USE DOLLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOWANDA :
Thursday Morning, March 6, 1862^
" gtlttltb fjotfrg.
" ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC."
BY CAROLINE A. MASON.
All quiet 1 Through the dusky treui,
I tee the white tents gleam,
And, filled with .uournful auguriet.
I walk as in a dream.
I listen for the drum's loud boat,
The trumpet's stirring cry,
The tramping of a thousand feet;
The lone wind* make repo •
AM quiet J O'er the bosky del!.
The moon hangs full and low,
When lazy-footed sentinels
Pace silent to and fro.
So still, so quict-who might guess
An armed host slumbered there?
O GOD ! is this the quietness
Of death, or of despair?
All quiet •' Yet a shameless foe
Stalks wakeful through the land,
With scowls of vengeance on his brow,
And red bolts in his hand.
Where is the we'eome yc should deal,
obrave men, strong and true?
Give answer from your dashing steel 1
Let great deeds speak of you!
Gird your good swords upon your thighs,
Like men of old renown,
And iu GOD'S mighty strength arise
And tread His aliens down.
Go in! Behold the open door ;
And as ye go, proclaim
Tj ail His sad aud suffering Toor.
Deliverance in His name.
Then shall your righteousness like seas,
Your peace like rivers flow,
And GOD, who giveth us increase,
At length shall make us know
They only walk in His sweet light,
As nations or as men,
Who give to others in His sight
What they would ask again.
Ulisrcllaitt BUS.
For the Bradford Reporter.
Science of Teaching—No. 3.
Of the nature of mind in the abstract, sci
ence affords no positive or satisfactory inform
ation. it is only in its effects or riiauifesta
lioih in its couuections with the body, that we
may sludy its nature. These are subjects of
oar observation, preseuted to our inner senses,
u cognizance of which we term consciousness.
Vi e may study the relations of these raanitesia
lioti.R to outward objects, aud to each othir,
construct theories concerning them, and test
ilieir correctness by observation, but. can de
.rrmine nothing thereby concerning the action
)f the immortal part of man in a changed or
[gaiiizatiou, or iu another state of existence.
It seeuns now to be almost universally ad
mitted that the brain is the organ of the inii.d,
or that part of the body with which it is spe
cially connected. It is also an undeniable fact,
that mental exercise exhausts the vital force—
that severe mental exercise or powerful emo
tion, produces a sensible aud poweiful effect
upon the body,—suco as profuse inspiration,
I sudden exhaustion or depression, and sometimes
death.
Of the mode or precise nature of the con
nection, or operation of spirit or mind upon
matter, we know nothing, but the fact we can
not deny, nor that the connection or action is
through, or upon some portion of our physical
system. Our ideas of spirit or mind, do not
Allow tG to believe it can tire in any such sense
u the body tires. We may desire to pursue
tue study of an intricate subject, but to use a
.iinuioii expression, the mind becomes fatigued,
ud can not proceed. " The sprit indeed
s siding, out the flesh is weak." It is the
*r?an that lires.
Most educators agree in the fact that pupils
togress nearly as rapidly and successfully with
or three studies as with one. We pursue
particular branch of study until a sense of
'eariuess, dissatisfaction, or confusion is expe
•'itoced, we turn to another and pursue it with
ve freshness and vigor until a similar
tJtct is produced. Facts of like import al-
without number might be presented. We
36 account for them only upon the sappositio 1
-itdifferent faculties of the mind are more or
exercised in different branches of study.—
; such be the fact, and it is not the mind iu
•6e abstract, hut the organ that tires, then it
®6st be admitted that different pf.rts of the
r !'kn are more or less exercised in different
hunche* of study, or we mast maintain that
* -a action \s not in accordance with the general
' aß> °' human system. It is true the mind
£ rxereised iu all these cases, so we say the
J is exercised in performing aDy act, when
1 i part of it is specially active. If a form of
b-mn of auy part of the body exercising par-
' ir muscles be continued, they soon become
*wt p and a change in the form of exercise
for the time as a relief. This is ef-
Jby bringing other muscles nto more
-'-•e play. The general law of habit, and
,t4se °f strength by well regulated exercise,
• L! es to the mind as well as to tho physical
"Hem.
