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Year: 1870

We who labor,-and so many of us
must-may well stop occasionally ana
ponder over the real worth of our work.
Not its worth in dollars and cents,-not
what it is to bring us or may profit
another,-but what it is really worth to
us in developing our Christian character,
in Strengthening us, in helping us onward
and upward. For work should have this
tendency. We hold it next thing to a
crime, that any man should perform ser
vice that degrades himself He sins thus
against himself Against himself first,
and then indirectly against the whole OF
mankind, for in lowering his own nature
the average brotherhood of man is
lowered.


Work should be cnnobling. Even the
most menial, provided it have not some
element OF baseness in it, may be made
so. IL is our privilege to invest daily
labor with an interest and thought above
the thing itself The thing we do
perishes, mayhap, but the thought with
which We clOthc it, and which its kind
hcnccforth symbolizes, lives on forever.
And so the thing done is worth to us Its
symbol,-aye, even much more. Each
symbol is a suggestion, and in the fruitful
mind suggestions multiply themselves and
bear frult even To an hundred fold.


III we let our work grow distasteful and
uncongenial, it is of very little worth in
deed In real, lasting benefits it will not
avail the value of a straw. There is small
degree of wholesome good born of dis
taste. Our duty then is, seeing that we
should reap as rich harvest as we may
from the field where we CLEAN, to take
kindly to the work under our hand. 1t
may not be the labor we most like, but,
if not degrading, we can make it return
goodly reward But if we continually
fret and repine over it,-if we say to our
selves daily, "This is not my forte; this
is beneath my powers; this is unsatisfy..
ing; would could find other work TO do"
we are verify starving ourselves, cheat
ing our better natures out of that which
is right within our grasp.


To 5e sure, we should strive To obtain
such work as we feel ourselves best fitted
for. Circumstances permitting, we should
Year: 1870

IF all who are smitten with the love Of
fame could become personally acquainted
with few really famous people, their eyes
would be speedily opened. They would
find that the laurel-crowned goddess who
seemed so charming and so enchanting to
them was utterly ignored and unthOught
of by those who had secured her smiles
They would find that scarcely any fact
appeared of less value to such people than
the fact that they were famous They
would find them working hard and pain
fully for the development of some great
idea, or the accomplishment Of some great
task for his own sake, and without the
slightest reference to the admiration their
labOrs might happen to excite in the minds
of men. There are men who live for
fame, and who are merely famous without
the greatness on which true fame can alone
be based but a single glance at the inner
life of such men would be sufficient to re-
veal the utter hOllOwncss of such life
and its entire lack of capacity to satisfy
the mind.


Agassiz is truly great man, but what
does he care for the gaping crowd that
wonders at learning. His absorption in
his work is SO complete that, in addition
| to the love of fame, another Of the ruli n o
| passions of the human mind has lost its
Influence over him. When urged TO
devote portion of his time to lecturlng on
account of his great popularity and the
amount of money he would be sure to
derive from the plan, he replied, 81 have
no time to make money"


What did Beethoven care for fame =
Once on a certain occasion when he was in
despair by reason of his increasing deaf
ness, and he was almost tempted to com
NIT suicide, he says: Art-shc alone
she held me back. Oh it seemed To me
impossible to quit this world before had
accomplished all of which 1 felt myself
capable, and therefore preserved this un-
happy life"


1t is.ncedless to multiply instances. Our
position is abundantly verified by facts.
Therefore we say to our friends: Do not
be misled by the glitter of popular ap.
plause. The approval of thoughtful and
judicious friends is worth more than the
senseless shouts of the whole world. Be
sid, S, there is only one way in which true
fame can be achieved, and that is by doing
ones work well.-Ne0 York Musical
| Gazette
Year: 1870

