THE STAR OF, THE NORTH. R. IT. Hearer* Proprietor.] VOLUME 9. TIIB STA.H OF THE NORTH IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING BY R. W. WEAVER, OFFlCE—Upstairs. in the new brick build ing, on the fo\ith side oj Main Street, third eqnais below Market. TER MS:—Two Dollars per annum, if paid within six months from the lime of sub scribing ; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. No subscription re ceived for • tees period than six tdiecDiititioance permitted until tare paid, unless at the option ot dH ADVERTISEMENTS not Wll be inserted three times end twenty-five cents for eeition. A liberal discount those who advertise by iheY^^^^^Hpi ST A flloomsbarE, IVcdfßjlH A HEAVY FAILURE. TiielftYfrttfisß.-! Philip Allen, extensive at Prov idenos, U. 1., have failed 63,000,000. HP Pittsburg is not the only city that has to complaia of tbe unprofitable character of her railroad subscriptions. Cleveland is be ginning (o find bene 11 in a similar fix, and grumbles accordingly. OT Rev. I. W. Gougler, formerly a Pro fessor of Music, and lately ordained a minis ter of tbe Proleslant,Epiicopal Cburcb, has taken charga of St. Matthew's Church, Sun bury, and St. Mark's, Northumberland, which have been vacant for more than a year past. t?" Forty-four acres of land township, fsuicanter county, belorrfmLkjufcnl estate of Christian Mylln, deceeWfeMME sold a few days ago at 6180 - r >o This does not look like bard limes among tIJ tr At Havana the yellow fever is very' severe—there being more than 1600 cases in the military hospital alone. It is especially raging among the troops and sailors. Some o* the men-of-war have lost nearly all of their crews. The steamer Herman Cortes has been abandoned, having lost her people. A large proportion of officers have died,and hardly a day passes without a military funeral. MILITARY STATE CONVENTION.— The Major Generals of the several Divisions, and Briga dier Generals of the several Brigades of the Uniformed Volnnteers of Pennsylvania, will tncet in Convention at HarrftbtAg, on Mon day, the 9th day of November next, for the purpose of devising some plan whereby the General Assembly of the Commonwealth may be induced to organize ita forces on a eound and salutary basis, and tbe ancient prtdeol Pennsylvania—her citizen soldiery— be restored to its former position. A RELIC OF THE PAST —Among the curing ilies which the Isdies of Worcester county bars forwarded lor exhibition at the Mechan ics' Fair in Worcester, is an infant'a blanket, wrought a hundred and forty years ago, by (he bands of the mother of Samuel Adams of rarolntionary fame. It now belongs to % lady of Fitchbnrg who is a descendant from that lamily, and it is known bftlitlj tical blanket in which the inlanMmga|rif that noble old patriot, Sam AddfMEfiW wrapped when he was carried to cnHßal* be AtislcoeiL HHM Auuleni to an Mronaut.— Mr. Chas. Wise made an ascension in tbo balloon 'Old Amer ica,' from Tamaqna, on the afternoon of the 12th inst., lakingjhe place of his father, the well-known icroneut, Mr. John Wise, the lat ter declining to make the ascent himself on account ol the inefficiency of gas supplied by the works in that town. The balloon came down in the Pines of Lozerne county, and landed in a tree a total wreck. The coronaat was uninjured, and arrived at Hazelton a-foot the same evening. mrr _ The Fall in the Price of wbeat arrived at Buffalo Uitjyk RepuNic, consigned to a lions to sell at 61 15. , that was offered 61 10^E|^MKfjPSmB& egraphed to the owner TO IWflftmtEfflfe&jt •ell it nimself. On the bsiiteV 11 had gone down to 61 that figure, and waa t ffered one jut thought ha would look abont before that price, and when he went to make the trade it had fallen to 95c; he watted tilt the next day, when he was offered 90c. for it, and took it. Information about Iron.— bast session of Congress the sura of 62500 was appropriated to lest the different irons in this coontry, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Uni ted States produced iron which oxidizes less vapidly than the iron of other countries. