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BEAVER, DEALER IN Ladies, Misses, Children, Mem and Boys BOOTS & OiiSy Hats - eapsT--Trunks, etc. Segars, Tobacco, the very same old kind of Bap pee Snuff, Candies, Nuts, Cloves, , :;iniiamon, Pep per, Baking Soda, Ginger, Baking Mo!lasses, Shoe and Stove Blacking, Essence of Golfed, Pe.per Col lars and Cuffs, Suspenders, nose, Paper, Ink and Steel pens. THE INIETALIC SITOE SOLE. Soaps, Lllly White, Hair Oil, Perfumeries, Matches, Kerosene, &c. &c. Governm'nt Blankets. • Also Gum Blankets. Many more articles needed and used by everybody. • Room on the northeast Corner in the Diamond, WAYNESBGRO'. Citizens and persons living in the Country will find a large and well selected stock of first class goons at as low figures as can be sold in the coun- Sept. 20 1667. IINTS for FARMERS and others.—The Graf i" ton Mineral Paint Co., are now•manufactuiing the Best, Cheapest, and mist Durable Paint in use: two coats well put on, mixed with pure Linseed Oil, w ill last 10 or IS years• it is of ilrlight brown or beautiful chocolate color, and can Pe changed to green, lead, stone, drab, olive or creNni, to suit the consumer. , It is valuable fur !louses, Barns, Fen ces, Carriage ai.d Car makers, Pails, and Wooden ware, Agricultural Implemonts, Canal Boats, Yes eels, and Ships' Bottoms, U.,1/9118. Metal arid Shin gle Roofs, (it being tlre and IVater proof), Floor Oil Cloths, (one Manufacturer h lying used, 5000 bbls. the pact rear,) and as a paint fur any purpose is unsurpassed for Liddy, durability, elasticity, and adhesiveness. Weir:pled in all cases as aoove. Send for a circular v,hich gives full particulars. None g* nine unless branded in a trade mark Graf ton Mineral Paint Adress DANIEL- BIDWELL. 254 Pearl St. N. Y. For sale at the lier.lwrre store of GElsElt & RHINEHART, who are a:bu agents for Ilidw•eU'a Carriage Grease. Oet.4--6m LUIXUE WANTED. 800:111 C or Lumber, to be ar I also want a Large It3ept. 6-tf, _ 1 jail HOU H AT, Win Street, Ghamberaburg, .131 Pa, is a sure sign that y. , u are near. the Uheap and Faaltionab:e Hat Sinportu in of DECIIER7, —— - pHE largest assortment of CARPET El it town tt the store .11 Aumaow, Estterwr & Ito id pay the highest cash price delivered this season, and for next season. OEI6EIt, PRICE & CO. PRIME IN. 0. &Waukee at the More of .1 ttnueeN, lintrlcr V, Co WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1867. PC:O3MPICtELL. lOAN 'WAS NOT MDR TO 110 EON, -- - There is a voice uhich haunts me still Where'or on earth I be ; In lonely vale, on lofty hid, And on the distant sea. I hear it in the silent night, And at the break of morn ; Andean cryeth—luk Uf kght — Man was nut tnade to mourn. In every stream that seaward flows,, - .at voice sa u es mime In e very wind that round me blows, Its dinging notes I hear ; Ln_every_bountlof Natitra'a heart, The elmerMl or forlorn, This ever bears t'le better part— hl an «•as not made to mourn ! Tin , Bun that ghtdes the slIMMer 11009 7 The light tl at hlcfseth all, The myriad stars, the quiet moon, Phu bhewers-frorn-hea-vett-t4ta-t-fall-, The — flowcrs which in our meadows glow, Our mountain pat he adorn, , all hi their 'beauty show, Tian was not mad.' to mourn ! All nnture cri aloud, but man Regard d 110 t Nat nre's voice; Prerenteth her benignant plan, Her workmanship destroy; Frem'her•fair !mink the brightest page, With impious hand has torn, Yet still .he cries, from age to age, Man was not made to mourn ! 0, gentle mother, may thy child, Ere--long-tby-lesson 7 l-ea4; Embrace thy precepts, loving, mild. Thy fraternizing creed; Then eball the blisw.tl end hi Fol NO:jai h bAs been b rni And all.shall_feel from zone • to Nl..n was not rn.t.le to nr,urn ! k.a . Ir; *Ei r2;X_ g 110 t Z^ !ish,,l I,v ntitir-t. GENIULi OF' PROTEST4NTISIYI BY RE :Y. P SCHAFF, D. D This tenth of November is the birthday of the greatest man of modern times, who, though but an humble monk and teacher, shook church and the world by the pow er of faith, and gave a new course to the cur rent of history The name of LUTHER be longs to no party o-r sect, but to the Chris tian world-, - the hero of the Reformation needs no eulogy; Protestantism is his imperishable monument. flis nailing of tha ninety-five theses to the door of the castle church at Wittenberg was the signal of a mighty move- meat, which drew into itself the best relig ious and inte:lectual forces of Western Chris tendom, and is still moving on with ever in creasing volume, carrying the open Bible and the blessings of Christian liberty to the most distant nations of the globe. The Reformation of' the sixteenth century , is an event second in importance only to the first introduction of Christiavity. It is the cradle of the Protestant churches It is the fountain head of those mighty ideas and