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Rules for the Journey of Life.

The following rules, from the pa
perB of DR.. West, according to his
memorandum, are thrown together
as general way-marks in the joIr-
ney of life:
Never ridicule sacred things, or
what others may esteem as such,
however absurd they may appear to
you.
Never show levity when people
are engaged at worship.
Never to resent a supposed injury
till know the views and motives OF
the author of it. On no occasion to
relate it.
Always take the part Of an absent
person who is censTed in company,
so far as truth and propriety will
allow.
Never think worse of another on
account of his differing from me in
political and religious subjects.
Not to dispute with man who is
more than seventy years of age, nor
with a woman nor any enthusiast.
Not affect to be witty, nor to jest
so as to wound the feelings of an
other.
To say as little as possible of my
self and of those who are near to
ne.
To aim at cheerfulness without
liberty. Never to court the favor
of the rich by fattering either their
vanities or their vices.
To speak with calmness and dc
liberation on all occasions, especially
in circumstances which tend to irri-
tate.
Frequently to review my conduct
and note my feelings.
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From the New York Tribune.
BaPnUm and Greeley.

The following is an extrnct from
private letter written by B. T.
Barnum to a Republican friend:
1 have known Hor-
ace Greeley 80 years, and known
him only to admire and love him.
IN my opinion he is as pure a man
as God ever made. He has done
more to mould the American char
acter for good than any dozen cler
gymen, editors or other men in
America. He has done more to
make the Republican party than
any ten men. He is the most un-
selfish man I ever knew. His faith
is so grounded in justice to all that
no man,men or clique can ever tempt
him to wink at wrong doing-he
will never be cajoled into appointing
to Office impure men. He is saga
cious, and although almost celestial
in his virtues, he is sufficiently
worldly wise in the domain of poll
tics in which he has so long and
glOriously labOred. that he will not
be betrayed into any scheme that
will sUbvert or injure the pure prin-
ciples which he has always so forci-
bly, and honorably taught. I have
had dealings with him. in business
while was president and he di
rector Of the Crystal Palace Compa-
ny, and in other instances, and /
can testify that he exhibits a pru-
dence and sagacity, as well as a
firmness quite opposite from the
representations of his maligners. I
thank God for being permitted to
do what l am able toward electing
as President of the United States
this noble American, whom every
body declares to be an honest man
and a successful editor, while every
body else ought 10 know the fact
that he has always been a success
ful business man. To elect a man
Of such character and habits rs
Horace Greeley, on the nOblest
platform that was ever penned, and
which we know he will sacredly sus-
tain, is an honor Of which every cit
izen in America ought to be proud.
To drop a ballot for him viii he tru-
" a great pleasure, for the White
House will be hallowed by his occu-
pancy. God grant that he may be
elected, and that thus the wisdom
and good principles. of a majority
Of the American people may be
made manifest. p. L. BAENUM.
BRIDGEroRr, July 6, 1872.
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The Use of Children.

Children keep our feelings fresh.
The heart often grows old before
the body; and the hearts growing
old has often a good deal to say to
the bOdy's growing old before its
time. I've seen men old at thirty,
and men young at sixty, Children
bring q man back to his early DAYS;
they make a man to be a boy and a
woman to be a girl once again. l
saw your doctor the other day play
ing cricket with his little boy, six
| years old; he had five stones set one
| atop of another for wickets, and his
crooked walking stick for a bat; and
the young chap was working with all
his might to bowl him ont. The
doctors whole heart was in the
game, and he laughed fit to split his
sides; and all this while there was q
grand cricket match worth seeing
going on in the next field. Why
wasn't the doctor therefor he had
been a great cricketer when he was
young? Because the youth is our
fresh time, and what brings us back
to youth brings US back to the old
fresh thoughts and feelings; and
this was just the way the doctor
used to play with his brother when
they were children-long, long be-
fore he thought of giving anybody
physic, and when he took precious
little of it himself. The child was
drawing away the doctors mind
from his cares-and, poor man, he
had plenty Of them at the time-and
stirring up his spirits. Depend up
on it, his blood coursed more quick
ly through his veins after that game
of cricket than it did before.
Children give us healthy springs
and motives for work. A child
makes the parents feel that they are
looked forward to rs providers-Of
course, under GOd-for He is the
great provider for all. 1t makes a
man feel himself to be somebody
when he gathers the children round
him and looks at them, and says to
himself, "They're all looking to
their mother and me; I'll buckle to
like man, and they shan't want if
1 can get.'
It is not something to feel ones
self valued; to feel, "well, however
little 1 may be made of in the world,
1 know a place where I'm put at e
higher fgurer' No man should be
ticketed up a bargain in his own
house; bargains don't pay anywhere,
least of all at home. There was a
Mrs. White, 4 neighbor of mine in
former times, and she used often to
say, 81 like my husband always to
come to a rising market-the price
of him is always going up. am
always raising it; and the good mans
feeling himself more precious to US
all every day. IT'S IL fine thing,
and better than any drink in the
world to cheer a man up, to have the
testimony of ones duty; and when
Joseph sees the children, and fat
upon them, depend upon it he's
happy; if he weren't happy lie
wouldn't call me mother in the
way he does"
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Labor and Capital.

