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VOLUME, XII,
1F'C)333717x.c: 1 44ii.x.i,
BEREAVEMENT AND -CONEOLATIO
It is not in the parting Low, when those we fondly
love.
Have breathed to us their last farewell, and winged
their way above;
Nur yet, hea in the dal )tsme g: ave we lay them
• to their rest,.
The sharpest pang of sorrow retitle the stricken
mother's breast.
'Tis when we seek our lonely home, and meet no
more to smite, _
Which could the darkest cloud dispel, and. every
care brguili; '
And when 'e meet around the board, or at the
hour of prayer,
'Tis then the heart most feels its loss7—the loved
once are pqt there. ,
And thus while days and months steal on, as mem,
ery
. brings to view
'ue vision of departed joys, our grief is stirred
anew ;
Though faith may own a Father's hand, yet nature
will rebel,
Ihingq well."
3 mournful memories of the past ye wear our
lives away ;
Ye haunt us in our dpeams by night, and through
• each weary day;
The home which late like Eden's bower, in bloom-
• ing keq ty smile ,
Ye peke a barren wilderness, a desert waste and
But why thus yield to fruitless irief are they not
happier far?
The sainted ones for whom we mourn. than those
who linger here?
,Our hearts should glow with grateful love to Him
whose watchful eye,
Saw dangers gathering round their path, and called
them to the pky.
Ned - long shill we their loss deplore, for soon the
hour will come
When we, with those so fondly loved, shall slum
ber in the tomb;
Then let the remnaLt of our days be to his service
given,
Who hid our idols in the grave, lest we should fail
of Heaven.
Not willingly the Lord afflicts, nor grieves the souls
,'Pis. but to wean our tmuls from earth, and break
the power of sin ;
He saw us wandering from His paths, and sent the
chastening rod,
To turn our feet from error's way, gpol bring
home to God
Sh all we defeat his wish design, mil waste our days
•
in tears,
pn g rateful for the numerous gifts that Heaven in
mercy spares I
Let faith and hope by Orris's, ed still, and brighter
days shall dawn, •
And plants of peace shall siring anew from seeds
• of sorrow sown. , • •
r •
The Art of Not Hear Log
The art of not hearing is fully as impor
tant to domestics •happiness as a cultivated
ear, for which so much money and time are
expended There ars so many things which
if board will disturb the temper, and detract
&An contentment and happiness, that every
one sbo.uld be educated to take in or shut
put sounds at will.
If a man fills into a violent passion and
palls me all manner of names, the first word
shuts my ears, and I hear no more. If in
my quiet voyage of life I srm caught •in one
of those domestic whirlwinds of scolding, I
shut my ears, as • a sailor would furl his sails,
and, • making all tight, saud before the gale.
If a hot and restless man begins to Mario
my foliar, I consider what mischief these
sparks might do in the magazine below,
whore my temper is kept, and my tautly close
the door.
Does a gadding, mischief making fellow
begin to inform me what people are saying
abotit'nee, down drops the portcullis of my
par, and he'eann i et get in any further Some
people feel very onto* to ,hcar everything
that will vex or annoy them If it is hinted
'that any one has spoken ill of them, they
set about searehing and finding out. If all
the petty things said-of one by heedless or
illnatureil idlers were to be brought home to
him, be would become a mere walking pin
cushion, stuck full of sharp remarks. I
should as soon thank a man fur emptying on
My bed a bushel of Settles, or .setting loose
r li 3
artn'of roosqUitcies in my chamber, or
g a pungent,dust in my house goner'.
las to bring upon me all the tattle of
Spiteful people. If you would be happy
when among .good men,- open. your ears;
when among bad, shut thorn. It is not worth
your while to leer what your servants say
When they are angry; what ply . children
say - after they slamrued.)the door; what a
beggar says whose petition you have "reject-.
ad; !what your seeighbOrs say about - Tony.
