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Seventeen hundred and seventpseven,
Fair and pun Is the face of heaven,
Aud softly the sunlight Bunts allure
The calla old City of 'Brotherly Lure
Ilelsey Itoss In her t homespun dress
Ilas paused fur a moment of idleness;
The little shop with the sanded floor
Look?, bright from Hui halt•wap open door ;;
But Betsey watcht.s with anxious eyes
A cloud of dust that the pees arise.
Adown t 'street iliere's a fe , POilly SUN—
Aiparly of liornmeti are seeking tier.
311Mress Betsey,” !hr flrsl one cries
-1 w on his forehead the 'cocked hat Iles--
"In the name of Congre. , :s, we bid you leave
Your other labors a. ft •g to weave •
A field of blue yon shllll light with stars,
UI silk prepare nykir Ms milk-white bars,
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The goodly number , hall be thirteen."
Then needle and
, selssors Butsey sought.;
With sk a Tingtrii the ttagWas wrought;
And It waved aloft lu many a fight,
Where the watch-word rang, —Fur God and Right
Then the years weld by, anti Betsey' soul
Had nett ere the war-drum eMit•ed to Toil ;
And liwtH•yi daughter stood by the door
ttr the little t•hoitlvlth the :-..jaded floor.
•••iiive a more flak:;," the sii4dler, erled ;
"We have imitglit tint rag, *hero t be stars are dyed
With tin:ldt.sd of hoes, andith, intik-white bars
Are torn, like our breasts, It Itb raggA scars,"
It it the maiden said, "lin $.Oll knm the Friends: ,
Thy weave nip hauliers l'i•r waillke ends,
I weai lla. it co Is..f s , .b:•r
t, Ittrll:rj•ritilmAt ~r :lzure
I can weave tm nag.' that may nave In strlfe '
\Shore btotht•r 18 8,0.1117, a Lrut hers
Then ! , il..nt the vet•r:.us turned away
From that qa!rt maid In the PAK. o{ gray,
AVho:ifter UIeID el •s Ileacy lo6r
or the link ch o p with tilt. 11,0 r
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A SHORT RULE FOR PRETTIES
A young friend has been visiting
me who was a fretter. She fretted
when it rained, and fretted vhen it
shone: She fretted when others came
to see her, and fretted when they did
not. It is dreadful to lie a fretter.
A fretter i-Aroublesonie to herself and
trouldesotue to• her friends. We, to
e sure,: have our trials; hut frettin! ,
,ioes not hvip us to tivar or ,et rid
of them.
I Lave hitcly conic acro-s a f t l li ? rt
rule for 11i:U....1.5, which they Alai'
have. Ilere it is : I . Irr ! ( 11111111
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bp \r.r•rr fret 01),,a! what
! pp; et: 11 help: because, It volt cat,
!wit, it, do so._ Say this when you
_et tip in the morning, say it at noon,
awl say it at night; and not only . try,
but : and that will be, do cot fret
all—a fine doing.
'• But we have our* trials," my
readers say. Yes, yon have; I
awl your iittle trials are as hard to
hear as our' big ones. but irrit illy
doesn't help thcfn, nor wisliing we
were sotui•where else, or somebody
(Ise, or dwelling upon : them until
they look a ~T eat deal hi er. than''
they really are. .Did you ever see
that fable abOut the toad and the
.
; A 'toad used to live under a, stone
the brook. lie was a pretty
I:it toad, and gut along in the world
:1:•• NVt'll as tuacl
. fq•ner:llly do. One
day ho went Out to !lad somethin! ,
to eat. fin•l hopping ont among the
grcen leaves by the creek's y side, he
heard a rustle among the leaves. lie
said to himself. 6' There's a nettle !
I like beetl , F. I'll be quiet and catch
hint." So he crept along till he got
to it, and stuck out his toneale to get
11;111: but it happened to oe a Int ruble
! Ile dropped It like a hot coal.
:old had to cry out' in the way toads
cry, and hop hack to, his hole und;:r
the.stone. Ile suffered with the pain,
and hici tongue swelled anti he
was oblin.ed to lie i v for two or three
days. flopping bail to his home he
plficked a leaf of the plantain, and
'took it home for his medicine, and
put it in his mouth to cure the sting
of the bee. Ile stayed at-home for
two or three days, and bep,•an to get
Itit7ry. and poor, and lean: As he
hopped along, he came under the leaf
of a iolantan, and being, very, tired
and bun!rry, he stopped under the
leaf, and looking up, lie said, "Oh,
what a nice time you plantains have!
1 should like to change places. Toads .
have a hard life."
The plantain said, " Fri,end toad,
I . shoubl like to chan7e tod. Idon't
see *hat tonds..havc to complain of.
I think they must have a fine time of
it.-
"Let me tell said the toad.
"la the first place. we lia+.'e to work
fur our living, and find all we get to
eat : and sometimes, when we think
we are going to 'get a beetle, we get
a huMble-bee. Then, :I , •ain, in winter
time .we get frozen up, and when we
come out the boys come along and
stone us, and the crows pick us up ;
isn't - that trouble while you plan-
Litmus have just to sit by the river,
and don't have to work. I should like
to. change places with yon."'.
"StOp ! let ige
A LEGEND OF THE FLAW
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TOIVANDA, BRADFORD,COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY lORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1876.
cried the plantain. "Wm cannot hop
'about as you can, but have to stay
where we are put. If we want a 'drink
of water; we can't go to the creek and
get' it.. We can't_inove an inch to go
and see the world - and visit our next
neighbor. Then , thO . sun - ahines hot
all day, and we Lye 'to bear it, and
can't imp under a cool leaf as you do.
