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Allut gottru
• • i1a...(1 , 031' • - •
There's a green little Eiriot civered over with
flowcars . ,
• •'
A Sweet little nook,' that we cell by-gone
hours; , • •
And the gernewthat,,bedeekit are the names
of dear friends,
Which shall blossom in beauty till life's sea
soii ends:
, .
lie may miss each sweet face;and the dear
welcome sound .
Of-naanes4hat€oryees
found ;
But engraVed on the heart's. secret tablet
they stand, " .
And revive at the touch ,of fond - memory's
wand. .
some quietly sleep' in the still; silent grave;
"Perhaps some_repose 'neath the ocein'sAlark
some nave wandered afar; but, wherever
they be,
Their names are still dear to the heart's
memory
These were bright days of joy iire shall nev-
• •
er fortet,
When the cheek with the tear - ofgrief Inv
er was wet.
And it seemed that life's snmmer.time al
ways would last : •
But we I°4 at them.now through the veil
of the past. •
And we speak of them now as the dear by
gone hours,
That memory plants with the fairest of
flowers,
To waft all their fragrance adown the long
years,
Causing rainbows to smile through life's
showers of tears.
a:tsunami's pleading.
THE WILL.
Toward the end, of a gusty October da
about the year 1830, a barrister of the"
Temple was sitting reading; when the o
pening of a door and the servant's • an
nouncement of "a gentleman" interrupted
him., He rose •to receive his.visitor, who
proved to be a perfect stranger ; a person
of very gentlemanly but 'extremely tad
fashioned appearance. He wasAressed in
a,grave-colored suit of antiquecut; a neat,
tight gray wig surrounded his serious and
even solemn physiognomy ; silk stockings
rolled at the knee, enormous shoebuckels
of gold, a cane headed with the same met
al, and, a , broad-brimmed and uncooked
hat completed his equipment, which was
in the fashion of the last years of William
the Third or the first of his successor.—
Having stiffly bowed in the exact way
prescribed ,by the" etiquette of the era to
which he seemed' to belong, he took pos
session of the chair ofered to him by his
host, and, after a preparatory hem, thus
began, in a slow and serious manner
. 1
"I think, sir, you are the lawyer em
ployed by the S— family, whose proper
ty in Yorkshire you are therefore aware
is about to be sold."
• "I have; sir." answered,' the ..barrister,
"full instructions and potters to Complete
the disposal of it, which, though a painful
duty, to. me, must be performed."
"It is a duty• you may dispense with,"
said, the 'Visitor, waving his hand "the
property need not be sold." -
"May -I presume to ask, sir, whether
you arc any re ion to the Jim:lily ? If
so, you mus acquainted witlythe
solute essity of selling it, in' conse
quence of the claim of another branch of
the family, just returned from beyond the
sea, who as heir-at-law, is naturally pos-
Sessor of the estate in delimit of a will to
the contrary, and who desires its valuein
money instead of the land. The ,present
possessor is unable to buy it, and must
therefore depart."
"You -are mistaken," replied the old
gentlemen, rather testily. "You seem not
to know of the will of Mr. S—'s great
grandfather,' by` which he not only left
that, his real.estate, to his favorite grand
son, this gentleman's father,--but even en
tailed it on his great-great-great grand
son."
"Such a will, sir," said the barrister,
"was, indeed, supposed for many years to
exist, and in virtue of' it Mr. S—has, un
til now, peaceably enjoyed the property';
but, on the claimant's application, a re
newed search having been made for it,
either the belief proves vitally unfound
ed,•or it has been lost or destroyed. Cab
inets, chests, every room, inhabited and
uninhabited, have been ransacked in vain.
Mr. S—has now given up all hope of find.:
ing it. The sale is to be completed in
the course of next week, and the fine old
place must pass into the hands of strang
ers"
"You are mistaken again, young man,"
said the stranger , striking his cane on the
floor. "I say, sir, the will exists ! Go im
mediately," continued he, in an authora
tive tone ; "travel night and day. You
may save an old family from disgrace and
ruin." In the end room of.the left wing,
now uninhabited, is a closet in the wall."
"We have looked there," interrupted
the barrister.
"Silence, sir ! There is a closet, I say ;
in that closet is a large iron chest ; that
chest has a false bottom, and underneath
that is the de3d. I am certain of what I
say. I saw the paper deposited there, no
matter when or by whom. Go ; you will
find it worth your trouble. My name, sir,
is:Hugh I am - pots nosir, personally
known , tA) tho proprietor. ofi.s.l7)jalli, r but
I am his relation,;apd have,his ,welfare at
heart. Xeiject not.to fOIIOW MY , advice."
