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Seep Your Promises.
The man in the Bible, who said, go sir,'
and went not, has his counterpart, at the pre
sent day, in every department of life. Noth
ing is more common than for persons to make
promises or excite expectation which are
never realized. It is an easy thing to give
one's word, but a harder thing to keep it.
An unwillingness to disoblig,e, a disposition
to keep on good terms with all, a desire to get
of importunity, together with a carelessness
and indifference as to what constitutes an
obligation, lead many to say they will do a
thousand things which are-never done, and
which, indeed, if they had looked into their
hearts, they would have discovered they had
no real intention of doing. Some amiable
people seem to lack the nerve and moral
courage to say "No," even when the contrary
involves them in an untruth. One is asked
to be - present at a public meeting whare im
portant measures are to be discussed, and his
counsels and co-operation are regarded as
important. He is not cordially in favor of
the object, or is pressed with other engage
ments, or prefers enjoying his evenings with
his own family circle, or over his books, and
in his heart has no purpose to accede to the
proposition. Unwilling, however, to avow
his real sentiments, or to appear disobliging,
he either gives his word to be present, or so
frames his speech as to leave that impression
upon the mind of his friend. Virtually he
has given his promise; but the occasion comes
and passes without his ever having harbored
a serious thought of cheering it with his pres
ence. A mechanic is engaged to do a piece
of work. It is important that it shall be at
tended to promptly; arrangements involving
the convenience and comfort of the family
depend upon it, and except for the positive
1 assurance that it should be done at the ap
pointed time, some othet person would have
been engaged. Bat the appointed day comes
anti goes, and notwithstanding repeated ap
plications and new promises, weeks pass on
before the first blow of the hammer is struck,
or the first nail driven.
Then, also, confidence is destroyed in the
person who made the promise. The word of
the latter has been pledged, and if he has
failed to keep it once, he may fail again. The
victim of his deception, having discovered
that he is not to be relied upon, fixes a mark
upon him, and takes care not to put himself
in the way of future disappointments, and
advises his friends in like manner.
Hence, too, the man who makes and breaks
promises is a loser iu the end, so far as mere
self interest is concerned. In order to keep
his business, or not disoblige customers or
friends, he pledged himself for what he knew
or might have known, would not be done.
Instead of promoting his end by this decep
tion, he has f:ustrated it. The loss of custo
mers, and their adverse advice and influence,
does him a hundred fold more harm than
frankly to have told the truth at the outset.
The worst result of all, however, is the in
jury done by the faithless promiser to his own
moral principles. Whatever interpretation
he may put upon his languge, and however
he may endeavor to excuse himself, he has
uttered a falsehood. The repetition of such
obliquities deadens his moral sense, so that,
after long practice he thinks nothing of giving
and breaking his word. At last he can tell
an untruth every day °ibis life, and not even
be conscious of impropriety.
The lessons to be drawn from this subject
are, 1. That we should weigh well our words.
Strictly interpreted, perhaps, your language
may not have necessarily implied an abso
lute obligation; but if such an impression was
made, the injury is done. And, 2. That in
all transactions it is best, in every sense of
the term, to be honest. If a request cannot
be complied with, say so. You may fail, for
the time, to please a customer or friend, but
in the end you will have gained his respect
and confidence. It is a great thing to have
men say of you, "His word is as true as steel.
If he has said it, it wild be done." "A good
name," says the wise man, "is rather to be
chosen than great riches."—Christian
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vats and Journal. •
BEAR AND Fel3llß.Aß.—"Beal . and forbear';
should be the motto with every young couple
who start in life. Each have their failings, their
wants and their trials. Upon neither should
the whole burden rest ;as they "twain are
made one flesh," so let them together be the
Ades to bear the house upon their shoulders.
Let the wife remember, when the husband en
ters the house with "that troubled look, that
gloomy eye, that quiet unobtrusive sympathy,
that deep gentle and devoted love, it is her
duty, should be her pleasure, to offer, him.
But, on the other hand, let rum nut repel her
attentions : let him not give a harsh retort to
a loving word of hers—wrung it may be from
the very agony of his soul !—she can not
know of all the agony, she only feels that her
heart is crushed. And, husbands, do not
wonder and complain, if sometimes the brow
of your wife is shaded by . care ; if sharp, quick
words issue from the lips which we admit
menu) never utter aught but gentle ones.
if we were "perfect even as our rather in
Heaven isperfeet," remember she has her
trials, too, and this must be her apology.
