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KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE, January 25.

LOUIsN ILLEl JdHuaIy 20
Jay Gould, the New York Railway
King, and suite, arrived in this city
last evening. II is authoritatiVely
stated that arrangements are concluded
giving him the control of the Nashville
road, whose track will be made six
feet, on the completion of the Ohio and
Mississippi extension viG North Yer
nom to this city. Within a twelve month,
passengers may possibly go from New
York to New Orleans by an unbroken
six foot guage. The party leaves this
evening by the five o'clock train for
Cincinnati.
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THE Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Is building twenty-four new passenger
coaches, which are to be heated by two
stoves or heaters hung under the floor
of the car, one at each side. Pipes are
extended along the Inside, with regis
ter. 10 permit the escape of the heat
The pipes extend the whole length of
the car, and the heat first strikes about
the feet, where it is most needed. The
temperature OF the car can be kept
much more regular by this system of
heating than by the ordinary stoves,
which are placed ut the doors, and usu-
ally kept so hot that no person can Sit
near them. Another advantage claimed
for this improvement is that in case OF
smash-up, the stoves can be readily
detached from the car. The fuel is ap-
piled from the outside, but the heaters
are so constructed that they burn for
several hours without renewal.
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PENxsYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA. January %.

PHILADELPHIA, January %.
In order to test the fact that the fire in
Burns block was not caused by the ex-
plosion of n boiler, steam was raised
this morning in the boiler among the
ruins, proving that it was not injured.
The origin of the fire is still mystery,
though it is generally supposed to have
been the work of design, for the purpose
OF robbing the stores during the coniu-
sion that would follow.
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HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
FRIDAY, January %, Is,

Prayer by Rev. Jonathan Rowley: :,
The Speaker announced the special
Committee on Immigration as follows !:
Messrs. Schofield, Putnam, ,Stifel, Smith
of Morgan and Mann.
Nv Mr.. McClaskey from the Com
mittee on Claims &C., to whom was re-
ferred the petition ofthe White sulphur
Snrinps asking relief from taxation re-
ported it mex pedient to legislate on the
subject. o,or-od
" By Mr.. Haymond-Of A. D. Nuzum,
and other citizens of Harrison county,
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BUFFALO, January 25.
Cassius NJ. Andrews, aged % years,
hailing from Illinois, was arrested here
yesterday afternoon, when about
taking the cars for Chicago. charged
with issuing some thirty forged checks
on business houses. Andrews has
been visiting relatives here for the last
three months. His trunk was we'll
stocked with clothing, furs, &C., OBJ
tanned by means OF forged checks. He
has been committed to Jail for further
examination.
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common western to extra

OUUHUds
Sw1NE-The market latter part oflast
week was quiet. business being restrict
ed to the snlallness of the arrivals.
Prices firm today, and arrivals small
there being only 200 head at FortIeth
street and J, 1,13O at Camminpaw. Mar
ket firm at 111sa1l2s: dressed hogs
advanced closing at 14aIiI4c for western
and l41Eal43{c for city.
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MASSACHUSETTS.
Boston, January 25.

11OoIO-Ni q On Tut , @67'
The extensive Pork packing and
Lard establishment OF Boynton, Swal-
low Il Co., in Brighton, was destroyed
by fire last night. The loss was fifty
thousand dollars on which there is
partial insurance.
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EUROPE.
ENGLAND

LONDON, January 25.
Reverdy johnson has accepted an in
vitation to dine with the corporate au-
thorities of Manchester, sometime in
M
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INpIANAPoLIs, Jan, 25,

INDIANATOLIsI jan. %.
The prize fight between Mike Dono.
van, OF Chicago, and John Boyne, of
Peru, Indiana, was fought near Upton,
Indiana, this forenoon, and resulted in
favor of Donovan in the SD round.
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GRAFTON ACCOMMODATIONS.
HEMPFIELD RAIL ROAD.

ON AND AFTER MONDAY, MARCH
US, 1888, the train on the He'nTtield itai--
road Will run follows:
Leave WashingtOn..-..........I: n. IA.
Arrive :It WheellnS lnS...............s:sjis u. IN.
ELTUHNISG:
Leave T-heeling......... ...........3:G1 p. IN.
Arrive at VI :lSAInStOu. u..........G:yg y. IN.
apr2 ". y. BlI!:rOS, sup't-
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Statement Of Afr. II. d. McGeor9e. JGnttOr o.
the Hotise Of Delegates.
WHEELING. Dec. Sth. 1865.
have visited DIR. Lighthill Mt the McLure
House and obtained his treatment for the
cure OF Deafness and noises Ill the ears. with
which ! have suffered for four years; anu
can say that have been greatly benefit ell
by its use, although l have applied 1t but
twice, and that the treatment Is perfectly
painless and calculated to produce perma-
nent and beneficial results.
II. ID. MC9EoRGE,
MOT9u1ltOlcn, ". Va.
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River and weather,

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 70.
Weather cloudy; River four feet, i've
inches and falling slowly; Themome-
| ter so.
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CANADA.

