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VOLUME. XL
TEE TRUE HEAVEN.
The blhi rotwhlch our spirits phr,
That bliss we feel shall yet be giveti—
Somehow, In some far realm Ovine,
Some marvelous slats we names heaven=
Is not the bllu of languorous hours,
A glory of calm measured range; -
nut life which feeds our noblest powers
On wonders of eternal change;
A heaven of action freed front.,strife,
With ampler Mir for trio *e l ope
Ofan Itgraeasurable life,
And an nnballied, twondleTaa hope;
A heaven wherein all discords cease.
Self torment, death, distress, turmoil,
The core oewhose majestic peace
Is-Godlike poser of tireless toil—
Toll wlthont tumult, strain, or jar,
With grandest reach of range Inboed.
Unchecked by even the farthest stn
That trembles thniugh infinitude,
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In 'which to soar to higher heights
Through widening ethers stretched attnytd,
Till in our onward, upward distal.
We touch, at last, the feet of God
Time swallowed lit' Eternity !
I Ncefuture evermore, no put,
But one unending Now to be
A boundless circle round us east.
—Pau! H. Maya*
Harper's Buar
" Hang Miss Ashuist !"
"Oh, Phil!"
" Well, I can't help it. Why does
she come to spoil every thing? Don't
1 know how it will be ?—always Miss
Ashurst to be considered, taken
about, included in everything. No
more drives and boat-rows, just you
and me, Amy ; no more evenings on
the door-step. I declare I've a gre't
mind to go over to Uncle Phil's at
Goshen for a month."
Feb 77, '79
"Now, Phil, please " (coaxingly).
"It won't be so bad as you think.
Besides, you may like her,veiry much.
Mother says, .her mother was the
greatest beauty in Conneptictit.7
" She isn't a beauty, thiii3gtrl 4 4l
bet on that. A talking, writing, so•
ciety woman—l hate the kind. Amy,
will you go out for a rowt?
have one more while the boat is all
our own.'l
(novll-76
This confabulation was held on
either side of the Widow Mauran's
garden gate—a model gate for pur
poses of conversation, just high
enough and wide enough to accom- .
modate two pairs of elbows, and al
low the owners of the elbOws to look
easily into' each other's eyes. Phil
smiled into Amy's as lie swung wide
the harrier. Ile offered his arm, she
took it, and they sauntered down to
the shore. They wore a picturesque
couple to look at. Tall Phil, in spite
of his momentary temper, possessed
a frank, handsome face, lit with fine
eyes and the sweetest of „smiles ;
while little Amy's modest, Wild-flower
beauty was exquisite in its way. Sec
ond cousins, intimate friends, all but
declared lovers, it was a pleasant
matter of course that they should be
always together; and in spite of
Amy's disclaimers, she was at the
bottom of her heart as sorry as Phil
at this interruption to their tele a-tele
-as• sorry, or sorr-er ; for blended
with her regret was the instinctive
apprehension of a girlish heart,which,
pledged in fact though not in name,
grieves with the unspoken dread that
some other woman may yet pass by
to snatch from her very, lips the cov
eted -untested cup in whose depth
lies, or seems to lie„ all the best
Sweetness of coming life. •It was a
eOmfort,to have Philip so crose,nbout
it, 'however . ; and in the 'effort, to
soothe him she; woman-like, forgot
her oirn annoyance. So the evening
ended happily.
Next day brought the expected
guest. Amy's first glance set her
heart to quaking again. Never had
she seen a woman in the least like
this. Rose Ashurst was one of
those born enchantresses who reign
not only'by intention, but by right.
\Her beauty would have been remark
able had not het• charm been more
jremarkable. Her wit and •talent
were balanced by a sweet good hu
mor which pervaded every word and
act, and flavored all with fascination.
Tact, culture, the perfect self-posses.
sion which verges upon self-forgetful.
Hess, lent their aid to complete her
attraction. 'And all was real. There
was no. pretense about Miss Ashurst.
The kind looks which'beamed from
her beautiful eyes sprung from 'a
kind heart. She threw herself into
the interest of every human creature
who approached her with a Jwarmth.
born of true sympathy.-- No wonder
she was popular. Popularity hardly
spoiled her. She received her daily
ovations as a matter of course,' half
indifferently, half gratefully, but
always with r a modest grace i which
enhanced her effect. A dangerous
womadthieto bring into Propinquity
with sus6ptible youths. Poor Amyl
-But Amy, too, felt the charm. The
dazzling brown eyes which had „be-'
witched so many hearts worked their
spell upon hers at once, and she lent
delighted aid in settling the new
comer and her belongings. This.
Month in Pemigewasset was a sudden
whim of Miss Ashurst's. She wanted
quiet and a place to write in, and the
old homestead in which her great
grandmother was born seeming to
meet these_conditions, she wrote to
Offer herself as an - Inmate ; and M.ll
- who was glad to add to her
small income by an occasional board
er, gave pleased consent. All•mant\
ner of pretty things came out of , the
trunks to ad . orn4he simple chamber.
Miss Ashurst Could not live without
artistic surroundings, and traveled
always with photographs, sketches,
books, small articles of virtu; and
bits of bright color in this or that.=
These dis Posed on walls and table,
with daintily frilled and embroidered
covets laid over the old-fashioned
pillows, an easel .with its canvases
'and oil-tubes, in one corner (Miss
Ashur': painted pictures), ,a writing
table exquisitely arranged drawn into
the window (Miss Ashurst wrote
books), a sweet-faced Madonna paint
edon ivory,s few flowers grouped in
a c i lassic vase ,. made the homely keep
in -mom chamber over into a bower
of 'romance, simple Amy thought.
She stood, as in a dream, inhaling the
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perfume Of a wide luxurious life, of a
whole world of sensations and sights
unknown till no*, and scarcely com
•prehendedi ,
" There P' l ssild Miss Ashurst, giv
ing , the last touch to her vase of
clematis and noses, " now I shall do
beautifully. What a pleasant room
this is! The Very expTure I like
beet, and such a sweet view I It is
just the room to work in. ;I am glad
that your mother let me come. Amy.