U 7 Mind your own business at all times.
HUNTINGDON, NOVEMBER 21, 18556
President Pierce.
The Lutheran Observer edited by the Rev.
B. KunTz, gives the following account of the
visit of the Lutheran Synod of Maryland, re
cently in session at Washington city, to
President PIERCE:
The Synod paid their respects in a body to
his Excellency the President, were court
eously received, and exceedingly gratified by
the interview. The Rev. J. McCron acted
as our "spokesman and performed his part,
as we all knew he would ; in the most appro
priate and tasteful style, and the President
was equally successful in his response. But
as br. Diehl, president of the Synod, intends
to furnish an account of the interview and
of the two short but admirable speeches on
that occasion, we shall not try to anticipate
what we are confident he will do far better
than we could. •
We cannot however, forbear to advert to
one particular, which impressed us more
deeply than anything else.. Mr. McCron
had stated at the end of his address, that we
had esteemed it our duty to offer fervent
prayer in behalf of our country and our Pres
ident; and when his Excellency in reply
reached that passage his feelings were evi
dently strongly enlisted, his countenance at
once assumed a very serious cast, his voice
became more full and solemn, and in the
most impressive manner he assured us that
he believed in the power of reli g ion and of
prayer. "I have confidence," he said, "in
a people that are religious, and 1 firmly .be
lieve in the efficacy of prayer."
Gen. Pierce is a man'of small stature, and
delicately formed; his countenance is pleas
ant and prepossessing but somewhat care
worn, his manners and conversation dignified,
gentlemanly, affable, and extremely fascina
ting, and a man less assuming and preten
ding and more free from ostentation and lord
ly air, we never met with in the higher
walks of life.
A majority of the members of Synod had
not, we presume, voted for Mr. Pierce's ele.
evation to the presidential chair, but legally
elected, they deemed it a privilege to pay
their respects to his Excellency as the con
stitutional executive head of government,
and felt honored by the kind and gentleman
ly manner in which they were received.—
We have no doubt that every man left the
magnificent "East room" in which the inter
view took place, better pleased with Presi
dent Pierce than they had ever been, and
profoundly penetrated with gratitude to the
all-superintending providence of God, for
casting their lot in a Republic so mighty and
prosperous and guaranteeing to them and
others so many inestimable civil and reli
gious blessings:
Since writing the above we have found
the following in the Baltimore Sun, which,
we presume, is the statement alluded to
above, and intended for our paper.
VISIT OF THE LUTHERAN SYNOD TO THE
PRESIDENT.—In accordance with a resolu
tion unanimously adopted, the members of
the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Mary
land, who had been holding their session in
Washington city for several days, called in a
body at the White House on Tuesday for the
purpose of paying their respects to President
Pierce. They were received by him with
manifest gratification, and the Union says
the members of the Synod were highly pleas
ed with their visit. The Rev. Mr. McCron
introduced his brethren to the President, in
the following appropriate remarks :
Mr. PRESIDENT : It affords me much plea
sure to introduce to your Excellency the
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland,
and to assure you of our high appreciation of
your distinguished services on behalf of the
great republic, which has, with confidence
in your ability and integrity, placed the ad
ministration of its executive government in
your bands.
As Germans, natively or by descent, our
profound and sincere regard has always been
manifested to our noble and generous insti
tutions; and while we congratulate you on
the prosperity and peace which eminently
distinguish our grand national conrederacy,
we shall continue to offer our prayers for the
perpetuation of the same benediction.
The President responded as follows :
Stn.: I am very much gratified to meet the
Lutheran Synod of Maryland, now convened
in this city, several of whose ministers it
has been my pleasure to hear preach, and I
feel much 'Obliged to you, sir, and the body
which you represent, for the favorable senti
ments in regard to my services as President
of this great country, Just expressed. What
ever merit may attach to those services must
be ascribed to a sincere and honest purpose
faithfully to discharge the responsible duties
imposed upon me' by the people. And it af
fords me very great pleasure to be assured
that I am remembered by the clergy in their
prayers to a Throne of Grace; for I regard
them as a class of men whose services are of
great importance to the welfare of our coun
try, anti I am always gratified to meet them
in social intercourse. lam gratified to bear
testimony to the civil value of Germans
whose national character your Synod repre
sents. In all the relations which. they sus
tain to our Government, I have always found
them to be honest, sincere in their attach
ment to our country, loyal, and perfectly- re
liable.
