A FAMILY PAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, M. I'FACTURKS, COMMERCE, AND MISCELLANEOUS READING.
VOL. XXI.
STATES VI LLE, N. C, SA'fUIiDAY, JUNE 15, 1878.
NO. 17.
LOCKIN' THE BARN.
Jamie, where je been, my lad ?
There's tallow upon jour sleeve,
Au' your face i jist h red as your beard,
I verily do believe."
' 'I was out i' the bar d a-Iockiu' up, sir,
For to keep the thieves awa ;
Ye ll mind as yo tHA me not ta forget
Jiet a weelKsi daV '"
"Jennie, where ha' ye beeu, my lass ?
Your tresses are a1 awree,
Au" the red on your choeks is very red,
An' a sparkle U in your 47'."
'The win' was a-blowin' so dreary, sir,
That the oaudle-liitbt was dim,
Au, please, sir, I only went alang
Jint to hold it weel for him."
Weel. luany'o the iitacve lo k' the baru,
Au1 I've still a clean ro&t sleeve,
Au' Jennie held niver a light for me,
I verily do tfclieve.
There's somewhat oomin', (lod bless ye both,
If I know what I'm about ;
Take care that the droary win' of life
Blows niver your candle out,1'
Marshal De Saxe and ihe
Blacksmith.
Maurice ile Saxe was a son of the
King of Saxony, ami a flue hid he was
tall, strong, handsome, ami as
brave as a lion. But the king, like a
certain old woman of whom you may
have heard, had so many children that
he didn't know what to do; and go, as
Maurice had such a lot of elder brothers
as to have not much chance of Inherit
ing the erowu, or anything else that
would keep him in bread and butter,
his father aent him out to seek his for
tune, like many other princes in those
davs. So he went over to France, and
entered the army of King Louis XV.
Now, at that time, there was always
a war going on somewhere or other,
and the French armies were fight ing in
everv part of Europe ; and the king
cared very little who his oflicers were,
or where they came from, if they were
only brave men and clever fighters,and
reaily to go wherever he liked to send
tlieui. So, as you may think, It was not
long before our friend Maurice, who
was quite as brave as any ot them, and
a good deal cleverer than mort, began
to make his way. First, he got to be a
lieutenant, then a captain, then a ma
jor, then a colonel, and at last, while
he was still quite a young man, he
came out as Count de Saxe and Field
Marshal of t lie Army of Flanders, with
titty thousand men under him. That
Curiuu-ly enough, the one thing that
this great general specially prided him
self upon was neither his skill in war
fare nor his favor at court, but simply
his strength. There was nothing he
enjoyd so much as show ing ofT the
power of his muscles, and astonishing
the people about him by bending au
iron bar, or felling a horse witii one
blow of his list; ami he was fond of
saving that he would give hi purse and
all the money In it to any one ho was
stronger than himself, if lie could ever
fall in with him.
Now it happened that, oneday , while
the French and German armies were
lying pretty close to each other, Mar
shal de Saxe sent a message to the ene
my' camp, asking some ot the German
officers to dine with him; and after the
meal he began to boast of his strength
as usual, till at last au old German gen
eral, who sat at his left, said that he
would like to see a sceiineii of what
his Excellency could do. Saxe made
no answer, but took up a large silver
dish, which was standing hi lore him.
in his strong white lingcis, (for, big
and powerful as his hamls were, they
were white and smooth as any lady's,
and he was very paoud of thcui and,
without more ado, rolled it up like a
sheet of piT.
''Can your Honor unroll that dish
a'ain?" asked lie, handing It to the
German; and, although the General
was a strong man, and Hied Lis hot, he
found the ta'k too hard lor him, and
was forced to ow n himself beaten.
"Your Excellency's strength Is very
great," said he, "but, nevertheless, 1
venture to think that there is one man
in Flanders who can match it."
'And Mu niay" he be?" a-ked Saxe,
frowning.
