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VOLUME XVII
3PC>3IITIQII. •
GOD BLESS YOU, SOLDIER.
God Wen you, soldier —who when our sky
Was 'heavy with impending woes,
When traitors raised the battlery :
When fear met fear in every' eye. .
You rushed to meet our fobs. '
Goa bless you,soldier!--when our light
Of hope grew dim and courage waned,
When freedom veiled her,face from sight,
-our-valor-desirecf:away - thb night,
And-morning-dearietnaihed.
trod bless you, soldierlz—searre - d and : worn
Wearied with marcbings, watchifigs, pain,
All battle-stained and battle-torn.
Bravely, have all your task s bees, bane,
You have not fought' in vain.—
— God - bless yoli,soldietl=- - think — not'we
Alone revere and bless your nanie,
For millions now and yel to be,
Millions your arm, has renUered Re,
Shall sing your deeds and farrib.
God bless you, sol tier! —when the air
Grows heavy with the battle's roar,
Sheltered beneath his love and care
May victory with garlands rare
Adorn you evermore.
God bless you, soLlier! - whe 1 the dove
qf pence the Eagle's nest will share
With home and hearts made warm wit: love;
With joys below--with joys above,
God bless you here and there.
TEE LONG AGO,
On'that deep retiring shore
Frequent pearls of beauty 'lie,
Where the passion waves of yore
Fiercely beat and mounted high;
Lose the bitter ;site of woe ;
Nothing's altogetheir ill
In the griefs of long ago.
Tombs where lowly love repines,
Ghastly tenements of tears.
Wear the look of happy shrines
Through the golden rnisi. of years;
Death, to those who trust in good;
Vindicates his hardest blow;, •
Oh, wouk We not, if we could,
Wake the sleep of long ago!
Though the doom of swift decay
Shoeiss the soul where life is strong,
Though f6t trailer hearts the day
Ling i rs sad and evil. long—•
Snit ihe weight will find a leaven,
Stiff the spoiler's hand is slow,
While the future has its heaven;
And the pas! is long ago
AXI a C.D..101-5.7Ca.A.-..N3r.
THE LIGHTER BURDEN.
A pleasant family sitting room. Tifrie,
evening. From the small bronzed chande
lier hangs a drop light over a centre taint.;
'covered with hods: The warm air conies id
through an rip in registhr, giving to the a
partmcut-a genial siiWriitir temperature. The
room is not large, 6!• Is the furniture costly.
Everything ie plain but good and comforta
ble. Three young thildren who have closed
their evening game of romps, have just pass:
ed out with their mother—it is their bed
tithe—mid the father sits alone: A few
min
utes ago smiles lit ttp his face, taught froin
the children's gladness; but these smiles
faded; a cloud hii dropped doWn over his
countenance"; he is gloomy add troubled.
Thus sat Mr. Cathcrwood, Wheu Mil wire
returned from the chamber where she had
left her children ib the kee
.ing of angels
er mar Was light ; but a and seemed laid
upon her booth the moment she came buck
into her husband's presence A fcelinr: of
care and anxiety oppressed hiir. She look
ed earnestly at her huslittbd, and saw that
his bro . w was clouded.
"What troubles you r" she asked. I hope
nothing has gone wrong ?"
"Everything is going wrong!" Mr. Oath
erwood answered. "Hew we are to make
both ends meet, is more than I can tell.—
Coal has gone up to twelve dollars a Lou !"
•‘To twelve dollars?" . •
"Yes; and everything else in proportion.
Food, clothing,, tases, nearly all double what
they were; and io-day 1 received notice that
OUT Mat would he raised from four to Eve
hundred dollars "
Mrs. Cathcrwomi drew a quick, sigL•ing
tireatit. •
- , To are hundred dollars !" she responded,
the trouble in her face growiitg deeper.
"Yes; but if that were all," said her hus
band, "we might , •et elou easil enough
..
,t is the advance in every item of personal
and household expenditure that is going to
break us der t ,...x,"
"Don't's:6r breal.: t down, Henry." Nrs.