After the ceremony of the introduction,
the Presideat made the visit very pleasant by
showing the objects of interest in severaldif
ferent rooms, among which were apecimens
of highly finished cabinet ware, such as ta
bles and drawers, brought from Japan, and
the fine portrait of General Washington by
Stuart, which, upon the approach of the ene
my to Washington in the last British. war,
Mrs. Madison cut out of the frame an car
ried it off. In all the social circles of Wash
ington you hear of the President's personal
popularity. Whatever people may say of
his administration, all who meet him in the
daily intercourse of life seem to be pleased
with him. His genial spirit, cordial polite
ness and tender susceptibility to serious im
pressions at once make their way to your
confidence and favor. Half an hour's inter
course will win your esteem, and you go away
with pleasant recollections, disposed to think
well both of yourself and the President.
Learning Grammar.
• fr ;he It
We copy the following from the .andolpt
Citizen
MR. EDITUR :—E have bin sendinl my
darter Nancy to scoot to a scoolmaster in this
naborhood. Last Friday I went over to the
scoot to see how Nancy was gettin' along,
and I sees things I didn't like by no means.
The scoolmaster was larnin' her things en
tirely out of the line of edycation, and as I
think improper. I set awhile in the scoot
house and heerd one class say their lesson.--
They was a spellen, and I thot spelled quite
well exceedingly. Then curn Nancy's turn
to say her lesson. She said it very spry. I
was shot l and determined she should leave
that stool. I have heerd that gramer was a
oncommon fine study, but I don't want any
more grainer about my house. The lesson
that Nancy said was nothin but the foolish
est kind lay talk, the ridiclest luv talk von
ever seed. She got up and the first word she
sed was, I Love
I looked rite at her hard for doin so im
proper, but she went rite on and sed ;
Thou lowest,
He loves,
and I reckon you never heerd such a rigger
myrole in your life—love, love,, love; and
nothin but love. , She sed one time,
I did love.
Seal, 'who did you love 'P Then the reel
lers laffed, but I wasn't to be put off and I
sed 'who did you love, Nancy I want to
know—who did you love 'P The scoolmas
ter, Mr. McQuillister, put in and red he wood
explane when Nancy finished the lesson.—
This sorter pacified me and Nance went on
with awful love talk. It got wus and wus
every word. She sed,
I might could or would love.
I stopped her again and sed I reckon '
would see about that, and told her to walk
out of that house. The seconnaster tried to
interfere but I woodcut let him say a word.
He sed I was a fool, and I nockt him down
and made him holler in short order. I talkt
the strate thing to him. I told him Ide show
him how heede tarn my darter gramer.
I got the nabers together and we sent Mr.
McQuillister off in a hurry, and I reckon
tharl be 'no more grarner teechin in these
parts soon. If you know of any rather old
ish man in your regeen that doant leech
gramer, we wood be glad if you wood send
him up. But in footure we will be keerful
how we employ men. Young scoolmasters
wont do, especially if they teethes gramer.
Itt a bad thing for merle.
Yours till death,
MOMAS J.F.VF.Ensola
. From the New York Herald, 14th.
Extraordinary Railroad Disaster.
A train blown off the liarlevi track by a liar
ricane—two men killed and seventeen in-
jux ed.
Yesterday morning about half past 6 o'-
clock, the express train from Albany met, in
the vicinity of Chatham Four Corners, with
one of the most extraordinary disasters it has
ever been our lot to record. It appears the
train had left Albany at 4 30, A. M., and ar
rived at Chatham Four Corners at 5 28, with
three passenger cars and a baggage car. Af
ter stopping at Copake—a station about thir
ty miles below Chatham Four Corners—the
train arrived at the place known as the Taco
nac or lower range of Berkshire mountains,
the boundary line between Massachusetts
and New York. This part of the road is ve
ry much exposed to a high wind, owing to a
narrow valley between two mountains, which
when the wind is east, concentrates it, and
the most fearful gales are experinced on this
part of the road when the wind at other pla
ces is even moderate.