"A blacksmith in the village of Sehe
venlngen, Dirk Hogan fy name. All
the country around knows of bis ex
ploits ; and when I met ith him my
self, 1 saw such things as I should have
thought impossible, had my own eye
not witnessed them."
When the Marshal heard this, he
looked blacker than ever; and the iirst
thing he did next morning was to send
off messengers In every direction to in
quire fora village called Si heveningen,
and a man named Dirk Hogan. And
sure enough, some of them came back
with news tli.it there was such a vil
lage, and that Dirk Ilogau, the smith,
had been living there till quite lately,
but that now he had sold his forge and
gone away, and nobody knew w hat had
become of him.
This was a decided disappointment to
our friend Saxe, but he had something
else to think of just then. The enemy's
army had lately received strong rein
forcements, and seemed inclined lo at
tack him; and he was rfdiug out one
morning lo reconnoiter their position,
when suddenly his horse stumbled and
mst a shoe.
"There's a village just ahead of us,
your Excellency," said one of his offi
cers, ".shall I ride 011 and see if I can
find a blacksmith."
"Do so," answered Saxe, and the
(Ulcer came back presently to say that
he had found w hat be wanted So the
horse was led up to the door of the
smithy, and the smith himself came
out to have a look at it.
The moment he appeared, the Mar
shal fastened his eyes upon him as if he
would look him through. And well he
might, for this smith was such a man
as one does not see every day very
nearly asja 11 as Salttihimself, and even
HroadcrHcross the .-dro'ulilcrs.while upon
his bare-arms the huge muscles stood
out tinder the tanned skin like coils of
rope. The marshal felt at once that he
could never be comfortable till he had
had a trial of strength with this sturdy
looking fellow, srjjte bade him bring
out one of his best. "horse-shoes.
The smith did fn, and Saxe, looting
at if, said quiey : J
"This ware ni jur-, but pour tuff,
my frienifc; it tvi!Uj:.it Wt;d vVrk.
Look here !"
He took It in his strong hands, and
with one twist broke the iron like a
biscuit.
The smith looked. at him for a mo
ment, and then, without deeming at all
taken aback, brought out a second
horse-shoe, and a third, but Saxe broke
them as easily as he had broken the
first.
"Come," said he, "I see it's no use
picking and choosing among such a
trashy lot; give me tiie first shoe that
comes to hand, and we'll cry quits." ,
. The smith produced a fourth shoe,
and fitted it on, and Saxe tossed him a
French crown a coin about the size of
a silver dollar. The Dutchman held it
up to the light, and shook his head.
"This coin of yours is but poor metal
Mynheer," said he, saying the words
just as the marshal had spoken his. "It
won't stand work. Look here."
lie took the coin between Ids finger
and thumb, and with one pinch cracked
it in two, like a wafer.
It was now the Marshal's turn to
stare, and the oflicers exchanged winks
behind his back, as much as to say that
their champion had met his match at
last. Saxe brought out another crown
and then a third, but the smith served
them In like manner.
"Come," said he, imitating the Mar
shal's voice to perfection, "I see it's no
use picking and.choosing among such a
trashy lot. Give me the first crow n
that comes to hand, and we'll cry
quits."
The Frenchman looked at the Dutch
man the Dutchman looked at the
Frenchman and then both burst into
a roar of laughter, so loud and heart r.
that lie (.Hirers who stood bv could 1
h r ' ' -' - " V
"Ftirly caught ;" cried the Marddil
suddenly, and added, "What's yoyr
name, my fine fellow ?"
"Dirk Hogan, from Scheviningen.
"Dirk Hogan !" cried Saxe. "The
very man I've been looking for. Rut
I've found him in a way I didn't ex
pect:" "So it seems," said the smith, grin
ning. "I needn't ask who you are
you're the Count de Saxe, who was al
ways wanting to meet with a stronger
than himself. Does it seem toyotl as if
you had met witli him now?"
