®ht Centre femorrat.
BELLEPONTE, PA.
Tk LurgMt, CkMpcat and Bast Paper
rUHLISHBD IN C'KNTRK COUNTY.
Services In the Evangelical Lntheran
Church.
MONDAY MORNINO, Sept. 26, 1881.
ORDKR or siavic*.
Introduction by th Choir; lutrolU; Oloris Pstrl
(Rung); CotifrßSMkti of 818, In Coocert; Kyrt* (Suug);
Huppllcatlon ; At—lie.' ON** ' Concert; Qlorl. in
KxrrUU (Puna); Lltsnr, iMludlnit AdnpUth.nj to lbs
On-aston ; Hymn "twfor. JslmvsVs Awful Throne
—Tuns, Old llundrcl; Scripture I—sous :rtslia
mi, and extmctn from John AIT; Hymn : Ju,
while our I twirls srw Hleedlnc —Tune, Alititu V sr
lion; Atldraw; Pnjfir. MWID| with • Ura•
pruyer ln Concert: Hymn: -Nearer, my Ood, to
The*-—Tune, Betbeny ; IteueJlcllou.
Tur -for when Thy JuilmenU ere In the eerth,
the Inhabitant* of the world will learn righteousness.'
—■•alah XAVI:9.
(Not s word ef the above addreea waa written before
It waa delivered. It waa reduced to writing after
three daye because of a very general deelre, e*preeee<l
by Ihoee who were preaent, to have It In print. The
following la believed to be an accurate reproduction of
the line of thought panned, but it la not pretended
that the phraaeology la precisely the tame, j
The nation mourn*. We have aasern
bled in God's house not to increase the
honor of the dead, but for the beneiit
of the living. The illustrious departed
himself truly said, "We can add to the
dead no glorv—we CMII give to them no
immortality," and, it is equally true, we
can take nothing from them. When
death culls a man he is beyond the
reach of human power.
We have couie here out of respect to
the honored memory of our deceased
Chief Magistrate and to boa - down in
deep humility and make solemn con
fession before Almighty God, acknowl
edging our entire dependence upon
llim—imploring His mercy and guid
ance that we may be enabled to study
aright His judgments that are in the
earth, so that we may learn righteous
ness.
It is not an easy thing to make clear
the lessons taught by this great bereave
ment. Yet, even to our short sight and
weak comprehension great truths al
ready appear. Perhaps the simplest
way to introduce our reflections will be
to take an illustration from the charac
ters concerned in this tremendous trag
edy. The assassin wss a bad boy and
grew into a bold, bad man, so that even
those of his own family, it is reported,
were led to expect and fear he would,
at sometime, commit some horrible
crime. He went on from bad to worse,
hardening bia heart, the evil within
him developing until, demon-like, the
foul deed was perpetrated which placed
him beyond the possibility of doing
further harm. Pharaoh's heart wa*
hardened by what would have softened
the hearts of others, and he continued
in bis stubborn and growing wickedness
until he brought destruction upon him
self and his host*. God overruled Pha
raoh's inhuman persecutions for the
good of His chosen people. God over
rules and will continue to overrule the
fiendish act of this wretched murderer
for the inexpressible benefit of all who
sincerely put their trust in Him. James
Abram Garfield was a good boy. n good
youth and developed into a noble man
hood and a ricb, fully-rounded. Chris
tian character until he became fit for a
martyr, and in the shocking manner of
bis taking off he was enabled to eflect
results which no man could hare pro
duced in life. God honored him in ac
complishing ends through bis sad death
that could not otherwise have l>een
attained. Under the inscrutable direc
tion of an all-wise and all-merciful
Providence the evil defeats itself and is
made to contribute and add lustre to
the glorious victory of the good.
Let us now turn to a few of the many
LRSSONS or THE nor a.
