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1t 0ught to be Discourayed.

When aud. where the precf;ca "a
preaching funerals took its origin, I" this
deponent saith not" 1t is very proper
TO preach the. funeral Of some persons
put not every one who dies. sfhen a
man or woman has lived many years in
the church, labored for her success idn5
set an example worthy of imitation
meets death with Christian trinmpb y
then, and IN that case, it is RIGHT and
profitable to preach the funeral. But Il
iias come TO pass in "tl,ese last tlays,n u
tnaksall, wh , die, must have a funeral.
hrom the old man. Of seventy, dow I, a,
The intaDtof one day. And frequently
tile minister is called upon to preach a
ianeral years afior the person has de.
parted ibis life. If funerals are preach.
Ell at all, 1t ought.to be done, before tho.
burial of the person, and if not. then,
WY at all When we see persons
anxious to have funeral of some one
who. has been dead for years-we are
made TO inquire in our mind, "do they
believe their friends can be saved with.
ont il 7" - We are verify Of the opinion,
that the practice has been SO common.
that funeral sermons do but little good.
and many believe that they are essen
lial TO the salvation of The deal. Be
sides, there are stronger temp,ai ms on
the Preacher. to shrink from duty. in
procl;timing the gospel. WeBave often
been pained to, sect course pursued
by someprcachers in preaching funerals.
The deceased may have been n man OF
position in the coinmunitt. a moral be.
nevolent man, kind neighbor, correct
inrall his dealings with his fellow men.
but. unfortunately, lived and died out
of Christ. But how rtone is the
preacher to hold up these good quail
ties 10 the people--and though he NAV
not say it in 60 many words, yet, strong
ly intimdtcs that God is pleased with
them, and probably is saved-though
the man never professed conversion 10
God. Men are thus encouraged to neg.
lect /" the one Thing needrul," and rely
upon their good qualti IS 10 save ihem.
y little boy once asked his father, while
walking in the graveyard, and reading
the Inscriptions on the tomb stones,
"where they buried The wicked people 2"
The same question might be asked in
reference 10 funeral preaching! Our
candid opinion is That the practice is
carried to excess, and ought TO be dis.
couraged by minister, of Tie gospel.
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dun slltrrr6ting Stwirs.
TOUCHING STORY.

The news in relation TO the fate of
SirJohn franklin aud his brave com.
panions, recalls aaz Interesting incident
connected with that memorable expedi.
ton, and which we viii narrate:
In the west Of England are Towns
whose corporate limits are less thar n
milo apart, and which have been for
many years united in one Parliamenia.
ry borough. One Of them, Punrvn, has
an existence of many centuries, being
recorded as a thriving. market town in
1858. The other, Falmouth, had no
existence previous 10. the seventeenth
century, although now an important
seaport, and exceediffg its elder neigh
Dor in population aud business. Both
towns are situated on the same inlet or
arm of the sea, Penryu being a; its OK.
treme head. As might be expected,
there has existed a strong jealousy hes
tween the towns, which was not de-
creased by their ill.sssorted union into
one-Parliamentary borough, whilst still
retaining their separate Corporate exist
ence. Penryu considers its young
neighbcr as an upstart, while Falmouth
retorts by sneering at the olden Dor.
ough as old fashioued and fossilized.
Desperate fights and bitter personal
qusrrels have been thus occasioned.
About fifteen years ago, a young sail
or, named Johns, naive Of. Penryn,
belonged TO q coasting vessel sailing 5e,
tween that port and Iesindoa. Tie was
the accepted suitor of Miss Cook a
young girl Of about his own circum.
stances. 5ut whose personal attractions
gained the attention of more than one
Ian Of better station. = She was some.
thing Of a'coquette, and ssirted in the
absence Of her lover with some of her
other admirers. ~ ~ ~ !.
Among these was dashing, young
fellow, professed lady killers from
Falmouth, who had once had a QUAR- el
Young Johns on account OF local
prejudice, and whose attentions to Miss
Cook were at first prompted BY spirit
OF malice to bis adversary. lie took
her to places Of amusement, rode or
walked with her on Sundays, and en-
deavored 10 make his attentions to her
as public as possible. s...s4
Rumors Of this had reached Johns
on some Of his trips home, but as he
never saw them together, he ALWAYS
passed the tales by with as little attcn.
tion as possible. Once, however, his
vessel arrived In port on Sunday even
ing, and the lover, hastily donning hiS
best suit, rushed off to see his lady-love.
S,,e ;S va. net nc home, having gone to
church. Impa.iently he hurried off 10
the church, and near its gss16paw his
apparently faitbless sweetheaf ) walking
arm,in,arm with his detested Falmouth
adversary. Without waiting TO meet
them, he turned and wen. on board biz
II was the first time when the brave
- :v,s fosning he expedite. 70
s,sa .hs aIplorasion Of the Nor'.. ...wes -,
@ usos' md great Inducements "a The :, wa a.
q Soan.s ponsy aud .s eompa'.tivel
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Woman,s Yenerntion.

