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No Use for Trowsers.

On the morning of The meteofic shower in
1893, Old Peylon Roberts, who intended ma.
king an early start to his work, got up in the
midst ofIhe display. On going to his door,
he saw with amazement, the sky lighted up
with the falling meieors, and he concluded
at once tha, the world was on fire, and that
the day OF judgment had come.
He STOOD for moment gazing in speech.
less terror at the scene, and then with yell
Of horror sprang out of the door into the yard,
right into the midst Of the falling stars, and
here in his effort TO dodge them he commen-
ced series OF ground tumbling ha, would
have Gone honor 10 rope dancer. His wife
being awakened in the meantime, aud seeing
old Peyton jumping and skipping about in
the yard, called out TO know what in The
name o. sense be was don' out thar, dancing
round without his clothes. But Peylon heard
not--the judgment, and long back account
he would have 10 settle, made him needless
Of all terrestrial things, ard his wife by this
time becom ing alarmed at his behavior,
sprang out of bed and running 10 The door,
shriekng TO the Top of her lungs
"Peyton, Isay Peyton, what do you mean,
jumping about oa, thar! Come 10 and put
your trowsers on.o
Old Peyton, whose fears had near over.
powered him, family answered as he fell
sprawling on the earth
"Trowsers, Peggy! what the h--!l'a tho
u-oAo. tteweeta- -sshss- - ssefisps a fire.o
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zl11on &c.; Us, indeed, among scholars,
IN our colleges and academies, our systems
Of education, and the literary world at large,
the philosophy of Plato sill wields para
mount authority. We may say that nine
tenlhs oil the thinking world bow 10 him.
These two names then, raised on high, stand
to-day as landmarks 10 all who go forth upon
the sea of thought.
Plaio's philosophy begins by coniemplat.
ing the soul rather than the body. ltviews
man m ore as pure spirit than as an agent
in the material world. II deems the noblest
work OF education 10 be, not so much the
workman as the man. Its objects are in
ward, and its means, therefore, are chosen
for their reflective action on him who en-
ploys them, moi for their power in the world.
But while PIaionism thus builds on intuition,
Baconism seeks its foundation 10 reason
II begins with facts. and aims al fruis. II
rejects everything from the beginning but
clear, proved facts, and calls forth all the
energies of it's disciples in the search for
practical; useful results. The Baconian idea
regards man as placed on earth 10 be a
worker; and the true education as that which
bes, fits man for his work. II therefore cuts
of from youthful training everything which
gives no promise of being turned 10 account
10 manly work.
The civilized world, as have said, sat for
mofe than fifteen centuries at the feet of
Plato; receiving his words with as implicit
faith as was given them in his own school al
Athens. And still his ideas prevail in our
scholastic system. Ask an old school pro.
fessor of to-day why he insists SO much on
The general study Of the higher mathematics,
the dead languages, and such other branches
as have no practical work TO do ia the hands
Of these pupils; and he is sure 10 answer you
as an orthodox Platonist; To discipline the
mind. This is the great aim Of our college
and academy systems. But since the gen.
eral diffusion o. the art of printing, the OPP
poslte or Baconian idea has been steadily
gaining ground. And now the great ques-
ton in which the educational mind OF our
own age is engaged, is whether this idea
shall be adopted in the training sys'em Of The
coming era.
Baeunism, then, commences with care
sful, intelligent observation OF facts. Il as
sumes nothing; proceeds by s,ric. education;
takes nothing for granted, and pos,pones all
lheorizing until BY an adequate interrogation
Of facts, We shall be ported irresistaSly TO
the conclusion. The model Baconian OF our
own nation, ana of wha, We may call our
own age, in comparison. with the vast extent
oil history, was Benjamin, Franklin. He was
not, indeed, model man; as man bis char
acler had many faults; but we speak Of him
now only as thinker, and in this light, he
was model Baconian. Olher illuslrions
disciples of this school, however, belong to
these times; such as Fulton, Watt, Whitney,
Morse, Daguerfe, and many more. For this
is the school Of practical men. who do the
work.
