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not worse, a guiiless disposition. Not
one time lG thousand will an INDECENT 70
male be found a sincere and honest wo
men. Amid the dash and slop Of a filthy
kitchen, aud a disordered drawing room,
you will tind deceit and lalsehood con
slant guests. Excuses as false as they
are foolish will be attempted as soon
as you enter her premises. And IN Of.
forts TO blind you 10 her domestic faults,
the IDLE woman often contracts the habit
Of decerVing, ill it enters into all her
conversation and behavior.
Industry rescues from many causes
ol uneaslness, saves many people from
many bonrs Of reflection, bushes many
turbulent passions. and guards against
many destructive temptations. Ii tends
to render Us happy in ourselves, and use.
luI 10 others, by relieving the necessi-
ties, teaching the ignorant, and assuag.
ing the sorrows oil the afflicted. The
industry here spoken Of regards our
world y avocalions. Christian diligence
~ another Thing; it is more noble in its
aims, and is impressed on US by higher
and more solemn conside rations. Its
reward is supremeIy excellent and de-.
sirabIe; and to neglect it will bring up
on US the greatest evil il it be not IN
reasonable 10 labor for temporal good,
how much more should We employ our
energies 10 secure the appreciation and
smiles Of God, the Society Of the saints
and angels and an inheritance incorrup.
tibIe, indebted, and that iadeth not a.
way, In his high and holy calling we
are especially warned to be diIigent.-
Work out your own salvation With fear
and trembling; Tor it is God that work.
eth in you TO will and to do OF bis good
pleasure"
Happy are they who trust in God, not
with q passive bat with an active faith
a faith which rouses 10 humble effort,
and induces the sou to use all diligence
10 make lis calling and election sure,
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THE INFIDEL MOTHER.
BY CHATEAUBRIAND,

How is it possible 10 conceive that a
woman can be an atheist? What shall
prop up Ihis reed if religion does not
sustain heri The feeblest being in ma
ture ever on the eve Of death, or loss Of
her charms; who shall support her if
her hopes 60 not beyond al ephemereaI
existence? For the sake OF her beauty a
lone woman should be pious.
GentIeness, submission, suaVity, ten
derness, constitute part Of the charms
which the Creator bestowed on our first
mother, and 10 charms Of this kind in
fidelity 10 a mortal Toe.
Shall womun-who takes delight in
concealment-who never Ciscioses more
than hall her grsces and other Thoughts
whom heaven formed for virtue and
the most mysterious Of sentiments mo.
desly and love- shall woman, enoun
ing the engaging instinct Of her sex,
presume with rash and feeble hands TO
attempt TO withdraw the thick veil which
conceals the Divinity? Whom doth she
think to please by an effort, alike absurd
and sa%criligiousf Does she hope by
adding her petty and nor frivolous met.
aphyslcs to The Imprecations OF a SPinosd
and the sophislry Of q Boyle, to give us
a higher opinion Of her g%sOiusf With
out a9doubt she has no thoughts OF mar.
riage, for what sensible man would unite
himself for life 10 an impious partner?
The iufdeI vile has seldom any idea
Of duties; she spends her days either in
reasoning on virtue without pTacticing
its precepts, or in the enjoyment Of the
lumultuous pleasures Of the world.
But the day of vengeance approaches
Time arrives; leading age by the hand
The spectre, with silver hair and icy
hands, plants himself on the threshold
OF the female Atheist; she perceiVes him
him and shrieks aloud. Who shall heaI
her voice2 Her husband9 She has nont
long very long has he withdrawn from
the theatre OF dlshonor. Her children
Ruined by impious education, and by ma
lernal example, they concern not them
selves about their mother. II SHIT
surveys the past, she beboIds a PalbIes!
waste; her virtues have left no traces
behind. For the first fine she begin:
to be sensible how much more consoIa
tory il would have been TO have religion
UnavaiIing regret! When the AlheisI
al The term of his career, discovers Thu
deIusion Of a false philosophy when 40
initiation, like an appalling meteor, be
gins 10 appear above the horizon o
death, he would feign return TO God bu
il is too late; the mind overturned BY
incrodulity, rejects all conviction
How different is the lot OF the reIiel-
Gus woman! Her days are rePlt'e Will
Joy; she is respected, beloved by he.