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a circu lar requesting ironmasters to forward to the department, by mail or sxpraas, two or three samples of iron, and a sample of or* from tbe mioea worked by them. The Magnetie 3 eh graph— The services of the magnetic Telegraph yesterday were re quired to an extent unprecedented ainee ita establishment. In five hours yesterday, at the single office in thia city, five hundred and nine maaaagee were despatched over tbe wires. In these time* of panto end excite' ment in money matters, spch an instrument is invslnable to business in tbe epeedy intel ligence it gives, and qniok calling in aI means which may be done through ke aid.— Ledger. J' ! OT Love is of the nature of a burning glass, which kept still in one place, firotb J changed often, it doeth nothing. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1857. INTEGUITV . lotegrily is the toot and foundation of all moral vines, and in all its various forms ol truth, justice and sincerity, should be most carefully cultivated in children. This must be done, first, by a conscientious and scru pulous regard to the example set before t (gem Children are all eyes and ears to the sondtrel set over them, and one or tranSpoct- find, in jmyN|fNsP>mHWJjfiai the prieci r|MNlf*4MlwHHlßrty things, and kMso sieetSg M4p)|Cflns same family, them in infancy, | WMF, example „.ft) practice. Certain BpPRt, in almost every instance of noble ond integrity which has led to honor | able distinctiondAMabataniial reward, the individual of any thing felt that he sim ply instilled upon him in ell that he beard and all that be eaw, concurred upon him the propriety and the obligation of giving every one his due. Joseph's fidelity and conscien tious worth raised bim, under Providence, to a elation of distinguished honor and responsi bility ; and we infer that those principles were imbibed in his earliest years, from a parent an unexpeclsd opportunity it was an over ■■jflpfprateh on Id be taken to inculcate iiticiiilWffffw principles, and to train them the mincer to which its parents acted end taught it to act in such a case ; whether the properly was eagerly appropriated and chuck led over as a piece of good luck, or as it is sometimes called, a Godsend, or whether honest exertions were made to discover and restore it tc the right owner, and steady self denial practised in forbearing to use what might be really very acceptable, and abso- Inftely needed. Such practical lessons can scarcely fail of producing a powerful impres sion on I he m*nds of children. Children should be taught to make a res titution to all whom 'hey have injured, wheth er by accident or design. The duly should be pressed upon their consciences, and means should be suggested to them, by which they may bo enabled more speeitily and fully to accomplish the honest purpose. The freo and open confession of faults, should always be encouraged, as well as enjoined, and cen sure sbould be sometimes spared or modera ted in consequence of such candor; the moral beauty and imperative obligation of Irnth shouUiW|AßhK(t upon children in a familiar imitation. The ■■■MnPfMmn should be excited by ■M9EE3wVl£S3v>' e < am ' "tiki use of au- Hfe*iftMaoMningled with proper firmness violence and harshness, . WWAguid deceit. II they have to (orgifenessisbyfree confession, penitence and amendment, Let them expect thai the impropriety of Their conduct will be fairly set before them, and blamed according to its just deserts; bnl lot them feel confident that there will be no unkind reproaches, no contemptu ous sneers; and let the censure or the pun ishment have evidently no other aim than to improve | b a jtfh|R£&yu' preventing a repeti tion of the IBmhßiAo mingled with ap probation of and hon-* orable "\ea confession.— But the sbould be ex ■ conduct, falsehood arded and aore than ould have seriously h in itself may here tpon thfl lertain efl . It should bp considered as a thing of course, that, if a child says ha did not do a thing, his word is to he taken. Nothing lands more to weak en the love nf truth than being unjustly ac cueed of falsehood, or having their word disj puled; and noihmg,hardens in deceit more than a successful attempt at concealment. If the crime cannot be fixed, it would be far belter to let it pass by as an unexplained mystery, without attempting to fix it, that ei ther an innocent ehild should be discouraged by unjust charges, or that the guilty ehild, having been challenged with it should out wit its parent in concealing the proof.