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GOD FIRST,

There are those who are perpetually
putting as an excuse before their own
minds for indispensable duties, pre-
Oecunltion. Ore has no lime for re-
ligion, because home duties are so
oneTOus. As if religion was not that
very element 10 which home duties
are buoyed up, aud in which they
swim, as the boat swims on the sea
As if one were not fitted TO contest
with poverty and to work who has
the supernal Inspiration and joy and
hope of q higher atmosphere above
him AS il a man were not more
competent 10 buffet care If he have
new realms of spiritual intelligence,
than if he live in a lower spherei
And yet, persons are perpeiually
puttiOg duties in the way of their
spiritual development. Suffer me
first, is a barrier strong enough to
prevent men, all their life long, from
following ChI;-t. 1t is not that you
desire wrong things; it is net that
you desire to avoid right things but
you say, "Suffer me first to do the
inferior. aud then 1 will be ready for
the superior. Suffer me first to take
care of myself. Suffer me first to
take care of my household. Suffer
me fist IL take care of my business.
Suffer me first TO take care of my
party. Suffer me first to take care Of
this enterprise, and then" No!
this constant habit of humbling The
higher and making it subordinate to
the lower: This constant prefer enee of
the inferior to the superior, works
decentralization. A man does not
need to throw away his BiOle, nor
defy his God, nor sell his soul voluu-
larily. He only needs TO say, "Suher
me fist to do this lesser thing"
The moment that is done, there will
De another Suffer me first" in its
place. And so we shall put the in
fefior duties in the place OF higher
duties, and go through life and fall
at last. No matter what it is, there
is nothing on earth that should Occu-
py so high q place in your affections
as your own spiritual regenerated
your own faith in Christ
our duty towards God; your own
security in the land of Immortality.
The things which are highest 10 you
are the things which deseve to be
first; and it's a blight on your higher
duties to put your lower duties in the
place of them. IL is violation of
The true order of spidtual nature
II. ". Beecher.
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Hints on Ornamental Tree Planting.
More attention ought to be given to
ornamenting village and farm door
yards with trees The following sug-
gestions on this subject from the Ohio
Farmer are in the main very sensi-
BILE:
Do not plant trees directly in front
of the house. The ground here, espe-
cially the central part, should be in
grass alone, kept neat and smooth by
frequent moving. A few flower beds
may be cut in the sod, near the dwell
ling, or by the side of the pathway,
and few trees and shrubs set irregu-
larly near the fence, to give shade and
shelter, and still more at the side Of
the house, especially where they will
screen from view the back yard, sta
BILE, etc., and form a background to
the view Of the premises from the
street.
Do not plant so many trees about
the house as to exclude the sunshine.
Too much shade Is a common fault
with the older class of residences, and
careful observation will show that
families in such houses are much more
liable to sickness than those living in
houses where sunshine and air have
free scope. Modern science has done
good service in teaching the value of
sunshine and dry earth as disiDfec-
tants or preventiyes of disease. The
greatest Improvement could be made
in the looks as well as healthfulness
of many good residences of the older
class by the free use of the wOodman's
axe.
Do not plant large growing trees in
small yards, nor tall growing trees
near low dwellings. Most of our viii
lage dOor-yards are quite small, and
when filled up, as is often the case,
with few large trees, they appear far
more diminitive than they would if
planted with shrubs or dwarf trees;
and the low stature of our older style
of houses is doubly conspicuous where
tall trees are seen towering higher
than the eOrnice. For small yards
and for cemetery lots the dwarfish and
evergreen trees are most
and quite variety of
these can now be had at all good nlF-
series; but such kinds as the Norway
spruce and Austrian pine, heretofore
too commonly planted, should be only
used IL large grou ads and for screens
and wind breaks But those who al
ready have these and other free grow
ing trees planted in small lots. can
check their growth and improve their
premises by removing them from a
central position to one side; or, if too
large for removal, by cutting off the
top and clipping the sides annually,
and if too thrifty, cutting off some Of
the roots.
Do not plant or tolerate apple or
peach trees in the front yard. Pear
and cherry trees are more symmetri-
cal, and few of these may be allowed
on the side of large front grounds,
but the apple and peach usually look
shabby, and should occupy back
premises with the cabbage and cur
rant bush. Good residences are often
rendered unattractive to an eye Of
taste by old gnarled apple trees, stan
ding as grim sentinels, where should
be cheerful evergreens and smiling
Journal Of Chemistry
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GOOD-BYE.

