iThe *ill di date take issue smith ug, and :1111 84 that there id no berm in learning. tti play Oardtwand tellhartti in playikg cards tocially ; and merely for amusement. Some throats hold this opinion, and practice up= tin It its fhb trashing of their children, de- Ibaaing themselves by Saying that as long as they do not play fof money thefe is its ut gebablitg does net depend en iirely on the love of gain, as their defence itstruntes. There are three main supports of gaming—tbo, love of excitement—the love of gitin—and the love of triumph. Some per sons gamble mainly because they must have excitement of some kind. They have become habituated to it and Canna leai•e without it: it must be intense eseiterrient too; or it *ill ho more satisfy their cravings; than baby botttals will the thirst or tile toper. This habit of mind becomes so inveterate that all the innocent pleasurable excitements of do tnestic life and friendship are insi d id —the lore of wife•and children, the joys of the fireside, the compinionship of good books iire as nothing. And when men and women are taught in their youth to find their ex citements in games of chance, although no Motley it staked; they are put on the direct 'road to gambling; fur sooner or later such playing will Le round to heed the stimulus br flume wager to call out the best etturts of the players, and give zest to the game: • Then again titer!!+ is dal lord of tritimpli ing over an opponent, which is an element distinct from the love of gain. A money making roan once reatarked to us, "You Ministers are mistaken when you assume that it is armlet; Which makes us so eager in our scramble fur money:. it is not so; fur tonietitnes we care t cry little about the fun hey itself. tut Ifst success 2 tic arc un willing to be beaten or outdone iii the cm.- te+t fur wealth." Now this ambition fur conquest can be cultivated and is cultivated as much in the hocial game at WV:at or Euchre a:, in the it'ame fur money: and it may become so wel' cultivated at home that it will find its most pleasing gratification abroad in the conte.q tn. nioney, -Moreover ; those parent 4 Who teach their I Children to play cards at home, rub them ! of their best defence against the arts of the atuLler abroad. Their sons are not always to remain at home. We are a traveling, pee. We, and the wandering propensity is in- Creasing upon us, We have journeyed more than our fathers, and our children will jour hey more then we. We know not into what Company they will fall: But they will of course be met by'the accomplished gambler trarelingin the disguise of a gentleman.— They Will bb politely asked to play cards. f they are able to reply, "we know nothing ithout cards," they will be armed es with a coat of mail against temptation. The man who should aster that ask them to play would at once unmask himself as tt profes sional robber: On alb other hand look at the young man who has by private practice gained a knowledge of this nrt. lc is traveling on a steamboat or waiting at the hotel. Time bangs heavy on his hands. Re is approach ed by the smooth-spoken gambler and in vited to take a game fur amusement just to pass away the time. Ile may feel like de clining—may reflect that he does not know the stranger nor what may be his designs. tut how can he excuse himself? lie tries i) got up sortie sort of an apVlogY, but when met with the question, "'You do play, do you not?" he cannot say "no;" and when the next question follows, "What are your ob jections to playing with me?" the refusal be gins to take the shape of a personal affront to a gentleman, "a gentleman of honor" it may be. Ho then begins to see not far ahead en order of "coffee and pistils for two.," and so consents to tlt^ ptopmell. A parry IS made up and he is one of them. The game 'begins merely for amusement.— But soon it is suggested that they wont something to drink—some beer, or ale, or trine, or something stronger still, and more over rts they are to spend the evening, they Shall 'grant oysters or other refreshments, and they may just as well add a little to the life of the game by playing fur the drink and the oysters. If your young man lies' tate.4 he is asked what difference it makes how the oysters are paid fur, and if he is unvilling to stand his porti.m of tha slight expen-e if his party should chance to be beaten; is asked if he is going to be so puritanic as to tilt*: to such a little thing. Ashamed to stand alone in so small a matter fur the sake of principle, he yields, a id fur the first time in