LEWI BURG CHRO CLE II. C 1IICKOK, Editor. VOLUME X.NO.S2. Whole Number, &f:0. LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1853. O. N. WORDEX, Printer. LEWISBURG CHRONICLE macbine-sbop of biup.MAX are sent to slept last night, after what I beard, without I claimed Mr. Jonas. "I've just found ooutbern and v, cstern States. I be A ortb just sending them a bushel of coal and a them out. They're a lazy vagabond set Branch Canal is now pronounced comple ted to this place, and a Junction Canal to E!wira is under contract, to be made in part by slack-water navigation of the Chemung River, (and when completed will make a complete water COmmUnica- Ht IDIflClinilT nviLY JOCIIll, liatd on FHIDA Y morningi at Leieisburg. Union county, Vtnntylvania. TEK VS. 11.0 per jear, for cash nrtualljr in adranee tt.TJ, if paid within three months; $2 00 if paid vithin a Tsar; if not paid b -fore the year expires ; 4 crati for mla number. Subeeriptifma fir six months or less, to bt paH ia alranee. IlisCTntinaanees optional with the Publisher, except when the year is paid up. AnvcarissarvTS bin Isomelr iuserted at 60 rents per aaare,oae week, $1 fmir weeks. $5 a year; two squares. 4 for sig as-tatht, $7 for a year. Mercantile advertise mu, n-it 'x-wedinK one fourth of a column. $10 a year. J )U WVtK anl casual svlrertisementa to be naid fur o.,",rlW;.n subject, of eener into- f th! NrtU BranC' A iU Wat.m , 8t0Wal f 'm8- in m0st MSM 4j"47 Bt within the rans of party or sectarian contest, i have been let into the Canal, but being ' either encouraging idleness and vice, or Al letters must cime post-paid, accompanied by the real ! , . . ijiirili .? ad iresa of the writer, to rereiye attention. w-Thoae . built of coarse gravel and sand, the Canal ; weakening self-respect and virtuous self- relatinzeiclusie-lr to the K litorial leartmrnt.to bedi-! . . . t Is i em . . .. ret to iuxrt c. iiinoK. Ksq.. Editor and thoM on ' proves to tie not water-tight, and will have dependence. 1 here is in u ate strength in basket of provisions." " You are certain of that V " For which I honor jour kindness of I " Morally certain. Mr. Caddy says be beart, Nr. Jonas. So far you have acted knows them like a book, and that they'd right. But, I am by no means so well : rather want than work. With him, I assured of the wisdom and humanity of think a little wholesome starvation will do your present action in the case. The true ' them good." OFFICE in BeaverU nr7block on Market to P"'"!" clay to make it fit for jusc. j his can hardly be done this fall, and "an appropriation to fiuish the North j Branch" will probably be asked for, next session, again. Wood is $1,50 to $2,00 ' per cord, here ; Lackawanna Coal,brought from Scran ton, via. Bingbaniton, Owego, I and Waverly, is $4,50 to $5. The people Square, north side. 2d atnrv. left hand door. O. Ti. WORIEX. Proprietor. lBDg3l.il CorreapoBdenre of the LewislmrK Chronicle, j Wavkrlv, N. Y., Nov. 8. A very snowy, drizzling day is provided tion between Chesapeake Bay and Lakes ' way to help the poor, is to put it into their I Notwithstanding this rather discourag kne and Uotario. J 1 be Lbemung is the , power to help themselves. The mere be-; ing testimony, Mr. Prescott made a memo randum of the street and number of the house in which the family lived, remark ing as be did so : " I have just beard where the services of an able-bodied man were wanted. Per haps Gardiner, as you call him, may be every one; let us seek to develop this strength in the prostrate rather than hold them up by a temporary applicatiou of our ' glad to obtain the situation." for the "sovereigns" of the Empire State j nticipate getting Wilkcs-Barre Coal at to decide their triangular contest. I was at a poll in the town of Barton, Tioga Co. In this State, the towns, (townships, in Pennsylvania) are sub-divided into election districts, so that none shall have but 300 or 400 voters. Under this arrangement, some towns have two, three, or more dist- $3, upon the comiug into use of the long' looLed-for Canal There is also a prop osition to slack-water the Susquehanna between Athens and Binghamton, for 6tcam-boat navigation. And as the Sus quehanna is several feet higher than the Chemung, a water-power of immense mag- own powers, to fall again inevitably, when the sustaining hand is removed. This, depend upon it, ia not true benevolence. Every one has ability to serve the common good, and society renders back sustenance for bodily life aa the reward of this ser vice." " But suppose a man cannot get work," said Mr. Jonas. " How is be to serve so ciety, for sake of a reward ? " " True charity will find employment for him, rather than bestow alms." " But if there is no employment to be - - . . 