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I dus. An you did not know that !
was the brakeman on this we're rail-
road"
'Indeed sir, 1 did not"
"Well, old SIideeasy, all 1 have got to
say is that for a man Of your looks you
know less than any man I ever saw.
How do you manage to make % Iiviu'
enyhOw >"
Il receive q salary; 1 am President of
this road; Wallace Is my name; but I
have not the pleasure Of knowing
yours; will you be kind enough to in
form me?"
All symtoms Of 'I,ing-beer disappear
ell at this thunderboIt announcement,
and in the stead We're seen tinlid human
ity, crushed pride Of place, q strong "got
up an git' expression, and a most dog
Oned' appearance generally. The brake
man sIfd.U
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A Temperance Tale.

Several gentlemen were discussing
the merits Of the pTOhibitOTy law. OBJ
iCctiOns were raised, various opinions
expressed and at last q decision reach
ed that Il license law was preferable. A
lady had been q silent listener to their
conversation.
One of the gontIemen-a physician
suddenly asked, "What is your opinion,
Mrs. G.. Surely you have good reasons
for mitigating the sentence of King Al
cOhOl"
II would gladly see it banished from
the country
'HOw can you speak SO strongly""
he asked. "DO you fail to remember
that, in your low state Of health, I re-
commended whisky as a never failing
remedy?n
''Yes, DR.. r., I remember all this and
more. | remember when was q drunk
ards child, and that trembled with
terror when my father came home in Il
state of intONicatiOn from the place
where rum was licensed TO be sold. !
remember q mothers tears and a faith
eT's Oaths, and the secret hiding from
one would have been able to protect had
not the temptation OF an open grog
shop transformed him into q monster Of
cruelty. Yes she continued bitterly,
'I remember when l was made father
less, and my mother a widow, with the
dreadful sound in our ears, No drunk
ard shall inherit the kindUm of God
Yes, more; I remember Il darling BROTH
era sweet boy of fltteen-cnticed into
one of these respectable drinking ST.
looms, and from thence borne away in
sensible to linger in state of half-idio-
cy until death closed the scene. Tell
me not" said she, "ofa law too strin-
gent to prevent recurrence OF such q
scene, nor compare the benefit accruing
to this poor perishing life to the loss OF
eternal life in the future kingdom"
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The Squire and His YyIGe.

/ The Squire had 4 friend to visit him
on business, and was very much annoy
| ed at being interrupted by his wife, who
/ came to ask him what he wanted for
dinner.
"Go away! let us aIoneT' inpatient
| Iy said the Squire.
Business detained the friend until af-
ter dinner time, and the Squire urged
/ him to remain.
The Squire was q generous prOvider,
proud Of his table, and he cOmDIacentIV
escorted his friend to a seat. A little to
the surprise Of both, they saw nothing on
the board but huge dish of said, which
the good wife began to dish up.
MY deal" said the Sqaire, "where
are the meats.O
''There are meme to-day" said the
lady.
'sNO meats? What in the name of
poverty! The vegetables then! Why
don't you have them brought in?v
"YOU didn't order any,"
''OTder! I didn't order anything
said the amazed Squire.
ooh you forgot" cody answered the
housewife. 'I asked what Wa should
have, and ousaid, 'Eettus alone" Here
it is.
The friend burst into q laugh, and the
Squire, after looking lugubriOus mo-
ment, joined him,
'Wife, I give it up. 1 owe you one.
Here is the fifty dollars you wanted for
that carpet I denied yOu.U The Squire
fOrked over. "NOw let US have peace, /
and some dinner"
The good woman pOcketed the paper,
rang the bell, and q sumptUOUs repast Of
fish, poultry and vegetables, was brought
in.
A few days afterward the Squire re-
mained working in his garden some
time after the usual tea hour. His wife
grew impatient of delay, and went to |
find him. His excuse when asked what I
he was waiting for threw her into fiut- /
ter of excitement.
"SOme ones to come TO supper" she /
exclaimed. "NVhy didn't you tell me2|
[ declare you are the provokingestI /
man ~
And without asking which of his
friends was expected, she hasteued to
change her dress and slick up her hair
for the occasion. This done she came
out and found the Squire seated at the
table reading his newspaper
"Where's your cOmpany?7
"OIy company. I haven't any COM
pany."
"But YOU said you expected somebody /
to supper said the indignant Wife"
Only dear, I said no such Il thing.
You asked me what L was waiting for
and l said Summons to sUpper-that's
what l was waiting for, my dear, and [
came at once
"And you have made me 20 aud
.hange my dress. Oh, III pay you for
his"
'ou one, you remember for that let
Uce.'
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CHRISTIAN MANNERS The highest
style OfmanneTs shown in society grows
out Of q special state of the affections,
rather than of the intellect. Who has
not met with individuals whose faces
would be passport to any society, and
whose manners, the mstudied and
spontaneous expressions of their inner
selves, make them visibly welcome
wherever they go, and attract unbound
ed confidence toward them in whatever
they undertake? They are frank be-
cause they have nothing to conceal; af-
fable, because their natues OverfOws
with beneFOlence; unflurried, because
they dread nothing; always at home,
because they carry within themselves
that which can trust to itself anywhere
and everywhCres-puri Of soul with
fullness Of heart. Such are our best
guarantees for feeling at home in all So
ciety to which duty takes us, and in ev-
cry occupation upon which it Obliges us
to enter.
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NEW ARMOUR.

