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Ladies are invit— ed to call and examine her assortment. Dec. 14—tf Please Notice. THE undersigned will send to his Pa trons, through the Post-office, their accounts for settlement, at the begining of the New Year in accordance with his established rule Dec 14-3 t E. A. BERING, 31. D. A ' - ; 0 m 4 ; • AL AND GENERA", PTEWS.ETC. WAYNESBOrt(r; FRANKLIN COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, DECEKBER 28, 1871. Who, looking back from manhood's prime, Sees not the spectre of his misspent time? And, through the shade Of funeral cypress, planted thick behind, Hears no reproachful whisper on the wind, FrOm his loyed . dead? Who bears no trace of passion's evil force ? Who shuns thy-sting, 0 terrible remorse! Who does not cast On the thronged pages of his memory's book, At times, a sad and half reluctant look, 'Regetful of the past? Alas ! the evil which we fain would shun We do, and leave the wish'd-for good undone; Our strength to-day • Is but to-morrow's weakneis, prone to fall; Poor, blind, unprofitable servants all Are we always. Yet who thbslooking backward o'er his years Feels not his eyelids wet with grateful tears, If he path been Permitted, - weak and sinful as he was,' To cheer and aid in some ennobling cause, ' His fellOw man ? If he hath hidden the out-cast, or let in A ray of sunshine to the cell of sin— If he hath lent Strength to the weal, and in an hour of need, Over the suffering, mindless of his creel' Or home, hath bent— He has not lived in vain. And while he gives The praise to him in whom he mov'sandlives With thankful heart , Ile . gazes backward, and with hope before, Knowing that from his works he nevermore Can henceforth part. The•broken ties of happier days, How often do they seem To come before onr mental gaze. Like a remembered dream. Around us each dissevered chair, In sparkling ruin lies ; And earthly hand can ne'er again . Unite those earthly ties. The parent of our youthful home, The kindred that we loved, Far from our arm perchance may roam,- To desert seas removed. Or we have watched their parting breath, And closed their weary eyes; And sighed to think how sadly death Can sever human ties. The friends, the loved one of our youth, They too have gone or changed, Or worse than all, their love and truth, Is darkened or estranged. They meet us in the glittering throng, With cold averted eyes, And wonder that we weep their wrong, And' mourn our broken ties. Each care, each ill of mortal birth, Is sent in pitying love, To lift the lingering heartfrom earth, And speed its flight above. And every pang that wrings the breast, And every joy that dies, Tells us to ,seek a purer rest, And trust to holier ties. Pi sttilantons lading. SERPENTS IN HOMES. BY THEODORE L. CUYLER, D. D The late terrible "trunk tragedy," fol lowed closely by other tragedies well as terrible; have started and shocked the na tion. This time the serpent has thrust his hissing -tongue into our very faces; but there is a whole brood like unto him nestling still in dark concealment. In two or three dens of death the day-light of detection has streamed; but they are only specimens of a class more numerous than we have dreamed of. There are fresh proofs of the fact that in our .great cities there exist a distinct class of "insti tutions," Organized for the sole purpose of extinguishing human life. They "run" by a body of infamous creatures, whose only trade is to murder. While we are sanding our money and missionaries• to convert heathen women who are flinging there babes into the Ganges, we have a rirong us scores of dens to which our own women go voluntarily for the murder of the unborn: So prosperous are these a bortion dens that their proprietors cau buy farms and drive fine carriages.— Such prosperity bespeak large patronage. Who are the patrons ? It is an undeniable fact that many of them murder the solemn vows of wed lock. Some of these having broken the seventh commandment are driven to break the sixth commandment in or der to conceal their transgression. They com mit murder to hide adultery. But another and larger class are those who regard the sweetest blessing of wedlock as a burden and a bane. Instead of feeling that "chil dren are a heritage of the Lord," these most unnatural "monsters" regard them as a plague and nuisance—a heavy tax on time and strength and purse, a hin drance to their gayeties, or a hatefull in truder upon their ease and self indulgence. So, rather than become mothers they , are willing to become murderers. Nor Is it only in those hideous slaughter houses where the modern Herods slay the inno cents that these deeds of darkness are done. This crime is perpetrated in. hundreds of private dwellings. The "Medicines" and "reliers" so widely and wickedly adver- ( selttt •Otittrg. THE PAST. BY JOHN G. WHITTIER. BROKEN TIES. BY J. MONTGOMERY tised are sent for and used for the preven tion of maternity. Medical art has de vised a dozen "sure and easy" methods of destroying the germs of infi nt life. That they are used to an extent almost incred itable is well-known by family