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OLUMI XXII.
YOU ALL
._,._, Wall IISAILI) or - ' - -
- ZOOFtiND'S - GERNEAN BITTERS,•
AND
HOOFIAtIO I S .. GERMAN TONIC,,_ -
Prepared by Dr. 0. M. Jackson, Philadelphia. •
Their introduction Into this country irolll Germany
000arred in
0125.
THEY CURED YOUR
FATHERS AND XOTHERS,
And will cure you end your children. They are
1 . 31 E
entirely different from the many
' preparations now In the country
called Bitters or Tonics. 'They are
no tavern preps ration, or anything
like one; but good, hottest, reliable /wilding' 'MT
are
The greatest known remedies for •
Li
ver Complaint.
DYSPEPSIA,
,Nervous Debility,
TAT:INDIC%
Iseases o i• nays,
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,
and all Diseases arising from a Dieor.
dered Liver, Stomach, or
IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD.
Constipstion,—Platulence—lnward — Pilos — .
Fullness,of Blood to the Head, Acidity
of the Stomach, Nausea Heart.
Fulness
orDisgust for Food,
Or Weight in the Stomach,
Sour Eructations, Binh.
ing or Fluttering at the
Pit of the Stomach Swim.
rainof the Read, Ifurrtedor
Difficult Breathing, Fluttering
at the Heart,, Choking 1'
auffe - catingq.:. Sensations
When in a Ly- ins Posture,
Dim nese of ' • Vision, Dots
or Webs before the Sight, Dull
Pain in the Head, Deficiency
of Perspiration, Yellowneaa
of the Skin and Eyes.
Pain in the Side
Back, Chest, Limbs, eta..
Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burn
ing in the Flesh, Constant Imaginings
of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits..
411 these Arvilcat. disease of the Lirer or Oigestunt
Organs, combined with Impure blood.
Hoofland's German Bitters
In entirely vegetable, and contains no
Ift_in a compound of Fluid Ex.
from which these extrae s are mtt
oo
are gathered , 440 . In Germany.
All the meal elnal virtues
are extracted %. from them by
a eelenttfie ehenti , t.These
extracts are then forwarded to this
country to be used expressly for the
manufacture of these fritters. There is
no alcoholic I.4lllll.ltallee oranylclnd used
In eotiapoundi lig the Hitters, hence It Is
the only hitters that eau be tt%ed In
cases where Itleoholle "stimulants are
not advisable.
Hoofland's German Tonic
is a combination of akt the ingredients of the Bitters,
with. rugs S anta Crux Rum, Orange, etc. It is used
for the same diseases as the Bitters, in ours sohere eoans
pure alcoholic stimulus is required. l'ou will bear in
mind that these remedies are entirely different from
ang others advertised for the cute of the diseaScs nam e d,
these being setentl,fic preparations of medicinal e7lracts,
white the others are mere decoctions of runt in some
form. The I'O IC in decidedly one of the molt plea.
:ant and agreeable remedies ever o(Tered to the public.
Its taste is ex9uitite It is a pleasure to take it, white ill
(fowl r ing, exhilarating, and inedla nal qualities have
cawed it to be known as the greatest of alt tomb,
DEBILITY.
There it fie medicine equal to Tfoofianers flermag
row"
i l'iftlers or Tonic in aces of Debility,
27tcy impart a tow, , ~„,a ~ndrit io rlo the toholl
rye , " strenglien ' --- iii the appetite, cause
4344 enjoyment of the fond, enable the see.
roach to &west it, turd u the blood, gtre a g,o , t, sauna,
healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow time from the
eve, impart a bloom to the cheeks, and change the patient
from a shirt-breathed, emaciated. Fowl:, and nervous
invalid, to a fun -fared, stout, and vigor arc person.
Weak and Delicate Children are
Made strong by using, the hitters or
Tonic. in fact, they are Fluidly Medl•
"ehteg. They can' be administered with
perfect safety to a child three months
old, the most delicate female, or a man
ofninety.