Its a hard word to speak. Some
may laugh that it should be, but let
them laugh. Icy heart are never kind.
1t is a hard word that has ehoked
many an utteranee, and started manYa
tear. The hand is clasped, the word
spoken, we dart, and are out upon
the ocean of time we go to meet
again, God only knows where. It
may be soon; it may be never. Take
care that your good bye" be not a
cold one-it may be the last one that
you can give. Ere you meet your
friend again, deaths cold hand may
have closed his eyes and hushed his
lips forever. Ali he may have died
thinking you loved him not. Again
it NAV be a long separation. Friends
crowd onward and give their hand.
How do you detect in each goodbye
the love that fingers there and how
you bear away with you the memory
of those partiIg words, many, many
DAYS We must often sci arates Tear
not yourself away with q careless
boldness that deties all love, but
make your last words linger-give
the heart its full .utteranee-and If
tears fall, what Of it2 Tears are not
r-t
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suspense ez to who they wuz. They
wuZ Manufacturers from MassychOO
sitsI Here wuZ a fix. SOutherneIs
and Moo York importers, and Moo
England Manufacturers, all calm on
Presidential candidate to wunstl 1t
wuz too late to git Greeley out NV the
way, and there wuZ no way but to let
EN- come together and trust to luck.
1 interdOOst EN- and stood by to see
the result. Poor Horris saw the fix
he wuz in, and perspired.
The Moo Englanders opened by
direct reference to The tariff question,
when l throwd myself into the
breach. l remarked that this wuz no
time to tetch questions Nv so little
moment-that all these matters he'd
bin left to the people, who wuZ en-
Grely competent to say wat they
wantid-that our principle biznis wuz
to clasp hands across bloody chasms,
that reconciliation and brotherly feel
in wuz our best holt-that wat every
patriot most desired wuz to see the
flag Nv our commOn,counIry, without
a STAR missin, Ggin hoatin in the
breeze, and that eff any gentleman
desired to see to wat perfeckshen the
next President he'd brOuyh turlip
cultur, 1 shood be pleased to show
em over the farm, and or fl with EN-
the coOlin waters NV the ST ing wich
he'd become ez famous, alE t, eZ the
Pool Nv Bethesda.
One Nv the Moo Englanders re-
ma tked that the flag wuz all very
well-the turnips wuz all very well,
and that the spring wuz very much
like the Pool Nv Bethesda, for all the
halt and blind, and them with sores,
had congregated there, but wat he
wan d to know about Buz the tariff
on C. ton Goods.
Here thought L, is trouble, but there
wuZu't. At the eritikle moment the
great and good Greeley wuz so over
come with the heat that he tainted and
fell from his chair, wich I, with ekal
presence Nv mind, seeZed him and
tOted him to his room. Ez I laid him
on his bed his child-like face wuz
with the suggestion Nv
smile ez he remarkt, "Get-em out,
d-n EN-, ez quick ez 700 kim"
L hev loved HOrris Greeley from
that mint.
To avoid the constant danger Nv two
parties Nv somewat different views
comm to wunst, 1 immejitly he'd the
house at CtGPaqul altered aecordin
to this plan:
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Whole No. 1920
Cash VS.. Credit for the PARMA,


