VOLUME XIV.--NMO3ER 8.
. From the New York edger.
- The Game of L' e.
• ,
Ealum—sy .TOLIS G. S
Tulles a game with in fashion— think It's
called Erchre
/Though I never have played it, f r pleasure
or lucre,)
lja which, when the cards are in certain con
ditions,
'The players appear to have changed their
positions,
id one of them cries, in a confident tone.
And one .
think 1 may venture to go it ale .I"
'While watching the game, 'Us a him of the
bard's.
X. moral to draw from the skirmish of cards,
And to fartcy he finds in the trivial strife
:.Inene excellent hints for the battld of Life;
t;rtfzce— whether the prize be a ribbon or
throne— •
The %duster is he Who can "go it etilone P'
\ll l ehgrentGa!Mao prod aimed that the world
lip a regulr omit was 'ceaselessly lwhirled,
got-'-hot:lt Concert—for all of his pains,
ohly a¢tision and prison and chains,
"It ratYas,./br *tat =Ala!" was h' answering
Joao,
For he knew, fit;!;2.4.e Earth, he .ould "go it
alone !"
When Kepler, with IntellKl, piercing afar,
Discovered the laws of each planiet and 3 tar,
And doctors, who ought to have lauded his
name,
Derided his learning and blaekmaud his fume;
can. erai !" he replied, "till the truth you
shall own;'
For he fell in his heart he could "go it alone!'
silos'! for the player who idly depends.
In the - struggle of life, upon kindred or friends;
Whatever the value of blessings like 11114 e,
They can never atone for inghaitus ease.
Nor comfort the coward who tinds with
groan, .
That his crutches have left : hi to "g,o it
*lone 1"
- .
Irberessometliing, no doubt, in the ban-43 - 0u
may bold:;
:Health. family, culture, wit, beauty and gold,
The fortunate owner may fairly rpord
each•in his way, a must excellent card ;
'let the game may be lest, for these for
• your own, •
I:nless you have the.eourage " itahmer
an. battle or in business, aohntever 4.13 c game,
in law or 4n. lore, it •is ever the same.:
an the st , reggle.for peiser, of the scramble for
pelf, _ _ I__ •
Let this be ', - our moto--"Rely o
For, whrtiigt the prise e a ribb
The ViCtOr 15 he %rho con "go it :I
From the New York Wee .
A Homily on a Hi
AT DOCGLAS 1. LEIS
I have read witty Saxe, your I
Laehre—
(It's a gaine I hare played—alt,
for lucre.}
And if you but knew Ira; well:
You would find . , oh most genial
poet. -
It teaches a leisou more useful t!
To he gleaned front the sentence
alone !"
Self-reliance, we know is an exc
The Advance guard ,of Science
wait
Until Time has developed the
proclaim, '
Deserve a high place on the rec
And often in I;fe, a., in Euchre,
You make a' Big march when
alone.':'
But to "go it_alone'; you no dou
You must hold the Big Knarcs
your hand,
Ind too;often in life, in a similri
You dei,end on such cards -to s.!
tricks,
So that something too much o
mar be shown
In a selfish desire to "go it aloe,
But the pule you descriheasa" ririal strife,"
a moral to point for the Baqles of Life.
-It-is this. When the cards are :111 dealt rouud
. on the stand
..krid each player looks anxiously lab:, his hand,
Bow bravely. your partner can resist,
If cheered fly the sound of yoUr roice—"Pll
aer.sit.!" I.
The great Gallileo , imprisond and bound,
In the depth of big sorrow this iyinpathy found, ;
When angry Dominicans hurled at his head,'
All the wrath on which higotry'sipassion is fed,
A fair f6rat appeared through the dungeon's
dim mist,
a daughter's soft voice whi
aszidt..."
What's the worth of this world
• and cold,
You selfishly Beek all the Hoao
Repelling your neighbor's,
stone,
And the words harshly spoken
• alone !"
