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Are receiving, this week,-a
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.GOODS
For the
'WINTER SEASON !
EVERY DEPARTMENT
IN OUR STORE
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DESIRABLE GOODS!
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,
L,OWER PRICES !
THAN HAVE YET BEEN
OFFERED IN THIS SECTION!
PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE
Orr: STOCK.
TAYLOR tt CO.
Towanda. sept..2a, lets
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- V - EIV GOODS!
NEW -GOODS !!
NEWGOODS'!!!
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Have just received their first invoice of
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One by at, thy duties wail
Lea thy whole Ur, ndtb'gct to each;
Let no pause dreams elate thee, -
i.ear,n thou drat what there can teach,
One I , y one (bright . gifts from heaven)
' Joys are sent thee here below,
Take them readily when given.
Ready, too, to let them go.
One by one thy griefs shall meet thee;
IM not tear an armed band,
One will fade u others greet thee,
shadows passing through the kind.
Do not look at Rte's long sorrow;
See how small each moments pain;
God will help thee for tn7tnorroir,
So each day begin again.
Every hour that Beets so slowly
Malts task to do or bear.
Luminous the crown and holy
It thou set each gem with care.
Ito not linger with regretting,
Or for passing hours despond,
Nor, the flatly toll forgetting, -
Look too eagerly beyond,
Hours are golden links, God's token,
Reaching heaven; but one by one
Take them, lest the chain be broken
El o the pilgrimage be done.
.—Adelaide Proctor
JjJisccllaaeonys.
RAW TIND3-THE CIAIINE AND THE
[in Essay. read Wore the Wyalusing Grange.
P. of 11., Saturday Afternoon. , Ort. 7th, LYN by
J. W. I]GH Au. and published by ropiest of the.
Gra* ge.—ED.)
Won't*HT MAsVEn, 'Monti us AND NtsTang:—
There Is a fallacy prevalent In the minds of many
people, that the rivernnient la In some manner re
sponnible for the •commercial 'convulsion, or the
"hard times," which came upon the country about
three years ago, and which we have not yet been
able to entirely shak s off. This fallacy, that the
government is always to blame for financial troubles,
is not peculiar to this age, or to the people of this
country, but has been believed by - many in aliages,
i
and In every commercial country in the world The
belief Is as old as Paganism, and In general, is as
tititrile. With the exception of the power to wage
war and collect taxes, the government can 110 but
little that affects the pecuniary Interests of the
people to make them richer or poorer.. In time of
peace the people themselves are the chief architects
of their own fortunes, and their houSes will stand
or fall accenting as they are built on a good or a
bad foundatioe. If they are founded wholly on the
credit system, like the house of the foolish man
which was built on the sand.. It wilt need but a
tight wind and a low flood to sweep them away. It
is the great object of civil government to protect
all In the en!,4inent of their natural and constitu
tional rights, b u t it cannot he expected to provide
for the people like a father provides for his family,
because it is„tipt able to do so. It Is as entirely
destitute of 1143113 of its own as the beggar In the
streets. Every dollar in the treasury Is derived
directly or indirectly from the people as taxes, and
can only be properly employed lu carrying 1 - )11 the
geverument awl liquidating the rublic, debt: Tire
People are obliged to support the govermnent and
Hit the govertoneut the people_ and In time of
peace the times wilt be good or bad, as the people
make them for themselves. In time of war 'the
ease Is different ; niillions of men are taken from
reductive labor to create armies and yarrlsous.
and to manufacture war material. Thli produces a
; scarcity of laborers, Increases the price of labor,
and all the products of labor. The expenditures of
the government are Increased, taxes are increased,
and money borrowed, to ; defray the ;extraordinary
expeiAlitures which must inevitably be 'new red,
In case loans cannot be obtained In nnyother way,
a r:,ort Is had to the'lssue of governmegrnotes, to
eirett:ate as money and lie redeemed its item as the
government Is able. • When these notes are made a
legs'-tender by law the people cannot refuse them
if they would, and they Noon pass Into circulating
astuoney, even when there is already aitabundance
of currency to supply:all the legitimatedentands 4.f
business.; This to suer of defraying the expenses
of the government is railed a "forced loan," and
%heti tin currency I. thus lnereased it is said to be .
- Intlst,l.*.' ,lurreasing the amount of currency,
(or ilial willip clrett:ates as money.) increases the
price of tenor and of every commodity that Is
bought or sold. Its purchasing power is lessened
just in proportion as Lissa:Um? Is Indreased. Money
follows the same great natural law of ;mply and
doinand,that wheat, corn, potatoes, and every other
commodity must follow. )fake 1t - plentiful as wa
ter, arid If 'will hear cheap. Fill all the ntarkcts of
the world with an imuinal'supplY of, wheat or any
other art:c:e, and the price will goi daw n;
Hard times may come without war, and as a ma'-
ter of history have occurred on the average once in
about. twenty reave, but in our own and other coun
tries, they have been as sure to follow all great and
, •%Pettily... wars, as rOVUTtY In to follow great waste ,
Mien,. and prodigality. •
fter the I.lllle of our revolutionary, war, which
lasted nearly eight years, our forefathers endured
birder times than any we ever dreamed of. Their
public and prii - atetlebts. In proportion to fheir pop•
illation and resources. were far greater than tints.
and their currency—the Continental money. lamed
nr the g..vernment like oil!' greenbacks—had de.
Predated to such an extent that it was nearly value
te,s. Se. low had fallen the' credit of the elation, and
50 entirely bankrupt was Ur treasury. that it was
iilecid "I to leave those notes without redemption in
the bands of th" people, where they have remained
t.) this day—an evidence that the notes of a govern
ment, like the notes of an Individual, are good fur
nolhi! g milks provision is made for their payment.
