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H6RI‘E-StIOEINt; seEt'IKLTY fort, trva:ml. Nara:Lac tx;irts tbes Cekt rated CALIFORNIA FICA ahoy In l'arragc rac-t•.17. oti„Ptrn - I To.iranda,"l%,„lan. I NSURANCE AGENC Y .. ft,ll‘ , l6lvg , RELIABLE. AND FIRE TRIED Com ANCsitinft. rtitENlx. itomr tiEntto:l - Nrs. ItLATVIC EZSECIEE FREDERICK TA I•7r A; CO:, GENLI:A Ml:!it NO. 9. Sth wATER 'STREET, . ; rUILADr.Lrum., • z , ! Jl - 114.: E '1.% Y of War. ICE KY i;t ).Ft.1:1.. ' JP:RESII.4.III WALKER. Fi rialadciptita. II) )N. l). /". ftl - .NNFTT,V,ISI4IO...Nes tl Po. nro IL'AcbsnyugNsw ert. • apixt.s.? S.W. ALVORD, Publisher. , : ,VOLUME XXXVII. TAYLOR & CO! TOWANP•, PA 1k.c.9,75 Togonads. April 20. I 8 S. WILXL.-jIIBR2, PA July 27.1% NEW .COOPS J. N. C' CLIFF FAY . DOWN BOTTOM PRICES! Jan. 1, 1575 DRY. GOODS! TOWAIqP , A. PA ?Ow A Ca WE ARE RECEIVING OUR NEW SPRING GOODS THIS WEEK WE HAVE BOUGHT THI ' AT THE LOWEST PRICES OF THE - SEASON, AND WILL SELL THEM,. El PRICES NEVER BEFORE E Q 13' A I, E D . TAYLOR k CO. lent k Bliss. s -. PRESS` GOODS DOMESTICS! FLANNELS! FANCY GOODS! ■ NOTIONS! A - c., &c., ste., &c., Bought during the i r , L A T' WEEK! And will be sold at, the Lowest Prices of the season, at i - KENT k BLISS. TowanstU, haat St, t4ti, ` 1 jfestild Notifg. i= ALL TBIIOB PERIM SAVE MITE. Tax followleg truly charming , lines, by the poet Lowell, touch the beart-strtngs so tenderly tbat they remind us forcibly of ropo's • Vital Spark of Hearn yl Flame :•• . Sweet morn—eo cool, No calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky. The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, And thou mug die. Sweet roar—whore fragrance now I crave, To glsat my wen= and Joy mine eye, Thy root to ever in its grave, For thou most die. • Sweet Spring --XI fall of shine and shovers, It makes the weary spirit sigh, To thluic, with all thy herbs and flowers, That thou must die. Sweet music—e'en the lovely song • Which from my harpiin window nigh • Is floating on the breeie along, E'en thou must die. And all the bright and glistering train or stars that stud the deep blue sky Must they all perish—none remain To glad the eye ? And Tales, and fields, and rushing stream's, Awl mountains that Invade the sky, ' Are they as ha.seleSs as our dreams? And must they die ? ' And all that's Twauttful and falr On Nntnm's face—love's melody, ► That makes sweet music of the air. ' .1111—a11 must die And man. frail tomtit of senseless clay, tiow hie glance is proud and high, Perchance upon this passing day lie too tray dlo I But the bright stout—that, shrilled within. The gnenehless light in mortal toiru-+ Tionigti dimmed by misery and eta, Defies the worm. When all the stars shall tacl,l' And sun's In their own blaze expire, And tracEless cornetneease to stray With wand'ring fire. The soul shall errs Hre, nor know The tapes of time, but dwell on hlg,loj And .hare—ln endless jox or woe -I::critt ty:, HER OWN LIVING.. Tall and slight, with blue, wistful eyes, lips ripe and red as a Wood= berry, and a complexion all carmine and white like a damask rose in the sunshine. Erminia Hall's was a face that an artist would hare fallendown and worshipped. But it is never aS philosophers tell ns, there is. 4 n 'pensation in all things. The marked girl that sat acroaslhe aisle froth her in church, was a Millionaire's daughter, and this young thing with the angel face was on the out-look for an e ligible position as governess For ;Erminia Hall was penniless; and-it was necessary for her, to earn her livelihood in some way or other, and the trade of governess was at, least genteel. " Keep a day school," suggested old Mr. Prince, who had been wont to dine every Sunday with Judge flail during that eminent bankrupt's lifetime, and to consume a quantity of lobster salad, champagne and . boned turkey, which was simply air. paling upon those festive occasons. "Nobody wouldeome to me,' said poor Erminia, tears in her eyes: She had .supposed, inexperienced. child that she was, that Mr. Prince Would luive . been ready with a twenty or fifty dollar bill in thiS her neces sity. **Needlework," suggested Mrl Clay, who had mysteriously made Money out of the very speculation that had beggared the dead man. I never learned to sees," faltered Erminia. " I could not earn a cent that wad•.'' I lump !" grunted Mr. Clay..l "The education of women in the present (lay is - out-ra-ge-ons-ly defective. should all be reformed." , " Do you suppose," meekly lipz.artl.;. ed Erminia, "that I could obtain any copying from your office? Madamoi-: selle Leferu used to say I wrote an elegant :hand. Here is a specimen. 7 ."14p strokes thin, down strokes . black, long tails to the 'g's andj'y'.4.