— Hints to Parents. W Lorenzo Dow, the celebrated itinerant preacher, once came across n man who was deeply lamenting that his axe had been stolen. Dow told the man if. he would como to meeting with him be would find his axe. At the meetnig, Dow had on the pulpit, in .plain sight, a big stone. Suddenly in the middle of the sermon, he stopped, took up the stone, and said: "An axo was stolen in tilts neighborhood last night, end if the man who took it don't dodge, I will hit him on the forehead with this stone!" at the same time making a violent effort to throw it. A person present was seen to dodge hie head, and proved to be the guilty p|fty Trail ad Bight Cooatry. THE USES OP HOW. Where lis ihs clesrsei prqjtfaof a be.avenlj watchfulness over our h*df # lt not in the she libra where we lay ttytfp Jtftade at "bight t Consider what Berwiti*f3yf ftfljgftionß bind about templed virtue; Jiojv the man of businefts'carries a 2one of moral purity wo ven about him by the caresses of children, from his house tojijp market-pjftce; how the and fraud^4P^ Dr^ttriHßB nceM,e(l in the counting-room, P ul 1° shame by the innoceoos thSpazes into his I eyes and clings about his nock when ho 'goes home and shuts the door on the world i at night. Consider what a hindrance house hold love interposes to stßy the erring feet of disposition—what a triple shield it hold? pp against the sins of prodigality, indulgence, or dishonor! Consider that, with most of us, whatever impulse of generosity visit the soul, whatever prayers we breathe, whatever holy vows of religions consideration we pledge, whatever aspiring resolves we form, are apt to spring up within the saored en closures of the house! Consider how the mere memory of that spot, with all its pre cious endearments, goes forth with the trav eler, sails with the sailor, keeps vigils over the exposed heart among the perils of the foreign city, sweetens the feverish dreams and softens the pain cf the sickly climate, and, by calling his love homeward, calls his faith to Heaven I Consider that the disci pline of disease, the purification of bereave ment, the tears of mourners, are all elements in the sanotity of home; that closets of de votion are parts of the architecture of the houdtt 'that Bibles are opened on its tables; that MTOes of new-born children open, and itslSrst breaths ore drawn in its cham bers; atilnbat the dead body is bom out of its door; how fast do the gathering proofs accumulate, that the human dwelling is a sanctuary of the Most High !— Huiilinyion. MEAT PEOPLE. A traveler "out west," gives the following as his experience of neatness, which is rath er good: We always did like neat people. We al ways cherish a kind of tender feeling lor all neat women. But we never was really "struck" with one until last week, and the way df it was this: We were "out west" a few miles and got belated; looked for a place to stay over night; found a cabin ; asked if we could be accommodated, and a tajl wo man, with freckled facrf, red hair, btiffalo skin moccasins, buck-skin dress, and a ba by, said "she reckoned we mout. . We got off our horses, hitched them to a cotton-wood corn-crib and went in. We asked for snpper. We got tome bacon, mo lasses, broiled pumpkins and corn dodger.— We ate heartily. r- After meal was pftes.- * -he woman said to the oldest girl: "Now Doddy Jane, you have jist that old slut and them ere pops in this ere meal box ar.y longer. In makin' this stranger's corn bread I wast just naturally pestered to death pickin' the small hairs and dead fleas out of it, that came off from them pesky dogs; and if they sleep in it a week longei it won't be fit to use We were in love with that woman on ac count pOpc neatness. And that evening we laid down on the rough hewn floor and had pleasant dreams. Ghostly fleas were hop ping about through our corporal diversities, spectre sluts, with goblin pups, danced be- j fore us in boxes of unearthly meal, during the live long night; and our great grandfath er sal straddle of ua six hours, and with a ramrod to a six pounder cannon, stuffed cords of that neatly prepared corn-dodger down our unwilling throat, and whistl- a 111 the time for the dogs, while the baby and its tidy mother sat by and wept for thedepaiting hoe cake. We like neatness. BIGOTRV. —When the Baptists of Harlford began lo hold publio services, an over-zealous member of Dr. Strong's society called upon him, and asked him if he knew John Bolles had started an