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TO KEEP YOUNG.

No surer destroyer Of youths privileges
and powers, and delights, than yielding
the spirit to the''empire Of ill-temper and
sel6shness. We should all be cautious.
as we advance in life, of allowing occa.
sional sorrowiul experiences to cvershadow
our perception Of the preponderance Of
good. Faith in good is at once its own
rectitude and reward. To believe good
and to do good, truly and trustfnlly, is the
healthiest Of humanity's conditions. To
take events cheerfully, and to promote the
happiness Of others, is the way to insure
an enduring spring existence. Content
and kindlinsss are the soft vernal showers
and fostering sunny warmth that keep a
mans nature and being fresh and green.
"Lord, keep my existence fresh and
green" wouldbe no less:.wise prayer than
the one so beautifully recorded respect
ing mans memory. If we would leave
gracious memory behind us, there is no
way better to secure it than BY living gra-
ciously. A cheerful and benign temper.
that buds forth pleasant blossoms. and
bears sweet fruit for those who live with.
in its influence, is sure 70 produce an un-
dying growth Of green yemembrances that
shall flourish immortal)y after the present
stock is decayed and gone.-Mrs. Con-
den Clarke.
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tented spirit and looks at age as the threshs
hold to the palaces Of better country.
We know Of young bosoms that hids
old faltering hearts. We know Of fair
brows that cover minds venerable with
suffering. The mathematics Of life are
strange. but infexible-the caprices Of
being are mysterious and beyond our
control.
Yes, il is mournful to sit and watch tor
the speedy coming Of torering age. We
can excuse the tears that flow over such
refections-for youth is joined 10 many
idols and it is sad to part. Still when the
estate is inevitable, let us meet il will, pa
tence and resignation-for age may be
lovely, If we take il to our heart with
smiles; the hoary head is q Gro wn Of glory,
if it be found in the way Of righteous
ness. - Buffalo Exchange.
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THINGS I HAVE SEEN.

1. I have seen farmers. who neglected
to mend their fences in the spring, till alter
planting, and allowed their cattle and
other stock to ramble about, till they had
no control over them. which nine times
out Of ten will make them unruly.
2. | have seen farmers pasture their
swine in the highway. without q yoke Or
ring in their nose, greatly annoying their
neighbors, by turning up the turf before
their dwellings, ready to enter the door
yard or garden whenever there is . bar
down, or q gate open, or q hole in the
fence. forgetting the golden rule, 'what-
ever ye would that men should do 10 you,
do We even so unto them" 4ia ng aa
8. have seen farmers let their best land
grow up 10 weeds and briars. and remain
from year TO year encountered with aH
manner of trash. thus fulfilling the provsrb,
III went by the field Of the slothful and the
vineyard OF the man void Of understands
ing, and 10! it was all grown over with
thorns. and netiles had covered the face
thereof, and the stone wall thereof was
broken down." 3 t,ss
4. I have seen farmers who had q tol.
erable theory of farming in their heads,
but not the first principle in practice, and
were like the Scribes and Pharisees, ''ior
they say and do not" tes
s. have seen farmers who thought il
wicked to cultivate fine garden, shrubs
berry, ornamental trees, flowers, or any
thing to make their homes pleasant and
inviting, not Discerning the hand ofths
Creator in all the works Of nature-but
who consider il no sin to suffer their chill
dren to grow up in idleness, rowing about
with no taste for anything pertaining to
/ home. egas.ss 1sfa
g.. have seen farmers who Lot thsiE
tools remain in the field in all weathsrs,
and during the winter, saving q great deal
of time in not carrying them to and from
their store houses, it is true, but forgetting
the old maxim, "a penny saved is a. good
as two pence earned" aa 8afis
7. ] have seen farmers who knew enough
Of farming without reading the AgricMl-
turist, and could not afford to take il, but
whs were able to pay for novel, or some
trash paper of the day.
8. have seen farmers who were very
officious in their neighbor's business, and
strange as it may seem, neglected their,
own. -
GEORGE CARG1LL, Kerkshire, N. Y. y
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"That's just one too many" said the
old man with much gravity.
"What!--you don't mean to say so,''
was the old mans answer.
Sand whar in the name OF the State oi
Tennessee are they?" g y
"Well, they are here in Tennessee
right here in the city-up at the hotel;''
said the old man.
''Stranger," said the storekeeper, his
incredulity making him sputter and slut.
ter as he said, "If you ken show me nine
teen boys Of your own risin, thar's the
hats at7'E1'
.Hold on them" said the old man. and
off he started. In about ten minutes
down the street he came. heading line
Of nineteen boys, marching single file
each bearing a good gun. and followed by
their venerable mother. They entered
the merchants store and ranged along the
counter-the storekeeper ran his eye along
the line with astonishment.
Sand you say that these boys are all
yours?" he enquired. >
"Ask their mother, she says they are,
replied the old man.
"Do you say so. madam?"
Eyes | do, and | ought to know" was
the reply.
"Well you might, I'll swear" said the
storekeeper. "Old friend" he added. ii
aint got word to say-.just take them
hats and mine tool"
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FLOWERS IN A SICK CHAMBER.

