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Gray Hair*. j
. * ' by mrs. l. h. i00ctb5bt. j.
.Gray halm! I marvel why tbey strike \
' Buck terror and dismay i C
No mark of wickedness or shame, - j
' Or foul disgrace, are they. ^
As silent M la iafant dreams t
, Steal o'er tho eradle-down, -a
They weave their spaikling silver threads ?
Into the black or brown.
Gray hairs! tbo waning boanty shrieks B
Before her mirror's face, . b
And forth the 'nmhlest invader flies ii
. Uprooted from its place.
Oh, lady, stay that lilly hand? 4
If oh soeh guest should fail, r
They say a dosen more will come p
To attend the funeral. a
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Gray hairs 1 I saw th? Queen of France,
Arrayed in regal state, ^
Receive the elite of the land, - b
The Utled and the great; o
And whiio her dignity and graoe t!
Were praised by every tongue,, V
The .long, white ringlets, o'er her brew
In fearless clusters hang. . , ii
Gray hairs! when sprinkled here and there, c
. In beard and whiskers too,
Inspire respect and oonfidonco, ,
More than the youtblfcl hue. "
Of knowledge, of manhood they tell, ^
* Perchance of eeriona thought,
And loss at the expansive school . *
Of sage experience taught. A
Qray hairs! 1 think them beautiful ^
Around the ancient fkee;
Liko pure unsullied snows that lend a
The win dry landsoapos grace | r<
When found In wisdom's way they crown ^
With wealth's eghaastless storey ^
A prelude to that home of joy A
Where change Is known nosnoro. _ It
3ii Stotmating ftanj. <<
THE TGLUMG BELL, S
Not many months ago, In one of my
summer rumbles, I found myself, on s p
beautiful Sabbath morning, the guest of K
a woitby and intelligent family, in a
quiet country village. \
The early breakfast was over; parents t<
and children had joined in reading a n
chapter in the Bible { Mr. Sedgwiek, a
the head pf the family, had then offer- a
ed up a fervent prayer, at the conclusion o
of which we all arose from our knees, y
when our ears wero gfeeted by the clear
, deep peels of the ringing church bell. t!
44 So late lw exclaimed Mr. Sedgwick, c
looking at the clock. " Ouf time piece ?
must be wrong." h
44 That is not the first bell for chorch," n
replied her husband, solemnly. "There
has been a death in the village. The o
bell is going to toll for Martin Lord." c
"Socb, then, is his unhappy end!" c
mused his wife. 44 Well, it he f
wrong to mourn, liis death. If death
was ever a merciful providence, il is so r
in this case." I
44 Is it a<i>treon who has been long t
sick t" I asked. # <i
Instead of answering my quests <11- i
rectly, Mr. Sedgwiek aaid : >
? There It a Cerj melancholy history j
y* connected with that young man. It is
now sometimo since the excitement occasioned
by his strange tragedy died
away; but the tolling of the bell this
_ morning must bring ii bach tb?wibl\ la
every heart, Perbape you would l?e
very much interested to hear thestory f"
s I expressed roy desire to listen to the
narrative; upon which he gave me the
details of the following story, - which I
relate with only a slight variation from
the original:
H Martin Lord was once the flower
and hope of one of the most respectable
% families in the village. I]is amiabio
disposition and superior intellect procured
for him universal love and esteem.
u Although a slight figure and pale |
leaturw, which inuicaieu a constitution
bjr no means robait, Martin vu ro>
markable for his uncommon beauty,
and, indeed, a fine, noble forehead
shaded by leeks of soft brown hair, hfs
large, etprosaiie blue eyoe, straight
note, with the Grecian nostrils, and voluptuous
mouth, entitled him fn some
measure to that consideration.
"Martin was a groat favorite with
, the ladies, old and young; bat be neves
i showed any marked partiality to any
>ne, until he became intimate with Isat>ella
Asbton, tbe daughter of our late
dergyman, who died of grief about a
pear ago.
