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Some time passed, when he rapped at the
door of my study,- was admitted, passed a few "I
ordinary words, looked into my Greek Test
oient, made some sensible rem arks upon the
aneieute, and finally reclined upon a lounge,
where, to my utmost surprise and grief, I per
ceivcd,creeping slowly over him, the comatose
state of semi-intoxication. Upon his recovery,
he made some lame attempts at an apology,
said something of peppermint as a tnedicine.and
desired my company to the car, that he might
go home. A -neighbor, shortly after, told me
that hishnbits were the real cause of his being
at his father's that they had already severed
him from his' wife and children, and shut him
out from the privileges of his Louisiana home.
The next tim I saw him, some month's af
terward, was when he was snoring, in the deep
sleep of a drunkard, on a sofa in my parlor,
where he had hastily cast " himself, when ad
mitted during my absence After suffering
TELL YOUR WIFK.
If you are in trouble, or a qumdary,
tell your wife that U if yoa have one all
about if at once. Ten to one her invention
will solve your difficulty sooner than all your
logic. The wit of a woman has been praised
but her instincts are quicker and keener than
her reason. Counnel -with your wife, or your
mother, or sister, and be assured liht will
flash upon your darkness. Women are too
commonly adjudged as verdant in all but pure
ly womanish affairs. ' Nohiksophical student
of the sex thus judges them. Their intuitions
or insights are subtle; and if they cannot see
a cat in the meal, there is nocat there. In
counseling a man to tell his trouble to his
wife,, we wjmld g father and advise him to
keep pone of his affairj secret from her.
Many a home has been happily saved, and
man jt fortune retrieved, by man's full confi-
dencfrfn his "better half" Woman is far
THK DESTRUCTION OF FORKST3. DEATII OF AN OLD MORAVIAN
While the first news of the northwestern BISHOP,
fires I in, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan! Oa the morning of the Mlh ulL, the
suggests the necessity ef fpeedy relief to the; Kight ter Wolle, fenior Bishop of the
homeless citizens, ia greater need of succor Moravian Church, died at BetlilehccC Pa.,
tharf even the tens cf thouMuds ia Chicago, it in Lia lnl : r- He was born oa the
also suggests forebodings of serious clioiatie ;JIariJ of St- Join W. I., January 5. 1792,
changes. These changes are inevitable if.t wucro Ul Iaiuer oiiasiouaij oi lue wiurca.
without replanting, foret after forest is swept
away by the blow of the woodman's axe, and
by the wholesale destruction wrought by fire.
was stationed. In 1 SIX) he accompanied his
fatht-r to the Uoitexl Sutes, aoi entered Kax
aicth UalL Having coup!eted the. regular
neighbor already mentioned, who, upon enter
ing the room, took the sleeper by the arm, and
said, somewhat sharply, " Dick, come ! " Ah
me ! my Richard L , Esq., was staggering
out from my door as nothing but bare "Dick."
And I soon found that this was his current ap
pellation. He was "Dick" H ," here, and
Ay one passing the Alps into Northern ItJ' cHool couise, in 1S07 he was admitted to
aly, and proceeding as far south ss Naples, orllhe faret theological cj of his Church or-
Castilc down to Cadia and 'ganizeil in Aciv nca, wJenc Le was gradual-
travelling from old
Malaga, or visiting Sicily and Greece, and still
further to the east, Palestine and the Euphra-
ed four years Liter.
Entering the ministry Lc received the ap
him to lie awhile, I resorted for help to theT fe and .t Jf she haT(j
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POETRY.
: , A GREAT SECRET. -
My friend, here's a secre.t
By; which you may thrive ;
I am fifty years old,
" And my vife?s forty-five
A queen among beauties,
The weddiug;guest8 said,
"When we went to the church.
With the priest and were wed.
That's thirty ;iong years past;
, And I can avow.
She was no more a beauty
' ' To me, then; than now..
For never the scath of a
Petulant frown
Uas ploughed with its furrows
Her young roses down.
And still, like a girl, when
Her praises I speak,
Her heart fairly . Dlnshed
Itself through her cheek.
Her smile is more tender
' : For being less bright ;
And the little bit powder
, That makes her nair .white. .
And all' the soft patience
. That shows. through, her face;
In my eyes,' are only
Like grace upon grace.
