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PAIL AS AN EDITOR.

A writer in one of the current re-
ligious weeklies indulges in train OF
fancifuI speculation upon the peculiar
for a religious newspaper
editor manifested by our " great CO.
worker" st. Paul, and expresses re-
gret that the printing press was so
tardy in coming to the help OF good
mortals. The writer thinks that st.
Paul would have accomplished much
more " among the church." If he had
been able to employ, instead of lew
seribes and messengers, a printing
press and q steam mail carrier that
would have placed his epistles IN the
hands of all the people, Jews and
Gentiles, far and wide. ST. Paul was,
indeed, beyond all question, the ablest
writer of apostolic times, and if he
was not an extra preacher" for his
speech is said to have been "con-
temptible,n his writings were cef-
tainly Weighty," and are now the
finest specimens in the world OF what
DIR. Beeeher used to call logic on
fire.n Now, if st. Paul had posses ed
in his day the facilities for widely
spreading his inspired thoughts
among the people which the divin es
of our day may avail themselves OF,
he would have doubtless left monu-
ment of religious journalism that
would have placed him at the head OF
the "least of the learned professions. "
He had to write what he wished to
say on a strip OF parchment, roll 1t up
and intrust to a special messenger.
This messenger journeyed slowly, day
after day and week after week, amid
perils Of robbers and of shipwreck.
At length he reached his destination
and delivered the precious epistle to
the elders of the church. They read
it, and talked it over. Then they
called the church together, and read
it from the pulpit. With this COM
pare the advantages of Mr.. Beech
er or Mr.. Talmadge in reaching the
ears at least, if not the hearts, of the
people. Forth from the editorial sane
tum fly copies by the thousands Of
their written letter and preached tes
timony, to all the churches and Sun
day schools, and to sinners who never
entered either, and at a trifiing cost
compared with the value of human
soul. Paul the letter writer in A. d.
1872 would, with the same genius, edu-
cation and inspiration be the might
est editor of the nineteenth century
and would be leading member, nc
doubt, of our editorial association
1t needs an apostle surely
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LIrTIE LFARNING.,, &c.

Young Simpson, Just beginning the
study Of natural philosophy, became
fond of applying technical names to
common objects to impress his hear
ers with q sense of his profound
knowledge, and tried the game with
his father one evening. When he
mentioned to him that he had swal-
lowed some marine acephalous mo-
lusks, the old man was much alarmed,
and he suddenly selsed Simpson, and
threw him to the floor, and held him,
and screamed for help. And when
Mrs. Simpson came with some warm
water, and the hired man rushed in
with 4 garden pump, they forced hall
a gallon Of water down Simpsons
throat, and then held him By the
heels over the edge Of the porch, and
shook him, while the old man said (:
i III we don't get them things out Of
William, he will be pizened." And,
when they were out, and William ex-
planned that the articles alluded TO
were merely oysters, then his fatheg
fondled him half an hour with a tE1nk
strap for soaring the tAmily: Subse-
auently Simpson framed hiS language
| in more familiar phSase.
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THE VAULT OF THE o. s. TREAS
TRV

Passing into the ponderous jaws OF
the vault, we find ourselves surround
ed on every side by all the various
kinds of money which the ingenuity
of Congress and of successive seereta-
ries OF varying views has devised
Legal-tender notes, cOmpound-inter-
est notes, five per cent. notes, seven
thirty notes, national bank notes, gold
notes, three per cent notes, fractional
notes, and postage currency confront
Ms at every turn. The compartments
of the safe falling to furnish accom-
modations for them all. they are piled
up in great heaps on the floor, Rppa-
reutly with no more care than pOta-
toes or wheat, And yet the value of
every pile and package is known, and
the slightest loss would be speedily
discovered. Four hundred millions
of dollars, the vault-clerk informs US,
are contained in this vault No won
der, we exelaim, that the Treasurer
feels anxious for its safety. The sides
of the vault are divided into compart-
ments, cubic in form, and of convent
ent size, the door to each of which Is
numbered, 50 that its contents can be
registered in a book, and provided
with fastening to which q leaden
seal can be affixed. A cubical pack
age, measuring about nine inches in
each direction, is tossed 10 US with
the remark that ii contains four mil
mion dollars in legal-tender notes.
Four million dollarsl and to think
that for one-hundredth, nay, one
thousandth part of the value contain
ed in this packet, which an infant
could hold in its hands, men have
toiled and delved through long years
of suffering and selfdenial, have rob,
bed and murdered, have committed
every conceivable wickedness, have
endangered and sacrificed their lives,
and bartered their immortal souls!-
.Seribner's MOnthlV.
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RAILROLDs FORTY YEARS AGO.