The Austrian review Archives Of the
Marine, announces that an Italian, call
ed Muratori, has offered to sell to the
Emperor Napoleon the secret of u COM
position intended to neutralize the des-
tructivc effect of the new weapons, the
principal component part of which is a
sort Of felt mixed with various other
substances, aud thus transformed into q
compact and adhesive mass. This felt,
after being kneaded by powerful ma
chimes, then made liquid and finally
cooled, viii resist, it is said even at 81
short distance, as has been proved by
the experiment, rife and pistol balls,
bayonet thrusts, and sabre strokes. 4
ChasscpOt rifle ball, at the distance of
rather more than half the range Of that
weapon, cannot pierce q cUirass made Of
this material, which is said to be well
adapted to covering the huIIs of ships Of
war, as 4 substitute for the heavy and
costly iron and steel at present employ
ed. The felt plates besides, possess the
advantage that unlike those made Of
metal, instead of being broken to pieces
by a cannon ball, they yield to the i'm
pact, and the holes made by the shot
close of themselves, rs if the felt were
50 much India rubber. We are further
told that the composition does not cost
much more than the fourth part Of the
price Of steel or iron.
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A Capital AneedOte.

The following from the Atlanta,
lGeorgia), C0astHutionalist, is the most
laughable incident we have read for
many a day. It goes straight to the
center.
"S0on after the opening Of the East
Tennessee d Georgia Railroad there
chanched to be travelling over the line,
in a car where there were but few pass
engers, a gentleman who was seated op-
posite the stove, wrapped up in his
shawl and meditations. Night came on.
Presently in bounded a brakeman, loud
ly slamming the door behind him-one
Of those country geniuses who, with q
laudable ambition, had, q day or two
agone, abandoned the girls, the fiddle
and the plowtail, to climb Gin the
world" and became Il brakeman. He
had been the king bee at all the neigh
berhOOd frolics, at the house raisings, at
the corn stockings, and at the cross
roads doggery fighting ground, and
now he felt sure that he was the king
bee on railroads. Struting up 70 the
stove, he slammed down his lantern,
kicked the mud from his huge boots Oh
the foot-board of the seat, spit tobacco
juice copiously and noisily on the his
sing stove, crossed his muscular thighs,
took Il survey Of the aforesaid boots
with harness leather straps, and then be-
tho't himself of the "customer" sitting
opposite, on whom he proceeded to be-
stow heightened and saucy look, as
though he doubted the customers"
right to be in the coach at all.
At length he sought knowledge:
'NYhar ar you gwine minister
"To Dalton, sir" responded the gen.
tIeman, quietly.
''Preacher, amt yOu@'
''No, sir, am not; but why do you
ask?"
"Oh! nothing, only 1 thought I saw
'Hark from the Tombs' sticking out all
over you, like the measles. You know
me, reckon?u
81 am sorry to say that do not"
Well, I'll just be dam why, whar the
devil were you raised"
CAT Marysville, East Tennessee
"Oh! that excuses you for if ever 1 /
heam tell of that settlement afore wish
1 may be burned, and I knows every
place, dus.D
"You seem well acquainted with the
place you are now occupying" remark |
ed the stranger, almost choking with I
the efforts to suppress his laughter"
"What place do you mean, Mister
This ere red bainch, covered with dried
cows tongues or Iiy o6icc."
'T alluded to your office, and by the
way, what is your position on the road" .
"Brakeman, by the jumpin JENNY,
I tho't everybody know'd that; brake
man over the Yeast Tennersy s. Georgia .
Railroad"
"Unfortunutely I did not know it,"
"Wcu, you'd soon found the fac out
if you'd cut up any shines roun' ycrc
huggin' wimmin, or cussin, Or trying to
steal any body's carpet bag, or talking
sassy to the conductor, or sich. Why,
I'd chucked you bottom foremos' thro' .
that winder like dartin, clapboards thro' .
the cracks of q barn, for I mean to run .
this ere train on high moral principals,
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WHOLE NUMBER lO1.
One Of Natures Noblennan.

