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The EvangeIine AIms-HOuse.

One of the first and wisest charities OF
the Quakers was the Alm5-hOuse for
their own poor, which stood on the
south side of Walnut street, above
Third. The oldest part Of the buildings
was erected in 17I2, and remained until
this spring, while the more modern
frontage on Walnut street long ago
gave place to costly business houses.
We started in search of this first aims
house one sunny afternoon last fall,
having Just seen its successor on the
other side of the Schuylkill,- "a vast
marble village, with its four thousand
inhabitants. But few of the most
knowing modern Philadelphians had
ever heard of this "home Of the home.
less," of which Longfellow tells US that
s'Then in the suburbs it stood in the midst Of
meadows and woodlands =
Now the city surrounds it; but still, with its
gateway and wicket,
Meek, in the midst of splendor, itsshumble
walls seem to echo
Softly the words of the Lord, Frhe poor We
always have with you.
Down Fourth street to Willing's Alley,
a street and court, built up with mas
sive piles of brown-stone and marble,
until the sky was well-nigh shut out
throughA low wooden door and past
shops, still deeper into the mass oi
stone. bricks and mortar; and we found
wide, quaint old garden spread out
before us, in the full sunshine, over
grown with vines, crimsoned with
dahlias and crysanthemums, and frag-
rant with thy me and sage, and such
herbs as old people love; and here in
the midst little, blackened, gabled
house, hidden in ivy. A gray old pen.
sioner sat in her quiet rooms within,
knitting, her kettle on the hob. We
looked through the ivy. Surely it was
here that Evangeline came when the
pestilence fell on the city; when
Distant and soft on her ear fell the chimes
from the belfry of Christ Church.
While, intermingled with these, across the
meadows were waited
Sounds of psalms that were suug by the
Swedes in their church at Wicaco."
The old woman came to the door.
Eyes, this is the old alms-house," she
said, adding quickly, land it was in
this room that Evapgeline found
Gabriel" The old true lovers were
more real even to her than all the ac-
ludl pdupeTS Wuo Hdu liNeu anu uleu III
the Alms-house.
Since this brief record of the old
houses was put in type, the practical
Quakers of Philadelphia, regardless Of
all sentimental or other associations
with this ancient building, have level
ed it, and are filling up the space with
solid offices. We doubt whether the
lover of Euangeline who visits the Gen.
tennial will find leaf of ivy left to
keep her memory green. ]-Rebecca
Harding Davis; Scribner for June.
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Spring Music.

Carson, Nevada, Appeal
The cheerful croak of the evening
frog is now borne upon the twilight
breeze. The frog, albeit he croaks, is
far from being a croaker. Never a
merrier fellow than he; never a more
contented. 1t was nightengale that
all day long cheered the village with
his songs; it is the frog, who, when the
gloaming comes, pipes his homely lay
in cheerful mood, telling the farmer
better and more truthfully than any
bird that the springtime has warmed
him (the frog out OF his winter quart
ers, and that the frost no longer holds
in his hard grasp the forces which send
up through the brown mold the green
grass and the bright flowers. We wei
come that honest twilight croaker as a
harbiger of SUMMER days and milder
nights-the days and nights of long,
delayed, but very welcome spring.
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SUyyD.4Y RE.fDL.t'G.
BETTER THINGS.
By GEORGE M'poxlLp.

Better to smell the violet cool, than sip the
glowing wine;
Better 10 bark hidden brook, than watch .
diamond shine.
Better the love of gentle heart, than beauty's
favors proud:
Better the roses living seed, than roses in 8
crowd
Better to love in loneliness, than bask in love
all day;
Better the fountain in the heart, than the foun
tain by the way.
Better be fed by mothers hand, than ea
alone at will;
Better to trust in God, than say, MY goods
my storehouse fill
Better to be little wise, than in knowledge
Better to teach child, than toll to fill perfec
tion's round.
Better to sit at a masters feet, than thrill {
listening state;
Better suspect that thou art proud, than b
sure that thou art great.
Better to walk the realm unseen, than watcl
the hours event;
Better the We'll d0ne,' at the last, than thu
air with shouting rent.
Better to have quiet grief, than hurryin!
delight;
MONDAY burning bright.
Better q death when work is done, thai
earth's most favored birth;
Better child in Gods great house, than
king of all the earth.
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mIscELLAxEoUs,

