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KETKR OIVK UP t
Jever give up! though the grape-fhot may
rattle.
Or the full thunder cloud orer you burst;
Stand like a nc, and the storm or the battle
Li tile shall harm you, though doing their
worst. ' i ' .
Never gire up! it is wier ano better
Always to hope than once to depiir f '
Fling off the ldud of doutit's cankering fetter.
And break the dark spell ol tyrannical care.
Never gite up I there are ehances and changes.
Helping the hopeful a hundred to one;
And, through the chaos Ili-h wisdom arranges
Ever success if you'll onlj hope on.
Never giv up I for the widest Is boldest, '
Knowing that Providence Mingle, the cup ;
And, of all maxims, the best as the oldest.
Is the true watchword of Neter gi re upJ
Never give up t though the grape-phot maj
rattle.
Or the full thunder-cloud over jon burst ;
Stand like a rock, and the storm ami the battle
Little thall harm you, though doing their
wort.
Never give up I if adversity prese. -Providence
widely has mingled the cup ; -
And the bet counsel, in all your dUtressea,
Is the stout watch ward of Never give up I
Stairs, j5Mets, iuti)ofes,e.
MIKE DOMOVAN'S LOOKING-GLASS.
Mike Donovan was what I have pome
tiojes heard my Irish friends call "a broth
of n boy ;" which 1 euppore means a
kind-hearted, good-tempered, healthy,
stronjr, honest lad. At nil events, that
was Mike Donovan's chnracter. ' When
Mike began the world he had, hs moat
people would say, everything against him.
Tor be was a little orphan ld, indebted
for the bite and the xop to the village peo
ple, who had known his father nnd moth
er, nnd who, though poor iht-mseive,
were always ready to bring a blessing on
their frugal meal, by sharing it with the
hungry and the helplecs.
Iiut little merry, bare-footed Mike was
wkjii able to work a hit for himself. lie
was po active that he would be sure to be
d- ing mischief rather than nothing at all.
So it was a capital thing for hira that
I..arry Owen's cows had a bit of ptraying,
and needed some one to watch them, and
mayle tramp after them. Singing a little
song which he had learned from a Cion
mel podlar, that began with
"Oh weary'a on luoney oh weary'son wealth,
And sure we don't wut them while we hare
our health,"
little Mike trudged merrily over the broad
heath and up the mountain side after his
cattle, caring no more for his scanty gar
ments and his naked feet than a bird does
when he siti on a wet branch and sings.
Kverj body's heart warmed to the boy.
That is, you know, everybody that "had
a heart worth ppeaking about. In par,
ticular that same old pedlar, who taught
Mike the song Some of this man's say
ings took firm hold of the boy's mind.
Once Mike war taking a drink of butter
milk at a cottage door, when the pedlar
was selling to the mistress a little slip of
looking-glass to show her how her Sunday
cap set, and be said as be put tbe price of
it in his pocket: "Now, ma'am, let me
tell you that it is in the power of you nnd
your good man, both of ye, to see the
finest sight in the world every day of your
lives.". "How so?" says she. "Why,
ma'am, if you cm both say when you look
in that glass I see an honest fJcel Sure,
didn't a famous poet say
'An honest roan'e the neblest work of God. "
Mike drank up more than the butter milk
just then, for bis mind drank in that Bay
ing. , :
Now there was a sweet, cool spot that,
on blazing summer days," Mike dearly
loved Rising among flags in a nook on
the mountain-side, was a clear, bright
springy of the purest water. Often and
often the boy went there and dipped in his
face, took a drink and a cooler at the same
time, and he would shake off tbe sparkling
diops from his shining cheeks, and cluster
ing bair, as the sky-lark scatters the dew
from its fluttering wings,' Looking into his
clear, deep well ; Mike could see his face,
and the pedlar's words came to his mind
about an honest face ; and the wish grew
strong in his heart (as many a year after
he would tell those beloved) that whatever
his lot in life might be, he might be honest
and true, and never ashamed to see his
own face in that poa!--Gud'a hillside
mirror.
