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The following exquisite Ode. by Sir E. B,
Lrttim, *e eopjr from th? (Miens) Ftm
Jdaaon:
The world noty rail nt Masonry,
And Moff the M)uir? awd line;
We'll follow with tonplurm;
The Muster's greet design.
And though our fUtw'i frown, end though
We're by our noUier'e eluded,
Could they our works eud heart but know,
We would not be derided. >
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And though the kings of earth unit*,
Our teni|4? to assail,
While unwed with "truth, and love, and
ligK . : ; I
O'er tleean we shall prevail. .
A cloud inoy veil the face of Jay,
But nature smiles at one
That should adventure bol.l essay?
To quench the glorious sun.
A king can mate a garter*} Knight,,
And breathe away another ;
But he, with all his skill and might.
Can never make a brother;
Tli?? power, alone, thou mystic art.
Free Masonry is thine!
The power to tame the savage heart
With brother love Mvina
Jllifittllfluaius XUnteg:
! "A Touch of Katnro M^kes the
Whole World tisC *
On board the steamer Ocean, between
Cleveland aad l)elrptt? a circ)irost?ucd
occurred not long ago, which is pleasantly
told by a correspondent of -the
Cleveland Otrald:
A young girl, apparently about 11
years of age, waa seated upon a pile of
cheese boxes, with Iter two little brother*,
aged 11 and IS years. They were
orphans, bound frora^Alleghany, Pane.,
to Michigan, where they expected to
find a hotne with an uncle.
After having purchased second class
tickets for tbe three;the girl had spread
her old quilt on the pile of cheese boxes,
and prepared to pass the night in
quietude. She lisd hardly grranjged
~~ her nest, however, before she was aecir_
1Jif^ ? *
aeutiy aiseoverea uy a scootul class passenger,
a tall young man of 23 years,
who bad loved ber in secret almost
I from ber infancy, and who, for tbe past
two years, bad been rafting lumber on
| *" the Ohio river. Having acquired about
two hundred dollar* in bard currency,
he came tdNjlevelaad on the tenth ult.,
to participate in the oalebratiortjr vfhen,
* " a? he oxpreiwed it, " tome rttean kuM
had pieked bis pocket of every Ranted
cent but four dollars." *
Being unable to find the thief or tbe
money, be bad started for tbe West
with tbe determination to hire out on a
farm. To his surprise and joy he found
litnanelf ov board the same vessel with
the object of bis heartV earliest affecE
tioaa. .
I Stirling op to her, he exclaimed,
| 44 Why,.Cynthia Ann 1 why, how do
[ you dew 1 I didn't Hardly know j?i 1
w njr, now you've growu i WW we
? -- you going P
J " Fm going to uncle'*, In Mieliignn,"
? im the feeble reply. 14 Yam knew
Efc another wee deed, didn't yon Is*
" Why, no P end hi* voice softened.
[ 44 When did the die, Cynthia Ann !n
"She/died hwt January, Udcle
If " wrote (b nee thai if I'd come up tbere,
he'd glee me end 4he boys a home."
" Cynthia Anal* end the young
man'* voice trembled?" there ain't no
man'li be so glad to give you a homo
| . eel wih! I've alters thought a heep
! - of you l/I told your mother when you
[ wasn't tnore'n so high, tb*l When yon
g grow'd op I was a goirt* to here. you.
Jfow, Oynthia Aaa~j?*t *ay the* word.
j and you're to bum now P A .
I M What'll beoosne of the-boys 1" inl
quired the agitated maiden.
K. M 111 go vmh Jau and leave 'em to
[ your uncle's, and theo well go West,
| and Mraput this fall and winter, and
L then weft bsf a small Arm and live to
Hr "hum P
^ ' The gfrF gave a warm nigh of ncorpt.
Hm anoe, leaned her head against the hen
F& est breast of the hardy youth, m much
Iflfc as to say?If you want anything, i?ko it.
|jB ~ The i * a snatched a kirn from her
ruby lips, sprang down from i lie cheeea
boxes smUtcinhnol, M If there'* a ioin '
1rtfr or juethae of tb? peace on tliia
boat, I've got a job for taim.**
" I am n juuici of the peace,** remarked
* venerable looking old man
from York State, u remonnt the cheese
bower, and voa ehell be a married man
in tea* than fire minuter.'* ^
a1^efl, hold on, rquirel 1 hatnl got
ao money, but HI give you an all jo"
fifed good axe."