1.11 1 - . t I. . . . . ut. nets. The storm kept back nearly half of , u,lulu- ,s couw.uiPiaieu, Dy taking me wa- bad, Mr. rrescott r ' the voters, and those who attended were j lcM of the Susquehanna over to the Che- " You make a very extreme case. For in the best pos?ille humor. " Hards," ! "ung the distance between the rivers, all who are willing to work, in this country, 44 Softs," and "Maine Law," were the ifor two or lnree ta,t being from a quar- there is employment." . .... ... . ... ,.t . ... : T .. a. . .: 1 . 1 m I itt i i . . issues, and 44 lug and 41 Democrat i " 44 ""c lu l"u "' .mere - i am Dy no means reauy to aamit ibis were merely incidentals. " Hunkerisni" 'gnt ea a large number of mill-races assertion was rampant here in '48, bi t now "Sofia" across this neck by a dam on the Susque- Well, we'll not deal in general pro- or the Free-Soilcrs have it their own way j n!,nna ana the "'crs tnos discharged ' positions, because anything can be assumed anion" the Democracy. " Loose Dirt " i W0U,J scrvieeablo as a feeder to the or denied. Let us come direct to the case and "AdJcrniautine" are the nicknames i0"" Branch. Should these anticipa giveu by each section of the party to the j ,ions bc ralicd, Athens will become a other; and the fmd was uetcr so wide, Lowell f.r that region. It is now their or the hatred so bitter consequence is, j Kuffaloe Valley as regards fertility and the Whigs are "jest nat' rally" getting i taxable property, paying about one-seventh the best offices throughout the State. Two jof tue tax of tue county, and getting just or three of the candidates for Legislature, j "bout as many offices as Lewisburg does. District Attorney, and Judge, were urged ! (rr further particulars of this most by their friends as the Simon Pure Maine interesting region, take ' The Athenian ' a 1 feel considerably worried, " is, that they Iaw man ; and it would have sorely puz- and fair-looking journal conducted :are suffering for the common necessaries de between them. . bJ Uiarles 1. Huston, late in the office ; of life. It is all very well to tell a man to help himself, but, if hi3 arm is paraly- m-A l. 1 v ,1., ; shop, he will soon starve under that system in point, and thus determine our duty to wards the family whose needs we are con sidering. Which will be the best for them ? To help them in the way you pro pose, or to encourage them to help them selves ?" "All I know about them at present," replied Mr. Jonas, who was beginning to aled a stranger to deer It is a foregone conclusion," however, I of the Chronicle, and in the University, at tbattbe next ew Yuik Irfglli-.w :ti j lwihnra 1 It wouiu LH3 uaru worK to uuu mnu pass a Prohibitory Liquor Law similar to within twenty miles of the New York & that of Maine Tl.: an'iAn wia frirmprlv rpmnrkabli but not remarkably blessed-for drinking ,';iu"ous n? 1?eilimate Lu8iness- and horse-racing; but religious influences contrary (to use a common phrase) i KanUhpJ t-n latter, and the I ta8 matie whole village-, and doubled ... i i.j TnJe the prosperity of whole townships. fnrnin SCI IS ITUICD (1 1 111 1 D ISU 0(1. 