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Tie Bright Sids
There is inay a rest in the road of life,
If we only would stop to t ake it,
And many a tone from the better land
. If the querulous heart would wake it I
To the sunny soul that is full of hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth
The grass is green and the flowers are
. 3 bright i . -Though
the wintry storm preyaileth.'
Sotted to hope though th
low,
the clouds
hang
At:d to keep the eyes still lifted ;
For the ' sweet blue sky will soon peep
through, V ' , ' "
When the aminous clouds are rifted !
There was never a night without a day,
Or an evening without a morning ;
And darkest hour, as the proverb goes, ;
Is the hour before the rlawnin.
There is many a gem in the pat.Ii of life,
Which we pass in oar idle pleasure, j
That is richer far than the jewelled crown
Or the miser's hoarded treasure.
It may be the love of a little child, .
Or a mother's prayers to heaven,
Or only a begger's grateful thanks -;
For a cup of water given.
Better t o weave in the web of life,
A bright anil golden filling, .
. And to do God's will with a ready heart,
. And hands that are swift and willing
'Than to snap the delicate, slender
threads ' , ' .
Of our curious lives asunder,
And then blame heaven for the tangled
ends
And sit, and grieve, and wonder.
;, Hadis:n as a Tenperancs Han.
Many years ago when the tem
perance move meht began in Vir
ginia, -ex-President Madisonxlent
the weight of his influence to the
Cause. Case-bottles and decan
ters disappeared from the side
board, at Montpelier wine was
no longer dispensed to the many
visitors'of the hospitable mansion.
Kor was this all. Harvest began,
but the .customary barrel of whis
key was not purchased, and the
song of the scy themen in the wheat
field .languished. In lieu of whis
key, there was a leverage most
innocuous, unstimulating and un
palatable to the army of dusky
laborers. . -
The following morning Mr.
Madison called in his head-man
i to make the usual inquiry "Xel-
son, how-comes on the crop?"
"Po'ly mar's Jeems monsus
po'ly." " .
"Why, what's the matter?"
"Things is seyus." ,
"What do you mean by serious?"
." We gwine los' dat crap."
"Lose the crop. Why should
we lose it ?" ; ; r X ..
"Cause dat are crap are heap
too bier a crap to be gathered
'thout " whiskey. ! 'Jjasses-and-wa
ter nuvergathered no craps sence
dp worl' war made, nor 'taint
gwine to." - '
' Mr. Madison succumbed : the
wmsKey was procured, the "crap5
was gathered, case-bottles and de
canters reappeared, and the an
cient order was restored at Mont-
. pelier, never again to b 3 disturbed.
It must not be" imagined that
good cooking requires increased
; expenditure. -On th contrary a
really good cook is far more eco-
nomical than a ,bad one. The
cook who is perpetually wanting
sauces to season her dishes, is not
worth tHe salt she uses. The good
cook, ; moreover, ; knows how to
niake' the ? most; of Z everything,
while the bad cook is excessively
wasteful of the best material.- -:
, t3- "Mother you musn't " whip
me for running away from school
any morel" "Why not ? "Cos my
ephoolbbok says that ants are the
most .industrious . things in the
prld; and ain't I a truant ?" -
Carrying A Ladder.
Jjia you ever .see a person
carry a ladder? He puts it on his
shoulders, or it may be he puts
his head between the rounds and
has one of the sides resting on each
shoulder, jand having it nicely
balanced, walks "along. A man
with a ladder is an interesting ob
ject in a crowded street. " He looks
at the end before him, but the end
behind him he cannot see. If he
moves the front end to get out of
the way of a person, away goes the
rear end and just as far in the op
posite direction, and the slightest
turn of his body , only a few inch
es, will give the end3 a sweep of
several feet, and those m the way
may, look ! for bruised hats anil
bumped heads, while the window
glass alon the street is in constant
danger from the unseen, rear end
of the ladder. , When a small boy
was carrying a not very large
ladder, when there was a crash.
An unlucky movement had
brought the rear end of my ladder
sramst a window. Instead oi
scolding me, my father made me
stop, and said very quietly," Look
here, my son, there is one thing I
wish you to remember that is,
every ladder has two ends." I
never have forgotten, that, though
many, many years have gone, and
I never see a man carrying a lad
der; or other long thing but what
I remember the two ends. Don't
we carry things besides ladders
that have two ends? When I see
a young man getting "fast" habits
I think he only sees one end of
that ladder, and that he does not
know that the other end is wound-
tig his parent's hearts. Many
a young gins carries a lauuer m
the shape of a love for dress and
finery ; she only sees the gratifica
tion oi a ioolish pride at the tor
ward end of that lad4er, while the
the end that she" does not see is
crushing true modesty and pure
friendship as she goes along
tnourntlessly among the crowd.
Ah; yes,, every ladder has two
ends, and it is the thing to be Re
membered in more ways than
one. The ; Moravian.
The Eight cr Loft Arm.
The question, whether a gentle
man walking with a lady should
give her his right arm. is frequent
ly discussed. Custom and written
etiquette are rather in favor of the
right, although there are excellent
reasons in behalf of !the left arm.