cliildren"j . whai your _Ails — say about ycifil
businesstor .dress.. ~
Ap old gentleman recently: attempted to
largalln_g frotn the bonnit etle4-
dy who sat-itilfrbufoChini4tt ,tCfl artiltre.—
The result w,sg,• 4e , pproetftd, , l all, her back
bair., Dpeply , Angrucedi, JuOtastily„opektgi
zad, but soon learned the bug was •artificial,
and was mad Ite_tiold the head •iitid' .hair
Iwue.vras, the, 0012BC(Inettee i , r,
Collector David Renshaw was, s kind*
hearted matt as well i es , able; but, smart as
he was, on once occ asion in "doing a 'gener
ous act, he was sadrylaken in. An.old cus
tomer doing business in ;Eaton, .N.. 11 , bad
failed, owing Mr, 11.'s firm about $2,000.
After settling with his' other creditors, he
came t 3 see Mr. 11.-
'Welt, sir,' said the litter, 'what can you
do fur us.
'Have saved My faun for you, sir,' replied
the unfortunate.
:'Your farm, hey,' said Mr, 11, and what
have you got: left
'Well, sir, a horse, a pig and cow, and — al
togethet I. think they may bring me in a
bout seventy-five dollars—suffic eat I hope
to get myselfrtrid family out W;esti . where I
intend to settle; by-the-way , here ' s the deed
of the farm, sir,' said the poor but honest
debtor, as hei passed the document which
certified Me legal 'right to two bun
Bred acres of land, 'more or lees,' and long
known as the 'Cold Stream Perm'
'Oh, that will never do ' says.Alr. ff., and
drawing his check for $6OO, ho handed - it - to
his custoincr, remarking at the same time
that he 'was sorry for his misfortunes, and
appreciating his integrity, it gave him great
pleasure to be able to afford him a little help
at ststrting - again. l
- -
The poor fellow was greatly surprised, and
reluctantly taking the check ' !with a tear
dro in each eye,'heartily thanked hiscover
e_hathAlone_a,
generous creator an
About the first of the April following,
Renshaw thought he would go up to Eaton
and take a look at his real estate there. Ar=
living at about dusk, he 'put up' at the tav
ern kept by his old friend March, -who, on
le arniirgThis -- g ttest's — nrra n liFsaid—he—would
goout with him next morning and show him
where the farm lay.
Next day, soon a ter .reakfast, the two
sallied out to see it. After proceeding a few
rods the old tavern-keeper halted, and di
rected bill companion's attention• to a bare
but very steep and rOugh•looking mountain,
that stood a few miles off, remarked that
'that was called BAI Mountain.'
'That's a rough_-lookio o . saki the
other.
'Well,' continued the tavern keeper, 'the
location of your - property—.the 'gold Stream
Farm'—is on the top of that mountain.'
_ 'Yes, but how do you get there ?'
'Why, you don't suppose anybody was
ever up there, do you, Mr. Henshaw
'Well. what's the good of it—what is done
with it p ruefully inquired the amazed mer
chant.
'The town sells it_every year for the taxes,'
replied the tavern keeper.
'They do, hey ?' says Mr. flenshowT--(anl
pray tell me who in these parts is tool e
nough-to buy that style of property ?'
'Why any of our chaplarouod hero who
get into trouble' or fail, buy it for the pur
_pose of settling with their Boston. creditors.'
Mr. 1,1ent..• took the first Opportunity
to return - 1 - ome, and perhaps would not have
told the story, had not-a friend, in asking
him as collector, to give a man a plaoe in the
Custom House, for one reason, among and
above others, that he was from New Hamp
shire—when he gave this little bit of ex
perience with one of the Granite State men.
