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, LOU ITTEXPILIVID.,
The sweetest notes among the human heartstrings l
Aro duU with matt
The sweetest churls inilestml by the Angels
Aro cloggad with dust;
We pipe and pipe again our dreamy music
Upon the self4tme strains,
While souids of fear and desolation
Como beck•ln sad refrains.
t3n ib:tmgb the world we go, an army marching
With listening ears,
Each lunglng, sighing for the heavenly music
lie never hears;
Each longing, sighing for a word or comfort=
A word of tender praise...
A word of lore re chnn the eiidlass journey
Of earth's hard, bury days
They love nr., and We know it; this sutleas
For reason's stiar.l
Why should they pause to give that love expression
' With gentle care?
Why should they pau.c? But stilt our hearts are
aching
With the gnawing pain
Of hungry love that longs to hear the music,
And longs and longs lu vain.
We love them, and they know 1:; if wa falter, • ' ,
With Angers numb,
Among the unused strings of loves expression,
Tlie roles ere dumb.
We shriek Within eurselt.s la voiceless /tamer, 0 ;
Leaving the words unsold.
Atd, tide by side with those we love the dearest,
111 ellenee ou we tread.
Thus on we tread, and thus each heart In sllenco
Its fate rtonngl.
Waiting awl hoping fur the heivenly ntustc
Beyond the ills:ant hllls.
The only dlffereace of the love In heaven
Front love on earth below
Is, here we love atilt know not how to tell It,
' And there we all *ball know.
EY,ANGLE CHILD.
Into my life came gently down
A beautiful angel without her crown—
And 1 knew her not, for she wore no crown—
But 1 dreamed that the wus an earth•burn thing,
Nor be,de.l t le s of-her ang,l wing
Though she ;:pt,he in the tones %et the angelaslng.
Awl my heart was replete
'With u surfeit sweet, •
Of her ilarl: blue eyes and her golden hair,
Cr beet:idle so pure and 11ei" face to fair,
' Wi t h Ole . love and d.:vutbm.bcatulug there,
Of her willing Nandi andlect.
Into my life she brought a light
That flooded My path with a glory bright—
With a light that was more Lima au earthly light—
And She lingered awhile in the chamber:, deep
Of my heart; Where fondest memories sleep,
That waken only to make me weep,
With a sorrowing meet
For her life so
For her:dark blue eyes and her golden hair;
For lierstulle f , O pure and ;her face so falf;‘ , - 1
IV ill. the iove and devotion teaming
Of her willing hands and feet,
She Burred solos; I thought her a part
Of the sorrowing thing I call my heatt—
With alt her heaaty a part of my heart—
But a ware ofs6rrow has over me rolled,:
And the In-11, of 'my hop has sadly toli'd,
She has flowu to her home to the L eavenip fold.
UL : to sorrow is meet
For a life so fleet.
For her 'datk I,l[o. eyes and her golden hair;
For her l atnite so pure and her fi'd7e alt. fair,
• With the love and devotion beathing there,
Of her willing hands and 11,e:d.
ei,iyllitticatt,.
gat: TOWERS Or. SMENOE.
The P.rince of \Vales has been per
mitted to Visit the mysterious towers
upon whfch the Parsecs of India ex
pose their dead. A correspondent
accompanying Lim :
In the sOnth western corner of Boni
bay Island the low plain swells up
rather suddenly in a hill DO ft. high,
from the toP of which the whole city,
and almost the-whole island, are Vis
ible to the i northeast, and to the west
and south the wide city. It is a spot
which, witliout a doubt, presents the
finest view of what has been called
one of the choicest scenes of the
world, and might well, therefore,
have been Selected 1,3 r the gayest vil
las of the richest, inhabitants; but it
is a fact. that, till the Prince came to
India, no European; except it may
have been by stealth, had set foot up
on it. None, certainly; were privi
leged to examine this. strange place,
and if any came, which may well 'be
doubted, at, most they could but cast
furtive glance around them, and steal
away again. Two centuries have
passed sinee, in this then most deso
late and sai•age spot, a grey tower
was raised, no'. life or man's habita—
tion, but an abode of death, and HO
well called:the 'rower of Silence. As
time went on four other towers Were .
raised around the first, the Parsecs,
to whOm these towers belonged, grew
in wealth ',and influence, the whole
bill became theirs, and a high encir
cling wall. With iron gates, barred ac
cess to any girt their own nation. Up
to the Prince of Wales' visit I do
not only say that no stranger had
: visited thi4 spot; I say more, that
o no one ever-expected to see it. The
Parsees are not a proselyting sect`;
they wouktnot accept proselytes tho'
they came to them voluntarily. There
is a veil Of mystery and mysticism
over-much that the Princes do, and
they de not love to talk with strang
ers about their . sacred things. *
As, next to the Kince and his at
tendance, I was the first ciuropean to
visit the Towers of Silence, and have
their construction eXplained to me
from the Model, it Will .he well, per-
haps, to preface whai. I have to say
about Madras with an account of the
last remarkable thing I have seen in
Bombay. L may begin by saying that
at the foot of the bill on which the
Towers of Silence are erected there
are two institutions which do infinite
honor to the Parsecs, and which de
serve to be, inspected by every visitor
of Bombay. _These are the dhara 7 .
modhs, orloSpices for the poor Zo;
roastrians of -Persia and those of
Bombay. I saw seventy-eight Per!'
sian Parsee women, seventy-three
children, and fifty-eight adult males
in the Persian hospie, and delighted
they were to tell their grievances to
one who could understand and syni ,
pathizc witjt them. In the hospice
for the poOr Parsecs of Bombay I
I saw thirty' men and eight women;
and I thoroughly convinced myself
that they are treated with the most
tender charity, which ministers to all
their wants. Their food is good,
I.they have clean rooms ai ,d . lieau*
ful garden, and they live 'in one 'of
the most salubrious spots or the
whole island. Khurshedgi Ardasir
and the sons of S'ardoniji Sorabji
Pamk founded these most beneficent
institutions,' and their names deserve
eolith re perora virum. ' .• •
Passing on you may ascend the
hill of the TOwers of Silence by a long
succession of terraces and eights of
steps
.from the south, or you may
drive in by - a - carriage road-A. ,the
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northern entrance, and read,: as you
pass ttie gate, the inscription, which
tells : you that the costly road was.
made at the expefise of the son of.the
first baronet., Sir Jamshidje, in honor
of his father's memory. After driv
ing a quarter of al mile yeti Tweed
on foot ;up A long, rooky ascent till
yott conie to a gat§with the warning,
"None but I'arSees may enter!" .
