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Showing Oar Coloi.s.

Aunt Jane had come 10 haye q ample it,
tie dinner with Horace and Maggie 1t cost
Horace something TO take down the family y
B bic and say We have made up our minds,
Maggie and T. to have prayers directly after
dinner, Aunt Jane, aud she says visitors must
make no difference
But when he had said il, there stole over
him such sweet peace as be had never known
in all his life before. Both Aunt Jaue aud
Maggie caught It's tone in the prayer be Of
iercd, and wondered whence it came.
At the close Of the evening, as the young
husband and wife stood alone together before
the parlor FIRE, Horace made confession 10
Maggie on this wise
" Do you know dear, wanted to put of
having prayers till after Aunt Jane had gouc
Was ashamed OF Jesus. or wnat was it ?'
Maggie looked up in surprise.
" Why, when you were in the army we're
son ashamed to show your colors2' she asked.
" No, | was proud Of them; proud TO
Aaunt them in the face OF the enemy"
" Aud Aunt Jane is not an enemy said
Maggie.
II hare ARRAYS Ind his slyacss said
Horace.
1T is strange said Maggie ihoughi'ully
" for in ordinary 'coridiy matters You are
not shy"
But don't you think it is natural to con-
ceal our deepest most sacred thoughts aud
feelings %
" Thoughts aud feelings are one thing,
laid Maggie, aud acts are another. Ii
seems to me it would sound yery oddly for o
soldier to say that bis patriotism lay 50 deeply
ia his heart that he must hide bis colurs.
Dear Horace, let us show ours
But Maggie, in those days when | Sc.
crcty loved you could not have spoken oi
1t to living soul. hid my love with the
mos, jealous care.
Yes, while it had so little vitality that
you co'tld hide it. But how much Of a secret
lid YOU make Of it when you stood at my
side and proclaimed that you would love
nonor, and cherish me til death should Il,
part, in such a decided " will :" that every
body in the church heard il p
Horace smiled Yes, aud | would do it
again :" he cried IL | could get chance -
" And If our lore 10 Christ has in il real
life and force, ,cont IL speak out just so
Can il hold is Peaoe ?"
| never knew till now what a coward
had been" said Horace. " positively
though, that. / shrank frem betTayiog ny low
10 Christ-for | do love him. Maggie he.
ause it was so sacred principle. Itlinl
aoio that us poreriy and Hs infancy kept Il
tack"
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George Sands ON Dreams. !.

Why these chimeras of sleep Physical
disposition, | shall be told. Well and good
but that does not explain why they have such
aud such shape. That relates to an organic
mechanism of which we DO not know the
motive powers, and which remains an enigma
TO us ALL As our eyes for long while re-
tain the impression of the solar spectrum
which had dizzled them, the mind fills with
the objects which have filed the eyes, and the
fancy, while it transforms, traces them upon
know not what black chamber. the sane
ruary Of dreams. Our brain is not, then,
II photographic apparatus wherein images are
accurately transmitted. IL resembles rather
IL theatre where the facts Of life are presented
under the form Of fiction. But it is richer
aud more original than all the fctlons Of the
theatre. IL is the unforeseen in all its power,
it is the impossible accepted beforehand, it is
the unrestraiued festival OF the Imagination.
The serious and the burlesque dance together,
terror and Joy succeed each other there. Sor-
row is often bitter there, our tears flow and
wet the pillow. But it most frequently van
ishes 10 give way to unreaiztbe compen-
saiions. The friend who has just left US sud-
denly returns from an immense journey,
which has lasted but an instant he even, if
need be, leaves the tomb to which we have
Just carried him. to converse with US. We
ourselves easily die 10 dream, aud feel our
selvesat once living and dead without surprise
and without anguish. Thus, thanks to the
fctions which rock our hours of repose. We
spend notable part Of our existence outside
the domain Of reality. All the more be-
cause it is not necessary to sleep in order to
dream, Contemplation leads US almost al
ways to state Of highest satisfaction in
which reason slumbers, and wanderngs more
defined and less prolonged than those Of
dream none the less escape the control Of
argument. There is, therefore, in us some
thing which is called a soul, and which is
perhaps quite another thing from that which
bears its name, hitherto, very vague or very
ili-defned. have myself long believed that
We have three souls-one to direct the en-
ployment of our organs, another to regulate
our relations with our species, third to COM
nunicato with the Divine Spirit which ami
mates the universe. Sante Beuve used to
smile when said that to him. " Three
souls" replied he, "if we could be sure Of
having Que 2" | dared not answer him that
we had perhaps more. We are not such sim
Pile phenomena as people have chosen TO think
in order to be able to classify us as good and
bad, as elect and condemned
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snd
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The Unwraried Action Of The Heart.

