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llt'Gordon's Drug Store, Towanda, Pa.
Towanda, June 20, 1678.
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ROGA "L;Sli
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Team *begs leave -tO announce to his friends and
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Boston 9e-Cedt Store, one door tonth of the first
Nathinal Bank. and opened a shop for the repair
of Watches. Clocks. Jewelry. Am. All work -war
ranted to give entire satisfaction, (Apr4'7B,
Air •
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IT
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el L. LAMB,
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T WIN IV. MIX,
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- Jan. 1, 1873.
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R. _S. M. WOODBURN, Physi,
clan and Surgeon: °Mee over 0. A. Black's
mckcry store. -
rTawaoda, May 1,18721. r.
m ADILLA: CALIFF,
A TirmliNEYS-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA.
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
ilMee over Cross' Book Stove. two doors north of
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it Gentian. (Aprll 12, IC]
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N SURANC AGENCY.
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Teeth Inserted en Gold, Sitter, Rubber. and Al•
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Oct. SOX.
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-Office over Moqtanyea. Store. Ofnce bounifrom 10
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mats. set
F IRST
CAPITAL F
SURPLUS F
Thin Dank
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L. ELsant*.
(60g
own house has been thoroughly nn
paired throughout, awl the proprte.:
pared to offer ffrst•class aceommoda
bite, on the meat reasonable terms.
E. A. JENNO.:GS.
Pta, May 2, Is7B.
This
norated awl
for hi now pr •
Lions to the p
Towanda,
COM:STEM M
Thls large,
housh has Jus
The proprtuto.
In making hI,
merits, and r
patronage. .
to snit the (II
Towanda,
"F LWE
IP PA.,
Ilsvlog /ease ,;
modate the t
Will be spare
give hire a.ca
11310'North
new block.
THE CENTRAL HOTEL,
ULSTER. PA.
The undersigned having taken TiOssession
or the above !Intel, respectfully solicits the patron
age of his old friends and the public generally.•
augt6-tt. lit. A. FORREST.
EELEk'S OYSTER BAY ANT)
S
EUROPIEAN ItOUSE.—R. tew doors monitor
the Means Rouse. Board by the day or - week on
reasonable terms. Warm meals serie.l at all hours
Oysters at wholesale and retail. teltll7.
trel).l - 78
tanTll-75
SUMMER
GOODS
July 27,16
CASH PRICES
I HAVE . NOW ON HAND. A
POLL LINE OF
Fignied Lawns,
Figltred Lawns,
12131=1
- White Goods,
'Mite Goods,
Buntings, Lte.
Fans and Para Sols
j1y17.73
IN GREAT VARIETY AT
REDUCED PLICES.
Towanda, Pan Juno 8,1878,
I. JOHNION
AND Spicatoit.
Porter Sows Drug awe, Towanda;
A 'MI:MAXIE AGENCY:
let opposite the ur House.
S. VINCENT, .
VANAGEB
ATIONAL BANK,
TOWANDA, PA.
SVA,OOO
.. . 80,000
1111'N
ffers annsnal facilities tortbe trans-
end bankini business.
N. N. 'EFTS, Cashier
'LL, rrealdent.
Feb. 14. 1878
Hotels.
'HOTEL,
II SIDE PCISLIC .SQVARE.)
HOUSE,
TUE EUROPEAN PLAN•)
IN A WASIIINGTON STREETS
TOWANDA, PA
commodious and elegantlpturnishisd
been opened to the triveling public.
has spared neither pains nor expense
hotel lirst.eass in all its appoint
esppetfully solicits a share 'of public
EALS AT ALL .110 , 1SRS. Terms
s, Large stable attached..
lllSNltY,PitorniStOa.
r une 7, Ir7-tr.
.
L HOUSE, TOWANDA,
JOHN SULLIVAN
this bonen, is now a mob , to riccom-,
rolling public. No pains nor expense
to giro satisfaction to those who may
lae of rublle ST are, east of Meteors
J. L Scat.
Buntings, ttc.
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J. L. KiYNT.
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TUB lIEW ORACLE.
Strong age, ean , .st thou - helm to dissever •
The soul of the poet from thee,
The soul of the poet forchr
Lends might to the sges that flee. .
0 poet! thy light Is eternal, -
Thine !Yes, though.of earth, are snpermal,
Thy breathings are ecstasies rental,
Thy heart Is the summer of lave.
Ah I sweet.are thy dreams, and unbounded,
Thy hopes like the sea rocks are founded,
Thy songs and thy hymns have res,unded,
Thrbugh storm-glrdled spaces:above.
But Abe past is thy prophet no longer,
. The pas; with Its golden romance,
The years hare grown prouder and stronger,
And souls, like the oceans, advance. ..
Thy sun Is-the sun that Is o'er thee,
Thy land Is the dear land before thee,
ThYlore is the street love that Gore thee,
Thishope is the Future supreme.
Behold the wide Present, whose story,
Whose faith, and whose will, and whose glory,
Marked nutlike some grand promontory,
Thrill earth•wit Infinite dream. •
O poet ! 6 he!
0 boort tba
Fear 1;0! and
Old fancies whose Minh Is the clay.
Arise, that theworld "'My revere thee,
Arise, that the men's spirits may hear thee,
Arise, that the crar. nmay fear thee,
Thy passion and wisdom prbelalm I
Away, with-the gods that have ihanged-thee,
Away with the sorrOws that palnMitbec
New life and new drdatus bare regain 44 thee,
Fresh breezes will carol thy name ! .
. .
Soul Science ! fl y cast light hash-elmcn'\
. The. depths of the earth and the sky,
With stAllght and moonlight onwoven—
Calm, fearless and wonderful eye!
