®i)c American Volunteer. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY BRATTON ac KENNEDY. OFFICE--SOCTU IIABKET SQUARE, TERMS Two Dollars per year If paid strictly in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid within three months; after which Three Dollars W ill bo charged. These terms will be rigidly ad hered to In every Instance. No subscription dls nontlnuod until all arrearages are paid, unless at the Qptloo of the Editor. ; tKarts. JOHN CORN MAN, ** ATTOBNJEY AT law.. Office In building attached to FranUlln House, opposite the Court House, Carlisle, Pa. Juno 4,1808.—ly /"'(HAS. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, A/itor ( milUvf. Oinoo in Building f«morly occupied by Volunteer, n few doors South ot Hun uon’s Hotel. Deo. 1,1865. j Tn E. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney rW 1 : and Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Pcnno, OTico on South Hanover street, oppoaito .Boutz a Store. By special anaugement with .the Patent Office, attends to securing Patent Bights. 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Doc. 19,1807.—ly WICIi.VSEUY, Attuunhy at Law, . UurllHlu. Ponna. Olllco aumo us chut al uiu -ivinorlcan Volunteer,” south side of the Pub lie Square. Due. X U>GO JJNITED STATES CLAIM AND REAL ESTATE AGENCY! WM. B . BUTLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Oincolu 2d Story of InbolTa Building, No.SSouth Hanover Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county, * Pensions, Bounties, Back-Pay, «6c. t promptly C °AppßcaUon3 by mull, .will receive immediate Q Particular attention given to tho selling or rent ing of Real Estate, In town or country. In all let ters of inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. July 11,1807 —tf £,B. GEORGE 8. BEABIUHT, Den f xTST. From the Baltimore College oj Uinital aery. Olllco at tho residence of his mother, East Louther Street, three doors below Bcdlorn, Carlisle, Ponna. Dec. 1, 18U5. Hfteiical-. A. STONES’ AROMATIC CORDIAL, A SAFE,'SPEEDY il*.D RELIABLE CUIUS roil THE CASES 0? DIARRHCEA, DYSENTERY, CHOLERA, PAINS OR CRAMPS fHINE STOMACH OR BOWELS This remedy has boon used with unparalleled success iu the ohJlora seasons of IbJi—Ww ahti 1831. THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES HAVE BEEN SOLD in Philadelphia; and references can also be giv en to persona residing in this town — have used the in. 3 lioluo and who spoaic la the high est terras of Its PROMPT AND EFFICIENT RELIEF. PRICE FIFTY CENTS Bit SPARED ONLY BY THE PROPIETOR AT PRINCIPAL DEPOT, CORNER DRUG STORE, SH.IPPENSDURG, PA. For sale by WM. CLABKE & SONS, LEES X ROADS. COYLE & CO., 11 SOUTH HANOVER ST., CARLISLE. HAVEBSTICK, DBOOBIBT,- , CARLISLE. B. A. S T O N E R , MIDDLE SPRING. GELWICK.S & CO., CHAMBERSBURG* CRESSLER, DRUGGIST, CHAMBERSBURG. JOHNSON, HOLLOWAY & COW DEN, CO2 ARCH ST., PHILA. and druggists generally March 5, lWW.—«ra J_JEAX> THIB THROUGH! IT MAY INTEREST YOU OR A FRIEND. TO THE PUBLIC AND THOSE IN TEJUESTED IN HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, &0.. &C, THAT THE CELEBRATED DR. BARBER’S hobse, CATTLE AND HOG POWDERS, prepared and sold by CTRUS BROWN- Druggist ana Apothecary, Broadway, Upper Milton, Pa., 18 Ul ° BEST IN THE WORLD. ' When the Horse s In very bad condition, use Powder and One Quart of Linseed OU. Mix and Drench. bemembeb the bed hobse, On Each Pack and prepared as above. THEME POWDERS are prepared from the or iclnal Dr.'Harder's Recipe, with addltions from the Redoes of the Beat Horse Farriers In Europe and America, together with the experience of the Prooriotor of over Twenty Years with Horses and Medicine. The following diseases are cured with their use; AU Stages of Cou & h K, nd .' , # Even First Stages of Glanders and Farcy, Distemper, Gripes, Colic, Inflamatlous, Jaundice or - Yellow Water, Hidebound, Removes Worms, <to„ <tc M &c. These Powders by occasional use. say once or twice per week, will bo a preventive of disease, when the animal docs not come in contact with nostril of the diseased Horse. these horse powders urn ii sure preventive and cure for diseases so common wild chlokeua-Gupea, &c. Diuectioks.- Mix In corn meal. Anso-Mix with the water they drink. Feed It to your Block, and they win be healthy and fat. bememrer the .tied horse on each PACK. TAKE NO OTHER. For Sale by CORNMAN & WORTHINGTON, No. 7 East Main of., Carlisle Pa, Jan. 28.1868.-4 m IJEAUTY, COMFORT AND DTIB.ABI.LiTY. ALL. THE LATEST STYLES IK CUSTOM-MADE BOOTS AHD BHOES. BOX TOES AND OTHER NOVEIiTTUW3 PRICES FIXED AT LOW FIGURES, A. DYBERT, No. 84 Cast LODTHER street, Carlisle Fenn’a, April 8, iaoB,-am BY BRATTON & KENNEDY, Urg ©otTDS. nOODNEWS! GOOD NEWS! ‘ GREA T DECLINE IN PRICES AT THE NEW AND CHEAP CASH STORE, CORNER OP HANOVER AND POMFUET* STREETS. The subscriber would respectfully Inform the Eublia that ho Is receiving almost dally from the astern Cities, a large Invoice of Now and Cheap Goods, such as. LADIES’ DRESS GOODS. PLAIN, BLACY AND FANCX SILKS, French Merlnoes? Mohairs, Poplins, Black and Fancy French Repps, Plain and Fancy Do Lalnes, Plain and Fancy Alpaccas SHAWLSI S H A.W S I BROCHA LONG AND SQUARE, LONG AND SQUARE WOOLENS BREAKFAST SHAWLS In great variety and very cheap. CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES! French, German and American Cloths, Black and Fancy Cassimercs, Boeskins, Black and Fancy Cvcr Coalings, SaiUnctts, Kentucky Jeans, Undershirts and DOMESTICSI Bleached and Brocha Table Diapers, Counterpanes, and Quilts, Colton Flannels, Bleached and Unbleached Muslins, Tickings, Checks, Towels, Napkins, A-c. REMEMBER THE PLACE, ON THE COIiNEU OF HANOVER AND POMFRET- STREETS, tho room formerly occupied by B. 11. Jamieson a Co. THUS. A. HARPER. Nov. 7.1897 —tf SPRING I ! XB6B 1868. EAR GAINS Now opening In DOMESTIC GOODS, DRESS GOODS, OASSIMERES, SATTINETTS AND JEANS, WHITE GOODS , dress trimmings, ZEPHYRS, RIBBONS AND NOTIONS I* 1851 RING’S NEW STORE NO. 55 WEST MAIN STREET, Opposite the Mansion House, Next door to the Post Office, Carlisle. April 18,1868. HOOP SHIRTS. 628, WM. T. HOPKIN’S “OWN MAKE” “KEYSTONE SKIRTS,” aro the best and Cheapest Low Priced Hoop Skint In the market. Trull Wklrts, 25 springs, gl.ou; JOsprluga, 81.20; und'4l> springs, Sl.