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(VOL. VIII. NO. 50
I EEMEllBi:!!.
I 'remember, I remember
The hoaee where 1 was burn,
The little windows wiiere the sun
Came peeping in at morn ;
He never came a wink too soon,
Nor brought too long a day,
But, now, I often wish the night
Had borne my breath away.
Ijremembcr, I remember,
The roses red and white.
The violets and the lily-cups
Those flowers-made of light !
The lilac where the robin built,
And-where my brother set
The laburnum on liis iurthday—
The tree iff living yet!
I remember, I remember,
Where I was nsed to swing,
And thought the air must rush as
fresh
To swallows on the wing ;
My spirit flew infeath-'rs then,
That is 80 heavy now.
And summer pools can hardly cool
The fever on my brow!
T remember, I remember,
The fir-trees dark and high ;
I used to’think their al'cnder tops
Were close against the sky;
It was a childish ignorance,
But now 'tis little joy
To know I’m farther oft’from heaven
Thaif whe.i 1 Was a boy.
To7n Hood.
EEMEDY FOE aOSSIP.
dangerous businessj even
churches have been rent by its
blasts, and whole neighborhoods
been thrown into commotion by
its bombshell.
How many sleepless nights
have these mean, unlooked-for
attacifs caused the sensitive and
virtuous; and how many aching
eyes and hearts can bear testi
mony to the endless torture of
that poisonous sting inflicted by
this class of persons, whose name
is \( gion.—’Baltimorean.
A NEW NAME.
: Some time since we were much
impressed by'a sage observation
of one 'of onr best writers, to tbe
effect that a “woman of culture
skims over gdssip or scandal like
a bird, never touching it with the
tip of a ■ wingOur attention
has been lately diveitedinto the
same channel, and we are thor
oughly convinced that it is to
this culture and refined associa
tion alone -we are to look for the
Buppression of the temptation to
deal out gossip-stings.
i M&rxy well-meaning persons
say disagreeable and injurious
things about their neighbois
simply because they do not know
it is wrong. They wish to while
away an idle hour, and individ
ual concerns and interests, how
ever delicate, are all they have to
think about, and these matters
must be discussed regardless of
the effect.
When one is addicted to this
vice he must be either malicious
or ignorant, and often both. If
the latter, and his instincts are
gregarious, give him books and a
change of range; if the former,
trfHisport him to Botany Bay,
or any other place for criminals,
until a change of heart shall re
form life and lip.
There are villages and coun
try communities in which the
mania for gossip detraction rages
like small-pox; and its Affects
are as loathsome and deadly. At
happiness, character, even life
itself, the blow is often aimed,
end all cannot escape its blight.
One is nevor^ secure with such
persons, and should never lay
aside .defensive weapons when
in their society, for they are ever
watching for some vulnerable
point to attack, and the shaft
will be hurled at some unguarded
moment.
A pure-hearted, well-bred per
son will never speak freely of
another’s private concerns ; he
deems it an impertinence or
breach of decorum in the indul
gence of which he would hazard
his reputation for refinement and
decency.
, , alo88ipry is a low, debasing,
“And the disciples were called
Christians first in Antioch.^*
Probably this name was first
given them iii derision; but it
soon passed into a term of hon
or, indeed of moral glory.
Farrar well and strongly says
that the introduction of the
word Christian into human lan
guage marks an epoch in the
history of the world.
‘^More, perhaps, than any word
ever invented it marks the wa
tersheds of all human history. It
signalizes the emergence of a
true faith among the Gentiles,
and the separation of that faith
from the tenets of the Jews] All
former ages, nations, and reli
gions contribute to it. The con
ception which lies at the base of
it is Semitic, and sums up centu
ries of expectation and of proph
ecy in the historic person of One
who was anointed to be for all
mankind a Prophet, Priest and
King. But this Hebrew concep
tion is translated by a Greek
word, showing that the great
religious thoughts of which hith
erto the Jewish race had been
the appointed guardian, were
henceforth to be the common
glory of maukind, and were,
therefore, to be expressed in a
language which enshrines the
world^B most perfect literature,
and which had ;[been imposed on
all civilized countries by the :
tion which had played by far the
most splendid part in the secular
annals of the past. And this
Greek rendering of a Hebrew
idea was stamped with a Roman
form by receiving a Latin termi
nation, as though to for^hadow
that the new name‘should be co
extensive with the vast domin
ion which was destined to sway
the present destinies of the
world
sent over to England to view
the wonder. Old heads ab'
sorbed in their favorite science
were tossed with amazement
and envy. Young students
of astronomy marked out
fanciful pictures of the astron--
omer’s dreams. Then came
tlie crowning exploit of Mr.
