RAILROADS
Pennsylvania R. 11. Time Table.
NEWPORT 8TATION.
m end artei1 Nov. 12th, 1871, Passenger trains
will run as follows: .
,. EAST.
Wall... 6.1f r. u., dally except Rundsy
Harrlsburg Accnra 12.24 p. dally " Hunday.
. WEST.
I hro' Pass. 4.05 A. M. (flair) dally ne'pt Monday.
WayTass. 8.40 a. m.. dally, except Hunday.
Mail 2.86 p. m. dally except Hunday.
nixed 8.31 P.M.. dally except Hunday.
4!tnclirtl Kx.(llag) 11.30 P.M. .dally, cxc'pt Hat'rday
' J. J. BAKCLAY, Agent,
r. a Mail Kast reaches riilladelplilaatll.lur.it.
DUNCANNON STATION.
On and after Sunday. Nov 12th, 1B71, trains will
leave Ouncanuon, as follows t
WKSXWAKD.
Cincinnati Express (Hag) 11.06 1". M. flally.
Way Passenger. 8.12 A. M., dally except Sunday
Mail, l.fifi p. m dally except Hunday
Mixed, 6.47 P. M., dally except Sunday.
KASTWAKD.
Harls'uurg Accoui 12.09p.m., dally except Sunday.
Mull 6.4fi p. M " " "
4nclunaUl Express 10.03 p. in. dally.
WM, O. KLNO. Agent.
Northern Central Railway.
"WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
ITirouiih and Direct Routt to and from Wcuhino
ton, Hitlttmore, tJlmira, Jirie, Buffalo,
Jiochester and Niagara fM.
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, November 12th
1871, the trains on the Northern Central Rail
way will run as follows :
NORTHWARD.
MAIL TRAIN,
leaves Baltimore, 8.30 a.m. I Harrlsburg, 1.4.1 p ra
Willlainsport 7.uo p. ni., and arr, at Jilmira, 10.45
BUFFALO EXPRESS,
Leaves Baltimore, 7.3ap.m. Harrlsburg.10.40 p.m
WlUlamsport, 2.25 a. in. Klmlra, 6.30 a.m.
Arrive at Canandalgua at 8.16 a.m.
FAST LINE,
leaves Baltimore 12.40 p. m. llarrlsburg 4.40 p.m.
Arr.ai willlainsport 8.16p.m.,
WESTERN EXPRESS.
Leaves Baltlmorelo.05p.ni. ar. Harrlsburg 12.60a.m.
NIAGARA EXPRESS.
Lvs. Baltimore 8.00 a.m., HarrlHtnirg 10.56 a. m
Arrives at Canandalgua at 8.26 p. in.
SOUTHWARD.
MAIL TRAIN.
eaves Elmlra 6.40 a. in. I WlUlamsport 0.15 a. m.
Harrisburg 2.10 p. in. Ar.llaltlmore at 6.60 p.m
BUFFALO EXPRESS.
Leaves Canandalgua ti.r6j. in- Klmlra 9.40 p.m.
WllliamsNirt 12.26 a. in., Harrlsburg at 4.06 a. in.
Arrives at Baltimore at 7. SO a.m.
ERIE EXPRESS.
Lvs. Sunbury 9.26 a.m., Ar.Harrisburg 11.20 a.m
PACIFIC EXPRESS.
Lvs. llarrlsburg ll.4ia.iu., Ar.Ballimore 5.00 p.m.
NIAO ARA EXPRESS SOUTH.
Lvs Canandagua 9.10a.m. I Klmlra 12.15 p. m.
" WlUlamsport S.0! p.m. IHunliury 4.40 p. In.
" llarrlsburg 7.00 p.m. ar. hultiinore.lu.lup.m.
IIARRISBURO ACCOMMODATION.
Lvs. Harrlsburg 7.30 a. ni., Ar. Baltimore 12.00. m.
-Mall Train north aiidsimth, Fast Line north,
Pcltlo Express and Erie Express, dally except
Bullalo Express north and south and Cincin
nati Express south, leave dally.