" No two beings were more differ
unL Isabella was young and the roost
.boughtlosa girl in the village. She
jould bate little sympathy with a person
of such deep feeling and intellect as
Martin; and beautiful as she was, it
teemed strange that he should have
Eiven his love to her.J There' is no
oubt but she was attached to liiro, perlape
she loved him; but in this initanoe,
as in all others, her .affections
*6r6 secondary to her love of sarcasm
rod mischief.
M Martin and Isabella had been pointid
out as lovers by the village gossips
ftr several months;*he was nineteen,
rod she of the satne age, when tbe tragdv
occurred, which the tolling of the
,jl I II J ?
/vii it mm recalled 10 my memory.
44 Xt wot an autumn evening, nearly
Ive years since, that Isabella took adantnge
of the absence of her father, to
inve a social gathering of young people
it their house. Martin, of course, was
resent, with the fairest youths and
naidens, and being under no restraint
rom tho gravity of the clergyman,
vho was not expected home till late, the
ompany enjoyed themselves freely in
seta, songs, and social games.
44 The hour at which such partioe
isually broke up, had already passed,
ind there was no relaxation in the
;aietv of the yountf people, when some
>ne foolishly mentioned the subjeet of
[hosts, something of that description
laving beeo reported to have boon seen
n the church-yard. .
44 4 It is a sjlly report,' said Martin.
Nobody can believe that a ghost has
ealiy been seen there, and 1 doubt if a
erson here belives at all in the existnco
of a ghost.'
44 4 You do, yourself?you know you
lo, Martin, although you are ashamed
o own it,' cried Isabella. But Martin
nly laughed. 4 Come now.' continued
be thoughtless girl, 4 I can prove that
ou have some idea thai such things
nay exist. ' Go to the church-yard alone
i the dark, and then declare, if you
an, that you have not felt fear!'
u 4 And what would that prove t'
44 4 Why, you would be frightened,
bough you would see nothing. Your
jars would put your belief to a test.?
low could you be afraid if vou did not
?ei that "there was something to be
fraid oft*
u 4 I do not think your logic is very ,
ood,' repliod Martin, laughing. 4 Men
re often troubled with fear, when their
oason tells them that there is no cause
> fear. But t deny, in the first place,
liat a journey to the church-yard, even
t midnight, would frighten me in Hie
sast 1'
44 4 now bravely you can talk 1' said
labella, indulging in her customary
me of sarcasm. 4 But nobody here
elioves it?I don't, at any rate. Why,
ou hadn't courage enough, the other
ay, to help kill a rabbit; your mother
aid me so 1"
44,41 never like to cause or Impress
ain, if it can be avoided,' answered
fartin. blushing.
44 4 Ila ! ba 1 what a poor excuse !
rou are brave enough, to be sure, but
ander-hearted ! Come, now, you dare
ot go to the church-vard this night
lone. You are not half so courageous
s you would have us believe. Whethr
you think there are ghosts or not,
ou are afraid of them.*
Martin was extremely sensitive ; but
be sarcasm of nobody but Isabella
ould have stung him to the quick,
icortiing tbo imputations of cowardice,
te.was ready to do almost any deeperte
a?t to prove his courage. 4 but,1
aid he, 4 although I have no more fear
if church-yards and ghosts, than I have
if orchards and apple trees, I am r.ot
;oing to walk half a mile merely to be
aughed at."
44 4 Ila 1 ha 1 but yon shall not escape
nerely sol' laughed Isabella. 4 Here,
>efore these, our friends, I promise that
his ring shall be yours,* she continued,
lisptaying one given by an older lover,
vhich Martin had desired her to part
vith, 4 provided you go to the churchraid
alone, in the dark, and declare, on
our bonor, when yon return, that you j
vere-not in the least afraid.'
M * Agreed,' aaid Martin, buttoning
iia coat, for the night waa chilly.
"1 Ar?l, as ar. evidence that you
he entire distance, you can bring back
irith voo, the iron bur, which vou will
Ind close by the gate,' said Isabella.
44 Thus driven by lanta to the cotnniasion
of follv, Martin took leavo of
he Comnanv. full of eoanm and mint
r?/? ? * T"'*?
itid Mt out on his errand.