Mr.. Jump is Democratic candidate
in1ndiana.
Florida oranges are so plentiful that
they are ted to the hogs.
The Hellespout is crowded with war
vessels from all parts of the world
A runaway horse was stopped in
New York the other day by Gallop.
The Buffalo Conncil has appropriated
S15, 900 to celebrate the Fourth of July.
Tildeu is the favorite of the Califor-
MIA Democrats.
Godlove S. Orth has resigned his po-
sition as Minister to Austria.
New Jersey Democrats favor Joel
Parker for the nomination at st. Louis.
We shall have crews from the Dublin
University both at Saratoga and Phila-
delphia.
A satirical statute of Silence has been
unveiled in New York, the figure be-
ing that of woman.
Dallas, Texas, has increased its popu-
lation of !, 900 in 1872, before railroad
! tOucneQ IL, 10 IL ,OUO.
There is a resumption of important
IexpOrt demand for wheat, chiefly Tor
the Continent.
Gold-fishing. A Texas lad, while
digging worms for bait recently, un-
earthed 81, 200 in coin.
A good sign is the reduction in the
number of failures. The next best sigh
will be a revival in business.
A Missouri farmer has been arrested
for stealing his own horses. They
were in the hands of bondsmen.
The New York HeraId's profits are
$40, 900 week. And yet some people
say wickedness doesn't pay.
The New York Sun now thinks Mr..
Blaine is convicted of disingenuity,
at least" This is dreadful.
A thousand dollars has been refused
for the bloodhound which recently
traced out the murderer in London.
They caught devil-fish in Florida
the other day which worsted fifteen
men before it would cry enough.
The next General Conference of the
NJ. E. Church will be held at Cincin-
natl.
Kentucky Democrats will hold their
State Convention Thursday. Tilden
is their favorite.
1t cost the Presbyterian Church last
year $4,000 to dlsburse S62 ,2000 for be-
nevolent purposes.
An Indiana mulatto has claimed the
ed, on her deathbed, that she was his
mother.
Charleston, S. c., is making great
preparations for the celebration of the
Fort Moultrie centennial on the 2Sth Oi
June.
The legal opinions of Chief Justice
Chase under the title of "Chase's De
cisions," are announced for publication
in New York.
The young sEa1 placed in Lake On.
tario last season are dying. Those
caught this year are no larger than
those of last year.
The Florida orange crop for the pres
ent season is 25,OOO,0OO, worth on an
average at the groves Sl5 per thousand,
making S275,OOO.
A mirage Of Niagara Falls appeared
in the clouds near PrincetoWn, Ken
lucky, last Monday evening, being
visible for about five minutes.
The War Department has some idea
of arming the friendly Indians in
Arizona TO help subdue the hostile
ones.
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The Adventures ofTwo Orphans,