-Jd. Plain ttklris, o tapes, 2U springs, t»0 Cents; 25 springs, Uo Genus: 3U springs, $1.16; and 35 springs, 81.20. Warranted in every respect. “Our OSVN MARK" ol “.UNION BKIRTS" Eleven Tape Trails, irom 2D to 00 springs, 51.20 to 92.50. Plum, six Tapes, 20 to 50 springs, from Uo cents to 92.U0. Tliesoaklria aro bettor than those sold by other establishments us first class goods, and at much lower prices. —vur WT J.l m ~ " *'■ -ui - ■ inr ion pisiftio uro in every v*uy superior to all other Hot»p skirls before the Public, and only liavo to be examined or worn to convince every oueol the fact. Manu factured of tne best imeu-fiulshed Lugiiali Uleel borings, very superior tapes, and the stylo ol metalio fastenings aud manner ol securing them surpass lor duiaoihty aud excel once any other bkirt m this country, and arc lighter, more elas tic will wear longer, give more satisluctiou, aud are really cheaper man all others. Avery laity JioulU try them. They uro being sold exten sively by Merchants throughout tills aud the ad joining states at very moderate prices. Il you want the best ask lor “Hopkln’s' Champion skirt.” If you do uot find them, got the Mer chant with whom you deal to order them lor vou orcoincorseuddirectious. Merchants will ’ find’our different grades of skirts exactly wnat they need, aud wo especially invito them to call and examine our extensive assortment, or sand lor. Wholesale Price List. ,' ~ „ To be had at lie tail at Manufactory, and of the Retail Trade generally, and at Wholesale of the Mauulacturcr only, to whom all orders should bo addressed. MANUFACTORY AND SALES ROOM, C2S ARCH STREET, Between oth and 7th J& a . March 5,1803.—X0m05. R Y GOODS RICKEY, SHARP & CO, No. 727 CHESTNUT STREET Have now Uio most complete and elegant stock of SPR ING GOODS, Which thovUiavo ever offered,and invite special nMpntloD to their stock of SILKS, comprising a Ml hie of HEA VY BLACK Gk6b GUAIN and lusterleSs bilks, fur suits. Plain Brown and Mode Taffettaa. plain Brown and Mode Ponlto do Soles. FULL LINE OF mohair and alpaca poplins, Of the choicest coloring, together with an Exton alvo Variety of DRY GOODS, embracing Cloths, Uosslmores, Houso-Furnlshiug Goods, &c. RICKEY, SHARP & CO., 727 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Fob. 0. 1808.—ly £Ubet cmb Siln^amatc. SEEING IS BELIEVING ! A f 7 0 4 ARCH STREET. NEW PRICES! BIOH BH.VEB AND SILVER PLATED WAKES, Including every stylo and » description, made express ly for the winter ’which for neatness and durability cannot bo aur- jXy passed at , JOHN BOWMAN’S Wholesale and Detail Manufacturing Establish meut, NO. 704 ARCH STREET PHILADELPHIA* AyKe-platlng atshort notice. AOgUfII22.ISOT-ly HOOFLAND’S GERMAN. BITTERS, Hoofland’s German Tonic. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, rniLADKLriiiA, pa The Great Remedies for all Diseases Poplins LIVER, STOMACH, OR DIGESTIVE ORGANR Hoofland’s German Bitters Is compost'd of the pnro Juices (or, as they tiro medici nally termed, hx i -j tracts) of Roots, II ii rb a and Burks, making a prepare- Uon, highly concon IN iM Irnicd. and enllrsly frff/rom Alcoholic UiU bU admixture of any Xtina. HOOFLAND’S GEEMAN TONIC, Drawers. Ib ft comhlnfttlon of oil the Ingredients of tho Bitters, with the purest quality ot Santa Crus Jlum, Orange, etc., making one .of the moat pleasant nnd agreeable reini-dles over ollered to tho public. - Thni>o prefeirlug a MedJdno ireo from Alcoholic ad mixture, will use Hoofland’s German Bitters, In cases of nervous depression, when some alcoholic stimulus Is necessary, EOOFLAMD’S GEEMAN TONIO The Bitters or the Tonic arc both equally good, nnd contain ibo same medicinal virtues The •tonmeh. (rum a variety o( causes, such as Indi cation, D)«>|n-jißlu, Ni-j-vuun DrbUtty, etc. I* ven apt to have ha (uiicilojib deranged Tbr result V|a JfJ of which Is, that the patient Buffers fmm several or more of tho following diseases: Constipation. Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fulness of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Btomaoh, Nausea, Heart burn, Disjoint for Food, Fulness or Weight In tho Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sink ing or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stoma- h, Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing. Fluttering at the Heart* Ohoktng or Buffoon ting. Sensations when In a Lying Posture. Dimness of Vision* Dots or Webs before the Sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Deß olenoy of Perspiration, Yel lowness of the Skin and Eyes, - Pain m the Side, (fff Back,Chest, Limbs, etc., 1&4 JfM 8 u d d e n - Plushes of Heat- Buratae •lln the Flesh. Constant Imaginings of Evil* and Great Depression of Spirits. These remedies will effectually euro LU'cr Complaint, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic or Nervous Debility. Chmnlr Diarrluea. rHsea-e of the Kidneys, and all Dlm-aaps arising from a Disordered Liver, Stomach,or Intestines. nowiiHine* from any Cause pbostLation op the system. induced bv Severe Labor, Hara shipßt EJjcputmrw, »ru. • There Is no medicine extant equal to these remedies in such cuneii. A tone nnd vigor in Imparted to tho whole System, tlio Appetite Isßtrengib ened. food I* enjoyed, TKCp* \ he Bt " ( " ln , c} ! l promptly, the hion<i JKHi Is punth-d. the com nlextnn locnmor «« sound and hiailthy, the yellow tinge Is eradicated from the eves, n hh>um li given to the clu-en*. and the weak and nervous in- TftUd becomes a strong and healthy being. Persons Advanced in Life t And feeling the hand of dine weighing heavily upon them, wllh all lU* attendant llle. will And in die usi* of tilli* BITTERS, or .the TONIC. an elixir- dial will Instil new life In o their veins, ronton* In a measure the energy and ardor of more youthful days, hill d up their shrunken forma, and give health and happiness to their remaining yean. It I# a •woll-cutahllehcd fact that fully opo-half of the female portion of nur . , population are sel dom In the enjoyment TEST - of good health ; or. to use their own ex IFI s* predion. well.” They aro lan GfffiSea guld, devoid of all energy, extremely nervous, and have no appetite. To tills claw* of persons the BITTERS, or the TONIC, la eflpoclnlly recommended. WEAK AMD DELICATE CHILDREN Are Wto Btring by tbo übo of ollhcr oflbwoi They will core every case of MARASMUS, without of certificate* have accumulated In the , u( Mlr t’Ut -~ui- —Haw nr »nfl. pnhllratlon of nut a few. Those, It will ho observed, are men of uoto and of such standing that they must he behoved. Hon. Geo. W. Woodward. ChirJ Justice o/Vit Supreme Court of Pa., writra; Philadelphia , March 16,1867. “I find ‘lloonontl’B G.nimn Bluer. > , K ,«d ionic. OBoful /m In lilßi Oio. of U dlgeadveorgans, and Jg of « m ‘ l J cases oldehllliy, and » ■“* want of nervous a Uoa In the system. Tours truly, GEO. W. WOODWARD.” Hon. James Thompson. Judge qf (he Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, April 28, 1860. ««1 consider ‘ noofcmd’s German Bitters» a raliwMi W-dictnr In case of attacks of I ndlgcsllon or Dyspepsia. I can wrtlfy this from my experience of It. Yours, with respect, JAMES THOMPSON." From Eev. Joseph H. Kennard, D, D. Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. Dr. Jackson- Dear Sir: 1 have boon frequently re- Quested to connect my name with recommendations ol dltlorent kinds of medicines, but regarding the pmc- See as out of my ap (= pwprinte \ have In all cases do cllned .*, 7 l^nd niwar nroof In ?nrt II oue Instances and in my own family, of the SsStilneM of Dr. Hoolland’s German Bitters, \ depart for once' from my usual course, to express my fuU conviction that, far general debility of the system, and esvejnaUyfor Liner Complaint, Hun safeand valuable preparation. In some cases H may fall; hut usually, I not, It will he very benellclnl to those who suffer from the above causes. Yours, very respectfully, J. H. KENNARD, Eighth, below Ooatei BU From Eev. E. D. Fendall, Joiskint Editor Ohritiian Chronicle, Philadelphia. I have derived decided bcncllt from the uae of Hoof* land** German Blttera, and feel It my privilege .«> ««• commend diem u a most valuable tonic, to all whoaro offering from general dehUity or from rf-aae. arUlog from derangement of the liver. Voura truly, 1 B. D. PENDALL. Hoofland'a German Rom odJo* are conn* erfji tc fl. that ihaahjnature of U ’. J "r c . , , _ la oo the wrapper r m boli,e * All other* are coun JMJjS Pv4nrinal Office dlaiii' and Manufactory at llie German Medicine atoro, No. 631 AEOH Streep Philadelphia. CHARLES BL EVANS, German Uruprtst, I’rojirlotor, Formerly C.'U. Jaobror 6t Co, Fox *aie by a- Srngylaia and Dealers la ilediclnca. NE\^,GOODS Soofland’B German Bitten, per belli 00 u u «* half dozen .6 00 Hoofland’a German Tonic, pot up in quart bottles, 1 60 . per bottle, or a hall dozen f0r..1 KT Do not forget ‘to examine well the article you boy, in order to get the genuine. Jan.lßOo.—-ly JUftcbtcal. AND should bo used. debility. NOTICE. TESTIMONIALS. OAUTIOW. pbioes. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 25. 1868, Cortical* AN «Ll> STOUT IN JRIIYHIE. 71Y WAX KM. An Irishman from the County of Cork, Onco spied a beautiful hog As ho wos out for a bl£ of a walk; Tho gruntcr was stuck In a bog. Quoth Pal, “ I believe I’ll help ycea a bit, Just to hoist yeos out of tho mud; As quick as thought ho set at It, And soon on the dry land It stood. “ Youro tired, me darlin, I havn’t a doubt, And I’m not the man. do yo see, To leavoye alouo alter hclp'ng yo out; So I’ll carry yo homo wld mo 1” Oa his broad shoulders ho bore It away, Not questioning whoso It might bo. Bathe heard throng tho course of tho day One was stolen Jrom Widow McGee. “ I’ll ate it." quoth Pat, “ aud tho devil may care For all tho McGees on tho sod, Then I’ll get absolution from Father Maher When I’ve finished mo beautiful hog. , lie ato It ami straight to the priest then ho wont Ami owned up Ills sins like a man, Swore by the Virgin he'd surely repent; Says the priest, “ Do so, If you can. “But how will you do In the great Judgment day, When Saint Peter will bring up the hog And Widow McGee, then what will you say Of thj grunler you stoic in the bog?” “Will the pig be there, your reverence?” said Pal “ For In thntca.se I’ll whistle ajlg, And If ever they ask such a question as that, i’ll say, Widow McGee there’s your pig.” ftetellatiEmis. THE lIIA.IIO2VI> ICING. UY AMY RANDOLPH. It was the night before Christinas. Dark and overclouded with while gusts of driving snow, and raw air, which in sinuated itself into every fold ot the moat voluminous wrappings. A night which was uncomfortable enough to the rich, but dreadlul to the poor. Mr' Almayne did not observe the little blue-nosed boy, crouching tanned uy tno unuianiry illuminated ■date glass window, as he sprung Irnm Ida carriage and went slowly across the pavement into I he bright, thronged shop. How should.ho ? But little Ben Morrow's eyes, eager with lire sickly light of star vation, took in every detail of the riel) man’s equipage, and his.purple lingers clasped one another tighter, as he look “ Oh !” he thought, “ how nice It must be to ho rich—to Imve cushioned carria ges and big red Urea, ami mince pics every day ! Oh ! 1 wisu I were rich !” And Ben shrank closer into the corner, as tile wind fluttered ids thiu, worn gar ments, and lilted the curls, witli freezing touch, from ids forehead. Uor did Mr. •' imayno observe linn again, when he entered his carriage, drawing on Ida expensive fur gloves, and leaning among the velvet cushions, with a aigh scarcely less earnest than lithe Ben’s bail been. The child’s ideal of ’■ big red fires’’ would have been quite realized if lie could have seen theacai let shine that llumined Mr. Almay no’s luxurious drawing-rooms that night, glowing softly on gilled ta bles alabaster vases, and walls ol rose and cold W idle just before the genial flame, tne pale widower sal, thoughtfully watch ing the flickering spires of green and ainethist light, and very lonely in bis splendid solitude! , . „ “X wonder what made mo think of horn just then,” he murmured, idly tap ping Ida foot open the velvet rug. “ 1 wonder what alchemy conjured up the old house under the walnut trees, and tho broken bridge, where the willow hranehes swept tho water—the bridge where little Clara Willis used to ait ami study her lessons, while I angled vainly for the fishes that never would bite’— How lovely she was, that go.iden-haired girl, with her blue-veined, and lier dark downcast eyes! I was very much in love with CJara Willis in those boy and girl days. 1 should like to know on what shore the waves of timo have cast her little bark—it is not often that a person one has known In iang syne vanishes so entirelv and utterly from one's horizon. Poor Clara —what glittering air palaces we built in the future—how solemnly we plighted our childish troths! And when X eamo back, with tho “foitnne” on whose golden colonndea our fairy castle of happiness uprenred its pirn,ck-s—she was gone. And Mary was a good wile and a true—but she was not Clara VS il lLU\a the thought passed through his brain, he instinctively glanced down at the linger upon which lie wore the bo* trolhal gift of his dead wile—the ring was gone! “ X,ost —It can’t ho lost,” lie murmured to himself, trying to think when and where he hud lust observed it. ‘ Can it have dropped from my linger witlimU my knowledge? 