Thoa child of God's measureless spaces, , \
ThoU !M . 0.( unutterable places,
Close, close In thine awful embraces, .
Hope ileth,tair daughter of Time ; t
Thou art nut the god of destruction, 4_
Nor god of a P lin reproductit,n—
Thy will is the breathing construction.
Of gory unspoketi, sublime. '•
O poet f thy srrng trill mate clearer
The song of theall-judglng soul ; •
And life In each rapture is nearer
Its deathless and godliest:goal.
Yet nut as a slave thou pursuest,
The path - that Is broadest and ne;rest— -
Asthe monarch and prophet thou IVOOO5t
The spirit or prersiunate Destful
0 ship on the seas of creatl•tt
0 cabin of all human relation!
0-grand and 5/Bprone •&ittemplat lon
• 0 living, unq•lenchabte tire !
--Gorge 13,gar'31ontgoinery
ai,f;l:ellatteatO.
THE LAY SISTER.
Among the many instances of fe
male goodness and devotion to woe-
thy objects during the 'French Rev-
olution of 1792-5; few are wore touch
ing, or more remarkable,. than the
foilowing i
. .
A young man of interesting appear
ance and an agreeable countenance,
was incarcerated in a prison in BorL
eaux. His name was Hu Bois. Bari
iet, bad air,and the dismal prospect
core bim,,operated unfavorably up-
n his health, and he ims,removed to
an hospital to receive
.medical treat
ment. rt, may well be imagined-that
Du Bois*lt ,but little anxiety re
ttion to his sickness _or its result,
being as well recoiled to die on his
bed of (:isenF,e as to suffer upon the
scaffold. The only solace of his meb
iincboly situation was derived from
he vis'itscf - a young and beautiful
lay sister namrd Theresa.
• She was an entire stranger to him
previous to his removal to the hospi
tal ; but she was now the only being
who came to soften the bed-of sick
ness. At first her visits were receiv
ed without much emotion; - but at
length his indifferenCe Wore off; and
the daily coming of Theresa was the
only subject. that employed his
thoughts. Although the poorest
benevoienee ival brought her to the
hospital, yet Sister Theresa had been
pleased with the noble features of
Pu Bois . ; and was equally gratified
when she learned that be was not
wanting in the - still. nobler attributes
of the soul. Charmed with his good
sense, and perceiving that her pres
ence gave him pleasure, her visits
grew more f,equent. The result was
that by looking into their hearts
they discovered something there
worthy the name of tender friend
'ship. _
One morning Theresa left Du Bois
in a state of mind most unenvialable..
Before her last visit lie had resigned
hiinself to (lentil, and felt a certain
kind of calmness in the . conscious
ness of the Certainty of his fate; but
now a glimmering of hope, just palp
able enough to incite a desire forlife
shone into his mind and awake fears
which had ceased fo distress him.
As Theresa was leaying the ward
where Du Bois was confined she met
the house physician.
" You are still employed, -in deeds
of charity,Sister Theresarhe said
with a smile.
"I do not refuse my poor services
to the suffering, doctor. Waren
knows there is room enough for be- .
noevlent irorks here,'? she replied.
•' Yes, plenty of work for priests
and doctors, to say nothing of execu
tioners. But how fare our patients?"
"Alas ! doctor, why should . you
ask?" - •
"Some empty beds this morning.
_My patients get about quick: and
what is more remarkable, they never:
return into . myiliands again."
"No-, they do not, thanks to the
just and merciful Dispenser Of human
affairs; they go' into more lenient
hands."
How- fares Du Bois ?, Is he well
enough to go out and take air?" ask
ed the "doctor, significantly.
" Poor fellow ! he is almost gone!
There is scarcely a breath left in,
him."
Not so bad, Sister Theresa—not
so bad as he. might be. He _will be
able to pay his respects to the tri;
burial in a few days. Let me feel your
wrist, young man; quite a pulse;
put out your tongue.; thick coat;,
some hope—keep lip courage—soon
\be Able to ride out."
\.," Doctor come with me, for. heaven's
sake," said the lay sister; taking the
Man )Di I'd wit by the arm.
.' I In , you seriously."
to be quiet, Slag.
The) ally make me n*
rout you want? Aid
;es, where there are
_
no t. ,; nutter noticed'
them )W \ that we nie alone
tell me what you, woUld say, and be
brief, for I have dutleAto,attend to."
While the doctor w speaking,
Theresa
.gradbally drew `him Away
into °Wee.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, THURSDAY MORNING,' SIMMER 5, 1878.
"Shall we be heird if I speak
here?" she asked hurriedly;closing
the door and locking it.
" Only by ourselves; - but „what
means this; you have lucked-tie in
to the room with yourself, charming
Theresa."-
"It means that I wish to move
your.pity; to excite your passion;
to prompt you to a deed of mercy."
" Well, what is it?" '
"Du Bois must not die," replied
the lay sister, in accents - of grief.
" Theresa, all the girls of Bordeaux
coußnot save him, should they all
kneel and
-weep _before the tribunak
Du Bois must suffer with the, rest."
"But he must not. You can save
him.
tender:
.r betray,,
td surrender
"I can" save him? Tod are
mad!" • -
• lam not I'am sane and
rational as yourself. • Say that you
will aid me," continued ' Theresa, in
tones of touching eardestneas.
"But what is Du Bois to you!"
"Do not ask ; be generous; for
your. heart tells you all."
"You love him ; this agitation and
grief Witness your love. How do you
propoie to save - Du Bois?" • '
•
- " You shall report , him, dead to the
agents of the tribunal; you shall
then.order his body to . your private
office for. anatomical purpose. In the
dress 'of a surgeon it Will be easy.- to
effect his escape then Ce. I have al
ready instructed him hi the part be'
is to - act. Ile will feign Violent Con
vulsions, which will apparently end
in death, how easy it will be done to
save him if you enter into my
sChemes."
