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°LUNE XIX
~?OZTC74ta.
Oh, brier rose clamber,
And cover the chamber—
The 61Mb - a -- icf 'dreary . Fone-•
.:Where with meekly closedlips,
And eyes in eclipse.
My brother lies under the stone.
violets,.cover
The 'narrow' roof over,
Oh, cover the *law)! and door !
For never the lights, '
Through the long days and nights,
Make shadows across the floor!
The'gilliaq'ure bloorning—
Tha Milts are white,
Where his elfin-haunts used to be;
Ani the sweet sherry blossoms
Rlow over the. bosoms' .
01 - hirtis in the All6of trees.
Vtrhen I hear on the hills
The shout of the storm—
In the valley the roar of the river—
I bhiver and shake
On the hearth stone warm,
As I think of him cold—.forever !"
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His white hands are folded,
And never spin, .
With song of the robin or plover,
:When the Summer has come,
With her bees and her grain,
:Will he play in the meadow clover
Oh, dear little brother--
My sweet little brother, •
rn the place above the sun,
Oh, pray the good angels,
The glorious evangeln,
To take one - when life is done.
SPRING.
Year after year we hail the spring—
A time o - f
ltope:and
The ph asures that around it cling
Fo,bid all brooding sadness. •
The teeming lite that re-appears,
As early ahies•grow lighter
Revives the joy of other years,
And Lnakes the world `seem brighter
The voice of budding nature, too,
Incites to fresh endeavor;
Now all things,. sursting forth a new,
Look fidr and bright as ever.
Though chorishe.! hopes may die away,
Thobgh joy seem evanescent,
New the uprises from decay
To animate the present.
So, year by year, man's inner life
Revives in freshened vigor.
The wint'•r blasts of storm and strife,
'With cola affliction's rigor,
Prepare the soul for new delight,
And.usher in its dawning;
Though grief endure throughout the night,
Joy conn.th in the Morning.
The itaried'S'llS6ilß roll away
Till life grows old and hoary;
AVhen de.tth, with cold awl wintry ray,
Gives' place to springtide glory.
The wondrous twenty then displayed
Remains forever vernal,
And life and joy no more can fade
Wh.•re all things are eternal.
Itsti.Xe; , Cr3M 1_.1., .A..1%1" 1r .
To-Morrow
A noble ship was nearing home after a
long voyugo
,011 her clean, white deck stood
many a rough, weather beaten sailor, look
ing anxiously at the white cliffs of his na
tive laud, and a smile of joy passed over bis
sun-burnt face at the pleasing thought, "We
shall anchor to morrow !" And there were
old men who had not seen their childhood's
home for long,, long years, and the tears
stood in their eyes as they looked at the dis
taut shores and said, "We shall land to-mor
row !" And - there, too, was a mother, lift
ing up her little one to look at the far-off
laud, and whispering, "We shall be at bottle
to-morrow 1" .
But their to morrow never came. That
evening the gentle breeze became a furious
storm; the rippling waves became fru r tning,
ang,ry.billaws; the sails were. split into rib
b ms; the rudder was .brokco; the vessel be
clime unmanacable; she drifted upon the
terrible (picks/Ms, became a wreck, and all
onboard perished:
And xie,not many of us expecting a to
morroi, that may never come ? Do we not
lay plans for the future, forgetting. that at
any moment our frail bark may be destroyed,
and the 'cluvk waters of death close over us
• Aretnur young friends
,prepared for this
sudden change? Should the King's' mes
senger arrive to-day,.and summon •us to ap
pear before his Master's throne, would he be
received with' fear •or with joy if 'with
fear, waste not an hotir• before earnestly
seeking ~the,,ealy. a ticka which . Jesus' offers
you.
A little- boy: four. or; five years' ;Ail was
ueihlvemOdi With his : grand mother for slap
ping 'hieitars; but not daring to "sauce'- , her
directly; Ito -took up hie favorite :oat,. ,and
strnking'bct back; thus 'addressed Aar ;
'Well, Pilau . , I Wish one of us three wig
dead—;•atitl`filtifet"you., pussy, and it ainit
pussy-" •
Sive:what youngito spend when ) oil.