elementary faculties of the mind act
V,"'.;" con ibiuation. Touch the body sudden-
T *' a *be point of a pin, and almost instant
" rv esaiid muscles spriDg into action. The
true of the faculties of the mind. Ex
;J ,G 'ag the arm, and raising with it a small
• -"b calls into exercise not only the mas
£' t!) e arm, but others of the body, in pre
;rtlog the equilibrium. A like prmciple pre-
IU the associated action of the mental
' s common to speak theoretically
W" U aS act ' D £ separately, but practical
• ? can determine as a general role only the
• ? J or more important faculties exercised
" J J act. It is also a V ery conienient and
; , Bi ? a P ra ctico to attribute aDy act of the
0 j ODe or more l^e ' ea£ l' E B faculties
••- sed ID 6uch act, though such practice is
THE BRADFORD REPORTER
liable to lead into error. Thus conscience,
memory, judgment, &c., are treated as if they
were elementary faculties of the mind, when
they are only results of combined action of the
faculties.
We here notice briefly another general fact
or principle applicable to man's internal expe
rience. This is the apparent opposition, con
test, or warring iu our members. Perhaps
there is no other fact which offers so serious
an obstacle to the progress of mental science
as this. When it was announced that man
was constituted with such faculties as it is now
claimed he is possessed, divines exclaimed
that the idea was impious—was preposterous.
That is was charging God with having creat
ed man with faculties which he could not ex
ercise without directly violating his commands,
and the subject was spurned without investi
gation. If half the efforts were put forth to
harmonize apparent contradictions, that are
used to disprove the doctrines of others, there
would be far less contention and strife in the
world. Truth does not conflict with truth.—
Pet theories should not stand in the way cf
real facts, for no theory is correct that does
not harmonize with them. This principle of
apparent opposition, action and reaction, or
neutralization of forces, is of very extensive
application.
The muscles of the body are iu a state of
tension, which operates painfully in case of a
fracture of a bone, or dislocation of a joint, or
were the relative force of tension disturbed, or
thrown from equilibrium, distortion, frightful
and unseemly would result. Useful medicines
are compounded of substances, which if taken
separately would be followed by disastrous
results. The elements of which the atmos
phere is (jomposed, if in excess, or alone, would
prove destructive to animal life. The elements
of human character are all good, were so pro
nounced at the creation. They uct singly only
as motions or promptings, never as acts of the
individual. It is ooiy when they are in im
proper proportion in any act, that it is wrong.
Herein was man exercised. How could he be
tempted to partake of that for which he had
no inclination, or desire. And how could he
desire a thing for which he had no faculty for
desiring. He knew nothing as evil but diso
bedience, this he had not known until be dis
obeyed. Sin produces a blinding effect—things
appeared changed. Love to God, to truth
and right, were leading elements—these now
fall in the rear, and the elements of self-love
assume the leadership. These lead into the
low lauds of vice aud misery. Here things are
viewed from the stand point of the senses.—
Revelation comes down to this stand point,
and directs inan upward to the hill tops of
truth, obedience, aud love to God. Science
points in the same direction. When science
and revelation cease their apparent opposition,
and join hands to li't man from his low posi
tion, then, ar.d not till then, will the prophecy,
" The liun and the lamb shall lie down togeth
er and a little child shall lead them," be ful
filled, and the millennium dawn upon a sin
cursed world. 0. J. C.
Orwell, Pa.
Letter from Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16, H62.