The effect of everything that touches the
heart is multiplied by the intensity of the
hearts own changes. Hence it is that it is
80 sensitive, so true an index of the body :
state Hence, also, it is that il never wea-
ries. Let me remind you Of the work done
by our hearts 10 a day. A mans total
outward work, his whole effect upon the world
10 twenty four hours, has been reckoned about
$50 foot-tons. That may be taken as good
" hard days work" Daring the same time
the heart has been working at the rate of l20
foot-tous. That is to say, if all the pulses Of
day and night could be concentrated aud
welded into one great throb, that throb would
be enough to raise ton Of iron l2O feet into
the air. And yet the heart is never weary.
Many of US are tired after but feeble labors !
few .qf US can hold poker out at arms length
wASa q, after a few minutes, dropping 1t.
But healthy heart, and many an unsound
heart, too-though sometimes you can tell in
tho evening, by its stroke, that it has been
thrown of its balance bv the turmoils and
worries Of liie--goes on beating through the
night when we are asleep, and when we wake
10 the morning VIC find it at work, fresh il
it had only just begun to beat. 1t does thi,
because upon each stroke of work there fol.
lows period, brief bat real period Of rest
because the next stroke which comes is but
the natural suspense of that rest, and mad,
to match it because, in fact, each beat is
in force, in scope, in character, in everything
/ the supple expression Of the hearts osn en-
ergy and state -Appiet0H's Journal.
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A GIRLs PirY.-.l know nothing in the
world tenderer than the pity that kind
hearted young girl has for young man who
feels lonely IL is true that these dear .crea-
lures are all compassion for every form Of
human woe, and anxious 10 alleviate all hu-
man misfortunes. They viii 20 to Sunday
schools through storms their brothers are afraid
of, to teach the most unpleasant and intracta-
Bile classes of little children the age Of Me-
lhuselah and the dimensions Of Og the king
of Bashan's bcdstead. They will stand be-
hind table at fair all day until they are
ready to drop, dressed in their prettiesi
clothes and their sweetest smiles, and lay
hands upon you, like so many Lady Poti-
phars- perfectly correct ones, Of COURSE
10 make you buy what you do not want, at
prices which you cannot afford; all this as
cheerfuly as if il were not martyrdom to
them as well as to you. Such is their love
for all good objects, such their eagerness to
sympathze with all their suffering fellow.
creatures But there is nothing they pity
as they pity lonely young map.-O. w.
Holmes in May Atlantic.
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Love Among the Shakers.