I. HobU and unselfish purposes art re
versed. General Garfield did not desire
the nomination for the Presidency. It
was while he was pleading, with unsur
passed eloquence, the fitness of another
for that exalted place that attention
ws riveted upon himself as the proper
man. We cannot forget how strong his
expressed preference waa lo occupy the
aeat in the United .States Senate to
which be had been elected rather than
take the executive chair. A superin
tending Providence, nevertheless, plac
ed him in the executive mansion, and
in it, during leas than four months of
active service, he founded a policy at
once so assuring, eocommanding and so
far-reaching that half a dozen terms
would have been too short to fully carry
it out, but which baa become fixed in
effect m a fore gone conclusion l>r the
dreadful sacrifice of his precious life.
Cheater A. Arthur shrank from ac
cepting the nomination area for the
Vioe Presidency, and when the fatal
bell had atruck the President, full of
emotion, he aeid, out of the abundance
of an overflowing heart, to the grief
•tricken, heroio wife of the auffering
chief, "God known I do not want to be
President." And yet to day he fills the
Preaidentia) office, to carry on in detail
and perplexity the work so broadly
planned by bis lamented predecessor.
Oh I who oould, without a shudder,
have seen our now sainted Garfield go
back and bear the almost unbearable
burdens of that trying position after
the sanctifying influences of sorest ex
perience had made him too pure for
earth! The unexpected and undesired
change was wrought in God's judgment,
whose wisdom is higher than man's,
that thus the inhabitants of the world
might learn righteousness.
2. The "homage </" the people. is tunud
jrvm man to God. Had President Gar
field been restored to physical health
this nation would bare been in danger
of idolising him. Although in the hon
est indignation of his great besrt be
might, apostle like, have cried, "Mtand
up, 1 myself also am a man," yet, in
their enthusiaatio veneration, ths people
would not hare heeded his warning,
and not only the American, but with It
other nations also, would hare become
guilty of idolatry. God In mercy exer
cised bis judgments on the earth and
said to the chosen one, "It ia enough j
oome up higher," and in obeying the
summons he carried with him the
thoughts and affections of the people
up, upward abort the earth and all
earthly things erea to "the great while
i brone" that is abort all thrones. Who
will undertake to my such death, so-
KaJwjirs&w-'akf". sem&iiMSi sa- '*"•&*(* u • - ■
siflflif - - - .. ..
complishing such a result, is untimely T
Should wo not rather solemnly pause
and reverently thank God, not only for
this life, but also for this death ?
3. Christian woman is exalted in earthly
power, it is our boast that Christianity
has raised woman to a higher and
broader sphere of usefulness. What a
striking proof of thj* we see to day I
The wishes of a modest, quiet, devout
woman are, as they ought to be, unre
servedly honored and strictly observed.
By a word she holds in check the ex
travagant impulses of a wounded nation,
prcveuta improper ostentation and re
strains unchristian and idolatrous dom
onstrntions of grief. Common sense and
Christian resignation touchingly char
acterise the nation's funeral because
directed by a noble, submissive, heav
enly-minded woman. Though grief
stricken, yet not crushed, because
Christ is her life.
Nor can wo fail to notice the strug
gling widow of some years ago bearing
the burden of poverty and obscurely,
but truly and nobly rearing and edu
cating her fatherless children—permit
ted to live on earth beyond the number
of years usually allotted lo mortals, she
is suddenly brought before the admiring
eyes of the world as a towering monu
ment of true womanhood and Christian
fortitude, standing firmly upon the
Hock of Ages. We see her advanced in
age and weak in body, but young in
spirit and strong in the faith. These
two never to be-forgotten example* of
the strength of purity and ol conse
crated hearts appear In bold relief, in
shining light, under the thick cloud,
unshaken amidst convulsions of feeling
that cause the very foundations of
earthly kingdoms to quake. Then,
having taught by living example the
great lessons the world so much needed,
they will be permitted to retire to the
welcome privacy of a humble, rural
home, as persons too sacred to be kept
long before the public gaze. Could the
self sacrificing son ami husband himself
have chosen anything more in accord
with his best impulses than that through
this severe ordeal the characters of his
revered mother anil loved wife should
so stamp precious, living truths uj>on
the bleeding heart of his country and
the world in a manner that time can
never efface ?
