Plymouth Democrat, Volume 15, Number 32, Plymouth, Marshall County, 14 April 1870 — Page 1

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SKOOPOO, ETC. UME" TO TLOKEIfCE HHIIWIHI, 1 "ABB iMAVl OP 1Y, ÜE. Swe:sT maiHeti of Paamaquoddy, Hhall w m -k for communion of soul Where the di-t j Mi-aliippi nu-ttiid -re, Vr Ike diataut Siukalchewau roll1 Ah. na-for in Maine I will find 1 1. A sweetly Hi,iictertd nook, Wh-r! the fjr winding SkoodiHwat.kook-i9 Conjoins with the i-.keudouvahkioW. Thrc wander two beautiful rivt-n. With many n winding and crook : Th- one is tne rsWoodoowriS-kooksis, The oi kW- tka koodoowabskook. Ah. .vte-f of haunts' tho nnmcnliouod In geoavaky, nti'as. or hook. ;tt fair i ire SI.doov:ih-kook:-U When nil it.e bkoodvowubakook ! Ourr.n -hill !i ctese l.y the water Within that sequent rated nook fteBeeted iu kiMMtow.ih-iaak-i Au! inirrorod iu bkoodoowab-kook I ou halJ -leep to the mu-nc of leafl ta A Btpkyri II WBatenBSSS shook. A"1' dream ol Um sjfcoodoow-iWkonksis, Am!, perhaps, or the Skoo-loowah-kook ! When awaked by the hena and the roo.ter Kuh morn, you hal I joyously look, Un thejwaettaa of SkoiHioowabskook,!vvuu o:t tfkfk .; ökoodoowabakook ! 1 n food -hall be tlsh from tho water. Drawl f.irth on the point of a book. V -om tuurmartjM bkoodoorahko Otafo, r wsatotaa; skojdoowabkook ! "i " -'" th' i.-.",: -parkl:uf ot w.iter. Draw forth Irom a silvery brook Which ilow to Ike Skio(lo-)vvab-k')wl--!i. A''l then tu :he sskeodou.vabt-kuok ' And pea akaB peeeMa at th hanquci. And will wait on thee a cook : A-.nl we'll talk of ihw koodoovahskooK.M. And stag of the koodoo brko- k ! Lei ..'.- ;ti: loadlj of i-aco, Ot Ijaoddy. :ui'.! Taf.nn i-.-i, h, cm Keaaebeoraaia, aid (jeaco, .! M . -h. and Du. mi. he, ii Xanhwaak, ami BhftBtBBilailBBa, Or Menuii.-riruatmtiericook. -Th- -. - t..u.j :k'- ike Skeodi 'a''tkookis Eiceptia the Skoodoow.tuakook, ! Boston VommercvA ;.', ft. MISCELLANEOUS. iipAssi:s. At nt ( LSrsr eaa tossing her last flap. urk fr.m paj. t,, pl.ltt.t j,,,, iri lime to girt a C ance Uvt ,.,1 T(,un(1 the rD ami poc ctjn? itsef in the open window, ' J" 1 ao Hu- foiroj Us Post :.. Barkh.un, '' CofoneJ ami riding toward the BSSV, on borwstifV-d and dejected, and i u revives tit iraiil adfB for them. One would think almost r.s soon ofi mflding a hotel in a cemetery, and waiting lor gfaaatlj vi-itants, as of ettlin;; OUT Mad Springs, in dbc heart of a de m rte country. But th re the house st(ol a trigsrüng, one-storied inn, half! ' ' and h .If rough posts, like a broken "pKtef ; Ike supports of the shed standinir lute iraunt legs. One almost expected to it tn-nini; :ilout the )laee. A wild, BBCOWtil place a ragged, un- I h"n; it of nature, in her most discordant m d. A narrow vflky, fringed, as to j U Htfes, with gnarled oaks that crouched in MleBoe, and eottonwo !, whose leaves ' need glad tobe bidden by their dusty coating Largi bonlden ran slow rates nan tbe bills, or gntnered in sober rmqBsarnenid t -tony chief; some prav, nj smirched with hritt'e moss; othen bfokrn, and trying to glisten iu the sun. 1 Kyi the ' trda d -c rtd the canon, at tinfoot of which Stood the house ; and though netixaee peeping around the outlet, i wrt rentnri i in. How the winter wind maried an the ravine, hoffet ing eeenri Iii-).-, am drawing a clud of dust in its irky train' Bow the rains poured down, as if glad to wash out the landHtarks, petting and sonking, running ihw j channels, and hollowing oat the ratface. tiiy the little, thnud like brook, that la isted down from the spring, lauglud in the ranlight, Hashing bud upon the dinging weeds that conrtesied to the hngtit bubbb n their rapid cowrse. At Um fence the brook crcjit under, and moistened tbe Rowers and regetables that were scattered aboal the forden the pride aad care of Ann! Clepay, and the solace of htr heart. Hunting afl day among the hills, Wi ,ri: d with fruitless sport, we eanas un isipectedrjr upon h se siens d life, and, orging o ;r horses, pnaned on to the In . Hing. ' (''. are itajr here to-night tnqnired F", es Ike dame came to the door, and -' i, with arms tkjBbOi scanning our patty with emioBa eye. Ye in try," was the sapient lajobadcr a WW t.what equi vocal cm; but he laled travelers are nt won; t- he ov rniee. We tamed our animils into the yard rind bandied our traps into the front room that served lor sitting, dining and bar. Th-j h"-. s had preceth-d us, and gave is greeting', laaning on the bar rail. Hhe ro..;iy cxanuned our baggage, such as it h.i as !, with a sigh l relief, renuurked: "Y ainl go! b yallee veßse, I see, and jrt i . ; lay, Voa Slay tkink it evrwa, hot mm whieii has a yaller volise ean tie ii re. IU teil ye why this is. There t pearl like -hap oust came here, pr j( fling Hroijtid, which had .ich a . kod he hep oi toyia1 and stay !, wtii ii we ilidn't eea no n-n;y of h -.r ty after day. IJut as we had found . roli.se henry which ass and Conn- ; i-- s oftea hefted w; IhSMSght it WOS all rifkL Hut, oue tlay, my m tr diin t t ome back any more ; and when Weesens to open the toll , we Ibond it wa aailed lO the flfl -r, ci;ity , lid BO Uiati W ith sich :i heavy tliiii lei V WC kepi ence." " You are rii-iit in being cautious when -.ii h nv n art around. Bat where is your hnab oid M aski d the ColoneL m Duv.ii in tiip field, yon-ler. They rail hi tu Compasses, 'cause one of his hgs is a littk irregular. But you mustn't keisp bm with palarcriaor you wont git ants bur f r j.rovender," and ahe bustled into the k i heft. A kindly bm ad ok lady a i I ever looked ftnoei . : nd -i' ha ' safely passed Ike age when women arc apt to become biotting papi rs, to al r! ill the milk of human kindness aboal them TnD and spare, a plaia print-gown aeafly put on, he had aU possible dignity of carriage jni demean or. A gingnlar r-om we were oecsrpying. At one end Jotted out from the wall a few ihelves, on which wasarrang d a row of haStlt'S Thre were seven ans of oy-ters-always seven having UM mark-, of a daily polishing. A small jar was labelled M8okeer if yon rang N Own tame forth an empty SOemd. A cigar-lnix, of some fade I, mt i era! brand, bang cloei to this . : r company. An old Datei pipe, hung up bv tt. neck, had keen strangling alow 'y lot v us. Tliere was a remaikatile print f the Deluge upon one wall, WIM re a pawpla ark navicated among piuk whal s, that spouted raspberry S-xla-water; while Nh, with hi -.! t rampa- ' ny,elal in nav d uniforms,an 1 Iwaring urn- ' brellas, s, . to t haff the struggling mataru witkafl Um sfirontery si men wkokad i'l tlieir lare. Two peusting swimnn r 4 a pair of pants," hh Hark ham ih:i ned them stn.ve tO f IHnk Ike "''! !er, but wets Mssked otr by the g"!d iactal hirelings, II m do hesc w tiptural prints gi t ...t. Irsch pieet pKres A half dozen we'd whittled chairs, and two lench, t hat shied up against the Wall, completed Ike mrniUvre. We had baatBy completed a rat raj of our surrountling, when we heard the blast of a lnrn. and elosf upon it, a foiCB akowfiaj, " Silas ! 6 id a s V n answ- r thereto, tliere8H)n appeared t the Äoor the lord of the manor, sur named ( 'ompafsea. lie had an unmista1? ..bly tilf li l: not a loose appendage, but a firm attachment to his body, like a limb to the trunk of a tree and the in k t on his foot Iih I all the los, tiffing symmetry .-f the kin of a bik' d appic upon the pulp Ifcereof Ike man, after gaing at ns, somewhat in surprise, pivoted into Um room, entered the bar and said, "Wei c me, get. leinen. Take a drink v" Though w were tolerably well acqwalnteo with the -piriti f the frontier, none of ip wen fully prepared hi the p'tn-,!ey. ' the tipple, and had hardly reeovercd out breath when tbe lady reap pearcd. and ht-tily settiui; a table, laid ilrr-mi our atippr, of bau on, eggs, und thpjaei, to which we did summary jiwtice . and, when we had flnidied, filled our pipes, and sat under tho porch, in the

