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That atm bears through the open dont, Muck's with Its muruser cool liar.l bench and dusty floor, It , seereti rad, ah endless round— ramniar and A. R. C. • The blackboard and the SUMS The stnpht geography : When from teacht.r to little Jem Not one of them rarer a straw. Whether "John le in any Or Kansas In Omaha. 'But -lemtny's bate hrotra feet. - • Are aching to evade in the stream. Where the troat to his luring halt Shall leap with a quick, bright gleam: And his teachers blue eyes stray 7o the tlowera en her desk hard by. Till her thoughts have followed her eyes With a half unconscious sigh. Tier heart outruns :he Mork, As she stne:lht their faint !tweet seent But when have time anti heart Their tnesaure in liaison bletit ror time wilt haste oe Inte%„ Like y oti r sha;clow on the grans, That lingers far tiebind Or Ittes when you fain would pas. • - flare patience, restli.snJern. The stream and thir Ash will wait ; • And patience, tired blue-eyes— • Down the windlugyeAd by the rate, Under the window shade, Stands some on with fresher flowers ; So turn to your bouts wain,. And keep loTo for the after hollia, ii l ic l 4 l 4l o o. ' . FOR LOVE,.NOT FOR GOLD: " Well, sir, I've bepn waiting for your answer until 'iny patience ..is quite exltauAtml.': • " Uncle, I've not answered again, only because I regret to offend or disappoint you. I can only reiterate my deterrnination.:' " Confusion, sir !' I want none of your sentimental nonsense! ' Marry 'only for ti wife whose only dower is pure, true heart!' Very i s ,`;.etty, sir, to :•ead r bout ; very beau tiful in thorv. But, I s had hoped a little go:A sound sense from my nephew. I say, sir, because the girl is rich,- has plenty of gold and land, is that any reason why she should not be loved ?" "By no : means, Uncle. But if I were to accede to your wishes, mon ey, not love, is the first, greatest, and, in fact, the sole inducement, for your nephew to seek 'Miss Leigh -7 - i• Silence. sir! 'Tis not so. She istbe,daughter of my old friend,and we, promised you to each other when you Were. littler more than babies. Come 'now, Guy, be a lensible boy, and do as. I lid yon." , " Unt.W. 1:1/cle, I cannot! I should laFc all my stlf-iespect out winning tine reqii•et4)fm . ,* future Fife. were r Then, sir, you are my nephew - no longer. VII cut you off with a shil ling. 111 tind some one Ilse to leave my money to, or endow a lunatic asylum. But that.would - be provid ing a place for you, you ungrateful young rascal.'' • " Uncle, I an, not ungrateful. And as to your Money, leave it where you choose.. But your affection Ido val ue. Do not . east me from your heart, Uncle." (lily • Everticld said, ap •proaching his Thiele with -extended hands. " Words, woreik mere words; sir ! I want actions. l'Cow, upon my hon or as , a gentleman , unless you try to win Miss L.i,gittn-you shall never cross my thresbold again. Do you nadersthnil; Guy looked intently for a moment into his Uncle's 'face. It was not as he had often seen it, flushed and; heated by a passion which, soon' passing away, fOund him the same kind, indulgent Uncle. There was• no mistaking the cool cletecmination. And. he answered, " I do, sir." " Well. sir'' "Good morning. sir: l am sorry V.; part tim,." Guy's handsome face was very pale as he turned away. Ile knew . l it would be useless to say more—even to pnt out his hand. .for , a farewell clasp. - • Thank Ileavtn, iJ have health and strength. I sari go to work. And, thanks to my. dear mother's thoughtful car-•, I diave enough mon ev to keep me, 'with economy, until 1 can make raoney myself. , Dear mother! Little did she think,l when putting'asi , ie from 'her own scantily pure something for her boy to. io with as T2E. close, how much I would !r0 immediately al l ! ace: ;it Iv/orris's offer. Go into .44 , his writing, and study In a f't.w years I can be , !rnitt.,' the I've no doubt making a . living. And—bless Ler sweet face !,--she will .not care for riches. My beautiful darling!. There is no doubt. about - A. I am in love as sure as ever was a fellow, and with a girl whose name I do not even know—perharh , never shall. Well. this is the street where she got out. I will hunt for her again." Five weeks before, Guy met his fate. Ile had'noticed first the little figure I.fore him, clothed in deep mo'arri!n.. - . Then the bright, golden hair c! from beneath the little hat, and r....stod on the sable wrap- MEE 11(• thinking how very grace ful !