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What One Woman Can Do.

One of the most graceful Of the many
charities Of which New York is proud is
one planned and put into operation by Mrs
Auson Phelps Stokes daughter of the head
of the house of Phelps, Dodge & Co. This
lady, moved by the numbers Of poor chill
dren confined in the dreary tenements of
the city, hired a mansion, with eight acres
Of tastefully adorned grounds, on high
hill at Tompkinsvile, Staten Island, had it
fitted up for the reception of children, put
a competent matron in charge, and, like the
watering place hotel keepers, but with
difference, advertised for boarders. 1t is
needless to say that her wishes for full
house have been amply grati6ed, the pre-
scribed number of little ones-twenty-fve
being always on hand. The regulations
of this home are very simple. Children
who can walk are charged for at the rate
.of So per month, younger ones IS, though
practically many of the inmates are on the
free list. In addition to this number of
children from the industrial schools are in.
vited to spend a week or two weeks at the
home during the summer. While there the
children get quite good food and even
better attendance than the children of the
rich can command. This is only one Of
several bene6cent enterprises to which Mrs.
Stokes has given her time and money, but
surely none other is either more kindly
conceived or more likely to be blessed in
its rcsults.-Ne1o York ErpreSs.
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The Griefs of Childhood.

The different ages of life suggest many
tender musings to George Eliot, which she
is wont to translate into forcible language
Here is some sage discourse on the griefs
Of childhood
These bitter sorrows Of childhood, when
sorrow is all new and strange, when hope
has not yet got wings to fy beyond the
days aud weeks, aud the space from sum.
mer to summer seems measureless. "Ah,
my child, you will have real troubles TO
fret about by and by" is the consolation we
have almost all Of US had administered to
US in our childhood, and have repeated to
other children since we have been grown
up. We have all of us sobbed so piteously,
standing with tiny bare legs above our lii.
tie socks, when we lost sight of our mother
or nurse in some strange place; but we can
no longer recall the poiguaucy Of that bitter
moment and weep over it, as we do over
the remembered suferings Of FIVE or ten
years ago. Every one Of those keen mo-
ments has left its trace, and lives in US
still, but such traces have blent themselves
irrecoverably with the frmer texture Of
our youth and manhood and so it comes
that we can look on at the troubles of our
children with a smiling disbelief in the re.
allty Of their pain. Is there any one who
can recover the experience of his childhood,
not merely with a memory of what he did
aud what happened to him-of what be
liked or disliked when he was 10 frock and
trousers, but with an intimate penetration,
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The Gentle Hand.

"Please papa, let me see my ysweet sister
once more" Lucy pleaded, and the father,
taking the little one by the hand led her
into the darkened room. There, in its
casket, encirced with pure, fresh flowers,
rested the body of the loved sister. The
sweet smile still fingered around the mouth,
and the fair brow truthfully told of the
happy, peaceful spirit that once dwelt with
in. Long and wistfully Lucy gazed upon
the sweet, pale face; then her eyes sought
her fathers, and in subdued tones she ask ed,
" Now father, please let me see her little
handn
Reluctantly the father turned back the
white linen cover, and whilst he stood by
the casket, wondering at Lucy's singular,
earnest request and watching the look Of
reverence and affection in her eyes, she
turned to him, saying, Father, that little
hand never struck me-"
Then this was the reason Lucy loved
that little hand, and wished so much to see
it once more How must it have COM
forted the fathers sad heart when he heard
Lucy's words The little peace-maker
had come to her rest, leaving this sweet re-
membrance aud example behind her.-Mrs.
Seabnry,
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A Layman's Grace.

A young married friend tells good joke
on himself perpetrated by little three
year-old "pride of the family" She is the
only pledge Of love that has twined itself
around the hearts and affection of himself
and wife. A few evenings since minister
visited the family, and remained until after
tea. At the table the reverend visitor aske ed
the blessing, aud the little one opened her
eyes to the fullest capacity in startled Won
derment. She could not understand what
had been done, and it was with great per-
suason that her mother could keep her
quiet during the time they were at the table.
When they left it she walked up to the
minister. for whom she had formed great
friendship, and said
"What did you say at the table before
we commenced eating2"
"My little darling, | ibauked God for
his goodness in giving us enough to eat, so
that We might grow aud be strong"
"Papa don't say that"
"What does your papa say2"
Papa says, 'Goddlemighty what a sup
per. "--LolceH Courier.
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Training Of the Body.