If women have one weakness more
marked than man, il is toward ,venera
ton. They are born worshippers--..
makers of silver shrines in some diyini.
ty or other, which, of course, they al.
ways think, fell straight down from
heaven. The first step towards their
falling in love with an ordinary mortal.
is generally TO dress him out with all
mamer of real or fancied superiority I:
and having made him up, they worship
him. Now, a truly great mana man
really grand and noble in art and intel
lect-has this advantage with women.
that, he is an idol ready made to hand !;
and SO that very pains taking and in.
genious sex have less labor in getting
him up, and can he ready TO, worship
him on shorter notice. In particular is
this the: case where sacred profession
and a moral supremacy are added TO
the intellectual. Just think Of the ca
,reer Of celebrated preachers aud divincs
in all ages. Have they not stood like
the image that "Ncbuchadnezzar the
King set up" and all womenkind. co
queItes and tlirts not excepted, been
ready to fail down and worship, even
before the'sound Of cornet, flute, harp.
sackhui, and SO forthl + Is not the faith
ful Paula, with her beautiful face, pros
lrate in reverence before poor, old lean,
haggard, dying St..Jerome, in the most
splendid painting of the world, an en.
blem and sign Of woman's eternal
power Of solfsacritice towliat she deems
noblest in mani Does, not old Richard
Baxter tell us with delightful single
heartedness, how his wife fell in love
with him first spite of his long pale
face, and how She confessed, dear soul,
after many years of married lie, thai
she had found him lees. sour and bitter
than. she had expected ? The fact is,
women are burthencd with fealty, faith,
reverence, moro than they know what
TO do with. They stand like n hedge
of sweet peas, throwing out ffut,ering
tentlrils every where for something, ,.hioI
and dry TO climb up by, aud wheii il,ey
find it, be it ever so rough in the bark,
they catch upon il. And instances are
not wanting Of those who have turned
away frotp the Hattery of admirers to
PROSTATE themselves at the feet of q
genuine hero who never WOO them ex
cept by heroic deeds and the rhetoric of
noble life.-Ihe Minister'S JVooiny.
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IT will be hard to withhold tear to.
the memory of the brave in reading the
following incident, which occurred on
board Perry's vessel after the battle of
Lake Erie: .. .r. ..... ,.r.-I;-., ;
One poor fellow WAS sent below to
the surgeon, with his right arm dangi-
ing like an empty coat sleeve at his side.
It had been shattered near the shoulder
aud amputation pronounced unavoida-
able. lie bore the painful operation
without groan or murmur.
An hour afterwards he called the
surgeon To his side and said:
81 should like to see my arm, Il YOU
have no objection"
None in the world" replied the sur
geon, if you desire it," -
The amputated limb was at once
brought TO him, and poor Jack pressing
the cold hand which had "forgot its
cunning" in his left hand, exclaimed
with tears in his eyes: 4:
Farewell, old messinate You and
i have weathered many rough gale
thgether, but now we must part! You
have been good friend to me / shall
never hud such another" f ..r r....
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s A Pretty FANoY.-When day be-
gins togo up TO heaven at night, il does
not spread pair of wings and fiy aloft
like bird, but it just climbs softly ",
on a ladder. 1t sits its read sandal Oh
The shrub you have watered these three
days, lest it should perish with thirst
then it steps on the tree we sit under,
and thence to the ridge of the roof;
from the ridge to the chimney (; and from
the. chimney to the tall elm and from
the tall elm to the tall church spire and
theu 70 the threshold Of heaven and
thus you can see it 60 as though it walk
ed up red roses.--Jeremy Taylor. 5, n
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If good people would only make
goodness agreeable, and smile instead Of
tFowning in their virtuo, how many
would they win TO the good cause
A FAMILY without prayer is like
house without door; exposed 10 every
danger; and offering al entrance to
every evil. -
IHE man or woman that gloats. over ,
the ruined character of ano. her. would
turn heaven into hell if BY possibility =
they could get there. .,.r :.
Wine Won are meditating revenge
for a real or faucied injury, the devil Is
meditating another cord around your
soul.
A YOUNG lady being asked why she
did not attend party to which she
had been invited, replied, Il forgot all
about the party, and ate onions for
breakfast" :, ......... ,-....0
To LIVE with true economy Is to live
wisely. The man who lives otherwise
has no prudent regard for his own hap.
piness. But there is no worse foliy
than false economy. '.
REMEMBER what world of g .,s.;r
would be prevented, if it WIS c.,iv ,a
membered that person VIII, ,elL Won
OF the faults of otheri .tends 40 ,sI,
others of your farJ,s. - 'ON'.'', " = ''
CoLD prayers .ro as arrows witboa.
heads, SWORDS ',sithout edges, as birds
%ithout win ga: they pierce not, they
cut NOT, ttiey fly not to Heaven. Cold
prayer. always freeze before they reach
Rer. ven.
!, RABBI EIIEzER said: "Turn 10 Ctd
one day before death" His disciples
said ." How oan man know the day
of his death Z" lie answered, There
fore turn to God to-day for perhaps
tomorrow you die"
MoLrERE was asked the reason why,
in certain countries, king may assume
the crown at fourteen years Of age, and
cannot marry before eighteen q" .s
is" said Molierc, because it is more
difficult TO rule wife than kingdom"
| One day, as Mr. G. was limping
down the High Street, Of Edinburgh,
from the Court Of Sessions, he overheard
"A young lady sny to her companion
rather loudly, "That is MIR. c., the
lame lawyer" Upon which he turned
round, and with his usual force Of ex.
preston, said, "No, madam, I am a
lame man, but no' 4 lame lavye,,7
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3flisrrllausmls Rtahing.
" Bran .Mash.n