I May call, you Amy, may not ?
We' are relatives, you' know—far
away, but still relatives."
Oh, yes, please do," cried Amy.
"Every one calls Me, so."
" How lovely she is !" was her Bo
liloquy as she went down stairs. I
wonder what, Phil will think of her ?
Ile will be surprised, I'm sure, but
'he must admire her ; he can't help it."
'She watched the expression of his
eyes at tea-time, but it told her noth
ing. Phil scarcely spoke. He looked
at Hiss Ashurst a great deal, but
Amy could only guess What the looks
meant.
" Well ?" she said, interrogatively,
as they met on the door-steps after tea.
" Well," responded Phil.
"What do you think ? Isn't She
pretty ?" •
" Pretty 1" with an indignant
flection. • .
" Why, Phil, how can you help
thinking so ?"
" Pretty is not the word ' at al!.
She is superb—beautiful."
" I thought :you would think so,"
said Amy, cheedully, but with a lit
tle stricture at her heart.
4 Yes. She's not my . style,' of
course; but she is a woman in a
thousand. No wonder she hasbeen
such a belle all her life."
" so glad you admire her. Now
you won't mind her being here, and
you'll be polite to her, won't you,
Phil t"
" Oh, yes; I'll do whatever yo
wish," replied Phil, with a careless
ness which was half affected.
"She's not Philip's style," whis
pered Amy to her pillow that njght,
and fell asleep with the talismanic
sentence on her lips. s.
...Alm, bow eaally things - go wrong!
• A. word too mutt, or.a kin too boil.
And there fallethrs mist sod's blinding Min,
And Weis never the same again,"
sings George MlTlonald. Things .
went " wrong-" in little Amy's world
during the next 'fortnight. Was it
only the prescience of coming mists
which darkened the blue, and made
the days sad ? was it only foolish
jealousy, or was it something tangi
ble ? She made herself miserable
over these questions. She scolded
herself; • but scolding did no good;
OW' ivrong, hurt feeling would not
leave her? And yet why - was she
butt? Was' it not natural and right
that Phil should be attentive to their
guest, who had, on- him, as on her,
the claim of ; kindred blood—this
guest who was sp chaining? For
Amy never , denied -the charm; she
felt it her - self-:too strongly. Was it '
not the very thing ehe had asked
him to do ? Yes ; but . yet-lAm ye
All these reflections ended by
deepening the vaiue unhappiness.
Night after night she 'sat alone on
theldoor-step and watched the boat
g i l l i t t off into the moonlight. Phil at
t ar, Miss Ashurst with the tiller
ropes in her white, hands. "Come
with us," they always said; but when
she murmured an excuse, they passed
On cheerfully withciut her. ,Yes; it
]had come to that: Philip went down
.i 'without her, and liked it just as well I
-The world—her world—bad changed.
Would it ever be" the same-again ?"
Philip .was in a, temporary dazzle
of admiration ; he neither reasoned
nor reflected. But' for Miss Ashurst,
no slightest glimpse of the truth had
crossed her mind. She thought Amy
a' sweet, pretty child, but shy,. and
bus , ' with household matters, as the
only daughter of a widow in poor
circumstances must naturally be.
.For Phil, he was charming ; she
liked him best when alone—the truth
being that a - slight uneasy conscious
ness made him awkward when in,.
company with the old love, with
whom he was somehow a little," off,'•
and the new, with whom he was not
fairly "on." So Miss Ashurst was '
not sorry when Amy 'refused to join
in the moonlight rows, and knowing
nothing of what bad gone before, it
did not strike' her as unmans' or make
her question. He and Amy were as
brother and sister, she reflected. So
her eyes - being sealed by ignorance,
and Phil's blinded as by a sudden
spell, Amy's pale cheeks arid - Ireful
looks passed unheeded, except by
one pair - of eyes which were net seal
ed, namely, her mother's. -
Mrs. Miprin -was a quiet person ;
but her quiet concealed
.strength and
a power of reading character. In
stinctively she "took 'stock" of all
persons with whom she came into
contact, and her instinct rarely failed.
A biOer-e, perience bad taught her
how easily things Ego wronr in
this rld of ours, and though she
6 4tated to meddle," and was sorry to
lose her boarder, she 4 :resolvedlto ap
peal to the sweetness and nobility
which she felt were the undetlying
-stratum of Mi ss Ashurst's nature.
It was in this wise that she accom
plished her purpose:
Miss Ashurst and Phil had been
off on a drive prolonged into' late
twilight. Tea was over. Phil had
strollid down to the village after the
mail, and Mrs. Mauran sat beside her
guest+ in the shaded porch.
" Where is Amy Y " • asked 'Miss
Ashurst.
" Gone to bed with a bad - .**).
. he," said Mrs. Mauran...
• "21 headache? I am so: sorry I
Isn't there something outof my med
icine case which would relieve her?
pulsatilla, perhaps, or iris." Miss
Ashurat Wawa devoted homirpith.
"I think there is something. Not
out . of your case, however," replied
Mrs. Maaran, quietly.
" What can you mein?" • :•1
"My detirMiss Asbnrst, may I
speak frankly to you abont something
that is 9u my mind ? And will you
notAbinktne unkind or , impertinent?"
" I am quite Sur? you could be
neither." _ •
" I want to tell you a little rstory
which concerns' Phil and Amy."
! ".Phil and Amy !" •
"Yes. ,They are second cousins,
as you know. Phil's father was my
TOWANDA, BP.ADtORD OOTITY, PL, THURSDAY MORNING, OOTORIM 2, 1879.
most' ' intimate. friend, and the chil
dren were naturally brought. up to
,Last spring Phil, who trusts
me as it I were his mother, begged
my leave to ask Amy to be his wife."
