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JESUS IN GETHSEMANE.
LESSON ", FOURTH QUARTER, IN.
TERNATlONAL SERIES, OCT. &c.
Text of the Lesson, Luke xii. 1858.
Commit Verses dO-a3- Golden Text,
Isa. iii, documentary by tho
Rev. ID. NJ. Stearns,

mission of II 5. Hoffman, publisher. Philadel
phia
80 "And He came out and went az He
was wont to the Mount of Olives; and His
disciples also followed Him. After the
last lesson we must listen to His most
gracious words AS recorded in John xiv,
XIV, xvi, then we hear them sing hymn,
and then bow our heads and hearts in
deepest alteration IA we hear Him pray as
never man prayed before Ctohn XVIII He
prayed 80 earnestly for them, and for us
who believe on Him through their word,
and again ms IIo thinks Of His finished
work the glory fills His vision, and He
asks that for us, too. Then they follow
Him, no doubt silent and wondering. hav-
ing heard such strange things about an.
other to take His place rs their comforter
teacher. friend. He had often gone to this
mount before in the evening (chap. xxi,
81; John viii, D. but perhaps never so late
rs this: and now it was the last time and
He was more alone than ever rs far IA
human sympathy went. His disciples fol-
low. but they do not understand
40 And when He was at the place He
said unto them. Pray that We enter not into
temptation.' They had all Joined Peter in
saying that they would never deny Him
Mark xiv. 81, and now they are about to
nave a little test Of how far they can 20
with Him and how much they can bear for
Him. According to Marx, lie left the
eleven Cperhaps just inside the garden
and took Peter, James and john, and be-
gan to be sore amazed and very heavy, shy
iuE, My soul is exceeding -orrpwful unto
DEATH As He enters into the deepening
shadows of the cross only these three are
privileged to come near.
Al And He was withdrawn from them
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WEST TOPSHAM.

W. Il. Southick and family will spend the
winter at the "Grove,' south of the village.
G. NJ, Tuhb-, employed mt Barre, will soon
KIyer ha, cen appointed postmaster at East
ORANGE and has bought and stocked the store
there Horace White is delegate to the state
Sunday-school convention held at Wells River.
Mr.. c. H. Jones, Of Spring Hill, Iowa, says (:
81 have used Ch8mberlain's Pain Balm for
severe and painful burns with better effect
than any thing else | have ever tried. Il re-
Iievcs the pain instantly and cures without
leaving n scar Pain Balm Is unr of the most
useful medicines that any family can Oe pro-
vded with, especially for rheumatism, lame
back. sprsius, bruises, tooth-ache, ar-ache
and like ailments, one application will re
~ cent bottles for sale by Beaupre a Iowrey,
Burlington, and w, b. Nichols, Essex juno
tiun,
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WATERBURY, CENTER.

Il often prescribe Iohnsun'- Anodync I.ini-
ment for Ery slpela-,' said a physician TO us.
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Sheii..nd Ponies.

Perhaps the most interesting lot of
emigrants that landed last week was a
drove of shaggy, unkempt, cunning
looking Shetland ponies. All wore
bangs, more or less, and were saucy-
looking, and some of the little Great
ures had long hair, almost like wool,
which gave them somewhat the appear
ance of rough-coated bears They
were remarkably gentle, permitting
themselves TO be fondled and led
about by the forelock, to the great de
light Of the children. On being asked
if they were broke, the man in charge
answered: eyes, in the way they
break them over there. An old woman
generally leads the foremost pony,
while the rest are made TO follow by
having their heads tied to the tail of
the pony in front of them. The loads
are put on their backs and they are a
comical looking procession The
sturdy little Highlanders will be sure
to find good homes and kind treatment
from the children who may be fortu-
nate enough to own them, for who
ever saw child that did not love
ponies?-[ Newark On. j. Press.
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Well Trained Horses.

Every one knows the gray horses
that pull the Adams Express wagon
through the streets. Magnificent ami
mails they are, too, and visit to their
stables shows how horse should be
treated. | saw an exhibition of their
training yesterday, when driver
simply by word of mouth caused two
powerful animals, attached to the
heaviest form of express wagon. to
back up Girard street to Twelfth from
half way down the block. Slowly the
horses moved step by step in perfect
unison, keeping the wagon perfectly
straight, the driver simply holding the
lines and encouraging their efforts
until Tyselfth street was reached
wi IN, driving them up to the side
walk, he got down and gave each
pat and half an apple. | was too late
to find out the drivers name, for in
this age Of earelessness. about d,,mb
animals | would certainly publish il to
let the company know of such hu-
name driver Philadelphia Times.
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A Steamship on Rollers.