.77‘eee Remedies are the beet
Moocl Partnere
ever knoten, and will care all diseases reßuning from
l amm
bad blood. Keep your blood pure ; kerp YOUT
Liver zn order; keep yotir diyeslice organs
in a sound, healthy condition, by the use
of these remedies , and no disease will
Cter =sail you.. The best men in the country recommend
Venn. If years of honest reputation go for anlithln9
you mud try these prepatations.
FROM ROM ORO. W. WOODWARD,
Chief Juetice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
itsnetents, March 16, 1867.
T.find "lionfiand's Gernian Bitters" is not an tntox
icatrug beverage, but is a good tonic, useful in disorders
of the digestive organs, and of gre at beneftt in emu of
debility and want of nervous action, in the system,
Yours truly,
FROM HON. JAMES THOMPSON,
Judge of the Supreme Court of Perineyivantit.
PRILADELPITIA, April ac,
consider ,4 'Hoods: ad's
German rat -A"`*
tersf , a valuable
trietheme in case of attacks of
Indigestion - or Byspephla.
I Can certify this from my experience of
it. Yours, with respeci,
JAMES 11.401TIPSON.
FROM REV. JOSEPR 1. KENNARD, D. D.,
Pastor of the 'Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
Da. JACKSON—Da:AR Sin :—.l hare been frequently
requested to connect my name with recommendations of
different kinds of medicines, but regarding the practice
es out of My appropriate sphere, I have in all cases de
dined ; but With a clea r proof in various instances, and
particularly in my own jamsly, of the usefulness of Dr.,
.Hoojland's German Raters, I depart for once from my
swan! course, to express my fun conviction that for gen
eral debility of the system and especially for Liver
.Complaint, ft is a safe and valuable
I ttit gri
preparation. In some cases it may
fail; but usually, I doubt not, it wilt
be very beneficial to those who suffer
from the above causes. Yours, very respectfully,
J. H. IiE.S.NAItD,
Eighth, below Coates sirs&
CAUTION
ffoefiand'e German Remedies are counterfeited. The
r u fr i L e v he ae
outside na r r a t 6
.4 r () ;f 191 each j
at e a k 4 s at
d th
flame of the article blown in "each bottle. .411 others are
counterfeit.
Price of the Sitters, $1 00 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for $0 00.
Price of the Tonic, $1 50 per bottle;
Or, alkali - dozen for $7 50.
The tonic is put up in quart bottles.
Iteraikalthat it is Dr. Hooptas German Remedies
that are so universally used and so highly
Drecom
mended; and do not allow the bruggiali
to induce you to lake anything else that he
may say is just as good, because he
itakeze targerprofct on it. These ..11enzea.
doe will be sent by express to any locality upon apjhlict•
ton to the
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
AT THE 4/E3MAN.SIEDICINE STORE,
No. 631 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia.
CHAS. M. EVANS,
Proprietor,
/formerly C. N. JACKSON & CO.
These Remedies are for sale by Drug
gists, Storekeepers, and Mediclae Deal.
ae everywhere.
Do not forget GX4178.111C urea Mt article you bey ) to
*Mort° get the genuitia.
eept 25'68. . , :
NEW MILLINERY GOODS
L.
L. HOLLINBERGER
TTAS just . retprned.trom.Philadelphia and le now
jaopening out the lareest and most varied
aortment of SPRING AND 'SUMMER MILLIN
ERY GOODS she has ever brought to Waynes
boro'. ?he !aim) are invited to call andeiamine
her goods. Residence on Church Street; Eas4
Bide. April lO—tf..
dEO. W. WOODIP.AR.D.
WAYNESBOPLD', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSILLVANIA, FRIpAY HORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1368.
.IPC)MUE"Ia.Zk.I_N.
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BROKEN TIES.-
BY J. AIONTGO3IERY
The broken ties of happier days,
How often do they seem _
To come before our mental gaze,
Like a remembered dream.
Around us each dissevered chain'
— ln - sparkling - ,ruin lies -
And earthly hand can ne'er again
Unite those broken ties.
The kindred that we ioved;-- , '— 4— '77
Far from our arms perchance may roam,
To desert seao removed.
Or we have watched their parting breath,
And closed their went) , eyes;
And sighed to think hnw sadly dosth
Can sever human tics.
