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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