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The MiserieS Of Boyhood.

Does the boy hope, some cold winter morn
ing, to economize time by hasty toilet, and
turn himself over for a wee bit nap after the
rising bell, there comes voice up the stair
way "John-n-i-e D, Johnnie ~ with ling
ering persuasiveness. Get right up Your
father says he wants you to have all the paths
shOyeled off before breakfast"
1t Jennie is up and ready for breakfast that
is all that is expect. She has nothing more
important to do than breathing on the frosty
panes to get view of Johnnie at work. Does
the boy get up early to get his skates sharpen
ed" Don't make that noise in herel" Does
ne try on those idols Of his heart to see that
every strap and buckle is in order" Haven t
L told you times without number not to put on
your skates in the house? By next spring
there won't be rag of carpet left.
How does little Jennie manage to keep her
skates in good condition7 Why, she appeals
to the head of the household" Pa, cant
Johnnie bore hole in this strap for me ?"
John, fix your sisters skates, and they re
fixed. If Johnnie tries to play in the house,
he is stopped and advised to take book and
sit down. And then as soon as he becomes
absorbed in Robinson Crusoe' he is aroused
by the paternal voice, Come Johnnie, put
up that book and go fnd the cow" Jennie
who Is very busy putting her refractory doll to
bed, wonders how Johnnie knows which way
to turn TO look for the missing animal, and be-
ing interrogated as to that on his return sings
his cap defantly into the corner, snatches up
Robinson Crusoe," again, mutters something
under his breath about girls and geese and
is soon absorbed in his book.
Come, now, Johnnie, says the mother,
don't go to reading again. 1t is O'Clock y
Five minutes elapsed. Johnnie, did you
hear me2 Jennie's gone up stairs Five
minutes more ON the desert isle, and childish
voice is heard at the stairs landing, MA,
cant Johnnie come to bed /? I'm afraid. u
Now, Johnnie, shan't speak to you again. -
A brief. very briet respite. "Ohl only to
finish this chapter" MA Ma I" louder and
angrier, i" I'm coming down if Johnnie don I
comel Mayn't he Gomez" Enter the pater-
nal. John, what are you up for at this hour ?
Shut up that book and go to bed Why,
Pussie, why aren't you in bed 2" Il want to
kiss you goodnight" pleads the sweet little
| ibber. Bah she's afraid of the dark that
what's the matter" defantly retorts Johnnie,
going up stairs two steps at time. II amt
neither. Cant he stop plaguing me ?"-
Come, John, let your sister alone" That's
all the sympathy boy gets.
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

ANY TINE. ANY time like note on de
mand, means no time. A friend says, come
and see me. You ask, "When will YOU be At
home z Oh. any time." is the reply. You
call, and your friend is out or is not prepared
to receive. How often he hears persons saw
" Come and take tea with u.s." "When shall
come Z" "Oh any time" You 90 a little
before the hour for tea; you sit with your
things on because you are not asked to take
them of. Of course you are not going to saw.
L have come 10 tea, and as nothing ia said
about it by your host and no signs appearing
to show that you are expected to stay, you rise
to depart. Not q word is said about tea the
commonplace invitation TO call again is given !:
and you leave with the feeling that people
don mean IL when they invite you to come to
tea. lhe same is true ninety-nine times in a
hundred when We are chided because we don't
call. 1t Is not sincere; we are not wanted
When people are In trouble, or sick. or poor.
then q friendly call is acceptable and is often !
blessing. But calling upon people when thew
are busy or otherwise engaged is nuisance.
and mere formal calls fraud. The caller
says, l must call upon Mrs. Blank; ID is two
weeks since she gave her party; must Ger.
sainly call tomorrow, but Idread it," A com.
| ment 10 similar way is made by the persons
10 be called upon. i am shut up here in the
house 10 receive callers, and there is such }
bore. IL 10 great pity people will not lax q
counsel OF their common sense, and do what
shey ought to sincerely and positively. I'm.
certainty nOt only breeds discomfort, but il
nourishes instability. IL man las no 6xed
time set for the discharge of a duty or tbe
fulhlment OF promise, he is liable not 10 dc
it at ALL .u '..... ~ = = - :"
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

