, JUW PES A.WW, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. 'l OAVAXDA : r.'iiiS.iti iUoriunn, ftlnn 3, 18 3U. .Jrittteii |lottrD. OUR CHILDHOOD. JT SKOBCE D- PRKNTICK. . . J vvt sweet —ta li-ten • . .ft w iad's sett tie -well, :L :V we Rear the atu*ie - ■ .1 know so well; r our oat on the evea, ? :■ "jndltw nelds of air, . j aj*in our boyish wisU jvsu: like anifrta there ! - j-. ::iiny dreams of glaUnese - ■; : arounJ the past, ;l,e t. tub of fcehn.r . Lit- throngi nj fast— : d.i- lV ff • >0 dearly, : ! v da> now goue. , uit.io.i atid lovely - |j : t look upon. hr.oi.t J: J lovely aiaudens -i i - formed for L liss, .md tv<. ht ,;vonl v -r.::s' n r'.dasthis! v, - . -,'; rk eyes -eeiEtd switnni lily a ><■ i. E*ud light. , I.ikj of - iu were streatniin; s unny Urt^uu - were like the ••tnshiae : i :. r-tinte of the year— , un- of Apni •v eu t*v try ie.tr .. . ..ke hope—away v . ....s ,o\ -...es> liAe tied—- . .. hvurt . ciourning -: <-y ire .th the dead. _'.t UvL of - tamer li ■ . :r .at the ateai— :- a . v ily death fr, .1 eirth like them! rhl > -addemn^ ..- -uv ii as they— .. . u-t .1. the beautiful -t away 1 wh' at wv love \ -ig luvast. - : the cl'mriag vine ; sh here they rest. th' : k of these ._ . - Auo l gentle spring. . . ut# tree. ir. *jvug o'er as. v . :h. ■r- ire blossuming! > ; w Lter's couiir.g ...- . i; and st.Ttny *ky r Oeaaty aroon't ua :• wh|tt to diel HI isr tll unfo as. [:> r.t No" York D:sp*Wh.] Camp Meetings. I s Sunday raorniusr. found one or tire s seated >. the breahfa* table. dittu . . - : i .'5 ar.ti demerits of t,e vari-. a> a before them : tiling up the iattmb "■ coffee, and general roMtb OO the incli the wo.: ; r• itside. Oi.i >oi" had tke clouds coqoeUiahiy, •■'•c his face for a Mant, and thee duck* ; I md SMK OM of his ra;orv contpauions, - - t i dvUrmmed to have a - *. ~ of . i seek. R r.r>y. what think TOO of tbewea r ' acj of a drive over te Camp r ' Wit vj j you r * . ■ r * ma of oap tneetincs. I have " r of them, aui always avoid weather from all appearances I - or no: rain ; ;sat*s my private T expressed. : i: - an opinion ; hot Charley, why > .to caiup meetimrs * don't you a ip- a wide ma rein for fun ? . this morning 7 Car • • : aecr up !" • 's ali very well to say cheer up, ! so i* quite another matter. - y ; -\ n "Jtwued the word camp I lave ut I told yoa before. • rought painful recollections 1 'hat f You, who I suppose recc Ikctiuas of that kind, but . :. • r origin in scenes of a '• " asd juitkaltriy vrheu conuco •• es But tell me about i md story at the bottom t yoa tu as. Come, Charley • I re yoader chair to res: my re - or. ami prepare yourself foe an r I told you I Once had at •-? .-.J for Lis eccentricities- — ■ eof miue was a devout i ; i_ a general way a most e.\ ei -' as an old fashioned ir.an. -grry of the Revolt:tx>: try knee-buckles, and ail— - lau-ortant occasions an loc v i ma a vras well-to-do in the rea hand and pocket for ali . -c- and especially when the ~ Missionaries to the Foo • :to sat ply the destitute infants * *-tu 'due tooth corahs, ml-darnel - *.d nxral tracts.' In physical - •• as a perfect Jack Faistaff. f. inches high, and the suae l< • 41 d before, my uncle Jeantes Metl ufii of the oki school. His •cu ser than any others ; h s ; r -"v rt. and his drvotioa to the • J y were sincere and ar :~s shoulder to the wheel - - - * ays moved forward. In r g camp meetaag** he . * e. aai had l: few su y- L; chest seat near the r>"i< J-ramr? said • let THE BRADFORD REPORTER. us pray,' every cue placed themselves iu the most comfortable position possible for a long prayer. Then the old gent would let himself out. aud in his never tiring, never-ceasing way, go through with his prayer, touch at the strong points, giving his Satanic Majesty u thorough overhauling, pitching into siu aud wiekeduess generally, and particularly into the wicked sin ners present, with a hearty good will, giving them the full benefit of his exjwrieuce, and well he knew their weak points, having been himself, iu his younger days, a wild, dare-devil youth, (so at least rumor had it,) a regular brick. " Well do 1 remember an intensely hot day in August. Old Sol was pouring down his burning rays upon the earth, and all inanimate Nature sec met! crisped and parched, while eve ry walking and creeping tiling had sought some cooling retreat from the roasting heat of the sun. " That very morning my father had pro jK)sed to his two boys a walk through the woods to a camp meeting, some