Men talk of labor and capital as
If they were two essentially differ
ent things. They are In fact essen
TALLY one. If man builds facto
ry, puts in machinery, buys raw ma
terial, puts in workmen, he is said
to have invested his capital The
| whole establishment is capital. If
it pays the whole expense of run
ming, including materials, wear and
tear and wages, and then something
over and above, that surplus is
called earnings. 1t is regarded as
fresh capital.
Now a man is a grand manufac-
tory, His head furnishes power;
his hands and feet and muscles are
machinery. Every man is in him
self capital. If it costs to run the
machine all that it earns he will
never have a surplus capital. If he
lives on one-half Of his earnings,
then his invested capital, that is,
his bodily organization, produces so
much surplus capital.
A day laborer who saves three
dollars a week is a capitalist. If
he puts his savings into a horse and
dray, or into a chest of tools, or a
candy shop, he reinvests; and now
his capital is, primarily, his own
productive force-that is, himself;
and secondarily, these are new
means of carrying on business. Ev-
cry step by which he rises from
poverty to competence is in the iii
rection of augmented capital.
Every prosperous wOrkingman is
proof to himself that there is no
need of conflict between labor and
capital.
But suppose man to have gained
by industry enough money to buy
two horses and two drays. He can
not drive both of them himself. He
hires q man. Now he is not a Ia
borer, but an employer.
If his business increases till he
owns twenty or thirty teams, all his
time will be needed to superintend
them; he will do head work ana
hire the hand-work.
In each step upward his relations
to his laborers are just and benef-
cent. The interests are reciprocal.
There is no mystery or complexity
about it. All the talk about the
normal and abnormal relations of
capital to labor is needless. Capt.
tai may undertake to do things
prejudicial to the common veal, and
require to be restrained, and so just
as much may labor.
Payments to labOring men should
be at short intervals, especially
when the men have families depend
ent upon them. It is better to pay
in money than in goods or orders.
The temptation to make double
profits on inferior goods lead many
selfish men to take advantage of
their ''hands." Although a pay
ment by orders may secure better
goods sometimes than men buy for
cash, yet, on thu other hand, it leads
to carelessness and shiftlcss man
pgement in the fqmily. It is the in
terest of every employer that his
men should be intelligent, thrifty,
and good managers in the house
hold. 1t is his interest, even if he
works by no higher principle, to
deal justly, promptly and literally
with all his workmen.
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Hard Times.