SOWING SMALL SEED-A half inch in
depth is as much as should be placed over
any of the small kinds of flower seeds.
and many of them ought not to be cover.
ed more than half that depth; and after
sowing, the surface of the soil,s if light
should be gently packed down with either
ahoe or spade, as this will press it closely
to the seed, and in measure prevent
drying. Success or failure i'm growing
plants usually depends upon some little
difference in the way the soil is manipu-
lated. The professional florist apparently
does every thing in the most hurried and
careless manner, but he never omits those
important operations which insure the
life and future growth of his plants
Hearth and Home.
Year: 1870

Counting the above upward, across, or
from corner to corner, it will be found
that the amount in each instance is "a. 1t
is clever hap hazard combination of fig
ures, without any rule for their formation.
The proper arrangement offigures in odd
numbered squares has, however, been
long known; they are easily made, and
no matter which way they may be count
ed, will give the same amount in each
column, as may be seen in either of the
following squares:
Year: 1870

1t was a cold night in winter The wind
blew, and the snow was whirled iuriously
about, seeking to hide itself beneath cloaks
and hoods, and in the very hair Of those who
were out. \ distinguished lecturer was to
speak, aud notwithstanding the storm, the
villagers very generally yentured forth to
hear him.


William Amnesty, buttoned up to his chin
in his thick overcoat, accompanied his moth
err 1t was difficult to walk through the fall
len snow against the piercing wind, and Will
liam said to his mother:


Couldn't you walk easier if you took my
arm ?"


" Perhaps | could, his mother replied, as
she put her arm through his, aud drew up as
closely as possible to him. Together they
breasted the storm, the mother, and the boy
who had once been carried in her arms, but
who had now grown up so tall that she could
lean on his. They had not walked very far
before he said


" am very proud tonight, mother"


Proud that you can take care Of me ~
she said to him with a heart gushing with ten
derness.


" This is the first time you have leaned
upon me" said the happy boy


There will be few hours in that child's life
of more exalted pleasure than he enjoyed that
evening. - Exchange.
Year: 1870

Tom thought it looked very smart TO carry
his money lose in his pocket, and take out
his quarters with au air which said have
thousands in my POCKET He always
crumplei his bills Into a shape ft for gun
wadding. and apparently took no possible
care Of his money 1t was not that money
was so abundant with him, but he wished
others to suppose that it was that it was
quite beneath his genius to care for such
triAing amounts.


Do you suppose that Tom deceived any
body, or made any one respect him more on
this account? He might make stable boys
stare occasionally, but all people accustomed
to handle money knew at a glance that he
was possessed Of very shallow purse and
shallow brains.


No business man ever desires such boy
about his establishment. No gentleman but
would wish his boy to shun such an associate.
" Straws toll which way the wind blows =
and the way a boy takes care of his money
pretty surely foretells bis future fortune.


Successful business men did not carry their
money loose in their jackets when they were
boys. They were prudent of even the PEN
nies.


Some one asked Mr. Astor, in his old age,
to tell him the secret Of his great success in
making money.


Very willingly" said the old gentleman.
" Just draw up your chair, and we will put
out the lights as we can talk just as well in
the dark"


90, see !' said the man. The secret
is unrayeled. You become q millionaire by
saving what others waste"


Yes the way to gain million dollars is
to begin by saving the cents. They will soon
turn to dimes, aud the dimes to dollars


If you desire TO become a millionaire, buy
you good strong purse large enough to hold
tue pennies, and let frugaity furnish you
a pair Of strings for it. Then, with industry
and perseverance, you may soon be able tc
make a good beginning for a comfortable for
tune-Our Sehooiday Visitor.
Year: 1870

| was tired Of washing dishes | was tired
Of drudgery. II has always been so and
was dissatisfied. | never sat down "a moment
TO read, that Jamie didn't want a doughnut
or a piece Of paper to scribble on, or a bit Of
soap to make bubbles. "ld rather be in
the penitentiary," | said one day, than to
have my life teased out so, as Jamie knock.
cd my elbow, when was writing to a friend.