M It ?u near a quarter of ft mile to
he church yard, which was approached
>y a lonely, dreary path, seldom travel
hJ, except by mourners.
u It is impossible to relate precisey
what happened to Martin on that
gloomy road. 1 judge from the cir:ninstance*
which afterwards came to
ight, and conjecture his adventure must
utve been, as 1 am about to relate it.
' 94 Slight as be was in frame, and tenler
in nie feeling, he est not destitute
>f courage. 1 do not thftik be was
tightened by the sighing of ther wind
?nd the rustling of the dry autumn
eav% as many stronger man might have
ma. lie approached steadily to the
sburch-yardTstopped a moment, perhaps
to gaze sadly, but not fearfully, At lite
white tombstone glimmering fnintly in
the dark and desolate ground, for the |
tars shone brilliantly in the clear cold
sky ; then shouldering the iron bar of
which Isabella had spoken, he sat out to
return. '
* He had proceeded about half way,
when in the gloomiest part of the road,
ho saw a white figure emerge from n
clump of willows and come up towards
him. It looked like a walking corpse,'
in a winding sCoet, which trailed on
the ground. All Martin's strength of
nerres was gone in an instant. Courage
gave place to desperation, his hair
standing erect and his blood running
chilled with horror, still he stood his
giound. The spectre drc'w nearer,
seeming to grow whiter and larger as
it approached. We cannot tell what,
frenzy seized upon the brain of tho unfortunate
youth at that moment. The
guests at the clergyman's heard terrific
creams. Dreading some tragic tci mination
to the farce, tbey rushed to tho
spot, one of the number carrying a
lantern. They found Martin kneeling
on the prostrate figure, his fingers
clutching convulsively its throat, while
he uttered frantic shrieks for help. His j
wild features cxhibted tho extremity of
tci ror.
* Only two of the most courageous '
young men dared approach hirn. One
of them forced Martin to release his
hold on the throat of the figure, whilst
the other lore away the folds of the
sheet. At that moment tho bearer of
the lamp enmo up. Its light fell on
the blood-stained, distorted features of
Isabel(at Marliu uttered one more unearthly
shriek and fell lifeless upon the
corpse. -He never spoke again, bat
lived?an idiot I
** A frightful contusion on Isabella's
temple bore evidence that in his fronsy
ho had struck tho supposed spectre with
the-iron bar. The blow was probably
the cause of hor death, although eucn
a grasp with his hands must have deprived
her of breath, lie nfever knew
afterwards what he had done, for never
a gleam of reason illuminated the darkness
of his soul; and now the tolling
bell has told us that Heaven in its mercy
has finally freed the spirit from its
shackles of clay, and given it life and
light in a better world."
JHiflrtllantntia probing.
Drifting.
Ono calm summer's evening I sat upon
the river's bank, gazing listlessly
down the stream; watching the current
as it eddied and whiilcd along over its
rocky bed And listening to the low murmuring
of the waters. I was thinking
of the world?of human life, its responsibilities,
its cares?of the various influences
at work, and their manifold results.
Just then a little boat, which
had been moored near tho shore, left its
fastenings and began to drift out into
the stream. Slowly and almost imperceptibly
at first, it floats along, Lome
onward by a gentle evening broeze, its
speed gradually increasing as it nears
the current into which it is soon drawn ;
and now, with increasod velocity, it is
impelled forward and out of sight by
the resistless waters.
Ilow strikingly, thought I, docs this
resemble some phases of human life.?
A boy, the pride and joy of his fond
and doling parents, endowed with a
good intellect and an amiable disposi
lion, brought up thus far within u the
charmed circle" of parental influence, is
to-be educated, lie is sent to college.
For a while everything goes on well.?