It seems unfortunate that MANY
farmers have fallen into the habif ~
gettIng on credit articles they NAV
1eeds instead OF paying the cash
down. If the farmers cIubs ooo
euectualIy establish the cash system.
instead of the credit one. which has
been encouraged by a class of country
merchants and others doing business
with the farmers, it will have per-
formed great work.
II a man owns farm, no difference
how poorly it may be improved, or
how much the soil may have been
reduced by mismanagement, his mer-
chant, his grocer, his blacksmith, all
knowing the advantage of selling on
time, urge him to open an account,
and pay when he sells his grain or
his stock. They know that the ex-
ira trade they Will get will more than
pay for all the bad debts which may
be made, to say nothiug Of the ex-
ira proht they make by selling to
parties who buy on time.
e 1t is with no little pride the farmer
accepts the proposition, with the
mistaken idea that the current value
Of mans credit has to do with mis-
financial success. The favor of hav-
ing time on his purchases is greatly
enlarged on, and he is apt to think
the present the scareest time he will
ever have. He estimates a large yield
in the coming crop, with better pri-
ees than the present. and buys aeeor.
dinghy. The family has full license
to Ouy what the fancy dictates, rather
than what the necessities require. At
the end OF the year, which always
comes to soon to the man in debt
the farmer must settle up accounts,
and Is shocked at the mountain which
has risen up before him, as his eve
glances up the long list of items
which can now hardly be accounted
for. Perhaps with his last dollar be
Is able to pay his current expenses,
and repeats the experiment, refusing
to be benefited by the experience
which is the best of teachers.
The next year, with increased exc
penses short crops and low prices, he
hnds himself running behind-al-
ready in debt. He is now at the
mercy of bis creditors, and must
mortgage his farm, or sacrifice his
personal effects, for the means which
carry on the farm.
No man of reason will deny, that
with little management, and a de-
termination to adopt the the cash
system, especially as far as the buy
ing OF unproduetiye articles is con-
cerned, he can work his way through
one year. If he has kept out of debt,
he now has time by the fore-loek.
and can pay cash for all be buys,
saving at least twenty per cent. upon
his purchases besides this, he viii
only buy such articles as he actually
needs, thereby saving twenty per
cent. more. Only one year is thus
required to bring the industrious
farmer from the side of the credit
system over to that ofthe cash system
and with money left in his pocket.
As soon as the farmer is able to make
this change in the manner of con-
Quoting his business, he will be on
the high road to fortune. In this
way they may place themselves be-
yOnd the control of at least some Of
the "middle man ~
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it not for the changes in the moons
motion and the inclination of her
orbit. The suns light is continually
Illuminating one-half of the moon,
and it is only when some part of this
illuminated half is turned toward us
that we receive any light from the
moon. The length of the moons
cycle IS 10 years. That is, the moon
perfor ms certain motions and under
goes certain changes, and assumes
certain positions in reference to the
earth and sun, during the space of 10
years; but at the end of this time it
begins again and goes through exact
ly the same motions, and assumes the
same position. Then, if "the moon
governs the weather." all one is re-
quired to do in order to secure a relia-
BILE weather guide" is to keep an
account of the weather for 10 years,
and then use it for every successive
period. But who that comprehends
the relations ofthe solar system, would
place any confidence in such a guide?
I'd. Weather prophets are not as in
fallible in their decisions ,as PopePius,
the TX. Close observation of their
predictions will reveal the fact, that
they are totally untrustworthy. Any
one who allows himself to place the
least faith in the conjectures of the
shrewdest ofthese would be prophets,
is a deplorable example of 'the blind
being led by the blind" The conf
dence that many impose in the "signs
of the weather." we think, Use from
the very general tendency of men to
jump at conclusions. They reason
from the particular, to the general
They start from a special case and
arrive at a general law. Instead of
a hundred observations and
then drawing conclusion, they are
satisfied with separate and
cases. Weather prophets,
one and all, be consistent, be reasona-
BILE, be logical. Many men have spent
years in careful, systematical and
Investigations of this subject
and then have given up in despair
The world is open to improvement
and many are on the alert for new
discoveries. Ifany one has discover
ed an infallible rule for determining
the character of the weather a month |
in advance, then publish it to the
world; but do not consider your
so gullable as to accept "as
yospei" an arbitrary ''sign" which |
you conceive has something to do |
With the rain fall; and above all, do |
lot try to connect the bright, inno-
,ent Luna of completely in the shower
which spoiled your neighbor's field
If hay. ELM.
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THE CHRONICLE
THE OLD. OLD HOME.

