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Always to live, always to grow.
Itrinr„s finite clone to infinite:
What we shall be, Goil limy know :
ire cannot guess tell height.
lint seeing how, at each advance.
Beneath us lies the former state.
When that now counted ignorance
Was - wisdom's ultimate,—
Infer at length, a world outgrown,
With all known forma of life and thought
And that discovered, now unknown. . •
Or. that Which now is not. -
Vii own, who hold this life today.
Look up: ye are creation's hell*:
Alhelt ye scarce hare learned to say,
•• Our Father :•• even In your prayers.
Learn to revere the glorious type.,
So dimly modeled in this clay:
Behold the "tree••antl mitt rioy
Live to the germ to•day.
SO sees the iVisdoni looking. looking tar
To shape our widening 4estiny:
He keeps us not for what we are.
lint: what we yet maybe.
atr fiffir-8t /as, ranch winultons things
As those, at thought of whom we how
They treiiilkil I:tte near angel wings
Who may l angels now.
A •Qad that widens every dm.
Claiming. Its kindred with far. pheres.
And so anticipates its way
Along the path of years—
What end for,uch? The swill thmagrirech
In awful vastness venturing.
With Nislons of the burning wtwels„
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trol eai;h a livi;ig thing.
Ina what then? 1)0 the angelhond
Keep eontdant level round Vie throne'?
'ontesa (with knotting only gficoll
Ti' leave so mud; unknown?
Dot's Dot the blue blky everywhur-1,
tbpen'ttp., up. like that we :We.
A rtg larger '4:4071111n derian'
rtiseett ithaiten,lty?
Then Whitt ran ItS 111tritillICtIt
I:,alttles titlSlllllotlr dream:
Lie all al. out us. That which l,
Is more than I hat ultlell seems.
Fear not to hopt too I . nnen : Beyond
iur possible, Gowl*.s sureties bland :
our utmost would the bouut leg bound
Of no Al:nighty band.
EVVII hots (1 , 1 Helier years .apply
The glory that that the prvseht mauls
The future nothing shall deny
Or all for r.hleh she pant:,
4 hirs'are the things unseen.. unheard.
The secret,. of eternity;
We held in one untathomed word
ttur inunortalitr.:
We have bt:en using anger: , :peed!.
Unthinking,. knew not what we ti 1111:
The thought no mortal word eau reach
INtlMMerpmted. .
.1 little of Its ineafiing gito,o4l.
- The shadow}' gyeatness haunt+ us mill
ittly with visluits of ufin.,t..
Oor littivtlesltQ fill,
'fhr Ice. 1, hAvlrteNt iu the nice:
Tite'riicrstutu. and cannot mast:
tittly thy ts•catt keep. Its plat,.
Ind taltt;s, 4:lllmitt. illeretitT•
'
! 31innie! is my ehoeolate
'near ready.'"
It was scrupulously neat and dain
ty in all its appointments, the - little
parlor-Where Mrs. Breighton sat, al
though the carpet was a tissue of
darns, the furniture faded, and the
hearth rug skillfully, eked out by a
piece of, unite another cabrio inserted
in the.spot most worn. A few flow
ers. in a slender-throated vase, stood
on the antique claw-legged table, the
fender-irons glittered like gold, - and
the thin muslin curtains, artistically
mended! here and there,_ Were white
as snow ;. and Mrs. Brighton herself
looked like Cinderella's god-mother,
in her dress pan6ent brocade, best
yellow lace, and the ring-s glittering
on her sundl, shriveled hands.
ROCKERS,
Eighty years old, and a lady to
the last,! That was something to be
proud : of. What though paralysis
had robbed her of all use of those
daintily, slippered feet —what tho'
the ' , rand house - she had entered as a
bride Was now 'narrowed down to
this one room second-rate build
ing. wh4e two other families also sit
up their household altars—she was
lady: still, and' she could boast that
she had never 'degraded herself to
common-place toil.
Our means are limited," said old
"11Ers. Breighton, with the lofty air of
a duchess; " but the pension of My
son. the Colonel,--who, as you proba
bly may remember, Was killed on th,e
Florida frontierHs sufficient Ao
maintain myself and my two grand
daughters—and we are ladies."
Minnie breighton presently mine
ia with her little chocolate 'on a nap
kin-covered-tray, and slices of toast
exquisitely browned and Nit as thin
as a wafer.
MUSH,
." I hope you havn',t been kept
waitiuL , :, grandma ?" she said. ,
" 313 - dear,"—with
,an air of mild
resignation—"am 'accustomed I to
wait." '
Al D
" 011, I ani s 9 sorry 1 But our lii
is out. and I luld to run in and ha
row the use of Mrs. Tuckers stow
to boil the ehoe'Olate, and—"
Mrs. - Breighlion contracted her psi
very brow.
"'flue Breightons are not a. .ho
rowing race, Minnie.
" Shall I get you an egg, gratu
mamma?"
Not if the fire is out, my dear,
And Grandmamma Brighton
with her,breakfast, wearing an in
jured air, while Minnie went back to
the other room, where she ! . sat with
her twin sister, cogitating.
Annie Breighton was as pretty .
Minnie, but in different style. 81
was dark,- with almond-shaped eye
and'olive skin, and lips like a porn
granate flower, so :perfectly shag
o richly red ; while Minnie was tal
and slender, and fair as a daisy.
-Anna laid down a slip of greas
paper as Minnie entered.
" a. grocer ' s bill again, :._+!ito
What shall we do ?" • •
Minnie sank intorlu, chair.