1 O-tlaV , ' t J I i Erie BaiKay, who would object to it as But of benevolence. Feed and clothe a man first, and then set him to work to help himself. He will have life in bis beart and strength in bis hand." " This sounds all very fair, Mr. Jonas; and yet there is not so much true charity I saw but one drunken man, aud he was no class are as much benefitted as the . involved there, as appears on the surface. ' Farmers, for it makes nearer and at higher j It will avail little, however, for us to de- ened their dry-goods, groceries, and hard ware. Incoq. enjoying himself and occasionally amusing the voting crowd by broken snatches ot antiquated songs, the "burden" of which was that the free-born sons Of North nerafcujr must guard well their liberties, put down all fanaticism, vote for the Republican cause, and sustain the of North ion-rei-a "I'm on a begging expedition,' This "refrain" he was at last assured he Mr. Jonas, as he came bustling into the I must "refram from "sustaining tiiu, ; counting-house or a fellow-merchant named 44 He won't work ; that's the character I have received of him," replied Mr. Jo nas, whose miud was very much roused against the man. The pendulum of his impulses had swung, from a slight touch, to the other extreme. "A dollar earned is worth two received in charity," said Mr. Prescott ; 44 because the dollar earned corresponds to services rendered, and the man feels that it is his own that he has an undoubted right to its possession. It elevates his moral char acter, inspires self-respect, and prompts to new efforts. Mere alms-giving is demor alizing for the opposite reason. It blunts the moral feelings, lowers the self-respect, aud fosters inactivity and idleness, opening the way for vice to come in and sweep away all the foundations of integrity. Now, true charity to the poor is for us to help them to help themselves. Since you left me a short time ago, I have been thinking, rather hastily over the matter, and the fact of hearing about a place for an able bodied man, as I just mentioned, has led me to call around and suggest your making interest thereof in behalf of Gar diner. Helping him in this way will be true benevolence." 44 It's no use," replied Mr. Jonas, in a positive tone of voice. "lie's an idle, good-for-nothing fellow, and I'll have no thing to do with him." Mr. Prescott urged this matter no fur- useless. On his way home, on leaving bis store, he called to see Gardiner. He found. I in torn amolt mosiotirTi. fnrnwKi.il mnma A man, his wife and three children. Every thing about them indicated extreme pover ty : and worse than this, lack of cleanliness aud industry. The woman and children, had a look of health, but the man was evi dently the subject of some wasting disease. see a poor widow, in such a state of low health, that she had to lie in bed neary half of every day. She had two small chil dren, and supported herself and them by fine embroidery, at which, she worked nearly all the time. I lever saw a neater room in my life tl an her's, and her chil dren, though in very plain and patched clothing, were perfectly clean. How dif ferent is all here; and yet, when I entered, you all sat illy amid this disorder, and . shall I speak plainly filth falls, or other causes, and the lens, which is naturally clear as crystal, becomes white and opaque. Opacity of the lens, or what is called cataract, may be produced without laceration of the membranes, by merely gazed around the room, which scarcely , interfering with the circulation of the seemed like the one he bad visited a little vessels which supply it The writer waa while before. All was clean, and every-! lately called to visit an aged female who thing in order; and, what was better still, j hl been suffering acutely for months, af the persons of all, though poorly clad, tor submitting, while in health, to the ma were clean and tidy. Mrs. Gardiner sati uipulating itinerant The lens was dislo- by a table mending a garment ; her daugh-S cted and pressed on the sensitive nervca On the evening of the third day, Mr. Prescott thought it time to call upon the Gardiners. 