Dylan Momenta.
it ASK* Jil
Thare’aa HUtllng tif angelic wing*—
Bright creatures learetheeky—
They, come tosee, in her.ygony,
A mortipi iUter dU. ,
There iino one heir tohear her, ,
When ahebreathet herlateat aigh,'
•iralheangela'thatarei winging
ifcwalheaky..'
■ ffitteUlfc%e4p‘liigdll &e'thhrrow— - ’
_;i r ;- *Ati(t4ar*’frohi rridhyiin'eye'
!,TbaLlookad not enberaonUW,'"
. (BoiovWly pUsed her by. : ,
' , pWwi)l tremble tbej tbmk upon
jjnfjiponded njpah—
"i' o,'ihd rustling of thtfangela* wing*'
Ware hoard by hetr/alonek
•*' lr They’JTeay it was a feaHu] thing
. To yield up bring breath,
- -" .Without a band to wipe away
The gathering dew of death.
0, howblert that fluttering spirit wa«.
On eirtli can ne’er be known, -
Far the nulling of thean gels’ Wings
Were heard by her alone!
HUMOROUS SKETCH,
From the Dtiroit paily4dvcrtuef.
DOISSTICKS INTENTS A PAT
ENT MEDICINE.
New YoOifNbv. 6, 1854.’)
701 Narrow street. y
Congratulate me—my fortune ia made—l
art Irtrtortalized, anil I’ve done if myself, I
have gone Into the patent medicine business.
My name will be handed down to posterity
da (hat of a universal benefactor. The hand
which hereafter writes upon (he record of
Fame the names of Ayer, Sands, Townsend;
Modal, Morrison and Brandreth, must also!
inscribe, side by side with these distinguished
appellations, the no less brilliant cognotpen
of the undying Doeslicks. Emulous of the
deathless notoriety which has been acquired
by the medicinal worthies just mentioned, I
also resolved to achieve a name and a fortune
in the same reputable aqd honest manner.—
Bought a gallon of lar, a cake of beeswax
and a firkin of lard, and in twenty-one hours
I presented to the world the first-batch of
“[Doeslick's Patent-Self- Acting-Four-Horse
Power Balsam designed to cure all diseas
es of mind, body or estate, to give strength
to the weak, money to the poor, bread and
butter to the hungry, boots to the barefoot,
decency to blackguards, and common sense
to the Know-Nothings It acts physically,
morally mentally,, psychologically, physiolog
ically, and geologically, arid it ia intended to
make our sublunary sphere a blissful para
dise, to which Heaven itself will be nothing
but a side-shov
I have not yet brought it to absolute perfec
tion, but even now it acts with immense
force, as you will perceive by thi accompany
ing testimonials and records of my oiyn indi
vidual experience. You will observe that I
have not resorted to the usual manner of pre
paring certificates; which is, to be certain
that all those intended lor eastern circulation
shall seem to come from some formerly un
heard of place in the wcsi, while those sent to
the west shall be dated at some place forty
miles to the east of sunrise. But I send to
you, as representing the western country, a
certification from an Oregon farmer:
“ Dear Sir: The land hitherto composing
my farm has been so poor that a Scotchman
could'nt gel his living off it, and so stony
that we had to slice au? potatoes and plant
mem edgways ; but hearing of your balsam,
1 nut some on the corner of a (en acre lot,
surrounded by a rail fence, and in the morn
inc I found Ihe rocks had entirely disappear
efi, a neat stone wall encircled the field, and
me rails were split into ovenwood and piled
up symmetrically in my back yard. Pul
naif an ounce irtto the middle of a huckle
berry swamp ; in two days it was cleared off,
planted with corn and pumpkins, and had a
row of peach trees in full bloom through the
middle As an evidence of its tremendous
s’rengih, I would stale that ii drew a striking
likeness of my eldest daughter—drew my
voungest boy out of a mill pond—drew a
blister all over his stomach—drew a load of
polaloes four miles 10 market, ane eventually
drew a prize of ninety-seven dollars in the
slate lottery. And ihe effect upon ihe inhab
itants hereabnuis has been so wonderful, that
Ibev have opened iheir eyes to the good of
the country, and are determined to vole for
a person for governor who is opposed to fm-ls
in me middle of June, and who will make a
positive law agnins Ireshcts, hail-storms and
tne seventeen year locusis
There, isn’t that some ’ But I give one
more from a member of a senior class in a
western college, who, although misguided,
n»glec,led and ignorant, is Undoubtedly ns bon
es: and sincere a- he- Prussianized education
will admit of. I have corrected the olhog.
