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W. R. YAN. ,
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COUNTY SUPEIRINTF.NDENT.
Office day last Saturday of eaeh month, over Turner
St Gordon's Drug Store, Towanda, Pa.
Towanda, June 20, IS7O.
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E LSBRE V tt SON,
ATToUNEVS-AT-LAW,
TONVANDA,
N. - C. EIAIIREE
MEM
PORTRAITS ANT) LANDSCAPES
l'ainted In order at any prier 'rout e 5 to esoo.
Olt - Paintings ite-l'ainteil. ite-Toneliell, or ebangel
made as desired.
All work done In 'JIIIIANS F:llE ' I :A, A E r k.
Towanda; Pa.. Ap;tl 18. 18:8.
T R . OGALSI,
..t• -4;
1 ,1
Ent cloyed with M:rileudeltnan for lb° past fottr
years, Itegs leave 1 6 announce to his friends and
the p; pile generally that he has moored to the
Boston 99-1%,1t Store, one door tolith of thC First
National Bank, and tpent. , l a shop- for the repair
of \\ itches. C:oeks. Jewelry, .ke. All work 'war.
ranted to give !mare Fatkfacti.m. . (Apr4'7B, '
W . J. YOUNG,
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TOWANDA. I'A.
tlliirr==crnn(l door Fouth of the First Nittiona
11:11111 Shia St., op stalls.
MIEN
ATTOILNEY•AT-LAW.
forinerlfeccuiited by Y. M. 4 -. A
Itoadbrg [j.+ll.B :A.
WILLIAMS & ANGLE,
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ArrotiNryP-AT-I.Aw.
Fl occupied by NV:akin'
(0rt.17, "77) E. J. ANGLE..
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TAIcPIEKIISON,
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A TToRN'Ev-AT-1..% w
T.e.V A N l'A.
n;.•t A try . /;, - ./. (%.
MASON & HEAD,
ATTORNEN - g , AT-T.AW,
'Towanda, Pa. Office over Bartlett & TrVics.
F.M A SON. A irrIWIL HEAD.
EBB
4 1 L. HILLIS,
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ATMIt N .\W,
ToWANDA, PA.
"LI, F. GUFF,
Airou N EY-.IT-LAW,
;Itl rin Street. ( I tloor3 north of Want llonsp). To-
I waiola, rAprll 12, 18:7.
THOMPSON, ATTORNEY
• AT T. .t«, Wv ALUSING, PA. Will attend
InnAnnF4 entripnrd" to his :cnrn Itrndrord,
SWIiN and Wyuniingsenniqles: - Office with Esq.
Porter. Encrelfi.,7l.
L. LAMB,
kJ.
ATTOE , EY Aw'.
W E, PA
:011ecpons pr.inpt;y attended to;
T URN W. MIX,
ATDDINEY•AT-LAW AND V. S. Co.IMiS.IOXKR,
.ToWANDA.
(IMce—North Side Public iquare.
D AviEs R CARNOCIIAN,
A TTOIL N EY R-AT-LA
SOUTH SIPE 1)F . W.ki.D 11017:4:
Dec 2.3-75,
p' it. S. M. iI r OODIII3IIN, Physi-.
f - clan and tinrgeon. Orrice prer 0. A. Mack's-
Stcre.
tr.v
Tanda. >lly 1, 1i5721y..
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AILADILL &,•CALIFF,
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ArronNti - c-AT-T. As?,
TOW A N DA. PA.
•Dfnee In Wool's Ilknek, th,orsont:t of the First
:ti Minim; Inlnk - , IT-stairs.
H.. 1. MA1111.1.. r . janS-731y) J. \. CALIFF
GRIDLEY R: PAYNE,
Side M,redrltu.cl: (roouls formerly occupied
Lp hatlr., S Canorhau),
' TOWANDA, PA.
MEE
ME MEM
NI ES WOOD,
AT TO Ir; Ey-.IIT-L A W,
TuivAfil;\, PA.
MEM
CHAS. 31. 'HALL,
ATToW:EV-4T-LAW ANIL) NOTART
711; give careful attention .to any I. unthess entrust
1., I.! ora,c with Patrick 3 / 4 ' Foyle, (over
r °alt.:), Towanda, 1!4.. ' une7•77.
GEORGE, D. STROUD,
ATTOhNLY-AT-LAW
ttrt , e—Mnin•st., four doors North of Ward Mouse
1' ra.,tO•os iu Soprouw Court jj
of l't.uu iylvanl3 amt Rolled TOW.% :SIDA',.PA
" 4 .4 . Eite, Coo rt I Or c 7.76.
R I :STREETER,
ArroitN I:Y-AT•1.
TOWANDA. PA.
IME
OlrirroN MERCIIR,
TTOUN r.l" A VC,
TOWANDA,
tel. ovf.r ?den tanyes St.nre. i(may67s
I, I •A.I,VF:ItTON. 1101)\ FY A. TifF.RCUIL
WM. MAXWELL, •
ATTORNEY-AT•LAW
:TOWANDA', PA.
Offir.i." (net Dayton's Ektore. l
April 12, 18711. •
PATRICK S, FOYLE,
.ATTORNt.I7B•AT•LAW
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_ ()WANDA, PAI"
00,ce, In litteurs Block.
'NDREW WILT,
ATTOUNET-AT;tAW
otne, over Cross' Hook Store, two doors north of
gtevens Long,Toweila, L. - May be consulted
tt t;erlean. t April 12, '7 6 .]
C. S. ItITSSELL'S
GENERAL
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N„S 13RANCE .A:GENCY
mr.ps-,7uit. TOWANDA, PA.
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INSURANCE AGENCY. . -- .
Tile roll. WIZIC
i• FIA '
. ABU , . AND FIRE TRIED
r.presz , n!e..l;
AN c, sittity.,vitftNlK,nostE,MEßcilANTB,
in. •;4 ft. 11. BLACK.
OVERTON & SANDERSON,
ATTORNET•AT•LAW,
TOWANDA, PA.
E. OtERTON. .! R. JOHN Y. SANDERSON
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NIVB. KELLY, DENTlErr,Office
. over M. E. Reeenteld% Towanda, I's.
Teeth inserted on Ookt, Silver, Rubber, and J.
bare. Teeth extracted without pain.
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E. 1 4 M.D. ,
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• ri! \ SICIAN AND ficnanOx: '
oMce crref Mon yea , Store. °Mee tours from 10
to 12, A. 11,, and fire- - - m. Special attention
given to diseases' v.ar.-0ct.10,1141.