MR E O. GOODRICH — Dear Sir : —Amongst
; the topics of much small talk at present, and
for some time past, has beeu that of the grand
party given by Mrs. Lincoln at the White
House, ller expensive dress, costing several
hundred dollars, with real lace flounces, and
the expense of the grand entertainment, has
made many a person say, we have heavy taxes
to pay—not that any loyal person shrinks from
an increase taxes to maintain the Government,
or would not wish our President to maintaiu
the dignity of the office—but we do dislike
putting on airs. We verily thought when a
1 farmer was elected President, that the man
| who knew bow "to split rails" would remem
ber the rail splitters, and be the laboring man's
friend. Until the 4th of March, it is uot a
yeur since his inauguration, not one little year,
aud the public levees are becoiuiug quite a
bore ; it is humiliating to shake bands with
the common people ; tickets of invitation must
be issued, then of course none but tbe "/on"
can gain admittance to the green room, and
her Majesty, the Piesidentess, will not have
her Angers smashed by the hearty shake of the
country friends from Maine to California. —
When Peter the Great would introduce the
customs of civilization into Russia, he was
obliged to force the people to receive what was
for their and their barbarous country's good.
Peter appeared to be utterly different from
the populur idea of a czar. He wanted the
mysterious solemnity, the Asiatic pomp, the
crushing ostentation ; be was too familiar, too
diligent, too democratic in his habits and opin
ions Other czars appeared but seldom in
public, aud only then on occasions of great
moment, and surrounded by guards aud east
ern parade, which kept them at a profouud
distauce from tbe enslaved and awe-struck
people. Peter, on the contrary dispensed with
the idle display of sovereignty ; he was seen
every day in the square of Kremlin exescising
bis troops, or to be met in tbe plainest dress
in the street OQ his way to visit some of the
private citizens, or in tbe work-shop of the
Artisan.
He treated tbe nobility with no greater
respect than if they belonged to the middle
ranks, heaping royal distinctions upon merit
alone. He organized a standing army ; be
built a navy ; be sent young men into Euro
pean countries to be educated. He also trav
eled abroad himself in search of knowledge.—
The people aloDe occupied his attentiou; it was
for them he labored—eveD while he knew they
would be the last to acknowledge the utility
of his labors. The nobility opposed him be
cause it made rank dependent upon intellectual
power, and deprived mere birth aud wealth of
all extensive advantages which had been hith
erto attached to them. The clergy, like tbe
Roman Catholic clergy, at all times opposed
him in all attempts to enlighten tbe people—
knowing that their ascendency depended upon
tbe enslavement of the moltitude ; they were
the expounders of a religion of ceremonials,
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH.
and it was to their interest to keep down a
spirit of inquiry. But thank heaven we are
not barbariaus, who seek to have a ruler sur
rounded by splendor and mystery, although
our history for a few years past seems to say
our rulers have been absolute monarchs. Trea
son has s'alked abroad in open daylight and
been unreproved ; king alcohol has elected
Presidents and those who could tell the smooth
est story, get appointments.
My people do not consider. My people per
ish for want of knowledge. The power is
within the hands of the people, the ballot box
if properly used would soon correct those
errors ; it is full time the axe was laid at the
root of the tree, and the people, not the politi
cians elect the President. According to the
present system of delegation, the people vote
for the person who is nominated at the con
vention ; but it was not so at first; when the
people permitted the present system to be
adopted it was the yielding up the palm of
power. We carefully preserve every relict of
Washington ; his old rags arc immortalized —
but his teachings that we should have treas
ured as precious diamonds, we have disregard
ed. What is this ? It may be well and even
necessary, to keep alive some degree of party
spirit—but beware, lest the fire that is only
to keep us warm, does not burst its hounds and
destroy our dwellings. Alas 1 the fire of party
spirit is destroying our dwellings ; it is time
to consider. M. L. E.
A DOWN* EAST JURYMAN'.— " Ethan Spike''
contributes the Portland Transcript a sketch
of his experience as a juryman. The first cas
es he was called to try were capital ones—the
criminals being a German and a " nigger" re
spectively.
" llev you formed any opinion for or agin
the prisoners V' said the judge.
" Not particular agin the Jarmin," says I,
" but I hate niggers as a general principle, and
shall go for hanging this here old white-wool
cd cus, whether he killed Mr. Cooper or not,"
sez I.