Then, by-and-by, comes along a cow
and nips off our head, or a little worm
and ets'into our heart, and we ()Ave
not 1 hoer to shake him otf. I should
like ,o change places with you. Yoo
take mine Anil I will take yonrs; for
I am so anxious to hop down to the
creek and get a drink." • t
• "Stay, stay !" cried the toad, "I
hear a cricket:: Let me get it and
oil he went hfter the cricket, and
•
never came back.
So it appears
only
have
trials; and the only right way of
get
ting along is:not to wish oUrselves'
somebody ,else, and fret ourselves be
cause we are not, but contenteilly .
bear our lot, 'and be satisfied with
what God has; given The Day of
Days.
A STUDY OF NATURE.
THE LOON
One of the strong and original
strokes of Nature was when she
made the loon. It is always refresh:-
ing. to contemplate a creature so
positive and chdiaetcristie. Ile is
the great and flyer under water.
The loOn is the yen tts loei of the wild
northern lakes, • as solitary as they
are. Sonie birds represent the majes
ty of Nature, like the eagles; others
,its ferocity, like the hawks:, others
its canning, like the crow ; others its
I sWeetness and melody, like the song
The loon represents its wild
ness and solitariness. It is `Fgousin
to the. beaver. It has the feathers of
a bird and tiw fur of an animal, and
the heart of both. It is in the strict
est sense an aquatic fowl. It c:in
barely walk upon the Ixlll, and one
species at least cannot take night
fro►n the shore. But in the water its
eet are more than. feet and its wings
ire nvire than wings:. It plianges into
Ids denser air andllies with incredi-
Ile speed, Its head awl beak form
sharp point to its tapering neck.
Es wings are far in front awl its legs
•dually 1?a• in the rear, and its course
throin4lithe crystal depths is like the
speed of an arrow. I had never seen
one till last Fall, when one appeared,
on the river in front . (if my house. I
knew instantly it was a loon. Who
et:MI(1 110 t tel the 10011 a half a mile
or more away, though he had never
seen One before? The river was like
glass, and every movement of'the .
hint as it sported about broke the
lirlarc into ripples, that revealed it
PO. and whit.. Vresently a boat shot
out from the shore and went rip ling
up the SUrraVe town rd _the loon. 'fl?.
crc.ature at once seemed to divine the
intentions of :the hot man, and sidled
olf obliquely...keeping a sharp look
out as if to ake sure it was pursued
A steamer
. came down and passed
between them., and when the way was
ag.tin clear. the loon was still swim
ill!Y on the surface. Presently it dis
appeared under the, water. and the
boatman pulled sharp and hard. In
a few moments the bird reappeared,.
some rods further on, as if to make
an observatimi. Seeing it was being
pursued, and no mistake, it dove
q ui e tir s , and when it Callle, np again.
it. had gone many times as far as the
b.ett had in the same space of time
Then it dove n! , ain, and distanced its
pursfier so easily that he gave over
the chase, awl ,reste , l upon his oars.
lout the bird Made a limit plunge, anti
whcii it came tip it was over One mile
itway. Its course' must have been,
anti doubtless was, an actual night
tinder water, and half as fast as,the
crow ilk:3 ill the air.
The lopu would have deli! 'idol the
31d pooe•ts. Its wild demoniac laugh
er awakening its echoes on the soli-
tarp' Likes. and its f'eritj••or li .rdiness
w:is kindred to those robust spirits.
L--Graft.ry..
Tut: Ilisnite AND ..rur: BEES.—WC :
Lind the following good story in a
foreign journal :
• A French Bishop, being abriut to
make his annual visitation, sent word
to a certain curat, whose ecclesils
tical benefice was extremely trilling,
that he ineant to dine with hint, at
the same time requesting that he
would not put himself to any extra
ordinary expense. The en rate prom
ised to attend to the bishop's sug
gostion't but he did not keep his
word, ft elie provided a most sump
tuous entertainment. His lordship
was much surf rised, and could not
help censuring the conduet or the
citrate; observing that it was highly
redieulons in a man -whose circum
stances were .so narrow, to launch
out in' l snch expense, nay .almost to
dissipate his annual income in a sin
gle day. ' DO not be uneasy on that
score, my lord,' replied the curate,
• for I can assure yim that what von
now see is not flit; produce or my
curacy, which I bestow exclusivelv
upon the poor.' 4 . Then you have a
patrimony, sir:" said the bishop.
• No, my lord.' 'You speak in rid
dies.,, rejoined his lord:diip; 'how do
you eontrive. to live, in this manner:'
• My lord, 1- have a correct of young
damsels here, who do -not let the
want anything.' ' I low ! lim have a
convent ? net know there was
one' in this' - neighborhood. '1 his is
all very strange, very 'unaccountable,
Com-utinuE, in 'addition to his deep
-
Mr. 'orate.' ' Yon are joentar, my
lord.' 'lint Come sir I entreat that er and loftier faculties, had ,a power
you gold., solve , ,
thC enigma -
tif retort attributed to himlin early
;
IFe, and, as we gather Erma thrft
would fain see the convent." So
tm
his
you spa my lord, after dinner ; and ry of. a particular ride, eOuld ap.