• DR. T. B;
15.00 1 20.00
- Pirti
Office over Dr.Pf
jankTitt.
1864.
r WANDA INSURANCE %
Main Shed oppeutfla flse'Ciiur Hour*
W. S. VINCENT,
MANAGEII.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
CAPITAL PAID
SURPLUS FUND
Thes Bank offers unusual facilities forth° trans-
actlon . ot a general banking business
POWELL, Preildent
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EAGLE7L,
(60OTII et 1
This well-known bon
novated and n'palred thro'!
tor Is now prepared to Wick .
lions to the piddle, on the 'lnc
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TOWANDA, PA.
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L. ELsunsE.
Towanda, Pa., May 2, 1878,
11ENRY HOUSE,
AON THE EUROPEAN PLAN,)
CORNER MAIN & WASHINGTON ET'
This large. commodious and eiegan tly-furnishi
house has Just been opened to the traveling
ThO proprietor has rparod neither pains nor expense
In making his hotel first-clabs In all its appoint:
melds, and respectfully, solicits a share of piddle
patronage. 3IFIA LS AT ALI, fIOURS. Terms
to suit the times. ; Large stable attached.
W3ll lin:NßY,PnorutETOn
Towanda, June 7, •77-tf.
ELWELL HOUSE, TOWANDA,
Pl„
Baying leased this house, is now imply to arena'.
modate the travelling public. No pains nor ex penre
will be spared to give satisfaction to those ail!, may
glee him a call.
Q4-North side of Public MI are, east of Mercnr's
new block.
I T A E
CENTRAL ROTEL,
ULSTER, PA.
Tilt undersigned bating takenossession
of the above hotel, respectfully solicits t he patron.
ago of hI3 old friends and the public generally.
augletf. M. A. FORREST.
QEELEY'S OYSTER BAY AND
FITROPEAN HOUSE.—A few doors Souther
the Means noose. Board- by the day or week on
reasonable terms. Warm meals served at all limas
Oysters at wholesale and retail. fehPf7.
tfeb.l'7B
SUMMED
(n0v1145
July 27,'76
CASH PRICES !
MEM
TOWANDA. PA
I HAVE NOW ON HAND A
FULL LINE OF
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Figni•ed Lawns,
S. IL PAYN
White Goods,,
White Goods,
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Buntings, ttf.
Buntings, ctc.
Fans and P arasols
J 1717-73
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EON.
I tore, Towanda.
TOWANDA, PA.
$12.3.000
.... 80,000
N. N. - BETTS, Cashier
Feb. 14. 1878
Hotels.
Z PUBLIC. SQUARE.)
has been thoroughly ren
i,ughout, and the pmprle
- first-class aceernmoda
lost reasonahle•terms.
‘• A: JENNINGS..
JOHN SULLIVAN
J. L gent,
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GOODS !
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,- J. L. KIINT.
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COMPANIONS OE IRE POAD.
Llfe•s milestones, martinir-year on year,
Pass over swifter as we near -
The Anal goal, the silent end
Tolehleh our fated footsteps tend.
A year once seemed a century,
Now like a day it hurries by,
And doubts and fears our hearts oppress,
And,all - the day is weariness. -
Then life elintsst eternal seemed, ' -
And death a dream so vaguely dreamed,
- That In the distance scarce It threw
A cloud shade on the mountains blue,
That rose before us soft and fair,
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Clothed In Ideal hues of air,
To which we meant In after-time, --
thong In air maninxid'estrenuth, to climb.
How all has changed i - Tears have gone by,
And of that Joyous company •
With whom our youth first journeyed on,
Whc—wbo are left I. Alas, not one I
Love earliest loitervlon the way,
Then turned bls face and slipped away;
And after him with footsteps light
The fickle Graces took their fllgkt,.
'And all ihe careless pays that lent
Their meek', and merriment
threw slienter, and, ere we knew, .
lad smiled Dalt* list and said "adieu."
- . I \ l2+pe -faltering then with doubtful Mind,
Began to turn and look behind.
And u•I., half questioning, were fain
. To .folionitit her back again ;
Itut Fate sail urged us on our way .
And would nutlet us pause or stay. -
Then to our side , 7lth plaintive eye, .
•
In place of f Mope came Memory,
And murmured of tpast, and-told
Dear stories of the day of old,
And Friendship took theplace of Lore, .
And :prove In vain, to us I.C . ViI
That Love was light and Insiurere—
Not worth a man's regretful teal.,
1876.
A h all in vain—grant Was a ehent
Yet no video ever was so sweet,
No presenee-ilke to Love's, who threw
Enchantment over nil we knew;
And still we listen, with a sigh •
And back, with fend (Farah' the eye,
We gaze to catch a gttmp<<• again
Of that dear place—hut all In vain.
1.
Prem It tot, 0 stern Philosophy
Naught we ean.haye, and natight WO see,
Win ever be so pure, so glad, '
So Is:anti:al, as what we had. '
Our steps arc sad, our steps are slow,
Nothing Is like the long ago.
(tone is the keen, Wens; delight,
The perfume faint and elquislte,
Tits gi'ry and the c Meow°
That halned tte enraptured sense,
\ ten Faith and Love were at our side,
And eemnvm life was deified.
Our \sit. lows that we used ti, throW
Behind a' new before us grow:
F'..r once-w, walked toward the sun,
Rut now.,llfe full Inez - M1.41 done,
They change, antln their chill We 'move.
Furtlor anay frutfkFaith and Love;
A chill Is In the air \ co mo re
Our thyughts with Joy is I mpulse sour,
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Rut creep along the leve nay, • .
Wilting the closing of the
The future holds no wondron, ilia
This side death's awful myster es;
. Beyond, 171:dt. watts for us, who k us?
New life, OT iltill. rN, repose
—lt". W. S., 61 ilirtftt , ootre Maga:l/ie. '
J is dll riwnag.
AN EXTINCT RACE.
THE PRIVATE SOLDIER IN THE WAR
OF TILE REBELLION."
At the decoration of the graves of
the linian soldiers in the .N.ational
Cemetery at Gettysburg, Gen. B. F.
Ilutler delivered - an address on " The
*rivate Soldier of the war of the re
•bellion." It was a Vouching theme.
There is always a wonderful pathos
in a speech or -play or story founded
on a life that . has ceased to exist.
This is the charm, of "Uncle Tom's
Cabin ;" this is the power in - Joaquin -
Miller's " Panties ;" this must have
lent tenderness and : pathos to Gen.
Butler'S address. --
The " private soldier in the war of
the rebellion." He is dead. Or lost.
Strayed or stolen, prObably. We do
not know where he is, but he is not ho.e.