He is attentive to his studies, and ex
emplary in his deportment. The precepts
instilled by his parents are still
fresh in his memory, and he is enabled
to resist the allurement incident to college
life. By-end by a change comes,
scarcely to be observed at first, but soon
I Quite Apparent. Ho is nol *n rf>rriilnr in
| i# < a " ?*""* """
bis attendance at his recitations?they
are not quite so well prepared?lie dresses
a little finer?may be seen usually
with ibe "fast boys"?carries a cane?
frequently baa a cigar in bis mouth?
takes a drink occasionally?swears a lit- !
tie, just a little, once in a while?neg j
lects church and sabbath school, and so
on. That boy is drifting, llis little
barque, freighted with the Hopes and
anxieties of his fond parents, and the
interests of his own immortal soul, both
temporal and eternal, is driftingout upon |
the broad river of immortality. Koon, 1
unless its course is arretted, it will be j
drawn into the current ai:d borne on to
destruction?to sink beneath the dark
waves, to rise no tnore, or wrecked upon
the rock of crime and disgraco- (?od
help that unsuspecting hoy I (JoJ pity
uu luvmg parema, inc. slay and prop of
whose declining years be was to have
been I
A young man starts on in life. lie
is handsome, talented, and lias moans
enough to begin with, lie engages in
business?is industrious, attentive and
polite, fyr a while be gets on finely,
bis business increases, and bis heart beats
high with bopes of success. Soon, however,
bis attention to business begins to
slacken; instead of always being at bis
office, you now frequently see bim down
town; be dresses more elegantly, smokes
a finer segar, and drinks Oner wines and
more of them?goes more into fashionr
t~ - "?"J
quents the theatre and opeia?neglects ;
church, the public loctures, the lycoum, j
and othor means of mental and moral t>
improvement?spends his evenings at j y
drinking saloons and club-rooins?may j 0|
occasionally be seen flushed with liquor , c,
at the faro table in a M gambling hell ji
or, what is iufinilely worse, paying hoin- j c,
age to a Cyprian goddess in some " gild- , d,
ed temple of infamyTliat young man rj
is drifting. I lis little boat, which was v,
moored so safely to the mossy banks, t;
whero the flowers of happiness, Content- I ^
ment and success bloomed, and which J
is laden with a priceless cargo?a car- | e,
Kof eternal hopes and interests?has j |j]
t its fastenings, and is drifting out ril
u jrvil lira lUIINU SUClllll Ul IHHIIIOnnOIti jC
dissipation. Slowly nr.d gradually it
glides from the shore, cartied along > by p,
the soft broer.c of popular applause; by : m
degrees it near* the current?enter* it 1 R0
?and with irresistible force is, hurried ' l?
to destruction, is inevitably stranded up 1 <j,
on the inhospitable brakers of everlast-' 0i
( ing dishonor. | Ml
Thero is a young girl, npon whom (J
centre the fondest affections of her pa ( |?
rents?tho light of whose eve, and ' n<
the joy of whose heart she is.? ; jn
Nature has l?eslowcd her blessings on ; j*
her with a lavish.hand. She is beauti v<
fill, kindhearted, has a mind snseepti
blc of a high degree of cultivation, mid ct
is surrounded by all that wealth and i C
luxury can supply. She must be edu- T
cated iu accordancewith the slat ion in '|'
life which she is ex|?ecled to occupy.? |>
She is sent tog " fashionable boarding ! 'f(
school." Heing a little self-willed, and I bs
freed from the restraints of home, she ; A
does pretty much as her fancy dictate* j pj
?pays but little attention to tier studies, oil
except those branches termed *' ortm- fu!
mental?" begins to be vain of her fa
beauty, which has been indiscreetly re<
praised in hearing?may be seen fro- oil
quontly poiing over the pages of a " yel
low covered" French novel, which, nn
somehow, she managed to smuggle in- co
to her room?carries on a clandestine po
correspondence with one or two beaux ih
?at the expiration of the usual time be
returns liome to her parents, with a \ wi
smattering of drawing, French and | ev
music?accomplished. She makes her I
debut into fashionable society?attends | sli
all the balls and paities?listens to the fo
poison breath of flattery?accepts the in
attention of men who, though they move b>
in fashionable circles, are of rpiestion- "
able morals?permits rucIi an one to u
lead her in the giddy dance, andyields- it
her form to his lascivious embraces as fe!
she whirls with him in the passion ex- al
citing waltz?feels no thrill of startled purity
and virtue as his moustnehed lip "
touches her liand ns he nssists her into y
her carriage, but rather a thrill of gratifiod
vanity and dangerous excitement?