.* Never mind about the pay,** raid
the N||di?f " 1*H lake my jviy In eeeing
yon happy.*'
* l'fea Tellow remonnted ihe p?1? of
ehte*er?ia*pcd the bends of hie dejirty
beloved, end in three minutes the core- I
mony was performed?he bad entered
into a now existence. Kissing bis little
bfida once /vi Vi?a?
I vn nv* v ??*i J If JF-, 1IC ITJMW
himself on a hig cheese, anif conunericcd,
no doubt,-for the first time, to realize
what be was, where lie was, whet
lid hi\d dono, ami what ought and must
be done. .. .
Starting np suddenly, he exclaimed,
half aloud, to himself, 44 Well, by hokey,
tins is a pretty, bard way of passing
the fimt night !"
The bride jid???hfcdf and replied?
44 Setter mmd, Jclrn, we are just as happy
aa if we were rich. Come, ait down.'
ltwi John had an idea, and he was
hound to pat it ie operation. Going to
hit pile of baggage, consisting of one
large meal bng. containing a change of
shirts, socks neckerchief, and old boots,
lie took f*om the leg of one of the boots
ao excellent axe, mud, walking up to the
clerk's office, he exclaimed :
441 say, look here. Cap'n. Vve paid '
for a deck passage, but 1 want a bed for
myself and w?i?self. I haint got no
money, b it hero is au all jofired good
aite."* > *
The gentleman in the office replied
that .the cleric had stepped orit, hut
would be back in a few minutes ; where
upon the man went back to the pile of
cuedse to look at his precious treasure. Having
our sympathies aroused, wo
hastily ran around among the passengers,
told the 6torv, and took up a sollection
to procure a state-room for the
young couple. To the credit of our
ladv passengers, they were the most
liUxral in their donations; and in less
than ten minutes we had collected
$14.02. Presenting the sum 1? the
agreeably astonished young man, we infortned
id in that lie could now procure
a state-room with two beds, ono for
huo?*lf and wife, tho.other for the boy*
Thanking us, with his big watery eyes,
lie-rushed to (he olerk'a office, where he
was met by Cnpt. Pierce, agent of (he
linu, Capt. Evans, commander of the
boat, and Mr Cnrier, the c'.erk.
Capt. Pierce exclaimed, 44 Ilere, mr
good fellow, here's a ticket for yourself
and wife ;o go to Chicago. Get West
na fast ?a you can ; go to work on a fawn,
and "look out for the land sharks.**
\ Capt. Evan* putted out a glittering
eoin and said?" Hera's five dollars ;
' keep yOurself in good condition, and **
t?here lbs worthy Captain forgot his
speech and ran off laughing.
The clerk, Mr. Carter, handed the
roan a key, end said, "You Are welconie
to one of the best state rooms on
the boat. It has two beds?one for
yourself and wife, the other for the
boys.'*
Capt. Evans having returned, exclaimed,
" Give the boys another room.
They haiot no business In there* They
, haiqt no business"?hers he broke
down with laugh er again, and hurried
away to give o*dort on the boat. The
couple now repaired to their sumptuous
apartment, aa happy Us mortals are allowed
to be on this earth, and. the passenger?
gathered in knots to praise the
liberality of all concerned, and tbe comical
Oddity of Capt. Evans.
Rkm?m?kr Home.?Fortunate, tinspeak
ably fortunate, is the young man
that haa a home that be loves, and dear
ones ne*uing there to whom Lis heart |
goes out in immeasurable Teaming* of
affection. The yooih *ho has coine to
the city to seek Me fortune. is guarded
to by nu angel from Heaven, when he
cherishes fresh in hi* memory, the. pictar*
of an born We oottage home which
hollered the near and venerable bring
who' gave him Wrib. The thriH of her
loving tooch, aa ?lie laid her hand upon
bis I wend In blessing, ero ho turned his
footetejpe* toward the great city, shall
hold him ever in tba Path of Life, and
eharm the Tempter away. And still
more Mowed ie he if he has devoted a
pttktion of hia wages to tho support of
tbat horns, and of those dear ones lyliom
be so loves. In snch a case, his earnings
are hallowed with a sncrednese
which communicates itself to his character,
nod is exhibited in blossoms of
<weou*n?ffl. in* conactouaneM that
the wages gladden nnd beautify, and
make comfortable the liomo of his
childhood and the awl bora of liia being,
give* a dignity to hi* labor, and a delight
ia it* rewaid ; auch as bo mere
' elfiah rpftit el acqvixition can impart. I
Therefore, young n?en, remember your 1
paternal homes, and devote at leaat a
portion ef your earniage to the funking
of them brighter and happier, that your
own life-path may be brightened by
effulgence whieh ie ever radthCed from
good deeda.
