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' - . r.-. . ."- ' f ' i- " . 'A. i -,ieu . W J ! A .... ... 3 En jJJ-.-.Y7x' !.. . v7TV 7T A .n t i . ' 1 .in I. n ..... , , , i i n . v-- ' ' i ' ' - I, . i " i " ' " ', . ... -.. ' i .. - - ... ') . ". :-';- ' : - i " A WEEKLY JOURNAL FOR HOME AND FARM; GIVING RELIABLE INFORMATION OF THIS NEW COUNTMY. VOL. I. " HIGHLANDS, MACON COUNTY, N. C, OCT. 18, 1883. NO. 39. The TTwiliglit Hour. . BT THE VKlJC1 POKT." I. "When oW the distant tffli hi );een to gleam, As on some old and antiquated wall. " The sun's last sad but mello fitful beam, We note the turbulence of Nature tall Into rejpose, as does a tranquil stream; . Then steals upon the ear the welcome call Of "Vesper, fraught with lullabies of rett: ; Ajmoment bn our love encircles all' . Around a happy fieslde oh how blest! " " " "; 1L The Peasant quits the bandies of bis plow, Content that all bis seed are duly so n, , . He wipes the perspiration from bis brow -' -And leaves the fit-Ids to solitude alone .' What is it wakes his breast to rapture now! Tis but the musis of a cherry tone: Tbe only consolation of his life, ; The comfort of a true and faithful wife! III. As homvward turns tae merchant from bis i f- store, The wretched clerk, alas! performs bis Be gives a penny to tbe begging poor, eiAnd hastens in the love of home to bask. ;X ."Smdirjg AnKel" meets bim at .the-door i And from nJs bra V remoyes the clouded -inasr: ;' r. ;.; ; ' Which business 'cares and worlHy hopes ; r-Impressed, r.; , And soothes him with her warm and ten- On breast. .. i '.' t ' "IV. The one-horse lawyer most despondent feels, ! In this lone hour, when day begins to lt; wane; , f His giddy head, so empty now reveals, t . That bis poor life, alas! has been in vain, With a critic's hope, despairingly he deals ' ; A blow be hopes will give the Poet pain; ; The latter knows he is -a trifling thingr, And scarcely feels the Asp's envenomed sting. ' v. The Statesman who, (with eye intent on fame, " In Senate, Court,-or Council, Head of State, Would Jeave bebml, when bfe is done, a name Worthy to be enrolled among the great, In thN swett hour, when home and kindred claim His presence thre. his Inborn doth abntf, And strips himself of all his former wass . " lo live ag'in, as 'twre, his childish days. j.--.-r- , VL ,: - The sailor in the twilight hiur will roim The lonely deck, or press bin drtary berth ; And es he plunges througD ttie trackless foam, 3ite tboiublw revert back to bis place of birth. Bieit fancy p -tints tb.e lovtd ones of bis bouio, Thechri6hed child, t'ie wife of saced wortu: With them he counts the hipyy moments . : SfM-bt, Aud nates the bre-Zf of tae Oriei.t. VII The foldier boy tne young and gallant brvy Uncaaiped upon some far and distant pUru, Bholds again bis native mountain cove, In twilight visions pictured on tne brain. He sees his old domestic shade trees wave, And listens to the itock bird's welcome strain, He feels tbe parting -kiss bis mother gave, And hears ber tfear familiar voice again. VIII. And maDy mother in the evening tide, With silvererl locks and face all farrowed oVr ' Calls hp a shadow by ber lonely side, Whose substance fell amid the cannon's roar, i Most bravely for bis country's cause he died. Her name upheld, ber battle-standard bore; She drop! a tear, and thinks of this with pride, Content to meet him on the -"other shore." IX. And thus we find in this most solemn hour When Nature weaves a strange and mys tic spell Upon our hearts, like Bummer's gentle : : ebower, ' We all delight to pause and fondly dwell Upon tbe day s of ,(vanihdd sun and flower.' 11; bring? a joy from out its hidden cell - "Which is not in the scope of human power To intimate, far less to fairly tell. ; x. 'l "jRwjet b6J&! whenTjconverse holds trium pbant sway, . And peace benign, tbe bappy hearth stone warms; . When Woman's love reflects its genivl ray4 And willing hearts acknowledge all her ' .", ' . charms. . -' A When truant feet refuse f rona home to stray, And arms enraptured circle loving forms; ' When "Fred" reposes on his mother's breast, And slumber soothes tbe darling babe to ' rest. Gotliaui Gossip. The American Ant student's IjEAGue and its Good Effect. Life Studies. Fanny Davenport's Fedo - ra A Decrease of Weight and an . Increase of Skill. The War be tween THE KlRALFY'S AN POOLE AND " 3ilmobe A Good Test. Three Ex' Ministers Dr. Trng, Rev. Adi rondack JkluRBY and Fere Hya- : ctnthe. The Question of Divorce. The Field Family and their Lion. . Mb. Talboy's, Freddie Gebhard and Mrs. Langtry. Christixe Nils- . rsoN. : f 3". V- if y t-t,!