But morning came when had one plate
less 10 wash, one chair less to set away by
the wall in the dining room, when James
little crib was put away into the garret, and
it has never come down since | had been
unusually irctlul aud disc0nteuted with him
that damp November morning that he took
the Group. Gloomy weather gave me the head.
ache, and | had less patience than at any
other time BY and by he was singing in
another room " want TO be an angel" and
presently rang that metallic Group. ! never
hear that hymn since, that it don't cut me to
the heart for the Group cough rings out
with it, He grew worse towards night and
when husband came home he went for a doc
tor. At first he seemed to help him, but it
merged into inaamatory Group and was soon
over


&C. ought to have been called in sooner A."
said tho doctor


have a servant 10 wash the dishes now
and when a visitor comes, ! eau sit down and
entertain her without having to work all the
time There is no little boy to worry me
to open his jack-knife, and there are no whit
things over the floor. The magazines are not
soiled with looking at the pictures but stand
prim aud neat on the reading table. Just as |
leave them.


Your carpets never looks dirty, say weary
worn mothers 20 me. Oh no, ! mutter 10
myself there's no muddy little boots to dirty
it now But my face is as weary as theirs


weary with sitting 10 my lonesome paror
at twiIight-weary with watching for the lit
Tie arms that used to twine around my neck
for the curl- that brushed against my check
for the young laugh which rang out with
mine, as we watched the blazing coal FIRE or
made rabbits with the shadow on ,hc wall,
waiting merriy together for papa coming
home | have the wealth and ease longed
for but at what price? And when | see
mothers with grown up sons driving to town
or to church, and my hair siiyered over with
gray, think, what might have been, had
murmurcl less at the providence Of God
Rcader-young mother you may be-had
you heard this mother tell her story you
would have felt TO say with the writer"
will be more patient with my little ones-l
will murmur less. '--HoHie Magazine.
Year: 1870

Every woman is wise enough and careful
enough to secure for her house plants every
bit Of available sunshine during the cold win.
ter months Great point is taken to get
southern exposure for them. Indeed if one
can secure no other than a north window for
her plants she has too much love for these
unconscious, inanimated things to keep them
at all. She would rather leave them out in
the cold to die outright, than linger out
martyr existence in the shade.


Folks need sunshine quite as much as plants
do. Men and women who have fair degree
of strength and the use Of their legs can get
out into the world and get glimpse Of the
sunshine now and then, and if they choose to
do so let them live in a room with only
northern exposure but if it is impossible,
let us secure rooms in which every ray Of
sunshine that falls in winter may enter, for
the little babies who are shut up in the house
inyaids who cannot leave their rooms, and
aged people who are too inhrm to get out Of
doors Let US reflect for moment that these
classes Of persons if kept in rooms with only
north windows will suffer just as much from
the absence Of sunshine, as green growing
plants would do in the same rooms, and their
suffering is Of account in proportion as hu-
man being is better than a geranium or fu-
chsia. Everybody knows how bright, sunny
day in winter gladdens every one who is sit
uated so as to enjoy it. Let US make some
sacrifice if need be in order to give the feeble
ones their measure Of sunshine.-Latcs Of
| Life
Year: 1870

Little Bell must die


The robin brooded her ncstlull of young
birds in the maple tree before the window
The squirrel swung from bough to bough and
ran chatterng home to her small family in
the hole half down the tree trunk and the
merry green grasshopper chrpod and ffed in
the clover beneath The sun shone on
thousand blossoming gardens and hundred
fields Of springing corn. But little Bell
would feed the mother robin, would mock the
noisy squirrel aud chase the grasshopper in
the sunshine among the flowers, never again.
She was going to follow her two young sisters
whom she had never scen into an unknown
land


She lay now on her grandmother's bed with
her feet getting colder and colder and her
face growing more and more wan. The old
white haired doctor, who had known Bells
mamma ever since she was tiny baby, had
poured out the last medicine, folded the last
powder, shaken his head aud gone sorrowiuily
away.


| can't die alone mamma Will you
come with me II Is dark cannot see
the way. [ don't want TO go alone" moaued
little Bell.