-.!0: wt:z‘, arid wondering if her fact ;a.; her hair and ard if he was to. hurry for wart a itkps ahead of her, would she think very rude if he turned eati:h (4,e g.dirapse ? lie had made mind to risk it. :viten fortune favored hirn. A littitt rl, lrtm-foOted, and look. WtftffrA:ly miserable, came quickly ; the maiden, she cried, tx.wards her, a basket, "Do, boy ray Mowers ; just one little litirkf;l4." Sirrrrr is eri Go) . • Pfren c lovelier fare axis the Imo: that tormil to look at tto- &ewer-girl. flaktening for waric ft-4414i* to taiiy a bouquet, tti,o4 imeitte the IsParitifol girl. jowl- ifekaettel iittie !lulu* . or *WA* atri4.l/§ttitiX her fond into oeitet. ***, boitnted. A otertied_ koOlt kge iktFr 140, flOr madt - -t a~ti~~C r~~~s't TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1876, • "'I have lost thy purse, or—or some hody has stolen it. I'm most sorry tor your sake, poor child P' • In an listant Guy came to her re lief. ‘,‘ Perm t me," 'he handing his ptirse. • • ; TlianlF you, sir," she ; returned, With a beautiibl blush: "If you, will lazy somel of her flowers it will an- Myer as yell.'' • • Returning the bunch or %,.ioiets to the basket,, she was 1141743 g: away, when (lly, caught uti the violets, and tossing a coin into the diasket, lie Said, " These are the only ilrowerS I desire to heap:'` " Rut, sir, you hare given the much too much." i~ t " Notfor these, little one," daY, answered, smiling,and passing on. The child darte d forward to .Over take the beautiful girl, and tell' her of her good fortune; and, turning again to the child's touch, iGuy was made happy by another bow. He raised his hat. She could hot IniS take the! i'espectfiil and admiring gime. With a smile, a slight inclina tion of tile graceful head, she da4luid I* On. - 4 He world not. follow, as much as he desired to knoW more 'of her; and he had ne . vcr mei, her since, although certainly%not less than twenty-five tithes had he walkaup oue side of the street and down the other. * it. a - I . 4. e .. . Seatedljust outside of the libratey, , was Lewis Brewster, another 'nephew.', of Mr. tversfield. . He had heard every word of the conversation of his Unelel with GuY, and rejoiee'd at the coneinsion. ' " Now is my chance, :if Pm not much mis ken," he said,.".for either the rich wife or my Uncle's fortune. Indeed, perhaps both; I hardly think, ho • ever, that the Old gent will hold . out against Guy.] ,has strange h Id On his heart.. My:father lie. never loved, while Guys he did hive mor= than all the world. Vhat he has do le for me was all on ae e:lnpt of üblic opinion. He did ;no'. dare to cast his sister's son off en tirely, gave me an edueatit.n, and to understawl that w. all he shoal do for me. I Must citlier flow spend the best of life in working for my daily bread, ,or find a OA wife. I very much prefer the latter." Looking th - rough ; the blinds" he saw his Uncle about leaving theTdom. Another .morrient, and the hall door closed after him. - Now :how ,am I to •'find 'my little jewel? The name I lttive. Now let me think." ' :Entering the library; lie, went up - to his Uncle's desk. His face tiright ened, and lie exclaimed, " 11 . 64.6 din luck. Here is my lady's, or ' , rather her mamma's, card—Mrs. Leightnu." . _ day was Sunday. Think ing Miss I,eigtiton would going. toHchurch, Lewis Brewster, faidtlessly dre=sed, began to traverse the street in which, the heiress lived. FOrtune g : indeed, seemed 6Atinually sniffing on him. When he got. almost opposite het- dwelling the door open ed; • and a very handsomely-dre:ised young girl stepped out. Itastening across, 'he ascended the steps. and, with ti* most graceful bow possible, inquired'lf Mr. Green lived there" lie had not over-ektimated. ; his pow ers otattraetion, for certainly the young 'girl smiled very sweetly when sliO ahswered, "No, sir."' Nor 'did she semi anxioys to dis Miss Wm. The result was' - quite a little coniver sation; and *hen- Lewis said "GOod morning,t' he breathed a little sigh, and raised his handsome dark eyes very pleadingly to her, and went away. r! I wonder what he meant g and looking at me so ? ; if I was to see him many heart wouldn't he my own Many times? I declare, certain but it's only half. I,hope I shall see him • wonder.who•he is?" 0 (le' W-sighin MinlY, times, m very long I'm 'tioti with me sgitin. . -While thinking gaged wi the yOting girl; was thus Lewis,of he was deeply.en , th thoughts of her. done for yon, .113rewster," "You are all right now. e girl is pretty. Shell 'do. 1, golden lustre ,shout her "Well he; said. Well, th There's - that will actual he; material I not she affa iy—ft tomorro l / 4 better." The da at the wig en and r/ they met SW more than compensate 'for :auto. She is 'not difficult to' work upon. If I mistake will enjoy a little romantic Irim-away match. j However; iv I shall be all to decide r following, Lewis saw her dow. A ;smile, 6. bow, Ov tUrned. Another day. and to meet. again land again leeiding days. dared to ask you Ito call' up ir, how dearly I Ivould lave —but you know-1 - she was hen . Lewis, interrhpting, he: sing apology, said : • yes, 1 know, de:4-• ,ne, that tuna is keeping I you very ihe is anxious to give you to. rho cares nothing for you ou are' forced to marry a terrible sacrifice—a finan "If I ou me, • tti; But s*ying; • cutharra- Yes your Ul• close. a man And if ) it will be vial offal TBei isliment you're in l's eyes were full] of aSton- She said, "0. isttkcn, lam not 4—" s-fi feu grant that 3-(4t will not their persuasions. It!: you ,' his .. voice : , Ile t speak for a moinent—and quivering lips a rd choking l eontinue.d, '''Thep what will f me?" I t needed hitt lath! more to and it was settledthiit he .come her husbankl. Heal' yield to should could no then, wit voice, lie become • , Well, be said, was to b : Guy Eirerstield had beer/ lea; fiprtu. nate in finding his love: Weeks rolled into months, yet he saw her, not. lielhad almost despdircd, When one evening, while seated in a ciowd ed omnil;nis, a lady entered. Gny no ticed that there was nod i .vacant seat. EVertallant, he rage from his Seat, ,and with winning gritee offered his. The. lady raised her vei.l- and Guy Gould . scarcely restrain an exclama tion of y as he beheld; the lovely girl whd, occupied his thoughts for many weeks. Although no sound Wiped Os lips, his eyes spoke ► tha glad surprise: Wi h a faint ',hulk, a smile and tiow ofthanks and . 