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Poets Children.
LBoston Courier.]

The fates of the English poets are rath'
er peculiar. Shakespeare and Milton each
died without son, but both left daugh-
ters, and both names are now extinct
Shakespeare was soon SO. Addison had
an only child, daughter, girl OF some
five or six years at his death She died,
unmarried, at the age of eighty or more.
Farquhar left two girls dependent on the
friendship Of his friend Wilkes, the actor,
who stood nobly BY them while he lived.
They had small pension from the Gov
ernment, and had long outlived their ia
ther and seen his reputation unaiteraply
established Both died unmarried. The
son and daughter Of Coleridge both died
chiidless. The two sons OF Sir Walter
Scott died without chldren--one ofstwc
daughters died unmarried, and the Scots
OF Rbbotsford and Waverly are now rep
resented by the children Of daughter
How little could Scott foresee the sudder
failure of male issue' The poet OF th'
"Fairie Queen" lost child when very
young by fire when the rebels burned HI
house in ireland. Some of the poets hat
sons and no daughters. Thus we read OF
Chaucer's son, Of Dryden's sons, OF tn
Sons of Burns, of Allen Ramsey's sor
of DR.. Young's son. Ben Johnson sur
yiyed all his children. Some, and thos
among the greatest, died unmarried-bu'
Ter, Cowley, Otway, Prior, Pope, Gra,
Thomson, Akenside, Shenstone, Collin
| Colds,n;th and osers.
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Uphill Work.


So deep lies the love of variety in our
nature that few people do not, in the long
run, find it more tatiguing to keep entirely
upon level ground than to take hill and
dale, rough and smooth, as they come. II
the actual force spent in occasional climb
ing is greater than is required for level
walking, it is more healthily distributed
among the different muscles, and the ex-
hilaration of perpetual change more than
compensates for the mere physical effort
There is somewhat similar advantage
in the fact that the fgurative journey OF
life seldom remains long at one level. All
work has its time of toiling ascent and OF
easy downward sliding. Life itself gen
orally begins with stiff climb, and ends
with less of active effort and more rapio
progress Or, from another point O
view we may compare youth to rusf
down toward the plains from which latel
in life, we hope gradually to rise to thu
serene heights of experience. There is
delightful adaptablity about the up ane
down hill of metaphor; it runs equal,
we'll backward and forward. But, on tn
whole, the most natural use of it is tina
which treats the mornings journey as up
hill work, and typifes the absence OF con
scious effort, the quick fight of time, an
the sense of gradual closing in and los
of vantage ground which creeps over u
with advancing years, by the one wore
downward" Down from the level ts
blcland upon which middle age takes il
stand and does its work, down into tn
gathering shades of evening, down towar
the valley through which all must pass
such is the course which to the imagini
ton most lives seem to pursue. At an
rate, the sort Of effort required at or
stage of life is quite unlike that which "
have to make at another; and the'
changes would alone suffice to secure
against stagnation.
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Tho Demand for Eloquent Preaching.
Atlantic Monthlyl

One of the special dangers and defects
Of preaching in this country is connected
with the popular liking for oratory in
the pulpit, the demand for what is called
eloquent preaching. The common
American idea of pulpit eloquence is low
and sensational. II means chiefly rap
i'd and emphatic utterance of sonorous
sentences, with something extreme, para.
doxical, and violent in the thought pre-
sented though not much thought is re-
quired.
People demand of preacher that he
shall arouse and excite them, and they
enjoy with kind of voluptuousness the
temporary stimulus and thrill of emotion
which the preaching causes. 1t results
rom the laws of mental action that preach
lng Of this kind does not inspire conscien
riousness, nor tend to practical moral ac
tivity Ii necessarily produces and fosters
mental conditions which are extremely
unfavorable to spirituality of character
and life. -.
The APPETITE for eloquence, working will
other tendencies of the age, has helped t'
make the preaching in this country dra
matte and entertaining, but, in large meas
me, unspiritual. This, think, can b
rightly regarded only as a calamity, ten
dency opposed to the interests of religion
adapted to weaken and subvert 1t, and t
lead the people who are influenced by
into a region where religion will be impos
sible or regarded as unnecessary. Ihisli
one of the most important among the UT
favorable tendencies Of the age. 1t ha
made preaching "more interesting and a
tractive to Masses" but this has been az
complished by sacrificing much that
essential in religion itself.
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WHERE is YOUR BOY TONIGHT

