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Poetry.
EPDVUASICIEL
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D* WARY LOWZ DICIINOWL
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?Or dapthsof human suitring or Joy no entlllh
• are
Into our hearts ere given ;
We cannot know our brother's lob or trews
ure.
Hb anguish or lab heaven.
Oft times the snowy sharpness of a sorrow,
Piercing life's common calm,
Smiles hidden rocks of comfort, which to-mor
row
.o'erilow with healing balm.
Oft-times we calmest find griers turbid river
Who trembled on lta brink ;
Pull oft the cup at which our blanched lips
quiver
Holds wine of hope to drink.
Wealth burdens that we staggered in the tat
Ing
We walk erect at length;
The bitter blows that bow us e'en to breaking
Reveal our secret strength.
The turbulent tide at tangible despairing
Rents never uneunsoled
Not so the long, low swell of anguish bearing
Dumb sorrow manifold.
The common grids of common souls, Whose
level
Is mortal's low estate,
Whose voices—deadened by some loud woe.
In sobbing silence walk
Whit for one anreeering cry of recognition,
One star athwart their sky,
One promise of a far off fruition
For hopes that waiting dl..
And, dying, walk again in ghostly starkness,
Peopling the gloomy gray
That makes their heaven murkier than de/t
-iII:EN
And farther ftom the day.
For thesewhere is the light! Shafilhat bright
postal
Which, soon or late, swings wide
rorweery soul, reveal a Joy immorta l,
Secured the other side.
Shall we our crosses lift, till light upon them
Transfigures all below !
And wear our crown so long em we have won
them
:That all their glory knew ?
And those who; bending, drag a cross to sad-
Their faces to the dust,
Not carry palms at Jut nr know the gladness,
Of souls that rest and trust ?
It it slow slipping beds, or patient folding
Of stained hands In prayer,
That makes them purer!. Or the faithful hold
ing
Of what God gives to bear!
Nor all the gathered wisdom of the sages
Can guess Gods hidden ways,
And yet the slow unfolding of the ages
Must still dhow his praise.
And all this mystery of palls, our spirits
Can neither bear nor break,
•My not the mystery to souls who bear it
For love and for love's sake.
The Story Teller.
NISIIITAILISN IN THE PERSON."
BY MARY RAgnoLru
"My dear. you'll be very particular
about the dinner," said Isaiah South
tasted, toasting his coat tails before the
ruddy breakfaiit fire. ••And I beg and
entreat yon, don't let Peggy spoil the wild
duck." N.,
Mrs. Southmaved rubbed her forehead
in a sort of bewildered perplexity. She
was a plump, over-drea,vd little matron
with round, blue eyes and a pug nose, not
unlike a Dutch doll lanais Southmay.
ed had married her for the fire thousand
dollars that scented boundless wealth to
him when he was u _struggling clerk at
three hundred per annum—therefore it is
rather unreasonable that Isaiah South
mayed should be annoyed at the absence
of brain under her pink cap ribbons.—
He had not bargained for brains—what
right had he to expect them ? But men
have been unreamuable since the world
began, and Isaiah was no exception to
the ordinary rule.
"Yes, dear," said Mrs. Southmayed,
nervously chattering among the china
cups and saucers. "The soup ala Julien
neorith plenty of pepper—and the fish
stewed in wine—and—and the best silver
and the cloth with a silver border, and
the blue silk coverlet on the bed—and—"
"There, there, that will do," said Mr.
Southmayed, petul.•ntly. "You never will
have a spark of system, if you live to be
a hundred years old. It's strange I can't
accustom you to a more methodical way
of thinking."
"I am sorry, dear," said the lady meek.
ly, "but you know just as you was telling
me, yesterday, Charley's wife came to ask
kir some plain sewing and really my pour
head got so confused that"—
"Charley's wile!' roared Isaiah,
.whirl
ing around so rapidly that his coat tails
narrowly escaped a conflagration. "There
you go again, Mrs. Southmayed. Didn't
I expreuly charge you not to mention
Charley ur his wife ? 'Sdeath, madam !
you'll have 'em out before your Cousin
Remington, as sure as you are alive."
' I don't think, Isaiah.-I'm very sor
r9.'
"Yon have cause to be sorry," enuncia
ated Isaiah. growing very red in the face.