1 must notify the po lice at once, and Imve it advertised I Poor Murry’s ring—l would not lose it lor twice Us value, ami that would bo no mean sum!” , It was a narrow and murky little street, with here and there a dim lump flaring feebly through tho white obscurity of driving snow, but little Ben Morrow knew every one of its warped flag-stonea by heart, and ran whistling down the alley-way of a tall weather stained build ing, undaunted by wind of tempest. ‘■See, sis, what a jolly glove I ye lound. he ejaculated,divingsnddeiilyinloa nar row doorway and coming upon a tiny room, only half lighted by a dim kero sene lamp, beside which sal a woman bu sily at work. “Hallo! is the lire out! “ Wrap this old shawl around you Ben,” said the woman, looking up, with a smile that partook more ol tears than mirth “ and you wont, mind the cold so much. Every coal is gone, and I cun t buy any more until I am paid for these puns. Did you sell any mutches * - " Not two papers," sighed the boy. I was so cold, Clara—l couldn t go round to the houses!” . “ Well, never ra'nd, Benny,” sho said cheerfully. " Bit close to me, dear—we II keep each other warm. Oh, Benny, 1 aliotM like to have given you a nice whole coat for Christmas!” “Don’t cry, sis,” said the boy, enn iug ills head against her knee. Didn t vou give me your shawl lor a comlorter, only I lost It that wiady day. You’re lust as good and sweet us you cun be Cla ra, and X lovo you just as well as 11 you were my whole sister instead of only balfaonel” , , . - Bhe smiled through her tears. “ Whai, was it about n glove. Ben ? Ho sprung suddenly up us n lemom *je“*A’gentleman dropped it in the street. Iran after the carriage, but it wel ‘t too fust for mo to catch up. Isn t it nice, sis?" , 44 Very, Ben.”. She drew Ihe fur glove abstractedly on her chllds hand, and looked at the rich dl “'vVhy, Ben, what's this?” For her touch had come in contact with some thing in the little finger of the glove, and ahedrew it out. liven by the dim llghlof the lump aheaaw the myriad sparkling fasceta ofu diamond ring I 44 The gentlemen must have drawn it of with his glove,” she said, while Ben stood by, in open mouthed surprise and delight. 44 Ben, this la very valuable—we ought to return it to the owner at once. 44 But how can we, If we don.t know W “°lt win 7 bo advertised, dear; every ef fort will lie used to recover so valuable a jewel! To-morrow morning you must ask the newsman to lend you a paper for five minutes, and we will look at the ad vertisements.” “Sister,” said Ben Morrow, under his breath. “ is it very valuable? is it worth a hundred dollars?” “ More than that, Ben- why ?” “ Oh, Clara,” he sobbed, burying his face in her lap, “ a hundred dollars would bo so nice I X wish it wasn't wrong to keep it!” Clara did not answer—she only smooth ed down her little brother’s tangled eurls, and he never knew how hard it was for her to keep back iter own tears. Mr. Almnyuo was walking impatient ly up and down his long, glittering suite (if rooms'in the Christinas brightness of the next day's noon, when- his portly footman presented himself, like a respect able, motionless statue in the doorway. "Well Porter.” “ There’s a young person and a little boy down stairs, sir, about the advertise ment,” " Ask them, to walk in, Porter.” Porter glanced dubiously ut tbo velvet chairs ami Wilton carpet. They’re very shabby and muddy, sir. “ Kever mind, show them In.” Porter departed, by no menus pleased, and in a minute or two threw open tho door and announced: “The young person and tbo little boy I” “ Be seated,” said Mr. Almayne, cour teously. “Can you give me any infor mation in regard to the ring I have lost. Ben Morrow’s sister was wrapped in a worn shawl, with a thick, green veil over her face. She held out the fur glove, rfml within it a little paper box, from which blazed the white tire of the lost ring. “My brother found it in this glove, last night, sir,” she said, in a low, timid voice. “The initials—M. A—correspond with your advertisement so we brought it at once to the street and number speci- Mr. Almnync opened .Hs pocket-book, “ I have promised a liberal reward, he Raid, taking out a fifty dollar bill.— Will this be sufficient ?” Clara-Willis threw back her veil. “ Wo are very poor, sir,,’ she said, “ but not so poor ns to take .a rCward for doing our duty—Thank you all the same.— Come Benny I” Henry Almayne’a cheek had grown very white us he saw the golden braid* and* clear bine eyes ot his awoet first love beneath her faded black bo.inet. , “ C.’lnra!” be exclaimed, “ ClaraW ill is la it possible that you do not know me?' mill gazed lixedl'y at him, with ilawnin; recognition. >• Are you—can it be that you are Her ry Almayne!” she faltered, only ha certain of the correctness of her conjee Hu took both her hands tenderly ami reverently in his ; II she had been a diich •ss, the action could not have been more full of courtly respect. “ Clara, do not go yet,” lie said plead* ingly—“Let mo unravel this strange enigma of our two lives ! Ob, Clara, il this Christmas Day bus indeed brought me the sunshine which never yet irradi ated my life, 1 shall bless it to my dying day! * * The low sun flpmed redly in the west, be fore Mr. Alinuyno’s carriage—the very one which Benney had so ignorantly ad mired the night before-was summoned to carry Clara ami lut brother, for the last lime, to theirsqualid home, i’qr civ the New Year dawned above the wintry earth,* Clara was married to the man who had courted her under the green willowalhatoverhnng the wooden bridge, ten weary years ago. It was a very long one! , , . And little Denney Morrow, basking in the reflected sunshine of his hull-sister s happiness found out what It was to be rich ! Saturday Night.