FLOWERS IN A SICK CHAMBER.
II was generous heart. which directed
gentle hand to send so sweet gift to re-.
fresh the feverish invalid.
There was many flowers in the rich bo-
quet-ihere are blossoms which emblem
harsh and mournful meanings-but these
had all an import OF kindness and SYM
pathy and tender pity.
Their fresh odors filled the room of the
sufferer. and while their graceful forms
and tlnts pleased his heavy eye, the beau
tiful reflections which they suggested, en-
tranced his depressed heart.
He slept amid the pleasant fragrance
they emitted--and his dreams were OF dis
tant gardens in the East, where every sense
is wooed by beauty, and the hands are
outstretched to welcome lovely forms-and
amid those forms the loveliest Of all was
she who sentfhe flowers to the sick man
for she was there.
Such blessed ministry will not be for
gotten. The heart cherishes those who
remember it in its affection
There are paths where the flowers are
eternal-there are gardens where their
sweet perfumes never die. In these may
the giver Of the sick mans treasure walk
at last, attended by the good, the bright,
the -beautifut-for it is mete that such
should be her reward. ~.
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: IFora lhs Spirit of l ] lDsmocrscy.]

,rs Fora She spirit cE DemoclscyJ 1sa
slai nd THE SINE QUA. NON. a.i d
How cheerless would pass mans pilgrim.
age here.
How lonely his hopes and his prospects
Ysio aihow drsaI, q 'Q- Z 40 &
If pver the dark waste he did not soc bend
Qnsfose Of the desert, -the SINE QUA NON.
Hisf fIhsirt would shins family, like some
.es slcloudsd gen. -a8j M Ae d
The flower Of enjoyment would droop on
its stem,
And affection would scarce have solace
to lend. ...n.,tt
II not warmed by the smiles of-this SINE
bha QUA NON.
Fen Hope that now comes like an angel
Of light.
Spreading radisn. joy DER the shadows
.s1s Of night, D, sa,,a,.sq
Again would unwelcome to Heaven as.
p1s cend, A''"'' Y
IF she wore not the form of-.his SINE
,rafy QUA NoN.ss,l@ sa3 soa
wien the exile of Eden wherever he trod,
Thought each shadow he cast was the form
Of bis Cop. 5r,-.
There seemed soA joy with his shadows
ss'>7 10 blend, 'gI tai7a ii' E"
When hs found there still lingered--this
t6lo SINE QUA NON. $50 eE
Nsaf the cold heart Of man this comfort
0fs0was formed, g
And there ever since she her birthplace
TX, has warmed. .a
Like the woodbine around his form loves
10 bend.
And clings to him ever-this SINE QUA NON.
Ths friends Of the world, like its shadows,
are near,
Whenthe sun gilds his head, when II quits.
ail disappear, q
But she on his footsteps will ever attend
Al his rise or decline, still-this SINE QUA
80, NON.
She's the spirit to cherish, the angelic save,
The first at his couch, the last at his grave,
In sickness and woe, kind muse to attend,
The truest, the fondest-this SINE QUA NON.
059l ELLENORA.
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THEY HAVE CARRIED AWAY PAPA

THEY HAVE CARRIED AWAY PAPA.
We wish we knew the authorship Of the
following. What parent can read it with.
out emotion2
As the cars in which we were recently
travelling halted at station, our attention
was arrested by a beautiful little girl ap.
parently less than two years Of age, who
was looking from one Of the windows Of 9
house standing but q few feet from the
track. She was wailing most piteously
and on her sweet wan face was painted
deeper sorrow than we had ever before
seen on the face Of an infant, such as this
All the while she repeated, with pathos
indescribably mournful. "Thsy have car.
ried away my papa. When will they
bring him back?" i9siF Haf
Presently lady, whom we instantly
recognized as q former acquaintance
came from the house, and, entering the
car in which we sat, took q seat near ours
-."Did you observe 4 child At the win.
dowi' she asked, whom the trainp had
again taken wings. ta e !, ia..si (
terest." e "
IA fortnight since, !" "rejoinsd our friend,
s'ths father q that little girl set out for The
gold region. She was always amused a
seeing the cars pass; and the morning
fixed upon for her farther's departure, aa
she heard the train approaching. climbed
~ hsr = =, "a n1sNA as,d ~ Mn ~,
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THE LOVER AND THE HUSBAND.
BY TX MARVEL.