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MY BROTHER.
lATAYN6BOII:O', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENN . SYLYANIA, FRIDAY MOINING, APRIL'27,
'rho -Ants' of Africa.
I do not - Oink that they, build a 'nest' or
home of arincirl. , At any rate, 'they carry
nothing away, hut eatull their 'prey- cm .the
spot. It is their habit to march through - the
forests in long regular
. line;•• e, line about two
inches broad, aind often several miles .in
length. Allulong Ibis line are larger ants,
who act as 'tracers, stand outside -the ranks
to keep this singular army, in order. 11 they
come to a place where there are no trees to
shelter them from the sun, whose heat they
cannot bear, they immediately build under
ground tunnels, through which. the whole
army passes in columns to the forest beyond.
These tunnels are four or five. feet under
ground and are only used in the heat of the
day or during a storm. .
When they • grow hungry, the long file
spreads itself through the forest in a front
line, and attacks and devours all it overtakes
with 'a fury that is quite irresistible. The
elephant and gorilla fly before this attack.—
The black men run for their lives. Eyery•
animal that lives in their line of march is
chased. They seem to understand and act
upon the tactics of Napoleon,
and concen
trate, wirh great speed, their heavies forces
upon the point of attack. In an incredibly
short. space of time, the mouse, or dog, or
leopard7or-deeri-is-overwhelmedr-killedrea
,ten, and the bare skeleton only left.
They seem to travel night and day, Ma
ny a time have I been awakened out 'of my
sleep, and obliged to rush. from my hut and
into the water to' save my life, and after all
suffered intolerable agony from the bites of
the advance guard, who had got into my
clothes. When they enter a house they
clear it of all living things. Cockroaches are
devoured in an instant. Rats and mice
spring round the room in vain. An over
whelming force of ants kill a rat in less than
a minute in spite of the most frantic strug
gles, and in less than another minute its
bones are stripped. Every living thing in I
the hense is devoured. They will not touch
vegetable matter Thus they are,.in reality,
very ireful (as well as dangerous) to the ne.
groes, who have their little hats cleared of'
all the abounding vermin, such - as immense'
cockroaches and centipedes, at least several
times a year.
When on their March the whole of the in
sect world flies beforUthem, and I have of,
ten had the approach of a bashikousy army
hearalded to me by this inean§. Wherever
they go they make a clean sweep, even as
cending to the tops of the highest trees in
pursuit of prey. Their. Manner of attack is
an impetuous leap. Instantly the strong pin•
cers are faqeeed, and they only'let go when
the pieces gives way. At such times this
little animal seems animate.d• by a kind of
fury which causes it to disregard entirety its
own safety, and to seek only the conquest of
its prey. The bite is very painful
The negroes relate that criminals were in
former times exposed in the path . of the ants.
as the most cruel manner of putting them to
death.— Dr. Chaillu's Work.
Too Much Land
•
The desire to own a very.large farm is na
tural, but often proves unwise in its results.
When a man wishes to practice a mixed bus
bAidry, and his present acres are too few
and uusuitablejt is doubtles wise to annex
more territory.