two or three miles distant, aud like boys of six and eight, (as we wore,) we were much elated with the idea. •• In due time we arrived at the eanping grouud where we found people to the number of 3.000. already assembled, anxiously await ing the coming of tL? presiding eider, who soon made his appearance and ascended the pulpit, where were congregated some twenty or thirty brother ministers. •' Mv rcsp.cted uncle, attired in hi- Sunday go-to-meeting suit, minus his coat and waist coat. was as usual seated directly under the droppings of the sanctuary. Oa every side from the pulpit, as a general centre, extended rows of rude scats, forming a sort of amphitheatre, which were occupied by the attentive congre gation. Consequently, Uncle Jeaiues una in fuii view of every one. "I am thus particular in order to impress you fully with the ludicrousuess of the scene that fallowed. •' A* ill luck would have it. my father seat ed himself und ids two boys on the seat iaiaie diately behind the one occupied by our worth, v uncle and aunt. As 1 said before, lite day was iuteusely hot, and my uncle had thrown off his coat and vest, the better to combat the great enemy, leaving h * boots, unmentlo.iab'cs, and one other garment, as the only covering to Lis person. "Now, these unmentionables depended for support, entirely upon the adhesive properties of a missive button behind, which constituted their whole and only sustaining power. This butlou was a perfect treasure in the eye of the youngsters behind him, aud their curiosity was raised to the highest pitch. It was a bronze button, with a device of a hunter, with his horse and dogs. The performance had now reached the praying point, aud the old gectle nt.n, with Lis brothers and sisters, w.re soon •?u tbrir knees ; and he in spirit, at or.ee p-ac imsclf outside this wicked world, forgetting alike the sorrows of the present state of exis tence and the mischievous boys on the bench ehind him ; but we were not idle ;ina to k ■- 1 whipped out my 'bowlen knife' and sev ered the ccnr.ecting fink between the parts and the bronze button, quietly putting the tlt'MMO iu my pocket, of course. I was too yc ung to know that effects always followed causes. Af ter a hearty Amen ! (bat G. order up another before I make the awful disclosure— there, that's right As I said before, aftern hearty ainen. the old gent placed himself in au upright position, and Lis pants went gently dowi on h r * boot* ' Tb. -re was one wil l shout. My old anr.t, who wis stand rig 1 y ais side, made a desper ate effort to catch the receding pants, but miss ed the mark and caught the only remaining gailttlA, which in her nervous anxiety, she de rated, an.l finely h.-M at his shooMers. believ :-.g that she was hoi iing the aforesaid pant*. Did 1 say there was one shout ? Weil, now, <1 fo'lo-ved aft r*: it. until the welkin rat g again and so .ri " ML. . G . co Ss was. my father wa!ke.l M tl.-0':_!. the w->three mil-s in a*, out fbor auntttes, tad gave bk tie oasttm f • :'-dod ihrxflrwg I ever got from that quarter. Scm that period, as I told yon this morning. I have had a perfect horror of Ua:np Meet- N<> tvioos at Home:.—Above all lungs there >i**u. Jbe no doom in t i.e home. The -hadows of dark discontent and was'- fal fret- Utmm MhanU eewer aw thothvwhakh throw ing these large, black Bkt funeral pails over the happy yoaag sprits gathered there. If yon w 11. y ur bom- shast be a heaven and every inmate an angel there. If you w ill too shall sit on a throne and be the presiding hous -hoid d'-tty. O 1 faithful wife, w i.at priv f.iges—what treasures great-.r or purer than thuie ? And let the husband strive to forget his cares as he w.ni- around the long, narrow street and beho.J* the soft light ilinmiuiog his lirtie parlor, s; reading its precious beams on the red pare before it. He has been har assed. pert xed. j* rerouted. He has borne with many a cruel tone, many a cold word, and : rve-i himself no to all energy so des perate that his frame at i spirits are weaken ed and depressed, aad h-s limbs ache with weariness His temples throb w,;h the pa.o tat caused by a too cer.*;ant appik-atioo.