Plymouth Democrat, Volume 15, Number 52, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 September 1870 — Page 1

POETRY.

G0MPRNSA110N. BY AMELIA E DAILKT. Arrga tbe night, the morn'.re't dawn, ranag antl ti:ihin-; with .- irl and rcmo ; Th! f.T-t?nert, ruiiu.ri no d- ar; born, b rnit of the high-piled winter scows. ATt-r the sowm, the rainbow loaiu-, EMjlc -Ith beauty tue aeavenly dome; 'Neata town lag clouds the sum yht streams; Alter the voyage is rest at hcuu. u. There is no sorrow, no ptln of die. But hers from Ks ur i:r-h aaaaetatag sweat: 1 .t the 'nrijhonrof oav f'ril t'omci Victory with Uer anowj l et. Thronet öeafh is :fe ; each j sis and less, E. ich crief we bear, H a kaneanlj prize ; By aim Ion-; u- .ush 0.1 the cn-., Chmi wou our icat in Parad;.-. in. Then, count not Ion the hopes that Tall Like leaves iL auiuum, one by 01 o, Noi dem.thc right is vanished all. As tde dark, dreary n-f at v.esus on ; You shal; know at ia mat lo.s ws t,'ain Tnat through yo!r weary, lottaeaas way, 4M you saw trie srars la ,ar i.fo sky wane, The Li- ht waa lcal!ii iu haavcaljf day. Ai mmat. MISCELLANEOUS. TUE WAY OF ESt.i'E. A. nazal of one hundred dollars, oiTorc I by the proprietor of Wood' BnuMd Mty-izi ne, tor the beat Tern peranee Tale, v. as awarded to the following story, by IHlitWl vote of the Committee: My heart ached tor the wretched man. His debauch was over; his nerves unstrung; tae normal sensibilities ot a fine, moral nature thickened, alter a brief too : , into roost acute perceptions, buch a B i.-gard bee I Such hopeless eyes ! I see the picture now, as a haunting spectre. " Let the memory of this hour, so burd by pin and re pentance, be as a wall of defence around you in aH the future," I said. H. looked at me drearily. Slowly shaking his head, he replied : 44 Such memories arc no defence. My KMd is lull of them. When temptati a Mmiaf, they fall away, and I am at the mercy of mine enemy, who rushes in, like a hungry wolf, to kili and to destroy." "Is thre no help ior you, then?" I asked. He shut his eyes and was very still. If an art. st could hive sc u his lice then, aad laiihtully caught its expression, those arte looked ape the imae must hve felt suck pity in the;r hearts as makes the eyes grow dim with tears. " I ;ear cot," he ans were J, after a littTc wkile, in hopeless kind of way. 44 It cannot be.'! I spoke confidently ad sasuringly. No mania given over In i such utter ruin. There must, be, and there is, a way of escape from every eVii." " Except the evil of a bal and degrading habit that vile secona nature," he anawexed, "Ike steady current of which is fofnaaf bearing him do.vnwurd, downward, toward a -term wrecked ocean. Be may eeii the o:irs in a'.arin, a3 I have done Korea of times, and pall against the current, makiaaj bead way -'or a little while. But human strenglk avuiic r.ot here. The arms grow wenry, the spirit llags it is easier to drift than to row, and tlowa the arrant bean him again. It is I he history oi tno-.Tsnds and tens et thousand, and 1 am no exception." " it cannot he," i answer; 44 Trere is hep tor every man, no mailer how weak, nor how beset by enemies ; ele öod"s , VOfd must fail." It d es fail, I think," he BJkSWered, in giooiny, despairing kind of wuy. 44 No ! no ! no r QaiekJy ar.il i m;matica'Iy did I reject his conclusion. 44llave it as you will. I ?hii not argue the ! int." He spoke almost "ii.tie:tiy. "Th-oa, I say, there is help f -r every niiu, no matter where he is or what lie is. l et n t tail so low thai the Everiastteg arms are not atid beneath us, ready to befcr us upward to mountain he ghtb of safety." "Oh, that those arni3 wonld bear me upward !" a'naoit cr- aned my poor friend. "1 have no ttrenjr&a in mjaeiC I cannot ciimb. IJnlaaai lifted ty another, I mutt neriah." So had as that f I said. "Jttat M b.id," he answered, slowly and bitterly. "This second nature I have nude . Of myseif, is my ruler. Reon, oonacionce, the iove ol my wile and children, my good reputation, pride, manil-ne-s all human powers and virtues axe its slave. And such a bondage f There was net a ny ot hope in his dreary eye. ' Yeu must try aga,ii:," I said, cl eerily. "No man Deed bj a atave. "Easily said !" waa his impatient answer; whilt vet all men are siaves to ftome habit irom Whica inny cannot break." 44Say, r.ithcr, ti m which they will not aveak. 1 " Vou mock me tv ith idle word?." "Xo; i speak only the words of truth and aohenaena 1 here if human strength, and there hi divine etrcngth. The livcrlastiog arms are always beneath f.nd ready to bear us up, it we wiil but lean upon and trust theaU. Human streug h is; but a. a broR.cn reed; divMio lirength ü surj as God HaaaseK It never fids." These came into his heavy eyes a feeble play of b?ht. The stern rejection tint tt upon his lips faded oil. "In our own strength, nothing,11 1 aaklj "jm oi'a atrengtk, ali." I saw his haii is moving in an uneirt ;in Why. Thf n they rested one against the o'iir. buddenly they were ctnsptd topraajaaf in a kind ot ipnsna, wio.e i.is eyes lew upward in a wild, hsJf-dapalling appaal to Ood, his lips groaning not the words 44öve me, or I am lost !' Even now, memory gives back the thrill that swept along my nerve as hi cry p-.netrated my ears. Neyer from any human tonj went up, iinii-ard, a prayer like that. He wno once and forever toik npoai Himself our rat lire, and who wa in all pun:, templed a we am, yet without sin, and who is touched always with the feeling of our infirmity, stands close bes.de us, h nothing ai the do.,r oi our hfftlhat Bemaj noma in and fntip and sve Ml All he.i is pow firhaH before Him. Impure dire3 rf je frora lis presence like night htnda when the sun ar ses ; and the t rds of evil hab its, are tr ken, as the withes that fx und the arnij ot -imson, at Bis lightest tourh. 1 waiud f.r a little while aTithoot Picking, watching him eloself, tfi ate u he would rise into anything like confidence. Gradually, the ha-d, desp nding look fad d lr .m his countenance, and i saw a calm ie begin to show itself about his mouth. one more effort," he said, at last, speaking slowly, but very ö.-miy : MOne effort aiore, but not in my "'.' streng. h. I have tried that too often, and snail never try it again, i give up the struggle aa hoi.- It I (1 M!H Lie, 1 tili io.it.. V het a b:arlul crisis ! ii I - I faul f He never laiis-is never nearer to us, nor atrilaaf to help us, than at the n when, despairing of 'ur own trength, we tirn to Him. The only danger fei m our not trusting Him tuliy. 4iBut h W sha 1 I trust Him? How shall 1 t a traawfi r of BMStrnngth to aajrwilil H w 14 it that His power can supplement my weaknw? 1 am away down in Ike : y ot sin an I shame, h w am I I u, on t he m mnuins of purity, pe ice and ... tjt.ii it.. iinr ii i: ut) as "11 t.-'e Vkaca of au eagle? or must 1 cumb .m Mm- In dav. UDtll I O ich and tne summit?' "You muit chmb," I f'u"i cannot. I hve no strength. I iave tried it a hundred times and tailed. He iMcred with r turning donbt 4 And wili tail again, you trust in v aw own strength, lint, with Ood-gma atrength, used as you. own, the MOaWt is "Ah I I see f Ligh. broke all over hu fa--e I see ' I see!" he repeated. "Gid d es not lüt us out of our ail and misery, but gives ua divine stn ngtb, ii we ask Him in ail sincerity, by whi .h wc lift our selves" ' Ya." "It is very imp''? and clear." d "ew a long breath ot telief, i;ke one who has a load taken irom his mind. 44 The law of our dependence on Ood for help," I said.