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VOLUME XV. warm evening, where we were soon joined by the host and hostess, both as well provided with tobacco as ourselves. An odil eo iple, trulv ! The man.ahalfwnsted farm, with a yellow, shaggy beard, and an irregular Sue. Canal running through his sandy hair; the woman, a trim, neat body, aud soft voice. "We Wore much Surprised to find anyone living up lure," remarked Fosco, by way of beginning conversation. M So am I, when 1 wake up in the Burning," growled out Compasses. "Now, Silas, don't say that," rnimu--trated his wife. " Yer hadn't orter be discontented here ; we live well snoBgh, and have no troubles Yer hadn't orter doit." " Waal, my life has been chock-full of hadn't orters, anyway; and sometimes I've broken 'em, and sometimes not, and it don'l seem to make no difference." " it ain't never no good te buck agin things, Silas. Providence U BBSartin in Uis dispensatories, I know ; and livin' ia always a enmc of prhapa,and win n we're young, is the n'rhapsest part of it, hut I roCM the Bible's true, and it'll all come out right." " Waal, for my part, 1 think Providence ii a little mixed, it's no use talking of it to me. I bed a brother once, as would ha' made a good sheep tuna down in Texas, but he got religion, and played on the big fiddle in church at first which I called it the viol o' wraUi and the way he used to Squeak the wrath ot.t o' that fiddle wasa caution to frogs in the sluice. 'Then Enos took to pcachin' preichin I we.nt for to say, but somehow it's about the same thing, tor them pious cusses they gits up and peaches on their friends, and tells the Lord all their shortconu Ami if as how we're "11 sinners, them fellers must kinder turn Staters evidence. And after Enos got to pre.' hin', he tried to convert me, but I didn't convert so much as I might You needn I try it on again, ('hps. Lach of us does acccraift' to his light, and some of us haste SiVeat like a nigger under oath, bat the most of us is bilks." The last sentence came out like a whipla sh graceful and curling at first, and ending in a quick snap. " Well, Silas, I won't dispute the pint before company." " I tare you lived litre long l "' inqnired Bark ham "Nigh on six years now," answered Aonl Clepsy. " We corns on from Texas, after that dry year," added Compasses. "There was many of us as kit that country iu thesu day a; Ifancfl was hard, and we was seckin' a better country, but it's about as hard and droughty here tu anywhere else?" "Bat do you have much company here f1 m Travel ain't overdone, but Wfl gits a share. You must 'sense me, genk;men ; I've got t look srter the stock, answered Compaatee, as he knocked the ashes from his pi e and vanished around the corm r. "loa in tum t mind what he says, apologised t hi: wife ; "he has had many disappointments. That there man has been rieh and prosperous and since he lost his money .he has been unhappy. IMsappotataaenl hurts everybody, fraternally be many be the saint, but his in nards is struck." " Bare you no children living" with you?" " We never bad only two, and ours of th m Hcs in New Mexico, with his toes pointing to the wild fiowern The other one left us n lone time aao. His father was ha'sh to him, and he run away, and j went to Roosha. I hev heerdai how he's bo n beknighted for building a railroad there, but I don't sBow much upon it. There ain't no ' : but me and Silas left BOW, and I h pi . we'll go together. We've been like the Syenite l wins, aim M, and hadn't oughter be separated. And Silas has beea good husband to me; there's giod leads in him, though the out er spin rills rough and badlike; and he don't mean half he saya D yt mean to stay a ith us long V" " We have not ijuite d.ectded. fl IketC anything to shoot around h re?" " Not mill Ii ; folks usually does their shooting assong theirsclyan, le might find a deer or two, it yaj was lucky." At this point the 'host returned, and proposed a game of " pilch-seven tip," to which all assented ,,:,t myscM, and were soon sftgaged aroontl a rickcU table, det p in Ike ms -'.erics of "sinches" and "pots." "My man is very loud of that "ere game, remarked the old lady; "but, 1 ln't like, cards guir'alla. Cards -.imi drinkin go together, and many a young ni iti is broken with them. 1 hev known young saen to be bull drivers, and risin in Ike woi !', t teh d clean down by pis n. And it se-ms to run in Ihmilies. There was Mary Flint, in our town, had a rattle ol seven b rys, and one arter another took o drinkin, and died. I think that if the men as maki s biwi w ould keen te drinkm1 placi and gsmbHn' pla'-es, and nmkepnople do them penly, th re wouldn't OS SO in my drunkards ; 'cos loll; - always hank PIS arter what they're forbidden to get An ve all from Sau Pfand cot" " All but one of us, who is Lorn China." 4 Ye don't my from China ! I Wonder if he hat erer met my son there; ain'i China contagious to Ri ha?" " Not er . ; a great many mUes between them." "Sinched, by Sloses!'1 here intermnted Ike old amn. Look-a-here, Ciena, don't never say no more to me ahoul luck. Tins ver g nlmaa has had tw o clatters of four, without takln1 breath. I do believe as how that Recording Angel of yonrs Ins iif-ver s ratched inothinc lud unebes Bgin my name. I've had enough of this game." Compa-3e rose from the table, and retilled lii tip', and seemed to be trying to relieve- his mind by vieious pulls at it. " Gcn'lmen, ever since God borned na9 seerything h is petered out. Poet, I was . used out by the drought in Texan Then I was captain oi a dug-out lerry up on Snake eye river, and was doin well, wkea the caapi put up a job on me as bust the riftt a;ain. Them CBSBeS BSed to keep i span of dothes n each side of the river, and pick up a big roek in their arms to hotu 'em down, and wade across. That let me out in navigai ion. AwdsenCe I've ! In re, my stock is allers running away, and my ricks biirningdown, till I'm e'en a'mo t worn out." "You must have been rather tried by all these things," vcntiin-o Posco. " You may SN that boldly, -ir. Tried is a good word. I've beiu for yoftfs in the fry i ot' pan, an' I'm only ski in nun's." " Don't you rememoer, Silas, of that Btory of Juli, Wkick was the llllflll tllBBtl 1 1 man in tin Seripte.r?" " Yss, I doss ; and I'm very much like Job's off-OX. Well, it's getttn1 nigh on to bed lime, and I'll ay good-night We were not loth to retire, and on were rolled up ii. our blankets; and we thought Compasses must have been in , In Iter spil lis, lor, ere we fell aslei p we i i r 1 as ng tie w II known ; ditty: " lean Cinti-tc, 'nr quoi, Jt-an BipO'' . 'inr fast, ', ifeaa ItapUri". ptaar paar qaei, Von ir'Kl hi my little log tau, iy ijiu. When morning dawftcd, however, our huM was as morose as ever, and to our in iptiries as to the light melody, gave answ er : MHI that enaned Canadian of a feller. TnsSVl Ike only psahn he knows, and he ain't qoitl sun 01 that. Jle ain'i lit l r Buthia' t.ut t. range say -hep ; are! f b'liev it'Mhis moaning that gifa 'cm the ab I Ilepsy, she read-1 he pjUM I , "Oine t um , aftd mj s he must have ike tryktna, ao he's silt rs sjuy;in' about pork war." loijiuust BSC newspapers very sei- ; dorn."