" And - the gas yesterday, and the
landlord not paid, and the purse_ is
empty as—Mother Hubbard's cub
bOard. 'What shall we do?"
" That's the question," said Anna,
reflectively arching her jetty - broWii.
"If we can only keep it from grand
mamma."
We must," fetorted Minnie, ivit!l
a decisive nod: It - would kill hq . .
If. we were men, now, `Nanny;:
could go out and get a job af....wttli.-
spriracj=ae;
lut
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IMMORTAL'
—Harp, 2:111yel,:i
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TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA.; THURSDAY MORNING,r-JUNE 3, 1875.
't Why? Because Pat O'Neil, has
got all Mrs. Barker's wood to sail-,
and beeaUse we can't climb ladders
with pal* pota - overiour shoulders.”
But we can do something elSe, I
suppose. J Listen, Minnie—money we
must hat c."
If we go out on the high Ways
and ask it at the point of the liayo
llet" inkeeted Minnie, gravely.
4 There is' no 'poverty like your
genteel poverty," her sister sighed.
But you havn't heard my plan.
Mrs. Barker, the laundress in our top
story, is kick."
What then ? We have neither
wine noll i jelly, nor yet crisp 'bank.
notes to bestow upon her."
" And
owi er emeni
muslin ba
betiutifuli
he can't keep up to her en
s. There are two SWis,4
11 dresses, fluted and palled
y, lying in her'llasket Wait-
done up, at this preSent
- Five dollars apiece she has
ink to
moment.
for: them.,
Well
‘i I shall
Well,l
golden
lar4
yourf
could ear]
And after
a pretty
wash and i
Nen. Mrs
ersr
11 do thenk up."
y! 'You?"
1 why "not? Think What a
Cream of Paetolus ten !dol
il be in our, eliapty cotters !
self how on earth you or, I
it ten dollars any other way.
all, a Sniiss muslin dress is
poetical !sort of .:fabric; to
iron; and into the bargain,,
Barker keeps her custom-
aon3 - havi• you (•oino to
:;UL, 1,)
EDE
liko dear
be a goo
vent 4nn
nailing in
in ivax
credulous
and coin
But 11
By-an
getl, tired.
stay with
*
Iron look and talk exactly
old grandmanuna! • Mull
Minnie ! Just youi
story about my prdine
the park, or taking lei ions
wer making to delude; her
soul while I go upstairs
noner."
mily help you'.'"
d-by, perhaps, if iny.wrists
But now, some one inust
a'n - r ntlniniuma •; '
'! It is = cry strange'," said Miss
lleOrgiettr Appleton, "that my dres
seshavn't come home ! Posielyely,
I shall Nave nothing to wear; to
night." . •
She waS loun g ing
before the 'sea
coal fire in a ; blue silk neglige.
trimmed swan-t Town, and a little
FrOneh tangle of blue ribbons
lac+ pinned among her yellow tresses
with a pearl-bea&d ;la velin, while a
110-el lay in her laP:
What an awful ease!" obsetvwl
heif brother carelessly. " Where's' the
ani:ethyst l silk
.1. Oh, I Iwore that to their la 4 re
cePtion."
- bf Awl the •piii . k erupt:'' ,
1 I look like au owl in pink. .1 was
a goose ever to boy that silk:"
'f greet i silk with white . tni-
`t Sailih Howard has one juit a
shade lighter that shell' be sure to
wear, and, 1 believe the spiteful thing
got it on purpose to kill mine. !No,
1 Must have the SwissAnusiin With .
kid ts of Blue corn-flowers, and a Ito
nulj sash figured with gold. And
go arotuid to the laundreSs,
and hurry her up, a little, won't You?
that's a (back of a brother !—and - You
knOw perfectly well you've been yawn
ing; your jaws off the last three gnar
teil of an i hour.”
ThWheitik is ;it r
'f Only' in Mendenhall street-just
a pleasant walk. And do give Mrs.
Barker a Scolding, and ask her i 1 she
don't knOw better than to keep Iher
customers waiting—altho',of coin-se,
- I
know yOull do nothing of the{ wort.
Men have no moral courage. There's
Mid address on .a card. It'll lie such
a' relief to my mind !"
(i;e - orge Appleton was ':tn
"eer, home oh a furlough.
) 1 r at a loss to knov
what to
;o much extra time. Rich,
Major
arlpy ofli+
anfl rathei l ]
s
wideli wa.
it 3 ,!! ha.
puizling 1 . .
And ski lie sauntered along, liis
hands'in iis poCketsoind a cigar bal.
aOed bet veen his lips, unconsciously
.111tancin 0 * to meet his fate.
!
t Rap iqp! rap! The Major pla'y'ed
a tattoo -with his knuckles on ;the
dopr..
"Dear
s another source of perplex.
tulsonie. which' Ivasn'L s(
nu', what a noise!" said a
isle. " - Come in !"—a little
COIMEM
loodei
- The 11-1
notra wri
woman it
laii a hea l
brilliant i ,
jetty eurl
et*ade a
a pair Of
Major
hhi';u - its
It i 4 a en
nu;s.il on
cones, tt
of le otl
lia - eolO
caught tli
[What
asii . 6(l, wi
!Jilt's
--Miss
' r Alt !'
haye it
wait tell
hoMe."
'Or walki:d in to confront,
Ailed old hag of a washer
a halo of soap and steam,
t l utiful young lady. dark and
its an. Arabian dream', With
is pinned back in a silken
it the back of her head, and
fluting scissors in her hand.