10 - it according 'to the sensibilitiesl-promise at your lord-.hip will be
Ids opponent. The horse ilnd geV
satklied with my conduct.' accord
tip of the rider onthis oceaston were
ingly, when dinner was over, the cu tip
open to vulgar criticism„and
rate, conducted the prelate to a large alik e lvw' Wag appreciating .the general tr
inclosure, entirely occupied by bee
feet, asked the pest if he had a
hives, and pointing to the latter ob
the eon _ tailor just like himself. •• Yes,"Was
This, my - lord, is
, the reply," and he said he Lad just
vent which gave us a dinner; it_brings
Bosse." After this lOwly
me in about eighteen hundred lures " this
Umph, his road brought him within
trig
It . year upon' which I live • eery cam - , 1
a more distinguished party
fortabiy, and with which Feontrivel hid/ "
cif, one of whom,!a ~on-to mac-ruin my guests ;genteelly.
r horsemen
'
The surprise and satisfaction of the M. I'. known to have been bribed
bishop may be imagined." I by the Ministry„stopped hjm t i in
inire the price of horse and rider.
‘r The horse," was the, anstver,..“ is a
hundred animas; as for thelrider, as
he is not iu Parliament :set I have
,
riot fixed big taw." -
A TURIi'TY young Teuton was asked if
attend thy races. , "I yaits dill'
Tursday,",esaid he,
derfreei for all,
den I bays battings." •
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S OAHE OF THEM
NoW you will say, this is a dismal
-and unnecessary sermon to preach
to young people ; they have their
I fathers and mothers to take care of
them; they.don't take care of them
selves. Very true; but fathers and
mothers cannot always make their
children remember and obey their
dictions; more than all, it is very,
hard to make children realize that it
is of any great importance that they
should keep, all the laws of health.
I know when I was a little girl, when
people' said to "You must not do
thus and thus, for if you do, you will
take'cold," I used to think, :" Who
Cares for a` - little cold, suPpcising I
catch one'?" And when ( I was
phut up in the t house for several days
With a bad sore - throat, and suffered
liorrible pain, I never reproached
myself. -
.I, thought that sore throats
rut come now.and then, whether or
no, 'and that I must take my turn.
But now I have learned that if no•
lbw of health were ever broken, we
teed never have a : day's illness;
rilight - grow old in entire -freedom'
from suffering, and g radually fall
asleep at last, instead o f dying tern--
34 deaths from disease; and I am
`all the while wishing. 'that . I hail'
known it when I. was young.ltl had,
known tell you .what 'I should
have done. I
,wonlit havti jUst tried
the experiment at any rate, of never
doing a single thing which could
'possWlity get any one of the in
struments of my body out of order.
wish . ] -Could see,some boy br girl
try it yet; never sit up late atinight;
never to have a close, bad akin the
room ; never to sit, with wet feet •
Ii ver to wet them, if it were vossible
tO help it; never to go on( in cold
NVeather without being ,4roperly
wrapped up ; never to go, out of .a"
hot room into a cold out-door air
njithout throwing some extra wrap
on; never to eat or drink - lan un-
Wholesome, thing; never to touch
tea, or coffee, or candy, or pie-erust;
never to let a day pass without at
lost two good hours lit' exercise in
the open air; never to read a . wOrd t
by twilight, nor in the cars ;, never
let the sun be shut out orrooms.
,This is a pretty long Ist.a"fievers,"
'kit "never' is the only word that eon
oilers " Once in it while " is the
very watchword of temptation and
defeat. I do believe that the 6 4 OnCe
i A-a-w hi le " things ha% e ruined more
,s . 1
il r odies, and more sonlS too, than all
the other things put.t.il"gethei'. More
over, the "never" wa . Y is easy; and
the " once-in-a-while '' way is hard.
After you have once made up your
niind "never." to do a certain thing.
that is the end of it, if you are a
sensible person. But if pin o nly
s;ty, "This • is a bad habit," or This
i.l h dangerous indulgence; I will be
a little on my guard, and' not do it
too often," you have put yourself in
the most uni-otufatable of all posi
tions; the temptation Will knock at
your door twenty times a day, and
y r ri will have to be lightinglhe same
o d battle _ over and over again as
long, as you live. This is esPecially
true in regard to the matter,tif which
Ilhaye been speaking. thd ca le of the
hody. When you have once laid
d r own to yourself the laws you Iran
th keep, the thing,s - you Will always
0, mut the things yoit will ncr r"
. •
then gout lire arranges itSelf into
system at ()nee, and you are not
interrupted and hindered as''the un-
decided people are, b wondering
What is best. or safo, or wlndesotne,
1 1 . too unwholeso►ne at (lillereat times
DI .11) TO Tut: \\on.i.D;—'llhis city
teuining with romance and trage-
1
V, if one only knew just Where tor
Imk fir it. I was walking Op Four
teenth street yesterday, with a lady.
:mil as we passed :In elegant brown
stone.' house, surrounded liY a large
garden, between Fifth and Sixth av
enues, she said : " Do von see that
house ?,'" " Yes," said 1, i"and 1.
nave often noticed it, and thought
IVlett fun it would' be to live in such
a placo."• . " The peop;e who live
i
the .e don't find it such fun,"'she re
iili d, and continued, '.in the back
Gel rooms of that house,lives a lady
Ilio has not seen the light, of day
fOr ye: ys." " Poor thing,"! said I,
"is she stone blind ? " " she
IS not blind at all; Tint sees as well
as I can," and she turned a,pair of
the brightest brown eyes in the world
Up to mine. Explain yourself,
!Fay," sajd•l,'•vhat-i4 the ni . ysteryr:
.I.There is no mystery—only the lady .
l'speak of, who yet myoung woman,
lust her (Ally child Some years ago,
and before she had recoi'er6F from'
the shock her husband died,' Since
that dim: she has not left thos i e room
—the shutters are closed and the gas
is kept 'burninf!„ just anon the night
or her husband's death, so that she
way take no note of tilde ; and there
.11e, sits, waiting p.tticntly for the
voice that shall call her to th'at coun-
ry where there is no night."