1t is said that no man living in Massachu.
setts has held SO many Offices as George S.
Boutwell,, commencing as trustee of school
district, and going up to Secretary of the Treas
ury and United States Senator. Like many
other prominent Massachusetts, politicians, he
began his public career as Democrat. Ma.
thaniel p. Banks, Geore Bancroft, Robe RI
Rantoul, were originally Democrats. William
u: Kelly, for many years prominent mem Der
Of o. Congress from Philaadelphia, after finishing
Boston, and became conspicuous as a Demo'
cratic orator. Senator Boutwell, was Demo
crat up 10 the repeal of the Missouri Comprom.
ise. That did the business for him, as Il did
for thousands Of others who had up to that
fife. '''' '''' OO'a''0
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

A man is so much more polite in church.
He is on dress parade, as it were. Nobody
was surprised to see that young man last Sun.
day dive suddenly into the bottom Of the new
to pick up her parasol While he was At The
bottom he saw the embroidered edge of her
pocket. hand dksrchief sticking from under the
edge oil her drese. He would pick up that, too.
lie commenced tngging at it when there was a
nerce ~ seutiie and little hand darted down.
lie came up without it. There were two red
faces in the Sanctuary to which the calm ~
the Blessed Sabbath seemed to bring no relief
But he vas young .man that meant we'll
StGHnton Ka.) PIndicator. .' !.
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.Ex'President johnson, though fresh and
vigorous for man of his age, has look Of
sadness, caused doubtless, by the fact that the
pecunlaIry savings of his life time are lkely to
be swallowed by the failure of the First
National Bank of Washington. "Public
men, " said he, "are like ships-when thew
grow old they are laid by to decay"
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

-, This is how country exchange puts il:
The sad effects of matrimony we're never more
terribly depicted than the other day, when
meek-eyed man who had been married about
year, patrOled the village street trying to swap
Q meerschaum pipe for a second hand cradle.
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

The GL4ss.-Mr. Coville says looking
glass affords woman marvellous amount Of
comfort and qualification He says that when
there is knock at the door, he goes there at
once, but his wife on the contrary, calculates
Mercy Joseph, who S that?', and dashes for
the looking glass the first thing
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

An old farmer became seriously i'll, and was
urged by his ne:ghbors, who thought he was
going to die, to call in a minister to pray for
him. TO pray for me No, sir l am an
original Granger, and do not want any middle
man between me ami Almighty Cod
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

How much peck for potatoes asked a
gentleman in tho market on Monday morning
The price suited him, and he was about to
purchase, when thought struck him. "Wait
a moment, my good woman" he said; II
Tear these potatoes were picked on Sunday
No, sir, they were not, she replied but
to tell the truth, they grew on Sunday
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

"a horse la horse my kingdom for horsel'
cried celebrated tragedian. "Wouldn't q
jackass do as well?" inquired an affected young
man, rising in his seat. YES" triump6antly
exclaimed the actor, " just step up this way
sir. The young man sat down.
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

,d Ladies TL in delicate health should go to Colo
City shows the wonderful restorative effects Of
the climate. She could not even sweep her
room when they lived in Ohio, but in less than
a,year. after her arrival in the territory, She
chased her husband mile and a quarter vita
a pitchfork. WIN
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

The sinking Of a Mississippi steamboat is
thus graphically described:
"She sot and hove,
And hove and sot,
And high her rudder flung,
And every time she hove and sot
A wusser leak she sprung"
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

