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TOXIEUM 26.:
0 '64.*
—The 'brorrze -bust-of John -Howard
Payne - was formally unveiled at isrospect
ra*,,Brooklyn, afeii W . Toeks ago. ~Sogreat
was fhe„eioirdhat it seemed atifttougliall
Brooklyn ha d gathered todo homage to the
'.memory of the 'author:of "Home, Sweet
Home." The immortal melody of rify,nd
was tuing.by the school children, the uudi
-.ewe joining in the chorus. .Mr. John G.
axe then recited the following ode written
'for the 'occasion by'hintt
'To hiin' who' eitiz ".1-fonii,.Sicriet
In strains so meet the simple lay
Has thrilled a waillion hearts, we come
A.,nntion's grateful - deht to pay..
natfoikam the .Bust ralsei
no-!. can lifeless lips prolong
—Yame's trumpet_voice_? The poet's praise
Lives in the made of his song !
• 11.
'The noble dead we fondly seek
, To honor with applauding breath ;
;Unheeded fall the words we speak,
Upon '.`the dull, cold i3ar..h of death."
..-Y.e.i.,..notArt.stain_tbe_spoken word •
llor.vaiii. the/monument we raise;
rt s quit er tro s our
To,catcli.the•nobleness' we praise!,
•COlUnibia's:ssons—we share his fame;
'Tits for ourselves the bust we rear,
'That they who make the • graven name,
:May know the name to us is dear:
_Dear as. the home the.exile see 3—
'The fairest spot beneath the sky—
Mhere,.first—upoz a =Other's knees—
die slept, and where he yearns to die.
.f.V.
. , . .
But-not alone the )yric fire
Was.his ; the Drama's muse can tell
His genius could a Kean, inspire ;
A Kemble•owned his intigic spell.
A . :Kean, to "Brutus" self so true •
'(As truwto.Art and Nature's laws),
Ile•seemed .the man the poet drew
.And share with him the town's applause
Xinds.hearts and•brave, with truth severe,
Ho drew, unconscious, from his own;
.0 natUre rare! But pilgrim's here
Will.oft nest say, in . pensive tone.
'With reverent face and lifted hand.
" 'Twas he—by Fortune forced to troam—
Who,lomeless in arforeign land,
• So sweetly sang the joys of home !"
gliscgilautous grading.
'THE DOUBLE DISCOVERY.
BY BERTHA ELIZABETH PIES.
"Yes, mother, I think that will be our
.only way, until I can eet something to
do," said Nellie Gordon, a beautiful girl
of fourteen, to her widowed mother, as
they spoke.of the , future,--a futttre so lone
.and drear to the - ir bereaved hearts.
They had been rich.
They were pi)or now. Six sionths on
ly had passed *ince Nellie's father's death
But during that time what sad changes
had swept. away the happiness of the late
.Judge Gordon's home ! Husband and
father, brother and 'son lost, the home
stead and its . furniture sold—yes, even
the family portraits too—to satisfy clam
orous creditors.
Too proud to remain ii. Boston, where
.she had moved among the highest, Mrs.
Gordon and Nellie had come to• New
York, resolved to seek a livelihood in
humble life, and under an assumed name.
Having rented a small room. Mrs. Gordon
had gladly accepted the position of house
;keeper in the family of Mr. Love, and re
turned to inform her daughter.
‘lres, Nellie, there .are but three in
fajor Love's family beside the servants ;
himself, his daughter Lottle, and a little
boy?'
"A sad change it is for me, my child.
,A few monhts ago the envied wife of a
popular and supposed wealthy Judge, and
r►ow to become the housekeeper of a stran
ger, as poor, penniless Mm. Black."
`'Crod help us, dear mother."
"God helps these that help themselv es ,"
replied the widow, as she kissed the weep
ing girl. "You must remain here, I fear,
for a few days, for I am obliged to begin
my services immediately."
They parted, and Nellie went forth to
seek employment. Disappointment and
rebuff had almost crushed the spirit of the
young. girl, when her eye caught this ad
vertisement
WAFTED —A young lady as eompan•
ion for an invalid lady. Wages liberal
and treatment as one of the family. Ap•
ply at No. 6 street .
The blood rushed warmly to Nellie's
pale cheeks as she read this. and she mur
mured:
"Ah, if I Can but obtain that place!
It is not far from where dear mother is.
But it is probably filled by this tine l
must try —I can but fail, as I have been
failing all day."