- ; ir;TTfepttober;15tbj 33. art as suet, and to" enable sfuJeufs who f -mrere .unable to go abroad to oblain the ir.pportanities of ftndy at home they did a tf t Icitler wijrithan ,vcn tke most aDguine among them anticipated. Up to that time the student was unable to acquire more tban the most rudimentary princi ples of his art at home. At present how ever bo steady and rapid has been the progress that outside of the special instruc tion to . be derived in special departments by European maste s of -world reputation uo better. means, no greater advantages for . the serious . and systematic" study can be found in the eity. The aim -of" the League has constantly been to raise its standard of excellence and , to introduce new methods and . facilities. Hence it is progressive. It is not wedded to ideas which in the march of time have 'becdme fossilized, and is therefore full of life and praetical.,energy-f ..... Last year over four. hundred students worked in its studio Thia year, although classes have scarcely been working a week the number already exceeds "that of last season, and beore winter Bets in there will probably be at least flye hundred. A new departure in its curriculum is the increased attention paid to studies from life. Last year an afternoon life class was established for the benefit of women engaged in their studios or in teaching during the day. This year the .hours of study in the life classes have been lengthened, and they are now opened morning, afternoon and evening every day in ..the. week. . The in structors remain unchanged. Mr. Walter Shirlaw,' howevervhas beenadaed to "tlii staff. . He has taken charge of. the after-: noon class for ladies. ' . ' i ' Theatre goers have not yet gotover their surprise at Faany Davenport's-remarkably fine acting in Fedora M the Fourteenth Street theatre. When; it was announced that she would appear in this part even Fanny's strongest admirers shook their heads, and her enemies mut tered something about "fools rushing in where angels feared to tread." The fact was that everybody remembered her ro bust vigorous Camille with its elephantine slowness an4 total f.iilare 5u the points which go to make up the identity of Dumas' heroine. Much to the surprise of everybody, Lowevir, Fanny came, saw and conque.'t'd. Whether she tiiod ll.iut- ingism or Eot, I am unable to say. Cer tain it is, however, that her olx sity has iill but disappeared .and that her figure is presentable. She lias, evidently studied the part with the most paiustaking care and now presents to ua an emotipjutl char acter of the French cchool with thefiuesse of a Beruhard and the at times Lupetuous pathos of a Ciara Morris. Managements are as a rule inclined to exaggerate; but in the juesout iutance I beiuve that their statement that last week's receipts were $2,000 is tru- Tbe theatre going public is getting into the manner iu which they are handed over to the ticket speculators, by the suit now pending between the Kiralfs. the producers of the spectacular play Excel sior and Poole -aad Gihnore, the lessees of Niblo's Garden Theatre. Gilmore it seems sold the privilege of hawking tick ets at the entrance during the run of Ex celsior to Brown the speculator, for $2, 500. The Kiralfy's want half of this sum, claiming that they are entitled to it under the contract. Gilmore says no, and the matter is now in the hands of the court. Gilmore take the matter very good natur edly. Said he the other evening : "You can always tell when any play of the Ki ralfy's is a success, because they are sure to quarrel with managers and bring law suits. When thiDgs go badly they are as so ft as butter in the sunshine." Three Ex-Minhters are now disporting themselves about town, and the spestacle it cannot be said is an edifying one. The first is Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., who re signed the cloth to become an insurance broker in Paris and was a failure at that. The ugly rumors about him personally which at time found their way among peo-. pie are no -"doubyvuntrue, because they npver assumed tangible shape. Still it would have shown better taste if he had not resumed the cloth immediately after leaving business. It gives one a bad idea of tbe holy fiice of Minister of the Gospel. It brings the sacred profession on the same lever as that of dramming for a dry goods house, or managing a theatrical company. It takes away the air of sincerity wth which the words of the minister Bhould be' invested and makes bim appear as if ho preached such .and such a doctrine solely because it pasd better than to preach an other. Rev. Adirondack Murray, who has long since lost the respect of Christian people by his vagaries, capped the climax last Sunday by advocating iu a public lec ture, that divorce should be made easier to obtian, so that even the humblest and poorest of inarried couples might free themselves from a bond the moment it be comes irksome. And this in the face of tbe efforts of the bench, the bar and the legislatures which are now being made to throw difficulties in the way of ihe whole sale disregard for marriage vows, under a thin legal veil which is now going on. Not far from where I sat, was a well known lawyer who had taken his wife and two daughters to hear Murray. As the lecturer expounded his peculiar, worse than heathenish ideas, ho arose with his family and left the hall. "Such doctrines as these," he -said, are an outrage." 