Cathorwood's voice wits choked.
____
"1 do say bre:II:US down," he repUed, with
a fretful emphasis. "What is to hinder?"
Ifiverything breaks down when the burden
goes be)ond the strength."
"We must begin to limit ourselves," said
Alrs.:Catherwood. "We must lighten the
burden 'by throwing over superauitioi,
And even some of our comforts. Betfer this
than to break down."
“r wish the war was .osier." Dlr. Outlier
wood spoke rvith a gloanl impatience.' s•lf
it goes on runefi Tenger, we shall hare not!).
left.'' • •
WAINESBRO', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, FRIDAY 111ORNING, FEBRUARY 26;180t
. • , in .,*--a-a••• &.• 4- 7 ,
a gehtle auggdktive tone, "that, 'compare.
with many others, the war, so far,las touch•
ed tib very lightly. We' have not suffere.
the abrldgement of a single comfoit."
"The abridgement is to come. It is eve.
now at our door,"• said Mr. Catherwood. ,
"...9. - nd, if the war continues, it will go on an.
on, until itbsolute s'ant stares us in the face.'
"If need be that' we suffer for, our country
let ns do it patiently," who Was of a mor'
hopeful disposition than her-husband. Shy
bad' already risen' above the depressing infl u
ence of his state. "In any event, out. circum
stances are such' that we shall never be call
ed to suffer even a tithe of the pain that wil
be laid On thousands of stricken hearts. And
.if our portion of the common burden be so
very light, in comparison vtith our neighbor':
burden is it well for us to domplain ? With
so Inach left to be thankful for, is it not a
siu to - murmur 7—l — thought of the etarvin:
Uttion risoners in Richmond, as I sat at ou
plentiful table this evening; of the fathers
there who left children at home as dearly
loved as ours • of the hu'sbands there, whose'
Wives weep for them bitter and unvailing
-tearsT Oh- Henry - ! for - u§ complaint - is - sin !"
Mr. Catherwood 'made no reply to this, but
dropped his eyes away frTnir — hts wile face
and looked down at the floor. Thought
went to the starving prisoners in Richmond;
to the homeless men, women and children
'who.were nifferino• and' in exile of country ;
to the thousands who had sacrificed their all;
to the sick an'd wounded in hospitals; to'the
sorrowing ones scaitercd all over the country
who mourned their Inied and lost. He felt
rebuked.
...
The door of the robin Was opend' . with a
jer,k,..and a servant tattle in. Her 'bawler
was excited.
"What's wanted ?" asked Mrs. Cather
wood.
"They've sett - foil you next door."
Catherwood tat ted to her feet
"Is anything wrong there?" she asked a
larmed by the seHant's tone and appearandi.
'Yes, ma'am. They've got bad news, and
Mrs. Lester has fainted dead away."
"News from Capt. Lester."
"Yes, ma'am•. lie's killed, they say f."
Mrs eatherwood struck her hands togeth-,
, ere • an exc at:nation a surprise
and paitf.
"When did it happen ?" asited Mr: Cath
erwood. 11e spoke with. forced ealninese.—
"They didn't tell me, sir. The girl *as
all in a flurry, and 'said, 'Please ask Mrs.
Catherwood to come right in."
No delay ()mired. Withont stopping for
Shawl or hood, Mrs. Catherwood ran into I er
afflicted neighbor Mr. Catherwood foltuw
cd. soon after thinking that he' might be of
seine usee. He learned that a dispatch bad
been received, anouncing the death ofCapt.
Lester, in Western Virginia; dud that Mrs.
Lester had fainted on receiving the intelli
gence end was still insensible. Two ail.
dren, a boy and a girl, one s'ilt anal, he other
'eight
the
of di4e, came with noiseless steps
into the parlor. On seeing Mr. Catherwood
the!" paused with a' timid air. He held oat
his hands, and they came and sat down on
th 6 sofa, one de each side, and leaned their
heeds against him. There was something
wrong in the house. Their mother tins ill,
suddenly and strangely. No tongue yet had
tittered the fatal truth in their ears. They
did not knot that they were fatherless. But
they felt, the Chill and sluidow of impending
evil. Mr. Cdtherwood's heart grew faint and
his eyes wet. He could not trust his voice
to speak' to the children; but he put his arms
around them.
