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ALL Reaolnticola of Asrocfstfons, Communtra tlons of Malted or Inetlyldual tntorost. and notices of AT arriarmi and OPatha. ll•xr.4llng five lines, are charred TEN CENTS PER LINE. JOB PRINTING. of every kind, In plain and fancy - colors: done with neatness and Alspateh. Handbills, Blanks. Cards, Pamphlets,. Blilbeads, Statements. '&r., of every variety and style. printed at the itltortiLst notice. TUT. RIMORTKR ettl , e 15 welt supplied with power presses, a prod assort ment of new type. and everything in the Printing line can be executed in the ,most artistic manner and at the lowest rates. TERMS INVARIABLY . CASH. rreenktal atd Btriress Cara JAMES WOOD. ATTOESEY-AT-L KW. inPll9-76 TOWANDA, PA. , JOHN F. SANDERSON. ATTORNET-AT-LAW, OfFlr E.—Means Building (over Tou-ell'll Store) . zurb9-76 Tow.A.NuA PA.' lIALL, 2. - OT.4Rr PUBLIC Fire and Lifcdnsannce In lint- lags companifc. (Imre with Patrick St Foyle, Towanda, Pa_ - ; Q, W. it Wm. LITTLE, • 1.,,7 • r TTORSE TS-A T-LA Tr. 3oWASDA, PA. Office in Patian's Block. cor. Main and BrldieSte. Towanda. Pa.. April is. nG. - I GEORGE D. STROUD, - • A T TOR NE Y.4ND CO ("NSE L. LO T-f,..1 TS Oftice—Maln-str„four, doors North of Ward gouse Practices In Sppreme Court) of Pennsylvania and United S TOWANDA, PA States Courts.—:lrer7..7a. LT STREETEIL 11. LAW OFFICE, ME OVERTON & MERCUR,' ATTORNEYS AT LAS' TOWANDA, (Mee over Montanyel Store DA. OVERTON. • RODNEY A.llEli WM: MAXWELL, ATTORNEY-AT , LAW OFFICE °VIII DAYTON'S STORE, TOWANDA, PA April 12, 1576. • PATRICK ST, FOYLE, .4 1' TO R S-A T-r. A Towanda, Pa: Of9ce, In Jimmy'. lilork, MI! .r 44 *J. ANGLE,_ • . ATTORNEY-.47-LAW kiffi , e with Davies it Carn,iitian, Towanda - J1t14.'77 F. MASON. kJ. ATV - tin:ET AT LAW; • ToWANDA I'A. Office }irk door,south oi C.. 11. PatTh EsilJ, sec; ond. floor. Nov. IR . L. lIILLIS, E. ATTORNEY-AT-TAW, _ TOW-61)A. PA. Office with Smith & Ntmitanye._ [novit-75 T ANDREW WILT, ty • A TTORATr SSD CO C.V.SELOR-4 ort.t.ei . o , s ° Book Store, two doors north of stev,iv , k I.bnz Towanda". Pa. May be conbulted n German. April 12, — "GI] maiiEttsom & KINNEY, . ATTORNEYS-AT-IA T . OWAND4i, re. Offiee In Trary & Nobto•s Block T. - Avadda. Va.. Jan. Vt. 1876. , ANT .4. THOmrso.N,. ATTORNU AT, LAW, WY AI.r.SING, PA. Will attend to all bu•Onekty tltnott•4l to hi.t taro to Bend ford, Sullivan a,utl Wyoming Counties: oCleo-with l't rer. L. r.:N•73. ELSBREE. - A TT4 F:Y-AT-LAW, TOWANDA, PA LAMB; ATTOI: NEY-AT-1. AW, AVILKEt-13 . ARIIT. P.L. Ci.:;llectiots - prninpry atteptled to fiVEIVVON & ELSTIREE, ATTort- Aj SETA AT LAW, T 4 IWANI , A; PA. Having en ter.q! into ro-partnershp. - offer ttetr profe‘sional see Ives to the tsreetal attentten given to tru,iness In the , Orphati*!. :and Regn ster's Courts. F. OVERTI.IN, (apr; 1-70) N. C. F.LtiItHICE.. FADILL & CALIFF, - . AVORNEYR AT LAW, TOWANDA. PA. - poise in NT. , (AVA Bins-k. first door m.t.utli of the First - Nat lonn.l b.ar..V w up-Atalrs. - a. .1. MAIIII L. 713n4 -731y3 J. N. cALIFF RIDLEY .PAyNE„ - TT(' RA - 1: FS-A T-LA 11-, No, 1, TRACY kNORLE . , BLOCK, MAIN STREET, =I L.l I'M 011 W. MIX. ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND T. S. CoIIMISIONF.R • ' Tow A N DA, PA.. .or9ce—N•aln Silt. Public Square. • - ~,,• Jan. i, 1875 - r T) AVI E S tt , 5...A . 1 , t , _N , (2 T e t . , I A I sv A . .N. , • NIE.RCUR BLOCK To WA cDA, PA. lIP E ET, A TToRN E-17--AT-LA . I. vt.Tart•gl to prictlct. , It Itraitches o! him MIME! m}:ltern-M.OC.K, (entrancP - on south Eikt-) T , ,W DA. PA. rjatifi-74. n P. SMITH, DENTIST, .• Towanda. Pa. - _ on Park %tree% north side Publir Scpare, nest t,, Flak,ll 111 i . S. M. IVOODBI7I - IN, Physi elan 3!1.i :,Izrge.m. Orrice over 0. A. Mack's MAy I. 14771y°. 1 - 4 I D. PAY E, M. P., Ji Jo AND•SI'RGEro,.S r Mor,;anyl.‘• S!ore. (face Lours ft' , 1.0 to 1.% and Irvin to 4. P. Speehtl attenlion ).7i4of the rye and Ear. , ).. t.19.*:6-tf. D I:. T. B. JOIINSON, = Uft: o Dr.r'orter !,,u's Drug St..re, Towanda - - _-:I D. L. DODSON. I)Esrisr. .‘ • ,1 11 and sfti.r s•-•r. 21. mac. hr folind In the I , C.. 1: t .1... A. rl VIM. , nn 7.n.1 tniiir iii Dr. Prat Ys new ou ,:ate Strut. Business solicited. sit:. 3-74:f. cr.. • Al-ri B. K ELLY.l)EsTisr.—Otlice • c%..r M. E. Tonanda. Pa. ~.‘ 6.11. Rut,lvr.2lll 1 . 4 -t-a) ell Puled xl th ,, lit rain. • 0.-:. pit.. C. 'M. :;I'ANLY, DENTIST} 113511/g rf`llloV , sl 1115 Denial Orli,. WO 1 racy r ”ver Kent & Watrous• store. 1. , •W to eparrtl :11 il4o all &Inds of dental worli• ha. put to a !IV A' gas aparatus. ina 1375. HALE & PATTON, Agents for ISsUIIASCE CoNIPAN - 1 ,n..,.. N. 3 tiriMtti S. Vattot.•:s Block. Bridge Sta. Man :12 , -71. (- * • S. RUSS ELb ' S VI . . . GENERAL •• IN-SURANCEAGECY Nt ",`lf • IS 76 Tt)wAND . %. -INSURANCE AGENCY -V 2i n ,S4r, t.. r, , rtrt lb,uar NOBLE A-. VINCENT, - mANAtir-A:s. pSTRANCE2Af‘GENCY.Iuxiuq : RELIABLE AND FIRE TRIED '.lllliLltiiMS, frprrSetited Li'*llll:F..l'll(l:Nix,ll . (imE,mEncilANTs xrrli lb :4! : Aio. )400Dy, • Doesil lauds of work iLki k Holtee:sitor NG A tirECIALTr. DkeLred fiet Mat , d. Manufactures the cele tailed CALIFORNIA PICK.- shop b. Plant Road, near old Agricult. Works. roriaatta, JIM - S. W.•ALVORD, publisher. VOLUME XXXIII. $ ( ` n( . 1(1 CAN'T BE MADE BY e) every agent every mouth In the bust !o to, we burnish, but those willing to work ran eah-, fly earn a dozen dollars as day right In • their own localities. Have no more room to explain here. Bto.inese pleasant and honorable. Women, boys and girls do as well as men. We will Dollish you a complete Outfit free. The business pays better than anything else. We will bear expense of starling you. Particulars free. Write and coy, Farmers and mechanics, their sous and daughter,,. and all classes in need of paying work at home. should It rite to us and learn all about the work at once: Now Is the time. Don't delay. Address Tore & Co., Augusta, Maine. Jan:S.'77. SOMETHING NEW! F. H. LEWIS, V. S., lias opened a Hospital for 'lrk and Tist.;aved Horses at Towanda, Pa. Horses received for treatment for the following diseases: Poll etil fl•tnta. all pipe and cancerous sores, warts and touters of all descriptions, dl.eased eyes, wind puff& spavinarof all kind& ring bones; lameness cued (buttch. - not removed); scratches or grevse heel; shotthier strains or founds; contracted feet, and all saes exrpt contagions: cuttlit at bishopmg old horses teeth—an (Teta:lon that deserve! , the attention and approbation of all horsomen—an operation which Itupr•nes the age and condition, adding years to their live,: docking. pricking and straightening of tail•; castration of all horses and colts (none ex cepted). For a stable of thls kiwi he has all the conveniences. There will lee on ea:111 , 111 , m at his fitllee t he only complete anatomy of the horse In Amertra (containing