No—no! higher ap on huntani
Is he 'who can cheerfully say—
they be likely to let a poor soldier have
s list, 1, something to eat 1"
i
`l'll assist I" "lf Toinikins is out, you'd be treated
• I I first 'rate there. Mrs. Tompk ins is a nice
- Then in love 1 Oh, rash poet ll if she whose '
bright eyes )- I woman, but he is the swirliest cur that
Are gazing ist your's with a tender surprise, 1 evti: guaived i bone. ' He is a lterribly sor-
Should apply to your own rise the mural i ly . neighixtr -and he leads bee:a dog's life.
-, you're shown, ' -- - 1 She missed it •marryi4 the: fellow, but
And quietly tell you to "play it alone:"
) you see he' a hard tin] Of it with
With what passionateardor th tae lips would ; s ha d;
be kissed, 1 the farm after Jones went o Soldiering;
Till they murmured once more the soft words-a— . t iny son
;and w hen c ame ban 14 and said he
"I'll assist !"
_ I was dead-he saw him bleed ng, to. death
Then shnffie the pack! Cut the cards once lon the battle-field--she brok rigbtliown
again,
' Iland 'this Tompkins eame aloe and got in-
And let a new moraLatraken your strain ! ( to . Work fOr her, and - ba laid him& out to
Go !each to the world that tke battle of life" a a , fi r i t rate. Re somehow May heNightened to all who partioikeiti the strfe, i I,i - ; A' ;,1.1 f ' got on tbe
mile generous lesson thus taught be not missed i utha "'non all °f
us, and wh nhe offeted
Aid each man to Ws neighbor wilt ssy—"l'll 1 himself to her, I advised her to have him,
a,..5.i1l r and! lam sorry I did it. Ylu had better,
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DegiVes• of-Conipapison.:
t have read, dprightly !Arlen, yeti. excellent
poem,. . ' , , •
Addressed tit tliend, Saxe and atinpting to
,show itu. r I
A' far better moral thduced by theibardi,
Tian that which be draws from thei"skir' misb
t i
of cards," - .. ‘ , 1 • :' :
And you cani,object, toile - Pine,' n't•whi:st7
111 catch the -infection ' and date tot !assist.'
'Tis not'at all iti t rihge''tbat each tine of the
bards . . .'. -_ _ - ll-'2'•'. _ _
Shofild'ste his Own whim. in the -4 ,'Sirmish of!
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While Saxe! Ira fancy to "goit a, d one,
And Lerien ariczali'to"aselst'' him h as
I; though" rve nO . eolith for gaines °f i l th= class,
Have not seif t deniai sufficient to ‘int..4B." I
The game juStly Christened ; a triri;
Has still other hinti for thc, battle
One Islhis, 'Oren the cards are 'and)
the stand;; • • - ;-
And you - find the wrong color
your hand,; ;.• ' ; '
- ;
You may beide, ill-luck and.opponti
By firmly butituietly sayingi 11'•'01
The great Gallfleo imprisoned and, itound
For proclaiming that earth in her irbit rolled
•
round,H . . 1
When his jailoes the price, of his liberty named
That he should renounce the great truth he
proclaimed, ' • " ' •
His freedom was precious, he yiel ed alas !
lie had not the firmness this pfier to "pass."
The case of 'gr'eat Kepler was wrotlLgly trans
fated ; -•-• Il
Instead of di emoral which"witty Saxe"stated,
"I can wait"rupant,"rlL pass" (this was truily
sublime} •„ - - '
"Till oty teure,o shall turn up in ti
time,”
And not "go it alone but pert
grass
Would hest show his thoughts as
Ili "pass."
And often in'inre, when the he'
youth
1 - s: besieged bY the wiles \of a Rach,
Who, when she his pierced him ti
- of Cupid, -
Will leave hini in scorn as she vol
,stupitr
/le only is safe with, the coquettisi
her-'soft witcheries calmly
And not sehloto in life you go up
Not by vchat you accomplish, bu
1 - ourzelf ."•
n 'or (brute:
loue4"
-resist.; '1
And plensotes on winch 'tis deligh
May prove I.iti .bnit on old Cl
'hook,
ay &trots.
rally.