The people of the North, says the Du
buque Times, still have a vivid recollection
of the Indian massacre in Minnesota, when
Inkpadutah, with his fiends of warriors,
decked out in paint and feathers, went from
settlement to settlement, - spreading terror
and desolation in their path; and murdering,
without remorse. green old age and helpless
infancy. Many of-the victims of that trag
edy are now sleeping in unknown but hon
ored graves, while many children, deprived
of their natural protectors are still to be
found it' the country, sad witnema of the
catastrophe which at once deprived theta of
parents, home and all the attractions deal.
to childhood. The truth of this was well il
lustrated on the 16th inst. On the cars
coming eastward from Manchester to this
point, was a gentleman, now .residing at Ly
ons, who was driven out cif Minnesota at the
time of the Indian massacre, five or six years
ago. Ho had -With him a little girl, whom
he found in a deserted cabin, she being at
the time only two weeks old. She is now a
loveable little creature, and while on the
train sang some beautiful Sunday School
hymns with touching pathos. When the
history of the child was learned. much in
terest was manifested, and the little one was
the recipient of several small favors from the
passengers. tier preserver is of the opinion
that the child was left in the cabin by the
red skins to trap some one, for hardly' bad
be entered the house 'before the savages
made their appearance, -and he had the
hardest foot-race on 'record, 'with' the little
one in his arms, to make bis escape. Who
the parents of the child Were-be has never
been able to asiertain,"and there is no doubt
but.tbat they were, tincilered by the sav
ages.
In a town in Connecticut resides a, man
who made a fortune in the business
by not giving full, measure. As lie grew
rich he thought ho would change his ince•
.pation to something more respectable,• and
accordingly bought a grist-mill. In eon.
versstion with his wife; .he terillte:Aid not
feel right about the-cheating which ho had
practised in the. uyitk 1:/43,91:lief313' '
'
semi' tray:toild berdiiiised whereby:the!
emild'repay in the grist Mill 'What: he
eleated 4'4,o,p : other, . 4t,:tist
on7thn.following•p'an, which, ,was,ite liave
the' measures made t hey 'took toll
with Ito. mush tip large As. - the 'lift'.
urea wo rn too atna .
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-'WA•YNESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNiI, PENNSYLVANIA, 8, I8.618:-
NirohEtEiing
opar ed-,—blo—to--be
never more
Touching Incident
Aaarmacte)rpetrics.errt
.':'ll(eiat4: Ville '
A eoriesPodent of the Philadelphia Press,
with Gen. Palmer's, engineer corps: of the
Kansas Pacific Ilailreadi . writiog from Camp
Cody, on the *have river, California, gives
the foil6Wii3g . desoriptiok'of a remarkable val
ley ia that region;
Eighty miles northwest of this camp
the well kaolin add much-dreaded 'Death
Valley.'" It is said to be lower than the
level of the sea ; and wholly :destitute of
water. Iktr. Spears, our tutelligent guide,
who Visited, this remarkable valley , several
times, gave me - the following account of it,
with the reason for its terrible name.'
Ile valley is some fifty miles long by
thirty in breadth, and Save at tWo points, it
is whet!) , encircled by mountains, up whose
steep asides it, is impossible for any but ex
pert climbers to ascend. it is devoid of
vegetation, and tlie„shadow ot, - bird, or wild
beast never darkened its white, glarin g sand.
In the early days, trains of emigrants bound
for California passed, under the direction of
guides, to the south of Death Valley, by
what is now known as the 'old Mormon
t i r
road.' In the year 1850, a large train, with
some three hundred emigradts mostly from
Illinois and Missouri, came south from Salt
Lake, guided by a Mormoia. When near
Death Valley, a dissent broke out in a part
- orth - e - tra - rn - . and twenty-one families came
to the conclusion that. the Mormon knew
nothing about the country, so they appoint,
ed one of their numbet a leader, and broke
"L - 1% - m ----- tlie - maiii ---- prirtr - T Tlits - le - taer - de7 -
- ad to turn due west; so with thelam
n-d-womm-mrd--11-ooks-lre-traveled-f , 1
in
teunine
S days, and then descended into- the broad
valley, whose treacherous mirage promised
water. They reached the centre, but ()illy
the white galling sand; bounded by the
-seorehed—peaks,met—their—ga ze—on—every
hand. Around the valley they wandered,
and one by_one the men died, andlie
ing flocks stretched themselves in death un
der the hot sun. Than the children, cry
ing for water, died at their mother's breasts,
and with swollen tongues and burning vitals,
the mothers followed. Wagon after wagon
was abandoned; and strong men tottered and
raved and died After a week's wandering
a dozen survivors found some water in the
hollow or a rook in the mountains. It lasted
a short time, then ail perished but two, who,
through some miraculous means, got out of
the valley and followed the trail of their
former companions. Eighty-seven persons,
with hundreds of animals, perished in this
fearful place, and since then' the name of
Death Talley has been applied to it. Mr.