He has gone away to someplace -Per
haps if he were here he would'be - in
the way. At
,any _rate he is. not
around. lie does not-go to the Leg
islature. We do not find him in Con
gress. He is not eagerly sought as
a candidate for anything. Nobody
seems to- know anything about him.
'Occasionally he appeals at the-pen
sion list; with one - leg, a wife and
seven children, and $8 a month. If
flour takes much of a raise he will
not last Much longer at tills rate, and
we will be deprived even of;the
occasional glimpse-we have of him. .
It is asserted, - and quite generally
believed, that at one- time he was
quite numerous, and was even con
sidered rather convenient, if not, in- .
deed, quite indespensable.- It was
found that upward 100 Of him . were
-neeessary in order to svcure mere
line commissions for three eminent
and deserving men. When' field com
missions were-wanted for three even
more eminent and great men upwards
of 1,0;0 private soldiers were neces
sary. OLe thousand! It seems an
enormous nuinber now, which by, con
sulting the Congressional directory
we find there are non in this proud
public. But twelve or fifteen years
ago oven that, incredible .. as it- may
appear to us .to-day, was considered
a small number. There were private
soldiers and private soldiers. • There
were-even hundreds of thousands of
them. '
A nd r they were useful. They dug
trenches; constructed long lines of
breastworks and then, when an enemy
I
came - within sight, they climbed over
them and 'went outside them to.fight.
They worked a 1.1 watched and fougltt .
co-operating with great and eminent
men who have since passed to their re
wards in one office and another these
private soldiers sometimes rendered
very useful service in winning great
battles: Oh, they were useful. Some
'historians have even gone so far as
to maintain' that without them the
war could hardly have been carried
to a succesful termination. They
were really quite successful.
• And now they arer all gine. It
seems sad, looking back.to the war,
that none but the Generals and Rol
onels and Majors anil line officers
should have survived its dreadful
ravages. Providence) ever mindful
of the wants of a gre 4 t and growing
nation, undoubtedly took special care
of these.grcat men, and in its great
anxiety that the country -should not
suffer from a lack of eminent men,
kind of fcirgot,the private soldier and
let them wander away. • And so they
I are all gone. Some of them got shot.
1 Some of them died. Some. of them
got married and moved taut of the
world, to settle upon tracts of Gov
ernment land, where the Indians
could get them more easily. Some
TOWANDA, I FORD COUNTY, PL, THURSDAY- MOIOING, AUGUST 22, 1878.
of them went into bUsiness. Some
them aro teaching school. Some of
them are driving dray. Some of
them went away and didn't leave
their present address.. Bat all the
same, they are all gone, and it seems
dreadfully lonesome without them.
There used to be so many of them.--
[Burlington Ilakeye.
There is war in self-defense; a kind
of war that instantly- recommends it
self both tolhe heart and conscience .
of mankind. The burning of Moscow
has not yet Ceased to strike the imag-•
ination of . the world as a nation's
grandest protest against an insolent
tyranny; and „what is stilVmOre to
the purpose, a successful one. "Even
here, however, the rule is not abso
lute. In the time. of Zedekiah it was
Israel's duty not to draw the, sword
in defense of Zion, but to sheathe it.
When Titus encamped on .1 Sco
pus, -and surrounded • the city over
which Jesus had wept in ' vain,
God was on the side or the invaders.
-arid against thd invaded. Jerusalem
was to be trodden dOwn by the Gen
tiles, until the times OtthoGentiles
should be . fulfilled. There are wars
of — independence, when a nation
strikes a quick and hardi and noblt
blow for her liberties • wars about
which it .is usually har d , to know at
the moment if they are justifiable,
since only success ,can justify them;
made too soon or • with inadequate
provision, - they provoke a terrible re
venge; retard, it may be for a gene
ration, the cause at heart, and some-.
tidies set the houses of neighbors on
',fire. .That great Republic on the
other side of the Atlantic fought out
her freedom ; who 'in England drud
ges it her now ? There are wars for,
civil and. religious liberty. All the
world knows of those wars ; England
has felt the keen agony of them, to
day enjoys the happierresult of them.
-They are grand objects to fight for;
if anything deserves blood, and pain,
and life, liberty does: . Here, too, sel
fishnesjs - sometimes flings up- the soil . -
ed cap of.liberty to get a share of the
spoils in the general scramble. If by
waiting a few _yetirS you.ean secure
liberty in.. the end without' , fighting
for it, pause before you Make
,wives
widows and children orphans before
the time. Wars of conquest are
l sometimes - utterly „ unprincipled ;,_
sometimes the inevitable result of
circumstances which no one eancon
trol, and which simply prevent great
err evils that would otherwise be sure
. •
to happen.. The great wars of Napo
leon Were:as most men now admit,
the unprincipled efforts of an indis
putable but perverted genius, blind
ed by what lie called glory s ..to take
from other nations what Property be
longed to them, simply to make an 1
`Empire for hinlself. Our own Indian
El ipire, stained as it has been in the
pas . by crime, and by a — policy so'
shamelessly of this world that few
of the natives consent to- credit us
with thetief in a God •at all, has
been ver y uch forced on us by the
power cf cireumstances; and were
we to resign Irnka to-morrow, the re•
suit might be a hteoits anarchy that
would make a kinfl of
~hell. Once
more, there are wars,`kuch as we have
seen a good' deal of ifiNthe last 10
years, the object and end t which is
the re: - -ettlement and conso 'datingof
kingdoms, matters which it i the in
terest.of society at large to t set
tled, through individual interest for
the moment suffer, wars which; im
the felicitous thought of n great- the
ologian, are the action of a secret
spring in the machinery of nations,
and which, when once over and done
with, leave the stirred eletnents . of
strife slowly to settle down into a
p ermanent, because 'equitable repose.
The Bishop .of llochr4er in Good
Irords.
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HOW WE TREAT OIIR BRAINS.
Almost daily, I am in contention
with parents and guardians, school
masters and schoolmistresses, clergy
men-anti professors, youths and maid
ens, boys and girls, concerning the
right way of building up the young
brain.; of ripening the adult brain,
and of preserving the brain in age.