Appleton started back, all
momentarily deserting him.
n•ions fact the more embar
le party in a r tete-a-tete be
e greater is the composure
er. Annie Breighton shonid,
fl - 1.1 and stuttered at being
ins, but she didn't.
is your business, sir?•" she
ith the greatest calmness.
fit's about my sister's gown
Lppleton, yott know ?"
said Annie. " I hope to
ready very soon. If you'll
Minutes you may carry it
fititirng,s
Its h.
lyiri,ear
!he took a second pair
1 , •
issors froin the stove, test
•
at by holding it dangerous
l er velvet cheek. •
'Major Appleton not being posted
in` etiquette and general decoriim,
Safi no harm in carrying home a bas
ket of newly-laundried clothes..'' ; SO
111 sat dOwn- and waited, while hon
est Mrs. l3arker started from the :6th;
.er rOom,whereshe lay upon ber'bed
--;a Icaptive to rheumatic pains. .
" 'he's in a hurry, you- know ?"
said the Major, twirling his thunibs,
and thinking how very pretty :the
girl l was. l , • •
'' , l:So am I," said Annie, making
theuting scissors glide- in and put
inial l
most marvellous mariner among
thp •lotids of sunny nith.4lin.
;" the blunts to wear it," added
,the
Major: 1" But I say !you—knoW—
you're not a regular washerwoman."
4nnie I slightly straightened her Self
up. -1
‘Sy Sather was a. Colonel is the
regular army; my graudfath4 was
1 Hyde Breighton,of Breighton3darior
Loa the Hudson. But we are. redueeiti
t nO . c.;f and we need money . ; and lam
I 324 ashamed to work:" ;. .
13t4tvi
Apict AWdo •
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROMANY QUARTER
.
";Much obliged to you," retorted
Annie, With sparkling:eyes. "Would
you
,Mind holding the sash —just a
second, while I finish this loop ?"
And when Minnie came up tO, see
hoW her sister was getting on,. she
found her aided and abetted by the
Mnjor of cavalry, whO was heating
14 alternate pairs of fluting scissors
after.a most scientific fashion.
Dear me," said Miss Appleton,
when at last' her brother made his
apvarance, "how long you've been.".
4 Yes 4" replied the Major, rubbing
i i
his/ • hands with au appearance of
great r atisfactimi," it took us quite
a while to finish those last thirteen
Minces." I •
' bri.? you don't mean to say that
you helped the -.vasherwoman?"' •
" Yes, I did,". said the Major; "and
the frocks arc down stairs, and I'm
going up for a galue of billiards."
is: he weikt he murMured to 'MM.
self, " I thought ;allgiils were alike,
but I believe I've diseOvered cane in
dependent one at last."
Grandmanuna, I'm going to be
married."
You, - Nanny.? WklY, you are but
child -•
Annie Breighton was kneeliog be
side her grandmother ' s chair, and the
fairy god-mother was stroking her
curls With one tremulous White hand,
where the antique jewels shown like
drops of blood and scintillating spar
kles of green lire. • •
4 f I'm eighteen. grandmamma."
SO you- are! l loic. time Hies!
Eighteen Years 01(1! llnt who's the
happy man ? We see nO society wor
thy of ourselves. Nanny. and—"
't I'm sure you'll like him, grand
'mamma. lle is coming to pay his
respects to you. to-night. II is name
is ],fajor George Appleton. lie-is in
tlm—thet-eavalry, and he owns a
house on Madison aVenue., and—and
he loves me, grandnianitna."
Nanny held her black-tressed head
on the
. 01(1 lady's shoulder as she
spOke the last words. '
1A ip natural enough. inY dear ;
lati du yott love him?
* ! *
4 Ye. !!randmanuna." _ •
And where did yoU meet him
When were you introdUced
wasn't introduced at all." re
turned Nanny, with misehievous elves
of coining and ;going in 'her
eyes. " I was tinting muslin up in
3lrs. Harker's room, when he came
in on an errand.; aiul oh! grand
manni you have always thought it
stOreadful to work. Ilut if I hadn't
been working. 1 never should have
met him. And I love him so much.
grandmamma!' '
• Well, well." said the old lady,
rather reluctantly ; " things seem to
1)0 altered from what they were when
I was a girl."
" llut you shall with us al
-1
ways, granny dear, int(' Minnie: too.
and We shall lie so happy."
Au l d Aimje llreighton's tears were
te: r of perfect Joy.
s The following interesting letter is
from the London ,tipectator:
? Being accustomed! to walk out
before breakflist with the two terriers
it was my custom to Wash their feet
in a tub, kept-forthe purpose in the.
garden, whenever the Weather is wet.
One mOrnin - g, , when" I. took up the
doJr tocarry 1 • totl .. ti i 'lt . I . 1.
inn n. ip, c . n
tile r so severi ty that I was obliged to
leti him go. No sooner was the dog
at liberty than he ram down to the
kit l chnand hid himself. For: three
i
days lie refused food, declining to go
oni With any of the family. and lap
peared very dejected, with a dis
treiss I l ma unusual expression of
1 ~
eonm r enance.
i' On, the thinhnornino% however,
upon returning With the other dog.
I found him sitting by the tub, and
upOn coining toward him he immedi-:
ately itunped into it and sat down in
the water. After pretending to„ wash
hi 4 legs, he jumped out as happy as
pc44sible, and front that moment re
coyered his usual, spirits.