A writer in the HARTFORD COttrQTlt,
in a conversation recently with some
of the elder railroad officials of that
CITY. derived some interesting remin-
iscences of the early days of railroad
travel in the United States. We copy
portion of his account of his re-
searches in this direction. The con.
versatiOn began by reference to the
great advance made in railroad con.
struction and equipment during the
last twenty years. Yes, said one,
there has been a great Improvement
since the Hartford and New Haven
road was opened. 1t had then very
meagre facilities, the road bed was
poor, had only scrap rails which were
all the time curling up and running
through the floors, the cars were small
and the locomotives weak. In fact it
didn't take much to block train in
those DAYS. Sometimes an inch Of
snow on the rails would do it. Henry
G. White, one of the first conductors
on the road, tells how he and the bag
gage-master used to sit in front OF the
locomotive, one on each side, and
brush the snow from the rails with q
broom as the train crawled slowly
along. Each had pail of sand and
sprinkled a handful on the rail when
necessary. The driving wheels len
gines had only one pair them used to
Slip round and round, and torment
them almost to death.
On one occasion a train got stuck on
the Yalesville grade, by one inch of
snow, and the wood and water gave
out before the locomotive could over
come it. At last they got the neigh
bors, yoked four pairs OF oxen to the
train and drew il, passengers, baggage
and all into Meriden, with flying col
ors. In the early days of the road the
stage coach drivers used to regard the
cars with great contempt. Indeed,
thirty years ago the passenger trains
were three or four hours on the road
to New Haven, and the stage coaches
went in about the same time. Super
intendent Davidson remembers riding
with his father in carriage drawn by
two horses, in 1910, which had a race
with a passenger train near Walling-
ford, where the turnpike and railroad
are parallel for three or four miles,
and during all that time the carriage
kent even with the train. There were
/ OILY LHO lIdluS C1OA W0J N0A4y eAS- -
both carrying passengers ana frelght'
The old cars were divided into three
compartments, opened on the side,
and had twenty-four seats. The loco
motives had twelye-ineh cylinders,
and no cabs to protect the engineer
and fireman from the weather.
The oldest locomotives were the
Hartford, Quinnipiac, Charter OAK
New Haten and Meriden, whose com
bined power ,eould hardly equal one
of the splendid machines now 10 uss
on the road. The Regulus, aesigneG
built in the Company's shops in Hart
ford, one of the newest freight en-,
gines, will pull nearly one nundreo nd =
cars with ease. There is no heeg %
dwell upon contrasts which the splen,
did road-bed and superb equip y
to-day present to the facilities OF moss
early days. Every passenger may &c
| that for himself.
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RnsINEss DEAD MEN.