/ husband, her children and her house
hold; all place unboundcd confidence II
her, because they are firmly convlnce'
Of the fidelity Of one who is faithful 1
, her God. The faith Of this ChrIsIIaI
is strengthened by her happiness; an
|, her happiness by faith; and happy be
cause she believes in God.
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is de ~rigueur) while the gentlemen were
as gaiIy habiled as possible; ali being in
full dress. chiefly military and one 10
full Highland costume. THIS last es
peciaIly attracted the attention Of his
holiness, so much so that the graceful
young chieftaln was compelled to make
a step forward, that his holiness might
have an opportunity Of seeing more dis
tinctly the jeweIled powder horn. which
appeared particularly to have arrested
his attention, but which he mistook for
a null, which he said he had formerly
seen a Scotchman carry, offering the
contents 10 all his friends-a very ma
teral mistake, snuff being very properly
a more familiar idea to his holiness than
gunpowder
He then asked the minister If there
was not a literary lady in company,
which being answered in the affirmative
and the individual indicated, his ho'i-
ness inquired what species OF compost.
lions had been produced, and then re
marked that there were many books
written in English but he had not read
them. He then, apropOs Of the great
advantage Of the general acquaintance
with modern languages, spoke TO us Of
the extraordinary requirements in that
line of the Cardinal Mozzodante, and re
lated an aDecdote respecting him, 10
which this remarkable faculty had eDa,
bled his holiness TO detect a certain
renegade Christian, who attempted to
pass himself as a Turk, DESTROYS Of pro.
Tossing the Catholic laith-lhe Roman
Catholic faith" ADDED his holiness sig.
nifcantly correcting himself, He told
his story with a good deal Of spirit, and
altogether got through the audience,
which for many reasons must have been
rather an embarrassing one with a great
deal Of good humored ease. We re-
manned thus standing before him about
twenty minutes or hall an hour, and then
he bowed US off"
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AN ILLINOIS COURT SCENE.

We sometimes get rich jokes from H.
%Iinois, and the latest is the following
It is a good bit OF droIlery, quite origi-
nal, we believe, aud we must put it on
file among The funny things Of the time.
A constable who had just been indicted
into office, was in attendance on the court
and was ordered by the Judge 10 call
John Bell and Elizabeth Bell.
He Immediately began al The top OF
his lungs
John Bell and Elizabeth Bell"
"One at a lime," SAID the judge.
"One al a time-one al a Iime-ons
al q time" shouted the constable.
"Now you've done ill.," exclaimed the
judge, out Of patience.
Nov you've done it-now you've
done it-now you've done i'm yelled the
constable.
There wasno standing this: the court,
bar aud ~bystsnders broke into a hearty
laugh, TO the perfect surprise and dis
may of OF the as!onished constabls.-N.
o. Pic.
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ON DILIGENCE.
BY L. L, HAMLINE.

1t is natural TO ahhor a lazy being
Even the incident detest in others what
they indulge in themselves. We cannot
tolerate a lazy brute, There are rea
ons for this spontaneous and almost uni
veGsal hatred Of ldIeness. What are
lheyS
ldleness is the parent OF ignorance
We know that knowledge is not ncquir.
ed without labor. We are directed,
therefore, to seek for wisdom as for hid.
den treasures. The indolsnt. averse as
they are from study. grow Up with un'
furnished minds, aud when they come 10
years are children of understanding. -
The imagination is always more or less
active; TOR the soul, in some Of it's facul
lies, must exert its immortal energies.
1t must busy itself, whether we will or
no, II cannot cease from efforts Of some
sort, either useful or injurious, good or
evil. Not being directed TO that which
is profitable it becomes a detormed spir.
1t, destitute of the grace and accomplish.
ment of science.
ldIeness is the parent Of wickedness
Virtue requires that we pursue some in
nocent end, as our W support or that
Of a family, il circumstances require it.
if not, then the good and happiness o
our fellow men. The diligent are temp,
ted by one, the INDECENT by a legion o.
devils. Temptations will generally muI
tiply in proportion to the leisure which
we indulge. This is inevitable; for al
the mind cannot be occupied, unless we
employ il in the pursuits of virtue, i
will SET itself on plotting evil Let u,
accustom ourselves TO toll as o preserva
ton from temptation, for however Sc
we're may be tho toll of our vocation i
cannot be so irksome as resistance Il
pressing temptation, nor so painful a
the consequence Of yielding to its pow
or. We should never forget that indus
try is o great help to virtue, and that it
opposite is the patron Of all vice.