1' There appears in this instance to
haVelbeen a clear process of reason
ing, accompanied. •by F acute feeling,
going On in the (log's Mind from the
inounlit he bit me until! he lilt upon
a plan of showing his . regret, and
rept - o i l:aim' for his fault. It evidently
occurred to him that I attached great
importance to this foot-bath. and if
he could convince tneftnit his eontriL
tion i was sincere, l aml that he was,
willing to submit to the process with
out : murmur, I should lie satisfied.
The log, in this ease, reasoned with
perfect accuracy, and from his prom
ises deduced a; legitimate conclusion
which the result. justified.”
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GOOD ENOUGH FOR HOME.
Iyhy do you put On that forlorn
dress?" asked Emily Manners of
cousin Lydia, one morningafter
had spent the night at Lydia's
e dress in questicnt wth, a snot-
Old sunnier silk, which ohly
d the more forlorn tbr •its once
onable trimmings, now crinn
i and frayed. •
•
h, anything is good enough ifur
said: Lydia, carelessly. Lydia
been visiting at Emily's home,
had alivays appeared in the pret
of morning ,presses, and' with
hair, and • dainty collars and
I ; but now. that ,she was back
among her brothers and sisters,
her parents, she Seemed to think
hind .would answer, • lnd went
t 'untidy awl rough in soiled
Y. At her uncle's she had been
pleaSant and polite,. l and had won
gOkl l 'en opinions fropi l all; but with
her own family her manners were as
eareley as her dress ; she seemed to
think that courtesy land kindness
was too expensive ; for home wear,:
and that anything waS good ,cqxyggh
fur home.
. There are too many people who,
like Lydia, seem to think that any
thing will do for home. Young men
whol are folite and pleasant in out.
side society are rude to their mothers,.
and snarl at their sisters.; and girls
Irhol l among strangers are all gaiety
and animation, never, make • an exer
tion to please their own family.
It is a wretched way to turn always
the smoothest side to Ithe world, and
the iro hest and Cow* :tb 9hVit
AitittAiktrihat •
1 ." laid
=1
A DOG'S REMORSE.
ABOUT BABIES.
• "Mamma, stay with me to-night,
won't you ? I want to lovek you to
night so much." -
"Nonsense, ,child, go to bed at
once, like a good little girl.. shall .
look into see you , before I go; now
rim along with nurse."
With impatient hands the-haughty.
lady pushed the little 'pleader away,
surrendered her to the 'hired attend
eat whose office it was to robe little
Table in her snowy night-dress, hear
her meek prayer, and try to force the
white . lids' down over the wide-awake
blue eyes before they .wished to be
shut in, so that she could seek her
cOmpamons below stairs. -Has that
Mother ever time fir think how hun
gry a little heart may be for that
deep and all abiding aflection which
only belongs to motherhood. Thcr6
are griefs:which only 11! mother can
soothe—tears which only a mother
can wipe away, and a yearning baby
heart cries , for and demands those
dear caresses which a mother alone
pcosse'sses.
Iltadiant in shiny silks and foamy
laces ler b - eautiful dark hair fringed
with pearlS, her, arms and neck
gleaming with jewels, Mabel's main=
ma sweeps up, the polished stairs,
shedding perfume as she goes to look
in on the • fair-haired sleeper—duti
fUlly—to see that the windows
. are
fastened' and and the candle not near
the. bed curtains. •
4Not asleep 3-et, child ? What j a
tiresome little girl to be. sure. Did
I,not tell you to go to sleep? "
Yes, dear mamma, but I just
couldn't and 1 - tried so hard It's so
lonesome up here, and I want to hear
a story, and 0, you do look so love
ly! Shall I spoil your dress if _Flynt
iny arms around pour neck ?
I!".Why, of Course you will, you
great babe. You can yet your arms
around me , to-morrow; kiss me now,
the carriage is waiting, and you must
not think so much of abSurd,stories,
they are not healthful at all; good
night . „
•.• Good night, mamma ; kiss . me
again, that other was such a - little
ono."
Good night from the quivering lips,
the yearning arias, the golden - head,
the innocent blue eyes_ and the trust
fttl heart, and mamma isgone to mix
With the revelers, the gayest of Alit.
nay; still beautiful—queenly, and still
fond of homage and admiration.
The little ears are strained to catch
the last toot-fall on the stairs then
the doors open and close—a merry
laugh floats up through the silent
house, and, the carriage wheels roll
sWiftly away. .
1: The golden head drops on the pil
lbW and - a sense Of desolation creeps
over the child.
1 The servants are far below, and
they_ think she is' asleep, like a prop
er, good little girl, not • making hide
rs
onsly ugly , gorgons, with staring eye
halls and leering mouths,' out of the
riav wall paper, and hearing, such
strange noises, which are after all the
disordered beating of her little
Seared, fluttering heart.-- The great
(lark house is so still, with a.stillness
which bleats and roars like drums
and clashing trumpets, that finally in
a Wild fright Mabel draws the bed
clothes over her head and Sinks to
sleep sobbing. and dripping with pers
iiration.
Do mothers forget such dark, un
satisfactory hours, which stand out
Sharply from their own .childhood,
like pictures cut in the face of rock?
-There are times when the great
enigma of existence weighs -down
the young mind and affrights the
weak understanding. Questions that
come to the child as to the philoso-,
fiber. " Who am I ? Why am I
here, and what is this, in my breast_
which seems another self and tells
Me. mysterious things?"
It is a most 'pernicious thing to
leave sensitive children too much
:dime, especially
.in the (lark.- Their
minds ever active•and on the alert,
make of their few possibilities great
impossibilities, and they fall a prey
to' their own startling imaginations..
