inrsags o PI*LIGATION.
Tit annum 'lblicareft Is pablishri riga
Thural4llamtes tall W. i.sgesp ES Two Palm
per apnea is Memel.
tri alleseelesdetsiTheallibille*
ties le the •
myrem .
SPECIIAL NOTE= besertlia Mims=
see ftrr tree Mention. Ind Pin MIS posllair
sit=taitt tenerttes, -
SCPTDMI. easeestile sereadlag visitor.
morn acess I _
AMICIMBIMarra ,
willbensertedsoearillag to
he fellaulas table of rates
lviavits.lial l ol l 7r.
1 loch 11.1101 LIKI 1 1.1111 1 LOOllO.OO
2 maws I 2.0* I LIM 1 11.00 110.00 111 All I
4 Moho, I, 8.00 L5O 11.410 ilsis I wo6l u.OO
X colas= I 1.00 I 11.0 p !MOO I rtaol 110.00 I 45.00
X calms 110,001 pe.se I so.eo 140.001 WOO 115.=
1 column 1110.00 lICLCO I 110.1 r I 80.00 I 1100 I $l5O
Administrator's ail Iltsecutar's Notion, $2; Audi
tor's Notices, 22 Ileu loudness (lards, An lines, (par
'You) $5, additionallines $1 each. _
' Yearly advertisers aresatitleato qttartsiliehangss.
Tranalent sdvertiaranante smiths paid for le edemas.
ef.ll Resolutions et Assectiticins ; Communications
of limited or individual internt, and notices of War.
Til4lllll and Denth h issonding iivelines...nr• @IMMO
Tax Clilrin Der l
JOB P813T130 of seen kind, in Plain and Tam
-calms, dons isith neatness and dispatch. Handbills,
Blanks, Cards, Pimphlete, BMWs, Statements. ire.
et orrery variety poil style. printed - at the shortest
notice. The Breozrza Moe is well 'applied with
Power Presses. a good sesortinent et a nets type, and
everything In the Prising lispsimn ented In
the most artistie manner and at the lowest rates.
Talmo m - v uttutty nAirer..
PBOl l lBBlOl7/4 CAME.
-. • •
warm ;Ar 11014TANTE, ATTCP
-111711 Law. Ofnee--korner of Main
Pine Streets. opposite Porter's Dm stare.
nit. M. WOODBURN, Physician
11 eel Rumen, Ogee over Wickham &
Oreckery store.
Tewsnds, Way 1, 1212.-171!
VOYLE & MRITERSON. A
rro
wx.ra4T-Law. Towanda. Tic. .Will Oro prompt
atteatton to all matrrira iiatreortod to the ebar a.
Orphlns,' Court bnioineas a specialty.
Nr. ronx. tmay2V.73l • I. lePnritgON.
R MoHEAN, ATTORNEY
IND Consarazon a Law. Towanda. P. Par-
Uccler attention paid to business In the Orphans'
Court. - • • July 20, 'a&
Ti W. PATRICK; ATTORNEY-AT
• LAM. 0113 en. Iferenn'e Block, next door-to
• EtnreeftoE.te, Tolrma Is, Ts.
:n1107.1813. •
NV IL CAR:OMANI: ATTOR
-v. • WIT /LT LIM ilDtstrirt, Attkney for Ilrrl
- Oa=dr:Troy. Pa. collectiima made and
ly remitted. feb 15. '69—tf.
WOOD k SA.NETRSON,
T 70141777 -..47-LA*, Toark.cr A, PA.
JAITE9 WOOD. (may . V] JOEIN F. RANMETtgrIS'
„
B. KELLY.immnsT.—ottiee
V% mar Wickham k Plank's. •Tamanda. Pa.
Tooth !matted nn (MM. lillrpY. Rnhhor. and Alnm.
.ninna balsa. Tooth ortrin-tod w!thnnt pain. ClM3.7d
AirADILL k CAM TO
CAMPY, AT OR -.
NEYS
-LW 40--LAW, Towands, Pa. •
M c=E
&Dales tallrood's Block. first door month of First
National Bank. up stairs. - Jan.R.72l y
TIES. ;MANSON NEWTON
11 PhVoiriano and I lanreeo•.P. Mlle° over, Dr
- Porter k Ron's Dime , Store, To4randa,
'T. B lonvitori. M.D.WEIrrox, D
.Tan. 1-75tt
c. rf. STANLEY,' Sr . EGEON
1- 7 and VT!CTIANICAt,irs.I. - rmi. basMOTed Into hla
nPNV dentatroome - nver,Mnntariyea Store. Main St..
Towanas Pa. Teeth filled In the mna' pprtpct
man
ner v'alth Imre f;nl,l Mil. All tlnda of nlAtes made
and repaired at thn losreat roars and warrant.ll.
The reach adrertiaed:FLERAPOTARET) PLATFR.
as a new kyle or }mall for artificial teeth mlde for
the few that may 6•eire them.
Towanda. Jan. 145.
TIVERTON k ;ELSBREE, ATToß
wrr's AT LAW, Toirarids; Pa.. bayin ¢ . entered
nte copartnership, offer their profesaional merrier
to the public. Special *gentian elven to bnodness
In the Orphan's and Begieter's Courts. apl le7n
Y. OVEItTO7
12E3
TOEENW. .
ATTORNEY AT LA I A,
r. s. COg3LISSTON7II,
I TOWLNDA, /"4,
Nies—Worth Bide Ptiblit Squire.
Jan. I, 1R75
PECK & STE R ETER
LI W OFFICE, TpitANDA. PA,
W. A. Pzer. [dan 16767, H. STnErfrn
- E.; 40. ! 53-RMLEY,
ATTORN;Y-A,'7'.LAW.
April 1, 1673
rotET& DAMES, ATTOIIkEYS-AT-
If R 0 R'S
Apr 1' 4.
w H. THO3OSON, ATTORNEY
• AT-Law, Wystnaing,Will attend to
all business entrusted to Ids cite in Bradford.
llivan'sad Wyoming Countles s ; Office with Esquire
Porter (Nov. 19.
PA. QUltirk.; GRADUATE
llNTrzitsrrr or Btrrra.r.o; N, T,.
PHYSICIAN AND SIJRGEO.
1313GLR PAM, ' PA.•
Office at Ettore:3[J.
Marel.26, 1574-3ne. :
L. DOI)SOTC DENTIST.
On and after Sept. 21, :way be fonn,l in the
elezant new room% op 2nd Root of Dr. Pralt's new
'Ohre on
: State Street. Bißinee , solicited.
Bert. 3 '74 -tr.
DR. A. G. BUSH,
CA:UPTOWN; BRADFORD. COUNTY, PA.,
Mate Cbrenie Diseases "by now raetboaa. May be
coneult• 1 by latter. [Ang. 6,14.