An English barrister has patented a
novel form of steamship, in which
four hollow steel rollers are made to
support on their journals above the
water strong steel framework. This
framework bears the machinery and
all that is necessary to fit the ship as a
carrier of passengers, pleasure yacht,
marine residence, sanitarium, or hotel.
Each roller is provided with paddles,
and is rotated by steam engine at
each end. The ships floor being sup
ported solely on the journals of the
floating rollers, pitching and rolling
can be reduced and made even imper-
ceptible by increasing the size Of the
rollers and their distance apart. The
rollers may be made of almost any
size, and when very large should give
greater speed, as well as steadiness,
than can now be attained.-TTrenton
IN. il American.
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The Iireat African Forests.

The great forest through which
Stanley recently passed, which he es-
timated to cover a quarter of million
square miles, is only small part of
the great african forest which ex-
tends almost unbrokenly from the
west coast of the Gaboon and Ogowe
regions, with a width of several hun
dred miles to the great lakes. This
belt Of timber, trending away to the
heart of the continent in direction
little souh and east, IS perhaps, the
greatest forest region in the world.
A part Of it strikes south Of the Congo
at the great northern bend of the river,
, - '3,ouutry embraced within the
, : 3 I've is covered with compact
forest, shutting out large part of the
sunlight.
In these forests, completely shut out
from the rest of the world, live hum
dreds of thousands of people who are
almost unknown to the tribes living in
the savanna regions outside. Scat.
tered through the big woods within
the Congo bend are little communities
of Batwa dwarfs, of whose existence
the traveller has no inkling until he
suddenly comes upon them. Here
also along the Sarkuru River are the
tree habitations described by DR..
Wolf, whore the natives live In huts
built among the branches to escape the
river floods. 1t was in great clearings
made in these forests that Kund and
Tappenbeck discovered some of the
most notable villages yet found in Ar
rica, where wel-built huts, with gahla.
Foofs, lined both sides Of neatiy-Eept
street lat stretches away for eight or
nine miles. These villages are even
more interesting than the street towns
in the more sparsely-timbercd regions
south of them, which We're regarded
as very wonderful when they were
first discovered by Wissmann.
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NO. O..

afflicted with some form of eczems
which Il ey all hoped would disappear
as the parents had purchased a fine dog
to play with the child.
When dog is tcething, the upper
incisors, according to New Engiahu
superstition, must be removed as soon
as they become loose, or he may
"swallow them and have fits" Per-
haps even more generally received Is
the fancied danger of allowing
child's mill-tooth after extraction to
fall into the possession of a dog or cat
lost the animal swallow it and the
child have dogs or cats tooth grow
in place of the lost one. Tho Mexlcans
and Indians in Texas say that every
animal has brains enough to tan It's
own skin: and so the latter, in the case
Of the wolf, panther, wild cat, ana
some other animals, is mainly pre-
pared by rubbing into the flesh side OF
it the brains of its former wcarer.
A somewhat common fancy among
children, perhaps too, among adults as
well, is that "every part strengthens
part that is, that the liver, heart,
brains, and so on of animals. when
eaten, go directly towards nourishing
the corresponding organs of the eater.
4 similar doctrine was worked out in
great detail by the American Indians,
and is, believe, held by many other
savage tribes. 1t seems altogether
probable that such beliefs, wherever
found among civilized people, old or
Young, are survivals from remote an
tiquity, and that they are closely akin
in their nature and origin TO the we'll
known doctrine of signatures which
has played so great a part in the sys-
TENS of medicine for primitive pco-
pies. = Popular Science Monthly.
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PORT TOBACCO MARYLAND. JUNE 20. $780,