raphv and revised some grammatical inaccu
racies ; but, besides attending to these trifles,
inserting marks of iiunci.ialmn, and pulling
me capitals in ihe right places, I assure you
I have made no alteration ;
Sru, Harbor, June, 31, 1854,
My Dear Doctor: (You know 1 attended
medical lectures hall* a ivmier, and once as
sisted in gelling n crooked needle out of n
baby’s leg; so I understand perfectly well
ttie thenrv and practice of medicine, and the
line, doctor, is perfectly legitimate under the
Prussian system.) By the incessant study re
b'tired in this establishment, I had become
warn dawn so thin that I was obliged to pul
an overcoat on lo cast a shadow—bin acci
dentally hearing of your balsam, I obtained a
Quaninv. and in obedience to the homceopn
inic principle of ibis institution, look an in
hnnesimal dose only : m four dins [ measur
ed one hundred and eighty two inches round
tne waist—could chop eleven cords of hicko
rv wood in two hours and n half; and nn a
bei, carried a yoke of oxen two miles and a
banner in my lell hand, mv right hand being
tied behind me ; and if any ono doubts the
tact, the nxen are still In ho seen.
“ Ahum iwo weeks after ibis, had thn plea
sure of piirtieipating in a gunpowder explo
sion, on which occasion mv arms and legs
were scattered over the village, and my man
gled remains pretty equally distributed through
out the whole country. Under these circum
stances my life was despaired of, and my
class-mates had bought a pine coffin, and
borrowed Whole shirts lo attend ihe feneral
in; when the invincible power of your four
horse-power balsam (which I happened to
have in my vest pocket) suddenly brought
logelher the scattered pieces ..f my body—
collected my limbs from the rural districts;
put new life into my shattered 1 frame, and I
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M. H. COBB,-EDITOR.
VOL. 1. - TOLLSBOKOF&Hy fIG6A' [tHWitSBAY «i»
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"t cO
was ib
new sett of 4puWb - 'teeth, ‘t' have 1
the label whiolyepvrtppqd tjbe apd .Ijave.
sewed it on the gejU of rpy pantaloon?, and 1
now bid grim dydtii defiaoce, ,for,l, feel that I
am uplsillablej and. ih fact I am
eveo’now generally denorrtlnaled lho, 1 ' Great
'Western Achitles ” • , ' ’
.“ Hr”
I-feel that after mis, give
you. no more reports, ,of third persons, but-will
nevertheless detail,some of my/jwn personal
experience of. thq.ar tides.,,, Icayised some to
be applied to the Washlejiaw Bank aftpr its
failure, and .whjle the balsam lasted, the hank
redeemed its notes wiiji spefcfe. "’The cor.lt,of
one of the bottles dropped upon 1 the head, of
a childless widow, and in six weeks ..she had,
a young and blooming husband. Adminis
tered some to a hack driver in a glqs's of gin
and sugar, and that day he swindled but sev
en people, and qnjy gave two of them bad
money in change. Gave a few drops gratis
to a poor woman who was earning a,precari
ous subsistence-by making calico shirts with
a cross-eyed needle, and tno next day she was
discovered to be heir to a large fortune. The
Know Nothing candidate for Mayor of the
city has sent for a bottle, and it has entirely
cured him of a violent verbal diarrhoea.—
Gave some to an up. town actor, and that
night he said “ damned” only twenty-one
times. One of the daily papers got the next
dose, and in the next edition but one- there
were but four editorial falsehoods, seven inde
cent advertisements, and two columns and a
half of home-made ‘ Foreign Correspondence.’
Caused fifteen drops to be given to the low
comedian of a Broadway theatre, and that
night he was positively dressed more like a
man than a monkey—actually spoke some
lines of the author—made only three insane
attempts at puerile witticisms —only twice
went out of his way to introduce some gross
ly indelicate line into his part, and for a won
der lost so much of his self-conceit that for a
full half hour he did not believe himself the
greatest comedian in the world. Gave some
to a newsboy, and he manfaclured but three
fires, a couple of murders, and one horrible
railroad accident, in tho next thirty minutes.