44 Well, this is encouraging '." said he, with an expression of real pleasure, as he The woman, on whose face the color had ( ter was putting away the supper dishes ; i 'he margin of the pupil. The pain oc- dcepened while Mr. Prescott spoke, now while the man sat teaching a lesson in I casioued by pressure of this kind may be rose np quickly, and commenced bustling spelling to their youngest child. j compared to that pioduced by pressing the about the room, which in a few momenta looked far less in disorder. That she felt his rebuke, the visitor regarded as a good sign. "Now," said he, aa the woman resumed her seat, "let me give you the best maxim for the poor in the English language; one that, if lived by, will soon extinguish pov erty, or make it a very light thing 4God helps those who help themselves.' To be . very plain with you, it is clear to my eyes that you do not try to help yourselves; such being the ease, you need not expect gratu itous help from God. Last evening you were aided by Mr. Jonas, who promised more efficient aid to-day. The glow of satisfaction that pervaded : exposed nerve of a tooth with a tooth-pick, the bosom of each member of that family, 'ut ia tuc former case the pain u continu aa Mr. Prescott uttered those approving! ousi antl d easily removed as in the words, was a new and higher pleasure than lttKt- Other cases of injury attributed had for a long time been experienced, I t0 manipulation, such as cross-eyes, double causing the flame of self respect and self-j 'sion, &c., have come under the writer1! dependence, re-kindled once more, to raise i notice. Last month, in presence of tha upward in a steady flame. editor, he operated for cabinet in the case "I like to see this," continued Mr. of the ladJ wlose vioion, with the aid of Prescott " It does me good. You have spectacles, was perfect until she was in- fairly entered the right road. Walk on ' duccd hJ plausible advertisements to pay steadily. courageously, unwcariedly. There! for a course of lemons. After the third is worldly comfort and happiness for you ) lesson vis!on became indistinct, and blind at the end. I think I have found a very i ness ultimately followed. Beer waa called good place for your son, where he will re- i 10 ex""'ne a gentleman who had alwayi You have not 'ceive a dollar and a half a week to begin . enjoyed -nt near. frntn liim nrul mho, ia mnrs with Tn n fpm mnfltllQ- if &1I thintrfl flllit- ! J:it m will not hear from him. Some one to he will get two dollars. The work is easy, ! been at a party of friends, when person whom he applied for a contribution hap- and the opportunities for improvement j stopped suddenly behind bun, and covering pened to know more about you than he 'good. I think there is a chance for you both eyes with the hands, wished him to did, and broadly pronounced you a set of J also, Mr. Gardiner. I have something in, gu wh, ' was- The former, without idle vagabonds. Just think of Uaring my mind that will just meet your case, j speaking a word, endeavored to escape such a character ! He dropped the matter : Light work, and not over five or six hours j from be pressure, and when the eyelid at once, and you will get nothing more ' application each day the wages four dol- j ere opened, he was entirely bereft of signi. Aiiuougu mere was not tne least excellent sight, until it was a moment: The patient had frnm him f am r.no nf tlinao nn mfinm lars a week to Ix-CIII With. With a Crosnect he called. Now if you are all disposed to ' of soon having them raised to six or seven ; apFarance of utj, the sufferer remained help yourselves, I will try to stand your ' dollars. What do you think of that V j bopeleasly blind. From thia melancholy friend ; if not, I shall have nothing to do I " O, sir !" exclaimed the poor man, in ; example, Beer concludes that the eyes are with you. I speak plainly ; it is better ; whom personal pride and a native love of, liable to injury even from moderate prea there will bc less danger of misapprehen- independence were again awakening, " if: sure- -sion. That oldest boy of yours must go ' you can do this tor me, you will indeed j Therc is a popular notion, sanctioned to work and earn something And vour I be a benefactor." ! evcn l,y medical men who ought to kuow daughter can work about the house very " It shall be done," said Mr. Prescott, j lter, that the eyes are preserved by ope well while you go out to wash, or scrub, ' positively. "Did I not say to you thatj n5n3 bem every morning in a basin of and thus earn a dollar or two, or three God helps those who help themselves ? It ' colJ water. Some of the worst cases of every week. There will be no danger of is even thus. No one in our happy