It was a good wish,, and it came to
pass. Not by merely wishing though, as
I have known some foolish maidens think
when they have gone to what they call
wishing wells. and came back no wiser
than they went.
Mike strove to be honest; todohisdaty
by Larry Owen's cattle, and to be steady
as well as ready.
His friend, the old pedlar, died. Mike
never saw him after that time when be
gave the elegant speech on the looking'
glas.i, which, of course, made Mike re
member the saying all the more, for a
grateful heart never forgets the last words
of a friend. .
liy and by. when Mike was about fif
teen, and had saved op foor shillings, he
began to think of bettering himself. So
he left Larry Owens service, giving and
taking a blessing, and a good character.
Mike bought a little stock of haberdash
ery, and set out to sell it in remote vil-
. Some lovely springs in different part of
Ireland sre to called .
lages, and at lonely farm hoaeee. ' He
look up, in a small way, the trade of
his old friend, the pedlar. It was hard
work to make a crust. But Mike did
not mind hard work. One thingj he re
vived, if he lived on sea-weed, he would
pay his way. Uy degrees be increased
hi stock, and was so punctual and civil,
that , the warehouses he dealt with let
him have a better stock on credit. He
now worked harder than ever, and soon
he managed to have a full pack, and to
drive a smart trade.
, One morning, he came to pay 2, and
to have a fresh stock. A young man in
the wholesale, shop had just oeen to the
bank to fetch 300. Seeing Mike in
haste to be served, the shopman laid down
his money on the countermand forgot it.
When Mike's- parcel was packed, the
notes Bornehow got rolled up with his
goods Away went Mike nt his smartest
pace with his pack on his back. arid. never
stopped till, he bad gone twenty miles.
Then beine at a poprlous village, he began
to open and look over his stock. Lo and
behold there was the three hundred
pounds. Mike had never seen more than
two or three one pound notes in his life
time. He rubbed his eyes, and wondered
mightily how in the world the money got
there- Im in lack!" said he, "I needn't
suffer the hunger, or the toil any more ;
carrying this weary pack for miles and
miles, in all weathers, and sure there's a
power of bad weather. It's mostly hot.
or cold, or wet, that I am yearr in and
year out. I can now go to America.
There's a ship sails to-morrow morning
from Waterford. I'll go in her and boy me
a farm out yonderyand make myself com
foriable." With these words, which I
call the ilet'tTs tchisjw in his ear, ; poor
Mike went to bed. He could not sleep
there he lay hot and tossing. Ah, how
uifTerent from the sound sweet sleep of
honesty. It we? a. strong temptation ;
but Mike's kve for honesty, like a good
angel, did battle wi'h the evd one. -The
money is not mine," sounded in the depths
of his soul "To take it is to rob. S 'tne
one, may be, is, even now, in bitter trou
ble about it. And yet I didn't stenl it,
I don't know how it came into my pack.
Why should I throw up such luck ?"
Somehow he thought of the little moun
tain spring, and "Shall I be ashamed, to
look myself in tbe face!" said he
"never. God helping me, never I"
Up he got and away twenty miles
honest tramp. Foot-sore, yet light of
heart, he entered the store. "Why, Mike,
what brings you here again, so soon ? I
thought you had made all your market
yesterday," said the owner as he looked
at him. "True, sir, but I am come to
ask. did you lose some money yesterday?".
Yes, the poor young man was suffering
bitterly for his carelessness. He was that
da' to have been examined about , the
matter. ' If he had been proved guilty, he
would certainly have lost his place and
his character. , Mike opened his pack and
at once restored the money. t ,
Was that all Mike's history ? N'J
the owner of tbe shop was so pleased,
that he offered, if Mike now any town in
his walk where a shop in bis trade was
wanted, to put Mike into ', and stock t
on credit for hira. . There was a place
Mike knew of where there was a good
opening. With all "speed a house was
taker., a shoo opened, and Mike was es
tablished. ; The blessing was on him and
he prospered., He paid for his stock, his
trade increased, he made money and
what was the best of all, made it hon'stly.