The friends, the loved ones of our youth,
They too are gone or changed,
- 0 - r werse - th - ton - ritt - thed. love and truth,
Is darkened or estranged,
They meet us in the glittering throng,
With cold allotted eyes,
Anti wonder that we weep their wrong.
And mourn our broken tics.
Oh-! who in such a world as this
Could bear their lot of pain ;
Did not one radiant hope of bliss
Uncultured yet remain
Tfrariro - thecsoverei_ti I,6rd has ,iven
% r i
gns
above the skies ;
Hope tharuniCes our souls to Heaven,
By faitli's enduring ties.
Each care, each ill of mortal birth,
Is sent in pitying love,
-To lift the IMgering - heart from earth — ,
And speed its flight above. -
And every pang that wrings the brogst,
And every joy that dies,
Tells us to seek a purer rest,
And trust to holier ties•
W earing Away.
All things are wearing away—nothing is
everlasting. The rocky sides of the river
which resist the cutting of a chisel, yield
to the overpoweticg bold and _continual
stroke of the sweeping current of the break
ing. waves. The ove;lapping stones of the
mountain, steel clad like. defying- impregna
tion through any attempt of man, challen
ging any mechanical power to move them
from their stationary position,lugo in their
ponderous weight, are ineffectual in resist
ance to that continued, yet irunerceptible
weakening of their vast bulk, and finally give
way to the never-dying power of time, and
crumble to dust. Trees, animals, and all
things that live—all material 'substances are
wearing away.
Every thing is wearing away— old cus•
toms, fashions, and habits wear out of use
and form the deep hidden strata of those
numberless things that were, but that are
overspread with what is new and exercised
by us to day. Principles around which were
hung all the adornments that the brilliant
intellects of philosophers could manufacture
are numbered with the past, sophisms use
less to transmit to futurit.y, and incapable of
standing the wear of time. They soon prov
ed cracked and worthless, and were but
talismanic to some circumstance, but with
its death it departed.
Doctrines around which were shed all the
halo of truth that their discoveries could
prove, and under which was placed all the
support, iron like—of sages, have worn so .
thin through ages that their fallaciousness;
his since been disclosed, and, eternal as they
once appeared, ha.ve become enervated, pow
erless, through the onslaught of time. They
toe, have shown that nothing is eternal,
Old tenets and maxims that had become
indoctrinated in the minds of nations and
people, and bad been regarded as truisms,
and held as guards to liberty, defenders a
gainst innovations of wrong, have worn
threadbare and now are shunned as opposers
to human rights, and scof f ed at as the sense
less impediments to advancement. All these
have worn away. All else is wearing away.
Even when the gates of prayer are slant
in heaven, those of tears are open.
Wheti the righteous dies, it is the earth
that loses,. The lost jewel will always be a
jewel, but the one who has it—well may he
weep.
The reward of good words is like dates;
sweet and - ripeoing late.
To slander is to murder.
Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's
friend has a friend—be discreet.
The camel wanted to have horns and they
took away his ears. ''
Descond a step in choosing a wife, and
mount a step in choosing a friend.
If there is anything bud about you, say it
yourself.
- One eats; another gays grace:
He who ig ashamed will not easily commit
sin. It is a good sign in man to be capable
of being ashamed.
SIICdEBB IN LiPz.-.:-bueoesa in life 1 It's
no blind thing. • It's bound up in no secret,
un-get-at-ibrildeep. It's before every one
that will see, feel, think,aot.. Who and what
are the men about tta r —onr frier& '
neigh.
bore, noted .for success in,-life,? by
they are shrewd, working, rousing,. hopeful,
confident stout hearted folks.
41.313. Xiactor,evrici.eilat 35 6 451, - sank.ll:se 7.4ire•-vcr.srsa.rxe3r-..
Pleasant Homes.
ParentS, strive to make your homes pleas
ant and attractive I If you would have your
children grow up pure, - healthy and beauti
ful, attempt not to destroy their love for
beautiful things, and for healthy reoreatibli.