Either one or the other permanent
ly retained, is vastly better than
the awkward and absurd habit of
changing arms, so as to place the
ladies on the inside of the prome
nade. One advantage of giving
tne leit arm is mat the person on
the right naturally takes the lead,
so that in the country or city, in
the street or park, he thus directs
the way, instead of waiting to con
sult with his companion or caus
ing a lostlmg by each oi them
trying to move to opposite points.
Another , advantage is, that in a
crowuea tnoroughiare such as
B roadway, Itf. Y. for example,
where the sidewalks are invariably
encumbered with merchandise
and thronged with people, a gen
tleman heeds InV right arm to re
move obstructions and keep rude
or' careless folks out of the way.
bencners:
f EGz Jones says his wife's maiden
name was Eliza, confided to his
destined: biographer the fact that
he once and but once after wed
lock, indulged himself ; in ah al
lusion to the devil as the "father of
'lize." Since thatl he has found it
more conducive to ! mutual con
fidence to call people by their
right n ames. ? : - 7.::'A r ; n
Take Her ay Boy.
Bottlebury will never dive into
the creek to save another woman
from drowning. He saw a girl
named Sparks tumble into the
river the other day off a boat and
ne instantly piungea in alter her,
caught her by. the dress, and swam
ashore with her.j As soon as they
were on dry land, Miss . Sparks
gave a. hysterical scream flung
her arm3 around . -Bottle bury s
neck and fainted. Just then the
father came up with the rest of
the family, - and perceiving the
situation, he dashed up to 13ottle-
bury, grasped his hand and said :
"Take her my boy, take her! It
wrenches her father s heart; but
she is yours. Bless you,' my chil
dren, bless you ! Then Mrs Sparks
cried, and said the hoped Aunla
would be happy.1 The little Sparks
manifested their ' emotion by
climbing upon Bottlebury's legs
and pulling his coat tails, when
Anna came to, and laying her
head upon Bottlebury's shoulder
whisperea: "Kiss me darling."
Bottlebury amused and indignant
tore himself away and fled. He
was arresrea tnat aiternoon on
charge of breach of promise . and
on trial the jury gave Miss Sparks
two hundred 'dollars damages.
Bottlebury has i intimated to his
confidential friend that if any
other woman intends to fall over
board near himi she will find it to
her advantage I to learn to swim
first. ' ':'!" ; "v
A Ten-Thousand Dollar Girl.
On a certain day, on a Pennsyl
vania railroad, a belle of a thriv
ing Pennsylvania town, the daugh
ter ot a wealthy lumber merchant,
was traveling in the same car with
a shrewd old citizen of her native
town and an agreeable young
gentleman from the West who.
tells the story.
! The latter h
d been talking to
the belle: but ias night drew on
and the young lady grew drowsy,
he gave up his seat to her and
placed himself I beside the some
what cynical Pennsylvanian. The
latter j began j conversation by
pointing to a high mountain, past
wThich the were, whirling, and
said: Ur-
j ?'You see that mountain ? Six or
eight years ago it was covered
with as fine a forest as ever grew,
and was worth 10,000 and up
ward. Now, without tree, cover
ed with stumps,' the land is scarce
ly worth a continental. The net
produce oi 4hat mountain lies
over there in that seat," and he
pointed to the recumbent bell ;
"that is my calculation; It has
justr absorbed all of that lumber,
which her father owned, to raise
and educate the girl, pay for her
clothes, and jewelry, bring her
out in society and maintain her
there. Some of you young men,
if you were given your choice be
tween the mountain yonder as it
now stands and !the net produce as
on that seat, would take the net
proauce ; nut as tor me, give me
the stumps."
JST A man out in Boston, in
his hurry to assist a faining ladv,
got a bottle of mucilage instead of
camphor, and bathed her face
with it. She was a good deal
stuck up his attention. -,
JEF Mankind has been learn-
mg six tnousana years, and yet
how few have learned that their
fellow-men are asT good as them
selves. " 3 . ' ? V.T.:r;
; iXSA. Tennesee man wrote his
will on; a paper collar, ahd it pass
ed through the Probate , Court as
well as any other; will, though a
little unhandy about filing. V ,
Hercisn Of a Little California Q
We were witnesB to an act of
bravery; on Monday', afternoon
that is seldom equalled, never sur
passed. A little child of Mrs.
Saul, some two or three years old,
was playing or running around
the flume that conveys water to
the foundry, when in some man
ner it) chanced to fall in- The
flume was full of water running
rapidly. ;. There was no one near
but a little daughter ot Jdward
Keegan, who instantly jumped
into the flume, caught the child
and screamed; tor help. The
water was running so rapidly that
it took her on her feet instantly.
Still she clung to the little one ,and
to a great extent kept its head
above water, at the great risk oi
being drowned herselt, until as
sistance arrived and rescued them
from their perilous position. The
little girl seemed .oblivious of self
in her enorts to save the child,
and unless assistance had been
speedily rendered would have be
come a martyr to her noble hero
ism., El' Dorado Republican.