But the prince had unsealed the en
trance, . V iand, • in Company with the
Courteous secretary of the - Parsee
.governing committee, I. went, in, and
found a., little way . on my right a
stone- chapel. or !house -of :prayer,
where the Parsee' who attend the
funerals perform their. devotions.
14
From this spot there is a most en
chanting
.and unequaled view over
Bombay . which i every European
should See - if he can. While 'I sat
here a Model of Slower of silence
was brought and explained to me ;
the same identical model which had
interested the Prince, and the expla
nation Was given by the same expos
itor. As,J, listened, two corpses, one
of whicV-Was that of a moped or
priest; were brought up the rocky
ascent, each followed by about one
hundred Parsees, i i 'n white garments.
The bierS were carried by four men,
and two others follbwed, Who alone
are alloWed to enter the towers. The
Parsecs whO walked in the 'proces
sion had their gal-Monts linked two
and two ;' this had A. mystic meaning.
The towers are circular, and are so
well built that the oldest has st - 3od
for two :hundred 3;ears without re
quiring to be repaired. They - are
formed of hugh stone slabs, well ce
mented together, ; and the largest
cost £30,000. If it may be assumed
that the four other towers cost on ha
average £20,000 each, we; should Wive
a tenth of a million' invested in these
Imildingslalone. Add that Sir .lam
sill* gave 100,000 square yards of
land and defrayed the expenses of a
road, and some idea may be formed
of the cost of the whole cetnentery.
In the circular external wall there is
but one anertiire, about 5, 1 1' ft. square
and,lA . ft 'frori tli ; ground, , and .to
this th&earriers of the dead ascend
by a flight of steps, and there take in
the corpse. This outside wall is from
25 to 40 feet high, according to the
inequalities of the ground, on which
the tower is built. Inside is .'circu
lar platform, depressed gradually to
wards thel Centre, where is a wall
about ten feet in Cliameter. The sur
face ofthe platform consisted of flut
e] grooveS laid out in three series.
With a circular path surrounding
each series,
.to:which communication
is obtained by a straight path leading
from the. aperture to the outer wall
to the well in the centre of the tower.
This stight path intersects the cir
cular paths, and is about 3:1 ft: blow],
and then-three feet.. The corpses arc
deposited in the grooves, those of
men occupying the first series,- those
of women the second series; and
those of children the third. All the
bodies are 'absolutely nude, to fulfill
the saying, " Naked came 1 into the
world, and naked shall I go forth," i l
and in half an hour from the time
they are Put in the grooves every 1
particle of flesh is stripped from the
bones by the numerous vultures that
inhabit the, spot. I saw at least two
hundred of these filthy birds congre
gated
. round the two bodies which
had juSt been brought,in, and in half
an, hour all but:a very few had retired
from the feast gorged, and scarce
I able to flap their way to the surround
ing trees. The skeleton is left to
bleach in sun and 4ind till it be
comes quite dry. TwO carriers of the
dead then enter with gloves on their
hands and provided with bags, . with
which they. Carry the bones to the
central well, where they are cast and
crumbled into dust. There are per
tbrations in the wall of the well
through which any moisture caused
by the rain yr otherwise passes and
descends Into two, drains at the bot
tom, of tlie, building, where it passes
through charcOai and so becomes dis
infected and inordorous befo're l it
reaches the sea. There •is a ladder
in the well 133- which the carriers of
the dead : descend when it is necessary
to clear the perforations from eb
struetioas.l The dust in the well ac
cumulates so slowly that in the forty
years during which the largest towi'r
has been used it has risen only live
feet. There was no smell from the
towers when I was there, and I sup
pOse there 4:v.3S none when the prince
visited the place, or he would': not
have remained a whole hour as he
did. .
The origin of the whole practice is
no doubt the veneration with which
the Parsces regard the f t. lements.
Fire is too- pure to be poputed by
committing corpses - to the flames.
Water is almost equally venerated,
and, so, too, is, mother earth. hence
this strange system hag been-invent
ed, by which it is supposed none of
the impurities of the corpse can infect •
the elements, at all events directly.
And everything-that can be thoUght
of is done to dispel- the gloomy
thoughts': which some parts of the
process
are
engender. The
chapels are situated in a• beautiful
garden,
:where those who
.attend . the
funeral may sit and enjoy the beauty
of flowers and flowing shrubs. Those
who depoSit the corpses in the tow
ers go through a purification, and
the garments they wear when in the
Tower of Silence are Pa away in an
other to*er erected Or the sole pur
pose of receiving them, and 'there
they moulder away. I saw this tow
er so` filled that the wind was stirring
the topmoSt clothes lon the Very
brim of the' building. For the rest,
I Parsees_believe in the resurrection,
but their creed is that the-body raised
will be a spiritual and a glorified
body.
STUMBLING into his - toom, he, sat
down on the edge.of the bid and, so
liloquized thus: "Feet wet, tight
boots, a sore on one hand an'
. a felon
on the t'other, awl no coot jack in z'
house. Sings got .to be dfrent.
E'ther I must get married, else get a
boot-jack ; Whi' shall I do ?"