eschews church and church going persons
(except when she w ishes to exhibit
herself ill a new and fascinating"1
toilet.) That young ladv is drifting.:?
ller-little barque, with silken sails, has 1
left the haven of purity, whore it was so
securely anchored, and is drifting, drift-1
ing out into the stream of fashionable :
| folly and excitement. Slowly and al- J
i rntm unooscrveuiy tuc distance widens
between it and tlio shore; driven on by
tbo breezes of vanity nnd mliniration, j
it will soon bo in the current; and when 1 ^
onco there, unless through the aid
some powerful interposition, will l?e (g<
urged onward, by tlio relentless tide tin- ^
til it is landed, a wreck, upon the daik jl(
shores of eternal ruin and disgrace.
Header! whether youih, young man j(j
or young lady, let ine ask you, where q
aro youT Are you drifting upon the ! 8|]
tide of human life, at the mercy of wind 1 M
and wave, without pilot, or ruddor, or )
compass ! There is a haven where you i [!!
can moor iu safety]; an anchor M sure !
and steadfast," which, if you cast out, ;n
neither wave nor wind tior tide shall 1
set you drifting again I W. J jH
The Wife.?It is astonishing to sec (w
how well a man may live on a small in j fc
come, who has n handy nnd industrious
wife. Some men live and mako a far , "r
tatter nppearnnce on six or eight dollars j (l
a week, than others do on fifteen or | f;l
eighteen dollars. The man does his j
part well, hut his wife is go?nl for nothing.
She will even uphraid her litis- Tl
hand for not living in as good stvle as
her neighbor, while the fiiuli in entirely
Iter own. Ilia neighbor has j\ neat, ^
capable and industrious wit-', and that 1,1
makes the difference. 11 is wife, on the 'J1
other hand, i* n whiilpool, into which ,ri
a great nrnny silver ciijw might he 01
thrown, nnd the appearance of the watei
would not Iks changed. No Nicholas, 11
the Diver, is there to restore the wasted n<
treasure. It is only an insult for such 11
a woman to talk to her husband about I
her love and devotion. j 0<
r C al wr t ?
l^uvHHtrrn /mmcMieau. |
A Motiikb Teaching IIkhCiiii.d to l.'
Phay.? It is nt once an object (lie most i 1
Hubliine and tender the imagination can ,
well conceive of. Elevated above earth i
ly tiling*, she seeina like ono of those '
guardian angels, the companion of our j
earthly pilgrimage, through whose min- I "
istration we are inclined to good, to n
turn from evil. *
Many a true heart that would have
come back like a dove to the ark, after
its first trnnsgremioa, baa been frighten- t<
ed beyond recall by tho savage charity a
of an uuforgiving apirit. "
Courtesy.
Tito innumerable fine and delicate
trend which true courtesy weaves, ft* 1
oof and warp, constitute the strength <
f the social fabric. / Courtesy is love
nbodied, and rendered active and visile
; and love attracts into union and
iicncfw, and wheu contiguous water
ro|>s rush into mutual bosoms and form
ver and lake. Conventional obsertnces
may drive men into combinaoils,
as external hoops force the staves
l become tho barrel and the cask,
ut the drawings of love will attract,
en through impediment and barrier, i
Ice the magnetic influence that ope
ties thronirli til A voftitikl iiitnn ?l,? mim. I
floating swan.
Courtesy is essentially different from
j|itenv*ft, etiquette, manners. These
ay become more marks of supreme
Itishiies* and hatred ; and they may
3 only exhibitions for praise and profit. '
ourtogy has, indeed, no special form I
manner, and yet never wars with |
litnblc and decorous conventionalisms,
curtesy is inherent,and ever thesaine;
it forms of politeness are shaped by
roidcnt ; hence the etiquette now reigng
may he dethroned in time, and the
iliteness of to day become rudeness of
ilgaiify.