country, pctergium of film on be surface of tha .ftrftiiu?o b,fn.;wboi.wi have been witnessed in those who Gardiner can help some, I do not in the j the sweetest bread." wa,er Sct4 nt0 tbe windpipe, the nostril, least doubt" It required a little watching, and nrg-, or t,ie irritation is produced, and when And Mr. Prescott looked enquiringly at ing, nd admonition, on the part of Mr. j tbe cycf are opened under water, the sen- tbe man. "If I waa only able-bodied," said Gar diner in a half reluctant tone and manner. "But you are not. Still, there are ma ny things you may do. If, by a little ex- ,ul m.,vf .iKl.M,,in .'ksisilismainn.. Vn.ir timn nml min. His form was liffht. his face thin and ertion you can earn the small sum of two or and want would again have entered the fa i ,......! .1 j . i, i. : -it i. l ..i.- . ,Aa ... JMr1i;nrt ucts, at the same time that it has cheap- are both of two much value during busi-j rather pale, and bis languid cpes deeply ree uonara a wech, w... ue .ar uener j. u.. u - """-B; and Mrs. Prescott, to keep the Gardiners j 8ation is J thing but agreeable. The moving on steadily in the right way. Old j eJe is M'ricated by a secretion admirably habits and inclinations had gained too much J:'P'e'l to facilitate the motions of the lid power easilv to be broken : and. but for over its orfaee, and as thia secretion ia jthis watchfulness on their part, idleness ! Partiai' soluble in water, it is as incon sistent witn common sense to wasb it HELPING THE POOR. BT T. 8. ARTHUR. ness hours for useless discussion. I can- j sunken. He was very far from being the j even fur your health than idleness. not give understanding, in the present j case, and so must disappoint your expecta tions in this quarter." " Good morning then," 6aid Mr. Jonas, bowing rather coldly. t -1.1- I S.C- it . . . . J a Tas Nullum onrnoi srcrir weplr hv Tour find. As the latter atept into the miscra- J wife, two by your boy, and three by your- away, as it is to remove the oil from tho The reader will hardly feci surprised,! wace,a 01 naehinery. It is unquestion- when told, that in three or four years from! MJ ,mPrtant that the cleanliness of tha the time Mr. Prescott s wisely met the! """g811 maintained ; yet this may be ac- v.v i-...-:.t,.4 a " .,. I .nnld m-ke evp Jullar a week, and c ise of the indigent Gardiners, they were compiisoea in tne usual manner, without uic iui iiijub i wau w ubii. mil mil. Ktsiu- 1 1 - J . . . . . I i r e .1 i uvinz in a snuz time nousc oi ineir own. I , ' s e e .1 5 . . ( tho. secretion 5s Tttiatml Vir r-nlii nr- ntnr nearly paiu ior out. oi me unueu luuusiry i J - ered, the light of expectation, mingled with the shadows of mute suffering, came into I :r r . w ,:.(.la a. A.' v ne in a snu little house of their own. l"'"g luoncaung sunaces. nen 14 Good morning, pleasantly responded ' their countenances. Nr. rrescott waa a Mr. Prescott, as his visitor turned and left I close observer, and saw at a glance, the as- or he should lose his "liberty" assemblage of his respected in that " repnbl'B'a seller rliVn Of North iiuares-n Jr." I left this vigilant defeuder of the rights of the faction that the Maine Lsw was untonchichusAonf, Prescott. "And as you are a benevolent man, I hope to get at least five dollars here in aid of a family in extreme indigent circumstances. My wife heard of them yesterday ; and tbe little that was learned. his store. "All a mean excuse for not giving. said Mr. Jonas, to himself, as he walked sumed sympathy-exciting face of the men dicant in each. 44 You look rather poor, here," said he, people, demonstrating to the satis- ! Bt We of three boys and the sign-post, T ,. . . . , . 