Now i too, in my poor way, avow myself
follower oi Bacon. 4 would apply bis
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AN lNoeN NrIvE TO PLucK.-A hopeful youth
who was the owner of a young bull terrier
was one day training The animal in the art Of
being ferocious, and waning some animated
object 10 sci the dog upon, his daddy, after
considerable persuasion, couseEted to get
down upon all fours and make fight with
Mr.. Bull. Young America began 10 urge on
The dog--"sis-ier-boy, ,-seize him, &c." at
last The dog "made a dip" and got good
hold upon The old mans proboscis, and gel
the dog off he couldn't So he began 10 cry
out with the pain caused by the ianss of the
dog. "Grin and bear ii, old man" shouted
the young scaPegrace! "Grin and bear it
f,oiR be the MAXIM Of the pup.
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From "rhe Compass, With yarla,ions.e y
BY TON HOOD.


Down went the wind, down went the wave,
Fear quit,ed the most finical;
The saints, wot, were soon forgot,
And hope was at the pinnacle;
When rose on high the frigh,iul cry--
"The DEVILS in the binnarle."
"The saints be near" the helmsman cried,
His voice with quite faller,
"Steady's my helm, but every look
The needle seems TO alter;
God only knows where China lies,
Jamaica or Gibraltar"
The captain stared aghast at mate,
The pilot al lh' apprentice;
No fancy Of the German sea
or fiction The event is;
But wheh they at the coDpass looked,
Iesesmed non eonapes nif'itis.
Now north, now south, now east, now west,
The wavering point was shaken,
Twas past the whole philosophy
Of Newton and OF Bacon.
Never by compass, till that bour,
Such latitndes were taken.
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II PAssIoN.-A passionate person is al.
ways in Iouble-always doing that which
he regrets and is ashamed of, in his calm re-
hec'ing moments-always an annoyance 10
his best friends, and confessedly his worst
enemy. The indulgenoes Of passion, by pa
rents especially, has far reaching, most
penicious influence. A parent who cannot
govern himself is totally unfit 10 govern his
children. A fretful, pesvsh mother will
make her children like herself, and nothing
less than miracle can prevent il. An angry
word, followed by blow, goes far to iret
and provoke, and sour the temper Of your
children, and soch course should ever bc
avoided.
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sham stock sales In new York.

On two days Of last week, Tuesday and
Wednesday, there were sold at the New York
Board Of Brokers nominaly $4,000 Reading
Railroad shares amounting in value al par 10
100000 when tie city holds under $4,000
shares, one half Of which have not changed
hands in the last eighteen months, and at
least 10, 600 Of The other half is held in trust
for buyers on The other side Of the ocean
The people believe this Of course they be.
iieve too that Notwithstanding this condition
Of the stock that during the last forty days
l94, 1926 shares have been sold as reported,
which al $50 per share amounts to SO, $685..
100, and II kept up at The same rate until the
year is completed It would amount TO over
ST. ,000 900, which is over s26, 900, 900,
snore Than the entire banking capital Of that
'ciiyi This extraordinary business, at which
we can anticipate the eyes OF readers moi
skilled in financial operations, stretched TO
The size Of goggles, is only The operations in
Reading with stock limited 10 22s ,66s
shares. On the 7ih, the total operations for
that day only amounted TO the sum Of So
'67s ,a58, and il kept up at tha, rate during
the year, would aggregate ste, ,ss5, ,sso-a
beautiful return for the capital employed! !!
On the sth the sales reported were 2,ssi,-
900, which Is evidently mistake OF The prin-
Ter, or may have been omitted in the entry
Of The chailsl mortgage Of $500, 900 upeu
the Rolling stock of the New York and Enc.
With this we have nothing 10 do. We have
reverted 10 this state Of things to show that
there are only s0,s4s shares Of the Reading
Railroad lef, ;--all the rest have gone.
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~ At an examination Of the College OF
Surgeons candidate was asked by Aberne-
Thy
"What would you do if man was blown
up with powder :"
"Wan until he come down." he coolly re
piled.
