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The soul that slumbers to awake Alike to joy and pain, And every memory of the past Is sure LID come again. - - The_youthful - heart, - untried-by ear But dreams of days ben); e, The old heart lives on memories Of days that-are-no-more. There is another world to come Whose gateway is the tomb, Where voices will - be 'ear. again Beyond the hidden gloom. Where friends we have loved and lost Will find an endless day, - "When human - hearts - and - human - hands Have crumbled to decay. And when the years have rolled away, When we no more are young; While other earthly voiees sing The songs that we have sung. }leaven's sr.nsnine, on t ytrou e Its beauty may I ,, store, And happy dreams may Come again Of days that are 110 more. ailinullaurous gradinff. LIFE -R 0 N . A REAL THE STORY OF A SECRET MARRIAGE AND ITS SEQUEL it long since there was published - in the Gazette au allusion to a romance which had for its home the village of Dundee, in Yates county. Since that time new and important lievelopments have appear ed in connection with that story, and we are now c•uabled to lay befbre our readers something of a connected narrative of the events hinted at. The story in its most barren statement of filets is one of strange anal rare romance, which will he tollow•ed ith the greatast interest, from the fact that the real denouneement of The drama atook place in t;. is city, ‘v her - e resides a ovar r e hcive or the lady who is the chief in it. i'artly from this relative— buries uul—whowho resides at No. 457 East IV:ital. street, and who is the sister: of the heroine in this live ro mance, and partly from scraps published in relation thereto, we gat her the story of Candace Talmadge, ?lee Biivea, substan tially as follows: In 1855 a gentleman of high birth and great wealth in England came to this country to travel for pleasure and to study the scenery and people of the New World. A toiler of nature in its most varied and picturesque charaeter,he spent some time in Central New York, going about among our beautiful lakes and tar rying upon 'their highly cultivated shores. In these rambles he came to the quiet vil lage of Dundee, where he made a home for some time with a Baptist clergyman named Currier. While there he fell into companionship with the daughter of a well-to-do gentleman by the name of Bliv en. The girl was at that time 16 years of age, handsome, engaging and dens!. ble. The acquaintance soon ripened into a sort of ronimitic friendship, and at last the foreigner, whom we may as well designate by his proper mime and title—Sir John Gordon Talmadge—offered hi, hand to Canclaceorhich was accepted. The di rect narrative is to effect,• that the two were united by Rev. Mr. Currier, who was pledged to secrecy concerning the mar riage for the term of one year. The par ents of Candace were not informed of the actionof their daughter,nor did she knowl edge of the secret marriage come to any of the villagers. Soon after the wedding Sir John left his young bride, and return ed to his home across the water; laying 'promised to record the marriage in due form as soon as he should arrive, and tidy ing additionally promised that he_would return within the year and take his wife to England. The year went past .and Sir John - did not come. Meantime Rev. Mr. Currier, the only person in America besides the young wife who knew of the transaction, died and his secret died with him. An .other year passed, and five, then ten, al most twenty, and still the waited for hus band did not return to make good his promises, nor did any tidings, we• under stand, teach the ears of Candace-concern ing him; At last, in March last, we be klieve, :through the instrumentality of a .personal advertisement in ode of the New 'York papers, the _long silence was broken, .and tidings-for- which- the Dundee bride, ~ i ieny.growT tir almost middle Age . had so song waitediwere received: - It apßearathatthe return of Si Jahn 'f.o England ~without AMerieari Avaalkirthe purpose,of arranging matters Atitisfaetoriiy With;bispa rents,Who :would-be in .cijikseCto.receiyeitis bride if. he Wen - *ken to Ahem *.ithout.'prior *nowledge.,uf -their while out riding witiLlAisAutp9PA*Bajr• his horses . took fright and ran away threw the two out, killing his mother and Very seriously injuring Sir John. From the affliction, however,he recovered partially, and in due time set out for Ametica to reclaim his wife. As if adverse fate direct ed his every movement, when he reached Liverpool he was taken severely ill, and for a long time he lay vascillatiug, as it were, between life and death. Though recovering, his illness had so preyed on him that he became demented, in which condition be lived all tehse years,unable to make known the object for which he was journeying when sckness overtook him.