Alvan Clarke, who had been
a poor Boston portrait painter,
but had turned optician and
astronomer. By just an inch
he succeeded in excelling the
famous Newhall telescope. It
is a dozen years since this
gigantic instrument was set
up in Washington. Thou*
sands of visitors have gazed
wmnderingly at its great om
inous eye. An inch on one’s
nose is said to count as much
as a mile, and so with these
enormous telescope lenses
Their value increases like ru
bies and diamonds in com
pound ratio as a mere thread
is added to their size. A hun
dred thousand dollars is spo*
ken ot as the price of the
Russian glass of thirty inches
that has been attempted by
the same poor painter of Bos
ton, who at an advanced age
(sides over his works of
world-wide celebrity. The
world’s greatest telescope
now reposes in stately pomp
in the Imperial observatory
at Vienna. But M. Bischoff-
shiem at Nice will soon place
one an inch higher in his own
new and magnificent observe
tory, high on that beautiful
site where the old tourist-road
winds along the steep ascent
on the way to Mentone and
Genoa, in full view of the
Villafranche and St. Jean and
the charming valley at the
foot of Monte Sembola.
HOME AFTEE WOEK HOUES.
It was a notable achieve
ment when the great Wash
ington telescope was born,
We were casting guns then
instead of glass. In fact tbe
glass of these huge lenses is
not cast in this country, but
has been a secret for many
years in Europe, and the sto
ry ofit lies in dark and dusty
treasure corners. But the del
icate fashioning of these su*
perb products of human skill
is now almost monopolized in
this country. Like the de
parted genius of the Egyptians
the handicrafts of Europe are
waning, they have harrowed
its fields till they yield no
more, a new seon has risen in
the West, a new and a Chris
tian world, and the lost arts
are coming again with new
blood and a new race. When
the news came that England
had beaten Germany, France,
the whole world with a tele--
scope,the effect upon our own
astronomers was intensely ex
citing. A commission was
DIAMONDS IN THE FIRE.
The road along which the
man of business travels in the
pursuit of competence or
wealth is not a macadamized ,
one nor does it ordinarily lead
through pleasant scenes and
by well-springs of delight.
On the contrary, it is a rough
and rugged path, beset with '
wait abit” thorns, and full of
pit-falls, which can only be
avoided by the watchful care
of circumspection. After every
day’s journey over this worse
than turnpike road, the way^
farer needs something more
than rest; he requires solace,
and deserves it. He is weary of
the dull prose of life, and has
a thirst for the poetry. Hap
py is the business man who
can find that solace and that
poetry at home. Warm greet
ings from loving hearts, fond
glances from bright eyes and
welcome shouts of children,
the many thousand little ar
rangements for comfort and
enjoyment that silently tell
of thoughtful and expectant
Fve, the gentle ministrations
that disencumber us into an
old easy seat before we are
aware of it; these, and like
tokens of affection and sym**
pathy, constitute the poetry
which reconciles us- to the
prose of life. Think of this ye
wives and daughters of busi
ness men! Think of the toil
the anxiety, the mortifica
tion and wear that fathers un-'
dergo to-secure for you com-'
fortable homes; and compen
sate them for their trials by
making them happy by their
own-fire'‘side. The sober and
industrious man’s borne should
be made a happy one.—Dela
warean.
There is a blind beggar who
stands on the way to the rail
way station here. As I passed
him this' morning, he said,
‘Dhiop a copper into a poor
man’s hat.’ To see the effect.
I dropped a shiHing, which on
fingering he recognized imme
diately. ‘Good luck to your
anner,^ said he ‘and may the.
blessing,’etc., etc; ‘Sure an’
it’s the first piece of silver I-ve
touched for a month-’ ‘Come
now,’ I remonstrated, ‘say a
week.’ ‘No, by the holy Sire,
it’s morn a month. May the
blessings,’etc. Coming back
from the station, I was met by
tbe same appeal, and this
time I dropped a sixpence
into the out streched hat.
‘Long life to your anner, it’s
thefirstbito’ silver I’ve touch
ed tor a week,’ exclaimed the
old sinner in the accents of
the purest truth and tbe deep
est gratitude. ‘Why, you
humbug, I gave you a shilling
myself this morning.’ His
face underwent' a change, but
lie instantly answered in a
depredating tone, ‘Are you
the gentleman that gave me
the shilling; sure now, why
yousay so,und I wouldn’t
have told the lieV
BEAUTIFUL TRIBUUE TO
A WIFE.
A set of diamonds in the
fire caused a panic in a lady’s
breast recently. A Pennsyl
vania journal stages that a
short time ago a gentleman
and his wife were staying in
a hotel at Harrisburg, Penn
sylvania, Before retiring the
lady wrapped her diamond
earrings, valued at $1,000, in
tissue paper, and placed them
on the bureau. Mext i morn^
ing, after completing her toi
let, she was arranging things
on the bureau, and, seeing the
tissue paper, picked it up and
threw it into the open grate.
I As she did so it flashed through
her mind that her diamonds
were w-rapped in the paper,
and she made a snatch for it as
the blaze caught and consums
ed it. One of the ear-rings
was pulled out with the blaz-*
ing paper, but the other re
mained in the midst of the
red-hot coals. The lady tor -
getting her pain, picked the
jewel from the fire with her
fingeis, burning them consid
erably. The diamonds were
rescued in time, thanks to the
lady’s promptitude and cour
age; but the gold setting was
spoiled. This kind of heed-
lessness is going on in many
families where the existence
ol something far more pre
cious than diamonds is involv
ed. Mothers are throwing
their children into the fire of
temptation from which, when
they realize the danger, they
cannot rescue them, even
though they- brave personal
peril themselves. (1 Sam: 3;
Id.)—Christian Deraid.
