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The weekly standard., 1866-03-03
$. Harry. I mnst trv vo,, = few month,

sA u = AhuoessaJ JOu @ AOW aAoAeaAs
longer, before I can consent to your
addressing Minnie. This is May; one
year from this month, come to Belmont,
and il you are reformed man, Minnie
is yours"
The time is very long" said he,
"but I know that you are just in de-
manding that I should be placed on
trial"
Harry, there is one charge I have
often given you, and feel that should
repeat it this morning. If you, indeed
wish to reform-if you hope to be able
to resist temptation, remember that OF
yourself you can do nothing. You
must go to your Heavenly Father for
strength. or your efforts will be in vain 2
Harry assured his friend, that he
asked assistance from Heaven, daily,
and he believed, that had it not been
for that assistance, he could not have
resisted the many temptations slrroun-
ding him in camp.
The few days he spent at Belmont
were very pleasant, but they seemed
painfully short to the young couple
basking in the sunlight of love, for
"time flies swiftly when only treading
flowers"
Harry Percy had found out long
since, thatit was not so mucha broken
heart as broken dream" he was
mourning, when he first met Minnie
He had found in her, the realization OF
his brightest dreams.
Time passed on, and our armies were
concentrated in Georgia and Virginia.
The events of years were crowded into
the short space of two months. Lin
coin was assassinated, Lee surrender
ed; and then came the great crash,
THAI reached the heart of every man,
woman and child in the Confederacy.
The Surrenderll A life time of suffer
ing is expressed in that word But why
need / pause, to harrow up the feelings
of my readers? IF the wound is heal
ing let me not open it afresh.
A few weeks after the surrender,
Harry Percy presented himself at Bel
mont. He was very handsome in his
elegant suit of black cloth, but to the
patriotic heart of Mrs. Stacy, he looked
not half SO well, as when the "Confed-
crate gray" graced his form He and
his Mamma Stacy" spent an hour or
two in the library, after which old Mr..
Stacy was called in. When the case
was laid before him, he appeared very
ignorant, although Mrs. Stacy had kept
him posted all the time. $50 no! my
young fellow-this is the way you re-
pay my kindness, is it, come to my fold
ard steal my pet lamb2"
But the old soldier could not forget
the time when he wooed and won the
beautiful mother of his pet lamb-and
soon gave young Percy his consent to
his union with his only child.
He then returned to his pipe, which
he had left on the back gallery; and
Mrs. Stacy went in search of Minnie,
whom she found in her room. pale and
trembling. go, my child, you viii
find Harry awaiting you in the library;
and may God bless you both, and make
you Joy end comfort to each other .
It is needless to state, that when
Harry Percy returned to his western
home he was accompanied by the fair
Minnie.
A few weeks after his departr re,
Mrs. Stacy received letter from his
mother containing this sentence: You
have reformed my boy; and may God
bless and reward you for it, shall be my
prayer until my dying hour.
What will not Woman's Infuence"
accomplish?
/
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G. n. SANDERS N LospoN.-We clip
from the Montreal Telegraph and
Daily Advertiser OF Monday, January
q. the following item, which viii in
terest the friends of Mr. Sanders in
the West, as well as in other parts Of
the country:
We learn by the last English mail
that MIR. G.. n. Sanders has been elect
ed a member of the Reform Club oi
London, on the express ground of the
members of that institution, desiring
by such act TO protest against the infa-
nous proclamation accusing Mr San-
ders Of participation in President Lin
coins murder, and the equally infa-
nous attempts of the Federal Govern
ment to kidnap him in Canada.
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It il stated when the petition of the
State officers and 10000 of the citi-
Gems OF Indiana against the pardon OF
Jefferson Davis, was recently presented
to the President by Speaker Cokax,
Mr.. Johnson took the petition, smiled,
and said, sI'nlayit beside this bundle,
pointing to an immense plle OF manu-
script, which is just as large petition
for his pardon. Jackson Nesos.
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Heaven should be Here.