For still we are lovers,
As I amalive,
- Though I, sir am fifty, ' ,
s . And she!& forty-five
And, here's half the secret'
" T meant to ' unfold,
She don't know my friend,
-' S Nol the leasi,4iow to scold
"DickX
there. Rum had shorn him of
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'Nor does she sell
And sulk to a pout,
So, since we Jell in love,'
e never fell ou '
And here's the full secret .
That saves us from strife ;
' I kept her a swee$eart,
In making her wi'fe !
Si?
"And if you but wed, on
My patter yoAlll thrive, f . .
xFoxrl, sir, am fifty,
a . wife, forty-five I.
Alice Gary tn Appletons Journal
Hok JLAW?R FELL.
The first trmehat Iever saw him was while
:one'ofjour iilge churches and an accomplish
ed head of an accomplished household.
"My son Richara,,k' said the . lather, as he
introduced ATntf tern first glance fell
penhluiUe adatf immeoiately
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:.v awakened; at his general., ,urtane air ana uear-
inJ or was it at; all abated as he entered in-.
T ftBejsi'eonVcxMtiont the circle, and
I I etercised bis silvery tongue. Richard L ,
Esq., was inc)ligenti courteous, af able, elo
quent, and showed m every wora ana moye-
f&OWm Vgopd, society can produce.
iProminejit at ihe-ibari oouisiana,, he had
. raaTrie'dihe.daugbter: of a leading lawyer of
that state, and was a father. Why he was at
the north, I did not then understand.
all his titles of honor and respect among men
as well as robbed him of everything that could
make his life happy and useful, and compensa
tory to those fond parents who, notwithstand
ing all, yet doted upon him as their son.
A. few penitent words from him after a de
bauch would open all the treasures of their
generous affection toward h'm, and nothing
was too good for their Richard. That he had
pawned his former wardrobe, even to boots and
hat, for rum, was all forgotten ; and a new out
fit, choice and elegant, brought.thcir son again
to their board," and into the bosom of. their
home circle. For was he not their son ? Ala?!
that could not alter the fact that he was as one
asleep upon the top of a mast, and - away he
would plunge again, after awhile, into the
boilinsr sea below. And successive rescues
were only followed by successive plunges.
At the breaking out of our late civil war, he
still retaiued enough of an accomplished man
hood to secure an entrance into the army as a
subordinate officer, whence, had he been out of
the clutches of the rum fiend, he 'might have
climbed to higher positions and honors. But
this arch demon, inexorable, and ursatiated,
by whom he had fallen so far cast him down
still farther. Cashiered, and disgraced, he re
turned to his native town to renew the old
scenei, and to press out at last from a broken
hearted father the despairing lament . "O
Richard, my son ; my son Richard I Would
God I had died for thee, O Richard, my son,
my son !"
Thus he fell, as thousands in our land, from
the ranks of all professions and oceupations,are
falling after him, by the siren seductions of the
intoxicating bowl. He fellas another illustra
tion of the solemo admonitory saying of God'ai
spirit to the world, that "Wine is a mooker ;
strong drink is raging." Jouannes.
FAILURE NOT A FAILURE.
The secret of hanDiness is to make the best
of everything j no matter what happens to an
noy, let' it all glide along as easily and with as
few words of complaint and fault fiuding as
possible.
Little inconveniences will intrude upon the
most fortunate people, so the only way to be
master of every situation is to make up your
mind not to notice small annoyances. People
may keep themselves in a constant broil over
what amounts to nothing; and, without accom
plishing the teust good, may ruin the peace
and quiet of a, household. We cannot have
everything just as e want it in this world,
and the sooner a person understands that fact,
the sooner he may have a true basis for happi-
a fair" chance. As a generr rule, wives con
fide the tnimitest of their plans and thoughts
to their husbands, having no involvements to
screen from them. Whv not reciprocate, if
but for the pleasure of meeting confidence
with confidence 1 We are certain that no
man succeeds as well in the world as he who,
taking a partner for hie, mikts her the part.
ner for all hjp purposes ' and hopes. What is
wrong of his impulses of judgment she will
check and Sebright with her almost universal
ly right instincts. "Helpmeet" wjs no insig
nificant title'as applied to man's companion.