NOT ALONE.
We do not labor alone.
However feeble our hands,
that Mighty hand is laid on
them to direct their move
ments and to lend strength to
their weakness. If is not our
speech which will secure res
suits, but His presence with
our words, which shall bring
it about, that even through
them, a great number shall
believe and turn te the Lord.
There is our encouragement
when we are despondent.
There is our rebuke when we
are self-confident. There is
our stimulus when we are in
dolent. There is our quiet
ness when we are impatient.
If ever we are tempted to
think our task heavy, let us
not forget that He who set it
helps us to do it and from his
throne shares in all our toils;
the Lord still, as of old,work
ing with us. If ever we feel
that our strength is nothing
and that we stand solitary
against many foes, let us fall
back upon the peace-giving
thought that one man against
tbe world, with Christ to help
him, is always in the major
ity; and let us leave the is
sues of our work in His hands
who will guard the seed sown
in weakness, and whose smile
will bless the springing tljere-
of.
I read a very pretty story
the other day, about a little
boy^ who was sailing a boat
with a playmate a good deal
larger than he was,
The boat, had sailed a
good way ont in the pond,
and the boy said, “Go in, Jim^
and get her. It isn’t over
your ankles; and I’ve been in
after her every time.’
‘1 darn’t,’ said Jim* ‘I’ll
carry her all the way home
for you; but I can’t go in
there; she told me not to.’
‘Who’s shef
‘My mother,’ said Jim
softly.
‘Your mother! Why, I
thought she was dead,’ said
the big boy.
‘That was before she died,
Eddie and I used to come
here and sail boats; and she
never let us come unless wo
bad strings enough to haul in
with. I am not afraid, you
know Im not, only she didn’t
want me to, and I can't do it’
Wasn’t that a beautiful
spirit that made little Jim obe
dient to his mother even af
ter she was dead?
In ODiitrast to CoL LiigoraOll's
funeral orations is the following
letter which Rev. Dr. C. A. l’»ar-
tol went to his people in Boston :
For the first time, when at
•home and in health, 1 am not at
mj post for the Sunday service.
My companion has ceased to
draw that broatliou earth which
mortals ignoruiitly c^Jll life. Her
spirit passed away yesterday
toward night. Connected by
blood and marriage with Ihiee
worshiping generations, and
.with as many ministers, of
the West church, for nearly
half a century she has been
heiself, as much as her hue-
band, your minister, aud identi
fied with you all in a constant
love and service. It is not
enough to call her pure and sin
cere; she was incoi-r.'.plible and
incapable of untruth. In dying
she had no knowledge of death,
imt was translated! not perceiv
ing the chariot in which she sat.
She slept on her way. Rain stay
ed hack from her pillow and slie
was all herself, smiling to the
last. Her individuality of na
ture and character suggests im
mortality, as lier being here wuj
nothing hut duty.
A DEAD-LETTER BOX.
GIEAED COLLEGE, PHILA
DELPHIA.
An English papertelLs a laugh
able story of the use made
ofan old pump. Thepumphav-
ing become decayed, the han
dle was taken from it. After
remaining thus for sometime,
the authorities concluded to
repair the pump; and on set*
ting at work, not fewer than
twenty letters were found in
side which had been dropped
into the slit from which the
handle bad been removed '
by the intelligent neighbors,
who mistook the old pump
for a letter box. And thus
was explained numerous com
plaints of the. miscarriage of
posted letters.
To pardon those absurdities m
ourselves which we cannot suffer
in others is neither better nor
worse than to be more willing to
be fools ourselves than have oth
ers so.
The body of Stephen Girard
lies in a sarcophagus, in the ves^
tibule of the main college build
ing- which is built after the
model of a Grecian temple. Its
thirty-four Corinthiau columns
measure six feet in diameter,and
are fifty feet high, and cost $15,-
000 each. The college opened
with ninety-fiiJO pupils in 1848,
audthe running expenses were
but $47,000 a year. The will of
Girard contemplated only 300
pupils; there are at present 1100
boys in the institution, and it
requires $365,000 a year to main
tain it, or $1000 a day. This
pays all salaries of teachers and
ofil'.ials, and provides the heat,
light, food and clothing of the
inraateB—in fact, every expense.
The first year there were live
teachers ; now there are tbirty-
niue.
There is a story of a scliool-
masfer who on .every avail-
aide occasion eloquently de
nounced cruelty to animals.
One day when out witli ids
class botanizing, ho saw at a
distance one of his scholars
catch a bird and immediately
let it go. Radiant with pride
and delight at this proof of
successful moral toaehiiig. be
pointed out the noble little
lad’s goodne.ss to hi.s Hchool-
fellows, and hurrying up to
liim patted'his head, and said;
‘'So you restored the poor
little captive to his native
freedom, my dear child?”
“Yes, and so would you,
too, if you'd been me,” return ■
ed the hoy. “Look here.wher.-.
the little beggar stuck his
beak into me!’^ ■
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