Pul some on the outside of the Crystal Pul
ace, and the same day the slock went from
22 up to 44. Our whole Empire City is en
tirely changed by the miraculous power of
“ Doeslick’s Patent Self-Acting Four Horse
Power Balsam.” The gas is lighted on the
dark nights instead ot the moonlight eve
nings—there are no more highway robberies
in the streets, or if there are, the offenders,
when arrested, are instantly discharged by
the police magistrates. No more building ma
terials on the side-walks ; no more midnight
murders ; no more Sunday rows ; no more
dirty streets ; no more duels in Hoboken,and
no more lies in the newspapers. Broadway
is swept and garnished ; the M. P’s are civil;
and the boys'don’t steal any more dogs. In
fae.t , so well content are we now with our
city, that we feel, as the Hibernian poet so
beaulifuly expresses it:
“ O if there be on Elysium on earth,
It is this—il is this.”
Orders for my balsam, accompanied by ihe
money, will he immediately attended to ; oth
erwise not —for my partner and I have re
solved lo sell for cash only, feeling as did Dr.
Young, who appropriately and feeling re
marks—
“ Wc take no notes on lime.”
Triumphantly yours,
Dr. Q. R. P. Doesticks, P. 8., M. D,
P. S.—Bull Dogge says I have piled il up
100 strong, and that no one will believe what
he calls “ that humbug about the newspapers,
and the preposterous nonsense concerning the
Broadway actor.’’ lam aware thal in these
insluces mv medicine has performed a mod
ern miracle, but the facts rbmain no less
true, than strange.”
An Arab Steed.
There was one of our rides which 1 never
cull to mind without a leap of the heart.—
The noble red slallion which I usually moun
ted, had not forgotten the plains of Dun-hur,
where he was bred, and whenever we came
upon the boundless level extending south
ward from the town, his blood was aroused.
He pricked up his ears, and neighed as
grandly as the war-horse of Job, champed
furiously against the restraining bit, and ever
ami anon cast a glance of his large brilliant
eye b.ckward to me, half in wonder, half in
scorn. I hat 1 did not feel the Same desire.—
The truih is, 1 was lingling from head to foot
with eqpal exci'ement, but Dr. Bella was a
thorough Englishman in his passion for trot
ting, and was .vexed whenever 1 rode at any
other pace. Once, however, ths sky was so
blue, ihe morning air so cool and fresh and
the blond so lively in my veins, that I ans
wered the fierce questioning nf Sutton’s eye
with an involuntary shout, pressed my knees
against his sides and gave him the rein. 0
Mercury what a rush followed ! We cut ihe
air like tire whizzing shot from a Saracen
cross-bow ; Sultan stretched out until his
powerful neck was almost level wi'b his
back, and ihe glorious rjlhm of his hoofs
was accompanied by so little sense of effort,
that il seemed hut the throbbing of hi's heart,
keeping lime with my own. Hia'oouse was
as straight as a sunbeam, Swerving nnt a
hair’s breadth lo the right or left, but forward
into the freedom of the desert. Neck and
neck with him careered the CbnsulVmilk
white stallion, end 1 was so lost in the'sltortg
excitement of our speed, that atf hour had
passed before I was cool enough to notice
where We were going. - The* Consul -finally
called Out lo' me to stop, and I complied,
sharinglhe savage resistance of-Sultan, who
neighed and plunged with' grbnlef ardoF than
at the ’start. The minarets of Kbaftohm
bad long since disappeared; we were ift.tho
‘ yii- ‘ 6 F : tc/te iuHn jKDiKtc t/avicn
cent re. «C a desolate sandy f>laiß*-btoketthe»
and .then by-,elu mps pf ainnted- mitnoaas«mj
dreary'landßcnpe,ibul gloiifi?d by the.sun
shineiandndelioioas 'air; Wo rode, r seversl[
mtle4,on the roturntraok,: before. wo met the'
pursuing' «Ueridanl3 ( wbo had urged ’ their
difotnedariet intp a gallop; and Were sailing,
after us like a' flock of' ostriches,— Bayard
Taylory ■
i DOMESTIC STORY.
' Jf IJST CH ATIGE IT. ]'
A BKBXCU. TOpr;Nfinnn£qi£REßS 111 XIF£.