all of the 247 bones), and many rare specimens of surgery perform. d by him. Having secured the services of 4. S. f.swis, V. S., and by vntientantr deport meut and strict ',yen lion to business. I hope If, merit the esteem and, approbation of the public, and solicit a liberaksh tro of their patronage. !special attest ion given to diseases of horn Cattle. lir. LEWIS will t I,ll . intlents at any distance for reasonable pay. Examinations and consultations free. _ • • ()Mee at KlNGfalUttlf'S LIVERY STABLE. Townntla, Lice. 21, IS7G 3 Wee . k to AgentF„ $lO Outfit Free .704 ( P. 4), VICKERY'. Augusta, Matti)! BR P YAST'S OVULAR ,T r OWANDA, PA From the di , covery preceded by a sketch of the pre-hl.,turle perb.l A nd age of the monad bonder.,, by 3y675. CUR. WILLIAM cuLLEN BRYANT AND SIDNEY 110WABD Fully Illustrated with original designs, to be com plete In four volume,, large octavo, 7tn page, vaeh. Arni.trong & Co., publinhers, 743 S 743, Brosilway. Newyork. F r Inr4rnall,m address, .11.ATTE:s 4 & Judson, General Agents, - 17i 7 Chestnut Si.. Philadelphia. lf. S • oNVENS. Agent for Northern Penn y Ivania. 311 William St.; Elmira, N. Y. THE HOPE OF REWARD IS what 111,1:1,es - so many pt- , , ple lu Nearrh of- or th- land grant of the Grand Rapids atil Indiana R. R. Co. Strong SOlis, sure crops, plenty of timber; nu (I rout In, gra.sliopiKtrA, or chinch bugs.. Pure water. running stream.. rcady markets, civilization 3MI ...hoots. Railroad runs through centre of grants. Priot,froni ; 1 1 to p.r acre. ts'oTol for uur I!- lusttiYea patuph,et; full of facts. 1H Gorman ur Say,,ttwhAt pap: you saw this Hotter.“, • • .11 , 16..,5, W. 0;111'6G-111T. T.AND CoMmisluNEn, (.;1 - .111(1 31111. Title Perferl. ri)r...7"76-13teow; s r ," : - )Aper (lay at borne. Samples klivf,rth I 6ee. Stinsn & Pori Lila. Maine T - T., ,• „ ,T ~, r 7 t.. 4 ; . tl rill' 0 THE WORKING CLASS.- : ar.. preptreit to furni..h all eizt,es wlih 4,lll , :tarit elliVo•yairsit ulioir of th.• 'Ow-. or fir hermlrt , . tt,•w. light and pr,titable. Per,son, of e'ithe'r •i ea , tly earn total) So cepts tot p-t evertir.g. and .a proppr tlonal but,' I.y Vail? ' re. the and Wr1,..31 - 111:e3liy a- nitwit ;14; tt1`..1,:. That all wh,,,ee Ihtz• notie.. may ...end their - 64- Ire,, te , t the we make till. iinpar nlivlecl offer:, 'fo ,uch ;Ls Zat• 111,1 WV w Nett! Oil(' 111.flar t. , pay for III.• trou:tle lit partiettlar,. samples worth s , n't.ral lan. 10 reitlYnene.• on. and a 4.opy lit Mal, and Fire ' 5i11..., 0:0 9 , f tins lar.r.p,t . 311.1 ht,sl 111u:411,r-it Publi eallo:l,. 3 , 1 scut free t.y wail. it,ider. if you want w..rk. torldres , t; Envo9I.I4IIN SON Vortiand. Mahn.. TII,E FARMERS' AI IT ET AI. NSUIGA NCF: Cl).. lIF TUSCAIIO':I, rnov 17-74 SEEM Each rumnber pay , a fr••, at the time r,f in' ring: to rover charter antll , :n.l , ntal i.xpen,..s of the c o .-, afteru h lett nu ft..": - .ter payment I, require t. ry,• ept to meet aetua I:0,, by fir•• anion.; TM:. nwtober•hip. ThIN pla•—of tu.nraner for FARM PROPERTY, I 4 rote t, rApidly into favor. . — tacrof Ituslne,s. SPRI NG HILL. PA. The Agent will CaIIVa•S the Town•hipc . ,,f Tusca r,ra, Pike. Herrick, Wyalusing. Asylum, Terry and Standing Stne. and farni-r, im t Town ships wishing insuranco or Information, tray ad dress, A. B. S r!tIN Eli. See. and A gt., Spring 11111. itra.dford co.,Pa t , IV. If. SHr`tf WAY. l'ree. - (c1..17.1rn IItST N 1 TIONAL BANK CAPITAL SURPLUS FUND CIEE23II! Thiillank offer: UNUSUAL FACILITIES to be I rar.F•act "r 3 GENEBAL BANKING BUSINESS NTEREST PAID ON DEPth , •PTS ACOvItDING SPECIAL CAI:E GIVEN TO THE COLLECTION or =I Partly wkhlnff to SF:SIIytINEr to any part ‘,.f the rnited Fngland. iT..1311 , i.-!• 4 4,t!,1,1, or the prinri pa y rit,i-s and town , of Europ,, can horn procure draft , for that porpo.e. PASSAGE TICKETS To or front the Old Country, by the best steam or sil!ing sys on bawd. . TA MIL! E. iII:OUGHT OVER AT 7: EDUcED RATER highest, , riee paid for U, S., Bomb, JOB. PO WF.1.1.. N. N. lIF.T TS .JR. Pros Mont. • 1 - ) EDU('TIoN IN PIANO TUNING S 2 EACH TIME, OR 54 RY .TIIE YEAI: When In‘trninent. are outshl , the,ilorough, as extra t Large nullhe madehq-11-41,,j1;ng fee. PROI. W3l. DITTRICII, Towanda, Penti'a, Towarula. r p E inGilEsT lIONQRS Thy .Ttulrei unAnit - non.ly reertnanen4 thr MEN TIEI.f,(IIIN f,,T the 1)11'1.031.i. AN!' MEWL!. 11F 7 , 11:1:1T Miring tht w in the fr..n• rat: k wit 1., , u a PRICE , BEL o C..NPLTI7II,O: Volt SIM( TIX $lOO for $:230. $lOOO • :y6O for $075 *7 OO for s:',oo. fur $7:1'.1 for $:425 s' 4 oo fur $450. $9OO for S4CO TpIN',AVDA, PA NO CoMMI.SION TO AGENT', No DISCoUNTS To TEACHERS, No DEVIATION IN PRICE TAE E t; awl. square. 1.71. righT patrlits and thiprvi tr. 11,ver Itil r.. 41 ur.A. ATIII , 4IEIi'S NEW PATENT I)PPLEX IV Ei:',7l:l . NG great...sl' :ulsatiLe hi the Piano 1 , aauc, producli::: the ino•t• 94•St(.1161111: 1.431 A er. rfrlinr., and it pitt of ton% alai a sa•tanitnr, Ninging quality 1,1•%rr brfore :it La a —I; tapd Nan. In a -quart. Ca.e." THE 31KSHELssi)11%. cputwiTs are the finest In America. They.are ja , uoutred the ••19- (.1 the Future... 0. A. P.LARK Nos. 4no, 492, 494, 49G and 49i West 57th totrect. Nf, b 4 , 1, 660: • .62., 564, sr.% and S7O 1011 i ktaysue, Illustrated and descriptive Catalogue trailed free EiZ."ellaamm Advertlte=ents. V. 11. LEWIS. V.-5. HISTORY OF THE F.VITED sr A rEs SPLENDID FA.IIMING-LAND T. go to . :lllchipn mol select from the ONE MILLION OF ACRES now i , ning r!retual pollefr on FARM 111Q1'ERT"..",ONLI". OF TOWANDA $125.000 TO AGREEMENT Gold and Silver I prop - ... to vane Pianos hereafter for =1 ORGANS AND PIANOS Of tLe 1.,,t i;lann fact arr., as usual A ITV tn I=l CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION! I•,TItUYENT , M A N ACTORY AND WAIIECOOMS =1 SU:NI/ELS:4IIIN PIANO CO., BVSINESS OFFICE Na 15111 Broadway, New-Yort. rebl 77. g f frcl e d itoehy. - It's hail enough for folks to work For such a Ilttle pay; To me It dues not matter much, N'ow Will is gone away, The tim whose mate Is down afar Cares Mile fo^ her nest ; For glimpse of titstint paradhus The barest bough serves Lest. . A cap if tea and crust of breaii- ---- ; Aro Otto enough for toe; _ TO Ore me dalnttei would t.o vrute A% Wlll's net hk•re to tee ; Or. leastways, If he ran leok dowtO. oars On initela to ram Brows that It 4.ws not ftlgnlfy Whit iweple eat or Wear. If I was Using In the place Where care 1 lived with WM, All going on the saine old way, But just tlot house grown still, I'm sure WIU would seem furtheroX, So slowly lime would gn One needn't sit to watch for death, - That's SU rep come, we know. But now I SeLiorn make a morn . At)011t the sadder par: r - I think the nv%viuz of the hands Is wholesome for the heart ; For as 1 stitch, I reeelleet The happy times we ha", • Our courting days und wadding morn, Khan eve: y one was gtMl. I.:have Idtd to sing to toe, And, Ivßt It pine for tree!, Wlmo Souday ervolaqt's ealm and fair I take It for a breeze. Wiirs Icing not sn fir frtifa And that Is when, we go: The tittle hint chirps cheerily— I fancy It may know. 