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VOLUME XV. ,; Yes. And now I see the meanir.c of this sentiment, in an old hvmn I often henrd ong when I was a boy, and which alwaya truck nyc as i naradox M ' mwa i sm weak, Una i tror.'" 44 The Christian poet," I answered, " lifted into lOanelhing of inspiration, often sees thinsjM In tv ch-arer licht than we who arj down amoBg the mists and ihndOW9." "Ah me!" he sighf-d ; Myoor dosing words remü.d me of the depth i.t wh ch I lie, and the alaaost in Unite distances above me to which I o. ust use ere out of danger' 44 And to which you may surely rise if yon will,' I answered, with cheeiful assurance. "By GoJ-givcn strength, only?" he spoke, solemnly. 44 Aye ; never, never for an ir.stant losa sight of that ! Never, no matter how treng y-u may feel that you have grown, trust in your self. In the hour of temptation, look upward, praying in the silence of your heart, tor strength to resist." 44 Best of friends f he exclaimed, in deep emotion ; u you must have been sent to me by Gou. Hope dawns on a nighL that has been stnrless. I see the way to nfety for mo the only way. No one know5 but myself how hard I have tried to reform, nor in how many ways I have sought to escape from a terrible thraldom. Bui ail has been in vain. Vhen tui? reinswaekai appetite that has enslaved me asserted itself, my will became as notking." Longtime we talked, I saying all that I could to strengthen him. On tbe next Mondny, much to my surprise aid pleasure, I eaw him at church with his wife. I could not remember ween I had seen him tkere before. At the close of tbe services, as I moved down the aisle with the crowd, some one giasped my haad and gave it a strong pressure. I turned and looked into the face of the friend I had tried to save. 4 Oh, Martin !" I said, a? I roceived glance full of meaning, and then returned nil hand pressure. e walked for a icw moments side by .io-,- without speaking, and then were separated by the crowd. On the following Sanday he was at church aga-;; ; ;--d Sunday afte-r Sunday l unJ inin in the lamilv pew, that fer yean had leea him so rarely. Tliree or fbor months went by, and Martin's feet were ttill in the paths that led up wares. Hut one day I was shocked to h'r that he had fallen aeaim On careXo Inquiry I learned (hit he hud been with ma wile to an evening e :te:tainLücrit, civen by a citizen of high worth a cd standing, i hose ramc is on every lip as munificent in charity; but who, whalev.r may be his personal conviction, is not bra7e eMQgh to bauish wine firoa the generosm board to which he invites his friends. And I learned still further, to my grief and p-.in, that the glsJS which broktj d -vn the good resolution of Martin, and let in npon him the fierce Uoou of repressed appetite was proffered by the hnd of thn good citizen, as hest. I lo t no time in going to my poor fr'ei. i. 1 lound hioi av. ay (io?rn the vul-ii-y ol humiliation, h;s se-ul in the gau o; in bitter qcss. Shame aud 6orro?v' were his 'yes; but not 'e pa r. I took hopeful notice of thij. "Ith, wry hard for us, all but God forsaken wretches!" he slid bitterly, afur the first form;: . sentences had passud between na 44 Mr. is a man ot j;encrous i' cling. He gives, in a princely way, to chnrches and tochsuities; iaone of our i e.Vi and most liberal citizens ; and yet, after 1 have taken a few ateps heavenward, he puts a itnttbUng-hiOCk in my .. . . r.nd I foil Lack toward hell !" '4 Y u could l ot have fallen over any Fiumh.ingbloch man or devU might pbco in your way," I answe red, 44 ii yu )tad )een waikmg in divine, iutead ol human ' Tr ii cri h " V, U do I kn iw that," he replied. 44 And i?o," I ai.l, " let this sad fall kcp you in a more viv;d remeu.brar.ee of human weakne ss. Kever tor one iiiiant trust in yourself. Stand perpetually on j.u .rd. The pricJ of your liberty i& eter nnl vigilaro'.' " it is a hard fight," he aaid, with a tiajTi, detpondingy. "Life id a warfare," I replied, 44 We are all beset wi'h enemies, who km w loo WeO our vulnerable p.nees enemies thai n. ver sleep ; unplayable, erueL ever seeking our destructioal. I, you, ali men have them. Trusting only in human htienwlh, no one gaina a victory ; but in diviu strength the issue of fatlle is rare. And so, my friend, gird up your loins again, and be w.ry and valiant. 1 Hope and Courage came Lack into his heart. 44 Beware oi" ambush," I Eaid, as I ps led from hhn that day. "The enemy, coming on you unawares, is more to be dreaded than when h tonus Iiis line of attach to the sound of trumpet?, beck no conflicts ; keep Off his ground; but wh ii he corns s forth to meet you, giving lengn, do battle in the name of the Lord." A tew weeks afterward I wr.s present when a gentleman of larec wealth an i good standing, both In church ami society, Slid to him " 1 di In't see you at mv house last evening " " No," was the rather curt reply ; "it is safer ior me to keep off of the devil's ground." 44 1 don't understand you, sir 1" replied the gentlenwua, a flush of sudden anger in hh eyi?, for he felt the remark as a covert baSUlL Martin's fiaoe grew sober, and he anIWered wi'h a enhw impressivencss that i r to go out of his listener's eyes, and a thoughtiul concern to take its place. 41 1 am fl'hti-;!- the devil," he sail, "and must not r .ve him the swia Heat advantage. Jnst now ' am the fictor, and hold him at bay. H' lias his masked batteries, hat enchanted grounds, hil mines and pitfalls, his gins and m'ry sloughs: ar ! I am 1. ning to know the signs oi hidden danger, it 1 fall into any of his snares, I am i in peril of d vs traction ; and IhOUgh 1 struggle, or tight my way out, I am wsah Of wounded, and SO the less able to nieet the shock Of batthl when he rushes npon me a. ! stand OB uard, endy in God's ; Lame, ft r the Coi thet. i "His enchanted ground is a social ompary, where wine tlows treely. I speak ( f what it is to nir, an! call it, so tr as I am concerned, the devd's rroncd. He eai ght me there not kmg ago, and had me at his own advantage, iiut, I will not f-gniii mt fo t thereon. If you,g0od citi. iid, mi ol your homes, in miatakea h spit: lity, ( lac i where thl yOUUgj hnd t( mptatioiH, and the w-id;, stumbling btocMi men, such as I am, must ihun them as Ike ab i at lc U." Bit manner ha l )?rown m'-re aijd more i impressive. .... ! "is it M t ad Jss that?" r marked the gentkmna, in a roiee that ikowed both I surprise ami pnin. "Ju t so bad," Martin answered, bu nves ely , "1 l.eli- ve Etsigart'i oldest 1 son : at your house ?" ,,, WhS the devil's ground for him ? An hour Of tWO npo I saw him comir.g out oi i 4 ....! ihtt Ik. r.'.nlt not 9 lk a sei'.'on, po uiiiu ' - - straight And only Ihres das ago, his father t .11 a Irii rid that h'u boy had per taniy r torn r I, w', tht he now had m re confidence :n his future than he had felt hr a lo::g time. ' m "V.u cannot mean what you ssy? the gentleman exclaimed, in viable agita tkn