Sa wine when it tam - WI alight in
SFill proVe yetir ile#tettctior. eigez
Young friend; be petsu l adeil 30
_I Euchre
,st verses on
it play it for Pleasure, you soon tai
And though some may call it an
'Tis east to see that it leads the
So as you would turn from a wore
Itenietuber pernicious aniuseruen
sough never
.1 know it,
ud excellent
lan one
play it
He is high in attainments I cheerßilly own,
W to ever is able to "go it alone ' "II
And higher iS,he on humanity'sliit,
Who ever is ready - the•weak to-assist, •-• •
But Wiliest is Lie :who with calm !steady eta
Can "pass" all life's foibles and ‘anitie.s by.
l llent trait,
ho. patiently
Truths they
1 -
THE RAGGED SOLDIER.
. It
Just
I akthe ciose of the Re volutionary
war, there was seen soniewheiie in one of
i the small towns of central Massachusetts
a ragged•and forlorn looking soldier corn.;
ing up the dusty street. He loOked about
;on the curn-fields tasseling for the harvest;
on the rich, bright patchetof !heat ready
for the sickle, and on thX" green potato
; fields, with curious eyes—so ai least tho't
Mr. Towne, who was walking 1 1 isurely be
hind him, going home from the reaping to
his supper.
,The latter was a stout farmer
dressed in home-made brown linen trow
se!s, without suspenders, vest or coat.
The ragged; soldier stopped :under the
shade of u; great sugar-mapl , and Mr:
Towne overtaking him, stopp d also.
"Home -from the wars ?" h asked.
"Just out of the British clitches !" re
plied the man; "I've been a prisoner for
years." He 'rejoined suddenly' "Can you
tell me who, lives in the next house ? Is
it yours?
"No," replied Mi. - Towne, '
lives there. 1 That house anc
to belong. to'a command of you
pose; his. name was Jones,
shot at Bunker Hill, and his
ried again."
The soldier leaned agains
"What kknd of a man is h
d of fame,
own
ou "play it
t nnderstan . d
f the pack in
fix,.
cure you the
the knaves
spored low—
if designing
i to hold,
"I'll play it
=='
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ihellifi:e,ll),els, - . 0 Tette:',#;oo,ch, elk „ 4
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CaP*O_POß l ;:',PPrrEit'cOpiri n i r , p.&, 1 , WEDNESDAYMpRibuI*: 5, 1,116?.:.
I strife,
f life.
alt round
played in
l i nts harass
Ass.'l.l
e shuffle of
aps "go to
he uttered
rt of some
t;el or limb,
ith arrows
es him "so
Lass
au "pass.'
n the list
what you
fill to look,
, Telt Foot's
the glass,
.VOU Cll.ll
nerp ptay
r for Caere,
most play,
Fong way,
1 morass .
. 'to "pass"
"Tompkins
farm used
irs, as I sup
but be was
*idol , mar-
the tree.
Weal!!
„
;1 , 41i
,
come lame with: me. I, always 'have a
bitelOr any podr fellow that's fought for
ihis-ccinntry." . • , =
6 allanklott ,kindly„" returnee the sol
dier,;"but Igra. Tompkins is a distaat = a
sort Of: old acquaintance. The fact is, I
used , iss know_ herring husband, and guess
there." • ,
Mij..Tesrne watehed.hita as he went up
to tl4 door.and knocked, and saw, that he
was es:twitted by Mrs. Tompkins.
s 'rye is some old,avreet, heart ,of hers.
may Mrl Towne, nodding to him
self. II "He comes,too late Poor. iceman,
'she his a haid row to. hoe now." . Theo
IMr.:Tewne went, home to supper, and . we
wili.go in with the soldier. ;
a"ouldn't, you :give ':a poor soldier a
mouthful. tusat 7" he 'asked of the pale,
nervous woman who opened the dour.
"My 'husband does not allow me to give.
anything to' "travelers,". sbe,•said, "but I
always, feel for. the soldieta Coming back,
and Fit g ive' you some supper if you won't
be Meg eating it," and she_wiped her eyes
with ;her„white and blue checked apron,
and set with alacrity about providing re
freshinents fur the poor man, who had
threWn himself in the -nearest chair, and ,
with 'his,head on his breast, seemed too
tired,evewto remove Ids hat from his face.