"Mamma's sick," said the little girl ; look
ing up at 111 r, Catherwobd with a sober face,
as he drew ht , ..r, with a tender, pitying
im
pulse. to his side.
'•l'ui very Sorry," he answered her, soft-
Iv.
• "And I'th So sorry," responded • the boy.
"But the doctor's eotifing, and ho'll make
Tier well," he added in a tone of confidence.
Alas •for the unhappy mother! iler's
was a sickness beyond the skill of any mor
tal physic:inn. Titne only, with God's mercy
and loving kindness, cotild heal the hurt of
leer soul.
.
-Mr. Ciitherwood did pot reply, though he
felt that the little iron:bled hearts beside him
were waiting for some responsive assuratec
from his lipS.
Vagillc sorrows dd not rest Very heavily
on the hearts of yolinc , children. The no
constious orphans, tip later later than their-Usual
hour, were, presently; Soon asleep, leaning
against Mr. Catherwood. Their nurse same
in and took them
. away. How his heart
yearned - toward these children—suddenly
leatherless. lie thought. of his otirti lit
ti,
i on
: es, still within the sphere of hiri pro
teetang love; of his wife ) still leaping against
him as her stay in the world ; of himself,
Fee from the peril of shot or sabre-stroke,
and involuntarily he looked Upward and said
—"Thank - God 1" - •
The doctor came and stayed an hour with
Mrs. Lester. Life moved again through her
pulses, but unconsciousness continued.—
There was nothing that Mr. -Catherwood
could do for the famil s o he returned home.
is wife came in soon afterwards; the rela
tives and friends of Mrs. Lester having arri
ttd and taken her place iu tho.dlaniker of
the Mill insensible widow. Her cyes)vere
red with weeping: for the borrow of another
paid fur the sa
)er ace
,p 4,
of aziothe,r.
• "Oh, Henry ± Isn't this FM, sod I" And
Mrs. Catherwood laid her face upon the
Itogldef of' her husband and i:.lobbed. "Poor
Mrs: Lester!' she Added. "It will be Let
ter for her ii' her eyes !toyer opeu again.
to the tight of this world: If it were not
r her ehzkir sly —;trli'
;t7r aldFen, coU.- wig.
pass away and juin her husband in the other
world. •
Mr. Catherwooa made no response. He
si thinking of the complaints he had at,
riam13.33 4 Weevcoisimail3poi ; •: ISTizratrkalix ini'colititassfairect
07tieurre-r:lnricriarma impa-
tiende and weak despondency under his
small share of the common' burden which a
great national calamity had•laid on the peo
ple's shoulders.
"God has been very good to me, Henry,"
said' his wife, breaking ittupon his thoughts,
—"Very, very , good f I have my husband.
Olt, if you are spared, I wilt suffer Whatever
evil may come, and seal my lips in silence. 1
Poor Mrs Lester ! My heart runs over with
-sorrow-at-the-thought-of-her."
"You have not dotnplained," Mr. °ether-
Wood spoke, in self-humiliation. "It is I
who have murnmeed ; I who have been un
grateful How stlfishly blind twas - 1 - ITitik7
ing inward upon' our own little world, with
eyes jealous ovet our own good,—fretting
and anxious because the coat of Hying bad
so increased that some of our lUxuries must
'be . given up ;, while thousands had been call
ed to abandon everything—homes, estates,
friends, even Hie itself! Yesterday,_l_met
collier Both ar,--
soldier on :he street. , oth arms were
gene, and the emjitysleeves of his coat hung
loosely at his sides. I shall not soon forget
the expression of his fine face. There was
humiliation ild'it. — The ultimata - power of a
man is in his hands and arms; and these
were gone: I# his
arms remaining, the active mind would 3-et
have the agents by which to work its will.