"I have t M you only the sail and solemn truth," was Martin's answer ; "and ii I had accepted your invitation, I might now le lying at a depth of uilatil and degradation, the bare thought of which makes rue shudder!" The gentleman stood for a little while as if stunned. " This is frightful to think o ," he sai l, and I saw him shiver. 44 It la the last time," he added, after a pause "the last time that any man shall o out of my house weaker and more degraded than when he cam. ia. If rty offering of wine eauss my brother to fiend, then will I not effer it again while the world i tands." 44 Ah, fir!" answered Martin, 44 if many, many more of our good citizens would so resolve, hundreds of young men now drilling out into the current of intemperance, might be drawn back into safer raten; and hundreds of otht rs who are striving to make head against iL saved from destnh tion. I speak feelingly, for I am one of those who are struggling for life iu this fatal current." The way of safety for a rem like Martin, is very narrow and st ai.ht. If he steps aride into any of the pleasant paths that open on the right hand and on the left, he is in the midst of peril. If he grow confident in hifl own strength and teal dependent on that which is given from above, the danger of falling beoomea imminent. Mp.rtin foil again. Alas! that this should have to be told. 44 Was that Martin who parsed us?" aske ! a friend with whom I was walking. "No," I answered, in a positive voice ; and et, as I said the word my heart g ive a tkroh of fear- the man was s i like him. "It wap, I am sure. Poor wretch ! He trie? hard to reform; but that cursed appetite is too much for hum Pm afraid there no help. He'll die a drunkard." I turned back qnickty and without response, following the man we had primed. Just as I came up to him, he had stopped at U;e door of a drinking saloon, ami naa holding a brief parley with awakened appetite, "In God 'a nnme, no!" I said, laying mv hand upon him. He started in a frightened kind of way, taming on me a In-.gard face and blood' shot eye. I drew my arm within Lis, and led him away, pasr.ve as a child. Not a word wi ! ipbhen by either, until we were ha has office, which whs not far distant, ard the eioor shut and locked. lie dropped into a chair, with a slight groan, Lis fa .1 svnkiror upon his chett. Me Was the picture Of a-j- Ct wreieilt:dlltc.c. 44 He lenveth the ninety and nine that are aaieiy toWed," I said, apeehtwg in n k)W( tender voice, "and goeth out into th'j wilderness to Beek that which ia cstray." lie did not answer. "Ton have looked to the string for ti i'tn, you have prayed to Him for succor, and He has come ver near to you und hi lp d you. Becauao yon again went out oi the fold, His love has not failed. He has found you out in the wilderncsj ai I bi inght on back to a place of saietv. Only t 'U.'i i". Him f.nd all will be well. El is the friend teat Bticketh cl ser than a br ihtr. His i3 a love t?iat never fsUs." I waited for him to reply, but n kept silence. 4 It must have been no ordinary temptation1 I said. Süll he was silent. "The enemy must have come on you ""-"..iu," j. idler a brief pattf , M The bolt must have fallen ere yum v the warning Hash." "I wh3 taken at a disadvantage; but I had tiisie to know my enemy, and should have given battle in God's name, instead t yielding like a craven." Mieh um his reply, it gav?; me hope. 44 Teil me the whole story," 1 said. He raisecPhimself to a firmer attitude ; and I SAW swilt light3 beginning to llasn in his dull eye?. 44 Wounded gain in the house of a frien i," he replied. M Waat friend ?" "One on whom God has laid the special duty of saving human BOUls -OUT minister !'' 41 Not Mr. L P " Ves." I was confounded. 44 1 went to him for help," continued Martin, "and instead of the counsel and hi;. port I then so much needed, ior rnv old enemy, appetite, was gathering up his strength, ana setting his host in battle arry, 1 was tempted and betrayed! I should have gone to God, and not i . n, n. With his I). vine Word in my thought, and prayer in my hert, I should have opposed the awakening enticement ol desire, as I have bo oiten done and prevailed." 44 Tell rac how it happened," I said. As I have just told you," he replied, "I was not feeling very Strong. That old restlessness of which I have spoken, had come bei k up n me, and 1 knew what it meant. So I said to my wih-, T think, Mary, that I'll step around and see Mr. L . I'd liae 1 tala with 1 irn.' Hhe looked at me with a fclieht shadow of concern in her face; for thie has learned to know the hi- ns of a i ming hour of darkness, when the pow eil of hell 'renew their direful assault" upon mj soul. 'Do,' sbeantwercd : and 1 went. 'Hound Mr L in his library, but not ahme. Mr. E , the tanker, kad called in to have a talk with the minister about a college for theological students, in which both felt considerable interest. Funds were wantid in order to give the Institution the required efficiency; and the v,:.ys and t leans of getting funds W( re earnestly ill Hi: 11 aar d by Mr. L and the capitalist. After an hour's talk, and the arrangement ol a j I ii tor securing the object in view, Mr. L rang a bed. To the servant who came in, he said something in a low voice, that I did not hear. The aerrant retired, but came back in a E n minutes, hearing, to my surprise and momentary ooBStei nation, stray with wine and giaaatSi I saw a pleased light in ike i raker! eyes, as they rested on tiie ambere h red wine. " 4 ttomc fine, old sherry,' said Mr. L , 4sentine bj a friend abroad. I want you to taste it.' And he tilled the three i lasses that were on the tray, handing one i.o his gtt I and another to me. In myself- my poor, weak self! I was not Mr ag enough to refuse. If I had looked up to U' d, iLStantly, and prayed for strength to do the right, strength would. I know, have come. But I did nt. I look u: glass, not mrantng to drink, but to i gain time tor thought. To have refused WOttld have been. I then felt, to s t my I self up as a rebus r of these men; and thai I had not the courage to do. No, I ! did not mean to taste the wiuc But, as th.y lifted their glasses, drank and praised Ike rraity juice, I, Is a kind of saesmi I ipse of rations sstf-eoutrol, raised my : . s also, and tipped. A Wild, th ro thtrst possessed me instantly, and I drained I be gUuw to ti;- bottom ! "A sudden terror snd great darkness fell upon me. I saw the awful gUlf on whose brink I stood. 4 I wiil go home,' I aid to myself; and rising, I hade the two men an rapt uh-,ht and left 'hem. But did n"t go directly home, alas for me I There were too many entkauuenta by the way. Indeed, I don't know how or when I got h n c. M Of the feham , the sngn(8h,tke despair ol this morning, 1 cannol ipesk, ion don't know Wkat it inewna havi no )lummttby which to sound it depths ol iitteruct-s. I lett home for niy oftic, feebly reSolTSd to keep away from temptaV tion; how feebly, you know! If Ike good Lord, who is trying to save me, hael