There came a time when Mike could buy
a farm, not in America, but in his native
land. In tbe" Encumbered Es:ates Court
there was the very land to be sold on
winch he had worked as a herd boy, and
where the clear bright 'well was t hat had
in former days served" Mike as a looking
glass, and given him as we have seen,
more than one good reflection. Was it
not a joy that when he called it his own,
and looked into its clear depths once more,
instead of being ashamed to see his face,
he could remember without a blush, his
Iriend the pedlar's words
An honest man's the noblest work of God!"
Thy purse had better be empty than
filled with other folks' money. Knavery
may serve a turn, but honesty is the beat
in the end."
Unconscious , Heroism. One dark
night, not long . ago, a., burglar, entered
a private house on Sixth avenue. . On
ascending one flight of stairs he observed
a light in a chamber, and wliile hesitating
what to do, a large woman suddenly de
scended upon hioi," seized him by the
throat,- foreed him down through the ball,
and pushed him into the street before he
had time to think. "Heroic repulse of
a burglar by a woman," was tbe way
the story appeared in the papers next day.
15ut when friends called and congratulated
her upon her courage, she exclaimed,
'Goodness gracious I I didn't know he
was a burglar. If I had, I should have
been frightened half to death. I thought
it was my husband, came home drunk
8gain, and I was determined he shouldn't
stay in the house in that condition."
John Phoenix once hailed a German
who was driving a baker's wagon on
Montgomery street, San Francisco, with
"Hallo, I'll take one."
"Vat you take !" said Teuton, pulling
up. ' A baked eagle," said Phoenix,
pointing to "Eagle Bakery," painted on
the wagon,
Air. Stephen Glrard'g WoudeiTul
Vteatntr.
Stephen Girard ' was one tof the most
remarkable men who ever - lived. . Phila
delphia, the city where he amassed his
great fortune in business, was the recipi
ent of bis munificent bounty at hkr death,
and his name and memory are well pre
served in the Girard College, Girard Row,
Girard Avenue, Girard Bank, Girard
Insurance Company, Girard House, etc
At Girard College, where the support and
education of . some five hundred orphan
and half-orphan boys are. provided for,
there is. a marble statue oi Mr. Girard,
which represents him with exact ' fidelity
to bis appearance in life. He was of
short stature, a benevolent smile, and had
a shrewd face. : He wore a large, peculiar
coat, and his bair was tied in a qweue. -His
whole life; was marked. by eccentrici
ties, which in no particular were more,
observable than in his occasional acts of
benevolence. . ! -
Iu his office was a yoong man as clerk,
who attended to his duties very intelli
gently and faithfully. -This had attracted
the attention of Mr. Girard, for nothing
escaped him. One morning he came into
the office,- and calling the clerk, remarked :
"Young man, 1 dreamed of you last
night."
"Dreamed of me," returned the clerk,
in surprise.
"Yes : I saw a form, and heard a voice,
Tbe form was your own, and the voice
said i 'This young man is your best clerk,
but he should be a cooper. Merchants
fail, but coopers are Hi ways sure of a liv
ing by their trade.' So you must. leave
me and learn to Ire a first-rate cooper. I
never go contrary to my. dreams. - Tbey
often teach me how to proceed. I trust
in them as I do my own judgement, and
I obey them conscienliou8ly. Go and
get a place to learn the trade of a cooper,
and when you can make a barrel come
and see me again."
The clerk was, of course, greatly as
tonished. . But he had n) fear of toil, and
knew that he would lose nothing, in any
events by falling in with the directions of
Mr. Girard. .Accordingly he settled up
his affairs at the office, and in a few days
engaged with Mr. Gt-ard's cooper to learn
the trade. During a long period ho kept
steadily uwi iu.u .mIU( r.
gress.
Meanwhile Mr. Girard had not forgot
ten him. He often saw tbe young man
in his overalls at work on the wharvesy
and he always spoke encouragingly to
him. He bad not made up his mind as
to what he would do for hi or, but he was
greatly pleased at the successful carrying
out of his dream. On one occasion as
be came from the wharf he muttered:
"My young cooper is doing wrlL He
is a man, every inch of him I must give
him a helping hand."
A few - nights subsequently the good
old man was sleeping camly in hie humble-looking
apartment. His real wealth
did not show itself in anything about hira.