She paused a moment.' Miss .Ashurst
said nothing, only leaned forward a
little and listened. " I told him that
-Amy was so young that he had bet
ter wait a few months before he said
any thing. I wish I hadn!t."
it why
"" I don't know why. It might have
been better. Since that time Phil
has seen a woman a little older, far
more beautiful, than my little gill,
richer in all that. life hag to give, but
not richer as far as he Is concerned.
for
.she has no love to ' give him, and
Amy has. If she had, if she could, I
should nct speak.. If I Aid not know
that she is as true and asi good as-she
is beautiful, I should:not speaks. As
it is, I do."
There was'another pause. •
"My dear Mrs. Mauran— thank
you," said Miss Ashurst •at last.
You were right to speak. I have
made mischief, but without knowing
it. You are sure of that, I hope."
" I aril sure of it."
" Phil is a charming person. I like
him extremely, and of course I saw
that he-liked me. But .1 never
thougheOf it as a serious thing.
great many ocher people. Wife felt the
same, and have gotten over it "
" Phil will get over it also. He has
loved )ou but three weeks, and Amy
three years. It is a glamour, which
Will wear off."
Miss Ashurst'smiled still, but less
brightly. ,It Is' not .pleasant to be
agreedWi."A aq . cordially in matters
of this kind. 4 Yes, " said; "it
is, as yon say,, a laur. It wilt
disappear :is I diSappear. AO the
sooner, that disappearance takes
place, the better. 1 shall have a let
ter this evening which will oblige me
to leave you day after to-morrow.
Will that do"?"
"My dear Miss Ashunit, my dear
kinswoman, believe me when I say
that 'I am truly sorry that any thing
must make you go. You'are what I
thought, what I trusted, and I thane
you with all my heart."
"And I thrill you for trusting
me," replied Miss Ashurat.
But after she went up stairs her
face changed. Long she stood at
the window looking out at the dim
tinted sea.
" It has been very nice,")she whis
pered to herself at last. "But this
is foolish. I must go to bcd." -
Miss Ashurst's letter of recall
came, and on the day - fixed she left.
Amyl, dazed, as it were, by this sad
den departure,, reproached herself
heartily for feeling glad. This. re
proach deepened into remorse when,
the farewells spoken and the beauti
ful radiant presence vanished, she
found her walls and table ornamented
with plxxi,by gifts.. There were the
photographs she had most admired,
the books, even the Madonna -ivory
paintei and velvet-swung. all left for
her by her. sweet-hearted rival. •A
mist-of penitent tears dimmed her
eyes; but in spite of penitence and
of tears, she was glad. For Phil, the
rattle of the wbdels which bore' his
charmer away was Bki the sound
which breaks sharply into some-fan
tastic dream.
Metaphorically spelking, he rubbed
his eyes. For a day or two he hung
about, vacant. and listless; then he
roused,asdesirous to pick npdropped
threads again. Somehow Amy was
more difficult to approach than of
yore. A little veil rested between
them. Sbe ivasoot always to be had
when wanted. We 'value what-we
work for,' what welold with' some
trembling sense of -insecurity. As
weeks went on, Phil grew , to prize
Amy more than ever. The knowledge
that he had halt lows her intensified
his love. It required months to win
his way back to the old place:
at last--
" And you are quite, quite sure
that you care most for me ?" whis,
pored Amy, saucily. the night after
their enga g ement.
" Most ? Altogether, you mean.
Nltere is no other."
:lf--bitit even Mise Ashurst ?" •
" got even Miss Ashurst ; though"
—and. Phil lifted his cap as before a
queen—"she is a stunner, a real lady,
every inch of her, and as good as she
iobeautiful. Bless her!"
'And bless her, say we. Nobleisc
oblige. I •
A common-senile listener thus de
scribed the performance° of some of
°unpopular church music, and the
effect produced upon his mind :
The solemn worship bf God was
introduced by a solo, Consider the:
lilies,' performed by the leading sing
er of the choir, gracefully pccompa
wed by the organ. So far as the
music was concerned it ws beauti
fully and faultlessly rends
: ed. The
effect upon my own mind, 'however,
was anything but devotional. The
singer commenced, "Consider the
lilies of the-field,' etc ; and when she''
came to the application, it ran th at
and yot,, I say unto lyon z i2-that even
Solomon in all his. glory—,was' not
annyed—was not arrayed-4e one
of, these—was not arrayed [interlude
by the organ]—was not at7ayect [in
tvlude by the organ]—like one of
these? And then] tt t t e r went ;4 - back
again, and assevein in t he' most
emphatic manner, I say unto you
that even Solonion in all his glory,
was not arrayed'—was not arrayed—
was not arrayed' (pause), until I
began to despair for poor Solomon,
lest he should never-get - the Very
first of his giameuts on. There:was
yet another piece of church—not sa
cred—music, in Whirl' the soprano
led off with the announcement, I
will wash;' and then came , in the
contralto, I Will . wash ;' and 'then
the tenor, 'I will wash;' and then
rom the profoundest depths comes
up the guttural of the basso, saying
also, I, will wash ;' and last of ,all
they strike in together, crying out in
concert, I will wash.' No one
could imagine that this singular and
oft-reteated announeerceat of an in
tended ablution was a rendering in
sacred song fa - the - spiritual edifica
tion of a Christian congregation of
those solemn words of the,Psalmist,
I will wash mine hands in inno
ceney • so will I compass thine altar,
0 Lord 11".
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41 MARDI AN OF OBNUNOIATION 'FROM ANY QUARTEN.