4. Human distinction* art brought to <i
level. —Many occupying bumble pod
tions in life hail learned lo think tan
Kings and Queen* and their sons mid
daughter", anil others in high stations,
did not have heart aches and shed tears
like other people—but what do we see
in this case? The crowned head of
England dispenses with regal formality
and court language, and the aged
mother, herself similarly bereaved yean
ago, says in the tenderest pathos of
! widowhood, "With deep grief 1 and my
I children." Ac. What a spectacle! The
| ruling Queen of one of the foremost
| nations of the earth, and Prince* and
Princesses divesting themselves of roy
! ally for the lime and purpose that they
j may lovingly approach and condole with
(the stricken American heart—just a
I two widowed mothers aud their ehil
dren, living side by side in lowly]
j cottages in a country village, would
sympathize with and console each oilier
under heavy bereavement. The great
i principle of the common brotherhood
of man—planted by G >tl in the infancy
j of the human race—reasserted in our
I Declaration of Independence incor
poratcd into the very foundation of our
government—here finds a practical and
incontrovertible demonstration in the
eyes of an astounded world awed into
silence by the sublime conduct of true,
j widowed motherhood! That devout
women should thus be enabled to fur
ni.slt n natural and permanent solution j
of the problem that ha* for ages con
vulsed the nations of the esitli tut- j
j presses u o* one of the prnfoutußjudg I
meots of God, administered in wisdom.
I "that the Inhabitant* of the world i
I should learn righteousness." Dare anyJ
j one say a death producing such i 4
eflect is in vain, or even premature? 1
5. The civilised world is united in senti
ment. Critics are ai'.enced—the occupa
tion ol fault-finder* i gone. Political
dissension* are forgotten—bitter antag !
onistn* are dead—personal animosities
are buried. Union of heart* in the
United State* was never so complete —a
common grief ha* cemented our union
I of States more firmly thsn heretofore
I All parties, *ll classes, all shade* of
opinion are blended and hound togeth
er by a stronger and more loving tie
than has ever before leen recognixed.
Truly the man around whose death-bed
all difference* are dispelled die* not in
vain.
Rulers and subjects of all civili/cd
nations, nobles and common people,
men, women and children rie with each
other to give the tenderest expression
to the same seniumnt. The world
united in opinion I it was never so.
It could not be so now but for the puri
fying furnace through which we hare
been passing. "When God's judgments
sre in the earth," then "the ihabitanla
of the world will learn nghteouaneas."
6. Christianity it triumphant. Our nation
haa been brought to its knees in prayer.
Other nations hare been moved by the
same impulse. Infidelity has heen
obliged to hide its head with confusion
of face. But some sav, "the prayers
bare not been answerer!— God has eith
er not heard or He has not heeded."
Gh, no, God always hears and answers true
prayer. The spirit of the prayers was
that it might please God to do what
would be best for the suffering one and
best for ail the people. The time, the
circumstances, the very manner of the
death could not hare heen more oppor
tune to eatablish for all time the world
wide fame of the lamented dead. But
what is far more important, be was
permitted to give an exhibition to "the
inhabitants of the world" of how a lie
in* Christian faith enables a man to re
ceive without a word of revenge a cruel,
wanton blow causing an agony of bodi
ly suffering for long, weary weeks—to
prove how a brave, heroic man strong in
the strength Imparted through faith
oan, without a murmur, endure and die
for his country—for bis age—aye, for
the human race. Best of all for him
self, be through this very ordeal be
came more spiritually acclimated to
the atmosphere of Heaven and improv
ed in the graces that characterise the
society of the redeemed until he was
"meet for the inheritance of the saints
in tight," Then be was raised above
it>f perplexities, trials and pains of
earth to rest forever in the never weary
ing ecstatic activities of the Father'*
house full of glory unspeakable.