— In the latter part of last winte,r, ganity strangely returned to the afflicted man, but only for a short interval before death relieved him of that life which had been a burden. During this lucid-interval - r-- collection of his earlier life came back to int r and-the-secret—wife in Dundee was uppermost in his thoughts. He made known to his brother, now Sir Alfred Tal madge, the true story of his marriage' in this country, willed his immense fortue of . $4 000 000- half - o • ter, and the other half to his wife in case sho might be found alive. He further pledged-his-brother-to send-a-special- mes senger to America, for the purpose of hunt ing up his wife. In arsuance of these sledges a messen- g - er was, as early as possiEle - ,tWttelire= mise of Sir John, despatched to this coon with instructions to find the bride by advertisement or by personal search. The advertising was done as we have seen, but t ie messenger,following the c irections giv en by the husband before death, came -from - w - York - tift - DuiTtlee soon afirr land ing. At the latter place be found the par ents of the lady, who directed him to El mira, where she was then visiting. This was in the latter part of May last. — On arriving in this citythe messenger inquired for the residence of Charles Row land, brother-in-law of the lady whom he Iw:ought. He repaired to that gentleman's residence, No. 47 East Water Street,where he found the long-waiting and long sought bride of twenty years ago. The lady hap. peue'l to be alone at the time the messen ger-called. The commingling of aston ishment, pleasure and Sorrow which con tended for mastery as the sadly romantic liii , itory of her long-ago bridegroom was unfolded, can be better imagined than told. . Soon after this document, Mrs. Talmadge went to Washington, where she is now liv ing with another sister. Mrs. Rowland was at first reluetant to say muelt abort the affitir, but she finally talked freely and interestingly eon-tattling her sisters ro mance. She stated that the front England left with her sister a coil siderable package, also letters and docu ments from her late husband. She said Candace talked little about the strange events, and it was probable she had gone to Washington for the purpose of avoid ing impertinent inquiries. Mrs. Talmadge had expressed herself entirely satisfied with the results of the strange messenger's visit, but whether or not the documents contained a conVeyance of the half of Sir John's estate, as it has been said he left it, Mrs. Rowland was not prepared to say. Candace has received a large number of communications from lawyers offering assistance in seeming the fortune abroad, but she was uniformly declined all such offers, saying that she had no need of le gal aid in the premises. It is understood by her friends that she will before a great while be visited by her brother-in-law, Sir Alfred Talmadge, with idiom she will go to England to possess her vast estate. The sister who shares equally with Sir Alfred also married against the parent's wishes. Her husband's name is Stanley. The last known of then they were at Key West, Florida. It is understood the surviving brother has instituted a search for this sis ter. Should she be found it' is likely a reunion of the family, including our Dun dee girl, will be had. Lady Talmadge's sister states that the clergyman who performed the secret mar riage twenty years ago came to her fath er's house two or Once times during the year of , pledged secrecy, evidently deter mined to reveal what he had done. His manner is now rememberedlo have been singular, but at the time it attracted no unusual attention. He was a Baptist cler gymanand the Blivens were Presbyter ians, and at the time we speak of no re lations socially required the singular calls from the former. It is also stated that the secrecy waa maintained at the solici tation of the bride, the husband having urged her to go with him to her home and make known their new relation. This she refused to do out of respect for her wishes respecting his own family. A correspon dence was maintained .after Talmadge left, but Candace was always careful to dispose of the letters; and steadfastly re tained the secret locked in her own heart. [Front the -Elmira (N. Y.) Gazette. A G 001) HousEwtFn.—A good bouse•- wife is one of the first blessings in the economy of life. Men put a great value on the housewife , qualifications of their partners' after marriage, however little they may weigh with them before; and there is. nothing whici tends more to mar the felicities of married life than reckless ness or. want of knowledge in the sew .houselteeper_of_the.dutimathickbelong to her station. Men admire beauty; and or der,. and system, in everything, and, men admire good fare. If these-are found in their dwellings, and are seasoned with good rnatpre'and good sense, men Will aigi their chief bujoyments at humeithey will love - their harries and their .partrieis, and Strive to - reciproeata: the-kind bihixtS of duty ,and 'Motheitt ,that study the 'welfare Of their ; daughtersthatappre elate the volpttof these trialifttiatibiii netiall7to acquire them. TAMItirrirEIVAPAPER-aDEVOTXD TO LITSZA.7OIEUI, 1.05 D GENERAL BaWS. ETC. _ • • WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1874. PERSEVERANCE, [The following essay was written by one of the pupils donneetcd with the Waynesboro' High Seool :] He spake a parable unto them to this end; that men-ought to pray, and not to faint. Luke-18, 1. The key to the parable lies in these in troductory words, and it is a great advan tage that it is so plainly given to us. Christ's object here is not to prove the value or duty of prayer, but to encourage men "al vat's to pray and not faint."