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not sent you to my rescue, I would now be oh ! I cannot speak the frightful words." 44 He never leavrs ns nor forsakes us," I answered. "He is always going out upon the black mountains, to the hot desert, and into the wilderness of w Id beasts, seeking His lost and wandering sheep. It they hear His v- ice, snd h-11 w Bias, He wd! bring them into His fold, where i3 peace ."-nd safety. 44 Good Shepherd of souls," my friend Said audibly, iiftirg upward his eyes, that were full of tcais, " save me from the Wolves I They wait for me in all ray pa'ha ; they spring upon me in all my unguarded moments; they hide themselves in covert places, thirsting for my life; they steal upon me in sheep's clothing they beset me everywhere! Oood Shepherd ! I have no help but in Thee." Breaking the deep, impressive silence that followed, I eaid 44 In Him alone is safety. So long as you hear His voice, and follow Him, no wolf can touch you with hi murderous teet h. But, if you go out of nis sheepfold, and trust in your own strength to overcome the wild beasts that crowd the wiideiness of this world, destruction is sure." A few years have passed since then, and Martin still hold?, in divine strength, the mastery of appetite. The vile seconcl nature he had formed unto himself. am wuiC'i D'nre nim t;)wnwtru, for a time, in its steady current, grew weaker am weaker, a? the new life, born from above, gained strength. In the degree ttiat he resisted and denied the old desires, did they grow weaker ; and in their place God gave him purer and healthier desires, so that he became, as it were, a new man. 41 The wolves are not all dead," I said to him on. day, as wc talked of the present and the past. He looked a little sober as he replied 44 No, my friend. I Often hear them howling in the distance; and I know full well that if I leave my Shepherd's side, and stray 'fl into the wilderness, vainly trusting in myself, that I shall be as powerless to stand against them, a3 a helpless Sheep. For me, I am not safe for a moment, es eoT, when I trust ia Ocd's stri-neth to supplement my weakness When I do ihat, all hell cannot prevail against me !" Lady Washington Is the year 17sü, General Washington vi 1 led to the call ot his countrymen, and his ovn conviction of duty to the newborn State, and was Installed as President 'f lh-: young Republic; IPs wife, Mrs. Martha Washington, generally culled by courtesy Lady Washington, of course went bp with her husband to the Government House. She waa a refined, thoughtful woman, with a great blending of Strength, sweetness, and simplicity in her char ter. With the calm seit possession ot a Cbristhin lady, he entered on hrr duties as wife of the President, and, oflicialiy, the first woman in the land, while she continued to maintain in her habits and deportment the simplicity of drtss and the sincerity of speech for which she had &lways been remarked. At first, she Wal almost overwhelmed with the hosts of visitors, many of them idle and frivolous, that the had to receive. This was soon brought into rule. General Wash i ij ,;n had a ''reception" on Wednesdays, fr ran 1 to B o'clock, and his wife on Fri days, for the same numbei of houra, dm mrfng ivu as mucn of mere ceremonial and siate as pomihie. There were, however, some ladies who wanted more splendor, and they resolved to ash a special audience, aud try to alter the plan? of the wife of their UiUStriottS President, One morning three fair dames appeared at the Government House ; they were dressed out in the utmost gsyety and splendor, a3 if nature had formed them merely to crry finery and trinkets. l)iamonda iperkled in their ears and glittered on their necks. Their hair was puffed out, frizaled, crimped and tortured in every form but that of nature's elegance. They wore also hih headdrettes, adorned with artificial flowers and lodding plumes, and fluttering ribbons to crown the edifice of hair which fashion then decreed should encumber their heads and bra'ns. Their hands were emblazoned with rings, their wrists encumbered with rutlles, clasps, and braceleta. Stiff muslin rose hkc loam around, their cheats and shoulders; and though their rich brocaded silks fell in costly folds about them, and partially hid the pre -sure that gripped in their waists, yet the pent, up heart had to sympathize with tne oppressed brain, overweighted with fashion's load. Tney came rustling and fluttering into the presence of the lady they suught. She received them in a plainly-furnished room, in which she spent her morning. With dignified courtesy the thoughtful matron ro- j to greet Ler visitors. Her well-tilled book-esse, made for use not BhOW, WM behind ln;r chair; her table, with her work-basket and materials for work before her ; and in her hand was her knitting needles, the useful companions of many lonely hours. Gravely, yet most oourtem !y, she heard the remarks Which, with faltering speech, they had c iue to make. For they did not find it so easy to speak ef luxury and display as desirable when tln-y were face to lace with the noble woman who, through years of anxiety and privation, had ministered to the wants and mitigated Urn sufferings oi the soldiers during the terrible straggle for independence. Somehow their faces lofct the defiant air and vam simper they had worn n lien llaSJ hr-t entered her presence, and had deepened iuto seriousness and respectful attention as the wile of Washington, alter hearing them, said : 44 Ladies, you came to advise me, and, as far as kindness prompted you, I am obliged for the motive, though I cannot act on your suggestions. You arc in the bloom of life. Many years, I trust are be hire you. My age, even mote, far more than my station, sanctions my giving you some i vice. Hear ladies, sutler the word ol exhortation. Should Christian women, honored wives and mothers, be content to aim at no higher t;lory than that ot the inseet that glitten in Ike sunbeam to be as the tire lly, or the humming bird ? You ipoke oi the greatness ol my husband. Eiis dear mother ever looked well to Ike ways of her household. She taught him to be industrious by her example, for the Spinning wheel spun the clothes he wore Irom his earliest days ; aud she, like myrelt, hved the knitting needles." (She looked, as she spoke, at her knitting) " Ladies, during eight yevrs of ceaseless Struggle the women of Aimrica the mothers of the land -spent no money on finery foi themselves. They spent all . ir available means in providing clothing fr the army, which, but for that succor, mnat have perished in our long and bitter winters. I do not wisa to boast ; Jiid only my duty j nay, i know it w.i my privilege, as Washington's wife, to toil tor the men under his command. 1 always went Into winter quarters with him. In summer time 1 antl his mother and my friends were at our spinning wheels. Once, in the winter, I had sixtcen looms under one roof, all weaving . me, indeed, but warm for the solo:., ftho nation. Trust me, woman wvw nrnirw lor notder ends than merely to disolay finery, which mars rather than Improves the graces that nature has tm glowed." 441 know," paid one of the ladies, tkOUgktfully, "that Mrs. Saiah Kachi.the daughter ol Benjamin Franklin, sold h r ornaments ami ail that she could possibly