"It may seen' easy to you, but 'a
1-disco Very would be. sure death for
me," answered the doctor, pacing the
room, much moved by the entreaties,
tears Apd beauty of Theresa:
• "GBH bleSEi s you for the' act, and
my poor, prayers shall ever ascend
for you to theihrone of mercy."
The doctor turned his back to the
fair pleader, and something
from his eyes.
"I will tell you what. I will do,"
he added in a more kindly voice:
." I
will ,not attempt to thWart' your'
plans; I will even-favor them.
morrow, when I visit the warl<where
Dui Bois is Fick, I will find\ you
in tears near his. bed.. I. will ask
'What ails yoU,.Sister Theresa?'
Will turn from you • without• looking
at my patient. You will •presently
pretend that I ordered the body to
my office for the benefit of my pupils.
Two attendants will assist you .in
'carrying it there: - But remember to
throw a napkin over his fade, and to
support the head yourself, for it is
difficult to feign death so as to de
ceive those who are familiar-with it:
And, moreover, let the body be wrap
ped in a sheet, lest the warmth should
betray the fact that the soul is. still
within. ' If the young man should
find a surgeon's dregs in the office,
he needs noti ask liberty. to appropri-
ate it to his
.own use. When oncei n .
the street let him -improve the time,
and be seen no more in - Bordeaux."
Again did Sister.ThereSa fallfipon
her knees to cover the .hands et-the
kindhearted doctor with tears and
kisses, and his own eyes . could; not
refuse a tribute of felling at the - con
templation of so much devotion and
loveliness.
With what intense aniiety did
Theresa and Du Bois await the com
ing of another day—a day , which
would make them' the happiest of
human beings, or the Most miserable
creatures in existence.. Neither Closed
their eyes in sleep.
Du Bois, according to his instruc
tions, -groaned heavily during the
night, and 'seemed 'to suffer much
pain. Toward morning his Moans
grew feebler,. and less • freq - nent.
When Theresa visited him at day
light he appeared to be seized with
terrible convulsions. His eyes rolled
wildly abut in their sockets; • his
fae was distorted ; blood was seen
upon his lips;
his cheeks were dead
ly pale, and his last moments seemed
near.
The 14. sister stood beside his bed
and wept.' At length Du Bois ceased
his motions', he was heard to breath
hard for a short-tine, and 'then all
was quiet. save. the • frantic cries of
Theresa, who threw herself upon the
body, and piteously bewailed his
death.
While 'thus engaged, the house
physician entered the room.
"What ails you sister 't Theresa ?
Why are you. thus Wild 'with woe ?" he
asked calmly, as had •4eea previous
ly agreed...
" Ala.s ! my .friend is no more;
Du Bois is dead !" she replied, with
a fresh outburst of grief,
. " Well, what matters it ? It has
saved him from the scaffold. Did,
you wish him to • live to die by the
guillotine ?" and the house physi
cian passed on, without .so much as
looking toward 'the bed. where Du
Atm 'Theresa's heart bounded with
joy! he would gladly haie fallen
down . at \ the doctor's feet and embrac
ed them. \ •
Calming her transports of grief,
she turned and beckoned two attend
ants who were hear. They came._
"The house phrAeian desires you
to assist me in removing this..bodY '
to office," she restraining'
her emotion as much as \ po'Ssible.
As they carried it out\they met a
Surgeon, .and Theresa's heart sank
within' her'; but he passed them with
out notice, and in a few moments Du
Bois was stretched upon the dis4tect
ing table in the doctor's private \ of.
flee. • \
"'No* our work is done and you
may 'go," said Theresa. . *
The attendants left the room, end
our heroine locked the -door after
them. •
• Du Bois leaped fro the table and I
donned the :surgeon's dress without
loss of time. • When he was ready to
go be threw himself at Theresa.'s Pet
and poured ort the eloquent lan
guage of ;-his overflowing heart, In
words. which it would be in vain to
attempt to record. "'God only knows
how full or gratitude a generous
beart can be, and Ile alone can tell
the emotion of- Du Bois at that ma
ment..
" Delay no longer, in the name of
the: blessed saints I" cried: the lay
sister. ••
"It were, base ingratitude. to dis
obey you," replied Du Boise. "
OF it&NIINCIATION FROM iNir QUART=
will soon manage\to huve-ailetter
conveyed to you which will make
known the place -- ohniretreat. Prom-
ise that you will coin° tis me+that you
will render forever hap' y the life
you have this day saved, b .im act of
generosity unparalleled."
"I promise," replied the lay aster
with a faint .
" And now I part ; for the preseut
best ,and dearest of your sex, fare-,
well. If we meet not again on earth
we meet in heaven.", .
The door was opened, and the next
moment Do Bois was gone.
The - letter, which Du Bois had
promised cams at length. The fair
Theresa did not hesitate, but hasten
ed to join him agreeably to her prom
ise. Quitting his temporary asylum,
he retired to Spain., where he was
wedded to his benefaetroisa,
litiwy . indeed was the fortune of
Du Bo '
m being united to a.woman
who had proven the strength of her
attaehOents - in a manner so remark
able, stPd in -pn hour when earthly
hopes had cased to shine into his
soul.
I. Have a high ideal; never be
contented with a low standard of
efther thought or action.
2. 'There is always room for im
provement, and this can only be
,at-'
tained by energetic affort.