- The answer may be long delayed, the continued effort may seem hopeless, but still He `would have us "to pray_an_not faint." When pressed by anxiety or grief, we find ourselves ready enough to do the first.— Out of a full heart prayer is poured forth with more or less faith in the An swer of prayer; and we find how true are the psalmist's words, "It is good for me to draw' hear unto God." But if there is something we ought tc lo===primething we ought not to do---faint; and here we fail. It is not easy to go on persevering in prayer when- no answer-comes;-and-it-is-easy-to faint and grow weary, and ibrget the sub ject, and turn to some other object of anx iety, and loose heart as to that which foi, y - 0 - 0 - erlW. so MC o our mug is and prayers. But, since the art of mak ing ourselves happy is only found in do ing good and making others happy, we find it hard to persevere And push on a- Mit -- and so r"" . so ninny disinclinations, and so muci averseness and disinterestedness on the part of those who have all the religious and educational advantages they could possibly desire. _ I say it is really discouraging, when we notice the fact, that after a whole year's -a ttending-divine-servicenanl pro yer-meet-- lugs, after a whole year's advantages of receiving thorough culture and discipline of mind and heart, at the bands of No. 1 instructors, there are so few inclinations on the part of those to become study, gen tle, quiet, and self-sacrificing—to become .nearer what they well know they ought to be.. Some, having heard and under stood many fine sermOns and good talks, very clearly see that they should pray to be delivered from Pharoah, the hard task masters—Hatred, Malice, Envy, Pride, Frivolity—and .cultivate self-sacrificing dispositions, charity towards all, and daily strive, by divine assistance, to attain to a state of ci.ltivation of mind and henrt,and do every thing with an eve single to the glory of God. But these things persons manifest such an averseness,disinclination, and disinterestedness, that to row against the tide appeals equally hard every day. But what a dark cloud appears to hang over us' when, after having obtained faith ful promises to try and do better,'all are dashed to the ground and ihshion and fri volity reign supreme. I think sometimes that some live without a thought of aught, save the present; and waste the precious years of life, not knowing what they are living for—not realizing that this state of existence is .. but the antiehamber to the great audience hall above. Men and wo men are brought into this world, receive shallow educations, marry for fancy, con venience, or pleasure, live a few years for self; die and go they know not whither.— Such thoughts crowd upon us. We can't deny them; hence we feel the necessity of asking help with renewed perseverance. If people instead of becoming intoxicated with worldly pleasures, and pursuing the giddy rounds of gaiety and fashion,would occasionally look in upon themselves—if they would not permit themselves to be come so absorbed with worldly affairs, as never to look beyond the present, they could add much to ill& what for they would know then what life really is —they would have better and clearer con ceptions of lifts duties and ends. Let us then persevere and strive to know oursel ves, and be what God designed us to be, happy and content, knowing that all of earth must soon pass away. Sept. 28, 1874. "GRATIS." A Strong Witness. Some*years ago a lawsuit occurred out of the destruction of a quantity of corn, belonging to a M. Wilson by hogs owned by Mr. Brown. Lotte owned eight hogs, and Wilson declared that they were all, in his field, and that, consequently, the havoc was immense. Brown protested that he did not believe any of his hogs were in Willson's field, but if any at all certainly nut more than one or two, and therefore the damages could not have been so great ztr represented, Wilson had ti witness on his side nam ed Jerry Parker, not a very bright young man but noted for laving a woudefful imagination. He came in late, and had not a very distinct idea as to how the case stood, but he had a very vague notion that it was for Wilson's interest to make the number of hogs appear as large as pos sible. When be took the witness-stand