opposition meeting? "No," said he, "when—where." "Why, at the old court-hoose." "Oh, yes, I know it," the doctor carelessly replied; "but it is not an opposition meeting. They are Baptists lo besore,but they preach same doctrine lhat I do. Ytqp had better hear him." said tbe man, "I amJjferesbyte -gflfcp am I," you going to mo something about dP'What?" '•Stop it, can't you ?" "My friend," said the doctor, seriously, "John Bolles is a good man, and will surely go to heaven. If you and I get there we shall meet him, and we had better, therefore, cultivate a pleasant acquaintance with him here." A Virginia Examination. —Tho Editor of the Lynchburg "Virginian" recently attend ed the examination of the first .class in dic tionary and spelling, at the high school of that city: Teacher (to Bob Smithere.)— Spell admittance. Bob. Ad-mit, admit, t-a-n-e-e, *tance, admittance. Teacher— Good! Give tho definition. Bob. Thenty five cents—niggers and children half-prioe —front seats for ladies—no smoking allow ed- The Syracuse Journal perpetrates the following upon the marriage, at Rochester, of a Mr. Husband tq the lady of his choice: ' cose it the strangest We've known in our life ; The Husband's n Hnsbaud, And so is bis wife! TBE YANKEE HAItKBMAN. The following took place during the Rev olutionary War. Lonl Percy's regiment was about to commence firing at a target on Boston Common one day, when an awk ward looking country boy that had out grown his jacket and trowsers, came up. "Now my boys, for a trial of your skill!" said the Lord Percy; "imagine the mark to be a Yankee, and here is a guinea for who ever hits his heart." Jonathan drew near to see the trial. When the'first soldier fired and missed, he slap ped his hand on his thigh and laughed im moderately. Lord Percy noticed him.— When the second soldier fiffed and missed, Jonathan threw.uu his old.hat and laughed again. "Why do you laugh, fellow," said Lord Percy, crossly. "To think how safe the Yankees are, if you must know," replied Jonathan. "Why, do you think TOU could shoot bet -1 ter?" "I don't know; I could try." "Give him a gun, soldier, and you may return the fellow's laugh," said Percy turn ing to one of his men. Jonathan took the gun, and looking at every part of it carefully, said, "It won't burst will it? Father's gun don't shine like this one, but I think it is rather a leotle bet ter gun." "Why? Why do you think so?" asked Percy. "Cause I know what that'll den, and I have some doubts about this 'ere," replied Jonathan. "But look p'here I You call lhat | 'ere mark a Yankee, and I won't firo at a Yankee." "Well, you may call it a British regular if you please," said Percy. "Well. a regular it is then. Now for free dom, as father says." Jonathan fired. "You awkward rascal, that was accident. Do you think you could hit the mark agaiu?" inquired Percy. "I don't kuow indeed, but I can give it a trial." "Give him another gun, soldiers; and take care that tbe clown don't shodt you— I should not fear to stand before the mark myeelt" "Well, I guess you had not better try it." "Why, do you think you could hit mo ?" "I don't know indt&d, bukl could try it." Jonathan iired, aniT again hit the rnark "Ha! ha! how father would laugh to see me shooting at half-gun shot." Why you rascal, you don't think you could hit the mark at twice the present dis tance from yon." "I don't know but I'm not afraid to try." Givo him another gun, soldiers, and place the mark farther off." Jonathan fired again, and hit as before. "There, I guess that 'ere regular is, as the private that father says the judge hangs un til be is dead, dead, dead—three times dead ; and that is one more death than the scripture speaks on." "There, fellow, is a guinea, said Percy, tossing the coin to him. "Is it a good one?" inquired Jonathan, ringing it on the pavemetit. "Goodt Ye! way." "I should like to stay, oudsee them fel lows kill some more Yankees." "Begone! or 1 shall have to put you un der guard. Officer give him a pass to Char leston, but never let him come among our troops again." Advice to Young Men. In his valedictory address, ex-Lord-Roc tor, Glasgow University, Sir £. Bulwer Lyt too, lately offered the following excellent maxims to the%tudents: " Never reflect," said he, "to be otherwise than you are, either richer or wiser. Never be asbiftied to say 'I do. pot know.' Men will fflfn believe you when you say 'I do know.' Never be ashamed to say, whether applied to time or money, 'I cannot afford to waste an hour in the idleness to which you invite me : I wnnaohidfce# llni guinea you ask me to throw away.'