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DURBORROW & Or) THIRD SESSION OF TELE FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS rRESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATURE-No. B.] JOINT RESOLUTION for the protec tionand preservation of the food fishes of the coast of the United States. Whereas it is asserted that the most valuable food fishes of the coast and the lakes of the United States are rapidly di minishing in number, to the public injury, and so as materially to affect the interests of trade and commerce : Therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he hereby is authorized and required to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among the civil officers or employees of the government, one person of proved scientific and practical acquintance with the fishes of the coast, to be commissioner of fislrand fisheries, to serve without addi tional salary. SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That it shall be the duty of said commissioner to prosecute investigations and inquiries on the subject, with the view of ascertaining whether any and what diminution in the number of the food fishes of the coast and the lakes of the United States has taken place; and, if so, to what causes the same are due; and also whether any and what protective, prohibitory, or precautionary measures should be adopted in the premi ses; and to report upon the same to Con gress. SEC. 3. And be it further resolved, That the heads of the Executive departments be, and they are hereby, directed to cause to be rendered all necessary and practica ble aid to the said commissioner in the prosecution of the investigations and in quiries aforesaid. SEC. 4. And be it further resolved, That it shalt be lawful for said commissioner to take, or cause to be taken, at all times, in the waters of the sea-coast of the United States, where the tide ebbs and flows, and also in the waters of the lakes, such fish or specimens thereof as may in his judg ment, from time to time, be needful or proper for the conduct of his duties as aforesaid, any law, custom, or usage of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, February 9, 1871. [RESOLUTION OP GENERAL NATURE-NO. 9.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the sale (*a portion of the Fort Leavenworth military reservation to the Kansas Ag ricultural and Mechanical Association, of Leavenworth county, in the State of Kansas, for fair grounds. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembles!, That the Kansas Agricultural and Mechanical Association, a corporate body organized under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Kansas, is hereby authorized to purchase from the United States, for the sole purpose and use of such association as a fair ground, and for experimental agri culture and horticulture, that portion of the Fort Leavenworth military reservation bounded and described as lbllows, viz : Commencing at the southeast corner of the premises herein described, at a point one hundred feet north and in continuation of the west line of Sixteenth street, as laid down and recorded in the map of the city of Leavenworth, and one hundred feet north of the south line of said reservation ; thence running westerly and parallel to said south boundary two thousand five hundred and eighty feet to the east line of Nineteenth street; thence northerly and in continua tion of the east side of said Nineteenth street two thousand one hundred and sev enty-five feet; thence easterly and parallel to the south line of said reservation two thousand five hundred and eighty feet ; thence southerly and parallel to the west line of the premises herein described two thousand one hundred and seventy-five feet, to the place of beginning, containing one hundred and twenty-eight and eighty-two one-hundredths acres of hind, more or less; i lreserving to the government or assigns the iright to the coal, or royalty for coal, under lying the same. : 1 SEC. 2. And be it farther regolvcd, That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to appoint a commission of competent•army officers, of such number as he may deem best, which said commission shall, without unnecessary delay, examine and report the true value of the land hereinbefore descri bed to the Secretary of War. On receipt of this report, the Secretary of War will forward certified copies of the same to the Secretary of the Interior and to the Kansas Agricultural Association. . SEC. 3. And be it further resolved. That whenever the association thus notified shall place to the credit of the United States, in lawful money. the amount of said appraisal, and notifiy the Secretary of the Interior of such deposit, it shall he the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to cause to be is sued to the said Kansas Agricultural and Mechanical Association a patent for the said land above described : Provided. That the association shall make the said deposit Iwithin one year from the date of the notice of appraisal from the Secretary of War. Approved, February 9, 1871. WITH BUSINESS CARDS, CONCERT TICKETS [RESOLUTION Or GENERAL NATCRE-No. to. JOINT RESOLUTION to exempt cer tain boats from the payment of marine hospital dues, and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of an act entitled An act to reorganize the marine hospital service, and to provide for the relief of sick and