.Neighbor Jones has twenty
acres of good meadow land which is suitable
only for hay, orgrain, or hoed crops. But
as he finds a small dairy would be profitable;
an,' sheep would bring in good returns, it
tv, , u'd be advisable for him to buy several
acres of hilly land adjoining But this tic
cquiplishcd, let him stop, and be careful to
buy no Inure than he actually needs for 'his
special purpose For, this new land will
have t o pay taxes, will have to be fenced,
and may need other expenses laid out upon
it. At any rate, it will add 'to his cares, and
perhaps bring him no adequate return. We
know a farmer who,
ten years ago, owned
150 acres, and was doing very well; he now
owns five lund , t'eil, and is worse than before
And why ? Because this large farm is 9
great bill or expense to him; he cannot 'af
ford to keep it up in .good conditieu, and it
hangs a Millatone of care about his neck,—
ills - wife and children,-both. sons and daugh
ters, are obliged to work hard to keep the
great machine a running We presume his
boys deelarethey will leave home as soon as
they are old enough; and the girls say they
will die before
. they will marry farmers
Neither sons nor daughters are •educated as
they deserve to be; they canuot•be spared for
this f l om work on the big farm. •
Now, we declare that such a farm is a
curse to its possessor and his family, and an
injury to the whole agricultural interest.—
It' that man wants to save' himself and his
househo'd, he should sell at:least one half of
his.land, improve the remainder to make it
more productive, release his children from
bondage, and try - tn make his home a place
of comfort. He will live longer,. lay up
.as
good a property, and will train up a more'in.
telligent and a happier family.—Antericuiz
Ajriculturitit.
EzvxNue, om. MATortEs.--rOce cent per
box is imposeci.on each bunch of matches.—
This deems insignificant when it is couipared
with the other branches of manufacture, yet
ao immenst, revenus• is the . result. There
can be no great fraud or evasion of the, Jaw,
owing to .the fact that a stamp tuust_be affix
ed on each bunch aoitt, and the law imposes,
a heavy penalty,' not only on the ,trianufacr
tutor but on the vender for disposing of a
single:hexovithout the stamp.. Front the
returns submitted to the Cortmussiim of
,the
match Inanutneture of the Uoiteat .. t.ates,:. it .
'appears that there are now in the cowry.
fifty. large. establishments. and that frinu the
;prosody demand'. for:• t:::tv:,9..-eonsumptiou of :
matches, thiy anticipate it witt : ,require, for.
theliett fweal,yeata produetioq
• 2,100,-'
000 gross; or 846,650 f 000,:hunsabes, which,
will yield a revenue of $3,451,000. , ,
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wic4wrxn-isr - * Tet.fiDtherimistpoze , i , meys.mtrata ixi 3pcputioni
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IrtiffiirsßANDS::--I'.. Thou shall 160 bto
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'other hut,' the'.' ' .
2. Thidu shalt b'ave - nó - ambrotype or • any
- either likeness or any man•but thy, husband.
B. ,thou shalt not keep it , 11. sestet, and"
.worship it; ior •
hustit;:aM a' jealous
husb a nd, - - - • t.
4. Then shalt not speak thy huabatid'S
name with levity.
5 Remember thy, husband's commands to
keep them sacred.
• 9. Honor•thy husband and obey him, that
thou mayest be long in the house he bath
given thee.
7.•• Thou shalt not• find- fault when thy
husband.smoltes or chew's. .
8. Thou shalt not scold
9. Thou shalt not pariah thy husband to
wear a buttonless shirt, but shall keep his
clothes in good repair.
10. Thou shalt not continually gad about,
neglecting thy huhand and family.
11. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's
house, nor his fine furniture, nor his wife's
thousand dollar shawl. nor her fifty dollar
handkerchief, nor anything that is tby neigh•
bor's,
12. Thou shalt not go to woman's rights
meetings, neither to speak thyself uor to hear
others:speak. • •
13 Thou shalt not scold if tby, , husband
Stays out after 10 o'clock at night.
14. Thou shalt not run up large "bills at
the stores which thy .husband is unable
to foot, for verily thou knowest his means.
lIIE WIFeS CS3SIMANDMENTEL-1. Thou
shalt have no other, wife but me.
2. Thou shah not take into thy house any
beautiful brazen image of a servant girl, to
bow down to and serve her, for I am'a joal.
ous wife.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of ihy
wife in vain.
4. Remember thy, wife to keep her res
pectable. •
5. Honor thy wife's father and 'mother.
6. Thou shalt not fret. •
7. Thou shalt not find fault. with tliy din
ner.