1 0* 1 44, - A REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION MX dall(QUAßltti. Guy was not going to lose sight of his love again . , and was feeling dm perste, when an old gent, jumping up, hurried out. Guy lost no time in seating himself beside the fair girl. " I cannot feel that we are stmng ers." , . She could' not withstand his earn est, honest look, and answered, " Pate, it seems, has decided we shall not be." Initnediately (3uy handed his card. An exclamation of surprise half es- cOped. her lips, and her color deepen ed. She continued 'o Look at the card for a moment. Then, turning to 114. She said : " Yolm name is familiar to meMr. Eve'ri3ileld, I have met your Uncle at Miss Lefghton's. My name , is Mira laester.',l am staying with Mrs. Leighton." On the way to that lady's, Guy told of ,his fruitless attempts to see her 'again ; and when they reached her destination, he asked" permission to call. • , Miss Lester told him : she had been absent ever since the morning alter they first met. In answer, to i his re 7 quit to call, she said:,-; "Mr. Eversfield, I am comlianion to Mrs. Leighton. Site is an invalid, and my time is very much engaged with her. Even were it.iiot so, ought not your call rather to be on' Miss Leighton'?" "Ali f I see yott bare heard the story - of Miss Leighton' and myself being fledged to each other hi child hood ! I have never.seen her to re- * * member ; and, with all due, respect to the young lady, 1 um not anxious to. Miss LeightOti awl' myself can never be more than nova. $ few days after meeting you, I (rave Uncle to understand this.,. Well, ' he. sent me fiirth ; I've not seen him since." Mira understood that'Ae bad in fluenced his deciiiiOn,. d the said, "You were hasty, Mr EAiersfleldi you should have seen Miss'Leighton. You might have grown to. r -'' " Guy' interrupted her, saying, "Nev er! Then-it could not be. The very idea of Miss Leighton was hateful to me., Without a sigh I accepted my t use's decision, and shall with joy resign a fbrtuae, if' by so, doing I can win a heart of my own tieekinrr.w ° They had ii:ached MrS. Leighton's dOor, and when Guy had touched the bell, he said, " I will not atik:, - to enter to-night ; it is late, and you are tired. • But.to-morrow, may I ?", "Au recoir l't she answered; with a beautiful smile. Guy knew that i bis pl a was grant • When, the next evening, Guy en tered,` Mrs.i Leighton;s,; he was not surprised that the passed the spacious and elegant 'drawing-room, and was ushered instead into cosey little sitting-room. He felt • far fhappier with little Mira Lester there, l than he could , possibly have dime with the mistress of the mansion, surrounded by all the magnificence in her apart ments. Mira soon knew that she had won the true and.devoted love of a noble 'man ; that, for love of her, he would. gradly put aside all the luxury and ease that he had been accustomed to, and accept a life of toil and priva tion. Yet there were many misgir-, ings in her heart as she listened to his:words of love. " Ah, von knoW so little of me—of my family.. I believe you have me ; but when the stern realities of life are betdre you, may you not regret?" she said. " Never—never !" Guy answered, fervently,. clasping the, little Land closer in his. " Will you always love me as now.?" she whispered, low. . I " Never less, dear one, and more and more as the ! - years• grow many with us." ' • "Guy," she said, her beautiful eyes filled 4ith tears, " I hav ! ck a widowed mother; she needs my support.", "And mine, my own," he answered. "Guy "—her hand was on his shoulder, her heart eagerly searching his—" Guy, you makbe disappointed —you will. My mother is employed here, in this house; you;—" "0, my: love, why will you fill your heart with doubts ? Your moth" er is my mother; , and where'er I find her; . in palace, hall, or lowlreot,' hers is the post of honor, for she is the mother of my gneen:" Then come to her. • • Mira led Guy through ;the 'hall, and opening the door ushered him into a very handsomely-furnished room. A gentle, delicate-lookin g woman reclined in an invalid's,ehair. Guy's eyes were full of astonish meat. But hedrew near aid taking the extended hand, raised it to -41 s and said, "Mother—Mira has given me perraissioh to call you so— will you give uS your ble.sssing on our love • Right willingly; my dear son," she. said ; " and: there is somebody Over there who join blessings With me, I'm sure." Guy had not notice( the ' 1 :" I seated on the otherde of the apart,. merit. -Ile turned,and Guy exclaimed; Uncle!" turning his inquiring gaze from one to