To-morrow ia-the day on which lazypeople
work, and fool* rofoua, ___
THE OLD CLOCK 0* THE STAIRS.
And so Ellen Wilford linn consented
to leawe bor homo with Stephen Lennrtl.
No biipht moon shines upon him, a* be
land* in the garden waiting for her.?
The 41 eye* of night" have hidden themselves,
end a doll, drizzling rnin palters
down amongst the dry dead leaves under
the old beach tree.
Oh I Stephen Lenard, 8tephen Lennrd
I do vou know that tomorrow's sun
ci<>ck nets on?on, through the solemn
hours of night; on, through the dull
sorrowfnl days that succeed ; on, in
mournful monotony through hours, and
days, and years ; on, and on, and on !
? *
" Ellen, my own dearest wife, do not
Icavo me I I know you now?have
known von many days, only 1 feared to
say so. Hut see! I am quite calm
uow ; do not go away from tne I"
" llusli I dearest. Remember you
are not to talk, not to excite yourself.?
You look bettor, dear husband, better
than you have looked since the hall wss
extricated; jou will soon be well,
but- "
4'Ellen, my love, my wifo, come hither
; put voar hand in mine, and let tne
hold it wsvliile I tell you they are deceiving
you. I shall never leave this
bed alive. Nay. dearest, for iny sake
bear up against this. Listen to tne, for
tny time is short, and I am weak, so
very weak. I have injured you, my
Ellen, but not willingly, Ueaven knows,
not willingly. When I think of all I
hare mado you suffer, of the home and
the loving hearts from which I took
you, oh 1 Ellen, I could curse my own
selfishness I Nay, let tne apenk?it was
selfish and dishonorable ; and now, now
I am leaving you alette and unprotected,
in a strange place ; hut I have writ
ten to your father, and oh ! surely he
will be q erciful now: Ellen! Ellen!
T .!_! . 0 -
? urn ujmg ; forgive ine-r-pu?. your face
down to mine once more. I cannot see
you; Inn a cloud parsed over tlic moon f
It is very dark."
* ? ot ?
Again (lie ol.l clock on the stairs
strikes the hour of midnight; and again
its solemn echoes revibrate through the
old ball. A carriage drives up?there
are subdued sounds of welcome, and
compassion, and love ; but above all are
beard, distinct in their low choking
tone, the words, "Oh 1 mother! mother
P' And they lay Iter where she can
hear the ticking of the old clock. She
is so weak that she suffers the tears to
frickle down her emaciated cheeks
without an effort to wipe thein away.?
And the clock ticks on, nud the horns
fiass; it is night agaiu, Iter pale face
ooks paler still in the clear cold ravs
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of the full moon. Suddenly a cloud
obscures the light, a shudder passes over
her, and, turning to the loving watcher
by her bedside, she exclaim* in that
same low choking tone, " Oh, mother,
motherI"
There i* silence in the tick chamber,
for Ellen bleep*. Suddenly her eye*
open, the look of anguish has left her
features and *ho whisper*, " I have
<oen liim?I am going to hsra."
Again tho moon brenks forth
froth the etondft nn-1 looks upon the
I lonely watcher in that silent room.?
The mother's head rise*, and she gases
en the face of the *leeper; it is very 1
Gle?it ia even gtuyuly ia that solemn
jht, end the ley* her trembling hand
upon the heart?e sharp, shrill cry of
agony?e heevy fell?and the ticking
of the old clock elone break* the
lorabre stillness in tho house of dea: lion
throngh the dark hours of Mflkft?
on, oa, in oenseles* monotony. %b?eo
will rise upon aching heart* and bitter
tear*! Have you tliotight of the happy
home and kind loving faces, from
which you are luring that gentle one!