We copy the following sensible
remarks from the Chattanooga
Times:
From every quarter we hear the
cry of hard times, no money, busi-
ness dull and dropping, until it
would almost seem that the country
was tOtUering on the verge of finan-
cial ruin. Yet closer view of the
situation will convince all but the
most incorrigible grumbler that we
are really in q prosperous condition.
The wheat crop now being harvested
is the best that we have had for
many years, and viii be sold at a
good price. Our manufacturing in
dustries, particularly the iron inter
est, were never in a more prosperous
or hopeful condition. So far as our
own immediate locality is concern
ed, we have every reason to be very
hopeful for a prosperous ensuing
year, with every prospect for a very
decided increass of prosperity for the
year following. The fact is that
perpetual croaking about hard times
produces a stringency i'll money
matters. Suppose A to have a few
dollars, B comes to him with a small
account for payment. A reflects:
These are hard times. If I pay
out this money I may not get any
more for some time" So he puts 3
of, and when G comes to B for his
little bill, B has not got the money
because A did not pay him. And
so it goes on through the whole al
phabet until A goes to Y for an ac-
count, and it is discovered, or would
be if traced back, that X cannot pay
A, because A having themoney had
declined to pay B a few days ago.
It is astonishing how great an in
debtedness can be cancelled, and
how much more life can be impaired
to business if, instead Of growing
hard times and boarding every dol
lar, men would pay their little ac-
counts whenever they have the mon
ey.
OF course no business is ever as
profitable during an exciting pOliti-
cal campaign as ct other times, be-
cause so large an amount of time,
which is money, is taken up in
hearing political speeches and at
tending grand rallies for the preser-
vation of the Union and constitu-
tional liberty; but more than half
the stringency of money matters
complained about is caused by the
imagination, in the manner we have
indicated.
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GrOWn-up Dolls.

What is the doll wife but a toy
to her husband? an expensive one
too, at times, and surely never sat
isfactory! He buys her as thing
to play with, to amuse himself by
dressing in dainty attire, to take
! pleasure in hanging about witt
chains and necklaces, in showing
off to his friends as his latest acqui
sition-his live doll, his pretty pup
pet that laughs and talks and
dances and coquetts just as we'll a;
if she had a reasonable amount o.
brains beneath her chignon; g
thing he calls by his own name and
labels wife, but who is only his
plaything and toy when all is done
He gives her no confidence, makes
her no companion; he would as
soon think of telling his griefs to
his favorite setter as of telling them
10 her, and Jocko in the stable yon.
der has as much share in his deeper
thoughts as she. But sue is his
wife; and names are respectable.
And what she is to her husband so
is her baby to her. Many u woman
knows no more of the value of mater
nifty than is to be found in the sim
pie amusements which a baby af-
fOrds. It is her doll-a thing for
which to devise pretty frOcks and
hoods and cloaks, and horribly in
convenience the poor little soul in
the wearing thereof; a thing to dan
die and kiss and delight to make
crow and kick, to look with admira-
tiOn at its dimpled little feet, to
wonder at the aimless foolishness of
its eternally clutching hands, to
talk nonsense and make laugh.
But when it cries, when it is i'll;
when naughty; when a nuisance
then the toy, though not broken,
will not be cherished; though baby
will not be i'll treated-sometimes,
however, if the doll mother is of a
petulant nature, the doll baby will
get a slap or a shake by way of
philosophical reminder Of virtueus
behavior-yet it will be sent up
stairs to nurse" to be produced
again only when it is in better play
ing condition, and not troublesome
or annoying. All this is very nice,
no doubt; and one likes to look, as
on a picture, at the pretty little
mother with her pretty little baby
the Dora woman of sweet nature
and no kind If sense; two babies
together OF different stages of deyel-
opment, but both babies; but when
it comes to the grave realities of
life, then our doll is ofno avail, and
the wisdom Of making mothers Of
such like-giving children to be
trained and educated by children
is one that is open to serious ques-
tiOn. Still, while men like live
dolls in the place Of women, the sup
ply will be kept up; and, while girls
are not able to unite the sweetness
and playfulness of the child to the
sense and wisdom of the woman,
there viii still be this wide division
between dolls and doWdies, babies
and grim females, STILES and
strong minded women, as it exists
now.
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The End of the World in 1872.

It is predicted by French astron-
Omers as a scientific fact, that the
earth will cease to reyolye on its AK
is-will burst, burn or tumble to
pieces-will come to an end the
coming fall. And strangely enough,
the learned men Of Italy predict the
end at the same time, differing only
in asserting that the destruction
will be caused by fire. The prophe-
siers maintain that an inconceivable
immense subterranean fire is now
consuming the bowels Of the earth;
and refer to the recent fallings in
of the eartn's surface near Vesuvius,
and the changed appearance Of mat
ter vomited from the crater as proof
positive of their theory. Coming
from sources-including some Of
the greatest students in the world
the prediction is at least worthy OF
a consideration.
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TRUST.