The absurdity of allowing dead men
to manage the affairs of the world has
been illustrated in a thousand in
stances, and that the wisess of men
are Incompetent to judge Of the needs
of the future Is shown in the fund left
by BENJAMIN Franklin for the benefit
Of young mechanics just setting up in
business. Franklin had been aided
by loans when he was young, and to
these he attributed all his usefulness
and success in life. But in leaving
the fund he made no allowance for
changes in business, and the eondl-
tions he attached have made his gift
useless. According to his will the
property was to be held by the select.
men of Boston, and managed by re-
sponsfble persons, who would do it
gratuitously. 1t was to be loaned IN
small sums, repayable in ten annual
instalmeDts, with an annual interest
of five per cent, the security being
the guarantee Of two responsible per
sons. Young mechanics could not OBJ
tain the security, and after several
abortive attempts, resulting in the loss
of part of the capital, the whole sum
was placed in the Hospital Life In
suranee Company, where it now
amounts to nearly s17O, 600. Several
years ago an attempt was made to ben
eft young mechanics by granting
them loans on small houses, the prin-
cipal and interest being paid in annu-
al instalments, as provided for in the
will, and secured by. q mortgage on
the houses, and officers Of the Cbari-
table Mechanic Association expressed
a Willingness to take charge of'and be
responsible for such Investments. A
doubt was suggested as to the power
OF the trustees to make any loan ex-
cept such as were specifically proyid-
ed for in the viii, without the author
ity OF the Legislature. A petition for
the grant Of such power was present.
ed to the last Legislature, and referred
to the Committee on Judiciary, who
agreed to report 8 bill authorizing 1t,
provided the Board of Aldermen would
assent. This, then, the Board refused
to do, and the money remains, where
it accum ulates without benehtting IN
any degree the class for which Is was
| Intended. tits euriOusfaet that the
experience of the past does not teach
men that wisdom does not die with
them, aud that common sense Is val
liable to meet emergencies as they
arise.-ROT6tIry Gazette.
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EHIyAN PROVERBS.

He who steadies himself between
two ships will certainly be drowned.
Shame is worse than death.
He who weeps from his heart viii
provoke tears even from the blind.
A lean horse and hero in q strange
country each look amiss.
When you go to law against the
Emperor God himself should be the
judge.
The wise man strikes twice against
one and the same stone.
You may praise the Russian
thousand times, but his eyes will still
be blue 1.-THE reverse OF handsome, ac-
cording to Usberg taste.)
Young men may die; old men must.
The overlooking (fiattering) tongue
soon makes a wound.
He who fears the sparrow will new
er sow millet.
When the ass bears too light a load
he wants to lie down.
The spoken word can not again be
swallowed.
He whose heart is full soon finds a
loose tongue.
Smoke rises only from large blocks
Of wood.
A living mouse is better than q dead
lion.
Him whom God has marked the
prophet strikes with his wand.
He who is on horseback no longer
knows even his own father. (The
armed man on horseback spares not
his nearest relation.
When you die, even your tomb snail
be comfortable.
Men speak to each other by words |;
animals by signs.
Man is cought by the tongue; an OK
by his horns.
That which is taken in with the
milk only goes out With the SOUL
Faults contracted in infancy disap-
pear but with death.
The open mouth never remains
hungry. -,
Do not fasten up your garment until
you see the water.
Time does not bow to you; you must
bow to time.
When the parson visits you don't
be oveIjoyed; he will soon begin tc
beg.
A great head has great cares.
Sense does not lie in the head, bui
in age.
Every tribe has its thief; every
mountain its wolf. (To be always on
ones guard.)
One whip is enough for a good horse
for a bad one not a thousand.
He who is not satisfied with drink
ing will not queneh his thirst by lick
ing.
Man carries his superiority inside
the animals theirs outside.
Were the hands to give all that The
tongue promises, we should soon hay'
no more beggars, everybody would b
a prince.
Be the distance never so great, tray
cling still is pleasant. Be the CIR
never so plain, she still is handsome
-[Leisure Hours.
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THE CHRONICLE.
eco IT ALONE.o
BY JOHN G. SAKE.