1
Brother Bell, of the Colored Bethel
congregation, a- few night since. at a
prayer meeting, took occasion, in the
course.of an - exhortation upon the
duties of life, to- fire's passing shot
at the walking mania, nowc-„so preva
lent,, and deieloped.some facia in re
lation to pedestrianism feats that
seem to have escaped notice. Ile
said : " My beloved' bredren and sis
ters,- der is one 'thing I'm bound to
say to you befo' I close de exercizes
dis nice, and dat' is, don't, take .no
stock in die here welkin' bisness." , ,
Let - dem white tramps, - men and
winiminl alone; _ don't you spent your
money or your preshus time rupnint
'round arter them ; and for de Lord's
sate an' your own, don't you try to
make fools ob yourselfs by trying to
do likewise; You men will find plenty
ob exercise in attendin' to your work,
and you w immin
. enuff to do ober
your washtubs and nussin' your
babies, instead of trampin"roun'
an' roundt de sawdust, day on and
day off jes,s -to please a passel ob
fools, an' -ruin your ownself. Be
sides, my' Moved frene, all the brag
gin' dey duz about dere long walks,
long times an' whatdey calls fizzikle
ondoorinse ain't wuth shucks wen
you comes to compar' dem wid one
pufformance dat tuk place thousands
of years" ago, an' de reason dey don't
mention it , is bekase none of dese
sportin' folks eber reads dere Bibles.
Well, I'll tell you what it waz, an'
it's de greatest sportin' match, as
dey calls it, dat ever' come off on de
face ob die yearf. None of - your
hipmdrum bisniss heap. No, sah !
Fair leel-an-toe walking, ; judges op
po!nted, track measured, l time k-ep'
accorgint to Scriptures, an' a rec
kord made—yes, an' a rec-kord dat
can't be denied, 'cause here it' is—
yes, here it is, in dis preshus book!
Now,)iss turn over your Bibles, my
frensoi an' look at fift chapter oh
Genesis, twenty-second vass, an' whit
do you
.fine?" Why, you fine: dat
'noch—walked wid—God !—(after
he beg'atted MeefoOsaly)—three—
hundred—years !'-{'Three hundred—
years ! Dar war l a walk for you!
Jiss shut yo, eaes, an' flect on it
once! Three hundred—years ! Be
sides de reckold
..says .dat' when de
ole man made dat.match; an' had dat
chile (who kep' on living until he
was nine hundred an' sixty-nine
years oldmonsus_gooff stuff in dat
family ! )—l.say, when de . ole man
made dat match, tan had his chile, he
was sixty-five years ob age, an' dep
walked —three—hundred— years!
Talk 'bout yo'fizzikle ondoorinse' site r
dat I Talk 'bout yo' 'pluck' and 'grit'
after dat! Why, ,de ole man has
done laid out all bb dese now days
blowers as a dead abed! So much
for dis "straordinary pnfformance.
But dat ain't all ob it. Dere's mot
yet. if you'll jiss look at de.twenty
fourth vuss ob de same chapter you
will fine, my Moved frehs, what a
orful warning is in dat vuss to po
foolish creatures who has? de conceit
to make sich on-ekal matches. Did
any good come ob de ole man Enoch's
walk. Did he make' anything ouden
it?
,No my brodren'an sisters. No!
No! :He looses by it—loose ebery- .
thing by it--nebert;Peard in de ring
again—in tack, be went up.' Jiss
read de vuss :—" an ,-Enoch—walked
—wid—God—an-4e—was not' (dat
is, be warn% nowt's!), ' for God tuck
him.' God -tuck' hint!' To be shush
he tuck him ? He was bound to be
tuck held out for a long time,
de ole man did,- he was game to de
last ; he wus doin' his level best, but
Ole Masters' was too ; long in de
stride, an' too_sound i de wind for
him, an' tuck him on,d last roun'.
Yes, my btlOedlreits, an' he'll take
any body dat tries dat game on him,
an' histe him highern a kite. Just
as he did Ole, Boss t _Enoch. So take
earnin' by dis orful lesson; let all
dis kind bffoolislhness alone an' ten
to your proper callint like good Christ
shun's. An' now let us pray."
MUSICAL PRECOCITY.
Before he was eight years of age
Mendelssohn excited the wonder of
his teachers by the accuracy of i liis
ear, thereitrength of his memoryi,and,
above all, by his incredible • lability
'n playing music at eight../.4kteyer
beer at the tender age of enellayed
at a concert, and three years later
was one of the best piani st at Berlin;
while the genius of Beethoven showed
itself so early that his musical edu
cation was commenced by his father
at the age of five/When two years
younger than ibis, Samuel Wesley, the
musician, multi / play extempore music
on-the orgt_n;jand the distinguished
Ger Man musical composer, Robert
Schumann; also showed at a very
early age / a strong passion for music
and remarkable talents both for play
ing and composing. Though he lost the
tise i sif his right hand at the very out
set of his studies, he worked on with
a/giant's strength, struggling against
"ell obstacles " with uncompromising
devotion to what he conceived to be
the highest interests of Some
thing of the same - early, development
of musical abilities displayed itself in
the case of Cipriani Potter, distin
guished as a Composer and,pianist;
and Henrietta Sontag, i famous sing
er of her time,trod the boards when
a child, and was prima. donna of the
Berlin, stage and the idea of the capi
tal before she was eighteen, Ma
dame. Tietjens is also said to have
given indications of promising musi
cal talents from. earliest infancy.
before she could speak she- would
hum the opening notes or Auber's
opera, "Fie Diavolo." When a tod
dling child ,she used to create great
amusements by her efforts to sing
and play, and was quite, content to
be allowed te'vrander, among the in
struments of a neighboring piano
forte manufacturer's warehouse and
make music suer her ownlashion—
Music which was recognized by one
ist least of those who heard it as
more than the strumming of a child.
Ttimr. is but one place of rest„for the
human mind, and that is on the flock of
Christ. •
Tiling less of the vipers that may at
tack you, and more of the duty that lies
before.
Tinier, days are lost in 'which we do no
good ; those worse than lost in which we
do es%
Mil
TEE EARMERII3OgEr
Detroit Tree Prem.
Tramp! tramp! tramp!. and _ a
farmer with solid old-fashioned feet,
and hands big enough to cover a
Sunday school excursion came into
the editorial: rooms of this paper to
say:
"Howdy ? I've walked down
from the market to give you the par
tickelers of a good joke.
right—proceed."