The furniture was old-fashioned, and all
the surroundings were strictly after the
plain taste of the owner. As he slum
bered his countenance : was calm, and
without the trace of a single rare. At
times a slight smile flitted over his face,
and he seemed to be in a pleasant dream.
His slumbers continued for a considerable
time, when he suddenly awoke. He
rubbed his eyes and then spoke.
- 44 Ah, ha 1'. he said, "I've had a dream
again about my young cooper. I thought
that I'd hear something about hira again.
There in a good spirit - looking after his
welfare,, surely. 4When be finishes his
apprenticeship, and is a eood cooper, give
him twenty thousand dollars to 6 tart in
business,' whispered the voice in my ear.
Of course I will. He i worthy of en
couragement. The money will go into
good hands. Of course I'll give it' to
hira, but in my own way. Ha, ha;
I've a plnn for that." ' . '
Soon the old man dropped into slumber
again. He had the same calm counte
nance, and the same serene smile. His
life was devoid of all evjl, and his dreams
were of good deeds in store for the future.
Time passed on. ' One day the young
man came into Mr. Girard s office. He
was in the garb ef a mechanic, and he
looked healthful and sinewy from manual
labor.
Good day, Mr. Girard," he said, as
tbe old gentleman turned to him with a
warm greeting. 4I ha e come to tell you
that I am a good cooper now".. I've served
my entire time " , .... -"Can
you make a good barrel ?",
"As good as any cooper in PhiladeU
phia."
... "Make me twenty, and bring them
here yourself
Tbe young man went off, and in an
hour was hard at work at the barrels.
He was really a superior workman, and
when the twenty barrels were completed
they were the admiration of all in the
shop. When they had been placed in
Mr. Girard's store he examined every one
of them with the closest scrutiny. He
looked at tbe staves, the hoops, the heads,
the shape, the cutting, and tbe driving,
and in the- end remarked to the young
cooper, who w88 anxiously waitiug for
his verdict :
' "They are good barrels. I never saw
better. You have learned your trade,
and done your part faithfully, Come
into tbe counting-room, and I'll now do
mine"
The couple went into the gee. Tbe
j old man's face was beaming with pleasure
and satisfaction, and the young man's
was flushed and pale by turns from tbe
peculiar circnmstance of the moment.
Mr. Girard took down his check-book,
and wrote a check. This he cut out, and
then, turning to the yonng man, said :
"My young friend, listen to me. Your
fidelity, promptness, and energy early at
tracted my. attention. .Then I had the
dream about you that I mentioned" to you
a long time ago. You acted with alacrity
upon the suggestion made in consequence
of that dream, and to-day you stand be
fore me skilled in a trade. I have dream
cd of you in J ho, meantime, A good
spirit whispered into my ear to give you
twenty thousand dollars You have
made for me twenty superior barrels "for
which I will now pay you one thounwid t
dollars each, '.making twenty thousand in
Hll " . ; -. .... . , . .. ... . ..
Mr. Girard at this junrtnre placed in
the hand bf the agitated young man-the
check he prepared. ' - " " . : '
"Now," he continued, ."you' have rhe
capital to commence business as a rner J
chant, if you see fit. Should disaster
overtake you go lo your trade agai."
The young man broke forth m' it tor
rent of thanks, Lot Mr. Girard abruptly
stopped him, 8'iying : . :
."You lope interest on your money
while you talk. i have fulfilled my
dreams, and done justice to you. Good
morning." " "
Hore this strange interview endpd.
The young man went away -with the
deepest gratitude in his heart, and a res
olution to make a name in businers wor
thy of the respect of his generous benefac
tor. : He' subsequently became one of first
merchants of Philadelphia.' This incident
is one of .the moat singular inthe history
of Mr. Girard, and no less in the anna-St
of dreams. .V )'. WetUy.
