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Year: 1869

" you have made some mistake, and almost
lost your money" aud he showed the baker
the gold, aud told how It had been found.
" l. it thine 2' asked the father. "Gf it is,
take it away


e" Ny father, baker, is very poor, and


"Silcnce, my child put me not TO shame
by thy complaints am glad we have saved
the man from losing his money"


The baker had been gazing alternately at
the honest fthcr and the eager boy aud the
gold which lay glittcring on the grccn turf


" Thou art indccl an honest fellow" said
the baker; "and my neighbor, David, the
fax-drcsscr, spoke the trut when he said
thou vert the most honest man in the town
Now, | shall tell thee about the gold A
stranger came to my shop three days ago, and
gave me that loaf, and told me 10 sell 1t cheap
ly or to give it to the most honest poor man
whom | know in the city | told David to
send thee TO me as customer this morning I,
rs thou wouldst not take che loaf for nothing,
| sold it to thee, as thou knowost, for the last
penny in thy purse; aud the loaf with all its
treasuro-and certainly, il is not small lis
thine, and God grant thee a blessing with it 3"


The poor man bent his head to the ground,
while the tears fell from his eyes His boy
ran and put his arms around his neck and
said


! shall always, like you, my father, trust
God, and do what is rights for | am sure it
will never put US to shame '-EdiaJurgh
Christian MagisiRs.
Year: 1869

" Goethe tells the following story, which
amusingly illustrates the capacity for drink
of the Rhinelanders -


"The Bishop of Mayence once delivered
sermon against drunkenness, and after paint
ing in the strongest colors the evils Of over
indulgence, concluded as follows - But the
abuse Of wine does not exclude its use, for ii


is written that wine rcjoces the heart of
man. Probably there is no one in my cen
gregaiion who cannot drink four bottles Of
wine without feeling any disturbance Of his
senses I; but if any man at the seventh or
eighth bottle so forgets himself as to abuse
and strike his wife and children and treat his
best friends as enemies let him look into his
conscience, and in future always stop at the
sixth bottle. Yet, il after drinking eight,
or even ten or twelve bottles, he can still
take his Christian neighbor lovingly by the
hand, aud obey the orders Of his spiritual and
temporal superiors, let him thankfully drink
his modest draught. He must be careful,
however as to taking any more, for il Is sell
dom that Providence gives any one the spe-
cial grace to drink sixteen bottles at sitting,
as it has enabled me. its unworthy servant, to
do without either negleeting my duties or
losing my temper"
Year: 1869

Follow him home from the scene of his de-
bauch. He is an only son. On him the
hopes of the family have centered. Every
nerve has been strained to give him the choi-
cest education. Parents and sisters gloried
in his talents and looked forward to his future
fame. Alas these visions already are less
bright.


Enter now the family circle. Parents sur
rounded by lovely daughters; within that
circle reign peace, virtue, and refinement.
The evening has been spent in animated con-
versation and sweet interchange of Affection
ate endearment. But there is one who used
to share all this, who was the center of that
circle. Why is he not here?


The hour Of devotion has come. They
kneel before their Father and their God A
voice that used to mingle in their praises is
wanting. An hour rolls away,--another
hour is gone. And why has all choerlulness
gone with it2 Why do those parents start
at every footstep2 All the step of that son
and brother is heard, The door is opened
and he staggers in before them, and he is
stretched out at their feet in all the loathsome-
ness of intoxication.


"Oh who shall tell the sorrows Of a home
made dark with sin ?"-Temp. IVatchmaR.
<.s.s-~--


No man is so learned, but he may be
taughti neither is any one 50 illiterate but
that he may teach.


GOOD men to attend auctions--men
whose faces are forbidding.


We are rich only through what we give
and noor only through what we refuse.