'So saying, " the - old gentleniair rade, 1,4,4iin
bowed, and at ihA' door pueoti".bis , tiat
a. fashion: that would, have: ienchantbd an
elegance-of- Queen Anne's. day, and, slid=
ing. the silken string of his can on the
finger of his right hand; on _which 114 . la
wyer luid . .remailed a very fine Airilliant
ring, he descended the stairs and depart.
ed,.leaving the barriater in the utmost as
lonishment. At first he felt half inclined
to consider - the whole as a hoax ;11iep; a
gain, when he thought'orthe • ge#le
man's 'grave manner. and the. intiinate
.krinwledga hi3iinust have possessed,of the
,house to be
- .able to 4sprbe theidos.o; Bo
exactly in which the, chest was, be could
not buthelieve hiin 'to be sineergi '" -
' . ronf4l xliberatiOnOie
decided , upon immediate 'departure and
•arrivedon the evening ofithe fourth day
at S—, Hall. Tlie sale bad been the only
theme of conversation, at every . place he
had passed throtiih Within twenty miles
of his destination, and much'andloudly
was it lamented that the 'squire, should
be leaving)tis_houseibrev_er, and thatpoor.
Mr. John would, never enjoy his rights, as
they persisted in calling the possession 6(
the estate.' Oh his entrance' into the man
sion, signs of approaching removal 'every
wheremet his eye. - Packages filled the
hall; • servants, with sorrowful counte
nances, were hurrying about, and the
family were lingering sadly, over the last
dinner they, were ever to partake of in
their old; regrked house. •
Mr. S—.greeted'his
,friend with a sur
prise which changed to incredulity when ,
the barrister, requesting his . private ear,
declared the season of his appearance.
"It cannot be," , said he. "Is it likely
that no one should ever have heard of the
hiding of the deed'but the old gentleman
you mention .? Depend upon it, you have
been deceived, my dear friend. lam on
ly sorry you should have taken so much
trouble to se little pUrpose."
The barrister mentioned the name ,of
his visitor.
"Hugh S—!" exclaimed the Gentleman
laughing ; "I have not a relation in the
world of that name
"It is worth the trying, however," said
the lawyer, "and, since I have come so
far, I will finish the adventure.
Mr. S—, seeing his friend so determin
ed, at length consented to satisfy him; and
accompanied him toward the apartment
he , specified. ' As they crossed one of the
rooms in theirway, he suddenly stopped
before a large full-length, picture.
"For Heaven's sake," cried he, "who is
this?"
"My grand-uncle," -returned Mr. S—,
"a good old fellow as ever lived. I wish
with all my heart he was alive now ;, but
he 'has been dead these thirty yeari."
"What was his name?" '
"Hugh S—, the only one of theTamily
of that name."
"That is the man who called:upon •me.
Mi . dress, his hat, his very ring are there."
They proceeded to the closet, lifted the
false• bottom of the trunk, and—found the
deed ! .•, ; •
Tie kind old - uncle was never, again
seen.
' LAND OF WONDERS.—The• greatest
1 cataract in the world. is the falls of the.
Niagara, where; the, water from the great
' upper lakes corals a river ,O three-fourth
of' a mile in width, and then,' being suds
qienly contracted, 'plunges over the rocks
in: two .colums•to a depth of 17( : feet. The
greatest cave in the world is the: Mam
moth' Cave in Kentucky, where any one'
Cali make a voyage On the water subter
ranean rives and catch fish without:eyes.
The greatest river in the known world is
the Mississippi, 4,000 miles long. The
largest valley-in the world -is the Valley
of the Mississippi. , It contains 500,000
square miles, and i, one of the most fer,
tile regions of the globe. The greatest
city Park in the world is in Philadelphia.
It contains over 5,000 'acres.. The greatest
grain port in the world is in Chicago.—
The largest lake in the world is Lake Su ;
porior, which-is truly an inland-sea, being
430-miles long and 1,000 feet deep. The
largest Railroad at present is the Pacific,
Over 2,ooo . miles in length. The greatest
mass of solid iron in the World is the
mountain of Missouri. It is'34o' feet high
and two miles' in curcuit. The best spe-:
-chnen of Grecian architecture iu theworld
is the Girard College for Orphans, Phila-.
delphia. The largest aqueduct the
world)is the Croton aqueduct; N. 'Y. Itt
cost $12,000,000. The largest deposits of
anthracite coal in the world are in Penn
sylvania, the mines which supply the mar
ket with millions of tons annually, and
appear to be inexhaustible.—American
Engineer.