A few days since Conductor Ben
Cole discovered, crouched under one OF
the seats in smoking car, a boy and a
girl. Mister, is this the road to Ha.
ven?' said the boy, as he crawled out,
and the girl said: Mister, don't put us
off, our folks live there, and we amt
got no father or mother, and here's a
letter, at the same time drawing from
her faded calico apron a crumpled piece
of paper and handing it to Ms. Cole.
After looking att long time, for it was
badly written, badly spelled and blur
red, he made cut this:
All good people: These children amt got
no father or mother. They died here in Feb
ruary, and lse been tending to em. They
amt got no folks here, and their folks live in
Haven, Connecut. Ise poor niger woman,
and can't keep 'em no longer. lse got myself
to support, and theyse a going back to their
folks. They is good children and don't do
'eni no harm. JANE MAUPIN
Mr.. Cole sat down by the 10y, who
was about thirteen years of age and
bright. He learned that in the spring
John Howell with his wife and two
children left New Haven, Conn.,, for
the West, and arrived at Puebla, but
there both died, and during their sick
ness the old negress, Jane Maupin,
was the only attendant at ther bedside,
and when the children were thrown
upon the world, orphans, ,friendless and
penniless, she cared for them as she
would for her own children. But hav-
ing learned from the father that they
were from New Haven, and that they
had an uncle there by the name Of
Martin Howell, she conceived the idea
that they ought to go back, and she
thought that the letter she wrote and
gave them would be transport to all
the world. They started three weeks
ago, taking the A., T. & s. +. train for
Atchison, and a conductor had putt
them off near Pueblo. But they had
started for Haven, and they resolved
that they would go. BY stealing rides, |
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Women and children need more than
meat, bread and rainment, more than
acres of corn and cotton spread out all
around them. Their love for the beau
tiful must be satisfied. Their tastes
must be cultivated; their sensibilities
humored, not shocked. To accomplish
this good end home must be made
lovely, conveniences multiplied, COM
forts provided, and cheerfulness foster
ed. There must be both sunshine and
shade, luscious fruit and fragrant fiow-
ers, as well as corn and cotton. The
mind and heart as we'll as the fields
must be cultivated; and then intelli-
gence and contentment will be the rule
instead of the exception. Stick to, i'm
prove and beautify your homesteads,
for with this good work comes content
mpnt
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POETRY.
Our Minister'S Sermon.

The minister said last night, says he,
''Don't be afraid of givin';
If your life amt worth nothiR' 70 other folks,
Why, what's the use of livin':"
And that's what say TO my wife, says |,
There's Brown the miserable sinner,
He'd sooner beggar would starve than give
A cent toward buyin' dinner.
| tell you our minister is prime, he is,
But couldn't quite determine,
When heard him givin' it right and left,
Just who was hit by his sermon.
OF course there couldn't be no mistake,
When he talked of long-winded prayin',
For Peters and johnson they sot and scowled
At every word he was sayin'
And the minister he went on TO say,
''There's various kinds of cheatin,
And religions as good for every day,
Asst is to bring to meetin'.
/ don't think much of the man that gives
The loudest amens at my preachin',
And spends his time the followin' week
In cheatin' and overreach:n'."
guess that dose was bitter enough
For man like Jones to swallow;
But l noticed he didn't open his mouth,
Not once, after that, TO holler;
Hurrail, says |, for the minister
III course SAID II quiet
Give us some more of this open talk,
It's very refreshin' diet.
The minister hit EN- every time:
And when he spoke of fashion,
And riggin' out in bows and things,
As woman's rulin' passion,
And comm to church to see the styles,
/ could not held a-winkin'
And a-nudgin' my wife, and says l, ''That''
you,"
And guess itsOt her thinkin'.
Says | to myself that sermons pat,
But man is queer creation,
And I'm much afraid that most of the folks
Won't take the application.
Now, II he had saida word about
My personal mode of sinnin',
I'd have gone to work to right myself,
And not set there a-grinnin'.
Jus then, the minister SAYS, saws he.
'.And now I've come to tAe fellers
Whove lost this shower by usin their friends
As a sort of moral umbrellas, :
Go home, says he, 'fand fsrd your faults,
Instead of huntin' your brothers;
Go home. says he, ''and wear the coats
You tried to fit for Others"
My wife she nudged, and Brown he winked
And there was lots O. smilin',
And lots O. looking at our pew.
1t sot my blood a bilin'.
Says to myself, our minister
Is gettin' little bitter,
I'll tell him when the meetin's out, that
Amt at all that sort of critter.
/ Nelc Hace9 Register
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Centas1r
The Quickest. Surest Il Cheapest
Remidies.