Though tangled hard life's knot may be
And wcarily we rue it,
The silent touch of Father Time
Seme day will sure undo it.
Then, darling, wait;
Nothing is late
In the light that shines forever.
We faint at heart, a friend is gone;
We weep, for a grave is filling;
We tremble at sorrows on every side,
At the myriad ways of killing;
Yet after all,
If a sparrow fall,
Our Lord keepeth count forever.
He keepeth count. We come, we go,
We speculate, toll and falter:
But the measure to each of veal or woe
God only can give or alter.
Then why not say,
From day to day,
"Thy will be done forever"
Why not take life with cheerful trust
With faith in the strength of weak.
ness;
Doing the best we can to walk
With courage, yet with meekneSs;
Lifting the face
To catch Gods grace,
That lights the soul forever?
Forever and ever, my darling, yes,
Goodness and love are undying;
Only the trO lbles and cares of earth
Are sure in the end 10 go flying.
Fleeting as bubbles
Are cares and troubles,
And "nOw' is a sprite that tricks us
ever,
Till it floats and is lost in the vast
Forever"
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William went right out and batted
them in the eye, he did.
And then, at last, when all was
over, Mary didn't sit in the room
while they dressed her in white, and
mixed orange blossoms in her water
fall, and then go gently downstairs
with six bridesmaids at her heels
and stand up with her William, and
weep gently while she was being
married by the minister, and then
get lots of presents, and then 90 to
her new house and live all through
the happy years with Billy, and
never know sorrow or trouble any
more. Why, of course she didn't,
for it wasn't her style, you see.
She just rushed upstairs and put
on her pink muslin and sun bonnet,
and had nary bridesmaid, ana went
to the magistrates and never wept a
particle, and got no presents; but
fifteen cents from the old man to
pay her car from home, and when
she got to the magistrates she just
rose off the bench and told Billy
she didn't see much use in splicing,
and that she didn't like him anyhow;
and so she went home, and Billy he
went with her, and told her he
wasn't sorry, as he did not want her,
and he guessed she was hard on her
clothes, anyhow, and so they never
got married, and the whole thing
turned out wrong; but 1 couldn't
help it, for I amt going to put facts
on record that amt so. But it amt
a bit like any novel that 1 ever read,
so there must have been something
about this fellow and Mollie
that 1 could not find out, so I'll
have to let it slide as it is.-Nsw
York Standard.
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gUrtru.
From the North Alabamian and Times
HOME TREASURES.
A SONG

| They are telling of islands where sweet
flowers bloom,
And where streams flow o'er bright
sands of gold;
Where the years roll round with eternal
perfume
From the blossoms that riC hIy unfold
Let them wander, who will, meath the
bright sunny skies,
Let them gather the gold as they
roam,
1 have treasures more precious, with
love-bearing eyes,
In my bright little circle at home.
CHORUS
At home, at home, ut home,
Gods gifts, precious treasures at home.
1 have flowers more fair than the rare
ones that bloom
On those islands at rest in the seas.
And their love is more precious to me
than perfume
Borne away on the wings of the
breeze.
Oh! 1 know that the song of the warB-
Ter is sweet,
In the beautiful isles o'er the foam:
But be mine the music of dear little feet
As we meet at the threshold of home.
CHoRUs:
At home, at home, at home
Gods gifts Heaven ) link at home.
Oh! how sweet, when the day with its
labOrs is DER,
To away from its clamOr and din,
And rejoice as L shut the world out the
door,
Der my dear little kingdom within.
To be met with brighteyes looking love
into mine,
And sweet lips lifted up for kiss,
Then to feel the soft arms that around
me entwine,
Makes my home a sweet eden of bliss.
CHORUs:
At home, at home, at home
Sweet loves, Our 'jewels'' at home.
There are those on life's way who are
drifting along,
The wild sport of the winds and the
foam,
They viii sigh, as they list to the words
of my song,
For the blessed endearments of home.
l viii give, then, the praise to my Fa-
ther above,
For the joys that around me arise,
And look forward, and hope to be
brought by His love,
To beautiful home in the skies.
CHORUS:
Our home, our home IN the skies,
We and our cloves" to Him viii rise.
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THE BOURBON BOLTERS.