But, the arms gone, he is IMlpless. He can
not put food into his mouth—ho cannot
dress himself. He must be almost entirely
dependent upon others. I was haunted by
the luau's image long a{ ter I pmsed• him in
the street," • '
"It is by contrasting another's evil with
our good that we see the greatness of our
blessings," replied Mrs. Catherwooth "Oh,
,my husband ! Let us be chary of com
plaint, lest, being accounted unworthy, our
goad be taken away. What if the find Our,
income too small fur our present Way of lir. ,
ing ?, Then, let us. cheerfully etep down a
little lower and thank God for What is left..
I lay awake at night,•often, thinking of those
who are suffcrin' us' Co the ter. climax of
human endurance ‘.)r their country's sake
—of poor refugees, old men, tender women
and' young children—driven from their
hon't'es;‘ hunted by bloodhound 4; hidin
swamps 11:11 s caves ; . hungry, sick, dying !
Of-the—wounded on battle-fields, -- perishing
alone;' of the sick wasting irr hospitals—of
the myriad forms of anguish this war has
• _ -
burden is so liAt tbkit - is sin to eomplain.
l'Sity no moo, darling !" returned Mr.
Ctitherwood. am suflicietrtly rebuked
Como what wilt, hereafter, My lips 'shall be
sealed."
"I did not mean to rebuke you, Henry."
"No matter . . lam relit:l;od. Complaint
came too quickly to my tongue partly from
habit, partly trout selfishness, and partly
from a disposition to look at the darker side
of things. But it was all wrong, *eakrun
grateful i and it shall cease. For what the
good (.Tod sends I will be thankful ; and the
evil he permits, I will try to hear with suit
able patience. At present, my burden is
light--very light." ' - •
Shadow of Death.
TN have rarely net with anything more
beautiful than the following which we find
in an exchange paper: •
"All that live must die.
Passing through Nature to Eternity
Men seldom think of the great event of
death until the - dark shadow falls across their
own path, hidisig.forever from their eyes the
faces of loved uses whose living smile was
the sunlight of their existence. Death is
the great atitagonistn of life, mid the bold
thought of the tomb, is the skeleton at all
our feasts. We do not want to get throtigh
the dark ?alley although its pa4agh may
lead to paradise; and with Charles Lamb,
we do not wish to lie down in the mouldy
grave, even with kings and princes for our
bed fellows. But the fiat of nature is inex
orable. There is uo appeal or reprieve from
the great law that,doouis us all to dust. We
flourish and fade like the leaves of the for . -
est; and the' fairest flower that blooms and
withers in a day,. has not a frailer hold on
life-t-hari igit-bestutcrttnreh-thatita: -
er slitiok the earth by his footeteps.
fzener
atione Of men appear and vanish like the
grass, and die eountltqts multitude that
swarms 'the world to•nati+ow disappear like
the foot prints on the shtfre.
In the beautiful dratha of lon,. thtl- Jn
stir.et of; immortality, so eloquently uttered
by the death devoted Greek, finds a deep
response in e:•ery thoughtful soul. When
about to yield his young existence as a sac
rifice to his betrothed, Oeniatithe asks if'
the3 • shalt net meet again, to which he re.
nlie.:
I have askbd ,that dreadful question of
the hills that look eternal; of the flowing
streams that flow forever; of the stars A
mon,' whose 4Clcis of azure tuy• raised spirit
hath walked in glory. AU. were dumb.—
But while I gaze upon, their 'living face, I
felt tberes something iu the love Melt
mantels through its beauty that canuot
ly perish. We Ehall meet agaio,
the.