disa bled seamen," approved June twenty-nine; eighteen hundred and seventy, and also the provisions of the first section of a cer tain other act entitled "An act to regulate the foreign and coasting trade on the north ern, northeastern, and northwestern fron tiers of the United States, and for other purposes," approved, July one, eighteen hundred and - seventy, shell not apply to nor he construed to include canal-boats em ployed in navigating the canals within the United States, notwithstanding such ca nal-boats may be enrolled or licensed for the coasting trade; and no person employ ed in or connected with the navigation, management, or use of canal boats in the coasting trade shall by reason thereof be entitled to any benefit or relief from the marine hospital fund. SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the seventh section of the last above men- LEGAL BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, tioned act he, and the same is hereby, amended so as to extend to all vessels nav igating the waters of said frontiers other wise than by the sea, the fees for the en- United States Laws. LAWS OF TUE UNITED STATES PASSED AT THE HUNTINGDON, PA., MARCH 8, 1871. trance and clearance of which shall be as follows ; For the entry of a vessel direct from a foreign port, fifty cents ; Provided, That ferry-boats running on routes, duly bounded, and used exclusively for carrying sealed cars, under the provision of see tiona five and six, of the act of July twen ty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, and ferry-boats carrying passen gers and their personal baggage only, shall not he required to enter or clear, or to pay entrance or clearance fees ; but such baggage shall, however, be subject to the provisions of section forty-six of the act of of March two, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, and acts supplementary there to : And provided further, That enrolled or licensed vessels departing from or ar riving at a port in one collection district to or from a port in another collection dis trict, and also touching at intermediate foreign ports, shall not thereby become liable to the payment of entry and clear ance fees, or tonnage tax, as if from or to foreign ports; but such vessels shall, not withstanding, be required to enter and clear. Approved, February 10, 1871. [RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATURE-NO. 11.] L RESOLUTION authorizing the use of a naval vessel to transport breadstuffs to Europe. Resolved by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assenzbled, That the President of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to cause to be stationed at the port of New York, and the ports of Boston and Philadelphia, if the same can b 3 done without injury to the public ser vice, one or more of our naval vessels, to be there held in readiness to receive on board for transportation such supplies es may be furnished by the people of the Uni ted States for the destitute and suffering people of France and Germany. Approved, February 10, 1871. [RESOLCTION OF GENERAL NATURE—No. 12.] JOINT RESOLUTION in favor of Joshua Bishop, late lieutenant comman der United States navy. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to reappoint Joshua Bishop, as a lieutenant commander in the United States navy. Approved, February 14. 1871. [RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATUNE-SO. 13.] A RESOLUTION for the relief of Lieu. tenant Commander John N. Quaeken bush. Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of AMerica in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be authorized to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to appoint, Lieutenant Com mander John N. Quackenbush to the ac tive list of the navy, with the rank to which he may be entitled thereon. Approved, February 16, 1871. [RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATURE—NO. 14.] A RESOLUTION to authorize the Presi dent to permit William L. Hanscom, late a naval constructor of the navy of the United States, to withdraw his resig nation of tirat-crffice-. Resolved by the Senate and Haase of Representatives of the wiled States of America in Congress assembled; That the President, if he shall deem it expedient, be, and hereby is, authorized to permit William L. Hanscom, late naval construc tor of the navy of the United States, to withdraw his resignation of that office, which was accepted by the Department of the Navy, January fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and to reinstate the said Hanscom in the office of naval construc tor : Provided, however, That no pay, emoluments, or compensation in any form, shall be allowed or paid under authority of this resolution, except such as may be come due under the laws for services which may be rendered from and after the time when the said Hanscom shall have been reinstated by order of the President. Approved, February 16, 1871. it irENER I; NATURE -NO. 15.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-two of an act entitled An act furthar to pre vent smuggling. and forother purposes," approved -July eighteen. eighteen hun dred and sixty-six. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaaes of the Cult,' .Sates of America in Congress assembled, That sec tion twenty-two of an Act entitled "An act further to prevent smuggling, and fur oth er puposes," approved July eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be and the same is hereby, amended. so that the same shall be as follows : SEC. 22. And belt lartlw cnacted. That if any vessel enrolled or licensed to Cit , gage in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern and northwest ern frontiers of the United States shall touch at any port or place in thtradjacent British provinces, and the master or other person having charge of such vessel shall purchase any goods, wares, or merchan dise, fhr the use of said vessel, said master or other person having charge of said ves sel shall report the same ; with cost and quantity thereof, to the collector or other officer of the costoms at the first port in the United States at which he shall next arrive, designating them --sea stores;" and in the oath to be taken by such master or other person in charge of such vessel, on making said report, he shall declare that the articles so specified or designated "sea stores" are truly intended for the use ex clusively of said vessel, and are not in tended for sale, transfer. or private use; and if, upon examination and inspection by the collector or other officer of the cus toms, such articles are not deemed exces sive in quantity for the use of said vessel, until an American port may be reached by such vessel, where such sea stores may he obtained, such articles shall be declared free of duty; but if it shall be found that the quantity or quantities of such articles, or any part thereof so reported, are ex cessive, it shall be lawful for the collector or other officer of the customs to estimate the amount of duty on such excess, which , shall be forthwith paid by said master or person having charge of said vessel, on pain of forfeiting a sum of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than four times the value of such excess, or said mas ter or other-person having charge of such vesselshall be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than three months nor more than two years, at the discretion of the court. And if any other or greater quantity of dutiable articles shall be found on boareinch vessel than are specified in such report or entry of said articles, or any part thereof shall be landed without a per mit from a collector or other officer of the customs, such articles, together with the . vessel, lier apparel, tackle, and furniture, shall be stized and forfeited : Provided al ways, That articles purchased for the use of or for ask on board any steamboat, pro peller, or other vessel, as saloon stores or supplies, shall bedeemed goods, wares and merchandise, and shall be liable (when purchased at a foreign port) to entry and the payment of the duties found to be due thereon a$ the first port of arrival of such vessel in the United States; and for a fail ure on the part of the saloon-keeper or the person purchasing or owning such ar ticles to report, make entries, and pay du ties, as hereinbefore required, such articles, together with the fixtures and other goods, wares, or merchandise, found in such sa loon or oe or about such vessel belonging to and owned by suchsaloon keeper or oth er person interested in such saloon, shall be seized and forfeited. and such =loon keeper or other person purchasing and owning as aforesaid shall forfeit and pay the sum of not less than one hundred dol lars, nor more than five hundred dollars, and in addition thereto shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than three months nor more than two years Approved, Febniary 10. 1871. [GENERAL NATURE-NO. 16.] AN AC to create an additional land dis- trict is the State of California Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of _America hi ('ongress assembled, That so much of the districts of lands subject to sale under existing laws at Marysville and Shasta, in the State of California, as are contained in the following boundaries, shall constitute a new land district, to be called the Susanville district, bounded as follows : Beginiug at a point where the north boundary of township nineteen north, Mount Diablo meridian, intersects the eastern boundary of the State of Califor nia; thence west on the north boundary of township nineteen north, to the corner of townships nineteen and twenty north, ranger i s] thirteen and fourteen cast; thence north to the corner of townships twenty-one and twenty-two north, ranges thirteen and fourteen cast; thence west to the corner of townships twenty-one and twenty-two north, ranges eleven and twelve east; thence north tithe corner of town ships twenty-three and twenty-four north, ranges eleven and twelve east; thence west to the corner of' townships twenty three and twenty-four north, ranges eight and nine cast; thence north to the corner of townships twenty-five and twenty-six north, ranges eight and nine east; thence west to the corner of townships twenty-five and twenty-six north, ranges five and six east ; thence north between ranges five and six to the northern boundary of the State of California ; thence east on said boundary line to the northeast corner of said State; thence south on the eastern boundary of said State, the place of begin ning. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the location of the office for said district shall be designated by the President of the United States, and may be changed by him from time to time as the public con venience may seem to require. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and a receiver for said -hued dibtriet, Who shall respectively bere quired to reside at the site of the office, be subject to the same laws, and entitled to the same compensation as is, or may hereafter be, prescribed by law in relation to other land offices in said State. Approved, February 10, 1871. [GENERAL NATURE-NO. 17.] AN ACT to authorize the sale of certain lands reserved for the use of the Me nomonee tribe of Indians, in the State of Wisconsin. it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby author ized to cause to be subdivided, appraised, and sold a portion of the lands, not ex ceeding six townships, reserved for the use of the Menomonee tribe of Indians, in the county of Shawanaw, and State of Wisconsin, as follows : The said lands shall he appraised by two or more disinterested appraisers, to be selected and appointed by said Secretary, in eighteen acre lots, ac cording to the public survery. Such ap praisal shall state the quality of 'the soil, the quality, quantity, and value of the timber, growing on each lot; and, when returned to the land office of the district in which such lands are situated, shall be subject to public inspection for at least six ity days before the day appointed for the sale of said lands, as hereinafter provided. One copy of said appraisal shall be made and returned to the land office of the district in which such lands are situated within six months from the taking effect of this act, and duplicate thereof to the Secretary of the Interior; and the persons appoint ed to make such appraisal shall receive such compensation for their services as may be fixed by the Secretary of the In ' terior. SEC. 2. And furth , r enacted, That the lands appraised as aforesaid shall he advertised for sale by notice of not less than three months, to published in at least three newspapers of the slid district hav ing general circulation, and shall be offered, at public auction; at the nearest Govern ment land office within Green Bay agency, to the highest bidder, in lots of not ex ceeding eighty acres; but shall not be sold for less than the appraised value thereof. None of said lands shall be subject to I private entry until the same shall have I been offered as aforesaid, and then only at the price fixed by such appraisal. All of said lands remaining unsold at the expira tion of one year after they shall have been offered as aforesaid shall be again adver tised and offered, at public auction, at the nearest Government land office within the Green Bay agency, at not less than the minimum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and thereafter shall be sub ject to private entry at the latter price, and shall in all cases be sold for cash only. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the townships thus selected for sale shall be in a compact body, and consist, if prac ticable, of unoccupied lands: Provided, That sloth portions of the same as may be occupied and improved, if any. by mem bers of the tribe, not exceeding eighty acres to each settler, shall not be sold with out the consent of the party in possession, but shall be valued as other subdivisions, the appraisers reporting separately the value of the improvements thereon; which tracts may,iffien, with the consent of the occupants, be sold, and the price of the improvements paid over to the respective occupants. Sao. 4. And be it further enacted, That from the first proceeds of the sale of lands, as hereinbefore provided, shall be paid the expenses of survey, appraisal, and sale thereof; and the residue of such proceeds shall be paid to or funded for the benefit of said tribe, in such manner as the Presi dent, with the assent of the chiefs and headmen of said tribe, may determine. SEc. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be and remain inoperative, as to the first five sections thereof, until full and satisfactory evidence shall have been placed on the files of the office of Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the sales herein authorized have the sanction of tribe, evidenced by orders of agreement taken in full coancil. J. G. BLAINE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Vice-President' of the United States and President of the Senate. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. —The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.r pritliug fox thy 41qation. Tit-Bits, Taken on the Fly. Disraeli is coming to America. Paul Morphy has quit chess and gone to law. Col. James Fisk, Jr., opened the ball of the Ninth Regiment, by dancing with Mrs. Fisk. Dr. Mercer Brown died at Middletown, Dauphin county, Sunday morning, aged seventy-five years. Senator Morrill, of Maine, is not so ill as has been represented, whichthe country will be glad to know. A Norwegian woman with twenty chil dren recently arrived in Milwaukee. the children were all her own. It is known beyond a doubt that Presi dent Grant will visit California after Con gress adjourns, accompanied probably by Secretary Governor English, of Connecticut, heads a petition to the City Council of New Haven to allow the running of the street cars on Sunday. "Chorpenning" is a newly coined word, meaning swindling the Government without incurring penalty, much used in Washington at present. The election of M. Theirs as chief ex ecutive of France appears to he well re ceived by the French