During the whole of Monday night the
wind was very high and a heavy rain was
falling, and as the train was passing a fear
ful gust came up from the valley, and the
doors of the baggage car were blown in, and
in a moment the ear was hurled off the track,
and rolled down an embankment some forty
feet deep. The coupling which attached it
to the engine snapped in a moment, but the
passenger cars were blown by the wind after
the baggage car.
The scene that followed was fearful. The
cars rolled over three times, and came to the
bottom of the embankment' with a heavy
crush.
At this time of the morning it was pitch
dark ; the rain was falling heavily, and the
groans and shrieks of the mutilated passen
gers were heard with clreadfnl distinctness
above even the noise of the tempest.
The conductor, .111 r. it J. White, who was
in the middle car, extricated himself from the
ruins as soon as possible, and succeeded in
despatching the engine to Millertown, the
next station below, where aid was procured,
and the wounded and dying cared for. For
tunately there were but thirty passengers in
the train ; and of these strange to say, some
twelve were uninjured.
Louis Napoleon's Forethought.
About this time last year a man named
Louberts, ex-chief of a principal restaurant
in the Palais Royal, discovered a means of
preserving meat, so as to give it fresh at the
end of any number of years. I believe him
to have been the first. Since then three or
four have found out something analogous, and
are putting it largely in practice. This man
left his place, and applied to some capitalists
to help him in forming a company for the
working of his discovery. Their proposals
were so selfish, and offered him (the discov
erer) so little advantage, that he gave the
whole thing np, having only obtained some
private protection, to be allowed to furnish
some preserved articles for the Baltic fleet.
Asa last chance, however, he wrote to the
Emperor, recounting the whole. No answer
came, and, at the end of four or Bye months,
he left Paris for his native villiage, in Berry,
despairing of ever succeding with his plain.
In April last' came, one morning, a telegraph
ic despatch, calling this man to the Tuiler
ies as fast as possible. He went, and was
next morning in Napoleon's • cabinet. "1
have inquired into the whole," s said the Ern.'
peror ; "your meats sent to the 'Baltic suc
ceeded completely; but that is a partial essay.
The really important thing would be to bear
,upon the prices of meat at home. You ought itrable points. But for the breeding of choice
'to go to South America, and from thence Cthorough-breds, as many good points shoal(
send home ship loads of meat, whole beasts i attach to both sire and dam as may be ob.
preserved. We should then see what your 1 tained.
method is worth." "I quite agree to that, It will be seen, therefore, that in all cases
but I have not a penny to do it with," was ; where "foreign blood" has been in any de
the reply. The Emperor took some notes ' gree intermixed with the true Short-Horn,
out of a drawer. "There," said he "are 80,- I the main characteristics of the Short-Earn
000 f, (X 2,000;) go, and if your plan succeeds I I have been sought to be perpetuated by the
will take care of your future fortunes." The breeder in the descendant, and not the char
man sailed for America; he is now at Buenos acteristics of the "foreign" blood ;and when
Ayres, and a person of my acquaintance has such foreign blood was purposely introduced
read aletter from him dated thence, and ex- upon the Short-Horn itself, by imparting
au
b
pressine , the best possible lives of his enter- excellence supposed to be capable of 'fling
prise.----Illarichester Guardian. I so imparted, without detriment to the better
qualities of the Short-Horn ; but we have no
positive evidence that any benefit has been de
rived to the Short-Horn, blood by such inter
mixture; therefore, purity of blood should be
sought by every breeder who expects to ex
cel in the quality and reputation of his herd.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Romance of Life.
We heard the particulars yesterday of one
of those strange episodes in life in which the
old adage of "truth is stranger than fiction"
was fully illustrated. About six years since
'a lady named Mrs. Martha Wood, accom
panied by her son, his wife and two children,
arrived in this city from New Bedford, Mass.
She stated that she was a widow of some
twenty-four years standing, her husband
having been mate of a whaler, which had
been lost at sea. The family have resided for
the greater portion of the time on Libery
street, Mr. • Wood, the son, working at his
trade, which is that of a cooper, Yesterday
morning a gray headed and toil worn man
called at the residence of the family, and see
ing Mr. Wood, inquired for the widow, who,
being called into the room, while gazing in
tently at the stranger, whose eyes were fixed
mournfully upon her, requested to know his
business. "Do you not know me, Martha?"
said he, and as the sound of his voice, like the
memory of an olden melody, met her ear, she
gave vent to a hysterical cry, and fainted in
the arms which were opened to receive her.