8 Thou shilt not chew toboceo no r
smoke.
9. 'Thou shalt not go behind thy neigh
bor.
10, Thou shalt not visit the rum shop, nor
covet the tavern keeper's rum, nor his bran
dy, nor his gilt, 'nor his whiskey, nor his
wine, nor anything that is behind the bar of
the rumseller.
11. Thou shall not stay out after nine o'-
clock at night.
12 Thou shalt not set at naught the com
mandments of thy wife.
It. Won't Do
It won't do when riding in a stage coach,
to talk of another man you have never per
sonally seen, as being an all fired scoundrel
until you are absolutely sure he is not sitting
before you.
It won't' do when snow drifts are piled
mountains high, and sleighs are eternally up
setting, to ride out with a' beautiful, lively,
fascinating young girl, and not ekpeet to get
mashed with her,
It won't do for a man, when a horse kicks
him to kick back at the horse in return.
it won't do to crock jokes on old Maids in
presence of unmarried ladies' who have pass
ed the age of forty. •
It won't do to imagine a legislature, fed at
the public crib, will sit but six weeks, when
two thirds of the members have not the ca
pacity to earn a decent living at home.
Jr won't do for a man, to imagine a girl is
iniderent to him because she studiously a
voids 'him in company.
It won't do for a young la ly to presume
that more than a third of the gentlemen who
show
. her pointed attention have the most
distant idea of marrying her.
It won't do for a Man to fancy a lady is in
love with him because she treats him civilly,
or that she has virtually engaged herself to
'him because she has always endured his com
pany.
It won't do to be desperately enamored o
ver a pretty face until you have seen it at
the breakfast table.
It won't do to be So devoted 'to a ten_ der
hearted wife as to comply implicitly with her
request when she asks you, 'Now tumble o
ver the cradle, and break your neck, my dear,
won't you?'
A SURPRISED FATtIEa.—A fine . looking
man, clad in•overcoat, gloves and stout boots,
was walking out the other 4y with his little
three year old daughter, a pale faced child
with bare neck and arms and morocco slip
pers. A neighbor, meeting them, began to
ask, with •great apparent concern, after the
fatlier's health, adding:
''But I'm glad your little one does not in
herit yotir - feeble donstitutiorz "
"Feeble constitution!" exclaimed the as
tonished parent, "Why, I was never sick
day,in rny file, while as to ruy daughter we
fear,sho has her mother's consurpptive ten
dencies "
‘.lndeci.l" replied his friend,. with - a sly
twinkle of the eye, you took such extra care
to protect yourselffrom the cold, while she
goes hare-necked and in pasteboard shoes, I
inferred that it we's you that inherited the
mother's r cunautoptire tendencies, and, not
she."
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RANDOM EXPRESSIONS. —"I am tired to
death,” So you have said very often, and
are still alive'and in very good health.:
• "I •had not a-wirdc• of sleep all night."-l-r
And yet your bed-fellow beard you snore
several, times:
•"I would nofi do it Tar's!! the
And yei'yclu have done many.Viingel.e4ually .
,bad for a trifle.
• "We Were up to'four . kOOPI3 ind•n3ll(l.7
roi kuow.veiy welt the.muti. was not ,over
your Amp . • .• Ft •
There ia no s'a . te,r)ol Vesidei.hat of 'duty
A Startling Prophecy , _ . ,
The annexed appears in the Ne,w Orletths
True Della. of Sunday; March 25th:
'On this quiet Sunday morning 'we tihve
. not theletrat'desire to •Yrighten our—readcrs
into the belief that t, b e, world is apprpaehing
a speedy tertnintitfon .notWithstand'ing Mrts.
