Volcano weekly ledger., 1855-11-24
For Mothers Sake. "

! n lhlltI anu sDl were HshiNH near y tW
York city recently. The boat was suddenly
capsized, and they were thrown into the wa
ter The father who was not an expert
swimmer, while his son could not swim at all,
at once commenced to aid the lad lie, see
ing that his father was becoming exhausted,
calmly said to him. "Never mind me save
yourself for mothers sake" God bless that
boy, and God be thanked that both his father
aTI himself were rescued from the peril in
which they were involved.
" For mothers sake" There spoke true
son and "A true hero. He knew that his tender
years III htted him to support and sustain her
who bore him--that if his father perished
she might be reduced to want as well as steep
ed in sorrow-that if the oak fell the ivy
would fade and die So he bid his soul be
quite amid the troubled waters. amid the ex.
citement and apprehension that such scene.
must engender, and resolved to die for his
mother unless, indeed, some hand was stretch
ed forth for his safety and the safety of his
father 1t was all right, because it was done
for mothers sake"
Would we say the same thing under the
same circumstance Wonld yon. boy? yon
young manI you, man of years and sorrows?
1 While you admire the young hero for his in
trepdity and affection, do you feel that YOU
would initiate his example if occasion re-
qulred! Do you love, do you prize your
Mother?
lie who propounds these is motherless.-
ears twain have passed since the wrinkIed.
gray-laired matron, who called him son. laid
on the dusty vestments of earthly travel and
was clothed In the garments Of the saints.-
lie tells you-and.hs words are wrnnr from
suffering experience-that if You love not
your Mother, do not prize your Mother now,
You VIII hereafter. Death opens the foun-
talns oi surviving hearts, and loss shows US
how little we esteem possession.
III IS well to hold up an example ike the
one We have quoted to the public gaze, for.
by so doing, some hard heart may be soft
ened, some vacilating heart confirmed, some
warm heart made warmer A man is safe
who lnscribes this motto upon his phylactery
-" For Mothers Sake. ."-B46aio Express
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INDIA SroRY TELLRRs-People who can
afford it have story-tellers to put them to
sleep. One of the best stories that heard
IN India is one about story-tellei 4 certain
king had exhausted all the story-tellers about
his court, and offered two hundred pieces of
gold TO any person who would put him TO
sleep with new tale, threatening severe pun-
lShment to any one who should try and fail.
One day stranger proposed to try, and was
allowed to do so after hearing the conditions.
lie oegan:-" our Majesty, have house.
ana garden is near that house, aud tree
Is IN that garden, and on that tree five hun
dred thousand birds used to alight all at
once every day | thought if | could catch
ana sell those birds how rich | should be-
20 made net, and sprung it over them.
ana caught them al-yes, your majesty
every one of the five hundred thousand birds
But one of the strings Of the net broke. and
made hole towards the top oe the tree
Then out OF that hole flew the first bird.
whlr-r-r. Then out Of that same hole flew
the second bird, whr-r-r. Then ont of that
same hole flew the third bird, whir-r-r. Then
out of that same hole flew the fourth bird.
whirr-r.' And thus he went on, with the
same phraseology, in tone of perfect monot-
ony, till he got to the ffteth bird: when the
king, becoming impatient. asked-"Uow
many OF them flew OUT WHY don't Won tell
at once and then get on with the storygn-
The man answered." Please your majesty
can't go on TILL get the birds all out-they
went out one by one, and must go regularly
through with them" The king then said
that the story had already made him sleepy
and he could not think of listening to near
five hundred thousand iehir-r-r. Pay him
the money and turn him out"
A MIDDY" ENTHrsED-A " MILDLY has
been visiting Niagara. Inspired by the sub
UNITY OF that great demonstration, he seizes
ms pen and dashes off the following for the
Home Journal
Next came the horrd desire to write some
thing-something eloquently touching and
sentlmental-and in a moment of tbongbt-
lessness | gave way to it, Regardless of Tho
consequence, 81 took my pen in handy noat
ically speaking; but truthfuliy my pencil
and in the next instant the following simnlo
but beautiful lines were gazing at me fra,e
the paper: ''
Niagara Niagara! DER much of Mother Earth
And much Of Father Ocean, Ihaye Summed !, g
my birth; nun
But never have | witnessed, from old Gotham 70
Peru, ''"' "
\ creature play the (" drop game as eompIetelv
you do
UNCOMMON GRowrH.-There.is bauying IN
our oIllce (says the New Haven Register
the iorked bough of an apple tree, each part
OF Wmch measures only % inches in length
on winch there are one hundred and fortu.
seeen dppiesi thicker upon the wood than bn-
man ingenuity could possible afix. They are
OF an average diameter Of two and half