3 , . f f , ,1 am out this morning on a mission for xtt rtr.1 Ira T Vint in Mien AtiAiinti wt and bed fight ag'in't till the last drop of l rf Wre, of flur , baJ liquor, pru.Mu.jj - rf sotatoes. and a small lot of series." You are aware that in this btatc, colo- n , , T. , -, rather hurriedly away. 44 1 don't believe as he took a chair, which ihe woman dust- red men of proper age, owning a eertain amount of taxable property, may vote and a gray-headed man of that qualifica tion quietly voted here to-day, thus dem onstrating that a colored man of property is equal to a white man of none. "Unele Rcub." voted with the "Softs" or "Free Soilers" too sensible a man to throw away bis vote on the impracticable "Lib erty" party. Indeed, "Uncle Reub." I don't know hia last name is a stand-by, and could not be persuaded to vote any thing but the "Soft" ticket. (Very diffe rent from the colored coachman, noticed by John Van Buren, who was employed by his father Ex-President Martin for 15 or 20 years, but could never be induced to vote for one of the family ! Knowing the Vac Bnrcns as well aa he did, he was an unswerving Whig ) Waverly is a town (or "village" as they say here) of about 1000 inhabitants, sprung up since the location here of the New York k Erie Railroad. It is the for which you propose this charity ?" en- auircd Mr. Prescott. with a slieht coldness s ' of manner. 44 1 only know that they are in want, and that it is the first duty of humanity to relieve them," said Mr. Jonas, quite j warmly. " I will not question ycur inference," said Mr. Prescott. " To relieve the wants ! of our suffering fellow-creatures ia an nn j questionable duty. But there is another i important consideration connected with poverty and its demands upon us." 44 What is that pray ?" inquired Mr. Jo nas, who felt considerably fretted by so : unexpected a damper to his benevolent en ! thusiasni. 44 How it shall be done," answered Mr. Prescott, calmly. 44 If a man is hungry, give him bread ; if he is naked, clothe him," said Mr. Jonas. " There is no room for doubt or question here. This family, I learn, are suffering for all the necessaries of life, and I can depot for freight and passengers for all clearly see the duty of supplying their tbe Susquehanna country, below, having j wants. businew on thia Railway. " Of how many do the family consist ?" But Athess Cor Tioga Point) three inquired Mr. Prescott. miles below Waverly, is in Pennsylvania, " There is a man, and hia wife, and three and has by nature the best location of any town in that region, yet for want of energy and enlarged liberality has never flourish ed, and hardly grew until the last 10 or 12 or four children." " Is the man sober and industrious ?" "I don't know anything about him, I've had no time to make inquiries. I only years, during which it has increased from ' know that hunger and cold are in his about 500 to 1000 inhabitants, and now j dwelling, or, at least, were in hia dwelling bids fair to become one of the largest ! yesterday." towns in Northern Pennsylvania. The I " Then yon have already furnished re amount of Merchandise bold has trebled in Kef?" tm ye, in4 lne Engin?! made at tho " Temporary relief. I ihonld'nt haw much in the benevolence of your men who arc so particular about the why's and wherefore's so afraid to give a dollar to a poor, starving fellow-creature, lest the act encourages vice or idleness." Tbe next person upon whom Mr. Jonas called, happened to be very much of Mr. Prescott's way of thinking ; and the next happened to know something about the family for whom he waa soliciting aid. "A lazy, vagabond set!" exclaimed the individual, when Mr. Jonas mentioned his errand, 44 who would rather want than work. They may starve before I give them a shilling." "Is thia true?" asked Mr. Jonas, in surprise. 44 Certainly it ia. I have had their case stated before. In fact, I went through the sleet and rain one bitter cold night to take them provisions, so strongly had my sympathies in regard to them been excited. Let them go to work." " But can the man get work ?" inquired Mr. Jonaa. "Other poor men, who have families dependent on them, can get work. Where there's a will there's a way. Downright laziness is tbe disease in this case, and the best cure for which is little wholesome starvation. So, take my advice, and leave this excellent remedy to work out a cure." Mr. Jonas went back to hia store in ra ther a vexed state of mind AH his fine feelings of benevolence were stifled. lie was angry with the indigent family, angry with himself for being 44 the fool to meddle with any business but hia own." " Catch me on such an errand again," said