The tale is soon told ; The ship in which
he had made his voyage from New Bedford
was cast away in the Sautla Sea Islands, and
he was one of the few who escaped a watery
grave. After enduring almost unheard of pri
vations, he succeeded, after thirty years, ab
sence, in reaching his native city. From a
brother of his wife he learned their present
location, and arrived here to find her whom
he had left a young and blooming bride far
advanced in the evening of life, while the
in fant, upoa whose lips, when he last saw
him, he had imprinted a father's kiss, and
who could then scarcely lisp his name, was
now a stalwart man and the head of a family.
Bow many hopes and fears must have agita
ted the heart of the old mariner as he again
set foot, after his loug pilgrimage, upon his
native soil. -
What Constitutes a True Bred Short
E-orn,?
There has been much written of late upon
what constitutes a thorough-bred Short-horn.
In the new Herd Book of L. F. Allen the
subject is thus presented by one whose opin
ion is entitled to consideradion :
This question has frequently been asked by
those who are curious to know the ur.mista
kable characteristics by which any admix
ture of foreign blood may be detected in an
animal claimed as a pure Short Horn. To
set out upon given premises, we will re
mark, that a well-bred Short-Horn should,
in color, be either red or white, or of both
these colors intermixed : no other colors
deeper than red being known within record
ed histories of them in England. There is a
race of Dutch and other cattle in the western
countries of continental Europe, which may
be called Short Horns, (from which it has
been claimed that the English Snort-Hams
originally sprung,) that are black and white,
and red and white spotted, parti-colored, and
roan or those colors. They possess some of
the features of the English Short-Horns, in
the lightness of their horns, their broad hips,
capacious bodies, and large milking qualities;
but they are usually large consumers, slow
feeders, hard handlers, with black noses, and
every way coarser animals. It isnot neces
sary at this stage of remark to go into an ex
amination of the relation of our present
bleed of Short-Horns with these foreign
breeds, but to settle, so far as may be settled,
the prominent characteristics of what are
considered true blood in our present ani
mals.
The principal marks of a thorough-bred
Short Horn may be thus enumerated : A. yel
-1 low' skin, with a yellow, cream-colored or
drab nose ; this drab may be run to a brown
ish shade, called nut colored, but not smoky
or black. The colors of the hair a lively red,.
(the red running down into a deep cherry, or
up into a yellowish;) or a brilliant white,
and these red and white colors, either sepa
rate in patches or spots by themselves, or in--
termixed in roan—either color more or less
prevailing ; the horn waxy, or a cream color,
with little black about it, but what black it
has, at the tips ; it should also be small,
short and slender, either crumpled, gently
drooping, or slightly turned up ; a general
levelcess of the back from the shoulders, at
the setting on of the neck, to the tail ; a full
ness and depth of body throughout with great
breadth ; short and fine legs ; a fine tail ; a
symmetrical appearance throughout ; with a
lively, gentle, yet sprightly look of the eye.
There are other intermediate points of excel
lence that may be named to constitute a per
fect Short-Horn ; but those which are named
are usually considered indispensable, as ma
king up a truly well-bred animal.
Glaring defects, in spite of, their improved
breeding, have occasionally crept out, from
the existence of similar defects in their an
cestry, far back, tending to the belief that such
defects were common to the original Short-
Horns, but by careful breeding had been bred
out to a great extent. One or more of such
defects are occasionally seen in the produce
of some of the best bred animals, but it is
the exception, not the rule; and animals with
either of such defects, if very prominent, are
not to be recommended as breeders, where
the best of breeding blood isrequired, as they
may possibly perpetuate those same defects,
id their descendants. For breeding grade
stock ; atir for the objects of beef alone. a par
tially deficient animal may be used, when
his defects are counterbalanced by other,valt
VOL. 11 1 NO. ti
EFFECTS OF DEALI - NO IN LOTTERIES.--
Not withstanding the stringent laws of
Pennsylvania against the sale of lottery pol
icies or tickets, the business is carried on in
this city quite boldly and very extensively,
greatly to the injury of hundreds of our citi•
zens and to the ruin of young men. Scarce
ly a day passes but complaint is made before
some Alderman by the victims of this perni
cious system, but rarely, if ever, does a con
viction of the offenders follow. On Satur•
day last, a young man respected by numerous
friends, and until recently employed as 1.
confidential and financial clerk of a house it
street, was arraigned before Ala.