"A school committeeman writes ! We
have school house largo enough to accom-
modate four hundred pupils four stories high


An exchange says he can always tel
what sort of woman man married by thu
way he treats the printer,
Year: 1869

lHE Two APPRENTICE CES.-Iwo boys
were apprenticed in Il carpenters shop
One determined TO make himself Il
thorough workman the other didn't
care One read and studied, and got
books that would help him TO UNDER
stand the principles of his trade. He
spent his evenings at home reading. TIE
other liked fun best. He often went
with other boys to have good time p


Come he often said to his shopmatc,
''leave your books go with US. What's
the Use of all this reading ~


''If waste these golden moments, -
was the boys answer, Il shall lose what
never can make up


While the boys were still apprentices.
an offer of two thousand dollars appear
ed IN the newspapers for the best plan
tor State House, TO be built in one OF the
Eastern States. The studious boy saw
the advertisement, and determined 10 try
for 1t. After careful study, he drew out
his plans, and sent them to the commit
tee, We suppose he did not really eN-
ICSl ~ gam lIe pTlZc DuL sun Ho
thought ''there is nothing like trying
In about 4 week afterwards a gentleman
arrived at the carpenters shop, and ask
ed if an architect by the name of wash
ington Wiberforce lived there.


NO." said the architect .'but I've
got an apprentice by that name"


LETS see him." said the man.


The young man was summoned, and
informed that his plan was accepted, and
that the two thousand dollars were his .
The gentleman then said that the boy
must put up the building and his en-
ployer was so proud Of his success that
he willingly gave him his time and lei
him 90. This studious young carpenter
became one of the first architects of the
country. He made fortune, and stands
high in the esteem of everybody while
hls fellow apprentice can hardly earn
food for himself and family by his daily
labor.
Year: 1869

Please don't smoke. If you have not
formed the habit, keep yourself out of
temptation. If You are just beginning
to like the smell, perchance the taste, of
IA fragrant Havana" don't 90 beyond
the beginning. If the habit has fairly
got hold of you, shake it off. 1t is much
better, in every way, that you should alb
tain from the filthy, inconvenient. dele
terious practice of smoking. Better for
your pocket better for your health
better tor your intellect, and better for
your morals. And that is just the point
We are after-the aDimus OF our injunc-
ton. And now We know just what will
happen. Nine-tenths of those who read
this will turn at once to not less than
GOOD dozen of excellent people-pious
Christian people-folks who live virtu-
ously, and make the world better for
their living-but who, nevertheless, do
smoke, and that habitally and persistent
iy.


But, allowing this to be true, which
we do, what does it prove? Just what
can be proved by the prevalence of any
other deeterious habit, the power Of
Divine Grace and we'll settled convictions
10 withstand the tendencies of evil. 4
man is not hetter for being the slave OF Il
foolish or evil habit. He is, by so much,
the worse. Show us an excellent man
who is an habitual smoker, and we will
show you one who would be better man
we're he TO break the thraldom.


We have two individuals in our mind,
(both ministers of the gospel, sin good
standing,') both inveterate smokers. We
have met them frequently, and under
various circumstances, at home and
abroad, in the pulpit and out of it
They are strangers to each other, but are
both ''sood fellows" and have 'lots of
friends" When they travel they care
fully stow away their wives and babies in
the regular passenger car, while they re-
pair TO the smoking car" to enjoy their
tavorite weed, and the company of all
the black legs and loafers on the train.
At the public hotels their families have
access 10 the parlors, while they are
driven to the filthy bar-rooms.


The society into which their balefuI
habit throws them is almost invariably
perncious, and the haoit itself is a per-
petual stumbling block in all their efforts
to lead others in the better way. They
are in Il constant warfare with conscience.
which cannot be smoked into somnolencv,
and their usefulness is impaired even be-
yond their own consciousness. We have
heard these men preach, but never with
out a constant, undefined sense of their
uniitnc-s. Their moral truths always
tall short of the mark. Their exhorta-
tions are invariably tainted with the
fumes of tobacco. When they speak OF
1.-The powers of Satan" we think OF the
powers of evil habit When they exhort
sinners to repentance, we feel like saying
''Physician, heal thyself."


We like them both, they are our per
sonal friends, but we cannot withhold
from them a kind of pity, such as we feel
for some excellent fellow who Is slave
to strong drink And to say the truth,
so far as the mere habit is concerned, we
cannot see the difference. So we are
strained to say of our clerical friends,
''Nice follows. Pity they smoke -
PacLufS -UOnthB
Year: 1869

to do in making life happy and prosper
Gus. The charm of good housekeeping
is in order, economy and taste displayed
in attention to little things and these
things have a wonderful influence. \
dirty kitchen and bad cooking have drv-
en- many an one from home To seek COM
fort and happiness somewhere else. None
of our excellent girls are fit to be married
until they are thoroughly educated in the
deep and profound mysteries ofthc kitch-
en.-IrryJyt1Tu
Year: 1869