physicians who are called upon to repair the ravages of these vile potions, For these methods are not so "easy" after all. They cost many a woman a ruined c ons t itu tion. They cost the power of after prop agation. They sometimes cost the life of the guilty wife who harbers this serpent in the home nest. We heard.recently of the death of a gay and beautiful wife in the pangs of premature child-birth. The ter rible secret came out that her constitu tion was utterly ruined by a half dozen previous crimes of abortion. The broken law of God "found her out" at last. Ev ery woman who practises any method to destroy an unborn life does it at the per il of her own. This serpent stings the breast that harbors it. That secret crimes for the prevention of offspring are fearfully prevalent and on the increase is an undoubted fact. One proof is found in the relative decrease of the size of families. A fine, bountiful pro geny is frequently spoken of as an "old fashioned family"—such a one as was common before the discovery of "sure and easy" arts of foeticide. Other proofs are found in the shattered health eif wives.— Others still are furnished by the family physicians. Is it not time that this dan gerous and diabolical crime was stopped ? Should not every pulpit thunder against it ? Should not physicians be plain and emphatic in their warnings to the wedded pairs whom they may suspect of their se cret sins ? They are not so secret as their perpetrators imagine. Murder will out But it is not alone amOng the married that the dens of child-murder or the arts of abortion find their patrons. Thousands of - the unmarried-who have sinned - against God's law of chastity, flee to these accurs ed arts to hide their shame. The poor Patterson girl, who was stung to death by this serpent, was but one of an increas ing army of victims. Let us not - stop with results, but go back to cause. Why is the sin of licentiousness in all its phases growing so rapidly ? One cause is the growth of a licentious literature. The unclean "frogs" are now creeping up into our "kneading troughs." The news stands and the news rooms are stocked up with pictoral journals that are enough to make a harlot blush. One of these filthy sheets is reported to surpass Harper's Weekly in extent of publication. And every such lecherous paper that en ters a family becomes a serpent in the nest. But the filthy journals do not stand alone. Some of the fictitious literature that is read by the rich and the cultured is fair ly rotted through with immorality I have seen scores of well-dressed people in cars and cabins, who had in their hands a poisonous book called "Terrible Temp tation." I only know of its contents by creditable report ; but I should think the volume is a "terrible temptation" to lash soundly itsauthor and its publishers. Pas sion exciting books have poineeled more than one seduction. It is said that the on ly books found in brothels are novels. A second source of demoralization has been the attractive indecencies of an inde cent stage. Thousands of men and wo men have gone together (are we sure taht there were no church members among them ?) to gaze on these lewd exhibitions. One thing these patrons of the licentious play house ought to know, and that is that in the sight of God those in front of the stage are just as guilty as the half nude creatures on the stage. Who can tell how often an ev'ing at the theatre has paved the way to such dens of death as Rosenweig's or Restell's. A third root of licentiousness is found in the prevailing passion for display. The history of prostitution has proved how of ten infatuated Avomen have been ready to defile their souls in order to decorate their bodies. A good man in Chicago took the trouble lately to answer some of the "per sonal" advertisements, and discovered that several of the female authors of them liv ed in respectable streets, and were intent on selling their honor to purchase dress. Satan baits his hooks for man with dol lars, and' for women with dress. A fourth source of sexual immorality is the growing rage for social dissipations. These weaken the conscience, inflame the passions and sensualize the very soul.— The ball room with its indelicate dress and its promiscuous caresses, and its wine sup pers, leads the giddy young man and mai den to the verge. The next step is—over the precipice. And young people ought to know that:it takes but one step to go down Niagara ! The poor, pitiable girls whose names have lately been dragged be fore a horror-stricken public, took but that single step. When and how they did it is known now only to Him into whose presence their sad and fatal sins have summoned them. We are tempted to add still other fruit ful causes of the sins against chastity that terminate in disgrace and self-destruction. But we have said enough to warn those who are most in danger. We have writ ten these plain words mainly for the eyes and consciences of parefits. Blessed be that household that has no serpents in the nest ! "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This whole sub ject is one of infinite moment to our whole people ; for no nation has yet survived wide spread unchastity. A few days since a little raagW. urchin was sent by a tradesman to collect a bill. He began in the usual way, but becom ing more and more importunate, at length the gentleman's patience being exhausted he mid to him : •"You need 'not dun me so sharply ; am not going to run away." don't suppose you are," said the boy scratching his head, "but my master is, and he wants the money. Bear Hunters Traublei. Bear hunting is not always the pleas antest kind of amusement. So thinks Mr: Hamilton of Missouri. The gentle man shouldered his rifle one morning and went into the timber about a mile off to shoot squirrels. At'night he had not returned, nor did he make his appearance during the night. As squirrels are not apt to devour a man, several neighbors the next morning went in search of him. About three o'clock in the afternoon they found him up a tree thirty' feet from the ground, and unable to extricate himself. He said that about 3 o'clock the pre vious day he came across a large black bear and shot at him but missed him, when the bear made for him with all his might. •He ran and finding the bear gaining on him he threw away his rifle and climbed up s sycamore tree, with the bear following right at his heels. The top of this tree had been broken off, and was 'hollow, in which hole he trust one of his legs to keep himself from falling, but he soon found that his leg was fast when he tried to extricate himself, and could not draw it out. The bear ia_the_ mean- tinie - had tom the boot off on the outside and was knawing and eating the flesh from the foot and ankle. Mr. Hamilton, took his pocket-knife out and cut at his eyes, but with one sweep of his paw the bear struck the knife from his hand, with a part /of two of his fingers. He could not see no help, and gave up to die expecting to be eaten alive by the beast. But soon a happy thought stauck him.— That morning he had put some salt in his pocket to salt some cattle he had runing in the timber, which providen tially he had not found. Of this he took a small handful and sprinkled in the bears eyes. It had the desired effect. He shook his head, growled and went down. He soon, however, returned, when illittle - inore salt drove him away the - sec- - ond time when to Mr. Hamilton's inex pressible delight, he now saw .him trot ting off into the forest. And now Mr. Hamilton advises all hunters in Osage county to carry a pocket full of salt with them, or else to be sure that they are "dead shots" before they practice target shooting on a black bear. A CHILD'S FAITH. Nellie Parsons went to a school in the country. It was about a mile from her home. It was too far for her to walk in the winter. Her father always sent her to school in the morning in a car riage or a sleigh, and brought her home in the night in• the same way. One afternoon he stopped at the school house, and calling Nellie out, said, "I am going up the road several miles, 4nd may not return till after school is out. But wait for me till I come I will be here be fore dark." When school was out, the children wrapped themselves in their cloaks and overcoats and shawls, and set out for home. "Are you not going?" asked one of the last that left the school room, as she saw Nellie take her seat by the stove. "Father told me to wait for him," said Nellie. "Are you not afraid to stay here alone ?" " What is there to be afraid of ? It is nice and warm here." "I should be afraid to stay here alone," said the girl. "It'll be dark pretty soon." "Father said he would be here before dark?' ' "What will you do if he don't come ?" "Father will come for me ; he said he would.". Nellie was left alone. Time seemed to move very slowly ; yet the sun went down, and it began to be gloomy. She went to the door and began to look, for her father. He was not in sight, although from the door of the school house you could see nearly a mile along the road. Presently a man came along with a yoke of oxen and sled. He was a neighbor of theirs. "What are you doing here ? he asked of Nellie, when he saw her standing in the door. "I am waiting for father," •was her an swer. "It will soon be dark," he said, "you had better get on my sled and go as far as my house. It would not be pleasant for you to stay here all night." "Father will be sure to come for me," said Nellie , "he told me to wait for him till he comes." It was nearly dark, but not quiteen her father droVe up to the door. He had driven so fast to get there that his horse was all covered with perspiration. He had been detained longer than he expec ted; and he had left his business unfinish ed, in order to keep his promise and get back to his dear child before dark. "Were you afraid I would not come, Nellie ?" he asked, as he wrapped her up in the nice, warm buffalo robe. "No, sir," was the answer of the loving child; "you said you would come, and I "knew I could trust is How beautiful this Is ! If we could have the same.trust in our Heavenly Father that Nellie Parsons had in her earthly father, how happy, we should be l And yet Nellie's fatherhad not done one-hundredth part as much