Life is teeming with evil snares,
The gates Of sin are wide,
The rosy fingers Of pleasure wave
And beckon the young inside.
Man Of the world, with open purse,
Seeking your own delight.
Pause, ere reason is wholly gone
Where is your boy tonight
Sirens are singing on every hand,
Luring the ear of youth;
Cilded falsehood, with silver notes,
Drowneth the voice Of truth.
Dainty lady in costly robes,
Your parlors gleam with light,
Fate and beauty your senses Steep
Where is your boy tonight?
tempting whispers of royal spoil
Flatter the youthful soul
Eagerly entering into life,
FESTIVE of all control.
Needs are many, and duties stern
Crowd on the weary sight;
Father, buried in business cares,
Where is your boy to-nights
Pitfalls lurk in the fowery way,
Vice has golden gate,
Who shall guide the unwary feet
Into the highway straight!
Patient worker, with Wiling hand,
Keeping the home-hearth bright,
Tired mother, with tender eyes,
Where is your boy tonight!
Turn his feet from the evil paths
Ere they have entered in;
Keep him unspotted while yet ye may,
Earth is So stained with sin,
Ere he has learned to follow wrong,
Teach him to love the right;
Watch, ere watching is wholly vain
Where is your boy tonight?
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30
A QUEER STORY.
Didn't Mind Killing the Parents, but the
Kid Bothered Him.
Madison (Ind,) Star.]

lldulsoHk kihu| Ss@A'
Our friend Charlie Bunnell was then
running messenger on the J., NJ q l., and
he tells us the story. Bluff old Jack Mills,
rough but kind hearted was the engineer.
About mile and half this side of Col
umbus there is fine stretch of road, and
Jack had "pulled his wind open" to make
up lost time, and the old engine and train
were rocking along at rate OF about 80
miles an hour. A country road runs par
allel with the track here some distance
and finally crosses it. But short dis
tance from the crossing on the day we
refer to, there was suddenly discovered
man evidently half drunk, in two horse
country wagon, and in it was his wife
with him. The man was standing up
driving like mad, but the train was so
close upon him that no one dreamed of his
attempting to cross, but making sudden
turn to the left he endeavored to cross
the railroad track. 49,.
By the time the wagon was fairly on
the track the locomotive struck it, mashed
the wagon to splintcrs, killed the horses
and mangled to death the man and wom-
an. The train ran some distance before
it could be stopped, and when it was
finally checked Bunnell went forward and
found the engineer, Jack Mills, swearing
like trooper; his engine all unused
and he was damning the drunken tool IN
the wagon for his criminal carelessness
which brought on the accident Jack was
hot AS he turned to get on his engine
to reverse her and return to the scene OF
the accident his eye caught sight of
tiny pair of baby shoes, which had been
among other of the purchases OF the mar
} in the wagon, and knocked out. They
had fallen on the boiler Of the locomotive
and there they rested as gently as dove
sitting in a cannons mouth. A food OF
recollections of the little ones at homt
5 watching and waiting for their parents
who would never come, thoughts, it ma,
: be, of little feet at home, were too muci
S for the true and tender heart of the rougt
and hardy engineer, and he leaned oil
Charlie Bunnell's shoulder and sobbe'
aloud. "Just look at them little shoes
Charlie" he said between his tears 81
didn't mind so much runnin' over tina
id drunken fool who tried to cross ahea
of us when he couldn't, but the little ont
0 Charlie, the little kid that's waitin' fo
r EN-, that's too rough"
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Inc Future of the New England Farmer.