OUTWARD BEAUTY.—Believe me, there
is many a road into our hearts besides our
ears and brains ; many a sight, rind many
a sound, and accent, even of which we
have never thought at all, sinks into our
memory, and helps to shape our charac
ters ; and thus children brought up among
beautiful sights and sweet sounds, will
most likely show the fruiti of their nurs
ing by , thoughtfulness, and affection,
and nobleness of mind, even by the.ex
pression of the countenance. Those who
live in towns should carefully remember
this, for their oWn sakes; for their wives'
sakes, for their children's sakes. Never
lose an opportunity. of seeing ; ' nytbing
beautiful. Beauty is God's handwriting.
--ymvayside sacrament ; welcome it in ev-,
er fair face, every fair sky, every fair
flower, and thank, for it, Him, ( the four-,
tarn of all loveliness, and think ,rtin aim
ply and earnestly, with all your eyes ; it
is a charmed draught, a cup of blessing.
Water !reddens the rose ; whiskey Ai
nose ; and tight boots, the toes. • '
WAYNESBORO";'FR
,
• t': Early!;Marriages: ,
„Therelhaydleeniso .atany:articles pub.:
i°:;fictlf ) ; ,, Tow°P,liettl 3 iPlYstr,atiVP of
.tfia4Y(l,izt-ages,4lWaP arising froth. wily
rdarrlaged, - ,thit , we' ' tenOt'ed•' to' give
'the' folroWing.;-•oit the iithestlaide - of:the
question....
:Th-'e' , practic'eLo r f early; iiiarriagedj, so
commoitin• the United,: States, •is one of
i the worst features of •society. ;Under. the
Ancmt fayerable.eiraumstances,.iftvolm_too_
Many cOniiderations;and'entalls too , ma
ny liabilities 'all' parties tii''be entered
into r ithout deep and, serious refieitiod.
It' enough wh'erfyonng people love'
.eactrother• tdthinlethat :they cannot live•
apart ; but it is notAvellLotio4 l / I f9.!P,INto
to t0g 1 .7 7itht%t' PP IO .4994EAYI BI 9Th ibr •
the faun. The
,cotiiiiion" saying that
cost 'no 'more to 'maintain' tvo' theft one 'is
a fallaey,'Whichis eVeb , dardisposed to
- tlrc - satiefaction'Totiff - dellider tdirW. — .l3 - e?
bodies,a,nd minds of the yeung .
nedd deieloinient, in the school'of experi
ence:' What Could helightly . borne at ,
thirtretnitild be their4nin'at"eighteen. l : ll :
.Nattire t rat that lags has' not ripe,nedl , us, I
ipontally• plAysically,andall premature
dev9lopme n ts •mupt be f_earfully atoned'
for- in-after . ndw
ita
-
'own Weaktiess. - Ladling . depth 'and
sound juidgnient, :what 3t,' , ador'es today,
it is:often indifferent , to; orti the morrow.
Men, have married: oulthe strength of first
affections and Awakened from 'the:dream
to 'find themselires utterly and irreirieira
bly miserable. There is 'a halo, about
'youth it is not well to trust over-muth.—
.Better mistrust it altogether, and depend
upon manhood, in the future. The affec
tion that cannot "learn'to' labor 'and to
wait,",can never endure for any length of
time. • •
Aboire all others the' poor should avoid
early marriages. In a single state,'pov
erty is hard' enough •to endure ; but the
double poverty of marriage is net - te be
yond endurance- Occasionally when ro
bust health and industry are vouchsafed
these difficulties may be surmounted ; but
when this is•not the case—and how fre
quently is it so in early marriages—want
and distress soon.' rob love of its charm
and life of its bloom. Affection will not
make the pot boil, neither will it pay the
house rent and buy new dresses. Whitt
was irksome to 'be .bOrne also, becomes
doubly so -when "the law has bound its
victim , to 'another for life. • Then••there
are 'the innocents, who .should not suffer,
but who do suffer, for 'the folly' of their
parents. .The..thousands, of ragged, idle
and vicious children in our streets and
poOrlionees are' the' fruits of early and
iniprovident 'irfarritigeb, and half the•inie.:
cry of the poorer classes results. from: the.
same cause. ,I3ukrich : or poor, the gen
erality, of early marriages are unhappy,
and should serve as warnings to the young
and ardent who contemplate such folly.
An Infant in the Ohio Elver.