For further Information apply at the Ticket
dice. Pennsylvania Railroad lH-ixit.
ALFRED R. FISK K.
General Superintendent.
lll?AIIXO llAIL-KOAI.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Honday, Nov. 13fliv 1871.
GREAT TRUNK LINE FROM THE NORTH
ind North-West for Philadelphia, New York,
lU-adIng, Pottsville,Taiuaiiia, AHliland.Shamokiii,
l.eban m, Alleutown, Eastou, Ephiata, Lltlz, Lan
caster. Columbia, tic, Sia.
Trains leave Harrlsburir for New York, as follows:
At 2.4A, 8.10, A. M., and 2.00, p. M., connecting
with similar trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
ana arriving at new lorn at in mi a. in.,
and 9:46 p. m., respectively.
Sleeping cars accompany the 2.45 a. m., train
without cTianue.
Roturnlug! Leave New York at 9 A. M., 12.30
noon, ana o p. in., riiiiaucipnia ai i.ao, s.ao a. in.
:130 p.m. Sleeping cars accompany the 6 r. M.,
irain from Now ork, without change.
Leave llarrlsburg for Reading. Pottsvllle, Tama
qua, Mlnersvllle, Ashland, Shaiiiokin. Allen
town, and Philadelphia, at 8. 10, a. m and 2.00, and
4.05, p. M., stopping at Lebanon and principal way
stations! the 4.06 p. in. train oonnecllng for Phllv
lelplila, Pottsvllle and Columbia only. For Poll s
vllle. Schuylkill Haven and Aubiiru.vla Schuylkill
and Susquehanna Railroad, leave llarrlsburg at
&40 P, H.
East Penna. Railroad trains leave Reading for
AUeulown, Kaston and New York at .H4, 10.40
a. m. and 4.05 p. m. Returning leave New York
at 9.00 a. m., 12.30 noon and 6.1
6.00 n. m. and Allen
town at 7.20 a. in. 12.25 uHin, 2.15,4.26 and 8.35 p.m.
Way nassenaer train leaves Philadelphia av7.30
a. m., connecting wiiu similar irsinon r.asi renn a
lUllroad, returning from Reading at 6.20 P. M.,
sionnlmi at a'l Stations.
iave Pottsvllle at nine o'clock In the morning
aim tr. u. i jiernuon ai miuc ciocx a. m
Mhamoklii at 5.40 and 11.16 A. u. : Ashland. 7.05 a,
m. and 12.4;! noon; Mahoiiy city ai 7.61 a. m., and
3.2n p. M. t Tamamia at 8.36 A. at. and 2. 10 p. M. for
riniaueipuia and iscw ioik, jteauing, Harris,
'hum. &c.
l-iive I'ottsvllle via Schuylkill and Susquehanna
italiroitu ats.ia a.m., ioi-iiamsourg.am. ii:4sa. in,
for l'lne i;rove aod Treiuont.
Reading accomiiiodation train: leaves Pottsvllle
at 5.40 a. M., passing Reading at 7.S0 A. M., arriving
at I'hlladclnlila at 10.20 A. u.. rcturnluii leaves
Philadelphia at 4.45 p. H. passing Heading at 7.36
r. H. Ml 1 1 VIliM HI Jtftiniiiiuut tr.w r. m.
pottstown Accommodation train : leaves Potts
towu at 7.00 a. iu.,returuiiig,leavesPhlladelphlaat
4.15 o. m.
Columbia Railroad trains leave R'adlng at 7-20
a. in. ami u.lnp. in. lor l.plirala, LllK, Lancaster,
t.oiumuia. au.
, Returning, leave Lancaster nt 8.20a. in., and 3.25
p. in., and Columbia at 8.16 a. in., and 8.16 p. in.
Peikioliien KailionUtraliislcave Perkiomcn Juno
Hon at 7-25, and l.06a. ni.,3.0Uaiid 6.46 p. in. lie
lurilliig.leaves Schwenksvllle at 6.45 a. M., and 8.10
a. m. and 12.60 noon, and 4:45 p. in., connection
with similar trains on Reading road.