-4 Itaiian selool. eh ? eshaw! Youi writing may'do for a perfumed note; or a young lady's album, but no law= ver would look twice at it. But I dare say you'll scratch along some how." Ilow '!" murmured Erniinia, lutely repressing the :tears that were rising to her eyes. , " Ito* 'Why; .there are war 4 enough. Nobody needs to starve in this country. I dare say if yonkeeli, on . the lookout something will turn An'il that was all the sati4sctioti that Erminia Hall iot. • , 1 :..qie went next .to her rich cousin; Mrs. IleHairs' Melton. I ._ , •• I am sorry' you came this morn` ing, Erminia,'"- , said that lady coldly; " I am busy With my accounts:" '- I won't-detain you- an instant,' said Erminia. with a sinking heart I—l—aced something to do very much: Mrs. Beßalm Belton shut her lipS together. as if her mouth were a new patent portmonaie; and pencilled down her figures without looking. up'. "And I thouaht," went on Ertni, nia, her heart failing, her more and -I . could perhaps teach your little children. I would work for very little, and—" Quite out of the question," said Mrs: Bellairs Belton. "I have just len cra..4l a :Swiss' bonne, who will give , them the regular accent." And Erminia turned away, feeling almost desperate. Lunch was now ln process—she, perceived flip fra grance of the chocolate, and see the l dinint , room girl setting French rolls (land spiced salmon on the table, yet Mrs. Beliars Belton never askd her Ito stay and break bread with her. . Oh, how. strange and cruel the iworld is!" said Erminia, with a ehok;. ing sensation in her throat. "" I I had i so many friends when poor parts was and now I have not one except (Major Miles, but I will not go to liim'. was always criticising and carp ing, even in the days of our prospert 7 ty ; , now he would be simply intoler 7 table." And so poor ErMinia llallj crept Into a cheap restaurant to appease the gnawing pangs of hunger. For she lad lodged and boarded herself, in 'order to save the greatest possible amount of ready cash, and she had !eaten but little the whole day. I '1 ( 1 TOWANDA, BRADFORD, COUNTY, 1., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1876. dk oyster stew and a cup of tea It seemed like boundless -extrava gance to the girl; but she was very faint and hungry, and felt the sore necessity for food. She was early yet, there are few customers at the neat little white draped tables, and the iproprietor was leaning against the counter talking to a woman who seenied to be some relative. " They've struck, every one of 'em,l' said he.- " The ungrateful fellows, 'after , I had Paid them good regular , wages, all or the autumn , when no one else did! and now, have to shut lip shop, I won't have one of 'em back again. employ women, hanged if I don't." " I don't ''.see why you shouldn't," said his interlocutor. They'll come for less and work harder. • Women always do." "So I've heard," said the'reastau rant I man. "And I'll advertise to morrlow for a lot .of girls to wait here.!' Erminia rose and went timidly. toward the red faced, good natured looking man. 4 ' Sir," said she "you spoke of cm ployilg girls far waiters. I need; work, I will come and work faith fully) Will Yciu employ me.!" ; • Thb restaurant keeper looked be wi de l red. " are a lady, Miss !" stuttered know that," said Erminia, as if iere making some damaging ad. 16 she " but ladies must lire. And I am very poor." So the next day she , came in a frilled , white apron and a french print dress, and began Ler newduties in the " Eagle eating saloon." i „ "A t 1 t," she told herself_ lam .ieast .2 ; - earning my own livelihood.! And whenl.l am busy I donh have time to think" Mil Bellairs Belton came: in one day for a glass of ale and a plate of oysters. " Bless my soul !" gasped he, as Ertninia nail, quick and neat; look ing as if site had been horn and bred to the trick, served him, " this is never yon !" " INi c hy not ?" said Erminia; laugh ing in spite of herself. " xy wife's cousin in a cheap res taurant ?" he exclaimed," Good heav ens ! What k the world coming to ?" " It's not so disagreeable a busi ness as you might think it," said Ermittia, "And 1 must live." ' " Disgraceful !—perfectly disgrace ful !" said Mr. Bellairs Belton, as he kit tedi out, leaving his oysterS' untast ed. Prince came- in for a sardine up of cofee--chimpagne and 1 . were, altogether out of the M r. and a trunk. n when 'he had to settle the MIMI bill o t of his own pocket—and he started and grew very red when he saw Erminia. But. he looked straight into his cup of coffee, and pretended not to know her. And Mr. Clay stared at .her as if she was some rare 'curiosity On exhi bition, when he gave his order one day foira bawl of mock•; turtle: soup. "So it's yo.u, is it . sa' he. "17t.‘s, sir, it is 1." said Erniirda. " I think you might have geine into some.more credittble businesS," said he. . . " A y business is creditable which honestly supports a girl," retorted Eraritha, "and if you can suggest, any iinprovement I am ready to listen.r ? Ouritimid little lassie' lia.s grown independent, see. Mrp lay muttered something about "distorted ideas," and then burned his tongue with his hot soup, while the yo mg banker's clerk, who came to lun li every day, and sat opposite, laughed in his sleeve.- ' " That's" the prettiest girl! I ever saws" thought Rudolph Penfield. "If I could . afford to, marry, and she were willing—two rather essential i if's,' by the{ way —I would make her my wife. II don't. think that . I ant posi tively !.iisagreeable to her, foil gentle and mOdest as she is, I can See the color rise to her cheek when I come in ; -and I believe she would be a jewel 4f great price to shine, on the breast, of the lucky man who wins her." _. 