With breathless haste she hurried on
until she arrived at the advertised num
ber, a handsome cottage, surrounded by
a large flower gqrden, and timidly made
known her business to the. invalid lady,
Mrs. Leon. Fortune favored her, and
she was at once engaged.
Weeks passed on ; and as an intimacy
existed between the families of Major
Love and Mrs. Leon, the mother and
daughter often met, and in secret wept
over the past, and encouraged each .other
against the present and future.
Mrs. Gordon saw but little_ of _Major
,Love, to whom she was. known only as
Mrs. Black the housekeeper • but at last
daughter Lottie graduated at..,s,4lisii
nt school, and came home to live with
er father.
Mrs. Gordon then learned bow fond
:nd preitid of this only daughterivias the
alm and stately Major Love:* Theltind
nd amiable manners of Lottie - at once
-ndeared her to Mrs. Gordon, whose heart
was ever..yeariiing toward the young.—
: tie, too, reminded the widow_ of her
ellie, whom she could not always have
'vith her. Though ofdifferent- st,yles_ of
eauty—Nie liiibeing a blenire,:and Lot.
ie. a ,brunette--their manners were re
.
arkably alike. • . ,
Mrs. Leon, the invalid;bad-beeoineit
: ched to her young and : patient:Coil 'an
on, and treated her more :=•:
hail one lur‘ - 6 ,-- d tahe mere .companion.
earing lest it might be discovered 'by
.ome of their inquisitive farther legum
es that sheaad her daughter - had become
-o pressed by want'as- to be forced to- fill
ositions 'RlO:lost' Mrs: 4Gordori
nd Nellie had -kept. `their- relationship
.ecret; and admitted only a remote tie of
-indred, niid simiTarit3> ofinitine."'''"
They - little dreamed that these piticau,_
ions were fillhig with anguiS4 the 'heart
f who:dearly hived' them, , and'. who
as seeking day and night 'to , find what
ad become of the willovir" and daughter
f Judge Henry Gordon; " • •
----- Nordiitthereverglance-at—tho—daily_
ewsna tem or certaml • the , would have
seen this startling ! vertisement:
$l,OOO Reward will lie paid to any one
who shall discover the whereabouts of
Mrs. Helen Gordon, widow of the late
Judge Henry Gordon, of Boston., or of
his daughter :Nellie. Address, A. P. Love,
No.-- t Wall St., N. Y.
Thus weeks passed on, until Nellie and
Lottie had become 'as intimate friends as
their different positions allowed; and Nel
lie learned that Lottie had fallen in love
with a young gentleman whom she had
met on her graduation . day, and' whom
she called by the rather indefinite name
of "My Harry."
Lottie would not reveal more of the
name of this mysterious lover, - whose love
had been read by her in his steady, ad
miring eyes; nor did Nellie cue to know
more. She simply said :
"I love the name, Lottie, for my poor
dead brother was named 'Harry. He went
away to fight for the Union when that
dreadful war broke out, and we heard he
was Willed in Georgia, just AS the war was
ended. Harry !—it is a dear and sad
name to me."
"To me, too,"sighed Lottie, "but I
really do not know my Harry's last name,
Nellie. I heard some one call him Har
ry, and no more."
"Poor brother !" sobbed Nellie; "he
was brave and he loved the Union.' He
did not go to fight for riches or renown,
but for the flag of Washington. Like
thousands of others,
he left a loud moth
er and sister and a happy home, and died
one of the unknown defenders of our
country."
"I have heard of a brave soldier nam
ed Black," said Lottie.
"Oh, yes !" cried Nellie, "but my bro
ther's name was not—Oh, I mean the sol
dier of whom you speak was not my bro
ther;' and fearing to 'say more she bur
ried away.
"I wonder," thought Lottie. musingly,
"if her brother had lived, and was hand
some like Nellie, and so noble of heart,
and had met me, if I should have loved
him No, not if in the meantime I had
etehanged glances with my Harry."
Not many days afier this conversation,
a young gentleman sprang from a car
riage on Wall street and hurried into the
office of >lr. Love, and presented himself
to that gentleman, saying:
"I see you offer a "reward for the dis
covert' of Mrs. Gordon and her daugh
ter—"
"Yes, yes," replied Mr. Love, eagerly,
and interrupting him ; "gladly will I pay
that reward. have you discovered' where
they are ?"
"Oh, no 1 I am seeking them, and came
here hoping that you have heard—"
"Nothing 1 absolutely nothing," again
interrupted Major Love. "Very strange.