he, indignantly. " I'll never seek to do a good turn again aa long aa I live." Just as he was saying this, his neighbor Prescott came into his store. " Where does tha poor family live, of whom yon were speaking to me 1" ho in quired. "O, don't ii me about them! ex- ed with her dirty apron before handing it to him. "Indeed, sir, we are miserably off," re plied the woman, in a half-wbining tone. "John, there, hasn t done a stroke of work now for three months; and " "Why not ?" interrupted Mr. Prescott "My health is very poor" said the man. "I suffer much pain in my side and back, and am so weak most of the time, that I can hardly creep about." "That ia bad, certainly," replied Mr. Prescott, "very bad." And as he spoke he turned his eyes to the woman's face, and then scanned the children very closely. "Is that boy of yonra doing anything?" he enquired. "No, sir," replied the mother. "He's too young to be of any account' "He's thirteen, if my eyes do not de- cieve me." "Just a little over thirteen "Docs be go to school ?" "No sir. He has no clothea fit to be seen at school." "Bad bad," said Mr. Prescott, "very bad. Tbe boy might be earning two dol lars a week,instead of which he is growing up in idleness, which surely leads to vice. Gardiner looked slightly confused at this remark, and his wife did not feel very comfortable under the steady, observant eyes that were upon her. "You seem to be in good health," said Mr. Prescott, looking at the woman. "Yes sir, thank God! And if it wasn't for that, IJdon't know what we should all have done. Everything has fallen upon me since John there has been ailing." Mr. Prescott glanced around the room, and then remarked a little pleasantly, "I don't see that yon make the best use of your health and strength." The woman understood him, for tbe color cams instantly to her face. 'There is no excuse for dirt and disor der," said tbo visitor. " I ones called to see half that sum in a week now." "Indeed, sir, and you speak tbe truth there," said the woman. 44 Very well It's plain,then, that work is better than idleness." "But we can't get work." The woman full back upon this strong assertion. "Don't believe a word of it I can tell you bow to earn half a dollar a day for of the family, every one of which was now well clad, cheerful, and in active employ ment. As for Mr. Gardiner, his health was improved, instead of being injured by light employment, cheerful, nelf-approvii-g causes, quinceseed tea, or milk aud water are preferable, for ablution, to water alone. Avoid eye-waters, many of which contain lead, or there arc ten chances to one they will produce an incurable film. To mak thoughts, and useful labor have tempera- j this c,ear Kttle augar of lead rilv renovated a fast siukinc constitution, i iu all'r' anJ r"-the transparent solution Mr. Prescott's way benevolence. the next four or five days at least. So iis ,be rigbl way. They - I.ts.i i as there's a beginning for you. Put yourself in tbe way of useful employment, and you will have no difficulty beyond." "What kind of work, sir?" inquired she. "We're about moving iuto a new honse, and my wife commences the work of hav ing it cleaned to-morrow morning. Will you come ?" The woman asked the number of his residence, and promised to accept the offer. "Very well. So far, so good," said Mr. Prescott, cheerfully, as he arose. 44 You shall be paid at the close of each day's work, and that will give you the pleasure of eating your own bread a real pleasure, you may depend upon it, for a loaf earned is sweeter than the richest food bestowed by charity, and far better for tbe health." " But about the boy, air ?" said Gard iner, whose mind was becoming active with more independent thoughts. "All in good time," said Mr. Prescott, smiling. 