The history of the Continental money proves t,e
road the possibility of a doubt that notes printed,
signed and Issued by the authority of the govern
ment, cannot circulate long as Ilif.TlPy at anything
like their face vaine, unless theigovernment stands
prepared to redeem them wheri presented In the
kind of money which Is recognized In all the mar
kets fir. world: The Industry. frugality, patience
and persererence of our forefathers droveaway the
bard finws at the clo of the revolutionary war.
and prosperity returned, like the birds and flowers
of spring aftern dreary winter, and abode with
them until the close of the second struggle with
Gnat nritaln, In iRtS. •
• This war lasted only three years. but our adver
sary being tuistrlss .4 the se:u. notwithstanding
the gallant de. s uls of our Infant navy, soon drove our
comtner i ce from the'ocean, to the great distress of
one commercial c'asses. and through them extended
to all t thers.• Domestic manufacture sprarg Into
existenre as a necessity from the destruction of our
fnrelgn coin:tierce, hut not being protected by an
adequate tariff, were ruined when peace again
ipeileg our markets to the trade of all nations. So
pro Crated was badness of all kind, and especially
the lumber buslness.that good pine lumber was sold
for F,4.50 per thousand feet in thelower markets of
the Susquehanna.
There were hard them, in 1837 without the occur
rence of war. Our banking institutions were ail
bullt on an unsafe and rotten foundation many of
them broke, Inflicting ghat loss on their deposi
tors and note-holders, and all of them suspended
specie payments. Failures were fearfully numer
ous all overthe country, and there was a general
collection of all debts that could be collected.
Werst of all, and what intensified the hard times,
the crops were short, and Instead of having grain
to sell we had to bay from foreign countries, and
porn was eaten in Itradfonl county that had been
Imported from Germany.
, The Mexican war broke out when the country
had recovered,—like Sampson after his hair had
grown again,—and being of short duration, we
escaped serious financial troubles until 1857, about
ten years after Its close: We had nearly recovered
front the hara times of 1857, when the war of the
rebellion come upon ns and we were !revolved 11 a
death struggle for national existence.
Vast RUMS of mousy were needed 11 (be govern
ment, and vast sums were borrowel frio+-the banks
and from the people; but when these sources failed
to supply! the sinews of war as fast as needed,
treasury notes, sometimes called' " greenback s " or
"legal-trnders," were issued and paid out to ear
(tiers and army contractors. as hid been done lby
the Continental Congress and by nearly every na
tion that had barn sorely pressed for means to„car
re on a great sear. Year after year as the ecniflict
continued, the mountain of national debt Frew
higher, and the numerous disasters' sustained by
one arms lessened the probabilities of surreal, the
four hundred millions of currency atUes.which bad
become our chief currency, were greatly depreciat
ed as compared with gold; or In papulan language.
pi"Per4 bad raised." Al imp time n'golit dollar
was wortL m9ll than two dollars :11a gaper Inase)'i
On BY OIL
REMEDY.
besides the four hundred 'millions of dollars In le
gal tender notes, a large amount of compound In
terest notes, and floating debts. or war Clllll2lll. ;trot
only was the national government deeply involved,
hit most of the State governments, many comities,
toUrnships, cities and boroughs had Incurred heavy
liabilities to raise bounty' money to supply their
quotas of soldiers without a resort to the draft. In
the towns where drafting took place,many hull
viduaWliorrowed money tohlre substitutes, soldiers
who were disabled had to be pensioned, and the
families of those who died In service had to be pro
vided for, Nearly 'every railroad In the United
States owed millions borrowed for their constrce
elan. To pay the interest on ttils immense lode a
ednessational, State. municipal, corporate, and
individual, was a constant drain upon the resour s
of the people, and when to this was added the or U
nary governmental and municipal taxation, it c -
ated a lend under which . the people would hsve
staggered, Mid they not been exhilarated and ans.
[alined by their Joy at the successful termination of
the war. Their great sacrifices had obtained "vie-,
,tccry at last." ' Tho country was undivided, the
union was restored, money was plenty, wages were'
high, the products of the farm, the forest. the
mine, the machine shop and the factory, comma, 4-
ed good prices.
Every branch of industry has been stimulated to
the highest point of activity by a superabundant
currency and the immense purchases by the g4v
eminent of farm products, manufactured goods,
arms, atrlncnition, coal and iron. The sure CI u
gepienee of great stimulation, Is reaction and c e
pression, and the only wonder Is that they did rut
come sooner. Financial prophets had predicted 's
crash as soon as the war was °ext., but when It did not
come they, like Millerites in predicting the end
the world, extended the time. Every person w
versed In political economy knew that In the 11 1
natural !aiming which business had received, t
Ind deli currency. high prices, and great inilebt
ness which existed, we had the Sure elements
financial trouble In our Midst, and all that was to,
essary to bring It on was some disturbing event t 1
would ereate:a general alarm ; but they hoped th,
the disturbing event might not happen until
of Our Indebtedness had been paid, our eurren
become as good as gold, and prices of everythit
had gradually returned to the old standard. Tim
the disturbing event would scare nobody ; then
panic could do no harm.
No one knew better than Jay Cooke that t .e
cottony, Intoxicated with railroad building at II
hazardous speculations; was very much In the co I
dition of a man with the heart disease, who mig it
lire many years or die at any moment by the shot k
of a sudden excitement. • lie knew.that the careful
mariner who expected a storm would reef reirt .p ilf
his sails before the squall struck his vessel ; but y
Cooke, like most of our financiers, way a iselstman,
who had made his fortune by taking great risks and
trusting 10 luck, so he continued to buy and s4II
railroad stock, and do a general banking businevls,
until one day his depositors called for their money,
and called in vain, because it was Invested In North
Pacific Italimad bonds. When this happens a
banker his credit Is ruined, and his bank must go
down. Jay Cooke's fallura caused the failure
others with whom he had busineis relations, just '4
the fall of one ten-pin will knock down more ; bid
what was worse, the failure of so prominent a finan
cier, who had so ably negotiated the government
bonds In the darkest hour of Its history, and who
Was supposed to be strong as well as shrewd, un-:
settled public confidence, creating a "ethic which
spread over the land and brought on the thing which
had been - dreaded like . death by the commercial
world. ! Capitalists were alarmed end refused to
lend money to auybody, because they did not know.