"I don't want Raymond Remington to
know anything about Charley. Let him
suppose that Charley is sule in Calloinia
where he ought to be. Confound the
lazy idle fellow, I don't believe he's a bit
sicker than f am. I think that when a
man gets to that stage of life when. he's
bothering all his relations for money, he
ought to be shat np in some public in:.
stitution—l do upon my word."
"Re's your brother, dear," mildly sug
gested the Dutch doll.of awife, who evi
dently had a little heart somewhere in her
internal mechanism, "and poor Fanny
wears such shabby . bonnets."
"My brother! is that any reason he
should pester my life out of me. with his
everlasting begging notes and letters.—
And his old white - hat bobbing about
among the clerks in my office?.: at
a litoplo it, once for. all—l will - Mrs.
Sontbivaved." - "
"But Fanny tells toe 'be only wants a
little work to keep them from 'starvation.
Their am little *nee; 4840, AO=
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MONTROSE, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29, 1873.-
"Fanny tells you the moon is made of
groen cheese, and you'll believe it 1" irate
ly interrupted her husband. "Charley's
coming to my office this afternoon and it
will be for the last time. The idea of his
asking me to employ that tall starving
girl of his as governess to my cbildreu. "
Mrs. SouthmaYed was silent. In her
own secret heart she would much have,
preferred gentle Clara Bouthmayed to the
French mademoiselle, who domineered
over'the whole family and wore green
spectacles and false curls, but she had
tong since learned that her wilt must bend
Wore that of her imperative lord and
master.
"What time will-you have dinner ?" she
asked quietly.
"Well—six will probably be sufficient
ly. The Iberia comes in ut four—and of
course Mr. Remington will send for me
immediately. Now don't forget the port
wine =fee for the ducks—nor the fresh
current jelly—and see to selecting the
raisins wild almonds yourself, my dear.—
That's all I remember just now, and it
any improvement should suggest itself to
me, I can send up a note from the office."
And Isaiah Southmayed loftily put on
his hat and went out, a portly and well to
do specimen of the New York merchant.
Nor need he have taken to himself so
much inward credit of serene good humor
with the world at large. Now men are
good ttnmored who come from a bright
tire, after a breakfast of real old Java cof
fee with broiled chicken and hot rolls.
Breakfast at Charles Southmased's was
a different affair.
I 'Mamma, can -I •have a little more mo
lasses with my bread ?"
"Hush 'Forrimy," said Clara, with aju
dicious warning, "mamma has 110 more
molasses for you."
'•lf Toutuiv don'tlike his bread with-
out molasses, l ' chimed ,in a hungry eyed
little elf apposite, "I would eat it."
"Why don't you have milk and water
this morning ?" asked Charley junior.
eyeing his cup of cold water rather dis
tastefully.
"Beciiuse," promptly responded Tom
my, "the milk man said he wouldn't leave
any more milk, till the old hill was set
tled. Oh, mamma, wouldn't it be nice to
have luta of money ?"
"Hush, children," said Mrs. Southmay
ed. deftly transferring her own portion of
bread to the plate of her hungry eyed elf
before mentioned. "Surely, Charles, you
won't think of going out this cold morn
ing with that cough ?"
"1 think the fresh tir will do me good.
my hive," answered the pallid, gray hair
ed man, a-hose sunken eves and colorless
lips plainly hetoket ed the prett&nee of
some wearing disease— pr.bahly consump.
tion— "and hyalites, you know 1 must see
!swab to-day."
"Isaiah. indeed," repeated his wifo.with
a t.•ss of her head. "Mitch good it Will
do to appeal to Isaiah. A hard-h• urtrd.
0.1.1 t«+.. •. ..." --I "PP 7 ng
"My dear—d.•ar ;vile." interrupted the
poor invalid. "he is my brother."
••I eau% h.-Ip sohlwd Mrs. Soul h
mayed, he hug no more heart than n block
of stone. Clara, bring we the rolls of
work, dear."
"Are they the soldier's clothes, mam
ma?" questioned carious little I'..mmy.
"An- yiin going to dew on that pretty
yellow braid ?"
But Mrs. Sontlimayed did not answer.
She knew she must sew diligently nit the
hours of the short winter day. to earn
forty cents which were to feed the hungry
child mouths around her.
