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A Model Lawyer.

Squire Johnson was a model lawyer,
as the following anecdote will show:
MIR. Jones once rushed into the
s4uire's office in a great passion.
THAT Internal scoundrel of a cobbler,
Smith. has sued me, Mr. Johns son--sued
for five dollars / owe him for a pair Of
boOtsr
Then you owe him the five dollars?'
TO be sure do, but he's gone and
sued me--sued me!
Then, why don't you pay him, if you
owe him?
because he's gone and sued me; and
when man does that, TIL never pay
him till it costs him more than he gets.
i want you to make it cost him all Won
can.'
But it will cost you something too
don't care for that What do YOU
charge to begin with7'
Ten dollars; and more if there's much
extra trouble
'All right! There's the x. Now 90
aheads
No sooner was his client gone, than
Squire johnson stepped across to his
neighbor Smith and offered to paw the
bill, on condition that the suit should
be withdrawn. The shoemaker gladly
acceeded-all he wanted was his pav
The lawyer retained the other five for
his fee, and as the case was not stroub
lesome,' made no further demand upon
his client.
Ten days after, Jones came to see
how his case was getting on.
alright! said the lawyer, You won't
have any more trouble about that. I
put 1t to Smith SO strongly that he
was glad to withdraw the case altogeth.
er
Capital cried the exulting Jones.
You've done it up brown. You shall
have all my business
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translated AGE, or Age LASTING, it does
seem as if the convention should have
| been less reckless than to have refused
fellowship to those who do not believe
that the punishment is everlasting
But it may be asked if tenets like these
are not insisted upon, what can we call
Evangelism. or Evangelical religion
Simply what Jesus said to the young
man you know the commandments, do
them-and sell all that thou hast and
give to the poor; which is precisely
what was taught in Eccl. siastes. "Fear
God and keep his commandm ents, tor
tn is is the whole duty Of man." adding
only more self nbnegation Of heart or
intensity, for religion really has always
bsen the same. Jesus came to transfer re-
ligion from the outer and ceremonial to
the inward and more actual. He said
keep the moral law internally, of
course, as be elsewhere explains it, and
deny yourself to the utmost for the ben.
eft of your brother man; or. still shorter
elsewhere, Love God-Love man; this is
all required. On these two hang all the law
and the prophets Think of this. the sum
of all his teachings, was "the law and
the prophets y How simple and how
far man has travelled from his holy
words, and how far estray the singular
declaration Of the convention. Can any
doubt seriously, that love to God and
man, is the substance Or true kernel, and
will make any man or church Evangel-
ical or christian, however little of the
usual shell in his honest ignorance he
may omit to add TO it, or if he makes
an entirely different one to enclose it,
it being but the shell Why then
all this particularly about fgura-
tive verbage. The gist Of tue whole
subject, or all that is vital, as we at first
said is in every church, and upon these
points only, and upon no other,can it be
said that "the wayfaring man tho fool
need not err therein"
Christianity has been in existence l9-
90 years, and yet does not possess more
than one fourth Of the worlds inhabit-
ants even nominally. Why? Is it not be-
cause it is not poroperly comprehended,