Anna Dickinson is becoming confident.
In her last lecture in New York she
wanted to know what certain paper
would say in five years from now, when
she would have vote, or in ten years,
when she would be a member OF Con-
gresS !"
Year: 1869

able, bat the pecuniary support they
give the Government is not worth con-
sidering. The rebels number many
thousands, are intelligent and inauen-
tial and without their enfrancbisement
good local govsrnmentin many ceunties
is impassible, The blacks number but
about two thousand. Their mental and
political qualifications We leave our CO.
temporary to state. Neither public
opinion nor the good of the State de-
mands negro suffrage. The enfranchise'
ment of the rebels is demanded by a
majority of the people and by the most
important considerations of public poll
cy. For one bad reason that may be
advanced in favor of negro suffrage
ten good ones may be given why the
rebels should vote. The assertion that
these classes occupy the same relations
to TIE body politic will stand no test by
which tr nth may be determined.


These objections have occurred to us,
as we have watched the later develop
ment of the IHteligeRcer'8 argument up
on suffrage. If our cotemporary will
remove them, We will not be alone in
appreciating the favor. We have no de-
sire to say or do any thing that would
stay the hand of a single liberal Repub
licau in the work of restoring disfran-
chised white people in this State to
their political privileges. COP knows
they have borne enough from the
partisan prescription of revenge
full foes without suffering through
through the errors Of those who, now
that the great quarrel is ended, would
be their friends! Knowing that in a
brief time their liberation will come
whether the now dominant party decree
it or not, we wouldyst gladlylwitness the
fastening of that event by the generous
measures of those who have now the
power to do away with prescription in
our midst If a temporary looseaing OF
party lines be necessary to this end, so
be it. If Republican ascendency in
West Virginia is to be prolonged by this
liberal policy, 30 be it,


Be the concession or the sacrifice what
it may, so it involves neither principle
nor honor, there should be, and there
will be, no shirking OF duty on the part
of the Democratic masses. But if the
ground of action is to be made untena,
BILE for them in advance, those Repub
licans who profess liberality need not
be surprised if their efforts come short
oftheir object, and the consunmation OF
great work, now in their hands, be
accomplished without the aid they so
much desire to extend to it.
Year: 1869

WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN


Are made strong by the use of either of these
remedies. They win cure every case Of M.
RASMUS, without fail


Thousands of certificates have accumulated
in the hands Of the proprietor, but space will
allow Of the publication of but a few. Those.
1t will be observed, are men of note, and of such
standing that they must be beloved
Year: 1869

It is well established fact that fully one
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health or. TO
use their own expression, never feel well "
They are languid, devoid Of all energy extreme.
ly nervous and have no appetite.


To this class Of persons the BITTERS, or the
TONIC, is especially recommended
Year: 1869

A WARNING TO THOSE WHO USE
INK.-A very peculiar case of sickness
has recently been developed in one of
the members of family residing in
West End-a little girl aged about four
teen years. The child is a member of
the First intermediate School, and has
been in the habit of cleaning her pen
by sucking the ink from it, and then
swallowing the saliva thus poisoned.
And it has not been an unfrequent
thing for her to take a bottle of ink
and drink from it as she would drink
water. Every remonstrance of teach
ers and parents was disregarded, till
now the poisonous fluid has permeated
her whole system and created a dis
ease which, if it does not finally battle
the best efforts of medical men in this
city, will require long siege OF sick
ness and suffering.


The habit of cleaning pens with the
mouth is not an uncommon one, and
though the saliva may be Immediately
spit out, yet there remains enough ink
in it, if the practice is continued, to
gradually and surely pass over the sys-
tenn, and being poisonous, must do
harm. A word to the wise should be
suficient.-lCin. Chronicle.
Year: 1869

Next to being married to the right
person, there is nothing so important
in ones life as TO live under ones
own roof.


There is something more than pO-
etical charm in the expression Of the
wife: "We have our coy home, it is
thrice dear to Us, because it IS our
own, We have bought it with the
savings of our earnings. Many were
the sOda-fountains, the confectionery
saloons, and the nieeties Of the mar
ket we had to pass; many times my
noble husband denied himself the
comfort of tobacco, the refreshing
draught Of beer; wore his old clothes
and even patched-up boots; and 1, o
me! made my old bonnet do, wore the
plainest clothes and did the plainest
cooking; saving was the order Of the
hour; and to have "a house Of our
own" has been our united aim.