Judge Gordon was my class•mate at Cam
bridge years ago; never saw his wife.—
He lived in Boston and I in New York.
He died suddenly. I did not hear of his
my desire, to my family. I never receiv
ed 'a reply. As soon as I was able I re
turned to Boston, and found that my fa
ther had died, my mother and sister had
disappeared. I have a friend who has
aided me to search for them, but I can
not longer draw on his purse."
"Draw on mine," cried the Major,
grssping the young man by the hand.—
"Why, bless me l I have a fortune in the '
bank for you, your mother and your sister.
Your father deposited over a hundred
thousand dollartein ray hands the year
FAMILY Ti; LOCAL AND GEIFERAM ETC.
WA.YNESBORir, FRANKLIN 13011Nri:t:PA. 1 .*T i gy;ritspAy l NOVEMBER 6, 1873.
before he died. That was oue reason
why. ladvertised: Conn), we will put
our heads' together and seek in the Miss
ing ones. - Here is the number of my ies=
idence; you' must make my house your
home while you remain in New York:--,
BY the way-we will not speak , of this to
day—time enough for that to-morrow.—
This is my daughter's birthday. I have
a little party at in_y house in honor'of the
event,,to•night. - :You -promise to' comet
To-morrow. you shall come and live with
us, and we will move.heaven and earth to
find ',four inottier,ini"or lady. - Here, yoU
rnarneed_money to_pay_your-frietuLwifitt
you owe hini,7 -
"This is my friend," ail&
don,ins a tall-young luau. entered the•of
fice.‘ "Captain' Waverley Major Love.
We fought ,agaiust
,cach, other for four
oth' believe North and South should be
like brotheris agaih. To his care I 'owe'
my
"Say no more," interrupted ,Captain
Waverley," for some of your Northern
people saved mine," and were kind to me
Harry, and- 'there are 'warm heeds on
both sides."
your-friend,with you,--Harry,'!_
said Major .love, warmly., "1 .mast at-.
tend to business„ and not, pleasure, until
we meet at my. house'
'He parted with the . ' young gentlemen
cordially and. Harry sighed as .he re
turned to their hotel, . for the strange Ails
_app_earLinea_pf his mother and sister laid
heavily upon his heart.
home thilit evening, he was greatly pleas
ed with the. preparations Mrs. Gordon
bad madelfor the party. . s•
"Hal" he said ; as he rubbed his hands
and surveyed the parfors, "you are a val.,
uable woman. I know the falki
Will enjoy themselves, Mrs. Black."- , -
Then as he glanced over the stylish
supper table and its splendid array.'; set
forth under the supervision of Nrs. Gor-•
don with admirable taste, he.said,:
"Mrs. Black, I am proud of you. So is
Lottie. By the - way, you and nip friend
Mrs. Leon have become great - friends. I
hope you aud She—being the only =t
ried ladies to be present—will take entire
charge of the whole affair, That beauti-
ful girl, I 4 ellie Black, must be here - too.
Very good, indeed,' Mt's. Black. It is
very plain that you understand all these
things as well• as my wife did." .
Mrs. Gorden hurried away, fearing that
be, well known to her as the college friend
of her dead husband, might perceive her
emotion, for the scene and the occasion
recalled the happy days of her Wedded
life.
The party was at its gayest when Mrs.
Gorden, attired in black crape, had acea•
sion to enter one of the parlors. Her calm,
sad face beamed with amazement as her
eyes fell upon a young gentleman just
entering with a friend, and at, the same
moment she heard Major Love call out,
as he grasped the hand of one of these two
gentlemen :
"Ha, better late than never, Harry Gor-
den. Let me introduce .you to—"
But here Nellie uttered a cry of joy
and surprise, and sprang forward, threw
her arms around Harry Gordon, exclaim
ing :
"Brother I dear brother! Not dead?
thank God, not dead !"
"Nellie! darling Nellie!" cried Harry,
as h•; drew his sister to his bosom. "And
where is—" mother, he would have said,
but with a great sob of inexpressible hap•
piness, that mother rushed forward and
pressed her lips to his, to his brow, to his
cheeks, his eyes, and then sank into . his
arms almost lifeless.
There was much confusion and wonder
then amid the gay throng around ;. but
delight, surprise, and Hearty congratula
tions followed, during which Lottie whis
pered, as she trembled and blushed :
"Oh, Nellie, your brother is—my Har
ry r
Happy indeed was that meting of moth
er and son, brother and sister—so happy
that the reader must imagine what I can
not describe.