[Litchfeld Comm Enquirer.l
What is to become of the New England
farmer, is a question Of deepening inter-
est For half century he has at best
stood still, his cousin the city merchant,
his brother the village manufacturer, and
bis son the western farmer, have been
monopolizing that wonderful American
prosperity of which we never tire OF
boasting. The New England farmer has
hot even held his own. A constant de-
cline in numbers, and large substitution
of thrifty foreigners for decaying native
stock, is among the noteworthy features
of rural New England All this went on
steadily through the years Of prosperity
up to "a. What has happened since!
All at once it was discovered that our
rites were over-populated and that our
manufacturing towns were overstocking
the markets. Unemployed thousands
have been obliged to leave city and, vii,
lage for places where they could earn a
living; but scarcely man of them has
found his way into rural New England
Kansas, and other western states, are be
ing rapidly filled up, but the reaction from
mercantile and manufacturing enterprise
has done nothing to benefit the districts
former years had drained. In the mean
time land was never lower in New Eng
land, during the present century, than
is to-day; farming was never more unpro
ductive; nor the prospect for the futur
more gloomy. Must our history be on
of steady decline in vital force, far beyon
that indicated by our decline in popula
ton, until the wave shall finally set bac
from an over-populated West?
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How the widow Worked 1t.

A rich widow, lacking only two years
of half a century and dressing her hair
six times day, in Elizabethtown, KY,
fell in love with a youth Of nineteen who
had been working on her farm. Her two
step sons ordered him to leave the town,
and threatened to use shot gun If he
should ever attempt to return. The wild
ow took the lad to town, purchased for
him a new suit of clothes and charged
him to get license. The young man did
as he was told, and when they were mar
ried she carried him home and asked he'
step. sons what they meant to do about it
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Resisting the Tempter.
IJohn b. Gough.l

With drink, on some temperaments,
one glass will mount to the brain Instant
ly, weakening the power of will, affecting
the self.control, and the man is not the
same. The appetite being then reused
takes hold of him and drags him down in
its fearful embrace. The only safety for
such man is total abstinence; and to
man who has been victim, bound by the
cords of this fierce desire, it will be life
struggle, when at times the old appetite
comes over him like a wave. Let him do
anything but drink, let him even run-it
is not cowardly to run.
know man who was strongly tempt.
ed, and escaped. He was printer, and
working near a window opposite which
was the "Shades," he saw persons coming
out wiping their lips, having taken their
"eleven o'clock" He began to want it,
and grew nervous; the desire increased ;
every fibre of his system seemed to cry
out for it, when he dropped his form of
| type, and, in his vexation at the accident,
took off his apron, put on his coat, with
the intention of getting drunk; when as
he said, he thought of wife and children,
of former ruin and disgrace, and present
prosperity and reputation, he rushed out,
and ran hatless through the streets till he
reached home.
"Wife, shut me up! for mercy's sake,
shut me up and don't let me out. Ask NO
questions but shut me up"
She was wise wife and locked him in
a room, and there he remained for thir-
tv hours before he dare venture out tc
his work again.
A lawyer who had been incorporate
told me:-"I have been obliged to foregc
all light literature. l can hardly read q
newspaper"
"Why" replied.
81 have not tasted drink for two years
but if l only read of drinking l want it
| have paced my Office with hands clench
ed and the sweat standing in beads on NJ,
forehead, as battled the horrible desir
to get drink, when have read of mai
drinking glass of wine"
Another gentleman told me that he ha
not drank for twenty-eight years; "but,
said he, II have some fifty men workin
for me, and when take the breath of
man who has been drinking, I want it
yes, sometimes want it so that have rid
den ten miles 10 rid myself of the desir
) that seemed to cry through my whol
system, Give! give! when l have take
. the breath of man who had been drinl
! ing."-TNew York Advocate.
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Easily Incurred, Terribly Obstinate

Easily Incurred, Terribly Obstinate
is rheumatism. Even at the outset, the Or
dinary remedies are frequently powerless
to cope with it. This is more particularly
the case when tendency to it is inherited.
1t should be combatted before it becomes
chronic. When the first twinges are felt,
recourse should be had to Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, depurent which oxpels from
the blood those irritating principles which,
by contact cause inflammation and pain in
the muscles and joints. Poisonous medi-
cines which are usually administered for
this disease, but which, ina slight overdose,
may terminate it by destroying life itself,
should be avoided, and this safe and more
effective medicine used instead. Those dis
orders of the bowels, stomach and liver
which frequently accompany rheumatic
and gouty ailments, are invariably removed
by this excellent botanic corrective.
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EVENTUALLY.