Grievonsly ill do we-take in hand to
deal with this delicate member, and
well is it that innate development
overruns our schemes and brings the
Variety of natural good out of the
,monotony of human folly: It is dim
ly felt by society that the reign of
bone and musttle . is over, and that the
reign of brain and nerve is taking its
place. Even the Gibeoriites now have
the hydraulic ram and the steam fell-.
ing. machine; the-spectaeled general
of forces fights in his tent by click of
battery and wire, and 'his lieutenant
hoists an- iron-clad by the touch of
two buttons upon his waistcoat ; the
patient earth forget; the tread of
horse and .ox, and is . ploughed by
steam . ; and ere long, no doubt, orr .
ministers will wind sermons dirt :of
barrel-organs, and our. Morning egg
will be broken for us by a waiter -of
dynamite. Hence it comes that all
classes - are for "'education!" The
village grocer's son goes . to a " theo
loolcal college," and sits `up by ;ght
_p
, by
over his " Evidences" with green 7,ea
in his blood, and a wet cloth about
his brows. The gardener's daughter
,pulls roses no more, and has become
a pupil-teacher; she is chlorotic at
sixteen; and
. broken•spirited at twen
ty. The country parson's son -goeS•
to a civil service or ti,:'navy "coach;"
is plucked in his teens; and is to
begin life again with an exhausted
brain and an incurable megrim ;
even the sops of peers are putting on
the armor of . light, and are deserting
the field for the counting-house. To
meet this demand, Colleges of all.
kinds and degrees spring up—,ntiddle
class seminaries, theological colleges,
Colleges of science, university boar&
—even the old universities • them
selves are stirring from their scholar-.
ly. ease, are sending out. missionaries
in partibus, and are cramming the
youth of twenty eountieS.. in the art
of making most show with leagt learn
ing. All this, in a way; no - doubt,
Must be'and should be; but so 'and
"den a rune face cannot be made with
out a wrench, and it is my desire now
to see where the strain will tell, and
how to perform out' social evolution
with the least injury to pertionF. , ..—Dr.
T. C. Albeit, in Pr pvlar Srqence
Alinithiy for June,.
REGARDLESS OF DEONCIATION FROM AN I E O:METE&
WARS.
A COSTLY LMnll".
It need to be' believed thit alcohol
was food. - It •is now conclusively
- demonstrated that. it is not food;
that it, contains 'not- one - single ele
mentl—whether nitrogenone or by
drocprbonic—of food; and that4.'as.
:one. itf the first of modern chemist,
bas said,
,there is -in nine quarts or
alcobal less food than can be - spreid
on the -end of a table-knife. or is
it a source of strength. - For''alike in
Africa and India, in the ,Arctic and
Antarctic, and by greaklabor-employ.
era in the temperate
, - . sones, and by
distinct experiments with . navies in
gangs and Soldiers on .the march, it'
it is umatter of proof . .thit.those can
labor best, both :physically and men
tank,' in whom
.the cold is not inten
sified by the weakening reaction from
artificial stimulant, and in ? whom
the sun'sl fierceness has no alcoholic
ally within• the brain. Nor is it a
Bonnie ofihealtb,for the lives of total
abstainer are now known to be more
valuable in insurance than other lives
and not a few eminent physicians
have testified that a daily :use of it,
even in : quantities conventionally
deemed rooderate, 4 nOt . only comes
some of the : most . fewtut maladies,
but . even endangerS: tho body and
diminishes the mental power, to . an
extent of which few people are aware.
Least of all,ithen, is it a .peecessity;
seeing that it has been happily un- •
known to whole' races, and prohibit;
'ed by immense religions; and in
England alone three million of total
absliter:4,- of whom not-Pne has over
roe ted, can testify that
.sinee they
aba B oned it they, like the Nazarites
ti
of Id, have been clearer of brain,
and more • strong of limb, and more
vigorous in health,-and more calm in
happiness. I assert, not as a dubious
theory, but as an established] fact,
that 'to men in ordinary health' , alco
hol is not food, nor 4 necessity,-nor
a eouree of health, nor warmth, nor
physical strength, least of all of men
tal power; but that, when it is not' a
potent medicine it is a mere luxury,
a luxury which is at the best harm- -
less, but which is fiequently.oanger-.
ous, sometimes fatal, alWays quite
supertlhous, never particularly noble.
Let us' understand then ;—while
alcohol is a luxury, and nothing but
a luxury; this being' so, wbat does
this luxury cost? : , 'what expense
does the -nation 'as a nation gratify
its liking ; It costs . us in the tillage
the waste of-millionn,of acres of so , l;
in foed, the destruction- of millions
of tons of grain ; in hard cash - the
Aeleterioits absorption of millions _of*
pounds of, money. It is beyond all
question the one main, if not the sole
cause oSqbalid,Aegrading and dan
gerous pauperism, :against which l
some of you will, have to struggle
hereafter in the streets of „ London
and other great cities. In any other
connection you would think this vast,
expenditure, this colossol waste .1
consideration of overwhelming im-.
portance ; yet in this It is the very
smallest clement in .the question.
But far more awfully 'significant is
what it costs inl disease, what it costa
in crime, what it Costs in misers*,,',
what it costs to the glory, of England
now, generations for years to come. I '
believe there is scarcely one . family;
in England which has not Suffered
from this hideous plague, scarcely a
house in England where there is not
one dead. And oh," Is it nothing to
you all ye that pas by ?" -
You:have heard what drink costs
to this nation in money ; what does
it, cost in disease and 'accident ?. Ask
'the dreary , pages of statistics, and
yOn Will rend that in so-called acci ,
den\but accident perfectly prevent-..
able, rt s costs us', brOkeri liinbs, and
shipwreCked vessels, ' and burned
houses, at 1 shattered railway trains,
and the (le hs of children overlaid
bydrunken others Or beaten sav
agely, by drunk fathers; and to' tell
yo p what it cost's 'n disease' I should
hate to take you, n t infancy Jut-in
hard fact, to what t i tc - ipoet saw 'as
the result - of intempere cc in meats
and drinks: .
"A In:al-house It seem&l, wherein re laid :.
Numbers of all dlseasete—all maladlea,
Of ghastly spasm and racking tortur e; usdns •
Of heartsick agony ; all feverous klnds
Dropsles, and asthinaa and heart-racking rhiim
\ e\t\
Dire was thellesslng. deep the groans: despal
Teudt.d . the sick burlent front couch to Couch,
An over them, t lomphaht, Death lila dart
Shol.kbut delayed to strike.“
Camm F. W. Farrar.
-~-+per. -
i •
PRAYING BETTER THAI STEALING.
Some poor families ' , bred near a
wood wharf. .1n one of the cabins
Was a man who, when he was 's o ber,
took pretty good care of. his family;
•but the pUblic house would get his
earnings, and then they suffered.
In conseq4ence or a drunken ', frolic
he fell sick. The cold crept r o his
cabin, and but one stick* was left in
the cellar.