- D - 6 - not labor with sneti cold rigid, self deny
ing economy to hoard up money to bestow
upon them at your death; rather devote a
portion of your - surplas income to embellish
ing and beautifying your dwellings, and to
furnish your girls and boys with the means
!of home enjoyment. Introduce into your
family circle innocent amusements, and above
all, yourselves join and assist the young- in
their recreations and plans for social diver
sion. Teach them that most beautiful and
1 -soul-inspiring-accomplishruenti - musio ; allow
them to mingle in the graceful and -health
giving dance, to romp, laugh and be mer
ry.
_ vmr — c - rtßif — cirilll - to tvn
every attempt at hilarity on the part of their
children; they vrill bauish all amusement and
gayety from the family circle, and cause a
shade of gliorn settle over their homes,
.at is the °muse of the children of such
parents 7 To escape from the oppressive
atmosphere of home becomes the governing
motives of all their actions. W hen away
from the immediate core of their parents
they will secretly go to places which they
have been forbidden to visit, and mingle
with children with whom they have been
told not to associate; then they will inamedi•
ately become more hardened, and plunge
deeper and deeper into the sea of forbidden I
pleasures, and resort to falsehood to shield
themselves from detection, and after,, they
have taken this step their downward course,
is straight and rapid. They frequent drink-,
big, shops, smoke and swear, associate with
fast young men, soon become. ifttstit them
selves, and at last cause the hoary lta..)l's of
Are not such parents, in a measure,l,re
sponsible for the sins of their children ?
The young will have enjoyment, and it they
cannot Lind it at home they will sock it else.
where in doubtful places and in doubtful
company, '[hey are full of vitality_and_gaY
th-
ety; they have ungovernable desire for a
musement and social intercourse, and that
desire must be gratified, legitimately it may
be, or illegitimately. Attempt to suppress
it and you will ruin your children; direct it
in the proper channel, and you will cause
them to gtow up happy and contented into
the best and noblest of men and women.
One half of the depraved and abandoned
men and women of this country have been
made what they are by their parents.—
Thro' ignorance and superstition they have
been driven from their homes, which to them
should be the most attractive places on earth,
to seek the streets 'by the forbidden_patha,'
for that recreation which is essenllt to their
very existence.
You who have children to train np, think
of this I Devote a portion of your time and
motley to gratifying their love for social
a\nuscwent. if you do not get rich quite
as fast; if you ; perchance, do not die a mil
lionaire, what matters it ? You will be
compensated a hundred fold for the pecuniary
loss by the joy sod pleasure you will experi
ence by seeing your children grow up noble•)
and virtuous, honored and respected by those
around them.—DuNNBLL.
We frequently see .flocks of migrating
birds, winging their way to distant and more
genial climes. The harsh screatnim , of a
quatic fowl:, at: they pass over us, may often
be heard at night, when they are themselves
unseen. Cranes, geese, and ducks, all fly by
night as well as by day. In the summer
they spread themselves over the northern re
gions as far as the Arctic Circle, and in the
winter cover the rivers, bayous and lagoons
of the south. On the European side they
extend themselves into the warm regions of
India, Syria, Egypt, &e., and at the Cape of
Good Hope. Most of our - martins and swal.
lows left us about the first of August. The
prophet Jeremiah, says, chap 8, v. 7; 'The
stork in die heaven knoweth her appointed
times; and the turtle and the crane and the
swallow observe the time of their coming.'
It is quite probable that some of our summer
birds return to tbeir same haunts year after
year,—such as the martins, swallows, bobo
links and catbirds. The story is well known
of a brass plate fixed on a swallow in Eng
land, with this inscription : 'Prithee, swal
low, whither goest thou in winter ?".Che
bird returned with the answer subjoined;—
'To Anthony of Athens, why dost thou in
quire ?' •
The woodcock which we find every au
tumn in our cornfields and (ow grounds, is a
migratory bird, and probably returns to the
same haunts which be left the preceding
season.
ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN —Let the busi•
ness of every one alone and attend to your
own. Don't buy what you don't want.—
Use every hour to advantage, and study to
make
. a leisure hour useful. Think twice
before you spend a dollar; remember you
will have another to make for it. Look over
your, book regularly, and if you find an error
trace it out.