A mOthei and father.are trying to
force their daughter to marry. Daugh-
I ter (loquitei)-:—" There are many ma
sons why I don't want to marry him;
in the first place he is too hideous
and stupid."- Mother (with dignity)
Stephanie, did I not marry your
father ?" ,
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F DENIIRCIATION FROM Q4RTER.
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' NOM IN THE DANDLE. - ';'
Eicry.motith learns for itself that
theh candle burns. Every night, while
the candle lasts, the slaughter giieg
on, nd leaves its wingless and dead
arot.id it. The light is penman!,
and
1
*Ann, and attractive;__ 'and, im
sear d by the dead, the foolish crea
ture rush into the flames, and drnp,
hop lessly signed, their little liesdespoiled,
,•
It has been' supposed that -Men
have reason, and a moral Sense. It
has been supposed that they•Obserim;
dm*, conclusions and learn by expin.-
ience. Indeed, they have been i'ln
the I abit of looking down upon the
animal world as a group of iuferibr
beings, and as subjects of,. comMis
eratiOn on account.of their 'defelise
lessness, yet there is a. large elass . 4
men, - reproduced by every 'passing
genei ation, that do exactly what the
moths do, and die exactly as the
moths die. They learn - nothing by
obscvation, or experience. They
41raw no conclusions, 'save those
i are fatal to :themsclveS.
1
Around a certain elav of brilliant
temp ations they gather, night aftiir
nigh 1 and with singed wings or liie-
e.is 1'
aruui
expo.
ruin,
strati
upon I
tiact• t
obtus,
der tl
tuitur
and :
EMU
EWEN
A-s - ngle passion, which treed not
be MI ited—further than to say that,
when Aallowed by love and a legiti
mate rift of life to life; it is pure
any p. ssion of the soul,is one Of
the eaidles around which the human ,
moths liein myriads of disgusting
deatlt4.-, If anything has been proy
ed 41 the observation and exper
ience pf the World, it-is that lice:}
t'iousn ss, and all illicit gratification
of the )assion involved in it, are kilt.-
ing, sii s against a man's own nature,.
that b - it the Wings are singed nit
only, i ut body and soul are degrast
ed ands spoiled. Out of all illicit iii-
dulgenee come.weakness, a p,,rvert
ed mold nature, degradation of char;
acter, gross beastliness, benumbed
sensibillitics, a disgusting life, and ki
disgraceful death. Before its ,bakfid
fire thy sanctity of womanhood fadOS
away, ;he romance of life dies, and
the trantiful ..world looses all iti
charm. The lives wrecked upOnthe
rock o sensuality arc strewn iii ae67:,
.direetipo. Again and again, with
endles . repetition, young men yield
to the ong of the siren that - be:ruilcia
them o their death: They learn'nothin,, they see nothing, i they kw*,
nothiw4 bat their wild desire, and oii;
they gilt° de.truction and the, desl4.
Every young man who reads tlitA
article ihas two lives before him. He
ilrty el
hi nr,el
shame
and be
time. ,w
his life
pure, s
thy rel;
to that
beast ii,
rife Ar'
whom
hich
ol and 3
muted i
may h.
one thl
as bot
In brie
man's
sham o
—cons:
noblest woman, and an atalij
llace in good society. He
ye a dirty imagination, or
1 t hates or spurns all impuritg
1 (Thgtisting and poisonon* ‘
', he may be a man, with 4.
powers or immunities, or 4
,t• a map—or a white sepulehrO
i t ious that he carries with him. ais owt dead bones, and all unelean - ,
liness. I It is. a matter entirely of
choice. He knows what one life i 5,
and where it cads. He know!. till:
essentied quality. anddestiny of the
,
other.
control
placcs
control
is both
of ~ecti
that co
for a si
the ill I
time.
CS eryti
an tilt
Win
er eand
have si I
ed butt body and soul. Here the,
l'
sigris - o danger are more apparent
than in the other form of sensuality
beeaus there is less s( 3
tocrecy. The
candle urns in open space, where .
all me can see it. 'Law sits behind.
and. sal ctions its burning. ' It payS'
a .prin ely revenue to the govern
ment. Women flaunt their gauzes
in it. plergyman sweep their robeS
through it. Respectability uses it 'tti
light it banquets. In many - regions':
of the ountry. it is a highly respec;
table e. ndle. Yet every year 110,000,'
1
person, in this country die of intern=
p'eranta, • and when we think of the,
blasted lives that lire in 'want"- and.
Misery, - of wives in despair, of 'lolicS,
bruised and blotted out, Of eliildrerf
disgraced, of
,alms-bouses filled, of'
erimes_.eommitted through its iitiltW,
e ice,'of industry extinguished, anal
o disease engendered, and remember..
t 'at- tl is has been going On 'll'4
ti t iousa ds of years, wherever wine,
hs ben known:: what are we to
' tiiink o ' the men who still press into`
:die fire , Have they any more sense: ,
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than th moths ? It isalinost enough,
to sliak a man's faith in immortali4
ty to Tern that he belongs to - a race
that manifest so little sense l and such'
i ,
hopeles recklessness. • j,
Ther, is just one way of safet3l
and old • one ; and a young man 1 , ;lio,
stands t the beginning of his career
can choose whether he will walk • irf
it, or inLthe way of danger. Thero
is a notion abroad among men - that . l
wine is good—that when properlYl
used it has help in it;—that in a eer
tain way it is- food, or a help, in the''
digestinti of' food: ..te believe that'
no greaer or more fatal hallucina:
tion ever possessed it'for so long, n
time.