'ill's buried by the old, gray'eburch, That stands upon the moor,. And as I cau't tal,e Dirk Inside, I listen at the door; And every word the parsen speaks, I seem 11l hear Will - say. - ••That's sr nodhing g0,.1 for you. old girl " For that wax p or Will's, way. And - all the, (Inv, home the :eau go down ; Ii !nal:vs our g:3m, t,lty look . I.lke town. .• .tzol I have such sw.•et fancies COlllO 1 never LILA fo 2 ror,; j IVlttnt yoti've non- e:,e to ta!k Rttb yptt, 1 think Gotbitulks no more. When lirstWill went Ilunged to dle, . Hut Low Iwalt content ; As parson says: "When comforts go, The Comforter IA Yet. oh 1 how glad Pit meet with Will, Aud tell him It came true When he said, dear old girl, God will bolt after yon.r • . Family Magasirle ~~iscrll,rrrc~otts. A WORD WITH - AMMAN BOYS finch 16-76-1 111 THOMAS HUGHES A summons from St. Nichohrs: One of those freA and sincere voices; which seem - to -me to be very truly characteristic of :the New NVorld, comes across the' tree thousand miles of sea rolling and leaping un der these wild south winds. It re minds me of certain good intention§ of- mine, of pledges_half given years ago', and never even half redeemed. It .asks, not imleed for payment in full, but for some small installment, Softie acknowledgment of the de..tt, which will serve to 'prevent the stat ute or limitations, from running. It tellS me of a crowd of eager find bright young listeners,. who think I may have some Wiwrd to say to them they want to hear,--ftn eager, bright young crowd of American Imysc-rfrom nine to cioliteen years of ate, and asks i can have the ` -heart to refuse'' to say it. Not I, indeed ! For I' 'never had .the heart 1/5 refuse anything to such applieans. But how, to redeem my pled g e—what word to .suclrat 'audi ence—how to reach the hearts of the youth that Own the coming years" in a land which is not my own, _though I can scarcely Jook on it as_a foreign land,—thure lies the puzzle: The sight of an ordinary crowd, We are told, is—in England, tit; le'aSt -,alci'ays a sad one, if you take note of the expression- of the face in re pose': though it may be inspiring enough when any strong wave of tiviin , is' passing through 'or,,,.over them. I should say, from my own exper;ence, that " pathetic " rather than "melancholy" is the true word; even for a - groWit-up crowd, and it ni6st certainly is, with a crowd of boys. Who can help being roused and lifted out of the humdrum jog trot of the daily jlle of middle age when be gets in touch 'with them_L:. lifted, thouali it may be only for a short hour or so by the inspiring contact of overllowina health, and joy and hope, into the breezy, buoy ant:atmosphere of early morning ? U' h^n ail t ter a orld 31,111 , g, lads, And all the trees art , green, With ev,ry goo.e a swan, lad's, - And e‘er 3 13 , s a wt , ,en,— Tt,•en id^ for 1..4 and horn`, lads, • And r0t...,1 the world away! - Yuting Wood mint hale Its course, lads, And every dog Ills day. Yes, pathetic is the true word. For even while looking on the young laces, and feeling the pulse and in spiration of the dawn to one's finger. ends, thoughts of another kind will crowd up into the mind, " thoughts that du often lie too deep for tears," —of beginnin e , ,, s cut short, of projects abandoned; of designs marred, of ex pectations unfulfilled. But fair, and softly ! Flow soon one's pen runs away with one ! These are not the words I meant to say, or the thoughts I meant to suggest, to you, the young readers of St. Nieho- Os. You will touch the pathetic side of life, all'of you, soon enough. WLy should,l thrust it upon you -be fore the appointed hour? Meantime 1 say, revel in the daWn. 'Rejoice in your strength and life ; and build your castles like brave voun architects, only taking Care to dig the foundation deep, and to lay them with care and patience. Wheth er you will ever be able to build on them such brave and lofty toWers and halls as you dream of upw, matte's comparatively little to you or your country. . A thousand decidents-and chances will determine in the coming years what the superstructure shall be,—accidents and' chances we call them :or want of a better name,— which you,eannot control in-the out s-et, but which will be controlled and Settled for von. What materials you will have to work with who can, say.? To one clay', to another wood, to another e ...t:.r.r. WILL'S WIDOW. - . . . 1t......„ --,,- (.1 i .' l ' ' r .0,1_..._ _i Y i:st \ ~..: . ~.. TOWANDA, BRADFORD. COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 21 1877. marble, to another jewels and pre cious stones, will be served out in the great workshops of the world. You cannot make your choice ; it will 'be made for you. But this you can and may do, and should be doing now : You can so prepare the ground and Ilia foundations, that whatever material .may come to your hand hereafter, shall surely 1e made the most of, and used in . the best way:; so , that whether you ,have to build marble palaces, or brick houses, or log huts, the work shall be faithful and strong, and fit to stand the stress of the wildest weather and the wear and tear or time. What - are .these foundations but the principles and habits which un derlie the character Of the man, and which can be laid to good character by the-boy ? Truthfulness,-self-con trol, obedience. These are the great corner -stones, to !be welded and bound' together by the cement of patience. ." If I had only one wx3rd to speak to . my boys," said one of the wisest and best educators of our time, "it should be Patience, Patience, Patience; over and over again." The world is getting into such a feverish hurry, and we are.ga. ing sb fast, that we are all in danger of missin,(rthe best things in the common sights And sounds which lie by the wayside on every stage of the journey and 'nowhere in greater profusion,, than on the first Siage. This is our trouble, and likely to be more and more the trouble of our chid ren. But happily for us, our boys are thg least affected by the disease of any suction of society2-1/kie upper school boy, unless he is a - mere shift less ne'er-do-well (a very small 'sec tion of any community),, is, as a rule, more than content•with his daily life ; he is rejoicing and glorying in it. And his daily life repays him With interest. Ile stands there at seven teen or eighteen ; on the verge of manhood,—a boy still in heart, full of enthusiasms and aspirations, but with an intellect and body patiently and carefully trained, looking hope fully to the nextin life, hilt unwilling to hurry it,—the best poised and Most equally developed human creathre, take him all round, that our life can show. Ile has not sold his birth right, and the-grand morning hours of -life, when' boyhood is maturing, have passed slowly over him, leaving behind them a boquet and fragrance which will sweeten the coming years, and a .reserve of strength for the la. bor and beat of the appraaching•mid day.