If children demand stories let the,
mother tell them—not leave it to"
nurses, who feett their susceptible
minds with unwholesome horrors—
tides of spooks and hobgoblins—
which are as real 'to the
. child-rds the
storm-cloud • and . lightning ;. ! both
are terrors they do not understand,.
but stand in :ewe of the more. Some.
children do not recover from such
influences in a lifetime, and are afraid
of:something, long after they are
ashamed to own such weak fears.
. .
It sometimes happens—ah ! how
often it happens, that a dark guest
comes knocking at the door sacred
tot he baby of the household-411c
yonngest, the fairest, the most help
less-7and the blue eyes are sealed
forever—the short life ended. the
yearning little hat"►ds •quit of hahl
tasks before they were begun, and
the bus;y, loving little hehrt at length
stilled.
'O, then, if baby's mother has left
anything undone—any stories un
told, any prayers unheard how
worse-than the agony of death itself
must it ~be to her in all the after
years = no matter what other babies
come, nor how many young things
grOw up fair a►id tall in hdr house
and heart— to feel that one little
grave holds more love than all the
outside world, and one little frock or
cast-off shoe More remorse than the
sea:has drops. •
mother may Is, unkind without
knoWing it or meaning to be •, to be
petulant and impatient is to be un
kind in the. deepest sense of the
wOrd,• and to a sensitive child no
manner of reproof is so keen as this
anxiety to be - rid of them. For whom
is a mother beautiful if not for the
little being whom God sends her to
win'' - her heart from ''the world and
lead her heart to Heaven ?. It' they
wish to ptit their arms about. your
neck never push them off, or consider
that your lace ruffles _will be destroy
ed; . there may come a time when all
the attire the world coula give would
net answer the place of one childish
caress.
it is so sad to sec a child turning
to others for comfort and love, when
it is to the mother alone it should
appeal. ;Their little cares,tb.eir hopes,
their Tilantare all yours, an&when a
.intact: the
01*atie
injury, and I herself . sows= seed Which
will in time bring a harvest Of bitter
ness. God' forbid that the frivolties
of a fashionable life should seem suffi
cient to a niother f and make.her less
alive to thel welfare of. her offspring,
but it is too oftelt true that worldly
enjoyment.Spush in between women
and the sacred and holy.duties -di
vinely imposed upon
,tbem, and too
many littlelones;:surrounded by lux
uries, are starving fOr lack of proper
loving and fostering. Children should
never lie thpught tiresome; they'are
God-given volumes, the studying of
which is, tri, make us better and wor
thier.,--M.. f.,ou is. Reptiqica is, : •
TIIE l tenss OF A MINISTER.—A
correspondent of the :Sational Bap
tist tells this story of the late Dr.
Bethune : j -
On one Occasion when the doctor
was resident in .Philadelphia, he went
for a few !days of rest, to a trout
stream he had . heard of- in the interi
or of the state. Arriving, an entire
stranger, at a house kept by a man
who had been accustomed- to enter
tail' those came therelo fish, lie
was coldly ireceived. • The man. told
him frankly that he had attended 'a
protracted meeting during the winter,
that he hOed.the Lord had forgiven
his sins and that
.:he had joined the
'Methodist `hureh, and meant to give
up.going wtth the kind of men, who
came up there - to fi sh. The do ctors
humor overcame .hi k scruples so far
a's - to ..ain• , admittance for the night,
land t 176 t morning succeededi still
further,Tr vailing upon the man to
go out . . Wit i him and show . hitnthe
best platel
spent mosti
on returnili
ternoon, tin
sayin;
-" Doe., I
of the stream. They
the day toiether, , amh
yr to the hou'fie in the at=
Cinan..shippell: him on the
- •
'kr
UM
"Why d you lik% me,iny friend % "
" Well, Doe., I'll tell you.. We've
heeh out ,most all day, we hav'nt
caught:in*, you fell in and got" wet
and I hav'it, heard . you swear once."'
A ft6v. sttpper,':as the doctor was
smoking his pipe in front of the
house, his (host came out and With,
smile hesit:iney. said : 1
• " Doe., since I jined the church I'vei
had prayer every •night ; we are go
ing to have them now, and
.Maybe
i
you wouldi 1 objeet to come. in."
.:Chrtaii ly not. - my friend."-
Andt he [went in to listen to the
readh4 of a passage' in' a broken
way, and to join heartily in a good
Methodist hymn. 'During the sing
ing the 4 man watched him closely.and
at the tied Said anxiously, . . . 2
" Maylie y.:oti . wouldn't mind lead
ingus in prayer.".
The . doctor knelt and offered one
of . t hose Ood and hearty, yeti simple
supplications which are so well re
mernbered i)y all' who knew him, lie
was. hardlk seated in . front of fhe
house again before the man re-ap
peared, saying,' . ,
" lion., I kinder suspieion.you.r.. •
' , What do you -suspePt Me 'or!
Nothing bald; I boi)e." •
No, nothing bad, and maybe I'm
wrong ;lug I kind o' think you are
a thinister.l .
"•What i , makes you think • I'm a
ininister-o!
Well.llll tell - you : I hayn't heard
yan swear since you- came ; then the
way von ji , ed us in the hymn ; then
the way y yrayed. Made me think
•
you was a minister."
The doctor laughed heartily as lie
acknowledged that he was indeed a
minister. 1'
KISSING IN CIRN.I.-I't is a singu
lar fact, the custom of kissing.
alto
gether unknown in China. The Chi-
JICSV.