Courtesy cannot l>o taught or learn
1, It cannot bo put on or laid aside,
onrtosy is f?-lt?mere politeness seen,
he former wins love, the hitter respect,
lie one bows gracefully and profound;
the other would lav down a life,
u become polite, read Chesterfleld ; to
come courteous, read the llible.?
brahatn, the fatlicr of the faithful, and .
nil, the Apostle of the Gentiles, bow- <
indeed wilb courtly grace, resptct- '
lly ; but it was tlieir courtesy, mani- 1
'ted in look, word, lotto, manner, that t
rented their heart love, and melted '
Iter hearts. I
The writer was passing once along a
irrow pavement. A young man, in '
arse apparel, at otir approach, Rtcp- <
d aside, with great alacrity, and into
c mud edging tlio path, lie did not i
?w, ho waved no hand, ho moved '
itliout grace, and vol the whole was '
ident couitesy.
After passing, tlic thought arose,
lould wo not acknowledge nnd thank
r the behaviour so unusual in a voting
an in this brazen age. Wo went
ick. Offering our hand, wo said:
Young ni'- Jiands with mo !"
Certain 1 lhy do you wish
P u L '0 a kiud-hearted
llo?- jpman ; you gave
I <jr, I would
^rlv man!"
jnnnl May
fn our Lord
profess
nven, if
w; and
P hands
\r our
foment
dicans,
? or of
^tnenccr.
Sad st's Fall.
bout a Ann wras
nt to ) >o a car>
of s' , "l'ortiand,
nine. Vhcd to the
5use a. wears, and
messed jfnhdonco of
is einphi., #1011 to New
1 leans he \ trusted with
ifflcient mo- |?ho cargo of
igar, but wj y. duo on a
rev ions carj. bouse bad
>uglit.
This your try competent
his bit sine. . inn nrifin#
telligcnco, hw! o Ittractivo ap
araiicc withal. 1 fl one sin, and
ihI, alas I wa* hrt 'inc. He had
>ntrncled the hab:" , rambling, and
II, it would seer . )?rey lo l',e
imhicrs of N Ho lost evy
dollar of his *. fr's money, and
few days since .? of his being
tally stabbed ?? ooilce-house ntfray.
? When we gallant follows havo run out a
friend,
liere's nothing left?except to run him
through.*'
A brother in-law (long a resident of
e\v Oileans) of the wretched young
inn, passed through the city on Satur?y
with hiscotlincd remains. A weepig
sister had placed white flowers up1
the ignoble yet mourned dead ere it
arted for the place which had known
in life. Jn a nnco happy cottage,
jw how desolato ! in a grandly picircoquc
spot, within sight of the silver
Hilling suri. WHICH bCAts along (lie
:ean coast, a widowed and bcart-broki
mother awaits the coming of her
cad sou. And we pity her, and mourn
16 fate of a young man, who in earlier
ays was our companion and friend.
[ Cleave laud /'lain Dealer.
A Mns. John Kkio is advertising in
ic Philadelphia North American, an
infant's retreat," established for the
ccommodation of thoso babies whose
iFectionato parents desire to travel
d'.hout encumbrances.
Tub tongue of the patient dovelopes
5 physicians the disease of the body,
nd to philosophers the disease of the
jiud.
"I Wish I Had Capital.''
Tlii# wa* (lie exclam.ition of a stout,
hearty, but inzy young mnn, Ibo other
day.
Now, suppose you had capital?what
would you do with it f Lot nio tell
you, you have capital. Haven't you
got hand# and feet, and body and tnu#
cle, and bone and brain#, and don't call i
them capital! Oh ! but they aie not
money, any you. Lfut they are more <
than money. If you will use them, they
will make money, and uobody can take
them from you. Don't you know bow
to use them 1 If you don't, it is time
you were learning. Tako hold of the
first plough, or hoe, or jack plane, or
brond axe that you can find, and go to
work. Your capital will soon yield you
a large interest- You don't want to
work, you want money or credit that
VOU mav nlav the frontIpmon an/1 ??.
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ulate, and end by playing the vagabond
; or you want a plantation of negroes,
that you may biro an overseer to
attend to them while you run about
over the country and dissipate and get
in debt; or you want to "tnarry some
very rich girl, who may bo foolish
enough to take you for your fine clothes
.-.ad good looks, that she may support
you.