Spears says that when he visited it last
winter, after the lapse of eighteen years, he
found the wagons still complete, the iron
work and tires bright, -- and the shriveled
-skeletons lying in many places Side by Ado:-
The Elements -of-Success
Success Is the true criterion of ability.—
Though often won without merit and lost
without dishonor, men persist in thinking
they are indissolubly connected. And men
are right. Though some fortunate accident
may raise a.drone to . eminence, or gain for
dullness a brilliant position, yet great a
chievements are the result only of work and
exalted merit.
Some men gather rags and waste from the
streets; other build cities, found empires,
and revolutionize the world. One emus his
bread by the hardest toil, and is supremely
happy if night finds him sheltered from the
cold and the storm; another plans adven•
tures which yield him mi lions, or . directs
the course of squadrons on seas thousands
of males away. Both are men—nothing
more, nothing less. Each has bones, nerves,
muscles; and perhaps in all physical res
pectq, the.rag-picker is the superior of the
merchant. Whence, then, this difference ?
It is from mind. One is a sort of thinking
animal—the other has called into exercise
his higher faculties, that sublime intelligence
which controls events, sees the end from the
beginninz, and moulds the future to its will.
To achieve success in any pursuit, there
must be a mind to plat" and energy to exe
cute. Without these, a man is like a ship
without a rudder, tossed about by chance
and uncertainty. With these success is as
sure as destiny. But to achieve great re
sults. a man must not waste his energies on .
small things.
IP must lay out large plans, pursue no
ble aims, and force them to successful issues.
fie must have boldness , to. o6nceive, vigor
and inteiligence to execute. And above all,
he must he actuated by high motives, and
aim at objects which others have not the
courage or the virtue to adventure.
The man who does this has nothing to
dread. Unforseen events may frustrate his
plans; unlooked for disasters may bear him
down; and envy or malignity may conspire to
smash him; yet he will rise, by the irresista
able energy of his own will, above all oppo
sition from men and things. Let ,no man,
theiefore, despond. Sneeelis is within his
reach, if he will but grasp it. If
,he has the
vigorous stamina of intellect and wi 1, the
ultimate result is certain. The force of his
talents will raise him from obscurity, aid
place him in his proper rank in the - estimii-.
tion of the world.
HOW SAM L II7,...AS CimlttT.---.An 91i
,Lady
who was making some jam was ealled,:npou
kneighboy. 'Sam, you rascal,' she said,
'you'll be eating my j4n3 when I'm, away.'
Sam .protested die first; but the_ Nv.hitts
of bii-eyes rolled hnagrily,towarde Glie bub-'
ih4g. crimson. .'See, her, Saw,'' said the
Ayjady, taking up e ~,pipee of ,chalk,
.ehallt, your lips, and 1.110..0u.my return
Itußw,if yOu:ve eaten any.' ; ,SL saying, she
passed her forefinger over the thick .Lip of
: . ber j darkey, hildiug the„ehalli pale)
nrtter.band,,stid:lll4 iet,tiPg ; IL.
- Wbetreho.eame . .ba . 4,..sho.did not nep4,
ii,kniair,queetions, .100 ti; "ft, lips,,terp
g.allarte?':9lc.tn V40.141i4,1‘:!:
SY S. T. Y.