"Well, I rather think it does," quoth
Saxe, shrugging his shoulders; "and I
promised to give him my purse when
ever 1 did meet with him; here it Is.
And now, if you'll come along with
me, and serve as farrier to my head
quarters' stall', I promise you that you
shall have no cause to repent of having
met with Maurice de Saxe."
And the inar.-hal was as good as bin
word.
A Ileriml hiMtrlMjiuii.
Every summer steamers from Hull
and I.eith bring over to the port of
Trondlijein, Norway, parties of British
sportsmen and lady travelers. The
rivers of Xurway are crammed with
s ilnion, thousands upon thousands of
trout play in the leaping torrents, while
in the alnio.-t unbroken w oods abide red
deer, reindeer, grouse, woodcock anil
elks. The Norwegian fjords, which
cut so deeply into the coast, offer to
pleasure yachts a safe harbor and easy
navigation. Sailing around the North
ern ( ape to lleigen.the summer travc
ler sees 011 one of the islands of the
lonely fjord a British flag flying from
the top of a neat collate. The steaiyer
touches the shorn, and the Englih
colony is found lA consist of a single
house which was brought here directly
from London, w ith its pretty pointed
roof, its green shutters, its tiny tower
and its graceful bow window'. Every
summer it is erected on the banks of
some Scandinavian fjord, and in the
autumn it is taken down, board by
lioard, and returns to London to pa
the w inter in a storehouse. The pro-
prietoris a jolly gentleman w ho receives
Ids visitors in a room hung w ith em
blems of his prow ess as a fisher and a
hunter, wlili tents ea?y to pitch, and
the la-t new thing in fowling-picees
and fishing-rods. Outside, a flourish
ing kitchen -garden is the result of Ihe
planting of tiie seeds he brought from
England. His little house is an exact
model ot the home he lives in in the
suburbs of Loudon a jointed toy, easily
filled together. In the spring this ec
centric gentleman boards his yacht,
embarks his house upon it, takes wild
Ids baggage a collection of seeds, a cel
lar of w lues, tinned provi.-ions, tea,
coffee and sugar, and turns prow to
wards the east. When he arrives on
the Norway coast, he takes possession
of a deserted Islet, in a fish-haunted
fjord, puts ui) his house and plants his
salads. By (lay lie hunts the deer and
fishes for salmon; in the evening
eats the fish tie lias caught, the ilei
has killed, (lie vegetables he has
The lew steamers w Inch pass lx
windows tiring 1 1 1 1 11 his onlv
the world. As soon as t!.
w eather ome he folds I
returns to London.
r
'To Have and to Hold."
Several days ago a p' eminent Episco
pal clergyman was Invited to a hotel
to marry a couple. They did not
want any witnesses, and they want
ed the ceremony to be about one min
ute long. To this the reverend gentle
man objected. Under the laws of tho
State a marriage is not valid which is
not witnessed by two persons. They
were procured, and the couple struck
au attitude calculated to show to advan
tage an array of fine clothes, and two
rather good looking faces, the ow -its
of which would (so the marriage ct.iili
cate stated) never see their twenty-
sixth birthday again. The ceremony
ij 1
ran smoothly uirtil the pledgej we
given. r-1
"I Kate," "'!. I iiii tie.'
"I Kate," slr6 falteruL '
"Take the, William,"
"Take thee, William."
"To be my wedded husband "
"To be my wedded husband."
"To have and to hold "
A smile puckered the corners of her
mouth, which was finally extended into
a hearty laugh ; no response. The
minister was astounded at the untimely
exhibition of frivolity ; the witnesses
were highly amused, and thev would-be
bridegroom struggled to maintain his
self-possession.
"To have and hold," repeated the
minister.
"To have Te ! he! he!" and she
broke down again. A repetition of the
former scene was broken into by the
solemn and commanding voice:
"To have and to hold,"
"To " she began, and then indulged
in a frenzy of mirth n hich spread to all
but the dignified and chagrined tycr of
knots.