HAMILTON, Jan. %.
Reid's extensive warehouse and fac
tory were partially destroyed by fire on
Sunday night. The loss Is $4,000.
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l have known Mr. James GOmmerville.
from brook vile, Jefferson county for many
years, and can testify to his stat ement rs one
Of truth and veracity.
LEOPOLD HELL HRONElS
Wholesale liquor DeGIc7 on Hand Street.
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LETTER FROM

CAPT. SILAS f. MILLER,
Proprietor Of the Burnett House Cincinnati.
BURNETT HOUSE,, February eth. 1857.
To MY FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC:
1t affords me great satisfaction to be able
To testify to the success OF DIR. Lighthiu III
the treatment OF deafness, and express my
sense OF obligation to him. My hearing ha.
been impaired for number OF years, al
times to such an extent as TO embarrass me
seriously. DIR. Lighthill, under whose care
placed myself has removed the difficulty
completely, and restored me to perfect hear
ing. SILAS +. MILLER.
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0heQnteltfQencer:
Yesterday's Election.

a light vote was cast yesterday
made all the lighter by imperfect reg
is;ration; but tho returns up to the
hour of writing, a. NJ, leave no doubt
that Mcclellan is chosen Mayor, and
COnant, Sergeant, by handsome ma
jorities, and that a number of excellent
COuncllmen have also been elected.
There are not so many OF these as we
hoped for, but as whole the Council is
a vast improvement on the present one.
The result is one upon which our
citizens may be congratulated, for it
shows that the good sense of our people
is:superi0r TO party spirit, and it prom
ises a better state of things for the
year to come than has prevailed during
that which is past.
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Patients are hereby informed that after
the first visit they can take the treatment
home and use II until cured, without pain
or interruption TO their usual Nocatloh'
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HARvARDLAW SCHOOL

CAMBRIDGE, HAss.
TWO TERMS, BEGISEIHG FEBRUARY
%, and SEPTENBER -, 1863 The ReTl
dent Professors az IheOpAiIus Parsons l.
y, D. Emory WashbuEn, l.. l.. d, anu SA-
thaniel Holmes, A. NJ. Gentlemen OF ,,l. n!s.
tinctiOn in the PrO!ession lecture from time
tn time on special topics. Application may
be made for Circulars or further lnloItnation
to either of the Resident Professors
ianS.3Usn1S3tY
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THE Hon. Brick Pomeroy lost some
thing of his ancient fire on being trans
planted from tho nowery meads OF La
Crosse TO the deserts of Manhattan and
Tammnny; but lie has almost recovered
himself Witness his genial remarks
about Boston weekly paper which
recommended cOnfiscatiOn
Well most atrocIOus specimen of Il
tyrant, nay. of n very brute beast, why
not let the South see how she can get
along without the interference of the
North? Why not take OFT your accursed
hands7 Why not retire, like the head
of snnpling-turtle,t to your own shell ,
mind your own business, and take your
meddlesOme nose out of the dish OF n
peuple who have sacred God given
right to despise you. The South
ern man who does not despise such
ns you, is himself q dog. The Southern
man who does not look with Il hopeful
eye to the God of Justice and VEN
geance for an opportunity to tlog your
mhhOrred back to the very bone, is Il
wretch who deserves the scOrn OF man
kind. You cOntiscate the lands OF the
Southern people, you scOundrel and
rule over the people of another State,
where you have no more lawful or
rightful Jurisdiction than the devil has
in the kingdom OF heaven. YOn keep
a strong hand for 20 years upon peO-
pie who have as much right to liberty
ns yourself. There is not within the
reach of human ingenuity punish
ment which you. and all like you, do
not righteOusly deserve.
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GrauspbrtatiOn.
Cla1aIand Z Pittsbnrgh Rail Road
ON AND AFTER DECEMBER 2yTH, 1893,
~ Trains Will run as follows:

1A1Ltb4Sl puma OsoO n IL lev y Al
Tickets to all principal points in the East
and West can he procured at the Union office
in Mcclure House, and at the Station at
Bridgeport. r. r. MYERS,
Janis General Ticket Agent.
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JANUARY 23.-FLoUR-Market quiet
and steady with moderate de-
mand city made at $40 0Oa11 25
for xxx white; 80 5Oa9 %
for NN amber; IS 25aS so for NA
red winter; 81 75aS 90 for NN spring
country made; 81 5OaS 90 for NA; red
and amber s. OOa7 so for Xxx; spring
50 25alO 90 for NX white.
GRA1S--Wheat--No l red winter
held at 81 goal 20; No. 2 do. at 81 59'
Corn-Sales at roc. ONts-Held at Gle.
Rye-Held at 81 80. Barley-Dull and
inactive at 81 OOa2 05 for No. Canada;
State held at 81 7Oal rs.
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y WRITER in the Atlantic Monthly
predicts Il sad fate for the earth, and it
Is only because his prophecies are cloth
ed in rather obscure language that we
are able to take any comfort at all. We
make single quotation, by which it
appears that the babes will give out be-
fore the adults:
The earth is progressing, by exces.
sively slow degrees. toward the solar
and nebulOus condition Its history is
IL repIetion OF the solar; and II time must
arrive when the surface, becoming in
candescent, will be Obscured only
by casual dark pits in bril-
liant ntmOsphere-a SOMUcHtr of the
present darkness of the crust; yet dur
ing Il certain period, within fixed limits
OF graviating force and heat of mass.
the human race may continue to exist
progressing, we may suppose, in force
and tineness OF organization. The race
will perish, perhaps, in the order of
nature, by failure or insufficient num-
ber of olf-springs-a principal cause of
the extinction OF superior race. The
earth must become lone and vOiceless
long before the incAndescenCe OF the
crust. Science may follow it into the
condition of an attendant star, and
then OF an expanding nebula.
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JANUARY 25.-GRAIN-Market gener-
ally dull, the only sales reported this
morning was 10 cars of new corn at 75c.
on the track. Rye offered at 81 35;
other articles unchanged.
SEED-CloYer S9Q 90.
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OFFICERS:
CLARENCE ID. CLARK, Presi 'cnt.
JAY COOKE, Chairman Finance and Exec
LtIVc Committee.
HENRY ID. COOKE, Vice-PrGsident.
EMERSON w. PEET, Secretary and Actu
airy,
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BALTIMORE & OHIO R.R. COMP'Y

WHEELISG, November 2Sth, 1858.
PASSENGER TRAINS WILL RUN by
the following schedule on and after the
goth day OF November, 1865 Wheeling time.
EXPRESS TRAIN,
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CINCINNATI, Jan. 25.

River falling rapidly; Weather cloudy
Thermometer 32e.
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the following schedule on and after the
goth dag OF November r, 1865 Wheeling time.
EXPRESS TRAIN.
EAsT-LEAVEs WEST, VIA c. o. d.
Wheeling Leave WheelinE
daily at....1O:5O a. III. daily Rt......3:iO pm.
ARRIVES At BellaiT. g
Cumberland. Ga land 1912 Cambridge. 7:85
Harper's Fly 2:55 am. GAINESVILLE. ...9:Oj 81
Baltimore ... 6:55 Newark.......lU:I5
Washington. $40 columbus. l2:lU I'm.
Except Sundays. Except sunday.
FAST LINE.
EAsr-IEAVEs WEST, VIA c. o. D.
"h1fHRE daiiy aE..... $50 p.m daily ~ a. m
ARRIVES AT Beilalr.....lC;i0 ~
Grafton .... .lD:VU p. m. ARhIVES AT
CumberIand $40 a M. Cam bTidge..l:l p. m.
Harpers Ferry $50 Zanesv illc...-2:aO -
WincheSter.....-. Sewark.......l.l5
Baltimore ...-ll:lO ColumbuS......5:'S0 -
Wash'n Cltyl2:21 pm
MAIL TRAIN.
EAsT-LEAvEs WEST. VIA c. o. d.
WheeIInD Leaves Wheeling
daily 7'iaS at.-.9:s5 p III. daily at..:5:i0 a. m.
ARRIVES AT Bellnir....-.... S:LO ''
Grafton ...-..,,. .2:3U am. ARRIVE. AT
Parkersburg. .1I:IO .' CamDIidge....7:SGa II. III.
Cumberland. 7:IO " Z1nesviIIe...-9:lD -
Harper's F'yl2:4O IN. y &ewar ark...... l1:43 "
HaUeTStOWn. ....., - tCOIum bus .. lS:iJ p. III.
Winchester. Sundays aud AOn-
WaSh'n City.-6:IU =" days excepted.
BaltimOre,....-s: I"
Sundays excepted.
GRAFTON NACCOMNIODACION.
EAsT-LEAvEs wEsr-LEAVES
Wheeling Grafton
daily ut......6:CO a. III. daily at. i:22 p m.
Cameron T.s5 FatTMont..... 52J 81
MannIngton S:IS " MannIngtouE:l2
FuirmOnf... .lO:UU " Cameron .-----I11
ARRIVING AT ARHININ'; AT
Grafton ar Il:lJ a. IN, VIII, cling AT y.1U q. IN.
Sundays excepted. Sundays excepted.
Trains on the Main Line make cOnnac-
tiOns at Baltimore with trains for PhiladeL
phia, New York and EustUn At Relay
House, VIA Washington City, for all points
South.
Centra! Ohio trains make direct connCc-
ton at Columbus for al points Vest aud
North west.
Tickets to all principal points can be pro-
cured at the office.
JOHN L. WILSON,
Master O! Transportation, Baltimore.
Il. L. DEN RiES
deCl General Agent, Wheeling
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Chartered by Special Act OF Congress,
APPROVED JULY 25, 1865.
Cash Capital, 100000,
PAID IN FULL.
BRANCH OFFICE:
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING,
PHILADEJPHIA