..Ileturning,ort•a steamer from New Orr
leans, we were esPecially;interested in one
lady passenger—a widow with one child
—whose''devotion to' her child was very
tonehin,g. Tears stde ' diin the eyes of 'her
black nurse, as she besought her mistress
"not tellove her 'babe' too much ; or the
Lord would take him away from her.' , ' •
We passed through the canal at Louis
ville, and stopPeda • few' :minutes. •at !the
wharf. The nurse walked-, out with the;
guard. at , the stern , of , the, boat, when by a.
sudden effort the child sprang from her
aims'into t the swi ft carrel - it that' swept to
ward the , falls; and entirely disappeared.'
The confussion which ensued attracted ,
the attention of a gentleman hastily
asked for some article of ,clothing_the
child had worn.. Thenurse give him.
tiny aptoii she had torn off in trying to
retain her hold. .• Turning to a splendid
Newfoundland dog that 1-vas:, • eagerly.
wAlettit% his . counteuance,!he,pointedfirst
to the apron, and then, the place where the
child sank. 'ln,'an'ingtant i the`bilble 'd'og
leaped - into the' rushing 'tivitter'iind ''disap
peared.:•••• ;. ;;. ! -• !. • •
.11y this ; time
.the excitement was in- -
Ouse, and .some person.s•op. shore, snppos
ing' the dog was lost as Well as the child,
procured 'a• boat and started in 'search of
the' Just at. this •thement the • dog •
wati,seen-far away with something in his
month,. , Bravely he struggled with the
current, but it was evident his strength
was 'failin'g,' and f in'ore'' than ono breast '
gars' a'sigti of relitf 'as the boat reached'
him;and it was announced that the - child ,
and it wereltill,ahve., They brought the
child preserveron shore. ,•
Vitha'Single glance to satisfy' :herself
that heilialk , was reirlYv living, she riish
ed fol Ward, *sinking beside the dog, threw
her arms around his, neck, and burst into
tears. Not many could•view the sight
unmoved ; as she kissed his shaggy head,
she looked up.a4,his owner and said: •
- "Oh! sir, I must haie this noble dog!
I am 'Hell ;' take whatever you'will but
giVe me only child's preserver.
• The gentleman• smiles, and, Italie patted'
his dog's•head, said.;: • •
.
"I am very glad, mada m, that he has
beep of service to you, but•nothing in the
world eoull induce me to part withhim." ,
The dog looked as If he perfectly un
derstood what they said, and, giving his
side a , shake, laid , himself down at his
master's feet; with an
,expression in his'
large' eyes that' said plainer than words,
"No, nothing shall part üb.'x . •
A oaptive robin has gust ied";in Troy
at the age of sixteen years:' For the first
ten years uf his imprisoned Jifethe was
very musical, singing from morning till
night: 'Since' then he has been less 'active,
and his head 'and' neelilieCiime wholly
destitute of feathers.. 'For 'the last year
he has.beenitotally blind; .not being able
to find his perch, and he-bas remained
constantly on the bottom' . of cage.
• . •; • •
' Read the advertisements.
IN COUNTY, pit., THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1873.
BIit.INUROBBIAL
Be 'careful. ye, whose wedded hearts
'‘" Are lovingly 'united`r •
Be heedful, lest an enemy
. • Steal on you ,uninvitedl •
A little r wily, serpent form •
With graceful., luring posies—
Or, coming in, a different gise,
thorn among the ,roses !
Be careful, ye, whose marriage bells
Now, merrily are ringing ;
Be-heedful of the bitter word,
The answer keen and 'stinging—
The iharp retort, the angry eye
• It'S vividlightning flashing—
The rock on which so many hopes
- A$ daily, hourly, dashing. •
" ' "Bear and forbear," the only *tip
---Tirtremtlife's - prith - gloge er, •
Then come and welcome. shining' sun,
Or come dark, cloudy weather ; •
Two wedded hearts, conjoined in one,
That cannot live asunder,
HaVe put Love's armor on— • ..
woriklciok on 'and' wonder !
p . ie,,Geysq Region.
One who has visited.the wonderful Gey
ser region:in.the YellOWstone NatiOnal
Park, near the line of 'the Northern Pa
cific Railroad, expresses the belief that
this:collection of natural marvels will be
ofinore importance to the revenues of the
railroad in. the multitudes of tourists it
will attracf;than would be a-city-oMI,
000 peoplif Midway 'on the route. Hon.
N. T. Langford, Government Superinten
dent of the Park, says, in a recent official
report :
" There are 2000 hot springs, large and
small, in this basin, and of this number
probably 2QO are Geysers. The whole
basiu-is—enveloped in steamand-seercit
a distance, is like the approach to a clus
ter of manufactories. The Geysers pro
ject water with terrific force, and in fabu
lous quantities, and hi every conceivable
form, to heights varying from twenty to
two hundred and fifty feet. These seen in
the rays of a midday sun, or in the beams
of a full moon. are inexpressibly grand.