—How many a kiss lias been given—how many a curse—how many a caress—how many a look of hate —how many a kind word—how a promise has been broken—how many a heart has been wrecked—how many a soul lost —how many a loved one lowered in the narrow chamber—how many a babe bus gone from earth to lioaven—how many a little crib or cradle stands silent now which last Saturdry night held the rarest of treasures of the hearts. A week is a life; a week is a history ; a week marks events of sorrow or gladness which peoplg never heard. Go home to your family, man of business! Go borne, yon beart-errlng wanderer! Go borne to the chebr that awaits yon, wronged wife on 1 lie’s breakers! Go home to those you love, man of mil!, and give one night to joy ami comfort fast flying by ! Leave your books with complex figures—your dirty shop—your busy store! Rest with those you love ; for God only knows what next Saturday nluhfc will bring you. forget the world of cure ami bullies \\UU lite that have furrowed the week ! Draw close around the family hearth! Satur day night has walled yourcoming in sad ness, In tears, and in silence. (jo home to.those you love, and as you bask in tiie loved presence, and meet the return of the loved embrace of your heart’s pets, all Ivo to he a better man, and bless God for giving his weary ehil dren so dear a stepping stone in the river to the eternal, as .Saturday night. Observations by Josh Billings.— If a man wants to get at Ids aktual di mensions, let him visit a grave yard. It any man wants tew be an old bach elor, and gel sick at a boarding tavern, and'have a back room in tholourth story, and a red-haired chambermaid bring Ids water gruel tohlni In utin wusb-busln. I have alwus said, and I stick lew it, he lias got a perfek right to do it. When a man loses Ids health, then he just begins to lake care of It. This is good judgment—this is ! It is getting so uow-u-daz, if u man can’t cheat in some way, he isn’t happy. Success in 111© is apt to make us forget the time we wasn’t much. It is so with the frog min jump; ho leant remember that ho was a tadpole, but other folks kU An individual, tew be a fine gentle man has either got to bo born so or brought up in it from infancy; he kanl Jeurn suddenly any more than he Uan learn*to talk Injun kereckly by pructice iug on a tommyhnwk. Social Kindness.—How sweet, is so cial affection I -When the world is 'lark without we have light within. When cares disturb the breast—when sorrows brood around Iho heart—what joy gath ers in the circle of iovoi . We forget tile world with all its animosities while bles sed with social kind ness. That man ean m.t he who bus hearts that vibrate in s\ mpathy with his own—who is cheered hv the smiles of affection, and the voice of tenderness. Let the world be dark and cold—let the hate and animosity ot had men gather around the placo of bus iness—but when he enters the ark of l ove —Ufa own cherished circle—he for gets all these—the cloud passes from his brow, and the sorrow from ids heart.— The warm sympathies of his wife and children dispel every shadow, undone feels a thrill of joy in ids bosom, that words are not adequate to express. Ho who is a stranger to the joys of social kindness bus not begun to live. • tss- The Rev. Mr. Blank had traveled for to preach to a congregation at bimlli ville. After the sermon, he waited in pa tient expectation for an invitation, from some one of the bretheren to dino with him. But he wailed in vain. One after another departed, until the church was as empty as the minister’s epigustic re ligion. Summoning up resolution, the hungry clergyman, walked up to an el derly gentleman, who was just going out of the door, and accosted him. 44 Will you go homo to dinner with mo to-day, brother?" 44 Where do you live 7 ~, 44 About twenty miles from this. 44 No,” said the man coloring, but you must go with me.” , ~ ~ 44 Thank you—l will, cheerfully. And he went, THE BUNCH OF RAOS. Everybody liked Torn Hall, and body was sorry for him. It was sad to nee such a Hue young man a victim to* drunkenness, and Tom had fallen Into I lie mocker’s power unwittingly it seems. A new dram shop bad been opened close to tiro foundry at which ho work ed, .and he, along with others, was In the habit of going in for a glass of ale. When the cold weather set in, he took some thing stronger, and ho imagined that it agreed with his spirits. . Time went on, and liking for strong drink increased and grow stronger, until at all hours ho might be seen staggering out of the “Rainbow” dizzy and stupefied with the dregs ol the Intoxicating cup. Tom’s was a very bud case foe lie be longed to a respectable family, and he had been religiously trained, and until he had been d,ruwn*!nto the snare, he was an affectionate son and brother; and friends counselled, and ministers preach ed, and every means tried to reclaim him, but all effort seemed lost. Tom was bound hard and fast in the invisible chains of the mocker. His family mourned him us lost, and many a silent tear ills sister let fall on his tattered garments as she sut patching and darning them. Tom was infatuated all agreed, but for all that ho was a favorite, from the man sion to the meanest hut In Arlie; and sonregood people prayed for poor lorn Hull. “Ah those “rents” will not. darn again,” sighed Jennie, as she turned over Tom’s rugged raiment. ' , In Tom’s belter days ho had pride, and it was such a sad change when ho didii l care who saw him “ out at the elbows. Rut somehow Jennie could not find it in her heart to abandon the brother she »lill loved ; and so Tom’s tattered habil iments were taken up again and made the’most of. , , ~ . , “Kindness may win him back," said Jennie, and when he came "home at the worst lie was met with peace, if in sor row. . . , , Just as the trees were beginning to bud with the promise of spring, Tom came home looking thoughtful. He was sober alter a long run. ’ In the lust rays of the setting ami his sister was trying to-coyfty .some dams. Tom sat down and silently watched the pulient>iingers for some time. • . , I “ Thai’s tiresome work, Jennie, lie j said. . , , Uiw aUim* held tin her scam before i him. ~, “ Why that’s a bunch of rags,” laughed Tom. . , , •• Yes, Tom,and a bunch of rags would be the beat sign-hoard that a publican could liaug across his door,” said Jennie, 'fom made no reply ; he looked at the rags in silence. ... , Next day Tom wpnt back to his work ami continued.so (br two or three weeks, lie looked at tho “ Rainbow,” but didn l Hallo! what’s up with Toni Hull?” wondered Sinclair, us hedilled up a glass of Tom’s favorite whiskey for another customer at the couhler. •* Sinclair was not the only one that was astonished at the change. Every day Tom went to his work ; ev ery night he came homo sober, and after a lime be appeared at the chinch on the Sabbath. Then