3: Let nothing tempt you to a
false step. One such, one lie, one
act of trickery in dishonesty may be
your ruin: i
4. Safety lies-cinly in keeping quite
elear . of any approach to what you
know to be doubtful.
5. Never forget that wrong-doing
cannot, be made to Pay in the 'end.
It may hold out the promise of pleas
ure or Oat, but shame and loss will
surely follow.
6. Remember that - not only will
dishonesty, untruthfulness or un
faithfulness ruin your probabilities
of success • but that thoughtlessness,
idleness or ' lack of interest in your
duties will always he • a bar' to ad
vancement. Aim to make your em
ployer's interests your own:
7. By, the habits you are forming
now you are •shaping
. your future
course and molding your own char
acter for your whole after-life.
8. A good name is a precious pos
iession of priceless worth-keep- it
sustained
9XReal worth will always, in time,
make itself felt. You must deserve' ,
success In order to gain it.
10. Donothing aslif it were trifling;
slur no part of your work ; in everY
thing seek tondo your best. What
ever is worth &ling, is worth doing
well. -
11. Put your heart into your work;
in business, concentrate your thoughts
upon it. Be ever . ready to learn;
strive to excel; be in earnest.
12. Be accurate. Want of accura
cy entails not only errors,•,but also
annoyance and loss.
13. Be careful in little things r it;
is the straws that_ show which >war
the current runs. •
,14. Cultivate an affable, yet t4.f.
spectral bearing toward customers.l
Let there be an• evident. willingness
to please;_and a ' manifest desire to
understand and supply their
,wants.
Study always to , be courteous.
15. Be punctual ; neglect of this
disturbs business arrangements,
wastes time, and sets a bad example
to Others. -.-
' 16. Be tidy; avoid slovenly habits
of doing your work. In the long
run these never save, but always cost
mom time and trouble.
17. Have a place for everything,
and keep everything in its'place.
Ig. Only by arrangement, method
and order will business go on smooth
ly and regularly.
19. Bear in mind goods are bought
to sell, not to keep.
20. Endeavor to . master the de
tails of your business; and, if you
are ignorant of anything that it is
necessary you should know, seek for
in formation.
21. Be brisk and Leave in your
movements; sloth makes all things
difficult.
HISTORY or A DEAD LETTER,.
— Some time in 1877 a soldier station
ed with the caval in Texas died
very suddenly, and was buried with
military honors by his comrades and
the spot Carefully marked. On his
person was a discharge, which be re
ceived the day before fur physical
disability, and a letter from .his
mother in England, and one evident
ly from his sweetheart, but signed
only by her first name. These were
carefully preserved by the lieutenant
of the'company and forwarded, with
a letter of sympathy - 0o the bereaved'
mother in England. In. due course
of time the letter was returned to the
United 'States dead letter office 'as
undeliverable, the mother not being
at her farmer address. It was then
opened, and, after an examination,
returned in its open condition, 'with
the suggestion that the contents
would, enable the English post of
ficials to discover the person _it was
intended to reach; but in due course
of time it came back the second time
as undeliverable. • `The' letter was
then turned over to one of the -lady
clerki in the dead letter of ice, who,
on . reading the contents, with a wo
man's instinct, divined that the
" 011ie" who Wrote the' one-letter
and the Miss L—.spoken of . in the
mother's letter were What
iss - technically termed a " letter of dis
" was addressed to the sup
poiiitious lady at, the address in
Scotland post-marked on her letter.
This letter on reaching that office,
was forwa rded to Loudon, whither
the young \ lady had gone, and the
dead letter itifice here received a re
ply from her, with thanks for • the
diligence displayed in endeavoring to
secure the delivery of the letter,
stating that it was the first they bad
heard of the soldier's death, and giv
ing the present address , ' the mother
of the soldier, to whom "riginal
package has been forwai dting
its AU' trip across untie
Wean. \
DECEIT ifi the falso road to happiness 1
and all the joys we travel through to
like fatryhanquete, - etroleli when we touch
them.
RIM FOB SOU
WONAWS MERE.
Read Ulm a Meaty meeting la dadddlelty Pa,
- Avg. IBM
During the past ages of the world'aitia.
tory, woman hair been considered much
inferior to 'man, and In the estimation of
some, capable only to toil day after day,
month after month, in household affairs.
Shp"lies been; regarded so long inferior
to maryand - eironMstances beincagainst
her improvement, tike the poor slaie in
his &altitude, that some think that they
have but few - rights, and that Gokriesign
edltSo to be. But observation and history
teacheS‘ns the important fact that where
women Intrre bad equal privileges and ad
vantages with men,, that this'; inferiority
has disapperWed. Much has been mid in
reference to Woman's peculiar sphere of
labor. But we clatin'that whatever wom
an can do that is noble and right and do
it well, fain keeping with her appropriate
mission. •
,If a woman ha.; the ability to bold the
reins of authority and adini s nister the af
fairs of a Government' conne cte d with one
of th e grandest nations In th e world—as in
the case of Queen Victoria of England,
upon whose dominions it is said the sun
never seta—we do not consider her onkel'
her plate ; but that she is. accomplishing \
her mission whore a -Divine Providence'
seems to have placed her. Or like the
Queen of Madagascar, who had the pow
er to ex' nitro' the liquor traffic in her own
land. She having seen the effects of in-
tdmperance' among her subjects, gave
them good adeice, setting forth the good
results of - total abstinence, 'and made a
proclamation prohibiting intoxicating
drinks.
We, would repel the insinuation that
woman is out of her sphere when she as
pires to be something more than the
drildge of the kitchen, the 'doll of the par
lor, or the belle of the balfroom.