he was questioned by Wilson's lawyer.who asked; "Jerry,did you see the hogs in Mr. V son's corn-field, on the day in questiou'r "Yes, I did ;"replied Jerry; - "Do you know exactly how many there were ?" "No, I didn't count 'em but I'll take my oath there warp% less than thirty." The consternation. of ,Wilion and hi's lawyer at this unexpected Ve'ply, may be imagined; and it was not lessened when Brown's lawyer arose and said. "Taiur honor' as my client has only eight: hogs,'it is very evident that those .which destroyed 1114 : Wilson's corn be longed ote sotac•cmielse, and, therefore usk judgmeutlor the,,defaudani." , The covert gtnated-tbir request, anti pool; Wilson by., having too strong, a witaess, 1* !Ake case. • ' VIM YOU HUB BEVINTIEN, When the hay wits mown, May, In the years long api, - And while the western sky wits rich With sunset's rosy glow, Then band in band close linked we passed The dewy ricks between, • And I was one-and-twenty, May, . And you were seventeen. Your voice was low and sweet, May, Your way hair was brown, Your cheek was like the wild red rose That showered its petale down ; Your eyes were like the blue speedwell, With dewy moistured sheen, When I was one-and-twenty, May, And you were seventeen. The spring was in our hearts, May, And all its hopes were ours, And we were children in the fields, Among the opening flowers. Aye! Life was like a Summer day Amid the woodlandi7green, For I was one-and-twenty, May, And you were seventeen. - Though - gently changing Time, May, Has touched you in his flight ; Your voice has still-the old sweet tone Your eve the-0l • • • •••11 • And years can ne:•er, never change The heart you gave, I ween, When I was one-and-twenty, May, ,yonwere seventeen.-.--. Drops of Spr a y. Wishes never made tools. Proverbs are pickled truths. Nature is ever true to herself. After-darkness-cometh-light. - A slight debt makes a debtor.' avoid the danger of idleness. It is the lot of humanity to err. Rats will desert a sinking ship.. A cat in gloves catches no mice. An empty stomach has uo cars. Birds of feather flock together. Liberality never ruined anybody. Crooked logs make straight fires. Rirehes rarely bring contentment. Let every dog shake his own paw. The liberal soul shall be made fat. A competence is all we can enjoy. Eagles do not bring forth pigeons. A hungry man calls the cook lazy. After every tempest comes a calm. Next to no wife a good wife is best. It is a long road that has no turn. Necessity is the mother of invention.. Keep working if you would keep rising. A man when angry, is beside himself. Cowardly dogs bark the most loudly. As you have sown, so shall you reap. A personal action dies with the person. Wisdom is better than weapons of war. Go backward in order to leap the bet ter. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred. Self preservation is the first law of-na ture. He who would be free must strike the blow. He that ehagtiseth one,amendeth many. People will go their own way up loge's ladder. To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses. An act done against man's will is not his act. It is better to have a great soul than a great fist. • A grain of prudence is worth a lb. of craft. The house of the 'Wicked shall be over thrown. It is fair to derive instruction even from an enemy. Let hitn that is without sia, cast the first stone. Everything in nature tends to the good of mankind. If you sow the wind you will reap the whirl mud. If 'you would prosper, encourage your Louie paper. ' After a bad crop you should instantly bagin• to sow. ' ,• ' Honor Ole peace can only come from successful war. To have the best wife, you must have the heat - husband. ' - Do not let your honest convictions be laughed down. conquers. twice who restraineth him self in victory. It.proves a squeamish stomach to taste of thany,things., There is a greater desire to live long than to live well. Do not live for your own ceinfort and enjoyment alone. • - Regulate your expenditeres according to your...resources. -Liberality distinguishes itself in the manner. of .giving. .. , , Talkers. Did you ever See one young lady in a company try to do all the talking? I have seen this, and I must say.that I did not admire the lady very much. You have perhaps witnessed the same thing in some. body's parlor, and perhaps you were well pleased with the lady and considered her an excellent talker, and a ver4agreeable person. lam not a good conversasional ist—l cannot Calk easily and fluently— but I do not condemn good talkers on that account. But haven't vo l u seen talk ers - who tried to attract all the attention? Haven't you seen ladies who wanted to be "queens of the evening," and make all other ladies sink into significance? lam sure I have, and I have thought that the young lady talkers might have been en gaged in a more laudable kind of way. A young lady who does all the talking and endeavors to attract the attention of the young men, almost invariably suc ceeds for a short time. But some young men are sensible—and I rejoice greatly thereat—and they cannotaiways beguiled and beguiled into matrimony by a fluent talkor. I was talking to one of my gentleman -friends—on-this matter r alew-days ago.