"True," replied Aberneihy, "and suppose
l should kick you for such aa imperinenl
reply, what muscles would you put in mo-
ton gu
"The fexors and exiensors of my arm, for
I would knock you down Immediately"
He received diploma.
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GENTLEMEN AND THEIR DEBTS The late
Rev. DR.. Sutton, Vicar at Sheffield, once said
to the late Mr. Peech, a veterinary surgeon,
MIR. Peech, how is ityou have not called
upon me for your account 2" T.
cob, said Mr. Peech, ~ never ask gen.
tleman for money"
"Indeed," said the Vicar, "ihen how do
you get on il be don't payW
"Wby," replied Mr.. Peech, "after certain
time ] conclude he is not a gentleman, and
then ask him."
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exertion, so that they shall work out for
themselves a genuine leisure for conquesis
in the dominion OF mind. Let them be in-
ventors, thinkers, philosophers, poets, not
merely ,ha, they may coin their brain-sweal
into bread, but that, having secured ample
bread, they shall now be ready 10 labor in
tel!ectually Tor the good Of their race.
But would you have every one mere
deliver, you ask. Yes, let every one delve
till a way shall open before him TO do some
thing better Let men be called 10 intellect
dal work, because needed there, not because
needing 10 be there. Let the relationship of
literature 10 life be placed on truer, more
earnest basis. Now we hesra young man,
trained in tue prevailing system o: educa.
,ion, cry, "Why may not be an author, and
thus earn my bread" And so he makes an
earnest effort to enter the realms OF Author
ship, as Novelist, Essayls,, even as Poet
Blu, alas no Post ever deliberately sa, down
10 write poem for either bread or fame.--
Poetry, 10 be real, is the overflow Of life, not
its mean quantity. True Poets only write
because they must; and Jenny Lind's Bird in
her beautiful song, that cries, 81 must, |
must be singing" Only 10 think Of Homer
or Dante going about with, "Please, sir, buy
my poem, thai my wife and my children
mar have breadw often think with pleas
ure of an anecdoie Of Uehler, the great Ger
man Poet. When friend visited him, a, a
time when he had published nothing for
many months, and asked him, "Have you
anything liz hand now, any great poelical
effort not yet finished, tisst you continue so
long Withdrawn from the public eye'" he
answered "No, have not felt the necessity
Of writing laiely." A true Poet must be 81.
lent when he does not feel the necessity Of
wiring. But 10 write because you have no
other means Of support, because you canno
live, without Il, this is TO debase your faculty.
Yet the world is full Of appeals for patronage
and employment, which amount to just this.
Now the world is not betlered by the book
that is written for money; nor by any intel
lectual lobor of which hunger is the inspira-
ton. And all education which makes man
necessarily alawyer, a physician, clergy.
man or an author, is degrading 10 literature
and intellect The writer ought to be always
the perfected worker.
The curse Of our time, as I suppose OF all
times, is inordinaie self.seeking. We ac-
quire that we may serve, not mankind, but
Ourselves. We seek no,sesteep step in the
even march Of life, but TO steal ride on the
baggage wagon. The spirit Of the NEW AGE
on which We are entering is different; ii
spesks only Of, and seeks fob the equal
rights Of all. Il says to the Legislator, pun
ish, punish crime; but only as the Guardian
Of Justice and The Protector Of the Common.
wealth; for the prevention Of future crime,
and, fit may be, the reformation Of the
offender. Itsaysto the Thinker, Hate, but
be careful 10 hate only that which 10 hateful,
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ADDRESS ON EDUCATION.
by HORACE GREELEY.

\
At the Anniversary of Wyoming Seminary
+, in Kingston, Tuesday, June 80, 1857.