TIIE DYING .N EVEIt WEEP.-Th
reason why the dying never weep is bectkuse
the manufactories afire have stopped loyev
er; the human system has run down forever;
every gland of the system has ceased its fuae
:ions. 'in almost all diseases the Jiver is the
first manufactory that stops work; ismo by
one others follow, and all the fountains of
life are at length dried up; there is no, were
_
- den anywhere. So die eye iiiucti.th weeps
not; not that an affection is (lead to the heart,
but because there is not a tear-drop hi it,
an mu • than there is tuoisture cat the
It, is, 1?9,t1.9 tst, call, things by t heir
names. than to,.cui,n, counterfeit ones that,
they te,ay pass more current, with file peo
ple.
Drenched by, the wintry sees,
and temp.
Myer of the distant/trees,
Where west their bom
Who, when tho autumn bread
Rifted thy nest; .
brove thee with sighs like thette
Straight to my breast ? •
~ .liffvfil not tby wlngs for 'me,.
White plumaged dove ;
Whither should surrew flee,
, Cradled by love !
Wet though thy pinions be,
Fair thine eyes shine.
Iglus if they fell on thee,
Tremble from , mine.
Life's . 'this iondi.
Did you-ever±stop-short in the midst of
the grind, and toil,. and whirl 'of life, at thn
thought—after all, what Will this never-con
ing fret of body and soul amount to ? Dill
you ever then begin. to reekoulttpon your Bow.
gers the unfulfilled promises of life within
your knowledge,_as_ityo_u_Ltukhut_just_beard.
of them?
First, there is your acquaintance,
who since he came to years of maturity, liar
hadbut this one.object—to secure a peenuit:
ary independence for himself and his chil
dren. At fifty be has tichie,t'ed it ;"and now
he has nothing to do but to•enjoy
But how ? That is the question which racks
his brain day and night. Ile has a library,
to be sure; that was part of the furnishing
of the house; but, alas t he. has no taste foe
reading. He has fine pictures upon the wall,
but he has no eye for their beauty. He has
daughters; but they are' devoured with the
love of finery and fashion.. He has .sons
but, they are emulating each other in spend
ing money, criminally and foolishly; and now
he stands aghast at the goal, to whfch
he has sacrificed the better part of himself
and them_;his_sun_is-sett-ing r and-he-haw-on---
ly the ashes of the Dead Sea Apple of Vic
tory between his fingers.
Then there is Mrs,. hair staked
all • • • • t ' • y 01tug _ 4 1 4 ,4, 4
was educated at home for feat of the contain-
inatioia of associates; .she was never from un
der- the watchful eyes of her patents, lest her
manners should receive a flaw. She was-drill-
own : , • , mu •
according to prescribed rules. She must per
fect herself iu Music, in the languages, in
drawing ller eyes. hands, teeth nails, must
undergo a careful ilupe ry ision each day lest
•aoy attraction should be prematurely ft horn
of its glory. At last she dawns into beauti
ful - Womanhood. The evening is gxod fur
her-triumphant entry Into society Dress
makers,. hair-dressers, jewelers and florists
arc called into requisition. The -important
toilette is finished; when_strd6enly the house
in thrown into consternation by her violent
indisposition ; and before morning the young
girl'bleeps in her shroud. • The anguished
woman groans out, "Ye hart taken away my
idol and what have I left ?" and she feels
that life for her has nothing left but a dreary
waiting for its close.
Then there are the great army of parents.
whose heart-strings are wrung with pity at
the little eyes which may never see, the lit
tle cars which may never hear, the little feet
which stay never skip or run, and the mute
tongue which may never syllable the sweet
words—" Father," "i‘lother." Then there
are sons, whose god is the wine , cup; and liv
ing daughters, whose own rilothershad,,rath
or look upop their dead faces.