Should a stroke of misfortune come upon
you in your,business, retrench, work harder
but never fly the track. Confront difficulties
with unflinching, perseverance, and they will
fly at last; thou you will be honeyed, but
shrink, and you will be despised. .
WIT AND KNOWLEDGE —What is wit?
A'sparkling beverage that is highly exhilara
ting and agreeable when partaken at the . ex=
pease of others ; but when used at our awn
cost; it becomes bitter and unpleasant. • •
° What itritnowledge ? A key that Unraiels
all nightcries, which unlocks', the . ' entranoo:,
amd discovers . new, unseen and trntrodden
paths in the hitherto unexplored fields ,of
science and literature. • "
All's Well that Ejads Well.
Not a great while ago, an Irishman was
empleyed,in a village where, he was well'
known, to dig a well,' 'pro bono pablico!
The contract was made that" b - ei—vrair - 16 - be
paid a eertairlYsum per root and warrant a
free supply of water. At it be went with a
will, and his daily progress was intently
watched by interested parties. Early and
late be delved away faithfully, deep down
in the earth, full of confidence in the speedy
completion of his labor.
_ _ _
He had reached the depth of about
twenty the feet, and soon expected to 'strike
water.' Early in_ the morning Pat repaired
to the scene of his labors and horrible to
tell, it bad caved in and was nearly full.
11:1dgaYed with rueful visage upon the wreak,
and thought of the additional labor the ac•
cident would cause him. After a moment's
reflection he looked earnestly around end
roue , uu-ono ati,fiog, Iteu qubirly — div - e - s - tiny
himself of his hat. and ooat, he carefully
hung . them on the windlass, and speedily
made tracks far a neighboring eminence
which overlooked the village. Here, hid
among tEiuntWroWili,.
the progress of events.
As the morning wore on, the inhabitants
began to arouse and stir out. Several were
attracted to the well, thinking that as Pat's
hat and coat was there, he was below, of
course,—at work. Soon the alarm -was_-rais
ed that the well had caved in and that Pat
was in it. A crowd 'collected and stood
horrified at the fate of poor Pit. A brief
consultation was held, and soon spades
and other impliments were brought to dig
out the remains of the unfortunate man.—
To work they went with a will; when one
set become wearied with the unusual labor,
a dozen ready bands grasped the imple
ments and dug lustily. Pat quietly looked
on from his reireat_on_the_eatinence, white
and watched with breathless, suspense the
work go bravely on.
As the diggers approached the bottom,
the' excitement of the by-stauders grew in
tense, and they collected as near as safety
would adroit, • guzing_fearfully _down—into--
the well. With great care and precaution
the dirt was dug away and when the bottom
was at length reached, no Pat was to be
found. The crot , d before so anxious, grad
ually relaxed into a broad grin which broke
forth in uproarious merriment when the
venerable Pat walked up with a smiling
countenance and addressed the crest-fallen
diggers who now stood weary and soiled with
their labors.
'Be jabot's, gibtlemen, and its .Patrick
Fagon sure that is much obleoged to pees
for doin' of that nice little job of work 1'
- The effect can_ be better imagined than
described, and as the most active of the
youngnen slunk off, several low breathed
mutterings broke forth that sounded' very
much like 'sold.'
- Through the kindly aid of his fellow
citizens, Pat soon finished his well and it
remains among the monuments of his genius
to this day.
A Sensibl3 Plan.
A lawyer in Wisconsin told a Missionary
of the American Sunday School Union that
the new settlement where ho lived began as
follows :
"I organized the first Sunday schoolin
'this country, and ran ft myself one season.
We came in here early, all Americans. We
wanted to draw in decent, industrious broil.
ies, and to keep out all foreigners and row
dies. So I said : 'A Sunday School will at
tract the folks we want, and keep others out.
It will be the best and cheapest way to blow
for the settlement.' There was not one of
us that pretended to have one grain of piety,-
so they pitched on me to carry out the plan.