" Do you know the natur of an oath ?" the
clark axed me.
" I otter," sez I, " I've used enough of 'em.
I begun to swear when I was only about—"
" That'll do," sez the dark. " You can go
hum," sez he, " you wou't be wanted in this
ere case," sez the dark, sez he.
" What !" sez I, " ain't I to try this nigger
at all ?"
" No," says the dark.
" But I'm a jewrymari," sez I, " and yon
cau't haag that nigger onless I've sot on him,'
sez I.
" Pass 011," sez the dark, speaking rather
cross.
" Bat," sez I, " yon, mister, you don't mean
as you say ; I'm a regi.lar you
know. Drawcd aout of the box by the selic
man," sez I. " I've allers had a haukeriu' to
hang a nigger, and naow, when a merciful dis
pensatory seems to have provided one for me,
you say I shan't sit on him ! Ar this your
"free institutions I Is this the nineteenth cen
tury ? And is this our boasted"—Here some
body hollered, " Silence iu Court."
" The Court be—!" 1 didn't finish the re
mark 'fore a couple of constables had bolt of
me, and in the twinkling of a bed post I was
hustled down stairs iuto the street
Naow, Mr. Editur, let me ask, what are we
comiu' to, when jewrymen—legal, lawful jew
rymeu, kin be tossed about in this way ? Talk
about Cancers, Mormons, Spiritualism, free
love and panicks—whare are they in compar
ason ? Here's a principle upsot As au indi
vidual, perhaps, I'm of uo great account—
t'aint fur me to say ; but when as an enlight
ened jewryman 1 was tuk and carried down
stairs by profane hands, jest for assertiu' my
right to set on a nigger—wey it seems to me
the pillows of society were shook ; that in my
sacred person the hull stuta itself was, figger
atively speakin' kicked daown stairs ! If that's
law in the land I'll have this case brought un
der a writ of habeas corpus or icksey Dicksit.
COI.D. —For every mile that we leave the
surface of the earth, the temperature falls five
degrees. At forty-five miles distance from the
globe, we get beyond the atmosphere, and en
ter, strictly speaking, into the region of space,
whose temperature is 225 degrees below zero,
and here cold reigns in all its power. Some
idea of this intense cold may be formed by
stating that the greatest cold observed from
the Artie Circle, is from forty to sixty degrees
below zero, and here many surprising effects
are produced. Iu the chemical laboratory the
greatest cold that we can produce is about 150
degrees below zero. At this temperature, car
bonic gas becomes a solid substance like snow.
If touched, it produces just the same effect on
the skin as a red hot cinder, it blisters the fin
gers like a bum. Quicksilver or murcury freez
es at 40 degrees below zero ; that is 71 de
grees below temperature at which water freez
es. The Bolid mercury may then be treated
as other metals, hammered into sheets, or made
into spoons ; such spoons would, however, melt
in water as warm as ice. It is pretty certain
that every liquid and gas that we are acquaint
ed with would become solid if exposed to the
region of space, The gas we light our streets
with would appear like wax ; oil would be in
reality " as hard as a rockpure spirit, which
we have never yet solidified, would appear like
transparent crystal ; hydrogen gas would be
solid, and resemble a metal ; we should be
able to turn batter in a lathe like a piece of
ivory, and the fragrent odors of flowers would
have to be made hot before they would yield
perfume. These are a few of the astonishing
effects of cold.
Jpems, my lad, keep away fron# the gals.
Yeu you see one coming dodge. Jest such a
critter as that youug'un cleanin' the doorstep
t'other side of the street, fooled jer poor dad,
Jimmy. If it hadn't been for her yon and yer
dad might ha' beeu in Calilorny hnntin' dimes,
my son."
•
10-You can't rail sin and misery out of the
world ; bat it is easy enough to rail eattle out
of a field.
" REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER."
The Dying Soldier.