" What a sad story," said I, as I
ooked back over my shoulder at the
louse, which - seemeci to gather the
hallows as they passed ;!" It is a
\Liss llaversh m case in real life."
r "The only difference," Said my
()lend, " being that this lady's mind
is as clear as the noonday' , sun. She
i 0 only dead. to the world lbecause
tier world is dead."—BoAmiGa:rife.
SELVES.
---• -4 4i11.0.-
ADJUSTE' A LOSS:
Keen fellows those insurance
agents. There was an alarm of' tire
the other day, caused by a gas explo
sion in the "saloon " of Mr. Michael
McGowan at the North End. As
as the .excitement had quieted
down a little Mr. McGowan started
for the insurance office, where he lihd
taken out a policy on his " shebe'en ",
and its contents.
Soon after Michael left a 'quiet
looking gentleman entered and inter
viewed Mrs. McGowan on the subject
of gas. He Was very severe ; he
-
thought the gashad beenimproperly
used ; he donliad if the company
would put pipe?' 4il there again if so
much damage was done.
MrS. McGowan was alarmed. She
knew that -much? of Mr. McGowan's
business was transacted " under the
gaslight," and she volubly protested:
" Aisy, sir, av ye rla.ze; is it the gas ,
.and the fire ? Divil a harram have
they done anyway, barrin' Mike
drivin' the head 'jay him thro' the
windy, but mariny the worse lick he's
got when he's bin out wid the boyes.
Burn, is it? Nothing was burnt but
Mike's ould coat. As fur the whisky,
it wouldn't burn if you'd,trow it on
the fire. Damage, is it? Wait fill
I get a drop oi whitewash, the mor
row, an' divil a sign of a scorch ye'll
see."
Meanwhile Mike, with his heal
bound up and' wearing a woeful .
countenance, was waiting at the in
snranee office. PreSently the agent
arrived, and Mr. McGowan opened
his ease atiouce.
"Good marlin', mister Premium.
I've jist dropped in for me insurance,
sir. The' bloody gas works, bad luck
to 'cm, bust the stooling all out av
the pipes, and sit lire to me place,
and trow'd me elane troo the Windy
wid me head agin liurphy's wall as
kapes the grocer's shop that came
from County Cork au' knows one
well, barrin' he'll sell a, glass a whis
key on the sfy, which, being a grocer,
is agin me rights'''
As soon as3lr. McGowan stopped
the agent cjnietlN• inquired
" How much do you think yotir
oss is, Mr. Met:lowan r'
"IVell. I do not know, sor. What
will me place busted, and me stock
burned, •me clothin' destroyed, me
heail bruk, to say nothin' av the Mild
on Mtirphy's wall, I gni thinkin
matter or five hundred dollars wild
be squarin,:
Mr. , MeGuWall," said the agent,
drawinp• a bank note from hits drawer,
I haVe lwen 'up to, your place this
morning and seen what damage has
heen done, beside havinr the , pleas
ure of an interview with Mrs. Mc-
Gowan. ; 'There, is twenty dollars to
pay for a bucket 'of whit - en-ash.
,a)
pane glass, and your broken head;
and don't you ever try to , play games
on insurance i - kmple."
Mr. McGowan's face lengthened
inch by inch, and Lis square l an
dropped 'as the insurance man qon
tinned. Finally, his eye falling'un
der the gaze of the - other, he pocket
ed the money, signed the neeestary
papers,.and merely remarked
- So ye hall an interview wid the
onla woman, have ye ? Be gorra!
I'll have 4410 wid her meself :loin .1
go back." •
Mr. MeGowan was true to his
word, for he paid the twenty dollars
to the clerk of the police iantthe
next morning for, as Mrs. McGowan
di‘scrihed it, " Itatia' her like an ould
wervitri . Mille
THE PINT' Of ALE
A \t:tncln•ster e;dieo printer ss : as,
o . n his wcil , liug day, :t,kol by his
vile to Allow het• two inilC-pints of;
le :t cloy :1,4 her share .)1* t-xtra c•oln
ort,. lie mile but trot
cheerfully,.for, though a drinker hiin
self, (faneyin!r, no dOubt, that he
could not weirdo without,) he would
have much ,prefeyred perfejtly
ber wife. They both worked had.
.lohn loved his wife . devotedly,
but he could not • kreak away
fronollia IPla assbeiates at the ale
house, and, when not in thejactory,
or at his meals he was with his -boon
companions. His wife made the
small allowance meet-her house-keep
ing .expenses—keeping her dot neat
and tidy, and he could not complain
that she insisted on her pint of ale,
N% Idle he, very likely, drank two or'
three quarts. Once in a wink!, the
wife succeeded by ;2 - ,entle„ loving 'arti
fice, in drawing; her husband home
an hour or gtv 0 'earlier 'than usual,
and very rarely she persuaded him
to spend a whOle evening in Ik!9 , com
pany. They had been married a
year, and on the inornin of their
wedding, annivers.ary John lookol
with pride upon the neat and comely
person of his wife and with a touch
of remorse in his look • and tone, lie
said:
" Mary, we'll had no holiday sibce
we were wed, and only that I 11:1V( n't,
a penny th' worlsl, we'd take a jinni
to th' village to sA., thee mother," •
" Would thee like to go, John "
she asked.