President FELTON,, in discussing physical
training, said that among the Greeks,
people so wise in all which concerns the
physical man, there were two widely differ
ent systems Of training, one adapted to the
athlete the other to the gentleman and man
of learning. The former resulted in i'm
mense development Of muscle and crude
strength, while the latter resulted in
wonderful grace, agility and beauty. The
former produced the great wrestlers, but
was deemed unfavorable to intellectual
genius, while the latter was resorted to as
the surest means Of securing the delicate
susceptibility and elastic vigor which char
acterIzed the Greek pset and orator. A
prodigious abnormal developement Of mus
Gle Of long continued, special, intense train
ing-dcstroys the balance between mind
and body, and while 1t produces splendid
animal, leaves the brain with less than its
share Of power. Plato says, " Excess OF
bodily exercise may render us wild and un-
manageable, but excess Of art, science and
music makes us fhddled and effeminate.-
Only the right combination makes us wise
and manly"
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CONSUMPTION CAN BE CUREDl
sCnENCK's PULMONiC SNRUP,
SCtlENtk's SEAWEEU ruaIC.
NGHENGEfS MkNpW AXE Pills

Are The only mcdiencs That Will cure Pulmonary
Consumption.
Sometimes medicines that Wiil stop a cough will
oeu occasion the death Of the patient. % locks up
the yer stops the circulation Of The booi hcinor-
rhage follows and In fact, cloggng the action nf the
very organs that caused the cough
Liver complaint and dyspepsia are the causes Of
twp-thlris Of the cases Of consump pton. Many are
now complaining with dull pam In the side the bow.
els ssonetcs ousiive and sometimes too Oese tongue
coated, pain n the shoulder blade feeling sometimes
very restless aud At other times drowsy the food that
Is taken lies heavily on the stomach. accompanied
with acidity and hcching " wind. These symptoms
usually originate from sordered condition Of the
stomach 90 storpid liver Persons affected. 70 they
take two heavy colds anf II the cough Ia these
be suddenly stopped the lungs liver and stom-
ach clog and remain torpd aud inactive and before
tho patient s Of hls situation the lungs are a
mass oi sores ani liberated and death s the neyts
bio result
scheuoks Pumouic Syrup an expectorant vh 'ch
eoes not contain any opium, nor anything calculated
u check a cough suddenly.
Schencka ScAweed Tonic diss0vcs the food mixes
with the gastric juice ni the stomach dgrst easily,
nourshes the system. and creates healthy cifcula-
ion Of the blood. When the bowels costiYe stln
salov and the patient is of bilious habit sehoncks
Mandrake PILLS are required.
These medicines are prepared and 'old by Dr. J.
II. sCHENCk A son, Northeast corner Of Sixth aud
Arch Streets Philadelphia, Penn, and Tor sale by
GEO. G. GOODWIN co, S7 Hanover Street, Boston
and JOHN HENRY, College Place, New York.
Wholesale Agents.
For sale BY Druggists generally STR
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pnFORE AND nRmINp.

There a soul one eve autumual sailing
Beyond the oarthis dark bars
Towards the land of sunsets never paiinE,
Towards the heavens sen Of stars.
Behind there was wake OF NJ lows tossing
Before glory lay.
happy soul with all sails set. Just crossing
Into the far away
The gloom and glcam the caimnes. and the stt 10
We're death before thee, and behind thee life.
And as that soul went onwar q sweotiy speeding
Unto It's b ome and light
Repentance made Il sorrowiul exceeding,
Faith made II wondrous bright
Repentance dsrk with shidowy rcoo octlons
And longings unsunlccd.
Faith white and pure with sunnest affections
Full from the face Of Christ
Bat both across the sun .bcsiv vefcd tide
Helped to the haven where the heart would ride
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Does God Answer Prayer!