- Once establish yourself and your mode Of life as what they really are, and your foot jb on solid ground, whether for the gradual gap onward or for the sudden spring over a precipice. From these maxims let me tjedflfee another.— Learn to say 'No' wilh decision, 'Yes' with caution. 'No' with decision whenever it temptation; 'Yes' With caution when aS£ it implies a promise. A promise once inviolate. is already of oSfijpjflpnca in the world when it is known cm implicitly rely on him. I have frgpfctly seen in life such a person preferred t<®J°ng list of applicants for some important cmrge; he has been lifted at once into station and fortune merely because he has this repletion—that when a man says he knows, he knows; and when he says he will do a thing, he will do it X3T An editor says that Sllttla garden patch of his was very profitable last season. The snails ate up the cecumbars, the chick ens ale bp the snails, the neighbors cats ate op the chickens and we era now in search of something that will eat up the cats. Can any of our agricultural friends aid us? BT Those who indalge in the "weed," have been considerably exercised of late by the reports of a short crop of^tobacco, both in Cuba and the Southern States. To re lieve their fears, we should etsle that there are several cargoes of guano on their way berr, which is equally as nasty as tobacco. GOUD ANECDOTE. One of the comic papers revives an old story that is better now than it was before these days of spirit seeing and hearing. It seems that an old sea captain, who had re tired from service and was living on a farm, had a wild harumscarum nephew living with him. He could not drive or frighten said hephew to do anything in its proper time. Among other things he could never get him to drive up the cows to be milked before dark—he had to drive them up from the back pasture through a BUgar bush.— Finally, the old captain asked the lad wheth er he was not afraid to go through the woods in the dark. "Fraid ! What is that? I never seen a -frafct," replied the boy. 4 ( M "Well, never mind, my lad; you will see one some of these nights if you do not bring the cows in before dark," said tbe captain meaningly. That night the boy played until dusk be fore he went for the cows as usual. The captain took a sheet and followed him.— Now the captain had a tame monkey, who saw the performance, and monkey-like, took a table cloth, and followed the captain at a respectful distance. The captain went into the middle of the woods where there was a big log by the side of the path. Go ing to the further end of it, he wound his sheet around him, got upon it and stood still. The monkey got on the first end with out noise, and did the same. So the parties stood when the boy came whistling along with his cows. They shied a little at see ing the ghost, which caused the little boy to look ahead. "Hello, what is that?" he shouted; "by gelly I guess its afraid 1" and then spying the monkey, he sung out, "by Jerusalem, if there ain't two fraid*—a big fraid and a lit tle fraid!" • , This caused the captain to look around when he saw, for the first time his ghostly companion. He thought he was a fraid, sure enough. The old captain streaked it for home, the monkey chasing bim, and the wicked nephew clapping hands and shouting, "Run, big fraid, or little fraid'll ketch you!" A NOBLE BOY. The following touching episode in street life—life in Paris—is a beautiful gem, and should be in all memories surrounded with puuii!- -r sweetest- mougnt amr gentlest Sym pathy : About nine o'clock in the morning, a little boy of twelve, whose jacket of white cloth and apron ditto, distinctly indicated that he followed the profession of pastry cook, was returning from market with an open basket on his head, containing butter and eggs.