Where the general business OF the Company
is transacted, and to which all general cor
reSpOndenco should be addressed.
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JAMES THOMPSON
From Mr.. ChnS. ". IIRIIar.

T ThEBEFININ UT y 41ICII F5oI'V' IT. I"ls.
From conviction of benefit arrived from
the use OF DR.. HOOhand's German Tonic, al
though in general averse tn Patent Medi-
cines cordially recommend the ''IOnic" I"
all suffering with Dyspepsia, as no other
medicine afforded me such prompt ard p0r-
mamAnen relief"
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WEST, VIA c. o. d.
Leave WheelinE
daily Rt......3:i0 pm.
Be!ldir...........5:IU a.
ARRIVES AT
Cambridge. 1856 -"
ZanesVilIe.. -9:Oj Z"
Newark.......lU:j1 "
columbus. 1910 IN.
Except Sunday.
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Hootland's 8 German Bitters.
AND
HOOFa.AAD'S GERMAN TONIC

PREPARED HY DR.. q u. JACKSON:
PuILADELFHIA,P PA J..
Thirty five years since they were first in
trOduceI into this country from GeImuny,
during which time they have undoubtedly
performed more cures. and ben flied suffer
ing humanity TO a create. extent, than any
other remedies knO %n to the public.
These remedies will eGft ctually cure Liver
Complaint, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic or
Nervous debility, ~ ChIouic DiHrThuI,
Disease of the Kid lneys. and all Diseit-
Ses arising from a DISOrdered Liver,
stomach InteS-A tines.
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MONRY AND sTOCKf

Market dull, yet steady, if not firm
for all staple cotton fabrics.
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GEO. w. WOODWARD"
Hon. James Thompson.
Judge Of the Supreme Court CJ Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, April IS. 1866.
"I consider "HoufIandB German BItters''
a VALUABLE MEDICINE in case Of attacks OF
Indigestion or dyspepsia. can certify this
| from my experience of II.
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MRdffaI.
HOoFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,

Is a combination OF all the ingredients of the
BitterS, with the pUrest quality OF Santa
Cruz RLtnI, Orange, &c, making one of the
most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever
offered to the public.
Those preierring Medicine free from AIco-
hcnl IL. nrlrn u
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God Sec, Is.