Woman dies not ask to go into the busy
marts of trade and commerce and battle
with men for their gold, or ,superintend
their railroads, build their houses, work
their farms, wear their clathes, or lead
their armies on to. victory Or death
though we have on record in the Bible
that Deborah, Judge of Israel; wont up
to the field of _battle, and God was with
them; and Sisera was "pierced and strick
en. through the temples" by woman's
bands. .
We desire "peace on earth, and good
will to men."- We ask for ' , industrial,
educational, political and religiouts rights.
We do not at present ask the privilege to
vote ; that would bo -premature. Our
country will hive to take many steps for
ward Were that time dawns upon ns.
Wedo say with others, that there is a
careless.and partial distribuition of suff
rage, giving the ballot to emigrants before ,
they wash the dust of the Old World from
their feet, or can swear in respectable
English ; allowing the staggering, mum
bling drunkard to cast his, vote when he
has made himself lower_than the brute ;
while a large clan of the thoughtful and
eaucated are disfrarichised—denied the
'right to vote upon laws that determine the
safety of their property, their homes, their
Children.
The Bible says that "Iniquity is fram
ed by 4 law," and we tied it is true. - ken
Are licensed by law to do the work 'of
death, to murder our husbands, our broth
erii. our children, and send starvation to
many. homes. The demon of intemper
ance stalks abroad in our land, bearing
ihousands to the grave, while others en
dure sufferings worse than death—it would
be a relief to die—and woman who suffers
most from this evil finds her bands tied
by the law of suffrage. All that she can
do is to weep, pray _ and plead. Women
have accomplished niuch by their prayers
and pleadings. God is on their tide. Ile
holds the world in his mighty baud.
Women should make themselves intelli
gent upon the issues before the nation, and
be capable to teach their boys, and turn
their minds while young in the right di
rection politically, as well as morally and
religiously. The women Of to-day are re
sponsible Tor the exercise of vast power,
either for good or evil. Their position ,
and relation to - society gives_ them this
power. Let mothers teach theit daugh
ters the fact of responsibility; in that she
hold's In her bandsthe influence to control
in great measure the drinking habits of
r young men, and we are ashamed of the
young lady—No ! Is i be is not worthy the
name, Lady—wbo'Says. she likes to see
young men partially intoxicated, -".they
are so cunning." If young ladies will as
sociate with young men 'who drink and
use profane language, let them not forget
the results Which must inevitably follow
in the form or poverty-striCken homes and
indolent, besotted, brutal husbands ; these
things are as sure to follow such associa
tions as night follows day,
For many, many years the education of
woolen was sadly neglected. • She bad not
an equal opportunity with her brother to
enter the storehoUse of knowledge and
gather treasures of wisdom; and some
even thought and said that it was not nec
essary for her to be educated. Providence
teaches us plainly that the . lamp of life,
woman's never lit-up in the wori's soul to be
put under a bushel, or to be:crushed like
a blind worm under a stone.'
Wonian has an immortal mind. , God
has created her with facultles for a high
and tioble• purpose, and ~if she neglects
these faculties her mission is not fully ac
complished. She has. as much need of
knowledge, wisdom, courage, strength of
mind, and all the powers of a cultivated
intellect, as man. We should elevate our
aim amid regard ourselves' as having men
tal and moral duties, and look after the
interests of seal and mind as-well as the
body. The world is so full of toil for the
bands that we are prone to •neglect the
higher nature.
he time has been in this country when
women had not the facilities to enquire
even a passible English *lineation. The
doors of the High Schools have been clos
ed against her, but our country is Making
rapid advancement ; Colleges and Univer
sities are springing up all over our land,
with open doors to admit women to their
halls of learning. We thank God for the
advantages and 'privileges which women
enjoy to-day ;by being eduaited they are
taking positions which they could not
have filled a few years ago. In the-State
of Illinois 010.W01111311 were elected Coun
ty Superintendents of Common
_Schools
last year, and receive good salaries.
a few yeire a great change - has been
wrought in the minds of the people in ref
\
Orenen to the medical schools, .and in the
- anticiiities which have , controlled them
■
and guarded their sacred . against the
intruder, woman; but our sisks,.(though
thrust back at first by the opinions of men,
and ridicule of them who called them
selves gentlemen,) have entered, and after.
months and years of study and training
have graduated with honor, and gone out
Into the world of suffering to blesstheir
sei by their knowledge of the healing art:
IWe - can see a design of Providence in this
ehangei for God is interested in the salva
tion: of -the heathen, and, we learn this
fast, that one female missionary svholas
the knowledge of medicine can accomplish
more than four who have not :that. aid ;
while she is treating - the diseases of the
body, she has access to the soul which is
surrounded by heathen darkness, and can
point the sinking spirit to the Light of the
World; the Great Physician.. To show
the opposition which women have had to
meet in the medical profession even from
the learned, we will give one illustration.;
Nino years ago in the city of New York,''
a ladrdied who , was a practicing physi--1
ciao: She lied proved herself skillful' in
her calling. She was an honored member
of the M. E. Church. Her pastor wrote a
memoir of her life and death, and sent it
to the religious paper or t Is Church for
publication. .But the editor on account of
his prejudices against ladiesr,practicing
\medicine, refused to let it appear in the
.\ •
paaer. He did not want to give his influ
ence in favor of women following the med
ical \ profession, by words of praise and
commendation in his columns, Yet noble,
courageous,. determined women •. have
marched on , through opposition and preju
dice, until they \ now meet with inCoUrage
silent and aid in \ preparing themselves for
this their most app \ repriate mission.