'E Buil!, of Philadelphia, .Pa , prophecies
that such
,is the ease. 'We are indebted to
Postmaster Talialarro'for the annexed pre
cious documents, for they came through the
Wail addressed to him. The letter of the la
dy we give verbatim. etViinctuatirit (and we
May ,add spell agni:
'Sir: Send this to•a printer of your city'
as it wants to be in circulation Please don't
fail granting this. Printer put this in . your
paper, it will then be copied and, so spread;
dod't hide this from the people, but scatter
as far as you Ildn for it is, true. I, sir, re
ceived it by revelation last May, and was ten
days' under it before it ended. Hide not
the vision lest tho'u be guilty and the blood
•of souls be found in .thy skirts. '
MRS E. S. Bumr,; •
Philadelphia Penn!
Enclosed in be above was the subjoined in
the shape of a printed handbill: '• ;• • '
I PROPIIESM—To every kindred tribe and
tongue, to the ends of the • earth, that in.
1869, February 9th, at 9 o'clock in the morn•
ing, will be the Ushering-in-of-the-Millettium,
or the commencement of a new Era in our
world Saturday is the Sabbath, or the sev=
entb.day—Satan is bound. ,
Baptism should be administered with cont..
municaats upon their knees by dipping them
forward throughout all our different denom
inations, in order that we may be united on
this point; as our istns•and'ciAms are to fall
away. Seetarianistulnust go to its author—
Devil. „ , ,
What is an Old Maid?
Never be afraid of becoming an "old maid"
fair reader. An old maid is' far more honor
able than a : heartless wife; and 'Mingle bles
sedness" is greatly superior,_in_point_of_h_ap
piness, to wedded love, "call 'not 'in love
dear girls, beware,". says the:song. ' But 'we
do not agree with said song on this question.
On the, contrary, we hold that it is a good
thing . to fall in love, if the loved object be a
worthy one. 'To fall in loie with an honor=
able man is as proper it' is for an honora
ble man, to fall is love with a virtuous and
amiable woman; and what could be a more
gratifying spectacle, even to the angels in
heaven, than a Bight so pure so approaching
inits devotion to the celestial?
No; fall in love as soon as you please, la ,
dies. provided it be wiLlt a suitable person.—
Fall in love and then marry; but never mar
ry unless you do love. That's the great
point. Never marry for "a home" or"a
husband.' Never degrade
,yourself by be
coming a party to such an alliatMe.' Never
sell yourself, body and soul, on terms so con
temptible. Love dignifies all things; it en
nobles all conditions. With love, the mar
riage rite is trulya sacrament. ithout it
the ceremony is a base fraud and the act a
human desecration. Marry for love, or not
at all. Be an "old maid," if fortune throw
'not in your way the man of .your heart; and
though the witless may sneeroind the jester
may laugh you will still have your reward io
an approving conscience and a comparatively
peaceful life.
How THEY 110 1N MAlNE.—Qualier young
ladies in the Maine Law State, it is 'said
still continue to kiss the lips of the young
temperance men to see if they have been
tampering with liquor. Just imagine a beau
tiful young temperance woman, with all• the
dignity of an executive officer, and the inno
cence of a dove, ,with the charge: 'Mr —,
the ladies believe you:are in the habit of tam
pering with liquor, and they have appointed
me to examine you according to our 'estab
lished rules; are
. you willing?' You nod ac
ciniescence, Bhe gently steps' closer up - to
you, lays her soft • white 'arm around your
neck., dashes back her raven curls, raises her
sylph like form upon tiptoe..her snowy,'hea
ving bosom against your Own, and With her
angelic features lit up with a smile us sleet
as heaven, places her rich, rosy, pouty, sweet,
sugar, molasses,, lily, rosebud; cream, "tart,
peitch-ptidding, -- apple-liumpling,
gingerbread, nectar HO against yours, and
(0, Jeruselend hold usl) kissed you, by.crack
eyl • Hurrah for the, gals and the, Maine
Law, and deaih' . to Opposition.
Close Preaching.