My thoughts were far away from no
bleman Of any kind as I stood among a
throDg of others in one Of the elegant
dry-goods establishments, situated on
the fashionable promenade Of our thri-
wing metropolis.
/ L was one of the many who lined the
polished counters, looked with admiriDg
eyes on the fabrics so temptingly dis
| played. The haIEhour's absence of the
obliging clerk, who could find the styIe
required only in distant part of the
house, allowed me to be entertained
with watching the stream Of fair ones
cOmeing and departing.
And while l waited and made mental
criticism to amuse myself, an incident
occurred little out of the common OBJ
servation Of shop visitors.
\ slight, small woman, pale. sad-cvpd,
and wearing faded black, came in with
a new influx Of visitors, walking tfmidIy
and casting haIf-frightened glance at
the piles of pretty stuffs.
A bright new material on the counter
near where I stood caught her eve; she
tremblingly inquired the price; when
she was told, my sharp eyes saw a bill
twisted in the quivering fingers with a
perplexed, troubled air, and my ears
heard her murmur-
"Annie will need ten yards.u
"WilI you take it?"
She lifted her pale, meek face, and an
swered-
"I cannot, I did not think it would be
so much 9"
She was turning away when a gentle
man, who, like myself, had been looking
and listening, drew near, asked Of the
clerk
"What does the lady want? L viii
wait upon her-yOu attnd to the custo-
mers below"
The respectful manner in which he
was obeyed made me at once aware that
he was the proprietor, and I was a little
surprised at what followed.
GLOW many yards did you want,
NTadame?"
'I can't take it, sfr.1
''I am not talking about that" with
smilei 'just answer my question:
He cut of more than she falteringIy
mentioned: and while he was packing
it she found voice to tell him that i'll
health had forced her to reIinquish the
work with which she had obtained sup
port for herself and her two fatherless
children. But the eldest girl, barely
seventeen was going to teach in week,
and she needed a dress to make her pre-
sentable:
He made no reply, taking in silence
the little bill she ofTered-the very last
of small hOaTd-and from his own MORT
monnie added greenbacl1, the amount
Of which could not see, slipped both
between the cord which bound the par
eel and handed the parcel to her with
"There, tell your daughter stranger
wishes her success.u
He walked hastily away to avoid her
fearful thanks, and the little woman
looked, as she turned to depart, like one
in a dream.
1t was simple act, unobtrusiveIy, /
quietly done: and not a week before |
that same gentleman had been pronOun- /
ced uncharitable, because his name
would not be put down to swell the list
for aid toward some missionary scheme.
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Cheerfulness,


4 cheerful habit of mind, cheerful
temper, q cheerful view of the trials and
and troubles Of life, are eminently wOr-
thy of being cultivated, if they are not
already ours by actual possession. Moth
ing il 80 inspiring as cheerfuIness. The
man who IS habitually cheerful has al
ready won half the battle, for TO him
there is no cloud 50 dark but he sees a
bright sky beyond, no trouble so calam-
itOUs but he finds some blessing left him
to thank Providence for, no poverty so
trying but has some precious gold in it.
Among parents, especially, calmness,
patience, cheerful good nature, are vi
tai Importance. To the child at home
cheerfulness is nearly as valuable as
prayer and virtue. The little ones
around the family hearth need smiles
as the flowers need sunbeams. They
look little beyond the present. Make
the present bright to them, and they
will be happy and good but let home
be the place where sour faces are to be
seen and harsh words heard, and the
children will seek sunshine elsewhere.
They will spend their hours away from
home as much rs possible Home is
what it is by those who compose it.
Make home happy, and it will be the
dearest spot on earth"
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Two Curious Needles.