Ten little boilers getting into line,
One of them bolted, and chen there were
nine.
Nine little boilers, organized by hae,
Fought among themselves, and then
there were eight.
Eight little boilers claimed to be eleven.
One couldn't see it, and then there were
seven.
Seven Httie bofters playing silly tricks,
One got disgusted and then there were
six.
Six little boilers getting into a hive,
One got stung and then there were five.
Five little bolters played a game of
''draw,"
One got busted and then there were
four.
Four little boilers getting up tree
One tumbled over and there were three.
Three little boilers sitting in the dew,
One got the collie and then there were
two,
Two little bOlteTs talking very freely.
One got mad and the other went for
Greeley.
One little bOlter sitting all alone.
Swallowed up his own self and then
there was none.
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TItr family CirtIe.
Sunnose He Did?

Much ado is made by the Grant
organs over the fact in IS62-3, Mr..
Greeley suggested that the "rebels"
should be offered $4,O00000,000 to
emancipate their slaves and return
TO the Union. The Chicago Tribune
most hastily responds: ''Well,
where was the treason in the propO-
sition? 1t proposed Union and
Emancipation, which was all the
North aimed at in the war. We af-
terWGrd obtained them by war, at a
cost ten times what Mr.. Greeley
proposed. But that does not prove
that his proposition, if accepted,
would have been either dishonora-
bic or Improbable. 1t would have
saved half a million Of lives and
four or FIVE thousand million Of dol
lars. Where was the harm in pro
posing to do thatY'
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From the AIcMinvilie New Era.
CPOUD.

I was awakened one night by the
dreadful wheeling of our little girl,
then about five years old. In a mo-
ment 1 saw that she was almost dy
ing with Group. 1t is my opinion
that any other person in town but
myself would have run or sent in
great haste for a doctor. But what
did we do? My wife took her in
her arms as she lay in the bed, not
even getting up, wrapped her up
well and put her hand on the child s
neck, extending it a little down on
the breast, and thus lay still. In
about fifteen or twenty minutes she
felt perspiTatiOn begin to come be-
tween the child's flesh and her hand.
BY this time the Wheeling began to
abate. In twenty minutes more
she was so much relieved that she
fell asleep, and by morning was
quite well.
This was sig or seven years ago,
and we have never had another case
of Group in our family; and I have
never had the opportunity of trying
this remedy since until a shorG time
ago, when 1 was staying over night
with a nice young couple, whose
eldest and only child is about five
months old. About one o'clock 1
was awakened and asked what l
would do for q child that had the
Group. l could hear distinctly from
the room in which I slept into
theirs, that ominous and dreadful
wheeling which must be arrested,
or death is at the door. Without
getting up, 1 related the above
case, and then turned over and fell
asleep again. / knew nothing more
of the matter until morning, when
the glad young husband and father
told me that his wife followed the
example of mine, and with the same
happy results-the child was well.
Few know what a powerful effect
a well persons hand has on the flesh
Of one that is sick.
One of my children was once
taken with cello about bed time.
She WAS soon crying aloud, and
seemed to be in the most excrucia-
ting pain. I wrapped her up in a
blanket and sat down by the fire.
Ny wife creased her feet with tai
low and held them to the fire, while
l put my hand on her stomach and
held IL there. l think in about
twenty minutes she began to per
spire. Pretty soon she fell asleep,
and next morning was well.
Thus we see what wonders some
times result from very simple things.
l believe that most of our diseases
might be removed, or rather prevent-
ed, by things just as simple. If peo-|
pie could generally learn how to
cure their diseases without medi-
cine, or rather how TO keep well, so
that they viii not need medicine, it
would save the doctors a great deal
of trouble. And this I assert may
be done. Men may so live as to
avoid nineteen-twentieths of all the
Affections that are common TO hu-I
manity. Men may so live as gener.
ally to live without sickness, and
die only of old age and without
pain.
At some future time I may take
up this subject again.
j. Il. HAGGARD.
2. S.-Only yesterday I wrote
the above. Last night one of my
children was taken with collie from
eating heartily Of roasting ears. a
hand was applied to its stomach,
and relief was obtained in a few
minutes. !. X. II.