people, and the press, generally, approves the selection. A number of literary men in London talk of celebrating the anniversary of Shakespeare's birth—April 23—by a din ner in the poet's house at Stratford. Two short treatises on Pennsylvania German are in course of compilation, a grammar by Professor Notz, and a vocaba • Lary of Mr. E. H. Ranch, of Lancaster. General J. B. Magruder, well known as a prominent actor in the rebellion, died a few days since, in the city of Houston, Texas. He had reached the age of sixty years. The Democrats of Ndw Hampshire have failed in efforts to persuade the Labor Re formers to withdraw their candidate for Governor, and vote for the Democratic numineo. There is a man living in the moantahn of North Carolina who, it is said, has reached the age of 143 years. At the time of Braddock's defeat he was twenty years old, and had a wife and three chil dren. The supposed gold mine on Leading Creek, Randolph county, West Va., which caused so much excitement several months ago, and reported to be worthless, has been pronounced by geologists to be a rich vein of nickel. Let us give honor to whom honor is due. Governor Randolph, of New Jersey, a Democrat, has signed the joint resolution passed by the Legislature ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment to the National Constitution. The Missouri State Senate has passed a concurrent resolution, previously adopted by the House, asking Congress to pass a full and complete amnesty net. The House has passed a bill taxing all the railroads in the Sate. • The Greensburg Republican and Demo crat pronounces the story that the late Jno• Covode left an estate worth over a million, a fabulous one, and furnishes some facts and figures going to show that the estate will not amount to $300.000. The pine forests of Pennsylvania are rapidly melting away. For ten years past the consumption of timber to supply the numerous saw mills at Williamsport alone has been immense. The amount of logs rafted out of the boom fot the present season will cut over 215,000,000 feet of boards. Di. Mercer Brown, father of John Brown, Esq., of the Ilarrisbur 7, Patriot, died at his residence in Middletown, on Sunday morning , in the 75th year of his age. He was rn near West 'Chester, April 19, 1776. Entering the office of Dr. King, of Columbia, at an early age, tie devoted himself assiduously to the study of the profession he had chosen, graduating in the year 1815, with the degree of doctor of medicine. Subsequently he became a suc cessful practitioner at Wrightsville, York county. where, after remaining several years, he removed to Middletown. The female suffragists continue their efforts in Washington to secure the ballot. Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker succeeds Mrs. Woodhull in public lecturing. and will this week deliver her moral and relic , ions argument for the enfranchisement of' woman. On the other side Mrs. Almira Lincoln Phelps will, in a few days issue an address to the women of the country and more especially to the old pupilsof her late sister, Mrs. Willard, and of her own call ing on them to protest against female suf frage indicate themselves as true women. General Sheridan told a correspondent, at Florence, in regard to his observation of the Franco-German war, that in the first place he saw very well that the Germans were "walking over the track," and sec ondly, that he did not find any important advances 'upon the tactics already adopted by American strategists. But with regard to the national defence of France, General Sheridan considered that the want of good cavalry had prevented the French com manders from repulsing their invaders, and he estimated that a flying column like his own, vigorously directed, would have cut the Germans all to pieces and liberated Paris long before now. Little Things and Great Results, A gnat choked Pope Adrain to death, which caused wonderful changes in the destination and history of the whole world. A counsellor of Rome was strangled by a hair in the milk which he drank. This event caused the most serious result of any thing that ever transpired in his family. Anacreon, one of the lyric poets, is said to have lost his life by swallowing the skin of a raisin. The world then lost one of the most illustrious poets and writers. A destructive war between France and England was occasioned by a quarrel be tween two boy princes. • The "Grasshopper War," which took place about the time the Pilgrims came to New England in the Mayflower, between two Indian tribes, was brought about in this way: An Indian woman, with her little Son, went to visit a friend belonging t 3 another tribe. The little fellow caught a large grasshopper on the road and carried it with him. A lad from the other tribe wanted it, but he refused to give it up. A quarrel ensued, which soon drew the fathers and mothers into the dispute, and ere long the chiefs were engaged in a war which nearly exterminated one tribe. Several centuries ago, some soldiers of Modena carried away a bucket from a public well at Bologna, which was the cause of a long war; and the King of Sardinia was imprisoned for twenty-two years, where he died. An English and French vessel had a quarrel about which should be supplied first from a certain well of water, which induced a war that cost 1,000 lives. The great philosopher, Newton, was a child playing with soap bubbles. which led