One day the Astronomer Mitchell was enc
gagged in making some observations on the
sun, and as il descended towards the horizon,
just as it was setting. there came into the
rays Of the great telescope the top Of a hill
seven miles away. Ga the top of that hill
was large number Of apple trees, aud in one
Of them were two boys stealing apples One
was getting the apples, aud the other was
watching to make certain that nobody saw
them, feeling certain that they were undis-
covered. But there sat Prof Mitchell, seven
miles away, with the great eye Of his tele-
scope directed fully upon them, seeing every
movement they made as plainly as If he had
been under the tree with them.
So it is often with men, Because they do
not see the eye which watches with a sleep
less vigilance, they think they are not seen.
But the great open eye Of God is upon them,
and not an action can be concealed There is
not deed, there is not a word, there is not a
thought which is not known to God If a
man can penetrate with the searching eye
which science constituted for his use, the wide
realm OF the material heavens, shall not He
who sitteth upon their circuit be able to know
all that trauspres upon the earth, which he
has made the resting place OF his feet Let
the three little words at the head Of this ar
ticle not be forgotten, but let young and old
remember the great truth which they contain.
Thou, God seest me,
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Yes, there's another of em up stairs now
| know it, cause pa told me must be quiet
aud sit down in the corner with my book
and mustn't play ball nor ask win Smart to
como and help me to put my puzzle together
Then there's a cross nurse that's always scold.
ing me for getting in her way, no matter
where | get. Besides, Miss Gadall was here
to-day, and she took me on her knee patted
me on the back, Just like the cook does when
I'm choking, and said my nose was another
degree out of joint; but | know better for
this is the third time she told me so, and il
is no more out Of joint thant ever was. She's
a hateful, gogge-eyed old maid-that's what
she is.
saw it, too. It's got little, round, red
head without any hair, with great, deep wrin-
kles instead of eyes, and when it cries il
opens its mouth as wide as though it meant
to swallow itself Pa helped me up on the
side of the bed, and told me to kiss my dear
pretty little sister, and when wouldn't, aud
called it a horrible ugly little thing, he said
was a naughty boy, and the nurse shook
me, and said ought to beashamed. didn't
get up to kiss my ma at all knew better
than to try it, for once when another baby
came, | climbed up on the bed and, putting
my arms around her neck, Rugged and kissed
her, but all the time had my knee right on
the babys head, so | was whipped and put il
my crib without any supper because didn't
know it was there.
Little Annie thinks it's so nice to have a
new sister, but she was baby before, and
don't know anything about it. can remem,
Der long long ago, ma used to call me her
" sweet little darling" and pa dangled me on
his foot, aud said | was fine fellow" and
Aunt Julia declared that | was "pertect
little angel :" but then Tom came, and all my
pretty toys were given to him cause he was
baby, and | was cuifed and scolded by ev.
erybody 'scept grandma, and she's good to me
yet, though there's been two other new ones
since.
wonder where all the babies come from
Ma says the Lord sends them. wish he
wouldn't send any more TO our house we've
got more'n enough now. 1t might be a nice
thing for them if they couldstay little always
but they have to grow big after a while, and
they amt no better off than the rest Of folks
| rather think if was baby, I'd ask the
Lord to send me where I'd not grow any big
ger, and then I'd have nothing to do but lie
on my back and chew my toes, aud have folk'i
say was the " darlingest cunningest little
creature they ever laid eyes on"
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Wasted Time.


Few things in the lives Of distinguished men
are so impressive or so full Of valuable sug-
gestions, as their frequent lament over lost
opportunities for mental and moral culture.
In his autobiography Sir Walter Scott says
"lf it should ever fall to the lot of youth to
peruse these pages, let such youth remem-
ber that it is with deepest regret that rec
olect in my manhood, the opportunities Of
learning which neglected in my youth, that
through every part of my literary career |
have felt pinched and hampered by my own
ignorance and that l would at this moment
give half the reputation have had the good
fortune to acquire If, by doing so, could
rest the remaining part upon sound tounda-
tion of learning and science" Edmund
Burke grew wise in this respect while it was
not too late to retrieve the most Of his errors
and losses, for before his youth was entirely
passed. he wrote to friend What would
/ not give to have my spirits little more
stirred am too giddyi this is the bane
of my life; it hurries me from my studies to
triaes, and am afraid it will hinder me
from knowing anything thoroughly. | have
a superficial knowledge Of many things, but
scarcely the bottom Of any" Washington
Irving, when giving counsel to his friends,
exclaimed in the bitterness Of his heart +;
How many an hour Of hard labor and hard
study have had to subject myself to atone,
in a slight degree, for the hours which |
suffered society to cheat me out Of" And
Josiah Quincy, in his diary, laments more
than once his "neglect of that mental and
moral cultivation which he regards as " the
noblest of human pursuits" On one occa-
sion he says e" / resolve therefore, in future
to be more circumspect--to hoard my mo-
ments with more thrifty spirt-to listen
less to the suggestions of Incidence, and tC
quicken that spirit of intellectual improve
ment to which devote my life" 1t will dc
no young man the least harm to ponder well
the lessons of these eloquent confessions