“Charted, whiff 'did 'thid peach' preserve
cb«r ■ '
“ I’rn'sure IdpnVkndW.Hannah.” ‘ "
“But ybit height it J 'ibis mofn'ing, didn’t
you V' I did,'but ("didn’t ask the price of it.”
“ Did you nbl pay Tor it ?”
“No”: 1 ■-
“Why not?”
“0. because I couldn’t slop • to make
change. 1 ,have opened ap account with
Mr. 1 Wafdrdnj'tibdshall herteafter settle once
in three months.”
This conversation was going on at tea ta
ble, between Charles Matho was and his
wife. 'Mathews was a young mechanic, who
had just commended housekeeping, and as he
was making excellent’wages, he could afford
to live pretty well.' After he had made
known his determination to his wife, she re
mained sometime in silent thought.
" Charles," at length she said, in a very
mild persuasive tone, “ I think it would be
better to pay for things as you take them.—
Ydu know yon receive your pay for labor
every Saturday night, and you could pay as
you go very easily.”
“ I know I could,” returned Mr. Mathews,
with the air of a man who had unanswer
able argument at his command ; but then it
would not be near so handy. You see if !
pay my store bill but once a quarter I shall
save all the trouble of making change; and
shall not ohly save some lime, but also avoid
mistakes.”
“ Mistakes I” repeated Hannah. How can
mistakes occur when you pay for things as
you gel them.”
“ I will tell y6u.' Sometimes it may not
be convenient to pay for a thing when I get
it—l may forget my money or 1 may only
take it on trial—then if I pay for part and
not for all, some things may get charged
which I pay foe.' No, Hannah, a settlement
once a quarter will be the best and most con
venient all around, lam satisfied of it.
“ Well, perhaps it may,” said Ihe wife,
with an earnest lone and look, yel with n
smile, “ but I cannot think so.”
“ But why not.”
Why, on all accounts. In the first place,
you will buy more than you would if you
paid cash. Now, you needn’t shake your
head for I know it. There are so many lit
tle extras, which we do not peed, but which
you will yet be apt to buy if yoWdo not
have to pay cash down. I know something
about this credit business, and it is not a fair
thing. In the second place, if you pay cash
for everything, you will get your goods
cheaper. A tradet will sell cheaper when he
can have the money in his hand than when
he has to carry out' the amount on his
ledger.”
“But let me tell you, Hannah, that Mr.
Waldron will not cheat. He is not the man
to lake advantage that way. ’
You misundersiood me, Charles. Do
you not know that all traders can afford to
sell cheaper for cash than for credit?
Mr. Waldron, for a five dollar bill, will let
you have triore sugar than he would for the
same amount entered at different times on his
ledger. He could afford to do so. Traders
like to secure cash customers. I think you’ll
find it to Our advantage to try Ihe cash sys
tem. Now Ido not believ'd you would have'
bought this pe.-u h preserve if you had to pay
Ihe ca»h for it.”
“ But I bought that just to please you,
Hannah, and 1 thought you would accept it
gre.alefully,” returned Ihe young husband, in
a tone which showed that his feelings were
touched.
“ I know you did,” said the wife, laying
her hand affectionately upon his shoulder,
“and I was grateful, for 1 knew you would
do anything to please me ; but for the sake
of helping you I would forego all ihose
things, perhaps”—and the wife “spoke very
low—you might be able to buy a little col
lage of your own one of rhese days.”
For several days Charles sent only such
things up from the store'as were actually
needed. At length, as he went into the store
one morning on his way lo his work, he saw
snme splendid looking pickles in fancy jars.
He had ordered the articles he needed and
was about to leave, when Mr. Waldron
spoke: “Mr. Mathews, don’t you want a
jar of these pickles ? 1 carried my wife in a
jar last evening and she thinks them superior
lo anything she ever saw before.”
Now Charles knew that his wife had plen
ty of plain pickled cucumbers, some lhal her
mother had pul down for her, but Mr. Wal
dronVwife has had some of, these fancy ones
and why shnuldu.’i Hannah I"
V Shall I scad, you up a jar ?”
,“ How much are they
Only a dollar f’... , ,
“Yes; you may-send, one up, end. just
charge it if, you plesse.’!