When we transfer Heaven to future world,
and make it, in our conception, special To-
cai.y, entrance to whica we are to merit in
this VOID, by the few Insignificant deeds of
goodness which we may be able to do here, we
a.e quite apt TO overlook the real siynific nee
and value of the present rife; a life so full of
pc tive duties, thronging with such serious
obligations, and Astounding in relations, all Of
which refer only to this life. Then we grow
se.fsh, intolerant, direct our sympathies to a
certain class, and confne our social manifesto
tons to special channel The smaller the
number of those who, we believe, will finally
gain Heaven, the more we contract our benev-
oient emotions. In propo ton as we come to
believe that nobody win be saved except such
As belong to our Church, be that Church
which it may, do we marrow the sweep of our
charity d and grow very sparing of our smiles
the future lie to be everything, do we render
the present nothing; and in this we commit
q serious error. believe a man should do
right, were there no future lie in reserve for
him. Req. u. III. Reed.
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A Word for Little Girls.

Who Is Lovely? It IS the little girl who
drops sweet words, kind remarks, and pleas
q kind word OF sympathy for every girl OF boy
she meets in trouble, and kind hand to help
her compapion out OF dilicuIty; who never
scold-, never contends, never leases her moth
or, nor seeks in any way to d.nnl;h, but al
ways TO increase her haopine $. Would it not
please you to pick up string OF pearls, drops
OF gold, diamonds, Or preclou, stones, as you
pass along the street? But thee are the
preciouj stones which can never be lost Take
the nand OF the ffiende,s. Smile on the sad
and detected. Symp ithize with those in
trouble. Strive everywhere to diffue around
you sunshine joy. IT you do this you
viii be sure to be beloved. ..},e.
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The Load of Wood.

Long before our coal mines were discover
ed, thi; load of wood was cut and burned.
Those were the days when ouf grand ather5,
in their snow-shoes, used to walk stral.h LIT
over the tops OF the fences; and small houses
were sometimes quite covered up by the heavy
fails of snow. Those were the days of which
our grandmothers used to tell us as we gather-
ed around the blazing fire in the long winter
evenings. the story we now relate is one of
those then told
At this period there lived in one of our
cities. lone widow, in feeble heal h, poor in
this worlds good, but rich in faith. It was
very cold winter, and daring its progress
there occurred ONE OF the seve1est snow-storms
ever known: Day after day the white embank-
msnts rose higher and higher around the city,
t.lng every road and lane. The farmers in
the surrounding country, who had supplied
the town vita wood, found the roads quite
impossible. Weeks passed and fuel became
ve:y scarce. Even the wealthy citizens began
to be in want, and to watch eagerly for the
Hist arrival. The farmer who should bring
the first load into the city might receive al
most any price he chose to name
The little pile In the WIDOWS back yard
grew smaller and smaller, until none remain
ed. No wood had yet been brought in, and
wnen 1t was brought she wei knew that she
should not be abe 10 Fay the price that would
w q h~0 IVA @A0-b oAO AOb SuuGf, PERHAPS
perish with c>ll, be ore she could purchase ?
She had no re-ort but prayer. Not only the
cattle, but the wood upon thousand hills, be-
longed to God, her Cod, who had promised 10
be the widows stay and star sih
To the eye of sense there seemed no pros
nee Of relief; but this humble Christian lived
By faith, not by s e. She was not disheart-
euei. II was hef part TO pray; it was Gods
part to find way to answer her prayers.
At last one farmer, more enterprlsing than
his neighbors, plowed his way through, and
entered the town with the first load IF wood.
But the load Of wood was not so d. On IT
vert, and pau ell not till it reached the Wild
ow's DIOR. The k.nd-nearted farmer knew
that she must be distressed, and God put it in
to his heart to go to her relief. Thus it was
that the tirst load Of wood brought to the city
found its way not 10 the mansion, of the
Weather citizen, but to the poor widow, who
had neither silver nor gold, only faith in God,
anil an intere.t In his Covenant love and faith
fulness.-l Catherine II. Trowb idCe in the
Saaday-Schoot Tines. III pTTT-7TcT
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Long Sermons,