1 , Three weeks after, young -Penfield had waxed more positive on the sub 'eet. , , ast have her," said be: " Lit ic half of my salary is, it must e than she earns -here i And ncic looks favorably on the of my marriage, hell be surie something handsome for, us. ng him here to see her.; That. alt him." i the next day Rudolph • Pen dere(' cold roast lamb for twy ielf and a portly olThgentle ith g rizzled hair and a beard, , n blue eyes like a January tie as ti be mo if my t matter to do I'll brix will me Anil field ori —himsl man It e ! and I: , sky. I in Ho!" said the old gentleman daillyliterl" " It's •• It' minis. Co Major like 3 - 6 A girl girl ft, Major Miles," thought Er e .here. my dear," said the "you're a girl of pinek. t. So does my nephew 'here. ho isn't afraid ; to worlds the my money." E=ll=M= END h Penfield and,' Enni►l:a Hall arried, the Major took them RUdOil l were 111 I 1 his brown stone louse on ,n nvenne. home t Matii lolph muse‘kocp on *orking, gm same," said the major:, "1 ord to support him in idle ut I want Erminia in the just th I can't a DCSS. housewith me: She's pretty, and I like to cx11: ather; she's smart and j zo I like talk to her." The Bellairs Belton left their c 6 ards when they heard the young couple had hen adopted by the wealthy Major Miles; but Erminia never re turned their call. - I have worked out the problem of my destiny without any-help from them;",!she said. quietly. And .co She.hful. . r00R,. 7 ED clothes nevicr ; • 14:Tri.:rt go ronirl than fall in, a ditch. Brrriat go alone than in kul comPany. Cut your coat according to your cloth. CATii the bear before you sellhisskin. 1)0 mill' rip up old sores. I)dignce commands success. EvEttlir couple is not a pair. :Et v.irTuts,-ct is trod in ;to soosproi REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER. • . (For the Ithrohrits.Y. ; 2 THE DECLARATION OF INDEPEt:i DENCE. . . P. iWe are now bOastiner as a nation that we .are, a hundred years old. This maybe* great age for an Indi vidual, but it is ordY_ an infant's age when applied to a nation. Rome could boast, of a thousand years be. fore her decay. Great Britain had been growing for a thousand years be; Tore our nation was born, and, al; thOugh she lost thirteen of her colo nips in our war of independence, she stands to day the strongest and morit influential empire in . the world. k wiser method than :boasting of our fig* and achievements is thestudy of our nation's history, and especially thht part of our history which led to the Declaration of our Independence one hundred years . ago. • trhe revolutions of the. Ameriean colohies to secure their independence did not spring from a sudden fanati. cis n. The causes which led to it can . ; tracedbet e back beyond even the Stamp Act' 0t1,1775. The British goternment had long resisted , the co coerce of thc colonies, before she: de ermined to oppress them by a wire direct.taxation. British states;•. men reasoned that, as the mother. cohntry had incurred great expense in defending the eolonies during the,• French and Indian_ wars, it was only,, fair that they Should assist in cancel; inn- the national debt, and hence Pani. lialnent proceed to obtain a reyenuel from Anyericaris by laying a tax on tea and sugar, notes and bonds. No to could be imported without pay, ins a revenue into the British treasi i : ury, and no business documents, could -have legal value unless writ tei upon stamped •paper. The. colo4 rtes protested against Parliament lading such taxes upon them, because, of , in'q representatives in that body!, taxation without represen tation," answered our American statesmenl Sainuel Adams, John Adams, and; Patrick Henry. And the people saiN teri years before ' the . revolutionary war ' "If Great Britain does not re-1 peal the Stamp Aet, we will repeal it oufselves." The tea they threw. over- 1 1 board, or stored it in . damp cellars, where it soon spoiled, rather than' pay the tax, and ' when the British' government put . doWn the price ofl tea, so that including the tax, it! could be purchased for less in New YOrk than in London, still the scru pulous Yankees would not buy. They were not contending to save a few i shillings, but to sustain the princi-. l pleS underlying tl e government. Tea and sugar they would do with Out, rather than pay, that odionS tax, and! Its for clothing they would make iti at home. Then be colonies which had so often indh lged in jealousies, on of another, began to see the lim portance of union that they might th more fully re ist the oppreSeiOns of Great Britain. "Join or die," ame the watch Word of the freedom loNjino, sons of the wilderness, muster -1 e• muster ing for the conflict. The first blood - of the revolution was' shed April 19th, -1775. Soon the, battle of Biinker Hill followed: and the citizens l of New England, ma l ny of them firimera, forsook their plOughs and seized- heir rusty mus kets to drive the L British troops out of I Boston. The* same spring the second Continental Congress met at . Philadelphia, composed of delegates. fronn the various r eolonies, to enquire 'and plan . for th redress of their grevances. W hinly„ton was ap pointed Commander-in-chief more than a year befbre.the Declaration of Independence was adopted, and, he hastened to Boston to look after Gen. Gage and the ret coats. Within, a yaer the British, iani pressed by the American forces, l i retired from Bos ton and director their. operations ag4iinst NOT, Yolly and Charleston. Tli countrY'wasn a state of intense ex itement. Thecolonies had now resisted unto blood. The War of. ar ic ,utrients had cnlininated inia con test with - fire-arms. ' The Americans ware branded-, in England its rebels, and; having gone too far retreat, inlfact, having n:. desire' retreats ucless i Great Britain g,av up