There's a game much in fashion, I think
Though I've Ven never played it for pleasure OF
In which. when the cards are IN certain
The piSyers appear to have changed their
And One ofthem cries in a confident tone
81 think I might venture TO go IL alone
While watching the game. tits a whim OF
A moral to- to draw nom the skirmish in /.
Ana to fs5,cv he finds in the trivial strife
some excellent hints for the battle OF Lie.
Where, whether the prize be ribbon or
The Winner % is he who can go 1t alone"
When great GaIileo proclaimed that the
rs0I,Isr VOTE orbit was eeaselessly whirled.
And got-not a convert for all OF bis pains.
But only derisIon, and prison, and chains
aIt moves, for all that" was his answering
For he knew, like the earth. he could ''go
1t alone"
when Kepler, with intellect piercing afar.
Discovered the laws OF each planet arg SUI NJ
And doctors who ought TO have lauded MS
Derided his learning and blackened his
'I can wait" he replied. "tin the truth you
For be felt in his heart he could ''go 1t
alone"
Alas for the player who idly depends.
In the struggle of life upon kindred ana
friends;
Whatever the value OF blessings like these
They can never atone for inglortous ease,
Nor comfort the coward, who finds WIN
That his crutches have left him to ''go it
alone"
There is something, no doubt, in the hand
you may hold, s
Health. family, culture, wit. beauty ana
The fortunate owner may fairly regard,
as each in its way q most excellent card
Yet the game may be lost. with al these
for your own. >,
Unless you've the courage to ''go it alone"
In battle or business, whatever the game
In law or In love IL is ever the same.
In the struggle for power or scramble lor
pelf,
For whether the prize be.a ribbon or tnrone'
The victor is he who can go It alone.
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ind stupid, good-natured sort of afel-
low, who never had an idea above q
bean stalk, and was perfectly content
to eat junket and lift cans for mother
so long as Hepsie smiled upon him.
They are to be married soon. Heigh
hoI 1 fear shall live and die Wall,
flower.
P. S.-The darkest night has day
break at last. Mother has a beau, a
widower with ten children he pro.
fesses to be fond of cheese, and has
promised her a new patent cheese
press. She sends the little dears a
junket now and then for dinner. II
I can only persuade her to say yes, 1
will gladly welcome my new father,
and then l may not always be
WALLFLOwER.
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a GRRrIIN THINKRR.

+ A sophist wishing to puzzle Thales.
the Milesian, one Of the wise men Of
Greece, proposed to him in rapid sue
eession the following difieult ques-
tiOns. The philosopher replied to
them all, without the least hesitation,
and with how much prOpriety and
decision our readers can judge for
themselves:
What is the oldest of all thlngsG
God-beeause he always existest-
What is the most beautiful 2
The world-heeause it Is the work
Of God. s. fl c
What IA the greatest of all things?
Space-- because it contains all that
is created, F
What Is the quickest Of all things :
Thought-because in 3 moment it
can fly to the end Of the universe.
What is the STRONGEST
ecessity-because it makes meh
face all the dangeTs Of life.
What is The most difficult?
To know yourself.
What Is the most constant Of 81
things?
Hope-because it sAS1 Realains vita
man after be has lost everything else
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WHO SHALL LIVE 2

The struggle for comforts, luxu-
ries, money, power, fame, was never
more intense than now. But the
competitive struggle for life, of which
biology tells US, is among men a far
different thing from what it was du-
ring the middle ages. The struggle
for life, in the strict sense Of the
word, has almost ceased among the
people of ChristendOm. In spite of
the poverty of the poor, they are not
starved to death in famines or by i'm
providence, as of old. Wretched as
their condition is, 1t is not neglected
by philantrophy. The enormous chRI-
tiles of Christendom reach, in one
form or another, a majority of those
who are in danger of starving, and
prolong lives which at the best are
shortened by suffering. The natural
law ordains that weak organisms shall
perish in competition, and that the
fitsest shall in general survive them.
This stern, yet beneficent law still
controls all the lower forms of life I;
but it tends strongly to become inop-
erative upon the human species.
Among animals, among plants, among
HANdko IlCAAg ILC AASsCoN ~ ~ ANNe
still survive. But the care of civiliZa-
ton is to preserve the unfittest. With
US it is no longer question of intellI-
gence, of strength, Of health. Life is
held to be its own excuse for being,
though that life be a noxious one.
Civilized men are doing their utmost
to put a stop to vital competition. The
sentimentalists cry out against the
elimination of single vicious and
forfeited life by capital punishment.
Nature strives to refine US, to purge
out the dross Of men by the action of
penal fires. Man laboriOusly obstructs
her attempt he picks up the rejected
refuse, casts it back again into the
crucible, ard calls the sct phiIanthrO-
DIV. If natural selection were pef-
mitted to have its own way there
would be more hope of human i'm
provement. But the most earnest
work of our day is to secure the sur
vival Of the unfittest.-The Vdtue o.
Life, 6V DR.. COGn, in GALAXY for
| lama
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pRIzR.FIaHTINa PLAYED OUT.