The following illustration, of some-revivals
of religion . and of the piety of some people,
as given several years ago by a colored
preacher in Montgomery, Ala., is
- forcible non
instruetiVel
"My tredren," said hev "God ,bless, your
souls, 'ligion is like do Alabama river I In
Spring come freA, an' . bring• in all de de
logs, stabs an' sticks, dat bttb, been lyin' on
do bank, an' carry dem down
- in de current.
Bytheby de water go down deli a Trig eotch
here on dis island, lien a 'slab gets cotched
on de shore, an' de sticke en de • bushes—au'.
dere dey lie, , witbrin' an' f dryite till come
'coder treat. Jus' so dare come 'viva) of
'ligion—dis ole eiuner "brought' in. &role
backslider trotight back, tito. do old folk seem
comic,', an' mighty good times ; But, bred
ren, God bless your souls ! bymeby
gone—den dis vie sinner is stuck on his ole
sin, den dat ole backslider is cotched where
he was afore, on jus' such , a rock ; den one
after 'nuder dui had got 'ligion lies all alOng
do, shore, ale dere dey till.,',noder 'vival.
Belahed bredien, GA bliss your' Spills; keep
iri• •
i3 - Z. • Butler had- a negro servant who
was Lhis , maiket.:bmadt. - 31en.,
told him , to got it marked •solthstt
know, it. ; Be got seven big , painted •on
it, *lien ' Was diked' What they were 'file.
n ?a aßa, dry's lonian, Antler's Week
B•l''s Bushel 13mdt'et.." '
A. j Npgivo „Pisounsfoti About': Eggs.
.Geneva,. the, lovely
furniSlibe the t iPliciw liig Of Pialia•
inenfaiy ruling:, '• , • ,I.
In : the fairest village • of Western, Kew.
York thn.lculick persous,' in imitation, of
their white brethern, formed'a debating so
ciety for the' puiphse of improving' their
minds by' the discussion of instructive .and
entertaining topics. The deliberations of the
society were presided over by a venerable
datkey, wbo perfortued his duties with the
utmost dignity peculiar, to his color.
.The
subject-for discussion on the occasion on
which we, write was—
'at 'atu de" roudder ob de chickens—de
hen ,wat lay de eggs or' de ben• Watt 'batch de
chicks?
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The question •was warmly debated, and
many reasons pro and con were urged and
emanated by the excited dispdtants. Those
in favor of the latter proposition were evi
dently in the majority, , andthe President
made no. attempt to conceal that his sympa
thies were with the. dominant party. At
length an intelligent darkey rose from the
minority aide, and begged'-'leave—to state' a
proposition to' this effect: ,
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'Spose,' said he, 'chit you ,set one dozen
duck eggs under a hen, and dey hatch,
which arn,de mudder- 7 de duck
. or de.heu?'
This was a' Omer tills well prit and Cori
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plusded the other side, even'staggering the
President; 4hits, plainly saw the 'force of the
argument; ands had committed himself too far
tq yield ; without a struggle; so, after cogiiat•
ing and scratching his wool a fe* niMponts,
a bright idea struck Aim.' itisitig,• in his
chair, with all the' conseiousnesa ofcsuperi
ority. he announced * •
Ducks am not, before de house; chickens
am de question; herefore f 'rule de direkh"
out; and do it he did, to the Complete over
throw of his opponents. , •
Side-Walk Etiiiiiette.
1, Any well-hred gentleman will ' tiecoft!
nize another person whd? boats to him, how
ever-humble his social position—a snob will
not. •
2 A discreelperson will - wait for the rec
ognition of hislinperier in social ; or official
position before he bows to him. None but
fools will court; the compliments of the street;,
, but all, well behaved persons will observe the
rules of politeness everywhere.
3 No mkt' should bow to. a lady in the
street, unless an intimate acquaintance exists,
until she makes'the first, advances; for she
has according 'to the laws of etiqu'ette,, a
right to cut him off on, the side walk, and
leave his heart bleeding without• a smile t,r
heal the wound. .• . ,
4. The air of snobs who countenance spci
rious gentility, are unworthy of notice, and
should excite' no emotion but • that of mirth
fulness. • •
5 Ladies; and ail aged persons. should
have tha- inside of the walk and the choice
of the way.