principles which have been the moving and controlling forces of' history during the last three tie dreiraffillifty -- years - . -- It-was -not an abrupt and isolated event, but the ripe fruit of seed scattered centuries before The invention of the art of printing; the dis covery of America, the revival of letters, culminating in the first printed edition ut the Greek Testament; the struggles of the mys tics for a more inward, spiritual religion, and direct communion with Christ; the reforma tory labors of Wiclif in. England, Buss in* Bohemia, Wessel in Germany and Bolland, Savonarola in s ltaly, and the cry of leading dkvines and three General Councils of the mediaeval Catholic Church itself, for a 'ref ormation in the head and the members, Were as many preparations which resulted in the Protestant Reformation. It carried with it the best forces of the preceding life of cath olic Christianity, as Christianity itself gath ered into it all the revelations of the Old Testament, and fulfilled the hopes and aspi rations of the race after salvation. Lutheranism in Germany and Scandinavia, Zwinglianism in Switzerland, Calvinism in France and Holland, Anglicanism in Eng land, Presbyterianism in Scotland, Puritan-, ism of the seventeenth century, Moravian ism and Methodism of the eighteenth, the revival of evangelical Christianity in the nineteenth, the Bible, Missionary and other *enevolent Societies of the present day, arc he simultaneous or successive waves of the .ame great movement of the sixteenth centu• ry. Those different Protestant organizations have each a peculiar mission to fulfill, and thole is room for them all. But with all their differences oferecd, discipline, and cut tus, they are moved by the same principle, and labor for the same end. The principle of Protestantism is evangelical freedom in Christ, its aim to bring every soul into di rect relation to 'ihrist. Romanism puts the Church first and Christ next; Protestantism reverses the order. Romanistri says: IV here the Church is (meaning thereby the Papal organization) ' there is Christ; Protestantism says: Where Christ is, there is the Church;; Botuanistu says: W here the Catholic tradi tion is, there is the Bible and the infallib!e rule of faith; Protestantism says: Where the Bible is, there is the true tradition and the inlalllble rule of faith; Rt.manbtrn- says:— ..elLx3. Xxictorseii clout Vim:kmll.ye N-43-awistroa,roe3rh. Where good works are, there is faith and justification; Protestantism says: Where faith is, there is justification and good works.— Rotnanism throws Nary and the saints be tween Christ and the . believer; Protestant-, ism goes directly to the Savior. Roma.nism proceeds from the visible church (the Papa cy) to the invisible; Protestantism from the •••ible church (the true body of Christ) to the visible; Romanistur works from with out, ant from the general to the particular; Protestan ism from within, and from the in dividual to the general. Protestantism is a protest against the tyrany of man, on the 'basis of the authority of God. It proclaims the Bible to bo the only infallible rule of -Christian faith and practice, and teaches jus tification by grace alone, as apprehended by a living faith. It holds up Christ as all in all, whose Word is all-sufficient to teach, -whose-graua is all , E-iffloient - to - save ltsmis sion is to realize the universal priesthood and kingship of all believers, by bringing them all into direct union and fellowship with Christ. According to Protestpnism, vraon with Christ is the only - true basis of the commu• nion of saints; while Romanism makes visi ble church union the laisis of union with Christ We say: The nearer see approach to Christ, the nearer we approach• to each other. The unity we seek is a free unit , hist - iivcdk ltelreirer Nri — r — r . I • • • WWI of piety in their tallest developginent, not a compulsory uniformity that restrains or de stroys individual freedom. Protestantism is not a babel of con tradio tions You might as well deny the unity of our-nation on account of the - independent State governments and the rival political par ties, as to deny the unity of Protestantism on account of the different denominations and conflicting schools of theology. •All.true chriatiaus are one in Christ, their common peal , eet wily at--t}: grace, eat of the same Bread of life, have the same faith, love, and hope, and travel to the same Father's home in heaven. But this unity of Protest should find a visible expression. This is just the mission of the 'EVANGELICAL AL LAlNlCX.