—St. Nichola.;. THE GRAN' E r -Aye ; go to the grave of buried, love; and there ; meditate ! There settle the account with the conscience: for every past endearment unrequited,OFOf that degarted icing who can never—never—never return to be soothed by 'thy contrition. if thou art a child, and bast ever added a sorrow to the sou!, or a furrow to the silvered brow of an affectionate parent--Lif thou. art, a luisband, and hast ever caused the fond bosom that. ventured its happiness in thtl arms, to doubt one inOment of thy kind ness or thy truth ; if Won aria friend, and 'last ever wronged in thought, word or deed, the spirit that gener ously:confided in thee ; if thou art a lover, and bast ever, given oue un merited pang to the heart which now lies cold and still beneath thy feet— then be sure that every unkind look, every ungracious word, every ungen tie action, will come thronging back upon thy memory, and knocking dolefully at thy soul—then be sure that thou wilt lie down sorrowing and repentan . on the grave, and utter the unheard groan, and pour the un availing- tear; more - deep, more bit ter, because unheard and unavailing - . Then weave thy chaplet of flowers, and strew the beauties or nature about the grave; console thy broken if thou canst, with these ten der. yet futile tributes of regret, but take warning by the bitterness of this, thy contrite affliction over the dead, and henceforth be more faithful and atfcctiowtte in the discharge of thy duties,:fo the living. MAJ. Rows Youa VEST.—_The Chicinnati Enquirer prints the fol lowing bit of history l in answer to the inquiry_ of a subscriber: " The expression, " Pull doWn your vest," . , -was first heard in this country in 171;3. A New England deacon, named Spilkins, had a Vest which was too short for him. When in a heated debate or controversy his vest would work up under his chin. People who were listening to his discourse would interrupt him and tell' him to pull down his garment, and in this way the expression came into use as a means of checking bores. " Wipe olf your chin," was first applied to (;ov. Hayes, wheh a small boy, by his grandmother. Rutherford was eating the drumsticks of a turkey, and his chin was so covered with grease that it resembled the gable end of a country barn when prepared to receive a circus poster. ." Wipe your chin off darling," said the kind grandmother, and Mr, Hayes wiped —that's all." THE simplicity of Mr. Moody's style is well illustrated in the follow e' passage from a recent discourse in Boston "A-little child dying, said to its' mother : ' What Mountains do I see yonder ?' There are no Mountains in front of the house, my child.' Yes, there are, Mother. Don't you see them? Won't you take me over in your arms?' And the mother got down and prayed and, told her boy that Jesus would be .with him. And then the child's eyes brightened, and he said : "'Mother, don't you hear them ?' Bear who, my child ?' • Hear the angels, Mother. They are just on -the other, side of the moun tains. Carry me over the mountains, Mother.'' I can't do that, my child. The Saviour will take you over. Je sus will be with you. Look to him.' And then he breathed a prayer, and said : Good-bye, Mother. Jesus has come to carry me over the *moun tain; and then the little sufferer was gone. • 0h !sinner, Christ -has come to carry you over the mountain. He will fold you to his bosom and carry you unto his kingdom." REGARDLESS OF DEN'UNQTATION FROM ANY QUARTER BBOTEEBS AND When the late Dean Alford was a boy, be kept up a frequent correspond ence with his cousins, and in one of his letters he expressed the feelings which led him to do so, thus : "It has pleased God that I should be blessed with neither brothers nor' sisters; this is a'tnisfortune at which I have often grieved, and (I blush to own it) have sometimes even repined. Since this, therefore, is the case, I must write to my cousins, as I must have some one to whom I may write fully and freely. ; therefore don't deny me this pleasure." Undoubtedly these are very thoughtful words for a boy of four teen ; but it would be well if boys and- girls of fourteen were more thoughtful than they often„ . are. :Many of their blessings are unappre ciated. '- - ;Perhaps 'the young reader of these - lines has brothers and.sis ters, bait never occurred to hiin to thank God for them. Let him see in young Alford's :case . haw keenly the want of theni is sometimes felt. The free interchange of thought with companions of nearly the same age is certainly a great advantage ; but we add three other ad vantages which accrue to a 'family of children. i• The first is the -habit of Melding. There is a jostling one against anoth er.which is very wholesome in its ef fects. None can have his own way always. . The second is the habit of self help. • , Even where means are not straitened, this will develop itself in a variety - of ways; and in 4; poor man's - house it often excite's our greatest astonishment. In these days the rudiments of education are with in - the reach of the poorest parents ;, lint not, long ago there were l:irge families where none of the children ever went to school Lif there had been only one or tw(4 it might have been managed. George Saphenson, one of six, and the father's wages Only twelve shillings, liad had no schooling at the age of ; but he had long learned " self-help," and, when he found 'OA to advance as a skilled workinan he must acquire the art of reading, he went to an humule night-school rind learned what he could. David Livingstone, one of live, was put into a cotton . factory at the age of ten; to aid his mother in making both ends meet. With a part of his first week's wage 4 he pukhased a "R udiments of Latin," and for many years after' he pursued the study of that language at a niLit sehool which met between the hours of eight and ten ; though 'he had to be back in the factory by six in the morning. The third advantage is self-A.nOwl edge. A family is a schoOl or univer sity in miniature, a foretaste of the world. The sehoblmaster who taught :Nines Hervey, the author of The ron and Aspasio," kept his forward pupils hack becauk he would have none do - better than his son ; but we should think this ith) a solitary in stance of despotic power. At school each child will - find his level • anyl if he is one of :r' large family he has be gun to know it before. A child alone may think he does well at everything; a few brothers and sisters prevent such hurtful delusions. Concession, self-help, self-knowl