who were solvent. Traders refused to give the usual
credits, because they had soMuch already standing
out. Every one win, owed debts endeavored 'to
strengthen himself by collecting his dues; and
nearly all credit.", whether they toted anything
°rind, desired to see their 'mines ones more. Like
the Fiencliman,:they not want it,:if ,t hey
,could have it," but they wanted to be sure they
could have it. Petlpleeverywhebegan to retrench,
some becanse they had to, others because it was the
fashion. and I have no doubt that many employers
discharged hands airs' were able to have kept them
profitably employed. Trade fell off for want of cus
tomers, or because the custemers: bought so little,
and some trallers Were foolish enough to think
was all owing to the Grangers, whom they errone
ously supposed were buying as much as ever but
buying directly from' the manufacturer or whole
safe dealer. Factories and machine shops stopped,
or oily. run half the time, because of the lessened
dentated for their goods. It-inroad building ceased,
because Most of the roads In operation, flour the
falling eft InChusiness. tied (-eased to pay the inter
eat of conitruction and running expenses. Rolling
nillis r stometi because their rdlIS Were not wanted,
er lie - CallStl the roads that wanted them had no
tuoueyi Coal mining has been carried or. only at
fitful intervals, because of the lessened demand and
an overstocked Market. Everywhere there has been
dulness and despondency, and In many places much
idleness and distress. The busiest men In the com
munity have been those unwelcome guests of hard
tittles—the tax collectors and the sheriff's deputies;
but civil governments cannot he maintained with
outlaxatien, and if we have cnnsuined our credi
tor's goods and cannot pay him, it is only just that
the law should permit him -to take ours. -
The bard tlmes affected the products of the farm
by teaselling consumptlon. People must:cat, It Is
true, but ; ln hard times thl,y wlll,consume less, and
that of a:cheaper quality. Men out of employment
cannot afford the beat beef and flour, and nothing in
wasted then. Teams out of work are not allowed
to lufv. , lunch grain. It is not over production. but
/ex,. nod c;.n R Ihl 14 ion which has created itullness
In the grain trade.• The financial storm, which
swept over the lift/, reached the farmers In the ru
ral districts as It . reached everywhere; but It had
spent nujeh of Its forrel before It reached t hem, and
tuloy began to think It would not ri.actt them at all.
Its greatest ravages were among the manufactur
ing and comtnerclal class , s, mutat the great money
centres.
To farmers out of debt, hard times red have t.O
terrors. The!r fields produce the sameilwhether
money is plenty or searce. Their products, If low,
are always In demand, and they are never withotii
all the work they are able to do. The bane of other
occupations Is, that in dull times their ptotlncts are
not only low, but are not much wa..ted at any price,
no that production must be At/Melted or cease en.
t [rely. This throws many out of employment who
have no Means of a livelihood but their labor, and
stops the piotl ta of their etnployers.
Flint:lda! doctors may talk, about Issuing . more
paper - ..uoney and Inter-convertible a-al bonds, but
In our opinion there Is no certain cure for hard
times but Lord <rock, and the prartire of economy
in rxprwlitterra. It Is the only Infallible remedy
for the disease that has ever ingen dbcorered. It Is
not a new nvnlleltae, but has been known and used
by the wise In all ages, and Its heatlng , vlrtues have
never tailed to restore health and prosperity to lan
gads-fling business, and never will.,
, The hard times we are passing through are gen
erally ascribed to the luxury and extravagance of
ourpeopto.. It is said they lived too fast, lit the
candle at both ends, and consumed their capital in
stead of their Incomes or earnings. This may have
been tree as regards speculators and army contrac
tors, who made sudden fortunes by selling shoddy
et high prices to the-government ; but it I.i certain
ly not tote in regard to the fainting community,
who, in general, di'd not live beyond their Income.,
and whose Indebtedness was chiefly Incurred by
tie-purchase of land and machinery, or making
permanent improvements-which are worth all the
money they cost. We do not Ittniw of any farmers
who ',might diamonds, or gold watches, or fast
hordes; if any.did so without alothdant means they
have no doubt repented before tiow and will never
dose :again. Farmers, generally, dreaded the at
tempt to resume specie pa'yinent by the govern
ment, because they knew tlit the effort, If not sue
cessfisi, *mild send gold up higher and make mat'
terms worse ; and If successful, the price of labor and
of every species of property, would suddenly fall
from ten to fifteen per cent.
The great obstacle to resum non has been that
the war prices. slightly re4tic d, clung to every.
thing loug after the war hulceased. Every one
had labor or something to sell, and no one was will
lng to have lower prices for th 6 articles he had to
dispose yr. All who had contr+ted debts alter the
currenq was inflated desired it to remain Inflated
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until those debts were paid.
' We were up, as It were, In a tralloon, and though,
Its altitude was not so great as , It had been, It was
still WO high for a sate Jump,land the perplexing
problem to solve was how to get lowa without break
ing our necks or hurting somelssly, lint the pmb
lent Is no longer so illtectilt ; the'hard times have,
In a great measure, solved it by crushing down the
price of labor and property to he old specie stair
dard The chief objection to resumption has been
removed.i We are down to the loldi level on the bed
roes. Prices can go no lower, .4 we might altwell
make ['pour minds to resume -cle payments. and
piste eat eurreaviat jpirwitli . .14) Frets peened,
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there will be nq difficulty in resuming
1871, the time which has been axed,
no doubt that with the balance of trade
and gold Cowing Into this country from
at present, we might safely :emu.,
Paper money Is useful and more convenient for
mod purposes than gold or silver coin. We shall
never be without paper money, and as much of It
a 4 the mints of business require ; but our paper
mnn-y should, dollar for dollar, be equal to coin. so
that It will be staple and not fluctuate In value at
the will of the gold gamblers in New York. We,
must have our paper money so that it can be con
verted without cost, at the will of the holder, Into
the kind of money that Is recognlied anti accepted
by the people of the whole world In exchange for
their products. No other kind of paper Mottby
ever supply the needs and satisfy the people of a
great commercial and agricultural nation like ours.