Wine 'is a• • medicine, and . men
would tke no , more of it - than of any
Other m &eine if it were not pips.;
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NTY, PA., THURSDAY: MORNING, FEBRUARY 10. 1816.
odies, they strew the ground
d them. No instructions, nb
ttulations, no observation Of
1 10 sense of duty, no remon
,e of conscience, have any effeiit
them. If they were moths in
,
* ey could'uot be sillier or mote
They are, indeed, so far un
e domination of theft anitni4
es that they act like animals,
:aerilice themselves in IlameS
Le world's expelienee 114,4.
to lie fatal
oosc either. Ile I may throw
away on a few illegitimate day:i
which cover his ()row with
a the presence of his motheri
•ome au old man before hi;
ith all the wine drained out of
'or Ire may grow up into r . !:,
rong.manhood, field iti heal•::
ation to the joys that pertain
high estate. Ile may he
his heart; he may have a
horn he worships, children
e delights in, a self-respe4
.nables him to meet unabash;
The man who says Ile cannot
himself' not only
.dies, bn
iis'Afaker in !blame" Lie -earl.
himself. and, if he does not;
la fool and a beast. The sen3e
Lity and Purity and self-1 espect
ne of eimtinenee i entertainea
Isle day, is worth more than
it pleasurei of a world for all
fhe pure iii heart see Hod,ih,
infr and see Him everywhere;
l y are supremely blest._
and strong drink form anoth•
le in which „millions of meth
ged themselves, and destrop
*ant in its taste, and agreeable in its
first effects. ; The men who drink it,
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.theories as to its healthfulness come
afterwards. The world cheats itself,
and tries to cheat itself in this thing;
and the priests Who prate of "using
this world as not abusing it," mound
the chemists who claini:a sort of nu
tritious propertyl in alchohol which
never adds to tissue (!) and the men
who make a jest of water-drinking,
all knoW perfectly well that wine and
strong drink always have done more
harm than good in the world', and al
ways will until that milleniiim comes
whose feet are constantly tripped
from under, it by the . drunkards that
lie prone in its path. 'The Millenium
with a grog shop at every. corner is
just as impossible as . •seciirity with a
yarglar at every winiloviy or in every
room in the house. All. men • know
that drink is'a curse, yet, young men
sport around, it as if there were some
thing very desirable in it, Ad sport.
until they are hopelessly singed, and
tifen join the great; sad army, that
with undiminished numbers, presses
onto its certain death.
We do not like to become an ex
horter inthese columns, but if it were
necessary, we would plead with
vow , men upon weary knees to
touch not the accused thing. Total
abstinence, now and forever, is the
drunkard's life and death, and there
is no good that can possibly come tl)
a ►tiara by drinking. Keep out of the
candle.- It will ,always singe your
wings or destroy yon.—B . y Dr. 1101-
land, in Scribner'. Magazine. •
BATTLES AND STORMS.
It, has been obierveci for many cell
hales that storms, meteorological
changes - of a striking nature, occur
,4 !tiring or at the close (ir great battles
Vlietber 'these results are coinci-
dunces, or :is the 4!equenee of physi
cal disprbances in the atmosphere.
is a' question n , t decisively settl d
Of the r.,6t that storms do occur in
close ean •
nection with battles there is
no doubt. Thrill°. the. ' s late war in
1
this country, hardly ati , aetion'of any
I t
luagnitt de took place, which was not
-Accomp:, Med with . wind and rain.
'rho operhtions on the PeniuSula un
der:McClellan, were apparently pro
luctiVe of continuous rains, and in
the great fights around Richmond
iid Petersburg inet?orlogical distur-
Lances occurred which at times se
riously impelled military operations
So too abroad. The loss of the great
battle - of Solferino iras { ,attributtd by
the AUstrian commander to terrific
thunder{ storms which broke upon
the field and obscured the mnoveniFfnts
of the p2werful masses of the enemy.
The decisive ,battle or Sadowa, which
elo..;ed the ustro-Prussian war in
ISi,;i;, Was in like manner accompa
nied hy a violent storm. Napoli:on
was heard to .remark that so certain
was he of causing rain by the explo
sions of his artillery during
! Little,
that hi! 'dispo'seil his troops in a way
to take advantage of clouds when
formed. •
No reasonaliki .objections can be
urged against, thel l theory that great
explogions, producing violent con
cussions in 'the air, may change its
hp:rrometic conditions and cause con-
Aensation of moisture. Beside the
disruptive effects produced in a great
battled there is the evolution of much
heat from the combufition of gun
powder'and from the massing togeth
er of large \ bockics of men. Altogeth
er, it is not didicult to find a satisfac
tory cause for sudden meteorological
changes during great battles, and
therefore windi and rain are not to be
regarded as simply - coincident with
active proceedingsin war. It may be
Urged that our national 'anniversary.
the Fourth of July, is usually clear,
nothwithstanding the vast amounts
of gunpowder burned in all parts of
the country. This does not, however,
meet the case ; the expl:;sions occur
all over the country and are comPar
il
atively Upon a small scale. Tier is
not usually a decided cOncen ration
of noise at'any one point. If t 'is oc
curs, a shower is pretty certain to
take place. Last year the day was
particularly noisy in Eastern Massa
chusetts,
r and in. the afternoon the
most violent 'thunder-storm of the
season burst , over that section of
country. TIM question is one of
much interest to meterologists,alid is
worthy of more careful coniiileration
than it has_ received. -46u r2l al of
I; mi f ry.
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- Lown, AND 14sBAND.— Perhaps
there is no morepainful time in a
woman's life than the time of transi
tion, when the assiduouzi husband is
passing` into the 'matter-of-fact hus
band, and the wooer is gradually
changing into the master. Women,
who are so much more sensitive than
men, more sentimental, too, and less
content to trust in fame° to an un
demonstrative affection, arc for the
mast part happy only while they are
being made love ti). It is not enough
to be loved; they want to be told
twenty times a day, and to haVe the
harmonies of- life enriched by a
crowd of "occasional notes" embroi
dering the - solid substance by which
they live. •
Men,',on the contrary, get tired . of
making lo v e. When they have weed
and won, they are content to be quiet
and take all the rest for granted.