She is a meet to help him . in cjery darkness,
difficulty, and sorrow tf life. And she
most craves, and most deserves,ls confidence
without which, love is never free from shadow.
tee valley, cannot shut his eyes to the causes . pointment of pastor at Salem, N. On and in
which have brought aboat the decline of em-' 1826 was transferred to Philadelphia, where
pirei Foremost among these causos has been he remained until 1S3G. S jbse pienlljr he
the celibcrate destruction of forests. . In the
Boutf, of France the disastrous consequences
bcca;oe so evident that the late imperial gov
ernncnt submitted the question to the most
scarqjhtng inquiry, and the unaaiuious opinion
give by scientific observe was that the cli
matejof a country is subjected to a serious
change the moment the mountains are shorn
waa stationed at Lancaster and Latiz, Pa,
Canal Dover, Ohio, aid other points. After
his consecration to the Episcopacy in 1S45 he
filled various important p.sitfons in the
Church ; was elected a rnemUr of the Pro
vincial Elders' Conference or Executive
Board of the Northern Province, and re
moved to Bethlehem, the seat of that body,
of their moisture-attracting forests. Suffcrit . where, siuce his retirement from active ser-'
fromlnrolonscd drou ghts and detractive innn-. v!ri Ya ho rcill
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datiopa, a country deprived of its woodlands
finds.it8 agricu'tural interests in constant dan
ger, nd sinks at last to a precarious state of
dependency on the gjain production of other!
cuuuiriea.
TEre is but one opinion on the subject of
the downfall of the nations of the Euphrates
valley. The prolonged droughts enftebled
the physical, and therefore the moral, nature
Bishop Wolle was one of the old-time Mo
ravians, a man of varied attainments, and an
eloqnent preacher. He took a great interest
in all Church literature, assisted in its pub
lication, end translated many valuable pa
pers pertaining thereto from the German.
He was a thorough and cultivated musician,
and by direction of the synod revised and
re-arranged the hymn tune now used in the-
of the inhabitants. When the Romans land-! Church, and added several of his own com
ness. 1 f
It is the greatest folly to Set the heart upon
uncertainties, and then, if disappointed, refuse
to be comforted or reconciled.
Do the very best you can, ' and then take
thins as they come. If a man strives with
his best knowledge, energy, and untiring labor
to accomplish a certain object, working with
skill aud patience, he is a success, whether the
scheme fails or succeeds, and he ought to rec
oncile himself to failure if it was inevitable.
If his labors have beed of brain and hand, he
is the better fitted to succeed in other under
takings.
LET THE CHILDREN ALONE.
Let your chijdren alone, when they gather
around the family table. It is a cruelty to
hamper them with manifold rules and regula
tions about this, and that, and the other. As
long as their conduct is harmless as to others,
encourage them in their cheerincss. If they
do smack their lips, and their suppings of
milk and other drinks.can be heard across the
street, it does not hurt the street j let them
alone. What if they do take their soup with
the wrong end of the fork, it is all the same to
the fork ; let them alone.
Suppose a child does not bit as straight as a
rain rod at the table; suppose a cup or tumbler
slips through its little fingers and deluges the
plate of food below, and the goblet is smashed,
and the table cloth is ruined ; do not look a
thousand scowls and thunders, and scare the
poor thing to the balance of its death, for it
was scared half to death, before; it "did'nt go
to do it."
Did you never let a glass slip through youM
fingers since you were grown?. Instead of
sending the child away from the table in aa
ger, if not even with a threat, for this or any
other little nothing, be as generous as yoa
would to aa equal or superior guest, to whom
you would say, with more or lee obsequious
smile, "It's of no possible consequence.''
That would be the form of expression even to
a stranger guest, and yet to your own child
you remorselessly, and revengefully, angrily
mete out a swift punishment, which for the
time almost breaks its little heart, and belit
tles you amazingly.
The proper and more efficient and more
Christian method of meeting the mishaps and
delinquencies and improprieties of your chil
dren at table is either to take no notice of
them at the time or to go further and divert
attention from them at the very instant, if po
sible, or make a kind of apology for them ; but
afterwards, in an hour or two, or, better still,
next day, draw the child's attention to the
fault, if fault it was, in a friendly and loving
manner; point out the impropriety in some
kindly way ; show where it was wrong or rude
and" appeal to the child's self-respect or manli
ness. This is the best way to correct all fam
ily errors. Sometimes it may not succeed ;
sometime harsh measures may . be required ;
but try the deprecating or the kindly method
with perfect equanimity oi miuu, mu iums
will be of rare occurrence. Dr.UaU Health,
of Good Living,' - ' ,
ed in Spain the country was inhabited by forty
millions of comparatively prosperous people,
the Iberians. The country : was then well
wooded, but during the Roman, and subse
quently during the Gothic and Arab, occupa
tion, the destruction of forests ras continued
in the most merciless manner, and not a tree
has been replanted to this day. From forty
millions, the population during nineteen hun
dred years dwindled , to nine millions at the
commencement of the present century I In
Castile, especially on the plains, the traveller
may not see a tree during a whole day's jour
ney.! Hailstorms, droughts lasting, without a
drop of rain, from April till October, or sud
den and destructive inundations, are the con
sequence. The same thin;? is observable ia
every land of Southern Europe where the con
ditions are similar.