A Peoputon Stilts The pictures of
Rosh Bonheur liave made us well acquain
ted with the singular habiU which, the
shephetds of the lands south of Bordeau
have adopted of passrng the greater part
of their lives on stilts. The first time
that a group of these peopfa are seen there
is a curious emotion in the mind, as .of a
strange prodigy. Dressed in sheepskins,;
worn by time, knitting stockings or spin--,
ning thread, they gravely pass over the
reeds and furz the spectator buried, as i
.1 i v . tte. - j i I
ii were, in me uueiies ; mry mieu nearer
the sky. on the verge of the horizon The
long stick, which they handle wifb so
much address, serving as a balancing pole
or a Support for the arm. contributes to
the strangeness of their appearance ; they
look like gigantic crickets, preparing to
spring. Iu the lands, not only the shep
herds, but every one, uses this style of
locomotion ; the children have no fear,
and the women, who are invariably dressed
in black, resemble large ravens perched
on dead brandies. . . , -
TIuj origin of stilts is unknown, bi it
is profca6le they were not in use before
the middle ag s, as authors make no men
tion of them. In tbe patois of tbe country
they are.called change, which would seem
to fix their origin in the period of the rule
of the English, deriving it from our word,
thank ; probably some inventive English
mind gave them this servicable mode of
progression. Perched on theso borrowed
legs tbe shepherd watches over his charge,
concealed in the brushwood, crosses un
injured the marshes and qgiuksands, fears
n.t to be torn by thorns or dry twigs, and j
can at any time double the speed at which
he ordioarily walks. Whether it has any
effect on the character cannot be denied ;
but certain it is that these people are dis
tinguished by their wild, savage nature.
They have a horror for strangers and
when they perceive a' traveler coming
toward them, they hasten to fie into con
cealment. Chambers' JouruaL .
What Can the Girls Do ? There-.
are many noble examples of what girls
often perform, when poverty holds its
meagre mintle over them, of whJch ths
following is an instance :
A Cincinnati press states that three'
years ago a poor orphan girl applied and
was admitted to set type for that p-aper.
She worked two years, drrring' which
time she earned, besides her board, about
$200 ; and, availing herself of the privi
leges which the printing office afforded,
acq liring a good education. She is now
associate editress of a popular paper, and
is engaged to be married to i-rte of the
smartest lawyers in Ohio Such a girl
bound to shine and eclipse tens of thous
ands who are educated in the lap of
luxury, md tanght all the "accomplish
ments" of the boarding school. Such a
wife wilf be n jewel to her husband, an
ornament to society, and an honor to her
sex and her country.
As editor who was evidently insane,
or had n strong and tivid imagination, re
cently got off the following appropriate
item i . :
I had a dream the other night.
When everything was 6till ;
I dreamed each advertiser
Came np and paid his bill.
Each wore a look of honen'y,
And smiles were around each eye.
As they landed out the stamps.
Saying, Row is this for high 7"
How many are there or ye's down
there 7" shouted an Irish overseer to some
men iu a csal pit. "rive.' wa the answer
"Well. th"n. the half ov je's to cjroe tip
bre." said hs.
Tux Caijpenter. Besides' being vry '
much useful, we might say an indiapensi'
ble man, in this community we look upoo
f he carpenter as a soother and .peacema
ker, for after the architect has forwed
ofitimes wicked designs ripon your house,
and puzzled you with the Corinthian-, the
Ionic, the Doric, proto-Doric arid hunki- .:
Doric f bewildered you among; porticos
and column", and foliated capitals, and
entablatures, and architrave., and fhites
and cornices, and palisters, ai.d facades,
and exasperated you with his spmidrilg :
and traceries, and cinque centos, and our- '
bels,frd. trefoils, and penden;ives, and -other
urchin cbnica!itics you don't know
anything at all about, the carpenter steps'
in and puts yojr housft fn a goof frauie -makes"everything
plane, as it were, with
tne addition, per1iaprf of bis square, chalk
line and scratch-awl, adze, m,w and a few .
other trifling articles from his tool chef.
Without the carpenter to plan and put
together, your house would be in no frame'
to receive the jj-iner and the paper-hanger,'
and various other representatives of I her,
mechanic' arts, who are dependent upon
his movements. So you see the important
position be fills. - . - '
Although nothing but a mechanic, yet
the carpenter is admitted into our, very,
best houses, and is often consulted re
garding tlwir arrangements. The rich
ar.d proud, who live in "stuck-np" houses,
have to get the carpenter to stick 'em up.