2 Pere Hyacintbe, the renegade Catholic priest who was one of the leaders ; in the old Catholic movement, and then went farther and took nto himself a wife, has come back to this country, arriving here on the Alaska which made port on Sun day. He has been taken np by Rev Dr. Henry M. Field and in fact thn entire Field family, from David Dudley down to the great and good Cyras W. The Fields have not had a lion to themselves for some time, aod although Mr. Loyson is but a vert small' lion, something on the plan of a French poodle artastacly made up by a barber to resemble the King of tbe Des erst; the Fields are satisfied! Pere Hy acinthe wjto give a series of lectures Sjr which he .b.opes to replenish his . purse, which, has.grown Very slender abroad, i XjAeilir. Talboys, the ompaaa andi friend of Freddie Gebnard,- and therefore the sriend of the peerless Jersey Xily. He said he had left Freddie in Paris, but that he intended to run over to England, to see the Cesarewith and Cambridge shire run before coming home. Mrs. Langtry will probably arrive nere by next Monday, having left Liverpool last Satur day, on the new steamer Owgon. She evidently means to be a trille more dis creet in her actions this year, for her mother, Mrs. Le Breton, will accompany her and act as her duenna. Mr. Talboys is oie of the most genial and amiable of ''old boy 8." He is one of that Bet which spends its time in Wall Street during the day!,' and its eyenixgs at or near Delmon ico's. ; He is a good story teller, possesses fine taste both in the domain of art and gastronomy, and is noted fcr his impur tnrbable good humor. Jn fact he is a Sam Ward on a smaller scale. Christine Nilsson since her arrival here last week, has been about a good deal vis iting country houses. She is a first rate lawn tennis player, and has beaten some of .out acknowledged cracks at the game. A well known real estate agent has re ceived a commission from her to look out for a fine residence for her not too far from New York. She means to take up her residence permanently in New York, and at the end of the operatic season spend her time amii the pleasures of country life. Tlie Rattlesnake Industry; Middletown, N. Y., Sept. 1(1 For many years different persons liviug in the mountains of Sullivan ai.d Ulster counties have made very euug sums every year in tlie sale of rattlesnake oil, which is believ ed to possess wondeiful curative powers by a lai-ge proportion of the inhabitants of not only those, but of aojoining couuties. Many suakes are killed during the sum mer season, bat the grand gathering of the crop is in the fall, when they have returned to their dens and wintering plac es. These retreats are well known to the snake hunters, and they ehoose sunny days in October and November for raiding them. On such days the reptiles crawl out of their dens in the rocks and huddle together by the score, different varieties frequently being found massed together. The snakes are dull And sluggish at lhat time of the year, and come out to bask in the sun. The hunters arm themselves with the old-fashioned flails, and when they come upon a pile of the snakes proceed to thresh the life out of them. But few escape The rattlesnakes are assorted from the other species and carried home, where the oil ife tfjed out as lard ia. from pork. No treatment of the oil is necessary. It is bottled up aud is ready for the market. As high as $1 an ounce has been paid for it by believers in its value as a liniment for rheumatism and all kindred ills. The snake hunters of the Shawangunk Mountains receive many orders from show men for live rattlesnakes, for which they receive from 50 cents to $2 each, accord - h)g to size and condition ; but during tbe past summer an industry in snakes sprung up which is entirely new and novel, and bids fair to become the most profitable of any of the branches of the trade, for it has its foundation ia a new fashion in female adornment. This indusJry is the supplying of rattle snake skins for ladies' belts. Almost ev ery village in Sullivan and Ulster couuties is a summer resort for city people, and hundreds of New York ladies spend the heated term there. One day last summer the wife a well-known chemist of New .York, who was stopping in Sullivan coun ty, attended a pienie, and while walking with another lady in the woods was con fronted by an enormous rattlesnake, which lay direedy in front of her in the mountain path. " The lady1 who was with her screamed and ran away, but the chemist's wife picked up a cudgel and killed, the snake. She brought it to the picnic ground. It was fo.ur feet in length, and had a splendid set of fourteen rattles. 