edge; these come to the children of a: family almost perforce, and may be said to be no credit to them as the necessary outcome of their position. Therefore, on the other hand, we would bespeak forbearance and pity for the only child. The children of large families are proverbially pleas ant, the onlycbild a proverbial bore; with exception's on 'either hand which prove the rule. - We cannot help our own preferences, but it would be un just to act upon them.: We might refer to;many Inspired precepts on the unittiaL duties •of brothers and sisters.l But is ,not all' that duty fulfilled in one word -love? " There's a friend that stick eth closer than a' brother," it is writ ten ; but this in itself; implies that the union of brothers. is very close: And so that union is made the type of the sacred relationship bttween Christians. Jesus, " the First horn among: many brethren," is " not ashamed to call us brethren." And where does that word send_us to learn our duty to one another? Brothers and sisters; it sends us to you. "Love as brethren. Be kindly affectioned u rine to another. with brotherly love: Let brotherly loVe continue Add * * * * to godliness brotherly kindness." And why then is it that the influ ence of Christian family-life in this respect is solittle felt in-the Church aml.the world ? We do not give Home-duties their proper place. Their proper place is the first place. llow. Many young persons there arc at. this moment lunging to serve God and to-poof use, yet still, in search of their 'ha's sio:i . 1 Why can l they not find it ? Because they' do nut look roUnd, on their own Home; and it is there. God forbid that we should write a word which might keep back a young reader from any good work, or rob the Chureh of ope worker; but cer tain it is, we should look carefully for the Home-duties first. If these are neglected; our home will be per plexed (to say the least) by our re ligion ; and, little as we may it, right-minded Christian people *ill . not admire but*grieve,over the direc tion our zeal has taken: 3lembers of a large family can gen erally, they-will, find certain duties ready to their hand at home ; but how often are they blind to than ! Ind so it comes about that those daily, hourly rubs, which are the cross to be borne patiently and cheer-' fully for etirkt, are not recognized as such ; and those wrinkles,, whiel, it is our mission to smooth away, re main unsmoothed. We do the brotherly or sisterly part to some stranger, perhaps, nut not to the brother or sister according to the flesh. The family coach creaks on its way, .for want of the oil which one and another should drop into the wheels. If we had been bidden to do some great thing, we should:'have done it; but to .bear with toilsome peopleHhow can that ; - glorify God ? By lifting up the heart one-moment and making the act an "offering to Rim for TEA great love's sake. Were we asked_ what are4he sep arate' provinces of the brother and sister in the family, we should say, Gallantry and Influence. The brother's province is Gallan try. It is recorded of that Christian soldier; Arthur Vandeleur, that a spirit of gallantry toward his sisters always characterized him ; surely it should characterize the Christian brother always. But it is too often conceded that it is the brother's right to tease and 'to rule, and that holiday time is for his sole enjoyment. And a youth who has a hundred ready courtesies for strangers, leaves his own sisters to take care of themselves. The sister's province is Influence. They will not confess it ; they are openly attacked,-theyWill disown it altogether ; but our boys are largely swayed by their sisters, unless they are dead : to every hoine-feeling. Sis ters, take pains to keep that influence. As you walk with them and enter in to,their interests, and patiently try to supply their wants, You. are gain ing a power over them which may be used to their eternal welfare. • " He first findeth his own brother Simoir; andlhe brought him to Jesus.", Most precious of all services was that. And - it is given still =to the Christian to render it in the Home. There are many earnest longing hearts whose burden of prayer is a divided family; united, perhaps, out wardly, in . true love, but divided on the highest interests. But brbther and sister are given, from day to day, to such prayers,' and families made tine forever, when the Lord's best time comes.—Day of Days. ANEODOTE OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. A certain person whom we will name:, Mrs. Watson, called upon yresikkent Lincoln, but found that a number of persons were in . the reeep-. tiou room before her. She took a seat near the • door, and listening to the conversation, observed that each who. went up mentioned his business in a low:tone, whereupOn the subject was repeated by the President :in' a loud voice and an off-hand mMiner, thus, " So you want a place in the custom house, do you ?" When Mrs. Watson's turn came, as •she saw no opportunity for a_pri- N4te interview, sl stepped up the President, and speaking distinedy, said : , "Mr. Lincoln, I want a commis sion for my son in the army." zo'So you want a commission for your son in the army ? Just like all the women, coming and coining and coming "—rolling his kinds one over the ; other, to express; this: " YOu want, me. .to put a horse into a stall where theft: is one already." '' " No, Mr..Lincoln,.l didn't come about lwrses at all. . came to get_a commission for my son. He has been educated - in a military school, and is entirely capable of taking 'suer' a thiec." • Mr. Lincoln sail," You are a good, honest-looking wotnan. Who are you!" She auswered, « When you were a candidate for the Presidency, I was editing a paper, and I did all I could for you." Ile said quickly, "Ali, now you. touch me on a mean spot. ll.a>•e you any introductions!" "I have a letter from Theodore Smith." - I know Theodore Parker ;,I don't know Theodore Smith." • "I have a letter from ThOna . Spring, a well known Republican in our State." know Lebanon Springs ; I don't know Thomas Spring. Bring me a letter from Governor Newell, and I will talk With you." Mrs. Watson left, and a few days after returned with a lett& from the GoVernor: But just as she was walk ing into the reception-room, ,he was forcibly pushed aside by a large wo man, who stepping up before her, made a verY' low courtesy to the President, and as gradually rising, began, in a loud voice : "Mr. Lincoln, my grandfather fought in the Revolutionary war, my father fought in the war of 1812, I have a brother now fighting in the Federal army-to put down this wick ed rebellion, and I want a commis sion for my son." Mr. Lincoln. looked up with a smile. " Why, ma'am, you belong to a lighting family. You have done your share Go home and learn the arts . • of peace." As the discomfitted claimant step ped- aside,_MrS. Watson was in view, and said :- "Goal morning, Mr. Lincoln." Oh, you're the woman that want ed me to Put a horse in a stall where there was one already." "No, Mr. Lincoln ; we settled that the other day. 1 have a letter from Governor Newell." The: letter was kindly received, and the young man finally obtained thecommission.