In his "Dream Life," Tx Marvel thu,
sketches, in q pleasant vein and with those
sell. concerted, humanizing incidents which
have ever gained the laughter and good
will Of the world, the lover and the newly
married man:
"You grow unusually amiable and kind
you are earnestin your search Of friends
you shake hands with your Office boy, al
if he were your second cousin; you joke
cheerfully with the stout washer.wom
and give her shilling overchange and in.
sist upon her keeping it; you tai your
hackman on the shoulder very familiarly,
and tell him he is capital fellow; and
don't allow him to whip his horses. except
when driving to the post Office. You even
ask him to take glass Of beer with you
upon some chilly evening. You drink to
the health Of his wife. He says he has no
wifs-whereupon you think him misera.
BILE man, and you give him dollar by
way Of consolation. 'l 'f
"You think all the editorials in the morn.
ing papers are remarkably we'll written,
whether upon your side or upon another;
you think the stock.market has very
cheerful look-with Erie--of which you
are a large holder-down to seventy-6ve;
you wonder why you never sdmirsd Mrs.
Hemans before, or Stoddard or any of the
rest.
"You give a p .easant twirl to your fin.
gers, as you saunter along the street; and
say-but not so loud as to be overheard
"She is mine, she is mine!"
"You wonder il Frank ever loved Nelly
one-half as well as you love Madge; you
feel quite sure he never did. You can
hardly conceive how it is that Madge has
not been seized before now by scores Of en-.
amored men and borne off. like the Sabine
woman in Romish history. You chuckle
over your future, like boy who has found
a guinea in grouping for sixpence. You
read over the marriage service, thinking
Of the time when you will take her hand
and slip the ring upon her finger. and re.
peat, At the clergyman, "for richer, for
poorer; for better, for worse" A grea.
deal Of "worse" there will be about il, you
think.
Through all, your heart cleayes to that
swsst image Of your beloved Madge. IS
light clsaves to day. The weeks leap with
q bound, and the months only grow long
when you approach that day which is 70
make her yours. There are no flowers
rare enough to make boquets for her; dia.
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IT WON'T DO.

8 q /
1t won't do, when riding in q stage,
coach. TO talk Of another man whom you
have not personally seen, as being An,
"all-fred scoundrel," until you are abso-.
lutely sure that he is not sitting before,
you.
1t won't do when snow-drifis are piled
mountain high, and sleighs are eternally
upsetting, to ride out with beautiful, live.
ly, fascinating girl, and not expect to GET
'.smashed" with her.
II won't do for q men, when horse,
kicks him, to kick back at the horse in re-.
turn.
1t won't do to crack jokes on old maids
in the presence of unmarried ladies who
have passed the age Of forty.
Ii won't do fora man to bump bic head
against stone, because he CONSCIENTIOUS
ly believes that his head is the hardest. n
II won't do when mosquito bites your
lace in the night, to beat your cranium in.
pieces with your fist, under an Impression,
that you are killing the mosquito.
II won't do for a chap to imagine girl
is Indifferent to him because she studious-s
" avoids him in company.
II won't do for a young lady to presume
that more than third Of the gentsmaIs
who show her pointed attentions, have tha
most distant idea Of marrying her. &
Il won't do for man 10 fancy lady
is in love with him because she treats him
civilly, or that she has virtually engaged
herself to him because she has always on
dured his company. '''S's
1t won't do when in hurry to eat soup
with a wo-pronged fork, or to try 10 oalchs
fees with a 6sh-net.
|. won't do 10 be desperately enamofsd
Of pretty face until you have seen Il q
the breakfast table. 3ss ssa q !
II won't do to be 90 devoted 10 ! tsns
der-hearted wife as 10 comply implicitly
with her request when she asks yous
"Now. tumble over the cradle. end tfsat
YOU neck, ~ dear, won't youl''
A cheplsia - State prison, wss asksd
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THE HUSBANDS PETITION.
Come hither, my l'eart's darling