014 night _he called his eldest
boy,\ \ Johr, to,the_bedside and whis
pered something in his ear.
" Can't do it, father," said John
. alond.
" Can't—why not ?" said the fath
er, angrily. • 1. I -
"Because I learned at the Sabbath
schOol,.' Thou \shalt not steal,"!
swereJohn. .
"arid did` your not learn, 'Mind
your parents,' too ?"
Yes; Gather," answered
,the young
CM
" Well, then, Mind and do what I
tell you."
The boy . did not know how to ..ar
gue with his father, for him 'father
wanted him to go in the night and
steal some sticks from the wood
Wharf, so John said to hie father:
" I can Tray; to-night for some
.viood; it's better than stealing it, I
know."
And when he crept up into the loft
where his straw bed was; lie did go
to God in prayer. , He- prayed the
Lord's prayer, which, the Sabbath
school '• teacher taught him; only' he
put somethin g in about the wood, for
he knew God would_ Dive wood as
well as" daily broad." ' - • -
The next noon when he camel hoMe
from 'school, what do you think - he
caught sight of, the first thinr after
turning the corner?" A load, of
wood before the door—his doot.
Tes, there it was.• llis.mother told
him the overiieers.Of the poor sent it;
but he - did not knOw rho. they were.
He believed itimiss - Goil, - and split Was
Pot the RIVORTZIL
TIKEOIIIE GREAT NINDIOATOIL
Over,two centuries ago, Jour; BUN
YAN was sent to jail at Bedford,Eng
land, and kept there ten or twelve
years, for preaching the Gospel his
own way. In the same Bedford,not
lonceificei-a,splendid monument was
erected in mernory Of Mr. Bunyan,
by men of all denominations, and his
name is honored while his enemies
are almost , forgotten. Wn have some
similar proofs that , justice will tri
umph at last, even in America.
WASHIN . OI ( OIi was abused as vilely
ne Lincoln or Grant have beenin our
day. -But, now, what pen or tongue
utters ought but praise of the immor
tal Washington ? •
ANOTHER.
In the war .of* 1812; Gen. JACKSON
to prevent a greater evil,•subordina
tec .civil. to martial law, in New . Or
leans, • He was fined for the deed—
paid .his flne—and became President.
Ire made no complaint. But when,
nt the-Hermitage, he received from,
the Government the amount- of the
lineland the interest, it wati stated
the stern old soldier melted, and ex
claimed with tears of joy in his eyes,
"I knew my country would one day
make ii right !"
- YET ANOTHER.
While JOHN ,QUINCY ADA , 4413.9
serving as President, be recommend
ed an appropriation for a National
Observatory at Washington. :Rivas
a 'season of unreasonable partiain
feeling, and the proposition was as
sailed with extreme bitterness. Mr.
'Mains in his message had-spoken 'of
the proposed Observatory as a "light
house in the skies." This unique
phrase was at once. caught up by the
Jackson orators, -with John Randolph
at their head, and bandied abbut4n
every forth of ridicule and denuncia
tion. The project was finally ab,an
doned as a National. work. Some
seventeen or eighteen years elapsed,
and we find Mr. Adams at the, age of
fourscore, traveling a thousand miles
trom home to assist in laying the
corner-sione of an Observatory, .on
the banks of the Ohio. He traverses
a region which had rung with charges
of coalition—corruption-bribery,
and is everywhere received in pro
found respect,- without distinction 'of
party. He arrives at a city where
his name had once Been a byword of
reproach, and its entire. population
throng the streets to bid him welcome.
The wise, the good and the great; all
of every rank, class and pursuit, de
light todo Lim honor. In 'the 'pres
ence of thousands he lays the corner
stone-of the Observatory, and dedi
cates it to science, virtue and . poster
ity ;- he- speaks of astronomical sci
clice—of modern discoveries fOund
ed on protracted observations—of
the'benefits that.have accrued to our
country and race—of the 'ennobling
character of the celestial studies—
and warming as he speaks, with flash
ing eyes and emphatic voice, he pro
nounces the old cry "a lighthouse in
the skies!" Instantly there went up
to.heaven one universal twat of-ap
plause from, the whole: vast ussem
lilage, 'The old man wus vindicated,
and there is 'no name among As now
',more honored for wisdoin and 'purity
than that'of John Quincy Adams.
, AND YET ANOTHER.
SIMON CAMERON, the first Secretary
of War under President Lincoln,
honestly differed from the President
and most of they, other members of
the Cabinet, in regard to conducting
the war. This. faeti, together with
the desire of certaieNew York spec
ulators to control contrasts, aroused
a clamor against-,Mr. Cameron, which
culminated in a vote of. censure . by
the - House of Itepresentatives,. not
withitanding the fact that the Presi
dent sent a, message to theilouse as
suming the "irregularities" charged
against his-faithful Secretary. 1 den- -
eral Cameron retired from the`Cabi- -
net, and has twice, since, been hon
ored with the. emphatic endorsement
of ' his State. The resolution, lo*-.
ever, remained on the - records of the
Mouse, Mr. C. beingcontent — to . bide
the time_ when the' great • injustice
done him should be acknowledged.
Just before the termination of a re
cent session of Congress, the follow
ing resolution, making amends fox the
great wrong inflicted upon his char
acO.r thirteen yearti before, was adopt-
ed a anintously. Ifs'. passage was
.advoca d alike by Democrats and --
Republic s. When we take into ac-
count the bitter partisan spirit which .
prevailed diring the Congress, the
action-of the D mocrats in voting to
:expunge the vote of censure is daub
ly 'gratifying to Ge eral - Cameron:
WHEREAS, The Mu. of Representa
tives, on thelOth of .Apri '1862, adopted
a resolution cennuring , Sireo Cameron for
certain alleged irregular p edings as
Secretary o?:War, in the matt of pur
chasing military supplies at the Wreak
of the rebellion ; and
Wilma :As, On the 2Gth day of the ensm
ing month, the then*Presidentof the Enit
cd‘States, Abraham Lincoln, in a special \
message to Congress, assumed for the Ex
ecutive Department of the Government
thp full responsibility of the iiroceedings
complained of, declaring in said message
thathe should be wantic , v equally . in eau
dor and in justice if he should leave the
censure rest exclusively or chiefly on Mr. -
Cameron, and adding, that it was duo to
Mr. Cameron, to say that although he fully
approved of the proceedings, they . were
.not moved or suggested by him, and the
beads of departments were at. least.eynally
respon s sible with hint for whatevererror,
wrong or, fault was committed in the'
premises ; therefore,
. 2 -
knotted , That this House. as an act of
personal justice to Mr. Cameron, and as a '
.correction of its own recordit, hereby di
rect that said resolution be rescinded, and
the recision be entered on the margin of
the journal, where said resolution is re
corded.