.rare to commence a fund, which other ladies in Philadelphia were induced to a d, both by laud and purse. They made, I remember, 2,200 shirts in one season for the army." "Yes, dear young ladies, the example of r'rankiin's daughu r influenced the loss thoughtful, but not less kind-hearted, ladies of that cily. One faithful woman how much she can do to check the infl'ierjce of luxury and folly ! Our countrywomen, before the troubles, had gro wn fou l ot foreign fashions, and it was feared that, as wc depended for luxuries on Europe, the patriotic desire for independence might be checked by a cause so trivial, and yet so dangerous, as tbe frippery of f m de fashions. Mrs Warren, I remember, did good service to the cause of liberty and truth when, in a poem she wrote, she satirized her countrywoman's love of dress." "That poem," said nnother lady, "was C W sugues'ed by the remark of a fricmd

i ! hers : 4That all articles of f reign commerce should be dispensed with, except absolute necessaries.' I remember Mrs Warren amusingly put a fancied lir-t of articles an American lady could not dispense with ; I forget the words, but" "I can find them," said the lady President, reaching her hand to a book on the shelves behind her, and, after a little search, coming to the words : A n inventory r oar Of s I (-lie Deed -. Iimira often licre : Soate awns aud latMtxillgt, blonde and SlechTta aces. Fringes ,nid kjeeks Era ii d tvee'zer.ras ; On cleaka a d lia:s oTeverr thapc and Sl-a f, i a dir.a'v a&d I ibb Eri ot y! d With raflkn tamped, aiid aprons ol laaabnr) Tippe g and aanokerchiefti at lra-t three ho ore, And fea'heat) furs, rkh sain.-, and aseases, Aud bead d eaaea in pyramidal ah apes, S( peak l.amira and her want M lew Who ran refaae T lhey'ie hut bar eex's doe. In yen a, itid-'cd. an aatlqoa ed pa-.ro Taogal tu the h aafaiaaa ota Hob aw Fn;e 'OaiDst -.vinip''-- man'les. earls, and crisping pine : Ba rank n n theMMMNig ur at SO n e na. O'r Ti nd" a (l manne . are we.l iiiiderijlocd. To re,.i,e ia a atoaaacaor and ho.d. The paor ladies, as the inventory was read over, looked down at their dresses with dismay. Almost every article enum rated they were w-earing. Impressed, not offended, the' left the presence of the noble matron, bearing her words in their minds, and, it is to be hoped, her Influence in their hearts ; for she give not merely the precept of the lip, but the example of her life. Htrim't Bntaf. KISCM alia fAS UB 11 EMS. A Mew-Sim. A cat serenade. ATYknuo Foist The bayonet Phkssed for Timk Egyptian mummies. Notes 09 . SuMXlaV Travel Greenback DEKr RiTiirai Throwing your rival down the well. Tub "Rnshing Thunderbolt" is the name of an Erie Canal boat. Tiik BwnsmST of Stu.vins Trying to lift a pretty girl on a horse, Some of the omnibus routes of London are fourteen miles long. A M. Jonks, aged 11 (') rears, recently eloped in Canada with a widow. DiafJtABLi Sta.tr of DnsTiTUTiosr Having nothing to reproach one's sell with. i'l an Hun,niio says thai ariei a Taiklah bath a man can walk clean home. A man who f as tried it says that all the abort cuts to wealth are overcrowded. Warm is a loTer jostiflod in o:diiucr his sweetheart "honey r When sho ia bieloved. 4'V"iio will care for mother now ?" has been translated into both French and Prussian. Criminal Why is a prisoner's time like an abominable joke ? Because it's past in durance. A Sem kn k tad v man kennels hisblack-and-tan in a cigar box and mu..les him with a thimble. Tiik Washington is as good a company ;is there is in existence ior the policyh Ider. . P. II. McQnAW, Senator. California is shipping much fruit east, iu cars with reromng fans in the roof, driven by the motion. A oka veyahd inscription in Kennebuuk, Me., reads thus: 44 Poor Jo ! his head is level now if it never was before." Two men, lather and pon, have held the oftlce of Clerk of Grayson county, Ky., ever since it was organised, in i8iC. All men ned insurance that are of value to anybody. Insure in the Wash ington Life Insurance Company, of New York. A student in the Michigan Agricultural College has inverted a ga'e latch for which he has received ten thousand dollars. RxynnDT Johnson is threatened with blindness, and hi s been to Boston in Or der to have an operation performed on his eyes. A New Your policeman, while making an arref-t, recentiv, was assauneu oy three women, one of whom bit off his right ear. A MUD -TUTtTi.E captured near Raniror, in 18157, the date stamped on Irs back, and set free, has just been re captured. Tkoy boasts of a woman sharp-shooter who can hit the bub's eye of a target e very shot, at a distance of forty rods. A small miniature photographic apparatus has been invented which gentlemen ean carry around in their pockets, and take the Dkenesses of their lad.y friends at a moment's warning. At Troy, New York, the other day, a carpenter tell Irom the roof of a fchoolhonae, a distance ot pi.v.y leet, and was uninjured, tie astonished the spectators by getting up and walking away. Tiik Commissioner of Pensions decides that, when aTomen ciuks are depntta d t perform the duties of IYnsiou Agents, their sex does not disqualify them from administering the neoesaarj oaths and uflldavits. Cheditor 44 How often must I climb three pair of stairs betöre I cet the amount of this little account?" Debtor 41 Do you think I am going to rent a place on the first tloor to accommodate my creditors f" Young Urntleman Aw ! Miss Cavendish, do you know they've had a juvenile party b. fore tho ball V Miss C. Oh, Iken I suppose your mamma is letting you stop a little later this evening. Arrr.K trees in Orrington, Mc, which were stripp d by a serious tornado of a tew weeks ago, have again blossomed and v mmenced spring business anew. Locust tn'S have also bl aURMned. A mot ii Ku at Schenectady, N. Y., was alarmed, a few nights ago, by Hading a large black c;d sucking the breath of her child. Tke little one was quite feeble when it was awakened, and may nol recover. A iu kuand and wife at Cincinnati were recently discovered ia a beastly state of Intoxication, at their own home, with three children lying close to them upon pallets of Straw, Out so weak from 1 og IS iting :.s to be unable to move hand or toot. A nivoiwKo female mc'tmp her late bnshand la the streets .of Keokuk, own, the otker day, dashed a bottle of aeid In his face, the bottle break irr, and the acid flyiDg in ev ry direction; but she had nwde a-' mistake, and used carbolic acid instead ef nitric acid. Mk. IfiBiiARD, of Lacania. N. BL, re