Ogle on the charge of using some $2OOO of
his employer& money, which the offender
confessed was used for the purchase of lot
tery tickets. To obtain this money, false
entries and even forgery was necessary and
when the unfortunate young man discovered
that an exposure would soon follow, he took
his flight to a neighboring city, but an officer
tracked him and brought him back.. While
before the Alderman, he made an affidavit,
stating that the money had been spent in the
purchase of lottery tickets, and gave the
name of the person from whom he had pur
chased. A warrant was issued for his ap
prehension, with the hope that the money
may be regained and the unlawful dealer
brought to justice. The young man was
held in .$•4000 bail to answer.—.Phila, Led
oer.
WARTS ON iloasEs.-11. V. W:, of Con
necticut, gives the following remeey for warts
nn horses :—ln 1.5.52, I had horse which had
a wart on one Of his fore legs. 'applied a
ligature, and in a few days it came off, and
appeared to be cured; but it soon began . to
grow again, and in -a few months became as
large as a hen's egg, and eventually a running
sore. I again removed it with a ligature,
and applied nitrate of silver (lunar caustic,)
to the wound, at intervals of two or. three
days, for about three weeks, when it healed
up and has given no farther trouble. Anoth
er gentleman—Mr. E. S. S., of Hartford ; N.
Y., in reference to the same subject, says
One year ago I had a fine young mare that
had no less than half a dozen warts (tom the
size of a pea up to a half dollar. After many
unsuccessful trials I applied muiiatic acid
(with a feather) daily, and had the pleasure of
seeing them disappear rapidly, and in a few
weeks there was not one wart to be seen.
It is a safe and speedy cure.
SPLENDED PROJECT.-All insane man writes
from the asylum to a rich friend of his as
follows :
"Send me three millions dollars. (As to
what I want of it, a word in your ears pri
vately.) I intend to lay down in every street,
court, lane, place, and alley of Boston, 10,000
miles of iron main 4 feet diameter. with 12
inch service pipes entering each house; so
far so good. Then I shall commence at the
top of the White Mountains to lay a pipe 1(1
feet in diameter in the ground 6 yards deep,
from the said White Mountains to the main
in Boston, which will have been already
constructed as before remarked ;
this done, [
shall build a steam engine 718,000 horse
power, and(!ean over this way if you please,
I'm afraid somebody might hear) force the
freezing atmosphere from the mountains into'
every douse in 1 ! There's no' mistake'
about this—it's bound to go; and when it's'
finished, I mean to buy a pair of boots, and'
go in flat-footed for a line of pipes to the'
tropics, to pump hot a - feint() the house in
winter. These little jobs completed, and we'
will have our cool weather in July, and in'
January it shall be warm and comfortable, as
it always ought to have beenil guess.Nature's'
jig is about up, ain't it r
ENCOURAGE Yorn ow - s.—Every Man and'
particularly every advocate of the protective
principle should supply blowouts at home.--
Support your neighbors first. Get your b dela,"
your coats. your groceries and your dryigoods'
at home, it you would have your town and
community thrive. Amongst all your pm- .
Lice of this• principle, don't forget to encoar- -
age your home newspaper, for that is a mat'
ter we have some direct - interest in. Be con
tent with as gooctand - cheap an article as cir
cumstances allow. Just in proportion as each'
branch of business is encouraged will' ambi
tion be stimulated and the means found to'
better supply your wants.
At the battle. of . Waterloo lute French
officers were advancing to charge a'rnublia . u.:.
perior force. The danger was imminent,
and one of them displayed evident signs of
fear. The other, observing it, said to him:
"Sir, I believe you are frightened.'? "Yes,"
returned the other, "I am, and'if you were
half so much frightened,• you would, run
away." This anecdote exhibits; in a happy
light, the difference between moral and'
physical courage.
- -
During the month of August, .890
passsengers sailed from Liverpool'; of whom►'
7174 proceeded to the United State
Q"~r' The King of Prussia is said 'to 'be'al
fected with dropsy in the chest:
i r7., If you *wish to be beattby, take plea , '
ty of -out- dooretercisch