There Seas _a tear --with - ter smile,
(brit touched lieFldart to hear him
speak tenderly as in the old times.:
'• If thee'd like to go, John, I'll
stand treat."
'• Thou .stand treat, Mary !, Mast
thou got a foitin' left thee 1' "
Nay, but I'm gptten the pint o'
ale," she added.
" gotten what, wife ?
' The pint o' ale," she repeated.
Ind thereupon she went to the
hearth. and front beneath one of the
stone !lags drew forth a stocking,
froth which she poured upon the ta
ble the stun of 365 three-pent:es-IA,
11 s. 3d.—exclaiming :
"Vie:, John, thee can have the hol-
iday." •
•• What is this ? " he asked it
amaze.
" It is my daily,- pint o' ale, John:
• He w.ls consdenee, , trielien ns wel
as :1111:11.ed: •
"Mary, hasn't thee had any sha- ( i ?
Them I'll ha' no more fro' this day."
Anil he wis as gotiil ss hls word.
They had their holiday ,with their
old mother, and Mary's little twital,
saved froM the "hints o' :de," was the
seed from which, as the years rolled
on, grew shop, factory, warehouse,
cotmtry seat,' and carriage, with
health, happiti.s TON, boor, and
reni*.O. •• -.= - • • .
2
INTIKEEPING AS A FINE /ET.
We fear that the line art of inn
-keeping 'is on the decline. As in
other departments of lifthe inrush
of 'bourgeois ideaS and of the people
wbOlive to make .4,Ltings pay, rather
than to make them worth paying for,
has not idealized the art of innkeep
ing. There was a time when it was
at least the ideal of'an EngliSh
o•lnake glad the stranger's heart,
and not merely to sell him a Certain
amount of indispensable conveniences
of life, But .no doubt this was the
ideal before the time of railways and
that multiplication of travelers which
rail ways i produced, rather than since.
It must be very difficult to make a
fine art of innkeeping *(or, indeed of
anything"else) without a certain over
flow of feeling in the discharge of the
ordinary duties of the profession,
and' it is not easy, we dare Say, to
abound in cordiality of sentiment',
.toward the crowds which -railways
have launched as 'travelers on the
country. Ile hospitable state of
mind is essential to the fine art,
though not to the tride; of innkeep
ing.;' arid the hospitable state of mind
must Oe difficult to attain toward all
the persons who crowd one after an
other into the cloths of a tolerably
prosperous hill, with, persistent and
peremptory cries for. breakfast, lunch,
dinner or suPper, chops, cutlets, wine,'
beer, bacon, eggs, bedo,:baths,:towels
and hol, water, between the earliest
hour of the morning' and the arrival
of the last omnibus at night. •
But whatever the :cause, it is
certain, we thint,Ahat innkeeping as
tine art is on the decay, We admit
,that "crack " hotels exist, and are
likely to exist in still greater numbeVs,
in favorite spots or in Irretit .:cities—
" crack " hotels where any.luXury can,
be purchased for the requisitconsid
eration. But that no more realizes
the ideal of innkeeping cultivated as
a line art than good printing, realizs,
the ideal of handwriting cultivated
as a fine art. Printing may answer a
great many of the purposes of the
reader:better -than the best: writing,
but it has none of .the beauty of fine
writing for all of 7 .
. _
And so a palac9 hotel, 'i;tncli as
Switzerland erects , 011. all her most
magnificent sites, awl even,jEngland,
erects" in great cities, and here and
there; at rare intervals, in scenes of
justly celebrated beauty, may answer
some or the purposes of the traveler
more effectively than the most perfeet
of the old-fashioned inns; but for all
that it is the effectiveness of machin
ery rather than the ctliijtiveness of
temper :Ind taste which
these hotels attain—the effectiveness
which comes of largLi plans and suc
cessful or:mnization, rather than the
effietiveness which comes of a mind
which finds something more in a par
ticular- calling than opportunity for
profit in the adequate supply of de
inand.
DRINING AMONG-WOMEN.
It is undoubtedly true that many
of our womcn who indulge in the
dissipations of . fashionable society
are given to Trinking champagne and
even spirituous liquoni. The practice
also is ! -, Towinr - ,antl its balernl results
are apparent, to any one whoOs well
acquainted with the lovely creatures
who adorn our gay saToons of fashion.
Not long ao-o, a young g:rl, who bad
devdoped a ...charming capacity for
for muSie and a happy social tact, be
came so hoplcss a victini of dipsoma
nia that she was. taken. to a asylum,
where her appetite e,Jul.l be restrain
ed. a complete and shattered wreck
al the opening of womanhood, This
is only one ease out of many. ,The
habit starts With the experience of
the stimulating (urea.; of :1(10
the exhaustion ; of fashionable di4l7
patio)), or when it is desired to start
gayety that does not come sponta
neously.; The stimulant soon anti .
become a necessity, and before
she herself is aware of it the . woman
is 't toper. Within the. last twenty
years, the freedom with which women
drink.wine and. other liquors has lie
ellme ,renter and greater. There . are
soine of than in fashionable life, who
really seem to have stronger ,heads .