"Carriage, sir? earrit4e, sir?;,. Hare a
nice hack. sir —take you all way up to
Broadway fur two dollars ? Carriage. sir ?
the best house?" "Now, then, sir—here's
your man."
Now Iberia had filially moored her
ponderous length in the blue sparkler of
the Bay, and the little steamboat had just
brought the eager passengers ashore.—
Amid the tumult of the piers, the rattle
of stages and distant roar of Broadway,
old Raymond Remington stalked through
the crowed, with his hat slouched over
his eyes, and his hands clasped behind his
hack, as placidly as if he were still amorg
the palms and leathery acacias of the far
East.
"No use pestrin' the old cove, Jim!"
ejaculated a hackman to his persistent
partner, who had followed the saffron
faced stranger. with vehement praises of
some particular equipage. "I ain't sure
that sort o' fellow puts money iu our
pockets."
Raymond Remington smiled grimly to
himself, as he mentally acknowledged the
truth of the man's inference. Yet, the
rich old East Indian could probably have
bought up half the passengers of the
Iberia.
Re sat down by Cie hastily kindled
smoky Ore of the hotel parlor, uncoil.
sciously shivering in the wintery draught.
And this is what I've looked forward to
for thirty years," mused Raymond Rem
ington, with a cold thrill of disappoint
ment at his heart. "There's no use die.
guisiag the fact that this is not just what
I used to dream about when I first went
out to India. They say money can do
anything—can it buy me a welcome?"
Ile sat motionless a moment,then start
ed up with a sudden impulse.
"I'll go out and see Isaiah Fonthmayed
—lsaiah and I were boys together, and
Charley, poor Charley t Isaiah writes• me
he is in California, doing very well. I
wish he could have been here to shake his
friend's hand—l used to be fond of Char
ley. Isaiah's welt enough, but somehow
I can't divest myself of the idea that it's
my money he's courting. Perhaps I've
grown distrustful and doubting—it's very
possible—but Charley used to be my fa
vorite cousin."
Raymond Remington, walking through,
the surging current of BrOadway, in his
old accustomed way, with his eyes bent
on the pavement, and his hands clasped
in one another behind him felt more and
more lonely and disheartened as the dusk
closed drearily over the great Babylon of
eight and sound, the gas lamps begun to
glimmer like yellow stars through the
twilight. The city had changed almost
magically—the splendid streets of his boy
hood were dingy and deserbld now,, and
new thoroughfares bad risen in.glistening
sows of marble and brown stope.
"It don't eeem like bome,'. pondered
the yellow faced East Indian, more disap.
pointed than be was willing to confers to
himself.
There was but one shaded light burn
ing in the little back office, dedicated to
Isaiah Souibmayed's special use and ben
lit, and the clerks in the counting house
beyond whispered to one soother various
private opinions respecting the "asqu I had
temper" of their chief, on tbis particular
evening.
Isaiah Southmayed was cross—and per
haps nut without reason. Six o'clock wus
approaching and no note had been receiv
ed from the rich East Indian, summoning
his obsequious relative to attend his lei
sure—moreover, he had too good reasons
to believe that the ducks were spoiling,
and the fish stewed in wine would be a
total failure.
"It's very singular—it's positively un
accountable," said Isaiah Soutitmayed to
himself, f,,r at least the ninth time within
the half hour. 'Now then, sir, what's
svanting?"
For a pale faced clerk with a quill pen
behind his ear had insinuated his head
meekly through a half open door.,
"If you please, sir,a gentle—l—l mean
a man, wants to speak to vou.'
"A man. Haven't I said I wouldn't see
any one to-night, yon r idiot?"
"Please sir, he says'he's a=--relation of
yours, sir."
Isaiah caught up his big office ruler
vindictively, but restrained his incline.
tion to throw it at the offender's head,
luckily remembering in time, that Mich
ael Arnott was a new clerk, and couse
(leen tly not an experienced one.
"It's that begging rascal, Charley,"
roared Isaiah, losing all sell restraint in
his towering passion. "n 1 settle his bus
iness for him. Send him in, Arnott."