My darling" said her mamma would
be glad to 20 with you but the Father ia
Heaven hasn't sent for me yet. | cannot Co..
Jesus will 60 with you, though the dear
Saviour who loves little children aud took
them in Ills arms TO bless them when he lived
on the earth will 60 with little Bell"


Still the child clung to her mothers hand
with close, death clasp.


Bell wants you, mamma. 1t is dark.
Bell cant see the way she pleaded


Then the mother prayed that the tender
Shepherd would carry this little lamb in His
bosom through the valley Of the shadow. And
while she prayed the answer came. Suddenly
the frightened look slipped of the child's face,
aud she smiled as She turned her eyes toward
the shining summer sky.


Mamma !' said she, joyfully, two little
girls have come for Bell 1t is light now.
cen see the way. Bell is not afraid


And with q smile on her white lips, Bell
had gone.


Then the mother 10 her sorrow thanked the
loving God who she believed had surely sent
His angels to take teulcrly home the little
child.
Year: 1870

A rich man Of Rome had been suffering
from severe illness, but at length he was
cured. Then he went for the first time into
the gardens, and felt as if he were newly
born. Full of Joy, he praised God aloud.
He turned his face up to the heavens and said,
90 Thou Almighty giyer of all blessings, if
a human being could in any way repay Thee,
how willingly would give up all my wealth ~
Hermas, the Shepherd, listened to these words,
and he said to the rich young man " All good
gifts come from above; thou canst not send
anything thither. Come, follow me-" The
youth followed the pious old man, and they
came to dark hoyel, where was nothing but
misery and lamentation; for the father lay
sick and the mother wept, whilst the children
stood round naked and crying for bread.
Then the young man was shocked at this
scene of distress. But Hermas said, Be-
hold here an altar for thy sacrifice Behold
here the brethren and representatives OF the
Lord !" The rich young man then opened
his hand, and gave freely and richly to them
of his wealth, and tended the sick man. And
the moor people relieved and comiorted, blessed
him and called him an angel Of God. Her
mas smiled aud said, Ever thus turn thy
grateful looks first towards heaven, and then
to earth ."-Translated from the German q
Kramaoher.
Year: 1870

Be patient with the little ones Let nei-
ther their slow understanding nor occasional
pertness offend you, or provoke the sharp re-
proof. Remember the world is new to them,
and they have no slight task to grasp with
their uuripened intellects the mass OF facts
and truths that crowd upon their attention.
You are grown to maturity and strength,
through years Of experience, and 1t Ill be-
comes you to fret at the little child that fails
to keep pace with your thought. Teach him
patiently, as God teaches you, line upon
line, precept upon precept; here little and
there a little Cheer him in his conflict Of
mind in after years his ripe rich thought
shall rise up and call you blessed. Bde
patiently the endless questioning Of your
children. Do not roughly crush the spirit of
free inquiry, with an impatient word or
irown, nor attempt, on the contrary, long
and instructive reply to every slight and cas-
ual question. Seek rather to deepen their
curiosity. Convert, if possible, the careless
question into profound and earnest inquiry,
and aim rather to direct and aid than to an
swer the inquiry. Let your reply send the


little questioner forth, not so much proud OF
what he has learned, as anxious to know more.
Happy are you if, in giving your child the
morse of truth he asks for, you can sharpen
his curiosity with glimpse Of the mountain
of truth lying beyond so wilt thou send
forth philosopher, and not silly pedant


into the world.
Year: 1870

We have not only dressed the columns Of the Daily
Journal and the watehmau and State Journal in an en-
tirey new dress hut are furnishing Job Department
with all the materials necessary for the execution In
Year: 1870

EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER
OF GENERAL HAMrroN.-Wo publish
the following extract from n private
letter of General Hampton, addressed
to citizen of our village, which de-
fines his own position, and, we believe,
of every true Carolihian on tho pend
ing issues between Union Reform and
Republicanism--between n reforma :
ton of abuses and their continuance
1t will be endorsed, we know, by all
OF our people, to whom the name Of
Hampton itself is worth hundred
dred arguments. "The law and anti
dote are both before you"