IadcIonce drives US into all evil com
pany. The industrious will not asso.
ciate with the idle. They cannot with
out a change Of habits, for they havu
not leisure. An idle person chooses no
10 be alone. lie loathes his own com
pany. And not being able to commanr
the attention of the dlIigenl and the vir
tuous, he forms alliance with such a
like himself, have no business 10 en-.
plOy them, and find time an Intolerablr
burden.
Idlenoss brings want, not that ever,
one must work with the hands for life
comforts, but he must DO at something
Even if born 10 q fortune come degree O
diligence will be requisite 10 preserve i,
, And he whom Incidence renders poor
| generally ripe for any wickedness. "
J cannot dig" is bic first ~rsSolve-"to be
am ashamed will be- his second
next petty larceny, after that IaI
f ger transgressions, and finally robbery
, murder and their consequences,
, Lazlness q women, 10 generally,
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From Bentley'S Miscellany.
MRS, TROLLOPE'S VISIT TOITA-
LY.
Mrs. TrOtlope's Interview wih the Pope.

Amongst the many marvellous objects
Of interest, visited and noted by Mrs.
Trollope In her excursion through Italy,
moi the least interesting was his holt
ness the Pope, TO whom she was intro
duced as a distinguished has blue. The
following is her memorandum Of the &C
%currence.
1--WE have had the honor of being pre-
scented TO his holiness --. The Ha.
%novorian minister very kindly negotia.
ted the business for US, and in company
with about twenty other persons, all En-.
gIish we repaired 10 the Vatican, The
little room into which we were re-
ceiVed was a small apartment neaI
the library, and nothing could be less
magnificent than this little reception
room though in the middle of the rich
est palace in the world His holmes:
wore a white dress, which | believe i;
that ofthe monastic order to which he
belonged, and also the small white cal
with which all portraits, Roflael ant
Lawrence included, have made US famil
lar. His countenRnce is amiable ant
expressive Of much %gonlIeness, and hi
stature rather below the common size
We found him standing in front Of
small table, which was placed before I
canopy under which imagine he would
have sat, had not his politeness 10 The
ladies' he expected prevented it -
The party therefore naturallyIformeC
themselves into a semicircIe round him
and his first words on seeing how exlen
sive that circle was, were La slanze
troppo piccolo! lie looked al US will
much good humor and kindness; but a
he did not walk round the circle, and a
the persons forming the circle wer'
not instructed to pass before him, he ra
iher h%arangued than conversed with us
But considering the awkwardness OF hi
arrangement he managed il excccdingI
we'll. He inquired our names from tn
Hanoverian minister in the order i
which we stood, and very politely OK
pressed his regret that no could not I'D
dress us in our ow~nllanguage. The. 81
pearance Of the circle was singular OF
ough, from the ladies' all being dresse
! in black and wearing black, wells (whic
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ed on all sides with Indian figures, as
large as lie, and apparently in warIike
attitudes. Fragments Of q similar kind
we're scattered about in the vicinity"
A few rods 10 the south stands a pvra-
mid, measuring five hundred and fifty
ieet at its base, gradually drawing in to.
wards the summit, which presents a
large platform, upon which is erected a
square building, abou. twenty feet in
height, making the whole Of the struc-
ture n hundred and twenty feet high.
This pyramid contained rooms curioualy
constructed, and ornamenled with rare
carvings d architectural devices, which
are detailed by our author with great
minuteness.
But, says the Democratic Review,
whence we condense this account from
a longer article by far the most extra.
ordinary ruin in Central America, is the
II ouse Of the Caciques. After telling
some trees in front, Mr.. Norman says
that the whole opened 10 bis view, pre-
seDtiDg the most strange and incompre.
henslbIe style Of architecture that his
eyes ever beheId. Elaborate, stupen-
dous and elegant,
"The front Of this wonderful edifce
measures thirly.two feet, and its height
twenty, extending to the main building
fifty feet Over the door. way, which
favors the Egyptian style Of architec-
iur, is a heavy Intel or stone, contain.
ing two double rows Of hieroglyphics,
with a scuIptured ornament intervening.