A chaplain furnishes the following affectiDg
account of the last hours of a dyiog soldier.—
No one can read it without emotion :
The wards were full of wounded soldiers.—
O ! that I could bring to your mind, reader,
the full sadness of such asceDe ! It would do
you no harm, though thrill efter thrill of hor
ror might shake your frame. It i 3 not alone
the gasping wounds, the heavy groans that
would enlist your sympathy, but the sense of
desolateness the poor sick men must feel, as
they thiuk of their homes, and the dear ones
they are never more to behold in life.
There they lie, ranged side by side, some of
them indifferent to all that is taking place
around them, others with eyes brightly rest
less and watchful, now gloomed with appre
hension, now lightened with hope. Here is
one, athletic, handsome, youthful, whose arras
lies shattered at his side, the good right arm
that has so often been wielded in .useful deeds.
It will never serve him more, for amputation
has become the necessity, and death may fol
low. Here is another whose face is bandaged
down to the pale outline of his lips, and whose
doom is inevitable bliudness, if bis life is spared.
Here lies another whose quivering mouth aad
muscles tell the agony he has the fortitude to
conceal, but which the surgeons say will prove
too much for him. What wonder that the
nurses move about him with blanched cheeks
and moistened eyes ? It is their first experi
ence, and some of them tremble as each bo jy
is brought in for fear recognizing a son or a
brother.
Quietly from bed to bed moves the chaplain,
sickeoed to the heart, but strengthened for his
duty by the Hand that never fails. To some
he gives a few words of sympathy reserviug
their cases for another day, for they are only
slightly wounded ; to othters he speaks gently
of their situation, striving to tell them with
words from which all hope has departed of
their swift-comiug end. To all he speaks of
Jesus ; bids them in the hour of their extrem
ity to look up to GOD, who is willing to accept
them if tbey will put their tust in him.
Poor fellows, rude and rough though they
may have seemed, the quivering lips, shaking
like that of a child sorrow, the deep-heaved
sob, that lifts the great chest with almost con
vulsive throes, tell that there is a fountain in
the heart, that the swift swords of sympathy
may stir.
The chaplain came at last to a cot set some
what by itself outside the wards. Here, re
clining at full length, was a young man whose
face bore but slight traces of suffering. It was
flushed with a hue like that of health ; his
eyes were undimmed, and only the position of
his hands, which were thrown over his head
locked iu almost spasmodic tightuess, told
that he was iu pain. He was unusually noble
in countenance. His brow was broad and fair,
and the thick locks that clustered back f;:om
his temples curled like the riglets of a boy.—
He knew not why, but the chaplain experi
enced an unusual aud sudden sympathy for this
young man, struck down iu his beauty ; still
he felt there was no immediate daDger in his
caie.
" How is he wounded ?" be asked of the
surgeoD, an the two approached the bed soft
ly-
" In the right side, below the ribs," was the
reply.
" Is he in danger ?"
" O 1 no ; that is, not at present. The
case may take a bad turn, it is true ; but it
looks very well uow, Charles," he added, ad
dressing the sick man familiarly, " the chap
lain is going the rounds ; would you like to
see him V
" O I certainly," exclaimed the young man,
smiling. "I am very glad to see him nud
he held out his hand. His voice was strong
and ringing, as with the highest health, aud
his clasp was vigorous.
"I am sorry to tiud you wounded, my friend,"
said the chaplain.
" Only the casualty of war : we must some
of us expect it, you know."
" Do you suffer much ?"
"At times, sir, very severely ; I feel so
well, only the distress here," and he pressed
his hand on his side.
" You will be up soon, I hope."
" I trust so sir ; the doctors say it is a bad
wound, but will yield with care. I only wish
1 had my mother here. She has heard of it
and doubtless started before this time. It will
seem so comfortable to see her ; you don't
know how I long for her."