Of eadnessond of grief; how much
This little word implies ;
Absent !low the thought loth touch •
And draw the 'true heart forth in-sighs.
l" hear the' mother's. prayer, _
As on , Fiert knees she• sadly weeps,
Whilst,recollection, twin with care,
0£ loved ones o'er her memory creeps.
Alison!. ! see the !sisters pining.
For an absent brother's love ; •
The father in white hair declining,
Dream sadly of dear friends above.
Absent! inarkthe lover's sighs, .
*hitt iiijsimci kind
True Forget the ties
That bind two hearts in unity.
Abgent what a world of grief
Does this, but little word, convey ;
Absence, oh thou heartless thief,
Our joys thou% ever take away.
'Absent loved ones gone before,
Teach us Is you hover near;
— Absen - eirsh - triltre - known no more
In our bonze—which is not here.
Reasonable ObJeetions.
- Picrintiinsta - ternentaf — a ----- Afan — who -- didiet
Want 19_ he either Married or Murdered. ,
.atiubs of
the married at Chicago seems to have caus
ed a horror of matrimony anfong the _ baoh
elor.fraternity in that oity, which is well • il
lustrated by the means taken by one to break
off-arrengagentent-made-when-he-wai-Ire
He told his own story in emit where he ap-
danced put under bonds to keep the peace
towards him :
-"Until a week ago, your honor, I was
,en
gaged to be married to Sully, the sister of
the prisoners, I will not speak ill of her,
though we are enemies now; for it is owing
to my engagement that I took the pledge
and am a sober man. You; see, I was drunk
when.l proposed and was •socepted: , ,,Tjais
showed me to what liquor could bring a man,
and lat once took the pledge, I was enga
ged to her for three months, and during thf t
time I did my duty. I visited her daily,
took her. to places of amusement, and told
her sweet lies. In fact, I did everything re,
quired except io name the inarriage day.—
In that I procrastinated.
"She insisted that we should be married
at once; she had sworn she would be marri
ed before Mary B—, and she would be.—
CV
reeame di4pthff — thad no intention of
marrying her or any one else. I know what
matrimstohy is ;—I hav,e been whipped by my
father beeinve thy mother his hap ti ned to
caress me. Not knowing " what else to dt, , z 1
pretended to be druhk when vieititig, Sally
ten days ago. She had some friends with
her in the pallor, and that pleased me. I
kissed her and tried to kiss then], male and
female. Then - I told her in a hiee'oughy
way, that I had been unable to get the false
hair she wished; that they cost too much.—
That did the business, •
"Indignant at thus apparently having her
clearest secrets' exposed to the young ladies
and gentlemen there, she angrily told me to
go—that I must never come near her again.
Believe me, Judge, I was happy to hear it,
and I.left at. once. I did not visit her, and
three days afterward I received a note from
her telling me she was sick and wished to
see me. Not being a doctor, I stayed a
way.
"On the next day I. received a similar
note ; my answer was the same. _Then I re-_
ceived a note telling me I was a faithless
brute and cruel wretch : and
,she bad two
big brothers, (I knew it,) and 'fbey would
at once avenge her Wounded honor and bro.
koo heart by beating me. I believed her,
and carefully avoided,the big brothers.
"I am a law-akiding,man, and do not wish
to fight • They have been to see me eight
times already; made•ihe Servant toll them a
lie, (may God forgive me.) and say I 'was
out. But _I kobw•they will catch• me, and
then I shall feel very bud. Tp prevent • that
I have had them. arrested. wish Thera
bound over to keep the peace ; they ein keep
their sister Sally. They have said, they
would kill me."
Justice.—'Yon were'right to have . ibem
arrested. They must each give bonds in .the
sum of $5OO to keep the peace. As for you,
your conduct has. b'en disgraceful. The
name of my first love wait Sally, and no one
shall go back nos girl of that name. • You
are fined just sls.'