Colebrookdale Railroad train leaves Pottstown at
H.40a. ni., and 1.15 and 6.30 p. in., returning leave
Mt. Pleasant at 7,16. 11 :25 a. in., and 2.64 p. in.,
vonuecting with similar trains on Reading R. It.
Chester Valley Railroad trains leave Bridgeport
at 8.30 a. ni., 2.06 and 5.20 p. in. Returiilug, leave
Dowiilugtown at 6.f6 a. in., 12.50, iiuoo, and 6.16
u. ni.,conm'ilng w ith trains on Reading Railroad.
.On Sundays! Leave New York at 6 p. in. ;
Ptilla. at 8 a. in. and 3. 15 p. m. :lli8a. iu. train run
ning only to Reading; Pottsvllle 8 a. m. t llarris
liurg 2.45 a. m., and 2,00 p. m. t leave Allrntown at
and 8.:iA p. m. leave Reading at 7:16 a, in., and
11.50 P. M., for llarrlsburg, at 4:34 a. m.. tor New
York 9:40 a. m., and 4.15 p. in., for Philadelphia.
Co lutatlon, Mileage, Season, School and Ex-
eursiou Tickets to aud from all points at reduced
rates.
Baggage checked through, 100 pounds allowed
..: passenger. W0()TTEN,
Asst. Supt. Eg. Much'ry.
Reading, ra., Nov. 13. Mil.
tttage Line IWtween R'ewpor and New
Ormantowu.
tsTAOHS leave New (ierniautown dally at four
4 7 o'cIik'X a. in. I.amllsiiurg at 7. no a. in. ureeu.
park at 8 a. m. New Blooiulield at V'A a. in.
Arriving at Newport to connect with the Ac
JtiniiifiiMliiTiiiii Irnln If'iLHt.
Relui niiia leaves Newport on the arrival of the
Man iraiu irunt rniueipi!i f v- "' . ,
I. KICK. JYoprleier.
TBAll.Y, Attorney at Law, .
. Nw KliKMiitleld. PerrvC., Pa.
r Orltoe In the Court House, with J. ft. Hhuler,
Hm Rebjrs te M. Muiutlre. lbH. June if., H,
Walter Gordon's Resolution.
STEP by itp, Waltot Gordon had aunk
from a position of respectability to
that of a confirmed Inebriate. When . he
flrit commenced visiting the tavern at which
liquor was dealt out, he did so with a feel
ing of shame, which led him to go at a
time when he was likely to meet few per
sons. But as the habit grew upon him, ho bo
camo more and more reckless of public
opinion. Gradually his income from his
Imslnesn he was a carpenter diminished ;
peoplo being afraid to trust him with com
missions, for probably they wonld have to
wait a longer time than was convenient.
Walter was a married man. At the age
of twenty-five ho had nnitcd himself to an
estimable girl, who, though she brought
him little in the way of worldy goods,
proved an excellent wife.
They had not been married ten years,
and had one child, a boy of six, the solo
fruit of the union. Charley Gordon was a
bright rosy-checked boy, with merry ways
that might have gladdened a father's
heart.
Of course their worldly circumstances
hud been sensibly aflocted by Mr. Gordon's
course. Dollar by dollar, the hoard in tbo
savings bank, had dwindled away. Next
commenced the diminution of their domes
tic comforts. It cost Mrs. Gordon a long
fit of weeping, when one day the landlord
of the village tavern, a rough man, with
neither principle nor refinement, drove up
to the door, and opening it announced that
he would take the sofa.
"The sofa 1" exclaimed Mrs. Gordon in
amazement.
" Certainly ! Hasn't yonr husband told
you about it ?"
" What should he tell me ?" inquired
tho wife, not suspecting the truth.
" He's sold it to mo," said the landlord,
looking shame-faced, in spite of his brazen
effrontery.
" And without saying a word to mo about
it ?"
" That's his affair, not mine."
"What induced him to sell it? IIow
much do you give him for it ?"
" He was owing mo a debt a matter of
fifteen or twenty dollars," muttered tho
landlord.