— Said I: 'You like smart people. Why don't you make yourself agreeable to Miss So- uw =so 'er apryvtutrot wor - er. "Oh." said he, couldn't think of vit —I don't want to win her. She is 'all talk and no cider.'" _ Now; gentlemen and ladies, just here 'sk V-- let me ask you to forgive me tor using the above slang phrase. My friend used it, and I was obliged to use it, too, if I re ported him correctly. Don't scold, and probably I will write a little sermon some Clay on "Slang Phrases." My friend is a sensible man, and can see -as-far-into-a-brick-wall as-any-other-per-- son. He could see that Miss So-and-so, was more of a; talker than a worker ' anti he didn't want to marry that sort of per son. 'He said it was all very well-to-be-a talker, very attractive, and to cut a figure generally, but after marriage romance is dropped, and we come down to stern real ity. My friend is a poor man and be wants a wife that can keep a house, cook a din ner, and wash dishes. Wouldn't a man think "the times were sadly out of joint" if he should come in for his dinner some day, and his wife should sit down and give 1 , him fifteen minutes' graceful, easy silvery talk, instead of bread, coffee,, meat and po tatoes? As Thompson says, "Talk would n't fill up." The husband would relish the dish on an occasion of that kind; and with a frown on his brow he would prob ably retire to a restaurant, where some thing more substantial cotild be obtained. eow any young man can go and mar ry a talker if he wants to—one who en deavors to do all the talking and attract all the attention—but it he gets into trou ble, and finds that the house is not kept in order, the dinner not cooked, aud the cobwebs left swinging, he cannot - say that he did not receive a word of warning. Life's Bright Phase. Life's Bright Phase is here represented as au ideal being: This being vivifics all under her.influenee by the sunshine of her nature, radiating from the inner re- - cesses of her soul, which bask continually in the rays of Divine love, depending for endurance on the goodness of its Creator. In city, town and obscure hamlet, she dis pels the gloom, substituting joy and light. She visits the home-circle, and sunbeams play around the innocent faces of child ren, and the visages of parents, often wrinkled with care. When she appears a transformation is accomplished ; hearts beat freer ; while all wonder why they'do not always look upon life's bright side, never wasting time and energy in needless apprehensions. She visits the business man ; hope gladdens every heart, and prosperity is obtained on account of re newed energetic exertions. 'The schools, seminaries, and universities of the world are electrified by her presence ; under her inspiration, minds otherwise slow of com prehension grasp with ease dfficult prob lems and : complicated theories. Intelli goat.° beams in, yonthful eyes, and the brilliant visitant is greeted with loud cheers by every student. They learn from her patience, economy of resources and. virtue; while her image and charac ter are impressed unconsciously upon the pure, untarnished pages of their intel lect. She floats before the vision of the artist, the musician, and the writer. Her enlivening and beautifying characteristics are interwoven in their varied composi tions. and creations, to be reflected thence upon thousands of other minds. She bends over the festival prepared by the hand of Charity fOr the orphans and the usually neglected ones of earth. Callous visages relax their painful ,expressions as the lightof joy quietly glides among wrinkles and speaks from sunken eyes. The bur den of trouble seems to .fall temporarily, as by magic, from the afflicted, while.long forgotten youth reappears in beat and ag ed humanity. ORIGIN OF HYDINS.—The following tra ditions are full of interest. ' Herber wrote his missionary hymn, "From preetiland's icy. mountains,"on a Saturday night after he had retire to his chamber.. ft was sung the next morning at- Hodnet to a popular sailor air, known as "'Twos when the sea was roaring." Watts complained to-his father that lhe psalmody df: the church ices not good,. • "Make , it better, my .son," . was the reply. The next Meru ing the young wan . produced. "Behold:the glories, of the, Iranih." Kirke ,White's "When marihol4 on the nightly. plain" ! -was coMposed 'when • rowing,: from 'head land to headland on a dark and stormy, night. ' .; • . Tfie leayeA 'wefujling • • • A Significant Catechistn-.