—Harper's Magazine. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS:r—Nine ,4 vali was fourteen miles long, eight miles and forty-six miles round, with a - Wall one hundred feet high and thick enough for three chariots abreast. Babylon was fifty miles within the Walis, which were seenty five feet thick and one hundred feet high, with one hundred brazen gates. The Temple of Diana at Ephesus was four hundred and twenty feet to the support of the roof—it was one hundred years in building. 'Me largest of the pyramids was four hundred and eighty one feet in height and eight hundred and fifty three feet on the sides. The ,base covered :eleven acres: The stones are About sixty feet in length, and. 'the - layers are two, . hundred and eight. It employed 350,000 men in ,building. The labyrinth in Egypt contains three hundred chambers and twelve halls. Thebes, in Egypt. presents ruins twenty-seven miles around and contained 350,000 citi zens and . 400,000 slaves. The Tem ple of Delphos was so rich in dona tions that , it was plundered of $5O 000,000, and the Emperor - Nero car ried away from it1 . ,200 statues- The walls of Rom& ere thirteen miles around. 'f . . . ~... • . . . :.. - I I . I . I . 1 I t \ , • * \.. . ........ :. , .., . - - THE SINGER'S PRIZE. The tall hOuse lower's grimly, Deform 'd by smoke anlraln ; ♦nd the bleared sunshine:dimly Blinks:on the window-pane. Though sore and numb her finer?, And slowly fades•tho light, The girl nor'rests'priorlllngers, But tows from tuom:tl,l night. Iler bright young faun Is sunken, And falls her gentle breath ; Fier fair young form Is shrunken, . To flt the robes of death. And I think of the woodland shadows That she has never seen; Of tho wondel of song In the meadows, When all the world Is green. But now the ORB lips quiver. The nimble hands are slew, The voice she dreams of ever Rings in the roonsbelow.. The mad Youngpoet Is singing; With only a crust to eat But a fountain of light Is springing from'the narrow street. And whether be sings In sorrow, Or Whether he sings In glee, • Ile hopes that the world to-morrow Will list to his' melody. And I think though his !Sean were burning With words no man e'er satd,_ . , The worl.l would be turning mid turning If tomorrow he were dead. Only, both late and early, The girl, as maidens will, Dreams.schen the voice curves clearly -Upto her window-sill. A brave face has she found kim, A manner frank and gay, And long agoihas crowned him With myrtle wreath or hay. A good sWord clanging loudly, A iduton on waving hair, A cloak trhakilrapes him proudly, Such as 1 he players whetherßo ln glee or sadness Ones. he Lns won the prize, h.a.ri he brings Illu'llght of gladness To a dying maiden's eyes. FUN, FACT AND FAOETIE. A LADYI recently asked her servant bow the mustard 7 pot had becomed ,cracked. The reply, Made, with, all gral'ityi- was that she did not know, but suppoSedthat it must have been that the mustard was so strong' that it caused the fracture. " • Bito 0 ws, poor as a. clinic!) mouse ; marri ed a rich widow. ''''Soon; stretched _upon his death bed, he made the following codicil to his will : " I bequeath to my loving wife all her property, provided she always remains a widow." DOCTOR iu Ireland was 'disturbed in the eight by rapping on the door, and on opening it, found a laboring, man who bad conic for bim, " Have, you been long bete'?" said the doctor. " Indede I havei" answered Pat. " B .t why didn't you ring the night bent"'. "Och E , because I was afraid of rdisturbing,oonr honor." 'A GENTLEAINX surnamed the American Flagg, who it; stiilipin,g at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, was the other day the victitn of a horrible outrage. It seems this gentleman, who is tall, .com monly wear the highest collars seen in Frisco. , Ile reteived a .note from a firm of bill-stickers, asking if he did not Wish to let out the backs of these articles for advertising. • A sm.onEn gentlernan 4 went to consult one of the most high-toned lawyers in };piston, and :after. stating his ease, - said "Now, I knows you's a' : lawyer, hitt I wish you would pleasP. say, jiss tell me truff 'bout dat.matter." Nononr likes to be nobody, but every body is certainly pleased to think himself homebody; and everybody is somebody. But when - anybody thinks himself to be sofneVody, .he generally thinks everybody. else it) be nobody. ONT evening at the opera, in Dublin, a gentleman sarcastically asked a man standing up in front. of him if he was opaque. The other denied the allegation, and said he was O'Brien. Jose BlLLustos says "The 3 larger bird than the Buse or turkey. It has two4legs to walk with, and two more to kick with, and wears 'its wines on the side of its hed.'' A STANZA . from a revival hymn down ,South - "No use ter be siopptn• an' n-lookln' Er you fool Is Id Satan you'll get toak In ; ymoi habg on de edge an''g•'t shook In, Ef you keep on a-stoppin' au' a-lookhe." A LOCOMOTIVE engineer, just discharg ed, revenged himself by saying that it was about time he left the cfetipany. any how, for the sake of his life, for "there was nothing left of the tr4k but two streaks of rust and the right Of the way." • A MAN with four wives was brought be , fore a Dutch justice for committhent on charge of bigamy. "Four rives !! claiined ~ the astoni - shed Hans, "Four rives ! Dat vas a most hitioc l ous crime Discharge him at roust.-.l)ff ha lif mit four rives he got bunishment enough. I lif mit von, and I got doo much lamish ment already." THERE was a revival meeting going on just opposite a corner grocery.. Two or three nights a puzzled patron of the - latter .had been trying to comprehend the re frain of one of the revival songs they -sang on the other side of the street. Fi nally he asked : " Who is this ere Dinah Moore, any ;vay? They keep a-singin' "We're goin' hum to Dinah Moore,' au' then keep on staying' a good - while artez-, ward." A CERTAIN Boaton' deacon lately form- , ea hi. Sunday-school in line and matched them along the. aisles, himself, in front, singing." 'lola the Fort." 