Facts like these should caution all
persms—and especially Republicans
—against imbibing unfounded preju
dices against public men. History
will record Simon Cameron among
the wisest and most' energetic actors
in suppressing the slaveholder's -Re
bellion, when his jealons rivals in the
party--his business opponents—and
the friends of the Rebellion shall
have been forgotten. .
- CALM OBSERVED..
Wilts you speak evil of another yon
must be prepanal to have •otherspeak
evil of yon. - There is an old Buildhist .
proverb Which say., "He wha indulges in
enmity is likipone who throws ashes -to
imlward, which Comm back to the same
place and .covers him all over." -
WEAT,. On CORRESPONDENTS WRITE.
LETTER FROM KENIITOKY.
Haw the Democrats Conduct Elections and
Administer Justice in the "Solid South."
WivroN, Booss Co.; Ky., Aug: s, Ins. -
EDIT - OU REPORTED, ••
. .
Dear Sir:—To da is 'election day. in
Kentucky; and to t hose Alio have 'only
known what election 'is In old Bradford,
it would be:quite a treat for-there - to see
and know the tricks resorted to in-the
South. Democrat here means Southern
Cenfederacy, and " Hate :Yankee" is their
sentiment everywhere south of . the Ohio
river, and it is instilled into the minds of
all their children from the time they can
ride a horse or use the revolver • or knife:
A man is never hung here for killing an
other, unless the one doing the deed hap
pent obe of that despised race denomi
nated the d—d nigger. A *bite man - is'
sent 'o Frankfort for one year, or goes
-scot free, for killing a man, while a negro
who steals two chickens • goes up fur two
years. This is equal rights in Kentucky !
Some members of the Legislature worked
hard last winter to revive old slave times
as nearly as possible, in the shape .of the .
whipping.post. Happily, they were de
feated.' I Stopped oil at Corinth, 4 small
town on the line of the Cincinnatti South
.ern R.- It., on Friday last, until this morn—
ing; and 'the amount of wire-pilling Oleg
oti•there would make even a Bradford
county, democrat ashamed that he was
' working,in a common brotherhood with
such a;claas of so-styled good dimmycrats.
I saw more thati a dozen men sell their
votes and then think they bad done some
thing valortius • not but what the • same
thing is done all over, but I never saw.
votes wholesaled before. Whiskey done
its work *ell ' • for large parties of voters.
came in from the back parts of
(or. precinct it is called )—they live
in the forest part of the county talle,d the
brush and knots—they were made drunk
on Saturday and kept hid out over. Sun
day in squads, and the wire-pullers visited
each squad with their whiskey every hour
night and day until this morning, when
they were driven 'to The polls like sheep to.
the butcher's: I visited two .encamp
meets yesterday, and the men were drink
ing, swearing and lighting, lied looked
more like demons than men. If Morgan
had'becn recruiting, he could not have
found a more villainouS inoking crew.
Some of them were men who had served
under him in war times, and-were happy
in 'recounting some of their bushwhacking
expeditions, not dreaming thatan enemy
was in camp. Bloodshed is expected here
to-day. - A republican was murdered here
on last election, nine mouths ago, fon.
cheering for his candidate. This is liLerty
in the.back districts of Kentucky, with
very little difference anywhere in the State
—as I hitve been nearly all over it I can
not see much difference. Is this the lib
erty the North fought four years to estab
lish: An article written from Lexington,
Ky., by "Gatti," (Geo. Alfred Town
send,) and published by the Cincinnatti
Enquirei.,- was. like stirring up a wasps'
nest with a long pole, and. "Oath" is
wanted badly,• but like "Paddle's flee,"
Their papers ail admit the truth of
his assertions, but howl and say.it should
have•been left unsaid. Kent utkians feel
bad'about- the way they won the race at
Louisville, -on July 4th, Mollie McCarthy
being beat by Ten Brouck, but. clearing
about .820,000 above expenses. Se much
for-California shrewdness, but :they-can't
do it again. . The weather has been ex
tremely hot here this summer, but noti
many sun.strok,cs. Think it is because
they drink so much bourbon,, that nothing
but lightning can have any effect on them.
. Land in some sections is good; but could
be made to produce nearly one-half more
by Pennsylvania farming, as they have
sometives plenty, but don't know the value
of it, and never use it. Laber is nearly
all done by negroes, who work cheap,
only' receiving enough to barely live on,'
chiefly corn-dodger and bacon.
Hoping my letter has not been too long
for your many readers, I will close, for
you will hear from me again.
Very truly,
JEWISH BURIAL
The Jews uniformly disposed of
their dead by entombment where
possible, and failing that, by inter
ment. The•practice was very ancient
dating back to patriarchal times.and
continuing unaltered by Any Oentile
influence. * • • .
..A natural cave, adap,ted . to the
purpose of entombment by necessary
excavation, or an artificial one, was
the standard type of sepulchre. The
limestone structure of Palestine,
abounding in such natural caves and,
- easily worked, was peculiarly favof-:
able to this mode of sepulture.. Tile
head of the family commonly provid
ed space for more than one genera
tion ; and the galleries excavated for
this purpose were sometimes of con
siderable extent: Cities, as they-grew .
in populatien,lrequired public ceme
teries, which were situated outside
the wall; only Alm tombs of kings
and prophets being permitted within
the town. The Rabbinical ideal of a
sepulchre was a cavern. about, six'cu
bits square, or six feet by eight, from
three sides of which vaults Were 'rub
longitudinally into- the rock, each
large enough to receive a corpse; the
fourth side containing • the door,
against which a large stone was 'reli
ed to close it.. 'Tombs not otherwise
distinctly marked Were scrupulouslY•
t' whitened " every year, after the
rains !Jeff:ire the _ Passover, to warn
passers-by against defilement'.
In' preparing for the burial; the
Jews, when , not deterred by poverty
.made large use of spices for' terripor
arity preserving the body, dud for
burning in honor of the dead.. Em
balming does not, however, seem to
have been generally practised, and
the interment took _ place. within a
few hours of death. If the death•oe
cuffed at evening,. the burial took
place at the earliest. break of dawn.
It was orignally the office of the
next of kin .to oversee the funeral
rites. but in the course of time fro-
Sessional mourners became customary.-
Colfin.s were but seldom nsed, and if
used were left open, The bier was
borne by the nearest relatives, and
followed by those who wished in this
way to show their respect for the
dead, and by professional mourners,
hired.for the purpose.