- Who built all our cities, or villages, envy bamler - and cottage' in the land'? Mechanics. _ • r , Who built every ship, steamer, vessel and water craft that floats on every ocean and plows on the surface of every ri ter ? Mechanics. Who printed every Bible, hymn book and newspaper printed, and bound every printed volume on the face of , the globe? Mechinim Wlio construct all the factories and work shops on the earth, and Who runs them ? Mechanics. -- Who construct all our lines of rail roads, their locmotives and cars, the Pull man cars? Mechanices. • Who make every instrument of music from the organ down to the jewsharp ? Mechanics, Who make all agricultnral implements for cultivating the soil, and all nautical La struments for navigation of the ocean ? Mechanics. Who makes all them magnificent furni ture that ornament the mansions of - the rich—carpets, mantle ornaments, silver and china table service ? Mechanics = —Wbo-matte-all-the—jewelry—thafradorn' the persons of the ladies ? Mechanics. What would the civilized world be with out mechanics ? A. bowfi)? wilderness, - an - rimer a — - ar aran. We never think of this brave class of men, and theirgreat work, without arknse of profouud gratitudapervading-onr-vilhole nature. We honor and revere them for_ T4Tri=mr; "SEND HIM TO. COLLEGE."-A story is told of Gov. Chittenden, who was one of the early Governors of Vermont. He was quite an extensive farmer, and in those days to be a Governor did not great -ly-interfere-with the incumbent's-ordinary vecation. __He had two. sons. One of them was a boy of bright intellect, and the other decidedly dull. The old gentleman - thought that Nu tu re - Intd - don - e - en - ou the youngest, and that he would make his way in the world without more than a common school education,but that the eld est one would need• all the aid of a liberal education to make up the natural defici ency, and he was accordingly sent to college, while his brother was kept on the farm. It happened one spring that a mong the fruit of the Grover' or's was a very stupid calf. . It would not suck or d rink, and no amount of eller t on the part of the farmer, son, or "hired man." could induce him to take his sustenance. Af ter repeated trials, - the good man's pati ence give out, and he said to his son : "Freeman, what on earth shall we do with this stupid lbol ?" "I don't know father," was the ready response, "unless we send him to college with Martin." A revenge befitting noble minds was lately accomplished near Pequod, Califor nia, by two forlorn vagrants who had been 'put off a western bound- freight train for attempting to steal a ride. The luckless fellows were wearily tramping their way along the road-bed when there occurred a `cloud-burst,' Which swept through the em bankment of the track at a certain point, and left the rails to give way at the first pressure. Tired and indignant as the Pen niless wayfarers were, they forthwith re traced their steps as rapidly as possible, and, by flagging an approaching passen mit train, averted what must otherwise have caused fearful loss of life. The con ductor of the rescued train displayed com mendable alacrity in giving the men free passes to the end of his route. A LIVE LANTERN`.—You think, per haps, that there is no suck thing. Look at the little.glow.worms and sparkling fire flies. Doesn't: each one of them carry a bout with hint a tiny lantern to light his path. But thatis not nil. In the West Indies, and some other hot countries, as I've been told, there are• dis tant relations of our glow-worms and fire flies that carry much larger sparks: These insects give so Much light that they are caught by the natives, and sometimes a dozen at a time are put into agourd pier ced with many holes, each too small for the insects to escape through. The open ing by which they are put into the gourd is then stopped up, and the live lantern is ready to be carried about on - dark .nights, as you sometimes carry a glass one., Avery convenient lantern the insects - make, for the flame never bums anything, and never goes out. By the way, -I wonder whether the flame can be of the same sort with 'that • that burns on the ocean? The flame with- the long' name—the phos-something, told you about last. month? . I, shouldn't wonder if it were ' Whtl will fiud out?---St. Nicludas for Septeither. Every condition in _life has i tages and its peculiar source of happiness. It is not the houSes and the Streets which make the city, but - those who frequent them ; it is not the fields which make the country, but those who cultivate them- 7 He is wisest who best utilizes his circum stances, or, to translate it, his ,Surround ings ; and happiness, if we deserve it will .find us wherever oar lot may be'cast. A Certain 'amount of opposition is a great help to a.man. rise-against 'the wincliaud not with the-Wind f even a head wind is better • than none. , No man ever worked his passage in a dead calm. Let no man wax pale, therefore, betiliuse• of opposition ; opposition iii bathe' wan ts: and- must have; tote good ftir- linythiug: Hardship is the native: soil, of manhood and sell-reliance.