'The conster nation which seized all parties at the second stanza can. be better imagined than described : ~ ; S atan 0n..! The deacon has objected to new methods ever since. A eoitoNFß's jury, in the case of _a map ho was killed-by a falling icicle,Jender ed the verdict that he "died of hard drink." • TI MICE is nothing so steadfaist in the world as the gaze which a man fixes on the highest point of , the church-. steeple, when he sees a person coining whom, he does not wish to meet. Tut: captain or a schooner on the s,o . tind was steering, when the 'mate went aft and proffered certain advice as to the bourse, which offended the superior - officer who cried out : "Mate Tompkins, you just go forward and tend to .your end of this skuner, and I'll tend to mine." The mate went forward, and .there was a plunge in the water, accompanied with the .infor mation "Captain Jones, my mai of the Blamer is at anchor, . A ROOK agent, who has retired from active labor upon the hard earned accumu lations of a life of industrious cheek,, says that the great secret of his success was that when ho went to a house where the. female head of the family presented het= se fhe always opened by saying : "I beg your pardon, Miss; but it was your moth er I wanted to see. That always used to get 'em. They not only subscribed for my books theniselves, but told me where I could find. more customers." A CRAP who had, perhaps read' newS paper item • about how a 'street car Wari cleared iu short order when a man-in the centre of the car announced that, he bad the smallpox, tried the game on a Detroit car. Getting aboard the 'Car, he sat down side a big listed man - and remarked : I don't-stippose you object to riding beside a smallpox patient, do you." Not in the least," replied the big , man, ." but as some of the other passengers may; .I shall heave you out !" Thereupon he took the Joker by the collar and leg, carried him to the 'platform, and-shot him far cut into a big snow drift. • —Blacktcoods Sec thconighty host advancing, $2 per Anntim In Advance. NUMEER 38. WHAT Is IN A TON OF COAL. If we could follow one ton of New castle coal into the gas works, we should find that this quantity, weigh ing 2,240 pounds, will usually yield 9,000 10,000 cubic-, feet- of gas, 'be sides 1,404 pounds of coke, about 10 gallons of ammoniac( liquor, an-.I about 12: gallons of tar. (How much profit is Made by our gas companies on this basis, and-lathe prekcnt price of coal and gas,. we leave for wiser heads to determine.) Here we have 'four prodliets from coal, viz : gas, coke, ainnidniacal liquor, • and tar. This tar from the gas works finds. its way to the tar distillers, and from this still we obtain other four. pro ducts, viz': napilia, light oii, dead oil and pitch , , The naptha, after anoth er,' distillation and subsequent purifl-' cation, is as clear as -water, ,and was .for a long time used only as a sol vent. for India Rubber, till the chem ist came along and said it contained benzoic, (not benzine. . ) Two gallons . of naptha furnishing . about one pint of benzole, and from this substance,. treated with nitric acid, we obtain the wonderful aniline dyes, . which have created such a revolution in the art of dyeing and printing. The pro cess, simplified, is take benzole andAnix a certain amount of nitric acid WA it: this is converted into nitro-benzole; which - is reduced to . aniline. • After aniline is formed, the various colors are prothiced from it chiefly by treating it With nitrate of potash, chlorate of potash, and other; substances. The odor of nitro-ben; zoie is like .the oil of bitter almonds,' and is much U 6 ed to scent soaps, also to flavor 'confectionery. It is esti-. mated that three tons Of coal will yield 18 pounds of naptha, 6 pounds of benzoic, s:"pounds. of aniline, 1 pound of magenta, which will dye 600 pounds of silk or 900 pounds of wool. Magenta in solution is a beatitiful purple, but in the solid crystal a bright bronze green. Another ap- . proximate . amount by Mr. Perkin, gives, for 100 pounds of coal, 12 ounces-of tar, 8: 1 ,- ounces of naptlm, 21,0 f benzoic, 4,1 ounces of nitro benzoic,"}.ounces of aniline ()Mice of, M auve. Only ounce of - mauve from 100 pounds of coal seems a very snAll aingunt, but there is one thing welsliould remember, viz: the inten sity of. the coloring Mhtter,. illus -trated by this fact: Take a large -carboy hOlding 9 gallons of water, and add to this a solution containing , Onedgtain of mauve, and tniS single grain will color' this large bulk of water. A gallon of water contains 70,0 up grains; 9 gallons 030,000 grains. This solution then requires, only one part of mauve to color G30,- 009 parts of water. Resecting the dead oil previonslv Mentioned, it Was drug in the market till it was found to contain creosote or carbblic acid. The cresote is now used 'for the pnr pose of preserving timber, and the Carbolic acid is rendered, so pure as to be fit for medicinal pifipose.s. and is taken in England and AmeriK.s. as a care for intermittent fever.--.3'. ObeeiTe.r. A BAD FIRE. , "Jones have you heard of the fire that burned up that man's house and lot ?" • "No, Smith, Where was it r• " the city r , " - What a misfortune. Was it a house?" ", Yes, a nice house and lot--a good home for any family." "What a pity! flow did the fire take?" " " The man played with fire, and thouglitreSsly set it himself." " How silly ! Did you say the lot • was burned, too ?" " Ye', lot and'all. All gone - slick and cican." "That's sing . tilar: It must have been a terribly hot fire—and then I don't well see how it could burn the lot." . was not a larger_fire, nor a very hot fire ; indeed, it was'so small t►iat it attracted but little attention." " But how could such a little fire luirn a house and lot ! Yon haven't told me." It burned a long time—More than twenty years—and though it seemed to consume very slowly, yet it wore away about $l5O worth every. year until it was every bit gone." " I can't understand you yet. Tell me all about it." " Well, it was kindled in the end of a cigar: , • The ch - rat cost him, he himself told . me, $12.50 a month, or 4;150 a year; and that in twenty-one years, would. amount to $3,150, be sides all the interest.. Now, the whole sum would not be far from 00,000: That would buy a fine house and lot. It would pay for a large farm in the country." .., " Whew!' I guess now y ,t on Mean me, for I have smoked, more than twenty years, but I didn't know it cost as much that., I haven't any libuse of my owp; haVe always rent ed—though L was too. poor to own a house—and all becalise I have been burning it up!" What a'fool Ihave been !" The boys had:bett4r not set a fire Which '' - costs so much, and which,' though it might he so easily.put out, is yet so likely, if once kindled, to keep burning'all their -An You READY.