people began to think Tom was in earnest and meant to leform. “Tim angel come at laM.,” wJiisnercd Florence, and a bright drop led on Dick s golden hair. *• Had Tom Hall really become a teto taller ” wondered Sinclair, when a whole month hud passed without a visit to the “ Rainbow.” “ Well, it seems so, for nothing strong er than water had passed hia lips in the shape of drink since the night when Jus sister had shown him the hunch of rags. “ I’Jl have a talk with Tom and learn bow lie got off the scent, though,” Sin clair resolved. An opportunity came sooner than no expected. I n the beginning of the sum mer a ter rific thunder storm paste love) A Hie and amongst the general ilevasiuuuii, the “Rainbow’s” sign-board was slavered to atoms. u r> • Tom happened to be pushing the Rain bow” next morning, and stopped to take a glance up at the old mark. “Fine work here,” remarked Mr. Sin clair, who was standing in hiS door, “the storm’s done-for us, and I’Jl have to geta new sign board.” “ Is it so bad as thatV” said Xom. “ Yes, tl\e “ Rainbow” is in shrivers, said Mr. Sinclair. “ Then you’ll want a new sign-board, said Tom. 4 “ Of course,lsn’t that what I m telling you.” • . ~ ‘ “ Irt it to he iho “ Rainbow” again, asked Tom. “ 1 suppose so,” answered Mr. Sinclair, “unless, you can give us a new idea, Tom,” continued lie laughingly. “I think 1 can,” said Tom, must go homo first.* - ... “Don’t forget though,” said Mr. Sin clair, “ You’re a stranger now-a-days, by the by, Tom. “I won’t be long,” cried Tom, and with a brisk step lie walked down the street. , “Hullo, Tom, what’s your hurry; cried a friend, as Tom came slap up against a corner. oli, Sinclair’s sign-board was destroy ed last night, and I’m going to him with a new one,”answered Tom with a smile, which was diametrically opposed to Ins new principles. ••Oho, that’s it,” resumed his friend, “ hut perhaps it would be as well for Air lie If the “ Rainbow” was never put up again.” Tom was out of hearing. A better sign than ‘"The Rainbow Mr. Sinclair did not expect to get: he was only joking with Tom Hall, and he raided his eyebrows when Tom made bis appearance with a bundle under his arm, and requested him to look at tho new sign-board. , , . . “I didn’t think you would catch me up; hut step in, Tom and let’s see your gravely untied bis bundle and held up a bunch of rugs before the publi can’s astonished eyes. “What do you mean, Tom. asked Mr. Sinclair, feeling confident that 'lorn hud lost his senses, T , T , “ Ask yourself, sir, if a Bunch of Kag* is not the best sign a publican cun hung across his door?” said Tom, and his Ups miivered. . „ .. , , “ Was it thht bunch of rags that made you u tetdtaller, Tom?”, said Mr. hin cluir, more confused than ho liked to own ._ ~ . , . „,, “ It was God’s means, I think, sn, answered Tom, “ami perhaps poor wretches, seeing there the end ot drink, may bless you or that sign-hoard.’' Tom walked away to his work, and Hr. Sinclair went hack to his counter, hut all day the bunch - of rag troubled him. Ho was a kind-hearted man, and believed himself a Christian and he did not like tho idea of helm; considered the cause of misery and rugs. To a man ol his disposition, it was painful in the ex treme ho couldn’t help feeling angry when’poor, shivering rugged, wretches came iu and laid down the price of a glass. When ho lifted the money he leit us if ho was stealing their means. It was a busy day, every newcomer was more deplorably wretched thanit he last served. Ho was thankful when night came. The hiHt customer was a woman literal ly hanging in hitlers. A little infant sat on her arm. It was crying with the cold. It lifted tho rug and covered its naked limb, and looked piteously at h«m. Go home and put clothes mi your poor child,” said Mr. Sinclair, flinging buck tho money that the poor woman laid do “i l ’havo nothing but rags, said tho W “ n Tom is right,” said Mr Sinclair as he locked his door-the end of drink is misery and rags, and the man. who has a YOL 55.-; taste for that sort of thing may put Ilia mime Oil the nciv nign-hmird. That same summer Mr. Sinclair went Into the tea trade, in which lie made a handsome fortune. Tom Hall is now a famous engineer. A FIC3IIT WITH A HIPPOPOTAMUS. “After walking about two miles, wo no ticed a bent of hippopotami in a pool be low a rapid ; this was surrounded by rocks, except upon one side where the rush of water had thrown up a bank o pebbles and sand. Our old Neptune did lint condescend to hestpw the slightest attention when I pointed out these ani mals: they were mo wideawake, outlie ■ immediately quitted the river’s bed and we followed Idm quietly beyond the fringe of bushes upon the boarder, from which wo carefully examined the water. About half a mile below this spot, ns we clambered over tbo intervening rocks through a gorge which formed a power* lul rapid, I observed in ft small pool just below the rapldan Immense head of a hip nonotamus close to a perpendicular rock that termed.a wall to the river, about six feet above the surface. I pointed out the | hippo to an old Abou Do, who had not seen It. At once the gravity of the old Arab disiippeaivd, mid the energy of the hunter was exhibited as lie motiniiod ns In remain, while be ran nimbly around the thick screen of bushes for about a hundred ami llltv yards below the eon whero the hippo was unconsciously has Hi lug with bis ugly bead above the surface. Plunging into the rapid torrent, the vet eran hunter was carried some distance down the stream, but breasting tbo pow erful cunent.be landed upon therooUsup on the opposite side, and retiring some distance Irom the river, lie quickly ad vanced to the spot beneath which the hip popotamus was lying. 