.H#
It would be hard TO match the fol.
lowing for .trulhfulness to Irish charac-
ter, and to The unfortunate experience
of some who have had Irish heip:
Patrick had been recently hired to
do the chores, but was not altogether
sure of his being able TO doall lie prom.
ised.' lie boasted so loudly Of his uni.
versah knowledge of out.ofdoor work.
thatI doubted Of his knowing much of
anything. i said to him one day, sar
Patrick, do you think IcouId trust
you,to give tire black filly q wstnanasIi
this EVENING"" .',--Tr..'
Fat started; fora minute or two
without replying, and as | repeated the
question, when he broke silence and
said, ,,..-.. - .-,--..,
"1s it a sm,sh, sir9 shure an I'd
like TO be plai>iu' yer honor any way
that's no lie." o.,
AS he'spoke, however, I fancicd that
saw strange sort Of puzzled expires.
sion flit across his face. '-.' .'' ''."
"lbeg yer pardon. sir, but 'tis both.
cred in iireiy / am. Will l give her an
ZOuld Country mash OF an Ameriky
mash a. O.. .L. s....-. ...
> Look here. Patrick Mulrooney,n
said impa!ien,ly, {" Il want you TO put
about two double handfuls of bran into
a bucket Of water, and, after stirring it
well, give it to the black FLY. . Now,
do you rightly understand mea ~. ..
Good luck 10 your honor" replied
Patrick, looking very much relieved, for
he had now got just the information lie
was wishing for, "good luck TO yer
honor what would / be good for II
didn'tl Sure it's the Ou!d Country
mash, after ALL"
~ thought as much," said I; $50
now away with you, and be sure you
make no mistake"
=" It'S not likely TT do that, sir" said
he, looking very confident (; !" but about
the warm wather, sir 3" - .s.
There is plenty to be had in the
kitchen" - -,
AN I will give her the full of the
bucket, sirw a8as. .s.s
"It will do her no harm," Isaid ;and
with ihat Patrick made his best bow,
and left 10 do his work. Itmight have
leen leD minutes after this that my wife
entered the loom where I-was sitting,
and rs she was somewhat Of an invalid,
1 laid down the book L had in my
hand, and. leading her to the sofa, ar,
ranged the pillows to her liking, ,.hen
she remarked,
Il wish you would 60 ITO the kitch.
en-. George. | am af.s. ID there is some.
thing wrong aboat that Irishman Of
yours and the o. a cook, Phillis. They
seemed to t,e quarreling as crossed
me hai' and heard him saying some
W" about its being your orders"
.Oh, il is nothing, my DEAR" / re-
piled 81 understand it all. Pat re-
quires some warm water, which Phillis
! presume, who bears him no goodwill
has probably refused TO give him."
j Ny wife said nothing more, and / re
turned to my reading, looking for some
passage that thought would please
her, when we were both startled by {
crash of crockery, as il the end Of th'
world had come, and then q suppressed
shrek, which told us too plainly tha
something unusual was TO pay In tn,
kitchen. I hurried out Of the room
and soon heard the voices Of the partie
to desperate struggle. First came tn
squeaking voice Of Phiilis, as ifshe coult
hardly speak for being choked.
II "Hsb done, cay ! won't hab nuff
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@rigilHl FaflriIs
ron TUE sUUsHEKs EsTEHrRrss.
Our Childhood's Home.