There la no lack of mtmey In hard times, the trouble
Is it does not circulate from hand to hand ; it lies
dormant In the !Lanka or safes of thcee, who, having
no confidence in the-times,: are afraid to-use It
themselves and dare not lend it to others for fear
of losing It. •
But confldence will be restored, faith will come
back, hope o 111 triumph over despondency, and good
&lines will return again, healthful and welcom-, like
the bright Mil after a long stormy night. Quick
remedies are of no avail; statesmanship can die
nothing; the government Is powerless to aid ; uo
body can help us but ourselves. Patience and po ,
severance, Industry and frugailty,are the only reme
dies Providence has ordained for the cure of hard
times.
HOW TO PROLONG LIFE.
.The things that a man most needs
in this world are food,' Work and
sleep. lie doesn't need riches, hon
ors or Office to live. He needs socie
ty because he is Made for it. Ile
must:love and be loved; his life and
happiness are promoted by compan
ionship; mutual , dependence and
counsel enlarge hope and stimulate
courage. Yet, after all, he lives if
his friends die. There is no grief,
no form of bereavement, but it has
its consolation. The best preserver
of a man's life is contentment. Nor
is work destructive of strength. Men
look forward to rest, to a life of ease,,
Which to them means cessation from
toil and from the cares of business.
They mistake the cause of weariness.
It is not work; it is care, it is over
exe,,,ftion, it is ambition and desire
:Mei' gain that bring worn and wea
r;ed feelings. All we possess we
possess in life, and the sooner we'get
through with life the_ sooner we re
linquish our possessions. The faster
a man lives the quicker - he reaches
the end ante. There areithree ends
to life, and death is the last and least
desirable of them. One 7-:end is to
live. That is why we were'created—
to:live, and its well as we can. Some
go murmuring and groaning on their
way, as though life was a burden,
and that it is piety to put a low esti
mate on it. The opposite.is true. A
man should seek to live out his days,
and • he can:ot aceomplish it in a
better way than by using every
means to promote Bre. Among these
means are the three things mentioned
at the head of this article. IPhen a
man denies himself sleep;food and
the exercise work gives ; brain and
body work, he robs his life of its full
term. Let him be cheerful also. Ile
is like an engine—it will ran well
and long if it is well oiled. Content
ment and cheerfulness are the oil
which keep the nerves from wearing
out. Busy men and women think
time taken hem toil for slt!ep and
recreation is time lost. It is really
the -cement put in to till up the joints,
to. keep out the weather and preserve
the building. Providence. Journal.
TILE BABY.—Who knows not the
beautiful group of babe and mot her
sacred in nature, sacred also in the
religious associations of half the
globe? • Welcome to the parents is
the j puny little struggler, strong in
his weakness. his little arms more ir
resistible than the soldier's, Ins lips
touched with persuasion which Chat
ham and' Pericles in manhood had
not. The small despot asks so little
that all nature and reason are 'on his
side. Hjs ignorance is more charm-•
ing than alt knowledge, and his little
sins more bewitching than all virtue.
All (lay, between his three or four
hour's sleep, he cooes like a pigeon
house, sputters and crows, and puts
pm faces of importance ; and when he
fasts, the little Pharisee fails not to
sound his trumpet before hihi. Out
of blocks, thread-spools, cards and
!checkers, he- will build his pyramid,
while, with an acoustic apparatus of
whistles and rattles, he explores the
laws of sound. But chiefly like his
senior countrymen, the young Amer
ican studies- new and speedier modes
of transportation. Mistrusting the
cunning of his small legs, he wishes
to ride on the neck Ind shoulders of
flesh. The small enchanter -nothing
can iwi listand—no seniority of_ age.
no gra . % *tyof character ; uncles, aunts.
cousins;; grandsires, grandmas—all
Nl an edisy prey ; he conforms to no . -
body.; all conform to him ; albcaper
and -- .lmake mouths and, babbl6 and
chirrup to him. On the strongest
shoulder he rides, and pulls the hair
of laureled heads.—Ewerson.
- AN EXAMPLE FOR GIRLS.—Elise
Empert, the daughter of
,a citizen of
Paris, was betrothed to a young man,
to whom she was to be married in
Septet ber,- 1 ; G.i On the evening
before the weildlng-day the bride
groom was at a party, at which the
bride Was also present; he was very
merry, I talked a great deal, and in
his self-conceited efforts 'to' amuse
others" round him turned his 1 jokes
against religion . His bride
atfec
tionately remonatrated, with him, but
he rejected all her remonstrances
with the tone of a man of the world,
who will not appear so old-fashioned
as to show an}' respect for God and
for religion. The girl was frightened
at first, but soon summoning up all
her • courage, she ' said, decidedly :
" From this moment, since I remark
that religion is not worthy of your
esteem, I can no longer be yours;
he who does not love' God cannot
really love his wife ;" and' to this de
cision she remained steadfast. In
vain did - the bridegroom now simu
late religious sentiments; . she only
despised him all the more. In vain
did her parents endeavor to patch up
the matter. She kept firmly to lter
determination not 'to wed the man
i
who mocked at his God and religi n,
and she won thereby the respec of
all truly goixtrpeople, -who felt t at
she. had _acted wisely and welj ---
Pgritift Alawasinet... •• • •
There is no more emphatic teach
ing in the.. Scripture than that which
enjoins abstinence froth intoxicating
drinks. In Proverbs xxiii, 31, we
are-commanded not even to look on
wine, lest we should be tempted to
transgiess by its use. To intelligent
persons it would seem that no Bible
injunction would be nedessary to re
strain them from the use of these
drinks, because all history and all
experience and observation show
that the mischief and misery coming
from them .are, very great, and at the
same time that no possible good cab
come from them except the..momen
tarY gratification of the appetite.
