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One copy 1 year OO Three copies 1 year •"> OO Fresh names may at anv time be added to dubs, both of the XYEEKLY and STMI-XX'EEKLV, at Club Rates. Payment invariably in advance. HY hare no authorized !/" I ' liiuj Aye lII*. Address 11. J. RAYMOND A CO., Publishers. 11ec.2:i,'64-2m. DESC'KII'TIVE CIRCULAR OF THE HOPEWELL OIL COMPANY. Capital.—s2oll.ooo. Shares.—2oo,ooo. Par X'alue, $l.OO. Hon. JOHN ROXX'E. President. J. SIMPSON AFRICA. Secretary and Treasurer. DIRECTORS: XV. S. FLETI HF.K, McConnellsburg. Pa. JOHN ROWR. Greencastle, I'a. F. BENEDICT, Bedford, Pa. J. H. SEYMOUR, Hngerstown, M L. J. C. EVERHART, Martinsburg, Pa. JOHN J. SCHELL, Somerset. Pa. C. P. RAMSDF.I.L, Oil City, Pa. The property of this Company consists of 200 acres of land, in fee simple, situated on the west side of the Alle gheny river, a short distance above "he mouth of Scrub Grass Creek, in Scrub Grass Township. X'cnango county, Pa. It has a frontage along the river of one mile, wilh good boring surface for the whole distance. Two good oil wells are now in operation on the east side of tbe river, immediately opposite the property of tbe Co. The following in regard to an adjoining tract, is taken from an editorial in the Philadelphia Price Current, oi December 17: "The geological relation of this property to Oil Creek, is such that the oil-bearing strata, which supply the wells on the Middle Section of Oil Creek (from the Washington McClintock Farm on the north to the Buchanan on tbe South) must pass under this property: the range of the strata certainly bringing the two localities into this mutu al relation. Other data, obtained from an investigation of the conformation of the ground, and the underlying rocks, lead to the same conclusion, v iz: that the main belt of oil, which extends down from the north northeast and supplies* the wells on the Washington, McClintock, Egbert. Stone. Tar. and Buchanan Farms, sweeps down still farther on the same smith southwest direction, cor responding with and controlled by the inclination of the strata, and underlies this property. It is well ascertain ed by the testimony of age.l and respectable residents that the indians, years ago. gathered oil from the surface of the ravines on this property and used it for rheumatic af fections. In later times the teamsters of Bullion lion Furnace, gathered and used the oil for the puspo.-c oi applying it to galls and bruises on their horses. Oiis for years was seen to exude at a number of places: among others, at the root of an old stump on the bank of the Allegheny river, and in the ravine alluded to. A few years ago, the then owners of the tract, with one or two ol their neighbors, bored a well, a few ieet above the old stump. The first vein of oil was struck at the depth of 286 feet, and the second at 460 feet: an experien ced man from Oil Creek was employed to tube the well, which produced a stream of oil three quarters of an Inch in dismeter. The owners of the well, not satisfied with its production, pulled out the chamber, anil drilled some feet ileepi r. when tlicv struck alt water in large quantities and ol great strength. Believing that the man ufacture of salt would, at the time, yield them a hettci profit, they arranged tlo-ir seed bag* in the well, so a- to ena'-le tin in to i-\lu<lc tlie oil and pmnp the -silt water. Still oil was I'liuipi-d along with tlie niter, Is such quasi tities as to gather upon the top of the water-tanks, from whence it was collected, barreled and sold." \ There is every reason, therefore, to I elicv e that the pro I perty of the Company is rich in its supplies of oil. The inclination of the Strata proves, conclusively, that those supplies of oil on Gil 1 reck have a hi'jlf r/- n I than tbe oil-bearing rocks on this property: and that, consequently, the supply will be more pe, man.-id than that of Oil f reck itself. The large extent of boring territory, equal to that of hall a dozen c. ui panics on Oil Creek, a boat-landing on the Farm, with the advantage of a navigable stream for the transportation "f oil. and the certainty of the exis | tenet of large quantities of coal upon the tract, makes the ] property of incalculable value. ; The Company are about preparing to sink several wells, j and confidently expect the early development of oil in paving quantities. The plan of organization adopted by the Company com mends itself to public approval, from tbe fact that it places no fictitious value upon its stock, but confines the sale of shares strictly to their par value. A limited number of Shares can be had by applying to the following named gentlemen; F. Benedict, Bedford, Fa. Jacob Reed, " " 11. F. Movers. - J. Henry Selicil. -bcßsburg, Bedford County, i'a. .lame* Lowlier, Altoona. Blair County, Fa. S. S. Burr, Ilolliduysburg, l'a. !'