=.l4=aimat=atvatiazMa i gaunt ion - - - tif deriotutuatious, for which the time has not yet come, it it ever will come Wore the mil lennium; but-it-is-a free Association of indi vidual Christians from all the evangelicalde nominations, for mutual encouragement, and the promotion of fraterual intercourse and htont , my. it endeavors to cherish, draw out, anti bring into action the spiritual unity which already existaind to --- mlik — o it more effective fur the common ends of all th e churches of Christ. Communion of saints on the basis of union with Christ; this is our motto. The,uioreindividual-Christians draw to gether in the `sawe spirit, the more the va dons denominations will forget thcir rivalries and strife, and bid each other tiod-speed in the prosecution, of their Master's work.— Thep way continue their separate organiza tions, but they will publicly recognize each other as branctrn - of the same family; culti vate brotherly intercourse, and present to the midi, in all essential questions and for all practical purposes, the sublime spectacle of a united army, fighting under the same Cap tain and the same victorious banner. That this is no dream or - idle speculation, has been proved by the events of the last week. A Presbyterian Council, representing five distinct Presbyterian organizations, laid, in the City of Brotherly Love, the solid foun dation for organic union, and, what is still more remarkable * openly joined hands and hearts with Protestant Hpiscopal Societies which prtvidentially held their universaries at the saute time and in the same place Looking—not backward to past dissensions, but forward and upwafd — to corning, glory— these two venerable bodies confessed with one mouth the Apostles' Creed— the most ancient and catholic of all creeds—and the filth of the ltefoi•mation, and melted togeth• er under the irrests:ibie power of the bless ed Spirit of God. The angels in heaven re jaico over this sublime spectacle, 'and ex— claimed: Behold they'pray; bcho.d they are one in Christ Jesus, their common Lord and Saviour, the great' Head of the Church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. Now, let us perpetuate this spirit, and spread it over the whole country, until the last prayer of our blessed Saviour be fulfill ed : 'That they all may be one, as thou, Fa thnr, att in me, and I in thee, that they also may he one in us, that the world may believe that thou bast seat to BONIAN AND THE QUAR Lit —John Bun yan, while in Bedford jail, was called upon by a Quaker ; de, , irous of waking a convert of him. 'Friend John, I have come to thee with a messag3 from the Lord, and after hav ing sDarched fur thee in all the prisons in England, I um glad that I have found thee out at last. 'lf the Lord has sent you,' returned Bun yan, 'you need not have taken so urruli pains to find me out, for tho Lord knows I have been here twelve years.' Deal gently with those who stray. Draw thew back by love :lad persuatiion. A kind word is more valuable to the lost than a wine of gold Thick of this, and be on your guard, ye who would chase to the grave an erring brother. A Farmer in Missouri, on being asked the number of his children, hesitated. and refer red the questioner to his wife, and she re plied 'ten;' but when in the course of con versation, the farmer was asked as to the number of hogs he pessessod, he' replied promptly, 'seventy-one: Charles Lomb: "The greatest pleasure I know is,to do a geed action by stealth and have it found out by accident. SELF-RESTRAINT "lle knew himself, and knowing he controlled." Self-restraint is one of the most important of' duties as well as virtues. It should be 'exercised daily and haurly. Without it, error and guilt and crime are inevitable. There is no individual, however wise, how ever elevated, or however powerful, who dose not feel that at times and seasons, his passions, his prejudices, his appetites, and hie tastes, require to be controlled and re strained. The defects of his nature attain the mastery; and, but for the exorcise of a powerful mental and moral effort, he would wander into - th - a wrong pull, consmi some excess, or perpetrate some injustice. But, 'the still small voice' within admonishoo. _he pauses, reviews his position,- hia—inelina tion and the path before him, exercises the virtue of SELF-RESTRAINT, and is saved for the time. If he pursue anothcr course—if I _he disregard-the-whisperings - of - reason and of conscience—if he permit the mere animal to exercise the mastery—if he cannot or will not restrain himself, the consequences will be sad—often deplorable. anew thyself' —is the aphorism of an ancient sage. Such knowledge is indeed important. - Unless-we- Understand our own frailties and infirmities our err ors_andim perfeet ions i -o ur-wea turesses- control ourselves. All are more or less de fective, and there are few who see them selves as others see then. Nay, it fre quently happens that the very frailties and and infirmities that we detect and deplore in others, exist in ourselves to a still more se rious extent, and yet without our