'The markings of a rattlesnake are very beauti ful, but the skin of this one was particu larly perfect and brilliant in color. The chemist's wife caused a shudder of horror to run through the assemblage of her fair companions by saying that if she could by any means h we the snake's skin prepared she would rwear it as a girdle. Ske consulted her husband, and he con sen'ed. to experiment with the skin. It was removed from the snake the next day and .stretched on a board. The chenrist treated it with some preparation of arsenic and sweet oil. The prepaiation was ap plied daily, and in a few days the skin was cured with all its freshness, brilliance, and pliability preserved. The ra ties and head were left on the skin. The husband took it to New York, where it was fitted with a handsome silver clasp, and his wife appeared among the other guests with a girdle that $250 would not induce her to part with. ; . That set the. fashion', and there was at once a big demand for rattlesnake skins among the ladies, not only in that place, but at scores of other places, for the news of Mrs.- 's girdle spread rapidly from one resort to another. Dainty damsels who a week before would have fainted -al most at the mention of a rattlesnake. sweM- denly became deeply interested in ' the beauty and dimensions of tbe deadly rep tile, and lost no time in having its many hued epidermis encii cle their slender waists. Rattlesnakes quickly went up iu the market, until it was a very modest mountaineer indeed w ho hadn't the heart to ask $5 for a skin wiib perfect rattles, a sound head, and clear spots. Next season they expect to do a great business iu "hides," and some of them predict that the price will go up to$10 for primes, with corresponding rates for lower grades for the nurse-girl and ladies'- maid market. Postal Rates Ninety Years Ago, Now that the two-cent postage law has' gone into effect, the following provisions of the first law of Congress on the subject will be read with interest: Feb. 20, 1792, was the date of the first act fixing rates of postage on domestic letters, and established the following rates, to take effect June 1st, 1792. Act Feb. 20, 1792, section 9, by land ; For every single letter not exceeding 30 miles, G cents. For eveiy single letter over 30 miles and not exceeding J0 miles, 8 cents. For every single letter over 60 miles and not excetdiug 100 miles, 10 cents. For every single letter over 100 miles and not exceeding 150 miles, 12 -1-2 cents. For every single letter over 150 miles and not exceeding 200 miles, 15 cents. ; ' For every siugle letter over 200 , miles and not exceeding 250 miles, 17 cents. " For every single letter over 250 miles and not .exceeding 350 miles, 20 cents' , For every single letter over. 350 miles and not. exceeding 450 miles, 22 cents. For every single letter over 450 miles, 25 cents. For every double letter, double the said rates. For every triple letter, triple the said rates. i " For every packet weighing one ounce avoirdupois, to pay at the rate of for sin gle letters for each ounce, and in that pro portion for any greater weight. Beating: All Records. Chicago, Oct. 9. The sporting frater nity are wild over the performance of Johnston, the pacer, at the Driving Part this afternoon. A brisk rain in the morn ing had dampened the course considerably but there was little wind, and it was a cloudy day. After he had had a warmiog up heat in 2 r22r Johnston again appeared upon the track. Jogging once around, he came flying to the wire, with Peter nodding bis head for the word, which Secretary Hall was not slow in giving, while the click of a hun dred watches told of the interest that was taken in the event. Like an arrow from a bow h spd away around the turn, reaching the quarter in 33 seconds. A cry went up from the stand that 2: 1 1 3-4 would not be beaten, the watches showing only a 2:12 gait. Down the backstretch flew the gallant l'tttl i bay, and as he flash ed by the half, Mr. Dorsey of Kentucky said: "1:03 1-2." "He'll do it," was shouted on every side. Urgel simply by the force of his driver he sped around the lower turn, and nothing broke the silence save the click -of the time pieces registering 1:36 as he dashed by the three quarter pole. Entering the stretch he caught tbe wind in his teetS, but on he sw ept without a falter in his 6tride. At the distance stand Peter toush ed him lightly once or twiee with bis whip, and letting out another link he passed un der the wire in 2:10. H. W. Bemis, H D. McKiney, and others made the time 2:09 3 4. . Johnston is owned by C. A. Mather, a banker, of Berlin, Wis., who last summer paid $10,000 for a half interest held by a Milwaukeean. He is 6 years old, a bay gelding, and $50,000 would not buy him to-night. Peter V. Johnston, his driver, told the Sux correspondent that he had recently made a -quarter mile in 30 seconds. His work to-day was as quiet as itbat of Maud S. The Daily Grind of Woman's -Work. The quiet fidelity w ith whicb-a woman dishwashts her life away for ber husband and children is a marvel of endurance. Here