. XX. A - heoni, Hopewell, Fa. I. It. Kausb-r, Hngerstown. Md. S. 11. Frather A Co.. Greencastle. Fa. J. Ilostctter A Co., " " 1. J. Phillips, Waynesboro, " John S. Miller, Huntingdon, | Samuel Henry, " " j XX'. D. McKiustry, Merecrsburg, " And at toe Gffirc af the C-uopany, No. 425 XX'alnut St., , hiiadelpbia. j dee.22.'61. Blanks. Blank, judgement notes, deeds, bonds and mort gages &e, ie., for sale ut the INQUIRER Office. KEDFORI), Fix., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1 BGS. W 0 t t x . For lite Bedford Inquirer. OH! 1 AH SAD TO-NICILLT. HY* C. P. CALHOUN. The camp fires burn a$ bright to night A.J* manv a time before, Time scorns unconscious of her flight. So soon the moments o'er, but then I'm thinking sadly o'er The days that 're pissed so bright. Of days and years that have gone before— Oh! lam sad to-night, i Client s—Oh ! I am -ad, so sad to-night. My years where have they flewn, I The days that once were gay and bright. Seem now to me unknown. The snow flakes flutter in the breeze. Once 1 enjoyed the scene. The icicles in clusters freeze Where foliage once was green. The merry laugh of men is heard As when all else is bright. Each voice seems gay as a fairy bird Hut I am sad to night. 010111 S—Oh ! I am sad. fcc. PORTRAIT. ."-he was a phantom of delight Which glcame'd upon my sight : \ lovely apparition, sent To he a moment's ornament: Her eyes as stars of twilight fair: hike twilight's, too, her dusky hair : Hut all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn. A dancing shape, an image gay. To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon a nearer view. A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light and trie. And stci's of virgin liberty : A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as tweet: A creature not too bright or good Fo human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine: A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller, 'twixt life and dea T h : Tbe reason firm, the temperate will, i Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, A perfect woman, nobly plann'd. To warn, to comfort, und command : And yet a spirit -till, and bright With something of an angel light. —WORDSWORTH, j " GEMS FROM OLD GASKETS. PREACHING. —"AII tbe fine words and phrases in tin- world can never mortify one lust, nor convert one soul to God and goodness."— Beveridge. IMMI 'rimiJT OK GOD. —"God is as it were the fix ed point on which revolve all the creatures in the universe without partaking himself of their revolu tions. '' — Saurin. WASTE OK TIME. —"Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all. or in doing nothing to the pur pose, or in doing nothing that xve ought to do. X\ e are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them."— Seneca. THE SABBATH. —"If keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution, it would be the best method that could have been thought of for polish ing and civilizing mankind.'' Addison. RICHES. —"I cannot call riches better than th<- baggp.ge of virtue; the Roman word is better, imped ime II fa; for as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue; it cannot lie spared nor left behind, but it hiudereth the march: yea. and the care of it some times loseth or disturbeth the victory. Oi great riches there is no real use, except it be in the di.* tribution; the rest is but conceit." — Baron. AFFLICTION. —"God, by affliction calls men down from their heights to sit in the dust, plucks away their gay feathers wherein they prided themselves rubs the paint and varnish from off the creature, whereby it appears more in its native deformity."— Boston. CONFLICT OF FAITH. —"If Satan and 1 did strive for any word of God in all my life, it was for this good word of Christ: Him that cometh unto me 1 trill in notrise rust out; he at one end, anil 1 at the other O what work we made. It WILS fortius that we did so tug and strive: lie pulled and i pulled; but. God be praised. I overcame hitn, and got sweetness from it." — Bti. BENEVOLENCE. —"1 see in this world txvo heaps, human hajipine** and misery. If I can take but the smallest bit from one heap and add to the other, I carry a point. If a child has dropped a half-penny and by giving it another 1 can wipe away its tears, 1 feel I have done something. I should be glad in deed to do greater things, but I will not neglect this."