"And this debt is for rum, I suppose"
said Mrs. Gordon, bending her eyes search
ingly upon the landlord, like an accusing
spirit.
" Well, and suppose it was. I suppose
it's a dobt for all that."
" You can tnko the sofa," said Mi's.
Gordon; " it is in that room; but I warn you
John Glover, that tho riches which you are
fast accumulating will bring you no happi
ness. Ruining the souls and bodies of your
fellow-men is a great, price to pay for
wealth."
"When I want to hear preaching, I can
go to church,", muttered the landlord, a
little uneasy in his conscience at tho words
of his victim's wife, callous as ho had be
come. A month afterwards the Gordon's mov
ed from the comfortable house which they
had hitherto occupied, to a miserable old
building which had not been tenanted for a
long time and ought to have been pulled
down. But it bad fallen into the hands of
John Glover, the tavern keeper before re
ferred to, and he had persuaded his victim
to hire it.
Bad days succeeded the removal. First,
the physical discomfort of living in such a
miserable shell was not small. It afford
ed scanty protection against the discomfort
was increased by the deficiency of suitablo
furniture. All that was good had gone the
same as the sofa. Not a carpet was left,
and but one stove. Bo thoy were obliged
to live, during the cold season, in ono room.
Walter Gordon, however, was seldom at
home. It had long since lost all its attrac
tions for him, and ho was generally to bo
found iu the bar-room, whore the landlord
was gracious, and his drunken hilarity aud
jots wore applauded by the company. It
was not quite time for the landlord to break
with him. Tluit ho would defer till his
victim was completely ruiuod, and there
was no prospect of his squeezing any more
money out of him.
Oue night Walter Gordon had remained
in the bar-room longer than usual. Ho re
mained until all his compaions had slipped
off ono by ono, and ho was alone. Ho
would have gone had ho not fallen into a
drunken stupor, which left him, half In-
sensible I say, for events proved that ho
was not wholly o. . ' .,
. At this time a strange) entered the room,
and wished to speak to the landlord apart.
" I have no fire elsewhere," said the
landlord. You cau speak frooly here," .
"Hut " expostulated the stranger,
pointing over his shoulder at Walter Gor
don, who was reclining on the suttee. .
" Oh that will make no difference. He's
a poor drunken fellow, aud is far enough
over the hay not to1 comprehend what is
going on." ' '
"Faugh " said the other, "I shouldn't
think you would harbor such miserable
fellows as he." '
" I shan't, much longer," said the land
lord, carelessly.' "I've .most cleaned him
out, and, then I shall order him off."
Wltlv this ' they proceeded to business,
which was of a character not to require our
further attention.
The landlord supposed r Walter Gordon
was too far gone to hear what he said.
Perhaps it would not hava troubled him
much, if he had ' known that this was a
mistake. ' '
Walter Gordon did hoar the last words
that were spoken, being, as has been said,
only half unconscious. Ho had still man
hood enough to feel them acutely. Ho had
never before felt the full measure of his
degradation.' Now it was prcsonted to
him in a way that was humiliating enough.
' So I'm a poor drunken fellow !"
thought he to himself. " That's what the
landlordsayB, and ho ought to know, for
lie made me what lam I And yet, no, I can
not say that, for if I had not given my con
sent his efforts would, havo been power
less." These thoughts ran through Walter's
mind. Meanwhile the conversation went
on, and he heard Glover express a determi
nation to have dono with him, after he
had cleaned him out.
This declaration filled him with secret
indignation, and yet it was only what he
might havo known before. ' Bu t the land
lord's manners had been so smooth and
polite, that he never suspected the opinion
which he entertained of him.
His first impulse was to leave the room,
but something restrained him. Without
appearing therefore, to havo heard what
had been said, he continued to lie quiet for
a few moments, then yawning naturally,
ho staggered slowly to his feet.
"Going?" inquired tho landlord, In his
usual smooth tone, and with his hypocriti
cal smile.
"Yes, it's getting late," said Walters.
" You won't take another glass, for a
night-cap, you know?"