BUSINS:ja CARDS.
JOHN DIINFEE, BLACKSMITH,
BIONROETON, PA aye pirticular attention to
,roning Baggy Wagon WagonMetalie. Ac." Tire set and.
repairing done On abort tine.: Work and charge.
gn.rantarvl asateartary. 12.15"
'HALE & PAT2ON, AGENTS FOR
CONNECTICUT murtrAL LIFE INSITRLNOE . CO
Office No. 9 aritifith t Batton'ti'lilock, Bridge Street
—Starch 26. 1574.
(1 S. it tr. SS . E _WA 'S
1-. , 1
GENERAL • '
INS . IZANCE '4GENCT,
• .3.)-23 , 7,1-41 -- , ) TOWANDA, PA. •
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1 11 111 1 1 UNDERSIGNED
•TECT- AND 6iTILEIEII, wishes to inform the
it f .-ands and vicinity, that he will give
ler at toution. to drawing Ostia. designs and
niicatinus fCr all manner of buildings. private
I public. Superintendence given for reasonable
n.i.peceation„ Otliee at residence E. corner of
.u 1 and Etiwabeth streets.
J. E. FLEMMING,
Boa 1I , Towanda. Pa
SIELI
W. w
KINGSBURY,
REAL ESTATE, LIFE. FIRE. k ACCEDEST
ItiSll#iA~ OE AGENCY.
ee, earner of *Oa sari State Streets,
March 13,1872
'W. HEATH
i s •
G. -
Hu established his business of Manufacturing and
Itepairing all kinds of ;
EDGE TOOLS, /dILI, PLORS, MADE AND DRESSED
He also makes the best STRAW CUTTER now in
uari_ All orders filled promptly, at
3,1 11,OCKWELI., t OO:, TOWANDA, PA.
Jtn 7t -Mm .
INSURANCE. following
rteli
able and
FIRE TRIED
Con:4111/1es reproscated:
rktiCiiiillTEE,
HIEN IX
BOIIE,
!Ft: IeTVIt
S. W. ,4.X.:VCIEL.EI, Publisher.
VOLUME XXXV.
SPEdTACLE§ ' ! SPECTACLES!
Thess Lenses hare; thepower, of Protecting the
Eye from IRRITiiTiON' arising from Light, ac
companied hy Heat. Under Wilson's American and
English letters patomt.
SWIM WHY THE
ARIDFNDE.L TINTED SPECTACLES
SHOULD BE BUMMED TO ALL OTHERS;
They have the ( power of 'Arresting the Heat-Bays
of Solar or Artificial Light before entering the Eye.
They are Violet Tinted, yet so constructed that
when ipplled to the Eye apptar colorless.
Tbelaii;h and low numbers era the came tint.:
EgTOWANDA,IPA:, • AGENT
AMERICAN IS: SWISS WATCHES
STERLING , SILVER SPOONS AND ,F KB,
xix.xiVAS f3ROS: CFT•VBBATED SILV,ER, WARE,
1=
FINE GOLD JEWELRY, 4.,-.4:(L,
Nov. 12,'741
CALL AND BEE THE NATIONAL,
URGE, HEAVY COAL COOEMG STOVE.
STOVES,
IRON,
STEEL,
Nickel Plated STUDENT LAMPS,
SHOT GUNS,
REVOLVERS and AMUNITION,
Towanda, Ps
FANNING MILLS,
wsnds.o Pa.
LIRE,
CHALtST,
CODDEi6. BIIIIISELIo k 00
Oct 22. 742 m.
NO TICK HERE!
Brit the very beet goods of all kinds kept by any
ffrstclase grocer, and sold Down, Down, Down,
•
STRICTLY FOR CASH!
The choicest
TEAS; SPICES, SYRUPS,
MOLASSES, SUGARS,
COFFEES,
Received Daily; 'Emit' from the New York Market,
and bought at the very lowest cash prices. • ,
41.
•
Having been engaged for the last threescara with
a First-class Wholesale grocer In New York, I have
Facilities for bs*ng my goods co that I CAN MAZE
/T AN OBJECT FO/5 ALL •CASEI BETTERS 70 CALL AND
SEE MY . STOCK AND PRICES
tethre'parehaslng elsewhere. , •
pay CASH for Prance...
I. B. OWEN,
BED, WRITE AND BLUE STORE. BIRDOE-Br.
.
JEANS HOUSE, TOWAIiDA.,
LYL PL.
oos. Kalif ArD SAIDGIC ISTP.EZTI.
The Horses, Humus. Am. of all - guests of this
house, insured against loss by Fire, without any ex
tra chime.
A superior quality of Old English Bass Ale, pond
received: T. R. JORDAN, ,
Towanda. Jan. 24.'31. Proprietor.
4 1 4
1,.. 0 '
0
EI;WELL HOUSE,
_TOWANDA,
JOHN 0. WILSON
Haring leased this House, is now ready to sewn:lino.
date the travelling public. N 6 pains - nor expense will
be spared to give satisfaction to those who may give
him a call.
LI - North side ot the pnblio square. east of Mew
cur's new block.
BETHLEHEM, -PA.
OLD. MORAVIAN SUN INN,"
Rich in historical interestOt ie the only building in
the country except Independence Hall, honored by
the sojourn within Its walls,of Washington, LaFay
ette, Lee. Oates and other patriots of the revolt'.
lion. This poPnlar hotel has , recently changed
hands, been improved. entirely refurnished. and
the 'proprietor cordially invites his friends and trav
eling public to give him a call—no pains will be
spared to render their stay comfortable. People
en route for Philadelphia will and it convenient to
spend the night , here, reaching the city about eight
in the morning. A sample room on first door for
accommodation of commercial agents, •
Sept 4. 1873
DINING} ROOMS ._
-
cerszenos wris T 133 Bextar
. *ear the Court Emus.
We are prepared to teed the hunimaill thaes oi
the dla WI 4mm:tug. ardent ea4 - 111110ream la
thadr imago = -
.
iamb an. 1111711. n. W. iternor ar OA.
TOWANDA, PA
PRICES DOWN, SELLING OFF
The uroleTsigned will sell off the bthrite
WINTER MILLINERY STOCK. AT 001 Y. ?OK
EL
891.111RECIL
" liiri f atom seurrtitarama.
Escallanom
! f
ARUNDEL TMTID.
IVm. A. CHLUBEItLIN r----
JEWELER,
7LILLIII IN
OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE-
W. A. CHAMBERLIN
No stove Ina ever offered so cheap
Also, a great variety of
RANGES,
HEATERS
PARLOR HEATERS,
PATENT WHEELc,
KEROSENE -LAMPS,
FIRE PROOF CHIMNEYS, _
FEED (UTTERS,
SASH,
z 9 DOORS.
BUILT 1753.