MECHANICAL GEN3U 3 .-A yOlttt 'seal
eighteen, beloOding to a respectable: family
of Paris, had, about. a year ago, been con
demned for theft to five years imprisonment.
His conduct io prison, being quite exempla
ry, he gained the good opinion of the direct.
tor, Who soon remarked in him a peculiar,
aptness for mechanical contrivancefo: , A few
days ago he begged him to•tell him what 0%
clock it was that be might set.bis.wateli
'You have a watch, then ?' asked the direc
tor.
/Only since yesterday, sir,' said, the pris
oner, and to the istonir.hatent of the diree
tot= cno made of straw? The little Master.
piece is two and a half inches, in diameter,
about half an inch thielt,and will•go:for three
hours . withcut witidiog.u . R. The dial 'p r ltito'
is of paper, and 'a pretty straw chain `et.
taehed to the whole. • The ius i utneute - tbe
youth had at his commaed werel4..eneolles.
a pin, a. little - stiatsr- ling — three, B'ereral
periods' of lorprisi
tog gonitui 'for mechanics, ateoutlettv , ‘ ing to
obtain ,„
0
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I ):nuit:le . 1)44 . T - tired:to : ftgb t ,
'er Me Reeora,
- •By a little -presenoe of - thind,*one . may of:
ten 13 avo pot.only hie own life, but the' lives
of Marty others. In the folldiving mule the
trethendons riik run in the link of lie daty
enhanoks immensely tls • value bf'the• man's
deed: • 1 ,
During the War '
• incident-- oceriried on
the Pennsylvania Central. reglinent; , "of
soldidia were going front Pittsburg to ileitis:-
burg hi a special train. Between JulnistOwn
and the summit they were delayed by a freight
train off the 4tack, or part of its oars off.--
This they leained . at one of the stations ' . #nd
remained theretintil they should be inform
ed that the treek4as clear: It-was in -the
night, and mostsof the thousand then on -the
train
w ere ashiepoitconseions of their dan
ger: • Four heavily loaded coal oars, beloht.
ing to a train ahead, had, by accident,- be:
acme detached ) and began the descent of the
hilaiTgrade at a it-peed Which loon- became
terrible: The engineer of the special train
beard the roar of the descending •cars, and
surmised What Was the matter. In' an instant
he ordered his engine to be detached froth
the train, and put on steam to meet the run•
away cars if possible,
to • break theft force,
and save his train. His locomotive • was ,a.
lAge freight, and he had moved several yards
ahead when the coal care'struck him like• a
thunderbOlt, and crushed bins back on the'
train; bat his heroic courage had .saved- ma
ny lives: His engine was-utterly - demolish
ed, and many of hie oars were also crushed;
hiflioliid - hti s broken the force of the shock,
that no lives were lost. The tnan's name
as--19 end—lris-gratef ni
seated him some elegant- silver plate, with
the deed itself and their names engraved on
American. •
Be—ye—attgo—Read • .
Thiel is an age of sudden deaths. By sea
.oeident and b • disaster men
and women are unexpectedly hurried away
to the retributions of the eternal world.
Some ti th e ag o a Member left Ne* York for
New Orleans. She was a belling, staunch
vessel, nearly new. A gay and giddy throng
.—and most of them open, flagrant sinners—
went on, board, anticipating a pleasant and
safe Voyage. A storm arose—eh - O'AM went
to the bottom of the obese, and nearly three
hundred human beings found a watery grave.
Reader, what would have been your tate if
you had been• among the number ?