The ,grave-clothes were probably of
the fashion - worn in life, but swathed
and fastened with bandages, the head
being covered separately Thus Laz
arus, when he came from the tomb nt
the command- of Jesus, was- " bound
hand and foot with grave-clothes, and
his face was bound about with a nap
kin;" and Jesus's tirSt direction was,
" Loose him, and let him go."
• UNsimialsu and noble acts aro the most
radiant epochs in the biography of souls.
When wrought in earliest youth, they lie
in tho memory of a,o like. the coral is
lands, green and sunny amidst the melao
oholy waste - of ocean.
THE experience of all is that the nearer
we get to Jesus in our daily life the more
there is to cheer. and ennoble life,. and the
more cntefort . we take in every
,earthly
blessing upon which we can •secure his
benediction.
I believe If I should - die, -
And you should kiss my eyelids when I lie,
Cold, dead and dumb 16 all tho world contains,
The - folded orbs would open at thy breath,
And from Its exile in the Isles of Death - -
Life would come gladly back eking my veins.-
I helieve it I ware dead, '
Anti you upon my lifeless hart should tread,
Not knowing what the poor clod chanced to be,
It would dud sudden pulse beneath the touch
Of him It ever loved in life so much, ' .
And - throb'agaln, warm t tender, true to thee,
ilore, If on my crave, : '
11fildmiln woody deepsor by the wave,
Your eyes should drop some warm tears of regret ,
From every salty seed of your deargrlef, •
Some fair, Sweet blossom would leap Into leaf,
To prove death could Ma make my love forget.
I believe, it I Shoubil fade ; •
Into those triy3tte resting where life is made,
An - q. you sitoidd tong once more my !ate to tee;
I woulti.come forth upon the hills ornight,
And gather stars•like tagOia; till thymight,
Led by their beacon blaze, tell.full on me.
I bellereony faith In thee, •
Strong as my llfe,ao nobly plaeedAsi
I would as soon aspect to zee the sun
Fall like 1 dead king from his height sublime,
Ills glory 'stricken from the throne of Time,
As.thee 'unworthy theyorshlp thou bast won.
I belleve.who has not loved
Mali half the treasure of his lifo unproved,
Ltice.one who, with the grape within his grasp
Drops it, with aU its crimson Pace unpressed,
And all its luscious sweetness left unguesscd,
Out from his careldss and unheeding clasp.
• -
I - believe; love pure and. true, -"
to the soul a sweet Immortal dew, ..
That gun's life's petalsin . its hour of dusk ;
The waiting angels see and reins/mire
The rich :crown jewel, Love of Paradise,
When life (arid from us like a•withered husk
FORESTAY SCHOOLS.
, 'Schools of •forestrY are in Europe
a groWth of this century; among the
nations which support, them are•Ger
maiay, Austria, France, Italy, Russia,
Portugal, Spain and. Sweden although
the "titles under which they are organ- .
ized and the studies pursued in them
are often quite different. In Ger
many there - are nine institutions
- where ."forestry is taught. The Chief
of these is the nigh Institution of
: Forest Science at Nenstadt-Equers
,walde; where the average attendencel
has been for forty years more than
fifty pupils, and the number of hours
required to complete the course-of,
instruction is 2,6 . 48. The currieu
him of studies, which might well be
copied, embraces- the cultivation and
protection of forests, the study of
statistics, the jurisprudence relating
to forests, the surveying, measuring
and valuing of wood-lands, as well as
road-making, draining public econor,
my and - finance. It also includes the
special studies, of - botany, vegetable
"physiology and pathology; geology,
geodesy, geog,nosy, mineralogy. and
meteorology ; and the more common
studies. of chemistry, physics, micro
scopy and zoology. Thus- it will be
secn'that the graduates of the 'school
leave it well equipped, for the Work
the State expects from then]: • 1 To
obtain entrance to some of the schools
a year's apprenticeship under a skill
ed forester is a prerequisite. France.
hasp had a . simular . school at Nancy
Since -1825,• which receives pupils' in
proportion to the demands 'of the
state foreSt service.' There are about
twenty graduates a' Year. England
seemingly does not haven dethand
'for : stick - skilled persons, possibly be
cause the crown lands,are not large .
enough to require.the- establishment
of a:government school to provide
them with forester:3 ; but as there is
great need for such trained persons.
in India an arrangement .has been
made with the French government,
by which three or lour English stu
dents are each year received at Nan- - 1
cy and 'trained forserVice in the Ind
ian forests. The forests in the United
States are estimated to- coffer about
one forth part of the nationaldotpain
or, roughly, about six hundred mill-.,
ion acres. North- Carolina has the
largest proportionate forest -areaaild
California the, least ; and it is said
that the woods of Mississippi though
extensive, if drawn on exclusively by
.all the states
.would be..entirely con
sumed-in five months.. The consinp- -
tion of wood as Mel has of course
much to do with this-enormoqs . deple- .
thin . ; ':or instance, it is said that ten
thousand- acres -of . woodland were
stripped of timber to supply the fuel
market of . Chieago . for one year The
government 'however, is not entirely
neglectful of 'its obviuus duties in
this emergency', and the commispion
er 'of Agriculture bps lately pirblish
ed in hiS report many facts, statistics
and suggestions, which,' if hey could
be brought to th notice Of the proper.
persons, : would .do more real good,
than,often falls to the fate of goVern
ment -reports. The `facts all teriti to
show the necessity of prompt action.
\As a : first step the report recom
thcndS the' establiShment 3of special
goVerainent schools of fOrestry at
'suitahle points. • Mush also might be
done 'by, -attaching to' the already
organized - universities and universi
ties and technical schoolS. chain. Of
forest science. 7 -DlineriCa A re_Wilect,
THE STRENGTH OF
_OII.4I:STIANITY.
3!. 3!. C.
'The ark of Cod . wag_never taken
b y
until 'abandoned - :its earthly defen
ders. In captivity its sanctity *as
sufficient to savejt"froniNinsult, and
today the hostile fiend prostrate on
the threshold of his -own temple.
The real security of Christianity is
to - be.found in its benevolent morali-
ty, in
.its exquisite :adaptation to the
human - heart, in :the facility with
which its scheme accommodates it
self
to the-capacity of . every
~human
intellect,' iu the consolation which.
it bears to 'the house - of Mourning,
in the?light with which it -brightens
the great mystery of the grave. •
~ To such a -mystery it can bringrno
addition of dignity . or of .strength,
that it is part and parcel of the com
molt law.. It is not now for the first
lekte rely on the-force of
. lts own .