" No, I won't tako anything more to
night," and Wolter slowly walked out of
the room Ho did not hear tho landlord's
sneer.
" The first time I ever knew Gordon to
dcclino driiiking. He must hav e taken an
over-dose to-night."
Out iu tho fresh air a new spirit seemed
to possess Walter Gordon. Reflection had
completely sobered him. He looked back
at the building from which he had just
emcrgod, and exclaimed, in a low, but res
olute voice :
"I will never drink another drop of
liquor in that room; nor in any othor place,
so help me God !"
It did him good to make that resolution.
Ho felt instantly, ho knew not how, a con
viction that God would help him ; and in
spito of his ragged clothes, his destitute
family and miserable prospects, ho was
cheered by a hope of better tilings.
His wifo was waiting him, not with re
proaches, for these site felt would only
make the matters worse ; but with an air of
depression which pained him to witness.
He wanted to tell her of his new resolution,
but decided not to do so, till he oould give her
some decisive proof that it would be car
ried out in practice. She, for her part, did
not preceive much difference in his de
meanor from that which he usually ob
served.
The next morning early, Walter Gordon
woke, and left the house, for the tavern as
his wife supposed. ,
' Slio was mistaken. Ho bent his steps to
the house of Deacon Holmes.
The deacon was considerably surprised
to see him at that early hour.
" Deacon Holmes," said Walter Gordon,
" I have heard that you are intending to
build a barn."
"Yes," tho deacon replied. "I am
thinking of doing so."
"Have you engaged any one to build
it?"
"No," said the duncon, hesitatingly.
He anticipated what was coming next, and
it embarrassed him.
" I am in want of work and will do it as
cheap as any one."
The deacon looked down. He was evi
dcutly trying to frame a refusal.
" Yes. I am aware that, you arc a good
workman ) but
" But my Intemperance is an objection,
I suppoxe you would say."
" Frankly, now that you have mentioned
it, that is an objection the only ono I
have but as you will admit, a weighty
ono ?"
"It is, 1 freely acknowledge it. But,
Deacon Holmes, I made it resolution last
uight, never to touch intoxicating liquors
from henceforth."
"And do you think you shall have
strength to abido by that resolution ?" said
the deacon, eagerly. "Are you willing to
kino the temiierance pledge."
' "I am desirous to do so." Said
Walter Gordon.
" What, may I ask, led you to form this
resolution?"
. In answer to this question. Walter Gor
don detailed to tho deacon the particulars
with which the reader Is already familiar,
" And now, do you think," ho said in
conclusion," that you are willing to trust
me with thl i Job?"
' " I will trust you," ho siad, heartily, ex-
tending his band to Walter Gordon. " Qod
forbid that I should discourage ' you in
your resolution by a refusal. Perhaps,
however, It will be better for me to employ
you by the day trusting to you to make the
Job a short ono, since you might find It
difficult to get trusted for the timber, if
you attempt t procure it on your own re
sponsibility." '
' Thank you, deacon, for your consider
ation. I bare, I am aware, destroyed my
credit. I shall be clad to take it on your
own terms. When shall I begin 7"
" I will order the timber to-day, no that
it may be on the ground to-morrow. Mcnn
whilo I have a little job around the house
sufficient to occupy you to-day."
That evening Walter Gordon came home
at six o'clock, somewhat to his wife's
surprise.
How much greater was her surprise
when ho took from his vest pocket a two
dollar bill, saying kindly :
" Clara, you must need some money for
household expenses."
"Oh, Waltor," sho said, with a tremu-
lous hope at this unwonted action, "can it
bo that you "
'That I havo reformed? With God's
help, I think I have. Clara I shall try to
make you a bettor husband in the future."
There was joy in the humble home of
Walter Gordon that night the joy of a
wifo who had found her hnsbaud, and of
a man who had found himself.
When John Glover heard of Walter Gor
don's reformation, ho laughed increduously,
and said: "I shall have him here ogaia
before the week Is out."
Ho was not mistaken. Walter did call
on him before the week was out ; but his
errand was to say that ho was about to
vacate his present house nnd move into a
better one, owned by Deacon Holmes.