"I- am glad to have, you eat, and I
wouldn't 'hurry you for anything, she
Said in a frightened way, "but you will
list quick. won't you? for I expect every
Minnte.he will' be in."
• The man drew his chair to the table,
keepitmbis hat,o'n his head as though be
belonged to the Society of Friends, but
that could not be, for the Friends do not
go to the wars. lie ate heartily of the
bread and batter, and cold meat, and how
long' he was about it.
Mrs. Tompkins fidgeted.. "Dear me,"
'said 'slie,to herself, "if he only kaew; he
wouldn't be so cruel as to let Tompkins
; come and catch him here." She weut and
I looked from the window uneasily ; but
there was no token of his meal coming to
land 'end. "Now he is pouring vinegar
on the cold cabbage and potatoes. 1i:ill.)
ask him, Ps take those in-his hand; Oh
deari how slow he is ! hasn't the man any
teeth ?"
At last ahe said mildly, "I am very sor
ry hurry you, sir, but.cuuldn't you let
me spread some bread and butter, and cut
you some slices of meat to take away , with
yon? My husband will use abusive lan
guags to: you if lie finds you here." •
Defore the soldier could reply, footsteps
svcrd heard on the .door stone at the back
;door', .and a man entered. He stopped
short, and looked at the soldier, as a say
age !dog Might look. Then• he Voke out :
in altoue "between a growl and t roar. ;
"Heyday, Melly, apretty piece of busi
nesso What -kayo I told you thin) and;
.; •
again, niadatul find you had bet
ter mind your master. And you,you lazy ;
thielring-vagabundi - let we -see you clear
out of ray h ouse` and off my land a good I
dealt quicker than you come on the prem.:
ises
"Vour Ihouse ! and your land !" ex- I
clainied,thsoldier, starting suddenly up, ;
eree4nd 'tall, and dashing off his hat with
a quick fiery gesture. His eyes flashed'
like lightning, and his lips quivered with!
indignation:as he confronted the estop
ished ToinPkins. The latter was evi-1
dently afraid of him, and his wife had;
widen a sudden nervous shriek when the,
soldier first started to his feet and flung
off his hat, and had sunk- trembling and ,
half fainting in' a chair, fur she recog-;
nixed him. • .; • 1
"Yon hain't any burin &as to interfere
between me and my wife," said . Tomp.l
tins, 'siilkily, cowed by the attitude of;
the 1 soldier. I
"Your wife I" exclaimed the .soldier, I
with the'very concentration of contempt 1
expressed in his voice,
and pointing ,
him' with an indignant Sneer.
"Who are you ?" asked Tompkins with
air
an effrontry.
am' Harry Jones, since you ask ; the:'
owner of this house and this land, which:
you will leave this very hour ! As for;
Molly," softening his tone as he turned'
to the woman now sobbing hysterically',;
"she ;shall choose between, us,"
, it is that
the Sunday
netts-
hat a pityws- . _
.9 Harry 1" sebbed„ she, while Temp . . 1 w
paper, and the trasliy AveeklY, and the en- I, ', • - • -
kind stood dumb with astonishment, 'l'take '
.me, save me !" ' . - • tieing story, book, fc:,,e eltildlidod and Loary ) GENEHAL AIiDERSONIAND: THE FLAG
i OE:FoleLl SWITEH.—Tire time is rapidly
1 age,,on subjects pertaining Ito the world
'With one step he was at her side, hold
l' •
ing her in his arms. "What did sou 1 and party preachiniz, and' infidel , periita- I gPOrciachhig when an expedition, special
mean ; treating this poor child so ? D u tetic lectures, 14 . 411 heir DeV i r-fan - 214 cru. ky : fitting, willl, in co-operatioU •'proli a bly
yol l ki thiekbecause she bad no earthly Dr a.ldities for -hu m an amelioration , and their i with land forees at Port Royal advance
teeter that there was, no_God in heaven' theories for . elevatirig the. masses • pity it, upon add, iM the words' i of , President
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•
tO take her part aga in s t y ou ?" . 1 , is, we. say,. that all these I things so at, I Lincoln's . - first proclamation -last April,
'NO man who,is cruel to a woman is eve'r I tract attention. lihe Bible, the best of! f'retakes IposseSsion" of the gc,vernMe n t
.