“ 0 certainly ; anything you' want < you
may lorder at any time,' and you-may be as
sured we ehall be happy ter accommodate
you;'.’ .• <•- .. ■
Now this was flattering to young Math
ews’ reelings, to ihiuklhatlhe trtiddr hadso
much'confidence 1 td'hlin, ktid he went away
With an exceeding good Opinion of himself
hi:* Ito- jfcyaw ; (
"t> (' • “ •** ‘ 'WTTWTTini J I 'J S' i»V I
afyl;hia ci^di| f iood of ibe ialorekeeper ip par-
V«W ra ni u Mo-r. .. <-.-n t
a dollarll’V/ye* onlya, dollop.on
is - noihipg. Butia
dollar right out of one’s-pocket—that is dif
fifeentr GharliJai Mathews would; hot * have,
bPltght th'oSO'picklerf if 'lhe cosh had IjeenTd
qlitred fop.ihem.': *-•>• '-’I x. m -v v !
“ Ah, Mrtthews, look here; I’ve got sotnd-
to'show jroUj”, Tljis said, ,by .ihe
.wper 'hi pjen' 1 , Wj feex?qr.L4»t
raorningiafier Iho: purchase of. the
hero oul to
thb 6T‘ tlie sldre atfd 1 Opened 'a
' Iwi*' f • ’> .<■. ■„ dtp t*i -
‘‘There Mathews, aint thepe/oice oran
ges?” •■ah' ■; - .
They are nice,” replied Charles. Ahd
s 6 they realty were. ; ’'" , ' . ' ‘
“I know your wife would 'like' some of
these, I carried some in to tny 'yife, ant} she
wanted me to-save her four or live do?en.”
“These are nice. , How.do they, cortie. V'
“ Let's see; I can send you, up three doz
en for a dollar ; I get those vary cheap.—
You know they are retailing at five apd six
cents apiece.”.
“ Yes. Well, you may send me up three
dozen. . Just charge them if you please.
“ Certainly; anything else this morn-
ing r
“ I believe not,”
And so Mathews went on. This morning
row perhaps fifty
ivery much. The
nuch money in his
ijt bought them. —
i say to himself,
twelve dollars a
not be; but the
lollnr was “only
Id this dollar with
“ two dollars,”
II it three, and
it was a dollar—to-mon
cents, h didn’t seem
young man kept just as rt
pocket as though he had’n
“ Only a dollar,” he wou
that is’nt much out of
week.” And so it might
trouble was that the next
a dollar.” He forgot to a
the former dollar and call
and with the next and
so on.
One evening Charles c
gold chain attached to his
“Where! did you get
wife. , ,
“ Ah,’’ returned the hunbapd, wi'h an im
pressive shake of the bead, “ I- made a bar
gain in this chain.. N.ow guess what I paid
for it.”
“ I’m sure I can’t guess.”
“0, but try—guess something.”
“ Well, perhaps ten dollars.”
“Teh‘ dollars !” echoed Charles,' wilh a
son of n disappointed look. Why what are
you thinking off: Jack Cummings bought
(his chain two mopths ago, and paid twenty
dollars for it. Why just heft it and see how
heavy it is. Eighteen carats fine. Jack was
hard up for money, and let me have it
twelve dollars.”
“ It is cheap, to be sure," relumed Han
nah, but yet wilh not so much pleasurable
surprise as her husband had anticipated.—
“ But,” she added “ you did not need ■ it, and
I fear you will feel Ihe’loss of the money.”
“ Pooh! 1- have money enough. You
know 1 have spent but very little lately. 1
have been pretty saving.”
“ But you forget our things, Charles.—
The money which you have in your hands.is
not \nurs.”
“ Not mine !"
“ No ; it belongs Id the stork-keeper, and
lo the buicher. and to our landlord. You
know they must be paid.
“ Don’t you fret about them. I know it
don’t coat me anywhere near twelve dollars
a week to live, for 1 have made an estimate.
There is Wilkins who worlfs right side of me
in the shop, be has four children, and only
gels ihe same wages lhal I do, and yet he
lavs up some three or four dollars every week,
besides paying his rent.”
“Yes,” said Hannah, “1 know he does.