— John Newton. Gt lI.TY CONSCIENCE. —"Guilt is that which quells the courage of the bold, t;es the tongue of the elo quent. ami makes greatness itself sneak and lurk and behave itself poorly." — South. "A title of honor wtil no more abate the torments of conscience than it doth mitigate Beelzebub's tor ments to be styled prince of the devils. You may as well seek to cure a wound in your body by apply ing a plasterto your garment as seek to ease a wound ed spirit by all the treasures, pleasures, and enjoy ments of this world."— Ezekiel Hopkins. ATHEISM. —"An atheist is not oni.y a devil in reli gion. but a monster in nature." — L'onne. .SELFISHNESS. —"It is a shame for a rich Christian to be like a Christmas-box. that receives all. and nothing can be got out til! it be broken in pieees."- Rixhop Hull. FUTURE JUDGMENT. —"If God has given such de monstrations of the judgement to come as may as sure all the world of the certainty*of it. and an athe ist, an epicure, a fool will not believe it; it he will not believe what a Felix believed and trembled at ; If he will not believe what devils believe and trem ble at : God will never come crouching to him and beg of him that he will believeit ; but let bint disbe lieve it at Ills own peril, and take what comes.— /light/not. MARRIAGE IN LAPLAND. —It is death in Lapland to marry a maid without the consent of her parent or friends. When a young man has formed an attach ment for a female, tin: fashion is to appoint their friends to meet to behold the two young parties run a race together. 1 lie maid is allowed in starting the advantage of one-third part of the race, so that it is impossible, except willing of herself, that she should be overtaken. If tbe maid out-run her suitor, the matter is ended; he must never have Iter, it being a penalty for the man to renew the motion of marriage. But if the virgin has an affection for him though at tin ! she runs fast to try the truth of his love. si.e will (with out Atlanta's balls to renew her speed) pretend some casualty, and make a voluntary halt before she comes to the mark or end of the race. Thus none are compelled to marry against their own w ills ; and this is the ease that in this poor country the married people are richer in their own contentment than iu other lands, where so many forced matches make feigned love, and cause real unhappiness. THE PRESIDENT ON UEBEI. RELIGION.—Two ladies from Tennessee called upon the President, impor tuning the release of their husbands held as prison ers of war at Johnson's Island. When the Pres dent ordered the release of the prisoners, he said t > one of the ladies who laid great stress upon In • husband being a religious man: "You say th your husband is a religiour man. Tell him wht i you meet him that I say that J am not much of a judge <>( religion, but that in my opinion, the reli gion that sets men to rebel and fight against their Government because, as they think that Govern ment does not sufficiently help some men to eat their bread in the sweat of other men's faces, is not the sort of religon upon which people can get to heaven." The President considers this his last, his shortest, as well as best speech. I-'ruin tin- Presbyterian. LITIIKK S PARAPHRASE OF THE 12TII PSALM. Luther's Pt-alms and Ilymus did scarcely less for the Reformation iu Germany, than his translation of the Bible. They are thirty-six in number, and were originally published ou separate sheets, together with their appropriate tunes. They thus gamed a more general circulation than they could have done, if collected and published ia a more bulky form.- They traversed the land in letters, thus reaching pla ees where a pi nted Bible would have been easily detected, and instantly seized. Their metrical form fixed them in the memory, and caused them to be repeated and sung even when they could not be prin ted and read. "It is wonderful," said a Spanish ntonk, "how much these hymns have furthered the spread of Lutheranisin . they have poured fortli from Luther's workshop, and are now ,*ung in hous es and shops, in markets, streets and fields." In 1523 tlie Reformer composed his paraphrase of the twelfth psalm, of which the following is a transla tion, attempting to preserve something of the rug gedness of the original : G Uod, from highest heaven hear. Nor let thy mercies slumber, How desolate the poor appear, Thy saints, how few in number ! Thy word the foe hath long assailed, And human faith at length ha* failed In what thy lips have uttered. For truth men teach a cunning lie, XX* ith confidence unbounded : XX ith double heart their scheme* they ply. Not on thy promise foui ded. One chooses this, another that- And while their show we wonder at. They drive our souls distracted. But Uod will from earth root out All who have lies invented. XX'ho cry, while they the heaven.