"NOW we have it; there is no land
lord troubling Us raising the rent and
exacting this and that. There is no
fear harbOring in our bosom that in
sickness or old age we will be thrown
cut Of house and home, for it is our
own, and the money we have paid to
save rent is sufficient to keep US in
comfort in the winter days Oflife."


What a lesson do the above words
teach, and how well it would be if
hundreds Of families would heed them,
and instead Of living in rented houses,
which take a large share Of their cap
ital to furnish, and a quarter OF their
earnings to pay rent, dress and eat
corresponding, would bravely curtail
their expenses and concentrate their
efforts for the sake of having "hOuse
of their own" Better a cottage Of
your own, than a rented palace.
Year: 1869

It not only adds to manliness of ap-
pearance, but develops the chest and
promotes the general health in high
degree, because the lungs being reliev-
ed of the pressure made by having the
head downward and bending the chest
in, admit the air freely and fully
down to the very bottom of the lungs.


If an effort of the mind is made to
throw the shoulders back, feeling of
.tiredness and awk wardness is soon ex-
pPrienced, or it is forgotten. The use
Of braces to hold up the body is neces-
sIrily perniciOus for there can be no
brace that does not press upon some
part of the body, more than is natural,
hence can not fail to injuriOusly i'm
pede the circulation of that part. But,
were there none of these objections,
the brace would soon adapt itself to
the bodily position, like a hat or shoe,
or new garment, and would cease to
become a brace.


To maintain an erect position, or re-
cover it when lost, in a manner which
is at once natural, easy and efficient,
it is only necessary to walk habitually
with the eyes fixed on an object ahead,
a little highe; than your own, the cave
of house, the top of a mans hat, Or
simply keep your chin very little
above horizontal line. Or, it will an.
swer to walk with your hands behind
you i; if either of these things is done,
the necessary, easy and legitimate eff
feet is to relieve the chest from pres
sure, the air gets in more easily, devel-
Opes it more fully, and permeates the
lungs more extensively, causinga more
perfect publication of the blood. i'm
parting higher health, more color to
the cheek and compelling a throwing
out of the toes. To derive the highest
benefit from walking, hold up the
head, keep the mouth closed, and
move briskly.-[Hall Journal of
Health.
Year: 1869

What blessed day is Sunday to
a man who necessarily catches but
brief glimpses of home during the
toiling week; who is off in the morn
ing while the little eyes are closed in
slumber, nor back at night until they
are sealed in sleep. What would he
know of the very children for whom
he tolls, were it not for the blessed,
breathing respite of Sunday? What
honest workingman's child will ever
forget this day, when clean and neat:
it is his privilege to climb papa's knee
and hang about his neck, and tell him
all the news which goes to make up
his little narrow world. Narrow, did
we say? We recall the word, for it
widens out into the bOundless ocean of
eternity. Sunday for the working
mans children So he would have it
"a day hallowed by sweet, pure home
influences; when the little band, quite
complete, shall rest from labor, and
love shall write it down the blessed
day of all the seven.
Year: 1869

Why A CAT WASHES AFTER EAT
ING.-PrObably our readers have no
ticed that cats wash their faces after
eating, instead of before, as people do
Now, we will tell yoI the cause Of this,
When the first cat was made, she went
out into the fields hunting for birds,
and one day she caught 3 swallow,
and brought it home. "YOu've got a
very dirty face, said the swallow, "you
should wash it before you eat, +" and
the cat was foolish enough to drop the
bird, so that she could wash her face,
and away few tire swallow. The cat
was vexed at the manner in which
she had been out witted, and exclaim-
ed, WHenceforth 1 viii eat fist and
wash Afterwards" and the vow is
kept faithfully by all cats.
Year: 1869

Special IetegTdDl TO t1e CODll1eTclnt.