In view of all the facts stated, and of
many more of which we cannot now
give even a hint, und of still morn that
will l< revealed as time rolls on, it wus
best for his own family—hpst for the
American people—best for "the inhabi
tants of the world"—best for all the
coming generations till time shall end,
that it should be so now, .Should we
wish it otherwise ? ('an we not say, in
fullest confidence, "(iod's judgments"
am always best ?
7. God teaches in unmistakable ways. No
tice the striking contrasts. Less than
seven months ago there were inaugura
tion ceremonies on a grander scale than
at any previous lime—to day wo have
what will be chronicled as the greatest
mourning in history—there is before our
minds the most cowardly, most dastard
ly act of the wretched assassin, and at
the same instant, the most touching,
most bumble submission of earthly
greatness and Christian resignation to
Almighty Wisdom—the poorest of the
poor weeping for the same cause that
iias bedewed throne* with tears—all in
dicating how (iod's judgments, injustice
and mercy, in wisdom and love teach
mankind righteousness.
(iod tias given and preserved to us a
government that fosters the women and
the men who are made honored instru
ments in His hands to teach men right
eousness for Ilia glory. In the rueroora
bio words of him whose decease we
tuourn, "(iod reigns and the govern
ment at Washington still lives," ami let
us ever remember, the government at
Washington lives because (iod reigns.
No other government of the present, or
the past, could endure such tests with
so little strain, or confusion, or danger
of dismemberment.
It is a comforting thought that in the
! i|uict homes of this highly favored land
are to be found, still living, women and
! men who would prove rquallv noble and
; note-worthy if suddenly cslled torth fo
I give testimony before the world. Oh!
! virtue is not yet all dispelled from the
earth ! Because faithful and true in all
I the details of humble life, these loved
| ones were found prepared for high pule
; lie station. So we, using well our (iod
given mesns, talents and opportunities,
and acting well our part in our places,
; reading and applying aright (iod's les
sons vouchsafed for our guidance, are,
wherever and whoever we may he, to
; glorify (iod on earth in our l*dics and
j in our spirits, and then we may glorify
1 llim forever in the enjoyment of the
I rewards of the finally taitbful—of the j
j eternally bleed.
WF.DBKI) 0> PIKE'S PEAK.
j iwo urarth ti arr. o*i 10,000 rr.nr aijovr
otiicr people's iiiad*.
j Cdtdrido Spring* Uit*r in th* Trlt•!.
('. A. Dutton, Herman A. Throe
j inorton, Mrs. H. A. Throcmorton and
i Miss Nellie J. Throemortoo, of Boston,
i registered nt the Manitou House last
J night. They made inquiry concern-
I ing the difficulties of ascending Pike's
Peak, ami in the course of the even
| ing engaged the Kcv. I)r. J. Edward*
; Smith to go with them to the summit
of the peak for the purpose of per
forming a marriage ceremony. This
morning at sunrise the six bronchos
stood iti front of the Manitou House
ami in a few minutes the entire party
were in the saddle. The Rev. Dr.
•Smith was mounted upon a particu
larly lively brute, which after waltz
j ing on tv.o legs down the road, from
the hotel to the bridge over the Foun
| tain, wound up his performance by
j bucking the clergyman over the rail
ing into the stream. Mr. Smith was
Lrcscued at once, and although not
injured the accident deranged
of the wedding party, for
IV'■clergyman declined to risk his
| hwth by continuing the trip, in spite
of all persuasion and the offer of a
safe aud quiet animal. After much
consultation the young gentleman sug
gested that Dr. Araith should come to
this city (Colorado Springs) and from
the United States telegraph office,
which is connected with the signal
station on the peak, perform the mar
rirge ceremony by telegraph. The
doctor consented to this arrangement,
| and thus by accident anofher element
of romance was added to this already
romantic affair. The summit was
reached about noon, and Sergeant
O'Kcefe was found in charge of the
station. He received his visitor* with
his usual hospitality, and when their
intention of celebrating a wedding was
announced was overjoyed and at once
set about making arrangements. The
instrument room of the signal station
was decorated with flowers and flags,
j and then the sergeant seated himself
at the telegraph instrument and sent a
call down to the springs office, 10,000
feet below. Officer Jones, who was in
charge, replied and informed the ser
geant that the Rev. Dr. Smith had ar
rived and was ready to proceed with
the ceremony. The young people
joined hands and stood before the ser
geant, the father and mother of the
bride standing on either side, and the
sergeant at the instrument read off
the questions of the clergyman as
they came thrilling over the wtres.