- flout. XX e will not be prevented ; Both might and right sustain our deeds. And what we propose aye succeeds, And who shull tie our master ; Therefore saith God, i will arise, My* poor are undefended ; 1 hear in heaven their heavy sigh.-. 1 have their cry attended. My healing words shall, in the strife. Bring to them comfort, cheer, and life. And he Ihci* strength and suceonr. A* silver in tlie furnace tried Is ever found the purer. So shali God's holy word abide— No promise can be surer. Our crosse- prove its sovereign power. Its glory lights the darkest hour— It shines upon the people. Its truth wilt thou, O God. display Before this ei ii nation : And by thy mighty power, we pray Save us from desolation. Where'er this evil race abound. The godless company are found, Exalted o'er thy servants. This paraphrase is associated with some of the most signal triumphs of the Reformation in Germa ny. It early proved itsqlf a most trusty weapon in the hands of the common people in resisting the enemies of the truth, lathe 1527, only four years after Luther composed it, it was well employed in one of the churches of Brans wick to silence the at ter&nces of error. The Catholic Councillor had in vited the famous Dr. Sprengel, from the Magdeburg Cathedral, to preach at one of the great Romish fes rivals. This priest had boasted that with sermons he could extinguish the Lutheran heresy in Bruns wick. He was warmly welcomed by his brother ec clesiastics, and selected for the text of his first dis course. the parable of the two debtors. In the midst of his sermon, as he was quoting a text to prove thiit-ft niiui may hy good works, merit salvation, a voice from the congregation cried out, "You quote the Scripture falsely : it is not so written in the Bi ble." Somewhat discomposed, the preacher retor ted, "My friend, perhaps you have a different trans lation from mine; 1 quote from my Bible. He then resumed his discourse, and repeated his first asser tion. Upon this, a simple burghereried out. "Priest, thou liest !" and with a clear voice raised the psalm, "0 God, from highest heaven hear." The whole congregation joined in chorus, and as they reached the second stanza, "For truth they teach a cunning lie," the discomfitted preacher came down from the pulpit, and sneaked out of the church. J wo years later the same psalm was used with e qnallygood effect at l.ubeek. A poor bliud man had been wont to sing Luther's hymns at the door* of the houses, and was ut last, on this account, ban ished from the city by the Popish Councillor. On the following Sunday, just as the priest at St James" church began the mass for the dead, two little boys in the congregation began to sing. "0 God from highest heaven hear." The people joined in, and devoutly sung the psalm through. It was the first time that a German hymn had been heard in a church at Lubeck : but it was not the last. The ci ty gave itself up to the influence of the Reformation ; and as often as a priest or a preacher uttered from the pulpit any thing contrary to the truth, the people began to sing Luther's 12th psalm. Well has one of Luther's companions said. "God has given u*. iu Luther's little hymn-book, a great, and wonderful, and unexampled gift, for which we cannot sufficiently thank him throughout eternity." THE BABY TOWERS OF CHINA. —Infanticide, so common in China is thus vividly depicted, in all its horrors, by a recent traveler. Burying an infant alive, is a horrible thing ; yet how common it is a mong the Celestials : The Pagodas, so often mentioned in accounts of the Chinese empire, appear to be more numerous in the mountainous districts, where they add greatly to the picturesque charm of scenery and are believed I to be connected with the religious ceremonies of the people. In that country around Shanghai they are not to be met with —at least it was not our fortune to see any during our brief stay. Ihe only structure like a tower, if we except the turrets on the city walls and watch towers erected within the past few years, when the Tae-I'ings have threatened the city, is a tall, white monument, rising to the height of twenty feet, and without inscription or distinguishing mark of any kind. It looks like a fine, white tomb, higher and more ambitious than usual, and truly it is a "whited sepulchre !" Baby Tower, it is called by the foreign residents, for it is filled with the bones of infants—-not such as have died a natural death, as Bayard Taylor asserts, but which have been thrust into this horrid monument of heathern cruelty when but a few hours old. Humanity shudders at the thought! These dazzling white "baby towers, with their mockery of purity, their object known to all men, and openly inviting, as it