is the servitude of woman heaviest no sooner is her work done than it re quires to be done again. Men take jobs, work on them, finish them, and they are over for good and all. The prospect of ending them and drawing pay for the la bor is alluring, but no such allurements are held out for the wife. She washes Monday after Monday the same garments until there is nothing more of them to wash , then they are replacod by others of new material just like them, and the rubbing and wringing goes on forever. She mends-the stocking with tireless fi delity, the same holes meeting her gaze week aiter week, for if there is a darned place in a sock "he" invariably puts his irrepressible toe through i Every morning the rooms are put in order, only to be in the wildest disorder by the time n:ght falls. There are no jobs, each one different ; there is no pay day. The same socks, the same washing, the same room, eVtry time. There is too little brightness in the lives of women in the country. They have too little help in their domestic occupations. The "nurse" in a house where, there is a baby to cro for ought to be set down as one of the regular expenses as much as the potatoes for the family. A mother's health both of body and ruiud is worth more than ad ditional acres of land, or finer live stock. Tbe heart should not be allowed to grew old. Life should not have lost its charm, the heart its spirk, and the body its elas ticity at forty years. And yet how many women are faded aud wan, and shattered in mind and health, long before they are forty. All the joy of life is not in youth's morning. If we 8 will it, wecan to the last moment of life be at least negatively happy. American Farmer. The Lost Man. Editor Blue Ridge Enterprise : If my memory fails me. not, in the month of January, 1882, that the alarm was made of which I am going to speak. The man of whom I am going to speak was afflicted with fits and: his mind was badly deranged. He was once a man ot good sense and good education ; he was well, informed and was hard working but" he has now lost his mind and is unable to work., He, was at some times wild as the beasts of the forest. One day when ho was in one of thee wild ways, he sitped away from bis family and was completely lost in the woods. His family immediately made a search for him, but the search was vain. They then alarmed the country ahd the countrymen fiathered iu search of him ; but it seemed to be all in vain. This crowd gathered about dark, and hunted by light. They made a breast of son.e thirty or forty, and searched out the best they could about half a mile square. About ten o clock the search was given up for the night by most of the men. They were partly scattered to lo6k for more people to make a daylight search. As the sun spread its broad light the wood was full of men aad women. Every ones attention was drawn to the search. They first made a breast, then they seemed to scatter in almost every direction. Twelve o'clock that day found them without " the man. '. The search was continued.-;. Abd'it the middle of the afternoon another wide .and deep breast was made. It was understood that when he was found that the V hews would be given by the sound of the' torn. They soon found him, since his awkward steps could be easib traced. Ae had gone over cliffs and other rocks where other men would hardly go in daytime. He was now fcund. The horns blew loudly and every one rushed to the sound. He was yet alive, but was badly bruised. He had slid or rolled over a rock that seemed almost impossible for him to es cape death. He was carried home, and has now lived nearly two years in his ter rible disposition, guarded by his family and by a plank wall some six or seven feet high. This man is known by the name of John Bowan, so I must come to a close. G. W. S. Charleston, X. C Editor Blue Ridgt Enterprise: Our Railway work has now taken a form in which the people may see for themselves as to what is really meant. About 200 men are detailed back to the Balsam Mountains to fill up all deficien cies in grading, and to proceed with track laying ; so that as soon, if not before the month of September next the cars may be expected -to run seme miles beyond this quarter. Yours Faithfully, W. W. RELIGIOUS. What Is In Thine Hand? What is iu thine hand, Shamsar ? An ox-goad, with which L urge my lay beast?. Use it for God, and Shamgar's ox goad defeats the Philistines. What is ia thine hand, . David ? My sling, with which I keep the wol yes from the Bheep. Yet with th it sling he slew Goliath, whom an army dared not meet. What is in thine hand, disciple ? Nothing but five barley loaves and two small fisbea. Bring them to lae give then to God, and the multitad e is fed. What is ia thine band, poor widow f Only two mites. Give them to God, and behold the fame of your riches fib's the world. What hast thou, w eeping woman ? An alabaster box of ointment. Give it to God ; break it, and