— He scared v knows how to meet his wife with a pieasant smile, or sit down cheerfully to their utile rc- ai. a hick she has pron ku. w 4 ih so much care. IV:: th- ikvr is opened—the overcoat tbrcwr has:, 'y off A sweet, siugrig voice fa. * epos: ha •-■sr. aud the tones ore - - sot"; a .id glad ti at hope, 1 kt- a wir-ged angel, flics right into ha bosom and nestle* against his heart. A hoate where gLx-m is .cd—presid es.! over by one who has learned to rule her self and her house ribb—Oh ! be is thrice coo -oicd for all lis trials, lie c*ar>t be unhap py. T. at sweetest, deArest. best solace is ho —a cheerful borne IK* yoo woofer that the man is strength. >;-ii anew for to-morrow - PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT TO WANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. " RE.VAr.DL.ESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." Physical Geography—The History of the Earth. Physical Geography is a new science. Its rapid development during tho last thirty years has r.-suked chiefly from the untiring labors of the great Alexander Von Humboldt. It is intimately connected with, and indeed, strictly speaking, is a branch of geology. Giving to the latter science its true definition, geology is a description and physical history of the globe—of the entire earth, including the his tory of the animal and vegetable races ; of the races that have once lived, but which have long since passed away, as well as of those that now have being. But employed in a more restricted and practical seuse, geology refers especially to the interior of the earth, to the description and formation of those vast beds of granite, sand stone. slate, and limestone that make up what is termed the crust of the earth ; aud also to the innumerable fossil remains of animals and plants which were entombed among them : while physical geography is usually under stood to embrace the study of the earth's ex terior. f the surface, the study of the land, the sea the atmosphere, and of the animals and plants which they support. •' But how differs physical geography from common geography C some of our young rc-i lers may inquire. There is quite a wide difference between the two. Common, or, as it may be more properly termed, statistical or political geography, relates chiefly to mau and his works, to the arbitrary division of the earth into .-'.ates and empires, and tri .ts of the land, the sea, and the air only so far as they refer to man's inter.sts ; whereas physical geogra phy treats only of the natural divisions of the earth : and man is there regarded ouly as a fellow-inhabitant of the globe, ia common with other animals. Scientific men are led to believe, from vari ous geological and astronomical observations, that the planet on which we live was once in a melted state—that it was iu fact a Luge red hot ball, eight thousand miles in diameter.— While iu this melted or fusod condition, it is evident that no water could exioo its sur face, for it would then instantly be converted into steam : and consequently the immense volume of the ocean most then have existed iu the state of vapor dispensed through the air The condition and appearance of our atmos phere in those early times must have been sin gular indeed. It hung over and shut in the earth, like a great white shroud. But gradu ally and very slowly the surface became cool ed aud hardened, and a crust of granite or of lava was formed, its thickness constantly in creasing. Finally, after the lapse of great periods of time, w hen the cooling had sufficient ly advanced, the watery vapor floating through the air became gradually condensed into the liquid form, till at last the entire rtrfsce of the iriobe was covered by one continuous heat oil ocean, in which for a long time, prouat ly, no drv iaud. nor even a roekv isict, was to be found. A* the surface became hardened, it became also cracked and broken, and covered with rugged elevations of rock. u;>on which the cur rats of the new-formed ocean acted with creat power, breaking them down, and grind ing and wearing them into pebbles, sand aud s .1 : tM sand and soil being depo-hted ever the earth in great or strata, which finally . v the action of great heat and other causes, were converted into beds of solid rock, these 1a their turn being broken. ;rroaud. and worn down by the sea. for the f rmation of other strata, the sr.:.- Pr -re** being repeated many trie * and Indeed being still continued in our dav by the same old ocean. II- w long the heated sea entirely covered the ciiobe we can never know ; but eventually reeky islands and small patches of dry land. WW after another, emerged from the tepid wa ter-. and new-born " firmaments" were lifted up to greet the sen. This grand event was eff *---i by ti.e agency of the earth's interna; elev.:hig for res. the nature aria operation o wiitc't ar, as yet fully miuersL-od, but which, daring probab y the entire ihtwj of our plauel, have be-.