were, the most un natural and heartless of murders, is among the most hideous spectacles to be met with in a heathern land. True, a river or a pond will be pointed out to you iu other parts of China, or India, where babies are daily drowned like puppies or kittens ; but they do not affect the mind with such horror as these palpable structures, erected with the best skill of their architects, for this express purpose, fhe wa ter closes over the murdered infao', and no trace oi the crime remains : but here is tower —a high tow er —with deep foundations, filled with the bones of murdered babes that have been accumulating for generations. AN INXOCLNI MAIDEN. —Some one has felicitous ly translated from the German of Claudius the fol lowing lines: It is a beautiful picture painted with Flemish accuracy to nature, yet mingles gracefully with its fidelity to truth the coloring of the Italian schools. 'There is a charming simplicity about it. with a faint, mystic intimation that the little maiden had inure than half guessed the mystery she s seeking to unfold. \\ e commend these lines to tbe 1 perusal of our fair readers, though we venture the I assertion they are not ipiitr so -irnplo as the fooli- h ! little damsel" xvho thus seeks to know concerning her rosy lips: My mother, she tells mc— "Nature has g vcu thee Lips to speak with, mv 'laughter, my own; And so thou must use thorn fur speaking alone." Put leliy are tliry red then ' White lip* would answer for speaking a* well: Ami why lin* she said, then — ''Only for speaking?" O ! who usu tell A poor little innocent girl like me, For what, but to speak with, can my mouth be? Letter from Mr. Everett. The following letter from Edward Everett to Rob ert Bonner, of the ledger, coutains passages of general interest now that he is no longer living: BOSTON, Dec. 30, 1801. MY DEAR ROBERT: Having been hard at work all | day, I sit down byway of relaxation, late in the evening, to have a little chat with you. 1 am re joiced to bear that the Ledger is doing as you say. "remarkably well." * '* * * * * I do, I assure you, take great satisfaction in the thought, that, through your columns, I speak to so large an audience, and occasionally with good effect. What are four thousand persons in Fanuel Mall compared with the numbers who read the Ledger! I often receive letters of acknowledgement. * * With respect to the French mission, it has been occasionally mentioned to me, never by me: except at this moment, in writing to you. Unless our min | isters, now abroad, are recalled, it is not likely that Massachusetts, which has now three full ministers, will be allowed to have another. Even if they should eotni- home, there are other Massachusetts men who will do what 1 shall not —seek the place for themselves or friends. In fact iam very doubt ful whether 1 should accept it, if offered to me. I have been ten years in Europe, iam in my 71st year. I don't want the salary. I refused, two years ago, to go abroad on a confidential mission to all the lending Courts, with leave to stay as long as I thought expedient iu each capital; to have a sec retary and an allowance equal to the highest salary. It is true 1 was not to have a regular commission: but 1 was to have a plenary credential from the President; and a letter from the Secretary of State to all the ministers of Foreign affair.*. Having de clined this, when urged upon me. you can judge whether 1 am very eager to go abroad, or very like ly to solicit any office. * i do not wish these things published now, but when I am gone you can affirm them on good authority. In the meantime, my moderation is not likely, on this occasion, to be put to the test: for there is not the least probability that the office will be offered me. Ever sincerely yours. EDWARD EVEHETT. ROBERT BONNER, Esq. A Southern Aristocrat. To the Editor* of the Eecning Port : Recently iu Paris at one of the clubs. Mr. John •Slidell, on being u*k< dto explain why it was that such extreme hatred and bitterness of feeling were manifested on all occasions by the Southerners to ward.