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eently picked from a tree in his garden s good-sfsed apple, inclined to be red all over, with the exe ption of a perfect picture of a rooster on ne side, which was green. The beak, tail, comb, feathers, legs, and every part of it, w ere perfect. Am ist- -Well, so you've sold my picture. What did it go for? DealerThirty shÜlinga. Artist Thirty shillings ! Why, the frame coj-t me more than that. Picture dealer Ah! That was be-foi e the picture was in it. The NtV) England Jlomatcad says a lad living in Booth Deerneld, Mass., sixteen years of ace, raised in 18ö9, on his own account, 1,300 tobacco plants which he fitted for market and Bold for the comfort able little sura of $105, and has that amount safely invested in the savings' bank. A doctor living near Boston is so penurious that when he goes to make a visit in the count ry he takes a hen in his gig to cat up the oats his horse scatters when eating. The hen knows her business so well that the gets right out and goes to work without being told. A ckau, says a London journal, has been caught in Yokohama Uay, Japan, which weighed about forty pounds, had legs over five foet in length, and its mouth contained two large teeth. When in the water, its strength was such that it could have quite overpowered a man. A New Hampshire exchange says eight women were present at the raising ot a barn in Hampton in the year 1800, cch with a male infant in her arm?. Seven of those children are now living, and six of them recently met together, and assisted In the moving of a store in their native village. It ia perhaps not generally known that the Canadian cent is a trustworthy standard of weight, measure and value ; one hundred of them weighing a pound, eah one measuring an iueh in diam eter, and one hund; cd mnkiug a dollar. Oi" course, there are ten to a dime, twelve to a foot, and twenty-rive to a quarter of a pound. Tiik JMav.-d Observatory of Washington has closed a contract with an eastern firm for a new telescope, for which fifty thousand dollars was appropriated at the last session of Congress. It is to have an object glass of twenty six inch aperture, which will be the largest perfect lens of that tize in -he AorM. Four years will be required to complete it. The editor ol tbe New Haven (Ccnn.) Register tells an experh ncc that i3 TrobaNy not uncommon. He Bava ' WV...1 T JiH interwe know about gardening will be eating. The 'senior' has picked this ecsoii three cucumbers, two cauliliowers, seven oars of corn and four tomatoes, which coat hiui (4.48 each. A PHYSICIAN, after listening with torture to i pressing ae'eouiit of "Symptoms" from a lady, who ailed so little that she was going to the opera that evening, happily escaped from the room, when he whs urgently requested to step up stairs again ; i!. was toask him wöether ehe might eat BOSae oysters. "Yes, madame," said the physician, Shells and all." A eK of aie-i;od fraud in the matter of the L'uited States tax oa fifteen barrels of gin, iu Boston the other day, revealed the fact that the liquor was made by the following receipt 44 To mat.-' nqrri-1 (40 gallons; of gin for sale at wholesale at about 3.50 pt r gallon, tnke ten gallons Holland gin and thirty gallons rectified spirit and mix well. If ihnuirLt to be too strong for the stomachs of customers reduce wit h water.1' A mn in Norwich, Com cticut, has whittled, with a penknife, t mrplezing bottle-puzzle. He has talien an eisThtounce phial, and Fi t up in it3 interior a perfect keg, about two inches hng, with four hoops on it and b:-tn heads in ; and lie haa Stopped the bottle with a wooden plug, which fits perfectly tight and is keyed iubide, the Key pinned and the pin toggled. The workmanship is excellent, and the way it was done is a mystery. PlTTSBUncin, Pa, has two brothers, named Mxre, who bear such a remarka ble resemblance to each other that the law officers failed to discover "which was Which." One of them was 44 wanted" on a charge of abandonment, and the officers arrested the wrong man. When brought before the much abused wife, she scrutinized him closely, and could not te certain that it was not her husband until he spoke. Hani is a Yonkers romance: A young lady who was engaged to he married soon, on passing a barber shop, Paw her intended in a chair and a barber fanning him. bke supp"3id he must be sick, s she rushed in and threw herself in his arms, and found he was only having his mus tacke dyed. Hoc got some of the stuff on her face, which colored her lair cheek, and so disgusted her that she broke off the engagement. A DABtiaBOUS f'20 counterfeit Is in circulation. All the notes thus far discovered a4e.evident!y printed from the BSSSe plate, which is remarkably well engraved. tne name of the bank differs iu every case, this portion of the piate being evi deutly left blank, and various names iaserted, so as to better avoid detection. I be only noticeable blemish in the notes is a slightly blotted appearance in Ike vignette, and an inferiority in the paper. LorisviLLR has one of "them fel ers," called a base bail player, who tuns the liases so rapidly that nothing if seen or heard of him alter the ball s struck until he yells "score" at the home piate. The papers say that, as the umpires could not decide whether he went around or not, it was necessary to provide him w.th a red scarf. Now, as he lies irom base to base, nothing can be discerned save a red streak, w hieb, as he turns each base, forma a part, and at last the whole, of a beautiful red circle. Tin" I'.oston Jot' r nal is reminded of a little story by a certain recent prank of a noted Boston ch 'ir: "A year or two ago the el quent Dr. McCosh preached in the saane pulpit alluded to here. The piartetb choir sang the opening piece inmost finished and artistic style so artistic that neither minister nor people could under stand one word of what wap sung. Win n it was ended the Doctor wailed ameiuent as if he expected Ike applanss to come in, but as it did not, he rose and gravely said, 4And now we wffl egsiasiww the worahip of (J.d in the use of the 27th hymn." Tu editor of the Colorado lYaUMtripl announces an interesting demestic event in the following teims: "Healed proposals will be received at this i fli a until further notke for furnish log the fo lowing bos pital stores: Four (t) bottles of besl soothing syrup per month ; sii pi) pk ages Mi ia linen, it h trimmings to match ; two (2) packages lambs-wool San nein The' whole to be of best quality, ami Ittfa led to inspection by the assternal head The first lot must be delivered upon Ike signing ol the contracts, and dated as ot July 1ft. H U a boy." A its a ' nvox maiden lady at Lansing burg, N. V, having been afflicted with the addresses ot two krrers, usually about the same time, adopts I rnth r a novel Baesni of ridding heraell of them. A lew even inps smee fck y called at her residence in their beat hiack salts Bhe left them together on pretense of going up-etair and in a few nunatea tho a rvant maid made bold to enlist theb services in thr removal . : ne Bom I (he kiu icu. They weal to w ik willingly, and the m dd lound so many ad d'ionsl johs tor them to do, tnat the poor fellow a were finally lad enough to esciP" from the hon-1: v i hont seeing the object, of their affections. They rcver went again.