" You knew them lightning rod
fellers ?" observed the old - man as he
dropped into a chair.
" Yes . --heard of them."
" Well, you know they're a purty
toff set. Been after me for more 'n
twenty years. I've got signs ant all
along the road warning. 'em to keep
off ,the place, but Vother day one
td the chaps druv right up to the
galebbidig,as life."
" Yes, he did, and 'Yore I could
get my tongue t i oloing he had about
a thousand feet of the rod out of the
wagon-and was ready to put it up on .
the barn."
, "What cheek 11
4" I guess 'twas i t but purty soon I
went for him. I bad my mind made
up to kill - him right there. .The old
woman she came out and sailed in
withite, and the7iwo hired men sup
ported me on the ilanks.'? '
"And you jammed him all to
pieces, of course P.'
"That's where the hull fun comes
ia,"•answered the old man. "That
'ere fellow squared off, shed his coat,
and licked the whole four of us .in
less'n two minutes by a wig-wag
clock !"
"Did, eb?"
" You bet he did 1 And he drunk
up a hull pan, of milk and dray oft
whistling Yankee-Doodle-Dum.'
When I got out of the catnip where
be piled me and saw one o' the men
with his nose mashed flat, and t'other
with three -teeth knocked out, and
the old woman just crawling out
from under tile ole bob sled, I , begun
hang and didn't stop till midnight
He slapped his leg and uttered a
',haw! haw !glair:!" which echoed
dear to Canada,' and in his contor
tions he broke the back oil from his
chair.
" But.the jOke was on you," said
the perplexed journalist.
"Sartin 7 —sartin ; but I'm such a
dod-rot ed idiot that I 'can't help but
lair at; the way we four sailed in
on him, calkertatin to mob , him all
over the barnyard, and lad harder
yet at the ,way i we all started in, on
the Lord'a prayer afore Ire bail fairly
got the rust off his elbows When
I saw Ilannerelawin' upfront among
the bobs
And he went off into another flt
and choked and gasped till he went
down stairs with his collar hanging
by a single button.
JOSH BILLINGS' ADVICE TO A NEW
GROIN SINGERS. •
Dear Miss. This is an important
epoch into your life. The Ist thing
to make a good ,choir singer is to
giggle a little. •
Put up your hair in kirl papers
every Friday night soze to have it in
good shape Sunday morning. If
your daddy 'hi \ rich you can
buy some store, hair. If he is
very rich buy some more and band
it high up onto your head ; then get
a high-priced bonnet that runs up
very high. at the high pirt of it, and
then git the milliner to plant some
high grown artitishels onto the high
est part of it. This will help you
sing, as sophrano i 8 the highest part.
When the tune is give out, don't
pay attention to it; and then giggle.
Giggle is a good cell.
.1
Whisper to the girl next to you that
Em Jones, which" seta on Abe' 2d-seet
from the ront on the left-hand side,
has had her bunnet trimmed with the
samecolor esriet she had Jut year,
and,,fien put your book to youi face
and giggle.
/Object to every tune unless. there
s a solely into it for the soprano.
Cott and ham a good eeobefoie you
begin to sing. - ,
--
' When you sing a solow. shake the
artifishels off your buqnit, and when
come to a high tone-brace your
self back a little, twist your head to
one side and open the widest on that
side, abet the eye jests triPhle, and
then put in for dear life.
When the preacher gits under bed
way with his preachin' writ a note
onto the blank leaf into the fourth
part of your note book. That's what
the blank leaf was made for. flit
sumbody to pass the note to sutw
body else, and you watch-them while
they read it, and-then giggle.
If anybody talks or laffs in the
congregation and the preacher takes
note of it, that's a good chants for
you to giggle, and you ought to gig
gle, a greateel. The preacher darsen't
say anything to . you because you are
In the quire, and he can'trun a meet.
, in' house at both ends without a
sinire.l If you had al bow before you
went isto the qiire, give him the mit
ten—ypu ought to have sumbody
betteei.'
Donl,,forget 'to giggle. •
HELP somebody viorse off than your
self, and you - will find t hat you are ' etter
off than you fancied. •, - •
Wno Is powerful? He wbo can con
trol his passions. Who is rich? He who
is contented'with what he his.
THERE is no advantage to be gained in
murmuring or complaining at our lot .in
life and grieving over our bard experi
ence.
It► we grieve the . Sprit of. God by our
lightness, worldliness, or presumption,
we do but fill our, own mip with worm
wood and gall. • -
No matter'hovit . purely and grandly we
live to-day, there is that we
may live more purely, 'more grandly to
morroW.
- EVE= man is bOin for heaven, and be
is received in heaven who receives heaven
in himself while fn the world, and be is
excluded who does not.
Maw will cheerfully girsi up -their Pro,
porty to save the life of the body, and
yet, for the sake of property, they will
sacrifice the life of their souls.
THEWS are men who no more grasp tbe
truth they seem to hold than a sparroW
grasps the message through the electric
wire on which it perches.
Hi that waits for repentance waits for
that which cannot be_bad as long u it is
waited for. It is absurd fora man , to
wait for that which he himself haito.da.
if] ettet
The souk come tip WI the sup gessikystu.
And - day and night are the same as one
The year grows green, and the year growa4bruirn,
And-what Is It all when all Is done?
Ornint of somber or ablelni mod.
Gliding Into and out of the hand.
And mss '
A hundi
And baeki
And what
1. tide wit'
dotting al
IZIEII
And • fin,
And the and
♦nd what
. ybe net of I
And alway
WASHIN
•
The following Revolutionary storY,
while it exhibits the spirit of our
young men in the war , for indepen
dence, shows also the discrimination
and prudence of Washington. It is
copied frdm the Olive Brarich, pub
lished In -Boston, and edited with
ability.