AT COST
CASH ONLY.
Preparatory to Ailing up for the
SPBUNC3 'MDR.
ÜBs. I. D. ZELL
lIM
\~I i
The week la, past, the Sabbath-dawn comes on,
Rest—rest in puce—thy toil is done;
And, standing as thou standest, on the brink
Of a new scene of being, calmly think
Of what is gone, is now, and soon shall be,
As one that trembles in eternity.
For such as this now closing week Is past,
So much ad% suing time will close my jut,
Such as to-marrow shall the awfal light
Of the eternal morn hail my sight.
Spirit of good! on this, week's verge I stand, ,
Tracing, the guiding influence of thy hand;
That hand which leads me gently, calmly
Up lire's dark, stony, tiresome,= thorny hill, •
Thou, thon, in every 'storm hart sheltered me,
Beneath the wings of thy benightty;
A. thousand graves my footsteps' circuit vent,
and I exist—thy mercy's monument;
A thousand writhe upon the bed of pain,
I live, and pleasure flows through every vein;
Want o'er a thousand wretches waves her
wand,
I, encircled by ten thousand mercies, stand.
Bow can I praise thee, Father 7, how express
My debt of reverence and thankfulness _ ?
A debt that no intelligence cattoount,
While every moment•swells the vast amount.
For a week's duties thou hest given me
strength, • ..
And brought me to its peaceful close at. length,
And here my grateful bosom vain would raise,
A fresh memorial to thy glorious praise.
ZEKE SMITH, TILEINDIAN - SLAYEBI
Or, Life Among the Early Settlers
of Pennsylvania,
BY M. W. 8., M. D., aIIACA, N. I'
It was becoming light, and the
morning was close at hand. They
pushed on as rapidly_ as they
could, and in a few momenta stood
looking down in the Wyoming Val
ley, and located their home in their
minds, and said, one to, the other by
a mournful look, " pool. fatlaier and
mother, you will feel sad when you
hear of your children's tragic death,
but you will have one consolaticm,
they died as they, lived, trusting in
Him who doeth all things well."
Emma took a Ecrap of paper from
her pocket and hastily wrote a few
lines, stating the whereabonta of the
Doanes' mountain retreat; and bid
ding a kind good bye to all their
friends, not forgetting Uncle Zeke,
and then folded it up and placed it
in her bosom.
Their enemies were in sight, and
they heard Charley Doane, who wos
foremost, cry ont, "We've got you
now, you Jezabelv. Your running
away has done you much good,
has n't it? ra bet you'll not blip
our firmers so easily again."
Mire the fiend in human shape
was 'uttering this harangue, Emma
and Maiy stood with their eyes lifted
toward heaven, offering a silent pray
er that Almighty God would save
their spirits, and when they had
come very near them, they embraced
each other and jumped from the
rock on which they were standing,
and cried in a voice to be heard in
heaven—"leper death than dishonor."
Down, down they flew, with - the
speed of lightning, and were crushed
and mangled on the rocks below
Thns died two of the pioneer wo
men of Wyoming, and to-day their
fast words are freighted with more
importance to the young of this gen
eration than any book of sermono.
The. miserable wretches who had
forced these innocent young women
to sacrifice their own . precious lives,
walked close to the vergb of the
mountain of rocks,-and
looked down
upon those they had slain. Moses,
who was the last to leave the spot,
Paid, as he joined his brother
Charles, "I feel now that
,I have been
a party - to an act which will he ever
vivid in my memory, andi know the
departed spirits of the innocent slain
wit! haunt me to my dying day "
He had just finished his remarks,
when . crack went a rifle, and the ball
pierced his heart, and he_ fell dead at
his brothers' feet.
Where this death missila came
from, none of them could tell. They
looked in every direction, and could
see no smoke nor any human form.
While they were looking about them
to diFeover the source whence came
the death-dealing bullet, they were
surprised by hewing,, another rifle
discharged, and, Paw one more - .of
their number cold in death.
This lime Charley detected the
cality where their enemy was con
cealed. The remaining Doanes con
cealed themselves 'behind trees and
rocks, and examined their fire-arms,
and made hurried preparation to de
fend themselves. , The pursuing par
ty had been out all night looking fo'r
the captives, and had been qondnct
ed by Uncle Zeke to the point of the
mountain reaching quite to the Sus
quehanna, and by following np its
side they were within twenty rods of
the Doanes, and there concealed
themselves, - only waiting to rest a
moment that a steady aim could be
taken, and justice done to those
whom Zeke and his . brother had
sworn to take vengeance upon.
Zeko and his trusty friend, Bill,
were the first to get a eight of the
enemy, and it was they 'who fired the
shots. By this time three or four
more of the party had reached Zeke's
side, and were made acquainted with
their success, and high hopes were
entertained that all the party might
be shot or taken prisonsre.
C. T. METH,
Proprietor
While oar hero and his followers
were standing. at the 'base of the
mountain, they , saw the object of
their search jump from the rocks,
and .two of the company remained
behind, and went directly to the spot
where Emma and Mary had fallen.
These men had orders to protect the
bodies from the ravages of wild
beasts,
till Zeke and his companions
returned.
A brink fight now took place be
tween the Doanes and our hero's
men, resulting , in a complete victory
for the latter.
Zeke then ordered his men to fol
low him, and in a short time they all
stood beside their dear, dead pioneer
sisters, and there they wept bitterly
over their irreparable loss. They
wrapped the corpses in a couple of
coarse blankets, and put them on
rade stretchers and started for homy
lelettelt infra.
SATURDAY EYRYING.
ST BIILVTA.
Aisteuuncrue.
CIIAPTEE XL
where they arrived without , , dent.
We cannot describe,. the i rrew
which filled the hearts of all who
,;
knel the Peterson girls. The t Cher,
and - mother were so stricken in soul
, b their irreparable loss, tha they
could not be comforted. The t
hole
valley went into mourning, a all
who: saw the dear dead forms - id in
the cold grave, never 'forgot th sad
scene till their dying day.. ,
Among the mourners ohtsid ' the
family, none was so heart-bro nas
oar: hero,' Zeke Smith. For any
long weeks he mourned, and . very
day he could be seen standing. °aide
their graves, looking down upo the
silent clay through the glis fling
tear drops that filled his eyed. Like
was'a changed man - from the h lir of
his loved_ friends' death, and ever
after through the whole coarse f his
life did he seem like the same p rson.
There was a solemn, downcast ez
pretilion to his countenance, which
no one failed to`see at a glance.
loiter in the season, the In 'ens
were very active in preparing at
tack' the *hole settlement, and any
of the pioneers 'became alarmed and
moved to distant pasts of the State.
Some moved to Tompkins conpty,
N York, bat finding themselves so
much isolated from the other settle
ments, they returned to Tioga Point,
now Athens, and , broke the first
ground in that beautiful section.