Three years passed by. At the end of
that time Walter Gordon was well, happy
and prosperous, while tho landlord had
himself sunk into the dntnkard's crave,
which he had prepared for so many others.
ENIGMA DEPAltTMKNT.
Geographical Enigma.
Im am composed of 38 letters, tho whole
being a line from Pope's Moral Essays, and a
truth all should remember.
My 1, 26, SS, 23, and 15, is a town In Russia
My 4, 12, 26, 10, 23, 32, and 19, is a tawn In
uenmnrg.
My 20, 24, 84, 25, and 0, is a county In Canada
My 5, 85, 87, 11, 13, 18, 28, 2, and 4, is a coun
try in Africa.
My 18,21, 20, 0, and 17. is a town in Michigan
My 30, 20, 10, 80, and 3, is a river in one of
the Territories.
My 81, 0, 7, and 8, Is a cape oA the East of
the united fctatcs.
My 2, 14, 10, and 8, is a town in the Russian
Empire.
Answer next week.
Answer to "Poetical Enigma" in last num
ber. Tho word "tares."
No correct reply received to 41 the problem."
SUNDAY BEADING.
Teu Hurd Dollars.
T
1UU&.L, people wuo are intcrestcos iu
hard money will perhaps be profited
by reading tho following story frem the
Christian Weekly, by Dr. Bpaulding :
" My father was a poor man. A large
and growing family was dependent upon
him for its daily bread. Coming home ono
wintry evening frem a week's toil iu
neighboring town with ten hard-earned
dollars iu his pocket, he lost them in alight
snow. Long and fruitless was the search
for them. After the snow was gone, again
and again was the search renowed, with the
same result. The snow full and melted
ngain for a whole generation, and the story
of the lost dollars was still fresh in our
family circle; for a silver dollar to a poor
man iu those days was larger than a full
moon.
" About a mile away lived another father
of a family in similar circumstances. Ho,
too, knew how much a dollar cost dug out
of a rocky fann. At least ouce or oftener,
every week for forty years he had occasion
to pass our door, giving and receiving tho
common neighborly salutations, and
every time with a weight increasingly heavy
ou his conscience. Hut all such pressure
has its limit; and when that is reached tho
crash is the greater for tho severity of tho
strain. In tills instance it was as when an
old oak rends Its body and breaks its limbs
in fulling.
"One day, completely broken down, ho
came to my father in tears, confessing : 'I
found your dollars lost in the snow forty
years ago. 1 hey nave been hard dollars to
me, and I can carry thum no longer. I am
come to return them, nnd ask your forgive
ness, and as soon as I can I will pay you
the interest. "
"Tliesceno was like that when Jacob
and Esau met over the ford Jahbok.
"He did net live long enough to pay the
interest, but quite long enough to furnish a
practical comment on the text: 'The Spirit
of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a
wounded spirit, who can bear?' Who will
say that conscience, though slumbering in
this life, will never awake to punish tho of
fender in the life to come ?" ,
" If any man wants Airi money, let him
get it dishonestly, and he will find it the
hardest money that he ever saw hard to
keep, hard to think of, and hard to answer
for in the judgment day. , .
t2T Experience without learning does
more good than learning without experi
ence. W To fly from peace, which we should
earnestly pursue, is to follow discord and
our owu destruction.
JSHence. '
How eloquent is silence I Acquiescence,
contradiction, difference, disdain, embar
rassment, and awe, may all be expressed by
saying nothing. It may be necessary ; to
illustrate this apparent paradox by a few
examples. Do you seek an assurance of
your lady-lovo's affections? The fair one
confirms her lover's fondest hopes by a
complete and assenting silence Bhould
you hear an assertion, which you may deem
false, mado by some ono of whose veracity '
politenessmay withhold you from openly
declaring your doubt, you denote ft differ
ence of opinion by remaining silent. Are
you receiving a reprimand from a superior?
You mark your respect by attentive silence.