The day Of confession came at last, and
with il most unlooked-for aud terrible dis.
closures. To the horri6ed awazemsnt Of the
assembled ellresses aud amid our choking
tear, Sister Minerva went" down into the
valley of Humiliation With bitter strug
gle for composure, her dark eyes dlating, her
beautiful face white and set She confessed that
the baneiul poison Of natural love" had crept,
with insidious but giant strides, into her
heart. What must have been her conviction
of sin whon, with The courage Of despair, she
~ tH.ed that brother Ernest had absorbed
alb forghts for aepy pioptbr She had
hor.owed bis books, learned his language,
tailed to him, until, suddenly awskcuei aud
alarmed at the sympathy, congcniality and
arbitration which she felt with and for him,
she would have fed from the pleadings Of her
own heart, if she had had strength left to do
so. Then, desthy pale and painting heavily,
she took from her bosom packet OF letters
written to her by Brother Ernest. If they had
besi the price Of innocent blood, Minerva
coull not have cast them down with more
vehsmenee before the ministry.
fiih solemn emphasis the senior eldress
spole "Let repentance have its perfect
WORT Read the letters aloud Whom are
they from "
Minerva had spoken 50 hurriedy aud in
coherently that her lovers name was not yet
knesn. With quiyering lips she was forced
to repeat it, A beseecling look at EIdress
Or,ngia told her that the poor young sister
prayed to be spared this ordeal Of reading the
letsrs but not an iota Of the cross could the
eldresS remove. She could only sadly whisper
+" Nay, you must comply.
Aud the whole correspondence was read
snd the answers confessed, word by word, as
vel as the siuuipg sister could remember
Ote letter, written IN German, she begged to
have burned without reading. The edresses,
Of fcomse, were ignorant of the language aud
looked undecided
will burn it here, right before your
eyes, eutreated Minerva aud she took from
a work basket belonging to Eldress Philomel
an old tnder-box and flint, . precious relic once
belonging to Mother Ann. With teverish
haste she struck FIRE, and the next moment
Brother Ernest's words Of love were converted
into the white ashes Of her sacrifice. Think
what a sacrifice, when there were pages OF
rhapsody such as this
My heart goes out to thee, my soul cries
out to thee in yearning, passionate might
Life has become dream How can think
ita reality ? was once surrounded, in my
fatherand, with beautiful, high-born women,
who had no power over my heart, and here
have yielded it wholly to thee, my enchantress
nay, my pure saint
"A "A 4 l. 1
sion Love at its widest was never so un
tanned as the love of my undisciplined heart
and yet it is pure, for | would not touch the
hem of thy garment, nor raise mine eyes tt
NEE the heaycnly-pure brightness Of thine
uabislen By thee \" Psges and pages like
thIt written By Shaker brothfr to a Shaker
sIsSer, in Wisdom's Valley \ Truly, the
'inaturul affections" we're hydra-hcaded mon
ster in that afflicted vale about those times. 49,
GalqrB.
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Four weeks from that day, Miss Kate Brit.
ton rode out in tho doctors carriage, almost
as well as ever.
DR.. Johu looked unutterable things, as no
jumped into his gig and took his seat beside
her. Very like the day month ago when
he had something particular 10 say to himself
only now he evidently had a COMMUNICATION
TO make TO another.
1t will be safe for me to resume my writ.
ing tomorrow will it not, doctor 7" inquired
Kate, the frst to break the silence. :" / feel
better and stronger to-day than have for .
year"
No, little girl" replied the doctor. "It
will not be safe for you to resume your writ
ing in six months e.
Oh, doctor, you are only joking now
know you are" said Kate, noting the look Of
amusement in his expressive eyes.
No, Kate, indeed l am not joking. You
shall never 60 back to that drudgery again, If
can help IT,
The bot blood mounted clear to Rates tenn
pies. "Dr. Hessman," she continued, sssum-
ing business-like manner, "but for you /
should have been in my gravel'
In all probability" broke in her compan.
ion, with more truth than modesiy.
Well" she continued you have saved
my life, keptmy darling little sister from star
vation-cared for US both as though we had
neen your own Kindred But how can l ever
-2r
There, child, stop right where you are,
Never, if you have any regard for my feel.
lngs, allow that word to slip FROM your lips
| want to take you and Flory to my home
and make your happiness my care. In short,
Kate, | want wife and sister will you
be the first Perhaps you don't love me ex.
actly but | know eau make you !"
But do love you !" said miss Kate, un.
der her breath.
AN right, then Will you go7"
She went.
DIR. John scarcely ever talks to himself
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MONARCH

Sired by Rysdyk's Hannbletoniani dam by Roe's
Abdallah Chief he by old Ahdailah. fOaled Apri.
flth 1874 blood bay, 10 hands. VIII make the season
e 1872, FROM April lst TO November LIST, at the stoch
farm of the subscriber.
Termsi s31 towt $40 at tho time Of service, and 81
when the mare proves In foal.
Rysdyk's Ham tonlan Is the sire Of Dexter, whu
aid for s33d George wilkes, for s21f0U, Edward
Everett for $4,000 Starte, at three years old) for
sNOoi Happy Medium for t9i,cni Jay Gould, for
10 700 Aberdeen. aud many other valuable and very
ant trotters lie Il also the Erandsre Of Goldsmith
Maid who sold for siO Oo Mountain Boy. for ti4t0i'
Joe Elliott for $4,000, and Judge Fullerton for $4,000
POR I'll A Nd.
By Clarion Dam by william Toll, granddam by old
Abdslah, loaled 1865. Jet black, hands VIII also
make the season Of ls12 at the same place.
Terms SIS to insure.
Mares but all acc dens at owners risk. For
circulars giving full particulars pedgrees, etc., please
isss JUSTIN II. NoULToN, wes, Randolph, w.
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nlnral Sc Religious.
"TuB Lord wuru."