There was a rapid clicking for a mo
ment and then sergeant O Keefe, in a
solemn voice, repeated the message:
"Charles A. Dutton, do you take
Nellie J. Throcmortou to be your law
ful and wedded wife ?"
"I do," responded the bridegroom
with evident emotion. The sergeant
tapped the telegraph instrument and
tn a moment another message came
and was read by Him ;
"Nellie J, Throemortoo, do you
take Charles A. Dutton to be your
1 lawful and wedded husband V'
"I do," said the bride in a low voice.
| The sergeant heard it, however, and
| transmitted the reply. There was a
, moment's pause, ana then came the
r solemn concluding words. Up from
tho valley to that small stone keep,
fourteen thousand feet above the
ocean, came that messago making two
hearts one:
"Then I pronounce you man aud
wife."
NATHAN HALE, THE SPY.
TUE MAS WHO RELIEVED ANV SERVICE rod
III* COCNTKV WAS UOMORAMLE.
Edwurtl Kim.ll Hal*.
Nathan Hulc, who was bunged bv
General Howe when ho was scarcely
twenty-one years old, was born in Cov
entry, Conn., June 4, 1705. His edu
cation was conducted with a view to
the life of a minister. He was trained
in the school to which America owes
so much, which is willing to push every
doctrine to its ultimate —the school of
the Puritans, who made America. At
the time of the battle of Islington
Hale was not two years out of Vale
college. The picked men of Yale ami
Harvard (lung themselves into the
army. There are many persons in
this audience who have beard their
lathers anil mothers tell ef the spirit
with which Hale taught the Union
school at New London. The school
was of thirty-two boys, about half of
whom were Latiners, and all but one
of the rest were writers. In addition
to this he kept for young ladies,
through the summer from 5 o'clock
to 7 o'clock every tnoriiiug, another
school, which was attended by about
twenty scholars. The rising of the
sun would seem to have been of a
different calender from ours, or the
habits of the young janple. His
school house was very convenient, he
writes. You have seen it and can
judge. He was a favorite in society,
handsome, athletic, frank, wide-awake
in the great popular questions which
excited society, and true to the old
creed of every Connecticut man—in
dependence in religion, and independ
ence in government, lie endeared him
self to young and old. fie had, in
his farewell part at New Haven, dis
cussed the questions whether the edu
cation of daughters l>c not more ne
glected than that of sons. Here he
was in a high way to reform that
error, if error there wa*. He con
| templated seriously making the teach
ing of the young his profession for
life, and New Ixmdon his home. Had
he done so you and I might have seeu
and talked with this delightful old
man. We might have heard him tell
of this and that abortive effort for
freedom which failed because the tons
of Connecticut stayed at home and
left it to bounty-jumper* to fight their
battles. But, thank God, his wa- an- j
other destiny, but this was not to be.