Ah 1 caother, you are first thought of when
the hardy soldier feels the pang of pain. It is
your name he calls, your form he 6ees through
the mists of deliriums, your voice he hears in
every gentle word that is spoken. He knows
whose touch will be the tenderest ; through
the symp-athy of sufferins", he knows who has
borne the moss for him ; and on the tented
field, the holy Dame of mother receives a fresh
baptism of love and beauty.
" I can imagine how you feel," said the
chaplain, " and I have no doubt that you will
see her soon. Meanwhile, you kuow there is
a Friend who will be more to you than mother
or father, sister or brother."
" I realize that, sir," said the young man—
"lam a professor of religion, and have been
for years. Wheu I was shot, aye, and before,
I commended my soul to him for life or death;
bat I confess I have much to live for. lam
Dot yet brought where I am willing to die."
" It may be for the reason that you are not
yet called to die," replied the chaplain ; " but
iu life you knowjit is the one important thing
to be prepared for death."
After a short prayer the minister and 6ick
man parted.
" He seems very strong and sanguine," he
said, as he met the surgeon again, " and likely
to recover."
"No doubt of it,sir, DO doubt," was the has
ty reply of the surgeon as he passed on!
The hour of midnight had struck from the
great clock in the ball. Slowly aud solmnly it
knelled the departing moments, and its echo
oiled tbroogb tbe balls, vibrating on many an
ear tbat would never hear tbe sound of tbe
striking hou s ajraio. The chaplain still sat
up in his own rcom writing letters for three
or four of his wounded soldiers, and a strange
stillness fell around him as he closed the last
sheet and sat back with folded hands to think.
He could not "tell why, but do what and go
where be would, the face of the young volun
teer with whom he had spokeu last haunted
him. He arose to move to the window where the
breeze was cooler, when a knock was heard at
the door, aud a rapid voice called, "Chaplain!"
He hurried to lift the latch. The surgeon
stood there, looked like a shadow in the dim
moonlight that crept into the passage.
" Chaplain, sorry to disturb you, and more
sorry to give you an unpleasant duty to per
form."
" Why, what is it ?" was the quick re
joinder.
" That fine youDg fellow whom ycu talked
with is going."
" What ? yon do not mean —"
" Won't live an hour, or two at the most.
I tried to tell him, but I couldn't and finally I
thought of you. You can ease it, you know."
A great shadow fell on the chaplain for a
moment, be was stunned and choked ; and
his voice grew quite husky a3 he made a
reply :
" It is a sad errand ; but none the le?s m
duty. Poor fellow ! I can't realize it, iudeed
I cannot. His voice was strong ; his manner
so natural ! I'll be there presently " and left
alone, he threw himself upon his knees to wres
tie for strength in prayer.
The atmosphere was filled with low sighs
from the strugglers with paiu aud disease.—
Going softly up to the couch at which he had
stood before, the chapLia gazed upon ihe face
before him. It looked as calm as that of a
sleeping infant,but he did not sleep. Hi a*irg a
slight noise, his eyes flew open and rested in
some surprise on ihe chaplain.
" I felt as if I must see you again before I
retired," said the latter, striving to steady his
voice. " How do you fell now ?"
" O ! better, I thank you ; in fact almost
well. The pain is gone, aud I feel quite hope
ful. I rather thiuk the surgeou does, though
he said nothing.
Again that fearful swelling in the chaplain's
throat. llow shall he tell him of his danger
—bow prepare the mind so calmly resting on
almost a certainty ?—the poor, hopeful soul
that would never look with earthly eyes on the
mother he so longed for.
Another moment and the young man ap
peared to be 6truck with some peculiarity in
the face or movements of the chaplain. The
large eyes sought his with an intenseness that
wa9 painful, and he strove to interpret that
which made the difference between this and his
former demeanor.
" Your cases weary you, chaplain," he said
quietly ; " Yon mast be very faitbful, for it is
past midnight."
" I was on tbe point of going to bed when
I was called to prepare a dying man for his
last hour," was that tearful respouse of the
chaplain.
" Indeed 1 what poor fellow goes next ?"
rejoiaed the younc man, with a mournful in
quiry.