Pi jYMouth

u Yes, thank God ! It's plain sailin to Clepsy. She's a homed scholard, and always took to readin' naturally, artickly to noveltry. Hut I gets mired every inch I goes ; and on three sides of the paper there ain't no partiekler connection ; it's b otl and shoes, lard and lumber, hardware and dry goods, aud all mixed. A good many eharikters in that ere play, I says to the w ife. But, then, a woman's got more savey in I hem things than a man, which is supposed to work all the time." "Won't you go out shooting with us this morning?" asked the ColoneL "I rather guess not. 1 hain't been mack on the shoot o' late. When I was younger, I was reckoned the best shot in our town ; but tic in days is fled and gone forever. Yc'd better bear to the right, after ye git up the canon, where it splits." And wc left him watching us as we rdQe away. Over the brown, bare hills, guiltless of shrub or grass, rollingaway to the north in resist less waves. Crisp and brittle the turf lonh r our horses' hoofs, I he little pulls ol dust rising at every step. Into their holes tumble the nimble squirrels, throwing quick glances ovef their shoulders. Now, a - bulled rabbit, leaps into sight, and bow Is away, unhurt by the sharp " ping" of ti e bullet Warm pour down the rays of the sun, banting and pan hing the earth, and checking the haste of our horses. Lol a deer is seen in a hollow, raising his head in the air, and sniffing at the intruders, .lust one stroke of the purs, and away we skurry in quick pursuit. A young one, scarcely showing horns, but he bounds proudly on. Closer and closer we come, till the panting animal turns. Crack, goes the Colonel's rille, and, with a bound, the tired creature falls, with a ballet in his shoulder. Then the knife and his life has lied. Inly one did we raise that day, ami, toward nightfall, were only too glad to retrace OUT steps to the house, and sup on' venison steaks. ' Not much luck today," said Compasses. "One deer is little among so many." "Bat the skill of your wife makes us forget the scarcity ." "Well, gentleman, that ar wife is the only comfort I ever had. Clepsy is a mas ter-hand at flxin's. There's some as has the doin's, ami hadn't the know-how in'-, SS many a rieh man cau l Set a good table, j Bat, if your woman has tin1 know-how in's, a verv little doin's is enough. Which ivon's in foiinil in the tenth tiistle to tin Csiiforrüans, or, howsomerer, ought to .. ' M Whit's that. Silas?" interrupted the! wite, catching the l ist words. M You , quotin senptur. Im ccnatnost astonished, but, likewise, ph ased." 1 didn't go fur to let you hear it ; but no harm's done." " Won t you say it again, old man '.'" "It's no use to sell your cabbages twice, says I, and I never repeats." "Like Bhakspcare, inserted Fosco, "I dunno him. b he in San Fran cisco?" "Hardly," was the reply, followed by an explanation. Waal, -ontinu'd Compasses, "its 1 am! no scholard, you mut' . pardon nie fur ----- W not takin'." "A mas must hare tarnia to take them things," said Aunt Clepsy, as she took up a dropped stitch in her prospective Stocking. "Not everybody ean git an eddication, and read and spell like a steam engine, without knowin1 how to milk ; and I've sometimes thought as how eddication was like tunneling for a blind lead; ye don't know how much it's coimr to hell ve And it every boy has -rot a trade, he's 1 got HomethhV what bo drought can kill, j and no flood wash away, but is hisn etcr- J nally." " Yer right, there, Clepsy," followed I Compasses. " If I had a thousand and I one ooys, i u give inc imiu one an eiituca tion, and give some trade to the other ; then they wouldn't rise up agin me ntthc last day. With his health and a good trade, a feller can light his way along, par tiekly in a country like this." We sit, in conversation, some boars, and, on breaking up I he circle, announced to oar hosts oar Intended departure Ike next morning. " We're sorry to kave ye eo," said Aunt Clepsy, " lor we don't git many rbntori bow. It's seldom whi re all the people is." " Bill we may CotlM to sec you a,rain. BOBaeday, I answered. M There's nothing sure hut, death and the taxes; tat we'll ho glad U) sec yon, if you come." A long, sweet Bleep, dt-r a fatiguing day, such as is enjoyed on the bill, In the invigorating air, is a boon which we thoroughly appreciated 'h it night, and, a! early in rning, were ready to start; and, having partaken of a hearty break last, bade adieu to the old eoiiplc, and pro ecdcd homeward, WOndl ring much about the waves of circumstance - that had throw n together two such singular wails, and borne them to I hat distant spot. It was 1b the summer of 185U thai m y law practice took me again into that dis trict; and, as I sat in the hotel of the county seat, I a lanced cart leealyal an old newspaper thai lay on the table. My aye fell upon the following item : "HvectML -l.iiki- Jr.in. rurseeilyaf Texan, sal pr., i 'r a ike Mad Springe Hold, coatadttcel Mocitta y,t,rI iv, al s :t in., hy nhootin linn ell Ifcroagk tie' Bead. Be died in-cmily."' The paper was a month old. I could but feel sad for Con. p. sea, and for his poor wife ; and, after the term of court wai finished, rode over to the place. 1 Inold baSBSS itOOd BS Of Old ; the garden bloomed still, and the brook babbled as cheerfully as when I first beheld it. Leaving my horse at the fence, I knocked at Um door, and Aunt Clepsy met me but, oh! BOW ( hanged. Borrow hfl 1 plowed deep furrows in In r once Mil toth brow , and, beneath her pare white cap, I could e many a silver line. She did not know nte at first, but when I recalled to her our former visit, greeted me warmly, though her hand w.-.- full of trembling. " You know' he's gone, then; gone and left me behind, which BCVCT did I leal him for a single day. n the sun, and in the stoi qs, w ben t h- wheels run well, and when we was mired, we was always b gelber, and Derer once ilxl hi have a aa'ah word. We aaret sound on sack other oust." The poor woman's sob; choked her Utterance. " I ve mrchl d the Hi rijditr', and tried In Kt Comforted, but il don t come," phe eon tinned. " Collar me, and I'll show you wln re we laid him." out in the gardsn, smong Ike bagrant Rowers, was Compasses1 grave a simple mound. A row of violets bordered the swelling earth, and the brook tili sang its song. "riot that I blame hnn much; he wai tired - tired of lightin' Borne men1 lives Is a conti nooal fight, and they has to he strong not to git und- r math Imt I lore him." When the iff broken woman had Boaaewkaf rrjooreroil, I led the way to the house, and, as we aal a! dinner, she told me all ; how he bad 1 ft her, m usual; how ski had beard Ute shot, found him dead. A short, sad story. Snail yon ontinne to bve here?1 I ksked, as I skook her tend, forced to hjrry away "Oh. yes ; I hall waif lu re till Vi BOUf for by the Lord." A nd Ik de iHed), le Iplng and t re I ing, living upon her past love, and her coming joy till fin Death Angel summoned her to haaven to Compasses, who watched for her there. CHsrfaweJ Monthly.