The spare, bowed figure, wearing by
sotre curions-lnjncidence, just such a
white hat Isaiah had anathematized as
belonging to poor broken down Charley,
had scarcely crossed the threshholdof the
darkened oiliee before the indignant nier
chant gave vent to his feelings:
"Don't come a step nearer, sir. Arn't
von a4iumed of yourself, coming here in
that absurd dress, to degrade me before
all my clerks? I won't give you a cent
nor I wouldn't if you were starving in
the glitters! Now tau have my ultimo.
'um. Charles Sontlimayed, and I hope
you are sztiAed %Hi it. I am not bound
to provide for iny poor relations,, and
tell you so once for all. I haven't opened
your last I..gging letter—Michael, hand
that letter to the person—a n d I return it
to you, as a proof that I want no more of
And 1 want you to distinctly under
stand that the next time you come here,
I s h a ll b a nd y.. 0 over to the police. Mi
elmet show him on[!"
Atoll Isaiah Sinnlimaved plunged his
head in am ing n wilderness of mammoth
ledgers nod day hooks, as a signal that
the inierrirw had terminated.
, C 1... houtod ..h‘sr
tv, without a word. a d glided through
the rounting-him.e, where the clerks were
already turning down the gas-lights and
nstentatiOusly preparing for departure,
into the open stret&
••A singular welcome—a strangely wor
ded nelcome." muttered Raymond Rem
ington 11l himself, as he mirchanicaill%
panse,l beneath the glare of !mops with
"tit, and ,pelold the unsealed envelope
that had been gtri. n into his tiervlrss
timers by the officious Arnott.
"Poor 'Charley ! Poor Charley!" h.
murmured. "And here is Charley's ad
dress at the bottom. Starving, suffering
wifeand littleones,in want of thecommon.
est necessaries of Ills, eh P I think
mill on Charley. His own brother has
repulsed him from hie door. Perhaps
hell be glad to see old Raymond Rem•
in ton !"
Mrs. Southmayed was still stitching la
boriously away at the soldier's clothes;
and poor Clan►, who had been out all day
answering advertisements for "a gover
ness," was setting the table for a scanty
evening meal; while the little ones play
ed quietly in the corner; arid Charles
Soutlimayed lay upon the worn sofa,with
closed eyes, thinking son-owtully of what
future lay before his beloved ones, when
he should be removed beyond all cam and
trial.
"Mother," ejaculated Clam, "some one
is knocking at the door. If it should be
that cross old grocer with his bill. And
we have no money!'
"But it isn't the cross old grocer!" said
a hearty voice.
And in walked a tall, yellow-faced
man, with his hands behind bis back,and
two little black eyes sparkling genially
bewail shaggy erbrows.
"Its Raymond Ilemington:—your cons
in—Charley Soothmayedl My boy, I'm
glad to see, yon I"
The East Indian had no reason to com
plain of the welcome accorded to him in
this humble household ; for in less than
five minutes every child was clinging
about his knee—pretty Clara crying on
his kind shoulder, and Charley and his
wife scarcely more self-constrained.
"I've come to the right house at last,,'
thought old Raymond Remington, with a
new happiness in his heart.
And when, the next day. Isaiah South
mayed's elegant carriage stopped at the
hotel to convey Idr. Remington to his
own residence, the yellow-faced old gen
tleman overwhelmed his relative with
contrition,by reminding him of the office
scene the night before.,
"Sly dear Raymond," ejaculated Isaiah;
turning white and red,"how could I have
made such a mistake."
"It was• au awkward mistake—very,"
assented Remington:curtly.
"But you will accompany mo home
now ?"
"No ; I'm going to set up house keep
ing with my"causin Charley."
"But, my dear Remington,"spafimodi
gaily urged Sontlimaretl,surely—"
"I've made up my - mild," shortly an
swered Mr. Remington; "I don't fancy
the general style in which you address
your relations, Isaiah. Poor Charley al
wave teal my favorite; and you know,"
added Raymond with a gleam of grim
humor irradiating his
,face, "I am not
bound to provide for 4111 my poor reht
tim." .
And Isaiah Southmayeil retreated con
vinced.that one little mi4take lid forfeit=
ed him the golden gleam of those East
Indian hoards.
He did not reflect that his whole life
was "a mistake."
A THRILLING INCIDENT.