o sluggish and silent sea,
Where never barque hath sailed;
o shores Of the realm to be,
When the summit Of hope is scaled;
In the vastness Of Time, shall we,
When the day-star on high hath paled,
Abide by that desolate sea,
Where never a barque hath sailed.
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state Of New Jersey, Bergen County. Townshipof
Hackensack, IS.
Thomas Johnson, of said township, being duly
sworn. doth depose and say that he has been
severely afflicted with rheumatism for above n
year, and was so bad that he could scarcely walk,
being bent almost double and was utterly unable
TO do any work. Having heard of the Wondertu.
rures msde by DR., Tobias Venetian Liniment, he
was induced to try it, and after using it a short
Time, was able to 90 to work again, alter being
unable to do anything for nearly year:
I. JOHNSON.
Sworn to before me.
/, II. BsISCkERHoFF, Justice of Peace
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The notion that ice purifes itself by
the process of freezing is not based upon
trustworthy observation. On the contra
ry, it is utterly wrong in principle to take
for consumption from any pond the wa
ter of which is so foul as to be unfit for
drinking purposes.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

A natural soap mine has been discev'
cred in Elko county, Nev. The farmers
use it for all sorts of washing purposes.
1t is hydrated silicate of alumina, mag
nesia, potassia and lime and looks almost
like mottled CASTLE soap. -.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

Tennyson has been known to rewrite a
poem thirty times, before being sufficiently
satisfied with it to give it to the printer.
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II North Moore street, New Yorl


Ihaye used for wears DR.. Tobias Venetian Lint.
ment, for dysentery dyspepsia, and often taken
.easpoonfuI in wine-glass of water to tone the
stomach and allay fatigue / found it invgorat
ing and perfectly innocent, so recommend Y Wild
confidence. GEORGE W. JONho-
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(HxayT r..

DIR. ToBIAs-I wrote to inform you that the
child of friend of mine was cured OF Group, al
ter being given up to die by three physicians One
hour after your Venetian Linimcnt was used 1t
was out Of danger. ! hope you will publish this
o I lat mothers may know they have remedy for
this terrible complaint | lost child by Group
never feel alarmed, as have your medicine al
ways in the house. l have also used it for pains,
sore throat ETC., and always found it TO cure
JEREMIAH CASEY,
fENo,th M,nra stpaat Nav York.
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The deepest running stream that is
known is the Niagara river, which just
under the lower suspension bridge, is 7oc
feet deep by actual measurement.
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OATH
From Colonel ID. Mcdaniel, Owner
of Some of the Fastest Run-
ming Horses in the World.

JEROME PARK, June q, 1877.
This is to certify that have used DR.. Tobias
Horse Venetian Liniment and Derby Condition
Powders, on my race-hoHes and found them give
perfect satisfaction. In fact, they have never
JAILED to cure any ailmeut for which they were
used; the Liniment, when rubbed in by the hand,
never blisters or takes the hair Off; it has more
penetrative qualities than any other have tried,
which suppose is the secret OF its wonderful sue
cess in curing sprains. The ingredients from
which the Derby Powders are made have been
made known to me by Dr. Tobias; they are pei
iectly harmless D. MCDANIEL.
FROM COLONEL G. n. DELAVAN.
NEW YORK. April 20, 1877.
After years OF use it gives me pleasure to certify
to the virtues OF DR., Tobias Venetian Horse Lin-
ment. 1t has saved the life Of one OF my four
horse black team. This recommendation ! give
without solicitation, ns think owners OF hsrses
should know its value.
CHARLES II. DELAVAN,
No. 126 West Twenty second street..
The Family Liniment is IS and 90 cent? thu
Horse, 90 cents, In pint bottles; the Derby rev
em, rs cents a Gex. Sold by the druggists
.,gpot No. AZ Murray street. New York
ap26-S&w1ytc
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This is to certify that / have used DR.. Tobias
Venetian Liniment for dysentery, toothache, cuts.
pains in the limbs, &c, and always with lmme-
diiste relief, | recommend it to the public as
remedy which will never fail them. No family
should ever be withoutt.
A. V. APPLEGATE.
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7. A. GRAHAM, NJ.