6 .A gentleman should. not smoke While
walking with a lady, and what is worse, hey
should pot spit tobacco juices upon the pave•
went; the i 6)thy spray may, fly in her face, or
spoil her dress. ,
7. It is no 'discredit to a man' however
vast his fortune, or splendid his talent, or
broad his influence, Or lefty his 'position—to
If
carry a package " through the : street, to walk
by a poor and obscure peighbor, or to speak
to any one who may solicit 'his advice:—
These laws belong to the code of honor, and
he is not a gentleman. who violates them,
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PATERNAL DUTY =The father who ?,'lun
ges into business so deeply that he has no
leisure for domestic duties and pleasures, and
whose Intercourse with his children consists
in a brief word of authority, or a surly lam
entation, over their intolerable expensiveness,
is equally to be. pitied and to be blamed.—
What right has he to devote to other pur
inks the:time which GOd has allotted to his
children?' Nor lit it any' excuse to say that
he cannot support -his family in 'their present
style of living, without this effort. I ask by
what,tight cab his family demand to live in
a manner which requires him to neglect his
moat solemn and 'important . duties? Nor is
it'arf excuse to say that be wishes to leave
them a competence. Is he under obligation
to leave them that competence which he de
sires? Is it an advantage to them to be re
lieved from the necessity of labor? Besides
is . money the only desirable bequest which a
father can leave to his children? Surely,
well, cultivated intellects; hearts sensible to
domestic affectiuo r ; the love of parents, and
brethren, and sisters; a taste for home pleas
ures; habiti of order and regularity, and in
dustry; hatred of vice - arid vicious men; and
a lively sensibility to the' exeellence of vir
tue—are as valuable a legacy as an inheri
tance of property—Aimp,le property purchas
ed by the loss 61 every habit which could
render that ..prepertY a blessing. Wagner.
, Soxi Taturrt IN IT. --l'heinan who has
never had a sister is Ut first entrance into
life far.ntor , the slave of, feminine captiva
tions than he v.ho his' been brought', up 'in
a, house has not had
sisters 'has 1140 exOctlengii or the- behind
Scene like of tincfeniale He has never
heard one alroiit'the planS; 'Schemes
and devices by which hearts are snared.=
He fdaoies-41ary,stuck that tposit rose in •her
hair in a moment of childish caprice; that
Kute' ran ..after her little sister,, 'and :showed
the pretiestiof ankles in deing,it," out . of
irrepressible gayety of-her buoyant ,spirits,:
in cword• ho is one who only, sees ' the _play
when•the house is.fully, lighted, and uU ,the
actors in their_gtand: costume; 'beim& never
witnessed wrehersal, and has .not the varmeit
suspicion ofi prompter, „ .
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An Irishman being in e uro 'where th e,
collection aparatus.reseulbled .bo i x on its
being banded to• biw, wbiepecd iu .the oat.-
rier's ear that-he, was not naturalized, au.!
c • laid not vote; •• •
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A.PUZZLING,QuEsTitiN,—A son.4:lf
"111 in
recautly addressed, a rederend geatlemaa,and
said :,
,"iCer honor, you say that we are all to do
tbe.satne kind ; of work : in heaven that we , do
here ?"
"Yes, sir," replisd . the parson, "God is not
dateinnti why should b;s - subjeets be ?"
mAnd do folks., die. there ?" asked Pat. •
`ilertainly not, certainly not; they are just
aslinindital as the Or&ttor himself"
i•Theu yer honor, criuld yer tell me what
they would he afrpr ettite me to doing for I
am a grave cligi , er la this world ?"