But it may be objected that the
passages of the Bible are not few
where wine is.spoken of as good, and
we are led to inquire how these can
be reconciled with those where it is
denounded as an evil. The'apparent,
contradiction is so great and: yin,
phatic, that without some satisfactory
explanation" of it, we could not un
derstand how both sorts of teaching
can come from the same inspired '
source. The solution of this diffi
culty is, that in Bible times, as in
our day, there was an unfermented,
unintoxicating wine, the- use of which
was unattended with any injurious
consequences. This fact is well es
tablished as historically true, ..and it
relieves tis entirely from the
,painful
impression that the Bible is contra
dictory in its several parts in its
teaching as to a matter of vast im
portance, since itOoeis declare that
no drunkard shall see God, while we
know that all persons who drink in
toxicating liquors are liable to 1)(4
come such: The love of strong
drinks is an acquired taste; but when
this appetite is once formed, the
miserable subject of it becomes its
slave.
It is often said by inconsiderate.
persons that strong j drinks will, not
hurt any one who abstainS fromthem ; but it is inevitable that, while
the habit of, using these liquors pre
vails, great injury and much misery
must and will result to many persons
who entirely :abstain from them.
There are many in4tanceS on record',
of dreadful shipwrecks attended with
the loss of many lives", resetting en
tirely. from . the intoxication of per-.
sons who had charge of the ships.
ThOe have also been Many railway
disasters, that were caused by engine
drivers; or conductors, who were in
a state of partial or entire intoxica
tion. There have been many instan
ces of the burning of ships at sea,
with the loss of many lives, caused
IT tire originating in the spirit-room
when some of:the crew were there
with a light, drawing rum for, the
grog-time," or stealing it.
Anti so it is a matter of alMost
every-day observation that the wives
and children of drunkards sutler from
violence, hunger, cold, and naked-,
ness, in, conseqUence of the drinking
habits of husbands and fathers. It
has often - been said that the use -of
strong drinks occasions more misery
and suffering ,to the people. of civi
lized countries than all other causes
of mischief combined. It is the great
est obstacle in the way of the &o
gress of the gospel through the
world,: and the greatest source of
poverty, fiauperism,`degradation, in
sanity; anderime. Now there is a
certain and speedy remedy for all
this evil—that is T total abStinence
from the use of intoxicating drinks.
If all persons would practice this,
there '; would be an instant cure bf
this dreadful evil. It is important
that all persons should consider
whether or not it is a duty to God
and to the world to practice this ab
stinence, as an individual contribu
tions to the great purpose of banish
ing intemperance ; and thus, in an
important sense, to prepare the way
for the coming of Christ's kingdom
upon earth and the doing of Mot's
will.
'God's kingdom can never ) come,
and His will can never bd done on
earth as in heaven, while drunken
ness continues; that must go first,
and this can never he until men cease
to use intoxicating drinks. And so
We are justified in considering the
use of th'ese drinks as a disregard of
a duty to God and the world. • •fiotne
years agif a famous English mission
ary returned to his own country from
India after a residence there of many
years. A great meeting was held for
him in Exeter Hall, in London, where
he.related hi's experience of mission-
,
ary' life and missionary work. The
Christian world was startled by a
declaration which. he t ade at that
meetincr—that for ever • convert to
(Arista:laity made by, up the mis
sionaries in that country / . at least a
thousand drunkards wer, made . by
the example of the drinking English
men dwelling there. This missionary
was the Archdeacon Jeffries, who
spent his life iif missionary labors—
the most difficult of which was the
labor to counteract the pernicious in
fluence of the drinking habits of his
countrymen. Thoughtless ' people,
bad people, are missionaries wherever
they life, ending - others to evil) and
teaching evil by a bad example.
I' know that there arc many Men i
who areiconsidered .to be Christian
men, sonic of whom are leaders and
doctors in the church, who by pre
cept and example teach that the use
of strong, drinks is lawful, and that.
no Christian duty requires absti r
!fence, from itheini It is not a'little i
singular that there can be so.great a
dilleien e among intelligent Chris.-
tian peoplenpont a matter of such
grave importuned. Here are Bishop
Blank, and BishOp Black, and the
Rev. Dr. White, and Dr. Gray, who
insist that the"moderate use of strong
drinks is proper and wise, and that
abstinence froM them is otherwise.
They say that; heir opinions: upon
this subject are entitled to as much
weight and respectful consideration
as are those of the total abstainers,
who insist
,that every man is so far
wrong as he departs from their stand
ard Of faith and Practice. •
But the abstainers reply, that this
is not a question of Opinion, but :of
fact—whether theirs is tile better
way of life. • There can be no propo 7
sitiou easier of proof than this;; and
they ask, If it'was ever knoWn that
any one came to any harmlveause
he: wet tkitOtaler- , -any harm. to .
body, mind, or t,tate? • - Sinqe thk
,STRONG DRINK.
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world was, never was. there an.i n
stance of that. And they ask furs
.ther, If it can be measured—the infi
nite mischief that hai come to mill.;
ions and millions- of people, of the
past slid present generations, becalfse
they were not teetotalers; only for
that reason ;,•,4 harm to laxly, mind,
and estate; . utter ruin to body„ mind,
and estate; absolute ruin for time
and eternity—for no other reason
than that they were not teetotalers ?
They insist, then, that it is . lint ' a
mere question,of opinion. but a mat
ter of fact, that total abstinence froth
the use.of strong drink is the wiser,
better, truer way'of life. . • i
"Go ye into all the wOrld , and
preach the gospel to every creature."