Major Love us wild with wonder, and
delight, and so was everybody else ; and
so happy a birthday party never was be
fore. nor since.
Well, my story is done. Lottie. is Mrs.
Harry Gorden now. Nellie is soon to
wed Captain Waverly. Mrs. Gordon, re•
stored to the position she adorned while
!band lived, is calm and happy,
there is a whisper that Major Love
pleased with her skill as a house
, that he is suspected of wishing to
ter his wife.
turv.l--Apart from its worth as an
Ile trait of character, ciyility is a
le commodity. Every one 'who
liness to transact should add civil
tis stock in trade. It costs noth
tile it vastly facilitates trade and
There are business men and wo
to make fortunes simply by civil
teir'wares or their services are no
probably than the stock in trade
r crusty. neighbors, .But, baying
then a business, or adopted a pro
they are wise enough to know
tat ever is to be done successfully
to done with a good grace and with
will. They do not show by their
or that they consider everybody an
intruder, but act in the persuasion that
everybody may be made friendly. They
do not treat people as though they were
in-a hurry to be done with them at once
and forever, but as though even a casual
caller may be cultivated into an acquain
tance and made a constant custAmer. To
neglect the small courtesies of life is to
insure neglect for yourself. And the rea
son that some persons are successful is
that they invite,, strangers to become
friends by civility, while the others repel
even Friends by the want of courtesy.
~J' ~.
611)11111E
There's a beautilhl song oat*, -slumbrous
air
That drifts through the im110"of drums,
It comes froma clime where the roses were,
And a.tuneful heart and bright brOsint hair
ThaVvalked In,the morning beams.— •
Soft'eyna ntasare and eyes of broil"; , -
And snow-whi te
, for e heads are there A
glimmering C r and a glittiiirig Crown
A thorny'tied and a Conch of down. '
Lost hopes and-lesifietii:of Innyiet :
A rosy wreath -in.& dimpled hand.'
. A ring and a slighted - mow ;
Three golden links-on a broken mend,,
A tlnntnitele on the snow-white sand, ,„
y,
0
There's as tincture of grief in the, beautiful
" In g . 7 •
That sobs,on thespzunernir.,
And loneliness felt testivillirong ,
!Halts dowii in soul as it tisifiNia along
IYona ilimeivberd Cie roties";are. • '
We hesid day,, 3
Audit mingled with nuttin chimes;,
But yeais o llive distancedthe
AIM thetotly .Ilow.eth .""
And we call it now "01'd Tithes." "
- , I9 O YPtrY-:;4ce- r
_Goxerrtio Seymizar's.add rms ,atthe
rat New York Fair-jn Ertica~, last pie le
"In the first place, t• e inan'adistricitrefr
the country' abd lives hilt' Must' knbui
more 'than the.dwellers. in: the , tities:and
town .
..His life, is re.ore.solitpry, and self,
centered.. :Objecps and excitemr . suts are
not constantly, brought to hie utteliticiii
by others. Heirrustworkliut•bis
dens and interests.: , .HOw aid:wherelitobc
to find those objects of interest wilickarf4
necessary to •keep his in a state of
healthy - activity bud , enjeryfrienter. l To
prove that these objeets...areo; be fennd
in the country, I would „call, attention. up,
the • tact that almost evely. President or
b'y
the American peopluietiredcto:theirfatrna
after they had closed ;the labors of active.
life. •They•fekin4,l l 3PPingas rendlcoat44-
meut in the cultivaden.of the find in
the study of 'nature. Look at the career
of Washington; Adams, JeffeMcni',' Nadi
son and Webster,
"and how. deeply they
enjoyed; after all their experience:of -the
honors centered upon them, the retire
meat to the'scenes in which they" found
subjects to gratify , their :tastes 'and' em
ploy their minds. If such men could'be
content with farm life, we should also. be
able to find happiness under, tike
cumstanoes. We do not need great intel
lects to see and fe 1 what they' saiv and
felt. Farmers lit e in' God's museum of
wonders, and all 'that is , needed , : on , their'
part is to open their eyes and see, to op
en and expand tin it minds-lind
Our happiness does not deperidupott the
way the world looks upon un,, but upon
the way we look upon the world in its so.
cial and material gasped; " :ell ap t
parently live in the same world and' look
upon the some .objects, yet irt - truth all
these things,bear differeat,aspelets to each
man, according to his knowledge and Ids
tastes. One sees all'artnind him beauty,
design and usefulneSs,.Where to' the eye of
another all is unmeaning. and unsatisfac
tory. In these respects the world in tibial
men live differs au muchtie' the bowies
end homes in which they spend theirlives,
and this difference is made by these vary
ing degrees of intelligence. We are mak
ing progress towards higher and better
standards of taste and education.' All
men feel an interest in things and objects
which they understand. When -a ,man
says be has no .taste for country life, he
says, in feet, that be does not know - about
the great truth, beauties and wonders of
nature."