Shame on you, j-oung man ! Go to
work with the capital you have ; you'll
sx>n make interest on it, and with it to
givo you as much money as you want,
and make you feel like a man. If y ou
cau't make money upon what capital
you have, you couldn't make it if you
had a million of dollars in money. If
you don't know how to uso bone, muscle
ind brains, you would not know bow l
:o use gold. If you let the capital you
tave lie idle and waste and rust out, it
>vould be tlio very same thing with you
if you bad gold ; you would only know
iow to waste. ,
Then don't 6tand about like a great ,
Helpless child, waiting for somebody to (
jorne and feed you, but go to work.? ,
Take the first work you can find, no |
matter what it is, so that you be sure
lo do it like Billy Gray did bis drum- ,
ming?well. Yes, manage the capital
you aheadv haver vou will sonn h??o
plenty more to manage ; if you can't or
won't manage the capital Go<l has given
you, you will never have auy more
to manage. Do you hear f
Woman Without Religion.
A man without religion, is, at best, a
poor reprobate, the football of destiny,
with no tie linking him to infinity, and
to the wonderous eternity that has begun
within him ; but a woman without
it is even worse?a flamo without heat,
a raiubow without color, a fiower without
perfume. A man may, in some
sort, tie his frail hopes and honors, with
weak shifting grouud tackle, to business
or to the world ; but a woman without
that anchor, called Faith, its a drift and
a wreck I A man may clumsily con
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of his relations to mankiud ; but a wo
man, in her comparatively isolatod
sphere, where affection, nnd not purpose,
i i3 the controlling motive, cannot fiud
any basis for any system of right action,
but that of spiritual faith. A man nfhy
craze his thought and brain to trustful I
ness in such a poor harborage as Fame I
and Reputation may stretch beforo him,
but a woman?where can she put her
hope* in storms, if not in Heaven ??
And that sweet truthfulness, that abiding
love?lightening them with the
plea9antest radiance, when the world's
storms break like an army of smoking
cannon?what can bestow it all, but a
holy soul-tie to what is above the
stornia, and to what is stronger than
army with cannon ? Who that has
enjoyed the love of a Christian mother,
but will echo the thought with energy,
and hallow it with a tear!
Consolatory.?There is nothing
more in consonance with our notions
and sympathies when an " old maid "
is the topic of our meditation, than the
apostrophe of Jean Paul, who thus expresses
his sentiments : " Forsaken and
patient one ! Misknown and mistreated
! Think not of the times when thon
hadst hopes far better than the present
arc, and repent tho noble prido of thy
heart never I It is not always oty duty
to marry, but it is always our duty to
abide by right, not to purchase happiness
by the"loss of honor, not to avoid
unweddednessby untruthfulness. Lonely,
uadmired heroines! In thy last
hour, when all life and the by-gone posr*
AC cl/\n<l nti/1 Kill ? ? wb" lif*
ov.'viviio onu i/ui rw rti an VI IIIU MIWI1I CFIIITI"
hie in pieces, ready to fall down?in
that hour wilt ihon look back on J,hy
unlenated existence?no husband, no
children, no wet eyes will be thero?but
one high, pure, smiling angelic, beaining
figure, God like and mounting to
the God-liko, will hover over and beckon
thee to mount with her?the figuio
is thy virtue I"
It make* a groat difierenco whether
glasses are used over or under the nose.
If the former, the person can see and
So straight ahead?if the latter, the
m cad is rather apt to go where it can't
see at all. A glass before the eyes, is
apt to a man a philosopher?one
before tho mouth will most likely make
him a fool.
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Wiikn Pride and Poverty marry together,
theii children are Waui and
Crime. I
The Word "8elah."
Hie thoughtful reader of the Psalma
cannot havo failed to ask himself what
the word " Solah " means. It is a He- *
brow word or sign, which the translators
of the Bible have been forced to
leave as they found it, from their ignornnce
or disagreement as to its correct
signification.
The Targum and most of the Jewish
commentators give' to Jhe word the
meaning of eternally forever. Rabbi
Kimciii regards it as a sign to elevate
the voice. The authors of tb? Septuagint
translation appear to have regarded
it as a musical or rythmical note.