his life he gambles. That seemed but a little step for him to take, but it was a step in a fearful path. And if he also drinks the maddening cup provided at that table, before that ev e li i t ,,, has closed—and very lilt?.!y it a iii ben long one that will not end till daybreak—he may have gone on from the oysters to the value Of the oysters in n.oney, and from that amount to double that amount or treble or quadruple that amount, or to all his money, fir his whole fortune. These step. are all easy after the first one. They involve no other principle than the first, nod may all be expected, if not immediately, yet in due time. When we see a young man taking that first step we always see the spectral forms of despair and suicide looming up in the not distant future before him. And who will be responsible for his de struction! 0! will nut those fund parents who iltripped him of his defensive armor against the wily attacks of the gambler, when they taught him how to play cards?— Congregational Herald. llorc Lonrm must pre face our report of the fourth Ilope Lodge Evening with a regret that want of time and apace compels a very hritf notice of both lecture rtad discussion. The matter for our paper is generally very nearly set up by Thursday evening, and such has been the case this week. The meeting of Thursday evening was called to order, by Mr. A. Caldwell, who in troduced the ltentrer, Itev. .E.lwarti Apple ton. ot sUbjeet, as previous ly announced, w.ss "Criminal Reformation." We attempt no report of the letter of the lecture—we should only succeed in being unjust to the speaker—and can but feeb'y reflect the spirit. It was an able and ear _ nest nppeal for mural reformation of the SEVEN kuoLs.-1.-- - The envious man— r criminal whilst inc.trcerated in our prisons, who sends away his mutton because the and christian charity towards hint after his person neat to him is eating venison. ".—The jealous umn—who spreads his return to society. The lecturer took the bed with stinging nettles, and then sleepshighest moral ground, and fortifying argu lb ft tnent by example ;roved that reform, both 3.—The proud In an--whogets wet through' d f y h punts Intent an e orts to make the pat sooner than ride in thn carriage with his in- 'n ferior. of reformation an easy rather than an al 4.—The litigious man--who goes to lase must impassable one, was impertively de in the hope of ruining hit opponent, and mauled by the d rame d and advancing en _ gets ruined himself. lightenment and liberality of the age. The at.—The extravagant man—who buys a herring, and takes a cab to carry it home. speA , esker was listened to with respectful at 6.—The angry man—wltz learns to play , teattott. the tembwrias because he is annoyed by the 1 Rev. Mr. Menges grst took part in the playing of his neighbor's piano. tenet discussion. He coincided with the lee. I 7.—Theostentatious man—who illumines t surer and heartily sympathized with him in the outside of his house most brilliantly,, and .its inside is the dark.—ruhrh. his sentiment.. Ile contrasted the con C!p Ordnutithia grill!. coLumEtt-c: SATURDAI, FEB. 4, WO: SE" SEE NEW ADVERTISEtENTS or A. hi R.txtu&s, ODD FI.LIAMS' HAM, TO-DAY'S PAPER. Rs r We call attention to the advertise ment of Dr. Darius Ham's Lisstiti Rune td daji's Sp#.. Tuc We.t.rti,Ea rue Rivra.--That sectional party, the Honorable member from , the Arctic district, has invaded these lati ttides again and waged irrepressible war against flowring streams, early greens and livery horses. On Tuesday evertino, after a rather moist day, a miserable; driving searching sleet was suddenly changed by the Clerk tort more driving and more insid. ionslv searching snow, which fell—if such hurried descent did not indicate other im pelling influence than gravitation; it seemed to us that the grains (not flakes) had been pitched front .above—with stinging effect upon face and hands. Wednesday morning opened decidedly cold, with silt or more ineltes of snow on the ground; and the steady actiVify ofiack Frost during the pre ceding was glirely indicated by the .slugish progress of the thick ',hist! ice in river. The stream with the warmest aid of of its ally the sun, scarcely held its own during Wednesday, and on the backing, down of the fiery auxiliary, doom was pro nounced by the knowing weather-wise, river prophets. The enemy rallied all his forces , in the night and before Thursday had laid out the fair Summehanna in a cold, glitter ing. a hiding sheet: .