, 1862-01-23

native deacon, named Hagop, has now the
charge OF the Protestant Armenian church at
TrebiZond, in Asia Minor. To show his shrewd
quickness in reply, the following anecdote Is re-
lated Some years since, the deacon was en-
plOyed by an English mercantile house in Sam
sum, and was required to work on the Sabbath.
This he steadily refused to do.
His employer used all his ingenuity to con-
vince him that ii was necessary and right to do
so then. "whati" said he one day "if an ass
fell into a pit on the Sabbath day, does not even
"Certainly," replied Hagop, "but il an ass
have habit Of going every Sabbath and falling
into the same pit, then his owner ought either to
GIL up the pit or sell the ass"
There is a touching beauty in the radiant look
Of girl just crossing the limits Of youth, and
commencing her journey through the checkered
space Of womanhood. II is all dew.sparkle and
morning glory to her ardent, buoyant spirit, as
she presses forward exulting in blissful antcipa-
tons. But the withering heat Of the conflict Of
life creeps on; the dew-drOps exhale; the gar
lands Of hope, shattered and dead, strew the
path and too often ere noOntide the brow and
sweet smile are exchanged for the weary look Of
one longing Tor the evening rest, the twilight Of
the night.
Do all In your power 10 teach your children
self government. II a child is passionate, teach
him by gentle means TO curb his temper If be
is sulky, charm him out Of Il by frank good hu-
NOR. II indolent, aecustom him TO exertion,
and train him SO as 10 perform even onerous du-
ties with alacrity. II pride comes in to make
obedience reluctant, subdue him by counsel or
discipline. In Short give your children the habit
Of overcoming their besetting sins.
We have seen some awful typographical errors
In our day and generation, but seldom any more
absurd than the following. An editor, wanting
line to fill column, gave
"ShoOt Folly as she fies."-PoPE.
In setting up the above, the printer had il thus:
"Shoot Folly as she fiies-PoPr
The wife Of the President Of one Of our Uni,
yersities in congratulating her friend On the birth
Of her little girl, whom she named Jessie. wrote;
Since you have given your husband Jessie, we
shall probably next hear Of your raising Ned :"
Old Bachelor Sheer would like to know what
kind Of broom the young woman in the last
new novel used, when she swept back the raven
ringlets from her classic brow.
"Friend, the Bible tells thee 10 swear not at
all"
"oh, well, don't swear at all; Iswear only
at those I Am mad at"
"Mr. Grow, ! bought yard Of nice pork to-
day.
How can you buy pork BY Che yardH"
"Why, buy three feet-pigs' feet"
Suppose scolding wife should get drowned,
what single letter in the alphabet would express
the husbands feelingsl Letter B.
No man was ever cast down with the iniuries
Of fortune, unless he had before suffered himself
tD be deceived BY her favors -4
As to be perfectly just Is an attitude Of the
divine nature to be 50 tothe utmost Of our abili-
ties is the glory Of man.
He Who Is the slave Of his own passions Is
worse governed than Athens was under her forty
tyrpnts.
A military man Is generally vain. IFS vanity
makes him strut and his strut reacts upon his
vanity.
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