- :In the' hour of.proverity'forgetita Ebs lesson of adve.,r,s4y. $2,00 PER YEAR NUMBER 16. VI it au it 11 n Aro r Maine hu. Wife that she c. she saw the jok 'Au ingenious minds, Ids patr. I ,tise With Susan Liberty, f a Crosse,' has 644 teen lovers, au clit of them exclaims Give me Liberty or • 's me death !' And j she's a red headed girl at that. They say that the fellow Who ecinmitted suicide in the New 'York Tdoms the other ,day could speak sis dead, languages. lie ought to make a sociable corpse. "Dolly Varden ' " "Grecian tend," 'Kan= andgaroo Limp," ad other oddities and ec centricities of thshion have departed and are being superseded by the "Straighten: ing-up-Mary-Janeend show your breast , pin attitude. The girls are delighted with it. "I don't believe it rained forty dayS and forty-pights,---" gaid_Un-unbel iaving-boy—to— his mother, "and that story about Noah and his ark, bow could Noah bring all the animals and birds from the four quarters, =the-earthi-and-not - a - riai boat iu the whole ,world." to. his mother•when she naked him to'go - ittt - aod get - the-kercrsene-eau tilled, “if— you think_ they havn't crammed enough Science of Government into me to teach me that this is a land where the free merican heart cannot tolerate despotism in any form, why you're laboring under. a baleful error. That's t'ie kind of hair pin -I am." An Irish girl, on applying for a situa tion, was asked by the lady if she was used to early rising. `Arrah,' exclaimed 13iddy, Wants-?—Faitl alWays gets up, an' has the breakfast ready, an' ivery bed in the house made, before there's a sowl in the b3use awake. An' is that airly enough for you ?' A Mississippi boatman, with immense feet, stopping at a public house on the levee, asked the porter for a bootjack to pull Allis boots. The colored gentleman, after examining. the stranger's feet, broke out as follows : 'No jack here big 'null for dem feets. Jackass couldn't pull 'em off, massa, widout fraktring the leg. 7— Yuse better go hack about tree miles to de forks in de road an' pull 'em off dare. There is a story of a Welshman who ex= hibited a gen ealological chart thirty yards in length, with a reference figure half way down, and at the bottom a note as follows: "N. B About this, time the world was created." But twolrishmen beat this on pedigree.. "My ancestor," said one, "was an invited guest with Noah in the Ark:" "Away. with yer ark," rejoined his brother Hibernian. "I'd hey ye to unersthand that me father had a bozo of his own." . • An exchang says 'Old Skinflint, with a speckled hen,. was down to O'Brien'S show- last Thursday, and hitched his' team to a fence in the rear of this office. Pulling an old ten-pounds salt sack from under"the seat, he proceeded to feed the horses. What on earth the - hen was fi r. we could not imagine, until just be fore hitching un to return, he tied onsd end of the string attached to the hen's leg to the hind wheel of the wogon, and the mystery ,was solved—he had brought long, the hen to pick up the oats left by the horses, that nothing might be lost. A Scotch peddler, without the remotest intuition on his part of getting into a quar rel or fight with any man, had pot up (with his pack) fur the night, at a coi.ntry ale-house bordering on Waleaorhercoas the fates have it, ho found a - motley as semblage in the kitchen of thc.iii, of not the most dexi rahle individnals; - and among the rest, a Welshman, whose aim, from the very first, k seemed to be to .get into hot water - with poor Sawncy. The lal ter, sagaciottsly 'appreciating the true pharac- . ter of his -tormentor, and determined to get rid of him in the quietest way possi ble, told him_ that he 'did -not :want to fieht.' `This only excited to a Still higher pitch the bravado of the' Welshman, and ho told the Stiotehman that he' would Make him fight." Well,' says Sammy, tist fight, let mesay.my prayers before,' fight which the Welshman conceding, the oilier fell upon bis'haeei, to pardon kith fur the - Ewa. "men he had already tilled. and• for- the oue4bcft was • boot to die.' .rhe Scotch all slowly yore from.his knees, bat not before-the WeIA T man bad made a precipitate retreat from the room. The accumulation of. money as an in, heritance lir children is often worse . thau nothing in their hands. . , .._, An -attorney ,about to finish a bill of mists was regtited by his elient,a bitkor, to make it light as possible. " - P.M)," replied the, lawyer, that'snotlthe, way.l bak.e,nty breack" . ' . , ',. •_, A facetious 'young . American lady 'trick: edit remarks. that tho. , renscri the peculiar eq a triages seen nt swa terin hairs are ;:iii- ed, domearts.is that papplifo,.. arysrsr,r4 , : ride in them. . - - - _ , Why- Is a man who, objei'nf - to hittalbt second - mMiiage3ike - atf exhaustoi ()Eflfstriku?, Because Wen Let "go" step father. • • .1- • • , Apollo mt st hav, hadtti epnt tJ m fqi; veraci,t,y-T-he 6,a1 lyre' "; •%. 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