liouhces an year-bobs an bustles is
more'n | kin tell"
i shall leave all such ideas and
such ornaments behind me, mother"
saiu Mrs. Wellman with little laugh.
YOU'D better, for you'll find your
se'I IN comp'ny that's above sich van
l'les' Priscilly Wcllman," retorted
tyranny Peters, as she shook one Of
nef shining knitting needles at her
daughter and frowned darkly.
Mrs. Hodge and Mrs. Wellman-
were appointed committee to pur-
chase the bonnet and attend 10 the
presentation of il with any message
from the society they might think
appropriate.
Ny niece, Mary Carver. does all
the trimming in a millinery store in
hartford" :" said Mrs Hodge "She
comes out here for her vacation every
summer and knows Sister Dilly, aud
Know she'd get the bonnet up for
nothing for us if we'd write and ask
her. I'll tell her we want something
plain and neat and nice"
without no poppys nor flu dub
berries, mind you, if YOU expect AIRY
dime from me" put in Mrs. Peters.
1T will probably be plain enough to
please you, Grandmother, replied
Mrs. Hodge, with no trace of resent
ment in her voice, for everybody knew
that Granny Peters was one of the
klndest hearted old ladies in the world,
notwithstanding the sharp tongue that
continue ly belied her real character.
Mrs. Hodge kept summer boarders,
and among them that summer was
young married man named Hill, who
went to Hartford every Saturday, re-
turning the same day. lie was very
obliging and frequently executed little
commissions for Mrs. Hodge in the
city. His wife was in the South with
an invalid mother
Mrs. Hodge did not want TO go to
Hartford, and wrote her niece in re
gard to the bonnet, determining to ask
Mr. Hill to call for it when he went
to the city on the following Saturday
"Certainly, certainly" said Mr.
I'LL in his kindly way when Mrs.
Hodge made her request known to
him. at won't be the least trouble,
for, as it happens, have to go to that
very milliners today to get bonnet
nsg wife has sent for and have it ex-
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Brothers and Sisters.


Brothers have by the score,
A million, yea, and more!
Men who are striving mid sun and rain,
Resolute comrades on bill and plain,
Drawers Of water and hcwers of wood
Round in common brotherhood,
With the hearts and hands to dare and do
Lifes fiery furnace passing through,
Oh, Brothers. pray foryou.
And sisters have /, yea, more
Than sand grains by the shore
Women who work and who know not peace
Signing in vain for the souls release;
S stors Of trouble, in poverty's van.
Toilworn faces sadly sean;
They come and go aud are lost to view,
And death shall linger and fate pursue,
Oh sisters, l weep for you.
n Ernest McGatiey
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had medicine and doctors to pay for,
and Brother Dilly either had to have a
new suit this spring or stop preachin', !,
an that cost over twenty dollars.
Then they're paying off that mortgage
of three hundred dollars that's been on
their place SO long"
"Yos, that's So" said Mrs. Eli
Curry. "Sister Dilly told me the
other day that they d paid it all off but
fifty dollars and she didn't feel that
she'd cent to spend for anything but
home an furrin missions till that
mortgage was lifted an she'd ruff Of
her own over her head I'd feel Just
so if ] was sixty years old, and in her
place l doubt if I'd feel called on to
give ten dollars year to missions of
any kind as Sister Dilly does"
"Well, now, see here" said Mrs.
Hodge, coming at once to the point.
"Sposin' we club together and make
up little purse and get Sister Dilly a
has.s's,9s, ,:ssss ssx Il i ri sssss'' She'll be
sixty week from Sunday. | know
cause Pm fifty-nine the same day and
we was both born in the same county,
and our names is Matildy, and both
our husbands names is Cyrus, and
we've often talked about how queer
that was.
"Now our socleiy's got over fifteen
dollars IN the treasury that we've no
special use for, and | vote that we take
two dollars of that and each member
give ten cents extra beside. That'n
make three dollars and ninety cents,
and we can get real neat AID tasty
bonnet for that, What do you all
say?"
The proposition was readily agreed
TO, and the next hour was spent in
discussing the style and make of bon
nets in general. 1t was agreed upon
that Sister Oily should be kept in pro-
found Ignorance Of the action of the
society, and it was further agreed that
the bonnet should be black.
"a black bonnet is like a nice black
dress; it's suitable for almost any and
every OCCASION said Mrs. Plumm-
''and nothin' else is suitable for fun,
rails, and Sister billy, bein' a preach
or's wife, is bound to 60 to fun'rals
considerable, .
II don't think w.asmen Of Sister
Dilly's age had ort to wear flowers in
her bunnit nohow," said old Grand
mother Peters. Mrs. Wellman's mother
aud the oldest member of the society.
mo, not even wheat or oats artifishu s,
an when it comes to big, farm red
poppy, a-standin' straight up an a-bob-
bin around on top of body's head,
like Climeny Cawker that's only six
months an three days younger'n me
wears, think it's perfectly scan'lous,
an | allow to tell Climeny Cawker SO
the first chance | git"
.Now, now, MOTHER" said Mrs.
Wellman. .'It's only a mere matter
of taste, I'm sure ! don't object to a
little bunch of quiet-colored artificials
even an old lady's bonnet"
"Well, | do" maintained Mrs.
Peters sharply. stYou allus was a
giddy thing, Priscilly Wellman, an
how You ever expect TO git to heaven
with your idees about arufshuls an
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SISTER DILLY'S BONNET,
BY zENAs DANE.