Above these are the remains Of hooks
carved in stone, with raised lines ofdra.
perry running through them, which ap
parentIy have been broken off by the
falling Of The heavy finishing from the
top Of the building over which, sur
rounded by q variety of chaste and
beautifully executed borders, enClrcled
within a wreath, is a female figure in a
sitting posture, in basso relieve, having
d head dress Of feathers, cords and tas.
sells, and the neck ornamented. The
angles Of this building are taste fully
carved. The ornaments continue a
round the sides, which are divided into
two compartments, different in their ar.
rangement though not in style. At
tached TO the angles are large projecting
hooks, skillully worked, and perfect
rosettes and stars, with spears reversed,
are put together with the utmost preci-
sion"
But we have little roo to follow the
subject further. While at Yucatan, Mr..
Norman states that he found a collec'
tion of twelve or fourteen idols, which
he supposes to have been worshipped
by the original inhabitants Of this coun'
try. They were found amoug the ruins
which he visited. They are composed
of clay, apparently hardened by fire
and resemble the pottery Of the present
day. They are hollow, and contain lit
lie balls about the size OF a pea, which
are supposed to have been formed Of
the ashes Of victims sacrificed to the
god they inhnbit, Careful copies Of
these, idols have been made, and will be
found among the other engravings with
which this work is illuslraIed.-PhH
Inquirer.
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We find the following horrid details
in an Iowa paper, and il strikes US as
it does one Of our contemporaries, as
the "most extraordinary and cruel re-
Ialion Of circumstances shat ever went
forth 10 type"
An Old mar lived alone, and had for.
biddon a daughter, who lived near, and
he! husband, or even their children.
ever to approach his place, on account
merely Of some whimsical pique that
the old man had taken against his child.
One morning the inhuman being found
his grand child, under three years of
age, climbing upon his garden rail, and
he deliberately went for his rifle and
shot the boy dead, The victim fell in.
side Of the fence, The old man reload
ed and sat watching. Not long after
the mother came seeking her child,
and the minute she touched her fathers
garden rail, as she did with a shtisk
the instant she perceived her dead
child, the old brute shot her ia the lem
pie and killed her tone dead on the
spot. The hoary maniac Zoe he is now
%accouuted) shot the father also when he
came, aud he is now 10 prison to answer
for the three murders.
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No. 9--WHOLE No. A95
"BE OF GOOD HOPE"

There is much sense and a lesson ev-
cry way fit for the PRESENT. times through.
out tde country, in the following. We
commend il TO all who begin TO grow
faint with The long public misruls and
private disaster, that have beset our
path, tor some twelve years, as yet, TO
thlakon as We advance:
crow ON"
"FOr the frs, five years Of my pro-
iessional life," once said a gentlemen to
US, 81 had to row against wind aud tide"
"And what did you do9" was our ques.
ton. DO" replied he, do, why | row.
ed on to be sure" And so he did row
on, and to a good purpose too, until no
came TO the open sea; took favorable
breezes and brought his voyage to,a
most successful termination, leaving be-
hind him a most enViable reputation of
worth and wisdom-impressing the
mark Of his strong mind aud excellent
character, deep and clear on the commu.
nifty 10 which be lived; and obtaining an
immortality worth more than a non
archs crown, in respectful memory of
thousands. His remark deserves 10 be
remembered as a motto. The great bu-
sine5s Of Va all is 10 row on with unhin-
ching courage and steady perseverance,.
All trades aud professions have their
difficulties, and almost every individual
meets with di5coUragements-the only
way, therefore, 10 60 ahead, is to crow
on" Decision Of character -determi'
nation Of will the resolution 10 press
OF, when sure we are on the right track,
or IN pursuit Of a good 81 honorable end
this is The secret Of living 60 as TO come
out at last safe and sound. There are
ions in every path, and they must be-
met and conquered. or the hope Of ulti-
mate success must be abandoned. A poor
mao with a tribe Of children finding work
hard 10 get, aud hard when is Is got,
sometimes will almost despair; every
thing will be against him, but let him
not be cast down-let him row on, aud
by and by matters will very likely grow
brighter and brighter. As with the poor
man so with ell men. Head winds are
to be expected; contrary currents will
come; the tide does not always run with
US; but never mind, ROW on, pull the
harder, TIL the oars bend again and vic'
Tory will wait upon aud reward pa
tent endeavors.