~indeed Lave no word or term
expreSsingllove as we understand . the
tenderpaslUon. An American navy
officer: vovacr .-- in ehinaward, narrates
c•
an. amusing expei ence of the ignoi
'gime of the Chinese maidens of the
science of kissing. Wishing to com
plete a conquest he had made of a
young jin ,(beautiful lady,) lie
invited hell—using the English - word
—to give I him :t kiss. Finding her
comprehension of his request some
, what obscure, ;he suited the action to
wOrd and took a delicious kiss.. The
girl ran ilway .into another room
thoroughly alarmed, . exclaiming,
"Terrible man-e,,fiter! I shall •be de
voured:" Put in a moment finding
.herself uninjnred by the salute;she
u•Etorned -[to his-% side -saying: ." I
would like to learn more of your
strange rite. Ke-e-es nit!" He knew
it wasn't Iri!dit, but he kept on . in 7
,structing pier in the rite of "ke-e-es
me" until She knew how to do it like
a native yanke girl, and, after'all
that, she
,kugg,ested a second course.
by , remarking. ‘-1 . (e.-e-es me some
more seed ! ji», mee-lee-kee!" .
glice—American),. and the lesson
wept on until her. mainlines "nice
rudely awakened them frern their de
. lici:ons '
. .
iVuosE pot is TnAr?—lle may
be seen any day, in almost- any part
of the he never makes room
for 'you on! the sidewalk, looks atyou
t i saucily, a 'tl swears smartly if asked anything; he is very impudent, and
often Vulgar, to ladies who pass ; he
delights in frightening and some
times doel injury to little boyS and
girls; he l ?tinges at the street cot. :
ners. and is the first arrival at a dog
fight or any other sport or scrape-;
he crowds! into. the post office in the
morning, and multiplies himself and
his antics at such a rate that peo le
haying lerrit iMate business are cr fl
ed-OM ; q thinks himself very sharp,
. . .
he is certainly'
ver noisy ; he bait
1
smoke an 1 chew tobacco now and
then, and rip up, 'an oath most any
time; wask whose-boy he is. Moth
er,is he yours? 'We think-he is, fqy
there are 'many good qualities iii the
lad, and ve do not think that you
know what he dOes on -the- street.
Look ;Mei . , him, mother ; keep him
more at hOme. - Train hiin, and you
will have alson to be proud 0f.., -t.
SCIENTIFIC . FAMEING.' -- A noble
lord, in conversation with his
4.:lgar
dener on ! day, - said, " George,: - the
tine will • ou come when a man will•
be- ablejo i carry the manure for! an
.acre of laid in one of his waistcoat
Pockets.'.'; ! To which -the ' gardener'
milled, " I.lxlieta.itisie; :.but lie atill
usbilei4:o,otaltAliaftukt:brtiti-
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NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL
LESSONS.
&UNE CI, 1875.1
vil: 7.-12--GoLpzx TEXT; rotor.. 11:11,
Between our last lesson and the present
One, there is an hiatus Of 20 years. So
much of the history of this - period as re
lates to the' ark, is givealia .chaps. e and
vi., A meagre outline must answer here..
The Philistines 'carry the Ark to Ashdod
and place it in, the temple of Dag,on. This
idol "is twice found prostrate On the
ground, and the Philistines theniselves
are•visitcd with painful! plagur , which
destroy many of them. Two mileh-kine,
driven by an irresistible inipttl.se, conduct
the Ark and certain gOldea offerings to
Beth-slimes:li, aLeviticaTeity in the tribe
of Dan on the borders 4 . Judah, where
the cattle are offered as a bUrnt-offering,
and the Levites take 11,ssessi:M of the
Ark . . Here a startling incident occurred,,
Which seems to beineerrectly repOrted iti
Our English version; (1 Sam. `vi: I9)1 Ac-
Cortling to the received , Hebrew text,
the number Consists of "4erenty hied,
fifty thoysand latT," This unco»nnon
expression, and the fact !that the words,
" fifty thousand men, are wanting in
some manuscripts ,- alike ' indicate that the
latter words are, erroncOnsly inserted in.
the ,next (Kurtz). On 'account Of the
terror . inspired by this punitive visita
tion. the ark is taken to Kirjath-jearim
(rity )roods) in" the ltribe of Judah.
Here in a little sanctunry: among. - the•
Wooded hills with a InnnanlY consecrated
Priest (vii: 1) it remained until removed
by - King David (2 Sam.);i4
Our lesson suggests (1) the gathering
at Mizpelt: vs. 5-6. Mizpah)
Was of a city of Benjamin; about four and
-a half miles north 7 west ;from Jerusalem.
It_was at this time -the great:sanctuary of
Jehovah, the special resort of the people
in times of difficulty and, solemn delibeni
thin; (judges xx : 1; 1 Sam. vii::,; 1 Sam.
x: 17-25: 1 ISam. vii: 1(;).
, Twcr-qustions
arise here : Why did Israel gather at
)11ipeli ? The answer is given in verse 5:
•• I will pray for you unto' the lord."
Samuel as their prophet, the only means
of communication at that time between
them and .Jehovah, was to intkleede puh-
Hely for their sinful nation: Hence, the
prophetic office; as we shall see, more .
clearly as we advance;
: included also
nrietitly functions. (Compare Exod.
11, 12; Numb. xii: 14: 1, Kings xviii: :36,
42). .2. What did Israel dos at ?
The answer is fOund in v. 6. This was
dnlY the carrying on and carrying out of
a previous effort after reformation; v. 4.
