished in b dread embrace.
W ith eye to eye, and face to face.
The war steed wonders o'er the plain,
Seeking, amid the heaps of slain.
The form of him whose hand would guid<*
His courser through the battle tide.
The chieftain’? sword, grasped in his hand
Still seemed ty beckon on his band;
Ho fell —while rose the joyous cry
The mighty shout of victory .
Close by yon straggling mn»** of wail.
A youth was »?en to reel ancU-fnll,
Where fiercest lead and iron rained—
His purple gore bis colors stained.
With dying shout he partly rose,
And waved the banner at his foe* ;
Then strained it to bis bloody breast,
Smiled a glad smile and sunk to rest.
Oh! piteous sight 1 Yet, freedom gave
A hero’s shroud, a martyr’s grave
To loved ones, whose blood shall rise
To heaven a holy sacrifice.
Their noble deeds of valor done,
A patriot’s name, immortal, won!
And on|oor hearts will e’er remain
The memory of that gallant slain.
A nation’s tears will greet the dead.
Whose blood for freedom’s cause, was shed;
Her the brave, whopassed
Safe from the’fury of the blest.
Select |||ts«Uaug.
HURTDrd A CHILD S HEART.
BT T. 8. ARTHUB.
“ I don’t expect anything of my chil-
dren !”
B. C. DEBS,
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ALTOONA, PA., WEDNESDAY. 1863
tone of voice had changed considerably
The boy arose without hesitation and
left the room.
“ I don’t think it’s always good to talk
before children,” remarked the lad’s
mother as soon as he had retired.’
“A proper regard to our language
and conduct before chldren,” was ans
wered, “ is a theory of the gravest con
sideration. They have keen instincts—
their eyes are sharp—they read ns. and
know us sometimes better than we know
ourselves.” i
“ They are sharp enough, I suppose ;
hut not quite so sharp as all that,” was
answered. “ I’m not one of those that
make children of much importance.”
“ Our estimation in the case will not
alter the result, my friend. Of that we
may be certain. As we are to our chil
dren so will they be to. us. Love begets j
love, and kindness good will 11 we do j
not hurt them wantonly i they will not. in |
turn, wound us by neglect.”
“ Hurt them wantonly 1 Am 1 sure that
I gat your meaning?”
“ Are you much surprised that Tom
Baldwin made his escape from home at
the first good opportunity
“ Well, 1 looked for it, I must confess ;
but that don’t excuse him. He’s proved
himself to be an ungrateful boy, after all
his mother hits done for him. But, as I
said a little while ago, J all children are
thankless. 1 don’t calculate anything
from mine. They’ll grow up, and scatter
themselves east and west; getting off
as far from home as possible, and I’ll
probably be left to an asylum in the poor
house when 1 get old and helpless.”
“ You talk in that way before your
children ?” said the friend.
“ They know my sentiments.” •
“So I inferred. In that way you hurt
them. You put their future on trial, and
write out a verdict of condemnation,
when it is impossible for them to vindi
cate themselves against you cruel chages.
I saw your boy stand and writhe a little
while ago, under your sharp thrusts at
him. He was no party to lom Baldwin's
unfilial act ; and it was a hard thing in
you, my friend, to make Tom S dilin
quency the occasion for smiting your own
son, whom you may bind to you, if you
will, by triple cords of love, not to be
broken: or push away to a distance,
where he can feel no warmth or no at
traction. Take care ! You are on dan
gerous ground ”
“ Oh, you make too much of children,”
was answered, but with a little obstruc
tion in manner.
“They are simply human beings.—
They have sensitive souls, quick to receive
impressions. Tender to love, but hard or
resentful toward all unkindness. They are
creatures of feeling rather than thought,
not generally holding malice, but rarely
losing the memory of pain from unjust
infliction, in after years this memory is
often revived. It is my opinion that in a
large number of cases, where children ne
glect their parents in old age the cause
lies just here.”
“ All of which is simply vindictive,”
said the lad’s mother, “and a poor com
pliment to human nature."
“ Human nature doesn’t often suffer un
justly through hard judgment,’ was ans
wered. “ But lam not offering an apol
ogy for her short comings, only look alter
the cause. To prevent is better than to
cure. Forewarned, forearmed. Is it not
much the wiser course for us to .make
sure of our children’s love in future by
offering them love in the present?”
»• You speak as though I didn’t love my
children.” A dark stain marked the
woman’s cheeks. There were sodden
flashes in her eyes. She was a woman of
quick temper. .
“Every feeling has its sign,” was
calmly replied. “Love, anger, dislike—
each expresses itself in a different way.