While Hale was a teacher in New ,
I/ondon he was not of age He Ha
noi, therefore, technically a "freeman." j
But he was enrolled in the militia,and
he was profoundly interested in the
military discipline which the time re
quired. It is his prominence in the
community as a favorite with the
young which fiermils one of hi* age to
speak out at the town mectiug called
after the battle of Islington. He eu
rolls himself as a volunteer, writes to
Coventry for his father's permission to
serve in one of the comiaiiiics of the i
new establishment, and having, of
course, received that permission from
the sturdy patriot, enlists in Webb's
regiment, the Seventh Connecticut,
nsks the proprietors of the school to
relieve him from further duty. The 1
regiment was one raiser! by order of
the general assembly that year for j
home defence and for the protection j
of the country at large. In this regi
ment Hale was first lieutenant, am!
after the first of September, captain. ,
The company consisted of seventy-one
men, and was organizer! before the
end of July. Its first service was in j
the neighborhood of New but
on the fourteenth of September it was
marched, by Washington's order, to
the ramp at Cambridge.
The summer of 177-* was a dark sea
son for the American cause. Hale was
a minor no longer; he was of age, and
immediately afterward his country
was new born. Hoon afterward Howe
lauded with his immense forces. The
patriots concluded rightly that New
S'ork would be their point of attack,
and General Heath was ordered there
with most of the army. Hale made
this march, passing through Norwich
on the way, and Intough the summer
was in active service. Of this service
a few letters preserve our chief me
morial. The first important duty in
which be was engaged was the cutting
out of an KoglUh sloop laden with
supplies, which, though under the
guns of the Asia man-of-war, was not
safe from the audacity of the am
phibious seameu soldier* of Webb's
regiment. At the head of a boat load
' of men Hale boarded ber at midnight
to the pier. Her store* were distrib
uted as clothing and as food in the
army."
Washington summoned Knowlton
to find some volunteer of intelligence
who would find his way into the Eng
lish lines aud bring back trustworthy
information. Knowlton summoned his
own officers, but none of them volun
teered. He tried, it is said, to induce
one of them to undertake the danger
ous service, and received the reply:
"I am willing to be shot, but not to be
hanged." Tnen one of his youngest
captains spoke, and Nathan Hale add:
"I will undertake it" He bad come
late to the meeting. He was pale with
recent sickness. His college compan
ion, Hull, had tried to dissuade him,
but he was determined. "I wish to be
useful," he add, "and every kind of
service for the public good become*
honorable." From that moment there
i* but little to be told till the end. He
crowed to Long Ldand and obtained
the information he wa sent for. He
nought a secluded cove on the north
side of Long Island, where he wan to
wait for a boat. A bout landed and
he went to meet it. It wa* the boat of
a British frigate, and he wan a prison
er. He wan marched to New York,
'juickly tried, condemned, and sentenc
ed to be hanged neat morning. On
the scaffold, after hi* letter* to hi*
family had been destroyed,and hi* re
quest for a Uible had been denied, be
nay*: "I only regret that I have hut
one life to give to my country!" It
i* not succeed in the field ; it in not to
wisdom in the council; it is to ready
self-sacrifice at the country'* call; it
in to readiness to die in the country's
cause, that our presence here is due
to-day, that men seek for any memori
al, and bring together every wreath of
laurel, which may bespeak their grati
tude to Nathan Hule.
BEN BI'TLER AT HOME.
Ill* liEVOTIOtt TO HIS wir* AND FAMILY.
I'rotn PkM'h iu N*w York Sun.
There is an air of comfort about his
library, with the exception of one
chair, which is Gen, Butler's favorite
scat. It is necessary to keep one's
sea legs on to occupy the chair. It is
about as difficult to sit in as a bicycle
i* to ride, hut the manufacturer hav
ing furnished two legs of the chair,
(ten. Butler contend* that he ha* done
his share, anil that whoever occupies
it must furnish the other two legs. A
visitor who wanted to cross his legs
found that the chair ran from under
him like a frightened steed, and in a
moment more he was gyrating his arms
and leg* among the wolf skins on the
floor. Gen. Butler's face did not
change a particle at the sight, hut, as '
he puffed out a little bigger cloud of
smoke, he said in guttural tones : "The |
chair is all right, if you keep your j
legs straight." It requires some in
genuity to master the scat, and Gen.