than a man, and to be able to carry
their wines, brandy. and liquors with
a steady gait and a tongue in nowise
thickened ; but the more delicate
nervous organization' of a woinan
.attst.'s thq. .tlects or the strain to be
more serious than in the case of a
man., ' A woman, too, who puce ac
quires the habit of 4.lrinkino'k apt to
eonstune an enormous .amount of
liquor of all sorts. If our physicians
who practice among the fashion:llqt•
people of the el v could reveal their
knowlekloo on this Abject, it would
astound the puhlie. O . urse we do
not bring* this change of dipsonutnia
noainst our ladies generally. It is in
truth only in exceptional cases thlt
it exists ; but we deplore the eiremn
:
St:inCe that more or less of, drinking
,rowing to, he looked on as a venial
ollince in fashionable women. is
a dangoroui vie..., and in its train are
likely to . folloW others still inure
daagerous..—Neic
A foreign newspaper publishes a
literary Cll7:osity entitled, " lioyalty
at the Dinner Table," which purports
to give the favorit e dishes of the dif
ferent crowned heads of Europe.
I,f_neen Victoria, we are told, is fru
gal at table, and is fond of
beef and pastry. Mailshal MaclNla•
h'in cares little for the 1!lof les of the
Frenoi cui4 ire, but is very. fondiof
fruit: The Emperor of Germany is
"an excellent eater and an excellent
drinker," quite convivial at the ta
ble,J":intl of beef, mutton, and bis- .
cuits. The - Emperor •of Austria re
stricts himself to dark meats and the
national - wines of. Hungary. The
Kin7;of Italy is a great sportsman,
but. unlike sportsmen, is -very fond
'if game. 9'lre Kinv of Holland is
very fond Of " has. one
of the linesi, cellars in Europe,'' Bur
. gundy being his favorite. Leopold
11, is very fond of thrushes, though
he has ft poor alictite. The king of
Portugal hi fond of sweetmeats, and
the King of `pain has a preference
tilr lamb and veal, and "-lingers long
over his dessert."
•
A GENTEEL referied 10 bor female
9ncol4r t01.1.411y Eve,
$2 per 'Annum lei Advance.
'NUMBER 21.
THE OLD LOG ROME.
There's an old log house on tui , fathers fano,
Al silent, and lonely And still;
;Net, a Sound of 'mirth I ever bi:ard now
the old log holm on the Mil.
Hut fondly Ithipk:of the bygone days, ,
Where, with brothers and sisters dear,
Nut a Lander heine in the country around,
Conn! be found, either , far or near.
But my father bullded another house,
Audluy brothers are gone afar;
And the old log house lsdesertee now,
'AttA defaced with many a scar. .
The rabbit and triii 1 rretplay
With :Wee tier the oitc'en flour;
they,quickly heat.° hasty retreat
' :When the ettl flies In at the tlottr.-
The "tWltterlng swallow — ittrw builds its nest.
On the rafters, going to decay;
And the robin and sparrow hare made their house
On the logs for many a day. •
Tho little room, where my brother and
Oft listened to the weird whip-p , ,or-will,
Is open now to the birds and the bats,
nd.they mane there wttliont tear of ill.
Bit poor-will is missed from his nightly :kat
411 ow apple tree near the door—
For there's.nOone (here, to answer him back,
As we've Jone j a thousand times o'er.. ,
The primroses bloom nneared4or now„ -
• And the "blue-eyedAdolets"
And:the cottage rose, that my sister hired,
Climbs In at the ea,eingut
As 11'1 would ask, "Where are they all gone
That tiseti once to caress and to love
1 I,oor flowers, neglected now .
In the rank reetnls that or us rove ?"
Rut :he friendly vine, .on the 'Old black logs,
Still clings there. loving and true,
AS.If It hide the marks of 11.,tay
From the pa.ssln7, travelers vleiq.
Oh, toy heart 'still clings to the dear old home,
And the tlnies of znychililhood there;
:end rather live o'er those bles,eil iiays
Than to doe 1 In a palace fair..
—Rural New rarOr
FUN, FADT AND FAOETIE
• -
"IYhat object do you now see,?" asked
the doctor. The- young man hesitated,
and then replied, "It appears like a jack
ass,. doctor, but I think it's yourshadow."
LET us keep our scorn for our own
Nl , i,aknesses. our blame-for our own sins,
certain that we shall gain more ustruc
non, though not amusement,.by 1 citing
out the- , rood which is in anything, n
by hinting out the. evil.—Kin (MEW.
FONTENF;LLE 'was very fond of salmon.
Ile was dining out one day in Paris, when
a very pretentious guest at the table, upon
hearing the author ask for a second plate
ful exclaimed, "Oh, ho, Mr. Fontenelle.
I didn't know philosophers were ,SO fond
of good things !" "Probably," was the
phil7)Sophical reply, ''the gentleman is un - -
der the impression that God made good
things only for fo'ols." -
A CE'RTAIN mad wag on a Cincinnati
joni nal. lately tlNtinguished himself in
N . QI)4 . York. Dining at a restaurant he
noticed on the bill of fare a request to the
guests ,to report "ally want of attention:"
Ile sent for thelandlord and pointed out
the notice. "Has there been any want of
attention?" queried Bonin:cc. "I should,
brink there had, was the reply; "I have
I een here fifteen minutes and. no one has
ask, l me to tore a drinl,7:'
ADANI Seotehman being
examined by his minister, • was . asked,
"What kind of a man was Adam "Oh,
.jist like ither folk." The minister in.:-
sisted an having.a more special descrip
tion of the first man, and pressed for ex
planation. "Wee!," said the catechunfem
'-'he was jist like Joe" Simpson, the hofse
'Conper.'"•llow so asked the minister.