'Mr. Harris, with his family, and
papist Brown, his son-jn;law, and 1
Mr. Hill and family, and a family by ,
the name of York, settled at Wysoz,
not long after moving to Towanda,
or where that thriving town now
stands.
The brave sous battled against 'all
oppOsition thrOugh many long years,
and to-day the Many beautiful farms,
and thriving cities and villages all up
and- - down the I Sasquehanna Valley,
owe their existencejo our revered
forefathers.
When the Ithaca & Athens Rail
road is finished, all the beautiful and
romantic scenery mentioned in our
narrative, will be within one day's
journey of us, and a party leaving
Ithaca at 7 o'clock in the morning,
can take dinner beneath the shadow
of the veritable , massive pile of-gran
ite from which Emma and Mary Pe
terson took their fatal leap. 1
Beautiful scenery abounds from
Athens to Wilkes-Barre, ,all along
the Lehigh Valley railroad, and we
trust that-the day will soon dawn
upon us when all nature's works
along this line, will be opened up to
us by the speedy completion of the
road from this place to Athens.
ME END.
WHAT MR MIDSHIPMEN ARE TAUGHT.
—I think I told ion, at the beginning,
that all things that can make a. OA
sailor are taught at the Academy.
Old forecastle hands, at one tinie,
secretly looked down upon naval offi
ceri, and complained that they knew
nothing of the harder duties of sea
life. ' If there was any truth in this
once, there is none now. As we
crossed the grounds, we met a de
tachment of midshipmen, dressed in
common canvass snits, bound for the`
practice slip. Here they are instuct
ed in all things that fall' to the lot 'of
the poorest sailor. f
Once a year, they are also sent opt
on a cruise, and are required to han
dle the Light sails, yards and magi,
entirely by themselves. The instruc
tions given to them at sea are purely
practical, and are such as a lad could
only learn on board an drdinary ves
selin mauy ye.trti of experience.
They are taught what to do in ftiir
and foul weather, in times of peace
and times of wa i t, and how to do it.
Gunnery practice and.torpedo prac
tice are incliftled in the higher
branphes of seamanship and naviga
tion. In short, each midshipnian is
given an opport nity to see all the
workings of a ship and to study
:
them, and afte ward describe them
in a log book e to be examined by his
superior officer. , ' .
T
le instrOctions in - seamanship
give
.' fpri t thef t voyage, however, are
only . 4iPpplenientary to those. given
:llit ,
ashore f' t f
f t f
Atinpng the bnildings of the Aca
demy is one ealled_ the seamanship
room. It is hot a bit like a common
scPool-room, [with maps, charts and
globes, and illuminated texts for or
naments. Ite 'should think that
anyone who has a real taste for the
sea would find abundant pleasure in
it. There are beautiful models of
nearly every kind of vessel afloat
from' a simple sloop to a modern tur
ret ship. Shelf t after shelf is filled
with' the smallerfones, and in the cen
ter 'of' the - froom are others with
masts - reaching almost to the ceiling.
On the , walls there are also some
curious old prints and oil-paintings
of famous sea fights. One of the
good qualities of the models is that
they all will
,Work, just as though
they were full sized.
The gunnery room is scarcely less
interesting than ' , the seamanship
room. Here the ,'gradual improve
ment in small arms ' is shown by many
specimena of each kind, from the
old-fashioned match-lock to the
needle and Remington guns. Among
othei curiosities is a bronze cannon,
brought over by Cortez in the con
Twit of Mexico. The breech-loader
was supposed to be a new invention,
but the principle masts in this old
relic - of earlier centuries. Side by
side with it is the mitrailleuse, the
lateit weapon invented, about which
yod 'may have read in accounts of the
Franco Prussian war. It , has a great
number of barrels, which revolve and
pose out showers of bullets. Else
wheie in the room, which is over-.
crowed, are model s of all aorta of
nautical artillery, including shells,
hand-grenades, and topedoes. At
every'turn the visitor takes he is con
fronted by some death-dealing in
etruinent. - A collection of old trophy
flags,' blood-stained, singed with gun
powder, rent and riven, w-fato mil
lon the wall_ at ' one ed. Among
them are the British colors captured
during the war of 1812, including
those of the "Guerrierer captured
by the "Constitution," and the fa-,
mobs flag that Lawrence flew in the
battle between the "Cheaspeake" and
"Slaamon," bearing nothing but the
brave words: "Dou't give up' the
ship."—"A Trdining School for Bail
ors,! by W.S. Belding, in S. Nicholas
for Marc.* ,
4EJ
A, BRADFORD COOTY, PA.; MARCH 18, 1875.
TOW
NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL
LEBSONE.
HARCU Zl,
1875.
Imam, 1146--Oottout Tarr, Hobo. z: biL
The twenty-third and the twenty
fourth Chapters of Joshua, contain
two farewell addressee - of Joshua to ,
the people. They were; however;,'
delivered at different times4plit ,
eee, and are otherwise distinguisha
ble. Dr. Crosby says : "The former
address of Joshua seems to have
been delivered in the belief that he
was soon to leave this world, and
was prompted by' his ardent desire
for the purity of the people, who
would '(he knew) be sorely tempted
awitS from God by the idolatrous
population among them. This ad
'dress, however, , (meaning the one
given in the 24th chapter) and the
assembly at which it was delivered,
were appointed by Divine direction,
as We flee by the phrase, "before
God," in verse 1, and the formula,
"thus saith Jehovah, God of Israel,"
in verse 2. The former occasion woe;
(so to Speak) a private conferenc‘of
Joshua .with Israel. This occasion
Was an official conference, in tibia
Joshua acted as the Divine legate.
Fay, in Lange's Commentary, sass :
"Partietilarly to be considered here,
from the, first, is the relation between
the twit farewell addresses in respect
to differnuces and agreements of their
subject-matter; and, manifestly, the
first presents to tho Israelites what
Jehovah will do f.,r them 'to bring
them into fall possession of the land,
while the second, in powerful words,
calls to mind in detail what Jehovah,
since the time of the patriarchs, has
already done for them."
The present lesson forms a - part of
the first of th"se addresses. We will
consider (I) thl time when it was
spoken. In verse lof chapter
we read: "And it came to pass, a
long time after that the Lord had
given rest unto Israel from all their
enemies round about," etc. This, no
doubt, means a long time after the
distribution of the West-Jordanic re
gion (Canaan) among.the trigs.
This "long time" was , proably about
twenty years. Joshua was probably
eighty-seven years old at the time of
the distribution; he died at the age
of one hundred and ten. According
to. Smith's Bible Dictionary, he wits
ninety-two at the time the distribu
&ion was accomplished, which leaies
eighteen years until his death.
Others reckon a shorter period. The
data are too uncertain for any posi
tive calculation.