another. • "Vs, ' Uncle,' von young rascal= no, you dear boy!Gott bless You—both of you!" Mr. Evcrsfield said,. clasping Guy and . Mira in one embrace. I—l cannot understalid_," Guy began saying. • And Mira, turning her pleading eyes to his:, said, "0 ! forgive me, Guy—" aie clever little foldin b machines, eachof v'. - hich,ean fold dai li twelve thousand large sheets three times, while even the indst active and e:N. - penenced young woman thinks herself smart and[ wins for herself] credit if she can dispose of four hun- ArkNl sheets in an hour There is the I sinaShing machine; which hammers the leaves close and flat after they linve been collected into' a volume fivin the gathering table, compress ing their contents into a third their former size. There is the sawing machine, which saws across the backs Forgive ! Nothing of the kind. of these volumes five openings large Bless,.rather. 'Pon my soul, if lam enough to admit' the twines with not half crying, when this is the hap- which they are (seeped ; and the pe piest day of my life. Ab, my boy ! enliarly Constructed eewing macline Fate wove her web about you. This =a recent American invention; by dear girl is Miss Leighton—" , whieh.the cast of hand sewing is sated "Then who, in Heaven's name, is *which sews each leaf securely in this girl ?" cried out Lewis Brewster, its place. It operates as easily and who bad entered lie room just then, as rapidly almcist as a loom, and holding by the hand a pale and trem- wends its shuttle between every two bling girl. sheets as regularly and deftly As " Forgive me! 0, forgive me,,Lew- Could be wished. There is the cut is," the girl sobbed. ting machine, whiCh trims first the And Mr. 'Eversfield exclaimed, fore edges, and then, when the backs ",What is all this about? What have been glewed ',and rounded, cuts' does it mean?" oil' the ends of the volumes also. "It mean*, sir, that this girl'nuir- There is the backing machine, which ried me under false pretences. 1 be- spreads out the hacks with roller, lieved her Miss Leighton," Lewis and makes an indentation for the answered, angrily. *muds of' the covers.: There is the " Ah, ah 2 Indeed I And now youjitimping machine; which stamps tl *ld` otit o lou have married thf covers n a d according i n sp g iraualni.ci:4evied pat .OOe 1111:$141010h • - • • c etriz,i, - V , Vl,ll-i ,, ,cken "Vir*..o. qt 4-45 •' :2 • right But she is too good for you." t t‘ L—l--it is not legal, sir. I will not stand it. I was deceived," Lewis enntinued. ' 0, I tried to tell you once, .but yOit would not let me. You would call um Miss Leighton. I feared, to logo you. I loved you. Indeed I did I" :i! Poor girl I you are to be pitied. And yon, sir—did you not' deceive heg with pretences of true love? Bah ! She is your wife ! And look tOlt, Mr I • I will not have my niece treated with any disrespept, even by her. husband. • There, child, dry your teak I will take, you with me until your husband finds a home for you. Yop, sit-liad better try and win the same polition that . you omupied an hin'ir ago in your wife's heart.. 'Go Crestfallen, Lewis left the room and..house. But he retuined to his genies in a few days, and preparing a borne for his bride, took her to it, declaring it airy_ rate she was the handsomest girl he knew, viii looked the lady. • When de door closed after - Lewis Brewster find his wife, Mira, turned clixiekly and said, ".Guy, I Meant not te,'Continue this deception. When. I first;fonnd out your name,--I hardly ,knew whY t —l only gave: . you part of mine ; unless l i nked you well enough, e} en then, to be anxious to have Miss Leighton become less hateftil to you. I Would have told . you when you first called, but your ,Uncle made me proMise not to. Am I forgiven ?" Don'tispeak of 'forgiyeneSs; dear loVe f ," Guy said. " I havelion ii pure atUt true heart, and that, to me, was mOrtt than all the gold that • earth give. • , MAKING A OYOLOPEDIA; A literary work, in sixteen royal octhvo volumes, which has engaged the services of two editors-in-chief, si)i associate editor's, twenty-four re visstis and more than five hundred contributors, has occupied three years in 'preparation,' has even before com pletion secured forty-five. thousand subscribers RIO returned to itaipub lishers more than ?4,000,000, ,while the . last volume is st.ill in press, is an object of more than ortliziary inter est. . - The purpose of the editors of the ruitv edition of Appletons' American . CYclopedia has been to put the work published in 1867 1 63 fully abreast of We times, a'hd thus present a paint : raMie view ofsa.ll, , human knowledge: They have desired 'to . produce, not a gaietteer or a dictionary, but a'the swirl's of full and fresh information oh mechanics, mathematics, astrona mY, philosophy, chemistry, ; and phys iology.; on agriculture, 'commerce, and manufactures ; on; law, medicine and theology •, on biography, history, geOgraphY and ethnology ; on politi ealeconOtny, trades, inventions, generallitcrature and the things of:common life ; and in treating of thew:. various matters they have had the co-operation of some of the best scholars of America and of Europe. Ttie work of the editors begins by selecting