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The following incident is extracted
from a very interesting paper in Bent!fa
Miscellany, entitled "Hours iu Hindos
tan."
The corba de capello is - said to be one
of the venomous serpents in the East, his
bite being attended with almost ,instant
death.
We had been playing all the evening at
whist. Our stakes had been gold mohur
points, and twenty on the rubber. Max
ey, who was always lucl , y, had won five
consecutive bumpers, which lent a self
satisfied smile to his countenance, and
made us losers anything but pleasant.
when he suddenly changed countenance,
and hesitated to play. This the more sur
prised as, since he was one who seldom
pondered, being so perfectly 'luster of the
game that he deemed long et)nsideration
superfluous.
"Play away- Maxey, what are you do•
ing ?" impatiently demanded Churchill,
one of the most impetuous youths that
ever wore the uniform of the body-guard.
"Hush," replied Maxey, in a tone that
thrilled through us. at the same time
turning deadly pale.
"Are you unwell ?" said another, about
to start up. for he believed our friend bad
been taken suddenly 111.
"For the love of God eit quiet," replied
the other, in a tone denoting extreme fear
or pain, and be laid down hie cards with
a countenance of horror.
tlf yuu value my lite, move not."
"What can he mean ? Has he taken
leave of 4iis senses ?" demanded Churchill
appealing to myself.
"Don't start—don't move; I tell you,"
in a sort of whisper I can never forget,
uttered Maxey.
"If yon make any sudden motion Fur
a dead man!" lie exclaimed.
We exchanged looks.
He continued: "Remain quiet and all
may yet be well. I've a cobra de capello
around my leg."
Our first impulse was to draw back our
chairs; hut an appealing look from the
victim induced us to remuin,olthouc!h we
were aware that should the reptile trans
fer hnt one fold, and attach himself to
any other of the party, that individual
might already be counted a dead man, so
tatal is the bite of that.dreadful monster.
Poor M.tsev was dressed as many old
residents still dress in India, namely, silk
stockings and breeches. Therefore he
more plainly felt every movement of the
h idenuthrepti le.
Ills countenance assumed a livid hue ;
the words seemed to leave his mouth
witholit the features altering their posi
tion, so rigid was the look, so fearful was
the li g io,ez, uniwuleif muvew,,,e
should alarm the serpent and hasten the
fatal bite.
We were in agony little less than his
own during the scene.
"Lie is coiling ronud," muttered
ey. feel him, cold, cold to my limb;
and twu, he thickens. For the love of
heaven call lot- some milk. I dare not
speak loud; let some be placed near me ;
let some he placed on the floor."
Churchill cautiously gave the order,
and a servant quietly slipped out of the
room.
"Don't stir I Northcote you moved
your head. By everything sacred I con
ure you not to do so again. It cannot be
long ere my fate is decided. I've a wife
and two children in Europe; tell them
died blessing them—that my last prayers
for them.
The snake is winding round my calf—
I leave them all I possess. I can almost
fancy I feel his breath. Great God I to
die in such a macner l"
The milk was brought and carefully
put down : a few drops were sprinkled on
the floor, and the affirighted servant drew
back. Again Maxey spoke:
"No,
it has no effect! I dare not look
down, but I am sure he is about to draw
back, to give the bite of death with more
than fatal precision. Receive me,O Lord.
and pardon met My last hour has comet"
Again he pauses. • '
"I die firm! Bat this is past endur
ance! Ah, no! He has undone another
fold. and loosens himself! eau he be go
ing to some one else ?"
We involuntarily started.
'•For the lore o! heaven, stir not! I'm.
a dead man ; bbt bear with me. Ile still
losens—he is about to dart. Move not,
but beware! Churohill,,he falls off that
way. Oh, this agony is too much 6o bear.
Another pressure, and I um dead! No..he
relaxes."
At that moment poor Maxev •ventured
to look down ; the snake had unwound
himself ; the last coil had fallen, , and the
reptile was making for the milk.
"I bm saved 1 I am saved f r ' and Maxey
bounded from his chair and fell senseless
into the arms of one. of the servants. In
another instant, need it be added.we were
all dispersed—the snake was killed, and
our poor friend curried, more 'dead than
alive, to his room.
Nine States In a Day.