It is probable that after the assign
ment of the land, the appointment
of 'the Levitical cities and of 'the
owes of Mange, Joshua retired from
the active duties of the leadership;
not abdicating his office, tut leaving
the practical direction of affairs to
the subordinate officers of the nation.
He dwelt in his own possession in
Ephraim, in the walled town of Tim
nath Serah. There he watched the
course of the national life, , and when
near his end came forth to utter his
wise councils in the ears of the peo
ple.
(2). The Place. It may have been
Timnath-Serah (his place of resi
dence); bat it seems more likely that
it was Shiloh, the-governmental cen
tre of the nation The second fare
well address was delivered at She
chem; an indefinite time (probably
short) afterward.
(3).- The Audience: "Joshua call-
ed for alt Israel." But, Df course, he
did not address the whole nation in
one assembly. It would have been
a severe strain upon an old man who
had waxed old and was stricken in
age (verse 1 . ) to have addressed a
congregation of two millions. The
explanation is given in verse 2. He
called for all Israel; that is, their el
ders, heads, judgers, and officers, as
representatives of the 'entire nation.
He spoke, therefol . ,ite a representa
tive assembly. Thug mode c 4 instruc
tion runs through scripture. So
Christ taught his apostle it, Heaving
them to teach the world./ And as
Christ's words were repeated iby the
apostles, so Joshua's fareniell coun
sels were repeated by the I elders to
the people. '
(4). The subject-matter of his Ad
dress. This is substantially given in
our lesson. (a). The injuuction;- v.
11. It is noticeable that Joshua
finds no fault wit his people. This
proves thaf 4 the_ commonwealth was
comparativp ure and faithful ;
(compare v.. 8). Rut he sees danger
and temptation in the future. The
large number of idolaters left in the
land must prove (unless they : - exftr
cise great care) a source of' etn and
destruction. Hence the repeated ex
hortation; verses 6,7,
They mast not wore* idols; (the
different phrases in verse 7—.ll.alie
mention of the name;' "swear,"
"serve," "bow yourselves,"—are the
four expresSions for Divine worship;
Dent. vi: 13; x: 20). And positively
they must keep his law; or which is
the same, "love the Lord your god."
"It is remarkable, (Dr. Crosby says)
that with such repeated appeals to
set the affections on God, - the Jewish
system is marled to be a mere for
mal ritualism." "Take good > heed
unto yotirseives;" literally, "be ex
ceedingly'watchful over your souls."
It wag necessary then, as later, to
watchiand pray. 'The heart is de
ceitful above all things, and desper
ately wicked." Only watchfulness
and prayer can keep us from sin and
ruin.
(b). The considerations by which
this injunction is enforced. The
Canainites Willjitrove a great curse
to them, if they. forsake God and in
termingle With them; verses 12, 13.
Snares- itnd traps for their feet
scourges' in their sidPs—thorns in
their eyes; they will be plagued aud
hart by them in every part of . their
body; theyi will be mischievous and
ruinous to the nation in every way. 2.
He sets before them the spectacle of
his old age;; Verso 14, first clause. For
seventy years he had . been a faithful
servant of this people. Honest., un
selfish, zealous, heroic, he had grown
old and fesbki in their service. He
had completed the work of settling
them in the promised land, and had
made them a compact common.
wealth The spectacle of his old
age, filled with anxiety and oar* foi
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them, must .have .added great force
to his wise words. 3 Ife emphasiz
es the faithfulness of Jehovah; verses
14-16. God bad falfillid his prom
ises to them t , lrthe last jot and tittle.
verso; 9, 10. (The 10tIc verse
should read, "One man of you clisseth
alhousand„Stc). As he had been
faiilbfFil in the past, such he would
Vein, the. future. As he had been
faithful to the promises, each he
would be ; the threatenings. As be
had blegßed, so he would punish. He
hid given them a goodland, bat if
disobedient and rebellions he would
quickly destroy them from the face of
it..
Notice (1). This world has tempta
tions for all.
' (2). The heart is deceitful—at en
mity to God—loves sin. It moat be
witched and restrained.
(3). The goodness of God. To in
dividuals—to his church.
(4). The faithfulness of God.
THEY 00IILD'T TRADE.
Keyser had lightning rods placed
upon his balm three or four years
ago ; bat during last summer the
building was struck by lightning and
burned. ,When ho got the new barn
done a man came around with , a red
wagon, and wanted to sell him set
of Bolt and Burnam's patent light
ning rods.
believe not," said Geyser, : :" I
had rods on the barn at the time of
the —"
"I know," excleinied the agent, "I
know yon had, and very likely that 'e
the reason you were struck. liothin's
more likely to attract lightnire than
worthless rods."
"How do you know they were
worthless ?"
Why, I was drivin' by yer in the
spring, and I seen them xods, and I
says to myself, that barn 'll be struck
some time, but there 'a no use in try
in' to convince Mr. Keyser; so I
did n't call. I knowed it, because
they had iron tips. A rod with iron
tips is no better 'n a clothes prop to
ward off lightning."
1' The man that sold them to me
said they had platinum tips," re
marked Keyser.- • -
'! Ah 1 this is a wicked World, Mr.
Keyser. You can't bo too cautions.
Some of these yer agents lie like a gas
meter.* It 'a awful, sir.' They are
wholly untrustworthy. Them rods
was the most ridicklus sham I ever
see. A regular gouge. They we 'nt
worth the labor it took to put 'em
up: They wit'nt now, that's the
honest truth."
" What kind do you offer?"
"Well, sir, I've got the only genu
ine lightnin' rod . that's made. . It's
constructed on scientific principles.
Professor Huxley says it's sure to ran
off the electric. fluid every time.
Twisted charcoal iron, glassjanletors,
eight points on snob rdii, warranted
solid platinum. We give a written
guarantee with each rod. Never bad
a house struck since we began to of
fer, this rod to the put:ilia. Positive
fact. The lightnin 'll play all around
a house with one of 'em and never
touch it. A thunder stcrm that
would tear the bowels out of the
American continent,would leave your
house as.safe as a polar bear in the
middle of an iceberg. Shall I run
you one ap?"_ ,
11.
"I don't know,'" said Keyser, mus
ingly. I/ / ~
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"I'l{ put you
,upionei I. heap, and
then you will have/soinethin' i
I reliable
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--somethin' there'e i nd' di nht on..
"Yon say the oldliOd/WS itlfraud?"
i. The deadliest ~ ,il )u ever
heard of. It' hfidn't an Ipunce of
piatinam withih , e. .miln of! it. The
man that solditiOnght to be prose.
cutel, and theiellow that pat it up
without isolators should be shot. It's
too bad the farmers should be gouged
in this sort of . way."