a staff of assistants and re visers,_ fifteen pr twentp of Whom work regularly 'day after: day in the publishing hot*. on Broadway. To eneh writer, whCther:in New York or out of it,-his subject or subjects are assigned; and in a short time the manuscripts begin to• come in ; but no; article contributed to the eyelo pellia appears. therC as at first writ- ten. Each passes iiticcessively tbro' the hands of three or four scholars, who exercise their skill and learning in axamining„; amending and sifting itS contents. Aecuyacy is - the very tti.st consideration. and no pains are sPared to secure it. After the arti cle has been sets up iin type, the proof is!'subjected to several additional re viSions • • and those contribution's which deal with bioraphical 'and 'ge e) ographical.. matters receive no less tlian ten distinct and careful re-ex aminations. Expressions of opinion ou controverted, s pointa of science, pplities or theolUly are cut out forth with ; the very *est information on tiie subject in- hand is appended ; an American point ofiqew in distinction fliorn an English, Bench or German one is steadfastlytlmaintained ; and where the style of wfiting is heavy or ohicure l it is made simple, forcible and attractive. When the facts are incomplete they arc supplemented ; *hen partially or inaccurately . stated they are amended hand corrected ; when insufficient they are supplemen ted ; (hen out of date they are dis circled ; when .ha 4, expressed they are expressed *well.l',';.ln the metropo- . of the United t !O r ates there are plenty of books of reference and plen tf of Scholars to it 4e them. , ,Afterthe' autholl . awl editor come the compositor, thestereotvper, the pressman and the tender. The large *tory in 1.11-Ooki n would teach Most personOmore things in an hour than they could forget in a lifetime. There are the clever little foldida entleman -- 1 - t• , i t squeezes the troOks, as they , lie on their side tintitthey are dry: If the returnsi from - sitch a work are large the. outlay is large too. VV ery page ilof printed 'batter means from ten to fifty dollarti - to the writer of it; so that the/average cost of pre paring themanuscript of each volume is no less than $4,000. !To this must be added 06.000ias the average cost of the ill itStrations. Before the l)ri n ter pees- bookl it has cost the pub lishers )330,000.1 The illustrations are a new s ,feature . of the present edi tion And are executed, in the . best style of 11;ad engravings. A collec tion of their, comprising more than four thou4nd—a notable and most interesting picture gallery—has been prepared for the Centennial Exhibi tion, and Is ?now 'displayed at the pnblishinglouse on Broadway. The ,1 maps and Charts are especially accu rate and clear. The cost of type-set ting and co:f stereotype and electro type platen is about .$6.000 per vol 'time ; thatd of . printing v Ate., $l4OOO per 'volume. The Cost of binding do. pends, of course upon the kind of ma terial used '5 about one`-eighth of the copies soldf i are bound in cloth, about two•eighths in leather, and about five eighths in morocco. ,In filling the orders already received nearly three million pcitinds of paper have been used ; andfl in type-setting, , printing and' inding more than ,seven hun dred Then women, boys and girls are employed'i Aixout three, hundred general canvassing agents are en gaged in selling the books, the lar gest sales having! been I made' in New Yor,k, MaiisachuSetts, ' Ohio , Califor nia,PennSYlvauia, Illinois, Indians, lowa, WiSconsini . Minnesota, Ifichi grin and lklissoun ; and the great Work has only ;hist begun.--N. Y. Evening Ppst. . I, • \. POOR )110114RD'S itAXIXB. The maxims () Dt. Franklin, tho' often printed, lose noting of ,theit . value by a;iepetition; , hey' .may, at :, . ,1 the present, timeiserve to strengthen wood resoliitions l . 1 1, 1. Plow deepyliiie the sluggards , sleep, and you will have grain to sell . and keep. 11 .1 . 2. Priliefl is al; loud a beggar ..as want, and ii deal more . 3. SilkaSatinsOcarlets, anil Velvets put out the kitchen fi re. •-" I - • ,-- 1; - -- 7 4. Diligence ;is the mother of - 4 1 " good luck.' j. : 1 . r 1 5. Prhlibreal4asted with plenty, dined withVverty; and-supped with . „ Infamy. il - i , . 6. Extr.iingsneesndlimprovidenee end at the ;'krisoli door.l . . 7.• It is easier to bui Id two chim neys than to keep one ,n fuel. 8. If you Would know the value of money, gQI and '!,ry 'tot borrow some. 9. The eyes the Master will do more work =than both IZis hands. -) 10. Wlia:t. maintains! one in Vice will bring Op two . 11. He tint giies x bbrrowing - goes a sorrowing, 124130 1 er 9 , 0 led supperleSs than rise id debt 4' 13. Slotli,rusteonsinn l es faster than labor worg. 14. A lite of leisurelara:a life of aziness aro two 'Oifferent things. 15. Thre MONCf4 ar fire.. 16. Creditors generally.have great er memories than debtors. 17: The Irolling .ste gathers no moss. ' 18. If you would lucre your busi ness done,lo; 'if not, Isend.` 19. It islooliS . ll,to !lay out money in the punibase rekntance. 20. B 4 what thm;i needest not, and thou shalt sell tliV necessities. i l 5,1 • I .