The Lord krowoth vhero each flower growoh
That hloometh Tor HIM 'uidst these earthly folds
Though mun uesp so 10, ilo will loudly pilEe it,
Woiooms the Offering thnt ita iutgrance yields
The Lord kuowolh when iho rough wind bi0wcn
Upon tho weary aud tho laden nnc
W tn tender feeling Cor The supplluut kncelng,
liu shields ana Strengthens til tho storm Is done
Tho Lord knowcth whom each hot tear Gow,h
ffom eyes u thuse Nho sulsr while they pray.
lie knows their sorrow, in The gad Tomorrow
VIII wipe in gtutlcntsi tho-e drops away.
The Lord knoeeth when each servant sovoA
With honv, heart AMI seemingly ~ va.uf
When, amer sleeping, there will come the feapingi
VIII grant glad harvcs where they t0ilod in pain.
Tho Lord knoweth when the mourner gorth
10 wcep her luuelin is Wy cher ihrd grave
Unseen lie speaketh 10 The heart that urcaketh
" eau restore hlmi for ts that save"
The Lord kn0weth when the wand'rer thrlwetl
Some little incense on Ills nltnf-0rui
Sees bic contrit'on, welcomes hia petition,
Tells his repentance 70 the heavenly chor
The Lord knoweth when the slow pulse showeth
That We are ufuw ng near 20 J0riau's strand
When our heart hielh, then H. stren sth avMctht
And urlugl us safely 20 the letter land.
Tho Lord knowcth II your faint heart troNeih
n he uncnrcd ior by its God auuve
Oh doubt no longer, tut iu this he stronger
lie knuvoth All things and His name i Love.
-parih pi'iios.
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FOUND AT LAST

GLnBg VILLAGE,
sou1HsRipcE, Mas, February %, l57i.)
Z e. Sfusns, Ese Bofios
For the past Ave years have been afflicted with dys
Iep la caused from morbid vt the liver, loss OF
appetite raising OF { of and wind from the stomach.
Of dstenson la the stomach, costiyeness palpta
lion Of the heart general debility aud languor For
ear pact have taken YOUR NEhEfINE, or BloOd Puri
Ter. / am now we'll ana able to attend TO my business.
Is one Of the cst remedies apd can heartily recon-
nend II ~ all afflicted th similar diseases. ! hay
tried other remedies but nund none that Afforded M
GEO. HANSON.
Any person desiring further Information cali on
is son, Wilbur Hanson, Apothecary store No. dos,
Broadway, South Boston.
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"A wise man will never rust out. As
long as he can movo or breathe he will be
loing something for himself for his neighbor,
or for posterity. Almost to the last hour Of
mis- life, Washington was at work so were
Young, Howard and Newton. The vigor Of
their lives never decayed. No rust marred
their spirits. It is foolish idea to suppose
that we must lie down and die because We
ire old. Who is old2 Not the nun Of
energy not the day laborer in science, art or
benevolcnce; but he only who suff.rs his
,nergies to waste away, and the springs Of
life to become motonless on whose hands
the hours drag heavily, and to whom all
things wear the garb Of gloom. Is he old ?
should not be asked, but Is he active? can
he breathe freely and move with agility
There are scores Of gray-heuded men we
should prefer, in any important enterprise,
than young men who fear and tremble at op-
preaching shadows, and turn pale at a lion
in their path, at harsh word or irown.
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"TRUTH IS MIGHTY, AND WILL
PREVAILS
GENERAL DEBILITY.