These heart-trenchin.s and disappoint
ments are the I And' yet, like children
whose toys one after another, are broken or
taken from theta, we still reach out our
hauds:ifor the glided bubble of hope, all the
same as if it had never burst between our
fingers. When our dearly .loves; children 'are
takn:from us, our torn heart-strings hasten
to mite about their children,
forgetting the
little feet that hire salso trod the dark val
ley." Surely by this love-yearning, which
may never die in us, shall we find in another
world than this, its uninterrupted and per-
A Poet Sent to Prison
Geo. 11T Cutter, author of ‘.The Sono. ° of
the Steam" and "E Pluribus Unum," has
been seat to the city prison, st Cincinnati:
for six Months, for intemperance. .The Cin
eineati Gazette says :
Dlr. Cutter is a lawyer by profession, area
at times bus enjoyed some distinction at the
bar; srais once a member of the Legislature
of lodiana; at the breaking out of the 1t1e3.1.-
ean.war be raised a company of men, and des
tinguished himself as a soldier. He has pub
lished.two volumei of poems of more than
ordinary merit, but for a number of years
has written nothing that has been published.
Since his return from l‘lexico he has been
addicted to intemperauce, at, times gig/ ing
way to beastly arunkenness. Under each
conduct he long ago sacrificed his legal, pat
ronage and lost his only reliable means of
support. • And now, sad we are to say it, Ito
is almost hopelessly a vagrant, and the.other
a-seam-need to_sil moatite-in-the-eity
prison, as the best place.for one unable to
control his passion for strong drink.
Let young me.) be warned in time: To
such a fate are many of those hastening who,
±Ltate_ermg P ud. r out-of-it-also r iadulgultatte
tempting bowl.
GOOD AOAiN.-.-A company of preachers
reetuatly called tin President Liocolu, orm'of
whom easttaPy iaid the 1";ord
01. oar side!' The Presideitt gave him an
important )11R1.11 io theology by, remarking
that be "hoped we were on the hard's sae."
. nero is couidorahle uopth of moaning in
the difference between the two phrases. We
nit: on Old Ahe's ki,"e/n as to that dootrino,
and "tbe•clergy" had the gopd, sehsq, towe
koolsledlcc! his error.
A Wife'a Cure for a badllabit.
, A newly married wife, living in New , Or:-
leans, recently diieevercd that her Letter
half was disposed to vottie 'lime -frequently.
late at night. in a state of '.oblivious' forget
rii
fulneas." She deteruaiued o cure lam of
this habit . About two eks ago he enter
ed at midnight, and, staggering into the bed
chamber, tumbled into the bed, and was soon
asleep. The wife said nothing, but when
she thought he was sound asleep she procur
ed a large dato:ng needle, and threading it'
with a strong piece of twine, sat quietly aN
work sewing him up in the blanket. She
sewed good and strong till, as — tlfe grey
streaks of dawn began to lighten the Jito..t i
her task was done.
In this condition she left him, and repair
ed to the dwelling of a, friendly neighbor,
there to await the-result. About terro'ciock.
persona in the neighborhood' were -- startled
bythe sound of the most distiessiug cries
- issuing from the house, and rushing , to the
rescue, suppos:ng that murder was• being
committed, they forced the door, and there
foetid the poor man bound up as tightly as
a Vale - 6-reotton, hi the blanket of his own
.bed. .He begged them to releas Lim, as lie
-was - dyin - g - frotit this:, could not move.
They thought 111 w the victim of some terri
ble plot--some .burgler's ...scheme ; but, as
they were in the act of extricating , hint, in
rushed the wife, and ordered them to desist.
"Cut not a thread," she cried. "I did it;
and lie shall lio there till he makes a solemn
promise never to come home drunk again."—
Ile declared he would in future keep better
hours and drink less thin. In future, all
the wife has to do when her husband is dis.
posed to take a little too nifich, is to shay(
him a darning needle, and say ; "Take care,
sir, or I'll sew you up,"
Capital Answer.
"A profetiser of universal knowledge" had
a prince, who suddenly eatue in upon the
pretender, and ptit his Wisdom to, the test
"So thou knoisestinithings," said_the
king ;. "then tell me to-morrow morning
them three things only, or thou shalt loge thy
head.
First—how mans; baskets of earth Abele
are in yonder mountain ? Secondly—how
much is the king worth? And, thirdly what
is the king thinging of at the time. '
The professor was distresPed beyond meas
..
carpet in agony, for he knew that he must
die on the fnorrow. His servant learned
the trouble and offered to appear before the
king and take his chance of answering the
questions.