I did so, and sent to your society and got a
library, and ran the school all summer. It
did the blowing for us splendidly. Before
summer was ended, some Uhristian families
came in; and as they had a better stock of
piety, I gave over the Sunday school to their
hands... It was a grand thing for us. There
wasn't a foreigner of any sort that ever stayed
in the settlement more than ono night. We
secured a good American and moral settle
ment. In tact it got to be so pious that I
couldn't hve there myself.'
We believe that this statement is literally
'true, and that the lawyer himself was obliged
to quit, the place, or starve, for want of busi
_nese, Religion may gain such a hold of the
community as completely to'keep in abey
ance the elements of disorder.
It is similar .with temperance. Ther,oo„
Vineland, N. J.—a town incorporated as
built
built on the temperance principle, not a drop
of liquor is allowed to be sold in shop or
dwelling. The result is that vice and crime
are almost
,unlinown, and poverty has few
representatives there. Scarcely any foreign
ers reside in the place although it is a town
of 11,000 inhabitants. The bestelass of cit
izens are attracted thither, and intelligence,
virtue and thrift are . .everlywhere seen.
• The same is true of Bresswood, Ireland—
s manufacturing town, within whose 'neer
porta( limits intoxicating liquors are not al
lowed to be sold. Instead of grog-shops,
alms-houses and prisons they have good
schools, reading, rooms and houses of wor
ship. 13y agreement with the authorities, a
constable is not allowed within the limits of
corporation-thethe proprietors conclu
ding thiit, they did not tolerate liquor
shops they would have ho need of the ser
vices of.eousta.bles, and officers of the haw to
interpose their services halite interest of law
•;
and order. '
IV.9 . it to religion, tempfiranoo .will do,miist
to, build up.a town; A place:.that, is cursed
with ' - grogg,eliesi: abounds' with , vice; and the
best class trUji l etrple-itieitfit. t Degraded and
dangerous 1:413 Al9k thither to carouse soil
sin,. And , finally. • it becomes bad encnigh4or
awyers to live in without'dangerOl starving.
[For the RHOORD.
Choirs, Singing, &0., Continued.
From what has th - us far been said it must
be evident, that, to sing "with the spirit and
the- understandiee demands intelligience-,
"that the singer must both understand and
feel what he sings; his heart must beat in
sympathy with the sentiment he attempts to
utter; and - this the quality of voice with
which he sines must plainly indicate. Any
singing that comes short of this, must, to all
who understand it, appear like solemn mock.
ery.—Dr. Thomas • Hastings says, •'Admit.
ting that religious truth should be addressed
to the feelifigs as well as to the turderstanil
logs of men— that music in its genuine na.
ture is the language of feeling—that church
-music-is-designed-to be employed - as - the - di=
met medium of religious offerings of praise— .
that it can assist devotion-only by -address
ing itself to us-as—Sentient Beings—and we
perceive i at a sintrle glance, the nature and
extent of what is required in relation to the
subj Pot. If, when a psalm or hymn has been
read to us in an impressive manner, we can
sing it in such a style as to preserve and in•
ere ase - tlre - in tares excited,ralreadr
not raise our voices in vain. But if the
style of the music is at best but insipid; if
the performance of a well selected piece is
so deficient as neither to . ive character to
- i
e quietly awaited
the words sung, nor to make melody or li — Fa •
mony_that can be_patiently_endured;-or-if,
on the other hand, the music is so loaded
with extraneous attractions as necessarily to
draw towards itself that degree of attention
which should be devoted to the themes of
song; we need no language of prophecy to
tell us we are offering a vain oblation (or
rather, are performing a mere mockery).
The exercise of singing becomes in either of
these cases, a hindrance to devotion. It en
tirely fails as an instrument of Christian ed
ification."
enter into the feelings and design of the po
et, lie should regard the flow of versification
and the general cast of thought; and the
sentiments which he hods sketched in the
outline by - the poetic pencil, should be paint
ed by him, and 44 drawn out,_as_it,were, by •
the skilful and delicate intermixture of light
aod_shado, into full life and vigor." In pro
portion as he succeeds in accomplishing . this
end, will be the ultimate success of his pro
duction—for though music has an expressive
language of its own, it is a language less du
rable than that of poetry; and it will not
long continue to please when it pets the
claims of poetry at defiance."