| Physicians rec commend and Farriers declare
| that no such remedies ever before been in use
Words are cheap, but the proprietors of these
article Will present trial bottles to medical
men, gratis. as a guarantee of what they say.
The CENTAUR IINIMENT Width Wrap
per, will cure rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lum-
bago, Sciatica, Caked Breasts, Sore Nil piles
Frosted Feet, Chillblains, SweIlings, Sprains
and any ordinary
Flesh, Bone and Muscle Ailment.
We make no pretense that this article will
cure Cancer, restore lost bones, or give health
tCa whisky soaked carcus. But 1T Will always
reduce Inflammation and allay pain.
1t will extract the poison OF bites and stings,
and heal burns or scolds without scar, Palsy,
Weak Back, Caked Breasts. Earache, Tooth
ache, Itch and Cutaneous Eruptions readily
yield 10 its treatment.
Henry Black, of Ada, Hardin county, Chic,
says-''My wife has had rheumatism for 1--WE
J ears no rest. ho sleep-could scarcely walk
across the floor. She is now oompletely cured
by Use of Centaur Liniment. We all feel
thankful tc you, and recommend your won-
derful medicine to all our frindS."
James Hurd, of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, says-"The
Centaur Liniment cured my Neuralgia"
Alfred Tush, of Newark, writes-"Send me
one dozen bottles be express. The Ointment
has saved my leg. want to distribute Ii, DC"
The sale of this Liniment is increasing
rapidly.
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CasGOpIa

Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Mass, ex-
perimented in his private practice for twenty
years to produce combi nation that would
its unpleasant taste and gripping effect.
His preparation was sent for, near and far,
till finally he gave IL the name of CASTORlA.
and put ii up for sale. 1t is very wonderful in
its effects particularly with the disordered
stomachs and bowels of children. IL assimi-
lates the food, cures sour stomach and wind
collie, regulates the bowels. eXpels worms, and
may be relied upon in Group.
AS a pleasant, effective and perfectly safe
cathartic remedy IL is superior TO Castor OH,
Cordials and Syrups. IL does not contain
alchol, and is adapted to any age.
By regulating the stomach and bowels OF
cross and sickly children tney become good
natured and healthy. They can enjoy sleep
and mothers have rest. Tne CASTORIA is PUG
up at the Laboratory of ]. b. ROSE d co.
Dey Street, New York, Mar, 0, '75-lSw
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BEGINNINGS IMPORTANT.-Four men
had occasion to 60 from Leeds to attend
the assizes at York, respecting some
trials in which they were nearly inter-
ested. Of those four one oversight
himself, lost his train, and did not get
into court till after his case was 6ispo-
sed of. The recond got into what he
supposed (from want of inquiry was
the York train, and was some way on
the road to London before he found out
his mistake. The third reached York
in time, but found he had carelessly
left behind him papers which were as
essential as his personal presence. The
fourth was both diligent and careful,
and assisted to win the cause he went
TO support. The first three began
wrong, and all their efforts to retrieve
themselves were vain. So in spiritual
things; let US be careful to seek the
Lord earIy,' and mot to sleep, as do
Others Life is like multiplication
sum, in which small error in the
amount of the first multiplicand as
sumes vast dimensions in the total.
The beginning infolds the end, as the
acorn infolds the oak.-Biblical Treas
ury.
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COP NEVER FoRGETs.-A dear lit
tie boy was very sick. His father and
mother had prayed many times thai
he might get well again.
One night, when very ill, he asked
isn't God so busy sometimes, helping
everybody, that he forgets such little
boys ss I?'
No, my darling,' said his mother;
God never forgets. He cares every
moment for his own dear children who
are live with him always in heaven
Even if he should take you from US, il
would NOT be because he forgets you,
but because he is thinking of you, and
doing what will be the best thing fo1
you and u.s.
% mamma, Pm so glad God never
forgets mer said the sick child. i
won't forget him, if can help it ever.
After few days the little boy began
to get well, and he said, God didn't
forget me, did he, mamma:'
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"TRUE ELoQUENCE," says Milton, 81
find to be none but the serious and
hearty love of truth; and that whose
mind soever is fully possessed with
fervent desire to know good things,
and with the dearest charity to infuse
the knowledge of them into others,
when such d man would speak, his
words, like so many nimble and airy
servitOrs, trip about at his command,
and in well-ordered files, as he would
wish, fall aptly into their own places. "
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ours truly,
JAMES o. BELLS.