Do you ride upon the oars? Then 'yOn
have deed to be' red for death, for every
.ovi and then we are startled by the
genre - that a railroad accident has happened,
and some of our fellow beings, have been
suddenly killed. Du you stay at .lionie 1
The angle of death Will find yoti there. He
invades the domeitio san ctuary,_antiLheats_
away his yietims. He comes unbidden to
the happy home, and takes, young and old
from the embrace of friends. N 6 favored
place can screen you from the shafts of the
fill destroyer. •
Each'sesson hits its own- disease,
Its peril every hour . I -
"No PLACE."-A great many boys and
young men complain there is no chanee• for
them. They cannot get places It is hard
to find anything to do. Perhaps it is hard
to get just such places as they like. That
is not the pOint, however.. When you get a
place—and there are placer; this big country
lam sure has need of every good boy and
girl and man and woman in it—when you
got a place, I say,•make yourself useful in
it; make yourself necessary to employers,
make yourself so necessary, by .your fidelity
and good behavior, that they cannot do with
out you. Be willing to take a low place at
first, no matter what the work, if it be
honest work. Do it well, do it the very
best you can. _Begin at_the lowest round of
the ladder, and climb up. The great want
everywhere is faithful, capable workers.
They • are never a thug - in the market.
Make yourself one of these, and the're will
always be a place for,you, and a good one
too.
Said a rich merchant of a clerk hi his
store.
'lie . has been so useful to us, we can't
let him go; his place cannot be su,pplied.
I s Ve must wake him a partner.' That's it,
boys.
Tun MoTHEn„—Despise not
. thy mother
when she is old. Age may waste a mother's
beauty, strength, limbs, senses; but her re•
lation as mother is as the sun when it goeth
forth in itß 'nicht, for it is always the rue
ridian,"and knosieth no evening. Tie per.
son may be gray headed, but her motherly
relation is ever the same. It• may be au•
tumn, yea, whiter with women, but with the
mother; as mother, it is always spring --
'Alas!
Alas! how little do•we appreciate a mother's
tenderness while living! Bow heedless we
are of all her anxieties and kindness! But
when she is dead add gone, when the mires
and 'coldness of the world come withering
to our-hearts, when wo experience bow hard
it is to find ` true sympathy, -how • few will
befriend us in misfortune—..then. it is that
We think of the mother we haveslost.
A BBAUTIViaL THOUGHT -.-.DiO,ltel0 ‘ wrote:
"There is neithiogno, nothing 'beautiful
and good, that dies bah forgotten. - An.;n•
hot, a prattling child, dying •in its cradle
will live again in . the -better t h oughts of those
*lto loved it, PlaY.ita part-though its. body
, be burned to ashes or drowned in thakdeep
.tit Sea. Thereto net anangel addedui the
:hosts of heaven but desalts blessed work co
'earth inithose' thatluved iG bare. , ) "
Dead? ob, if - the good of,,:bunian
didathrekeould , be , :trecied• to .their • source,
lhow wiitikiiivonotleath appear; tor
fhb* ittleli`libarity;s foster purified.-affection
irciuttl be septtocbtfleibeirtrowt,b in dual
tt i o es )I.;r. , r 3 ,
" • •
•i tAth
I,
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A Heroic
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ginitiCiffVelet"gridiar
Tine mangy wh - o ahuglis helittlr Ira' dimter.
without. 41 . diplotba. •rain fees-4000 , inorn ,
good in a sick,rocnn,t,bp n i ,4641 of, pow-
dors or a gallan of bitterlaringhls: People
are:alwayn..glaiktusete it*„
,Their.,hitnds in
stinctively go.hulf-way to meet
while 'they t t'e'rn osiol ,
Chit
-
my tonoh'rof dyntioptib iliettkein
groaning.kejl. Ea' ladle; you out. , of •yottr
fatiltsiwhiltklett,ngvei dream of being .of.- -
foodec with. ktim and s ,you,nover know ich-at,
plelinift-Woild - you straliiiiig in until ,he
'points out the sunoY stietiks on 'Ha patlittay.'
•
Don't keep a solitary parlor, in o which .
feu go but nails a Montli, - with parson
or sewing sitibietyl Hang round your cells
pictures . *bloh shall 'l6ll stories' of. mereyi:
hope, courage, faith and, -charity. „. Make
yourliviog room the house. Lot Abe plane
be Stich that When 619 gene to
distan Hands, or even" when, perhaps, he
chugs to a single plant; In the waters of_ tbe
wide iceati, the thought Of the old home
s-tead ahall tome to Min: .his dessOlation,
bringing alwayslight,lopd and love. have
no dungeons about Jour house—,no room you
never open—no blinds that are always Ant.