Butler seems to revel iu the exercise.
The book case* arc adorned with
bust* of eminent lawyers, for whom
Geu. Butler ha* unqualified word* of j
praise. (>ne richly-bound volume rest
ing on a shelf is entitled "The Itepub
lican Court," and it (fives the portrait*
of the most beautiful women of the
Revolutionary time. The book wa* a
Christmas present from Gen. Butler I
to his wife many years ago. and after
he had been married to her about
eleven year*. Accompanying the gift
he sent a letter, afterward pasted by
Mr*. Butler on the fly leaf, in which
i letter he avow* that no feature limned
within the page* of the book by the
] hurin of the engraver appeared to
hini half so beautiful a* those whirh
had for eleven year* shed so much of
light and joy into his life. The devo
tion of Gen. Ihitler to his charming
wife, who died wine years ago dur
\ ing his presence under a surgical
operation, is instanced in many ways
. by his circle of friends, and his bold
temper and rugged nature yield to
i nothing so quickly as to her memory.
I He has studiously kept her room in
the condition in which she left it.
j Her pictures arc nearly all within his
j own apartment, with sj>ecimeus of her
needlework and reminders of her wo
: manly neatness. The volume of Shake
' speare she used to read aloud, with the
skill that came from her training as
jan actress, is treasured bv the bus- i
hand. The ardor with which, as a
j youth, he followed the beautiful ae
! tress from New England to the (tanks
, of the Ohio, where he at length made
; an irresistible declaration of his love,
j never dimmed through life, and seems
! now as strong in his devotion to her
| memory. Her theatrical genius found
j appreciation and opportunity in her
| own home, for Gen. Butler provided
j her with a theatre under her own roof,
| and one most complete in its appoint
| meats. It is now hi* billiard room,
i hut it was then also his theatre. The
; billiard table is upon wheeis resting
|on a track. When a performance was
j designed the billiard table was run
I upon its track against the wall, and
j covered with the flooring for the stage.
The foot-lights were arranged, the
j scenery was placed, and the curtain
| was hung. There was a dressing room
I hack of the stage, and a wardrobe
j adequate for all needs. Here Mrs.
Butler and her little company of chil
dren and frieuds often gave theatrical
entertainments to rare audiences, and
no one appreciated the performances
more than Maj. Gen. Ben Butler, the
general manager. The billiard room
has a polished hard-wood door and
frescoed walls and ceilings. A rack
contains a spangled Egyptian saddle,
which was a present to Gen. Butler
from the Khedive. A practical fea
ture of the saddle U the construction
of the stirrups, which have the spurs
set into them. Painting* by Mrs.
Ames are scattered about, the house.
Mrs. Butler's picture is the first ob
ject that meets bis eye io the morning,
and the last that he looks upon at
night.
Butler displayed great affection for
his children constantly when in their
presence, and when he was at home be
wanted Ihe boys about him. He would
make acme startling assertions now
and then—such, for instance, as that
Brother Jasper is right and that the
"*un do move," and then he would
marshal up the most ingenious argu
ments in order to exeito his sons to
avail them and trv to break them
down. He would claim that the earth
i* • flat as a hatter cake; that it*
centre i* the polar region, which no
man can jM.-nctrate; that it i* sur
rounded by water, and that the argu
ment* in favor of a globular earth,
such as that the mast* of ship* are
seen before the hulls and the top* of
mountains before their has.es, are all
grounded upon a misconception of the
law of perspective. He would set hi*
hoys to work to fight this theory, and
he made it sometimes rather difficult
for them to answer him bf-causc of hi*
fertility in ingenious argument*.
Gen. Butler smoke* Havana cigar*
a* long as a penstaff, sit* up late read
ing or talking, and retires aliout mid
night. He is up again at 6 o'clock,
looking as fresh as a school hoy and
ready for any amount of hard work,
of which he seems never yet to have
had too much. He makes a tour of
his grounds, looks at the beautiful
bed* of foliage plant* bordered with
sweet alysstim, watches the coloring of
the hydrangeas from huff to blue, by
the charcoal he mixed with the earth
about thein. takes a look for hi* squir
rels, and then walk* into breakfast.