—IIev, Dr. Kidd wasl 'Scotch minister of some prom inence, and very eccentric, and 3sho had his own way of doing, things.. One of his parishioners say: " I was busy in my shop, when in the. midst_ of my work, in stepped the dixtor., • "' MA you expect me?' was Lis ahrUpt inquiry, without even waitinfr p for a ,:3aliitation. "' No; was my reply. "‘ What if it had been . death?' asked he, when at once he stepped out as abruptly as he came, and was gone almost before I knew it. ""What'a, question! What a thought for every one of us ! Does not death 'come to most; if `not all, as unexpect ed as this? And does not tlieinqui ry impress the lesson from 'our Sa vior's lips, Be ye als'of ready ; . for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of ratio tometh,'" . II BEA VTOL sins.'imcrts o. e 111471715. Rest, Reel In 'Heaven I 0 blessed thought With what nnbminded joy 'tie fraught' 'rho weary grief-bent head will rise, A n 4 light Illume the, teardlmoted eyes, - And beet the trembling sigh be driven As HAIM breathes softly, Hest In Heaven. 'Est In Heaven! The weary tread. The tlmp, bent form and hoary head Prove many a sorrow, care, and strife It's man's appointed lot halite. j Asletheso If Earth has M ei;or glver,t Joy a l the promised Reit In Heaven. Rest, Rest In Heaven 1 Tho Mattering breath, Pf a sufb..rer In the arms of Death. 8W! murmurs, Hasten welcome Tomb, shrink , not from thy Silent gloom, care,,L.ti ceased, Earth's ties are riven, I soon shall too at rest, In Heaven. . . . —Standard of the Cress. • INEUIENCE.---In our personal his-, tory we are often brought into con tact ,with natures that seem :to: drop • • Intciour lives an element ofi good'— we can hardly. tell !lbw; but .there `results a softening of rough lines and angles; new emotions of pleasure quicken the the pulses; neiv,power for usefulness, and new energy in the ac tive duties of probation; while an el-_ evation• of thought and purpoies_ brings us nearer God, and arms us• with a capacity to , diffuse everywhere a healthful influence over th use around us, at.onee ennobling, purify ing, and elevating. This life-poten cy is not ephemeral. - -ilt .goes with us through duty and `suffering down to the last hour. Death does not destroy it,;for it sends its healthful . glow across the dark river through the eternal years of our immortality. On-the other hand,. we have met with persons filled - with envy, selfish; ness, and dark depravity, which have -dropped into our life' current an ele; . ' went of diseord—a 'bitterness most unpalatable (unless it finds in us - a ccingenial soil in which to vegetate and grow). so that the calm rivulet is•in commotion : a rocky bed tears - to shreds , ourhopes, and wounds our sensibilities, or plunges us into dark and muddy pools"of unhappy discord and misrule.- The stream, no longer runs cleitr,' The translucent waters of life are polluted, ;and we sink into. unhonored and ,:misemble tombs, or .wake amid the blazing justice of , eternal_ truth to the.eternal sentence, Depart '•' We call this element in fluence.. When gooa, it wonderfully; blesses - the world, and when bad,' it ' is an unmistakable curse. We all -have influence.' We are not isolated. Society.is around us. Into it.we are.... contitipally dropping the one. or the other 'element. We can say which it . shall be—a blissful, healthful influ ence; or the reverse. Reader, which shall it bf:-? . • . ADAM'S FIRST WIFE.—The old Tlebreiv- cabalistic legend of Lilith, .„ the first wife of Adam; isF . tad by M. D. Conway in his' r :lecture on the: devil, in lan;xuai.7,e which is as:beauti-; ful as a poem. She• was - Et 4 cold; pa.si,jouless, splendid, beauty,: with woad, roes golden' hair. She was created Adam's equal , in, every respect, anal therefore, properly • enough ri ; !'used to obey For this she was driven from-the Garden of Eden au 1 Eve was created made to. order s so to speak, of :one of Adam's rib. Then the golden hair ed Lilith, jealOus, enraged, piningfor Tier first home in Paradise; entered in the form of a serpent. crept into the Garden of Eden and tempted Adam and Eve to their destruction. And from that day, to this, Lilith, a cold, passionless beauty; with golden hair, has roamed. up ard down the earth snaring the sons.of Adam and destroying them You; may always kno v li61) , ri,'ad victims, for wUnever, a man has .IR'en destroyed by the hands of Lilith, you will always find a single golden hair .wrapped tight around his lifeless heart. - this day many tirid :Many a son of Adam is still lured to `death and ruin from ha; ng the golden - hair of a Woman wrappedloo around his heart. This is moral. • gas not Lilith been revenged ? PiowErt.—They sanctify the cra dle, the altar, - and the tomb. What can compart..-With tlibm in beauty and purity ? The little- flower,'which, in classic y, sprang up .through the harkstones of the poor prisoners • dillniing such sweetness •and content about that living tomb, was an angel in disguise, Picciolal It was a smile from Heaven. - It breath:: ed upon the prisoner, and his chain droppedz away ; it shone before . his ,eyes. and the prison walls were burst asunder.- Nilo has not - experienced the revival of an almost forgotten memory, or a buried. hoi_e, by the sul , gestiveness of a familiar fragrance, Wafted from , some breezy, blossomy hillside, :*s - strains of dista.pt music will-z:brint , , back pictures_ Of some vivid hour of long, long years. ago? " A flower garden continuous' open air, concert." What visible romance settles over the „Vine-clad • cottage, as the eye of the traveler tills upon it. Beauty nestles among the roses. while the sunshine and shadow piny hide and seek amid the ivy leave, , . Could architecture or art in any form improve upon what:, simple taste and Jfature have done' here' Y;:wo know thitt refined capa bilities, howeVer unfilled, find's, home beneath that lowly roof--that' a woman s taste reians supreme. THE PREF EXT OF POLICE.—Not long since,-says Figaro, a stranger came in a carriage to the prefecture of police. "The oi:ice the • prefect ?" he said to the cotterietge. ".The prefect is not there," said the - Inan,_in that tone we all know. "Pardbn me, my friend," said the visitor. "Perinit me to observe•that I did not ask for the prefect, but for his office." • "Since . have told you that the prefect is not there, what do you want to do with his office ?" "Permit me to, reply," said the' stranger, still more, politely," jtliat does not concern you." .[ "Come. you had better go away." "I am nut going away; I am Ring into the . oiliee of the prefect." -'For the third time, I tell you the .prefect is pot there." "`.l knoW that very well, since Tim the prefect." • _ = It was, in fact; M. Voison, the sue. , cessor of M. Leon Renault. WHY HE WEPT.—He left her and stepped ont to see a .friend betvieen the aets. "why, iNlward," said she *hen lie returned, " there are tears in your eyes." , . . "Yes, pct," replied he, 'solemnly, " I suppose there are— . 4 saw sneh a sad. sight when I was out." ".Toni did—what was it ?" she in quired. Such . 'a sad sight "—continued he, keeping, his. foe away that she might not his..breath—" I dis covered a young man whom I had knOwt for :,y_eara l drinking whisky:l ,‘_
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