When a medicine will promptly cure such
terrible eating ulcers and free the blood of the
virulent poison causing them, who can longer
doubt its wonderful virtues? DR.. Pierce, how
ever, does not wish to place his Golden Medi-
cal Discovery in the catalogue of quack patent
nostrums by recommending it to cure every
disease, nor does he so recommend it; bat
what he does claim is this, that there is but one
form of blood disease that it will not cure, and
that disease is cancer He does not recommend
his Discovery for that disease, yet he knows it
to be the most searching blood cleanser yet dis
covered, and that it will free the blood and sys-
TEN of all other known blood poisons, be they
animal, vegetable or mineral. The Golden
Discovery is warranted by him to cure the
worst forms of Skin Diseases, as all FORMS of
Blotches, Pimples and Eruptions, alsoa CLAN
dular Swellings, and the worst form of Scrof-
ulous and liberated Sores on Neck, Legs or
other parts, and all Scrofulous Diseases of the
Bones, as White Swellings, Fever Sores, Hip
Joint and Spinal Diseases, all of which belong
to Scrofulous diseases.
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"a Drop of Joy in EveryWOrd.'
FLEMINGToN, Hunterdon Co., n. j.,
June 26th. 1874

DR.. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y: Dear
Slr-lt is with happy heart that l pen these
lines to acknowledge that you and your Golden
Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets are
blessings to the World. These medicines can
not be too highly praised, for they have al
most brought me out of the grave. Three
months ago was broken out with large ulcers
and sores on my body, limbs and face. l pro-
cured your Golden Medical Discovery and Pur-
gative Pellets, and have taken six bottles, and
to-day amin. good health, all those ugly ul-
GERS having healed and left my skin in natur-
al, healthy condition. thought at one time l
could not be cured. Although can hut poor
ly express my gratitude to you, yet there is a
dIop of joy in every word l write. Gods
blessing rest on you and your wonderful med
icines is the humble prayer of
Yours truly,
TANIEC n RETTIS
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THE Pope, having been requested to
send to our Centennial Exposition
some of the priceless treasures of art in
The Vatican, consented to send few
things, but excused himself for not
sending more on the score of poverty.
Mr.. William Hewitt, the poet, and the
husband of the poetess Mary Howitt,
writes from Rome expressing his i'm
patience with this fiction of pretended
martyrdom: 1.-THE fiction of the Pope's
Imprisonment, with his lying on rot
ten straw, the open sale of little bum
dies of the tabled straws in most Cath
olic countries, the photograph of him
peeping through his prison bars, with
a soldier, with q musket and bayonet
fixed, on each side of him--all these
outrageous lies have drawn an actual
river of gold from the bosoms of the
lily Popish pelicans that far outrivals
the ancient Pactolus. By these means
no lesss than twenty millions of francs
have been poured into the Papal chest
during the year of jubilee just passed,
and ali this described as the voluntary
tribute of the faithful. And all this
time this So called miserable prisoner
has been living in palace of eleven
thousand rooms, damned with such |
wealth as never b6l0re was collected in
,ne place, not even In the Bank Of
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THERE is one noble means of aven-

THERE is one noble means of aven-
ging ourselves for unjust criticism; it is
doing still better, and silencing it SOLE
ly by the increasing excellence of Our
works. This is the only true way oil
triumphing; but if instead of this, you
undertake to dispute, to defend, or to
cri:iciss by way of reprisal, you in
volve yourself in endless troubles and
disquietudes, disturb that tranquility
which is so necessary to the successful
exercise of your pursuit, and waste in
harrassing contests that precious time
which you should concentrate to your
art CdnOUd.
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gloss and freshness Of yOuth. Thin
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the follicles are de-
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu-
lated into activity, so that new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
of fouling the hair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma-
ton of dandruff, which is often so un-
cleanly and offensive Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inju-
rious to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it rich, glossy
lustre, and grateful perfume.
Prepared by DR.. ]. c. Aver & Co..
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
LOWELL. MASS.
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Ayers S
HairVigor,
For restoring to Gray Hair its
natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing
which is at
once agreeable,
healthy and
efiectual for
preserving the
hair. 1t soon
restores faded
or gray hair
to ats original
color. NTH the