"(rod's purposes s wlll rtpeu fast, •
'Unfolding pre4sfiour : •
The bud may have U\kitter taste, -
nut sweet !fa be the \ flower;"
The appropriate and revealed sphere of,
Women in the Churches is b ec oming a sub,
ject of interest. The prop'deloel spike
mare than two - thousand yearsego.,.. and
said that "in the last days — God\wauld
pour out his spirit upon all fleshand
that should prophesy ;" and Pail
tells us that they should do so with "heads \
covered,":and says - that prophesying is
speaking mite men "to edification, and
'exhortation and comfort." Preaching
the Gospel can not imply mere than this.
But some zealous brother refers us to the
following texts : "Let the woman learn
in silence ;" " I suffer not a woman- to
teach ;" "it is not permitted unto them
to speak -;" " Let your women keep silence.
.in the churches "And if they will
learn ariy thing, let them ask their hus
bands at home." We reply that women
never did keep silence in the churchei in
the ages past, nor do they now, for we
hear their voices in sacred song through
out the whole religious world. ,Singing
in the Bible .is called speaking ; for we
read, "speaking to one another in psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs!! Then
the law demanding silence includes sing
ing, for singing is breaking, silence, and
is speaking. ht,_ church just as, much
as " praying 'or prophesying." Then
why should-the silence rule be applied to
ladies Speaking and sotto singing
We enjoyed the address „of Mrs. Myra
Tracy, the returned missionary, at the
the meeting in Smithfield last Fall. she
Said she could not understand the above
texts from :the- Bible until she went' to-
Turkey and saw women who had hien
heathens, in church. They weld prone to
talk, and it was difficult to , keep them
still, when the minister was speaking to
them the words of the Gospel. Then:she
could appreciate Paul's words, and under
stand his trouble in reference to women
in - church. •
. / •
. We had the pleasure of entertaining
at our home not long since, Rev..,Mr. Ri
der, who was a 'J;wisla 'Rabbi iwbhicagoi
before his conversion- in Mr. bloody's ,
meeting. He explamed to us many things
in 'Scripture.. A'sk him in reference to
usages among the. Jews and the early
Chriitians, and I doubt not ho will tell
you what Paul meant. When a Rabbi in
the synagogue is delivering his megsage,
the men in the audience ,have a right-to
ask- the meaning of words spoken, .and
women are never allowed to do this, hence
the clause; "ask their husbands at home."
Women were active in the Church during
the New Testament times. The poet has
said
"Not she with traltrous hiss her Saviour stung
Not she, defiled him with Unholy tongue ;
She. while apostles shrank, eoahl danger brave:
Last at thevrosa and earliest at the grace:' •
At a Congregational Council held in
Detroit, a paper was read on " Woman's
work," by Rev. Dr. Goodell of St: Louis.
The writer said that in the apostolic age;
women Weie zealous in the Master's cline..
She fell less into sin and spiritual decline
and she received from Christ higher
praise ; but it was as a helper. Not one
of the female disciples was chosen an
apostle. Among " the.seventy," woman's
name is not found. They were every
where abounding in good works, but as
belpers. -- Iler position as laid down in the
Bible is that of a worker in •the Church,
rather-than a talker in the 'nixed - aSsem
`blies.. of Christ, "Xeverilieless, there are
exceptions. The Bible recognizes them.
Providence provides. them The Church-
fa must admit them: We must not draw
a circle on the satid and say, outside this
God cannot work. •
Because Paul sought to cure disorder,
And to regulate the character of public
service-in the 7:churches _as it relates' to
women, let us respect his Conmel. But
let us not hasten to undo Paul himself iu
demanding . silence of women, and put an
iron kettle on her-head. God• is great,
and his way's are many, and he works by
whom he will. When we say, "No man
can preach except he is ordained," God.
sends Moody , ; and we turn back the pa- .
ges of historf and see that even John Cal
vin and John Knox were ue‘er ordained.
WhenWe..take the position that woman
always serves God beit when sl:e serves
• •
him least in public, and that she is doom
e'd to perpetual and unqualified silence in
the churches, then God sends ai woman
with exceptional gifts and graces to widen
the thoughts and • quicken the hearts of
• his people, as in the ease.of a lady in Eng
-land, spoken of by Dr: Mahan, .
The city of Northampton, Eng., is the
abode of the.celebrated intldelßradlaugh,
who has a most fascinating •po l wer in hul.
delizing'tho musics—the laboring classes
especially. So completely was this class
in this gitp 7 the mass of them being shoe..
makets—leavened with his sentiments,
that no speaker, such for example as oven
Spurgeon and barley, could draw. them to
hear the Gospel. About three years ago
a lady froth. that city went to - London to
attend a religious Meeting. There / 'she
sought and received the baptism ,of the
Spirit. On her return her spirit 'Tits -stirr
ed within. her _ the state of irreligion
and morals around htr. Finding an old
forsaken theater there whickwould seat
an audicuce of three thpueaed, she engag-
ed, putlp order; 'and opened the place 'for
religious wobrship,on tbeSabbath, she co
"ducting the services and being the exclu
sive speaker. - /
• For the space of three years that place
has been crowded to its utmost capacity
every Sabbatlo4 most ordeily and atten.
tive audicuceS,•composedalinost wholly of
the very cuss who could
.by no influence
ire drawri: to hear any preacher in the
Kingdoin. • The result has - been that infi
delity/ has received and is receiving its
dea{h•wound in this place, them beindin
/ •
connection,with these services a constant
Agathering of-soula, ' What could be ac,
complished through no male speaker, God
has accomplished through a woman.
Dr. Goodell says, "If any brother de-
sires to shut up the engine of god's Prey
idence 'awl sit on , the safety-valve to heep
order, let him. -He will doubtless find an
earlier translation. We mutt be ready
by a spiritual life to discern the spirits,
and accept God's gifts as they come and
profit by them. God is wise and wide.