The King of Prussia recently visited a
needle mandatory in his kingdom, in
order to see what machinery, combined
with the human hand, could produce.
He was shown a number of superiine
needles, thousands Of which together did
not weigh haitian ounce, and marveled
how such minute objects could be pierre
ed with an eve. But he was to see that
in this respect even something still finer
and more perfect could be created. The
horeT-that is, the worlmen whose busi-
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Advertisements viii be inserted at the

ness it is to bore eyes in these needles
asked for a hair from the monarcb's
head. It was readily given, and with
a smile. He placed it at once under the
boring machine, made a hole in it with
the greatest care, furnished it with a
thread, and then handed the singular
needle to the astonished King.
The second curious needle is in the
possession Of Queen Victoria. 1t was
made at the celebrated needle manurac-
tory at Redditch, and represents the
column Of Trojan in miniature. This
weu-lnOwn Roman column is adorned
with numerous scenes in sculpture which
immortalize Traian's heroic actions in
war. On this dimiuutive needle, scenes
in the life Of Queen Victoria are repre-
sented in relief, but so finely cut and
so small that it requires a magnifyinr
glass to see them. The Victoria needle
can, moreover, be opened; it contains
a number Of needles of smaller size,
which are equally adorned with scenes
in relief.
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a shrewd French Detective.

\ story Is going the round OF thc
French papers which shows that dCtcc-
tives sometimes know how to look after
their own interests. 4 legacy of five
hundred thousand francs was recently
left to q lady who had long lived with
her daughter in extreme poverty. Tn
fortunately This suddenly enriched coup
lc were nowhere 10 he found, and the af-
fair was rum into the hands Of a young
and active detective. He asked for four
teen days 20 prosecute the search. At
the end of that time he had been unsuc-
cessful, and ne begged for fourteen days
more. Still he was apparently no nearer
his object and he requested that the time
might be extended TO month. When
this period had elapsed, and he present
ed himself, uuaCcOmPauied by any one,
before his superior, the latter uppraidcd
him with his inefliciency. 1t was OBJ.
viOUs, the indignant official remarked,
that he did not sufficiently know his bus
mess. Very well, my dear sir" was
the calm reply: "but have now to in
form you that I have been eight days
married TO the daughter of the lady I
have been searching for, and I shall
thank you to hand over the 10000 francs
which are the property ofmy nother-in-
law.
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GUARD AGAINST VULGAR LANGUAGE
There is as much connection between
the words and thoughts as there is be
tween the thoughts and actions. The
latter are not only the expression Of the
former, but they have the power to react
upon the soul, and leave the stain OF
corruption there. a young man who
allows himself 20 use one vulgar or pro-
fame word, has not only shown that
there is n foul spot upon his mind hut
by the utterance Of that word ne extends
that spot, and intames it, till, by iudul-
gence, IL will pOliute and ruin the soul.
BE careful Of your words and of your
thOughts.
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JIMMY n was one of the bright
boys, and although but seven or eight
years old, had evinced love for wealth,
and looked forward to the time when
he should be n rich man. One morning
at breakfast, his aunt ntiniormedhim that
during the night pair of twins had
been added to the family, which already
consisted of three besides Jimmy. The
boy dropped his knife and fork exclaim-
ed: ''GraciOus Alnt Mary, if father
and mother keep ON at this rate, there
won't be fifty dollars to divide amongst
lis ~
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knowledge Of the Laws Of Health.