"How does the Reform movement
prosper2 In the issues now present.
ed and the candidates in tho field,
cannot sec how any true man in the
State can hesitate as to his proper po-
sition. Differ as we may about the
platform of the new party, I see no
Alternative but to support its nominees
l hope and pray that good may como
of the movement, for unless charge
is made in tho rule Of the State, moth
ing but ruin awaits us."-A66evHc
Press.
Year: 1870

The New York Tribune continues to
sneer at Woman Suffrage, yet few weeks
ago, when the question Of the admission of
women to the Pens, lvania Hospital clinics
was pending before the contributors to that
institution, il earnestly urged the lady con-
trbutors to exercise their right 10 vote on
the question as duty they owed to society.
Is society" more concerned in having fe-
male doctors than in having generally such
laws and such administration of them as
will protect all clesses from oppression, and
give each individual an unimpeded oppor-
tunity to follow the bent of his or her ge-
nius7 In this country, or any other country
under really Democratic government, it is
impossible to draw that distinction between
society and government which exists in
lands where government is a thing apar.
from the people, in the hands of few, and
has no relation to society, except that of q
protectors. If the editor of the Tribune
would give little serious thought to this
matter, as much, for instance, as he has de-
voted to political economy, and really settle
In his mind the true and just basis of suf-
frage, he would probably be able to set up
his assistants with a stock of ideas that
would prevent such absurd inconsistency as
that noted above.


When we first noticed the Tri6une's ap-
peal to the women Of Philadelphia to vote
on this question, we were led to hope that
its real love of justice had led it's feet into
paths they should long ago have tod, and
that it had at last come to understand the
fact that "every mature, sane, aid law-abi-
ding citizen" of Democratic Republic, has
a right to vote, but its later comments show
that IT is still in the dark. AS frequently, is
heart is nearer right than its head; and
while 1t sneers at a great idea, 1t earn
estly springs to gain for society and for wo-
man the first fruit offered by a practical ap,
plication of tho principle it rejects.
Year: 1870

TEE BILL TO GRANT PUBLIC LANDS, In aid
of the Northern Pacific Railroad, has been
temporarily checked In the House, Wash.
ingion, and sent to the Railroad Committee,
with amendments. What the ultimate con-
sequence Of this action may be remains to
be seen, but we trust that the bill will be
passed, in some shape, available to the en-
terprising gentlemen, who are engaged in
this great work. If any amendments can
be added to render the public interests more
secure, without destroying the desired OBJ
ject of sufficiently assisting the construction
of the road, perhaps no one will seriously
object, but If 1t should happen that the bill
should be thus secretly smotbered. or should
fail of passage, In the press of other bust
ness, we shall certainly join in hearty con-
demnation II the tactics by which that re-
suit was obtained. Government lands along
the route of the new road, are now just
about worthless; IL Is quite as important to
the people to have them made available to
settlement, as 1t is to the rairoad pref ,ctors
to have some Of them tn help their work.
Year: 1870

ARAB ODDITIES AN Arab, entering
house, removes his shoes, but not his
hat. He mounts his horse upon the right
side, while his wife milks their cows upon
the left side. With him the point of pin
is its head, while its head is made its heel
His head must be wrapped up warm, even
in the summer, while his feet may well
enough 60 naked all the winter. Every
article of merchandise which is liquid he
weighs, but measures wheat, barley and
a few other articles. He reads and writes
from right to left. He eats nothing for
breakfast, and about as much for dinner;
but after the work of the day is done.
sits down to hot meal swimming in oil,
or better yet, in boiled butter. His sons
eat with him, but the females of the house
wait till his lordship is done. He rides
his donkey when travelling: his wife walks
behind. He laughs at the idea of walking
in the street with his wife. or vacating
his seat for woman.