The quiet humor of Mr.. Wilkie Collins
found vent at Syracuse few evenings since
just as he was about to be introduced to the
audience he said to Mr.. Hanchett, who was to
perform that service, Don't introduce me as
the I greatest hting novelist. I've been intro
duced SO number of times, and I'd rather bo
simply Mr.. Collins. You know, everv bodv ;S
the greatest living something"
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

Do you believe there are any people who
never heard "Old Hundred ?" asked a mns;.
cal young lady at the family table.
Lots Of folks never heard it," interruptod
the precOcious young brother.
Where are they, [ should like to know ?"
" In the deaf and dumb asyiums."
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

Can't think of anything good to say of q
person you don't like? Nonsense. Take tho
case Of house or horse which you have to
sell because you don't like it, and how much
may be truthfully said in its favor in an adver-
tisement
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

A Dixon, KY, editor comes out strong
against the hogs of that town. He says they
aunoy him every day in the week by roofing
down his back steps, and on Sunday they an-
noy him by scrubbing their backs against the
hOor-timbeIs of the church.
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

A wealthy bishop, congrstulating a poor
clergyman on his local situation, said: You
have very fine air here" Yes" replied the
minister, " it | could only live upon it as well
as in it l should think so too"
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

The Spaniards are said to have proverb
which reads: " AT eighteen marry your daugh-
ter to her superior, at twenty to her equal, but
at thirty to anybody who will have her. )"
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

A reporter of q Louisville paper recently
found pocket. book filed with money, and
immediately handed it over to the police. The
money was counterfeit.
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

Twas night. A warm couple stood in the
pale, cold moonbeams. Their lips touched.
and there was q sound like a COW hauling her
hoof out OF the mud.
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

A Scranton paper, in giving an account of
shooting affrsy, says the wounded man is ex-
pected to recover, as the pistol ball lodged in
his dinner-pail.
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

A Justice Of the peace at Kansas Citv puts
It: Now let the gaul darned jade vince.
Smyrna times., 1873-11-05

AN ACT making tor sundry civil
the government r tie fiscal year ending June hirtieh,
Be enacted By the Senate and House
the United States Of America in Congress mbed
ths tsls be- and hereby
tor the objects hereinafter
June thirtIeth, eighteen hundred and
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4 Wounan's Hands.
(. BY l.. II, p,

BY /. II. r.
Poor, withered, idle hands that rest
So white and still upon the breast;
They ministered SO many years,
They wiped away SO many tears,
Poor hands, poor, tired hands!
Before we hide them quite away,
Think how they dimplcd once in play,
And lightly touched each flower and toy,
And thought existence sure was joy.
Weak, little childish hands!
Think how in trusting love they lay,
All trembling ON the marriage day
Within the tirmer grasp Of him
Who filed life's cup up TO the brim.
Soft, tender, happy hands!
And when cxacting moments came,
With pain and duty's sterncr claims;
With busy care and gentle touch,
How strong they grow i'll doing much.
Swift, willing, useful hands!
What gladdened services they gave,
What saddened hands, they fearless, brave
Guiding the first slow baby's step,
Closing the eyes where death had crept.
Pure, patient, toiling hands!
Open to neod and free from sin,
How we'll and hard they strove to win
The earnings, the elect of God,
Reach up to claims from meath this rod.
Worn, blessed, woman's hands!
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BY GEORGE d. HERBERT.
paced the room with hasty trend,
The midnight lamp burned low;
Anon, watched the pendulum
Swing slowly to and fro.
The minutes heightened into hours,
The hoursto ages grew;
I'd counted tlll the carpet squares,
And ranged them two and two.
Anon, ! stop, with outstreched neck,
And listen at the door;
l counted one, two, three o'clock,
And then l counted four.
With grief my heart was overborne,
I'd sickness in the house
When, bark what sound was that heard !
Pshaw it was but a mouse.
laid me down, but could not rest,
The sofa hurt my shins;
The door flew wide-I started up
Cried nurse, Law! sir, it's t,cins!'
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