Cannot thoae dark eye* of your* peer
into tire mirror of futurity, and look upon
a lonely wife pining in some gloomy
barrack chamber, hearing nothing hut
the eoart-e jests and ribald talk of the
soldiery ? Look again: la this alight
frame fitted to bear the wearying night
marches and the horrors of a bnttle
plain I Ay, the arm you are waving is
strong and muscular, Stephen, and you
think not of the lime when it shall be
weak and powerless as an infant's, when
the lips upon which VOU are rrazir.rr i
shall call upon you in vain, when the
head yon are holding ao near your own
shall rest indeed on yonr bosom, and
the hands you are cla-ping l?e thrown
wildly round yon, bat the cmbraco shall
not Im returned.
And^EJIen stand* at the door. 'As
she passed it, the old clock on the stairs
struck twelve ; the echo has died awnv,
hnt its pendulum is swinging backwards
and forwards with its dull, monotonous
tick,, tick, seeming every moment to
grow louder nnd more solemn. Ellen
>hudders; she is thinking how, since
her hand had been large enough, her
mother has never suffered ar.y other to
wind that clock, and how often she has
gazed on its curious old face with wonder.
Who will wind it up to night!
and, in a tone of hitter anguish, she exclaims:
"Oh! mother, mother P*?
Hut the door is op^n, and Stephen is
there. They little think how often in
the dead of night, in trial, sorrow, and
even privation, will that crv go up from
her heart, though it passeth not her
lip*. " Oh, mother, mother I*1 and the
bunds which had ro often given It the
power of continuing its vibrations, which
had- seemed so strong,'so. full of life,
were onld, and stiff, and powerless ; the
heart that had beat as regularly as its
heavy pendulum, was still and nerveless,
but the hands of tho old clock moved
round and round ! The measurer! pulselike
licking ceased not; its strength and
power are still unabated; but the little
fingers that once were strong entmgh to
wind ifs heavy chain, now he withering
and mouldering in the village churchyard.
Gentleman Swearer*.
It is not pleasaut to admit that the
world is getting worse iustend of better,
or that any reprehensible habit is becoming
more prevalent and common.?
Especially in a Chris ian land, and under
the influence of the pnrer religion
of which Americans aio somewhat inclined
to boast, one might look for a
higher style of morals and a more uniform
outward regard for sacred things.
Hut the world's standard is lower than
it used to be when men were less enlightened.
The catalogues of mortal
sins and of renial offences have changed
their proportions as we have grown in
wisdom. So long as we desire to retain
a respect able social position, we are
called upon to abstain from murder, except
it be dune according to the code;
and theft and lying are acknowledged
to be offences against society. The
decalogue has dwindled down to these
narrow limits, and in the place of the
comprehensive law that applied to all
relations and circumstances of life, public
opinion lias established anolhei code, i
stringent enough, may be, but which
only effects to regulate actions that
have no moral quality whatever.
To discuss the subject of profane
sweating, even upon this low ground,
it would l>e difficult to show how the
practice is profitable to the swearer^ If
it is important that an excited individual
should get off extra ateain by the
agency of > such safety valve", why
would not some more innocent expletive
answer as well as an oath ? Or if nothing
else will do in tlie moment of strong
excitement, how does if pay to toss al>out
(he Name that is above all other names
in ordinary conversation?to plav with
the roval titles of the King of Kings as 1
though He were some Idol divinity !? '
If there is profit in the practice, we hare 1
never been able to find it out.
There are grent numbers of men in
the worl I who are weak enough to abhor
profanity and to shun the society of
the chivalrous gentlemen who cannot
utter a sentence without one or more
blasphemies in it. If the influence of '
these squeamish individuals should ever
hapi>en to be necessary to tho habitual
swearer, he is tolerably certain to go
without iu If the good opinion of the
moralist has any value, it is great folly
to throw it away for the sake of a mo
mcntary gratification. Very j-oung
men swear because they dee-ire to look
manly and important, and in otrr day
the quantity and quality of the blasphemies
are generally In inverse proportion
to the age of the swearer. There
is somo show at reason about this, but
the matured man must find a better
excuse. We wear beards now-a days,
and the hirsute adornments thnt Dame
Nature furuislus better prove our manhood
than any quantity of flippant appeals
to the Doity can do.