Arc you compelled to listen to the friv
olous conversation of a fop ? You signify
your opinion of him by treating his lo
quacity with coutemptous silence. Are
you in the course of any negotiations about
to enter upon a discussion painful to your
own feelings, and to those who are concern-
ed in it? The subject is almost invariably
prefaced by an owkward silence. Silence
has also its utility and advantages. And
first, what an invaluable portion of domes-
tio strife might have been prevented, how
often might the quarrel which by mutual
agravation, has, perhaps, terminated in
blood-shed, have been checked in its com
mencement by a judicious silence 1 Those
persons only who have experienced them
are aware of the beneficial effects of that
forbearance which, to the exasperating
threat, the malicious sneer, or the unjustly
imputed culpability, shall never answer a
word. Secondly, there are not wanting in
stances where the roputation, fortune,
the happiness, nay the life of a fellow
creature, might be preserved by a charit
able silouoe.
The Healed Fountain.
There has been much distress this sum
mer in many places from wells and brooks
going dry. People have learned what a
thing to be grateful for is even the common
blessing of water.
John Foster compares our lifo to a seal
ed up reservoir containing a certain amount
of water. IIow much is in it, we have no
means of knowing. We must keep con
stantly using it, and there is no means of
replenishing the supply. Every day the
amount diminishes, and soon it will be
gone.
What a solemn thought it is that every
night we are twelve hours nearer eternity
than wo wero in the morning 1 How can we
put off getting ready for it ? How can wo
allow such ti tiles as occupy us every day to
draw our minds oif wholly from this great
concern ? What comfort will it be to us,
when the last hour comes, to remember
that we wero clad in tho finest and most
fashionable raiment, and that we fared
sumptuously every clay, or even that we
were most diligent and studious in our
daily tasks, and took a high standing
among our mates, when thero layour Bible
all unread, its teaching unregarded?
Remember this scaled reservoir, and how
fast you are using up its precious contents.
Borne of these hold very littlo more. How
will it be with you when you have quaffed
the last cup ? Will you then bo sure of a
welcome whore the blessed " river of the
water of life" is ilowing forever ?
A Comical Dutchman.
"Das Onion Hill eoome by does cars?"
inquired a jolly Duchman on Saturday '
night, as he staggered into a Union II ill ,
car at Hobokcn.
" Yaw, Fritz," answered a fellowcountry-
man.
" Veat cakes all the vile, Yaoop," said
Fritz, nearly crushing his friend's toes in
his attempts to steady himself.
" Fritz, you be tarn heavy to-night.
" Yass, I bees full of hot Dom and Sher-
rys, Yaeop ; I was a fool to try Yankee
drinks ; Dom and Sherry doo much for
Fritz. I must dry und got some fresh air
ou the platform, Yacob."
. Fritz succeeded in getting tho door open
about six inches ; a biting wind blew
through tho aperture, when an indignant
passenger sprung to his feet and closed the
.l..n. o ..l.l.,,w,Ua 11. ,il fiirniut TYItz
half around.
" Bees dis car on de outside or inside ?"
inquired Fritz. . ,
' you are all right, Fritz; sit down in
this corner," said Ynoob.
"Dunk you, Yacob; if I sleeps when
mine house comes along, dull mo who I .
am.",
" It Isn't Catching."
Tho following little story, is told at tho ex
pense of a young lady school teacher, not a
a thousand ml les from this place, who is
very properly anxious in regard to tho pre
vention of small-pox in her school, and
thutcfore strictly enforces the rule that
whenever a case of sickness Is reported in
tho family of any ono of her pupils, the
pupil must bring a certificate from the
family physician stating that tho disease
is not contagious, failing in which the pt'pil
must remain away until all danger is over.
A few days ago she was informed that one
of her pupils, a little girl, of Toutonio ex
traction, hnd sickness In her family. On
being questioned, the little girl admitted
"she had sick at her house ;" that her
mother was sick. . She was accordingly
sent homo. The next day she returned to
the school and shyly siding up to the teacher,
with her finger In her mouth and ber little '
bonnet swinging by the strings, she said :
"Mil-, we've got a little baby at our
house, but mother told me to tell you ft
isn't eatchin.