We are a prosperous s&tiea now. The en
tire failure of any crop throughout the land is
unknown am one us. vet it cannot be denied
that scorching and prolonged droughts, espec
ially, outside the Gulf stream influences, are
yearly more frequent. These northwestern
fires, are an illustration of this fact, having had
their origin in this cause. -The sensitive na
ture of bur leading staple, cotton, should not
be forgotten. Along season of dry weather,
position tor the collection. He was the old
est ordained bishop of the entire Moravian-denomination.
which r
A glass of whisky is manufactured from sev
enty grains of corn, the value of' which is too
small to be estimated. A glass of this mixture
sella for a dime, and if a-good brand, is consid
ered worth the money. It U drank in a min
ute or two. Itfircjthe brain, deranTca and
weakens the physical system. On the same
sideboard on which the deleterious beverage is
served lies a newspaper. It is covered with
half a million type it brings intelligence from
every land. The newspaper costs less than
the gloss of grog, yet there are many people
who think corn juice cheap and newspapers
dear.
Don't be too Sensitive. There axe some
people always looking out for slights. They
cannot carry onlhe daily intercourse -of the
family wilhout thinking some offense ia de
signed. They are as touchy as hair trigger.
Innocent persons who never dreamed of giv
ing offense are astonished to find some unfor
tunate word, or soma momentary taciturnity.
misLiken for an insult. To say the least, the
after the plam is a foot from the ground, will Lbit Js uuforunate. It is far wiser to take
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the more jcharitaUe cxew ct our Jeuow-De-ings,
and not suppose a slight is intended,
unle&s te neglect is open and direct. Alter
ill, too, life takes its use iu a great decree -
from the color of our own mind. It we are -frank
and generous, the world treat us kind
ly. If, on the contrary, we axe i uspicious,
men learn to be cold and cautious to us.
not do it much harm, but a continuation of
raio, and of occasional inundations, may easily
teduce a crop from five millions of bales to
three millions. The longer we proeeed indis
criminately to destroy forests, without replant
ing a single tree, the more capricious the cli
mate becomes from Maine to the Rio Grande
Oa bur Pacific eoast, this year, the drought
has been such that more than a quarter of the
wheat crop is lost. Taking example, in their
distress, from the Romans and. the Moors of The celebrated Thomas F. Marshall being
Spa'n, the farmert of that State purpose to ob- hn the- bar-room of the Capitol Hotel, at
tain irrigation by aqueducts through the wheat nnihri, ona night, got into an altercation
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regions. ine cenrucuon oi loresisin umwiith & vounc man named oneed. xouncr
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nia and Oregon has heen on a gigantic scele gneed, in great exciiement, jerked oat a pis-
during these twenty years, and the consequent an(j throwing it upon the counter icixed
ces begin to bo felt already.' a elf S3 tumbler, saying. Now, Mr. Max-i
Is it not time that a subject of such para- shall, take that pistol, Sir, acd I will take
mountimportance'should be discussed in Con-1 this tumbler and fight you, Sir T, Captain
gses3,rand in the legislative bodi
am
lies of every I Marshall, with one of his peculiar leers, re-
k mm . m..ii. mm m m a m , mm m a mm
State? Ialtnottime that some strineeut laws P"1 " Dls caaucuge. au. u.jr, x
should be enacted to coint! the1 individual too smart for you: you can't fob xnel Ton
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enow tnat you are more expert wiw ui
The Republicans carry the State of Mis
sissippi, by about 15,000.
and companies that are destroying our majestic
American forests to repeoplc the waitc places
with' trees wherever agriculture docs not claim
the land? . Legislative measures shonld be
taked, too, with the cooperation of the Canadi
an authorities, aa the people of the Dominion
are forest destroyers like ourselves- New York
Evening Pott,
glass than 70U axe with the justoir
Never' attempt to do ' anything iht i pot
right. Just as sure as yoa do, you will gt
into trouble. If, you even suspect
l&i til
thing is wrong, do it not not until yoa ixe
J sure your suspicions axe groundless.