•`V% eel, naebody got nny thing by
and many lost."
GF:iTI.E.N . TAN in the habit of occasion,
ally rising intoxicating drinks, took up an
able temperance address, and sat down in
his, fainily to peruse t. He read it through
without saying a word, when he exclaim
ed, "This man is fool He then read
it again, and When he had tiniSled-itthe
second tiMeexelahnea,"Vhis man is a foil
or I am." A third time be read it with
still 'greater 'care, and as he finished the
last sentence exclaimed, "I was the fool!"
and never tasted a drop of, ardent spirits
afterward.
WHAT are called innocent enjoyments,
with much which makes up and adds to
the happiness ,f lifepoetry, painting,
smiles and laughter, the sallies of playful
Wit or the ()unit chuckle, the delightful
euu tions—half-smiles, half tears—created
by huinot, the family fun in summer even
ings, in the open air—all that kind of life
wide!' \ e enjtiy and icnictuber with sue!
cniktyment (albeit miaLtlell with sadness...
n4 - for what it :was, hat because it is not),
this not associated in our mindst
hit :taintship and holiness.--Vorman
Crud.
Tittl most doinforting physician we have
heaitl of lately is Dr. tfr___. A sick pa
tient asked if lie should surely recover..
••infallibly,"'answered the man of med
icine, taking from his pocket a paper full
Of figures'. "Here, look at the statistics
of yore• case. You Will find. that one per
rent. of those attacked with your malady
arc rured."
. `NN'ell:"' said the sick man, in an un
satisfied manner.
"Well. you are the hundredth person
with this disease that 1 have had utu._Mr
lily care, and the first ninety-uine are all
dead.',
II(a' EL K EErEns are 'seldom come
up with in financial matters. hut the
"Ot the worst of it , in the follow
hue case: An En:dish gentleman
with his IN ife _an:l six dauulters,
made tt trip t') Paris. On arriving
at pia hotel he asked for four bed
rooms—one for his -wife and himself ,
anti three for his daughters—addingf
" Of course you will not charge the
saint as if we took a separate room ? "
Mine , - host " promptly - answered,
that he could not possibly mak,e a
difference, he would save nothiiryby,
the proposed, arrangement and it was
his rule, etc. " All right," said' Pa
terfamilias. " Give us eight cham
bers, then " The landlord had not
counted on being taken so literally
.at his word, and, thinkin g discretion
the better part of valor, he graceful
ly retreated froutthe position- he had
so hastily assumed, made a fair eon
cession in his terms and the English
ramify took possesSion of their four
rooms.
A BRIEF TE3IPERSN CE LECTURE. - t
From a speech by. J. J. Talbott, who
recently diedictrunk in Elkhart, Ind.:
I had position higli and holy. The
demon - tore from around me thcrrObes
or my sacred ot4ce and sent me forth
churchless and godless, a very hiss
ing.and by-word am6ng men. After
ward my ,voice was heard in the
courts. But the "dust gathered on
my open books, and no foot-fall
crossed the threshold of the drunk
ard's office: -I had money ample for
all necessities, but it went to feed the
cotlers of the devils which possessed
tile. I. had a holm: adorned with all
•that,wealth and the most exquisite
taste could •
sutra - est The devil
crossed its threshold and the light
,faded from its chambers.• And thus
I stand, a, clergyman without
church; a barrister without a brief, a
man with; scarcely a friend,. a soul
without hope—,all swallowed up in
.the diaetatroin of drink." -' •
St. Luke here takes up another thread i
,of bis narrative. Efarng reached it coo , :
venient resting-pla6 in the bistory•
Saul, he goes back and resumes the iliac
ry of Peter, which be continues a 4 'far as
chap: xi: 18. The record in
section probably occurred while Saul wear,
in Damascus or Arabia. After Peter had -
finished his visitation of the cbuicbes he
returned to Jerusalem; and then it ros y L.
most probably, that Saul went up and
abode the fifteen days with him. Gain. is
V. 31. " Then had the .churches rest
(or 'peace) throughout all Judea and Gal
ilee and Samaria." Persecution for a
time had exhausted itself. This was .
probably the tithe when the Jews were
engaged in a stubborn contest with Ca
liguth, who had commanded them to set
up his image in the temple; and, there
fore, they had no leisure i:r time to worry- .
and waste the little church. During this
season of rest they were edified or built
up: a favorite figure in the. New Testa
ment for int ernal
, growth and progress.
How they ivere,built , hsp we are expressly •
told : " They walked in the fear of - the
"Lord, and in , the comfort of =the Holy
Ghost; " e., circumspectly and cheer
fully. Such a life of holy fear and joy
ways leads to growth in grace and holt- •
ness. And this, in turn, conduces to nu=
merical growth--they " weremultiplied."
Peter's Tiiitation of the Churches.
32. After this general preamble we,
have an account 'of Peter's -yisitation of" .
the newly established churches. pass-'
ed throughote all —l. probably- the
three districts spoken of in the Preceding
verse. - Daring the progress of , this jour
ney he ca.me•to Lydda. This was the Lod
of the Old Testament (1 Chron. viii: 12),.
situated abort, 10
s miles from 'JepPa; on
the road leading -thence to Jerusalem;
This place became prominent during the
Crusades. Richard Qccur-de-Lion bdilt
there a church to St. George, the ruins of
winch are said to be still visible. Heir r
occurred the first of , two rernarkabld inii
acles which signalized this visitation,
IL The Oealiug of .f.neas.