When long for sainted memories,
Like angei troops they come,
II fold my arms to ponder
On the old, old home.
The heart has many passages
Through which the feelings roam,
But its middle aisle is sacred
To the thoug ITS Of old, cid home
Where Infancy was sheltered
Like rose-5uds from the blast,
Where girlhood's brief elysium
Injoyousness was past;
Tothat sweet spot forever,
As to Sc ue hallowed dome,
Lies pilgrim bends her vision
'Tis her old, old hOmel
A father sat, how proudly,
BY tnat hearthstone's rays.
Aud told his child ZEN stones
OF mis- early manhood's days;
And ode so1G eye was beaming,
From Id to child 'twould roam:
Tnus a mother counts her treasures.
In the i, old hOmel
The birthday gifts and festivals,
The blended vesper hymn
(SOme dear one who was swelling it
Is with the Seraphim.)
The fond "good-nights" at bedtime,
How quiet sleep would come,
And fold us all together
In the old, old homeI
Like a wreath of scented flowers
Close intertwined each heart;
But time and change in concert
Have blown the wreath apart.
But dear and sainted memories
Like angels ever come,
II l fold my arms and ponder
On the old, old homel
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A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT.-When
the summer of youth is slowly vast
ing away i'll the nightiali of age, and
the past becomes deeper and deeper,
and lie wears to its close, it is pleas
ant to look through the vista Of time
upon the sorrows and felieitles of our
earlier years. If we have home to
shelter, and hearts to rejoice with us,
and friends have been gathered to-
gether around our fireside, the rough
places warfaring will have been worn
and smOothed away in the twilight
of life, while dark spots we have pass
ed through will grow brighter and
more beautiful. Happy indeed are
those whose intercourse with the
world has not changed the tone oi
their hOlier feelings. or broken those
musical chords of the heart, whose
vibrations are so melodeous, so ten
der and so touching in the evening Of
life.
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.ANKRUPTCV

DIN the District Court of the United
state for the Northern District of Ohio.
in the matter Of ]. B. Dunlap, Bankrupt.
In Bankruptcy. To the creditors Of ]. B.
Dunlap. You are hereby notified that a
general meeting OF the creditors of said
Bankrupt will be held at the Office of NJ. R
Keith, Esq. Register in Bankruptcy, in
Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
1872, at 10 O'Clock. a. m, for the purposes
named in the 9th and 18th sections Of the
Bankrupt Act. Also that on the 10Th day OF
Septem per. 1872, will file my final accounts
as Assignee, and apply TO said Court for the
settlement Of my said accounts, and for a
discharge from all liability as Assignee OF
said estate, in accordance with the provi-
siOns of the 2Sth section of said Bankrupt
act. r. W. RATLIFF,
Assignee OF ]. B. Dunlap, Bankrupt.
Warren, o., Sept II, 1S72-2t.
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THE POWER OF SYMPATHY.-There
is no class of sympathy which is not
humanized and liberalized in feelings
and sentiment, by frequent and frien-
div intercourse. We are bound to
sympathize for each other in pleasure
as well as in grief. The social feelings
are improved where amusements are
participated in, in common with our
fellow men; the mind warns and ex-
pands, and becomes sensible to pleas
ure unknown to him whose enjoy
ments are all but solitary-whO con-
fines all his interest and happiness
and concern to the narrow circle Of
his own selfishness. The soul be-
comes liberalized and enlightened
when ming ling in the society OF 9TH
ers, aud particularly when sharing in
their pleasures.
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DEMONSTRATORS SAFE OF

~ Real Estate. In pursuance Of an order
OF Jne Probate Court Of Trumbull Co., Ohio,
1 will offer for sale, at public auction, on
Saturday, the 2Sth day of September, A. D.
1872. between the hours Of one and three
O'Clock, p. m, upon the premises, the fol-
lowing described real estate, situate in the
village of Earlsville, county of Trum bull,
State of Ohio, and is bounded as follow rs =
On the north by Lucinda DownOr's lot No.
2; on the south by George NJ. Troup's lot No.
4; on the west by George N. Troup's land,
on the east by First ST., being lot No 3 in
the first division of lots in said village OF
Earlsville, and contains 44-l00 of an acre of
land, be the same more or less. Terms Of
sale-cash. CHAS. G. GRAHAM,
Admir- of VIM. G. Mcdonald.
Cant 4 Ig-0-st
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DETITION TO SELL LAND.
The State of Ohio. TrumbulI County, ss-
In the Probate Court, of said county Z. w.
Ratlif, Admir-. with the will annexed, Of
Elizabeth Price, decd. VS.. Charlotte L. Free
man. Samuel L. Freeman, Jane 7. Ratliff
Sallie T. Hucke, George B. Hucke, Charles
1. Tod. Grace I. Mcconnell, "A. G. Mcconnell,
Robert P. Tod. James S. Tod, and John F.
Beaver.
To Robert P. Tod, who lives in the city of
Washington, d. c.; James S. Tod, who lives
somewhere in the State of Florida; Grace
I. Mcconnell and A. G. Mcconnell, who live
in the city of Cleveland. Cuyahoga county,
Ohio. You are hereby notified that on the
9th day Of August. A. d. 1872. said Admin
istrator filed his petition in the Probate
Court Of Trumbul County. Ohio, the object
and prayer of which petition is 10 obtain an
order for the sale of the following real estate,
Of which the said Elizabeth Price died
seized, TO pay the debts and legscies Of said
decedent, to-wit: A house and lot on Vine
Street, in tie city of Warren, and is known
by being the whole of No. ten 10) in Pease
plat of Warren, as recorded in Trumbull
County records. book of maps A, page 45.
Said petitien will be for hearing on the 18th
day OF October, A. d. 1872.
R. W. RATLIFF.
Admir- with the will annexed, of Eliza
beth Price, decd. lsept.4. lS72-6t.
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EXAMINATIONS OF TEACHERS.