the, ilnciple :against which they were' etending, the statesmen of the re7olntion 'began to state with in creasing empliasiS the causes of the war,and to-set fdrth variou'sdeclara , tions of their rights and grievances. :Yost prominent among the declar ations is 'that of the Virginia COn- I vention, 'which met in May 177:ti. This convention was composed of the ablest men of the colony, who prided t4mselves upon their,loyality to the British constitution. but wereindig mint. in common with the multitude at ;the arrogance of George the 111, and the Parliament. The most in ildciitial man-in this convention and thi one who framed its Declaration, was George' Mason. Ile was a mem ber of the Church of England, adored the British consatution, and would ha v e defend&l` it with: the last drop Of his blood.. But he, too, felt the popular sentiment of resistance ag,itinst the encroachments of Great Britain. Here are some of the tl+l!dits emilodied in this Declara tion, " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, name ly, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,and pursuing and ob aining happiness awl safety." ".; II power is vested in and conse quently derived from the people; magistrates are their trustees and servants." " No -man ought to be ' deprived of liberty except by the laW of the land, or the judgment of his peers,.*ud the ancient trials by jury ought to be held sacred." " The freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty." "Re lieion can be dirtiited only by reason and conviction. girt by force or vio le ee; and therefore- f all men are , eqirally entitled to the free exercise' oflit acconling tO the dictates of con science, and it is the mutual duty of all y to practice christian forbearance, love and charityt i owarils each other." This declaration ,was unanimously adopted, and whqii"Virginiairas thus pr posing iudepeutienee,Washitigtou at l .New York, after a year of experi ence in the cainP. ras heard to say, " Wheirl first took command of the army, I abhorred the idea of Inde pidence, but I am now fully con ,-'' iced that nothing also will 49,vikus." 4111 , -- . Thus far I -have traced some of the causes that led to the Declaration of Independence. In my next paper I shall speak of that document as prepared and published by the Con tinental Congress. J. EL N. East Smithfield July 26, 1876. " What can be done to save those young men ?" asked a lady of one of her associates.: They were young men of wealth and high social advan tages, who were being rapidly swept into dissipation. " The . only thing to save them," was the reply, " is the society of lad ies."- Without fully accepting this ans wer, we do not hesitate to assert that our Christian. women, _both married. and unmarried, hold in- their hands an immense power, especially over young men. Were one half the acute th9ught- now expended upon amuse ments, dress, or housekeeping, given to gaining a hold upon young Men to benefit them, thousands of - homes would not need to mourn over the sons now going to ruin. This matter is worthy of serious thought, and by men as well as woo men. Like every other good work, it will cdst something, but the resulti will justify the effort. God has given us all the ability to exert influence: over others. It is far easier to ignore and forget this fact than to seek' to• make our conversation tell upon• those with whom we are not in full . sympathy. But shall ;we exercise a selfishness in the use Of our social' power, of which we-shouki be asham ed if it were money ? ; Our readers arc not, as a clais,the slothful ; Or the'self-indulgent, but we suspect that, after a little self-examin ation they will admit that this sin of selfishness in conversation lies at their door. We converse gladly with those entirely congenial, but avoid social intercourse with those to us unattractive: Where conver sation is n -pleasure, we seek it.; where it might be a means of doing good, we avoid it. We make :in• agent of self-gratification, -not for conferring happiness and blessing for otiters, especially on the unattrac tive aid uncongenial to us. Is it not so with you, our excellent friend ?' Press this question into your life,' and see whether it will not convict you of your selfishness and neglect. Then look around you for those whom you can influence for good. It is' not needful to neglect the friends in whom you delight, but do not overlook the duty of seeking out others whom you may benefit. Let itLbe a purpose to make your society tell for good upon those who need -your active sympathy, not because ,they are poor or suffering, but be muse they are in ;danger of leading ;lives of carelessness, worldliness and ;sin.—Presbyterian at Work. HOW IT FEELS TO BE SCALPED.