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YOU iiiS', DEPARTMgHTa

SEVEN YEA OLD. BY A. H POE. Bsvan yar? o d. Miiiride. my pi-arl I Thoughtful, imr-hair'.'el, Mae eyed giil I 1; Aoeseeeei c ranri ; Ac;l, it, d'j you know W::us a aaaar awi ou were avea reaiatgal S :ven y nr old, M-','i..-, my rx arl! (l-KTitim-i k aeepfag V'ur Irat baby cart. Your ( buck.- were aK colt Ah a uii.k Pi Mow, Cr the neirt ol a pun.-, 8vtirj years a?o. Seven years of g'adne, Blof(.m trd sonp ; Ntvr to i be Riigeis All h-,T life loiir. The year- are io bright Tn our d;?ar I it 1 1 - yirl. ' iy tht y never bo darker, asass, ray pearl! TS Bright Hide. ': HOW TO BE A MAIi Not long since a biy of some 1 years of age called on a merchant doing a iar?business in New York. Being busily employed at the time, the boy had to wait a little before getting an interview. Occasionally the merchant cast a glance at him ns he stood respectfully at a short distance, lie was rather poorly clad, and showed evidences of pretty hard work ; but his face indicated honesty and common sense, with a firm and energetic manliness, under the somewhat rude exterior. A practical business man requires but brief examination of a boy to declare as to his weight and worth of character. When at liberty, the merchant add : 44 Well, my young friend, what can I do for you?" 44 1 called sir," he replied, ' touv you for a situation as an engineer. I waa told you were having a new engine built, nd I want you to give me the place. I'd like to run it f r you." 44 Are you an engineer?" asked the gentleman. 44 No, sir, but I can be," he answered, setting his lips firmly together, standing squarely before the pentleivan and looking him full in the face. "I don't understand the buahaeaa very arell ; I know something of it, though. But lean be an engineer, and I will be. And I wish you would give me a chance." His modest but determined manner pleased ire merchant, lie was having a ut w engine built tor . certain ilep:irlm:L:i of his business, F.nd could of course have is many experienced operators as be desired. It Wi'.i no object tor him to take Bp an inexperienced boy and attempt to train him; no object except to help the boy. Such deeds heWSS BOted for, a fact which no doubt had encouraged the boy to make his application. 41 What are you doing now?'' he inqmred, 44 Working in a machine shop in Brooklyn. I have beeri fireman, and I often worked tke engine I think I could get along pretty well with one no, if anybody will have a little patience with me." 44 What wages doyou get ?' " Five dollars a week, sir." 44 What do you do vith your money f" 44 Give it to my mother, sir." 44 Give it to your mother? humph! humph! what does 'ur mother do with it?" 44 Well, you see, there sre mother, -ister and me ; and mother 'akes in sewing. But it goes pretty hard, you know. They don't give much for sewing, and it's pretty hard work, too. An 1 then with the other work she has to do, you know she cannot get along vir- that a, that rate, so I help her all I can. If I coal 1 get an engineers place I could get more wages, and it would make it easier for mother." 44 How do you spend your evenings ?" asked the gentleman. " I attend the tree schools at the Cooper Institute, Studying mechanics," he replied. 44 1 spend all the time I can gel studying. I know I can be an engineer." 44 Do you ever drink lhpior?" He looked up with an expression of astonishment en his countenance that suh a question should be asked, but answered firmly, "No, sir." 44 D: you che w, or smoke, or go to the theatre V" 44 Never can't alTord it. Mother needs the money. And if she didn't, I could make a better use of it. I'd like to have some books if I could only spare th money to get them." " Do you go to church or Sunday school ?" lie he'd down his head, pretending to brush the dust off the floor with his foot, and replied, 41 No, sir." 44 Why not ?" asked the merchant, a little sharply. 44 1 haven't any clothes tit to wear," he re-plied. 44 It tikes all the money lean fet for us to live; and 1 can't have a y clothes" lie looked down at his cohi-, and well worn tuit. 4 It didn't use to i e m when father was living. I was brought up to goto church and to Bon day school If I can get to be an engineer, I shall go again. I know I CiU ruu an engine." Telling him to call at a certain tin. e, when he expected his engine word 1 be in Use, and he would talk further ;th hi B, he dismissed him. 44 But he must h e that engine," said the merchant loa fru ad to whom he related the circamstaace. 44 lie will make a a an, that boy WilL A boy who Is determined to do aosnstking ; who gives his mother ali his money to lighten her burdens; who does not ose tooaoco and does not go to the theatres; who spends his evenings in study after working all day, Put h a I v would n il a man, and deserves to be helped. I havenot told him SO, but 1 shall take him and put him under (me ol my engineers un lie is fully capable of taking charge, then let him have the engine, lie wot gel " dollars a w c k then, instead of Ihre, and he able to lighten a mother's burdens, have clothea to wear to church, and buy bo !.s to aid in his bUSineSS.N a noble boy, though hidden ssnong hard conditions and under unattractive garbs, will work out and akow hia man hood. He may not always find bu nds to appreciate him, but determined, eirta u, anl willing to endure, ha will in llaSf Conquer. Mother' Jon rr,o. Fred aud His Milts. ffamiii little r.eichbor of mine-a frfe-years old boy, with a pleasant luce and a little, plump, round ldy, so round and "roly-poly that he looks uke a dumpling on legst lie stood at his i diu! s gaie one uay, whenhe saw a boy coming dowu the street with a pair ot atilta. Fnd's iys w big with wonder, tie too see a it be didnM know what to tldnk--or rather as if he thought the s id m re a pas; oi the b.y. lie walehed tne toy suioea till tie came opposite, and, planting hil back against the wall, demounted, f h id dercd the suits, and ran away to scho 1. Fred ran into the home, shouting "Ma! ami I've seen a boy walking with leasee' Ol oourte, masnms didn't know wh,' Freddie sseaat; isafaftat hearing rredf Hb.rv, Which smS rather disconnected, Conducted he had seen I lame bay Whit ing with crutchea But at non:-timo, not only one 1 1 y, DSM a doz n, WSTS parading the str I DO aVi ed on stilts. Some made a funny pieCS ol orU ut iL bbe sure. But Fred was d I lighted; he rushed into the house, call

ing "come and see all these lame boys, ma!M Ma and sisters ran to the wincrow, anu how they laughed at Fred I Lame boy! Why, they have stilts," said sister Annie. "SHU!" bid Fred. "I want eome 0U, too." "Stilt, Freddie -not ttitt," laughed hi& mamma, and then addd "No, you are too small to walk en them." 4You would fail and skin your nose," said sister Plorrie.