— When he had reached the vicinity of the church of St. Eustache, the little fellow, who could only with difficulty make his way through the crowd, was violently jostled by a stranger who was passing, so that Ids bas ket tipped, and fell to the ground with its contents. The poor lad, when he saw the eggs all broken, and his butter tumbled in the gutter, began to cry bitterly and Wring his hands. A person who happened to be in the crowd that gathered around the little fel low, drew a tensou piece front his pocket, and giving it to the boy, asked the rest who stood around him to do the same, to make up the loss occasioned by the accident. In fluenced by his example, every one present eagerly complied, and very speedily the boy's apron contained a respectable collec tion of coppers and silver. When all had contributed their quota, our young valet, whose distress had vanished in a mopient as though by enchantment, warmly thanked his new benefactors for their kindness, and forthwith proceeded to count the sum he had received, which amounted to no less than twenty-two francs and thirty-five centimes. But, instead of quietly putting this snm in his pockot, he produced the bill of articles he had lost, and as its total amounted to on ly fourteen francs, he appropriated no more than that sum, and then observing in the group that surrounded him, a poor woman in rags, the gallant little fellow walked up to her, and placed the remainder in her hand. Certainly it would have been impossible to have shewn himself more deserving of pub lic generosity, or to acknowledge it in a hanflsomer manner. The boy's noble con duet was greeted with the applause of the crowd, who were delighted to find such del icacy and propriety in one so young. Old Advertisement—Franklin's Breeches stolen. From the Pemtylvania Gazette, Feb. 22, 1738. Stolen, on the l&lh inst., by one Wfilihm Lloyd, out of the house of Benjamin Frank lin a half worn Sagathe coat, lined with silk, ruffled at the hands and bosom, a pair of black broadcloth breeches new seated and lined with leather, two pair of good worsted stockings, one a dark color and tho other of a lightish blue, a coarse cambric "handkerchief marked with an F in red silk, a new pair of calfskin shoos, a bqy's new caster hat, and sundry other things. N. B. The said Lloyd pretends to under stand Latin and Greek, and has been a school-master; he is an Irishman, about 30 years of age, tall and slim; had on a light ish colored great coat, red jacket, a pair of old sulk breeches, an old felt hat, too little for him and sewed on the side of the crown with white thread, and an old dark colored wig; but may gerhaps wear some of the stolen - Whoever seijfjfesTne thief so that ho may be brought shall have thirty shil lings reward, M charges paid by i BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Partial nearness and Discharges from the Ka*. Dr. Hxrtlcv generously offers lo attend all persona suffering from affeciionsof tbe ear at his office, 760 Broadway, N. Y., without charge until cured, thereby proving his suo cesr unequal, and protecting the deaf from being swindled by paying self-styled aurists exborbilant fees in advance, and tbe infliction of still more serious evils by permitting the application of dangerous remedies by inex perienced and unskilful hands. Dr. H. may hers state that be has no connection whatever j with any person advertising to cure deafness, neither has he given permission for tbe pub lication of a certificate purporting to emanate from him, and cannot, therefore be responsi ble from any alarming consequences reselling Urom raAness and desperation. Tire lass of money may not be material lo some persons, bot the deprivation of one of the most im portant of the senses ought to be regarded and treated with more than ordinary solici tude. Deafness, noise in the head, and all disagreeable discharges from the ear speedily, and permanently removed, without causing the least pain or inconvenience. A cure in all cases guaranteed where malformation does not exist. Thirteen years' close and almost undivided attention to this branch of special practice has enabled him to reduce his treat ment to such s degree of success as to find the most confirmed and obstinate cases yield by a steady attention to the means prescribed. The following testimonials are submitted with confidence. They will show at least in what estimation his professional qualifi cations are held by some of the most distin guished medical men of the country : TESTIMONIALS. "I have had the pleasure to meet Dr. Hartley in practice, and have been led to form a favorable opinion of his character, both in profession and as a gentleman. "\V. H. Parker, M. D., Prof, of Surgery." "From my intercourse with Dr. Hartley, I have found his deportment to be correct and gentlemanly. Valentine Mott, M. D." Reference of cures. Mr. Goodwin, 18th street, near Broadway. Mr. Wm. Silvey, 70 Courtlandt street. Mr. H. P. Herdmati, Counsellor at Law, 16 City Hall Place, N. Y. Dr. Bell, Dentist, Auburn, N. Y. Mr. Setii Paine, Editor, Chicago. Mr. James R. Burtis,Gas Works, Chicago. Mrs. Hawley, and Mr. F. Dean, Spring field. 