PLYMOUTH, INDIANA,

Marriage Ceremonies in the DiflVreut Countries of Asia, Not one of those ceremonies could prose satisfactory to the woman of the period. In nearly all the countries of the East, women are regarded as property, and marriage consists of a bargain bebetween the bridegroom and Um parents of the bride. The affect ions of the women are seldom consulted ; they are passively guided by others, and accept their situation, as useful and convenient slaves to the stronger sex. The wedding ceremonies in the different countries bear a general resemblance. In Biimah, nuuriage is a civil contract; the law allows bat one wife. The formalities sire conducted the same as in India. Relatives atrree concerning the amount of dowry ; the brideirronin sends presents according to his wealth, teaata are giren, and the married coude eat from the same dish, which is the only time a woman is allowed to eat with a roan! Iu Shun the parents consult the daughter's inclination in regard to the young man who demands her lor a wile. If all approve the match, omens are consulted, contract t signed, dowries paid, the priest sprinkles them with consecrated water, and repeats prayers. Feasting and dancing complete the ceremony. Among the different castes of the Hindoos, the ceremonies vary. Borne of them require no form but the consent of the parties. They exchange necklaces or wreaths, the gfrl saying, " I am thy wife," and the bridegroom, " It is tine." Among the high r castes they are conducted with great formality and pomp. In Persia, the bridegroom sends, on the morning of lint wedding, a train of metes, laden with presents, to the bride. The day is spent in feasting. Towards evening, the bride, who is always veiled, mounted on a superbly decorated mule, and accompanied by a long train of relatives and friends, proceeds to the house of her destined husband, who, with a similar procession, rides forth to meet her. Sin n accompanied to the apartments prepared lor her, and from that BkOmenl is a law ful w ife. The festivities usually continue for three days. The customs in Thibet are very extraordinary, one woman is the wife of a w hole family ol brothers, be the family large or small. It is a custom which prevails with all ranks. The tnarrtage i without ceremony, mutual con sent being tin bond of union. Thi i anion can only tie dissolved by the consent of s P1 &nd Uey are aerer altera! bin rty to form any Other connection. It ' M that instances of infidelity are cxtremcly rare In China the brldewroom knows noth ing of his intended wife, except what he Lather- from the friends who arrange the preliminaries of the mnrriaec, and de I terminc the sum to be paid for the bride. ; On t he day of the wedding, the bride is ; placed in a palanquin, the key of which i- ' lit to ihr bridegroom. She is escorted 1 to his house, where he opens the palate i quin and examines his bargain. II he is phased, he conducts lur in to his dwelling, w here the marriage is celebrated with re j"icinLr-; but if he is not favorably im pre ed. he . loses the palanquin and send 11 1 WaI- 11?. 1 . her back. In th it ease he is obliged to pay a sum ol money equal to the first lie gave for ler. Altera Syrian lady is betrothed, she does not see her intended husband until the wedding ceicnionics are completed l ive days belie e he summons her, he sends a female friend, w ho benrs to her jewels for her Ik ad, neck, and arms, according to Ins wealth and rank. Under the supervision t mis menu inc nnue is bathed, hand stained, lace painted, and wedding robes put on. Alter she is adorned, she is obliged to it in a corner With cfoiicd eyes for a whole dar; then she la escorted, with eyes still closed, to the house of her husband, by his rela fives, and accompanied by a procession of women, musicians, and mules beating the dresses, ornaments and utensils which she has received. In Arabia the ceremony is performed by a priest. He joins the hand- ol the parties and reads verses from tin Koran, then blindfolds the bride. The bridegroom leads her to his lent, Beats her i n i ma! and lays, " Ycai are at home." Uf returns to the assembled Companv and Join f in the feuting. The bride r nains blindfolded a week, during which time some tri end performs the domestic duties for her. In Armenia the prtcal performs theoereinon) by leading the bridegroom and bride, whose head i c irered with a linen veil, into the centre of the apartment, where he joins their hands and knocks their foreheads together A crucial Is swung orer their heads while Ilm priest chants and singa Allel this he tics around t In: bridegroom's brow s red and white string, and asks. " H she is lame, thou aCCeptCSl her?" " It she is blind thou accepteet her?" "If she i-. hump backed, thou acceptesi he) v" T each question he answers, M accept." Then !in:,r b String around the brow of the bnde. the pnesi my: u Thon accepteat ?" " I accept,1 she replica Fearting and amusement last for three day-, during w inch time tin bride Is obliged to srl bilent and motionless. At tin- end ofthat time the priest removes her veil, takes oil the string from her brow, and sly is allowed lor Ike first time hi apeak, The Turkish ceremonies are simple, and su ally p: i formed at the mosque by the prii st, who joins the 'nands oi the couple, and n ein player from the Koran. The bridal veil is bright red, with a yelloa border. Tne wedding frntiiitlta last lour days, and usually commence on Monday, so as to avoid the Mohammedan Sabbat h, w inch comet! on Friday. The Babylonians had the custom of yearly conducting II the marriageable girls to a public kSSI mbly, Where they were put up al am tion. The most beautiful Were sold first, and often lor largt sums. The deformer and homely ones were disposed t next, and BS the price paM hr the beautiful ones w fas divided into dowries lor them, the poor received them willingly for the sake of th- ir portion, In the patriarchial age the Bsarilags ceremony among the Hebrews was verv simple, and b k place BOOB the da VI sapposed to liave been Appointed by Mosea. i i !;i fol i bride w ho had ReVCZ been toarriea, and Thanday for a w idow. I'lie bridi was giren to the brklegrom by hl r parents, the father saving, "Take tier according to tke law of Niiscs,'1 atid the huslmnd answering "I tüke her SC fording to that liw." Then followed Hingiim and lancing for seven days, unless tin bride were a widow, in which case it B M limited lo three days. At a later BgS the form wac ckangecl, and the bridegroom mid to the bi ide " lie thou a wife to me according lo the law ot If oses, and I will worship and honor the according to the word of fjod, and wid feed and irov crn thee seitording toatne customs oi tnose I who worship, honor, ami govern their wi es lothfuily. I id ve thee fifty Shekels for Iky dowry." During the period of srael's prosperity, greati r pomp and Baag nifteence were displayed in the oeremonies, and it became tin u torn tor pan tits to endow he bride in Bleed of the bride groom, paying money or perhumin : serrice mr her. Tke kride, If her parents were wealthy, was arrayed in brilliant marriage robes, costly jewels, annointed wltk perftunes, tnd mwiad with a red veil. Sin' was nrnc in n paianipiin the bridepraom s house, the dooT-pOStl of which she annolBted with oil; then she'.v.i luted oer the threshold, which formed the b und iry In tw t en hef single and Bsarrisd life Numerous gifts wert cxehangl, and festivities continued sev ra I dava.