ny HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
There are two striking cases--one in the
Old Testament and the other in the New
of men beloved of God, praying persever-
ingy and with the utmost intensity and
feryor for something which was denied
them. An answer to a prayer is not ne
cessarily an affirmative answer. tmay be
an answer in the negative-an answer Of
the wiser love that sees further than we do
and refuses in mercy. Yet there are some
people who talk as though, if prayer were
not always and of course answered in the
affirmative, and the thing we ask given,
there were no use in praying. "Who is
the Lord, that we should serve Him, and
what profit shall we have to pray to Him p
But prayers are often answered in the af.
firmative The voice of Christian expert
ence, through all time, has united in calling
our God "a very present help in time of
trouble" Very present, either to remove
the trouble or help us to rise above it, The
true doctrine is, that God our Father is n
reality--a living, loving presence-throb.
bing with sympathy, but with plans and
purposes, and knowledge of the situation
infinitely transcending ours; that lie is
near to us, hears our prayer, considers it
tenderly and patiently, aud does for us
the very best that is possible consistently
with the best good Of all. That it is not
always possible for God to grant what we
ask is made certain by the most interesting
and most awful prayer ever left on record
the prayer offered in extreme anguish by
His only and well beloved Son. 1t was to
attain tbe sympathetic insight Of person.
al experience that our Lord passed through
depths so deep that no son or daughter Of
Adam ever could sink below Him. In the
awful passage He felt the same agonized
inability to endure that we feel, and called
out as we do for relief but with the con-
trolling sense Of a uober purpose which lie
preferred even to that present relief. And
in this sense every true prayeris answered
For when we pray truly we always do in
our deepest heart, in our higher and better
nature, so con6de in our Heavenly Father
that we prefer His will even to the most
important camor of our own wild desires.
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1t requires considerable religion to
pray but still more to pay. There is hope
for man when il is reported, " Behold, he
but still more when it can be
added, "and payeth also The prayer
meeting is called the pulse Of the church,
the treasury is the test of its loyalty. We
are commanded to honor, that is, to worship
God with our substance, to bring tithes
into His house, to give literally; to lay
aside Of our money on the first day of the
week, as God has blessed us, and devote it
to the service Of the gospel. This is the
most trying Part of religion except its cost.
That they dislike. They like free saliva
tion, free preaching, free seats, free fires,
and free lights, aud hate agents and all col
lcctors of money.
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NOTICE TO CLAIM ANTS
AND SALE

The following described property was seized by on.
GERS Of the Customs for violation Of the laws
Of the United States TO wit At Waterbury VT, July
I'D 1879, from John Hayes, two Bay Horses.
Any person or persons claiming the property 50
seized are hereby notified to appear within twcnty
days from the FIRST publication hereof and file with
the Collector Of Customs for the District OF Vermont
claim stating his her their interest In the prop
erty seized also execute bond to the United States
in accordance with the provisions Of the 18th section
Act July II, 1906
Pursuant to the provisions Of section 5 Of the aofe
said Act, the above described two Bay Horses Will he
sold at public auction, at the Waterbury h1N.
Waterbury, VI, on Wednesday, August 6, 1879, . :
o'clock, =. NJ.
WILLIAM WELLS Collector.
Custom House. District Of Vermont
Collectors Olce, burlington, July %, 1871 S. 81
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miscellaneous.
TuR STIR upoS THE STAIR.


THE sTEP uPON THE STAIR.
There H. simple Scottish song.
7 he only one, I irow,
Fer uttered from q heart which throiicf
a hundred years ago.
II tells no tale Of classic grief.
No hero's deed Of war
But chooses Tor IL homely theme,
The "gudoman that's ava
0aily II sings his near return
lts eager words declare
Ills very step has music int
he comes up the STAIR
All mothers, sisters, lovers wives
Think not your answering hearts
To hear amid tho carollod notes
The truth the song impartsi
u u not 20 the listening car
OF Scottish wlfo alone
There comes step whose cadence makes
The music Of her home.
But every womans faithful brcast
Enshrinos the earnest prayer
Grant me, Kind heaven, to hear once more
The step upon the stair.
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That peace is an evil peace that doth
shut truth out Of doors. IL peace and
truth cannot 60 together, truth is to be pre-
ferred, aud rather to be chosen for com
pauion than peace.
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Gods service requires martyrs as well
as apostles, and the "noble army on earth
makes the "goodiy company Of the proph-
cts " in heaven. II is not hard.
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heW ADVERTISEMENTS.