-a and ate acting with constant and trcir.eu.iou* j-ower. This same •o.vor i roiccv* not •• y the gradual elevation tae laud aud mountain chains, but probably explains the existence of volcanoes ami the cause of earthquakes. Ooe of the grandest and most interesting truths of geology is that of the great an: quit j of the glooe. It u.o>; cooij4et iy pp. res that the aire of the earth must uot be reckoned by •-!> i.ik bit by ml!!;*n. aud.: may be bii !.ous. of years I IVirir.g these iinmense perio-L --of :.3ie, its couiit.oa and appearance were continually changing. What a*.* dry land .it the beginning of one period of epoch, might at the cad of that epo-.li. or in some succeeding one, be the bottom o: a deep ocean, ami again, in some sahscvjneiit period, be upraised atove the waters. Irie very locality on which the reader is now Lving has in aii probab;l.ty been ibs- t time* covered by the water* the s.-a But darug all the*e mighty changes, the amount of dry land has bo-a slowly bu: cer tairlv inoreas'rg. an-! >e- xnrig gradualvy more and more fitted for the habitation of nan. the !a*: created of all beings that hare lived nr"?i the earth. The dry land at the present time cover- abont one qaarter of the globe. The c-*:ng of the earth ha* advance-i with extreme >k>woe#—so slowly, indeed, that at thos time the thickness of t.ne era*: amounts nrev.-ab.-y to cot x-*he than thirty miles, while a.; be'ow i* yet in a melted state. I hiring a L>ag. loag per,ad tot-re was ro i-v.u-g;. the carta, i*: in tue fulloess o time, wheu the sea ac J iani had become sufficiently cool to sustain ao-atai kfe, the Creator placed in t * rfei a few small sbeU-foh, together with a f-.-w species vf f-kyjs and sea-plaats bidtliag litem -'Be fruitful and ualup"l' T of letbv There wa* thoi n-> gicat body of laud ; islands only existed—these pro bably of no great extent, anil destitute of ri vers, aud lakes, and mountain chains. The climate must have been intensely hot aHd moist ; no change of seasons, no saow nor ice. But the condition of the earth was all the while changing, aud eventually it became un fitted fur the existence of these first and sim plest of created things, and they perished and {Kissed away forever ; while other races of creatures, animals, and plants, of large and more complicated structure, and higher in the scale of being, were called into existence, these iu their turn to pass away and give place to other species, still farther advanced, when ever the mighty and uever -ccasiug chauges in the physical geography of the globe made the substitution necessary. And thus it went on to the grand and glorious consummation—the creation of n in. who, both in intellect and bodily structure, is comparably superior to all other earthly creatures that have yet lived. The earth had finally become fitted for his dwelling-place. It was for him, and him alone, that all these vast aud long-continued prepu tions had been going on. riuch are the revelations in the history of our planet, as record d by the geologist ; and we know that his record is true. Of the mil lions and myriads of animals and plants that lived aud perished before man was placed in the world, the eru.-t of the earth iu all parts of the globe is filled with innumerable re mains ; oftentimes are found the entire skele tons of animals that bear no resemblance to any now living. A Storm on the Great African Desert Mr. Lowth. in his " Travels in Africa," thus describes one of the storms peculiar to that re gion .-—" We had nearly gained the Wadv Araba, when dark eioud* appeared to gather in the south and west, and it was soon evident that a storm was pursuing as and wonkl proba bly be upon us U-fore long. I never saw eloads gather so rapidly for a storm as these dd. Tie baggage .aaiels were some little distance behind u*. and as we halted for them and the tent to protect u from the comimr deluge, by iii-iuck the whole body of camels iu p. dip of the ground took a wrong turn aud followed a hollow leading away from u*. But the storm was coming on fast—nothing could be finer than Its advance. The air about us was bright and sunny and still, and a mile distance through the clear atmosphere was ap proaching one enormous wall of sand ; from rigl.t to l-'fi it extended with a widefront,and from earth to h.aven, and behiud it we heard the storm—the roll of the thunder and the roar of the wind. It was angularly fine : but the question was—which would be up with us first ; the camels or the wall of sand ? Men harried off acro*s the waving plain to check the camel* iu their line, and we prepared to receive the storm. We wrapped oorselres ia our cloaks, put down oor dromedaries—their bajs around us and ourselves under their lee. aud so we sat ou the ground and waited.