properly taught, and therefore fails in
power to convert He who is seeking
after all the character of God and keep
ing the moral law in his heart is Evan
gelic in every nation, every i'll creed.
These are the great points of Jesus
preaching-every one may under stand
without controversy, they are felt with.
in.'' God has not left himself without
witness, and this is his witness in all men
to his truth, but man has often mixed up
with it, much that is nonessential to
6 odliness, perhaps the merest rubbish,
but more generally, what is positively
detrimental.
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works like US. She wears calico, and
knows nothing Of opera. Her heart is
in her home, her loved ones, she is hap
py for they all live for her as she lives
for them. And Oh, the wonderous
depths of her love. She is by the bed
side, the table, the chair, everywhere.
She is monarch Of home. queen of hearts,
and willing tributes do her subjects pay.
Her hand stills pain, her lips greet
| with such pure, earnest, loving kisses.
Her words are ever so kind and gentle,
while her life is not lost in seif1shness.
She is not a vain beauty, cold as mar
BILE, Indifferent to others, caring only
for herself, for position and outward
| adornment of her person, tyrannlzlng
over hearts, compelled by the ukase OF
society to pay VOWS where none are due.
But she is q good woman, loving wo-
man, a loving, affectionate, gentle, ca
ressing woman a man always loves, and
is willing to care for, protect and de
fend.
We love good, warm hearted woman.
Not one of these simple beauties who
are gay, painted, padded, befriz ed and
befrizzled adornings of fashion without
heart or true worth. Such are very
nice to look upon-good to f1irt with
nice to take to the opera, the races, the
theatre, or to skrmish with when the
coast is clear and willing ones seek for
adventures, but she don't wear for keeps
like the good, plain, sensible women
who have hearts and whose worth is
more than pen or tongue can tell.
Women would be better and happier
if men loved them better and were
more true to them. II men would strive
as much to make home happy as they
do to seek it elsewhere, the world would
be better.
Hours do come when men admit the
power, the worth of woman. Not in
sun shine SO much as in shade and
storm. When engrossed with business
and rolling on the sea Of success, we too
often forget the ones without whom life
would be blank, and only fly to the
heavens and shelter--the love and gen
tie caresses Of woman-when the waves
are high and to remain abroad is to per-
ish.
Then comes the hour when all admit
the power of the weak. 1t is the care
of woman which makes millions of
homes beautiful, and makes loves pal
aces Of laborer's cottages. 1t is the
love we have for woman-the love they
have for us men, that drives us ahead to
conquests and victories. The words
kindly spoken, the smile of those we
love, the commendation of those we re-
spect of women, make men of all who
are not debased and draw our hearts to
them with irresistible power. And as
we see them day after day patiently,
earnestly toiling to help others walk,
as we see them leading the weak, aiding
the unfortunate, and by the wonderous
power of their God given love, and the
magic of their smiles, caresses, and
prayers, we wonder that oil men do not
pay more tribute to the worth of wo-
mans love--New York Democrat.
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A Generous Husband.
From Lucy Stones Chicago Speech.