HOUSE FOR SALE The house
Il lately occupied by the widow Of the late
Gamallel Washhurn, situated on 4 m Street. Mont
peller. For PARTICULAR enquire At the Office of the
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Of
s3u j. W. 2. NASHBURN.
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SEMINARY,


THE FALL TERN Of this institution he gins on
"Wednesday, September 81, ls73. Board, including
heat lights, washag, etc, 81 per week. Catalogues
information be obtained through the Prime pal
hi-.g- r. NJ. HAYNES Prime pat.
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FOR PIMpLEs ON THE FACE,

Bacthead' and Fi,sliUorms
Use Perry improved Comedone and Pimpie Reu eds
The great skin medicine. Prepared only by Dr. - T.
PERRY Dcrmatologst, 20 Bond Street. Now York
Sold by Druggists everywhere. 65-gs
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OF CONNECTICUT
LIFE COMPANIES IN ls7

fhunlA MUTUAL .....' luto%' Sl,oI ,IJ4
The above statement shows the PHOENIX to have
done OVER 0NE-QuARrER OF the entire business done
by the eight Hartford Life Companies In lsl2
BRANCH OFFICE PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
44s Broadway, Albany, N. Y.
b. V. D. BULL, MANAGER.
few LIVE men can secure agencies in desirable
territory by applying as above. si-s9
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MONT DIST
MoNrrELIER. YERNoNr.

PAIL TERN opens August nth Unsurpassel adj
yantages IN Music and fAisriNG. C0NNEEctAL Cot
LfGg, with DrLoNAs to graduatos. Full board Of
Teachers For Catalogues, address
si-sI REV. j. Q. ". cow. NJ A., Pr.nolpal.
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E'ARM FOR SALE.-The subscriber
II wishes 10 soil his farm, situated in Palnhed
about one and one half lo. from Plninded village
SAID farm contains sXty-iye acres Of excellent ia 3D.
go sugar trees, aud 70. ID dwclug-hOuse and barns
IL Is of the hest produring farms ia town, and Is
we'll fenced and watered. lie will also sell hs stock
and farming tools with the farm, " desired. All
wishing 20 purchase are invited 90 examine the prem
ises before purchasing elscwhcrr.
SOLOMON BARTLETT.
Plaindeld, July H. ls13 s5-95
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THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF AN
OLD NURSE

MRS. WTNSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP is the pre-
.cripton Of one Of the best Female Physicians and
Nurses IN the United states and has been used Tor
thirty years with never Milling safety and success by
millions ni mothers aud children, from the feeble In
mnt Of one week old 90 The adult 10 o0rrects acdty
ui the stomach. relieves wind collie. regulates the
bowels and givcs rest health and comfort mother
and child. We believe il 10 be- the best and surcst
remedy In the world, IN all eases of DYsHNTERY
and DlARRHHA N CHILDREN. whether 1t arises
from teethiug OF from any other cause. Full dircc.
tions for using will accompany each bottle. None
genuine unless the fac-simile Of CT KitS a PERKINS
l. on the outside wrapper sold by all Medicine
Dealers. s2Ji
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THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA

-ASD--
FAMILY LiNiNENr
Is the best remedy In the world for the following com
plants, viz. Cramps in the Limbs and stomach
Pain In the stomach, Bowels or Side, Rheumatisn n
al its forms Bilious Collie, Neuralgia Cholera Dys
entery, Colds, Fresh Wounds Burns, Sore Throat
Spinal Complaints Sprains and Bruises, Chills and
Fever For Internal and external use
Us operation l. not only To relieve the patient but
entirely removes the cause of the complaint II
ponetrates and pervades the whole system restoring
healthy action TO all It's parts and quickening the
blood.
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA
Is purely vegetable and all healing. Prepared by
CURTIS & BROWN,
No 25 Fulton Street, New York.
Por sale by all druggsts s2.3i
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rTO ALL WHOM lit MAY CON