[was in to see his wife the other day, and
she was telling me how well they were gel
ling along. Mr. Wilkins laltes his basket
every Saturday night and goes over to the
market and buvs his week’s quantity of meat
and vegetables, nnd trades for ; onsh, so that
he gels evert thing at the best advantage. So
he goes nl Ihe store. Ho Inyts in a good
quan'ity of these articles width will keep
and buys them ns cheap as he can. Bu'ter.,
eggs, cheese, apples, and such,' ho buvb when
the market is full, and when they are cheap
and he always buys enough to last his fiim
ilv over Ihe season of scarcity, when such
things are high. His butler for instance, he
bought for eighteen cents a pound—a large
firkin of it—and it 1 is much sweeter than that
for which you paid twenty-eight cents yes
terday.”
“ Twenty-eight cents!” repeated the
young man in surprise.
“ Yes. F asked Mr. Waldron’s man who
brought it up, and he said it had risen to
twenty-eight cents. Mr. Wilkins got fifty
dozen eggs some time ago for twelve cen's a
dozen, and his wife packed Ihem down, and
they kept Well. You will have lo pay Mr.
Waldron thirly-lhree for those you sent Up
vesterday.”
Charles Mathews somewhat astonish
ed at thjsvipw of the .case, but it could no(
be helped now ; and;the subject was drop,
ppd. Hjs gold chain had lost its charpt. It
did not look so. y.e11.-evan in-his own eves,
as had the simple .block, cord fvhich he had.
At length ' tha end of the. Quarter
dame aroimdi ..The first .bill paid .was .the.
rent, which amounted in-thirty one dollars.
The next was tbohutcher’s bill, which amounv
'led to’lhirtv.slxdollars. Charles-was aston.
ijhed to see how the meal bill fooled up; But
when he saw. howimany steaks tie had.had
at 17 cdnia per poundi’lhe cause ol r wo»der
was at ah end- ’ • NeXtt'he paid the baker’s
bill, which wah'thirteen dollars;' Whbnhe
had come homu'ih'iho'' evening’ he hhd paid
all his bills etebpt his grocery bill.
“ Mr. Waldron sent tri his faiirfo-day,”i
,:,n« Ah,.did NT, . , ; „ t |
it. ffe iiro? astonished,! ; lepglh, gfld .
tyfian hecamo to Ipok.at,,ihe.bouopa pfihe
columnhis.facelurned a shads pale, - It foot- 1
;ed ap-jest sixty-five dollars-—an average of
.five dollars a .week..'
i-> .l-SThisis jirppossiblfi 1” he. uttered as he
■gazied ofmri: it.. - Bui. he examined the differ
tenfarticles and could remopiheriwhen he-or
dered them. ■:Thosei things which-oost only
a’tfollair looked very jonooent when viewed
alonb/huT mahe’aggregate theV had a differ
enf appearance.
“■HdW’mubhihall'yon'lay vip-this-quarter,
Charles V’ kindly inquired his* wife, 7 ns she
came and leaned over her husband’s sh’oulder
and patting the hair on his forehead and
sfnobihed it back; • •
“ Holy milch shall I fay up T” he repealed
-t-* 1 not miich. Get me the slate and let tne
reckon up.” Charles was ‘resolved to be
Irank about the matter and let Bis wife know
all,. -
This slate was brought. Frst Hannah put
down one hundred nnd'fifly-six dollars as the
quarter’s wages.’ Then came the rent, and
the butcher and the baker.
“ Now you may pul down twelve dollars
for this chain and twelve dollars for sundries
—that means cigars, tobacco, nuts, beer, soda,
theatre tickets and. such .things. Now take
all that from my quarter’s wages, and see
how much remains.”
Hannah performed the sum and gave fifty
two dollar? os the result.
“ Fifty-two dollars,” uttered Charles, sink
ing back into his chair, “ and we have not
bought one article of clothing or furniture.
Fifty-two dollars wilh which to pay sixly-five.
There is thirteen dollars short ihis quarter,
and I thought to save thirty at least.”
“ Well, it’s no use to mourn over it,” said
the wife in it cheerfnl tone, for she saw that
her husband felt'badly. “Let us commence
again, there’s nothing like trying, you know.”
For some moments Charles remained silent.
He gazed first upon the bill he held in his
hand, then upon the figures on the slate, and
then upon the Boor. At last he spoke ; ihere
was a peculiar light in his eyes and a flush
upon his countenance.