* the Northerners while the latter never exhibi ted any such sentiments, replied in his usual bom bastic manner that the explanation was very simple indeed: "The Southerners were the aristocracy of of America, while the Northerners were nothing but a herd of vulgar, peddling traders." Now it is iu the memory of some of our citizens that this John Slidell, this exponent and exampler of the South ern aristocrats, left this city under coercion for a disgraceful and dishonorable act, with an injunction from the late Stephen Price, after the duel, that hi* life would be spared provided only he should never come back while he (Price,) remained here. His carrer at New Orleans, political and social, does not seem to have been such as to hax-e created a very general impression that he was either a very high-miuded or a very honest man. In Trinity Churchyard, in this city, may be seen a tombstone to the memory of "Joshua Slidell. a native of Eng land. tallow chandler." grandfather of John Slidell. aristocrat. In old days the late W. f. Robinson, of the firm of Franklin, Robinson A Co., had appren ticed to him two poor emigrant Scotch girls. Debby and Margery McKenzie—both of whom were mar ried out of his kitchen —Debby to John Slidell. journeyman soapboiler, father of John Slidell. aris tocrat, and Marc-cry to Thomas Uohon, journeyman shoemaker: and iheir employer, as an acknowledg ment of their good conduct, cancelled their article* on the occasion. Too respectable a parentage for a renegade and a traitor. Their descendants pre tend to aristocracy, and do not object to a Hebrew tinge. Erlanger".* money in Paris is worth youth and beauty, even of the aristocratic Slidell blue blood. Here it may seek to lead the ton in Fifth avenuedont. and amaze Nexvport by the splendor of its equipage and it- gorgeous liveries. But the He brew race is shrewd, getting by money at the same time wives from the arist cracy (?) and honors from the democracy, even if it does come from many a shrewd Wall street operation instead of the honora ble merchant's steady gains. BANEFUL INFLUENCE OF HOLIDAYS. —"It is a great misfortune to tin- Greeks." says President Felton. in his delightful little volume of "Familiar Letters from Europe," "and to the Athenians in particulra. that tbey have so many saints in their calendar, and so many festivals in their honor, to interrupt tne usual business of life. They lose a quarter or a third of th<? time in putting on their best clothes, gadding about the streets, gossiping in the coffee houses, getting tipsey ou execrable wine, and sing ing noisy songs in th" streets, in honor of the bless od saints and martyrs who swarm in their eecelesias tical history. The sensible men here are gradually diminishing the number of their idle days, and the sober part of the tradesmen and men of business find their advantage in attending to their affairs, while the rest are dissipating time and drachmas, to the impoverishment of their purses and the damage of the:: health, i.. bacchanalian orgies. 1 cannot share in the regn v of those persons who lament, the absence of ' -sti 'als and amusements in our country. What i have seen of their effects in Eu rope —east and west —has giver, me a strong distati s for them, and the worst possible opinion of their in fluence upon the moral, mental, and well-being of the people. In tlie next place, the waste of money, in small sums to be sure, but swelling iu the aggre gate to immense amounts, helps to keep the people poor, and make them poorer. And, finally, the frivolity, dissipation, and low habits, everywhere encouraged by these festivals, crown the climax of grave objections to their observance, which 1 think must strike every reflecting person who travels with his eyes open through these countries. You will never again hear me lamenting the want of amuse ments in America, or finding fault with the seriou* countenances of our American people. The week ly rest of Sunday, Christmas. Tnanksgning. the anniversary of our Independence, and one or two other holidoys, for the interchange of friendly salu tations and the reunion of scattered families, are infinitely better than all the festivals in the calen der.*. of the Catholic and Oriental countries." A. LINCOLN'S LAST STORY.— His Excellency. Gov ernor Andrew, related, at the dinner to the cadets the other evening, a "little story," which he credit ed to President Lincoln, and which we have not yet seen in print. The anecdote was first told on the night of the Bth of November, when, long after the success of the Rep. candidates was assured, the re turns of heavy majorities still came in thick and jubulanl. Then it was that the President was re minded of this little Illinois incident:—A friend of his, passing along a village street, was painfully bit ten by an uglydog. A single blow of a heavy stick, skillfully aimed, was sufficient to kill the animal in stantly. but the enraged pedestrain still continued to pummel the corpse till little vestige of the ca nine form remained. At length he was accosted with—"What are you about? That dog has been dead these ten minutes." "I know it. was the re ply, "but 1 want to give the beast a realizing sense that there is a punishment after death. DINNER AS AN EDUCATOR. — You will find that a great deal of character is imparted and received