Come, sit upon my knee, +"
And listen, while whisper
ey.A boon I ssk Of thee. fs5@ a7''-'es
hYou need not pull my whiskers 9y
III, So, ,smorously, my dove; II sa-
IT'S something, quite apart from
~ The gentle cares oflove.
| feel bitter craving
-I'a A dark and deep desire,
otThat glows beneath my bosom,
:, Like Goals Of kindied FIRE.
The passion Of the nightingale.
100 When singing to the rose,
sIsiesbier than The agony h''9 -tff
few Thatmurders my repose! 4aaap
NAY, dearest! do not doubt me,
ef' Though madly thus l speak, q
"A feel thy arm about me.
s,a, Thy tresses on my cheek, h
/ know the sweet devotion
That links thy heart to mine
Z I know my souls emotion
ls dou0iy IeN Dy tn,ne.
Thou wilt not sure deny mo )
!. My FIRST and fond request;
I pray thee by the memory
oH OF al we cherish best
by all the dear remembrances Z"
ag OF those delicious days, as
When. hand in hand. we wandered
Along the Summer braes.
By oil we felt. unspoken.
When meath the early moon,
I'VE sat beside the rivulet,
ei In the leafy month Of June,
And BY the broken whisper
III; That fell upon my ear. q
More sweet than angel,music. Ass
When first | wooed thee, dear!
Il BY that great vow that bound thee
Forever to my side,
And by the ring that made thee
Ny darling and my brideI
Thou wilt not fail Or falter, s
a'a But bend 70 the task Il 'lf
"A BOILED sHEEP's HEAD ON SUNDAY,
.ess u IN the boon ask. 'si,' N
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SOUIER'S NEW WORK ON MICA.

SRAGUA ID. APPLETON co have Just published
NICARAGUA, it's People, Scensry, documents and
the proposed Inter Ocsauc Canal with numerous original
Maps and illustrations by K. G. Squier. late charge
dAaIes OF the United States 70 the Republics OF Central
America. vols 8vo. price SIS.
This capital and tlmey work Its lively, am
mated spirited s the absolute proiusion OF ncden
and adventures which described IN pages AVID mat
charming with which much that Is agreeable IS
n,trwoven with the obstructive and usef reRder one
OF the choicest works recently issued The author whe
he spreads before all the personal adventures OF nus
mission to Central America, mpars flch store OF IN
formation respecting tbat county lis ryefs IT'S present
inhabitants ii cir political relation to England tue route
10 Cal mia by ale Nicaragua. &c TIE volumes are
embelished BY large lumber of finely eIecuhd plates
ard cuts In word, work hat at all compare with
this has made its appearance since the publication Of
sfephens' Central America" It's
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70 The Citizens Mutual Loan and Accumu-
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Broadway door above Csnalst. from % A. N until
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An oppor unity offered to all males and females minors
aud adults dining this Association by paying 80 month
for few years g obtain home capital Bnlce1t 70
ssIt fair business Pamphlets wtb Articles OF A:socia-
ton BY Laws and fol- explanation OF s objects AID plan
SIMEON DRAPER, rrest.
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TRUSTEES.
Jcbn J. Herrlck, John +. Clark,
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ANTHONY ]. 81 EEcRER. AuctiOnser
EXECOrpKS SALE Of the HOUSES
- aud LOTS Ennv a, Nos IS and II Mott 81, at
Auction-A ANTHONY J. HLEECKER will soit AZ
auction CD TIL heDAY, Feb. the 10Th, at IL s'elsck az
the Merchants Exchange by order Of The Exec or the
following desable propeIly viz Ga Mott It, the lSgs
and valuable Lots II GfonHi, with the buildings thereon,
Known Nos. IS amt II noit-st few dsoy nsIth Of
Chatham squsrs the each 70 feet front by 30 ees
depth For terms and further particular apply to the
Auctioneer, No 7 Bsoad st. RICHARD COX,
IF 6t19.f2Iti6al7 fi.7a2l Executor,
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DUTNAM'S SEMI-MONTHLY IL
4 BRARY-SECOND yOLUME.-Now Ready. -
PUTNAM,s sEMI.MoNTnLY LIBRARY