Our Cnlldnood's Home.
rTis sad to leave our ,hi.dhoo Is home,
-r- And part with those so dear;
IT'S sad TO ieaSe the scenes We love, g
And drop aars parting tear . : -
sTis sad TO leave our cidldho6t's home
And friends both Kind and true; ~
'Tis sad to say q last farewell, \.
And weep o last ndieu. ' IL
'Ts sad to leave the one dear spot, 1-.
wherememory still Will cling;
.'Tis sad to think that distnnt lands
No sweeter joys can bring. SO
'Tis sad to leave the old hearth stone,
In other lands to roam; --,s. l,.-
IT'S sad to leave the household band,
Aid seek another hp@e
IT'S sad TO know that strangers move
Around our couch of fpain3 . - -a
IT'S sad TO think, when far awny,
OF Friends we ne'er shall meet again.
~ M. II. b.
Longmires Store, July IA. 1880.
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NUMBER 1s.

Tue STAPLE SEcREr.-Twenty clerks
in store. Twenty hands in q pr;nt-
ing office. Twenty young men IL :,
village. All want to- get, along in the
world, and all expect to do SO. One of
the clerks will rise to be q partner. and
make a fortune! One of the compost.
Iers VIII own newspaper, and become
an influential and prosperous citizen
one of the apprentices will become to
be an,aster builder one Of the Sil-
Layers will get a handsome farm and
i've like a patriarch. Bat which is des.
tined to be the lucky ihdividusif--
Lucky There is no luck about it,
The thing is almost as certain as the
rule of three. The young fellow who
will distance his competitors is he who
masters his business, who preserves his,
integrity, who lives cleanly aud purely,
who never gets in debt, who gains,
friends by deserving them, and puts his,
money into asavings bank. There are
some ways TO fortune that look shorter,
than this old dusty highway. But the
staunell men Of the community, tho
inen who achieve something really
worth having, good fortune. good name
and serene old age, all go this way.
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The great comet of 1856 is expected
TO appear about the end Of August
When it last appeared, its tail was so
long that, when the body Of the comet
had reached the zenith, The extremity
Of its tail had not reached the horizon.
II does not, however, follow that il 6,
tute appearance viii be in >" san,
the same. e - iesP'0.
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IT Is doing some service to humanity
to amuse innocently; and they know
very little OF society who think We can
bear to be always employed either In
duties or mediistions without any relax.
alton.
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Robbing Around.