'hen a man is'eenteneed to be eieented,
as the time appointed draws nigh, many
people are heard to .remark, "Well, one
day more of poor-----'a time has gone."
Yt ddes not appear to, occur .to the care.
less outside observer. that this no truer
of the prisoner than of himself end'every
one slap—that • another, of his days ? ,bas
gone, and that be is just as absolutely_ one
deny nearer to his own death tui ififidooin.
ed prisoner is to his: t is a niaierap•
proach to .death which 'the condemned
makes a ccmmon pace with all the living,
only the day. °lbis doom •is known• to-him
while that of others is concealed .from
them.
Mercifully concealed; too ; for how Ulna
would
would the enjoyment of t his , life be • de.
miuished, if we knew beforehand j ustrwheu
we would be obliged ,to, gdit it?
The uncertainty when we are to. go;
the expectation of ;lying in our ow)) homes,
with our last hours consoled by the sitter).
tion of kindred and friends, and sustain•
ed hopes: inspired by religion, these
considerations rob Death, come when it
may, of much of its terror, and lead us
to . look, upon it rather ea the peaceful
close of life's labors. •
The wealth that.comes easily is about
the most unsubstantial thing in the world.
The laws of acquisition are the only
laws which teach us to preserve wealth,
and these can only be leased during the
process of acquisition. The man who gots
suddenly wealthy attempts to use the
wings of riches to fly with; instead of clip•
ping them to prevent the flight of his pos
sessions.
Everything that tends to discompose
or agitate the mind, whether it is .exces
sive sorrow, rage or fear, love or despair
short, whatever acts violently en our
mental faculties - tends to injure their
health.
-A Thousand Boys Wanted.
There are always boys enough in the
market, but some of them are of.very
lit
tle'use. The kinl that a - re'always want
ed are—: '
is -Hbnestd'
2. Pure.
.3.
4. 'Active.-
5. Iddustrfoui:
' Fully one thousand firstratv places'are
open for it thousand boys who , come up to
this standard.
__Each-boy-can_suit2his-taste-as to-the
kind of litisiness' he -would prefer. The
pluCes are ready in every kind of occupa
tion. . • • •
Many of these places of trade and art
are alreaq . filled by boys who lack some
e=in
of-thost tmpeita urt-point.ST-birt-th-ey—t'
will soon be vacint.
Otte brim office not far From where we
write. The lad who has the situation is
losing his first pOirit. He likes to attend
the singing salmi and the theatre. This
alas morp money than he can afford, but
somehow he manages to be there frequent
ly.
His employ4rs are quietly watching
to_learii_ lied , he OM so much spending b t
niAiiep ; 'they' will soon discozei — a leakin ,
the moriedrawer,:detect th honest boy,
and liis,place will be ready- for some one l ung '
win is now getting ready for it by obser, '' ung
ving . poiikt No. 1, and beingg truthful irk ef lt
I coulL
all - his ways.. the watt.
Some sithittiOns will goon be vacant be
cause -
t•thTilioye-rhuve—been—poisoned—bv I foam
• t.--3 u--1... ° tr""
not - dare to , Show theiriathers, and would
be ashamid to have mothers see.
Tho.imptlro thoughts suggested by these
-books - vgill - lettd — t(Tvicicius § - cp;:tlitiboys
will be' 'ruined luid'their plaOesi must be
OM. • •
-Who wilt baready for one of these va
eancies I
Distinguished' lawyers; useful ministers
ekiefi'physitians,"successful'meroliants
Must all :soon: leave their places for some
hodyelso t OIL One.by one they are're
inoved by, death. . . ,
Mind 7pur
_ten' P ; ther will
.
--r f
piepare )I.ll'lo - step into - vacancies in the
front rank. .r. 4 • •
'Every maxv.wtto,is worthy to employ a
boy is looking for you if you have these
points.
. Do wit Sear that you' will be overlook-
A; young person having those qualities
will shine as plainlY . as a stir at night.
,We have named ten points that go to
wards making up the character of a suc
cessful boy, so that•thercan be very easi
ly remembered.