CHICAGO, May 1O.-To-day has been
the occasion of a grand gala in this
city. The ceremony of laying the last
rail of the great Pacific Railroad was cele-
brated here in an unusually grand man
ner. From an early hour in the morning
the streets were crowded with "sight-
seers, or with those who were preparing
to participate in the general jubilee, and
about 2 O'Clock in the afternoon the tele-
graph announced the fact that the last
spike had been driven into the track, when,
amid the firing of cannon, the ringing of
an innumerable number of bells, and tie
blowing of about the same number of
steam whistles, the grand inaugural pro-
cession was organized and set in motion.
The procession included the police and
Year: 1869

Weightier words are rarely used in
formal reports than those in which
the COrOner's Jury on the six victims
of the late Long Island Railroad acci-
dent render their verdict "We find
that they came to their death on the
morning of April %, 1869, by an ac-
cident which occurred on the Long
Island Railroad near Willow Tree
Station, in the town of Jamaica, in
consequence of a car being thrown
from the track by defective rail, and
hold that the Long Island Railroad
Company are responsible for said ac-
cident by neglecting their duty in
keeping their track in proper order. "
Year: 1869

HAVE THE HEART RIGHT.-There
is a great deal in being in harmony
with what you have to do, or what
you go any where to listen to or en-
Joy. You learn more from a discourse
on any subject with which already
you have some aequaintance-and
you experience satisfaction and de-
light, and receive and retain impress
sions of pleasure, in proportion as you
have an inward sympathy with any
thing you read, see, or hear. The
law of nature is applicable to religion
and religious engagements. You can
do much to promote in yourselves and
to seek from God that "preparatiOn
of heart" for your Sabbath-worshiP,
which being possessed, you will find
that neither the day nor the duty can
be felt as "a weariness. 1t makes
every prayer instructive as a sermon,
and a true sermon, though eloquent,
subduing as devotion and sweet as
song. Many a poor discourse is rich
to them whose heart is right and
many a good one appears bad from
causes existing only in the heart.
Year: 1869

PRESERVATION OF FURs.-An ex-
change has the following with reference
to the preservation of furs, which, no
doubt, will be of interest to many Of.
our readers.


"The worst thing to be done with
furs is 10 shut them out of sight frem
the air and forget them. The next
worst thing is to put them away
damp. Should they become wet by
exposure to the rain, they should be-
placed no nearer to the fire than where
they will dry slowly. When the s5a-
son for their use is over, they should
not be shut up in a tight chest, bsx or
drawer for more than q few days or d
week " thOut being taken out and weB
shaken. Putting them in a drawer
that is frequently opened, is recon-
meuded, in order that they may be.
frequently seen, and thus constantly
remind one Of the necessity Of attend-
ing to them. To preserve furs perfect
ly and without the least fear Of moths.
frequent airing, shaking and general
cleanliness are necessary"
Year: 1869

REVENUE STAMPS. = Commissioner
Delano has decided, with regard to
afixing and canceling internal reve-
nue. stamps, that in all cases where an
adhesive stamp shall hereafter be used,
except as may be otherwise provided,
the person making and delivering or
giving the instrument, matter, or
thing to be taxed, shall affix the
stamp; that the entire surface of each
stamp shall be exposed to view; and
that he shall cancel the same by wri-
ting with ink upon each stamp, or by
such mechanical means as the Com
missioner may hereafter require, in or
der that such Cancelled stamp can not
be again used. The cancellation of
stamps for spirits and tobacco will re-
main as heretofore. The Commission
er calls the attention of officers to the
provision in the act imposing a fine
and punishment for using adhesive
stamps which have already been used.
Year: 1869

n HI W AAGC AAOOSC OAAgCAAd1WACe


The White House building is so
completely the property and prone
made of the million that Mrs. Grant
alleges that she has no bedroom for
her sisters who come to visit her. The
whole of the lower floor, excepting
small dining room, and one half the
second story of the White House, are
thrown open to the public. 1t is like
living in the loft of one end of a mar
ket house. Though there are some


fine mirrors, carpets, &cin this building,
the house itself is cracked, Ieaky, old,
mUsty, and going straight to decay,
despite the paint and gilt in which
these rOttennesses are disguised. 1
went into the little crib called the
"ofice'Of General Badeau' some time
ago; and there was a crack from top
to bottom of his door, through which
the eye could look plainly, as
through a window pane. In point of
comfort the Presidents wife finds her
former residence thrice as habitable as
this great public palace And how is
one TO keep the crowd out?-TG. w. T.
in Chicago Tribune.