pour it upon the Saviour's bead, and its sweet perfume is a fragrance to the Church till now. What hast thou, Dorcas ? My needle. Use it for God, and these coats and garments keep multiplying, and are clothing the naked stilL ' You are a manufacturer, or a merchant, or a man of leisure, a lady of fortune) or a student, or a se wing-woman. G-ji wants each of you to serve bim where you are. You havo your business ; use it for God. Order it iu a godly manner. Do not al low any "wickedness QWe. goodly wages; preach Jesus to your clerks, not by a long face, but by being like him doing good. Use your profits for God feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick, comforting the wretched, spreadiue the gospel far and wide. Use your wealth, which in your hand is as ea sily moved as the pen which gives yonr signature, to keep that family in their home, and not to eject them. What a field you have to glorify God in just where yon are ! If you have noth ing else, use your tools for him. He can glorify himself with them as easily as he could with a shepherd's stick, an ox-goad, a sling, or two mites. A poor girl who had nothing, but a sewing-machine, used it Utaid a ft eble church. All her earnings above bar needs were given toward build ing a house1, 6W3,-8hip, and in a year she had paid more than others a hundred times richer than she. So you can do if you will. Think of the widow with her two mites, tbe woman with her alabaster box, and Dorcas wkh her garments. Yon can do as mueh and have as great a re ward. Free Chureh Record. Serious Living. Is there a life hereafter ? To ask the question is t answer it. The very doubt, the very fear, teaches what the soul thinks. Tho universality of this experience, the -prevalence of the question in all literatures, Indicates that under every sun and - in every age such thorgbts .find lodgement in the human breast, and with pathetie helplessness find intense expression from human lipsr. "'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man." Yes, Heave a points it out, not only as Cato soliloquizes after reading Plato's on Immortality, by the inevitable and stern destruction of reason, but Heaven has revealed it. God has made positive the uncertain judgement of the soul. Rev elation makes suie what reason guesses. If thU be so if there be a future state, where justice shall not be -cheated of its ends-and the fearful irregularities and ine qualities present existance shall be righted, hpw serious a duty it makes of this life ! The inspired seer tells us, "The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night. The heavens chall pass away with a great noise. The elements shall melt with fervent heat. The earth also and the work that are therein shall be burned up." And then, with admirable reason ing, adds: "Seeing, theu, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of men ought we to be ia all lioly conver sation and godliness." Have we not fallen upon tunes when it is the fashion to make fan of all things! Even the slow-moving eortage of grief, in which some soul is bowed with unspeak able sorrow, is not infrequently the target for the weak jest of fools. Things serious and sacred and precious are not exempt. The ministry, the Church, the creeds of devoted saints, hallowed and hoary, the Sabbeth, the prayer senrice-tbangs around which cluster the holiest memories and the most beneficial capabilities are joked about, laughed at, ridiculed -until devout an J serious souls are bewildered, alarmed and iudignnant. Life is no joke. It is serious, and on its issues rets eternal existance. Lot there be happiness, yea mirth in its season. But let those who -quote with such approv- i al "a time to iaugh,- a time to dance," re- f call the same word, that adds in solemn and signifi cent Juxtaposition, "a time to mounrn, a time to weep, a lime I to keep silent, a time to die." How often' the papers insinuate irreverence, irreverent ways of thinking and speaking into the minds of tbe young insinuate rather boldly and unblushingly teach these things. It is time for intelligent people, whether professionally pious or not, to rebuke this tendency of the times. Children grow np pert, servants become insolent,- respect and reverence are lost, the beautiful and decorous deference of other years passe away, and all beesuise we do not look to ; 1 , tbe future and live as if life were ,A song " V --without order or law and the most foolish and irreverent jests are retailed and printed, and if a bint of profanity or doable r ,' meaniug is contained therein all the more ' - are they relishep. . The world gives np a great, deal of its happiness when' it submits to a robbery of its sacred things. Aud thf y are -wise . who still find duty sweet and vbedianoe a-vi. delight, and who remejober that - idle - -words heap np a fearful account, j-. T -4 'i I A -1 5 V ' . 4 1 V -V, sr - - -: 'Z .
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