THURSDAY, APRIL

Importance of Learning a Trade. It is stated in a recent report of the Prison Association, that of fourteen thousand firs hundred and ninety-six prisoners confined in the penitentiaries of thirty States, in '8(17, seventy-seven per cent., or over ten thousand of the number, had never learned a trade. This fact may, in some measure, be verified by im pi iry at the employment and aid assoeiations, Where only a very small percentage of those who apply for positions are skilled in any trade or busintss. An advertisement for skilled labor will call out but few responses, while one for light, unskilled employments will call hundreds of needy applicants for situations. The point with the rising generation is to avoid manual labor. The aveision to manual labor has been, in a great measure, brought about by the false ideas on education thatoervade all classes of society. It is supposed by these mis- !'!.' 1 1 ........I.. i l " ...oi i'lwjmv ' ihn n.uuui icai u iuk ill somehow lurnish their sons and daughters a sure passport to M success," which is always understood bv them to mean getting a fiving without work. Such ol them as can muster means to do so, send their children to the best schools, furnish them opportunities for learning -music, painting, and the other accomplishment, not forgetting to give them the benefit of a foreign polish when it is possible. They thus go orer an anmsing area of educational territory, and a bare list of the studies they have Hgme through" Would appal the Admirable Cnehton hunseH. It might be supposed that tiiese yoUng ladies and gentlemen would be qualified to earn an honest penny, in case of necessity, by some one or all ol these varied attainments; but unfortunately, such iBnol com fltOfily the fact. We say leave out of the consideration the common branches' of education, inch as arithmetic, grammar, and geography, which are the elementary branches of a general education, but of the " higher branches " of an English or linguistic education, how many of these sons and daughters of ambiUoas' parents learn enough to enable them to earn a dinner in case the paternal funds fail to come to hand ? They hare made no one of them a special study, and have studied them all superficially. And cue may judge of how they study them by watching them as they go trudging and panting to school, under 'the weicht of the small library, which seems to be necessary for a day's study in thai temple of knowledge the public school. In 'due tyne, they "graduate11 With great edit, and are considered ready for the battle of life. It is all right with them so long as the " governor," the "old man," or whatever they may call htm, can "shell out the rocks," "down with the stamps," or, in old UVthioned language, furnish tin in the mcanfi to bve on. When thrown upon their own resources they drift about (of a while, and lind, for a certainty, that they are " babes in the wood," in the important mailer ot providing for themselves. Some of these incompetents, after years of failure and want, drift in! employment. But the great mass of them are the young men who ire standing on our street corners, or wandering about looking for a situa lion where they can do genteel work and anything is considered genteel if it doea i ot involve what they term "manual labor.' Peddling little patented articles that are " indispensable in every family," clerking in any capacity, an agency, though il be only a patent rat aap all these are genteel, and a young American graduate ol a public school or of a commercial "college,'' will call to see the proprietor ol the patent rat-trap two hundred and fitly time' before he will even think ol learning a useful trade. It is customary with some persons to blame these helpless young men verv aeverele : a t j Y - - r j but they are not so much to hi one as are i .a J e B i t I nu n- parenis ana inetr teacnera. i neir lathers and mothers proba'dv toiled many wear years to gain a competence, which was most likely gained only by the Labor of their hau KSjfcWhat mote natural than to express the wish, with honest, though mistaken kindness, that their sons and daughters might escape so hard a lot? What wonder that their children have grown up with a thorough contempt for work? when the children went to school, their teachers impressed upon them the importance of education for "elevatum-" them, whi' h they always Understood to mean, avoiding the Laborious toils of their parents1 lives. We could point to a certain class of institutions which have, in these (sise teachings, done Incalculable in jury to the cause of honest industry. Before the eril can be remedied, different class o ideas must pre vail in families and in schools. It IttttSJI come to be understood that parents do only a part oi their duly to their children unlil they see to it that they an- masters ot good i rades, in all the niceties of theory ami practice. When this view of parental duty comes to prevail, the click of skilled, productive indttSl ty will be more respected than the countless inake-shill expedients for a living w hich now disgrace so many ahle-bodicd, but helpless roUug men. We won'd dfsr urage amultipucitrof studies, and insist upon the most perfect ma l- ry of a few judiciously chosen branches of knowledge. It should ! impressed upon the minds ol the pupils that thorough ness in one or two depart m DtS of leai n ing is of more value Mian a smattering knowledge o many. And la-t, though not least, thai a good trade, well nutcrod, : .i . I.. ......... is me ci'wtt ning gi-ny u, an wKstiwu. Qftieaefta ßsjiiiMkvm. Children's Anus and Legs, HtTDB aims ate the means of the prein ii ure deaths of many ol ih little Inno centa Wt often see these little mites, the darlings of their parents, with thick substantial lothing about the body, niuflh rs around the thjOBta, and caps on their In ads, with their arms bare to th. elbow -, ami their legB In a similar condition nearly up to their knees. These extremitiesof a child, in which the bl I is nevet ofso bi b a temperate n ail in the adult) and in Which ii c of th. gle itest important- that it should be kept in a circulating medium, ought to be warmly dad. Krery parent, and especially erery mother, should see that the clothing of a child conies down to the wrists upon the am . and to the feet upon tin leg. It may be fashionable, it may he gratify ing to Ike mother's vanity and the talkers pride to m . the char skin of their children; but it is oftea death to the children. Every prac lining physician could tell a tats upon this subject that should make the eersol all BUCk indiscreet parents to tin le. A distinguished Fnglish physician, who had practised fTty years, stud that he believed he h id known Bereral thousands of children brought to an BBtimely grare by going with their arses and legs naked; snd a distinguished physician, who died some rears since ia Paris, declared, u 1 believe that during the Iwcntt six . u I have Dructised my profession in hs ity, twenty thou -and cluldnn hare been carried totheceaaeteries aBscrifice to the sbsurd Custom of exposing the amis naked " As lrer of children, we warn pan nt- Hgnin t adopting soak a deletetion cu torn Many have wondered w by so niany i hil drendfa WTs wonder tkat any live Sixm after birth they are cr iminell with food, doesd w ith m dicine. and iteamed w ith bi I clotbee and tovee . then they are sent out m cold i ather, clothed n unity in all parts of the hodf except WkStl the loihing is the most needed. TheM legs, arms, and m i ks are bare, ami thm are they exposed to a temperature that makes n tr.mtf man hndd. r, IhoUgb gforsd, prercoated. stockinged and booted.