Unlike any' other scenery in the world,
they amaze the beholder by their magni•
tulle and novelty. _* * * * * *
Ten miles farther down the river are
the two great cataracts, and the Grand
Canyon' of the Yellowstone, perhaps the
most stupendous elements in the Park.—
The upper fall is 115 feet in height; the
lower, which, plunges directly into the
Canyon,• is 350 feet, and the Canyon it
self, Varying froia one to' three thousand
feet iii depth, is forty miles in length, and
for the whole distance presents to the eye
the most wonderful chasm in the world.
Juts of hot vapor issue from its sides, and
color them with the most brilliant dyes of
nature. From its profound depths stars
are visible in the day time.
Nothing has been, nothing can be said,
tis magnify the wonders of this national
pleasure ground. It is all, and more
than all, that it has been represented. In
the tataltigue of earthly wonders it is the
greateSt, and must ever remain so. It
confers 'a distinctive character upon our
most uniqueselements of nature nre com
bined, seemingly to produce, upon, the
most stupendous scale, an exhibition un
like 'any other upon the globe. It should
be'stistatned. 'Our government, having
adopted it, should fosteriti and. render it
accessible to ;the - people of 411 lands, who,
in future time, will come in crowds •to
visit it.
l'he Art of, Cousining.
A country. gentleman •lately arrived at,
Boston, and immediately, repaired to the.
honk; of a relative ' a lady who bad mar
ried a merchant. The parties were glad
to see him, and invited him to'niake their
house his , halite,' ashe declared his inten
tion of remaining in the city only. , a day •
or tvTo. The husband of the lady, ettx
to show his attention to a relative and
friend of his wife, took the gentleman's
horse to a livery •stable in Hanover street.
Finally his visit became a visitation, and
the merchant • found, after the lapse of
eleven days, besides lodging and board
the gentleman, a pretty considerable
bill lia'd run up at the livery stable. Ac.
cordingly he went to the man who kept
the, livery stable, and told him when ; the
gentleman took 14s horse he would pay thebill.
•
"Veiy well," said the stable keeper, "I
understand you."
Accordingly in a short time, the coun
try gentleman went to the stable and el.-
dered Es horse to be got ready. The bill
of course was'presented to him.
"Cv," said the gentleman,
my relative, will pay this. ,
"Very good, sir," said the stable keep
er, "please get an order from Mr. —.
It will be the same as money." '
The horse was put up again, and down
went; the country gentleman to the Long
Wharf, where the mamba kept.
"Well," said he, am going now."
"Are you," said the.gentleman. " Well,
goad-bye, sir." '
"Well, about my horse ; the man said
the bill raust.be paid for his keeping."
. "Well, I suppose that is all very right,
sir."
"Yes—well. but you know I'm your
wite's Cousin." • .
,`-'1 7. 435 t ,'! said the merchant, "I know you
are,,hu,t your , horse is not."'
A Lancaster county girl agreed to kiss
a.yoUng man every day for two year* if
be ,would quit smoking. He has made
nightly pilgrimages to the garden gate
anclJeceived the promised reward for six
months, but she has taking to eating on
ions and garlic, and he is getting thin.—
He avows his determination to stay with
her, however, and we believe he will, for
such is - love. •
Be Always Neat.
Some folks are very charming at even
ing parties but surprise them in the morn
ing when not looking for, company, and
'the enchantment is :gone. There is good
sense in the following" advice to young
ladies :
Tour everyday toilet is part of your
character. A little girl who looks lilts a
"fury" or a "sloven" in the morning is
notto'betrusted, however finely shimay
look in the evening. No matter how
bumble, a room may be, there are eight
things it should contain'; a mirror, wash
stand, soap, towel, comb, hair brush, nail
biush and tooth brush. These are lust
as essential as your breakfast before which
y.ou Should make good 'use of them. Pa
rents
who fail to provide their children
with such appliances not only make a
_greaLtaistnke, but-commit-a-sin-of-omis—
sion.
Look tidy in the morning, and after
dinner work is over, improve your toilet.
Make it a rdle of your daily life to "dress
up" for the afternoon. Your dress may
or need not be anything better than cali
co, but with a ribbon or some hit.of orna
ment you can have an air of self-respect
and- satisfaction that invariably comes
with being well-dresseck
A -girl with fine sensibilities cannot
elp feeling embarrassed and -awkward
in a fagged and dirty dress, with hair Un
kempt, should a stranger or a neighbor
come in. Moreover, your self-respect
should demand the decent apparreling of
tour bod • . You should El . • a
to look as well as you can, even if you
know nobody will see you but yourself.