Tho time was when one of the most
infallible marks by which the gentleman
was disguised from tho blackguard,
was the total avoidance of profane expressions
on tho part of the former.?
VV? know that swearing was a fashionable
vice with some of our ancestors.?
The court of the First Charles was a
vast manufactory of blasphemies, and
the gallant cavaliers of that day swore
bv exact rule. Hut tlio tremendous fulininations
which they Inul invented in
inoie peaceful times, were of very little
use at Marston Moore and'Naseby.?
And the descendants of the men who
were victors in those battles settled in
America and brought with them h
stricter code of morals, and the swearer
was tabooed njH>n principle. Whatever
may be said about tbese rare old worthies,
they were certainly men of purer
livca than their degenerate successors
are apt to believe, and the power of
their example was felt tlirouuh one or
two generations. A poor Tetlow was
expected to call down curses upon his
own head, ami ha was an outcast because
be swore, but tio gentleman was
guilty of a practice that was considered
utterly degrading.
If there is no God of the Universe,
it is great nonsense to swear by lliin,
and to lug in Hi* name to strengthen
an argument or to polish n sentence.?
And if theie is?one holy and supreme,
'noting the fall of a sparrow, and heeding
rti? lightest words of man?some
l*t(cr foot-ball shotild be found than
Ui* reverend name.
[Baltimore American,
HowMTT.-? Simple honesty, the naked
truth, pure virtue and a straight
up and down way of dealing with the
world, have as mueh advantage ever
vices, tricks aud stratagems, as a good
square trotting horse ban over a pin ing
pouy or raeker, that goes his mile ot
two like the roischtfef and is done for
, the rest of the journey.
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Beautiful Eattract.
StMH.li O man I upon lire Wll'ttp?
in tins stillness of tho evening hour?
and gaze, not with joyotfa, but with
contented eve*, upon the lasaoliful
world aronnd thee! See where tire
mist*, soft and dim, rise over the green
meadows, through which the rivulet ;
steals its way I See where, broadest
and stillest, the wave expand* to theYull
smile of the setting snn, and tire.willow
that trembles on the breeze, and the
oak that stands firm in tho storm, are
reflected hack, peaceful both, from the
clean glass of the tides. See, where
hegrit by the gold of the harvest, ami ,
backed l?y the pomp of a thousand
groves?the roofs of the town, bask,
noiseless, in 1 lie calm glow of the sky.
Not a sound from those abodes float in
t* e di-cord to thine ear?only from tho
churoh tower, soaring high above the
rest, perhaps faintly heard through the
stillness, swells tho note of the holy hell.
Along the mead, low skims the swallow
?vmi uiv ?nvc, mo suver circiei, breaking
into spray, ?how? the sport of the
fish. See the earth, how serene, though
all eloquent of activity anil life ! See
the heavens, how benign, though dark
clouds, hy yon mountain, blend the purple
with the gold 1 O.ize contented, for
good is around thee?not joyous, for
evil is the shadow of good ! Let thv
soul pierce through the veil'of the
senses, r.nd thy sight plunge deeper
thau the light which gives delight to
thine eye. Below the glasg of that
river, the pike dart* on liis prey ; the
circle in the wave, the soft plnco among
the reeds, are but signs of destroyer
and victim. In the ivy round the oak
bv the margin, the owl hungers for the
night, which shall give its beak and itR
talons food for its young ; and the sprnv
of the willow trexbles with the wing
of the red breast, whose blight eye sees
the worm on the soil. Canst thou count,
too, O man ! all the cares?all the sins
?that those noiseless roof tops conceal ?
With every curl of that smoke to the
sky a human thought sours as dark, as
human hope melts as hileflv. Ami the
bell from the church tower, that to thy
ear gives but music, perhaps knells for
the dead. The swallow but chafes the
moth, and the cloud that deepens the
glory of the heavens, and the sweet
shadows ou earth, nurse but. the thunder
that shall rend the grove, and the
storm that shall devastate the harvests.