There was no answer, for the wealth of
worlds the chaplain would not have spoken
now. Tbat tone so unconscious of daoger—
that eye so full ot sympathy I Still a strange
silence 1 What did be mean? The sick mau's
inquiring glance chaDged for a moment to one
of intense terror. He raised both arms—let
them fall heavily upon the coverlet at bis side,
and in a voice totally altered by emotion, be
gasped."
" Good heavens I yon mean me."
" My dear friend 1" said tbe chaplain, un
manned.
" 1 em to die then—and—how—long ?"
his eyes once more saugbt that of his chap
lain.
" Yon have made yonr peace with Gon •
let death corneas soon as it will, He will earry
you over the river."
" Yes ; bnt this is awfully sudden! awfully
sudden 1" his lips quivered ; he looked up
grievingly—" and I shall not see my mother."
" Christ is better than a mother," murmur
ed the chaplain.
The word came in a whisper. His eyes were
closed : the lips still wore that trembling
grief, as if tbe chastisement were too sore, too
hard to be borne, but as the minutes passed,
and the soul lifted itself up stronger and more
steadily upon the wings of prayer, the counte
nance grew calmer, the lips steadier,and when
the eyes opened agaic, there was a light in
their depths that could have come only from
heaven.
" I thank you for your courage," he said,
more feebly, taking the hand of tbe chaplain.
■' Tbe bitterness is over now, aud 1 feel wil
ling to die. Tell my mother," he paused, gave
OD6 sob, dry, and full of the last anguish of
earth—" tell her how I longed to see her, but
if God will permit me, I will be near her.—
Tell her to comfort all who loved me, to say
that I tbooght of them all. Tell my father
that I am glad he gave mc his consent, and
that other fathers will mourn for other sons.
Tell my minister by word or letter, that I tho't
of him, and that I thank him for all his coun
sels. Tell him I fiud that Christ will not de
sert the passingsoul ; aud that I wish him to
give my testimony to the living that nothing
is of real worth but the religion of Jesus. And
now wi II you pray for me f"
What emotions swelled tbe heart of that de
voted man, as he koelt by tbe bedside of that
dying volunteer, the young soldier of Christ —
aod with tones so low that only the ear of
God aud that of him who was passing away
conld hear besought God's grace aud presence.
Never in all his experience had his heart been
so powerfully wrought upon ; never had a feel
ing of such unutterable tenderness takeu pos
session of his soul. He seemed already in the
presence of a glorified spirit ; and after the
prayer was over, restraining his sobs, he bent
down aud pressed upon that beautiful b r f™
already chilled with tbe breath
anirel twice thrice ® lew* 'hey
St tok-- ™ ">e father aod
mother, as w* So perhaps tho t
VOL. XXII. —NO. 40.
the dyijjg soldier, for a heavenly smile touched
his face with new beauty as he said :
" Thank yoo ! I won't trouble yon any
'ionger ; you are wearied out; go to your rest.'
41 The Lord be with yoc l" was the strong
response.
" Amtn I" came from the fast whitening
lips.
Another hour passed. The chaplain still
moved uneasily around his room. There were
hurried sounds overhead, and footsteps on the
stairs. He opened bis door— encountered the
surgeon, who whispered one little word—
" Gone !"
Christ's soldier had found the Capta'n of
his salvatioD.
Meerschaum Mania.
The valus of the meerschaum pipes and cigar
tubes imported into the United States in 1858,
is stated to be $200,000, a great sum to be
wasted ou a mere sham This is really getting
to be a serious busiucs3. It is bad enough to
waste time and money—to say nothing of
breath—io the consumption of the evil weed,
but when to this is added the mania for coloring
expensive pipes, thus increasing the habit of
smoking, the folly of it all is Really too prepos
terous.