PUTNAM'S SEMI MONTHLY LlbH ANY.
CONFUSING VIII MSICALI1IES. BY Thomas Hood
With Comic III qstrations l2mo. Price Is cents.
" The genuine wit and humor for which the amented
Hood eminently distingr ned above all his CO.
tempeJanes 10 British hierat never spaIkied more
brilliantly than the Of sAetches Comprised in this
volume The gravity that is not shs On by read1g them
must be positively stOlid A bette election could not
have been made for The Semi. No y Library, which
Dir Putnam has begun TO publish such elegant cheap
oim the Of those who may desre pleas
reading relieve the ttium Of travel while away
a winters sveniI by their aln frssids.''
Commercial Advertiser.
" Thomas H0ed-a most admirable fellow with warm
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position amlsble and face;iOufa boon companion-an
honorary Der Of the Nox AInbrOslal Club Hood has
taste, feeling, ard genus " SLACK wood
lone of the original and powerful geuases which
dropped by faeIy into Infants cradle and oddly
nured up by man into treasure quaint special cDame
leon colo the Of lis tins YET complete
and self consistent OF all the humoris,s Hood the
most pottIcal There Ii hardly verse in which some
touches of heart plas of fancy did not oeckoa
the lsugh ader ino far o.her worlds than the
esier's. This Ii the spirit Of all Hoods volumes playful
aud poeca light gossamer, but profound enough too
if you look into them ab all other testing inao
cent tEXtTect from Prsfdce.
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ADRIAN II. MULLER Aue'ioneer.
DEREMPrURY SALE In PAR

- Trade Sale Rooms No 10 Park row.
ADRIAN II. MULLER Auelionser
DEREMPrUkY SALE In PAR
Triton, bv order OF the Supreme Court, Of valuable
and s5,h SIS. and on the Oh sy-ADaIAN II MULLER
will cell at auction TUESDAY, February "a, 1884, at
2oclock N at the Merchants Exchange b. order Of tho
Supreme Court under he direction OF Hamilton W Rob-
i2on, Esq Referee the follow ing described Real Estate
Market st-rhe Lot Of Ground together with the Two
story brick font House thereon. situate he eastery
SIDE Of Msrsetst IS feet inches northery from Cherry
ST. and known ~ seIs % feet 10 inches width by 80
feet inches IN depth.
BNngtOn st.-ihs Lot OF Grourd, together with ths
Buildings thereon situate on the northeast corner Of Val
lett and NV beng rs feet in width By 100 feet
in depth Tn. Improvements consist Of t~o-s,orv brick
,nt House known No 26 Rivlnston st. three story
brick House known as NJ. 10 willstst and two eYy
frame Hou,e known as No. SO Wilet st
Ninth av.Ths Lot o. Ground togett or with the Bat-
thereon situate the south vest coraer Of th 9TH
and Goth beng feet In width BY 100 feet N depth
The pios Of ground, together with the three aad ahnf
brick Bailons situate on the westerly side
of the 9th sdoin ms last described lot the
southery side being e. eet nches in wd b. loo fee. in
JOIN pg The las ieod To- the sonthery side being
is feet inches ii w.d b by 100 feet in depth.
three brick Houses and Lots Of Land,
situate the hesly side OF 2oh st. onmencing 100
feet from The on av and known as Nos 2is $50.
252 2 256 25S West 26h ST. varying in width from is to
20 feet, and beng IN depth 80 feet inches 49,
18Th s-Fise Los situate on the northery side OF 9th.
e0 feet westerly from the 9th av, each %
(, o. in width Dy 90 ett inches in depth. . -,
83th Ore situate The nOrherly side Of Dth-
So 800 feet westerly from the 7uav., being % feet IN
width by io2 feet inches Ia depth
The above descnho property will be sold the follow
irg terms Ten cen. OF the purchase money and
he Auconeers es on e Gay OF sale 10 On .ns
Toe balance being IS per cent may remain Ga pona ana
mortgage years ate per cent Interest Tor tue hr ana
per interest for the last two years The purchaser
will have tbe privilege OF paypg his mortgage al Inc ar
p-t on OF the sy The purchaser TO pay h's aoas
The prSperty vii be sold with restrictions as regards
nuisapces ull6l ST 10. ID, 20, 81, q, ga
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~. Mechanics, RujIdiny Association. A re.

~ Mechanics Building Association. A reg
ular monthly meeting Of the Association viii be
he'd AT VarreL Hal on WEDNESDAY, me 18th ins' at
7oclosk NJ when the first semi annual report of the
condition # this Society will be laid before he menoers-
Sosuccesfu has been its operation that each share on
which only Is has been paid worth S57 co. and II will
terminate little five The present entrance
fee Is s. per share VIII On viii be materially increased after
THIS meeting As there but few shares yet to be DIS
ed of. who wish 20 this most successful
Society had batter avail themselves of this opportunity
" 9Th j. PECAhE, Secretary.
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