— Fortunately the wall of sacd pru\ed to be a little in advance of the rain, and this and the cnmel- made a race of it. and ran a d*ad heat. We were half blinded and choked by the sand as it swept over us in a pass, but the animals straggled in la the midst of it—ah bauds went to work to get up oue small tent —the -tone bellt-wed In our C 3- —in our blinded state we cool i *ee nothing ri-yori ! a few yards—the rain came down, but the tent spread its pro tevt.ng folds—we huddled under it —and then the storxn burst oa as ia ail its fury. The ground w -.* c d holding ground, and the little tent, though it threatened perpetnaily and loudly to go reght away and on into the Wa dy Araba. did n-H uo so, but stood fast. 1 a- vt-r knew heavier rain for twenty minutes, but it d.d not penetrate the canvas. The rain continue ! for about au hoar, and then it wa> fine." A few days iwo\ a eood old lady of this village, meeting a farmer in our street oa a load of hay. inquired of Lim if it was fir -de ; ou being answered m the affirmative, she a-k-xi I n: to tara his team around aud drive to her husbands barn yard, some quar ter of a mile -Tan?. Her request was com plied with, and after the bani yard was reach ed. the old buly informed the teamster that she o ri, trjk'fd a ccmi's trorfA of' A;y for a Arm's KO si, and that while he was throwing it off she wonkl s?-; into the house and get the g 1 Toe driver was ongwliant enough to curse the oil lady aud her be as, refused to re t.i.l his Lay.— l\ -:.ri hi T- .im-icrtpt. T e SaII Ketost.—A sailor was cali ed epea to stand as a wltn-*.*. •' *:r.~ *x : d the lawyer. " d> you k-sew the j>laint;!f and defetktant ? ' " I uoa't know the drift of them weras," aaswerei the sa . v " NViiat I tiOt * low the plaint.ff ar.i defe last I" coa tit.a-xi the lawyer : ' a pretty feC w yoa to come here a* a wi :n. ss. Can tou tie:! m vh'-re on boarei the si ip it was that taaa struck the other one ?" " A'-aft the binnacle.** so.d the sailor. " Abaft toe binnacle," said the iiwyci ; what do y 5 mean by that " A petty falkwr y- u," reiMedhd the sailor. "-x>me here as a L*y r. and don't know what abaft the binnacle means." Bc.ctift'L annocvcewevt of srsiNf, —The f.iforaFilj beautiful arr.onrK-ecieo; of Spring, ripped from a very od -jook. which cannot '. too often read. > very appropriate to the s* a soo dow opening uioa us -. "Ia the winter ? pa.**e^i: t?*e rain Is or?r am! gone : the fi -w- rs appear ca the earth, tae ivaae of tae ssugtsg of tirds as cocee. an-i ti.e uirde 'ts heard ic the lar.-I; the Eg tree putteth forth her green figs, and the v.rts with the trader grape jive a g>i sm'll." No cKttierw wr.ter caa excel this beautiful kscripttoo of the remtar -q-rlng te?" V k-ufect aod c*>ntagw>a* uitroier. awQ t.nere f-vc o-:ghl to L-. .arvfU'y ;udastr.c':-ly avxdmJ. "Wot Bra? More. 'Tnout it's Sweetened/' [From the Moutgouicrv M.dl ] It is astonishing how firmly certain words and phrases become incorporated in oi:r ver i naeuiar. by the chance telliug of an anecdote, !or anything- of that sort. A very common i metaphorical expression is contained the words, " petting the hang." It is of universal appli , cation and convenience, and became popular • from the day of its " first appearance" in the New Orleans Picayune, ten years ago, as the nub of a story of a western gambler iu asteam ! boat who refused to refund certain monies frau dulently obtained, although made fast to apis -1 ton rod of the machinery, and complied, every I second, alternately, to plunge and jump back ! wards, to prevent, in the one case, his head from being jerked off, aud iu the other, his brains from being dashed out by the regular i powerful stroke. " Let me aloue ; I'm just getting the hang of the machinery," he exclaimed, when it was demanded, 4 " Won't you payback, now?" And so in law. polities, reiigiou and taorais. science and art. the American people have been getting the hang ever since. " .V t a drap more, 'thoul it's sicectened," is a household phrase in a part of Georgia end Alabama. A