Help One Another.
This little sentence should be written
on every heart,slamped on every mem
ory. It should 'be the golden rule prac
tide, not only in every—householdbut - 1
throughout the world. By helping one
another we not only remove thorns from
the pathway and anxiety from the mind,
but we feel a sense. of pleasure in our
hearts, knowing we are doing a duty to
a fellow creature.
A helping hand or an encouraging word
is no loss to us, yet it ,is a benefit to oth
ers. Who has 'not felt the power of a lit
tle sentence? Who has . not needed the
encouragement and aid' a kind friend?
How soothing wheit perplexed with some
task that is both difficult and burden
some, to feel a gentle hand on the shoul
der, and to hear a kind voice whispering,
"Do not be discouraged ; I see your trou
bles, let me help you." What strength
is inspired, hope, created, what swcet grat
itude is felt ; and the great difficulty dis 7
solves as dew before the sunshine. Yes,
let us help 'one another, by endeavoring
to strengthen and encourage the weak ;
and lifting the burden of care from the
weary and oppressed, that life may glide
smoothly on, and the fount of bitterness
yield sweet waters; and He, whose will
ing hand is ever ready to aid us, will re
ward our bumble endeavors, and every
good deed will be "bread upon the water,
to return after many days," if not to us,
at least to those we love.
A GRECIAN THINKER.—A Sophist
wishing to-puzzle Thalesthe Milesian, one
of the wise men of Greece, proposed to
him the. following difficult questions in
rapid succession. The Philosopher re
plied to them all without the least hesi
tation;and with how much propriety and
with how much propriety and decision
our readers can judge , for themselves :
What is the oldest of all things?
God—because he always existed,
What is the most beautiful ?
The world—because it is the work of
,Goa.
What is the greatest of all things?
Space—because it contains all that is
created.
What is the quickest of all things ?
Thought—because in a moment it can
fly to the end of the universe.
What is the strongest?
Necessity—because it makes men face
all the, dangers of life.
What is the most difficult?' '
To know yourself.
What is the most constant?
Hope—because it still remains with
man after he has lost everything else.
Luther and Melancthon.
On a certain occasion a.messenger was
sent to Jou4ter to inform him that Me
lancthen Was dying. He at once hasten
ed to his Pick'bed, and found him present
ing sev,Ml signs of the nearness of death.
He mournfully bent over him ; and, sob
bing, gave utteranee to a sorrowful excla
mation. This' roused Melancthon from
his stupor; he looked into the face of Lu
ther, and said, "0, Luther, is it you ?
Why don't you let me depart in peace?"
"We cannot spare you'yet, Philip," was
the .reply. Turning around, he fell up
on his knees, and fervently wrestled with.
God for his friend's recovery for upwards
of an hour; he then went from his knees
to the bed, and took him by the hand.—
Again Melanethon said, "Dear Luther,
why don't you let me depart in peace ?"
"No, no, Philip, we cannot spare you yet
from the field of labor," was the reply.—
Luther then ordered some soup, andkwhen
Melancthon declined to take it, saying,
"Dear Luther, why will you not. let me
go home and be at rest ?" "We cannot
spare you yet, Philip," was still there
ply. He then added, - "Philip, take this
soup, or I will excommunicate you." The
sick man took the soup, and soon com
menced to grow better, regained his wont
ed health, and labored for years in the
cause of the Reformation. When Luther
returned home.he said to his wife, with a
bounding joy, "God gave me my brother
Melanethon back in direct answer to pray
er."
Pay* a you go.
The Lie of a Lifetime
A solicitor of the, town of,Ross, in Here
fordshire, England, named J. H. Skyrme,
died suddenly a few weeks ago. Few.men
to all appearances, are more sincerely
mourned than he was. All the newspa
pers in the' neighborhood published lau
datory obituaries ;• societies passed resolu
tions of respect and condolence ; the shops
of the town were closed on the day of his
- funeralT ---- He - was-reporte - d - to - be4ich, and
had been universally respected. There
was, apparently no doubt, nor reason for
any, that the life which bad just do:
had-been- an—unustmliyikon-orable
prosperous one • and yet the necessary in
vestigation
of his affairs revealed alniost
-immediately that he was very far from
such a man as his neighbors and:friends
had supposed. His, whole life had. been
a~iQ, and bicLbppinpq.4 _transactions—were
based on forgery. Pretending to' make
investments for his clients, he had appro
priated their money . to his own use,', and
imposed sham mortgages upon them Its a
pretended security for their loans. Ho
had also forged other papers, had pledged
his 'Clients' title deeds, and 'left his bank
account overdrawn to the amount of twen
ty thousand pounds. Almost all his neigh
bors were his victims, and he left no as
sets. He is now supposed to have poison
ed himselfto avoid exposure, which could
not have been far off.