His table ha* a mass of flower* in it*
centre, fresh from his conservatory,
and a* he settles into hi* seat, Peter,
who appear* in a swallow-tail coat and
a white necktie, pins a bouquet in the
general'* left lapel. Thirty year* ago
Mrs. Butler began this practice, and
the general keeps it up. The coffee
urn used by George Washington—
affectionately termed "Uncle George"
by the General—grace* the table.
There i* a conspicuous cabinet in the
dining room which is a fine specimen
of antique Flemish carving. It* out
line is a mass of mermaids, griffins,
leave* ami fruits, and although now
SWO years old, it promise* to last for
ever. Upon one shelf is a coffee set
painted with the picture* of (sen. But
ler and hi* staff. Gen. Butler i* a
hearty eater and he sips a little sherry
at his meal*. Hi* breakfast over,
Peter hand* him one of his big Hav
ana cigars, hold* a light to its end and
leads the way to the carriage that ha*
just stopped at the door. As the gen
eral takes his seat Peter hands him a
boquet covered with tissue paper, and
the driver cracks his whip. The car
riage rolls away leaving a train of
cigar smoke behind.
Gen. Butler seems to find happiness
in little things, and one of the inci
dents of his day's pleasure is to just
come within a second of missing the
train to Boston, and vet not miss it.
He often make** experiments in seeing
how long he can n-maiu in his bouse
or office and then how last he can go
to the depot, and how near he can
come to being left.
The Greatest Mistake.
Kveryliodv is making mistakes.
Everybody is finding out afterward
that he has made a mistake. But
there can bo no greater mistake than
the stopping to worry over a mistake
already made. Temptation is irresist
ible when one has slipped on an orange
peel, or a banana skin, to turn hack
and see just where and bow he slipped.
But if a man is in a hurry to the
depot, he would do better to look out
for the next slipping place, and guard
against it, than to turn around and
walk backward, with bis eye* on the
place where he slipped last, and his
mind full of worry because be slipped
there. And a man would stand a
belter chance of entering hi* train by
letting those slipping place* alone.
"Forgetting those thing* which are
behind, includes the forgetting to
worry over the irredeemable part."
"Beaching forth unto those thing*
which arc before," is the "one thing"
for every child of God to do in spite
of many mistakes which at the best
he has certainly made.
The "Poor Girls."
The poorest girls in the world are
those who never have Been taught to
work. There arc thousands of them.
Tbey have been taught to despise
labor and depend upon others for a
living, and are perfertly helpless. If
misfortune conies upon their friend*,
as it often does, their case i* hopelea*.
The most forlorn women on earth
belong to this class. It belongs to
parent* to protect their daughter*
from this deplorable coudition. They
do ibera a great wrong if tbey neglect
it Every daughter ought to be
taught to earn her own living. The
rich as well as the poor require this
training. The wheel of forluue roll*
swiftly round—the rich are very likely
to become poor, and the poor rich.
£*kill to labor is no disadvantage to
the rich, and indispensihle to the poor.
Well-to-do parent* must educate their ,
children to work. No reform ia more
imperative than this.
A I.ITTLK fellow, turning over the
leave* of a scrap Uok. came across
the well known picture of aome chick*
ens iust out of their shell. He exam
ined the picture oerefullv, and then,
with a grave, sagacious look, slowly
remarked ; "They came out 'coa tbey
was afraid of being boiled."
A Borrow medicant said to a gen
tleman : **l should like to have ten
cents to appease my hunger. I have
forty cento, end with ten more I could •
get quite • decent supper."
Ir Shakespeare had been familiar
with double-barrel led shot guns he
would have talked leaa of the slings
tod arrows of outrageous fortune.