for her, as our Father in Heaven has done for us. He is the God who telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names ;" and we should trust, with our whole hearts, eve ry word that he has spoken. At the marriage of an elderly female recently in church, the organist played the well-known hymn beginning: "This is the way I long have sought. And mourned because I found it not." Why are hens immortal ? Because in addition to having their necks twirled in this, their sons never set. "Do Not . Give Up." A gentleman traveling in the northern part of Ireland, heard the voice of chil dren, and paused to listen. Finding the sounds proceeding from a 'small building used as a school house, he drew near ; and as the door was open, he entered,-and listened to the words the boys were spelling. One little fellow stood apart, sad and dispirited. "Why does that boy stand there?" ask ed the gentleman. "Oh, he is good for nothing," replied the teacher. "There's nothing in him.— I can make nothing of him. .He is the most stupid boy in the school." The gentleman was surprised at this answer. He saw that the teacher was so stern and rough that the younger and more timid boys were nearly crushed. He said a few kind words to him, then plac ing his hands upon the noble brow of the little fellow who stood apart, he said : "One of these days you may be a fine scholar. Do not give up, but try,. my boy,. try." The soul of the boy was aroused. His dormant intellect awoke. A new purpose was formed. From . that hour he became studious, ambitious to excel. And he did become a fine scholar, and the au thor of a well-known commentary on the Bible ; a great and good man ; beloved and honored. It was Dr. Adam Clark. The secret of his success is worth know ing : "Do not give up, but try, mr boy, try !" Would You. Would you keep your rosy complexion, wear thick-soled shoes. • Would you enjoy quitet content,do away with airs and pretense. Would you have others respect your o pinions, respect and never disown them -yourself. Would you marry and be happy, to announce of love add at least a grain of good sense and judgment, in choosing a companion. Would you have good health, go out in the sunshine. Sickness is worse than freckles. Would you respect yourself, keep your heirt and body clean. Would you retain the love of a friend, do not be selfishly exacting. Would you gain the confidence of bus iness men, do not try to support the style of your employer, on - a small salary. Would you never dread to look, any one in the face, pay your debts. Would you never be told a lie, do not ask personal questions. • Would you sleep well and have a good appetite, attend to.your own business. Would you command the respect of men, never permit yourself to indulge in vulgar jokes or conversation. Would you deserve the name of lady, never, either to men or women, decend to obscenity - or low allusions. To your face they may laugh at your wit ; but to others they will speak disrespectfully of you.— E/enz Orlou. I Cannot, Sir. A young man—we will call him honest Frank—who loved truth, was a clerk in the office of a rich merchant. One day a letter came recalling an order for goods, which had been received the day before. The merchant handed it to honest Frank, and, with a persuasive smile, said : "Frank, replied to this note. Say that the goods were shipped before the receipt of the letter countermanding the order.' Frank looked into his employer's face with a sad but firm glance, and replied : "I cannot, sir." "Why, not, sir ?" answered the mer chant, angerly. "Because the goods are now in the yard, and it would - be a lie, sir." ' "I hope you will always be so particu lar," replied the merchant, turning upon his heel, and going away. Honest Frank did a hold, as well as a right, thing. What do you rappose hap pened to him ? Did he lose his place ? No; quite different. The merchant was too shrewd to turn away who would not write a lying letter. He knew the untold value of such a youth, and at once made him his confidential clerk; BE A I\Lix.—The following good ad vice is clipped from an exc;ellent little pa per, called the Working Man: "Foolish spending is the father of pov erty. Do not be ashamed of bard work. .Work for the best salary or wages you can get, but work for half price rather than be idle. Be your own master, and do not let society or fashion swallow up your individuality—hat, coat and boots. Do not eat up or wear out all that you can earn. Compel your selfish body to spare something for profits saved. Be stingy to your own appetite, but merciful to others' necessities. Help others, and ask no help for yourself. fee that you are proud. Let your pride be of the right kind. Be too proud to be lazy ; too proud to give up without conquering every dif ficulty; too proud to wear a coat you can not afford to buy; too proudto be in com pany that you cannot keep up within ex pensees; too proud to be stingy." REFINED H031123.