at the table. Parents often forget this ; and therefore, instead of swalboving your food in silence, instead | of brooding over your business, instead of severely talking about others, let the conversation be genial, kind, social, and cheering. Don't bring disagreea ble things to the table in your conversation any more than you would in your dishes. For this reason, too I the more good company you have at your table, the j better for your children. Every conversation, with I company at your table is an educator of the family. I Heuee the intelligence and refinement, and the ap | propriate behavior of the family which is given to nospitality. Never feel that intelligent visitors can jbe anything but a blessing to you and yours. How | few have fully gotten hold of the fact that company ! and conversation at the table are no small part of education.— Dr. Todd. RISKIN ON READING. Opinions of an Art Critic. That marvelous master cf the English language, John Ruskin, lately delivered a lecture at Man chester, England, on "What and How to Read." From a report in a local paper we extract the fol lowing : "Books were divisible into two classes —the book of the hour anc the book of all time. The distinc tion was not one of quality, but of species. 1 here were good and bad books of both classes. The good book of the hour was the useful or pleasant talk of some person with whom one might converse printed for us. Records of graceful words, ac counts of travel, good-humored discussions on use ful subjects, statements of facts, and the passing e vents of real history—all such books were multiply ing among us. and they were a peculiar characteris tic of the present age But we made the worst possi ble use of them if we allowed them to usurp the place of ft-ue book; for strictly speaking, they were not books at all. but only letters or newspapers. The newspapers might he entirely proper for break fast time ; it was not proper all day. TIIE BOOK roil ALL TIME. "A book, strictly speaking, was written not with the mere view of communication, but for perma nence. The author had something to say which he perceived to be useful, true or beautiful. .So far as he knew no one else could say it. He was bound to say it clearly snd melodiously if he could, clearly at all events. Books of such a kind had been writ ten in all ages by the greatest men. The society of the dead multiplied as the world's ages, into it we might enter always, and take fellowship and rank according to our will. That court of the past differ ed from all living aristociacy in this, that it was o pen to labor anu merit, and to nothing else. There if one sought admittance he must rise to trie level of the great men's thoughts if he would understand their words, and share their feelings, if he would feel their presence. [Hear, hear.] "One must show his love for those great ones in two ways—by evincing a true desire to be taught by them, to enter into their thoughts: and by a true desire to feel with them, to enter into their hearts. He must desire to enter into their thoughts, not to find himself expressed by them. If theperson who who wrote the book was not wiser than the reader, it would be of no use of reading it. If the author was worth reading, his meaning would not begot all at once, nor would his whole meaning be ascertain for a long time. The best authors would only write in a sort of parable in order that their meaning might not lie got at unless it was really wanted. Gold was not found on the tops of mountains: but nature hid it in little fissures in the earth, that men might dig deep in order to find it. .So it was with the hidden treasure of wisdom. Good reading re quired leisure and then the first requisite was to un derstand the author's words in the sense in which he used them. OX VULGARITY. "He had said of those mighty societies of the dead that they allowed no vulgar person to enter. What did they think he meant by vulgar ? They would find it a fruitful subject of thought, and at the last they would find that the essence of all vul garity lay in the want of sensation. In true inbred vulgarity, there was a callousness which became ca pable of every condition of crime, without sensa tion at all, and it was in the blunt hand and dead heart, .in the diseased habit and hardened con science. that all men became vuigar, and were for ever vulgar exactly in proportion as they were inca pable of sympathy, tenderness, quick understanding, andall that deep intensification which might be call ed the contact and touch faculty of the human soul. "They came to this great concourse of the dead not merely to know what was true, but chic-fly to feel with them what was just and noble, and to feel with them we must be like them, and have a noble curios ity. It was not true that sensation was rendered lead by the want of action : it was the sheer stupidi ty and license of feeling that deadened it. When the character was rightly disciplined sensation was pre cious, but we must not seek it—it should come from its right causes. The bad sensation did not rise out of one's character, but fell from the outside. That they had to seek for, and run for. and its influences were deadening and poisoning. There was no dis ease so terrible as that brought on by the pursuit of sensation for its own sake." How COURAGE is IMPARTED.