—o—
"Is it statue ?" said an Irishman: ;
"bother me, but it's a mighty great thing,
intirely, fur &Mu' things—puts me
through nine states a day'; (Brit a- word
of lie in it." ".Vine States!" exclaimed a
dozen in astonishmet.t. "Yes nine of
them,bejabers,as May u a cat 'tul lick her
ear. 151!ye see ; now; I gut :married in
New York in the manila', end wint wid
my 'wife Biddy to Baltimore the same day;
hould your wist now and conntthe stales.
There was the state of matrimony which
I entered in from a single state.in a sober
state, in the state of New York, and I
whit through New Jersey,Piusylrany and
Delawur into Maryland, where I arrived
in a moat beautiful state of jollification.
An' that's nine ; count 'em if yes like.
Och, but gene's a ecrotiger." ,
'The llts7sachosetta papers deserite
ghost which Srequente c hotel in entfolk.
It is probably only the liquor inb•speatre.
Terms{l77 ,,i 4 D alin t : iIwA Y N E C A E R .N I ADVANT%.
Blt TUE lIIIVIEEC
. .
I am sitting alone by the river,
And the willows are sweeping its brink
The shadows of twilightnre tailing,
And I sit by the river and think.
The shadows of twilight grow deeper,
The river is fading frem sight;
1 can see the gray willows no longer,
And I sin sham with thawed.
In darkness and gloom, noble river,
Thou art noiselessly floating away
In darkness and gloom 1 am floating,
And whither, oh I say; do I atray
The learning of Plato and Piuteal
Is madly at work hi my brain
I am satisfied [shwa nothing—
I feel and rreasou In vain.
Does justlee'exlst Y Ob, where is it?
SUB the bean id the tyiant is stone,
Still his victims are toiling, despairing;
Still he heeds not, he hears not, their moan
'Tis rain that you tell me, hereafter
These things are Dot to be so;
We are only able to reason -
Frdm that which we see and we know.
For centuries long have the curses '
Of the heart-broken pierced the skies;
For eenturies long has no answer
Returned to their desolate cries.
It I call upon Nature for comfort,
It is silent and grim as the grave;
The winds will nut stop at my question—
No reply from the long sounding wave.
And the slam, as they glitter above me,
Pure and calm as the flakes of the snow,
Look Os cold on the sorrows of mortals.
As they looked in the years long ago.
Oh, give me! oh, give me my childhood,
The unqr.estioning faith that were there,
When I knelt at the fiat of my mother.
And gently she taught me my prayer.
I am Bitting shine by the river,
And the willows' are sweeping its brink ;
The twilight has deepened to midnight,
And loft by the river and think.
The Old Fashioned Soother.
—o—
Thank God! some of us have an old
fashioned mother. Not a woman of the
period, enameled and painted, with her
chignon, her curls and bustle, whose
white jeweled hands have never felt the
claip of baby fingers; but a dear, old
fashioned sweet-voiced mother, with eyes
in which the love light shone and brown
hair threaded with silver, lying smooth
upon her faded cheek. Those dear hands
worn with toil gently guided our tottering
steps in childhood and smoothed our pil
low in sickness, even reaching hi us in
yearning tenderness when the sweet spir
it was baptised in the pearly spirit:of the
river,
Blessed is the spirit of an old fashioned
mother. It floats to na now like the bean
tiful perfome of some woodland blossoms.
The music of other voices may be lost,
but the entrancing memory of her's will
echo in our souls forever. Other faces will
fade away and be forgotten, but her • will
shine on until the light from Heaven's
portals shall glorify our own. When in
the fitful pauses of busy life our feet wan
der Emote co the_ol4„httpleStelidflind cross:
ing the well-worn threshold, stand once
more in the low, quiet room, ito.hallowed
by.her presence, 110 W the feeling of child.
hood. innocence and independence conies
over us,and we kneel down in tha moltkm
sunshine, streaming through the western
window—jest, where, long years ago, -we
knelt by our mother's knee lisping 'Our
Father." How many times -when no.
tempter lured, as on has the memory of
t'iose sacred. hours, that mothers words,
her faith and prayers, saved
,us from
plunging into the deep abyss, of sin!
Years have filled great dints between her
and us, but they have not hidden from
our sight the glory of her pure, unselfish
love.
Better than Capital.