"And Bolt and 13aniam's rod is
not s, fraud ? .' V I
"A: fraud 2, Why, really, giy dear
sir, just eas t . your eye'over Professor
Huxley's letter and these certiffcates,
and remember that we give a *Wen
guarontfe—a, positive protection, of
course." f . ' . - -.--- i
"Just cast your eye" over that,"
said Keyser, handing bini a pleae of
paper.
" Well, upon my word! This is
in#eed somewhat—that is to say it is
as it were—it looks—it looks a little
like one of our own certificates."
"hit so," said Keyser, "that old
rod was one of Bolt and Burnam's.
You sold it to my son-in-law; you
gave this certificate ; you swore the
points were platinum, and your man
put it up."
" Then I enppotie we can't trade?"
"Well, I stet& think not,'? said .
Keyser. .
, Whereupon the man mounted the
red wagon and moved on.
THE Boys IN BED.-- / Mhoever has
lifted the curtains of the boys' alcove,
soon after their inmates have gone
to bed, and has looked lovingly in,
has seen a pretty sight. Generally
their faces are lying most restfully,
with hand under, cheek, and in many
cases look strangely younger than
when awake, and often very infantile,'
as if some trick of older expression
which they had been taught to wear
by .day had 'been dropped the mo
ment the young ambition's will had
lost control. The lids lie shut over
bright, busy eyes; 'the air is gently
and evenly fanned by the coming and
going breaths; there is a little crook
ed mound in the bed ;-along the bed's
foot, or on a chair beside,,are the
day clothes, sometimes neatly folded,
sometimes. huddled off in a korrY;
bungling with balls, or, in the lesser
fellows, marbles; stained with the ,
earth of many fields where_ wood-,
chuck have been trapped, or perhaps
torn with the roughness of trees on
which squirrels have been sought;_
perhaps wet anti mired with the
smooth black. or • gray mud from
marshes, or the oozy banks of streams
where muskrats have been tracked. .
cnder the bed's foot lie the shoes--
one on its side—with the grey and
white, socks, now creased and soiled,
thrown • across them; wad there, in
their little cells, squealed in the great
mass of night, heedless how the earth
whirls away with them or how the
world goes, who is thinking of , them
or what is doing at horns, the busiest
popls ere resting for ths morrow,
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' . JANES CARROLL'S 'WEAKNESS.
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" To-morrow is the 24a, is n't it,
Diary ?"
"Yes it isp; answered the yomg
wife sadly: - -
James Carroll knocked the ashes
from bilk cigar, held it carefully; he•
tureen the thumb and forefinger of
the left hand, and looked thoughtful.
ly into the fife.
Mary's tired fingers showed no
signs of weariness, but turned the
hem of a sheet mechanically, and
then proceeded to baste it for sewing.
" Belle will, be three years old," he
said, interrmatively.
"Three, James," replied Mary,
without a trace of a bright smile
lighting up her pretty face. James
gave a few more whiffs at his nearly
consumed cigar, bat he did not seem
to enjoy it much. A listener would
have pronounced Mary it cold, unlov
ing wife, that the presence of 'her
hneband, or the return of her baby's
birthday failed to please. .
Lookers-on and listeners do , not
always look into the depths of the
heart to see what troubles arothere.
So in this instance. Another woman
whose life .was all 'sunshine, would
have pronounced Mary heartless.
Poor thing. She had too much
heart for this world's trials. Her wed
ding day was a blissfirl one; her hus
band the ideal of manly \ perfection.
His love, unaccompanied , by wealth,
was worth more to her than all "the
treasures of earth. Bat a cloud arose
to dim the brightness of, her sky.
She soon made the discovery that he
was but human; and that the love of
wine and possibly something strong
er, filled his heart, as well as the l9ve
of his wife. He was not what the
world called an intemperate man--
oneslas3 a day does not constitute a
drunkard, shouldohe fear?
At the end , of "chicle years he teok
at least two glasses a day. - What
had she to hope forin years to come:
" I wish, Mary, I was able to make
Belle a present every birthday, in her
life, but yon know that it is all I can
do to get along as it is."
"I know it, James," meekly - replied
the wife.-
James was ill at ease. Something
in Mary's, mannexdisturbed
"What makes you so solemn and
quiet, Mary? Why not sympathize
with me, and say you know I had a
hard_ time to get along, and that
Belle' can get along without presents
better than we can, afford to give
theni? Fox gave me a wood bill
this morning, and James wants to
know when the grocery bill is . to be
paid. I don't like to bother with
these things, only I want you to un
derstand that as much as I love our
little girl, I can't afford to make her
.`
presents." I
Mary's color came and went. Fears
stole into' her violet eyes and her
heart beat quick and fast. Her trem
bling fingers goaaea ner needle un
steadily, and her stitches were long
and irregular. Three long years she
brooded along over her husband's
weakness without a reproof, and
much as she dreaded to speak she
knbp her time bad come.
"1 wish, deaf James, I could econ
omize, in somethifig and save money
to buy our darling a present. - It
seems cruel to neglect her - birthday
so soon." -
"I know nothing you could be
more prudent in, Mary, and you know
I am as economical as possible, don't
you 1"
It was very hard for the lips that
uttered only the loving words of
prate() to say no ; but a strength not
her Own came to her aid, andfWith a
swt smile the wife uttered the first
rebp.
" To es, I am grieved to say
thattin.some things you are too 'ex
travagant. It must be a sin of, ig
norence, for I know if you realized it ,
you would never wrong your wife
and child." .
James started frcm his seat. His
eyes flashed and his cheeks pale& '
"Mary, you are crazy!"
"Not crazy, James, but clear-head
ed for your happiness."
After the first shock passed, and
he was prepared to listen, she went
oa ; and in a clear; concise manner,
laid before him the cause of her bit
ter words.
"Daring the last year you have
drank at least two glasses of liquor
a day, havn't you?"
"Why; yes; I suppose so. What of
that?" . • .
"Only ten 'cents a glass—that can't
rnin a man.",
" Three hundred and sixty five
days, which, multiplied by twenty
cents, amounts to seventy-three dol
lars. And three cigars a day, which
I know is far below your average of
smoking, tvilli amount. to as much ' ,
more, which makes one hundred and
forty dollars. Forty - dollars would
pay our coal and grocery bills now
due, and leaVe et bithuice of one titian
dred and six. \loners for baby and
me. You /11 , 20*, too, that time, spent
for drinking is worse than wasted,
for tobacco 'and lignors poisott the
system, destroy the health, soften
the brain, wlaken the nerves, 'and
bring ruin ••to thousands of happy
homes. There is a lack of tender
ness for Belle and me when your
nerves ar' excited ,by drink. I (for=
give you fmely, bat the sting is left
in my beart.r -
Mary's effort overcome her, Wand
she fell into a passionate fit of weep
ing.
The strong man trembled.