- - "I had been sent on ahead up the hill, just where the big stone hut stands by the road, and with, a boy named :Kountze from Omaha, sat down to wait for the wagons, which were slow ly coming up out of the ''valley. :When the wagons reached us I start ed on alone through 'the rocks and :pine hushes to seek a good camp. A few hundred yards further on 4- look ed down on a ravine and saw five ' . mounted Indians ride across the val ley- I started to' go back to the , train, when at least a . dozen Indians :ran at me out of the bushes, and you bet I ran and h.alloed for help. In a I:minute more two or sharp of them. shot at me. I felt a sharp stinging pain in my left leg and another in My left shoulder, and I fell. Then they were ripon me in a minute, and One of them put his knee on my back, while) another hit me a clip with a club or. a gun. I don't know which, as I had no time to think. All I knew was I was being scalped, my hair was . held tighA felt a hot, red-hot, stinging sort of pain all around the top of my head—the hair being torn out by the roots—it was too much ;. I couldn't stand it; I ilied—at least I thought I did. 13ut * my scalp was saved just as it was being torn off. The boys at the wagon had seen me running ; saw the Indians, and came on—thirteen of them—and got up just in time to prevent the red devils finishing their work: The Indians, as well as my friends thought I was dead. But I 'came to again. It was only half torn 'off, as you will see, and Is growing ngain nicely." JIM) Ur TUE Liour.—:-The famous Eddystone Lighthouse, off the coast of Cornwall, England, : was first built in a fanciful way, of wood,' by the learned anti eccentric Wistanley. On its sides he put various boastful in- Scriptiops. Ile was very proud of his structure, and from its lofty bal- Cony -used boldly to defy the storms, - crying, Blow, 0 winds! Rise,' 0 ;ocean ! Break forth, ye elements, !rand try my work !" But one night the sea swallowed up the tower and its bulkier. • It 'was, built a second time of wood 'and stone, , by ;The form . was good, but • the wood gave hold for the elements, and the builder and hi 4 structure perished in ;the flames. Next the great Smeaton ; was called in. He raised a cone from the solid rock as the oak is fastened to the earth by its roots. , From the irock of the foundation he took the ;rock of the superstructure.,lie carved upon it no boastful inscription like those of Winstanley, but on its lowest, course he put, " Except" the Lord build the house, they labor in Vain that build it:" and'on its key- Stone, above the lantern, the simple. tribute, "..Laus Deo!" and the strue-!, turn still stands, holding up its belt condight to the strinn-tossed mariner. 'l= Christ, the , Light, must be held up before men, or they will perish. Let i us„place him on no superstructure of our own device. Let us rear .no tower of wood, .or wood and stone. But takin , * the word of (x 1 for our foundation, let Us build a structure upon its massive, solicl•truth, and on every -course put Smeaton's humble, trustful inscription, and then we may be sure that the lighthouse Will •stand. F.vv•E (Howl* aro worse than open VlKtnlagi, ' i If' SAMMe SAGAbIiT -OF 0118 ExpitArri. , A Cerresponden,t of the St. Louis Olobd4Dentocrat, deselibing the expe rience, of Howe's climbs and menagerie after the late .storm in lowa, speaks as follows of the sagacity of the trained elephants . - - • "Assistant Sutierintendent Ro yce sent 4 large force to repair damages and relieve: the ciicus train, and the t-- task Was grea very bridge gone and 'Miles of tra k under water and badly nu3hed out. Friday night the road was put in Itemperary repair, and the tr 4 started in three see tions.',! Wheq,abettt ten miles out a t a trestle sank and fi 'e cars of the third section capsized n the so ft mud. The first car con fined horses, the second an'elk and camel, the other three the five performing elephants'. The roofs were Out away and the first two cars easily emptied, but the elephants were all ing enwhatie expr cOtufittire.. To ge so easy, yet ,with It sagacity which semi-unman brute ed, they receiving obeyed every ins down,4iutting out other ltirninT an( in a heap, and giv.j ssion of their disfl 'them out. was not he intelligenee.ami: .Itaracterizcs the t was secomplisli ot a scratch. They ruction, kneeling oue leg,,ttien twisting with -all; _ ~ . the intelligence of la child, a eclipsing in marVellonsness anything perform- ed in the ring. When relieved .frotW their Perilous situations they gave: . fexpreaStons of joy) which .were ein- . .: phati4nd unmistakable. They fair-: ly laughed all over; ' I - " The remainder) of the i trip was made civerland,; and this the animals: enjoyed hugely, al; the night was', cool and the moon bri g ht.• The miss-' bridges , ing on the route gave the elephants repeated? ppportunityl for indulging in spor. They arrived here before the - train ; cars had to lie prOvideil for :them,lbut ordinary cars:' were to IoW. nally two were found ;which were about an inch; higher ij than the largest elephant's' back. ::The elephants were brought: alongside, and -..le'A' the largest, was eared first to niotint the plat-: form. - . 1 - le noticed the strange car,. and gave a careful. scrutiny, scrutiny, seized the door-post ivitl his - trunk; and i gave the car a powe,-ful shake, mount.: ed the platform amr, cautiously walk ed in, headed to th .frOnt, rocked the car sidewise,._ and then humped his back. ,:Ibis (back struck the roof ribs, when he crunched and; marched out. ----, . of the ca r. 'a jitfy.. 