Besides the different qualities of voice
which the various sentiments demand, the
proper utterance of the wards requires no less
attention. Without a clear and well defined
utterance, the poetry is not intelligible to the .
auditors. The ability to read well, as has
already been stated, is an essential pre-requi
site to good and intelligible singing. Good
reading demands not only correct pronuncia
tion of the words, well defined ,enunciation,
but proper accent and emphasis, Without
the former two, neither speaking nor sing
ing can be understood, and without the lat
ter, both are uncertain and lifeless.
Careless articulation or enunciation is an
evidenCe of ignorance, and should be over
come by all who attempt to sing whether in
the - social circle or in the sanctuary. God,
above all, should be poised or addressed in
an intelligent manner. Good articulation is
the first quality necessary in the expression
of sentiment ; and, in speech, consists in giv
ing to each letter in a syllable and each syl
lable in a word, their appropriate utterance
according to the received enunciation. In
vocal music, however, articulation differs
from this; by the circumstance that the vow
els are-greatly prolonged. The vowels, strict
ly speaking, are the only letters to be sung,
the consonants are to be uttered the same as
in speech, with however this exception, that
they aro expressed with greater bree and pre
cision. Every vowel and consonant should be
uttered with its proper power (sound,) and
never should the final letter (vowel or con
sonant) of a word be connected with the
initial of the following word. Every word
should be clearly and distinctly uttered, with,
as it were, a momentary pause after each.
This however cannot be learned from books;
it requires a teacher who understands it.
The writer of this, having been a pupil
orPerkins (T. E,) Bradbury, and Bassioi,
and besides having heard a number of the
best choirs and 'musical associations' of the
country, has bad ample opportunities for
learning what constitutes geed music, so that
be is not obliged blindly to guess what he
says, but speaks from what he knows, with
certainty.
In the continuation of this article sped.
limens of bad articulation and pronunciation,
of hymns and tunes, with criticisms, sugges
Lions, &0., will be given. The specimens
named will not be imaginary, but such as
have.actually recently been beard.
Waynesboro,' Oct , 1868.
There are some. people, in this world who
will not work—who will stand in idle places,
and not come oat of the congregation . of
drones and do nothing; and yet, they com
plain of having nothing to eat—and nothing
to wear—and nothinc , to buy it with.. They
want surne one to do n for them. and remind
us of a little fellow, who, waiting up one cold
night, and sang out :
•
`lt's.c.old mammy 1'
4 1 ,'Pell, putt the cover on you Johnny.'
4 1 shan't do it!' replied the youngster,
'dinged of I don't freeze lust 1'
Let all such freeze, and freeze fast. The
-world would not be the loser.
'Owing to th e arrangement o f the pro
gramme, no piece can be repeated,' was the
answer a hungry boarder received 'from 'his
landlady upon ailtiirg for a *second piece of
pie at dinner, '
Gait Hamilton says that a bottle of brandy
makes an excellent travelling comp anion
.
,your prineipies and 'habit!) tre goo d y
5i3.00 1: 9 aZs Mir 041 Xi
Confidence in One's Self.
. .
.When a crisis befalls you, and the emer
gency requires moral courage and noble-man
hood to meet it, be equal-tertifil -- --requiretitelifi . '-=
- Of the movement, and 'rise superior to the
obstacles in your path. The universal testi,.
mocy of men Whose experience exactly coin
cides with yours, furnishes the consoling re
flection that difficulties may be ended by op
position. There is no blessing equal to the
procession of a stout heart. The magnitude
of the danger needs nothing more than a
greater effort than ever at your hands. 11_
'you prove recreant in the hour- of trial, You--
, are the Worst of recreants, and deserve no
compassion. Be not dismayed nor unmanned
when -you should be bold_anti_daring,_uu—
flinching and resolute The cloud whose
threatening murmurs you hear with fear and
- dreadi pregnant with blessings, and the
frown whose sternness now makes you, shud
der and tremble will ereiong be succeeded
by a smile of bewitching sweetness and, be
nignity. Then be strew , r and manly, oppose
equal forces to open chfficullies, keep up a
stout hearl,_and_trug r in Provideace—heat
ness can only be achieved by those who are
tried. The condition of that achievement is
confidence in one's self,—Riehntond Pust.