They arc not cold, however, because
they are Secure ; and to most—and
those the best—practical kindness is
.better than flattery, security ranks
bAllre xcitem.,nit and hysteria, and
life passed in serene friendship, fear
ing no evil, knowing no break, and
needing no praising, is better than
life passed in a perpetual turmoil of
pas4sion, where there are scenes and•
tears, and doubt anti broken hearts,
if there are notendless courtship and
fatiguing demonstrations.
•
SHALL WE PILIY.--4f it were not
for prayer who could abide the ills
lite ? - How can any one help crying
out when in jeopardy or anguish of
soil ? The rough, thoughtless sailor
when the storm sweeps down upon
him threatening to engulf him, and
human aid seems
,I:utile, will alwayS
call Upon God for protection, and
surely the good man will - prize the
.privilege of seelilng divine aid. Even
the dying-Stephen prayed, "Lord Je.
'sus receive my: siAtit. l !--EX. •
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GOING HOYE.
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It was scarcely more than an hour's,
driv!e along a' quiet country • road.
oria mile or two the reluctant
lagq straggled ,after. Then, we pass-'
ed solitary farmhouse and laborers' :
cottDges, a tinyard; graveyrd
and4hc rugged sides Oa rocky hill.
And then - a little belt" "of 'wooded.
swamp lands stretched out its arms,
of Wand pine , and hemlock,' of
spicy odors, and merry little birds, ,
and squirrels and gray rabbits - Pall the
surnitner long. In the winter this
was.-the place where the facies - hting
out their . washingh; and sometimes
theit pearls and diamonds. Beyond,
the Toad grew rougher and narrower,
winding up hilf,and 41oWn hill, over
tumbling brooks and by a noisy
rivee, • • . • -
OM
Hit every rod of the way- was as
*ajar. SIS our father's house. We
ktiest,wherennd The 4 to look for the
wit*eo cups-,of shining - laurels for
pinkl azaleas, for the earliest' May
flowers, and the latest trails . of clem
atis end swinging southern Mess.
We I(new,' too, when a meadow fence
had been built,. or. mended, and saw,
with ready interest, every patch of
new ft:him:des on -a wayside house or
barn.i We:rioted whose haying was
coming on earliest, wlios . & woodpile.
was 141.04, and whose corn promised
best:iwhile every face we met, was .
the. Mee of a friend. SO with ;many
a nod and smile, and word of neigh
borly greeting, we drove at last faSt
as we came to the end of our jok
nev, hp to our father's door.
'cli s ey had heard froin within the
-sound of our coming wheels; and
therei on. the threshold, stood thir
mother, smiling, and. stretching out
her Nands. Presently, from :across
the street, and across the gardens,
one alid another of our friends carne
in, always so glad to see us.: :Glad
to sees us for. urselves..and glad i'or
the ripple of outside life we-brought
to the quiet . neighborhood. • - the
table vas laid with the choicest Of
farm and dairy ; the little farbily
troubles were . bioaght out for crisid.•
erathni and, sympathy as well: as the
family joys; and for -our brief stay
were the centre of the household and
neighborhood.
Ilut of ail the pleasures of the•wel
rome3iome, the smiling -mother with
the outstretched hands is the dearest
symbe2l now.. It is eight years since
the eager hands- were folded for their
rest Under the'grass on the hillside.
Folded forever:: We go and come,
and come and go, but they becken
iieveri)rtore.'- We see the white bead
stonethat says so little. and.: yet . So
inuchi from the windoWs of the .room
that was hers, but we see nothirig
hesidqs. -
has that- loving heart ftlrgott6n
then Are the hands to be strAelied
out tO us never• again? AN, the
swift J'eet stved forever in theire.oni
ing ? Nol No! It is only that Or
jow* home.is not yet aceopplish
ed. This empty, hungry,. tiehhig
" mother-want" will he someday sat-
Weinre on our journey, up . bill
downhill,and in all s.ort of . weath
vr.M
,ong familiar scenes, and
innonir, friendly faces. Nearer, and
nearer, nister and faster, Already
they, Within the rail, may have heard
the sOund p 1 our coming;, IA: .
pressiiig to, meet tlB with out-stretch=
frig Aide:line. The things which
God ":bath prepared have not en =
teresl into the heart of a man, but AN+
bare daeh-our own thought and exi
peetation Of heaven. And for
my lilkiven is as a going home. And
as thehearens are higher than the
earth,4o will be the joy of that ionic
cumin; higher than the, joy of, this.
TE4PERIMCE INFLUENCE.—It is a
cOMalbil 111 MIC of argument smolt':
those Who excuse themselves for di:4-
sipatiOn, by saying,: " What good
done ;by tempirance societie and
speeelies ? There is jnst Much'
(Linking as ever." I havelalways
sistedlthat a rapid change had taken
place In relation 1,9 using stimulaiits.•
It is Ifow unpopular to be Seen about
tippling houses. If a man wants em:
1403'm:et - it, the questiOn is' asked.
•!does)te drink?" If a voting man is
to be ;Married, the first question:is;
"doesjie drinlo". 'lf he applies for
membOship in the Masonic. Odd Fel;
lows, KnightS of Pythias or other or=
tiers, the question is,"does he drink?"
And slo it is, all business is governed
by the principle of tetnperance ;no
-
nr:n haS the confldenee of, his neigh--
)or if ;)ie., drinks; ::The necispaynr or
rails 0 7 1' the order have hoistiat the
bannei of temperance; sOme of the
Masoliic- Lodges have established as - ,
a rule 21.11 at a 'thinking man, - or one
who 4als in liquor, is not- fit for
mernblrhip.— ea I if() r - n i a ,Re,•4. r.
WO3IAN.—WOIII,III is a very nice,
and a.. ver2r. cog plicated roaehine
Her springs are indefinitely delicate
and differ frorry those 'of a man- very
nearlytas the' works of , a repeathy*
watch dp from those of a town clock..