Probably the ministers don't know It, iii
they do tney don't act upon it, bat in nj %
cases out OF ten sermon more than half an
hour long wearies an audience and Is voted a
teie,t an audience longer than that time is
very few, and even that body might make
their Efforts doubiy effective by Shortening
them. Twenty minutes are often better than
thirty ii tney are diiel witch vital, stirring
thou yht, which an audience can hear and 60
home refreshed, instead OF EXHAUSTED, at the
close.
1t b somewhat with preaching as with eat
Ing: the mind Is as disgusted with surplus
aye of pulpit pabulum as the stomach with
overlooking, and slrong but moderate diet is
Usually the best in either case. I
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SWEET OLD AaE.-God sometimes gives
to man a euiltless and holy second c1iId-
hood, in wilicl the soul becomes childish, ansl
the faculties, in fruit and npeness are mellow
without sign of decay. This is that sought
for land or Baulah, where they who have
Travelled mantully the Cnr titan way, abide
awhile, to show the world perfect manhood.
Lille, with its battles and its sorrows, lies far
behind them; the soul has thrown of its ar
NOR, and sits in an evening unlress OF calm
ana nor leisure. Thrice blessed the family or
FL ghborhood that numbers among it one to
those not yet assembled saints. ,t9ff9tt
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Notice.

Subscribers t, the Stock Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, upon which ninety per cent. is
still due, hereby notified, in conformity with
vote of the board Of Directors, passed the six
teenh day Of January, one thousan eight hundred
and sixtysx that assessment Of ninety per cent,
uponStock subscribed for by them ia hereby levied
amounts and at times as hereinafter recited, to be
at Boston, Mass-to wit: twenty per cent to be paid
on the second day of April; thirty per cent. on the
first day of Ma and forty per cent. on the first day
Of june, one thousand Ell hit hundred and sixty-six.
All Stocks, upon which assessments as above levied
are not paid will be declared forfeited abso uely and
all payments that have been made upon said Stock
will be forfeited without condition re lemption.
I. S. WILMINGTON,
! N n > g & Treasurer N P. n. r. Co.
Boston, Mass, January "a, -3tawtmay1 - -
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Steamers.
PORTLAND AND NEW YORK
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
SEMI-WEEKLY LINE.

SEMI WEEKLY LINE.
~ - The - se,dii and fast Steam
>Asa.---~M ship pIRIGO, Capt sherssood
4 EnnkA ,nc FAArUoNiA, capt. W. W,
%sslzz5SSSs.aMadS uRRwooD, W II aatl further NO
ssa,E--1<.r-s .ce. tun as follows:
Le.s " harI, fortlal d, every WEDNES-
Az and SATURDAY, at r. NJ, and leave Plei
80 Est River, New York, every WEDNESDAY
l.1 SATURDAY, al 4 O'Clock P. u -....
These vessels are fitted up " tn tine acoommoda
lions for passengers, making this the nose speedy
ale and comfortable route ior travellers bstweet
aew Yofk and Maine Passage, IN State Room
$500. Cabin passa.1e IS. 90. Meals extra.
Goods .rwsrdeo by this line 70 anu from Mon
treai, Quebec. Bangor Bath, Augusts. Passport and
st.Jonn
shippers arersauestsd to send their freight to the
teamsrs M early as p. N. ON the day that they
aave Portland. @s ~" 90 49,
FOR freight or passage apply to
EMERY FOX, Browns Wharf Portland.
b. y. CROMWELL & CO., No. IS West Street
sew York.
MAJ 20, 1895. dt1
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Railroads.
PORTLAND & KFNNEBEC R. R,
Portland TO Sk0whesuu via Wateryille
and kcndail's Mills.

WINTER ARRANGEMENT, 1866.
Commencing December, IL, 1865.
EsssEszZ1 Trains leave Portland daily fSundays
ssssz...sss9 excepted) for Bath, Lewiston via An,
droscog IN T. R.l Augusta, Waterville, Kcndalis
MIL an Skowhegan, anu intermediate Stations, at
Portland for Bath daily Sundays excepted)
at 5.1j P. M. MIXED Train
Leave Skowhegan for Portland and Boston at $50
M, Augusta 1875 and Bath ct 1i5B
This is the only route east without break of gauge
at Portland Through tickets for all Stations on this
line, also on the Maine Central r. r. can be pur-
chased in Boston at Eastern OF Boston and Maine
Depots. Passengers with through tickets going east
Portland, where ample time is there allowed to dine
20 mmTtesl at grst class sting house. Superior
and well ventilated cars are run with the THROUGH
trains.
FARE AS Low BY THIS ROUTE AS ANY OTHER.
Stages for Rockland connect at Bath; and for Bel
fast at Augusta, and for Scion, Anson, Norridge-
wock, Athens ami Moose Head Lake at Skowhegan,
salboro', and for Unity at Kendan's Mrps.
Dec. II, 1S65-dtf - n
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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY,
OF Canada.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