Not with fear, not with doubt, recognize,
O mortal, the presence of evil in
lho world. Ilush thy heart in the
humbleness of awe, that its mirror may
reflect as serenely the shadows as the
light. Vnhily, for its moral, dost thou
gnzo on the landscape, if thy scuf put
no check on the dull delight*of the
senses. Two wings only raise thee to
the summit of the truth?where the
cherub shnll comfort the sorrow, where
the seraph shall enlighten the joy.
Bark as ebon, spreads the one wing,
white as snow gleams the other?
mournful as thy reason when it descends
into the deep?exulting as thv
faith when it spring* t* thy day star.
[JBulver.
Name Derivations.
Robert, famous in council.
Richard, liberal.
Julia, soft and tender-hearted.
David, beloved.
Susannah, a lily.
Walter, signifying to rule an army.
Marah, bitter.
Rachel, n sheep.
William, from the Danish, a shield.
Lucifer, lijht (tearing.
Chloe, from the latin, a green herb.
Dorcas, a roebuck.
Thomas, means twice.
Roger, desire for rest.
Gertrude, true to her trust.
Mary, signifies a tear.
Sarah, lady or princess.
Charles, stout.
Ellen, valor.
Georire, a husbandman.
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A 'cuu' mi, n ut?.
I)o?i, brown eyed.
Henry, honor. ?
Magdalen, tears and penitence.
Hannah, merciful, gracioua.
Eve, ahe lived.
. Esther, hidden, secret.
Beulah, married.
EdwArd, Elgar, Edwin, \vitnoa6es.
Margaret, dignities a pearl.
Alfred, nil peace.
Sophia, wisdom.
Sophrina, prudence, temperance.
Nancy and Anna, gracious.
Frances, from tiro Teutonic, free.
Catharine, pure, bright.
Ilhodn, a rose.
Puii. A H
nni|p||vut kiii11w*
Isaac, laughter.
lMtiliirt, h Ivaf.
l'hillip, n lover of horses.
Andrew, manly, courageous.
Engeoe, noMy l?orn.
AraUHs, a fair altar.
Agne?, chaste.
Adulard, from Teutonic, generous
pi* it.
Adelin, from the Saxon, excellent.
Asa, physician or euro.
Herbert, the glory of an army.
Thr following sentiment waa drank
standing at a private fete " among da
fnst circle " colored elite of New York,
a few days ago: " Here i* to the
color'ed far sec?dar face needs no
paint, dar head no Turnery."
This Is the Read to Hell. >
This terribly suggestive expression
was used the other day by one of the
prisoners now under sentence of d?*ath
in our oobnty jail. The ooeasign,pf >1*
i utterance was as follows :
t A party went to visit the prisoners
in jail, eue of the prisoners: recognized
one of the visitors a* a former resident
of the same town in Oliio. His widowed
mother liven there still, and some
of his sitters. The visitor asked him if
his mother knows of iiis situation, lie
replied lhal she does, and he had received
a letter from her bTit a few days
previously. Immediately upon his allusion
to his mother, his mind seemed
to wander back to the scenes of his
youth, and the home of his early affections,
and his face gave evidence of an
intense and indescribable ang.iish of
beart, so painful and terrible, that he
wns pitiable to look upon, lie burst
into tears, and addressing his visitor, i
" v % -
who was a laity. he exclaimed :
" Oh, Mrs. , little did I think, i
when I saw you in Ohio, that I would
ever come to the dishonorable death I
am doomed to die, and break the heart
of mv poor old mother, and disgrace
all my relations. Oh, mv God ! my
heart w ill hurst ! f never killed Wood,
but I was drunk, and I was present at
his murder. Had I not been drunk, I
would not hare been there. It is whisky
that has ruined mo Whisky led
me unto the fallows. The temptations
of whisky shops first led me astray.
Yes, Mrs. , the whisky shop has
been the road to hell, and now, if I
were able, I would hate printed over
the door of every whiskv shop in Du? i
buque and elsewhere, in big letters, that
everybody could see. these words of
tinfh: "THIS IS TUB ROAD TO j
II ELL"
Here the poor fellow's head sank upon
his hands, and his agony seemed terrible.
lie doubtless felt the trnili and
force of what he said, and all who saw
him pitied him. As the words of a
doomed niul dying man, his forcible
and agonizing remarks made a deep
impression on all 7*ho heard him.