• It'is nebessary,to say that Pat was dis
missed without *miming" the required infor
mation, •
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CONCERNING DOORS.—When - you go into
a neighbor's premises. be Mire to kali • the
doors as you find them. If you find a door
shift, you may reasonably suppose that your
friend wanted it shut, and therefore: you
have no right to, leave it npen; and if you find
it open, no matter bow eold the weather is,
do you:leave it •open, for it is reasonable to
suppose that it was left open for some good
purpose. And the &nine is good for all
places, whether they be houses stores, fadoi
nee, offleek.• or whatever they may be.=-
Itentendier the tulo—it has no ezee,Ptirrn;
leave the:doors zm, you find them If the
-- owner - of - a - door - doPs - o - nt-know-how-ho-wauis
it, how do you.kuuw how he Wants it?
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Why is a nicer like an angry wnrd?-
13ecause it often Stirs up a Smouldering
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Why — are A. fl and the handsomest
of the vowel? •Be'cause you cannot have
beauty without them. •
When do you sPo -what is invisible?--
When you•see how you:feel.
- Why, are etiuotry.girl's, cheeks like a good
print dress? Because they . are warranted
I to wash and retain their color. '
•Wlrat; two letrers would
„destroy all , the
otiters, it allowed to diisp? 'D. K.
is echo like-a-vi Siting-acquaintance?
When sbe returns your call; •
TRITE FELICITY men did ,but know
what felicity dwells in the cottage of a vir
tuous poor man—how sound he sleeps, how
quiet hie breast, how composed his mind,
how free from care, how easy his provision,
how healthy his moriting;hosv sober his ulght,
how moist his mouth 'and how joyful •fLis
heart—they would never admire the vices,
the diseases, the throng of passions -and
the violence of unnatural appetites :that fill
the houses of the luxurious arid ' the hearts
of the ambitious;
Dr. Hall, of the Journal of Health says.to
his consumptive Itiends : "You want sii;
not physic; you want pare air not medicated;
you Want nutrition, such as plenty of meat
and bread will give, and they alone; 'physic
has no nutriment, gasping for air cannot cure
youi If you want to net well, go In for beef
and out-dour air, and•du not be deluded in=
to the grave by quack advertisements, .and
unreliablg certificates." Sound advice.
VIE most difficult operations in the prat:
ties of surgery is said to be "taking the juw
out of a woman." The fellow who said that
must be as old bachelor, of the large
,hlue
sort.
IF you have gone half crazy-at not having
won your , sweetheart as a wife, remember
you Might have gone the other 'half if you.
had 'succeeded.
. Lord Chesterfield once remarked that (iron
Adam,the first nian,knew the value of polite.
cress, allowed Eve to have, the first bite at
the apple, ,
The .first ingitution vonch•safed to •our
race waa the • Sabbath; the next marriage.-- 7
So give your first thought to heaven, and the
neat to your wife:,
Heaven drops little fragments of itself
here and there along our way, by iray'of•as-
Firanee that heaven and love are one,
Happiness ahounis most with the bwly,
there are more blossoms in the valley than
on the hills.
Why does a lazy man resemble MI iedus
tlious one? Because he, hardly earns hie
bread.
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T 4 United States is commooly known, in
China as "the Kingdom of the" Floweiy
Flai."
A rugged countenance often conceals the
warmest he . art as the richest pearl sleeps in
thO toughest shell. . -
What is the beigbt of folly ? To expend
your last shilling fora purse.
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When is a wave like an • army dootor.:7—
Whoa it is a sari/1A..,
The foundation 'of -domestic happiness is
faith' in the virtue: of woman; • •
If a 'niio vkishe3 to become rich , le' must
appear to be rich.
No snow falls lighter, than the ono*. of
age; but none is heavier, 'fey it never melte.
Half •what' passes among men for talent is
nothing . but vigorous health.
Tupwledge is,the
,treasure, but judgment
tho treasurer of a wise luau.
Vice stinpfs , us.aven in our pleasures, but
virtufhonnsotes ; us esea.in,our pains.
, !! . .4); 1 9 - .ittrtorMq;, , ,,Q.isourse it is, oreso
how could you spend it. .
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