111. Mr. Ef. F. Stephen, Jacksonville, 111. Miss Sarah Swaine, Nantucket. Miss R. D. Howard, Fairhaven, Mass. Jamos Burnett, Pleasant Valley, near Po'- keepsie, N. Y. TERMS.—For cure, 525. In compliance with the request of a large number of cor respondents iu the country, whose circum stances will not admit of a visit to New York, Dr. H. will forward a package by Express, containing all the necessary treatment, ap pliances, &c., with ample instructions to ef fect a cure, on receipt of #lO, and the Bal ance when cured. These Terms continued i for One Month only. What a Woman Can Do- As a wife and mother, a woman can make the fortune and happiness of her husband and children; and even if she did nothing olse, surely this would be sufficient destiny. By her thrift, prudence and tact, she can secure to her partner and herself a compe tence in old age, no matter how small their beginning, or how adverse a fate occasion ally be theirs. By her cheerfulness she can restore her husband's spirit, shaken by the anxieties of business. By her tender care she can often restore him to health, if dis ease has seized upon his overtasked pow ers. By her counsel of love, she, can win him from bad company, if temtfation in an evil hour has led him her ex ample, her precept, and her sex's iusight into character, she can mould her children, however diverse their dispositions, into good and noble men and women. And by leading in all things a true and beautiful life, she can refine, olevate and spiritualize all who come within reach, so that with others of her sex emulating and resisting her, she can do more to regenerate the world than all the statesmen or reformers that ever leg islated. She can do as much, alas! per haps even more, to degrade man, if she chooses to do it. Who can estimate the evil feat woman has the power to do? As a wife, she can ruin her husband by extravagance, folly, or want of affection. She cart make a devil and an outcast of a man, who might other wise have become a good member of soci ety. She can bring bickerings, strife'and perpetual discord into what has been a happy home. She can change the innocent babes whom God has entrusted to her charge, into vile men, and even viler wo men. She can lower the moral tone of so ciety itself, and thus pollute legislation at the Bpring head. She can, in fine, become tflt instrument of evil instead of an angel of good. Instcadof making flowers of truth, piiflty, beauty and spirituality spring up in her footsteps, till the whole earth smiles with loveliness that is almost celestial, she can transform it to a black and blasted des ert, covered with the scorn of evil passions, and swept by the bitter blasts of everlast ing death. This is what woman can do for tho wrong as well as for the light. Is her mission a little one ? Has she no "worthy work," as has become the cry of late?— Man may have a harder task to perform, a rougher path to travel, but has none loftier or more influential than woman's. Woman'* Advocate. [Twe Dollars par IfeiMt NUMBER 39- A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE STOBY- A few week* since, In coming down the North River, I was seated in the cabin of the magnificent steamer Isaac Newton, in conversation with some friends. It was be-' coming late in the evening, and one after another, seeking repose from the cares and toils of the day, made preparations to retire to their births. Some, polling off their boots and coats, laid themselves down to rest, oth ers, in the attempt to make it seem as much like home- as possible, threw off more of their clothing—each one as his comfort or apprehension of danger dictated. I had noticed on deck a fihe-looking boy of about six years of age, following around a man evidently his father, whose appearance indicated him to be a foreigner, probably a German, a man of medium height and re spectable dress. The child was unusually fair and fine