knowledge. We cannot or will not recognize or oonfess them. Hence, either blinded by prejudice, by passion, or by selfishness, we are unable to apply the remedy which seems so shot" he qf other- e delude P. in the cases of others. ~mde ourselves into a belief that all men are mortal but our selves; and thus, instead of practising the virtue of self restraint, we fancy or assume to fiin cy„that-we-do not-require-the erercise of any such controlling power. And yet scarcely a day goes by, in_which_errors=are - not - canata plybecause we will not or cannot restrain ourselves. How often does a garrulous tongue get us into trouble! How frequently do we speak rashly and rapidly, without thinking of what we are saying, or of the effect which is likely to be produckl. And so with almost every move ment of life. The conservative power of SELF-RESTRAINT is forgotten._ or—neglected. flay a few days since, a young man of ex celleut temper, kind heart,'atupie means and many accomplishments, admitted that be was living a little too fast, and had become too fend of the wine cup. He felt the evil eiTects; - both in body and mind, and he know that he was not only damaging his charac ter, but shortening his life, Nevertheless, with these admissions, and with those pros pects before him, he could not practice the virtue of self-restraint. The abyss yawned, ho saw it, he felt the impulse-that was hur rying him on; and yet he could not, or would not, avoid his fate. And so with almost every other pernicious practice. There •is scarcely an individual alive who is not per fectly conscious that he is indulging in some error—that he is perpetrating some evil— and that some vile habit has to a certain ex tent, the control of him. Again and again . ho will determine to amend and reform. And yet the multitude "Resotur, and re-molve ant/ Sulk: same,' There is scarcely a criminal io the Peniten tiary who, if he look back and. review the past, cannot point out a period in which, had ho exercised the virtue of self-restraint, bud he obeyed the "still small voice of con science," he would have turned from the - error of his way,and become a useful mem ber of society. But he lacked the moral courage, and now he repents his infirmity and the consequences, in sackcloth and ashes. It is difficult to abandon a - habit., however pernicious, when it is the result of years of practice, and has thus become iden tified, to a certain extent, with our very be ing. It then forms part of cur daily life, so to speak. But in the beginning, the infat uation may be subdued. Nay, there is al ways hope; audit is far less difficult to over come an evil propensity, after one or two vigorous trials, that; the infatuated are apt to imagine. II the effort ha made in a de termined spirit, and with a view to all the consequences, the end will surely be aotom plished: A solemn duty with parents, is not only to inculcate the principle, but to teach the practice of self-restraint, Only a short time has gone by, since we recorded the execution of a father for the murder of his son. The wretched . old m an , a l aw !Mantes before he was launched into eternity admitted that his Ti , ;1111'.1:11. had always been violent, that unfortunately lie had never re• straiuod or controlled it, and that hence, he was about to expiate nis mo s t unnatu ra l ofleace upon the scaffold. But illustrations way be found in every walk of life. A large portion of mankind are too impulsive, too passionate, too hasty, s tet) eager, and too reckless. They forget and disregard the re straints which should be imposed by educa tion, by good feeling, by consideration, by I sound murals, or by cultivated iottellect; and hence. errors and indiscretions are constantly committed. It is, of course, unreasonable! to cape& perfection in human nature, how- 1 ever refitted or elevated, and yet • the indi• vidual who understands himself, who, aware of' his weaknesses and propensities, is con siderate and thoughtful, and thus constantly practices 8 ELS RESTRAINT, will escape many anxieties difficulties and iniafortunes, which a disregard of this duty, and a violation of this virtue, will ininiediately proroke.— KubLert Morris. One of the sublintest things in the word is plaiu truth. Oec to dip is wotth two to-morrows. Character . January.—Whoever ie born in this month will be laborious, and a lover of wino, but very'eubject to infidelity; but be will be complaisant, and withal a fine singer. The lady born in this month will be a pretty,pris dent house wife, rather melancholy; but yet ,00d tempered. February.—The man bortain (his month will love money-much, but the ladies more; he will be stingy . at home, but a prodigal a. broad. The lady will be a human and af fectionate wife and tender mother.. March.