[Dubuque 1/erald.
Mechanics' Wivks?Speaking of
the middle ranks of hfe, the solid and
l?a*t portion of society, a modern writer
makes the foliosing excellent remarks :
"There vre behold woman in allJier
glory ; not a doll to carrv silks and jewels
; not a puppet to be llattered by pro- j
fane adoration ; always jostled out of
the place which nature and society
would assign her, l?y sensuality or con ,
tempt; admired, but r.ot respected ; desired,
but not esteemed ; ruling by passion,
not affection ; imparting her weak- '
ness, noi Her constancy, to the sex rIio
would exalt; the source and mirror of
canity; we see lior as a wife; partaking 1
the cares and cheering the anxiety of a 1
liushand.dividing his toil by her domestic
diligence, spreading cheerfulness around
him tor his sake, sharing the decent refinements
of the world without being
vain of ihe.n, placing all her joy? and
her happiness in the- man she love-s.?
As a mother, we find her the affection- I
ate, the ardent instructress of the children
whom she has tended from their
infancy, training them up to thought (
and virtue, to piety and benevolence;
addressing them as rational beings,
and prepaiing them to become men and .
women in their tnrn. Such mothers*
daughters makes the best wives in the
world."
Tiik Consequences of Dissipation'.
Those who see something charming in
being M a buster," and delight in the
fascinations of such draughts of bliss as
milk punch, egg-nog, Tom ?nd-Jerry,
port wine, sangaree, etc., will think: well,
and possibly do well, by remembeiing
the following " sad calamities " which
attend upon the career of the " haid
drinker Headaches, sickness at the
stomach, empty pockets, debts, enemies, (
quarrels, disgrace, remorse, idleness lo?s
of business, and loss of friends, shame, domestic
nnhappiness, indigestion, poor apnplitA
lkocn Arunrifliiutnj metw nLiiKna i
inetshocking l?*?l hats, burst cd
boot*, ventilation stockings, awful shirts,
darned bad vasts, threadbare coats and
discouraged pantaloons?bad name with
the grocer, butcher and milkman.
j " Now, (1 en rest Fred," she softly said,
" you must abandon smokiug ; it spoil*
your looks?it spoil* Tour breath?indeed,
it's most provoking. Did God j
decree that man should be a chimney I
t lluo regarded ? Then, darling Fred, lot '
it bo said, tobacco you've discarded."
" Flow well, my dear," said Fred, " I
fear tbat will not Ire sOjeasv ; but, like
I a man, I'll try a plan, and do the best
to plete-e ye. Did God intend that woman's
mind such wondrous things
should brew, love, as Bustles, Bloomers,
Crinolines, or lloojrt de dooden-tfo,
love?" and mmd you, I'm uot joking. |
1 if vnn'll ?l iun< inn r'.i-Mii.rinA i ??- i
- VMIIUMII^ %JJ I |
- Til give up amoking."
Tub Bust Mkdicinh.?Oood, wholesome
and temperance, with pure,
cold water to drlrtk and bnthe in, with
fre*h air, plenty of exercise, and a clear
conscience, are said to do m?re to roatore
or preseryh fce^Uh, and prolong
life, l|>aty every doctor and medicine 411
- tho ep\vcr?o. v <
*' "* - -W *r- " . jf
saL -
' i AJL ...J- .
.* Ooflt Get IHaecuraged. .