looking, handsomely featured, with an intelligent and affectionate expres sion of countenance and form, under his German cap fell chestnut hair and thick clus tering curls. After walking about the cabin for a time, the father and son stopped within a few feci of where we were seated, and began prep arations for going to bed. I watched them. The father adjusted and arranged the bed the child was to occupy, which looked as if the sunlight from his young, happy heart al ways rested there. This done, I looked for him to seek his resting place ; but, instead he quickly kneeled down upon the floer, pnt his little hands together, so beautifully child like and simple, resting his arms npoo the lower berth, against which he knelt, he be gan his vesper prayer. The lather sat down by his side and wait od the conclusion. It was, for a child, a long prayer but well understood. 1 could hear the murmuring of his aweet voice, but could not distinguish the words he spoke. There were men around him—Christian men retiring to rest without prayed; or if praying at all, a kind of mental desire for protection, without sufficient courage or pi ety to kneel down in the steamboat's cab in and, before strangers, acknowledge the goodness of God, to ask his protection and love. This was the training of some pious moth er. Where was she now! How many times had her kind hand been laid upon the locks, as she had taught him to lisp his pray ers 1 A beamtful sight It was, that child at pray-~ or in midst of a busy, thoughtless throng.— He alone, of this worldly multitude draws night to heaven. I thank the parental love that taught him to lisp his evening prayer, whether Catholic or Protestant, dead or liv ing, whether far off or nigh. I conld scarce refrain from weeping then, nor can I now, as I see again that sweet child in the crowd ed tumult of the steamboat's cabin, bending in devotion before his Maker. i But a little while before I saw a crowd admiring listeners gathered about a compa ny of Italian singers in the upper saloon—a mother and two Bona, with voice and harp, and violin ; but no one heeded no one cared for the little child at prayer. little boy had finished his eve ning devotion, he arose and kissed his fa ther most affectionately, who put him in his birth to sleep fot the night I felt a strong desire to speak to them, but deferred it till morning. When morning came, the confu sion of landing prevented me from seeing them again. But, if I ever meet with that boy in his happy youth, in his anxious man hood, in his declining years I'll thank him for the influence and example of that devotion, and bless the name of the mother that taught him. Scarcely cny passing inci dent of my life ever made a deeper impres sion on my mind. I went to my room and thanked God that I had witnessed it, and for its influence on my heart. Who prays on a steamboat? Who teach their children td pray at home I—Home Journal. Why not Naccestftil) „ ■ The young mechanic or clerk marries and takes a house which he proceeds to furnish twice as expensively as he can afford, and then his wife, instead of taking hold to earn a livelihood, by doing her own work, must have a hired servant to help her spend her limited earnings. * Ten years afterwards, you wnl find him struggling under a double load of debts and children, wondering why the luck was al ways against him, while his friends regret his unhappy destitution of financial ability. Had tliey first been frank and hon est, he need not have been so unlucky. The world is full of people who can't im agine why they dont prosper like their neigh bors, when the real obstacle is not in banks or tariffs, in pnblic policy nor hard times, but in their own extravagance and osten tation. " Witt YOU give rae them pennies now?" said a big newsboy to a little one, after giv ing him a severe thumping. " No, I wont," was the reply. " Then I'll give you another pounding." "Pound away. Me-au' Dr. Franklin a groes; Dr. Franklin says: -Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of them selves." ' A BrxuTiruL THOuetrr.—A little Swedish girl, while walking with her father on a star ry night, absorbed in contemplation of the skies, being asked of what she was thinking, replied—"l was thinking if the wrong side oi heaven is so glorious, what' must the right side be
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