• ri Ti ALCOIIOE4C ...? TOW LENTS, ..A.:BIING. PH VOCAL 11 ExPosugEl—Where men arc subject i to great and. prolonged f exposure cold, says pr. T. Lander Brunton hi' the .Fracticioner, experi ence- has taught ,i them - the danger of takifig sgints;;while the 'exposure continues. il Myi friend, Pr. Fayer, told me. thiit when crawling through the wet henther; in pursuit of deer, on a cold (fay, lie offered the keeper who accompanied hini a pull from ,his flask. The old man declined, saying_: " lgo, think you, it is- too cold." Tile hiinbereis in Canada, who arc engaged in felling-timber in the pine forests, living there all win ter, sleeping in.the hes- dug in the snow and laying on spruce branches Covered With buffalo robes, allow'no spirits iniltheir camp, and destroy any that nay be found there. The eicierienee of/relic travelers on this subject is near y unanimous.; and I - owe m3i - friend, Dr. Milner Fothergil4 an 'anecddte Which nig ri trates it in a very stinking way. A party of Americans c ing the Sier ra Nevalla4ene*pcA trs a spot . aboVu the snow line, and in nn exposed hit nation., :Some Uf them tookw good deal of 'spirits before 'going to sleep. And they liky ddwn warm and -happy: 'some took( a moderatO quantity, and lay down FiSomeWhat chilled, but not very cold othdrs took none at all, and they i'lay down Very cold ' and miser/0;1(.4 Next morning, however, those who had i taken no spirits got np feeling' quite well, those who had taken A little get up fCeling cold and, wretehed,iland those who had taken a ,good dealidid not get Up - at all; they had perished from cold during the lo night: Those who kno alcohol kept thelillyeart warm at the expense of their skill, and the) remained well', those wh:o 'toot: too Much warmed their skinat the ex ,en§e o a f , their heart, and - t l ileyl died. ' . :co I).ivairia.4-.-Ile ounged up to 3 the offwe i rounter, piekvd up a tooth pick; andlas he pried way at his mo lars he said to the clerk: '' Mustlbe hard—musn't it T —for a man to he hurled in a trance state ? '' " Yes'e," wa the brief reply. "That's all I'm afraid of," contin ued the confidential dead-beat. " I'm afraid I'll be buried before I'm really 1 dead." il, n I " I guess not." amiered the clerk. "the lairregui . „ iites b t. , ." Ile law ? i How " "It prescribes hovv i long the body shall hang before be ing cut down." .The !Mtn softly hkul the tooth-pick down alai counter and. went over to look a the Glee Of the daily pa ,1411.....':' . • : q ..i...,..- -:•'::14,-;' ,-;!,...',.,,i' ' T. --- T $2 100-Annum In Advance.; Ell PUBLid sviow or !the 101ferland bh . na Jfaitigives an ac , count of a a range sOicide which was lately conimited aG Full ehow Poo. It seems that a young lady, an inhabitant of, that eitY!„ who had the'misfortune to be left .a *How while 3 1 et in her teens, was liegyd by titile injudicious relatives to ;enter , again into the bonds rof weqlock. The thought thus I sitggeSted Of Supplying the place of her late hus band Was so repugnant to he feel ings that, in order to escape fron the perseention t of herailvisers, she de termined to "ascend to heaven on the back of a s i tork l " or, in Other Words, Publicly to commit suicide. Having arrived at this determina tion,' a , l day was fixed for the ceo, mo. ny. - Early on the fatal morning the lady dressed as the Qiieen of Heaven and surrounded by a large foll Owing Of admiring relativeil and friends, Started ,from her late husband's house in 'an open sedan-chair for the scene of her ;self-inflicted death. By the way she visited her parents, to bid' them farewell, and stripped oce4sion- Oly on he way to taste the viands Which were placed at intervals by the. side of the road, as at a fuoeral. Ply arriving at an open space at the back of the Hai-cluzou Temple she , mounted on a scaffolding which had been erected for the purpose,i and, having bowed to the vast (Towd which had assembled to witness the proceedings, she cried with a lond voice, l l ' Heaven and earth! and my friends! I am quite satisfied to die in this manner. Having said this she steppedon to a chair on the platform and thrust her - head through the noose of:a red .which hung suspended from a crossbeam aboie, her. At 01.14 same moment a red cloth was placed over f r ier head and face, and then without the 'least hesitation, she jUmped"and she ;eat iced without the least tippar rt, struggle. ITLfortunately the effects of this •yortpg lady?' selklevOtion did not end 'with life, for so deep an impress ion ,did her conduct make on some boys who had witnessed' the spec tacle that they amused themselves on the foll Owing day by making believe o .foll w her exampler 13y a rnisad veniu , while one off them was ad justing the rope round his neck his playm ran off, and on their return ;hey ft and that he likewise had "as cended to heaven on the back of la stork." From the Pagl Mall Gazett. MB MI I ast bloody contest at qettya- • ned abottt 1 p. m. by a can-.! ILee's plan': of attack was i .e as that of the day before. 