The next morning, the servant, clothed in
his masters robes, presented himself' to his
majesty, who was deceived by his appeal
once and the ling proceeded :
"Tell me, now, bow many baskets of earth
are in yonder mountain ?"
"That depends upon eircurastrnces. If
the baskets are ns large ns the mouutain t 'one
will hold it ; if half as large, two; if a guar
ter; fedi.; and so or"
The king' had to'be satisfied and proceed.
ed.
"Now tell Inc how wuch the king is
worth ?"
"Well your majesty, the king of linav,en
and Earth was sold for thirty pieces of A
ver, and I conclude you are worth one
piece."
This was so witty an eacape, that the king
laughed and went on :
".Nnw once more, tell me what lam think
ing of ?"
"You are now thinking that you are talk
ing with the professor, whereas it is only
hi,N servant."
"Well done," said the king, "you • shall
hkve your reward, and yaw master shall not
1,;,.t0 his bead.",
TnotiatiTs.— . Consider whence thou com
•est, whither thou goest, and 'before whom
thou art to stand. Study well; speak little; I
(10 much; receive all men with a client - at !
countenance. Cast not stones into the well
which has quenched your thirst. No man
is so destitute as the ignorant man. Rank
does not di 'nit the in, • ' *: taat.
dignifies rank A' man way be known 'by
three thiuge; by his Conduct in money mai..
tem; by his behavior at table; by his demean
or when angry Accustom thy tongue to say,
I know kuothing. Consider three thinks
when tempted to sin : There ih an eye that
Fees thee; there is an ear that hears thee; all
thine actions arc recorded in a book. .Pass
not judgement on thy fellow till thou haFt
been in the same predicament ; say not of
matters that are incomprehensibb, that thou
.cant comprehend them; neither Fay, when
I shall have leisure I will study, lest tliou
may never have leisure.
NZOLECTED DurY.—No man has any right
to manage his affairs in such a way that his
sudden death would bring burdens and loss
es on other people. There may be rare ca
ses where a man really cannot help entangle
ment! or where, from inexi.erience or lack of
judgement, he has brought his affairs into
such a state that the interest of others de
pend upon his lite; but he s hould make all
nossible - haste to extricate noise t rom suf.
a position- Houor and honesty demand that
ho should so eondnct his business that his
death should cause no one to be -wronged.—
And as to dying although all men er .
that all other men will suiely
d;e,, yet they unite in thinking that they
themselves arc exceptions LI this Tule ; or at
lent they act a* if they thought. tio ; thi, is
radically wrong It is every wawa duty in
every 'transaetion in life, to be influenced ,by
the that that lit' any
.43y, or or. any hour he
may die.
Good digestion is among the 'first requi
sites to a.happy lite.
Do not weep over that which, you e.ton,o
prevent.
si s tiej.
11 if N 1 , ,, 0 . :.W0 - .: ( I,S::'!': '.',•
Sorie4;o - cfi - s";jraita . c Ina
best , !in byium pOrs.
' We•tonorally preer 'nett , ttitieltii; 16 old
ones—tietT maids to old undtll3. ;
Topers should bear' in wind that *hat
they quaff trout- the goblet afterViard9 'dp
peare•in the mug.
An exehange&says, "We like to.hear pee
ple:tell good stories while , they, are fehout it.
Read the following from a/ Western . piper :
'ln the—late - gale birds were-seen hopping a
bout with allotheir feathers blown, off._; We
bare heard of gales at sea where it ;required'
four tueu to hold the ealitdin's whiskers on."
A young lady once married a nian by the
name of Dust, against the wishes ofhor pa
rents. After a short time, they liV9d
-ha ppily'-toget h erand-she - refu rued to her Ea.
tiler'•- house ; but he infused. to see- hey, say
ing, "Dust thou art, and unto Dust thou,
shalt return."