The Ladies Society of an active lit
tie country church met one Friday af-
ternoon at the home OF Mrs. Jonas
Wellman. Every member was pres
ent, and all were in such a pleasant,
merry mood that Mrs Cyrus Hodge
thought 1t good time TO mention
something she had had in mind for
several days; so, during a momentary
lull in the conversation, she said:
''5ister Dilly's 5 wearing her old win
ter bonnet again this summer, amt
fhe?"
eyes; ! noticed it Sunday, and it
looked awfully old and hot for such a
warm summer day. She's worn that
one old fashioned black velvet bonnet
with them cheap black ostrich tips for
four years, and it's only cotton vel
vet at that. | should think she might
contrive some way to get her another,
even if we don't pay brother Dilly but
three hundred year"
al get me a new bonnet every sum
mer with my egg money, aud Sister
Dilly has hens a-layin' right along, y
said Mrs. Welman.
"You can get real neat, black
rough-and-ready straw bonnet in town
now for forty-four cents said
Mrs. Plumm.
eyes. but l don't suppose Sister
Dilly feels that she can spend even
that much for bonnet aud buy the
trimmin's too" said Mrs. Hodge.
''You know tkem three little orphan
gran children Of hers was sick most
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kind Of garden party down in
Georgia and had to have new bonnet
from her own milliner, expressly for
the occasion. I'll just kill two birds
with one stone by getting your bonnet
at the same time get my wife's."
''You are very kind" replied Mrs.
Hodge, "and now if you'll just leave
the bonnet at Pastor Dilly's house on
your way out here from the train, it
will complete the whole business. I'll
give you little note to leave with il. +"
The note read as follows:
"Iaar Sister Dilly: Win you please ac-
eept this little gift we send today as birth
day remembrance aud slight testimonial of
the esteem and affection Of
"THE LADIES SOCIETY,""
Mr.. Hill said he would see that the
note was left with the bonnet and
good Mrs. Hodge felt rejoiced that her
little plan had been carried through so
successfully. She felt, too, the salts
faction one always feels over the. per-
formance of kind iced. ''''--
The next day was delightfully."- cool
and baImy for midsummer and had it
been less fair no doubt every member
of the Ladies' Society would have
gone to church to see the bonnet tow
ard which they had al. contributed.
As it was, they were all there. The
pretty little church was full, many of
the summer boars- : =='ee neighbor-
hood having come Ss.a the first
time.
81 am awfully glad Sister Dilly
don't have to wear that old bonnet to-
day" whispered Mrs. Hodge to Mrs.
Wellman as they entered the church
porch side by side, .'and | do hope
the members of the society will like
the bonnet; but | hain't much doubt
about that My niece has splendid
taste"
The other members of the society
had already arrived, and were sitting
in their pews staring very hard at Sis
ter Dilly's bonnet. Mrs. Hodges eyes
at once sought out the Dilly pew and
her lips almost gave utterancc to dis
tinct "My good land! = when she saw
the bonnet. She fe.t that the eyes of
all the members of the society were
turned toward her, some in reproach,
some in inquiry and some in keen dis
pleasure. Among the latter we're the
shining, keen black eyes of Grand
motaer Peters. The old lady's pew
was directly behind Mrs. Hodges,
and as that lady took her seat Mrs.
Peters leaned forward and said ac-
ridly:
Now, you've done it, Matildy
Jane Hodge, amt you? You shan't
have any dime of mine to help pay fer
maxim our paster's wife disgrace to
the neighborhood. Look at her asset
TIM there with her head hung down as
if she was 'shamed Of herself, ez she
no doubt is, aud orter be!n
Mrs. Dilly's gray head was indeed
bowed down and on it was dainty
little white lace bonnet with ties Of
pink satin ribbon and white tulle. A
bristling pink pom-pon stood bravely
up in front in military sort of
way, and the graceful tail feathers of
a bird of paradise foated jauntily out
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VOL. XII.