You can , imagin e one on each finger,
atid`a Veer; 'diem 'in Mind; - they Will be
worth more than diamond rings, and you
will then never be ashamed to "show your
hand."
Pride iz cheap and common ;, you kan
find it all the way down from the Monark
oa his throne tew the rooster on his dung-
The tithe spent in learning tew phkidle
a patzsiblc,ttle on one string,wud enable
a man tew - heciime as elegant shumaker.
Man .iz. thC only thing. created . ' with
reason; and still lae is the moat unreason
ble thing created.
I know Whit it is to' be a grandpa—
itg alive. - • • - -
''Respectability in theze times depends
a , griod.dettl on a man's•bank account.
Tbareis,alind of curiosity which is
very common amungstpholks, and which
prompts them to see how near they kan
go tew a mule's heels rind not git hit.
, Silence is; safe. The - man who hasn't
spoke alwus hes the advantage ov him
who haz. -- • - -
A. paibrott in a private famila iz about
az, treeless az a second attack ov the mea
sles, and make more trubble than taking
a ekhoolniom tew board.
A. regnlar, old-fasbionedthorobred lie
don't do much . hurt--it ii the half breeds
that do. the.misebief,.: : .
- I,fied plenty oypeu pie, who Itie yvilling
tewtell yoiull,they youtelrthein
all you kilo, but the 'Misery o' the trade
iz they don't Itno much.•. • .
Jtiz just as natral kr. phellow
te'ir give advise, az it is teur grunt. ,
Tha,M is only One' impulse ov th e hu
man heait that iz alike. in ti.ll,7and -that
iz : - :
GETTit4O READY TO ntriiiTY.—Tbat
is exactly what the winii Of ns' are doing;
We are not ready -to- be - -hapPr_ to-day,
this week, this yvar; but'to•merrow, next
month, another yeariour mipofjoy :
full. - When ,the prOmised flint), comes,
and'the tionO 4 of hOpes hi a certain - direc- -
dim Ali reached, 'health may be Wanting,
friends dead, and life, however_full of all
we thought would - rnakeitrich and worth
the hiving,-be empty" and dreary. But
he who 'takes the best of now.air - d: here'
and enjoys it,*puts himself into
. p9session
of that which cannot be taken away. •
Certainly: it is right to provide for the
rainy . diy, in health" to pregiare for sick
nese, In youth lay up-for old age ; but
there is much more, time than . man/ of us
think, white doing this, to be happy in
the present, and there are a thousand
paths to happiness. if we but have the
skill and the desire to find them.
We are too eager in the pursuit of some
far off result to take time to be happy .
to-day. How often do we look back on
years that have . • fled, and see many ele
ments of truest enjoyment, which at the
time we took no notice of, and which,
could we count than in now, would fill
oull cup of joy to overflowing. ' Shall we
learn no lesson from this?
If the lsbornof•the iikeenre-taker could
be turned to practical account, how much
it Would benefit the world, and perhaps
himself. ' .
.
A correspondent of the New York Sun
who has recently been interviewing the
Great Salt Lake, in Utah, - repiise . , nts that
the waters of the lake have risen twenty
feet since the •Motmons first settled in U
tah, and much surrounding shore has been
submerged. He says :.
Tliere - ii - iiiyish-iirthe-GrEat=Salt-Lake.
The only living thing beneath its waters
is a worm about a quarter of an inch long.
This worm shows up beautiful under a
microscofie. When a storm arises the
worms_are=driven_ashore-bthousand&l
and devoured by black gulls. We found
It
a pure stream pouring into the lake. It
was filled with little chubs and shiners.
The fish became frightened and , wer e
driven down the brook into the briny wa
fek.:-:-.:4—..._.4......._...maheiLitErAvate
6. Obedient
7. Steady:.
B,obli!in
9. Polite.
10. Neat.
they came to the surface, belly upward},
and died.
The water is. remarkably buoyant.—
Eggs and potatoes float upon it like corks.
Mr. Rood and myself stripped and went
in swimming. I dove into the lake from
a long pier, which had been built for the
use of a small steamboat that formerly
plied upon waters. The sensation was
novel. The water was so salt that my
eyes_and_ears_began to smart, but so buoy
ant that I found no difficulty in floating
even when the air was exhausted in my
lungs. As I .struck out for the beach I
felt as light as a feather. In spite of all
I could do , my heels would fly up out of
the water.