A HAPPY WomaN.—A lady made- a call
lon a trieud.who had lat_el 'A/eta—hp/nit:4_
When her husband. eame home to diuner:she
said "I have been to Ace
"Well," replied her huiliand; "I suppose
she is very happy."
Lllappy I 1 should think she ought to be;
she has a camel's hair shawl LW thirds bor
der:"
Two Scotch gentlemen went to Ireland' 0) ,
make a tuur, and to see the natives. One•
of them, one drizzly thy bet tho other,. the
price of their dinner and a bottle of wine,
that the first Partheyfuund would be top,
muih for them. A diminutive fellow, with.
au old frieze eknit rtUd, a piece or a hat,. wail
trying to plough with a puny,' under nheiten
of a vow of trees.
—Pat," said our ft iced.
"Yes. yEir toLiOt, " ht toplied. •
"If the devil were t 4, eutee just•tio
one 'of us three %%wild be take ? '
"Sure he'd take we, yer honor." '
"But'why, Pat ?"
—(!ase )e 'N .swe (d 'yer ;lotion+ at an
PALING FOR T2E,SlollT.—They're got
down is Curttuna county, au old farmer, no
ted for his !rectiiitess nd
fur a spot wherein to turn a penny, horastly,.
Or the isn't very•particular) the reverse.
while ago he succeeded by accident in rai
sing a very large hog. It was soon noisy ti
abroad,. and the people in that vicinity be
gaa to call on the uld man to see the 'mon.
strosity ' A gentleman from .our 'town' was
stopilug awhile in the village, an hearing
of the 'porcine' and so much said about it,
desired to see the sig'n.,.atx.l having obtain
ed directions as to the 'locale,' started ft r
the spot. Arrived there, he met the old
gentleman, and inquired aoont the
'Well, yeti' the old fellow said ; 'he'd got
sich a critter; imi'ty I,ir, ; but he goes.
od he'd have to charge him about a shillitt'
for look in' at him.' The stranger looked t
the old man for a minute or so ; pulled out
the desired coin, handed it to him, and suit
ed to go off.' 'Hold on,' says the other;
don't you want to see the hog ?"No,' said
the stranger 'T have seen as big a hog as I
want to see and off he west.
Jeff. Davis, it is . reported, has a on in the
Federal service—On one of th© Mississippi
River gunboats..l3ut,, then, his 'son' bas a
black skin, and inherited .his loyalty from
his mother, who was the rebel 1 resident's
faForite slave girl.
A MODERN WONDER.—Ezra Cornell, of ro.
ace, N. Y. ilaa au idea recently that women
could do more with their needles if they did
levs with their tongues and he promised $5O
to the Soldiers, Aid Society ‘f the village if
twelve women could be found who would
sew all day without speaking. Fifteen candi
dates presented themselves and mirabile rho
tit fourteen of them succeeded in keeping
quiet. They were sorely tempted by vari
ous lookers on, but only one yielded. He-
The person trho is all the time confessing
his great skis, is either a great Fiuuer or a
great hypocrite.
You can form a very correct estimate of
obaracter troth the etyle of a fellow's bat and
the way be wears it.
Every step downward, in the road of infa
my renders the docent the easier.
It is easier to stop a leak in a bucket at
first, than to repuir it after the current of
water has worn the bottom away.
The fellow who stole a pin, for the sake
of stealing it, was eventually shut up in•
prison for robbing a bank.
Never get trusted beoause you think an
easier time far payment will come. Pay
.us
you go.
Many regarg theingelien as pa teram, and
are tretful th4-araiti-they—itaake--
b 0 pulpy poor "fits."
A piece of pure gold is worth joist as much,-
dug from your ova door yard, as if impor.
ted-from-tbe-vaine-4--California.
A good knowledge of the laws of health,
will.trutke you beler ahle to keep tho: civil
It is better to be prom . / of Out rride dun
rate of our vanity.
seu his dog or yl any way betray the
brute's coafideace.-
. ,
• Talloriandloa.soll for a dollar aaah_lu
Dime.,-
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IMEIMM
UMBER 41.
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