Hcrnor regards it as indicating a change
of tone; Mathpson, as a musical .note
equivalent, perhaps, to the word repeat.
According to Luther, and. others, it is
equivalent to the exclamation $ilenee /
Gcsenius says that 44 Selah " means,
' Let the instruments play and the sing.
ers stop." Wocher regards it as equiv.
alcnt to #tirsum cordaf (up, my soul!)
Souimcr, after examining all the seventy-four
passages in which the word occurs,
recognizes in every case 44 an actual
appeal of summons to Jehovah ;
they are calls for aid, and prayers to he
heard, expressed either with entire directness,
or, if not in the imperative
44 Hear, Jehovah f or 44 Awake, Jehovah
!" and the like, still earnest addresses
to God, 44 that ho would remember
and hear," etc. The word itself, he rogards
as a blast of trumpets by the
priosts. Selah, itself, he thinks, is an
abridged expression used for Iligghion,
indicating the sound of stringed instruments,
and Selah a vigorous blast of
trumpets.
A Mathematical pnenomeno#,?
A young man has up-sprung In New
York, who has been gifted with unprecedented
powers of calculation. He
cariics about with him, for their exhibition,
a wooden slate and a piece of
chalk. On this state, in one instance,
live column's of ten figures were placed,
which were replete with the heavier
numerals. Mr. Hutchinson (this is the
phenomenon's name) was not permit*
ted to see the figures until they were all
marked down, lie then seized the
chalk, and, with a convulsive jerk, put
down at the bottom the correct sum
total, with a rapidity that scarcely allowed
him time to glance at the figures.
The youth does, with the same lightning
rapidity, sums in cube and square
root, lie is engaged by baraom, and
will give lessons at the museum. The
Post says that it has been suggested
" that any one wishing to 'stump* this
remarkable but not vem mous ' adder,*
has only to ask him to add up the
enormities of our late Legislature, or
the profits that the Gridiron speculators
will make out of tho city Railroads."
A Fable.?A young man once picked
up a sovereign in the road. Ever
Afterwards, as he walked along the road,
he kept his eyes steadily fixed on the
ground, in hopes of finding another.
I And in the course of a long life he did
pick up at different times a good amount
oi goia ana stiver, uut all these days,
as ho was looking for them, be saw not
that Heaven was bright above him, and
I naturo beautiful around. He never
once allowed his eyes to look up from'
the muddy filth in which be sought the
treasure; and when bo died a rich old
man, ho only knew this fair earth, of
ours as a dirty road to pick up money
as you walk along.
Eveky man who is the head qf a
family, and who has hit home in the
country, and who is anxious to make
that home a place of happiness that
shall be looked back to with fond re*
collections by bis children, when tbey
come to leave him and go out into the
wild worid, should by no means neglect
the cultivation of fruit. In the days of
childhood and youth, the appetite is
keen, and the tasting of a good apple,
pear, peach or plum, imparts a roost
pleasant sensation to the palate. Aud
although we may like to partake of
those fruits in after life, their pleasant '
taste will never give such a thrill of en*
joyment as was experienced in our ju*
venile years.
J RUTIN O U PON Seal PTC RE.?The Ovilrt
arising front this practice are greater than
appear nt first. It leads, in general, to
irrevorence for Scripture^ No man would
jest with the dying words of Ma father
or his mother ; yet the words of Ood are
quite as solemn. When we have beard
a coinic or vulgar tale connected with a
text of Scripture, such is the power of
association, that we never hear the text
afterwards without thinking of the jest.
The effect of this is obvious, lie who
is much eugaged in this kind of false wit,
will come at length to have a large por*
lion of lloly Scrjpture spotted over by
his unholy fancy.
At ft recent b*1o of autograph letters
in I^ondon, A letter of Wafthin^ton'Mf
written when n subaltern in the service
of the Colonial Government, to the
Governor of Virginia, sold for ?10.10.
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j A wise man uyUdread the beginning
of quArrek^Bponeof aa know
how much of the afaflfehwilicr in
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