'Th keeper re inarke&l, ' Ile won't g . ack there again.' It Was deid . to remove the ioof ribs, which was. done, the five elephants cloie y watching the operation. When this was done, 'Jack 'iwas again ifivited to take a ride. lle promptly: Ussented, entered thecarirocked it and .swa3-ed it, and then tiirnpe4 his lack. Finding it •all right, he trumpeted- his assent, 'marched around it few times, and went to eating bay Each elephant tested the car himsef." • • HOILE 001WE8EE,8 • " Will yon?" . asked a pleasant voice. `And the htand. answered, " Yes, My dear, witl . pleasure." It waS, quietly but heartily said :- the tone, the manner. the look, Were perfectly natural and very tatrection 7 ate. We thought how pleasant that courteous reply ! lIOw gratifying it must be to the, wife !I Many husbands after ten year's_experience are 'ready" enouah•withithe coutesies of polite ness to young lailie,s.of their ac quaintance, while they speak with abruptness to the thing wit, and do'many rude little thin wi out Considerina . • I them wdrth an apol gy. Though words se .m little things, and slight attentions almost value less, yet depend uP'on it they keep ' the tlarrie bright, ',especially if they are natural. The children now . up id a better moral 4tmosphere,. and learn tcOespect their parents as they See then res Net each other. Many a boy takes advantage of the mother he love* betartse he often sees the rudenesS of his father: Insensibly he gathers to hifa losom the same habits, and the thoughts and feelings theytengender; and in his turn be comes the petty tyrant. Only his mother Why Should he,thank her? Father never ;does. 4 Thus the home becometi a seat of disorder and un happin4s. Only _fijr strangers, are kind *lards expreSsed, and hypo crites 0. out; from the hearthstone, ; fully preparec to render justice, be nevolenee, and politeness to any one and every on& lint liose Who have the just:est claims. Ah,!. give us the kind, glance, the happy- homestead, the smiling wife arid; courteous chil dren of.oe friend who Said so pleas ani4, Yes rny, dtar, With pleas ure." Tttci ECON63IY OF . ILtFE.-L-The true economy of luimati,h! i fe looks at ends rather 4han incid4tA and adjusts expenditures ;to . ooral scale of slues. De Quincey Pictures a woman sailing - aver the. watei-,, awakening of sleeto,o find her necklace untied and oneendhang;ingiover the stream, while pearl after irrl drops from the string beyond her reach; while she clutches at one Oust- falling. an other drops beyond 1 -recovery. Our days diop one after another by our careles s ness, like pea l*from a'strint , ..-", as we SO.H - il thesea oft life. Prudence requireS a wise husbanding of time to see that none Of these golden coin are spent for nothit4. TIM waste C,f time i 4 a more serious loss than the estravagAnce against which there is such lOnd exelaiin.[ , 1 . There are :' thou Sands who' ,do nothing but lOuinge and carouse from morning till midnight; drones in-the humanhive, who consume - and waste the honey honest workeni wear them selves *t' in 'making, and insult- the day h their dissipation and debauch. There are ten thousand idle, friN t 'olous . ' creatures who do iihliing but! con sume ;ini.i . waste 11,1 wear what honest hands 'accumulate, and entice others to live as useless and worthless as theiiiselves. Were everyman and woman' honest toilers, all would have an abnlidaneciof everything 4nd ifalf of every day for reerea,tiOn and 1 , culture', The: expel - diture of a few dollar* of taste is smallimatter in comparison With *the-- wasting of montha and years by theilsands who have e:very advantage Society can offer. and exael. ei - eiy pi ivikge it ntrott4 pa a 0 , 404, ' = = ' ! 82 per Annum In Miifince. A Th i LLFIABQIIT THE LItIIE ONES• , The child has a .right! to employ s ment and the free use of its faculties. Educate the faculties tO"VrOMpt ac tion, teach, the. senses-to respond ful ly to - every - impression ;made upon • - then t . ..4 . The child in his normatcondition is an • - embodied ,interrogatiOn. - . Ile cannot wait for the eyes alone to re- port i the objects about him every finger-tip is pressed into Service and ' Ina& to'convey tidings to the , eager ;intelligence. • The little 1 creature is 'overwhelmed with impressions, i stunned withthe music of the sphereS, blinded by excess of light: • His greatest need , is a wise and tender ' interpreter; someone tolvialli beside him ,and explain- the Sign iticance of what ..he sees and hears; to distinl guish between - the importa)lt and the unimportant, the high and the low, the near and the far., DO 'we realize what we are doing when we sit . stolid , ' andAumb under a child'S' ; 'questions, alloWing - the keen intelligence to be blunted .against our indifference, the gloriting enthusiasm-to be!damped by. our, apathy,- the buoyant .1!(:.ve crip ple&by•our unbelief? Infring eyes we see not, having ears ril i e' hear not, and, standing - before the great won der book of pod's universe, we watch the turning of its leaves With scarce-, ly any emotion. Verily, ,*e` need to be taught of , the ettild. ~What one i'',s determines, his posses sion, and whether the child shall be beggar or prince depends '-upon the training 'of his faculties and the edu-, catiOn that he receives. Ili the: fairy stgy it was only the childien cif the . king who were invested with - the golden key to which all doors sWung . OPen. but everychild • is . of 'the.blood royal, heir of the: King'of, Kings, a prince int,..4tis own right, ', lord Of a province peculiarly his own, for the unlocking of all Whose treasures he 'should carry theiden key., ' ' , Ih the training of children the ob ject, 0 be attained is not the illustra tion of your, theories, not. bY airy means your pleasure or convenience, not even the embodirnetiy of your ideal; but a• recognition; :from the ;outset of a' fact beyond yOn, a el ar-, acter o be developed according to' ; the hi s of' its being ; the Unfoldi . c. , from uchild of, a self-centered, sel • directed man or woman ; thei sectir ingtO a soul the power - to Make good the f.culties of itself. .1 ii' The . old barbarism still ;clings , to us. We interpret too literally the term A' my child," and assunAl'owner- Ship where only guardianship,Was in tended. Paternity imposes cltities, it doeS not in itself establili elaims.