The carpenter gets up a gicat mnuy stories
on such people. We have known him to'
get up five s'.ories snd a Mansard roof.
Carpenters have a knack of acroraula--tingv
There is . a Carpenter's Shavings
Bank back of nearly every carpenter shop,
where they deposit their ?hainjs. The'
poor are often allowed to draw on that
bank (if they don't draw off a waon load)'
and no interest charged. Little fhavers
are not considered of much account among'
carpenters, as thia is a profession in which
a workman is known by his shaving:.
The carpenter is charitably disposed
toward his fellows. He is rot looking
for a mote in' his brother's optic, because
there is usually a beam, or at least a
scantling in his own eye, or if by chance
heshould discover the mote, he would,
dimply remark, "So mote it be."
Several distinguished rnn began thcr
rnreeri as 'carpenters. There was- the
t"rpenter of Rouen. We don't know
how he fVnppened to be in r''n. but think
k wt3 through driuk. Then there is Mr.
Carpenter, of 'lbe celeb'rsled and well
known firm of Carpenter" & Joiner, whoser
joint transsctions are carried on all over
the world ; and there is Matt Carpenter,
Senator. from Wisconsin, who ckwi't iraroa.
buildings, but wbo helps to frame laws.
Carpenters are a hard-working, indus
trious set of men, and probably do more
thao any of her class, unless we xcept
the bricklayers,- to build up a city. Don't
carp at the carpentor.. ... . , .. ,
Wonders of thk Tki egraph TnaT
press dispatches from Europe to New
York, during the last four weeks, ntttn
be red about one Irundred thousand wrrds.
New. York. fcta's been better posted rh the
issue of the war each day than London.
Paris or Berlin. Tb's-se dispatches have
nearly all been sent by a single cable, full
one-thrd of the whole to a single daily
paper,- and with, marvelous rapidity and
accuracy. Familiar. as we are with ibe
work of the telepraph, it has been. a mar
Ve.l to us. To hundreds of thousands of
minds the whole work is and has been a
deep enigma.- Here is a man sitting in a
dark ' roots - at Heart's Content. - Tho
ocean cable terminates here A fine wire
attached thereto is made to surround two
small cores of sTft.iron. As the electric
wave, produced by a fe-iv pieces of cppen
and zinc at Va'.entia, passes through t' e
wfres, these cores become magnetic enough
to move the slightest object. A looking
glass half an inch iu; diameter, ia-fixed on
a bir, of iron one-tenth of an inch sqiare
mid half an inch long. On this tiny glass
a lamp is made to glare so that its light
is rcfl-cted on a tablet on the wall. ' The
language of the cable is denoted by the
shifting of this reflected light from side to
side. Letter by letter is thus exprewed
in this fitting idiom in utter silence on the
waif.- There is no record made by the
machine' except as the patient watcher
calls out to a comrade the translated
flashes as they come, and which he re
cords It seems a miracle of patience.
There is something of awe creeps over us.
as we see tbe evidence of a human touch
3,000 miles away swaying that line of
light. By such a delk-ate process as this,
and after being repeated from line to line,
five limes before its ultimate cpy is in
New York, have the late great battles
been recorded in our daily papers with
great particularity end sent thronehout
tbe Union. Nothing like it baa cei- la-'
fore been accomplished. The enterprise
or" the New York presf. of a single press
in New York, has eclipsed that of the
wealthiest and ablest presses in Europe.
It is characteristic of tlw nation to do its
work grandly and well. Journal of the
Ttlgrt'ph.
A raw dats since a school m8ter waa
teaching a six-years-old boy the alphabet,
and found that the little fellow staggered
when he came to "I." "What is that let
ter, Johnny 7" said the pedagogue. "Don't
know," squeaked the urchin. "Yes yon
do," put in the teacher. "What have I rot
on either side of my nose. Johnny 7" "Toddy
blossoms '; bo father says.rejjinad th pupil,
and took hi seat icstautor. .
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