Democrat

U, 1870. Rut we want to harden the children ; yes, and soon you find they are gone. i ut me nuin oi a thermometer in a baby's month, until the mercury will rise to ninety degrees. Now carry the same to its little hand ; if the arms be bare, and the evening cool, the mercury will sink to forty degrees. Of course, all the blood which Mows through those arms must fall to within thirty to forty degrees below the temperature of the heart. Need we say. w hen these currents of blood flow back into the chest, the child's vitality must be more or less compromised? Anil need we add that we ought not to be surprised at the (rcquent recurring affectionsof the tongue, throat, or "stomach ? Many children, with habitual COUgh and hoarst nese, or chocking with mucus, have been entirely or permanently relieved by simply keeping their hands and arms warm. Every observing and progressing physi cian has daily opportunity to witness the same cure. Good BeeUh. Sitr.eon Sikes. Bl BUSH STJMNftR. Simeon Bikes, diver seller, sallying solitarily southward, steadily seeking satisfactory sales, sauntered soberly, swing ing satchel, systematically show ing solid silver spoons, sugar shovels, small si.e.l salvers, superior spectacles, sharp scissors, snuQers, sewing shields. Sombre skies sent soft showers, soaking Simeon's satchel, shoes, etockings, shirt, skin. Suddenly something seemed faying softly: "Sweet Sally Slater Simeon soon shall see." So Simeon straightway strode stupendous strides, seeking Sally Slater's snug shelter ; soon saw sundry stately sycamores, stand ing sentinel, shading said spinster's secluded shelter: spied Sally sitting solus, sewing stock in. tt, slyly snuffing sweetscented Scotch snuff. Sudden surprise seized Sadie's sedate soul, seeing Bimeon'B swip. strides ; Bailie's sanctity, somehow, skedaddled shamefully. She, somewhat sensitive, shrank suspiciously, started suddenly, spilled some snuff, soiled stockinett; stuttered, i nnmered,said : "Seat sir?" Simeon shivered, shook, said "Smart shower!" Sally said, "Slightly so." Simeon's shins seemed sore ; 90 Bally sought some soothing salve ; supplied some soft-soled slippers. BqttSre Shouldered, slab sided, spindle shanked Simeon seemed sentimentally satisfied. Soon Sally said: "Sold some silver since Sunday, Simeon?" Simeon scowled savagely. Sally suggested supper. 41 Sartain, Sally," s;lj. Simeon, "something 1 uilli iently strengthening ; some strong stimulant! So Bally sent sirjoin steak, saumges, some soothing Bangarec. Bimeon's stomach soon seemed satisfied. So Simeon smoked several -gars; sal stupidly; soon slept ; BnorpdL SOIIOI'i 111 - t r S'lllv Dil 1 1 . '. r. J """8 iVJ stitching stockinett shirts, snddcnljETj rnceseo. Mmeon suurteu, stared, seemed scared ; BUSplciouslt surv yed surrounding space. Shutter BltadsS seemed secure. Sally, - topping sew ing, siid BOftly : uSomcbody slyly sneaking, seeking Simeon's silver ?" Simeon, slightly Buscepti ble, seemed suddenly smitten; sought Sallie's side : Bscreligiousiy surrounded sine titnonioiis Sally Slater's slight symmetry I She teemed somewhat suspicious, said: Msicklsh1 sift!" Simeon Btai-tng sig Dificantly, said : "Sweetest, sureh Bolitary soulsshould mpathize!11 Sally Blappt d Simeon. Sim seemed subdued, she seeiui d sorry ; showed some softening symptoms; supinely sought Sim's sturdy shoulder. Sh ' Sim smart,, i Sally! So straightway surrounding she smacked Sim' Sinn on said "Set some suitabh -' tson." Sally said: "September? Sun. shrugging Sim's shoulders, said : " toontr " Scripture sunly sanctions such strong synipal hy ! " Say Sunday '" So she succumbed 1 Several supernal seasons slipped softly, sweetly somewhere. Seren small scions sprung successively, shedding sunshine-shouting, singing, seldom sick ; squalling sometimes; still sweetening Sallii 's solitude. So succeeding stmm rs serenely spul. Simeon still sells siltcr, supplying sabstantial sabsistence. S Ul li ' , -W llll S.TIlr. HahnBiteaee eereet; sakeieteuce tars I Woon$ockH Patriot. Tftl Winter ol 1710 is described iu "fin old book quoted by a German paper as very terrible. This work, " BrockeS? COtttentmenl in God," thus speaks of it : "An unheard f fro-1 seised with extraordinary seventy on the World and the elements, so that il is Scarcely possible to number or r i:ite the many strange occurrences that look place through its violence. Mm led so oppressed that days passed by nnheed cd. One would and could hardly speak ; one Bai and lUOÜghtj yet could nöt think : if any one spoke a Woi lit was with S hard set lace. Many hens and ducks, even the cattle in the stalls, died of cold j the trees split asunder. Not only hi er but wine in cellars froze. Deeply sunken wells were covered with Unpenetrable ice. Crows and other birds fell to the ground Ire. n in tln ir Bight. No bread was eatable, tot it was as cold and haul as a stone." Brockcs further relates that this extraordinär winter w as ioUowcii by an equally uncommon spring. In nay no sign f rerdure was yet to b seen; it was still cold in July, aud vegetation was then Still further hindered by 'drought. Tin- bar rest was not oyer till late in the autumn, and by the middle of October the frost returned, before Use trait ia tin gardens had had lime to ripun. A LTTTLB gill in a piimai school asked in r teacher how to spell "tunkiu." " Pumpkin, you mean, do you not ?" ask ed the teacher. "No, tunhtB," said the Little girl. " But there is no such word as thai.' Bald the ea'di'T' "you m'st have misunderstood.' ' I am sure I have heard it,' said the child, and she. sat down looking rather perplexed. Theft she be gan to print hriakly lor a moment or two, and presently the slati was raised again. The teacher looked at it, and read: "I lureMiaeW more than - ." "Now,'' said little Nellie,4 want to write tunkin teil1 TftB ofiScUl statistus ot Ifaasachusetts for LHUfl sttovr that notwithstanding the increase of population, pauperism is lather diminishing, w hile crime and vice are on the increase. The whole number l Btate paupers in 1868 we about 0,000; arerage number, 2,514; whole number iu 1869, ahoul &,60Q; average number, S,'I00; whole unmber of town paupers in IH08, . ,00 1 inpported and 24,000 paiiially supported; average nnmber Bupported, 1,000; whole number fully supported in I860, :,t;(Hi; partially supported, 1,000; ayrare numb, i apported, 1,000. A" diroroe bi somewhat of a hvshionablo topic now -1 days, the followung decision, by a Judge pretty well know n n nnmber oi rears ago, m a divorce case, is aprepss; fter hearing the testimony, His Honor gare the opinion : " From the teatimoni oi the parties themmlrea, giren in this case, it has been clearly shown that this man and woman are just lit to bve with Dkl h other and no one else. This .use willhedi mi- ed.it the OOSS St the pStd tioner." A oommmpomammt ot the Amtrie Amir nit n fit in Montana stat'-s that stock fatten and thrive on the w ild hunch grass oi tho station all the year round, prefer ing u even In .January t well cured hay, ami that cattle and horpOH keep sleek aud dt on it all the year round. Jr I were asked," said h. Tooqusville, tin author ot " Democracy in America. "to what the singular prosperity and crowing etreneth ol the American peoph ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply--lo BM superiority oi ineir woiuen-