"Atn I blind ? Is it possible
have wronged my dearest treasure 7'
They mingled their tears,' and
talked till a late hour, laying Oans
for the Attire, and (Tames begge&for:-
givenees of her he halwronged. '
"It is not - too' late to -save my
health and, strength,"- said the peni
tent man, and so it proved.
In a year from that-day twn bean-,
tifal silver - sups were brought home
by the hippy father, one for Belle's
fourth birthday, and the other for hie
wife that bad saved : him.
_ Mary's bore the inscription : "Ai r
angel saw!hie and lifted me'up:" I'
On .Belle's was, neatly engrave'
"A. little (thud shall lead them." • i.
Years have passed since thon g land <
the happy bouple, in vigor of life, on
each reediting birthday of Belle, who
is now a young lady of eighetir tell
to her the trial of ,their married, lifs,
and, the great happiness that hes
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02 peir , A.nnunt in A.dvanee.
.grown from eelf•denial and' justice.
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The good wife and mentor `'has
the silver bright,and not a meal
has been eaten at home butthe cups
are on the table where James could
be ireminded of . the promise he had
made, and so faithfullthept.
MYSELF.
I have not loved the world, nor
the world me," said the Cynic Poet,:
bat he merely meant that he had a
keen appetite for censure and was
fond of being abused ' • nor is there
yet any lack. - of men who would rath
er be spoken ill of than loot to be
spoken of at all.. This loveof prom
inence is quite compatible With some
virtues, and, indeed, is .sometimes
prOmotive of whatever yirtue there
may-be in works or words. There is
nolharder task imposed upon us than
to'l keep our real merit and accom
plishment generate from .the praise
which may be accorded to them. It
is the crown of a noble nature to
love the heroic of any sort for ! its
own sake, and to find its coatliest re
ward in ' self-approval and the satis
faction of gennine achievement. Bat
between this and a diseased desire
feri the plaudits of all, from the
grestadliogs to the gallery-gods,
there are many degrees of ,strength
and of weakness. There are those
who care too much for the bubble
of reputation, and equally those who
miss decency and urbanity by caring
tool, little. Here, for instance, 'is a
man who is always walking up and
doWn like a peacock in the sun, for
all !eyes to gaze at. Doubtless he
has his little daxterities and abiliiies,
qualities usually deemed desirable
whether corporal or intellectual. He
may be handsome or strong;', learned
or eloquent, with a trumpet of his
owh and lungs of leather quite able
to !sound it. He has a proclivity to
print. It thrills him to see his name
in the newspapers and the !monthly
magazines; he writes verses, lectures,
acts 'tragedy or comedy, paints pie
tulles, walks a thousand miles
,in a
thousand hours, dresses more artis
tically, plays billiards more infallibly,
Binge more sweetly, converses mare
charmingly-than most of his - fellow
creatures ; may be, he preaches to a
congregation as large as a!small ar
my ; possibly he raises the :best pigs
or:peaches of the season, or becomes '
itecilvent for an incredible amount of
money, or makes an exhibition of
himself in the House of Representa
tives, or is the patriarch of a small
town, and. holds all the rur al 'offices.
He is not nice—distinguished, le
mons,- celebrated, respected, notori
mis—it is all one to him. ;;The con
dition of- his content is tobe talked
about—what Men, say of hint is of
legs importancti. Sometimes be lives
and .
_breathes upon the Merit of, a
dead ancestor, like the young Penn
sylvania Quaker who informed Mr.
Dickens that his , grandfather invent
ed the celebrated Cold Pressed Cas
tor Oil What we call vanity, conceit,
self sufficiency, very frequently is no
inOre than a desire to do Something
well - for the sake of the world's ap
proval. Bat in estimating men, of the
stamp which we have indicated, it is
impossible not I to feel that 'we are
dealing with the second-rate and the
mediocre. This restless desire'of .dis
tinction is something rauchlower (to
use Dr. Hobert Hall's words)' than a
" delicate sensibility to character.
a 1 sober desire of repdtation, ,a
wish to P ossess ; the esteem of the
wise and good." ,It is art infirmity
shared by the king on his throne and
the clown of the circus, by the eru
dite and - the uneducatedi: by the
mighty and the mean—but it is still
An' infirmity.
It is a little mortifying, consider
ing how mach we make of famous
nes% to discover how easily it may
besecnred in an age of newspapers.
Almost anybody may 'ae lanai spoken
of land widely heralded if lie is will
ing
to pay alvertising priced, and has
sufficient persistence: The public
joUrnals, however, are • quite at the
mercy - of those who burn to be known.
HOwever the columns may be watch
edior tended, the pompons, the push
ing, or the pertinacious will break
down all barriers, and g l t into them - ,
although be may be qampellecl to
commit suicide,' moral of physical, to
accomplish his Ipurpore. What on•
sheet declines another is glad to have;
and whoever is 'much talked about is
-necessarily put pinto -print as a mat
ter of intelligence, to which Abe om
nivorous readers - of newa
paper are entitled for their money.-
If any obscure i man hurtling to be
illistrious shall [ happen to read these,
lines, we bid him to be of good cheer.
What with crime in all its varieties,
folly in all it phases, the world's love
of the odd, the novel, and the amus
ing, and the ease with 'which be may
attach himse4 to even t important af
fairs, to be the fly on the corch-wheel,
it go - hard with hinr if he do
not have his ;lame in everybody's
mouth for an eternity of nine days.
If; there were 'offices to insure no
toriety, we do net, think that the pre
;ilium would be: very high. -
There is a quality of character'
called Common Sense, and we sus
pect those who have a modicum of it
are learning in them) scandal-teeming
days how gracious a thing it is to be
utterly unktioWn. To vary the old
qUotation, we may say, that the post
of pleasure is a private one. It isn't
everybody vvho relishes being the
subject of universal chattel, of miles
upon miles of leading articles, of jests
in the boudoir And the l bar-room. It
isn't everybody 1 who cares to be dis
cifssed-and dissected 1 , ?5 , the lawyer
first, then by the journals, and at last
by . the . whole :population.' It isn't
everybody who could . find himself
perpetually printed and not go mad.
There is d coarse familiarity which a
gentleman willinot submit to if he
'can help himself; he shrink's even
from a strange j handlaid :upon his'
cdat.eleeve as profanation of bis per-
On; and he'snubs his feilu,w 7 traveler
in; the railway ;cars wbo pushes
,tbe
cross-examination too closely. Every
manlshould regard , hiniself,soinewhat
art a,) king, and should keep within
the hedge of Ipin personal divinity.