Royal Mail Steamship America, Jersey City.
July 2Sth.
Thousands Of other certificates can be seen at
the Depot
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TO THE LADIES.
Certificate of the Surgeon Of the Royal Nail
gtaapar a m nrina

This is to certify that have used and recon-
mended DR.. Tobias Venetian Linment and have
found it useful in variety OF cases. 1t also gives
uniaillng relief from the annoyance and irritation
consequent on mosquito bites, and Prevents
mark being left
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WHAT HoRsRMEN WANT.

WHAT HUhSEIEN NANI... -
A GOOD RELIABLE HORSE LINIMENT AND
CONDITION POWDER.
Such are found in DR.. TOBIAS HORSE LINZ
MENT in pint bottles and Derby Condition Pew.
ders.
NO PAY
II not superior to any other. The Horse Lini-
ment is only half as strong as the Family Linl
ment, and will not take the hair of ii used asdi
rected.
The public appreciate it. rs during the Epizootic
BAD three thousand one hundred and forty-one
bottles were sold in one day, as the following oath
will show:
This is to certify that sold, on the 2Sth instant,
(3l4D three thousand one hundred and fortyone
bottles of my Venetian Linim ent
s. I. TOBIAS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 2&th
/ day of October 1872 D. s. HART,
Commissioner OF Deeds
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South Amboy, New Jersey.
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Rev. It. IL. OsgoOd, New York, says:
~ have had Dyspepsia, Weak Stomach and
Nervousness. / never had any medicine to do
me so much good as TUFTS PILLS. They are
as good as represented"
Office 35 Murray Street, New York.
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DR., I. Guy Lewis, Fulton, Ark, says:
AFTER q practice Of 25 years, pronounce
TUFTS PILLS the best anti-bilious medicine
a,or m nuda
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-08
THE TIMES, NEW BlooMF1ELp, Pa, APRIL 8, 1879.

engineer and fireman were fatally scalded,
and four passengers were injured. The
disaster was caused by wreckers,
who removed a rail.
nB- A few minutes after Col. Fitzgerald
had left his editorial chair at "The Item"
office last Wednesday afternoon, large
piece of cornce fell, striking the chair
with great violence. Had he been on the
spot there Is no doubt that he would have
been killed, as the .cornice would have
fallen directly on his bead. PhiLadeIphiu
Press.
CE- Williamsport is very much excited
over the outrage Of an eight year old girl.
A man named Paul was arrested for the
crime but released on the evidence of
saloon-keeper, proving an alibi. Later
information pointed to Paul as the mis-
creant, and was re-arrested, and has had
narrow escape from lynching.
Gsg- AS man was passing house in
Portland, Me-, the other day, two-year-
old girl, who was playing in second-story
room, jumped out Of the window and light
ed on his head. The child fell to the pave
ment and was badly bruised, though not
seriously hurt, and the man, except being
half scared to death, was not much hurt.
NB- One morning Mrs. Soby, who lives
at 1903 Christian street, Philadelphia, arose
at five O'Clock and went to the hydrant to
draw water, leaving lighted candle ON
the steps. The noise she created awaken
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Carpenter, who live in
the house. Mr.. G. thinking burglars had
entered, looked out of the window, and
seeing the light and the form of a person,
fired. The ball grazed Mrs. Soby's neck,
inflictng a slight flesh wound.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-08
All about an Organ.

A dispute has arisen i'm Penn town
ship, Lancaster county regarding an Or
gan. which was put in Airy Dale school
house. The organ was stolen and hid
some place and it was said that it had
been thrown into Ericholtz's Slate quar-
ry, which was filled with water. Last
week steam engine from Lancaster
was taken to the quarries, and COM
menced pumping out the water, which
they continued to do without intermis-
sion until about ten o'clock on Satur-
day morning, when the water had sank
to within four feet of the bottom of the
quarry, and the hose could reach no
further. The steamer was then taken
away, and boat launched upon which
the parties rowed and searched the bot
tom, but did not succeed in finding their
treasure. The organ was at the quarry,
and pieces of it were seen floating on
the water by several parties, but where
it got to or where it is now appears to be
a mystery. 1t is supposed that over
1900 barrels of water were pumped out
of the quarry. Hundreds of persons
were present to witness the operation.