112duiNa'ro !Him ON BY. - - An infidel on
his death bed telt himself adrift in - the ter
rible surges of doubt and uncertainty. Some
of his friends urged him to bold on to the
end. ,
'la h. .11;
-ave no objection to hold on," was the
poor man's answer, "but will yon tell : me
what I am to hold on by?"
There a-t h e-f a tal—wa n fidelitY-neith—
er furnish andhor or rope to the sink ing
soul. It gives nothinglo hold by:
An indignant iddi.vidual presented him.
self - to - th - c - Chief - of — PoliceTinifew - Orfsansi
with a lend Complaint of certain boys bi r th°
habit of throwing stones into his hodse.—.
tl h-
Jne, ne sail, hest only laet• evening struck
his daughter on the breast. 'Was the young
lady badly hurt ?' inquired: the chief. 'No,
not badly hurt herself,' replied the com
plainant, 'but the stone broke three fingers
on the head of a young gentleman Iho is
paying her particular attention.
'How nosy genders am' there 7'Tasiced
schoolmaster. ,
`Three, air,' promptly replied blue eyes,
'masculine, fetnioine,,end neuter. ,
'Pray, give me an eiample of each,' acid
the. master.
'Why, you, nr masculine, because you
are a maul and law feminine, because I am
a girl' •
'Very well, proceed.'
• ITdon't know,' said the little girl, 'but .I
-reekon-Mr.-Jonkinsis - neUter, as
old bachela
Two centuries ago, not : one in .a hundred
wore slooking,s. Fifty years ago, not a boy
in a tho'riiiind Was allowed , r to run at large at
bight: Fiity)ears ago, not ohe girl in a thou
sand Rade a waiting-inaid,of her 'bother.—
llow wonderful are the improvements in this
age.
'Ven'do you tink•de world will come to
an end?' asked a German, •'oh, probably ia
about three mouths,' answered a joker. , 'Ho,
yell; >t no cares for &at," .erre!aimed Hans,
with a smile of 'satisfaction, ‘.l pe going to
Puffalo die siirintr.'
• •
AnlAkeeper., .ohsetylog a postillion
with only one spliOnquiftthe reason.—
'Why, what is the use of another ?' said be,
'lf one side of the horse goes, .the other can
not lag behind.
A o Irish soldier, wile now and then in
dulges in a drop of whisky, was thus accosted
by the reviewing ,geteral: -
'What makes. your nose so red 7'
4 Plnze Your honor,' 'replied Patrick, 'I al
ways bloosh when I Ep6ke to a Gineral ofri
cor.'
A stupid, fellow tried to annoy a populzr
preacher by asking hiru whether the fatted
calf of the parable was male or' emale. fFe.
male, to be sine; was the reply ; 'for. I see
the male''—looking his questioner full in the
face--(yet alive in the flesh before me.
A rural contributor says he has enlarged
his establishment, and now keeps ' a head of
oxen, a bead'of hen, andleveral head of cab•
beat:), while,..ke' is also:trying to keep ahead
of the tipyes.
The young lady who was ditiebatged , from
a.piokle factory because 'she was so sweet
that the vinegar would not act, has found .
employment in o candy store,
,
In Sweden, a man who is Neon drunk four
times is deprived of a vote at elections. Is
would be a geed *ale do the same in this
country.
Lodgings are no scarcer io Australia that
ono pay a dollar for lying in the g.utter,'and
fifty cents extra for renting their heada oath°
cut Intone, ;
"If you don't giro me a penny," said a
young hopeful to bii"manna, "I, "
know . o boy
that's 'got the measles;ind Pll go catch 'etn
, pato near telling : imp beots.ao oft .
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'How Bo?' .
'Will, I had - ihetii VW-soled.' .
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