Look at her body ; how delicately
.formedl Examine her sense ; how
exquisite and nice! Observe her
derstanding; •• how; subtle .and acute !:
But 10k into her heart; .there is the.
patch Work, composed of parts
wondetfully combined that they trint - .
be seen thrmigh a miciiSscepe to be
clearN comprehended. The pereep-::
Ulm of . a woman is as quick light-:
;ling; : `&sk her how she formed it, and,
she cannot answer the question. :As
the perception of a . woman is uneom-1
moldy - 4 . 04;k, so their souls and lmagi 7 ,
nations are uncommonly snsceptihle.'
If fewl women-write,i they all talk ;,
and every 'onernay judge of them in this'
point from every circle they go into.:
Spiritl in conversation depends
tirely;iupon fancy, and women all:
over the world talk better than.nien..
Have they a character to portray, or
tiguie to describe, Otiar give - • but
three traits, either' tic one or: the
Qther,:land the character is known or .
the figfe is -before your eyes
Tug. recuperative . forces of child
hood :ire at times extraordinary., The
boy who left school. sick at 10 o'clock
in the t . morning'*ill ga to the circus
at '2 1 , 4 Nt. the same day, fall otf a seat:
sixteen feet high. and never hurt him-.
self enough to miss more than fontor
Ave ',Oxide of 'the performancn..
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Or.
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$2 per Annunf'ln Advance.
ST. YALTSTINVE4 DAY.
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- Our own ancestry:in England and
Scotland have observed some very
funny customs withiti the last three
centuries . . ' At 'one :i time ,valentines
were faihionable anon 4 the nobility,
and, while still Seleeted'liy!lot,.it be
came the duty of a gentleman to give
to. the lady who fell' to:his lot arhand
soine present. Pieces ofjeWeiry cost-.
in?, , ..thotisands ofclollars*eo not . un
usual, though smaller;,- - things, as
gloves, Were more•connon. - : _
A goisippy old gentle:olas nataed,
Pepys, Whose priVate diary;has come.
to 'afford ' , neat terest and amuse
ment 6 K ,
toour time, tellS how lie pent
his .Wif.esilk gaiters and stockings
for her , ;Talentine.' And
,One yeir, he
says,his own.wife einineedlto be his
~
.vatentine,and grumbles tlist, it will
cost trim'; five pounds!' ! -•. !
't,herejwas a tradition . ; aniong the
country people that every bird chose
its mate ',on Valentines da 3 i; and. at
one time it was the custom for yonng
folks to go out beforedaylight op the
morning and try to eStelf-an o$ And
two sparrows in a net:, If ;they sue
c ;eded, it was a good bnien, and en
titled thcm to gifts froMiltevillagers.
Ariothertfashion aolopg thein, was to
write the valentine.“. it:.tO an apple
or an orange, and steal ; np to the
house of `the chosen 'e)fie 'in ithe even
ing, open the door'quietly, and throw
it in. !
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The drollest Valentine I ever heard
of lielonfi,s to those old times in Eng
land. and consisted of. the rib of a
small animal wrapped white satin
ribhon, nhicl was tied in , tine lover's
knots in Ocveral places. This elegant
and suggestive I gift Was:: sent to a
and" aecompanied with
verses : ; :
do contemplate t!its t . ovOy
tipe away to Teas"l, - ;
..104111sttai to h-r
tin nto :
To hapidile..; tit
314 e but a prollt-at
So far, i(is uneertainixrheiher or not
the lines 'refer to the pleasures of eat
ing,,Suggestel (to modern minds) by
a rib. !Int they go on' ;tc},v.,4)lain
. ~ . . ,
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(rill .Clam 1:4 , 1 - ..1 ptr!:ll , , ,given„!
..31*IcIt :j..; [,!rF.,1;111;!:, )3 . 1 , 4 l*c.fleavpi,
- 1114 bli,: 'MP.; 11/0.:11Pkt:O
I
NO social frlewl th.....t J , ,!, - ,..,t0 fhar.?,
Gave, llie g',.ty t.:(....nie a va;:a;it ;air : ' •
Slld cam.—'t' .:5 all r,i,lt:lC r .
!• - .
whiel leares nothing;, tik:o Ve': - desired.
• , ,
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I'm sui: - ..;': . 1
Those Were the - days •pf
altsl of course the rural Maidens had a
sure and 'infallible charm lso'retell g
;the. fkittir husband. I Qn .tlie eve of
Valentine's. clay, the'anxinusillm
sel prepared for sleep by pinning to
her pillory five bay - left: es: one ateach
;corner and one in thC mhtlire (which
Must have 'been deliOtful to sleep
on, by the way). If drciamed of
her sweetheart, she was'litre s.o marry
him befi)re the entl c>f tho-ear..
.
But to make a . "(101:snre:"
the candidate for. Matrimony must
boll an ef .. ;g - bard, talic: out ihe
and fttfritS place .with;saltl.-', i 4ust be;
fore , roin - o• to beo
- shelf, and all, and neither speak
nor drink i ' atter it. that wouldui:
insure her .a vivid dream, tliere.surely
could Le no V.irtne in eharins r ,—Otire
Thorne,
TUE 117 ' pRLD . S Pjruir..t . ilos;.--A pa
per was read before the )lanebester,
*tatistical Society a.sliort time ago;
ealling attention to the 'researches of
'the Gernrtitn statiStieian, I3ehtu and
Wagner. with respect,lO tbelpopula
tion of tha world. Of the 'many esti
mateof the number of inhabitants
of our ;;lobe, none are 'aceottnted
!'" • :•-
trustworthy. In 16,3 i !A esuvins
ti mated that there were 5!,000,000,600.