A paper by DR.. Lankester. r. r =
Oh ''Ihe Teaching Of Physiology as n
Branch OfGeueTal Education, - was read
at the last Social Science Congress -at
Bristol. He observed that children must
be taught to read; and when thev read
1t was quite as easy to teach them to
read book on the structure of their
own bodies as it was to read ANYTHING
else. The Universities should insist IN
on a physiological examination. If
boys were not trained in the rudiments
Of physiology, surely the girls ought to
be. To them, as assistants OftheirmOth-
ers in poor mems families, and as nurse
maids III the house, q knowledge Of the
laws Of life was essential. IF they were
ignorant of the structures and functions
Of q child's body, they made mistakes
which were constantly leading to the
destruction of infant life. He had no
hesitation III expressing his conviction
that the large mortality of children un-
der five years of age was not due to vice
or crime, but to ignorance. At least
1000 children We're sUfIOcated annually
IN bed, with their parents or nurses, in
England and Wales, and not fiveper
cent. of those eases could be traced to
vice or crime. The cause of death was
the ignOrace Of the mother or nurse of
the necessity Of procuring for the chill
dren q supply of fresh air. One of the
great causes Of the preventible diseases
and death over all the land was the ut
ter and entire ignorance of the majority
of women of the laws which govern
health and life. The amount of suffer
ing and death that might be saved by q
knowledge of the laws Of disease was in
calcUlable
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The following letter was received at
the Washington, ID. c., post-Oilice, not
long since:
WASHINGTON, ID. g., '6S.
ITO God who lives i'm Heaven:
DEAR Con: O, how I wish Z could
see YOU and tell you what I want Z
want some new shoes and some clothes
To wear To- sUuday-sch0ol; won't YOU buy
me some and new dress for mamma
and new toy for the baby. Good by
~ LITTLE BEGGAR Boy .ToyuIy."
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Ggld lu-ls IN every aim Oflll.
il Eways the lofty aldthc low'r.
Aul =Lrouds beneath i.s sable pail
E.el aspiration high and II i.
FaEilwc u-tlr earnest prayer,
And sals-nn vows are made and broken.
And beauty barriers truth sud hope
And bitter. -cltlin- words are spoken.
Gold eIua. sa- aaa hour @. r-e.
buy loves Lolicat carl--cs:
70 cannot stay the silver streak
Tim blends with beauty r auburn tlg=scz:
/, cannot bling the loved one back.
So Iudeiy torn from our embrace;
Il cannot smooth the nrtuE-lI brow.
Secured deep With -riers relentless traces.
Cold cannot bring youths ruddy glow
Back 70 The cheek Of finding laute:
It cannot hash tle stiu small voice
That hints or long neglected duty;
1t alIEot heal broken heart
Tllobbing with some gnbgrndturd sorrow:
FOTworIs That wiring The soul TO day,
Gold canaot brin. relief Tomorrow.
Then lct us spHrn the -.ittcEiu- bribc.
HOr breathe FOR it one iZh Of sorrow:
Gold can aE last hut guild the bier,
Or buy HE pail that want must borrow.
The lUwliest heart in al the land
i rich beyond all golden treasure
II truth and virtue hand in hand.
Hlvcbaa1 through life it, rule auGmllsura
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The report Of the Secretary of State,
and Board Of charities, shows some ofthe
causes and conditions OF crime. In 81
cOnvicts received at the Ohio State PEN
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GOLD.
El OEAET =. ROBINSON.

DEAR God, What hearts arr t1luDIed mid
THIS killing rush for gold;
what noble hearts a-c saPgci ofIOvg.
What spirits lose life'= hold.
-g."rE .Es..sg.
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ERIE RAILWAY.

ON and ancr Monday. November 18Th, i-&
viz:
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04
American and Fore,gD Patents.
R. R. EDDY.

SOLICITOR OF PATIENT
 Late Agent of the U $. Patent Office, Wash
 ington, under the Act ot 1887.
 No. 78 STATE STREET., ,(opposite Kilby St. BOSTON
 a TIER an extensive practice of upwards of A twenty yeals, confines to secure Patents in tue United States also in Great Britain, France and other foreign countries. Caveats, Specifications, Bonds, Assignments, and all pa pers or drawings for Patents, executed on req sonable terms, with dispatch. Researches made into American and Foreign works, to deter mine the validity and utility of Patents of In- ventions. and legal and other advice rendered in all matters touching the same, Copies ot the clans of any patent furnished by remit tiag one dollar. Assignments recorded ill Washington. l
 No Agency in the United States possesses superior fuestses tor obtaining Patents, Gscertaintng tk patentabitaty of inOentions. ~ '.-s a. f During eight months the subscriber, in the course of his large practice, made on tsosee re- jeeted applications, SIXTEEN APPEALS; svery one of which was decided in his fd0or by the Com missioner of Patents. ,,d -1