You think this is a very trivial mat
ter," he said sternly, "but I fancy you
won't find it so funny if you intend be
ginning life together in this ridiculous
manner. I've a mind to punish you by
refusing to complete the ceremony, but
on second thought, I think it will be
better to tead you a homily and then I
will finish that which I have begun if I
have to stay here until to-morrow morn
ing." The homily was delivered, and the
couple, now quite serioin, resumed their
trying position, and were duly married.
"1 wouldn't have laughed," said the
briile, by way of explanation, "but I
never heard the Episcopal marriage
ceremony before, and itjWas so funny
to tiling ty.t I had -ft Lli. i,re;j t
Hiiia uiU gre..t liig TeTTT.v Tuidlrauiig
w ho she meant by a loving salutation)
aii-tlrcrest of my life, that I couldn't
keep from laughing."
The Itiche.t Men In America.
Seven years ago there w ere tw o Irish
men iu the city of San Francisco keep
ing a drinking-bar of very modest pre
tensions, close to one of the principal
business thoronghfares. Their custom
ers were of all kinds, but chiefly com
mercial men and clerks. Among them
was an unusually large proportion of
stock and share dealers, mining-brokers
and the like, w ho, in the intervals of
speculation, rushed out of the neigh
boring Exchange five or six times a day
for drinks. Whisky being almost the
religion of California, and the two little
bar-keepers being careful to sell none
but IheTiest article, their bar soon be-camc-a
place-of popular resort. And
as no true California!! could ever swal
low a drink of whiskey under any cir
cumstances w ithout talking about silver
mines or gold mines or shares in mines,
it soon fell out that, next to the Stock
Exchange itself, there was no place in
San Francisco where so much mining
talk went on as in the saloon of Messrs.
Flood A O'Brien, which were the
names of the two. Keeping their ears
w ide open, and sifting the mass of gos
sip that they listened to evey day, these
two gentlemen picked up a good many
crumbs of useful information,' besides
now and then getting a direct confiden
tial tip; and they turned some of them
to such good account in a few quiet
little speculations, that they shortly
had a comfortable sum of money lying
at their bankers. Intendof throwing
it aw ay in headewi,, and cxliavu-
gant ventures, w hich was the joyous
custom of the average California!! in
those days, they let it lie where it was,
waiting, with comendable prudence,
till they knew of somethinggood to put
it into. They soon heard of something
good enough. On Fair's advice they
bought shares in a mine called the
.V'Uale and Xorcross," and were speed
ily taking out of it fifteen thousand
pounds a month in dividends. This
mine was the property of a company,
and though it had at onetimepaid large
and continuous dividends, It was now
supMised to be worked out and worth
less. Mr. Fair, however, held a dif
ferent opinion ; and when he came to
examine it carefully, he found w hat he
expected to find a large dciiosit of sil
ver ore. Thereupon he, and Flood 4
O'Brien together, bought up all the
shares they could lay their hands upon,
and obtained complete control of the
mine. Besides being a clever
nerienced miner, Mr. V.
the belief that bv
Into holes
would
ulr
ii'ur
iH'ariu
tluX
mines, dipping
down as it went,
traced any farther,
nothing to people
also
ne nbui
having mining stock
vein the stock they
sequently they boiif.
in the neighborly
alike sending price
limits, and investin
less properties that
a shilling in dividei
when Flood had bou
of the Bonanza stoi
to himself a:n? his
ing interest i: the,t 1
mended all hi friemls
and O'Brien did the
00k the advicr are
Sjlonortiojjati;
ainointing 10 about
d,0!J0 aiiontli
nv majority 01 un.
oilier mines are, ii
ho bought into
'ornia parlance,
"busted." What t
ree men and
their latest part
lackey, are
going to do with thai
ley is a cu
rious problem, the s(.
lt 11 of which
will be watched with g:
t interest in a
year or two to come
money they
returns so
hold now is yieluii
enormous that their in uhlest extrava
gance could make no inTression on the
amount.