MILK AEI MEDICINE.—The London
Milk Journal says, on the authority of
Dr. Benjamin Clarke, that in the East
warm mi is use , to a great ex
tent 4.9 a specific for diarrhoea. Aipint
every four hours will check the most vio
lent diarrhcea, stomach-ache, incipient
cholera and dyssentery. The milk should
never be boiled, but only heated suffici
ently to be agreeably warm, not too hot
to drink. Milk_which _ll as_been_boiled_
is unfit for use. This writer gives several
instances to show the value of this sub
stance in arresting this disease, among
which is the following. The writer says,
"It has never failed in curing in six or
twelve hours, and I have tried it, I think,
fifty times. I have also given it to a dy
ing man who had been subject to dysen
tery eight months, latterly accompanied
by one continual diarrhcea, and it acted
on him like a charm. In two days his
diarrhcea was gone, in three weeks he be
came a hale, fat man, and now nothing
that may, occur will ever shake his faith
in hat milk.
That ,clergyman out in Indianapolis,
while preaching his sermon one Sunday
evening, perceived a young man and
young woman under the gaiety in the act
of kissing each other behind a hymn book,
did not loose his temper. He did not fly
into an unseemingly rage, and call upon
the sexton to rush up the aisle and dis
band the rioters. No ! He remained
calm. He beamed mildly at the offender
over his spectacles, and when the young
man kissed., her the fifteenth time, he
merely broke down his sermon short in
in the middle of "thirdly," and offered a
fervent prayer in behalf of the young man
with the pink necktie, and the maiden in
the blue bonnet and gray shawl, who were
profaning the sanctuary by kissing one
another in pew No. 68. And the congre
gation said "Amen." Then' the woman
suddenly pulled her veil down, and the
young man sat there and swore softly to
himself. He does not go to church as
much now as he did.
Timm BITE.-A sailor went into , a
shop in Milwaukee and purchased goods
to the amount of fitly cents. Throwing
down a bill, he sOd:'"There's a' two-dol
lar bill . ; give me the change." . • 'A glance
showed the storekeeper that the bill was
a,"V," and hastily sweeping it into the
drawer, he gave back the change. After
Jack was gone the man went to the draw
er and found that the' bill was a "V," to
be sate, but'a little the Worst counterfeit
he, ever seen. Indignant at the treatment
Jack was found by the storekeeper and
threatened ; but Jack was ready and
showed by a comrade that be received
but a dollar and a half in - change, so he
could not have given the man the bill.—
After a little talk the matter was allow
ed to drop by the storekeeper, who proba
bly learned something he did not know
before.
•THE LAW MAT IS - WANTED."•A well
known minister, Speaking at a recent tem
perance onvention. in Boston describing
the kind of law. we need on the subject of,
temperance, said,We want another law, passed, talked, written up. • preached eve
rywhere, and that is the law of individu•
al self-control, which makes a man feel
his responsibility to other men and to his
God. When we have created that idea
of self-respeet we may trust a man every-
Where; though grog •shops may be as thick
as holes in the ice in the spring." If tem
perance people bad bent their energies in
this direction twenty-five years ago, the
temperance cause would stand on a better
footing to-day.
Larry F— tells a good story of one
of the luaggage-m asters at a station on the
Boston and Albany Railroad, a fat, good
natured droll follow, whose jokes have be
come quite popular• on the road.- His
name is Bill. A few mornings since, while
in the performance of his duty of changing
baggage, an ugly little Scotch terrier got
in ills way, and he gave him a smart kick,
which sent him over the track yelping.—
The• owner of the dog soon appeared in
high dudgeon, wanting to know why he
kicked his dog.
"Was that your dog?". asked Bill.
"Certainly it was ; what right have
you to kick him ?"
"He's mad I" said Bill.
"No, he's not mad, either," said the
owner.
"Well, I should be, if anybody kicked
J me in that way," responded Bill.
$2,00 PER YEAR,
m'it aud alantor.
I "Weight for the wagon,',' sang the fat
,lady.
Spots on the sou — freckles on your
boy's face.
,A-Maine-roan-has put up ; oo-leis land
sign reading, "No guniN aloud Jlear.'.'