1 had a line view of the scene, ns 1 was lying concealco exactly opposite the hippo, which had disappeared beneath the water. Abou Do s-teallhily approached the edge ot the rocks beneath which ho hail expected to see the head of the animal; his long sinewy arm was raised, with the harpoon ready to strike, as he carefully advanced. At. length ho reached the edge of tl.e perpendicular rock. Tho hippo had; vanished, but far. from exhibiting sur prise, ti»e old Arab remained standing on the ledge, unchanged in attitude. JSo Ilfuro of bronze could have been moie rigid than that of the old river king as he stood erect upon the rock, with the lelt in"bis‘ready"right hand above his head, wliile in Uie letl he had the loose cods o. rope attached to Uie ambatch h\‘. o y*“ For about three minutes he stood like a statue, gazing intentently into tho clear and deep water beneath Ids feet. 1 watched eagerly to sue tbo hippo; the surface was still barren, will'll suddenly the right arm' of the statue descended like lightening, and tho harpoon shut perpendicularly into the pool with the speed of an.arow. What river-liend an swered to tbo summons? In an instant ill enormous pair of jaiup appeared, lol lirwed by Hie ungainly head and form ol the hippopotamus, Unit springing out 01 the wider, iaslied the river, into foam, md disdaining the concealment of the deep pool, charged straight up the violent rapids. With extraordinary power lie breasted the descending stream ; gaining ii footing in the rapids, about live loot deep bo blowed bis way against the broken waves, sending them in showers of spray upon all sides, and upon gain ing broader shallows lie tore along tlnoii'di the water with the buoyant Hunt bopping behind him along the sui fnee until lio landed from the river, started at full gallop along the dry shingly bed, and at length disappeared in tile thorny iiabjmk jungle. 1 never cpuld have imagined that ho unwieldy an animal could have ex hibited such upeed; no man would have bad a chance of escape, and it was lortu imiP for Obi Neptune that lie was secure upon the high ledge of rock, for it he hud been in the palh.of the infuriated beast there would have .been an end of Abou Do. The old man plunged into the pool lust quilted by the hippo, and landed up on our Hide; while in the. enthusiasm ol the moment I waved my .cap above my bead and gave him a British cheer ns he reached the shore. His usually stern features relaxed into a grim smile of de light: Ibis was one of those moments when the gratified pride of the hunter rewards him for any risks. I congratu lated him upon his dexterity; but much remained P* be done. I proposed to cross the river and follow up the trucks of the hippopotamus, ns I Imagined that the buov and rope would catch in the thick iungle, and that we should find him en tangled in the bush ; but the old hunter gently laid his bund upon my arm and 1 pointed up the bed of the river, explain -1 mg that tho hippo would certainty re turn to the water after a short interval. In a few minutes later, at a distance o a half a mile, wo observed Uie, hlmu emerge from the jungle ami ascend at ful trot to the bed of the river, making direct for Uie first rocky po- ! in which woltutJ noticed the herd of hippopotami. Ac eimipanicd by the <>l<l llowarU (Hippo hunter), wo walked quickly tmvaid the spot. He explained to me that I must shoot the harpooned hippo, for we should not be able to secure him in Uie usual method by ropes, as nearly all our men wei o absent from camp, disposing ot the dead elephant. , Upon reaching the pool, which was iiluillt a hundred anil thirty_ yards In ill aineler we wei‘c immediately greeted by tin* hippo, which snorted and roared as we approached,but quickly dived.ami the buoyant float ran along tbo surlace, di recting bis course in the same manner as the cork of a trimmer with a pike upon the hook. Several times ho appeared, but as he Invariably faced us I could not obtain a favorable shot; I tberefoie sent the old hunter round the pool, and he. swimming the river, advanced to the opposite side and attracted the at tention of the hippo, causing him to turn immediately toward him. 'lhisaflorded me a good chance, and I fired a steady shot behind the ear, at about, seventy Yards, with a single-barreled ritle. As usual with hippopotami, whether dead or alive, ho disappeared beneath the wa ter at tho shot. Tbo crack of the ball and the absence of any splash from tin 1 bullet told me Unit lie was hit; the am bitch float remained perfectly stationary upon the surface. I watched it for some minutes; it never moved, Several heads of hippopotami appeared and vanished in dlflerenl directions, but the float was still; it marked the spot where the grand old bull lay dead beneath. Ishot another hippo, that I thought must likewise be dead; and, taking Uie time by my watch, I retired to _ I l,u r.f i ,ia A t, ) < f of a tree with Hassan, while Hadjii Ah and the old hunter returned to camp for assistance in men and knives. In a little more than an hour ami a half two objects like the backs of turtles appeared above the surface; these were the flunks of two hippos. A abort lime after the men arrived and regardless of crocodiles they swum toward the’ h"d t«- One was towed toward the shore by the rone attached to the harpoon, the other was secured by a long lino and dragged to the bunk of clean pebbles. I measured the bull that was harpoon ed ■ it was fourteen ieet two inches fiom the upper lip to the extremity of the lul - Uie head was three feet one melt from the front of the ear to the edge of e"ip in a straight line. The harpoon w’L sticking in the nape of lhp«K-k having penetrated about two and a half inches heiieuih the hide; tins is about an inch ami three ciuartora thick ujiym tho lack ot the neck of a hull l.. t .l.opo|a.iiua. It was a magnificent specimen, with the tuskM have ever seen ; the skull is now in my hull in England. Although the hippopotamus is general ly harmless, the solitary old hulls are Bumetimes extremely vicious, especially In the water. I have frequently known them toehargeon a oat,and hat emyself narrowly escaped using upset in a canoe by one of these creatures, without the “ but I Rates fat SUucrtising. Advubtiszmentb will Do inserted at Ton cents per lino for tho first Insertion. and five cents pur lino for each subsequent Insertion. (J.uar- and yearly advertisements in serted at a liberal redaction on the above rates. Advertisement* should bo accompanied by the Cash. When sent without any length of time Npucllind for publication, they will be continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. JOB PHIMTINO. Cards, llardbirls, circulars, and every oth-- cr description ol Joy and Card Prfhllng exsen ted In the neatest rJ,v!o. at low price*. ' A. slightest provocation. Tho females uro exrriiiiiely shy uud harmless, and they are most arrectlonaio tmithens; tho only instance I have known of the female at tacking a man lias been in which her call has been stolen. To the Arabs they are extremely valuable, yielding, In addition to a large quantity of excellent desk, about two hundred pounds of fat, and a bide that will produce. about two hundred