Fifty-Mile l.ii'e.
A fifty-mile race tool- place recently
at the trotting park at .-an Francisco,
Cal. The conditions e ie race were
fifty miles out, eaiwS- to be al
lowed ten horses, al.d i required to
change every mile. Tnree starters
were announced on the -Ills, but only
two came to post wh",i t: ie was called.
These two were Pablo a iroand James
Smith, the latter a wiry "young man,
well know n as a skilful arid experienced
cross country rider, vho bad engaged
in such contests before. I'erallo. the
third candidate, w:tru' out as
some of his arranemei ts to obtain
horses, had miscarried. ! declined to
start. They got under w y about two
o'clock with au even i il-t.tr, and from
first to last the tide "Uy1 m was Con
tinually changing fr'u .ne to the other.
In the first miles Stnii i wis uniformly
in the lead, with varvir.g distances.
Castro came op and '' ! Ins turn at
showing the way, an on the thirty
first mile they left I'.n- eore dead
lock. Smith' then dr. w away again
and for tj
for t! in'les kertm fr nt by a lead 1
aiitl ''ilIV''' i'lij
varv
1 . s - r ' . .
with IiimTuu tins i .if lunifig circuits
were a series of strugg'ts for the mas
tery, Castro coming in ner t lie wire at
the finish two lengths iihrad, which for
the distune is uncomfortably close.
The betting was very limited, the odds
being two to one on Smith almost to
the very end. He seemed to have the
sympathy of a great vvr.i!y of the au
ditors, and was certaiely the more ac
tive and skilful in his mounts and dis
mounts, but Castro in-Dl over him in
the superiority of hit animals, and to
the fact that he sat .i paddle much
lighter than Smith, "l'hrtinie of the
fifty miles was two hours and seven
minutes, which, considering the grade
of horses used and t!ie paraphenalia
with which they weie handicapped,
was a creditable perfa-inance. Squire
O.-dialdistine, in thegi(it match in 1 S3 1 ,
made 200 miles in Sh.rTui., 50 miles 6f
w hich he accoinplishcVtm. 0111. ?."s., iu
a driving rain stornt-, m ilLlkC 7 1 1
June l"-!l, Jennison
miles iu Hi. -T.nn. 17
events the horses w
bloods in England, '
between them and t
bucked ilieir brief h
Park, was much g
rence In time.
Hteanilfj
The London
count of what 1
substitute for 1
steam for lo
gines. Tills
arrangement
into hydio-cau
power, and is
UtljcCttKt '
From this I
a pipe, to i
which com I
furnace an.
with the git
vided state.
ternal beat
The heavif
fled statei
junction J
The priJ
garded
the prnj
be equ I
operat i
qnestii
and ci
son foi
this c:
data.
powi
at 8.J
Virginia and Califor
la
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iin.tr- .aa... 111 ami
Tee Yolitn's Ailvl.'e.
The architect who plans high front
steps to a house is in league with certain
boys who have a "large and assorted
stock" of meanness born In their
natures. Proof of this can bo found
any day In the week In Detroit. A very
nlco young man. dressed In the nobbiest
yle and sporting a cane which never
it less than a i.ollar, walked up the
front steps of a Jefferson avenue
Ion and pulled the bell. It was
nough even to the driver of a
that the young man had an
some one In that house, and
t to meet his charmer.
plain to a stub-nosed
w ing a picture of h.i
rl,i.t,t''ii wl . a
1"5 lllUlgo.
-ui: ie.DKca uy, quit ins
work, and, loafing along to the gate,
he called out
"Them air folks don't want any
patent tooth-paste to day !"
The nobhy young man gave a sudden
start of surprise, but he instantly
realized the vastnessof the gulf separat
ing film and that street boy, and he did
not reply.