4 CERN.-Be Il known that my SON. Carlos L..
Clough, having len ms home and employ, against
my consent, this s 70 notify all persons that shall
claim none Of his and pay dohts of bis con-
tractng after th. date and hereby forbid any and
AL persons frou harooring or trusting him on ny ac
count. HENRY II. CLOvGu.
Northdeld. August !, 1873 s6-ss
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LADIEs, sEMINARY

NEW SCHOOL YEAR opens on MONDAY, SEP
TENDER 70, ls5J. VIII parents who have dlsgAfsTs
20 educate examine catalogue, 20 ascertain Il
do offer the very advantages they seek and upon
terms entirely satisfactory Apply early 10
HIRAM CIRCUIT A VI Principal,
West Lebanon. y. H.
August o, 1879. SOS
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- v "7''l '''077l ~ I''H' 0'-''
CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AND SICK
from no other cause than having worms in the
stomach.
BROBN'S YERNiTUGE CoMFITs
will destroy worms without injury 20 the child being
perfectly WHITE, and free from all coorng or other
Injurious Ingredients usually used In worm prcpafa-
uuus
CURTIS q BROWN Proprietors.
No. n Fulton Street New York.
Sold BY Druggi'is ard Clfmnff. and D,aisTs in Med
cins', Of TwESrY-fivE CESrs Box. sl-H
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CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AND slCF

Frceiist and Tan
Use PERlY'S Moth and Frecklo Lotion. II Is RrLf-
AnLF and HARNLEss. Sold by Druggists everywhere.
Depot, 80 Bond Street, New York. 67-9s
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11
A DEPARTnEET TINDICATED.

The SINKING FUND ACCOUNTS DECLARED CORRECT
BY BANK PRESIDENTS.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund at
their meeting yesterday, received the report OF Com
mtteo consisting of Robert Lenox Kennedy, President
of the National Bank OF Commerce. and j. d. Nermye.
President Of the Merchants National Bank, in relation
10 the result of examination by them OF the securi
ties held by the Commissioners.
The Committee reported that they had personally
opened and examined certificate Of stock and
bond of the city held by the Commissioners and had
found all OF them be correct The total amount Of
bonds on Aug 90 s73 was s25,573e 80 Receipts were
also found of the Chamberlain for $4,000 for which
ncates had rot yet been issued TINS last mentioned
sum- added 70 the amount OF bonds mentioned before
made the investments OF the Sinking Fund
Aug 80 1873 s36G0l46 80 On the books OF the city
there also found credited TO the Sinking Fund Com
mssioners the Of tOsO.O 10; and like amount in
the CDamberain's account, aud certhcate that the
various amounts stated were deposit in the banks IN
which the money OF the city Is sept The bonds cerlf
Gates and cash as ABOVE ten agreed WIN ne Dashcc
claimed 10 belong 10 the Commissioners OF the SINKING
Fund Aug. 30. as stated on the books of the city.
Controller Green stated that the examination OF
the books by competent men had been rendered
necessary by a statement made by the Commission
ers OF Accounts to the enect that tbere were
securities issued 10 che amount OF $4,000 which were
not found by them. He affirmed that the report
complete yindcaton of the Commissioners OF the sink
ing Fund, and moved that IT be accepted and adopted
On motion of Alderman Van Scbaick, vote OF thanks
WAS rendered TO the Committee for their labors.
The Mayor stated that he had received communica
from the COMMISSIONERS OF tne Lana OTce IN
ence 10 the water rights the Harlem River; to
whether the city had control OF one or or both banks
The question referred 10 the Corporation Counsel
for his opinion A committee read from Bradsh
Johnson Offering TO renqush all claim To me Fort Gan
seyoort property payment OF 10 cent OF the money
paid when he purchased the property, with per
cent interest to the date OF the transfer The writer
authorized his son, William johnson, 10 give quit
claim in payment Of the money. On motion Of the Con
troller the proposition was accepted
resolution passed authorizing the Controller 10
make tender OF the deeds to the persons entitled for
purchases made at the sales OF corporation real estate
on April a. and Oct 81 1867 and To settle such
chases upon pa OF the consideration with interest
al per per toge ther with all membranes