But when his papa came home to dinner, Fred begged hira to make a pair af stilts. Papa laughed well at the hit a ot such a fat little fellow's mounting a pair of stilts. 4 Why, Fred, you'd look like a walking pumpkin," he said. 44 1 can walk as well as anybody, I know I can," persisle f Fred. 44 Do, please, make me some, and lot me try." 8o papa, to please his boy, in a day or two brought home a pair. The to rest was only a few inches from the ground, so that if Fred lie fell as of course he would he could not get very much hurt. The next mor ii a g, bright and early, I heard children's vic-3 in the yard beneath my window. Looking out, 1 saw a tunny tight There was FrJ, and his sister Fioriic helping him to mount his stilts. Florrie would hold them upright very firmly, and Fred would place his feet on the rests. But the moment his piater let go, C: twn he would tumble. Then his bister woulj try them, so as to show the little fellow how to manage them, and ehe really succeeded in taking a few etepa. Fred would eay 44 1 cav now," and in his eagerness, would dance up and down. But he tried attain and aain, and tailed. Soon Florrie left him to get ready lor school, and Fred lugged nis etilts into the house. 44 lie wiil never walk on them he is too cluimy," I thought. B St the next day I was in his anoSJaSrä house, and there was Fred in the kitchen, fctiil practising with the stilts. "See, Mrs. IT !" he died to roe. 41 1 can walk a little.4 Sure enough ! he could stand on theo, and even take, perhaps, two ps at a time before he turn: led on 44 Well done, Freddie T I cxcla;uied. 44 You are a persevering boy." "That he Is anM bis mother. 44 1 think he will craze mc ith Iiis atilta; he is thumping with them ail the time. Hois determined to waik on them." I looked it Fr d hast then. lie was standing on his atilta, grasping thaWS very firmly. Hi3 little round b dy, ith his short, Eat legs, made him look something like a pumpkin, as his father said he would. But a pumj kin never hid sueh h brave little face, with tucli a determined look. I thought he'll succeed yet. I went away, for a xi;, the and day. On the day of my return, as I was pass ing up the street,'! heard a sluill vo.ee calling after me "Mr. II ! 3Ira. EL ! See inesee how I go !" Thre was Fred, coining as fast as he could on his stilts. "I can go ii- Ac'' as any one now." And so he could. He ran with them, he lucked up against the hous and ! lamped off aud ou as fast as the "bag b ys." WUm ptsjap letrs, in their red tor !üng m ule q ii a show üs he strode eiown the '"V'iu have done well, Trcd," I could not help aaying."44I hope you will always bv as pergtveri.-.g in all you undiTlnkc ; and I hops you will never undertake any thing nsean or wioked. AlwnsS be a brave, good boy, and never mil 1 tlio thunWor falls, but strive uiways It do better." Fed looked as II be didn't understand half I said. But you do don't y. u, little reader tK ' ' ff. Casti V;.:at of & Laboring Xan, It is often re marked by persons wh- 4e not possess any property, and who depend npon their daily labor 1 i sui port ol lh mil If IS and their famiK that Uicy are "worth nothing1 financially speaklog. Tbia aangnageu generally indulged in 'by men in the cmmunity who style theDielves l)iisinfs men, L-i us examine the question financially, and bee K th ;r saseilloiil are correct. Last year the price of common labor averaged one dollar aed a half per day. aVdmitting that the laborer received one dollar aed a half per day, and it required the w hole of the same to aWnpoct his family, aw I LithOitai we contend that the laborer was worth in cash to his laaiily the sum of 7,"'. The amount he wesdd receive f-r one year's labor at one dollar and a half a day, would be H?S.iBj which amount would be the interest at six pi r cert, on ;7,H8'.l, which latter sum WOOid he the cash value of the laboring man to los family. The cash value of tbe laboring SaUB to the community is much more than the above named sum, as labor ia the only true wealth of any country. Without labor our tbcges, furnaces, w oden mfflSj and indeed manu factories of all kind, would cease to be. The music of the loom and shuti'e would be sib need for ever. Our national acd other Kinks would close their uoois, and oar ahoal enterprising B rchants take in th ir sign.--. W.thout labor civi'izition wot.li r . edi , and the bt nnd 1 would aoon occnpy the crimson chambers ol our would be business mem Let the laboring men of the United S'ates realize the'r trn position. Let them refl-at that WHtr is honorfcole ; that lalKir is wealth. Let them rcsnrml that they are a power in thp state; ti at to them this great uowrnrm ul is ind. bt ed for all it possesses of libeity, t;lory and grandeur. Lit tkeua onlv icfanet that kahor is haa orable; hut let those who look down na the humble laborer and aneekaWM refaBCt for one moment before they speak in terms of disparagement of the 4hew r of wood and the tirawers of water' The cistom is b 0 prevalent in the community of making remaiks in a sneering nuamr (f the gnat indu.stiial clartf t our people, leading youths BSaaanSJ OS to think 'hat honest industry is not honorable, W it what it may. Tnat time has pasn-d. Honest, u drstnous mechanics and laborers are the wealth of Mates, and until they are encouraged ami fostered, our people cannot le prosperous. It i not the cash value alone by which he nrch es the place of his residence, hart he adds by his labor toils aasSSCtal awaatahi no country or nation that commands the re pect ot the world., but what that rex. ej H-tQ ii -o lie. through tbe skill oi her inc chanical population. Tlie . ht all! - . more ( specially ine ncn, irapma aw culcate tmir children wuh t m tru- the ry of lift, and UimI labor is hon.raie, and It in aP. r li:c, mistortunc sb-ll over take them, willing bands will U- put forth to cam their support. PorUfnouth, A', il . ( ft U MS. v man at M:iii.e, K.iu-as, recently kw h" wagon hx'c bs he was going to Kansas e'itv. He turned bis team into a far n yard and to 'ked 1st hsks. He found th. t the lrrn was veupied by a widow w i nana a who named it and lived by bj self, and he forthwith proposal to In r, was mariied, snd brought her home in his wagon. Form v s nv.i rM mys unwilling aHtondopl new Implenaetita ennnot be cbsnred to Inrsaers gmcrawy. It Hunks m class has been more ready to adopt ever useful bnplement, and cttee Mba change from Ike Implenai nts twenty yasna Hijo, in pro, d' of th: state.. . rd. Knbv.k her fancy wb n b-came : he i ,ok h r 1 11 d hv look a kin ; ho look no oi thf stiaiii ibit . ioks d b r bappj cheek at talk Re took toenssingaiternoons; he Uk an oath be d SaVsg de01 if ; he took his master's silver apc-ms, uai alter that he took Us tatfl ka ssmtomk J obsen r asserted a tew days since t, nd there were four hundred md eiehtv nine thousand eitfbt hundred and ainety one feath rs oa the wing ol a lierflj "Id. n.'t Ix-Meve it," said one f his b arers. 44 Th n cunt them yourslt" waa the latdy. Hnssj people when tb- y cum tew yu i lor advice cum tew nave meir owu ipmyune strengt henetl, net ooi rested. uys.