Reported. for he Record ofthe Times
(Mr. GREELEY stood behind large melo-
deon, on which six immense folios, volumes
of the Biographia Britannica, were piled as
a stand for his notes; and. with voice and
manner which seemed as if his muse were
p',chfofking great loads of thought out Of
his interior. with tremendous effort, but
which grew gradually easier, began as fol-
lows:)
come before you to-day With no elaborate
address prepared; for l lhink the speech
which will best suit the occasion will be one
inspired by the occasion The theme is of
course the one, the only one, which would
be fitting here and now; need scarcely
name il; EDUCATION. Yet not as an acvo-
cate Of Education am here to address you;
she needs no advocate here, or you would
not be here to-day. All this vast multitude,
gathered from distant homes, have came as
her advocates. There is surely no need Of
dwelling on the value and importance of
that which is the engrossing theme of thought
and inieres, with all see before me. The
intelligence, beauty and attention here col
lected, the halls in view of which we are
assembled; the addresses we have already
heard, all The memories our young friends
bear from this place, and all the hopes which
becken them 10 the future, are SO many les
Iimonisis TO tue importance of Educalion.--
But, that We may bring our thoughts to some
practical issue to-day, indulge me with your
attention, and while my feeble voice can
make you hear, and SO long as your patience
ought to be taxed, will offer some remarks
as the fruits Of my reflection and experience,
on EDUcArIos,-Irs Motives, METHODS AND
ENDS.
The word Philosophy, in its proper and
derivative meaning, denotes love of wis
dom or knowledge. But il is more common
ly used in an accommodated and inaccurate
seEse, as indicating a system or circle of
whatever pertains or ministers 10 the intel.
lec,ual needs of man. Taking the word in
this, now its almos, univeIsal sense, we may
say that the world Of <1rEEihgkpfe-,
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Gboits poetrp.
ALoNE.
by MARY EMMA GiLLIEs.

Twas midnight, and he sal alone
The husband of the dead
That day The dark dust had been thrown
Upon her buried head.
Her orphan'd children round him slept,
But in their sleep would moan,
Then fell The first tear he had wept-
He fell he was alone.
The world wes full Of life and light,
But, ah, no more for him
His little world once warm and bright
II now was cold and dim.
Where was her sweet and kindly face ?
Where was her cordial lonef
He gazed around the dwelling place,
And felt he was alone.
The wifely love--maternal care
The self.denying zeal
The smile OF hope that chased despair,
And promised future veal;
The clean bright hearth-nice table spread
The charm DER all things thrown
The sweetness in whste'ef she said
All gone---he was aionet
Ha looked into his cold white heart,
All sad ind unassigned;
He asked how he had done his part,
To one so truo-so kind?
Each error past he tired 10 track,
In torture would att me-
Would give his life 10 bring her back
In vain--he was alone.
He slept al last; and then he dreamed
IPerchance her spirit woke,1
A soft light DER his pillow cleaned,
A voice in music spoke
"Forgoi-Iorgiven all neglect
: Thy love recalled alone,
Thy babes leave; oh, love, project!
still am all thine own.n
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We want more pracdcai, pdy ye7e&Gl ~
duslral education, for many urgent reasons.
list. To advance physical health, strength
and longevity. I'd. For The proper cuIiva'
iion of the earth, aud the development OF IFS
mineral and vegetable treasures. We have
but begun IN this age 10 know the wealth
of nature. What is the present state of ag-
rcul,ure the first of arts in time, The first in
necessity? Sd. For improvement in ma.
chinery, in manufactures, and in household
economy. 4lh To diffuse leisure and taste
for study among the urcducated. 1t is a
very common complaint that thrifty, un.
taught farmers grudge the cost of thorough
education for their sons aud daughters
Hodge industrious and independent in his
ignorance scorns his educated neighLor, who
is but drone and besgar with il all. 81
have succeeded we'll enough" says he,
"wilhout education; why shouldn't my chill
dren do the same" Now realize and re-
gret Hodges contempt FOR learning, but
cannot pretend 10 be surprised at it, On the
contrary it seems to me most natural, and
not very blameworlhy. For do but consider
that the educated son or daughter too often
returns to the paternal home with and ILL
disguised contempt for its homely roof, and
a positive aversion TO its downright labor
WHO would expect sensible homebred
pareHt 10 relish and value such education?
