Year: 1874

self for properly performing his labor. ANY
man in business, who has employed number
of workmen, knows how inconvenlent 1t Is, to
say nothing of the pecuniary loss and dlsap-
pointment of customers, to have man on
whom he is depending to perform a certain
piece of work, turn up drunk, and consequent.
iy untrustworthy, in the midst of rush OF
business.


In this way hundreds suffer from the use OF
intoxicants who personally never indulge IN
their use. Thus it is that a man whois steady
and faithful to his employment, whatever that
may be-, even though not so competent in some
respects, is more desirable man to his en-
ployer than he who, by the use of intoxicating
drinks, renders himself unreliable; and the
former will find employment and prosper,
where the latter is always liable to be without
business.


A WoMANs Cold FEEr.-Mrs. Battles
suffers from cold feet, and the other night she
warmed up brick, intending to take 1T to
bed with her. She laid it down by the bed
side while she attended to the baby, and then
forgot about it and turned in. After while
Battles came over to the bedroom, and when
he had assumed his night shirt, he began to
say his PRAYERS. When he was about half
through, he happened to move his knee a little
to theleft, andi came in contact with the BRICK.
For an instant he thought that something
had stung him, and, jumping up, he came back
to ascertain what it was. He saw the brick
living there, but it never occurred to him that
this was the cause of the trouble, so he picked
it up for the purpose of throwing it out OF the
window. Then he suddenly dropped it with
a cry of pain, and, after an indignant denun-
citation of Mrs. Battles, he procured piece
of paper, and in a furious rage hurled the
brick through the window sash. 1t hit Po-
liceman who happened to be standing on the
pavement below, and in less than ten minutes
Battles was on his way to the statlon-house,
where he was locked up all night on a charge
of assault and battery. He was released in
the morning after paying twenty dollars tne
He has not finished his prayers yet, and Mrs.
Battles now warns her feet with flannel pet
ticoat.-Mae Adeler.


Dg "reminiscences of Lincoln by his law
partner and friend, Herndon: He was the
greatest and best man ever knew. l think
he always felt he was dedicated to some great
service They tell a story that when ne was
a youth he chided his sister for want of pro:
priety, when some one present asked "And
pray what do you expect to make OF your
self?" president of the United States" was
the answer. T never in my life knew as
honest man. Now, in our business reia-
tions he never received fee, little or big,
that he did not divide it equally, and folding
up one part in a piece of paper, write my
name upon it. When I rallied him for it, he
replied that he might die suddenly some time,
and all accounts between US would thus be
settled. I never saw him give way to his
anger but once. Then an audience refused to
hear man speak, and he swung down in the
crowd and declared that the liberty Of speech
should be denied no man without cause. The
opposition was at once put down. Usually
his custom was to 60 offhimself when excited.
Even in the many political discourses held in
our front offices, if the debate grew warm ne
would 90 off in the back room and stay
while. He was the most loving and patient
man that ever lived, and man whose great
ness grows upon the minds of the people.


DoN'T DEPEND ON FATHER-Young man,
let us talk to you. You have trusted alone
to the contents of your fathers purse, or his
fair fame, for your influence or success in
business


Think you that father has attained eminence
in his profession but by unwearied industry?
Or that he has amassed fortune honestly
without energy or activity? You should
know that the faculty requisite for the acqui-
ring of fame or fortune is essential to, nay, IN.
separable from, the attainment of either OF
these


Suppose "father" has "rocks" in abundance;
if you have never earned anything for him,
YOU have no more business with these rocks
than gosling has with tortoise. And if he
allows you to meddle with them until you
have gained them by your ewn industry, he
perpetuates untold mischief And if he is
lavish of his cash toward you, while he is al
lowing you to while away your time, you had
better leave home.-yes, runaway, sooner than
be an imbecile, or something worse, through
so enervating an influence. Sooner or later
you must learn to rely on your own resources,
or you will not be anything.


A LIVELY CHERUB.-If there is man in
Springfield, says the Journal (this Spring.
field being in Illinois,) so heartless and grulf
that he doesn't love children, he would have
been softened yesterday if he had stood on
the west side of the square and seen and
heard sweet little cherub Of three bright
summers, weep and howl and pound its little


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