-evidencea,•and.the attractions of its
own beauty. Its subliime theology
confounded the the Grecian. schools in
the fair conflict of reason with
oti reason.-
t
' be bravest and wisest of the Caesar's
nd, their arms -and their • Policy
1 navailing, when opposed- to. the
- capons that are not carnal, and' the
kingdom that-was not of this-world.
The' victory which 4'orphyry. . and
Diock:tian failed to *gain, is not-,• to
to ail appearance, reserved for'any of
those who, in this age, have - directed
ti teir attacks against the last restraint
orthe powerful, and the last hope of
the wretched.-- . .lfacaulay. . .
I BELIEVE.
$2 per Annum In ACfranca,
NUMBER 12.
WHAT IS KILLMG BIIniMI?
The. question is one that interests
every Person. As to the fact there
is he dispute'. Business is very mock -
depressed- "There is a large amount
of accumulated capital and surplus
money in the country, but it is not
seeking investment in productive en
terprise. Government bonds are go
ing off rapidly at 4 per cent., but
active enterprise is almost at a stand-
still. Times are not as hard - as they .
were three years, two years ; Une, year
ago, but they are still hard. There
has been a-decided and perceptible
improvenient in business,, but there
is still room for more. - Why ! bum.
ness does not-reviore rapidly is
a question that concerns every person
.alike, whether he be debtor or cred
itor; an employer: or an employe, a -
paiiper or a capitalist. All are equal- *
ly interested in hiving' e restoration -
of business prosperity, and the ques
tion why it does not collie is one
which touches the business and the
bosoms of all. Is itowingio a lack
of enterprise, or of the elements of
prosperity amongns ? Certainly not;
for no country posesses
GREATER, RESOURCES, ' -
and no people - greater capacity for
developing and 'utilizing them than
this country and people. Is it 'ow
ing to the heavy burden of taxation
borne •by the people? That can
hardly be, for business has prosper
ed and nations have grown wealthy
under heavier taxation than the Am
erican people are now bearing. Is it
due .tp any inherent fault or weak
neSs iii. the government? Certainly
not, for after all is said ' . the Govern
ment of the United States is one of
the mildest and most benefident" in
the world, if not -beyond.comparison
the most so. Is it the result of
or severe leolslation? Again
we say certainly n ot; for - a system of
legislation ,that has steadily Main
tained and, strengthened the credit
of the. nation' cannot have been inki
rious to- individuals or to- business.
Is it-caused, asiis so freely and fre- -
quently charged, by a contraction 'of
the currency ?_ No: for there is
more--
GOVEELYMENT CURRENCY
in circulation now than there was be-,
fore the panic of 1873, and•the money
centers of the_ country are glutted
with unemployed funds. What, then,
is killin business? •
Tbis is what is doing it, viz: the..
growtla of communism, the agitation'
of the inflationists,
and the threaten
ing altitude of the Democrats in Con
gress. All of these causes are opera
ting in the same direction, and to-.
gather they are killing. business , by
alariing capital and retarding the,
ffrowth of confidence. The commun- -
ists,the - inflationists, the Nationals,
the repudtatioidsts and the Demo-,
crats are
NATURAL ALLIES,
and togather they represent the .ag
gregate influence which- is making
capital timid, preventing its invest
mebt in active enterprises, keeping
up the rate of intetest, tuld .prevent
ingga revival of Business. What
manuufacturer would be fool enough
to enlarge hos operation%what
cap
italists would be idiot enough; to
invest his money , trvactive_enterpris
es, of who , that hag money to lend
would care to lend it when the com
munists are threatening to rise in a
dozen cities; when the inflationists
are.clamotinft'for an unlimited issue
of greenbAg ; when the Nationals
are holding State conventions to de
nounce " creditniongers " and de
mand an issue of "" legal-tender fiat
money," and when the Democrats in-
Congress are pushing forward a
scheme to Mexicanize the govern
ment ? 'These are the men,and the
INFLUENCES WHICH ARE
. • BUSINESS.
If the Ameriban people want a
genuine and healthy restozation of
business they must , resolutely'. attack'
and crush this hydra-headed monster,
which 'under the various names of .
eomunis s m, inflation, NatiOnal-Green
backism and 'Democracy, is killing
businss and threatening the existance =
of the government.—/ndianapoUti
rim - TACT An FACTETIII
- •‘ \
A xthrstiiinn is - the 'only instrument
that cant drop the same thought into a
thousand Minas at the same moment. .•
• AT.i. your tlioughts, all your words, all
your'acts aro writ teu.onthe book of mem
ory. Be careful, the record is very lasting.
' 31EnnLEn.s are said to hurt their own
characters ; if you scrub other pdople's
figs you will soon need scrubbing 'your.:
self.
• .
IT is just as much your 'duty to be a
Christian, .and set me an example, as itis
my duty to be one and set you- an exam
ple. , _
CONvEItsATIAN ought to . be mental mu
sic, iu which diversity of thoughts in the
othunianity makeS harmony for the
soul:
IlAr.trS of Meekness, gentleness, chari
ty, deep and pure and endUring, must be
begun here, that they may be completed
in heaven.
SATIETY comes-of too frequent repeti
tion, and ho who will never give himself
leisure to be thirsty, can never find the
true pleasure ofilrinking. -
WHAT a dreadful condemnation awaits
those who, Instead Of being doers of the
hi*, set themselves up for judges,. with a
biased and censorious spirit.
A virrtuous mind in a fair body is in
deed a tine picture in • a good light, and
therefore it is no wonder that it . makes
the beautiful sex all over charms. .
I KNoir a great many persons who
think it is their business to preach, but
who had much betthr make it their busi
ness to hear for a while longer.
Gorn.r.ss science, says"Coley, reads na
tare only as Milton's daughters did Ile.
brew—rightly syllabeling -the sentences,
but utterly ignorant of the meaning.
"JUDGE not, that ye be not judged.
.For; with what judgment ye judge ye
shall bo judged ; an; o ith what measures
ye mete, it shall be asured to you again.
WHEN Lycurgus was asked by some
one who came to cousult him about the
State where true reform - should o,egity ho
replied, "It should begin in your own
house."
1.1r.,wh0 looks - on beauty with a.Pure af
fection forgets the loveliness of the body
in that of the soul and rises by means, of
that earthly beauty to the great - artist, to
the very essence of loveliness. • . -
I ris
safe.to say that there:would bo
great deal more-bread past upon the wa-.
ters than there is, if people wore only sure
it would be returned to theni with-. ten
per cent. interest. it is the uncertainty
of theluvestment that makes people hest•
•
tate.
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