%tol now an ice bridge, , for the t.ccurid time this season connects with our neighbors of lurk coanty. The river is held down as by a grip of steel; but bides its time, and as it frets and chafes un- I der the icy fingers of its grim captor mur inure "Pose Nam." The "b ty lu.ve been making their win ter cr o p of h.ty bethre the sun shines —and I st.me of them, economiting their agricultu ral labors, at the same time seeding their (wild) oats—and to king. all cot of the "Flora Temple" and "National . ' teams that icaturb would stand. The steeds are the only pro testing parties; but the Clerk decides that they have no vote, and as he has inflicted the weather upon them they must bow to his will and the whips of the ungodly. I'iae.—On last Sunday evening aboth half past nine o'clock the carpenteer shop occupied by Mr. Alichael Lihhart, situated on the alley south of Locust Street betweeh Second and Third swag, *as discovered to be on fire.. Alarm was given and the firenien with their apparatus were on the ground as soon as possible. By the time the engines were in working order, however, the entire shop and adjoining sheds were in flames. It was evident that no part of the burning property could be saved, so the of forts of the firemen were mainly directed to staying the spread of the fire. On either side of the shop and sheds stood a frame sta ble, ono ; that or Mr: Jas. Vaughen, con taining hay, feed, &a., the other, on the lot of Mrs: Lowrey, being newly erected and unfinished. Both these buildings, as well as the more valuable dwellings on Locust Street, in dangerous proximity to the fire, were, by unceasing exertions on the part of the firemen and citizens, saved from de strue ion. The night was, fortunately, calm, ff or even the faithful stork of our untiring fireman—untiring in the face of continued neglect on the part of authorities and citi hens to furnish them a decent supply of hose so long and so loudly demanded—would scarcely have sulft-ed to control the confla gration. In the shop and adjoining out buildings there was a considerable quantity of finished work fur the interior of outbuild ings, which was entirely consumed, togeth er with a portion of machinery. The shop was of bri.:k, with sheet-iron linings to the shutters, and had stood while the destruc- t -the fire of 1516, originating on the same premises, swept almost the entire square around it. The fire was evidently the work of on incendiary, kindled inside the shop, and so effectually as to insure its headway before discovery. The work of destruction was speedy, the buildings being in smoking ruins in about an hour after the alarm was first given. We base not learned the exact amount of the damage, but believe the property wag fully in.sured. 1 After the lire vrac subdued 'Mrs. rinwrey, whose dwelling was one of thogd in the most imminent danger. hospitably served the firemen with It plentiful supply of hot ,to tree and lunch. throwing open her house and supplying those who sought refresh in-mt, till A lute hour. structitin and reeations of our nilsons those of the Jkils of but a few years past, and deduced 'did hopeful fact that !herd was progress even in penal inititutions, Mr. l'isber succeeded Mr. Merxes,, and while doncurring with the leetuftf in the necessity of reform in prison discipline, yet could, froM his own professional experience, testify to improvements which wefd Making their way among the penitentiaries and county prisons of the country. Rev. S. Appleton argued that of the three motives fur the punishment or criminals— ven geance,exam pl e and refurrtf— , - the last two only were admisssible. The motive of a pa rent in justly pttnishln,g a Child should be the true model on which to base the punish ment of an offender against the laws. Mr. Albright while he agreed with the apparently unanimous sentiment in favor of the moral re6rmation' of the criminal, yet differed with the previous spent.ers on the finegtion of human forgiveness. As punishment was administered fur example, the more extended and unforgiving the in fliction, the More terrible and eirectual time warning. Mr. Greider considered that the reforma tion of criminals should commence with re- Moving the temptations and inducements to crime. Many a min sinned through want and idleness. Give every man sufficient re tritmerative work, and as very few men choose the relic of criniinals a reformation will speedily result. Mr. Oberlin differed with the lust speaker. It was with a man to do right or wrong in despite of all adverse influences. Teach the um to resist the importunities