1 I that Lonotreet no*' had , s_ ditision, - o'and Lee, lidded I ision and two ;brigades!, of 4. to the attacking 1 i `1 ,CO UM 1. --,. - 1 :-. was a different : ma , . , iln,u (:‘,*, 1 Ilety. Longstreet . is ; .;pi.l to i •ought together in his fro t, e the low ground to.,rtl, of, Round Top, fifty-five •`, lorri, .11ns, and Hill massed r 'some ; Core " a little farther to wards • ,i :site to our centre. •1 , signal gun wad fired 1 .. ? . .. the and from the southwest,' : west, ; and north6ast,l his batteries j ~ htirtling into' the couetery ' l s missileaof every description. I ,Urst in thetkir, 'on the gi,rolirO, 1 -right atut . left, and i a front,. men and , ho4eizt s , exploding a. overturning - toreb4ones 4 ashina fences.j The Ooops 1 L 0 their cover, when thqy had 1 .- well'as they could. *Oite reg of Steinwehr's was tearfully is ieces by a shell. Seveiral of passing a certain path within a 'throw of my pOsition were el -1 lied or wounded. The Ger-' l l cy 1 holding our horses; l under ver of Cemetery Hill, On 'the slope, near a large rooc,• had arm clipt off with a fragment ell. Men fell while eating, or the food was in their hands, me with cigars in their nijoutli4. re seemed to be actually no of safety, my staff orli4rs sat nearly in frcint of four t: weive- Parrott guns that plityld over ~: ds,. almost every 'available being covered. with aittillery. " sabots (the pieces or wood e placed between the,catridges ie elongated shot) would some- I i y Off and.itit ua when the guns 1 e made large l piles of hard boxes, and sat in front 9f them g the operations of thOenenly I•ur glasses; thus 'prOtected :t our own . ,gunp, but exposed --0 enemy's.kr: 0. 0, IfowAan Atlantic for ..lily. : t 'r , grotm Shells at our killing caisson *lid hugg• any, iment cut to Seers p etou • tiler k man the c Baste his le of a s ---- , : ight line is the sho st in morals as in geometry. ! e e sick "man the doc r that he choose the remedy? ' awe the greatest!debt of gratitude who tell us the l truth. • 1 p Words and good deeds ~, a re the 6 owe for the air we breathe. As al, we 18 t should to thoi l Goo rout , OT not sh ALL handl' bosoth PEA' second first. TB the rn deal vi IT is friend:' heel, • cury. IAI tribut worth' they . 1 won, T on to watt A : brute some f all brutes. 4z , reserve the lire, by' blow,ifig it, ; we rivet MlWliithe gifts ; l lPon xls• Illittlidst UcrAn satet tsbonrce lettakt, Prfilfid•' ;.! ; so, b God BA MS lEEE I,IIJMEE4 4. A WEIXIW ra I lABNONADE AND A 44130 AT GETTYSBURG. • I . TBlrms. , tsij can be iovc God wbielt does pe itself int? obedience. I,: that tread the globe' are bnt a of the tribes that slumber in its LE shouldn't tails abut having tho sober thaught Ivho never had the ,1 ' s i -• - . l man who is honest fußn;poliey is, i ,st dangerous customer we lave to r ith. . .1 1 an unpleasant:fact that what your call self-p.rssession ' your , mernies •• ' • . . .• 1 illing heart adds featinri.s . .yr]the ,nd makes the clown a winged Mer -1 i it in immortality is thci, highest that the World has paid to !the of life. . : i '' • N men publish their acts ofcbarity oubt the,ability of the Is* to keep .t,. . • . . -i.. 1 ' i: , • 1 e, with all item ritY, moves slowly him whose whole employment is to its flight.: . , 'i. ( ' 1 * ngtuar fact, that, when a, man ! is a .. ho Is the most' sensual :tad lil,ath. CM i 1 Ship supdr.t.—Ootrum lee? r, gfiliS•2/24, , 1 . 1 ! ?men crogarigi; sivilit4W' , ! , The dedkutke of the timpivomortti* to the general tadcidatZplace *A A en Maths after he m ' IV ewe, years Sad six Bathe: in building 4 and Was finishid in theleighth ramth arj the • eleventh year - of Solemn', ` serge: The dedicatiou,'Uccordin# to _/ Kings 82 4 began in the seve n t h month's, which eind&Z , not have been earlier thin' eheren monthsll alter the work was done Bat why ; was the dedecaticei deferred so i king? ' Same think because the twelfth year of &du: i moo's reign was:. a Jubilee !year, and the People were able in grcatir !Milberg to ati tend. I This may ben true. But it is a sifficient ea lariatioe that the lega l of Tabernacles, When all the males were ii required to preseptotheimelVes before tlio! ' Lortltook plat* 'in the 'eleventh month; i, and as this festival hadtow before the terMie was finished , it. necessary to ' ll .. wait until its annual returt.! This would i secure a great andgiaderti - company at 1 Jerusalem; and make the_ edication grand 1 arid imposing, is; such lin occasion us--; /Mired. , I, On 'r lessen giviii the slit set . In this gol . -1 , emu transaction.,! lt wan the removal of 1 , 1 the irk and thei other furidtarevof thei sanctuary into the newliimilt temple. . 1 "Bolemon agsettibledelders of the 1 people and all the heads f the tribes, in a word, the princes of the pithiness as !I tt representatives of the °Omni' 1 °metal:lt of Israel; to / himself at Jertisalem, whither, 'I also, all the men 'af Israel Came and air., l l peered at the feast of tallernaelea, filling.Jl on the fifteenth day of thiiseventhmontb, li and joined' in the' dedictition of. the tem. 1 pie immediately I hefore the feist."