From Lucy Stones Chicago Speech
Perhaps fifteen or seventeen years a
60. in very good State, saw a woman
with pleasant Quaker face, under a
simple Quaker bonnet-I rather liked
it--and her Quaker husband sitting by
her with his broad brimmed hat en-.
They had spent many long years to-
gether, you could see by their faces.
He was just bidding her good bye as the
train was starting, and heard her ask
him for little money. l did not at all
wish to hear what they said, but heard
that he had bought her a ticket, and 1
saw that he had taken her satchel polite
ly on his arm. She hated to ask him
for the money; good many other wo
men have hated to ask for it, too. She
began to say, 81 wish I had little -.
she did not want to finish, thinking that
he would think of it and give it to her;
but he did not. So out it come all at
once. May be I'll want little money
while am gone.'' The good, honest
Quaker turned his face to her with sur.
prise, and said, 'sWhat hast thou done
with the quarter gave thee last week?''
Laughter and applause.
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Saturday Night-The Worth Of Wo-
mans Love.
Only another week.

| Only another week.
| How short it has been--seven days
seven chapters of light and happiness
of joys and sorrows-of hopes and
fears--of trials and conquests-of births
and marriages-of sickness, and health.
But little thing is a week but it is a
| life to some, in the results it doth
bring
Tonight we were made to feel sad,
yet happy. On the way home we pass
ed woman in calico leading by the arm
a week, totterine. trembling old man.
His step was hardly step-he could
hardly lift his feet from the pavement
his face was wrinkIed with the lines of
hairs were silky and white as the purest
snow.
And the woman was past fifty. Her
face was kind her eye told volumes.
The crowd Oh broadway turned aside as
it hurried by to let the old man toddle
on.
"Good evening, good woman--can
we help you2"
ooh, no. thank YOU And she look.
ed so kindly at u.s. s.We are almost
homes few steps farther, and you are
in a hurry-going home too, perhaps"
almost home!
Yes that old man who little needed
the crowd and who looked with. mazed
and puzzled gaze on the busy scene
was almost home! A few more Satur-
day nights and he will be there with
Him, and then he can walk and run with
out stumbling or other support than
He.
And we passed on to think, and think
and we thought of woman's love, and
the worth of it, How she cared for
him-we should think her father. Per-
haps he was cross and petulaut years
ago, if not now, yet she was kind to
him, and with care steadied his steps
lest he fall and the busy crowd trample
him under feet. And we thought of
thousands and thousands of good wo>
men in different places who love, are
good, and true, and pure, and kind--who
deserve happiness here and Heaven
hereafter.
All over the land we saw them as we
walked home. The entire line of clouds
seemed to be rolled back by some great
hand as somebody said, ''Look at them
everywhere.,'
And we did look into thousands Of
homes By the farmers fire and in the
woodman's cabin. BY the sick bed and
kneeling with grief-laden hearts and
tear-wet faces, beside corpses and cof-
fins. We saw them in calico and home
spun by thousands, and they told all of
woman's worth. love and devotion.
Little do men know of woman's sor-
rows, heart-aches, hungerings for love,
temptations and resistings. Men 60 and
come. They are busy. Avenues of Ia
Dor and amusement are open to them,
for they have the power to open to suit
They plunge into busi-
ness, engage in enterprises, hunt, fish,
sport, idle, dissipate, go and come, mix,
ing, talking, eager to be interested.
When tired they rest, but woman's
work is never done, and she must labor
on, prisoner within close walls, like q
Gagged bird seeing the world but not
mixing Herewith lest she be lost.
We know of home where q woman
works cheerfully, for those che loves
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A Presiding Elder Gained.

The following exciting incident oc-
CURED in the South eastern Indiana
Conference, at its recent session
GAS is the law of the Church, the
Presiding Elders of the several districts
are called, and the Bishop asks the con-
ference, whether there is anything
against them. The name of Rev. Tin
cher, of the Jefersonville District was
called, and the usual question, is there
anything against Bro. Tincher7' was ask
ed. One of his men rose upon his feet
and said with apparent diffidence, yes,
Mr.. Chairman, have omething against
Bro. Tincher, and although have not
previously notified him, l hold in my
hand paper containing the verdict of
some OF his brethren upon some things
in his past conduct Here he handed
the paper to the Chairman. At this
juncture Mr.. Tincher arose and said in q
rather excited manner: If the chairman
please, I have not had any notice of
charges against me as directed in our
book of disciI line The chairman told
him to be calm, and proceeded to read
the paper in his hand, which was about
as follows we, the ministers of the
Jeffersonville district, after examining
his conduct during the past few years,
have come to the conclusion that Rev.
s. Tincher, deserves to be caned in open
conference, and we hereby request the
chairma An to proceed to execute the yer.
dict forthwith Here the Bishop was
handed very beautiful and valuable
gold headed cane. It was handed over
to him with very neat little speech, as
a token of respect from his brethr en-
After Mr.. Tincher recovered, for he was
sold, but not for nought, he quietly re-
marked that if it ever became necessary
for him to be caned again, he guessed
be could bear it, especially if it come in
the same way"
Among the appointments made by
this Conference, we notice that the Rev.
William Maupin has been placed in the
Milton charge.
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New Educational Plan.