EsszEFes5SlQ On and after Monday, Nov. 9th, 1865,
s.sssSe@sz strains will run as follows =
Morning Train for South Paris, Lewiston and
Auburn at IS A NJ. 49,
Mail Train for Waterville, Bangor, Gorham Island
ond, MOntre and Queb cat I6PM 2l
This train with Exp ess train for Toronto
etrOit and Chicago 5 eeping Cars attached from
Land Pond to Quebec and Montreal
No Bag ga SO Cal be received or checked after the
me above stated. BIO 4.
Trains will arrive as follows
From SO. Paris, Lewiston and Auburn, sI0A N
From Montreal, Quebec DC. I45PM
The Company are not responsible for baggage to
any amount exceeding $50 in value (and that person
ally unless ootce is given. and paid for at the rate Of
one passeng r for every $50 additional value.
.E sad C. j BRIDGES, Managing Director.
H BAILEY, Local Superintendent.
Portland, Nov. !, 1866 nov2dtf
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Poetry.
Translated tor tho Evening Post.1
An Above to the Fest.


81 -r An Above to the Fest.
FROM
lies Csansons des .aesef dss oo's' -
BY VICTOR HUGO.
TIE l0wly room has 10 Of sminnRi ~
Flowers make the old trunk gayi a, . &
IA >, Peae.w II prizes 8; sob, HushP' 70 women,
Eysry hiaz seems voice t. say. . ..r.. Hs-
A further end an alcove deepens; -
No one in nor ou m ~ c-ecpj
T e lawn iJoks nj On, solemn guardingl
Tnere baby lies aseep. gao -le
So tiny IN hat gl omy corner: r--..tf
Giving in her cradle while,
A. min .iei meaning to tres adow,
Hat of trust ana half aff.ig 1T. -- 81 81 90
The coral on the e. FUND has fallen;
Bat Ugh ly hell in ting Irs c I'm,
The silver bell hangs over as she
Lifts to Heaven her sialess palm,
Hows sleepsi OF good, Of evil, tff
hsart an SO use untaugl 1T to know:
Her ream Is bit the m ,rning's pathway,
Wnere the ang els come and 20.
Her arms, each instant, lift and nestle
b lck a gain, deai sn )wy thing;
Ale az ner sweet breath unruf1ed
as tho sky by inserts wings. seA
Around her now the sunlight broodeth;
AMI 1t is Go rs own look which lies
Ting, sacre aud triumphant, ss
On the paby's sleep ng eyes,
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CAUTION TO THE PUrLC.

that remedies handed out for general use should have
their efficacy established by well tested experience in
the hands Of regularly educated physician, whose
preparatory studies hts him for all the duties lie must
unll; yet the country is flooded with poor nostrums
and cure-as purportng to be the best in the world
are not only useless, but always injurious The un.
physician. as it is lamentable yet incontroveri-
able fact, that many syphiiitic patients are made
miserable with ruined constitutions by maltreatment
from inexperienced physicians in general practice I;
tor 1t is point generally conceded by the hest syph
ographers, that the study and management of these
complaints should engross the whole time Of those
who would be competent and successful in their lea
ment and cure. The inexperienced general praclt-
Toner, having neither Opportunity nor time to mah e
himself acquainted with their pathology, common y
pursues one system of treatment in most cases NAH
ing an indscrmnate of that antiq uated and dan.
gerons weapon, the Mercury. -l
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Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam !

For Coughs, Colds and Consumption
EsTABLIsHFDi in 1882, and st;u the best h,,oscm
remedy for a!l affections ofthe Lungs, Throat ana
C"esr re careful to get the genuine.
REEL, CUTLER q CO., Boston, Proprietors
large Bottles, S1.0O. Small, 80 cents.
Pure Cod LIVER OH
Rottled expressly 'or Medicinal use by REED:
CUTLER q Co. who have facilities for obtaining oil
Of the most reliable quality. Large Bottles, s1,oo.
Nov10-d&w6m Iovtl g.
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HAVE CoNFIpENcE.

All who have committed an excess OF any kind,
whether it be the solitary vice of YOUTH or the sting
ing rebuke of misplaced confidence in maturer year.,
/ SEEK FOR IN AN71DOTE IN SEASON.
The Pains and Aches, and Lassitude and Nervous
Prostitution that may follow Impure Cotton, are
4 f.4 the Barometer to the whole system.
Do not wait for the contamination that is to fol-
low: do not wait for Unsghtly Ulcers, for
7 DO Disabled Limbs, for Loss OF Beauty
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HOW MANY THOUSANDS CAN TESTIFY I,
- THIS BY. UNHAPPY EXPERIENCED

Young men troubled with emissions in seep,-a
complaint generally the result of a bad habit in
youth treated scientifically, and perfect war.
ranted or charge made. .Ass7
Hardly day passes but we are consulted by one
or more young man with the above disease some O,
whom are as weak and emaciated as though they had
the consumption, and by their friends supposed tc
have it. All such cases yield to the proper and ony
correct OF treatment, and in short time al
made to rejoice in perfect health. LLsE
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NiIDDLE-AGED MEN.

/ There are many men at the age OF thirty who arc
troubled with too frequent excavations from the bad
der, often accompanied by slight smarting or burr
ing sensation, and weakening the system in manner
the patient cannot account for. On examining tile
urinary deposits ropy sediment will often be found
and sometimes small particles of semen or albumer
viii appear, the color win be of thin milkish hue,
again changing to dark and turbid appear ance.
There are many men who die Of this difficulty, ignor-
ant of the cause, which is tile
SECOND STAGE OF SEMINAL WEAKNESS.
! can warrant perfect cure IN such cases, ana 0
full and healthy restoration of the urinary organs
Persons who cannot personally consult the Dr.,
can do so by writing in plain manner descriI ton
of their diseases, and the appropriate remedies win
be forwarded Immediately. .-7- -S
AL correspondence strictly CONFIDENTIAL and will be
returned, if desired.
Address: DR.. j. B. HUGHES,
No. ) Temple Street (corner of Middle
Street., Portland. Me
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Not a Hotel.

Furnished and unfurnished rooms to let with good
board at No. q Willow Street. )l,2 oil bore,. a. r
People visiting Portland can have all the c,nven-
fences of Hotel at much less prices at retired and
gen ee, place. Also permanent board tor families and
gentlemen. -- --.-s ..,--.-,-.- w.,
rS Remember the place, opposite Woods Hotel
corner Of Middle and Willow SITS. a5 fe10dtf
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HUMPHREYS
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS.

uAvE fiis5vED, from the most ample expert
Ii ence, an ehlre success; ompie-Prompt-Eii-
perfectly adap I'd to popular use-so simple that
mistakes cannvt be inaoe IN using them; 50 harmless
rs ~ free from DANGER Anu efficient Us to be al
ways reiiaDie. They have raised the highest COM
mendation from all, and will Away render satsiae
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H BLANCHARD
Improvement on Steam Boilers 4

ON some boilers 700 dogs. ofheat Ia thrown away.
" making loss OF 1-3 the fuel. The question is
often asked how can this be saved. Mr.. Blanchard
has nven ed boiler that takes perfect contro OF all
the heat ami makes it do duty in the engine. This is
very simple in its construction; after the engine is in
motion the smoke pipe is closed tight, and the waste
any temperature desired; the remainder carried
throu Oh the water heater, using up all the waste
heat but $40 dess.; the heat being reduced so low
there can be no danger Of setting fires by sparks
thrown from engines, which will a Id much value to
this invention, besides the saving 1-3 the fuel
For par ticulars Inquire of
- WM. WILLARD,
Corner of Commercial Wharf and Commercial st.
Feb M-d1y