"Our folks don't want any clothes
wringers to-day, and you want to hear
me !" called the boy.
The young man heard him. Several
pedestrians also heard him, and as they
looked up, the young man wondered
why no one answered the bell.
"I'm telling you fellow up there,"
said the boy, that we don't keep no
boarding house here! If you want
cheap board you must go around the
corner and three blocks straight on. Do
you propose to pay in advance?"
As no one came to the door, the young
man pulled the bell again.
"I'm telling you that you can't pass
yourself off ou us as a grassdiopper
sufferer!" shouted the boy. "If you
want some cold vittles, go around to
the side gate !"
Four pedestrians had halted on the
other side of the street, and the young
man looked down on the boy and softly
said
"Boy, can you catch ten cents?"
"We don't sign no petishuns here for
a national monument to the inventor of
thedishpan !" replied the boy. "What
I'm talking to you is that you want to
go around to the cook's door."
The young man wished a wish con
taining 413 grains fine that the builder
..e . 1. .. . .. 1. 1 .... 1. ,1 ' .1. c.
0f those high steps
r"rY' -T"il,g- 1)111
ps nan 1 it'll ueifii lor
e Moor didn
... 1 . . .J ,
"
out J
"Hain't 1 been tell'n g you that you
can't get in there? You may lie the
private watchman on this block, but
you can't go aroui.d pulling front door
bells and putting on airs! If I have to
argy much longer I'll call the police!"
"I've got half a dollar here, boy!"
said the young man as he turned
around.
"Let's see how It looks!" softly re
plied the lad.
But the half dollar was at home. The
young man searched for it in vain, and
the disgusted boy turned to the men
across the street, and called out
"Isn't It agin the law for a fellow to
be taking a becswnx impression of a
front-door lock in the daytime?"
They started to come over, and the
young man hurried down the steps and
up the street. He g ive the bov Just one
look. It was a look in which railroad
-at. I...
was the hunter's name succeeded f.r
two or three miles In maintaining his
lead, and would probably have shaken
them off entirely but for an untoward
accident.
In attempting to leap across a small
stream, the banks of which were steep
and high, he missed his footing, and
only by a powerful effort prevented
himself from being hurled to the bot
tom. As it was, he found that he had strain
ed his knee to such an extent as to ren
der it almost a matter impossible to
further continue his flight.
But life is a great stake to struggle for,
and although guffe."!:-? 'hei greatest
agony, yet Humphries Tmillnned to
keep slightly ahead of his pursuers.
At length, alter ie-cei.diiig (rjjte a
hill, he entered upon a level bottom, at
the other side of w hleh ran a stream,
the banks of which were thickly lined
by a heavy cane brake.
Towards this he ran with what little
strength there was left In him, and
reached the edge of the brake only to
find that It was so dense that he could
not, at any point near by, find a place
of entrance.
Turning off to bis right, he found a
large poplar tree had been blown down,
falling directly into the cane, and reach
ing entirely across the bed of the creek.
Upon this he leaped,' ran along the
body of the trunk, and then seeing a
chance for a moment's hiding, he leaped
down into the water beneath and drew
up under the bank where tiie bushes
were heaviest.
Hardly had he succeeded in this,
when he heard the Indian spring upon
the log. run rapidly forward a few
paces, and then utter a shrill wiioop of
surprise and exultation.
The keen-eyed redskin had seen him
as he crouched amid the fl igs and yourg
cane.
Another instant ami Lis enemy w ould
have been upon him, tomahawk iu
baud, when suddenly a new actor ap
peared on the scene.
A deep, angry roar, rather than growl,
broke upon the silence, and with open
mouth, and eyes flashing with rage, an
old she bear, closely followed by her
two cubs, dashed across the log and
fastened herself upon the now frighten
ed Indian.