NUMBER 32e

FACTS AM) FH.TKES. Tom Tin m is iu Australia. Thk Chinese John Smith Is Ah Oee. ThaLBBBO, the pianist, is worth 500 600. New ETaMPSHiBS has now eight daily papers. 8AHAKHXB sent 70,003 shad Xorth this season. Almost every college in the COBBtry now lias its new-paper. Ohio has twenty live different female Suffrage associations. NftaftLY TOO Philadelphia girls were married to foreigners last year. The aggregate debt of the cities and towns of Massachusetts is nearly 135,000.000. NafoUB n calls the lo.OOO schoolmasters in his Empire u the pacific army of France." J On hundred and fiftr-en women are at present suitors for divorce in the Indiana courts. Alauam hat 01C miles of railroad, the total s BBC BBodpi slue of w hich is 11,095,701. AnoCT twelve hundred persons visit the New York pneumatic tunnel under liroailway, oady. The. Odtl Fellows in the United States. according to a bate enumeration, are something over 250,000 strong. Thk Freemasons of few York are about to build an asylum for aged memDersano orphans, to cost $ iDO.OOO. Tirana is a stone house at Dunshack Ferry, Baratoga county, N. Y.. now occupied by a family, which was built in i . 1 1. A BOTBL building in Meadow Lake. Si vi da county, Cat, which c -st original ly $16,000, was sold at aucti n a few dayi ago for $7. The Chinese laborers on the Texas Central railroad drink no water du r Ing the day, but keep one hand busy handing around tea. TiiEitr: were recently confined in the penitentiary at Jolict, 111., I,'U2 conricts, the largest number that had ever been congregated there at one lime. A kaum ku in Maine has a short horn heifer, coming three year- ol I, that girths seven feet and one inch, and weighs 1,629 pomids. The amount of Peter's pence received by the Pope since its establishment ten years ago, is about lour million pounds, or twenty million dollars. It is stated that I very farm of 100 acres in Eastern Kansas is underlaid with 1,073,000 tons of coal, or nine times more fuel than if the surface wt re rcredwith Jleavy timber. Rsubbb Killbb, of Springfield, Ohio, who is seventy live years old, has kept a diary in verse for the hi-' half century and it contains oyer eighteen thousand items. A rfAJDBH lady, ninety-three years old, appeared as defendant in a Kkssachosetts Court a few days ago, and w hen it wis decided that she must pay a servant 1 1.59, claimed as wages due, seessed not at all diaeoneorted Onb of the passengers on the Golden City at the time she was wrecked on the coast of California, has sued the Pacific Mail Bteamahip Company for 110,000 loathe privations he endured iu consequence of the disaster. An Eastern paper Bays tkat the verb u to interview," denounced by purists as an Americanism, was so employed in England in the Elisabethen era, and can claim a higher antiqdity than the noun, whicb is used without hesitation. A Cincikhati paper tnstBBates thai the ornccra of a ferry-boat made no effort to save a man who fell overboard the other night until they loand out he had aof paid his fare. They Baads a desperate dive for him and 'he two cents-, then. Bisbop Simpson, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, gave the foltowing advice to a class of deacons ordained by him in Philadelphia OB M recent Sunday " Don't eat late suppers. I have found that nine out often ministers Who eat after preaching die arty." A man in Bngfavad, named Gilrnen, hai been fined COO for kissing a wi 1 iW. lie admitted that he had open kissed her. This, liowcvi r, lie averred, could mean nothing, -as hu ha-1 kiaaed the daughter at the same time, and had been in Ihe habit, Iftdeed, of ' kissin: tke luniily all round." Thk Krot.nm Stoietgor the 8upfnmttm of mos has destroyed 129,68 indectnt lrints, 16,390 illnstrated booka, fire tons of letter press of the same sort, ln.ot). sheets of soBgs, besides copperpfaües, printing pressea, iV: c. The Kind'' of the society are oontribwtcd by prtrate individuals, and each prosecution costs sf 1 50. Thb Minneapolis (alinn.) Tribiau says , , .1... . ..I... II l.n.i a snoeniHK I oi i n.-ii um inxirousa ordi r for a pair ol boots, the measure sent being 1 inches in leugtn ny i across the slab of the foot. If made up, in size, they would be uln'U' No. 3. The de ihr was unable to furnish them from the store, but is negotiating for a contract. "' At an inn iu Vienna (Bays the .V Freie fYesasj kft old toper recently celebrated the completioB of tke twi aty-fiilh year of his n gular attendance at the la er labte. The Prc''"h"t Off the diUIM I p tr V waich wss ggtren in honor of this event had also buCTi a constant visitor for thirtyciaht years, and uisdc s diorl ix-cch, and BW .er a nded by empt) ing iu i",i Jin seiat i (pint) of beer. Tiik Uetnnl Tribune rnys : A very important Bttil has hist been decided in the Circuit Court at Adrian, BtiCh. It fat the recovery, b the wite of a draftkaid, of the money paid bybcT hu baud, during the oast si years, to a saloon aeeper, judgment being entered against tbe unlaw ful seller ander she provision of Prohib Itsry Liquor Law of the state, rhui - the first suit of the kind lhat we recollect of. but, under tke law, the recovery of all money so paid b tin- parties to wnom il originally oeiongvu is uuuwmuuuij possible, the proUnO Oeing in 11 WOS paid without consideration, bqnor not being ptopi rty." The San Francisco A'f ' is resjvmsitile for this statement : "A crab, measBlbsj thirteen fee! (rem point lo point of claws, and weighing some forty pounds, BSS been brought to this ity from tokokaUBB, by the la I BtsaflBI r. It was btaim d bj S g ntlemaa bom sonic Japanese fishermen, who captured it last month upon the wreck off Ike United States corn Oneida, recently sunk is Ike Bay of Kai . i lit, ( hü tf.Kiniee i awa, I'V collision wim Bombay. The fonreatton off the legs, daws, carapas snd month pres. nta a marked dlfferenci from those of the com mon crab, aaring protruding tusks, and the ends of the tlaws being Biased with rows of teeth.1 Rae. A. U. IUkfs Chaplain of the Ohio Pt nih nliaty, in a w.iuioti before tin oonricti on a recent Bnnday, ire tke following inletesting Btathfttcs t that institution ' Since October '., lit, 3,110 persons have been n reived Mt the pettilentifoy, and lrS84 discharged. Bit WWTI pardoned, and 7 had dam; -0 pel nut ot the men received were andei 11 years f age ; t7 ptr cent, were um diieatsl ; o per cent, wer uieii who, us boys, had ruu away from hi-m "4 p r ceal had Ukr learned a trade or u bit employmtnt ; 80 per cent ssnre iatanknefaU, and 21 pej cent win: habitual arunkard i W per cenl never Sttcndid Sabbath Seined, and t in i cent, wan in regular iiUrinLiiio. in il... I 5tMl liirnnl mill eIV fcW I bad n-turued re convicted feb ns.