The man "whose statements May always
be ham without question, 'whose prom
ises are made never to go ortfaltilled,Whose
verbal agreements are as good as _written
contracte,whose integrity is of more value
in his own eyes than app mere fortune
which he could barter it for, will be as
tonished -to find, in his hour of heed,
with what •fitrength be is braced on every
aide, and how often he will stand firm as
a rock when other then trembloand fall.
Five'j-ears of , such ' consistent rectitude
will be worth,itt credit,mtire than a (Noble
capital without the confidence:which such
character inspires. kis is a-good rule.in
building up such a credit, _whin -.a pay
ment is o n ce due, never to _suffer
,one's,
self to beitiked for it twice. Every man
who aspires to honorable sacces in Inuti•
neva should remember that - he must-hold
to his promise as a ship holds to her an
chor' and that inoment he breaks it be
is iii danger of disuiter to his fortune and
wreck to his character.
Mow to Break off Bad, Baldls.
17nderainna.the reason, and find the
habit is injumus. Study the subject till
there is no lingering doubt in,your mind.
Avoid the places; the 'persons, Old, the
thoughts that lead to the temptati on.—
Frequent the places, associate with the
persons, indulge the thoughts that lead
away . from. temptation. 'Keep 'ausy ;Idle
ness is the strength or bad habits.._
not give up the struggle wheti you have
broken your resolutions once,twice,it then
sands tune.. That duty shotSs hour ninch
need there itto.strive,.. .. • .
When you have broken yoor resolution,
knit think' the Matter over, and endeavor
to understand why h is that you failed, so
that 'you may be ori. your guard .:egainst
tbe.recurrence of the same circumstance:
Do,not.think it au elpy, thing, that you
have undertaken.lt la folly .to attempt
to•hrealc'eff u habitia a day' which may
have'been gathering strength in yon' for
.Ouri pFincipl!.a to, Pie qprinkB of our
ictions;.oar notions the springs of our ,
happiness or tnibery. 'Ten much 'cure,
therefore, cannot be talceti' foriaingour
principles. " '
Oiriwnurs nothitigbtit tidierely
do for utt ,We.need to bi stripped of
er
>ip, earthly portion, that We' may • eek•en
tirelystur portion Jtliottat ; I `,
We need to be turned ofit,of a. hove on'
earth,that wertatipteck 'home in beareix,
NUMBER 43.
VoileUm
The Engliali papers are busy making
fun of the Widow &Hare. ' '1"
The richest man in Denier is a Mkt. ,
can 'mitt' an Indian wife, and' she :leads
thfishions.
A sufferer euggests an' inipro — Yeinen — lin
the orthography of the'word panic: He
thinks it would be better to'spell it •pip
"Be fell dead and expired in two
min
lutear' says a (kepis , paper of: the death
i of a negro.
A man at the circus in BrusseLs7lifta
barrel of flour with hid feed) while bang
ing by ilia feet from a lair suspended from
the ceiling.
They say that kissing a: lady :with' an
,Elizabethan ruffle on, is about ws, much
fun as einhracing a circular saw: in - ftill
motion. . ,
In on advertisement of a- baker's: btdi
cess for ettle,tbe following appears: "Death
the cole roman for leaving . It would be
difficult tolitol a better. • "
"My man, what is your charge for tugFoy
me across the Frith ?" Boatpari-,
was - jist thinkite cannot
break
break the &what!' clay for . nd - then
fifteen ehulliin'ar - ,! - •.'
. . , . -;
.
An Indiana man humbugged the pota
te huge nicely. He planted a, grain of
corn in each potato hill, and as the',.6.orsi
came rap Brat the bnga thought it Ilia
a corn field, and started Mr other scenes.
A sea captain, Invited to tiled thrConi
mittee of a society for the evatielitiatioa
of Africa, when raked, "Do the aubjects
of I he. King of Dahomy. keep Sundae r
aphed, "Yes. and everything else, •ihey
can lay their hands on." .
A mournful story is told by e'• Maine
editor: "The winds of .autatan wilt soou
whistle shrilly ; the goose flies southward;
ereryilling betokens thtit in, a few weeks
more the fall season will hare endeCand
eireasses and snake eiIOWS will 'lie Lu
more I"
Not long - .sine* a young KenitielCian .
paid his undivided utteation to one OEOO
fair sex, and concluded"to pop the ques
tion. much stammering'' and hesi
tation the young lady exclaimed, "I. am
pal tiully engaged, but my mother ,wanta
to marry !"'