— A bold, hopeful man in spires courage in many weaker minds, for there is something in the human soul that responds to the call of a noble example. Mr. Wasson says, in the Atlantic Monthly: A little girl sleeping by her mother's side awoke in a severe thunder storm, shrinking into the small est possible space, said, trembling, "Mother, are you afraid':"' "No, my dear." answered the lad}-, calmly. "O, well." said the child, assuming her full pro portion, and again disposing herself for sleep, "if von're not afraid. I'm not afraid," and soon was slumbering quietly. v> hat volumes of gravest human history in the little incident! So iufiiuiiely easy are daring and magnanimity, so easy is transcendent height of thought and will when exalted spiritually, when im perial valor and purpose breathe and blow upon our souls from the lips of a living fellow ! Not, it may be. that anylhing new is said. That is not re quired. What another now thrills, iuspires, trans figures us by saying, we probably knew before, only dared not let ourselves think that we know it. The universe, perhaps, had not a nook so hidden that therein we could have heen solitary enough to whis per that divine suggestion to our own hearts. But now some childlike man stands up and speaks it to the common air. in serenest unconsciousness of do ing anything singular. He has said it —and Ic, he lives? By the help of God, then, we. too, bv word and deed, will utter our souls. THE EFFECTS OF IMPATIENCE.— Nothing more in capacitates a man for the lead than impatience. No constitutionally impatient man. who has indulged his tendency, ever gets to the bottom of things, or knows with any nicety the standing disposition and circumstances of the people he is thrown or has thrown himself, amongst. Certain salient points he is possessed of but not what reconciles and accounts for them. Something in him —an obtrusive sell, or a train of thought, or likings and antapathies—will always come between him and an impartial judge ment. Neither does he win confidence, for hecheck the coy, uncertain advances which are the precur sors of it. We doubt if a thoroughly impatient man can read the heart, o- be a fair critic, or understand the rights of any knotty question, or make himself matter of any dflicult situation. The power of waiting, deliberating, hanging in suspense, is neces sary for all these, —the power of staving off for con siderable periods of time merely personal leanings.— London Saturday Review. THE ENIMFAXCE OF THE AFRICAN. — The Bostok Journal calls attention to the well known fact among physiologists and statisticians that the African has less power of endurance in our climate than the European. In hot counties he is better adapted to labor: in cold countries less. The Juornal says: "Of the free colored population residing in the North, we find them gradually but surely decreasing in the per cent of increase. From 1820 to 1830 the yearly rate of increase in the United States was a little more than 3.6 per cent ; from 18M to 1840, a little more than 2 per cent; from that time a gradu al decrease, until for the last ten years the yearly rate of increase has been but one per cent, and will still further be reduced. Ihe ratio of the colored population to the white is rapidly lessening, and a few years hence it will be almost inappreciable, so great will be the preponderance of the whites.'" A GAI.LAXT PEDLER. — As a lady of great personal beauty was walking along a narrow lane, she per ; eeived. just behind her, a hawker of earthen-ware. ! driving an ass with two panniers laden with his | stock in trade. To give the auitnal and his master room to pass, the Jadv suddenly stopped aside which so frightened the donkey that he ran away, and had not proceeded far when he fell, and a graat part of the crockery was braken. The lady, in her turn, became alarmed, lest the man should load her with ': abuse, but he merely exclaimed, "Never miud, i ma'am; Balaam's ass was frightened by an angel." Vo) 8H; NO. (J
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