When on a tour to the West, I
met with the subject-of this treatise
at Utica, N. Y. The grateful reelem
brance of the soldier of the Revolu
tion by our country, became the sub;.
ject of conversation. Atter there
had •been an interchange of opinion
among us, Mr. Bancroft, observed
that' he bad rapplied to Congress for
a pension, butt ,, owing to the cireuh
cer
stan that Mir name was stricken / off
the roll before he had served/nine
-months, to serve Geb. Washington
in a more hazardous relation, he
could •not obtain it; although he
thought his circumstances and his
claims for consideration were as great
as any soldier's. He then related
the following history of his life :
I was born in Woburn, north of
Boston. At the age of fourteen was
Rent to - Boston and put behind a
counter. Ili was warmly attached to
the Whig cause, and at the ' age of
sixteen was obliged to -leave the
town. I then enlisted in the army,
as , a soldier for three years. I studi
ously endeavored . to understand my
duty in-my new relation,and thought
I was proficient, at least as much so
as other soldiers. One day imme
diately after Washington's arrival pat
Brookline, I was detached by the
officer of the day among the guard.
It so happened - that I was placed as
sentinel before the General's qoarters
at nine o'clock. About one o'clock,
the General's carriage drove up,
which I - knew as a soldier, but not as
a sentinel.- I hailed the driver:
"Who.acmes there ?" .
" I was answered, General Wash
ington."
" Who is Gen. Wighington ?"
"He replied, The Commander of
the American Army."
" I don't know him ; advance and
give the countersign."
The driver put his head within the
carriage, and then came and gave the
countersign." .
"The countersign is -right," I re
plied. "General Washington can
now pass."
The next morning the officer of the
guard came to me and said, " Gen.
Washington has commanded me to
notify you to appear at his quarters
preciselylit nine o'clock."
" What does he want of me ?"
"I do not know," - replied ) the
officer.
In obedience to this order, I went
to his quarters at the time appointed;
but my mind was greatly harassed to
know whether I had discharged my
duty aright the night previous. I
gave the alarm at the door,
o nd the
servant - appeared.
"Inform General . Washington
saitt I, " that the person he ordered
tb his quarters at nine o'cleci is now
at the door.". • .
The servant made the report, and
immediately mire and bade me go in,
and conducted me ter the General's
room. When I entered he addressed
Me:
• "Are you the setriinel ;who stood
44t my door at nine crelock last
might?"
"Yes, sir, and I endeavhred , to db
my duty."
4 I wish all the army underatood it
Its• well as-you do," , said the General.
1 This relieved a burden off my- mind.
1 The General then continued : "Can
you keep a secret?"
"I can
" Are you willing' to haie your
name struck from thry- roll of the
army, and engage in wilecret service
at the hazard of your , life, for which
I promise you forty dollars a month ?"
"I am willing to serve my country
In any way you may think best."
"Call here prec isely at seven
o'clock this evening and I will give
you fruitier instructions." . •
I the i retired, and precisely at
seven o'c ock I returned. The . Gen
eral then„presented ine-with a ; sealed
letter without_ any auperscritition.
He asked tme if t had *ever been on
Roxbury-Heights. I, told him I had,
and at .his request I described the
lefel grom i nd - on the top. He gave
me, the countersign; lest I should not
be able to return before the sentinel
received it; and then told me to go
to the heights, and on the way to
converse With no , one, and endeavor
not to pass any person if. possible,
and if I should observe any person,
who I observed to notice me particu
larly, not to go on the - heights until
out of sight. .I And - when I had as
cended to the heights. must look
around carefully, and if I discovered
any persoc,: 'must keep at a dis
tance from him) and, suffer no one to
take me: If everything appeared to
be quiet; I must go on the west, side
Of the . plain ; there I shbuld see a
flat rock which I could raise by one
hand, a round - stone about four feet,
from it; I must take theround stone
and place it under the edge of that
fiat rock, which would raise it high
enough to put my hand under it;
"You must then -
.feel under the
rock)" said the General, a till you
find - a small hollow ; if .there be a
letter in it , bring it to me, and put
this letter in the sabre place."
Having receirM my instructions,
I made My way for the heights, and
nothing oteurred worthy of note, ex
cept I found the rock and stone es
described ) and in the hollow a letter
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sea without any superscription.
I- then adjusted the rock, and placed'
the stone as I found , it. I returned
to the General's quarters and deliv
ered the letter. I found, under ) the
rock. `The General broke the''.'!seal
and read it, to himself: Ile then Paid:
• s" You may retire; and appear here
at seten o'cloclrlo-inorrow evening."
This I'did toi'ponte time,, carrying
and bringing . - letters , without being
annoyed in any. respect. At length,
I observed a person aysome small
distance traveling the same way I
- was going, and he eyed Me with more
attention than was pleasing to me--„
'I 'took rather it circuitous route, and
When I 'dame on 03 heights, I was .
Confident 1 saw two `persons, it not
more, descend the hill, on the oppo
_site side, among the savins. I Went
even ,to the savins to" Make discov
ery, tint contd see no one. .This I
told the. General on my - return.
. He upbraided me for my preiturop
tion: He : said, "they m ight, have
Rprur* on you and 'took you. Never
do the like again."
When 1.. returned the next evening,
he gavn-rne stricter charge than be
fore.. There: was nothing . Occurred
till I descended theheights. I then
plainly saw three persons dodge bi
hind the Baylis. I hesitated what to
do. I placed my head to the grdund
to obtain a clearer view on the oppo-
site side. _ln an instant three men
rushed from' behind the saving on the
other side, in full,tan to me. I 'rose
and ran with all my veed, , No Gre
cian in their celebrated games exert
ed himself mire than I did. , I found '
one ot:the three was 'a near match for
me. When I came to the sentinel, he
was not more" than-six rods behind
one. I give the.countersign without
mu eh ceremony The sentinel turned
on his heels and fled. I went to the
General's quarters, and "on presenting
hinletter, said: _
"Here is the letter you " gave me ,"
and then related the above story to
him.