triity l brave, and Tompkins slung an , a' 3 , I all, the wisest in all its theories, and ; i n I 'forts, ancl property in the harbor and; city
like a beaten spaniel ' 1 tall its practices' safe, oecotue a sealed I of- Charleston. We understand ,that,
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The next day had not passed away be-1 book to the many d anylother volume I General lAlnderson has carefully preserved
fore everybody in town knew that . Harry I on . the centre or side table would be Open-Ithe'ljoiort flag which was lowered from
Jones bad, come - back alive -and well - to! ed sooner than it." • , :f I , 1 Fort Sumter last sprin e , ,, ,add he cheriShes
rescue his much' enduring,patient wifel 41- '
ithie.hope that' he , may be enabled to{ ma
i la"tatc theexampleof the -
fitinia worse constlaining than that of a i - • 1
British prison ; but. what they all sai d , IHe runs along, whistles ' over his Work, !thebeloied - eosign over. tfiel ; place ;now
and what Harry
.said, and What . * Moily and ~yet never takes anything hutlwateri'diigrace'd by I the haunting of ;the rebel
felt 'I [Oust leave von to iinaiine, for here Ito wet his whistle.,l -•- - •:- - • 1 1 . sti Lm lard.- I —Bb s tom Journal...,
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''There are' no "deadi The blow - which ` The,fol Wing anecdote,iSiold,of
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struek,astindeethe body and spirit' did not Beielen wh Was always •ati expert shot.
the Spirit's life: ' And al the countless Manv years ago the 'was talkieig, With a
myriacie of the Past," whose; 'dust
.have friend intihe bar-room 'oPanlinr at a
long since mingled With the' soil, "still town on the Kefitticky side of - 'the Ohio.
live " The - meniwoMen and, children of In the; room was also one of those Bowie-
Noales day, and Abrham's and, David's knife bullies who infested the South and
—the motley tribts that herded beneath Weit ;;;;; a man who made himself dreaded,
the •creseent of -the Arabian• prophet; wherever de was known by !his readiness;
the sWarins of Gott: and Hun; Tartar and; to pick a ?Verret, and his skill; with the
Irmadal, that swept the plaini 'of the 1 knite,:ithei rifle, and the 'pistol:' This
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.Eastern world—the red men that .roamed ;mate stepped up Ito Mr.,Berrianla - friend,
the forests of the Western wotlit ; and left said 114 wanted; to i speak ;withlliim-,
;liii inotinds and tree-grown ruiaste dimni "Wait)/ moment," was the reply; nod!
'history of their ;earthly; existeuee—all the interrupted ;conversation neat on.:---1
these are yet alive. ' They cahoot. diel'l Soon the bully stepped up again, laying!