“.Hannah, 1 see where the trouble is, and
I must freely admit it. I have been wrong;
if I had paid for everything ns I bought it, I
should not have been where I now am in pe
cuniary millers. You are righi, I see it all
now, I have not estimated the value of mon
ey fls I ought. Lei me once get up again to
where 1 began, and 1 will do differently. I
must step down to the store this evening and
pay Mr. Waldron what I have, and the rest
1 will pas him when I am able.”
“ That matter can be easily settled,” said
Hannah, wilh a bright, happy look. “ I have
more than enopgh to make up the amount of
the bill. It is money 1 had when we were
married. ‘ Wait a moment.’’
ime ihome witli a
watch.
that 1” asked his
Charles protested most earnestly against
taking his wife’s money, bat she would listen
to no argument on lhal subject. It was her
will and he must submit. So he went down
and paid the grocery bill, and on his way
home, sold his gold chain for fourteen dollars.
He felt happier when he got the old black
card once more around his neck, and the
money now to commence the quarter with.
On the next Monday morning the young
man went into the meal store to send home a
piece of beef for dinner.
■ “ How much will you have ?” asked the
butcher. -•
“•O, three or four”—
Charles got thus far and then he slopped!
He had always been in the habit of ordering
an indefinite quantity, and leaving the butch
er lo cut it off at the highest figure, and
charge the highest prices ; and he remember
ed how much was usually wa-led.
“ Let me have two pounds,” he said. He
stopped and saw it weighed and paid for it.
When he went home at noon he ffiund lhal
his two pounds of beef had made enough,
and there was none to waste.
The next morning he went to the store.
Mr. Waldron had some nice figs just come
in which he showed. They were only a
shilling a pound. For a moment Charles
hesitated, but when he remembered that he
had to pay for all he bought, he concluded
not to lake them, lie found that things-were
not so enticing when it required cash In gel
them ns when the payment could be postpon
ed. He paid for what he bought and went
his way, and thus things went on through ine
week. When it canto Saturday night he
knew that all the nmnev iu his pocket was
• his own, after deducting his rent. That eve
ning be went over Ihe market with Wilkins,
and bought as much meat and vegetables as
he thought would last Jtim through'the week.
He found that be had made a saving of at
least 30 per cent, bv this opeiatton, and
when an opportunity offered, he made the
same saving in other mailers.
At the end of that quarter, Charles Mat
thews did Hot have to get any slate. He paid
his house-rent, and then he found he had
thirty-five dollars led in his pocket. That
was all his—he did not owe a penny of it.
“ Ah,-Hannah,” he said as he held the
mnnby in his ffirnd and - looked at it, “ now
I see how easy it is for a man to be Wrong,
nnd’his wife right. This money all comes pf
paying nsTgb along.' If Is' very' easy and
simple tosqy : “ Just charge it," a man may
easily buy under such circumstances, but
.when the day of reckoning,comes, these three,
simple words (hat sound so innocent , when
spqg'en, a're itmnd, a to be . costly things.; j
would, h/tye, belieyqd itunt.il I tried it.
loouldnbl have believed that a man would
purchase so many more useless articles sim
ply because hd could' have them charged.'
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1 1 ! Thai secrtA oTallf(Ko success- in the -world
—-allltdgredl achWvetnentsi'id bHj; times, in
.aU-cbiaUrie^and; ofuall kinds,iiga in Utfltte
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n; Tidy tkthen Words seem ,yet are they
mighty I The £erm or all fame,and wealth,
■end fehurie-i? contained in them - ; sad.in
dtistry andpersevoranceotiiy are required to
bear (hat gerai in breadth and. strength end
beatilyj m <* r j
"‘♦■l will lry !”_>tiaa noble, healthful, earn*
eat, cogent, glorious.phrase, and its f resolute
.utterance sound ’ of a. trumpet and
the voice op a 1 prophet I n Well worthy & it of
stout hearts and 'of heroes, whose greatest
deeds have been naught save its expression
truthful and tactile. ■
There seems a-throb of life—-flush of hope
-i-asepse of strength in-this founder of great
ness nhd' former of destiny ; end about its
triune .Ulhfolhess, a wide-spreading halo, re
■vealitig the’lDrTlfinht 'future arhlm. who ob
serves it.