man declines, with it, to renew a game of cards at which he has been unsuc cessful ; a rustic expresses, by the elegant periphrasis, his determination to drop the ac quaintance of some cruel beaaty ; the little politician vows, iu these term?, to abstain, in future, from some particular course which has proven unprofitable ; and so on. through a thousand phases and cases of common-place life, it answers its purpose? of a playful, but decided negation or declension for the party using it. In fact, it is a rather liberal render ing of the and thou lorrst mo." though mostly by those who never read Shaksjieare. We believe that our friend. Co!. L Haralson, formerly of Georgia, is entitled to the credit of the story out of which grew the expression.— He tells it about thus : Twenty years ago, it was the en-torn in north western Georgia, as indeed it was throughout the southwest, for dry goods dealers to keep a barrel of " spem*t " iu the back RU JUS, and to " treat liberal customers to a g!a*s whenever desired." F iens ami Dewberry were such dealers in I one of the small towns iudicated : and they ■ had for a customer a clever. frollickiDg old fel ; low named J >e Denny, who drank whiskey in 1 prefer tice to water, always, and whose wife was " M--a of his flesh " iu that particular Tue old couple woma come to town, trade quite . freely, and quite as freely imbibe the spirits ' in the back room of the dealers we have named. Ou one occasion both the old man and old woman continued their potation? inordinately; and a? F.deus observed that his goods went better the drunker the old woman became, he pressed her ;o drink. At ia>: she r.fused unless he "would sweet en it with a Idtie store sugar." The amiable shop-keeper indulged her, and when the old |eopk started home in the evening late, the : -.•id man could scarcely mount his horse, ana the good w *fe h.:d actually to be l.fted aud placed or the pillion behind Liu. Happily, she ieaiie>l one way. a.id her husband the otl ther. -o that the gravitiag joint was between them ; and as *Lo sing to him instinctively they pass -d oat of the village safely. Before reaching their h me. however, th y had to cross a small eretk. ar.d when their . |,.. r . • -tepped in to drink, the old lady having reached released her hold, and quietly baaed in the stream below. Occupied with his thoughts, the old man did u .-t perceive - loss, but jigged slowly homeward. Arrived ' there, t'.> eh ireu inquired anxiously for nr.!my," but the old man could only niv that -he ha i been on the critter," ar.d the "crit ter hadn't kicked up nary time, so he couldn't say w ere she raout be 1" and threw himself stupi 3 on a bed. tj.ris a:sl boys Sow along the road the old •nan bad come, yelling .jt.' --* .' but of * cour-e no rsty rvsj /a(ied. When they arrived at the creek, the oldest girl si uted " yonder she La, sitring dowa to the creek 1" And there she ti,' seated com fortably in the water, which came nearly up to her mouth. A- si e swayed back arid forth, , low ri iding to tl • of the stream. ' and now renting it with some success, the I muddy fluid would x her hps, an! each time it did -o, she would faintly ex claim with a grim eff.rt to smile : " Not a drap mo:.-. Mr. F.lhu s, 'thou: it's -w.- ter._ t." Ane Per y. ?'.->• we are in lebtcd for ore of oar m.tk. aud that caa hurt nobody, it b oey ' jwer---£; -r 3 error <.r ig-r-jexnce that am hurt VOL. XVL—NO. 47. Lazy Boys. A lazy boy makes a lazy roan, just as cure as a crooked twig makes a crooked tree. Who ; ever shiv ,a boy grow up ia idleness, that did j no', make a shiftless vagabond when he became ! a man, unless ne had a fortune to keep op ap : pes ranees ? The great mass of thieves, pau j pers and criminals that £ll our penitentiaries and altus-houses, have came up to what they are being brought up iu idleness. Those who constitute the business part ot the comiuunity, those who make our great and useful men, were trained up in their boy-hood to be iudus trious. When a boy is old enough to betriu to play i in the .street, then he i-> old enough to be taught j how to work. Of course, we would not de prive children of healthful, playful exercises, or the time they should spend in study, but teach them to work, littie by little, as a child is taught at school. In this way he will acquire habits of iddustry which will not forsake him when he grows up. Many persons who are poor let their children ; grow up to fourteen or sixteen years of age, or