Immortality; is their; birthright' and imlihia bend •oh the ;shoulder or Ins acquaiii-1
beritance. With . their first breath of life tanCe;laaid, in a tone of hail banter, half;
they inhaled imtnortality., •; ' .• learneSti "..11—=---1, when I tell you' I' want
You too, are henceforth eternal.. The i you,; I expect you'so come.". "Certainly,
life yoa have begun; is an enless lifelcertainly ; but Mr. Berdati was'talking
You have only crossed the:' threshold; aboutl bis invention ; and it l svaS -so ioter-
The countleis'ages lie before you' stretehi lestingthile"'"Oh!d—d those Teethe
Ptl out in imineasureabie diStauce . When j inyeations,' and the scaly'.fellows that;
lyou have trod the Paths of those' years" orlcolne - to sell then)." The; word& were;
lmilhons.of years whiCh you. ;mti reekorilhardly'Well spoken when the sp'ealter was I
-Inp, there will 'be before you as many 1134t4 'backWardi over a huge Open stove;
more, fresh and DON like the first-and 1
behind hiM, being 'constrained Diereteby 1
so on for ever and ever. As a traveler a well•ldelivered blow betWeea the eyes'
can discern his. pathiay winding analog' from Mi. 'BerdMi's right arm. There,
the bills till far of on the.; horizon it 'was Mtumetli at kiCes-and the men threwl
seems to end, but when he reaches the ' thetusOves between the inventor and ico-1
place there stretcbea.lthe pathway agaih mediate death.' They informed -him,
away_ to the hilltop—so. Will the ages of however, that he would probably; have to
I your ; endless life lie before' you .ever the fight.',;'Berdan replied that he'was net a
reame, age following age, cyclh following.fighting mane, bat he should not brook' an
cycle, till all yoni powers of coMpntation insult:,lle ;wee challeneed in due form
land measurement have been ;hafted andiand,aceepted—uauted as - hiS weapons, ri
silenced—and yet yom have; aearce bMifiew at two hundred yards; The terms
"inn ! The never-ending eternity arretehes suitedhi opponent "exactly," but; he
just as far ahead as whenYoh took the
wanted,' to Wait a few days, till he reaps
first step of the journey..; 1 i , ;; erect file use, of his eyes. Mr. 'B- was;ac
;Flow long will you live ?' You 'will ; eoinmidating. ;Bat the blew Was so well
live forever, And pour. life l there, will i planted-iliac recovery was rather aloWei
;depend on your life, here: • Every' .day; I than bras: . :...r.pected ; and meautime a loi ,
as you complete it, Will re-ap i pear "iertb - C I expected rifle match' came off in abe eteigl
'wears to eoine—evety hour,ievery a o 4. bueriMed, ;which was to decide the merits
lOf whom
nept, as it hurries nits; wnv, of two manufactures, one
leaves a , : „
I)zige,to be read before Lie throne.. Er- was the farnoo. Wesson- Wesson had
) to.Prodnee a Man who, with cry word, every act,i; every thonght and undertake
l'feeling of your heartitecolds its' if holier.; kis rifle, could beat Diminiek, a great.
lisimbly in the memory of Oa who never ' shot,lylio e reMarkable feats hid brow slit
I forgets, You are Writing. your life for; the ; rival gun , into general ; ,T
favor. 'o
eternity.
.
1 1 ; .; ' . i inraite.the; tore 'short, Wesson's champion
In a gallery in - Ppris hangs a fammis proved - , te bc; Mr. Berdan, 'who, on
'picture by Murillollof an olds Spanish' three triaiL: of teu or twelie Aiots each,
monk seated at his desk. It l e had beaen ; at' twoliundred y . ards, nut e
.uli ;
beat Blum
the chronicle of lie life. ;Death had ; !nick on every trial, butzmilde!the grcat-1
summoned him belle?) the aura VMS dorm; I est ride shooting on teeord in ;this coup
het he had sought Mad obtained leave to, try.
;; :llis; name ; ' of 'course, was, in that
-see place; tit once in
return to earth andltinish 1i . You everybody's mouth; but
in the inook's pale tads , a' More than nat.; the lath of the whole uffairiwas,- tilifit be'
oral • enemy: .---Thoo sunken eves had'. soon received a ;message from hiSeballeilge
looked "licyon ( d thei veil."' and gleamed ilonger,dr i t it was baldly worth while tori
with the sf it. ions ofleternUy: The soul hint to a ',italic recoyery of the damaged;
teltlon has' communed wiewith;the unseen :eye' and hat he might con siderthe ebal-1
World, and beheld face to face "Nina who leuceas it ;drawn: And so 'prided ;the'
Is invisible" And 1 the solemn task is, only'. duel; and; the:only ri/14.-natal in I
renewed w,r
ith the c..nestliesa of one who' which:Col. Berdan was ever engaged.
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has pessedthe fadin"g scenes of; time,,and ' '
is absorbed in the realitiesibeyond. 1• ;
-So let the record' ? of yoar 'life be writ
ten as in:the ligll of eternity. LoCk
beyond, and see th nniitterable things
which shall soon surround•lytni when you
stand before your Judge.; Behold your
endless life—your 4peedy' i ldelparture." l',:l
heedless seed, I adjure yod to prepare for
that eternity—and ivrite new, auch a
,life
record of faithfin Jews Christ; and 'Ode
diet' t service towards him; that you may
read it is eternity with joy. 1 .