He told me .I 'might retire, and. I
need, got' call on him again, till he
should \give me notice. He strictly
charged me, when in company or in
camp, to "
make myself a stranger to
the movements of friend or or foe,
never to ent c er into any dispute about
the war.or the army, but always be
an inquirer. \
In about alek the . General sent
for me, and I re aired to his qqarters
at the, usual hour. Heinquired if I
was ever doin n What was then
called Cambridsel7 t eck. I told him
I had been there v ice. He then
handed me a letter as usual, and said :
" Go to the lower house, and enter
the front door, and whe you enter
the room, if there be m k: than one
person present, sit down and make
yourself a stranger. Whe all' have
gene out of the room but \ one, then
get up and walk across the zoom re
peatedly ; after you have passed and
repassed; he will take a letter oat of
his pocket and present it to you, and
as he is doing this, you must take
this letter, out of 'your pocket and
present it . to him. I charge you not
to speak to. him on the peril of your •
life. It 'is important that you ob
serve: this." '
I went to the house, and on enter
ing the mom I found.one man in it,
and he WaS)lt the corner of the room.
He rose on my entering. I immedi
ately commenced my travel across
the roofriond at the same time, ey
ing him F tttentively.- The third time
passed,' he put his hand into his
pocket, took a letter out, and extend--
ed it toward me, and I took out my
letter, and extended it toward him.
With his other hand he took hold of
my letter and I did the some with
his. I then retired with a bow, and
returned to the General. We two'
could well recognize each other,
though we were not allowed to
speak., • _A•b 4l
This mode of communication con
tinued for some time.
• One evening as this man Was pre
senting his letter, he whispered to
me, "Tell General Washington the
British are" com ing out on the , Neck
ro
to-morw at two:o'clock." •
The General started and inquired,
" Was it the saws., person- ynu. re
ceived the letters from before?".
" Yes sir."
Then_saying, "Stop here , till I re
turn,". he took his hit and cane; and
locked the door after - him - `,He was.
gone neatlylin hour andla half.
When - lie returne4he `said, •Y Ido
not knolf that I shall need your ser
vices any more; you will continue
about the encampment and I will
allow you the same pay you have
now." • - p•
Having nothing te . ,do, I had'the
curiosity to ramble about in . the
army and , vicinity, to tlnd the:man
who whispered to me, • but I never
saw •him.• Whether that whisper
was fatal 'to him I know not. 'The
injtinction on me was paramount to
it, in case of disobedience: I con
tinued with the army till they .
Cambridge, and then I-was disoharg
ed.
Tun fashion is extremely ancient
of putting a curse over the dust of
the dead against any who distifrb the
'same. It must have originated at a
time when such utterances had tre
mendous power to awe and intimidate
intruders. It would not avail much
at the presentY day. The curse on
Shakepeare's tomb is a memorable ex
ample of what was common 'in his
time. M. Roller has recently dis
covered a much more venerable one.
It is in the, inscription on the sarco
phagns of Ashnienezer, King of Sidon,
now deposited at the Louvre." Part
of it runs thus - I=- 14 A, curse is -prco
.nounced, against royal :
_persons or
others- who should open this tomb,
or lin the tomb 'Which contains me,
or transport me in this tomb. They
shall not be buried with the dead,
they shall, not lie ifl a tomb, -they
shall not leave any descendants, and
the holy gods will=deliver them' into
the birds of their enemies, wlio:will
chase their from their country."
Tnoilotrra come maimed and plucked
of plumage front the lips, which, from the
pen, hr the silence of 'your own leisure
and study, would be born with far more
beauty. .
THE-waylo -- sequire lasting esteem is
not by the fewness of a writer's faults',
but the greatness of his beauties„ and our
stoblest'workkare gentirally"most7 replete
with both;
---PULFACIT AID TAOL I TLS
• Tas faster span is the quicker he eau
run 'through 'a forum- - Pew - o*lla
'GRAND write ami....,Lott. was the &lees
last alums as he waltzed out of ei gh t--
Boston Transcript.) A.
Wass a man tlignki he has 'a teidly
good conundrum kis hard to midtahim
give it upk.N: O. Picayune.
Trig most treacherous, inemory the
world belong* to a L young man with a new
watch.—Meriden i order. .'
Tacit points heavenward when it
means-the most mischief. It has many
human imitators.-4flineinnattillreakfast
Table. .
Wintrt i baby stuffs his to into his
mouth, he little realizes how-hard it will
be for him in later years to make both
ends meet.—New Raven Register.
,
- IF you are over-Snail:nut to know why
the elephant wears a trunk, irritate him
sufficiently, and you will discover that he
carries his choler in it, —Nets Hawn Regt.
eter.
-Pin your foot down-,wheire you mean
to stand, and hit no man move 'yea. trona
the right. - Learn to say " No '
" and it
will be More use to you than. to b e able to
read.lattin. ' -; -z.-.,' . -. -. -'
'THE ordinary employment 'Of artifficeis
the mark of a petty mind, and it almoit
always happens that he who uses itzto co;
ver himself in one place uncovers himself
in another,.,.
. .
, .-.
, PRESERVE your conscience always soft
and sensitive. If but' one sin force itself
into that tender part: of the soul and
dwell there, the road is paved for a thous
and\ iniquities. ' - • , .
Pow4ais 'always the more immoderate
..tin'dthe more jealous when, it rises out of
usurpation ; but those who contend for lib.
ert„y of any kind should, in jio instance,
Writs abettors. , • •.
/ iliActts of difficulty prove man's weak
nesOuul want; but they are made groat
blessings when the Lord 'Comes into them
to supply all that is wanting, in the rich
of hi s great love. . .