And these signs every one knows. Even
the babe of one brief summer may read
them. Why is it that Edward feels that
You do not love him I**
«Who says that he feels so!” The
mother started. There was a mingling of
anger with surprise in her face.
“ Must it not be that you withhold, too
often, the signs of love. ?”
“ I shall get angry at you, if you talk
to me any longer in this strain.’
“ No, my dear friend, yon must not
get angry with me. Too many sweet
memories of the past are shared between us.
Bare with me now, as one who holds you
in her heart. Shall I relate to you an
incident that occured in my house only
yesterday ? It is under the warrent of
this incident, that 1 have ventured on the
plainness of speech which has disturbed
y °The red spots faded off from the moth
er’s cheeks. The keen light went out of
I her eyes. .
•“ Go on,” she said her voice dropping
.down from its sharp key.
m Edward had called to see the children.
We always like to have him come. He is
never rude, nor course in his manners,
but gentlemanly in bearing beyond what
is unusually seen inf lads of his age. 1
have more than once compared him with
my oldes t son, and wished that John re-
[independent in everything. J
sembled him in many things. The two
boys were in the parlor alone. John, I
am sorry to say, is not always to be
trusted. He is over curious, and apt to
meddle with things that should be sacred
from his touch. Recently he lias become
interested rn insects, and has begun to
collect and preserve them.
There was a vase of wax flowers on the
parlor mantle-piece, the ingeneous maker
of which hail placed several imitations of
moths and beetles among the leaves.—
The vase was covered with glass. John's
new formed interest in etymology had
given a special attraction to these wax
moths and beetles; and on this occasion
he went so far as to lift the glass cover
ing. that he might obtain a view. In<
venturing to do this, one of those acci
dents that so frequently happen with chil
dren and grown people when they are not
doing just right, occured. '1 he glass
shield slipped from John’s band, and
ciacked to pieces on the floor The noise
startled and excited me. I went hastily,
to the parlor and saw at a glance the
damage which had been dune, and also
comprehended the cause of the disater. —
Edward looked pale and frightened ; John
flushed and grieved. Repentance and self
condemnation had come with accident. —
Even through my indignation which could
not be stayed, 1 saw that. Hard words
were struggling to come through my lips
but I repressed them. Experience warned
me to keep silence until I could speak
calmly, and under the influence of reason.
i stood, fur a few moments, looking at
the shivered glass, and then, without trust
ing my lips to say anything, went out for
the dust pan and brush. I was glad that
I bad controlled myself. It is my ex
perience that scolding always does barm ;
and even where it works correction of bad
habits, I am certain th*t a different way
would have been better. I was quite self
possessed when 1 returned. As 1 stooped
to gather up the broken fragments ol
glass, John came up close to me. I did
speak to, nor look at him. Edward had
drawn back to a distant part of the room.
Silently the work of collecting the pieces
of glass went on, John standing near me
all the while. It was done, and I was
about raising, when I felt his arm across
my shoulder. “ I’m so sorry,” he said in
a penitent voice, laying his face down
against mine, which 1 had turned toward
“It was wrong to touch it I know ; but
I thought I would be so careful. I can’t
t tell what made it slip out of my hand.”
“Accidents are almost sure to happen
us, my son,” I answered, gently, but seri
ously, “ when we are not doing what is
just right. Let this disaster stand as a
lesson for the future.” “You shall take
my money, and buy a new case, mother,”
he answered, in a spirit,of manly justice
that was greatful to my ears. “If this,
little experience will make you more care
ful about doing right.” I returned, “ none
of us will very deeply regret the accident.”
He put his arms around my neck and
lri«at»d me. I kissed him in return, and
then went out, thanking God in my heart,
that he had helped me to self-control in a
moment of trial, when passion would have
hurt my boy.
Not long afterward I heard the boys
talking together. Edward said “ifk had
been my mother, she would have scolded at
me, until I was mad enough to break every
thing in the house. Why didn't yimr
mother scold you !” “ Because she loves
me, and knows that scolding wouldn't
make me half so sorry as 1 am.” “ I
wish that my mother loved me,” said Ed
ward, in a tone of voice so sad and long
ing that it brought tears into my eyes.”
The "mother of Edward caught her
breath at this. Her lips moved as if she
were about to speak ; but she repressed
what was in her thoughts, and kept
silent.
“ Of course your mother loves you, ans
wered John. So the fnend continued.
But Edward said, “No I’m sure she
doesn’t love me.” “WhydO you say
that V 9 questioned John. “If she loved
me, she wouldn’t be always scolding me,
and hurting me by hard words, no matter
what I do. Oh, John if I had such a
mother as you, I’d be the happiest boy
alive! I’d do any thing for her.