of want, idleness, association, or. what not. The speaker thought a reformed criminal should meet with sympathy; but what avail reform• ation or sympathy after a man is hanged. Capital punishment should be abolished. br. McCorkle thought that bd t an inutile quote idea of the: working of our systems of prison government was to be formed from the reirwt of inspectors, visiting committees, &c. The gala dress was always put on, nn the coming of visitors. Under keepers ha.l too much latitude allowed them in their treatment of prisoners. Mr. llitumg,ardner considered that the greates'o•vil in our prison discipline is lack of erttployment for prisoners. Much evil example might be avoided by a j u di c i ous system of labor. The lecture for next Thursday evening was not announced. P. S. We have been since recine , teJ to an nounce J. U. Mifflin, }fig., as the iectbrer for the nest "Eveni 7:ENNkStitE Ktamsa.—The February num. bar of the "Partner" has been received. It contains much seasonable agricultural wis dom, and will prove valuable as well as in teresting to our farming friends. This old tried publication should enjoy a large share of popular favor. fkg,..l.lucli hits been said of the Eastern Esculapitts i labors fur the sick; not one half has yet been told of the indomitable perse verance of this siniular man. Imbued with the conviction that Scrofula is the parent of disease, he has been years engaged in search ing the b oundaries of the earth. for its an tidote. With vast labor has he canvassed the products of sea and land, through both I continents until he has discovered that com bination of remedials which expurges this human rot and corruption from the system. This new invention we now offer in our col- limns under the name of AYER'S SARSAPAR. mt.+, although its virtues are from sub stances far more active and effectual than ercunt ire Journal. SIGNATURE Or THE CROSS.—The mark which persons who are unable to write are required to make instead of their signature is in the form of a cross, and this practice, having formerly been followed by kings and nobles, is constantly referred to as an in stance of the deplorable ignorance of an c:ent times. This signature is not, how ever, invariably proof of suet' ignorance; an ciently, the use of this mark was not con fined to illiterate persons; for amongst the Saxons the mark of the cros4, ns an attesta• tion of the good faith of the person signing, was required to be attached to the signa ture of those who could write, as well as to stand in the place of the signature of those who could not write. In those times, if a man could write, or even read, his know. ledge was considered proof presumptive that he was in holy orders. The word clericim or cleric was synonymous with penman; and the laity, or people who were not clerks, did not feel any urgent necessity for tiid use of letters. The ancient use of tho cross was therefore universal, alike by those who could and those who could not write; it was indeed, the symbol of an oath from its holy associations, and generally the mark. On this account Mr. Charles Eight, in his notes to the Pictorial Shakspeare, explains the ex pression of ••Clod save the mark," as a form of ejaculation approaching to the character of an oath. This phrase cedars three or more times in the plays of Shakspeare; but hitherto it has been left by the comments.- tors in its original obscurity, Ota-Agassiz has a human jaw and a por tiun of a foot taken from conglomerate rock in Florida, which lie thinks is at least ten thousand years old; he might add one hun dred thousand years as well. Dr. Dicken son has a portion of a human pelvis (a true fossil) obtained near Natchez, Mississippi —in tertiary deposits supposed to be one hundred and twenty thousand years old.— The world renowned Guadeloupe fossil, to which no antiquity has been assigned with any degree of probability, is Certainly as old. In fact no definate time or age can be as Bribed to any fossil; we can only approxi mate to it, and that n'.t very closely. We may say of fossils that they are ten thous and, one hundred thousand; or five hundred thousand years old, and yet that wilt seem short in geological computations. It would be impossible to set at limit to the period when man did not exist on our globe! nor can tre approximate tlint age un til we can, by geology or some other means, determine bow long a time has elapsed since the continents were covered with the waters of the drift, and then determine how twig anterior to that stone hatchets and other implements which were found passed under the hand of their fabricators,---Scien /fib^ A merimi. liter Swim-sr comes soon enough without despendertm it does a trans no good to ent ry around a lightning rod to attract trontle. IV OINS! WORMS! 