,
BAEHELOR SAN SCIIDD 01, of Wild
Cherry Creek, is quite. bald. When the
itirls see - him' coming, they say, " Here
comes •Bal'sam - of Wild Cherry," and
then they all begin to cough.,
SPEAK of a man's marble Brow, and he
will glow with 'conscious pride; but al
lude to his marble -head, and Ws mad in
a minute. Language is a slippery thing ,
to fool with much. •
..
A Martyr. man, writing a card to a Bps:.
ton paper signs himself " Proprietor, of
the, Madhall llouse.,and owner of 'the
same." Probably it will now be consid
ered"that the house belongs to him.. -c
- "DoN'T you think that a good_likeness
of me?" . says the pretty wife to her hus.
band, "Very good," be answers, "ex
cept-that-there is-a little to much repose
,about the reniuth."—Exchange.
li that a merciful man, who, when
' .
hi lie yiug, said of his vast earthly pos
sesilions, to the accumulation of which he
had devoted the whole energies of his life
—these things have cheated me out of my
hest interests for eternity? ,
THE clam - bake season, says the Beaton
Commercial-Bulletin, will soon be here,
when you can get an ear of burhed comp
a quart of stale clams, a light . attach of,
sea-sickness, and .a head-ache in the hot- 7
sun, for a dollar and a half.
A LEGAL gentleman met a brother law
yer ode day last weel4 and the following
conversation took-Place : "Well. dudge,
how is business?" "Dull, dull. lam
living on faith and hope." ' "Very good ;
but I have got 'past you, for I'M hiring on
charity." ' . . _ •
''' A FORT MADISON, (lowa,) Man went
home the other evening and found his
house locked up: Oeiting in at the win
dow,, with considerable di ffi culty, he
foud on the table a note from his wife-:
" I have gone out. You will find the
door-key on one side of the door-step,S
t Wrrnot-r thepreaching of the Gospel a.
well community becomes law=
less; a peaceful Cornmunity is involved in
broils; an intelligent community becomes
ignorant; a rich community becomes vi
cious and ruined ; and a community that
is poor becomes impoverished. ..
Tip season of the ye.ir barscome when
'the country fences are taking on an'epi
dermis of red and yellow pictures, which
say, • ;perhaps metaphorically, that the
ninefeet girl on a three dollar horse will
jump a. ten foot fence M a two-inch dress.
—.4 units ta (Ga.) Chronicle. • -
"Aoustus, .did you think to take my
hymn book out of the rack after service
this morning ?" "I didn't love." "Oh,
what a hame 9 .. It isn't a bit fashionable
this y r '
to leave books in the pews • and
beside that binding was so entre, 'lt
si
does 'm as if We were besepby calami
ties wli reser we go."— Yonkers Gazelle ,
As. E RIM showman's version of the
story_of King Darius, Daniel, and the li-.
ens was as follows i " 'At him,' says the
king. 'We won't,' says the lions. '• At
him,' again says the king. ' Blowesl if
he will,' says the lions—which was a sell
for the great King Darias, , .and wery we
atious." .
"GRAIrr," remarked the tall - man in
the wrinkled "Giant reminds me .
of. a tulip tree struck :by lightning."
"And why?' , asked the little man with
the little valise., "Because," replied'the
tall man, "bicause he's so blasted pop'-
, lar."—Albany Evening Journal 4 - I
4,
•
"Tie man who hesitates is lost"- Jes'
so.. And. the. truth of this assertion is
never so apparent - as when a fellow reach
es after the unattainauledii 'the shape of
a "stunner," and is finally glad" to • avail
himself of a term which ,he might have
met without a contortion or a strain.
iT it.
Ar Westfield, 3 chusetts, a man
was caught stealing m from a market.
In reply fo his, plea to beltt - toff, and his
declaration. that., God helping him, he
woiald never steal - again the ono who de
tected him said : " God helping you !-
Why, you scoundrel, if I =hadn't caught
you stealing, you • never would have
knoin there was a God 1" •
A LITTLE girl at school read-thus
"The widow lived i3II a limbacy left her
by a relative."- " What did you call that
word?" asked the teacher "the wordls
_legacy, t
" no limbacy." . " But,
I- " said .the
m" sister says must say
: limb, not leg.
, Oua exchanges are making note of va
rious absent-minded men, but Dobson
takes the belt. Coming home late one ,
evening, he very carefully deposited his
dog on the lounge; add turning round, /
licked himself down stairs. He -nevet' - •
'found out,the mistake till he tried v to
howl.—Rutland -Inquirer.
This charming little
,ancedote
Mr. Thackeray is told in .the "Me •
-
moir: of Henry Compton ": "I well
recollect my brother 'and myself
meeting my, father.' .returning from.
rehearsal . through Hyde Park, in
company with a tall, burly man of
a ruddy complexion. My father --
carelessly intreduced us as two of
the varmints.' ; his • friend shook
'hands with us, and inquired about
our 'school - a ffairs and 'sports more
kindly than ...did most middle-aged
gentlemen wilnew.i - They were both
engaged in conversation which we
did not uudeistand, I till just before
reaching the barracks, my,Tather
.said: Well, we haveto part - here; as
you are going to - Oxford. ',Yes,'-
said the friend, 'I Must. leave you
and your boys now," .anditurning
to us',he wished us good-hye very
beartdy ; then, as h
_was shaking
bands with my father ' he addedo I
wander what there hikin my - pulse
There, Compton, take it, and give . .
tire young 'ens what there is—not
much, I'm thinking.' No, no,' said
my father; 'you must not do that.'
..' Nonsense, my dear fellow ; 'I was a
schoolboy once, and know the value
of 'tips: Everybody should tip school
boys--it does them good.' So say
ing, herhurried,off, leaving his purse
with my father. " Wheis that ?' we
both exclaimed. 'That's a very cele
brated man called Thihkeray,' said
my father. ''How much is there
was the:very next natiiral question. .
forget the exatt amount, but we
boll went home , some- five mailings
richer much impreased with the cele
brated man 100 tail such kstuunning'-
ideu, mid ca r ried them ea SO well. /