Ar an adjourned meeting Of the
A'nEl's' AND PLANTERS AGENCY
y Baltimore city, held at their Office
= tn,. Wednesday, the goth day Of February
~ ohEPHEkD. Of Anne Arupdal co
= I. BRIscoE, Of Calvert CO, ., '''''' -
= = n. CRAWFORD Of Calvert Co.
: IN. .. TUCK, of Baltimore civ
@DhlAN s,' iOsEY, Of Charles Co.
sAM'L > NJ KINKS, Of Frederick Go
,oa -, w. DORSEY, Of calvert Co
'0o'' jon SHEPHERD was elected Prcsi
ucfti ). 7. BRscoE, rice-Prcsident
SAMUEL N, links, Cashier, G. W.
DORSEY, Treasurer, and L. E. links.
Secretary.
The The Board Of Directors for the wear
1859 was elected rs follows;
i. Il. HTNKs, q Frederick Co
J. Fr9nk Talbot. Calvert Go
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DeHlnu oNCI Clstct Oltil lueaE lS iAtstS
twist Of gray hair. A wreath of pink
and white daises seemed trying to
hide in the meshes of lace and tulle,
but every offending flower was seen
by Granny Peters.
Mrs. Dilly looked very uncomfort-
able, although evidently trying to ap-
pear calm and self-possessed. She
was good woman, but one untrav-
elcd and uni ersed in the ways and
fashions of the world. She gave no
heed 10 the fashions, but when she
had taken the bonnet from its box t
night before she had held it up on the
fingers of one toil-worn hand and said
to her husband:
alt looks awfnlly gay for me. don't
it, Cyrus? They say old ladies are
wearing colors a good deal now, and !
know they dress gayer'n they used to;
and yet such bonnet as this don't
seem exactly appropriate for me;
does it, Cyrus?"
Mr.. Dilly had merely glanced from
the sermon he was writing and said:
"Well, well, Matildy, wear it, wear
it. The dear sisters who sent it likely
know better than we do what the
styles are and what's becoming TO you.
just wear 1t, and don't worry any
about it,"
But Mrs. Dilly did worry about it.
"And yet" she said, II must wear
ii. l can't offend the sisters by not
wearing it," and so she wore it, to the
amusement of the society and the dis
may of Mrs. Hodge.
"What on earth could Mary Carver
have been thinking OF, was Mrs.
Hodges mental comment. "'lf she
did it for joke, she IL -fhdeout what
think of her and her jokes when see
her.
Early the next day Mrs Hodge went
away from home for week and on
her return Mr.. Hill handed her letter
with queer little twinkle in his eye.
The letter was from Mrs. Hill and
read
"Well, Horace Hill, what in this
world were yen thinking of TO have
Mrs. B send me The horrid old
grandmother's bonnet that came by
express today. Both you and Mrs.
B. must have taken leave of your
senses. Imagine me going to garden
party wearing big black silk bonhef
with care to It and q White lace r
'rill in the 'front.' Are you crazy, or
rying to play joke on me? II the
after, allow me to say that your joke
S in very bad taste and it will cot
'ou the price of two bonnets. for |
vent right off and got me another, and
gave the one you sent to an old coli
'red aunty who washes for u.s."
"And that was Sister Dilly's bon
let," said Mrs. Hodge.
eyes, but l had your niece make
Ter another just like it today said
ir. Hill, "and the one she wore last
sunday is on its way to Georgia"
And Sister Dilly looked very con-
ented and grateful when she appeared
he next Sunday in the bonnet intend
ID for her, and Granny Peters said:
THAT bunnit looks netting like
t, but | should think Sister Dilly
would feel dreadful to think of what
! show she made of herself last Sun
lay. l wouldn't be a mite s'prised if
he whole thing gos inta, ssss.- ~ .sa:s..&s- Z
And SO it has.-[The Housewife.
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A Curious Book.

Wakeman Robertson of New York
has cong eted book that consists Of
a single y that will never be dupH-
Gated. ". gone Of lol quarto pages
Of imitatF Psparchment, with eyerv
word and Etration of the story Of
the authors experiences with rod and
gun, on lake and in field and cann.
done with his pen or brush. 1t was
prepared by MIR. Robertson for his
children.
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A Confession.

"What has become of that ugly IN
tempered Bramble girl?''
"She's married"
"What man was idiot enouoh =
marry her?n
"This one."-[Epoch.
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Medical SuperstitiOns.

There is popular superstition Of
wide range, based upon | know not
what that it is very healthful for chill
dren b play with dogs. A weak child,
it is Thought, may gain strength by
being with dog, or, if diseased, the
child maA be cured by having the ami
NAL stakb the disease"-for example,
inflamedEeyes or any disorder of the
skin. Mnhin year a college gradu-
ate told He, in perfect good faith, Of
acquaint nces, a Boston doctor and his
wife, wi Aose little girl had been greatly