— Pnglifi .14)rtnightly Recirir.. . .; RETAINER.—Some tune ago a "young man and his • sweetheart st.Vg,led into an attorney's, ()Rice and l'twkwa.rdly inqpired if Oe:justiee of the peace was at- home. The young limbs= of the law were sittibgi inside readiit a newspaper and tOOkl in the 'situation. One of them said : "Tes, sir ; What can I 'do for you?" c '•"11Te11, you- see. ETaliaq and me 'want to git married, and"- . -* "Ali, I see; you wish p get married, and you want to be, sure the'' ,thing I is done properly, and every thing all straight, eh ?" Is .that it?" " Well, I suppose"— " Very. well s if yo 4 said the young man, extending . :his -hand ; "$5 is my usual feeji• The young man Corked'oVer the V. .and said : "Now drive ahead, squire.' • The youthful scion of Blackstone 'excused himself for a few 1 - nomeirt..s., csteppeill'out and hunted up*justitoe 'f . .tf the peace, and taking him one side, : Said : " consin•is' here •t'rOni k.ountry, 'and wants to get* parried. `come' up and do the job', will' you ?" Together they entered the office, and_while the ceromeny was going 'forward, the lawyer applied' himself to the work of transforming! a page 'of legal cap into manuscript.: After the holy' bonds of wedlock' hid been properly welded. and the marriaue • Certificate duly signed and witnessed, ihe-juStiee requested the sura of $,1450 'as his, fee. The Young, man was as tonished. lie said : :-;•.." Why, I thowTht"— •!" That's all right,'' broke' inlThe ja;tornev, • that's 41 right, pay _him_'"` }1 look•hei*: I gate ,you `,5.5 to Pay for the business, didn'til • That, my dear sir. - said I the , ; youthful. counSelor, l :and'deprecating the young . man's ignorance. " that was a i - etainer: land ' : here. sir, is my opinion: written out, ll'uaranteein: , the jnarr}ageLto have . jxrn Rerfcetly 'fornial and legal in all respects r' • • The, countrymal, in ii dazed lan& 4!ewildered. inannir. pocketed I the ;opinion, paid the justice hiS ! fee, anti !ifent out; Seerninglasharn.4to think didn't knoW that a martiage would he void - unless lsupported b2, - 1 au attor •*y's opinion. ! ! , •! : t ...: ' • . z , : i. *. ArowF.El V U 1, ~11 AaN IC T.,— .1 : " ru fe'rso r ': : :Sinith: l was leettiriiiv.r in 0,45• ipee, on ' : Natural l'hilOsophY, and in the e 0 ttrBe of his experinu'uts lie jiiti*lirceiliqne of Carrington's. most powerful tna ,- - :nets, with- which he attractetl a block of iron from, a distance of two feet.l, "Can any One off• . - you efuleeive,'oflt•l YON. .. greater .attraetive, powet,'!' ' the 'led ; 1 Men! are i thus in a true sense the arehi:4 - : • -1 trier then denuindet.l. •, ' l•tects of their•ow,n fortunes, They choose • " I ken," answered a rolcie from I fiU:tirne and eternity"' And this, thought • : I , 1 tf he atitlienee. • : ' : 1 ntly*concludes the lestson; vs. 32-33. . God 1 • , . " Not a natural, terrestiral objeet, I i des' not drive than etheri to Heaven or Opine:'' ,: :', : :* • i 1 I.ell. And it is a p.tinful:refleetion that . ""Yfut.s, sir-!'' The professor challenged : , 'the man b i esi ,,,, s be,:,iome curses. ~ t he prosp „,,, win) hail - I:Token ti,! name the thin , * - ''' •• ity of *fools shall destr4 - illein." Sc.f, we Then uprose old Seth Wifnlet.*He i - •em! that prosperity is nutalways good for 'it - as a !,emus in his was, ,itiftl - oritfin- i. m ! , , l en. 'There' is great need of grace, even al at that. , • Said he : in the casil of the dill nof Goal, t.f pre ' I ken Izivt',. re.tlie facts.; •• , 'Squirei j • vent its b;:oftiipg a are to them. ';,,. Ii .' i, good.for me that Ipare heenattlicied." 'an' vou'keii . fttdoe f(a• you rqt - At. When • I were.a roan, man, tnar we're a littb , 1 'N'' '''-'"'''', nOcriivra. . And wliar:,a bless piece o natural magnetAcine up it- i kaliker and 'dimity; as • was called i wise! '' ll ,:siliail d Bettis, - Jane.. She eould draW me four-1 ti,..,. quiet froinfear of ) teen miles every Siirtilai - . Sakes alive! '. dwell'' " ill• the seeet• .it wOr just. as: natural as sliilin' down ' nigh and ..iiiiiles in hill. Thar wa'n't 'nu resiStin' her. ! AlinightY.7 ; That magnet '(.)'.'yitiln is pooty good, i • Wisdom ''Cries to us but 'taint a Circumstance to the one 1 The glorioti* gone! that draw'ii Me. • No;•;sir !'' ' ' 1 true hid blessed hest The audience sym(.athized . with )i.'oxtl!is noti' i bonnd. Seth. as was !rnalitetStot ' iivthqr up- read' it, ttl,v it_ •ii , r;iiiioti oppluitzr.:: : * i tiF:• , '! - •ft ii titri?!-! ii•-s•ti. HOTES VIE 'INTBILIFATIOtihis l'rov. I i 20-33.