But at Mizpeli there .scents to -have been
a more publicand profound expression of
repentance. •• They drew water and
poured it out before the [.oral.' The
Chaldee parapjuist explaips this •They
Wept abundantly,' as if their hearts had
-been springs, and their ,t.Tyes as fish pools
Of lleshbon." Kati; says "We .take
this act to have been the sign and symbol,
yather. , confirmation of- an oath---a
solemn vow." Stanley regqrds it as a
symbolical rite, expressNe partly of
deep humiliation, partly of 'the libations
cif a treaty." Kurtz refers to Psalms xxii:
and 2 Sam: xiV:,l4; and Adds, •• It is
an image of the cOMPlete dispersion,
aintness, and helplessness of the Israel
ites; they are now, painfully conscious of.
their real situation, and beseech the Lord
tit deliver their from it." This 'symbolic
al act was folloWed by a total fast all that
day, blended with audible expressions of
penitence--We have sinned; against the
turd." No dottht tears were fteely shed.
On this occasion Samuel 'appears in a
two-fold character. He is their prophet,
exercising sacerdOtal p0wer,4....,11e prays
for them. And he is (for the first time)
their judge: v. 6. The funiAions which
Samuel executed thereas judge were two
fold : civil and military., As a. civil judge,
lie did exactly what MOses 'did, as de 7
scribed.Exod. 16; as military judge,
he did what Othniel, Elnuf, Barak and
Gidebn had donee before . him, organized
and marshalled;'the people for effectual
resistance, to their opPreSsofr, and led
them out to victory." •
, (2); The PreparationS for Battle:vs.
" The Philistines heard that the chil
dren of Israel were gathered: together to
how did they learn it? They
had partly occupied the territory of La-a
, el; they had taken possession Of some of
their cities; and they had agents through
out the land to note and report all signs
of uprising. Hence they scion heard, of
thiS large gatheriOg not far frOm their own
borders. . " The Lords of the Philistines
Went up. against Israel,"7—i. e., in battle-
If, as we suppo4ed last week, this
,followed 'close upon the destruction of
`the Philistines at Gaza, (Judges xvi: 30).
itshows that that dire ealaniity . did not
long depress the stolid, obstinate, coui-age
Of the nation. Though -dull in intellect,
and sluggish in unWement, they never re
laxed their grip upon any purl+se. New
lords had succeeded the- dead ones, and
t heyled _forward a powerful 'army with
stubborn determihation to destroy the
etinspiracy at Miz'peli. "_end when the
children of Israel .heard of- it.,they - were
afraid of the Philistines." Their ; past
contliet:i with the Philistines had: hum
;bled and dishearteneif them; a long season
'of penitence and a day of fasting and
weeping -had saddened their hearts.
Above all, they had not received as yet
any proof that" God bad pardoned them
and restored them to his favor; v. S. •
The spedal preparation fin. battle on
the part of Israel Seemsto have been two
fold. Ist. Prayer; v. : " They entreat
ed Samuel to raise the piercing,. shrill cry
flir which his prayers were known; in sup
plication to God for them." (Stanley.)
Stimnel had already interceded for them;
bpt they beg noW, in the face of so
great danger, to . repeat .his intercession.
Their-only hope and help .is in Jehovak:
fir one proposes to bringup the ark froth
Kirjath-learim: 'Superstition has given
way to faith. '
(2.) Siteriliee; t 4 amuel aets :Lb priest 4
although only a Levite. But the fact that
his offering was ac:;epted, prOves that his
prophetic calling :in extraordinary emer
gencies-, carried with it sacerdotal powers.
lie oXered the lamb wholly; e., entire,
without removing the ekha and dividing
the body. There was probably no ti*
. to conform to the details of the . core
uiony. lie built an altar; he mupt have.
consumed the saciifiCe with canarcon fire.
There' were irre,gtdarities, but he - was
.spired and direeted by rho Spirit - of ,- God..
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NUMBER 52.
SiICOND Qi7AILTY,II.:
upon the death of a pure substitute; and'
(2) those thus remwilifd most be wholly
dedicated to God's service.
(3). The Battle vs.! 1441. The Phil-
isthies took the initiative, probably from
the : desPeration of obstinacy. Oi; they
niay have learned of the' fearfulness of
Israel., Notice mdnent of attack
Jimt as-Samtiel was offering the lamb; as
the Smoke and saver:of it, ascends to Gag
It was a painful moment for Israel. The:
huge liulks,' - of the - enemy 'are near. In a •
few moments... - thei must tight or . flee.
Only a burning Lamb as an engine of de
fence 1 But . what ,wlll Jehovah - der ?
He for them or against them? The criti
cal moment has come. The enemy o,re
ready for the, onset ; then' in a twinkling
the dark sky seems ploughed ;lid rent
with fearful lightnings; appalling " h►ui-~
dors shake - the - earilithe very elements
seem abort to melt with rented „heat.
Samuel's prayer iv answer e d - frore,the 'fe--
'cret • place of the thunder. l'S r ow they
know Gal is on- their side, and the assurE
awe
,them inSpiration and superliu,
man strength. They dash furiously upon'
the wavering lines of the awe-stricken en
emy v. 11. Samuel is transfoimed all at
once into a warrior. This was his only.
military: achio'eineitt, far as we know.