Pain Wa!rner set dOwh the num
ts.,r at thq present time at I-,391,030.-
600_ The :.11.bjects of Vietnria are
rated at 300.000.000. BuSsia has a
population of 82,000,000. India, sup
posed to f)e, the most populous coun
try on the face of the filobe, has
Probably ; 300.000,000; inhabitants.
yhina is Slid to have 400,000,00 in
mbitantsThut the estimate is undoubt
edly grosSly exaggerated. The. pop
tdation of!, South America: has been
Checked by internal discord. In Par
afrnay there is said to bade been an
actual losii of 337,000: • 'An•eStimate
based upon the s , rowtliof (treat Brit
ain and the united States gives to the
tbrmer cduntrc in the year: 20010 a
population of 541;,000,000, and to the
hater of 81,000,000.
NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL
LESSONS.
1 FEW:V.III7' 20, Pra
Sam. I t :: 17 2 25. (; ,. .n.DEN Chrop. xx:l l 9
FIRST QUARTER. LESSON
David's first anointing as King has al-
ready come',nutler otir notice, (I sam., xvi.)
Phe second anointing took pla i ce at He
bron (2 Sant. ii.) This was_ dime by ..111-
deli.; the • - other tribes recogni Ish
hosheth, the son of Saul, as .'their king
( Saui, David was thirty years
old at this time. The third anOinting.Was
aS king over. all the tribes &tin; v 1k1)•
It occurred seven years and SiX months
after the PrevionS one. The rePresenta
tives of the • tribes . who were prd,sent at
• ; •
llebron me this occasion ninu*red ‘259,-
xii: 2:34 . 9). ",King pavid
made a lea"me with them in Hebron be,
•
Ore the Lord." "They had no•intention
of placing . ;lieir rights at the tlisposal of
the king. • (ertiin conditions %verb a/greed
to on both sides, ' defining his rights and
theirs ; and where such conditions exist,
the monarchy is constitutional, :.not absO
lUte."
!in our iresent- lesson we see David's
throne estahlished thro' the two-fokl at
tack and defeat of the Philistines.:
I. (a.) The first attack; ys. l
'During tbb civil dissensions among the
tribes the . 11ilistines had remained quiet,
probably because they hoped that is this
Y.they would _destriii , themselves, -and
feared that!any interference on their part
with the faMily quarrel. might lead to un
ion and combination of all the tribes. But
soon asOhey learned .tha,. cad - se dissen
sions were l healed. and David anointed.
over all the people, they -felt . that - it
was' ....nece4ary to strike an immediate
blow and crash the goVerntitent l , in its in
finCY. They , *ere .no doubt emboldened
bY their past success during the' reign of
- Sant. BO they forgot or Gan not the.
igteat 'difference in' the two ..cases that
IlJehOvall who had rejected - Saul, .tought.
i
for David. Bytinsattaektheyfre4d Da
,irld
from ear embaneestuent.. about- warring
. • .
against those' who whO had formerly
. i . :, -
him. The stolid Outage of ~, Pleint
tines is apparent in thl er -thet" the t Po l 4
had so
. glorieuitly trintaphed over, them*
fifteen years before; they came upt? seek'
David.. The latter eratirtot, ready. in . i 1i,12-.,
man appearance.fee the, contliet tick her
went doWn to the hold, IProbablyor").ol3
of Adulhtin (1 SAM.. eiii : . ' , I ) ; it linty,
have a meri general sense and deteotat e‘ .
mountain s tronghold in the desert of .
:dab where Davittwittidtew for so longl i a
a time to , defend ;hi-illicit from i3aiii; (1
throe. ail: 16). The battleground clitison- -
,
hy the Philistines'Was
. .the Valley of He- .
.Phaim (f;:e.', ofr'the ants). "chi
~Ittl s -'
iiest side of the Valley of Hinnorn rises t a ' •
bare, reeky ridse; beyond whiche,iln..,
menses au upland, plain,!eimsiderabli, low- -
et than the ridge ,brit almost on i a.. !it)Vri
with the . city. Itleatenda southward
wartigllethlehem more than a 1144 de- .
caning gradually on the southsVeSt ; it co-'
tracts at length , intO a' narrow and deep
valley called WedY4-3Verd. • The Plain i
flat and fertile,but hi rhntl in on aU sides by f
rocky hill-tops and ridges. This appears ~
to. he the Valley of IReithaim."—.fOrtri!
--_
In the hold- Deihl sought adviee and_
direction - of:the:4o.. He had with hint
the High Priest withthe Fritit ; awl ithurn,!-
niirn (Light and Truth)+-the means sip;
pointed by God forascertaining* Ili*
on theociatie questions: Ii avid recognizel ‘.
that he. tided through God's will forlGecrit
glory, and he feltihis entire dependence..
upon Ilis"guidanoe ' l andetreagth.l Tlin • -
spirit of 'Jehovah led him always e'scep , I '
on one Or - two occasions doling his .exile
anti that was the sec r ret of hisgreatsiecitial
His inquiry in the present case is tWo-fetd
---oy - as to duty, . and (2) as to eacceiai'
God gave him a positive, clear answer:
.The victory wee to be the Lord's.' '1 -
I (h.) The Defeat of the Philisiinea;l v. 20.,
Enemiraged and ledihy th'espirit of!Jehit-1 , ,
vali, David went up to the valley ot* He
pliaitn and chargedthe vat enemy:lThey
reeled and tied befcite hitu in great :lady-,
'OM and Par. How 'graphic and truccince i
the deseription ! f' David smotiti.lthein!.
there." 'With tree humility and piety he'-
acknowledged tlil Lord's goodness. I"The I
Lord bath b l roken fOrth, 4c.;',' 1. e., { God)
has smitten them befOre me and brokenti
their power as a flood; bre a ks through anal
carries away whateirer opposes it. It iii!
a grand-figure and WcirthY of a pea rioet.i,
In commemoration of the - Lord's bretaking,i.
forth upon his enemies, avid •mile'd ti el
place Ilaal-perazio4 i.x., ' Lord of b'rezch-1
,
es:" , • '•. ~ 1
''
,
. .