.
We must fie able to reccignize-
. exceptioo
in God's Kingdom, and ..make.use of ex
ceptional things 'without feeling that the
ark of God is. to be overturned.,!' ..• -
The women of to-day have a work to
do in the Church-the world. He who
made five loaves and two smallfisk-s feed
five thousand, can multiply woman's fee
blest endeavors into the most perfect suc
cess. It is easy to sit down and receive
and say, the Lord reigns. -
The sitting 'at: Jesus feet' is one thing,
but' the Master has come and calleth for
thee is another, and Means activity. Shall
wo close'oUr cars to the voice-of Him who
died for'us? Let us dare to do our duty
whatever it may be; thinking not Of self,
of discouragement, or-defeat, for the bat- -
tle is not Our's; but the Lord'S.
We cannot if we would go back fifty
, or a hundred years and take the responsi
bility of our mothers and grandmothers.
Our responsibility lutist •coriespond.with
.our ability and privileges. .
•
Invi. \
utio.n-has lightened wornan'Stoilht
many directions: The sewing reaching
with its Motion does the work of
days in hours, and it is.for us to say
whether the Wu° thus redeemed shall be
given to fashion \ aud worldly pleal;tre, or
devoted to God and.the interest?. of man
\
kind. '-_ '• .
There is a day coming when we shall
meet to hear, "Come 'o blessed," or,
"to knew your duty bue-Ye.did -it not."
• CARRIERAIL
GOOD-NATURED EDITING
- • -
"Good-natured editing,' , says some
wise eau, 0 spoils hall the papers 'in
the . United StateS.i' Yea, verily
".Will you please publish the - poetry
I send," says one ; ‘,‘"it. is my firs% ef
fort,'! and some crude • lines go in to
encourage buddiUg genius; "Our
church is in great peril," says - anoth.
cr ; "will .you publish out:Appeal: ol
and a long
,dolorous •pile iliserted
"My father took
, your paper. for
twenty ; Years," writes another, " I
think you ought to publish the,res
olutions: passed by' the Big ,Brake'
Church when he died," and in go res 7 '
oltitions of
.no interestlo a majority
ot the. readers. ."I am particularly
'anxious that the.views 1 present go'
before the -church' this week," and out
go a covey of small, pithy contribu
tions-to, make room for three columns
froth a ponderous D. - D. "There is
immediate peceSsity for the exposure
of one who is a bitter enemy to the
truth," writes another, as he sends an
attack upon an antagonist yrltieh will
fill 'an entire page. " I .am about to 1
puttlish'kbook, identifying the Great
Image of brass, irotf.and clay and I'
would be'obliaed to. you to :publish.
the: advance sheets of- Chapter
which I . Inclose to you." '." Why
don't - you' publish. In full B.'s great
speech in. the general assembly? It
will increase iyour circulatiOn large
ly." " I f you , will publish. the 'sernion
I tianSmit to :you I will take eight
extra copies !" " The church must be
aroused on the subject of foreign mis
sions.," says a wstor,ll.4 he forwards
the half of his last Sappatles•sermon.
And the ladies—bless their sweet
smiles and their sweet voices !—the
good-flatureir - editOr surrenders to
them at once, and they go away hap.
'py,. utterly unconscious that' they
have helped to'sPoil the paper,— .th e
Presbyterian._.
OHILDHOQD•
hildhooct has its mYsterics and
its Wonders; but who', can describe
there, who can interpret them?-.-Wc
haye ' all wandered' through thaVsi:
lent,:enehanted forest;. we have ..all
at one time opened our eyes in a per
plexity or - happiness, and the fair.re-
Linty of life . . overflov - ed 'our souls..
Then we i.new.not where we were or
who we were-the whole world then
was .ours, and- we belonged to the
whole world. That was an eternal
life; without - beginning' and without
tj; without break and without pain.
Our hearts were bright as the sky in
spring, fresh as the scent of the-vio
let, calm and holy as a' Sunday morn.
And what disturbs this peace of God
in child ? II w. can :his uncon
scious and innocent life ever have am
end.? What drives ns forthfrom
this bliss of' union. and' communion
and leaves. us 'suddenly 'alone and
desolate in - this darkening life ? Say
not with solemn brow that it is sin.
Can a child sin? Say, rather,-that
we do not know and' must resign our,
selves:
into
It sin that changes the .
bud into the flower, the flower into
fruit, and the fruit into dust ?
sin that-changes the caterpillar into .
a chrysalis; the chrysalis into a but
.terfly, and
. the butterfly-into dust?
And :is it 'sin that 'makes the child
man, and the . .man hoary-headed, and
the hoary head dust? And . what is
dust? Say, rather; we do not know,
and must resign- onrselves.—Max
Muller.
....,,,i,..,1410. b....,..
Wut you speak evil of another you
must be prepared to havo others speak
evil of you. There is an old Buddhist
proverb, which says, "He who
,indulges
in'enmitY is like one who throws ashes to
windward, which comes back to the same
pace and cover Latu All over."
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MUER 14.
THE must-wiz%
The farmer Mime in from the field one day ;
His languid step and;hts'weary way,- -
His bonded brow, his sinewy hand, - '
All showed his work for the pocket the land';
For be sows,
And he-hoes, , -
And he mows, • • "
AU for the good of the land. -
By the kitchen flre stood Ills patleitOrlfq..
Light of htibmie and Joy of Ws life,
With face all aglow and busy hand,
P,reparlng the meat fok ber bustrantra band ;
For she Must bolt,
And she must broil,
- itud she must Lou,'
• . All for the goa' of the land. •
The bright sun shines when the farmer goes out,
The birds sing sweet songs, Limbs frisk about,
The brook nubble,_et tly In the glen,
While be works so 113,7eiy for the good of men ;
For he Bowe,
And ha mows, .