him to his most important discoveries in optical instruments. Stephen Montgolfier saw a shirt waving when hung before the fire, from which he first conceived the idea of a balloon. When Gallileo was in the Metropolitan temple of Persia, he observed the oscilla tions of a lamp; and this was the first con ception of a correct method of measuring time. • The introduction of the telescope is due to a litle boy playing with spectacle glasses. The art of printing was suggested by a man cutting the letters of his name on the bark of a tree and impressing them on paper. On account of which we have books printed on good legible type on almost any and every subject sought by the human mind. Hold Fast Below, A party of Irishmen, wee upon a time, contracted to clear a very deep well. "Having none of the usual conveniences employed for such purposes, they were at a loss to get one of the party on a little ledge near the bottom to assist in the process of getting out water, mud, etc. At last Jimmy Phelan, a herculean fellow, proposed a plan which was consider just the thing. It was this: Jimmy was to clasp his big Ssts around the windlass; then another of the party was to clamber down and hold on by his legs, and so on until the last man should be able to leap upon the ledge. Being slightly corned with liquor, the party prepared for the decent, without stopping to contemplate the difficulties involved in the adventure. With bared breast, and sleeves tucked up, big Jimmy seized the round portion of the windlass directly over the well and swung himself over. Another of the party crept down Jimn — VFl7ol dy by the boots. After severer more had fol.- lowed suit, and the human chain began to stretch far in to the well, Jimmy became alive to one grate difficulty; the windlass did not afford him a good hold in the first place, and the weight was getting intoler able. _ . At last human sinew could stand it no longer, and Jimmy hailed the lower link in the chain with : “Be jabers, Pat howld fast below till sphit on me haus. Suiting the action to the words, lie re leased his hold, when, of course, the whole party was preciptated to the bottom of the well. As luck would have it, there was more mud than water where the Hibernians lit, an they wisely considered themselves particularly fortunate in escaping without actual loss of either life or limb. -e The Corner Lounger. The young squirt on the corner, with his hat a little on one side, the stub of a cheap cigar in his mouth, and a stare for every lady that passes, is a loafer Do you know where he gets his money ? His mother earns it for him by taking in washing. Poor soul ! she thinks her boy will get work soon. Ile could find work enough to keep him busy from early mourn until evening, if he wanted it, but he is a lazy loafer, and don't want work. If he gets a place, he neglects his work, or does it so poorly he is soon discharged. Ile never wcrks for the same man twice; or. perhaps he is particlar what kind of work he does. He is willing that his mother or sister should sew or wash to earn money for him to spend, but he is a little particular as to the work he does. He looks down on that sweaty carpenter who hur ries past him, nods condecendingly to his friend, the shoemaker, and sends a whiff of smoke into the eyes of bedaubed pain ters, with both hands full of pots and brushes. He couldn't borrow 10 cents of any of them. They know he would never pay it. They earn their money. He begs of his mother a part of her hard earnings, at an age, too, when he is capable of putting his shoulder to the wheel and adding a little towards the support of himself and little brothers and sisters. The Dandy. The effeminate man is a weak poultice. He is a cross between root beer and ginger pop, with the cork left out; a fresh-water mermaid found in a cow pasture with hands filled with dandelions. He is a teacup full of syliabub ; a kitten in panta letts ; a sick monkey with a blonde mus tache. He is a vine without any tendril ; a fly drowued in oil; a paper kite in a dead calm. He lives like a butterfly—nobody can tell why. He is as harmless as a cent's worth of spruce gum, and as a shirt but ton without a hole. He is as lazy as a bread pill, and has no more hope than a last year's grasshopper. He goes through life on tiptoes, and dies like cologne water spilt over the ground. A YOUNG Hooosier once said to a Hoosieress, "Sal, is there any body euurtin' you now ?" And Sal replied. "Well, Sam, there is one fellow sorter courtin' and sorter not; but I rather reckon, it is more sorter not than sorter." NO. 10. gomt Oirgle. The Heavenly. Race. The race-course, one of the great amuse ments of the apostolic age, furnished the apostle Paul with a most striking and beau tiful illustration of the Christian life. The ancient races were of intense interest. The vast amphitheatre is crowded with interest ed spectators. In the distance is the crown, made of ivy, oak, or laurel—intrinsically of no value, but earnestly sought as a re ward of successful physical effort. The competitors arc selected, and enter the course—the race begins—all eyes are fixed on the runners. Father, mother, brother, sister, are saying, "Will my son, my broth er win ?" The runners are stimulated to tax all their powers to the uttermost in view of the thousands of witnesses whose eyes are upon them. What a scene for the apostle : He seizes it. and applies it to the Christian life.