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',
TILE BIBLE. ' 1
' Ds. Haii, in till Jou24a l l of Heda,
1•i , • .
speaking of the importance of mhabiting
i;
houses in' their structures and l situation
'
favorable io health, refers.; as follows "to
the Bible i ' i ii • ' 1
;
"There ;is more sound,: practical; hy
giene, on the subje L ct of healthy houses,
in the lith chap r of Leviticus, from
verse th;rey-four, t an in allltheskulls'of
all the heilth cowissionerslaud comm i e')
7.
councils of all the cities in Christendolh.
Pity'it is-we do; not read our Bible more,
that, greatibook which contains the lead
ing principles of 'what ;is ;indisputably
good; andl useful, pod true, 41 all', that
really pertains to htiman happiness; and
England,gave refuge to •enedie
nold ; why should ;he not Welowne t
shores Messrs. :3.110n and ?
i •
: -
Roucliefoucaters Maxims.
A
• Ronan bates a question but lcnes to
lash one . 7 -
j. Thi fe'malo !mind is toopoetieal to be
tamely methedieal. Who Would marry a
woman who punctuated her toie letter?
Cupid- is 'blind to everything—save:pin
,
money.,
Praise l a Roman's taste, and you irta . 7
'attempt her sense with imPunity. .
1 . You: candid-friend has never earthing
.
pleasant to ;say, to you. He reminds you
of his 'petl v i irtne;ly wounding you with
I it, ! , '
If I
yoti,. IWant to know - a !woman's true
character;" linger after the , iueSts have'
_
gone, .and listen to what she lias to i say
about; thCib.
-
t.
A woman wins! an old man by listenino• • .
to hitii,and Myonne man g' tr
talking
.Enjoy Ito-day, for to-mdrroW the first
gray hairmay come.
HiMen is only Cupid in Curl papezi,s.
Women confess little faults' that their
candrir May cdver, great ones.
There! are no 'reasons Whicli explain
mai nage. 1
A7k7 iS venerable in man—and wunld
he in woman—,Lif she ever :became old.
• When, a roman vows that she never
flirts=--site le if irtilug.
Ar- Spare j that
Q her r5 Oll . feas
lapd ran' that
,fast ',that
t; labor tht!t,l9F 4 ,may live;
Pa , inaY rest- _
2=
MEM
- PEII ANN' blEi;
~ ~"`;'
ii.ile - ixas -h a _mar'
uth6, - ne:t iti - ciiie*liTE`d, l 4liii . :o'ut
this a thousand times, andiPit a ibiou ;
sand more,; ali'Out - iM.Y,bollir'igd - 97e0b649
that - eneouutere - d Some diffietlitieland did
not advance at a 2:io-rate tetvard, the 1e ... -
quisitioti of fable,
,‘Toor ri tard :row to
they all say, some with a sigh, bu eke
with alaugh..,. Ltki,tuaity
.sayints 1t is
the.casing of a pretty, picture; a fie . l4
weviug. cora, , and a bright, tilue",liftY ; TO
June, th elworkinee ,
oitglt
the ru.stling ranks for tha.,; last , timeithe
rows
_so long' hat they seem to come to ;
gether acres away, add the - Wet:di rill' i =the
while on a gieat Mee ..whb th coin. :
That's the 'picture,' hut softie
thing more than.* specimen of ibis - gni
arts in thee. ettptession,--.there's a bit .tif
philasopi,y. •
It occurs to us, there is [ all the tiifferit
ence in the world in the way people ply
that humble instrument, the hoe ;'and alp
most everybody works. with something
very like it. whether they work in the.
field, Or the counting house, or the
charne l shop. The ,thing is done that id
worth doing, by bard 7 diggitig.. Some ,
people go - through, the field and through
the world ; slashing, this way 'end thato
now through a hill - of corn and sow dirt);
a weed, making the area• look like the
lightning's summer fallow: ; Such people,
certainly ,"bave a hard now to hee,...if
indeed,. when they finish it, it proves
worth hoeing at all. ' „
Others, again, strike at the little-weeds
with . a sufficient atqinditure' of strength
to thlrquite a respectable' tree,. and the
result is, that• about riaidwayof the
and on the first row; they lean upon, the
imPlcment and sigh to themselves, 'We,
have-a hard row to hoe." And they tea
the truth, for so they do.,
Now-and then a man Manages to.-strike
every stone in the vicinity : a perfectly an-.