YOUTHS' DEPARTMENT

FOOLISH. COWARDLY, WICKED. PBSSSSB. Nkvbs tell Hee ! It 1 u :. w :- To uy tu d'-ouve yoor utbbor Fr. withoet donkt V"U'il ie foutid uet, A-tnlllieij vou'UU.e .(Ml ui! ia'ur eea ardlv. Nevor tell lies J Always auepittj The uu' au Quae aijil coward l ru u! IviiM Do sot . .dj, liuu't Ik afraid, Abd tiii UuUt ucv,-r tblak if d- nr'n", wicKjtn, Nevr tull lie I (id will ariee iu uidgui' ia ccalnot the decetrerf Kalfe hp aod tongue, la old end voonj;. Will be uemabed iiit uresenre forev r. noB TRACKS.; OY REV. WM. M. TliATEH. JAn old lion, with shaggy locks, inv uro a nice, sleek fox, whom he met, to visit his home. The fox was ouite delighted with the attentions of the king of beat-Is whose fame had spread through tin -forest, and he accepted the invita'iou. Arriving at the threshold of his den, the cunning fox hesitated for a moment and drew back, whereupon the lion urged him tog and to make himself at home. Perhaps the lion thought that' Mr. Fox was lui-L ful in the presence of strangers, and BSf this reason hesitated to meet Mrs. Lion and her family. "rso, said the fox at r ng'li : " no track coming aut." 1 hat was the secret of his hesitation. His keen eye di-covered proof that visitors to that abode never came out. The great lion appeared honest and' friendly, but the tracks at his door showed that he was a deceiver and murderer. 8o, not wishing to be served up in a savory dish for the lion's fami'y, the wise lox took t his heels and ran away. The fox was more sagacious than manv boys are. The latter care little or nothing for tr.vk ? much less for the way the tracks run, and so thev rush into evil ways from which they never escape. e once visited a prison to address the criminals confined therein. Most of them were under twenty five years of aire ; many of them wtre not yet eighteen veers old nnre boys In the course of our re marks, we said : " Doubtless manv of vou ran nut vour finger upon the first wrong act wh'eu started you oil in the way of crime. Perhaps you can recall the day and hour when you decided to do that which brought you finally to thi place." n leaving the prison, one of theofi--ccrs came to us, and said : "J B is confined lmrc for breaking into a store, and he says that you arc right that he knows the very hour when an older brother Induced him to do what he knew waa very wrng. and the act started him oil to ruin. That i it. If he had been as shrewd h" the fox, he would have observed that all the track at the entrance ofthat evil way went ia and none out : and he would have refused to entur. He was eighteen years old when he went to prit-on, and the time between the first wnng ded named and his imprisonment whs lc than six years. What a Ditv that, like the fox, he did not run away from danger! A lew rears ago a youth of sevente n was con vice 1 ol theft in nVM&Ott. Three years before he was a member of the Sabbath School, and worshiped reeulnrly with his. widowed mother each Sabbath. Itut he formed Hw rs.-h iate. Thev laughed at 10 in for being 14 tied to his mothers ft prn-strings, "going to I he Sunday i hool," and becoming " ho Bkanj as to gO to meeting every Sabbath."' They wouldn t give up their pleasure- for such tra-di. If he would come w ith them the would insure him mote tun than be coal have in all his lifetime by Btk kiug so clovj tÖ Iii mother." That was the lion over again, invito..; the fox to his dwelling, only the wijow's son did not see it. He did not stop I ok serve which war the tracks ran. He did not dreatfl that youth whC entered Ik ' wav seldom returned, lie yielded lo their ridicule and persuasion ; he disregarded his mother's wishes, and It ft the Sab!athBchoei sad tke hones of win ship. Then hr whs seen ridiagOBf of the city Oft th Lord's Day with his fast eomjanions Mis wkole appearance was changed - he because vulgar, proSane and rowdyiah. What mom y he got w as :prnt in wicked lies-; ami he w aided more, ft lake- a long purse to serve SatSS a ith. II must do his pert ; jolly companions w ould ant be satisfied w ith less How should be get more BBOneyf Not honestly: for that would not he like the master whom SSI served He resolved to steal it. an he did ; lie wBOSBSf to prison for thu erh m His foot print i show that he did not 0OBM out ofthat lion's den which his nvw com jx-pions Inv Bed him to enter. One Cold WitttST evening we were adfl re Being a ckUdren's meeting in Breton. V i.ile speaking, a r.t'g d, dirty, wreh bed man entered and tool; h'f seat by the 'tN:r. Thonirh he SSM a .lTc.nknr.1. ho listened. At the close of the meeting he mad-' his wav to the dek, and grasping the speaker by the liaml.ci.liui:;r.l "lam a dniukard beyond isejofeif, snd the tesrs streamed down his cheeks. and J:i form Bftook with emotion. Looking hmi iu the eye, and BttSSBTittg the traces of intellect aud BMalhlfBSthsre, ere replied : 4 ou t ok s if you might be sa and as if you Wefft worth tving." Be answered in :i etil! more chilling tone, "I am a drunkard hev -id re overy Andtoproveth.it his unbridled appetite could not he governed, and that he ttSSJU B)Ot be saved, he thing open the old Cent which he htd Oft. showing that In was without rem ar snkrt. "Isold my skirt for rum to-day," he said. Lifting up one off kis feet, to now that kc kad no tek bags on, he added, " 1 Bold my s'ocVng. for rum to da.." Andhew -nt on u say that tikS cans." of In degradali. i war flu t)e r and wine which he drank i" hts boyhood. Heil id not mean t' bccoui : drunkard, lie did not expect to bvomc rjne; he took a little only with other boysj ha Iknngkt tliat er and whmwera harmh ssdiiuks; he drank only " once m a w hile ;" lie w anted it more and more ; he drank more fidpieiitly. Uy and tv his app it' was t.n- strong t w dented, not w hs beer Mrossj snough to sniffy it. uor efftfi wifte. His appetite craved rum. lb had heeon e a drunkard beftWC he knew it. He could not resist the teinit r he be uuc WOfee and w.rsc. kfenda foreook hen. in- was giren up lot lost ; ha resnsd in thai Bnmete;'kovH laughed st him; no onrespected him; MS doom wae aealeil, sml tin beer and wine did it! Cotag in h.ro proved his ruin. Ht he Hepped kti hmk, he would have B06S Bi tr icW-e..,ning out. Observe the track.-. tays. Mmd whither Vl,,r Heps lead. Sutler not the-1 mpU I to I 1 Vl, into his trap. The llott is kind md rriendly when he wants yen to i an! his den ; he is a lion for all that. L oak out for bim. Wh revrr you see no rcturninf tracks, ict'usc to enter! e -eae Thk human heart is a marvrlou pump mg mnchinc. It-e energies ejus! one third of the total daily force of all Hie muscles of a strong man; it esceedfl by one third the !alr of the muse e m a hont race. estimnttHl by tspia! wetehtsol muscle , and il is twenty times tn. i i of the mus.des kftsd in climbing, snd Btgkl times the force oi the m',!t l,"w,,lu' ,n fine yet invented by man, xw i " " r; motie lp engine Beraria which Wfteil herself through hour. ieet in one Kf.st.Kei not n'littlnj; 1 1,, t..i i nrvi t , B i Oi- floinc c'l - il lo urn lieie. Tic lb-- r"'k - ni' 'inn, i'lcar without eUife ; Ptcetn: u 'h ocean Afu r tin life. "Tl living ad rfiviw Tb bUB-"t and Ni 'Tt onward eaaevhv. a. ri ' b i 'rue r'-nt. The young Duke ol Newcastle, who is now emir tli rough banbrnpi-y, boo eem triM .t .... an incme ol JL.tt'-H. lo inn r j debts M ihn bbbombi v tiouajp.