EUntil farther notice, there will be an
examination Of teachers at the High School
building in Warren, on the first Saturday Of
every month during the year, excepting
tember, there viii be an examination on
each succeeding Saturday, as follows:-
First Saturday, Payne's Corners; second,
Johnston; third, Bristol; fourth, Warren
Notice is hereby given of the adoption of the
following rule. which will be strictly adhered
to: All certificates hereafter granted by
this Board, shall be dated on the day Of
examination, except that in special cases
for good reason, certificates may be dated
back, but in no case beyond the date OF the
previous examinaLion.pr
By order Of the Board,
GEO. P. HUNTER, Clerk
Warren. o. Feb. 7 IS72-lyr.
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WARREN TEMPLE NO. %

w Honor and Temperance, meets at cor
ner Main and Market Sts. in this city, every
friday night. All desirous Of aiding in pro-
noting the temperance cause which is the
cause OF God and humanity, are invited TO
attend with u.s.
social Temple meets every Tuesday eve
ming. JOHN LAPHAM, VIC. T.
ID. NJ. LAZARUS, W. r.
Jan 10, lS72-lyr
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Sept T. WIN. HAPGooD.
SETTLEMENTS ORDERED TO BE
ADVERTISED.

1T is ordered that the following ac-
counts of Executors, Administrat tors
and Guardians which have been fled in
this Court, be advertised for four consecu-
tive weeks, according TO law, and that they
remain ON file for inspection and exceptions
until the Sd day of October, A. D. 1872, when
they will be examined and ordered to rec
ord If no exceptions appear thereto, to-wit:
Thomas Cl7av- sysI sat+lor,,s4 ~ ~
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The Irishman had correct appre-
citation of the business who beng
asked by the judge, when he applied
for a license TO sell whisky, if he was
of good moral character, replied,
Faith, don't see the necessity of a
good moral character to sell whisky
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A youthful novice, in smoking,
turned deadly pale, and threw his ei-
gar away. 80 dear :" he said, there's
somethin' in that cigar that's making
me siek.H "I know what it is, said
his companion, putting away
"What?i' "TobackeT.h
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T n. DAWSON, Mayor of the City
II sof Warren, Civil Jurisdiction-same as
Justice of the Peace for the city, and erimi-
nal Jurisdiction throughout city and county.
Also agent for Cleveland Cement Sewer and
drain Pine of all sizes. dan 3. lS7l.
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ESTATE of Mary E. Cushman.
EIdec'd. The undersigned has been duly
appointed and qualified as Executor on the
estate of Mary E. Cushman, decd, late of
Trumbull Co., Ohio.
PETER CARLTON,
Brookfeld. O., Sept. II, IS72-Sts
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MIR. A, p, MINER, Contractor of
N mail route No. 9l39. runnIngdaily from
GusJavus to Burg Hill via Kinsman. wishes
TO give notice TO the public that he has pro-
vided himself with a pleasant riding coach
Gnd is now prepared to carry passengers and
baggage to all points on the route.
Aug, 25-49K.
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1t is more difficult and calls for
higher energies of soul to live mar
tyr than to die one.
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~ C. McNUTT, House, Sign, and
NLs Ornamental Painter. Grainer. &c
Kings New Block. Main ST., Warren, Ohio.
May 10. lS7l-tf
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8 GOTST,S xL.C.

hRkNhEN 4 6UISI'S x. i. G. r.
1acturers Of Carriages Buggies, Wagons,
6leighs, and specialties. All orders from
any part OF the countr promptly attended
to. Painting, Trimming and Repairing done
to order on the shortest notice. South of
Canal. Gan 3. 1872