We were amnsed the other day at hearing
a young but ambitious smoker gravely assert
ing that meerschaum was made of the foam of
the sea ! This impression has probably arisen
from the German word nsed to designate the
material— meerschaum meaoing sea foam —a
poetical figure of speech, alluding to its light
ness and whitish appearance. It is properly
magnesite, a mineral of soft, earthy texture
somewhat resembling chalk, found in Spain,
aud other countries at tho head of the Medi
terranean. To produce the yellow and brown
colors 60 much admired in tne pipes, and
which are brought only after long smoking, the
blocks of which the pipes are made are kept
for some time io a mixture of wax and fatty
matters. A portion of these is absorbed, and
being subsequently acted upon by the heat
and the tobacco fumes, assumes various shades
of color. Thus the smoker in coloring bis pipe,
is employed in the dignified business of ming
ling tobacco smoke with a mixture of wax aud
grease 1
Here we are reminded of a little incident
which recently took place within onr knowl
edge, and which amusingly illustrates the folly
of meerschaum coloring. A gentleman had an
expensive meerschaum, which he doted npon,
but which notwithstanding all bis smoking he
could not color so fast as be desired. Iu fact,
after long puffiug, it only showed one little
spot of brown. Some of his friends told him
they did not believe it ever wonld color, and
the indefatigable smoker grew quite despond
ent. One evening bis wife who naturally sym
pathized with him in his trouble, took up the
pipe during his absence and while examining
it brought it over the flame of a lamp. Im
mediately a stroug color was brought out by
the heat, mueh to the surprise of the lady.—
Laying the pipe away, however, she said noth
ing about the matter. On the following morn
ing when the gentleman made his usual inspec
tion of bis beloved pipe bis delight and amaz
meat knew no bounds. His meersch&am had
colored splendidly, and all owing to hia idefa*
tigable puffing 1 ne displayed it in triumph
to his friends, aud became a more believer than
ever in the fumes of tobacco smoke. Mean
time bis good lady said uotbing, but she has
imparted the secret to her female friends that
they may be able to assist their husbands in
their arduous eudeavors to color their meer
schaums. She is a very benevolent lady, and
wants to do all the good she can in the world.
—Portland, Transcript.
BAD FO."! THIS. COW. —The editor of the Scho
harie (. Y.) Patriot thinks the Federal Gov
ernment represents the locomotive, and seced
ing States the cow, in the following story :
When George Stephenson, the celebrated
Scotch engineer, had completed bis model ot
a locomotive be pre-seuted himself before the
British Parliament and asked the attention
and support of that body. The grave M. P.'s
looking sneeripgly at his invention, asked :
" So you have made a carriage to ran only
by steam, have you ?"
" Yes, my lords."
" And you expect your corriage to ran on
parallel rails, so that it can't get off, do yon ?"
'• Yes, my lords "
" Well, Mr. Stephenson, let us show yon
how abserd your claim is. Suppose when your
carriage is running upon these rails at the rate
of twenty or thirty miles an hour, if yon are
extravagant cuoogh to suppose such a thing
possible, a cow should get in its way. Yon
can't turn out for her—what then ?"
" Then 'twill be bad for the cow, my lords."
SOLDIER'S STRATEGY. —The soldiers in some
portions of oar army, display the highest pow
ers of strategy in their schemes for smuggling
liquors and other contrabaud articles into
camp. One day not long since, a party started
out with their coffee pots to get a supply of
milk, but the officer of the day thinking he
smelt whiskey, ordered every man to give him
a sample of their milk, which they did by
pouring out a lot of the fluid, and were allow
ed to pass. That night whiskey was found to
be abuudant in camp, and when it was discov
ered that the soldiers had sealed np the eada
of the spouts of their coffee pots with bread,
filled the spouts with milk and the pots with
whiskey, and so passed the inspection of tho
officer.
that pats a Bible into the hands of
a child gives him more than a kingdom, for it
gives him a key to the kingdom of heaves.
1 " Do vou like elfish balls, Mr. Wig
gins ?"
b r. -Wiggins (hesitatingly) " I really don't
Know, Miss, I never recollect attending one."
18^Who is the longest lived man ? The
shoemaker : he is ever lasting-