There was silence for some time. It
was broken by the friend, who said:
“ Forgive me for having told you this.
The wounds of a friend are better than
the kisses of an enemy. Forgive what
may seem an > exaltation of myself above
you. He who knows my heart knows
that in it there is no pride of superiority.
He who knows how weak 1 am, how
often I fall short, how often passion gets
the better of reason; how near it was to
bearing me down yesterday. It was in
His strength 'that I overcame aud helped
my boy instead of hurting him. In His
strength you!may overcome afco, and win
the love of ai child whose heart is athirst
j for your love, as is the drooping flower
j athirst for the' dew and rain. ’
The mother of Edward bowed her face
into her hahds. For a little while, her
body shook with half choked sobs. Then
she looked ub at her friend. Her eyes
were wet, her face pale, her lips curved
with pam and grief.
’ f ■
' “ You are not hurt with me t”
“ No, no,’’ she answered. “ Not with
you, but with myself. What have I been
doing'* What madness has possessed me T
I know that love begets love —that in
Mrs. Ho witt’s beautiful words, it has
readier will than fear. 1 know, also, that
hardness begets hardness; that driving is
more difficult and far less certain than
lending. And yet, knowing all this, I
have sought to rule my children by pas
sion and ibrce ; to drive instead of lead
ing them info the right ways. No, no.
lam not hurt with you. For all this
plain speaking, which I so much needed,
1 thank you tram the depth Of my' heart.
If it is not better with both ate and my
> children in future, it will not be. your
fault. But it shall be better!” ,
And it was better. How quickly all
changed under a new order of home govern
ment. Love and kindness found swift
abedience where anger and harshness bad
met obstruction. Sunshine dropped in
through a hundred places, which had been
closely barred against its sweet influence ;
and Edward wondering at the pleasant
change, drew nearer and nearer to his
mother, and felt that she loved him.
O, love !. sweet to all hearts. Ye who
should give of its treasures, see to it that
your hand fail not in its dispensation. It
has signs peculiarly its own, which are
never mistaking. If you would win love
hang out the sign.
HOW NEAR WE ABE TO DEATH. —A
writer in the Independent thus discourses
on our nearness to death :
“ When we walk near powerful machin
ery, we know that one single misstep and
those mighty engines would tear us to rib
bons with their flying wheels, or grind us
to powder with their ponderous jaws. So,
when we are thundering across the lane in
the rail car, and there is nothing but half
an inch of flange-iron to hold us on the
track. So, when we are at sea in a ship,
and there is but the thickness of a plank
between us and eternity. We imagine
then we see how close we are to the edge
of the precipice. But we do not see it.—
Whether on the sea or on the land, the
partition which divides us from eternity is
something thinner than an oak plank or
. half an inch of flange-iron. The machin
ery of life and death are within us. The
tissues that hold these beating powers in
their place are too often not thicker than
a sheet of paper, and if that thin partition
were pierced or ruptured, it would be just
the same with us as if a cannon ball had
struck us. Death is inseparably bound
up with life in the very structure of our
bodies. Struggle a? he will to widen the
splice, no man can at any time go futher
from death than the thickness of a sheet
of paper.” *
Queeb Place fob Revolvers. —While
the search was being made of the passen
gers on the Central train, at Indianapolis,
Indiana, containing delegates from the
Democratic Convention, one evening re
cently, a soldier noticed that a lady’s dress
appeared more full breasted than it ought
to have been, and his quick bye also detect
ed the fact that the artificial contents in
the lady’s bosom were so pressed out against
the dress as to make it almost certain that
pistols were there. He was a very polite
soldier, and in the most gentlemanly man
ner approached the lady and said;
“ Madam, I want those revolvers.”
“Sir,” said she very indignantly,“l
am a very respectable woman, and have
no revolvers."
“Madam,” said the soldier, pointing to
her bosom,l want those revolvers.”
She again denied she had any. With
out further questioning, the soldier, in
the discharge of his duty, thrust his band
into the place of concealment, and drew
out a revolver, and kept on repeating the
operation until seven wore captured.—
Then gathering up the pistols, he politely
remarked to the lady:
<• Madam, your breast-works seem to
be iron-clad.”
Mw. Partington on Co suestics.—
“That’s a new article for beautifying the
complexion,” said Mrs. Bibb, holding up
a small bottle for Mrs. Partington to look
at. She looked up from toeing out a wool
en stock for Ike, and took the bottle m
her hand.—“ls it indeed?” said she;
“well, they may get up ever so many
rostrums for beautifying the complexion.
but, depend upon it the less people have
to do with bottles for it, the better. _ My
neighbor, Mrs. Rlotch, has been using a
bottle for a good many years for her com
plexion. and her nose looks like a rupture
of Mount Vociferous, with the burning
lather running all over the contageous
territory.”
a* A writer beautsfiiUy remarks that a
man’s mother is the representative of his
Maker. Misfortune and mere crime set
no barriers between her and ton. While
his mother lives a man has one friend on
earth who will not desert him when he is
needy. Her affection flows from a pure
■fountain, and ceases only at the ocean of
eternity.