That son is mol truly educated who cannot
grow more corn on an acre than his unlearn-
ed father, aud grow il with .ess labor. That
educated daughter has received mistaken
and superficial training il she cannot excel
her mo,Ler in making soap OF cheese OF but
Ter. All these are chemical processes, n
which her education should render her an
adept, far beyond any un,augh, person. The
educated lawyer, doctor or Clergyman, whose
garden is not better, Il do moi say larger,)
aud his fruit trees more thrifty and productive
than his illileraie neighbor's, sadly discreds
and damages The cause OF education. The
prejudice agalns, muscular, physical labor is
a product of barbarism and slavery. II ought
long since 10 have vanished in the light Of
liberty and civilization. of course, he who
can earn ten dollars per day as a lawyer
should no, desert this TO toll for a dollar per
day as plowman o. canal'digger. This
would be folly. But the lawyer OF physician
who cannot earn the ten dollars per day, nor
one of them, and who stands idle, and runs
10 debt for his board, rather than plow or
dig, has been very badly taught, and is,a
poor creature. Let each do bis BEST but lei
no man make his presumed ability TO do
someihng better an excuse for doing moth
ing. "Six days shalt thou labor" says
The Book; and there is hardly command.
ment worse understood or worse needed
Each of as is under perpetual obligation to
usefulness; and this is not discharged by the
fact that we cannot End just the work we
would prefer 10 do. Every one louuging
around taverns, or idling in office, or wait.
ing fol come one TO. employ him as q lawyer,
doctor, or in some such capacity, and
meantime doing the world no good, but liv-
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ONLY ONE O'CLOCK Mr.. NJ, coming home
late one night from meeting was met at the
door by HE wife.
"Prery time OF night, M, for you 10 come
homeopathy time, three O'Clock in the
morning, you, respectable man in the
community, aud the father of family %
s9Tisn'i three--is only one; heard il
strike; council always sits s'till o'clock"
'tMy soul! VI. you're drunk--as true as
Pm alive, you're drunk. It's three in the
morning"
~ say, Mrs. NJ, IFS one. / heard il strike
one as came around the corner, t1o or three
timesw
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~" swell neighbor, what's the most chris.
iian news this morning !" said a gentleman
10 his friend.
81 have jus, bought barrel Of -four for a
poor woman"
"Just like you who is ii you have made
happy by your charity this time?
"My wife %
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I At concert in Wisconsin, al The con.
clusion Of the cong, "There's good time
coming" a country farmer got up and ex.
claimed, "Mster, couldn't you fix the date,
that is what we want-iust give us the date,
Mister" The farmer was right; we have
been promised this consummaiion for many
years, but like the rainbow, it recsdes as we
advance towards il.
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~ Two travellers having been robbed in
a wood, and tied "a trees some distance from
each other, one Of them, in despair, exclaim-
ed
so, Pm undone !"
"Are youl" said the other, ''then | wish
you'd come and nndo me.n
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n Miles Darden, seven feet six inches
high, and weighing over lhoussnd pounds,
died recently in Tennessee. II took men
to place him in his coffiu. The largest man
in the world.
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az A fas. man undertook the task Of te'

T A fast man undertook the task of teas
ing an eccentric preacher:
'.Do you believe" said he, Gin the story
of the 'Fatted calf?'"
eyes," eaid The preacher.
!. swell, then, was il a male or female calf
thai was killed. ssa. s.s
"a female,n replied the divine.
Chow do you know thai !"
t'Because, Cooking the interrogater in the
face see the male is siill alive
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oT Reputation is often got without merit
aud lost without crime.
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II Mr.. Prentice, of the Louisville Jou

y Mr.. Prentice, OF the Louisville Jour.
nal is the author of the following:--
"We see that the sprighlly, though naugh-
ty aulhoress, who calls herself George Sand !,
has expressed herself very strongly ia favor
of being burned after her death. II there IS
any truth in The scriptures, we guess she will
have her wish. msa