—iter7. j The ark was on Mount Zi t UN , Wfutre David L i! had placed it. The solemittpageant open ed with " sicrifieieg sheep and oxen, that l' could ',not be Mid Tier mannered for mul.! i titude." Two:reasons life given" for this great "!lumber of sacrifices.; Thii7 were made i" on a Seale of inaknifiCence Om- II re Weitali and Ow lensurate with his vast ; ; , 1 grander° of his enparallfiled adminittirs=l tien.l "These" sacrifice:Xi were mostly eaten i by the people, and/ the multitude assembled there was one reason for the great number of the sacrifices.", . !I ;The . / next step was the! removal of the 1 Ark into the oracle, or 1 the 'Most holy I place, !which was done by the priests. The -1 cherubim were placed upt its tep, to sig m l nify the special protection of angels, whichll God's ordinances and the assemblies ,ofdj his w i ople are staves, imiler.-,-/lenry.•.,? ! "They drew tho staves, after the ark wasl set dOwn in the most holy ! place, solar'! forward that their ends could - be observed II from the Sanctuary by the 'elevations on.ll the.veil, which Might be Seen in the sasio- 1 teary itself, but not With q ue"—Kill: • ,;1 Thus the Ark was locatod. • But before ,i 1 leavink this subject the historian pauses] to Mate that there was nothing in the A.ril but the two tablei of stone. 'nits is sp. :I ',Meetly in contradiction: to Bebe. 9:4i There are two ways of reiooring the difil- cultyJ One is to sepposeithat St. Paul is :1 speaking of the, tabernacle es constructed and furnished . by Moses, and k not of the temple built five he ndred Years afterwards. 1 " The probability is, that the ark during 1 its many removrls •by the 'meanies after .. i i it was constructed, and ,iii particular due; !I ing,ita captivity , by the philistines, i was il i deprived of those sacred qePosits; for wo ;1 hear no, more of them.'!---, ! Stuart. The :i other explanation is that the Trod of Aaron 1 and the pot Of manna were !never zeithia 1 the Ark but merely placed b . rfore it. See EX. l6:3: - ..34. NurnY 17:41 - ; • 1 ! , i , The priests wi th drew from the oracle. . 4l . a a The veil was thou dropp°d4nerer to tic lifted except once a: yea,i•- by the Iligli i t , Priest. The human part yeas - finished. :1 The Ark had entered inte it° rest. ' . But 1 another step wati requisite :Th9 cloud of ii 1L ! q glory that dwelt between the cherubbWin :4 the tabernacle was absentl . All 'was dark rl as Job in the most holy Place. Bit not, -I 1 v for long. While, the prieite atood in the 11 sanctuary, and the singerand trnmperters 1 1 1' stood around the altar, and ; the :shoat ii. went up, For ho is good for, his mercy eedureth forever ! (2 Chrent 5:11-14) the 'I house 'was filled with the ' glenty of the Lord. The Shekinab return ed , to its place; 1 yid so great warn the glory Of it that the priests could not stand ta, minister in the I sanctuary. This must have reference to r! a blinding radieuce thatc: streamed from 1. the cloud as it - descended and settled over 1 the mercy-seat For subsetinently the glory was coMiried to the ;most' holy place, and not visible in the. seletiMr3r., This I . cloud was the sign of the ,cird'ii Presence 1 and acceptuiee'ef the temple as his dwell= i l ing-place. ' Pi. 132:14. So! Solomon un derstood it. 1 " The Lora said that hell would dwell in the thick darkness (or; il the eloud). I' have surer imilt thee an ii house, to dwell in." The temple therefore i ! was complete.' ' The body' Old the 15014.-. t the human and the dietnis part—botli li were present and perfect. 1. And then, full II of joy, he tutuad' and bleesed : (as the an- II 'Muted head either!. nation) the assembled. " peoPle, who bad. freely presented their 1 gifts for the erection ; of !the temple-re- 1* hearied the priinities of Ged to - David and!' testified to his faiihfulne; in performing 6=l them—and publicly dedicated the temple , as a place for the ark au d itlus `mg-kace of JCbOvab. '4hen Solomon descnbes the temple as tne place for the ark,' he points out as its heart and cen ter. This it Was inasintoch as the cove- Dant,' in consequence of which the Lord of heaven and earth condescended to dwell u God of Israel, in the ',idiot of this, his ' chosen people, rested entirely upon his holy law which was deposited in the Ark. The temple iris only th 4 dwelling-photo of the Lord in: so far MS it i was.the place , „for the Ark."—Keil. - i 't • This subject suggests Ts pertinent ques tion—viz: what congtit44i a church,—or_ a house of Goot? - Is it rr.'erely gold, silver, Stones, wood? Is it anything but the 4resence and glory of God ? And to whom will God's glory be manifested? To those merely who receive the oirdinances or wor ship in a certain way, or to the humble; the penitent, the pure id heart, the meek, the lovers of righteouifieS,„ the pacific,i the merciful? it would ! seem that this i question owuld only tie) answered; in one way. 3 Tuns is an energy of moral suasion in a good man's life pass ng the highest ef forts of the orator's gauluc : - " Wno frew dat peallut: at me?" asked a darkey when struck on the eraniunt with a sand hag thrown ant of kballoon. Tun smallest complinemt we receive from one another, &neer! more pleasure' than the greateat oompiiment we pay oast` • selves 4 _ PHILOSOPUT is but dry biead,_ non will not live upon believer wisoksaleast' they require the succulent food and mit; ing cup of religion. 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