33. The subject of the cure was,e
infer from his name, a Gi.eek-- -
speaking Jew. He was a confirmed. para. : .
lytic. He bad kept his bed - for
years. flis case was well-knoWn at Lyd
da. j • )
V. 34. Patera abruptnessl is notable.
No preliminary t conversation is recorded.
The apostle is Is bold as a lion. lie .has
no fear that Christ will fail him: Proba
bly be had an inward assurance of the.
Holy Spirit. Notice. that he acts in
name of Jesus. Ile keeps himself wholly
out.of sight. "Ariseand.make thy bed !" •
For eight yeais others had{ done this for
him. Now he
,is to do, it himself: as a,
proof of the reality of his cure. And im
mediately he arose._ The healing was in,
stantaneous. This prompt obedience on
thY part of the paralytic Shows that the
man muit..hal;elia'd faith in Peter, agile
servant of Christ.-
V. 3.i. The result was great and bless
ed. " 11l that dwelt , in Lydda and Sa
von the region of. Sharon, ;lying on
the coast.• lieo:tieeu Jniipa and Catsarea).
aimed 'tufo the Lord." That is, the -
Leafing of .-Eneas was the occasion-of a
general conversion to Christianity in that
region
,; 111. The Resuscitation . ot Dore: Ft
• . V. 36. This occurred, at Juppa (mod
ern Jaffa) a seaport on the Mediterranean.
There the materials for the first and sec
ond temple were landed. It'i plain that
there were disciples there as well as saints •
at Lydda. Among these \was Tabitha
(Aramaic), .called also Dorcas (Greek).
These names are , identfail in meaning-L
gazelle' or antelOpe. It was customary in
that age to ! hare two names,' because of
-the mixed ;population of Palestine. She
was noted for her benevolence "full of
good Works and alms deeds."' -It not
beautiful :as a-gazelle in face, she was in g.
heart. - She had truly learned. of Christ.
"" The good die first." Dorcas '
grew tick,- (how long her . .. sickneSs lasted'
%%e do not 'know), and died. Her cham
ber !mist have been, a very window of,
Iler friends paid suitable and
loving attention tO her lifeless bOdy; and
then laid it in an upper ; chamber of the.
house—piobably the little roem - built ott
the house-top. .
.;•
V. 88. Then at- once they sent for
; Peter.. Why Perhaps simply 'to - give '
comfort; but more . likely; :becauSe they
had faith in his power as a servant Of the
Lord to work miracle+. This faith was
justifiable in view of what had just taken --
place at Lydda They entreated him that
ht would not delay . to come to theist. lit
the East, interment took Pace' very soon
after death; so that if they hoped that
Peter. Would restore her, to - life, they
would 'naturally request that he would!
ecirne before burial.
.V, Nter at once . complied, Fc+
fotind her,dead, and ail the widows7weep
ing, and showing the-coats and garments
(inner and outer garinCuts) which Dorcas .
bad made. These widows may have been
;hose in„.Tobpa who had chat* of the
sivk, like the deaconesses of the apostolic,
church; but more probably those whom
Dorcas had blessed by her charities. 'No
tice that Dorcas made the garments as
well as7gave them. She did not get others
to do the work and then carry off all the
credit.
V. AO. The restoration was simple and
reminds us of Old - Testament type,;.,
1 Kings xvii: 19-24: 2 Kings, :iv: . 32-36. .
Peter's action was threefold. 1. He put
them all forth 7 -prebably to secure him
self from interruption.' 2. He kneeled
down and, prayed; thus acknowledging •
his part in the transaction . to, be simply ' •
nstrumental. 3: 'He tainted to thfk • ,body _,l • . ri'•
and said, , Tabitba arise'.'' His tong, was
,
bold. and. confident. - He had no fear of
the result. , This was instantaneous. She
opened her eyes :'and seeing -herself-alone • .
with 4 stranger she raised herself , : up in
surprise and alarm. -- -,-,, •
V. 41. "I'6 quint her apprehenSions and -
• welcoine-her back to life he gave her his. . 7
hand and lifted her up. • Then calling in
the saints and widows be formally pre-
seined ter alive 'to them as. a gift of i
l'hri4's grace.
V.-43. The news spread through all
Joppli, and many (not all, ail in Verse 35)
believed in the Lord.
V. 43. The result made uch a deep
impression and sb aceeleratvd the'work of
the Lord that Peter tarried Many days in
.Toppa, with one Simon, - a, tannv: This
Sin on was no doubt a believer, and welt
kndwn in that city. ..
IV. Seed Thought - s. '• ,
1. The Lord Jesus, is the te healer of
u
our diseases. ' Ps. ciii: 3... l •
'
2: A sure way to - win love sto dogood. -
3. We can do great good without rich
e.. Where there's a will there's a way. -.,
4. The true servant of the Lord,will he ,
humble, and not intrude himself into no-
tire. ' Xotie but Jesus." 1 ' •
5. The true source of ;prosperity and
progresi in any church is •not money, Or, . '
social influence; or tine preanhing, or am
sin: it is, the fear of ,the Lord and .t,h)
! comfort of the . Holy Ghlist4,.controling . E . :
and' gladdening the hearts Mi d IWO tor:
1 the meridiers. l' - _:' ; :-_ - --, .
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