Nothieg speaks more clearly the, £414 7 1
(tell and Complete rout ofl the Phililtines
thin the
_fact that they leftl their ireager ,
behind them 'on the' field l v. 21., • thela!
, ~• 1_ ,• „_ 1 ,
idols were evident l y er weou. :Joey / "nail I
brought them to the war ,as the Irrie -I:
iteS once dUltheirl Ark; to encourageitheir I
army awl secure victoy. David's dispO-;
sition of these was according to the Law ;4
(Dent. vii :5,241. Thus by- al woncerfal
instance ofPoetic justice,
,I;avid- avenged
the disgrace brought upon Israel by. the
Philistines, when they carried awn the i
1
•• • ,
Ark. • ' i 1 • • 1
H. (a). The Secoint Attack. vs. 22-2 A I
.
. ,
The Philistines. nought dismayed, arrte.
up again : to the same valley,' probably
with increased force. IThl stubborn, per,-1
sistent caerage of this people isvery noti',
ecable all thro' their' history. Vi hat pe r
riot intervened between these comings Up
we cannot certainly! deter: Mine. Again 1
David sought direction Of. the :Lo4dibY'.
Uri oi. and Tiimmica. The_ ausweri *as
somewhat different Ie 'was not to as
sail them directly in front' this time, but
to make a circuit - andicorne out 'secretly
behind them, over ag,earsf e Certain rani,'
berry • plantation. The -battle was obe
the Lord's, and beneel David - was simply,
to follow Jehovah in his movements •,•''.O
a sign was given. It *as' " thcsou i dor
a going in the tops of the mulbery tries;,''
That is, the Wind would ploduce a sound
in the; tops of the trees; like the =trilling
•
of an invisible army; and this would; be a,
sign that ' the host :0 'God .was moving
against his enemy add David's. I Theo tite
King-would know that the battle had heL
gnu, and' he must be sharp, quick and
I: i au4
• I
active.' f 1- •i • - •
(b)., The Second defeat. V. 25.
obeyed the Lord's direction fully 'an
reselt was . another ' , *at victory.
routed the. Philistines
; ;troin Geba t
nei.7ltherhOod of Gaer.l . Geba is the;
as Gibeon, (I •'.,'laron,i xiv:l6). It is .
isolated hill about . six 'Miles north-w
Jerusalem on their ;•va,Y to Gazer. Gazes
:is the sanie as Gazer ':(probably a irecir
nice); a Canaanitish royal city bet!Ween
Beth Horon and and the Nediterrarati,
'on the south-Western border of Ephraim!:
Both of these victories seem to belon g ti
the. period between * the anointing o Da4
vid at iielnou over all llsraeland thd con
quest of the citadel of 4i6n.' . '
Lessons. 1. In bang . Havid wec 0,
fe
picture of.the 3fes.tiah 'in the preseu dia.
pens'ation of his Kingdom . The. he. thei;t
rage*and the kings i[tf the earth set #ietri F
selves against him itryam (Ps. II). Christ) a'
enemies meet together in the 'Wally df Gi,
ants, biit iMtr - of the! mouth of 'habe.3 and
sucklings l i ie perfects praise. (St. Hatti
xi:2s). The time is Coining when he aihall 1
ho established and recognized -asKig of
Kings and lord of Lords (Rev. xil l l
7 , --, 1
2. Every believer; should use diserrtion.l
in opposing evil. It••12.)1 1 be MCC ry i
IF
soinetimes'tb retreat temporarily to mO
hold until . the way iii Open for attar 'and
victory. We must _cot go before w . are . I
sent, nor disregard thelopenings of P - vi i
1
l c
dense.
• ,
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. :-
, 3.f Every believer is now a High riest !
With God;and has ail. din and Thu miut 1
for his own use. Ha itai ',the "high "of I
the Spirit.aud the "Trtith7 of thel'ord. I
He can always obtaini.c4od'S direction' and I
know his Will. "Thevlithall all be taiight 4
of (loci." .. —'- - ' ..1 • i
4. We need never.; fear defeat when
God says, `.`Go up 2 ni, dt mattersnot hott•
numerous and strong may be the enemy. 1
‘• If God be for us, - 'wlto Can be aprinst,
es 2!' • . I . 1 • 1 . •
5. We must not defile 'ourselves ryitlr
the iTdels of this woeldLl I.l.Tohn II:1?-10. i
6. Wemtist not think because we ,haVd I
conquered sin once .'tha t our warefre IS •
ended. The Devil Peter; knows whin boll
is beaten. lie will of stay Whipped,. l i
He follows as to the 'very threshold of 1
Heaven. ' ' : - I -- . °
7. God gives 'his people gracion in
dicatious of his prOtenee and march tci i
'victory. We can always 'beat the going :'
in the. tops of the trees! if We listen fur it.
The spiritual can hear the delicate way;
inns of the Spirit as he moves among Irtert
When God is about trk revive his work;
he lets his Praying servant, knOw his pui
pose• ---
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8. ' ‘,' Observe 'rho' Gook promised :o go
before them and ismitethit:Philistinoi, yet '
David must...bestir himself and be ly
to pursue the victory. r illete, Geti's , . ea'
must • quicken - our iendeavots. If God
work iu us both to - will-and to do, .i does
not follavr that we . Masi sit still, - as hose
who itave. nothing' to i deti but we ?nest..
therr:fore work out . mir salvation with' il
Os riblo Cam. and dilligi l mcO." • ,(11eni , y). ''
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Pria gladthat this Coffee don't - oWe tile'
anything," said Brae*. it boarder at the'
breakfast table. -...'fiVbr, ) ,". - said Stull b.
"Because I don't- believe i it .would e'er
settle I". , ' ' ..' .. 1 I •- - '' S
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