--SOMOM do we see a greater truth more beautiful expressed than this from the New York Nation "Refined homes are the end of civilization. All the work of the world ,. ` the the railreaci ing, navigating, digging, i tMving, , manu facturing, inventing, tesi.ebbg, writing, are done, first of all to i i secure to each family the quiet of its'Owns hearth, and, secondly, to surround as many as Foil ble with grace, and culture;and beauty., The work of all nations,. for five thousand, years, is represented in the difference be n : tween a Witpia,):u . -.p:nii:a lady's parlor." $2,00 PER YEAR NUMBER 27. Nlit and ,g 'tutor. What would a pig do who wished to build himself a habitation ? Tie a knot in his tail, and call a.pigs-tie. A riddle which ought never to have been printed : Why are engaged ladies like old. boots ? Because they are no good without their fellows. Next year is'leap or woman's year.— all unmarried men desiring to marry la dies of their choice are advised to do so before next January, as a general attack is threatened by the unmarried woman. A writer says that lovers are not aware Perhaps, that there is a vein which runs from the right finger of the left hand right straight to to the heart, and that when a lady offers you her left hand at parting, there is a meaning, in it—but forgets to tell the, meaning, which is quite important "The first bird I shot in Ameriky," said an Irish sportsman, "was a fork-upine pork-upine. I treed him under a hay stack, and shot him with a barn-shovel. The first time I hit him I missed him, and the second time I hit him I hinim the same place where I missed him the first time." A pious negro woman was once caught by her master stealing a goose, and the next Sundayshe partook of the communion, after which her master accosted her as fol lows; "Why, Hannah, I saw you to-day at the communion table." . "Yes, tank de Lord, masse. I was 'low ed to be dare wid de rest ob his family." "But, Hannah, I was surprised to see you there," he said. "How about-that— goose ?" She looked a little surprised, as if she did not understand the question, but catch ing the meaning, exclaimed: "Why, sah, do you tink l'se agoin' to let an ole goose stand atween me an' my Maker ?" Quicx Wonxs.—Several years ago, when new churches were erected, and pros perity dawned upon Virginia City, a cer tain earnest clergyman, on a Sunday morning, was eshortingthose with anx ious and troubled conscience to be sure and call on their pastor for guidance and prayer. Said he, "To show you my brethren, the blessed results of these visits with your pastor, I will state to you that only yes terday, a gentleman of wealth called up on me for counsel and instruction ; and now to-day my friends—to-day—he sits among us a happy husband, and a father and* a christian. A Young lady in the audience whisper ed to a matron. "Wasn' tthat pretty quick work ?" Sam at Fort Donaldson. "Were you in the fight, Sam r "Had a little taste of it, sa." "Stood your ground, did you?" "No. sa, I runs." "Ran at the first fire, did you?" "Yes, sa, and would. hab run sooner, had I knowed it war comin." "Why, that wasn,t very creditable .to your courage." "Dat isn't in my line, sa—cookin's my perfeshun." "Well, but have you no regard for your reputation ?" "Reputation's nub to me by de side of life." "Do you consider your life worth more than other people's 1 1 " "It's worth more to me, sa." "Then you must vabie it very highly ?" "Yes, sa, I does— more dan all dis wuld—more dan a million ob dollars, sa, for what would dot be wuth to a man wid de bier' out of him? Self-preserbash un amu de fust law widme." "But why should you act upon a dif ferent rule from other men 2" "Because different men, set different values upon dar lives-mine is not in de • market." qßut if you lost it, you would have the satisfaction of knowing that you died for your country." "What satisfaction would that be to me when de power ob feelin' was 'gone ?" "Then patriotism and honor are noth ing to you ?" "Nuifin,whatever, sa—l regard them as'among de vanities." "If our soldiers were all likeu, traitors might have broken up the Gov ernment without resistance:" • "Yes, sa, dar would hab been no help for it, I wouldn't put my life in de scale , 'ginst any Goberment dat eber existed,' tbr no Gobernment could replace de loss to me.". "Do you think any of your company would have missed you if you had been killed ?" "May be not, sa—a dead white man ain't much to dese sojers. let alone a nig: , a—but I'd a missed myself, and dat was- de pint wid me," There is a mysterious feeling of sad ness that frequently passes like a cloud o ver the spirit, It comes on the soul in the busy bustle of life, in the social cit% cle, in the calm and silent retreat of sol itude. Its power is alike supreme over the weak.. and the iron-hearted. At one time it is caused by a single thought a cress the mind. Again a sound will come booming across the ocean of memo ry, gloomy and solemtvas the death knell, overelmdo*lng all the bright hopes and sunny feelings of the heart. Who can de scribe it, and yet, who has not felt its be- Wildering iufluenCes ? Still it is a deli.' cious sort of sorrow, and like a cloud dimming the sunshine of the river, al thOugh casting the momentary• shade of gloom, it enhanc6 the beauty of return ing