q, custom prevails IN many congrega.
,ions, of persons taking upon themselves
the onerous duty Of noticing all who
chance to come in late, during service.
OF course, one cannot carry home in
telligence whether the Browns, Smiths
and Joneses were out, and what ;hey
had on, unless good lookout is Kept.
But do not such lose in piety, What
they gain in informatiohg Sdueak,
goes the door, and around twists the
Fnecks of dozens who ought 10 be look
ing on their books, Now what the late
coners may think of this special atten.
tion, we cannot say, becnuse zoe are
tlieIe at least five minutes before the
voluntary. But it strikes US that he
was a wise minister who compromised
The matter with his congregation ,hus
sRcw," said he,s "lto savestronBle.
you all look at ne, and when any ono
comes in late, will announce it during
service" - ... .a-,. .
Git is the eleventh day evening pray.
They go to and fro in the evening,
they grin like n dog, and run abeat
Ihrough the city," * .... ...
(There comes one Of the Simpkinses y
= Behold, they speak with their mouth
and words in their lips; for VINO
doth heart ,...... ...-
(rhat's Jones, The deaf man y . a..
and in the evening they will return,
grin like dog, aud will go about the
city," =. .. -. .,-
(Mr. Fish, the soap boiler y
They will rrn here and there for
meat, and grrdge if they be mol. salts
fed"
Crhere comes man with a white
hat and brown coat-don't know who
he is ! -
Gy this time, the congregation could
stand it no longer, but laughed hear,i.
I y. They got cured, however, of un.
Elanner'y turning to see what old man
or woman had oversight themselves on
Sunday evening.-M. Recorder.
A HARD SCM.-We recommend the
following to all our young friends:
Are you good at atithmetics
will give you some losses to add ur
and calculate how much they come to
Ii is good sum for the boys. IT, =.
are losses made by strong drink. Los
Of money; loss Of time loss :, beal,h
loss Of business; loss Of ch Aractor: los
Of friends; loss Of gooi conscience: los
| OF feeling loss oe o,;nJ. Ioas 81 ne,
loss Of the imr' ,rtal soul. His Ion,
and terrible '.ccount TO run up but il
an easy ODE to begin, and / SEQ bov
beginning it at the beer-shops; youn,
mecd adding to it at :be tavern and Lil
iiard-ssloon. Stop stop and reckon u
ell the losses, before you 90 farther.
Can you afford such losses in the len,
run Of enternityi
/ -~<~D~>---
A oooD man who has seen much o
the wof',s and is not tired Of it says
I - L.. q.
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A GOOD man who has seen nsuch Of
the world, and is not tired Of it says :
The grand essentials TO happiness in
this life, are something to do, something
to love, and something to hope for."
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DEspIsp sT--
The lot The small and the weak,
~ and The locust have done more
n~rm than ever the bears and lions did,
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always be quite as careful. in your
business transactions, Of takisg credit,
as Of giving it.
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BY Goddia /. Aprers... ,uc,,.

! ARGE NTMkrh oI BEAUTIFrr
: WYE ~ SSIpNEY. IN The PLAN OF
TloN. At the request If Lewis f. Harvis. Fsa
we shn sell at gahe auction, the premises on
MoNDA1, Inc Joih july, 1860 at AZ O'clock p A.
ut fair not. the next far day j LARGE np,oS.s
OF LOTS, IN the plan of said Lewis Il. Hare
near hollywood Cemetery. These Lots Embrace
Portiopaof ten squares. and are among the Inost
bsautfdHand attractive Lots in that improving N
cshty. Flats OF the Lots can be see Al our Hoe
TkRMs:-one- fourth cash balance at 4, and n
months, Tor NEGOTIABLE notes, interest added and
title retained until all the purchase moneyis psid'
" GODDIN & APPERSON. A6oltrs.
POSTPONEM ENT.ln consequence OF he raj n
.aSI sVsnln,; the anovs sale VAS postponed to
THIS AFTERNOON, at the same hour
ID 81 An
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Northern Markets.

BALTIMORE, July 30-Flour quiet and steady AT
So Is Whes' active and broy"nt re" 81 s00' n
white IS al % Corn firm mixed 52 yellow "a
GW white l2a75- Provisions active and ur
ohanred WhIskey dull at 2O1ad2si
NEW YORK, July 30.-Coiton friner Flour
heavy and UNCHANGED Wheat Fl rm--white 81 3{ar
LIS Corn htm mixed G2c Mess Pork 3 Is S0a
Si9; PRIME do. l2is Si4. sugar declined a; 9th
er articles unchanged. Va G's 9Ot,
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CENTFEL ISEEoLD ANDYfTcu
~ En- FURNITURE FOR SALE AT aI'c
4 loN.-Wiit be sold on IUESDA. MORNING.
5lst INST commencing az 10 o'c eek al the res
dence oil Mr.. August. twho a declinins honss
seepins on Ist street between n arshai aud Cia,
NITuRE, consisting O! general yerIet, of Par
ior, Chamber, Dining Room and Kitchen FUN
ture' 10y Sl THn|. w. KRIS Ek., Auct'r.
g., HoUsE FDl. kLNT ATAUtTsON-
IL, mm ediatey before the sale of FurnItuTe VII
$50 vertlse above, the House Will be rented until
me Isl gay u October. 1851 The house will lie
open l HIS DAY frol 10 ~ o o'e lock,
~ ~ THOS. " KEESEE Auct
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Five Persons Precipitated over siack River
Falls and Drowned.

WATERFOWL, N. Y. July 2e-Five per-
sons-nameIv, Mrs. J. j. Il Priman and child
Mrs. J. j. NJ. Primau, Mrs. Blansolell and
Miss LGuisa Bebaud-went over the Black
River Falls at this place, in a boat, this after
noon. All were drowned. The body Of one OF
the ladies can be seen hanging upon d roc k
below the falls, and efforts are being made to
reach it.