.In common conversation; a mission
ary is spoken of ass a person set apart
especially to teach gospel truth in
thinly settled districts, or neglected
parts of our own country. Or in hea
then lands. Ile is one of those sup
posed to be particularly engaged in
carrying the knowledge of Christ's
mission throughout the world, and in
preaching the gospel : to "every crea
ture." But we are all missionaries
in an important sense; we are always
preaching . a true gospel or a false
gospel by our example l ,and by our
daily; life, wherever were.. By eve
ry word and Avery act w;
are silently
influeneing, snore or less i for good or
for evil,' all thOse with thorn we as
sociate. And so we alb bound. by
our duty to God and to otfr fellow
men to so live that, if all the world
should follow our ex:in:vie, no harm
could come from it. .
And in the light of , this obligation.
the Wily, Christian man must feel
himself bound conscientiously to ab
stain from strong' drink,twhich is the
cause of such mischief. To the truly
Christian man, it ought to be, it will
easy to obey the Scriptural in
junction to avoid strong drink as an
gnemy of human happiness-Lnot'even
to look " upon it, in the way of in
dulging in it or of tolerating it.—
Neal Dow, in The. Sunday-Schoui
Tiotes. •
IS A PAINT MULE A HORSE?
Nothing is more remarkable than
the fecility with which• the colored
population become acqltainted
the forms of law, and the practical .
management of a case in court.
There was, a striking illustration of
this fact in thellecorder's Court the
other morning. • •
The prisoner was accused of rid
ing across one of the b:idges at a
gait faster than a walk,and the proof
was that he galloped a paint mule
over Huston street bridge. man
aged his own case.
Ins honor said: "I think I'll have
to line you, Johnsing."
May I ax a few questions ?”
• You may." • :
" Isn'c thar a sign over dat bridge,
warning people how dey must-ride ?"
There, s, and that Makes you all
the more guilty." 1 -
"It does, cbies it? Now. Mr. Re
corder, is (Tat sign what I has to go
b'?'' Is dat de law ?"
...It is."
`Well, den. dat sign reads; 'Walk
your liors.e, or you . will be fined.'
Don't it-don ' t it, boss?"
" Y-e-s, 'I believe so," replied his
honor. beginning to smell a rat.. • ;
"Now; if your honor is to
admit -dat a paint mule ain't no Voss,
I'll rest de ease heap, : because you
see de law is I shall walk My boss;
and as it. was a paint mule, dat is
fatal in the indictment. You is a
lawyer, 'and you ought,' to know ide
points most as well as myself." •
I:eorder-,-Abem! for the purpose
of this snit, I'll regard that paint
mule as a hoss. i•
Prionei---Your honor will please
note my• 'ception. I jess wants to
make one inure point. Allowin's, for
o 4 sake of argument, flat a paint
Mille is a boss, de sign reads: "Walk
your boss." Now 1 has de witnesses
here - in court to prove dat paint mule
boss was not my boss at all. De Taw
Says walk your horse.
lletordei•—fll fine you $lO, John
sing. ,
And As Johnson. was eontlneted to
the locklup he expressed.greaUsyni
pithy for the- tax-payers, as he in
tended ;to bring a suit for $lOO,OOO
damages,lbr false imprioninent.
Ile is 'now, however„ at -work on
the street.—Sant. Wen Ml:Herald:
ASu fiDEN . EPENTANCf:—The . Qther
clay a farmer entered a restaurant'on
Griswold street, Daroit; with, his. hat
On the back of his head and a joyful
look in his. eyes, and, flingin g his hat
on the tloor, he exclaimed : `Whoop!
sold my wool ! and now I want a
Thai ksnlying dinner!" Ile was in
vftol to it down 'to a table, handed.
Utila of fire, nnd•asked to name his
dishes. " I want chiCken, turkey,
oysters, fish, quail, snipe,- pie, cake,
soup, wine; bring on the best you've
got j in the shanty !" he said, as he
pushed the bill of fare away. The
waiter started out. and the farmer
hauled out his wallet and counted hiS
money. His ..face grew serious after
a moment, as he began to realize that
inxurieS cost money, and in another
minute, he pounded on the table and .
called out: " I :want to see that
waiter!" The waiter entered, and
the farmer continued : Yon - hold on
a little ! You may scratch out that
, order, and bring me in some •meat
`and 'titters and bread. I've sold my
wool, as I said before; but I just hap-
Tenet'. to • think that the, corn crop
may lest •n me, and where'd quail
011 toast be then ?"
Wuirs. a newsboy was hanging
around one of the depots, yesterday,
a gentleman engaged" him iii conver
sation, and inquired; =
" Do you go to sehool,*hub.?"
" Yes, sir, and Pm in geography,"
was the answer.
-At, ha! Where does the sun rise?"
" In the east."
" Correct. Where does it set ?"
•
"In,the West." •
• " That's right. What is the earth's
surface composed of ?" •
" Land and Water. • •
" Right again. is the world round
or flat '!"
.
" Less sec," mused the boy, sitting
down on a bunih. ‘,‘ Well, 1 know
dad and tnam bad a fight abOut that
vvi thingibstift4oVwhich licked,"
S 2 per Annum In Advance.
El
THE DEAD-BEAT NUISANCE.
The processes byjwhich the dead
beat is made are various. - A young
man of bad habits goes :on to worse,,
until, as business becomes slack, he
is dlieharged. From that day forth.
his clothes grow'shabby., He begins
toborrow from those who knew him
in better days, with the promise and
at tivt, with the purpose,,of paying ;
but at
,last he wears out 'his friends,
and _ begins to -prey upon society at
large. He has no resource but bor
rowing—borrowing on the basis of
any story that he can invent: Be
wants 'money to , bury his wife, his
child, to feed a starving family, to get
to
. some place where he , has frien7is.
Many pretend to belong in the South.
and are only anxious to get _back.