Half time schools have recently been
established by the school committees of
several manufacturing towns in Massa-
chusetts. This plan. it is asserted, ad-
vances the pupil more rapidly and thor.
oughly than the common ALI day schools.
In the mills it has been ascertained that
such pupils do better work and earn
more money than they would by being
in the factory all day
The children and their parents at irst
were afraid of the scheme, but az proof
of the popularity Of the plan, it is as
serted that the average daily attendance
In the half time schools is 81 per cent
SO high an average being unknown in the
common day schools.
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PALLADIUM CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON. d. c., Sept. IS,

WAsHINGToN. D. c., Sept IS, 1869.
Mr. EDIToR:-The following on What
is Religion?' is contribution from
learned gentleman of this city, friend
Of mine, who has given much time and
thought to Mans Moral Relations
However much you and many of your
readers may differ with him as to his
conclusions, every reader knows that his
authorities are correctly quoted, and I
can assure you that he is certainly one
of the earnest men of whom he speaks,
and therefore all that he says comes
from one to whom this is holy ground
upon which it is felt to be sacrilege to
trifle.' LIFE.
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VOL. XXXIX.s
WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A
WAY

This life is difficult riddle;
For how many people we see
With faces as long as fiddle,
That ought to look shining with glee?
Am sure, in this world, there are plenty
Ofgood things enough for US all;
And yet there is not one out of twenty
But thinks that his share is too small.
Did you never hear tell ofthe spider
That tried up the wall hard to climb?
If not, just take that as guider,
You'll find it will serve you in time;
Nine times it tried to be mounting,
And every time it stuck fast;
But it tried hard again, without counting,
And, of course, it succeeded at last.
Some grumble because they re not married,
And canno. procure good wife;
Whilst others they wished they had tsrried,
And long for bachelors life.
To me it is very bewilderin';
Some grumble. it must be 10 fun,
Because they have too many children,
And others because they have none.
Do you think that sitting and signing,
You'll ever obtsin what you want2
It's towards alone that are crying,
And foolishly saying. 4 can't!'
It's only by plodding and striving
Go to work, and never sit still,
That you can get all that's worth having,
Which you'll do, if you've only the will.
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rhe Indians.

General HaZen at st. LOuis-What he says o
the Indians, etc.
| ST. Louis, September 22.-Gen. w. B
Hazen, commander of the Department
of Lower Aarkansas, which embraces
the Indian reservation, arrived here
yesterday.
The Republican of this morning gives
an extended account of the Indians on
! the reservations. Their number is as
follows: Cheyenne. 2, 200; Arapahoes,1 L.
/ 800, Kiowas. 1900; Apaches, $50
Comanches 1000 Caddos and Wychitas,
who have been on reservation for many
years. Only moderate success has at
tended the agricultural operations so far
but improvements in this direction are
expected, once they acquire habits OF i'm
dustry. Much trouble was occasioned
at one time, and the ruin of the ressrva-
ton scheme was imminent, by the feed
ing of the Indians being transferred
from the military commander to the
subsistence department, but the old
system was restored and matters went
smoothly again. The General thinks
that it is becoming every day more ap-
parent the only salvation for the wild
Indians and salty to our border settle
ments, is the reservation system. For
years the Indians have been pushed
Westward by the onward tide of civil
zation, but now there is no West to
shove them to and they are being sar-
rounded and hemmed in on all sides.
and permanent locality for the feeble
remnant of the tribes now roaming, has
become a necessity. In regard to the
Quaker system the General says it is ad-
vantageous and works well. The Qua
kers have much to contend with owing
to their meekness and disregard of dis
play, the opposite ofwhich the Indians
take so much delight in but the latter
are finding out that the Quaker agents
are UNMARRIED in their efforts for the
amelioration of their condition, and
honest in dispensing the rations and an
nuities they are entitled to receive
Under the old system the agents seldom
lived with the tribes, while the new
agents abide with them. This is a great
advantage. AS soon as the Indians are
put down on reservation all that is
wanted is an honest administration, and
that the Quakers are giving them. The
only traders allowed on the reservation
are post traders, who are appointed by
the Department Commanders and are
under military authority. The Quaker
agents, now here, are Brinton and Dar-
lington, agents of the Arapahoes and
Cheyennes, and Laurie and Talen, agents
of the Comanches and Koiwas, who are
characterized by the General as men Of
great industry and integrity, ard quiet
and unostentatious in their mann ers.---
The Quakers are bringing On their own
men as employees and assistants in the
agricultural and mechanical operations.
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TESTIM ONIAIS.
OGDRNsBURaH, N. Y, May Z, 81