)ur minerals," is tliellettli
asking a p• -OD '..tA
A German doctor maintains that la.- t:
dies of weak nerves should not hp perrilift
tad M sleep alone. Who said they shciiih32
• -hotel-in—Giape-Street;Syraeuse - , - br:
fore which there is alarge watering trough
has a sign bearing the suggestive words,
"Milkmen's Retreat." .
An old bachelor, who supposed himself
to be woman-proof, unexpectedly. fount
himself caught the other day in the mesh
s of a bru-nette.:: •
An Irishinan havindbeen told thatttig
price ofbread had'been lowered exdlaiiiiz ••
ed, "This is the first time I ever rejoiced
at the fa ll of my best friend."
•
We.all need resistance to our errors on
every side. Woe unto us TThen all men*
s . eak "
all men shall give way to us !
"It's a very solemn thing to be mar
ried 1" said Aunt Hamer. "Yes, but it's
a deal more solemn not to be," said bliss
Bartlet, a spinster, aged forty.
ji,_greater_tban_that_of_Niagaxa,
Yosemite or Mammoth Cave, though each.
of these is, in itself, without parallel. But
the most grandest, Most wonderftil, and
"What makes a little dog wag his Min".
asked one darkey of another, "Cause de
dog is stronger dan de tail ; if de tail was
de strongest it would wag the dog would'ut ,
it, say ?"
Of all the disagreeable habits the world
is tormented with, scolding is the most
annoying. To hear a saw ftle4or hear
a peacock scream, or an Indiaal yell, is
music compared with it.
. Busy not thyself in searching into other
men's lives ; the errors, of thy , own are,
more than thou canst answer for. It more
concerns thee to mend one fault in thyself
than to find out a thousand' in others.
A man assigned to a room in a hotel,
at Sedalia ; Mo., founiia lady's night-gown
that had been forgotten by the lady occu
pant. He sent it to the clerk with the
message i "This of no use to me etaP
ty."
"My dear sir," said a dying parishoner
to his clergyman, "if I should will the
church $lO,OOO, would it improve my
prospects in the next world 2' "I can't
assure you it would ; but there would be
no harm in trying.
A stranger, seated at a table of his pi
ous host, commenced eating 'When WS
host, checking him,'said; "We 'say some
thing before taking food." To which the
stranger replied, "Talk, onaq4At turn
my stomach now." . ,
•- • ;
"Ma'am," said a littlebof mridav".
school teacher, "is coffer-danAirearine"
"No, my dear, what makes you ask r
"Only that Uncle, John said, !,',Jiadn't it
been for Ayer's Cherry PeCtentl, Malt
Lucy would cough4r-dam head off."
A lady dealer in hair goods down east,
heads her advertisement in the local news-,
paper With this travesty, by Dr. Faits : .
"How vain are all things here
beTow—
How Eilse and yet how fair!
But if for false things you will go, I
Invest at once in hair."
George Maley, a famous Methodist
preacher, once in addressing himself. es- -
pecially to the colored people of-his con
gregation, cried out: "Yqu,
,may dear.
black brethren; God bless your , black,
greasy hides! when'yOu get-to heaVen, you
will be jappanned all over frith' 00rj,."
"Papa didn't
,you whip mtoncefor, bit
ing' Tommy ?"
"Yes, my child ; and you hurt him ye
ry Much." • ' • . . "
"Well then, papa, you •ought to whip
sister's music teacher, too ; he bit, sister
yesterday afternoon right on the cheek,_
and I know it hurt her, becauSe' she put
her arms around his neck and died to'
choke him."
. One of the custom-house officials on the
dock yesterday observed a woman coming
off the boat with a bundle iu Mr arms,
and as he thought she rather sought to e
vade him he, he f►llciwed her and said,
"Please unroll that bundle; itlooks rath•
er suspicious." "Perhaps it does," repli
ed the woman, uncovering the head and
face of a bright-eyed baby,' "but I've got
seven more of 'em on the other side." •
The Utica Herald says : the man who
thought anybody could milk a cow. don't
think so' any more. He-bought . a cow '
yesterday, and last evening took a new, •
tin pail and raison box, and started for
the stable. Be revolved out of the stable,
through a window in just three minutes: ''
At the same time the tin pail was Ileord•
wandering among the rafters, and the rai
son box came bounding of the door.. The.
hired girl made a reconnoisantie hilforee,' '
and reported that the cow was .standii.
on her horns_ o to speak, and _5y.72 , -.lf!!g: 7
her hind legs fur new worlds to .compter..
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