—The man born in this month will be rather handsome; he will be honest and prudent; he will die poor. The Ildy will be alotts`iind passionate ehatter-box. April.—The man.who has the misfortune to be born in this month, will he subject Ito maladies; he will travel to his advan;:age, and love ladies to his disadvantage, for he will marry a rich and handsome heiress, who will make.—what no dotibt_all_under-_ stidif:r lad ' tabu. — The lady of this • month will be tall and stout, with agreeable wit, and great talk. May.—The man born in this month will be handsome and amiable; he will make his wife happy. The lady of this month will be tall and stout, with agreeable wit, and great -talk-.---- - - June.—The man born now will - be ofamall --at-a - ture - , — p - fx - ssionafdly fold of women and chil . . lady will be giddy personage, fond of coffee, she - will marry at the age of twenty•one, and be a fool at forty five. Jaly.—The wan will be fat, ho will for death for the wicked women he loves. The female of this month will be passably handsome, with a abort nose but fine bust. She will be.of rather sulky temper, August.—The man will be ambitious end courageous, he will have:severalinaladies,and two wives. The lady will be amiable and twice married - , = but ter - seeondhusban - d - will cause her to regret hor first. September.—He who was bole In this month will be strong, wise and prudent, but too easy-with-his-wife, who will give him great uneassiness. Tbe.lady round and fait hai i ttyirdiseree her friends. October.—The man of this mouth will bave.a handsome lade and florid" complex- ion; he will always , promise to do one 'thing and do another, and remain poor. -The la dy will bo pretty, and a little too fond :of talking. She will have two husbands w ho will die of grief, she will best know why. —November ='l`he man born in this month will have a fine face, and be a gay deceiver. The lady of this month will be large, and liberal, and full of novelty. December.—The mac born in this month will be a good sort of person: though passion ate. The lady will be amiable and handsome, with a good voice, and a well proportioned body, she will be twice married, remain poor and eonticue honest. • ;:The Bachelor. In the vast field of human affections says a cotecoporary, the old bachelor is tho very scare-crow of happiness, who drives away the little — bid of love that cornea to steal a way the hemlock seeds of loneliness and do- ' spair. Where is there a more pitiable ob ject on this earth than a'rnan who has no amiable woman interested in his welfare F How dismal does his desolate room appear, when be comes home at nig weary and hangry; a barren table and aVonely • pillow that looks like the white urn of every earthly enjoyment. f3ee the old bachelor in 'the dark afternoon of life, when the heart is sinking to its suridranee! Not a solitsry star of 'memory gleams over his openiv, grave! No weeping, wife to bend like a coin tortinp,, :angel over his dying pillow, and wipe the death damp from his brow ! No fond dauglitar to draw bis chilly hand into the soft pressure of her own and warm :his icy blood with the reviving fire 3 ‘_;f availing affections ! Na manly boy to link his name with the golden cabin of honorable society. and . bind Lis •history in the vast volumes of the world which he is leaving forever. Ile has. eaten and drank, and drank and died, and earth is glad she has got rid of him, f or he had little else to do than cram his sous into the eh eututcrence of a r ix-pence - and no human heing, save his washerwoman, will breathe a sigh at his funtral. A FEW BARD THINGS.- Experience and observation have taught men that it is— Iltlrd to quit,ehewing tobacco. liard to, keep from canna: too much. [lard to dliok.lirilar and not to be intem perate. , • Hard to pay our debts, [lard to re;;b.t. temptation. [lard to believe a roan you knou; to be a liar. [lard to turn the other cheek when we. are struck. Hard to borrow utoncy from friend.; when we need it: Hard t) love our enemies. Little Alice found out an ingenious way of getting to bed in a hurry. The crib in which she slept was so low that by placing, one foot on the inside, and taking hold at the post, she could eaetly sprinNA— ma," she said to her mother one evening, 'do you know how I get to be quick? 'No,' was the reply. 'Well,' said she in great glee, ',I stop ono foot over the crib, thee I say, 'rats,' and scare myself right iu.' An eccentric man in Bath, Maine, was asked to aid a foreign mission. He guru a quarter of a dollar, bat stopped the agent as he was departing, and said: ',Here's a dui Jar to pay the expenses of getting the quarter to the heathen.' A Mormon female seminary was recently started in Salt Lake (lay, which succeeded very well, until the pribeipal eloped with sad married the•whuie Bchuul. 