1 will (rjr'l”, He only is a hero that dare
say this, and say it 100 with'a will and n pur
pose’and an energy to make it good. - ■ There
is musie In its speaking and d resolution in
its speaker I VVe ’love to hear it; for its
sterling virtue falls upon the-ear like the ho
liest teaching and' yields vigor and support to
the heart, fainting from toil and sick from
misfortune.- There is strong though whole,
some contagion in the air which receives it,
and many, pure breaths may be breathed in
its exhalation.
“ I will try," is the wand of the genii, that
touches the rock, and turns it to ashes, that
waves o’er the desert, and fills it with fra
grance ; that presses the sand, and decks it
with djemopds.
Obstacles ever stand between man and his
greatness; between himself and his desires,
his thoughts and his glory. He’must strug
gle bravely, well and long, though his limbs
pain nod his feet bleed, if he would reach his
aim and duly. And let him not despair, how
ever much may oppose him j but with a fer
vent “ 1 will try,” oft uttered and always re
membered, his soul will be firm ; and shorter
and easier his journey.
“ I will try I" Those who have never said
it and acted it, have never asserted, iheir na
ture or claimed the place to which they ore
entitled. They linger like drones in the val
ley, when the bright green hills are above
them, which they can climb and be nobly re
warded, if they “ will try” as their good spir
it prompts them.
“I will try !” Thisdolh more ihsn the
Syracusan's boast; for it ever rnovelh iho
world on toward perfection, and throngs eve
ry age with its wonders. There is a winning
power in its language that strengthened more
than physio- or cordial. i
“ 1 will try!” Say it and 'mean it, over
again and manv time, ye that are hopeless
and weary and mind-sick, andi ye will find
another heart in your bosoms and its daily
excitement will lead you to peade, and to plen
ty and glory. 1
A Cow days since a case came up in the
United Stales District Court in Philadelphia
m which a captain of a vessel was charged
with some offense on shipboard by his crew.
An incident occurred in the case which ex
cited a deep feeling in the court and in all
present.
A small lad was called to the stand to tes
tify in the case. He had been on board the
baric while at Pernambuco, and wasjpresent
during-the controversy between thejcaptain
and the crew. The shaggy appearance of
his head, and the bronzed character of his
face and neck, from exposure to the southern
sun, at first would seem to indicate careless
ness and neglect; but underneath that long
matted hair the fire of intelligence gleamed
from a pair of small, restless eyes, which
could not be mistaken. The counsel for the
captain, from the extreme yohlh of the lad,
doubled whether he understood the obligation
of the oath he was about to lake, and with a
view to test his knowledge, asked leave to in
terrogate him. This was graced, and the
following colloquy took place ;
Counsel —Mv tad, do yon understand the
obligation of an oath 1 ■
Boy —Yes, sir; 1 do.
Counsel —What is the obligation t
Boy —To speak the truth and keep noth
ing hid.
Counsel —Where did you learn this, my
Boy —From my mother, sir, replied the
lad, with a look of pride that showed how
much he esteemed the early moral principles
implanted in his breast, by her to whom was
commuted bis phvsical and moral existence.
For a moment there was silence in the
court-room, and then, as eye met eve, and
face gleamed lo lace wilh recognition nf a
mother's love and moral principle which hid
made iheir fixed impression upon this hoy, it
seemed as if the spectators would forget the
decorum due 10 the place, and give audible
expression lo iheir emotions. The lad was
instantly admitted lo testify.
Behold the mother’s power I Often had
evil influences and corrupt examples assailed
the boy. Time and care, and. exposure to
the battling elements, had worn sway the lin
eaments of the infant face, and bronzed his
once fair exterior, but deeply nestled lo his
bnsnm still the lessons of a mother’s love,
which ■ taught him to love and speak Iho
truth. '
.Bio Thoughts. —The “ Doctor,” a great
Webster hater, was silling upon " Mali’s
bench,” talking against as was his
custom )
.« Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ideas," said ha
“ will live forever, while Webatet’s ideas will
die wilh him; Emerson's ideas have force,
have power, but not so with Webster's.”
“ That's a lie," said Matt, “ and you knndr
it. If one of Daniel Webster's big thoughts
.got into Ralph Waldo Emerson’s bend, it
would split it open.lilte a pitcher with ice [in
it! Now get off that bench, for you enn’t
spy anything rnore against old Dan in this
shop.”
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