till they can support them no ionger, before (they put them to labor. Such children, not j having any idea of what work is, and having acquired habits of idleness, go forth to impose J upon their employers with laziness. There is & repuisiveness ia aii work set before them, and to get it done, no matter how, is their on ly aim. They are ambitious at play, but dull at work. The consequence is they do not stick to one thing bat a short time ; they rova about the worid, get into mischief, and "finally find their way to the state prison or alms | house. "U ith the habit of idleness, vice may gener ally, if not invariably, be found. When the minds and hands are not occupied in some use ful employment, an evil genius finds them enough to do. Thej are found in tha streets t;ll late in the evening, learning vulgar and I profane habits from their eidt-rs ia vice. They may be seen hanging around groceries, bar rooms and stores, where crowds congregate, but they are seldom if ever found engaged ia A lazy boy, is not on'y a bad boy. but a disgrace to Lis parents, for it is through their neglect he becomes thus. *>-"o parents, hew ! ever poor, in these times of cheap books and nw s: •upers. cc-.-d let their children grow up in idleness. If they cannot be kept at manual labor, let their minds be kept at work, make them industrious scholars, they will be ia- J-1.-IR.JUS iu aay business they may undertake j ia after life. We knew of many boy;—young men—oki enough to do business for themselves, w ho can not read, ana much iess, write their own names. T. ey too. are lazy, for ignorance and laziness are twin brothers. We always feel sorry for such young men—their habit; are for life—the ; twig bent iu childhood has grown a distorted ! tree, and there is no remedy for it. They must • pi:; through life us they Lave bred—in lazi ne? aid ignorance. Taink of it young reader, aai t-ke her . that jour habits and character be not formed like theirs. As. AT Lr-.s.—Henry Ward Bcecher, in a recent lecture, says : i " I may here, as well as anywhere, impart . s- "ret of w;;at is cai!'*d good luck and bad : inch Tut*re are men *ho supposing Providence to have an in placable spite against them, be . moan in ; verty to a wretched old age the m .-fortune of tb-ir lives. Lock forever ran against them and for others. •' One with a good profession. 10-t his luck iu the r.ver. wuere he idled away his timefish . g when he should hare been in the office.— A. ther. w.th a g->.*i trade, perpetually burnt up his lack by his hot temper, which D revoked A: . a employees to i-ave him. Another.with * ;u rat.ve o.i-.ness, ..--t his luck by amazing •~! genec at everything cat his badness. Aa .r. wh -tea . y followed Lis trade, aa stea •d. A" fallowed the bottle. Another. who was kajwrt and constant at his work, erred by per p*-t :al misjcdguients ; he lacked dl-cretioa.— if': drvd- lose ti.-.lr lack by endorsing. bvsaa uu .e speculations ; by trusting fraudulent men—and by dishonest gains. A man never ha? good luck who has a bad wife. I never knew an early rising, hard w.-.rklag mas. eare of h : s earnings, and strictly honest, who -orr-plaiued of bud luck. A good character, I gooo habits and iroc industry, are izepregna b'> to the assaults of all the Hi lack that fook ever 'ireamed of. Bat when I see a tatterde malion creeping out of a grocery lite ia the f -"noon. w;th L - hands -tuck into Us pockets, th: rim of his hat tamed cp, sad the crown k:. > ked in I know he has had '*ad lock—for | the worst of a!! luck is to be a sluggard, a kirsTe or & t:w fair There is & chap oat *re'. o mean that he *'b two boce tattoos is a ptat of water. - beta kia ok- moot a. He La* u-ed the buttons so k*r.r that be has boil ed s!i the boles wis of tbeca He keeps warm a tue witter t. _>• by standing under h_s cext .Jvr neighbor's gas-samp. A gentienaa rode sp to a pnblie Vn?e is tb* eoastrr and asked. - Who is the mas ter of th-s house V "I am. sir,* replied the 'so ; i. ** my - *:*-• has bee-, dead atoat three weeks."* frr " The deepest waters are tbe most si u" empty vessels make the greatest *niwi a: I tzri r JJXZ.- > tue worst uuu*:. Tbej 'as th'._k .east, covmoolj speak mt. SHsT T" o httband of a beaat.fal wife, sp ■yn reserving c:e day, wi sset by ooe of bis -ff>prin. ad s'< >9, dapping bis bands . tad -syinr. - Pa. Mr B has beeo bere— he's soeh I ake mas—a-; kisr t as all round, aad i? - 'v** foe " The man wbo lately a ~ k*ck i * air "is cz the I • vo fac a key to iu