The fight upon the log was of short
duration, and after a few fierce struggles
the two cjmbatant8 pitched over and
fell, locked in a deadly embrace, Into
deadly embrace, intolem,ut-"ci which will becontiuued
i Jobstinacy while he belinves himse
,T , . 3 ''e right, and asseited ith bittei
ne. e . t-.... u ,ui cor.sclcAce it he is d-t!
not. rut m.ding thatin the wrong.
, he crawled out upon i Ag ione a. the WH.pr. nf wrUioi
the yuer below.
IHphries knew
lie did not appear, he crawled out upon
the opposite bank, and leaving the red
skin and his shaggy opponent engaged
in a struggle for life or death, he made
all possible haste to reach the blccii
house, some three miles distant.
This he succeeded In doing, and the
next morning returned to ths scene of
action at the creek.
Neither bear nor Indian was to be
seen, though the torn and bloody con
dition of tlu bushes on the banks told
how fearful the combat niUMt have been.
Humphries was on the whole, well
satisfied, and for many years boasted
that he was probably the only man in
the wilderness whose life had been
saved by a bear.
Vapor Italhs.
We, In the UidtedStjfieJj;
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
B 3 what you are ; this Is the first steu
toward becoming better than you are".
A rush of thoughts is the only con
celvublo prosperity that can come to us.
There are two things to which we
never grow accustomed the ravages
of time and the injustice of our fellow
men. It is heaven upon earth to have a
man's mind move in charity, rest In
Providence and turn upon the poles of
truth.
There is no more implacable enemy
than he who feels he has wronged you,
and no more unhappy man than such
an enemy.
An abundaneeof peace shall be multi
plied unto him who is in his secret heart
stewtttiially resolved not to sudor from
iioagirr"y illsi
An act by which we make one friend
and one enemy is a losing game, be
cause revenge is a much stronger pas
sion than gratitude.
Every angry man thinks he Is right,
and nine out of ten can see that they
were wrong when anger cools. The
cnth man is a fool.
The real wants of nature are the mea
sure of employments, as the foot is the
measure of the slioe. We can call only
the want of what la really necessary,
poverty.
The best application for the improve
ment of the countenance is a mixtuie
in equal parts of serenity and cheerful
ness. Anoint the face morning, r.0011
and night.
Whenever yon commend add your
reasons for doing so; it is this which
distinguishes the approbation of a man
of sense from the 11 ittery ot sycophants
and admiration of fools.
The constituents of the human body,
taking elements the names of whicV
will be familiar to the general reader,
are sixteen in number, srvenof them
being metals and nine non-metallic.
Beauty is admired, talent adored but
virtue Is a woman's crown. With it,
the poor are rich ; without it, the rich
are poor. It walks through life upright,
and never hides its head for high or
low.
The two ingredients of a seidlitz
powder produce a tremendous ell'ervee
cetice, b'lt It soon cools down, and
nothing is left hut nauseous Insipidity.
Some people's religion is of the same
sort.
Self-interest, appetite and folly, have
put forth many falsehoods about the
uses and virtues of strong drink, which
should be publicly refuted and exposed
to show up ite deceitfulness to the un
wary. No man is defeated without some re-
seutment, which will becontiuued with
obstinacy while he beliqye himself in
glt, and asseited with bitte4.
u liii coi.sclcAce i he is detected
As long as the waters of persecution
are upon the earth, so long we dwell in
the ark; but where the laud Is dry the
dove itself will be tempted to a wander
ing course of life, and never return to
the house of her safety.
Christian charity demands abstinence
from that, the use of which would in
jure a brother. "All things are lawful
lor me, but all things are not expe
dient," says the great Theologian, Logi
cian and Apostle.
A young man ought to cross his own
rules, to awaken his vigor and to keep
it from growing faint and rusty ; and
there Is no course of life so weak and
sottish as that which is carried on by
rule and discipline.
One great and kindly thought from a
retired and obscure man may live when
thrones are fallen and the memory of
those who tilled them obliterated, and.
like an undying fire, may illuminate
and quicken all future fenerations.