— Every Christian is a runner, and the great est possible preparation should be made for the race. Every incumbrance should be laid aside, and the sin to which we are most naturally inclined, either by our con stitutional peculiarities or the circumstan ces in which we may be placed. Business perplexities, sinful propensities, inveterate prejudices, lifeless formalities, unbelief, pride, covetousness, auger, needless indul gence, will seriously hinder us in the spir itual race-course. Patience is required.— The nature of the contest is such that pa tience will be needed in its meet perfect state. The eye must be fixed on Jesus. He is the "Author and finisher of our faith." and consequently, He will sustain it. He has overcome; so we are to look to Him as hav ing triumphed. As lie triumphed, so shall we; He gained the crown, so shall we. if we are successful in the race. The cloud of witnesses—who are these ? Doubtless the departed ones. some whom we have known, our fellow-laborers, sonic of them members of our own household, the dear ones of' our hearts. The saints of olden times are in the cloud. The apostle gives us a list of some of them in the 11th Aseor Abel WWI& the list.. The first to enter heaven. he vet speßketh Enoch, who was translated that he should not see death ; Noah, the preacher of right eousness, who yitnessed the dreadful scene of the destrnetilit of the world's inhabitants by the flood;. and Abraham, the friend of God, who could offer his dear Isaac in sac rifice, are in the Cloud. What witnesses ! They are looking, lowing us along the race-course. How anx ious ! "Will he win—will he Lee ?" they exclaim ; and the scene brightens, and they become jubilant on the arrival of the dear ones who had struggled hard for the crown of life. ow inspiring to think that the dear ones—those we have known and loved in other years, with whom we have taken sweet counsel, and with whose spirits we have held sweet communion, though safe beyond the conflicts of life—have not for gotten us, but are interested for us still : That mother—dear name—with what anx ious solicitude she watched over my early years, . . _ " And taught my roving feet. To tread the heavenly road!" she is thinking of me still, and her auxiou eye follows us along the race-course. That dear little one—an angel now—that early gained the prize, is among the witnesses.— They know our struggles and conflicts, and how often do they whisper. when we are fainting, or growing weary. -Be of good coor on—endure a little lono.er." and then exclaim, comes d'ulice,;- mother, brother, sister, child!" What greetings, what eestaciesare there ! Friends separated by death are now in each other's embrace—safe at last Will not heaven be surpassingly sweet. after the conflicts of the raee ? weloe.k over the dangers and difficulties of the course, will not our joy swell to raptures that we triumphed and gained the prize: And, donbtlem, we shall then understand something - of the feeling of the sainted Whitfield who said if he ever reached heaven, the fact that he found himself safely there, would be the greatest wonder that he should ever find in that world. Sin forever left behind no. Earthly visions cease to hind. Fleshly fetters cea,e to hind u• Ah! 'lb , heaven at last! On the jasper threshhold standing:, Like a pilgrim safely landing, F. th e ,t eett m e , l"right seeneexpandin,. Ah! heaven at last ! ' Advantages of Plain Attire at Church. 1. It would lessen the burdens of many who find it hard to maintain their place in sneiett% 2. It would lessen the force of that, mp tations which often lead men to barter hon. or and honesty 14 display.... . s „ 3. If there was lei .rife m dress at church. people in moderate circumstances would be more inclined to attend. 4. Universal moderation in dress a church would improve the worship by the removal of many wandering thoughts. 5. It would enable all classes of people to attend church better in unfavorable weather. 6. It would lessen, on the part of the rich, the temptations to vanity. 7. It would lessen, on the part of the poor, the temptation to be envious and malicious. 8. It would save valuable time on the Sabbath. 9. It would relieve our minds from a serious pressure, and thus enable us to do more for good enterprises, The Secret of Good Work. • Some years ago I was brought in con tact with a colored man. He was nothing but a cobbler—he said himself he was not a decent shoemaker, and I can testify to that from some experience of his work. But if not elegantly done, it was thorough ly done, and that was the point. He told me that when he became too old and crip pled to work in the field and house, he took to cobbling. I said to him. "My friend, after this cobbling on earth is done, how about the other world ? Have you any hope for a better world?" -Ah, master," said he. sin nothing, as I told you, but a poor cobbler, but I feel, when I sit here and work at my stool, that the good Master is looking at me. and when I put on a heel tap. it is not paper, but good leather." It is not the work we do upon earththat makes the whole of life, but it is the way in which we do that work—it is the mo tive, "Thou, God, seest me." Cheerfulness- - 4s half one's own good ness, and half a belief in the goodness of others. Temperance meetings are being held iv almost every county in the State.
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