"Lord of himsel!, though not of land,"
sings one,poeti
• mind me a
dingdom i s," sings another. There
in a dignity which is quite Consistent
:with poverty, ;and which may be
nteintainsi in either forme,
1 ;
There is a personal smedneea hichi
should not be disregarded by_
without just resentment. nisi deli-5
este Arian ism sq.invaeioaof not
domain, and vi et;*mie us* ..the
trespass.. But sonsanymde to•day
are at large; not Merely asked, bull
without even their sine; that per
baps a man's ownership of himseu—,l
long disputed in the court of joubliol
opinion—is at last to be utterly sh-i
rbgated. In such .ease we shall stial
have pie* of Egotism,but the royal
4.nd respectable 1, MyseW' will bel
banished forever.
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NUMBER 41.
L MARRIAGE AND; THE PRIMO
'PREIS:
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The question as:' to , the effect of
marriage upon the, duration of life,
and also upon mental , health', haaq
been carefully considered by many
scientific men, and';accerding to the!
statistical tables the' decision has been g
decidedly in favor of marriage. That '1
ia, if appears , that a much larger
portion of married men and women
than' Of bachelors 'and spinsters at
ta'n old age, and that a smaller pro-,
portion of the former than of thel
latter become afflicted with the' va
rime kinds of inetinitY- The question
was for s regarded' as scientifically
settled in, favor of Marriage. 1
, Herbert Spencer undertakes
to reverse this decision. He saysl
that. greater ' longevity is - not- till
consequence ,of marriage but that, a
tendency:to longevity le ads to mar- q .
ritige. 1 . His law is( that of natural
selection and survival of the fittest, L,
by which we:, are now taught to ac
count for the difference between a
whale 'and a mosquito, or, indeed, I
between a man and an oyster. The rate
of marriage, ,he tells ns, is regulated
by the ability. to Meet its responsi
.and as that, abilty .depends
upon intellectual and bedliy vigor,
prudence and self control, 'w hich are 1
the qualities that favor long life, he
,reaches the e,onclutnon that the , men
and women whollinarry. are they
who, married or unmarried, would,
by reason — of ,their bodily and mental
constitation,live thelongest. Besides7,l
he sayS, men
generally
desire women, i
andwemen generally prefer men;who
are. 4 perfect and vigorous, refusing
the malformed, the' iseased, and the
ill-developed types ;
This, like most what ?mfr. Her
bert Spencer l writesis ingennons,and
it has en element of truth:. Men and
woinini do generally prefer healthier r
and higher types of either sex, but
they very frequentlY do not get what •
they desire, and it is not -,yet estab-1
lished that among the men and, wo
men, and particularly the former,
who go throno life unmated there is
a larger proportion ;of the malformed
the diseased / and ,the ill-developed 1
than there is' among the, married.
The men who marry possibly. carry
off thefinest i womee; and -moreover ,1
marriages seem more necessary' to
womaii's hapPiness than it is to man's.
Bat the. chief ! defect in Mr. Spencer's
argument seems tolbe ink its most im
portant nrenaise 7 -that marriage is
regulated by ,e,bilaY to meet its re
sponsibilities, This has the air of an
assumption or of aalinference a priori,
of the, most unmistakable
.charaCter.
Doubtless marriage, regarded from 1 .
the politico-econoniical point of view,
should be regulated by the ability to
nieLt, its responsibilities. But, who
thaChas observed hie carefully will i
venture to say thet;it is so ? It may
be true among (people who feel that
piey have a certain
s ocial: position to 1.
maintain, and wh'o,in regard to all
social 'matters, live been bred 'in
habits ,of thought and feeling which
lead'them to set impulse and
riataral desire' at the bidding of prn
der.ee. But, outside of that class, 1
among , men / and *omen generally,
prudence, a old flrecast,of respon
sibilities, has,ne very great restrain
ing influence. Tley marry, full of
faith and hope, as well as of, love, or
mayhap without love they marry,
they can hardly telliwhy,thinking that
all 'will be well, and they _will•get on 1
somehow. And they do get on, most
of them, somehow, and worry thre'
life, taking their flares of the joys
Arid sorrows of marriage; often solely
tried,. Sometinies almost despairing, 1 .
but on the whole find in the end bet
ter for, it, ivith a part of their moral
nature _developed - iof which before
theirmarriage they had noconsci
•,
ouseess, and 'whichwould surely have
remained in .a,torture and redimen
tary state. Htceptions apart, there i
are very few ',Married men and wo-1
men; who will not ]; confess that mar-1
riage has made them better as well
as happier, notwithstanding sill , their -
trials. This is one, reason why the
proportion 4424 he married among the]
insane is smaller than thatpf the nn-I
married. , And se also
_:physiciansi
knoW that, With physical trials,l
,married life is better for women theni
unmarried. lhere is something in;
the fitness of things' , to - the end ell
which_ they were, created. Whatl
science seers toestablish in orkei
decade may be setl!a s ide by scienco
in another, but a greater man theM
Herbert Speneer ninst. arise to .con-1
vines the world that marriage is.noti
in all respects the best state - for 'both?
man an woman.
Il _ •
B9l'B, WAKE up.:
• Boys,wake np ! Don't sit dreaming
as though the world was just made to
Bleep in. -Don't iMagino that some-1
body is going to clbthe and feed youi
while you do, nothipg but read love
stories. Have more ambition than
to part your 'hair ih the middle, carry]
a cane or 7-flourish a cigar. Don't
any of you bilittlErYourislf by wind
tobacco in any form. it will maka
Ton filthy, l createi au ;appetite, fort
,
liquor, and' make Yon 'old and
nervous.
Wairr ! .to be I tbodvr
aim up Try ii __ __, somei 14
Try' to do something. Try to be not
ble, honest and industrious: ,By bel
ing somebody we do not mean simply i
rich; or just like all the_ rest of the
boys. Step; r boldly into new path
that other boys are too 'indolent and
timid to try. In doing this, you may
not be like Ned, who cities oaths; ori, ,
Fred, who plays cards; or Tom, Who :
says his mother and liither don't Imosi
anything; or likai a score of °thee.
boys who all do about the same wail
fOr. fear the rest will laugh' at them.l
' To do soniethinit is to shovel coat
Or run errands; indeed anything that!
is right rather , thahl lounge on hoteli
steps Or in !salooriii. If you would
rather tell a li ttle falsehood, or smoke ,
or drink, than to !be seen in—plainl
clothes, coarse boots and at work-4.
.
yoa are just i nobody. , - I
TiOth, temperanCe and good deeds!
make men; clothes hue nothing tal
'do with it. [lf tha, lads you associatsq
with' alk sneering ly of their motherii
and sliders, avoid them as you would
a deadly poison. ii The influence of
low, vulgar language may lead poll
to iofamny. Be Ore. 0, ho 4,
pleasant it is to lopk int° the face of
an innocent lad who is chaste am?.
;I
virtOothil Take dare cif your bodie. t
do not &bine them. Keep tbOt,:„
sieredly pure, dean aid wholeson' .'
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