Aye: "ROw on.m Pull but the stron-
ger, The more the waves buffet you and
the gales howl. Lusty arms, and stout
hearts are the only hope in a hard wind !:
il you dare 10 let your sinews slacken,
you 60 ashore, and are dashed to pieces.
Courage, then. Pull away! Be Of that
good cheer which q heart resolved stea-
Oily to meet our duty ever keeps about
US. They who, in the widest temp
est,
-"bate not one jot
Or heart or hope, but still look up, and
steer
Right onward"
are the only ones who deserve or can
expect to survive the storm.
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AN ODD CHARACTER.

On Saturday night last the police oil
Albany were engaged in he lnVestlga
ton Of an odd case. A woman named
M'Garshan, was charged with imposing
herself upon auonlher woman as a man
and actually marrying her, Olher en-
ormilies are also laid 10 her account
The fact Of the marriage was clearly
proved, and the "female husband" was
committed for further examination.
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BUFFALo, Nov, 90, 1912.

We arrived here early on "Wednesday
morning and found the harbor nearly
full Of vessels, some Of which we're dis,
charging their cargoes, others had not
commenced, and some 60 or 70 sail had
left for the West during the night pre-
vious, The wind hauled into the cast
on Tuesday night, and continued easter
iy until Thursday evening, when it had
changed into the south or southwest,
and blew pretty fresh, so much so that
the steamer Fulton, which was TO have
left at two o'clock in the afternoon, did
not venture out, as there was every ap
pearAnce that a gale would spring up
before morning, Previous TO Thursday
evening, almost every vessel had lett;
| should think there were not more than
Scr 10 in port-the Gazette, which was
one Of the last that went out, left about
the middle Of the afternoon on Thurs
day. There must have been nearly or
quite 200 vessels on Lake Erie at this
time, as it was said there were that mum
her in this port at one time. At about
| | o'clock the wind came from the west,
blowing and roaring luriously. 1t was
almost impossible for a person TO walk
in the streets that we're exposed 10 the
violence Of the wind. 1t was evident 10
every one that a gale had now com
menced. which, from the!number Of YES
sells known TO be on the lake, would pro.
baby prove more destructive and dis.
astrous than ever before known. The
fury of the wind continued without any
abatement through the night, and the
roar Of the mighty waves was awful
Every mind was serious, and there was
not a heart so cold but was full o! pity
for the poor sailors who were exposed
to the violence Of The tempest. | could
hardly keep from (ancyjng that hearC
the poor creatures calling for help.
went down 10 the wharf early in the
morning, and found that the Gazette
had returned, and also that the Sciott
had arrived with a full cargo, but TIT
harbor was nearly as clear oil vessels a
it was the evening before; probably no
more than FIVE or six had returned. -
About noon on Friday two schooner
came in, and just after dinner another
The sea was then very high, and it wa
by great good luck rs well as skill, tina
thew came safe into The harbor. Tn
wind had not abated, but seemed to b.
on the increase, and as if this was no
sufficient, it commenced showing yer.
fast, so as 10 preclude all possibility o
any more vessels getting in TO the har'
bot. 1t continued showing very las'
, and by tho middle Of the afternoon,
was impossible TO sec across the street
} was now certain that the destruction
OF property, If not Of life, must be yer,
great and all hope for those vessel
5 which had no made a hnrbor was LOST
, On Saturday morning il had cease
showing, but the wind blew as f%uriousl
as ever or nearly 80. A person cam
s into town early, and reported three vel
seIs ashore in the bay, and sever5
9 lives lost. They proved to DO the DIV
Richmond and Jefferson bound up, an
: The Waller Joy bound down, with ITO
: bbIs. Flour. On the Jefferson was
family Of eight persons from Connect
cut, bound for Chicago, every one {
d whom persisted. and n sailor, Th
brig Francis Mills, bound for Chlcag
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The late Gale.

The following graphic descriptionsoF
the terrible storm on Lake Erie, on the
18th and 18th November, is copied from
the Cleveland Herald, and is a letter
addressed TO a commercial house Of that
city:
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Latin, il is said, is a living tongue il
is spoken in Hungary, and The debates
in the Legislature Of that country are
conducted in this language,