A GENTLE REBTIK.E.-A lady, riding in
a oar on the New York Central Railroad, wag
disturbed in - her - reading by the conversation
of two gentlemen occupying the seat before
her. One of them seemed- to be 'a student
of some college, on bis way home for a vaca
tion. fle used
_much pralano language,
greatly to the annoyance of the lady. She
thought she would rebuke him, and on beg
ging pardon for. interrupting them, asked
tho young student if ho bad studied the
languages '
'Yes; madam, I hive mastered the lan
guages quite well.
'Quite fluently.'
'lVilf you be so kind as to do me a small
favor?
'With.great pleasure, madam, I am at
your service.'
—'Will - you - be - sok i o
ing in Hebrew 7'
We may well suppose the lady was not an.
noyed any mote by the ungentlemanly /an
guage df this would be gentleman
A DUTCIINIAN IV TROUBLE.—Vonee I
stop mit a hotel to stay in the night, and
goes ter ped, and sleep ver a little vile,' and
vakes. up wit something piling roe. I strikes
a light and see FO many pet pugs as never vas.
I takes der covert! and lays them on the floor,
and tries to sleep a little vile. But they
vakes me up again. So I takes some tar
that vas dare, and puts a circle around ter
pet on the floor an rays down again. Tinks
I fix dem dis time. I sleeps vor a little vile,
and den I feel something fall in my face,
zip. I den vakes up and finds dat the little
tuyvels are on the val! above mine bead, and
chumps rite down on me. So I takes sem°
more tar and make anoder circle over my
head on ter ceiling. Tinks I fix dem dig
time. So I lay down vor a little vile. Sw
soon as never vas I feel dem little tuyvels
amain. I strikes a light, and py tam I dey
had pulled ter straw out of the pet and puild
a pridge over ter tar, and was on me again,
And so I never sleep dare any more.
Richardson's new life of Grant contains
the following incident of camp life in
:
One afterioon, a long, gaunt civilian, wear ,
ing garments of a tasty black and a stove
pipe hat, walking up in the rear of head.
quarters, was accosted by a hostler: •
Hostler (gruffly) —'Keep out of here.'
Visitor--Isn't - ibis Gen: Grant's tent?'
Hostler--'Yes.'
Visitor (striding forward)—(Well, I reck
on he will let me inside.'
fiostler--4You'll soon find out.'
As he neared the tent, *a, guard• mistook
biro for an agent of the Sanitary Christian
Commission.
Guard--'No Sanitary folks allowed
side'
Visitor—'l guess Gen. Grant will see me.'
Guard— 'I can't let you pass, but will seud
him your name. What is it?'
Visitor—'Abraham Lincoln!
A friend tells a good thing of a wounded
soldier who, in. 1,864, was brought from the
Weldon road to City Point, on the James.
As he lay on his stretcher, an old woman
passed along, peddling pies known as quiz-.
overs,' the crusts of which were of the real
iron clad species. The soldier bought one,
and after giving his teeth as fair trial on it,
he bailed the peddlar with—'Say, mother, be
these pies sewed or pegged 7'
An old bachellr ungallantly says that wo•
man, with all her beauty and worth, should
remember that man was the chief matter con
sidered at the creation. She was only a side
issue.
An, editor at the South has purchased a
race horse at the expense of two. thousand
dollars for the purpose of catching his. run
away subscribers.
What is the difference between a hungry
man and a glutton ? One longs to eat and
the other eats too long.
When a rogue means to utter a worse lie
than usual, he generally. prefaces it with,
'To tell you the honest truth
SCARCE,—PolitioianS who don't wa,nt-offi
oes, and maidens wbo.don't want husbands.
Norte go- to.heavert bet those_who have a
taste for Sit, en,earth.,
Th4knoblest"sight on 'earth-is a man talk'
ing reason and bin wife lintel:dog to him.
Kindoesit ra a language:that even the dumb
brutes can understari, ,
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