44 Rome was not built in a day, you know. First, let us secure a begin ning. If your wife goes to work to-morrow, I shall think her in earnest; as wil ling to help herself, therefore worthy to be holped. All the rest will come in due order. But you may rest assured, that if she does not come to work, it will be the end of the matter aa far as I am concerned. So good evening to yon." Bright and early came Mrs. Gardiner on the next morning, far tidier in appear ance than when Mr. Prescott saw her be fore. She was a stout, strong woman, and knew bow to scrub and clean paint as well as the best When fairly in the spirit of work, she worked aa with a sense of pleas ure. Mrs. Prescott waa well satisfied with her performance, and paid her the half a dollar earned when the days toil waa done. On tha next day, and tbe next, sha came, of helping the poor in a "fin"-gls containing a wa .ey must be taught I tio" of salt. When the atery solu- :ght i 1 common salt, vt uen tbe fluids ar to hclo themselves. Mere a'.ms-eivinir is : ",,x -" a "U,U! Palpitate or chloride or but a temporary aid, and takes away, in- j ,eaJ f,,ls tn ,,ie bottom of the glass, stead of giving, that basis of self-depend-! W h n 0'e-waters containing lead are per ence, on which we all should rest. Help ! n"ttcJ tu P3 10 thc '" of the eye. a man up, and teach him to use his feet j ,he lears 4'u"'sh comm n salt, and so that he can walk alone. This ia true1 tuc Ua'' 19 Precipitated. 1 he transparent Prejerratioa of the Eyes. We copy a portion of a well-written ar ticle from the Scalpel, a New York medical monthly, on the eyes. The eye is tbe most delicate organ of tbe human body, and also one of the most indispensable, and its preservation is, therefore, of great interest and importance. We submit the article to the perusal of our readers : There is a tradition, at least as old as! ,,, the Talmud, that the eyes are strengthened by drawing the fingers across the eyelids in a horizontal direction. Ex-President Adams, who was affected with an obstruc tion of the tear-passage, used this method to get rid of the accumulating fluid, and the ancient practice was brought into greater notice by the example of the il lustrious statesman. The obsolete theory, that the anterior surface of thc eye-ball becomes flattened as age advances, was again revived, and it became a business to advertise instructions for kneading tbe organ into shape with the fingers ! It can not be expected that operations founded on a false theory can be safe in practice. It is untrue that tbe outer sur face of the eye becomes flatter with age ; and therefore manipulations to restore what is not wanting, in an organ so deli cate in structure that a rude push may be followed by perpetual darkness, should be avoided. Tbe principal lens of tbe eye is situated behind tha pupil, and kept in proper po sition by membranes finer than the finest cold-baater's skin. These dolieato mam- doing her work and receiving bar wagaa. lbranas are liable to be ruptured by blows, portion of the eye is sometimes entirely tatooed with this white leaden powder, and vision becomes indistinct, or even de stroyed. When the general health is robust, it is astonishing what an amount of labor tha organs of vision will endure; yet when it is depressed, especially by mmtal dis turbance during a periodical function, they are easily deranged by tooclose application business. When thev have become weak, much of their preservation depend on the proper management of the light to which they are exposed. When the light is in excess, it should be diminished ; and when it ia deficient, labor should be dis continued. Tbe light blue of the cky and the verdure of the fields are thc colors to which the organ of vision is naturally adapted, and which it will endure with most ease. The flume of a good oil lamp is more regular than that of gas or candles, and is, therefore, to be preferred. The in termittir.g flickering of gas iit particularly injurious, as it produces constant contrac tions and dilations of thc pupil, and undue exercise of the whole organ. By placing a shade of light-blue tissue-paper over tha lamp, the light is ameliorated ; for artificial light contains a superabundance of tha yellow and red rays, but is deficient in tha violet By allowing it to past through tbe bluish medium, it approaches Bearer to tbe light of day, and is better adapted for conUnvta&applioatioa of tha organs of vision. The gist of the whole matter is jut this i Let your eyes alone, and thaj may ierr
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