.Many in New York have just come
froth the South, their trunks pawned
for-passage-money, and they want to
get to Boston. 1 ome are -just from
a hospital, where they have for a long
time been ill. They, have been dis
missed without money, and want to
reach their friends. The ingenious
lies that are peddled about New York,
in any single day', by men and women,
fairly well dressed, for the ; purpose
of extorting from 'sympathetic and
benevolent people, sums varying frOm
one dollar to • twenty-five dollars,
Would make a series of narratives
quite sufficient to get up a modern
novel: So earnestly and consistently.
are stories told, that it is next
to impossible to realize thatithey are
not tri_w:yet we suppose thatithe ex
perierfc(?. of the'geueral public, like all'
the private experience with which we.
are acquainted, proves that ninety-.
nine times in a hundred they are pure,
or most impure, intentions. '
The ;genteel female dead-beat is,
perhaps, the hardest US get along with.
She 'puts on airs and dignities. She
talks of her former fortune; and of
her expectations. She has sources 411
income at present shut up, but sure
to be opened in time. Or she has a
small income, terribly- inadequate, at
best, but not yet - due. She wants
something - to bridge over the gulf
that yforns 'between the last dollar
and the next. Sometimes she lubri
cates her speech with tears, but dig
nity,and greatself-r4eCtfulness,and
a beautiful show of faith in God and
man are her principal, instruments;
and it-takes a purse that shuts like a
steel ~ t4fap to withstand her appeals.
Soinef these women .selfishly stay
at home, or in some , niee l boarding
house, and push out. their children,
and even their young and well,edn
cated daughters, to do their borrow
ing for theta. One whom, we know—
confes.;Fedly a non-attendant at any
church—rails at the church for not
supporting her. " Pretty followers of
.Jesus Chriit !". she thinks the church
members are.
The mothent a man begins to lie
for the purpose of excusing hit - m
-421 f
for the On-payment of a debt, thin,
moment li!tt changes from a man to a
'dead-beat 11 . e thus have dead-beats
in business as well as out of.` busi
ness—men who " shin ",from. day to
(lay, and never know in- the morning
how they are to , get, through. They
live constantly •. - by - expedients. Of
course, it cannot take long to reduce
them to dead-beats of the most dk
graceful stamp. -
We have already, - in; a Previous
number, chrpnicled the statement
made by one of o - fir most truthful
public men, that there is in this _city
a house that harbors the professional
dead-beat, and lianishes him witlf-ro
mance,s to be used in 'the,praetical
extortion of money. In this house
there is a book kept, in Which are re
corded the names of benevolent jinn'
and women, with all. their historti.ts,
traits, weak points. - etc. These ro
mances and this knowledge are ha
parted in consideration of a certain
percentage of the money collected
throtigh their use. Whether we call
this organized beggary or organized
robbery, it matters - little: The *t
itself ;is enott!dt to, put every man
upon his..guard, and to make him de
dine (as a fixed rule, never' to he ( -
viated from, exceptA in instances
where his own personal knowledge
warrants him in doing so) to give,
anything to anyboiy , who comes to
him with a story and an outstretched
Sinew-nine times in. a hun
'dred the story is a lie, and the teller
or it a - dead-be4it, who deserves to be
kickM :from the door. Person:dly,
we have never known a case in Sett -
York city of this sort. of be4ing or
borrowing that was . not a fraud. 'The.
money .loaned never comes back, or
the beggar, by. some forgetfulness,
Comes round again:
The only safe way to. manage these
importunate and adroit scamps is
either to turn . them over to the in
vestig,atiGn of some "society,br to call
a policeman: Eortunately, there is
in a large number of houses the Ns-.
trict telegraph, by the means of which
a policeman cab •be summoned in a
minute or two. -without the visitor's
knowledge. In many in§tances the
policeman will know his man at first
sight. Every dollar given to these
Icechesnpon the.social body is a di
rect encouragement to the increase of
the pauper population ; and, •if the
matter is still regarded, carelessly,
we'shall, in twenty years, be as badly
off as Great Britain in thiS
What
. we give ,goes for rum,
as a rule, and we not only foster idle- .
ness, but we nourish vice and crime.
We need to- make a dead set against
tramps in the country and dead-beats
in the city, if We wish to save our
children from a reign of pauperism,
only less 'destructive of the prosper- -
ity and the best interests of the coun
try than the reign of war.—Dr; G.
Rolland, Scribner for august._ , .
" Raising the wind" is now called, more
classically, "exciting-the financial .-Eolits.)
A country girl, coming from a morning
walk, was told she looked as fresh as a
daisy-kissed by the dew, to which she in
replied : "You've got my name
right-Daisy ; butAis is•'nt Dew :"
A farmer the other day Wrote to a New
York merchant, asking_ how the farmer's
son was getting along, and where he slept
'nights: The merchant.re'plied:'"lle sleeps
in the store in the day-time. I don't know
where he sleeps nights." -
dont see how you can have been work
ing all- day like a horse," •exclaime the
wife of a lawyer, her, husband having de
clared that he had been thus working.—
" Well, my dear," he replied, i",l'vu bteu
drawing a conveyance ail day, a4tiew4"
Nlf MEER IS.
So might it be In lift!,
When the glory and The 'strife
Of its June
Had shed their flowers and fruits,
From pure or yolsonid roots;
Late or soon;
We may find a grander view,
With a wider passage through
To our rest.
And that Joie which blossoms last,
• When passion's dream Is past,
Is the best. • •
NOTES OH THE INTERNATIONAL LESSONS
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We_had a hasty glimpse of Sauliof Tar
:ins in connection. with the stoning of Ste
libel]. Now we have a fuller and much
inore interestiag view of him, We see
hiin suddenly converted gom a violent
pirseentor to a humble, happy Christian.
Herein was Stephen's dying prayer an
swered.