Palliating bluss- ap ni lati nit Je.the. bee
wo mean= and before the - day is half
dime, his weapon is:disabled and le fan.
cies like the rest, that,"he has a hard,roi
to hoe.".' ' -
Ss
..iometimes. a little- grew .retrusaut..4
the fall springs. up; close at the ~ ! toot tear
`blade of corn:as-lunch 'as to.sii:yi.Jf•Mittli ,
toe -if you tlare.7 Weil, the ~.zukttis.too,
lazy too stoop and pluck awayAtiejote t t.:.
der from its ticeliorage, and so he levels
a Very - deiteronS: bit)* at' thd :•oltentiet,
cuts it off without benefit ; of clety;lit'if
twiokli blade of_ colt ;' too!
--and when harvest conies, and th4ick.ii
Cribs.are half fillcd,..he. tpunntirsittk Min=
self that ''he has a. hard row to
In" fact ' the world 'is like huge COiti•
field, and 'there's nothing like kpojiiiii
how lie handle the hoe:
I The Vfirst PrayerAn Centrals
In - Thatcher's Military, Journal, under
date .of December," 177.7, is found a nom
tainino• the identical i.firsi prayer i -
con _
Congress," made by the Rev. Jacob' tku,
clic, a gentleman of great eloquence;--
Here it is, an historical etniosity:t
i"0 Lord, our
.Heavenlr Father, high
land mighty King of kings, mid Lord of
Lords, who (lost from thy- throne behold
ail the dwellers on the earth, - gad reign=
eat 'with power supreme and Uncontrolled
over all the kingdoms, empires and gov. ernments ; look .-down in, mercy,' we be:
•seech thee, on these Airiericatt States;
who have fled to thee from, the rod of the
oppresser, and thrown thetuselrei oh thy
gractaus protection; deiirinft - to be henet ,
forth:dependent only - en thee; to aide
they have appealed for therighteousnets
of their cause; to thee . do they now.lenk
up 44 . )r that countenance aid support,
which thou alone must give; take them,
therefore, _Heavenly , Father, under. thy
nurturing care; ,gitt them trisdoth.irt
council awl velor in the field ; defeat dot
, malicious 4signs of our .
cruel adversaries;
coorince,fnetti of the unrighteousmi of
their cause , ; and if they still Persist in
their sangttinary purposes, 0 itt the toto
of thine own unerring justice, seindini
in their hearts, constrain Ibent to drop
the weapons of war from their unnerved
hands in the day of battle': Be thou
present, 0 God of wisdom ! and 'direct
the councils of this honorable assemblyzi
enable them to settle `thiugs on the best -
and surest foundation, that •the sed.me of
blood may be speetlily etosed,:that order,
harmony and peace may •be effeettiallY
: stored; and. truth and justice, religion
and piety, prevail and flourish:among thy
people. 'Preserve ' the. health - their
bodies and!viger of. their wands j, shower
down on - them arid the• tfiildions they hero
represent; inch teinpriiirblessingsas thmi
Seat expedient for them in this ircnidi
and. crown theth with'ereilastingeory itt
the'World to Come. :All :this we Bak' hi
the :eame.ttud -through the. Lpeiits.-of '3er
errs Christ thy Soh, our Saviour: Atuetal
The Spaniards do notltray hyPerboliess
eomplitnents ; one Of If/clef admire;i
writers, q n :: 01I g . P a
f lady's black _
4
saya`aihey %reit in inOtirctirse4 the mi”fr
dero they had nommitteL
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