When a pledged advocate Of a cause
gives it up as lost and pronounees its
charms to be all gone, it is about time
to write its obituary. Hear the New
York Clipper on prige-fighting I'VE
are free 10 admit that prize-fghting
is on its last legs. 1t comes up 'grog-
gy;' it shakes an impotent bunch Of
fives' in the face of an indifferent pub
lie; its peppers are already closed;
it has drawn about all the 'claret' and
patronage which it can ever hope to
draw; the 'rattling mills have ceased
to grind, and half the self-made cham
pions have probably parted with their
belts. The result was not, however,
brought about by our good brothers
who drive the religious quill, nor yet
by our good brothers who with pain
full frequency destroy and redeem the
country through the political dailies.
Prize-hghting was overthFown by the
priZe-fighters themselves.
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ssTHE KISS.O


Poets are no.oriously fond Of kissing.ant
he lIteratureOf kisses Is perhaps more ex
lensive than any other OF the f1ne arts
The following sad and pathetic verses arr
from the GALAXY for June:
When you lay before me dead,
In such pallid rest,
On those passive lips OF thine
Not one kiss pressedI
Did you wonder-looklng down
From some higher sphere
Knowing how we two had loved
Many and many q yearf
Did you think me strange and cold
When did not touch,
Even with revercnt hnger-tips,
What I had loved 50 much7
Ali when last you kissed me dear,
Know you what you said?
Take this last kiss, my beloved,
Soon shallI be deadi
Keep It for solemn sign
Through our loves long night,
TIL you give It back again
On some morning bright"
So gave you no earess,
But remeusoer this,
Warm upon my lips keep
Your last living ktssi
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North Bristol Nursery.

THF ATTENTION OF THOSE
desiring Fruit or Ornamental Trees,
Vines, Shrubs, Plants, de-, DC, ls called 70
or,r SUPERIOR stock that we offer for sale this
spring. Those desiring anything In our line
FIII 40 well by calling upon us az nursery
or sending in orders at once. We snail de-
liver trees at warren, East Mecca : on nnssoh ls
and KinsInap this spring. Any one desi-
ring trees in the vicinity OF either OF the
named places can have them delivered nee
OF charge, and satisfaction always guar
snteed' we shall also be prepared TO sup
NV in season. Sweet Potatoes, Trophy To-
msto and Cabbage Plants. To secure plants
please send in orders early. Address
]. A. q Il. F. SAGERs
North Bristol, Trumbull Co.. o.
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n EGAI NOTICE

T EGAL NOTICE.
/ ICornelius Van Arsdale, Pitt, vs.. Leices-
ter King. DeGt. In Common Pleas Court,
Trumbun county, Ohio.
The defendant, whose place OF residence
is unknown, will take notice that on the
9Th day of May, 1873, the pla1nIln COM
nosnced action before Jefferson Palm,
Justice Of the Peace IN and for. warren
township, Trum bull county, for the reeoN-
ery Of two hundred dollars, ana lnterest
due TO plaintiff from defendant on prom
issory note made by defendant TO plalntlu,
cn or about the 18th day Of August, 1863 ,ano
procured an attachment 70 be issneo IN
aid action. That on the 18th day OF May,
IS73. at the request OF plaintiff, said Justice
certified his proceedings TO the Court OF
Common Pleas OF said county, ana the
plaintiff fled his petition therein agalnst
the defendant, and procured an order oi
Attachment to be Issued.
Said petition must be answered on OF Dy
the 18th day Of July, 1879. - 81.
BY WASHINGTON HYDE,
May q, 1873 st. Pltns ATTY.
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A Vanderburg county Indiana)
physician recommend leeehing for q
patient and left several leeches, with
directions how to use them. Next
day be called agejn, and the patient
demonstrated against the unpleasant
character of the medicinei if he had
to take any more he wanted them
fixed different" as they made him
lawful sick to take them without
anything" On inquiry he found
they had been swallowed, after being
chopped into pieces.