EDITORS AND PROPRIETOR
FALSE AND TRUE SMILES.
Thank heaven! there are a goodly num
ber of people who smile because they can’t
help it—whose happiness, babbling op
from their heart, runs over in smiles at
their lips, or burst through them in jovial
laughter. And there is a difference be
tween the false and the true symbol s of joy,
that enables the keen observer readily to
distinguish one from the other. The na
tural expression of delight varies with the
emotion that gives way to it, but the
counterfeit smile is a stereotype, and the
tone of a hypocrite’s laugh never varies.
The crocodile, if the scaly old hypocrite
he is represented to be is accredited with
smiles as well as tears. False smiles are,
in fact, more common than false tears. —
It is the easiest thing in the world to work
tly smile, while only a few gifted individ
uals have sufficient command of their eyes
to weep at wilL Few great tragedians,
even, have the knack of laying on the wa
ter of affliction impromptu ; but. who ever
saw's supernumerary bandit that could
not ‘smile and smile, and be a villain,” or
a chorus singer or a ballet-girl, that did
not look as if she had been newly tickled
across the lips with a straw ? Of artificial
smiles, there are a greater number than
we have space to classify. The Countess
of Belgravia has her receiving smile, a
suberb automatic effect. Count Faro the
distinguished foreigner, who is trying
London this year because Baden-Baden
dose not agree with hint, shuffles the cards
with a smile that attracts everybody’s
attention from his fingers. Miss Magnet,
whose heart and lips dissolved partnership
in very early life, makes such a Cupid's
bow of the latter whenever an “ eligible
match” approaches, fortunes flutter round
her like a moth round a flame. The
Hon. Mr. Verisopht, who wants to get
into parliament, cultivates a popular
smile. In short, smiling is a regular
business accomplishment of thousands of
people ovhose souls have no telegraphic
communication with their lips.
A Frightened Parson. —A certain
lady had been much annoyed by the ring
ing of her door b°U by the mischievous
buys in the vicinity, ttnd determined to be
no more made a foul of by going to the
door. In the course of the forenoon her
minister called to see her, dressed in his
*pruciest manner. He ascended the
steeps, and gently drew the bell-handle,
when the lady shouted from the entry —
“ I see you boy ; if I eaten you, I’ll
ring your neck!”
Ihe frightened gentleman immediately
rushed down the steps, through a small
crowd of young scamps, and has not been
seen since.
43* Two ragged little urchins, whose
parents {mid more attention to the bottle
than training of their children, were
in the habit of seriously annoying their
neighbors, who lived close by, with, their
noise while playing in front of their house.
One day the lady of the house came to
the door and told them to be quiet or go
home immediately. Said one of the chil
dren to the other;
hear she a ordering we, when w*
don't belong to the”
V Never make a poor mouth, for if
you are wise yon will always effect inde
pendence, though you may be really as
poor as Job’s turkey. If you are poor
don’t let folks know it, or they will dis
cover in you a thousand blemishes —■« host
of defects which would never be discovered
or at least never talked about if you kept
a stiff upper lip and carried yourself as if
you bad ten thousand dollars insead of
ten cents. It is as natural for the world
to hold poor folks in contempt, as it is for
rats to eat cheese.
•r When stretched upon his bed in the
agony of the gout, it reported to
Chatham that one of his official subordina
ters pronounced ah order impossible of exe
cution. “Tell him ,” said he, rising up and
marching across the room on his swollen
feet, his face streaming with perspiration
from the excrutiating effort, “ tell him jt
is the order of a man who treads upon Uu-r
possibilities,”
gyA cockney tourist met a Scottish
lassie going barefoot to Glasegpw. *• Las
pie,” said he, “1 should like to know if all
the people in these parts go barefoot V' —
»• Part on ’em do, and part on ’em mind
their own business,” was the rather set
tling reply.
•••Character is like money; when you
have a good deal, you may risk some; for
if you lose It, folks will believe you have
plenty to spare. ___
jy Why is a newspaper like a tooth
brush! D’ye give it up? Because
every body should have one I of his own,
and not borrow his neighbor's.
•V Where one thousand are destroyed
by the rrorid's frowns, ten thonwand are
destroyed byita saUea.
NO. 27.