-00VIMX Tut : Itev. a: r. i Two, ct,,,,,,i.. Lmo, VII. 1 The Book of Proverbs it, probably, art inspired impend Of national preverbal made up mainly of dung cannonsnd 4 Solomon.., They'rttpresent the wisdoni. and. piety ;of the Hebrew nation in • palmiest age. "In looking earefull iti through trio whole bok there will be see a collecticin of rhora and prudential max ims,' whieli attah a high e levation in till l domain of moralitity industry, socialikindl ness and, indeed,;, of all i civil a - ad - social' virtues. ~A: people rho originated these,i and brouglit them into popular use, must needs have hide g•l+it advances in civ4 and social life.' Better by far lose all tha t Socrates, ' and Platol and Plutarch, and; Epictettui,', and Ciceio,' and 'Re a, and?, their heathen compeers left behind them ' •on subjects' of thiri nature." --Stuart.' " The „Book of Prove kbs is the best statesd man's manual that vim ever written. At adherence,. to the isloliticil econ2uiy and' spirit of that collecti9n of apothegms and' essays would do more tcreradicate from a people the causes of extravagance, debase-, meat and ruin, - than l i all the contributions' to politienl oxonemyiof Say, Smith, Mal-. thus, and Chalmers toether."—Cokrid,rys. The detaio of the Book is set forth in the opening verges oil ch. I (vs. 1-6).Thei wise man , wrotewith the design of making others wis h "The more they are pondered, and prayed over, and re duced to practice, the more are their hid den treasures of wisdom brought to light. Whoever gives hirruielf, in the fear of God, to-the study ofi these proverbk and conforms his life to the principles which they set forth, will be a truly happy and' , , prosperous Man."—B i arrote. ' ' Hence in ;the part cif the chapter which constitutes onr lesson; Wisdom stands personified 'before us; , and is represented , i as a teacher, who, having takenher sta tion in the place of terra, 1 concourse (" in the streets," "in the openings of the gates "). invites all lwhom - ille meets to forsake the paths of ignorance, folly and sin, and to attend upon her grattitous in structions. By " wi*lom " he evidently gleans true piety, which consists first, in a knyewledge If ,pine trrith, and secOndly in a practical obedience thereto. She may be regarded agralpe - rsiinification of God's Word, which goes forth everywhere in viting men to hear a,nd •obey r or as a poet ical conce ption Of the fiord Jesus Christ, the only wise God and the only perilect teacher of men, whit proclaimrd the gloriotti_wis" dom of Gad in the roads and villages of Palestine. • I NUALEER . 7. Sevenil points may be noticed in this lesson. 1. The Persons addressed; - • verse 22. There am three cilasies,a these; 'l.' . "Ye simple, Dues.", This_ iri'obably com prises those who, .roln ' inexperience, natural infirmity and credulottsuess,,e,as r ily fall into the snars laid for'thimiby the crafty and designing, and thus at length becordu assimilated in charagter to their. seducers. 2. "The scorners." These are those laid scot and deride _ _ • religion, even. though they he found in the i• ranks of the outwardl3r moral and-respec- table. :3. "Vools." This'term probably denotes haleued, irreligious imen, who are yet self-atisfied, L and regard them selves as Wiser than persons of an ,oppo- site character. It will be'seenthat these . , . classes are arTangeZ in the form of a cll . i rrtas. : one rising above another in guilt itnd wickedn ess.. ' 11.. The ''Appeal ; verse' 234 - "Turn you!" This is translated by St, Peter in to ,the gospel vernacular : '" Repent' and be 'converted VT (Acts 3 19Y. The! essence oLrepentarice is turri6g from sin unto kii.d. These simple miles, these scorners,' these fools have beenlking away from God, and front the pa t hs of wisdom. and Ira happiness. Renee the e ortation, "Turn you :•' And this turning sh Id be immediate. "At my reproof." 'nit is,l "turn yoti at once !" Old Testametit ,and Nevi agree in urgin,g sinners to repent and be saved s I II I UM 111. The *dive td the Appeal ;. vs. 23- .. 3:2.. First, persuasit4 motive; verso 23. ,•.#, Behold, I :Will pouriOut,my spirit unto - i you, itc." 'TO' such as endeavor to turn .I; she promise's all needful help—her.enlighti - . ening, sanctifying, stiengthening spirit. . This wisden) will also4become•rightoous- -' ness. sanctification, a M redemption ,el ~. Car. 1: 30). I 1 • ' . , Second, a terrifyindi motive; vs, 24-33. If: her . ap peals and prayers are unheeded and.despised - she will assume a new Char; 1 acter. , She will treat "them as they treat het. "I also will laugh at your Calamity;l will mock. when ycliar fear cc meth." These expressions denote the highest and .1 most contemptuous rejection. So aretlt4.. who rejecti thn word of; God, • in' turn re-, jetted by that Word (St. John, 5:14 * 5). ' So will the gracious Saloel• helane the avenging .ItUlge of. all: who despise and irt_ult'him. (St. Luke; 13; 22430; flebs., '. 2: 1-4,,12:2 3): - . ... • . I krid this change will ,final ; 'verse 25... - . • .Nci seeking..rtp . praye can avail. '"Thep shall , seek me early or : e , irrfatly), but ' they shall not 'find me." Awful trnth ! Butt still based upon i good reasonti", vs. 2f 1 13;1. They' ,acted -i telligently aiadde-. liberately. They eh „under, the MIM of enee what, were to them the strongest: uuitives, and they nu st stand .by their • chice:. verse 31. Th sis always true in thi eternal worldi ".1s the tree falleth, ' so lit must lie."_ And i is oftenlinits true . 1 in I this world.' The 1 ishep of Verdun Fis very . anxious to be setviceable-tO his • master, Louis XI. of Trance: To please. hint he invented a cage for his enemies, so constructed that one could - neither sit, stand. nor lid in it, bu must always be in', thi., most coMitrained,l • istre.ssing position. • -I;t i kal.s he.: uit t tifne i was finished the. Bi s hop ofreuti