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when felt so much encouraged as to order a
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and that. by your Life Compound. Encouraged
by its good effects in our cases. several of our
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aud am informed by three of them, with whom
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You may make such use ST this statement as
you may deem proper.
With gratitude,
Rev. B. r. GORMLY.
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The Petersburg [va.I EXPRESS

The Petersburg Wal EXPRESS has
discovered what, if it had been found
out decade before, would of saved the
South a great deal of trouble. It SAYS:
$50 far, the Northern Democracy
have never rendered US the very slight
est service, but they have always been
on the qui yive to find out how they
could most advantageously use us for
their own interested purposes"
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One of the sharpest tricks was played
by two convicts at the Ohio Penitentia-
ry last Wednesday. One convict enga.
ged at dry kiln barreled up another
one named Roe, who was sent from
Hamilton county several years ago, for
term of Is years, and putting him ON
a dray that was engaged about the pris-
on, had him hauled outside, and while
the drayman was sent back for q hatch.
ct TO unhead the barrel,' this job was
expeditiously done and both men es.
capped.
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A MoDEL REPRIMAND.-Some years
ago, in one of the counties Of Virginia. q
witness under examination before the
County Court, refused to answer q cues
ton put to him by one Of the council.
and was therefore charged with con.
tempt of court. He was arranged ON
that charge, long and patient invest
igation OF the matter ensued, and the
Court, after mature deliberation, lecid.
ed that the prisoner was guilty, and tina,
he should be publicly reprimanded by
the presiding Judge Of the court. The
culprit was accordingly placed at the
bar, The Cheif Justice then arose with
the dignity the occasion required, and
with impressive gravity pronounced and
executed the sentence of the count in the
following words:
ct G., you have been accused Of
aheinous offense; you have been fairly
and patiently tried, and found guilty.
The court, in punishment Of this offense.
has ordered thst shall reprimand YOU
-ain't you ashamed, you DIRTY des''
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A miserable old bachelor who would
not even marry on breach of promise
suit, says that sit is calculated that one
female crying hard all night with bro
ken heart, will weep just one teaspoons
ful Of salt and rain water"
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An exchange says the difference be-
tween an editor and his wife is, "one
writes articles to set, and the other sets
articles to rights"
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Our readers will be glad to learn that
the Hon. Oliver p. Morton, U. S. Sena-
tor from Indiana, has consented to de-
liver the opening lecture in the Frank
lin Lyceum course Aext month. Sena.
tor Morton adds to the reputation of
great administrative and legislative
ability that of a finished orator. Few
men in the public service rival him in
the vigor Of his style, in power of rich
and varied illustrations, and in fullness
of Information. We arc not informed
of the subject Of his discourse, but we
risk nothing in saying that his treat
ment of it, both in manner and in mat.
ter, will abundantly reward the cultiva.
ted audience that will listen to it,
Providence Journal.
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1t is an encouraging circumstance
that an Association to promote the abo-
lition of the Death Penalty has been
formed at Heidelberg, and. that similar
Associations are increasing in numbers
throughout Germany. For the most
part, Capital Punishment is defended
upon Biblical grounds, and as Germany
contains, perhaps, q larger proportion
of good Biblical scholars than any 9th.
er country, we may receive from there
some new light upon the theological as
poets Of the question. These, to our
minds, are not of the highest import.
ance; but 90 long as some men continue
to defend strangulation by declaring it
a Christian duty, so long they must be
met in their own stronghold. It is
needful that Legislators should not be
able to plead good conscience for bad
laws. I'm. Y. Tribune.
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METHODIST LAY DELEGATIoN.-Che
vote on the question lay delegation
in the Methodist Church is as follows:
Whole No. of members Il, 200, 900
Deduct for minors one. fourth. SOC, 600
Voting membership. -. 10000
Whole number of votes (1-4th
the whole) 225, 900
For lay delegation. ......... 10000
Against lay delegation. $4,000
Non voting members :. -. 675,O00