coorbutches, or camel whips. I have never shot these useful creatures to wa>le; every morsel of tho tlesh has been stored, either by the natives or for our own use; and whenever we hud a good supply of antelope meat I have avoided tiring a shot at the hippo. Elephunttiesh is exceedingly strong and disagreeable, partaking highly of the peculiar smell of the animal. Wo bad a good aup> ly of meat Irom the two hippopotami, which delighted our people. The old Ahuu Do claimed the bull mat ho had harpooned, as his owu personal property, and he took great pains in uivluing the hide longitudinally, in strips of the width of three lingers, which he cut with great dexterity. , . , Aliough the hippopotamus Is amphi bious, he requires u large and constant supply of air; tho lungs are of enormous size; and Invariably inhales them belore diving. From live to eight minutes .is the lime he usually remains under wa ter: he then com*s to the surface and ex pends tho air within his lungs by blow ing.; he again fills the lungs almost In stantaneously and if frightened he sinks immediately. In places where they have become extremly shy from being hunted or tired at, they seldom expose the head above the surface, but merely protude the nose and breathe through the nostrils; it is then Impossible to shoot them.-- Their food consists of aquatic plants, and grasses of many descriptions. Not-only do they visit tho margin of the river, but they wonder at night «o great distances from the water, if attracted by good pas turage, and although ugly and ungainly in appearance, they clamber up sleep bunks aud precipitous raviues with as tonishing power and ease In places where they are perfectly uudlsturbedilhey not only enjoy themselves in the sun shine by basking half asleep upon the surface of tho water, but they lie upon the shore beneath the shady trees upon tho river’s bank ; I have seen themiwi.ett. disturbed by our sudden arrival during tho march, take a Iwip from a bank about twenty feet perpendicular depth water below, with a crash that treated i _ r ~..i tiwMitfti ft pad died steamer had passed by. The Arabs attached no value to the tusks ; these are far more valuable than the elephant Ivo ry, and are used by dentists In Europe for the manufacture of false teeth, for which they are admirably adapted, as they do not change color. Not wishing to de stroy the remaining hippopotami that were still in the pool I left my men and old Abou Do busily engaged in arranging tho meat, and walked quietly homeward. Interesting Facts. —Glass' windows were used for lights In 2180. Chi mu eye were first put to bouses In >3O. Tallow candles for lights, 1200. Spectacles invented by an Italian In 1240, Paper made fitfon linen, 1301. Woolen doth made In England, 1341. . Art of printing from movable typo, 1410. Watches first made in Germany, 1447. Telescopes invented by Porta and son. IftflO. - Tea first brought from China to Europe, In ioui. ~ ‘ . c.i Theatres erected in England by Shak speure in 1003. ~ . . Circulation of blood discovered by Harvey in 1010. . . , Briou.3 made of any required size in io2o Newspaper first established, 1629. Pendulum clocks first invented, 1030. •Barometer invented by Torricelli, Kteam engine invented in 1649. Broad made with yeast, 1050. Cotton planted in the United States In 750. Fire engine Invented in IOSS. Stereotyping invented iu Scotland, 785 * Telegraph invented by Morse in 1832., The first daguerrotype made- iu France 1839. Can any one Tell.—Can any one tell why men who cannot pay small bills, can always find money to buy liquors, ami treat when happening among their friends! . Can any one toll how young men who dodge their wash women, and are always behind with their landlords, can play billiards night and day, and are always ready for a game ot poker or seven'Wp ? Can any one tell how men live and sup port their families, who have no income and do not Work, while others who aye industrious and constantly employed hair starve? . .. t Can any onn toll bow it i a that a man too poor to pay for ft newspaper, is able lo pay a dollar or two a week tor tobacco, or cigars ? Aiitless Simplicity.— One of the sweetest incidents we have noticed for many a ‘lay. anil which shows the effect of early training, assisted by a pure and mideliled imagination, has just fallen un der our observation. It Is thus related; A lady visited New York oily and sa;v on the sidewalk a ragged, cold and hun gry little girl, gazing wistfully at some. of the cukes;at the shop window. B|>o stopped and taking the little one by the hand iedher into the atmo. Though she was satisfied that the bread might be bet ter for the cold child than cuke, yet de siring to gratify the forlorn one; she bought, and gave her the cake she want ed. She men took her to another place where she procurred a shawl and other articles of comfort. The greatful little creature looked the benevolent lady lull in the face, and with artless sim plicity, said: “Are you Gel’s wife?” Did the most eloquent speaker ever em ploy words lo a better advantage ? How to Ruin a Bon. —1 t«et him have ills own way. 2. Allow him free use of money. 3. Bufier him to roam where he pleases on the sabbath. 4. Give him full access l« wicked coni) ani.-ns. 3. Call him to n o account for his evenings. U. Fur nish him with no steady employment,— Pursue either of these *ays, and you will experience a most marvelous deliv erance, or will have to mourn over a de uaeed and ruined chlldi Thousands have realized the sud result, and have gone sorrowing to the grave. Character. —We muy judge a man’s character by what ho loves-what pleases him If a person manifests delight In low, sordid objects, the vulgar song and debasing language, in the misfortunes of bis fellows or cruelty to animals, "B nia> at once determine the complexion of Ufa character. On the contrary, If bo loves nuiity, modesty, truth —if yirtuoua pur suits engage bis heart and draw out his uflectloiis —wo are sillistted that he is an upright man. tsrdosh Billings says “ Give the devil his due,” but bo careful there aln t much due him. egy Whenever the soul is in grief, it Is taking root, and when; it is in, smiles it is taking wing. KST Mrs. Parington lias eome Ui Uie conclusion that there is n° ,v 3 *• catch soft water when it ralus so haul. nsv- ” Caught In her own net.’’ as a nrafTaald when he saw one of the fair sox hitched lu her crinoline.
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