117 There it no disease more common among chil dren, and yet none which' so frequently baffles the skill of physicisa, as vermin.. 'liter are highly detrimental to the conediution; and their presenec should be care fully guarded tigainst by parents. Oit the first mani festations of symptoms, every means should be used i 0 expel them print - tatty and thoroughly. 111'Claise's Vet mifuge, prepared by Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, is well established as the most certain, safe and speedy remedy ever offered for this troublesome and dangerous :milady; and all who have the management of cluldron .11D.0 keep this invaluable medicine on hood. In addition to its perfect safety, it never fails to produce the desired Afoot. 11 . 7.1'ureliii.ers will be careful to ask for Dr. MeLANE't i l CELEBRATED VIULVIIFIJGE, manu factured by rm.:WING BROS., of l'itf.-burg, Pa. All other Vermitages in codipativon are worthless. Dr. st•Lattc's genuine Vermifege, also, his celebrated Liver Pill., can now be bad at all re , pectuble drug stores. None genutue without the signature of (.„• t 1 Tit art.sri mos- FITS! WHY PROMINENT For a long time there was paragraph making its regular weekly appearance in our columns, with the htief, but emphatic words "Fits! Fits!" always at the head, to sdnie an offen sive caption; but not so to the benevolent and humane, who could sympathize in the sorrows ofothets. Seine persons are shocked at any indication of disease, and are even thrown into nervons excitement on witnessing a hearse or a coffin. Such are to be pitied. We should always strive fo took disease and even death It the face witk coltnhess, and especially take every opportunity for alleviating disease.— Viewed in this light, the advertisements. of S. S. Hance, of 108 Baltimore street, Balti more,,llltl.; possess a certain interest, and those who know of any one suffering from Epilepsy, Spasms, or Fits of any kind, should feel it a pleasure to cut out his advertisement, or in some other way send word to the afflict ed of the great value of his remedies. They can be sent to any part of the country by mail• Price, $3 per box. Two, $5. Twelve, $.?..t. ;OF;Fik§§iii; DR. HOOPLELND'S GERMAN BITTERS, MEI Dn. HOOFLAND'S BALSAMIC CORDIAL, The great standard medicines of the present age, have acquired their great popularity only through years of trial. Unbounded satisfac tion is rendered by them in all cases and the people have pronounced them worthy. liver Complaint, DYspepsia, Jaundice, Debility of the 'Nervous System, Diseases of We lildneisl and all disease& arising from a disordered liver or weakness of the stomach and digestive Organs, arc speedily and permanently cured by the dtitmAN InalEns. Phe balsamic Cordial has acquired a reputation surpassing that of any similar pre paration extant. It will cure, IV/T1101:1 . FAIL, the most eevere and iong.standing Cough, Cold, or Hoarseness, Bronchitis, In. flaenza, Croup, Pneumonia, Incipient Consumption, and has performed the most astonishing cures ever known of - • Cotifitmed Cohstunptiovi. A few doses will alto at once check and cure the most acrere Hlarrliceet proteedini from caw Itt MEI BOWELS", These medicines are prepared by Dt. C. Bt. J.tocaor lz Co., No. 418 Arch Street, .Thild delphia, Pa., and are sold by druggists and dealers in medicines everywhere, at 75 tents per bottle. The signature of C. At. Shczetnt will be on the outside wrapper of each bottle. In the Almanac published annually by the proprietors, called EVEILTBODT'S ALMANAC, you will find testimony and commendatory notices from all parts of the country. These Almanacs are given away by all our agents. 'or. .11e ity 011 tit oggittio to lie Couto; y II'IIU. lbSti MRS. WINSLOW, A experienced nurc mai female phrticinit, Imo it Soothing s') rup fur children teeteinn which ;pew!). fticilitutea the proeear of teeth/or, air i the game, reducing all inflammation—will alloy all pain. and is •are to regulate the bowels. Depend upon it, mother.. it wilt give rest to yourselves, nod relief and health to your infant 4. Perfectly •ale in ail Cl35eF. Sec ndeerneement in another column. 01.1.0. 1.40-1 y We be tVea. , were rluunautcd nn the evening or Anga•t VIII. 1.5:1. by the await eitlehilicl Almon boreal• ever -reit in the ("emery, RI,