Dwet get diacqofnged Y Who ever
?r?lne*l nnyiliing by drawiug down the
corners of bi* mooth" When rcloud.caroo
ores the *un. or letting hi* heart drop'
Hko a lead weight inte hie shoes, when
misfortune came upon hirof Why,,
man, if the world knocka you-down-p?tl
jostle* pnAt you In it* great race, deii'i
it whining under people's feet, but get
nn, rnb vour elbows, and begin again.There
are some people who even to look
at is worse than a dose of chamennilo
tea. What if you do happen to l>e a
little pnazled on the dollar-and ?w.t
question f others besides you have stood
in exactly the aamo spot, and struggled
bravely out of it. and you are ueilke'lialt,
lama, nor Wind, that you can not
do likew ise T The weather may hu
dark nnd rainy-*-verr well?laugh between
the drops and think cheerily of
the blue sky apd sunshine that will
surely ootno to-morrow, I Business in Ay
l?e dull; make the best of what von
have, and look forward to something
more boxful. If you catch a fall, don'"
lament over your bruise*, but bo tlumk
fid that no bone* Are broken. If you
can't afford roast beef- and plumb pud
uing, eat your codfish joyfully, ami ble<-s
your stars for the indigestion and dy--,
pep da you thereby escape ! But -tho
moment you begin to groan over vt*uitroubles
and count up tbe calami tie-,
you may as well throw yourself oyer
(he docks and done with it. The luck
iest fo'low that ever lived might have
woes enough if he set himself seriously
to work looking them up. They unlike
invisible specks of dust; you don't
see 'em till you put on your spectacles.
Hut then, it is worth while to put on
your spectacles to discover what is a
great deal bettor Ipt alone I
Don't get discouraged, little wife ! ?
Life is not long enough to spend in in*,
limning your eyes ami reddening your
nose because the pudding won't bake,
and your husband says the new shirts
you worked over so long, " set\ Uk?
tneal bag-.." Make another puddingbegin
the shirts anew I Don't fe !
"down in the month" because du
will settle. And clothes will wear 01. .
and crockery will got broken. Being :i
woman don't procure you an exemption
from troublo and caro ; you have got t??
fight the battle of life as well as your
husband, and h will never do to giro
up without a bold struggle. Take
things as they come, good and bad together,
and whenever you feel inclined
to cry, just change your mind and
laugh! Keep the horrors at nrm'length
; never turn a blessing refund l->
see if it has cot a dark side to it. and
alwnvs lake ittofor granted that 11?itiir-*
lire blessings until they prove to bo
something else.
Never allow yourself to pet discouraged,
and you'll find tlio wo?ld a pretty
:omfoituble sort of a place after nil.
Aiisf.nc* of Fear not Always a
sign oe Cocraoe.?Every pnssion becornea
weak in proportion as it is faniilar
with ita object. Rvil must be considered
as tlie object of fear ; bnt ticpassion
is excited only wlien tbo evil
becomes probable; or, in oilier words,
when we are in danger. As the same
evil may come probable many ways
there are several species of danger?that
danger to which men are continually
cxposed, soon becomes familar, anil fear
is no longor excited. This, however,
must not be considered as an exAmpIo
of courage; for equal danger of any
oilier kind will still produce the sumo
degree of fe?r in the same mind.
IT appink88.?Tillotson truly says
that man counts happiness in a thousand
shapes, nnd the faster he folio" s
it, the swifter it flies from him. AI
most everything promises happiness ' ?
us at a distance?gucli a step of honn\
such a pitch of estate, such a fortune,
match for a child ? but when we cone
nearer to it, either we full short of it. <
it falls short of onr expectation, an,d I',
is hard to ray which of these is I'm
greatest disappointment. On.- hoped
are usually larger thau the enjoy men',
can satisfy ; and evil long feared, l?e*i ! ?
that it may never oome, is many time-*
more painful and troublesome than thrj
evil itself when it comes.
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A (Tintat Ma*.?A gmal man tfotr ?
mortly disappoints those who visit him .
They are .on the look-out (at his thm dering
and lightning, and he spe.d.s
about common things much like otlo-r
people; nay, sometimes ho inav even
he seen laughing. Ho proportions his
exertions to his excitements having
l?een accustomed to con verse with de. i?
and lofty thoughts, it is not to be expected
that he will Hare or sparkle in
ordinary chit chat. One sees no pe'?I.Ua
npUim..;..*. *
*-vo nil IUO uviiV/ill VI VUU ?) (
Ian tic. ? , ^ > *
WkaltU Is not acquired, as mst'?
person*. upjKKO, by fortunate apecii
lions and splendid enterprises, but ' v
the daily, practice of Industry, frugnli v
and economy. Ha who reKe* npo?
these means will .rarely he found ilw''lute,
and wbneoevar relies npon e .
other will generally beeoroa bankrup ?
A Nkw Took paper ears. **?*!
evening draw it a alii?e cravat* TV,
is still more airy tfcun t|*> Oeotgtr\ 1 .?
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