I.* Ilis.journey. Vs. 1-2.' He 'appears
here as the same hitter enemy of the
Christian• Church. So Alostile. is .he that.
he is represented as breathing out slaugh
t4 and threatening:4; he pants and puffS
out menace and murder under the excite
ment of his hate. He is just as zealous
as when he superintended the stoning of
Stephen. He shows this by going to the
High Priest, who alone could 4 sign Such.a
commission, and asking for,letterS of au-•
thorizatiowin order to 'seize' the Chris
tians at Dainas:us i and dra — g them to Je
rusalem to be tried and. punished. This
power the Homan Emperors had confer-'
red upon the Sanhedrin. 'lt probable
'that Christians were quite num.iozs at
Daniascus. • 1
• 11. The Vision. Vs. :34. It occurted
neat .Damascus— while 11e2 was on the
road—at mid-day suddenly. It was a
light from heaven—a powerful
exceeded the splendor of thesuri at mou
thy. The effect upon Saul was that it
blinded him and, caused him to fall from
his horse, face downward, to the ground.
But though ho could not see he Cotild•
hear.- Ile ‘ - ‘.lleard a voice saying unto
him, -Saul, Saul, why persccutest thou
nip ?" - The wOrds to him were clear and
dktiuct. In v. 7'We learn that the nien
who accompanied him to execute his or
ders beard the voice, but from chap. xxii:
'9, we infer that they heard only Um
Sound, but could not distinguish the
%N ords. Saul knew, that it must be seine .
s4erliuman but lie did not under=
stand who it was that spike. hence his
question, •‘ Who art thou,
, Lord.?"• The
answer touched his heart and conscience,
and led to his instantaneous conversion.
Yielding at once, laying aside all hatred
and s pet scenting plans, he cried, "Lord,
what wilt thou have me to do?" In an-,
steer the Lord sent him into the city
where his diity was revealed to him,_as
we shall' hereafter see. . • '
111. The Visit of Ananias. Vs. $-18.
After. the vision had passed %111 found
himself wholly blind. He opened his
eyes e., his eyelids) but saw no man,
and had to be led intO Dattiascus. This
was a very different sort of entrance from
that which he expected to make. His
bliniluess lasted three days, during which
time his soul was so intensely occupied
with the momentous subject suggested by
the Saviour's qUestion, that he did neither
t nor drink. Thus was he taught in
silence of the mind by the Holy Spirit,'
without human intervention.• •
Ananias wa:.; a private Christ4ll -in .153 -
Ina , Ams: It was a man otherivii:.e ' up
known that the Lord sent to givellight to
his chosen apostle. The commission clinic
to him in a vision; i. e., through a visible
i • -
sr, who was the Lord Jesus himself.
ilie. was to gointo a city called -then and
ow Straight (because dividing the city
in two in a straight line), and inquire in
the house of a Christian named Judas for
Saul of Tarsus; who was at the moment
eAgaged in prayer, anti Who had seen in
a vision_this very Ananias coming to him
and laying his hands upon him, so that
he received back his sight. Ananias was
afraid at the sound of that dreaded name,.
and demurred; b4t the L'ord's commaild
;was peremptory ; "Go thy waY.!" And
the reason was assuring ; "'For he- is a
chosen_ vessel, etc." This' was an intinni
tion of bis conversion, and of the great
place he was to fill in the church. Noticti
that he was a chosen vessel before Anan
ias visited him. ' God's chOice" and: call
were immediate and direct, xvitliont hu-
Man interposition. Here Saul's winleis
said to be twofold—to Preach before Gen::
tiles and Jews, And tq suffer great things
for ChriSt's sake.. .
Ananias promptly ';obeyed. He knev
that Jesus sent him, and he knew that he
sent for a twofold purpose—to be the
nistrument•of removing Saul'S .blindness;'
and of his being tilled with the Holy
Ghost. It is to ,be noted hero that the
Holy Ghost is given through the laying
on of the bands of a private Christian°.
The effect followed the condition in
aut ly. Immediately-there fell' ft ton his
eyes as it had been scales; I. e., it seemed
to him as if' scales fell from his eyes.
This perhaps was Ids own way of expiess..
lug the great changi.. He received sight ,
forthwith. It is probaile, hOstrever,tthat
AM; eyes alWaYs bore . the >Marks. of the.
sudden blintlingl The - ,gh he could see . ,
his Vision W. its aft e rwards impaired and
this disability wag incrva.sed, by his being
v.:night afterwards 7 to • the gird'' heaven.
(•.! Cur. xii). Thenceforth he 'was well
nigh blind, and this; probably; constitut-1
ed-his thorn in the flesh.
lie arose 6., from hie precious pros
trati4n and inaction) and was 'baptized;
"a sign both of his initiation into. the
'Christian church; and of thespiritnal ren
ovatiOnr, without. which mere_external.
membership must be _foiever Nviiromt.,o4;
tinavnilingl" • .
•ABTU*L
They have come—the
When the red sun's chastened rap,
In the wood.
Gilharnecbright wiahade and hue
That the stitutulr clever
And pierce the thicket through.
Where I stood.
In the Spring, content to greet
Ail the beauties it toy feet,
And to stay,
Never cluing what beside
Nature's verdant yell might hide
Far away.
Mi ; the view Is clearer now;
Dead, the tendril on the:bough, • 1
•
Sant. the veil,
And the e ocean is in sight„
Dim awl►le.
It had come—the Aettunn time;
Passed the Sinamer and the prime;
.ir my days.
Careless I of joys Of ((ire,
For the sod was dank with tears;
Withered fell the hopes of years
la nay gaze:
When the,Magle of my love
Let the annlri from above; I .
- Soft and bright. ,
.And 1 iaw with altered mind ,
That-the Autumn, too, wa.4 kind
jolts light. 1,
For, Just as a brighter sheen
G:orHies the passing green
Of the leaf,
Anil the vistas °lilting clear
Let the wider scenes appear
Free from grief-.
BY ILEV..IOIIN S. STFAVART,'D. D
NOVEMBER 5, 1671
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