And he hoes, . •
All for the good of. the land.
How brightly the wife ateps about tram
The dishes so wasb,-the milk tts'skim
The are goes out, flies burs aboOt--
For the dear ones at home her heart Is kept stout ; _
- There are pies to make,
•
• There Is bread to bake,
And steps to take,
AU for the sake oChonie.'
When the day Is o•er and the evening is come.
The creatures are fed, the milking done,
Ile takes bls rest Meath the old , shade tree;
From the labor of the land•hls thoughts ate free ;
Though he sown, • '
-•
And he hoes,
• - And he moues,
• ;
' fie rests frotn the work of the land.
Hut his faithful wife, from sun to sun..
Takes her burden upShat's never done.; -
There is no rest, there lotto play ; - ' •
For the4ood of the hems she must Work, isWay,
For to mend the frock,
And to knit the zock,
And the cradle to rock,
AU for the good of the bottle.
'When autumn Is here with its Thillingblast,
The farmer gatheislis crop at last;
His barns are full, his fields are bare, .
For the good of the land he n'er bath care ;
While It blows,
And It snows,
• The winter goes, •
He rests from the work . of the land
flue the. willing wife, till life's closing day,
Is the children's guide, the husband's stay ;
From day to day she has done ber best
Until death alone can give her rst -
For after the test
Comes the rest, .
Wlthln ttie• blest,
ill the farmer's heavenly home
FUN, FACT AND FACETI/F0
ALWAYS took on the bright side of every.
thing,
* • -7
ONLY, the truly great know hew to nee
advice as, well as to give it. •
?r, thou'hidest thy treasure upon the
earth bow cant them expect to find. it in
heaven ?
I Am cam-kick' that men do more harm'
o themselvesAban ever the devil could
do to them
Soul: of the grandest things which have
been achieved were those whom we
thought inferiors.
• WHEN men groW virtuous, in their old
age they are merely making, a" sacrifice to
.- God of the devil's leavings. 1,
NAIIIIOW not your mind to 'your own
*elfishness, but give it a broad field fOr,
your fell men to work in.
men to ' .
.. •
\ Wu° is owerful? He who can control
his.. passion Who is rich? , Ile who is
contented w: what he has.
To know and evil is the wisdoin of
all, and to forsake the evil and choose the
good only \ the wisdom of the few. -
f • , , , ~ ,_,
4 Tllllotth \WOO we are ,taught to veneer"
and we gather,the hone3r.of worldly wis- ..
doni not. through flowers buttliorns.
How may holiness• be ob4ined? By
per'petnally-.aetingaimple faith in God,
anil giving to him. the whole heart.
, .
Orit passions are like convulsive
which, though they make us stronger for
the time, leaves us the weaker ever after.
WHEN King XtiGELTAUS Was dying, he.
ordered that there should be no statues,
made, of him, adding, "For if-I have done
any honorable exploit, thlt is. my monu
ment ; but if I have done none at all, youi
statues will signify nothing."
NOTHING beats lightning for speed un
less it be the way a boy jumps out of bed
in the morning, when, after his mother
has shouted herself .hoarse, he hears-the
tread of the old gentleman's boots upon
the stairway as he stealthily creeps to , the
top.
You may now eat the faults of „God's
people as you eat bread, but 'in the world -
of woe - all thing!, will not afford even
drop of water even to cool your parched
tongue. Demons themselves will point
derisive and dagger fingers at you and
say, ".Ye knew your duty and ye did it
not."
A scuoor, mistress once asked a pupil
to tell what word the • lettars S-double E
would spell. The child was but dull, and
so mistress cries, "What is it, you dunce,
I do with my eyes? ."0 yes," says the
child, quickly taking - the hint,. "I know
the word now, ma'am—S double E
squint r , . T • - -
ONE BOOK.
" Thy Word is,,truM."—St. John
xvii, 17.
A young. gentleman, a. godson of
Dr Johnson, called to see bim a iery.
short time before his death. In the
course of the conversation the doctor
asked him what - books he read. The
young mad replied, ""The-books,
*WWI you gave me." Dr. Johnson,
summoning up all his strength, and .
with a piercing eye fixed, upon the
youth, exelained, :
all the books 'that fire worth reading
have their foundation and their Mer
its there."
Shortly before he died; Patrick .
Henry, - laying his hand on the Bible,
said," Here is a• book worth more
than all-others; yet it.ismY sad mis.
fortune never to have readi it, until
, A.,ith proper attention."
When the shadows of. death- were
gathering around Sir Walter Scott;,
he said to the watcher, " Bring the:
Book." - 4 ‘ What book ?'! asked Lock
hart, his son-in-law. "There is but
one Book,'! said the dying man: - •
S Lts.—S miles are the offspring
of love fostered by kind feeling.
They win our hearts to plirsantry,
anti disperse the dark shadows of
care which often ; hang•gloomily over
our, paths. •Gentlj they fan the flame
of fond sffection, and wake the soul
to heaven born sympathy. Life ionhd
be a weary way without a smile;
so dark, so stern, so desolate. The
.heart will sink 'in sadness unless it
meets these: heavenly messengers of
warm regard coming ; from those it
loves with the glad tidings of esteem
and constancy. ,
Smiles are too lightly valued ; they
two sacrificed profusely to society,
while' few are left for the altar
of home. ' Home, made so sweet by
their presence so like •parsdise, be
comes a dreary place without them.
Frowns will intrude when smiles for
sake the hearth, and discord reigns
where hearts will pot hurtnoniik,
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