139.00 ]Par "ream" A Singular Community .our miles from Onedia, New York a class calling themselves Christian Perfectionists, twenty years ago organized a corn munity It numbers about 250; twenty-five aro under 14 years of age. Property and persons aro held in common, No one of himself owns anything. They commenced poor, now they aro rich The location is ;be ;mist beautiful in the land. It embraces 600 acres in the choice Onedia Valley The grounda are fine ly laid out. The principal re.sidences'is brick, three stories high. Besides the cenrrid man• sion there are five large buildings. Ono used for a general dining-hall, and others used for canning fruit, and variaus induct T 'hey have invented much valuable rnach . iney. All eat in one Lirge hall at ninny tables.— They provide neither tea nor colfoe, and sc!- doni meat. Vegetables, 'fruits, milk, butter, cheese cakes, pudings and pies are abundant. They have a fine library'and take the news papers: Their religious faith is peculiar, They claim to be the successors of the Apostles, to whom was promised the speedy second ad. vent of Christ. They say that Christ did reappear after the destrueton of Jerusalem, when there Was a judgment in the spiritual world, and the final kingdom in the Heavens began. They believe that tires , are in di.- rect communication with Christ and the esurree ed C•ure in tie ange to wor a. These things they say in a literal, not figura tive sense. The marriage relation in the community is wholly unknown. Instead, re is a complex marriage.-- Each man is the husband of every woman—each wo man the wife of every man. husband and wife have no meaning. There are no wedding ceremonies, for there are no weddings. Ncr arc young persons mates. - A young man must mate with a women elder and more ex ,erienced than he• a •oun wo- man with a man older and more er perieoced than she. Love, attachment for individvals are contrary to their principles, Only twen ty-four children have been born in ten years. The women wear Bloomers and short hair, _and_enjv_equal,privileges=withlhmen. AModel Merohant. A merchant of New York, during the late war, made a entrees with a .meehanio to supply him with . a quantity of ttn cans. Not long after this the price of tin rose so much that the contractor must lose money by com pleting the work at the price agreed upon. However ho said 11_0W livering the cans. Whe - n the first bill for pay of the cans was received, the employer called upon him and said: understand you are_ loseing money ou this job.' - 'Yes,' replied the contractor, 'but I can stand it; a contract is a contract, you know.' 'How much will you lose ?' asked the gen tleman. _ 'Oh ! no matter,' was the reply; 'I d9n't complain, and you ought not to.' 'I insist on knowing.' 'Well, since you desire it, I shall lose so much a hundred, naming the amount. 'Well, sir,' said the noble hearted man, 'you must not lose this—it would not — be right, I shall add the amount to your bill, and, as the price of material may still rise, I w;11 advance you the money fur the whole contract, which no doubt, you can now use to advantage. The difference thus paid, to which the contractor had no claim , amounted to five hundred dollars. That was something more than business honesty: it was Christian prin ciple carried out in business. The woriil needs just such examples to convince it of the truth of religion. Freddy, a fair. Laired yuua2stcr of four summers, the other day, utter rain for some tune io:4t, in thondit, broke out thus: •Yn can God do anything ?' `Yc9, clear.' • • "Jan he u:ako a two-year old colt in two minute:3 ?' 'Why, :he would not wish to do that', Freddy , But if he did wish to, e , )old he"' 'Yes, certainly, if he wished to,' het ! in two minutes ?' `rep, in two minutes ' 'Well, then, he wouldn't be two years old; would he ?' n honored Dutchman in training up his eon in the way he 8110111(1 go, frequently ex ercised him b in the Bible lessons. On one of these oecasionB he asked him: t‘Vlnr was dat would nut slileep mit Boti tilers wife r 'Joseph.' •Dot's :1 coot bny, 'Vol, vat vas de rea4on cou ld no t sill, ; ep with her?' 'Dun% know. ISl•hose he vasen't sleepy.. Why aro women hke churches ? nrst,Ty, because there is no living without one; e • ondly, because there is many a stire to them; thirdly, because' they are . ohject3 of adoration; and lastly, but by no means leabt -I.ly, because they hare a 'dud clapper in thti" upper story. Many Lave done a wi.3e thing; more, a canning thing; but veiy few a generous thing,. Discard rum and rowdyism; !ova the girls and take the Record. There is misery la want, and danger in CXCeBS. Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated.`, The wont pig often gets the worsC poll tee. If you have not sotoo enough to openk - , have wit euou . ;ll to hold your tongue. bird in the baud ie w nth tht: NUMBER 22