I found it' impossible to stand upon the
ttom. Tliti-bmiparerof-the-water-and-
7.; iTt=Wily e
from under me. A person who could not
swill' might be easily drowned in five feet
of-head-would—go-down - like
a lump of lead, while his feet instantly
would fly up like a pair of ducks. The
water is as• clear as the water of Seneca
lake; - $o clear that the bottom could be
seen at the depth Of twenty feet.- When'
we reached the shore and crawled out up.
on the, staid in the light of the sun our
hodies were quickly coated , with salt., We
were compelled to go to the little Stream
from Which we' had driven the chubs and
and 'shiners and . .wash off in fresh water
before ,we put on our clothes. Our hair
was filled with particles of salt
,whieh
could not be wit.shed out. The Mormons
occasionally visit the lake in droves for
the purpose of bathing. Many of them
say that their health is improved by leav
ing the Salt on their bodies, and dressing
without wiping themselves with napkins.
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO THINK.—
Now if you would know what the effects
of thinking are, compare Athens with Chi
na. Here are three hundred millions of
people—more than one-third the human
race—whose history goes far back into re
mote antiquity, and who commeneed with
no small share of the arts and liciences,
but , who have .added not-a particle to
knowledge.nor taken one step in improve
ment ; whose own policy, is to prevent in
novation, and whose only power is to per
petuate succession. Here is another pea
ple whose population' does not exceed one
tenth that of Ohio, whose place ca n seem
ly be found on the map s who commenced
barbarians, yet who have given to the
world new , sciences and new arts,. and
whose mighty men infused into language
"Thoughts that breathe and words' that
burn;"
who reconquered them conquerors by the
43plrit of eloquence, and whose renown has
filled the earth. .
Whit makes this mighty difference ?
The• one learned to repeat, thin other to
think.
, BAD SPELLING.—In a recent number
of the Indiana School Journal the editor
says that while attending the State Insti
tute at Vincennes, Ind.', he offered a pre
mium to any member who would -spell
correctly ninety-five per cent of the fol.;
lowing words Emanate, surcingle, siphon,
conferrable, repellant, transcendent, el
ipsis, resurrection, resistible, saleable, in
corrigible, refutable, indispensable, dis
cernible chargeable, ostentatious, cater
pillar, tranquility, admissible. tenet.
The test was made, and, singular to relate,
out of the eighty-nine teachers present,
but one was able to perform the- feat.
Thirty-nitie mispellefl more than half of
the words and one missed all of. them.
These words look easy enough to spelt,
but we suggest that the teachers in our
public schools make a similar test, and
we are inclined to think they will be sur
prised at the number of words their
best scholars will be unable to spell cor
rectly.
A barefooted Ohio girl, wicy walked
co:miles to hire .ont to hoe corn, was ad
mired by a widower ; worth 850,000, and
the two are one pow. Isn't there a lesson
in this?
The lessoa'seems to be, that if she lied
nicely encased- her feet in leather and
prunella and hired out nail school mann,
she might have caught something better
than a - dried up old carmudgeon of a, wid
ower. -
• . sneer is the weapon of the• weak.—
Like other evil weapons it is always cun
ningly. to our hands, and there • more
poison in the handle than in the point.
But how many noble hearts haVe been
withered by its venomous stabs, and• fes
tered with• its subtle malignity.
. .
The more people do the more they can
dn. He that doernotbirig .renders him.
self ineapablaitif doing anything. While
we are eseeutingAne work ne,are prepar
ing to urviertake another.
Did, you ever kiln . .. Abe noise of a quartz.
crushing inaiiiine%When in fulleperation I
Wel lea wattling-10 the elatt*that-Would:
fill the world if .good r4Antionst were
=do of glass or On*L7ery,W,e-,-
The Great Salt Ilake.
$21;00 PER '-YEA $:
------ -.; - ~~~i~iJJw~--
I-I -a ult-_ll4-mit-r:-
Courting sleep is nothing to blush
' -
about:
-Therelig - nothing so effective; in bring-.
ing a man up to the scratch as .a healthy
and hi:h s;trited flea. , .
The ivenien takea lively interest •in the
farmers'. movement, They are,naturally
patrons of
.husbandry., , ,
11 - ygirls luas each other ; mailmen—
da not ?. Because - girls btive nothing;bet
er to lads; 'and men have:
.Unknown, ,hidden _sive art the". most
daugerous. Therefore the prophet ean, ,
`Cleange - toe`fam nf secret faults."
% t ie
. A Pqnpectic t t ai - " f t‘Wat
f who atole.-
er's waterinelons ' the seetiaback in a
letter, requesting h ' to plant them nettl,- ,
year; . . "'" .