As a Yankee so euteamiPaddyquitesly
were riding to town, they a gallows lass
ed by. Said the Yankee to Pat; `lf
,I
don't make too free; gve the gidloves
due, and where would you he." Said. Pat
to the Yankee, "Sure, that's easy knowii;
I'd be riding to wwn, by myself • all
A witneea in a meet murder rase -in
Fielle,Cal., had c,ll9,tcrturity.,io l dscigro
itiider oath had lived in Caliierniis
1559. and in Pitaio . . t ueary:
mon ths,an d • have !layer Eeen uman kill df
Ho was justly reearded -by thti "Jtidgi
jury, prosteut jag attorney, aud audience_
with suspicion. .
A Parisian lady.recently called on: b
milliner to inqoiro the. character ofn tics,
vast. The morality of thelatter,iviio9 l
yond questiOning. "But is she nonest,?:.!
asked the lady. "I aril 'not • ceilidh' of
that," replied the millitleei"q Gale 4,e14
her to you with my bill: u dozeii: times;
and she has never yet given me the mewl
A good joke on a; youbgeatyfellow who ,
bought a farm lust winter has just leaked:
out. He had a tine orchard ofuhont trOb
hundred apple trees,and a few weeks agv
he tapped every one or them Air
As it didn't ran vt•ry -well; be intitiite&Of
a neighbor what the -matter wus, and
gave him Anew hat 'nbt rto . tell'hilibody
else.
A minister traveling . throtigh. , the;.,
West in a missionary. capacity several. ,
years ago, vas holding an unimatsd thee-.
logical conversation with an old lady.
upon whom helnid called, in the tour e`
of which he asked her: what IdeiV'shei'
had formed of total depravity. -
sui4 she, 'I think ,it is a geed doctrine: ,
i t - people would, only live up, to,..,it''
.".Little Tommy . , -disobey 'him
mamma and go in swinuniug
he ?" "No, mamma, Jimmy Brown and,
the reartiethe-bays went id,' bit t re:.:
membered and wouldn't disobey - yon."'
"And Tommy never tells lies,. does fieVi
"No mamma. or I could'ut go to beaten.l.
"Then bow does Tommy happen to havoa:
on Jimmy Brown's ahifk?",
A inairiage. occured in ~th.e Clinton ;
county prison the other dav, of two
.per
eons Who-had years before faied each
er. :.(....tne had been convicted ' 'cif- lareen . Y . ,‘'
and the other or receiving . stolen - .geoids:l
The lady had.been given the privilege ; of!
the corridOr,and while'ivalking along one,'
day Was ' overjoyed . at: Seeing, her, lint
Charles Augustus'-peering"'throligh the'
'bars. The recognition was mutual, tale
two; resolved on' immediate matrimony:
and are now man and. wife..
.
A suit foribreach orproinise hail' been'
brought by it nity,iiiramat.. u , iroman 7 inT
EITI4iPI• giES•JerlDie ..lopkineon
posetl to ,61r. : I Smith nudi,engaged two
yotr , men to act us grOpirtsmen. .That
was tar ns the tratter wits allotted gO:
She 'Smith.'' When 'the 'irrit• was'
eilved on her eho said,, 91'11 Antirty him it
he makes me, and tvnen rye married hits:
I'll make him lire like „a toad .under
Intirow."' Smith is a lucky fellow to hae,
• The BainttsilW 0.,. En/eV:Tim. Itit
obfgentlecivan;a4litly froth Penn-,
sylrania are visiting:6hr fair, ribose lifd`
history is somewhat' singular: It apOeara
that a widow. lady took an orphan boy.
to raise, and when
„he arrived at the age;
of eightit.ii she' inarried hint, she then.
being in her fiftieth" year: `Tei.yeara ago'
they tea Aiphith girl tO =se: 'This
summer the old ladrdied,•"being ,
six yearn or agv, tind•in artka after.:
the old man married,the_girl _they
raised; lie being sixty •eight years old, and,
tbe eighteen." . '
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