Debility IL term used To denote deficiency Of blood.
he uuttive constituents tue blood in l. s. than
sher regular proportion. while the watery part Is in
ices. Debility ir Of frequent occurrence. II IL Incl
tent 20 = variety Of diseases The lower limbs apt
he swollen. The paueut IS feehiv, aud trai
much eAertion. The circulation Il irregular hut a.
uu,t always weak. Palptatiou Of the heart Is vert
s0minun symptom. Violent motion OF en- throws th'
irart into the most tumutous action. The vital iunc.
iournre languidly pcfvrned The muscular strength
diminished ftt sue follows moderate slight
ss. The breathing though qui when at rest hecon'
urred and even paniuly asitafed under exsrtion,
u running, ascending he ghu etc. The neryuss system
often greatly disorderef. Vertigo, dizziness alid f.
ceiling OF ftiutuess are very common Violent and Oh
tnate ural o paus Ia the head, side breast, athei
ris of the hnty also fequrnt attendants upon th
aso. The secretuns are sometimes diuiuis led.
ina the almost alwaye either suspend q
rvery part ally performed. rh- hie "a scsuty, ami
u.tventss with anhoatly eyacuations om the howele
,ui dyspeptc state Of the stomach, are extremely com
uo
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Fnr the 1gnung.

GNIFICENT CLuT TTONN.
n fairy should givo three wishes 10 ms
know what wishes ia make
Tho dfst thuuld he trat lived in n houfe
Of nothing but icliy cake
The second should ho that my undowpanes,
Instead N glHsi, were made
From candy, and al the wtt r-pipct
lu my house an lemonade
Ant tho third should ha that might cut
And drink my utm0st hll,
And aieays be- having the iollicat times
without EVER feeling ~
fdgqr Fayecn, In o. Young Polk.
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WHAT Is NEEDED.


BosroS, February 10, 1871.
Henry r. stevens, Esq
DgAR About one year since. fnund myself IN q
eohle condition from Genefa Debility. NBGETINE was
trongly recommended 70 me by friend who hai heen
nuch henefited by it, procured the article and,
er using several bottles, restored 10 health and
isco tnard its use feel quite confident that there
M medicine superior 20 II for those complaints iof
which " T. especially prepared, and would chreriull
ccommend II Ia those who feel that they need some
hing TO restore 'hem 10 perfect health.
Respectfully yours,
L. l.. PETTINGILL.
Firm Of ; VI Pcttingill Co.,
No. 10 State Street, Boston.
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WONDERFUL CURES.

lr. Uraan. Of Boston. - long and vorahly knoNn n
this community ior many yoaTs past, as making man,
wonderful cures OF cases suppnsed ncutAhc, Will Vie
Montpelier the 9th AMI 25th % each month. All iuvH
lids should him. as he hiss cured thousand tha
were supposed ircurablc. Consultations free.
Rad the following from the Newport Efpress
Dp URAyS-We es re- 10 call the attention Of all In
yalds TO the Adverts Of nr Lrann, from Which
will he seen he Is b. vi-lt Newroft again. In lu.
tce 10 the Doctor and fnf the rncht ~ the suffering
unsolicited cannot ref ain from ailudins 70 severn
remarkable cures be has n cited n fhls ace. Mrs
b shaw fnr n months confined 90 her room, unable
bear her weight upon her er Mr.. Leon ird field 70
several NTH. an inyar, and Ms Maria paggett, "a
four years una le to walk have under his treatment
hon restored health. can he seen walking out ever
day and able 10 perform Hight work II 10 M hum
buy and rfer the parties thus restored 10 corro
orsta our ftatsuents l3f
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SWOLLEN LIMBS.

LEBANON, y. H., January %, 1870.
ur. ShtsRs Dsdr Sir
write this note to inform you Of the effect Of your
Blood Purifier upon my system. Whes commenced
aking II, year ago, very much dehilitaied NJ,
imhs swollen that IL impossible for me "a
get int,or OF carriage and very painful to 20 III
" down stairs. Indeed, could scarcely stand my
Get. My appetite gone my strength falling tp
IDLY After using your medicine fnr a lew week., ht
gan improve. My eimprovod and my siren ~
eturned. can uerform my duties a. nars. with
ny wOnted easo and feel lowe II 70 NEGETINE.
Yours gratefully
1919 MRS. &. A. II. TILDEN.
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