Widows who have lost two husbands
are the only ladies who,. have as yet e
vinced ranch interest in the "third term'
question,
1•
' A good•hearted- but partiiillfdiaCiild—
ady is much disturbed hy the talkabout
the Kickapoo Indians. She dosciet see ,
why.anybody should kick a poor: Indi
an.
mina," cried a little *is!, rasliing
Broom iv": :
Mamma could not guess, when the little
one exelaithed, "Because .1 . have limbi;
mamma."
,
No actor, according' to 'the- Danbury
New's man, has yet been able to counter ,
fat that expression of joy, .which ; a man :
shows when discovering a ten-cent stamp ,
in his yapper of Tobacco.
,• , •
There it a young lady love in Wayne.• ,
boro' so indolent , that she does nothing
but sit and• hold her hands, and whetishe
gets tired ,of this, has a very accommoda
ting beau who,holds them for her. - •
A woman' in Uniontown, VirOie; re
cently fell down a well, Mid her 'hisband
rode.three miles to borrow, a. rope, when.
there was a ladder long enough for the
purpose leaning against the house.
A 'Rinses pastor , has wisely declined
an addition of $lOO to his salary.; gee'
that the hardest part of his labor hereto
fore has.,been the collection of his salary,,
and it would kill him to undertake to
collect 4,0100 more.
, I
Par Western purl, as a rule, spare -
neitherage, nor sex when a joke is wanted.,
For instance a Carsini CitY'Journal safes
"Our County Clerk can boast of a- wifi'
with the biggest feet and the longest nasep
of any female in the Territory."
lie boy in Georgetown ran into:
the honk the other day, crying nt-the'
top of his voice because another little ,
boy wouldn't let him 'putr, mud -on .bir
head with a shingle.. Some childrerLare ,
just like their parents .; ne.ticcOmiaodation
about them.. '
•
Of all the pies beneath the skies to bring
surprise to hungry eyes of weak or *wise,
no kind of pies the want supplies, and
binds the ties which anger tries when
storms arise, and with surmise our • tasto'
digests, who denies -the great surprise •of
pumpkin pies.
There was a deacon. in New York 'b y .
the name of Day, by_trade a cooper, One*
Sunday-he heard a number of -. boys _in
front,of his house, and went out, to atop ;
their Sabbath breaking. Assuming ~a
grave'countenance, he - said to them. -
"Boys, do you know what day this is ?"
"Yes, sir, "replied one of the buys, "Dee.
con Day, the cooper." , • •
The reporter of a Nashville piPer - who„
mentioning a young lady's decease,.toneb-1
ingly alluded to her as "one‘of the' bright..
eat jewels that everglittered in the dia.
dem aan earthly home ; one , of the pur
est stars that ever gleamed upon' the '
frontlet .of our social, skv ; one of the
sweetest flowers that ever 'bloomed' in .ths
garden of earliest aisociatiun," has had '
his salary increased to four dollars a'
month, half cash and the balance in cord- •
wood. •
A touching epitaph : '
Stranger, pause—
, Mir rule attend, „
' And learn the mise r
. .. Of Hannah's end.
Across the World' . • ' '
• '
The wind did blow. ~ . 1
She ketched a cold
What laid her low.. ' .. '
We shed a quart .
Of tears, 'tis true,
. But life is qhort- 7 •:.
Aged eighty-two. .
. , ,
To keep warm on a cohtday, the Nvo.
Melt double the Cape' add the men thio f
.•• • •
Horn. , , ,• .
"Sam," said• a darkey ebony bro-:
then, "how axe it dat_di yartelegraf ent
ries de news froo dem wir,eer "337,e11,:
Caesar, now s'pose dar •iirilf7n4Og"` fees
miles long." "Nebber ;W1.% t
dog ; do'n b'lieb dat !" "
a minit ; I'se only
„.
,0,7;7Ynal .stupid
ntgga. No*, dis rata - dok,' , ,yoil t :isee, jest.
puts his front feet onAhe Hoboken iiiho.P -
"Yesser." "He'll bark, wotet,hell74 s-.
see'. "Well, wllerta
"In Hoboken; r ealelate.” — "Pia. am
1 3 . 8 it. You ~Vilksglt fli,jl9olllo iit
ark, an' he :I"ll4le:gobokipi, an!ialat t
Fn i dikrky de
1 4 3141 * - P f49 1 0° "PiAtit goPr," •
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