It was followed ,by Lpeace 'and . independ
ence for 20 years, and by tlie restoration ,
Of the usurped 'territory. ' •
- (4). The memorial; v. 12. Ile calls
the Stinie Eben-Eer, (stone, of ' help):
the place haw clearly been so4Calltl-d by an.: '
ticipatioP (4:1). • This stone was an Altar
of Praise-a shrine of Love. And it 'mu;
.
a pledge and promise" for future trial, and
need; ' 'Hitherto ha tit the LOrd.heipe. d ti;c" ,
, .
and by this sign lie #llrays real k e lp;
, We must loi'e and serve - God snpreniety.
"The sacrifices of God area broken spir
it." "Behold the tairib of God:" "If
God be for us, who can be against "us ? •:.•
" Upon the wicked. 1 he will - - rain silare:i.•%
(Ps. xi +3.) "They hall abundantly Intel,
thememory of thy great goodness. (Psi
exlv;7.) The true( Ebenezer of Israel 3.
JeSus. Christ. "Pasti gooodness is a guar:
antee of future ble:;sing. ; - -
Alderily Cows.
- .
. • I
Aldenly it; well known for 'the
breed of cows which bears its name.
The:Se are so called probably because
the first ones exported were from
that island, althoughnOw very few,
are sold . as;.Ahlernyy cons are
direetly from there. Those of that
breed aetnally.,eixported from these'
islands are gets rally from Jersey.
wliere . the cattle are muck the same
as those of Alderny, small, with ta
perbig heads, and of a delicate fawn
OW. ' The Gue6sey 'cow is esteem
ed by some e'Veni more highly than
theAblernY • it il; rather larger,'and
. t
more of a red, ibrindled,-in - color.
The: cows' are milked' three times
daily. and the milk is churned:with
i
out - skimming ; one pound of iutteri
a day is by no means an unco innOni
yield tbr a good c•o - w. The cow cab
bage is made to attain a size SO large
that the leaves are used to wrap the
butter, in for market, while the stalks
are varnished and armed with fer
rules and
. exte.usively used A Si. Ile:
tier's for canes,i The cows are very
Carefully. coddle,. .The grass they
feed on • is highly enriched by 'the
vraie, a species of sea-weed gathered
from the reefs at ' low tide. - .. There
are. two vraic harvests appointed. by
the, - government, lone in - the spring.;
the other in August. although it is
gathered at other times in small
quantities. All hands turn-out: in the
season with-boat Sand carts ' frequent
ly' at night. and it is _a very . lively,
picturesque oecupation,:thoogb often
attended with risk and loSs : Of life
froni the overioadinif . of," boats or
sudden rising of the tide. The cows.
are always ; , tethered when feeding;
they eat less in this way, really giv
ing more Milk than if glutted with
food, and while they are cropping, the
grass on one side of - a field, it has
time to spring up on the
. other side.
When_ they have. clone eatin, they
are at once removed from the sun
into the shade.' The' breed is pre
served from intermixture : with other
breeds 'by strong and arbitrary laws'
very carefully enforced. ...No cattle .
are.allowed to enter the islands ex . -
cept for slaughter Within a certain
number of days; with the eceptiOn
of oxen
_for dratight.—From The
Channel Islands," by S. G. W. BEN
JAMIN; 11/triier's llirgazitw
ConKs.HAlany , persons see L'orks
used daily.,. with Out knowing - from •
Whence comes those useful materials.
Cprks are :cut from large slabs of
cork tree, species •of
,oak, which
()Tows- wild in the Southern
countries in Europe. The- tree is •
stripped:of . its 4:irk . at about sixteen .
years old ; bit before stripping
the tree is not cut down,- as if - ‘ the
case of the oak. It is taken .
the tree is growing, and the operatrOn,
may be repeated every eight or nine
tears; ; the quality of • the bar-con
tinning each time, to improve the
age of the tree increases. Whe'n the
bark is taken off,'it is singed in the
flames of a strong fire, and after be
ing soaked for r a considerable time
in water, it is placed -under heavy
weight in order to"rendek it. straight. •
,Its extreme lightness, the''ease ; with
which it can be compressed, and its
elasticity, are properties So peculiar
to the subsynee,, that no effectital
substitute for-it has been diScovered.
The ancients mostly used,.cement‘for
stopping 'the - months of bottles or
vessels. The .I.:?yptians are'said to
haVe made, coffins of cork, which be- .
inL , 4spread on the inside With resin
ous substaime, sp:'eserveil dead'bodies
from decay. 'Oder'', times,
was not generally ti..sed: tor : stopplcs- .:
to bottles till about the seventeenth
century, cement being, used. for that - •
purpoe. : •
ROBERT CottNEa says the children
must have less study and more fim.
He is right. There 1s a boy in the
family across the_;' way. Saturday
afternoon he put a - dead mouse in his
mother's work-basket, attached a
split stick to .the' , tail of the next door
neighbor's cat, set the vinegar faucet
up in business, pitted himself .off ps
a' ghost one the hired girt when She
went down the cellar after thc . butter,
besineared his father's choice bantam
rooster with blue ink, and wound kip
_the,entertainment. by -tying the boiler
to a strange dog's continuation, 4nd
slipping down in the . mud 'and hurt
ing his back. The exasperated' Path,
eiLtardly knows which to ' hunt up
first—the strange dog - with the boil
et., or Robert Collyer. . •
GOOD little boy triecl to lift him
self by a mule's tail. the doctor
thinks the scar on his forehead' is
permanent. I
A (MEAT Aitril ship—au irou, steawcr.
•
IT z. LS but out; letter to m ake'
Tarry.
"I'LL come to theol when daylight
sets," as sal to , tUL.
larap.
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