!'- ' A Jug. : :
The following is a leading edi
torial in the Middletown Constitu
tion. ' The writer evinces a pro
found knowledge of his . sum ect,
which could have been acquired
only by many years of observation
and which elicits our
admiration :
wondering
"The iug is a most singular uten
sil. A pail, tumbler, or decanter
may be rinsed, and you may sat
isfy yourself by optical proof that
it is clean; but the jug has a lit
tle hole in the top. and the inte
rior is all in darkness. No eye
can penetrate it no hand moves
over the surface, rou can clean
it only by putting in water, shak
ing it, and pounng.it out. It the
water comes out clean you judge
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you have succeeded m cleaning
the iug, and vice versa. Hence,
the iusr is like the human heart.
No mortal eye can look into its
recesses, and'you can only iudge
of its purity by what comes out of
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A Daring Girl
A girl's heroism saved a num
ber ot lives near Louisville, Ky.,
.a few days ago. A portion of a
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picnic party went to the picnic
grounds in a covered furniture
wagon, and the driver having left
his seat to hx something about the
wagon, taking the precaution to
unhitch the "horse on the side
next i a steep bluff along which
the road ran, the horses becoming
frightened started on, and the
wagon was rapidly nearing the
bluff when Nellie Johnson, a girl
fourteen years of age, climbed to
the driver s seat, reached down
over the dashboard and secured
the reins, and by the exertion of
all her strength brought the team
to a standstill. The affair' is de
scribed as a most thrilhug escape
from a terrible catastrophe, and
the little miss is the recipient of
praise from all sides in the vicini
ty of her home.- :
T,"I)ear me, how fluidly he
talks ! said Mrs. rartington re
cently, at a temperance meeting,
"I am always rejoiced when he
mounts , the nostril,' for "the elo-
quenco wanna every cartridge in
my body.
; There : b .nptnmg . more
calculated to weaken a boy's mor
al character than to get his fishing
nofJK: iasteneu uu jruuuibu m xne
river.
''This is the rock of ages,
said, the father after rocking two
hours and the' baby etill awake.
An Old Han's ;Stcjy.
"I took the pledge,": said an old
man, at the toot ot the gallows,
when I saw a young man hung.
The sheriff took ' out his watch,
and said If you havoj
anything
o say, speak now, for
you have
live. The
oniy nve minutes to
young man burst into tears, and
said; M have got to die. w r had
only one little brother; he had
beautiful blue eye3 and flaxen hair
and I loved him. ; But one day
I got drunk, and, coming home,
I found him gathering berries in
the garden, and I Jbecjame angry
without a cause, and skilled him
by one blow with a rake.
Whiskey has done iti it has ru-
ned me ! I have but one word to
t
say never, never, nsver, touch
anything that , can j intoxicate ?
' ' ' 'A German Custca.
They have'two pretty customs
in Weimar connected with the
erection of houses. I One is that a
young child always drives the first
nan into one oi tne , tanners, and
an inscription is made upon tlie
wood, bearing the name and age
ot the child, date oi erection, etc.
Then when the house is raised, a
few planks are laid for . flooring
in an upper story, when the mas
ter builder, his workman ; and
all well-dispose.d friends i assemble
to sing a song of praise to God
for the safe accomplishment ' thus
tar m their undertakmg.- ,Then
a band of music plavs, numerous
bottles of wine are drank, and
there are speeches, toasts and
huzzas from stentorian Ger
man throats.
Without an Enemy.
Heaven help the man who im
agines he can dodge enemies by
trying to please everybody ! If
such an individual ever succeeded.
we should be glad of it not that
one should be going through the
world trying to find beams to
knock and thump his head against,
disputing every man's opinion,
fighting and elbowin g, and crowd-
mg all whoditier with hm . "That,
again, is another extreme. Other
people have their j opinions so
have you; don t tall into the error
of supposing they , will respect
you more tor turning your coat
every day, to match the color of
thens.: Wear your own colors,
in spite . of winds and weather.
storm and sunshine. It costs the
vacillating ; and irresolute ten
times the trouble to wind and
shufile and twist than it does hon
est, manly Independence to stand
its ground. - 1
, How to lo IToioly,
It is easy to be nobody, and we
will tell you how to do jit. Go to
the drinking saloon to spend your
leisure time. You ; meed not
drink much now : just allittlebeerl
or some other drink; Iu - the
meantime, - play, v dominoes, che
quers, or something else to ? kill
time, so that you will be sure not
to read any useiul dook9, it you
do read ' "anything let ) it be the
dime novels of the day"; thus go on,
Keeping your stomach s lull, and
head empty, and yourself playing
time-killing games, and in a few
years you'll be nobody, unless you
should turn out" a drunkard, or a
professional gambler, j either of
which is , worse than ; nopody.
There are any number; of young
men hanging about saloons, just
ready to graduate and be nobodies.
7 '. 3 Who is i the laziest man
Te fdrniture7dealer,f because he
keeps chaira and lounges all the
'time.'-- ",r- v";',; :-
An Interlude..
l-arriagcs in Kentucky are not
alwip-3 performed according to' v
previously-arranged .. programme."
Quif b an unexpected interlude oc;
curr iu a ceremony performed -"
by Ruirc Payne, ' m J? raukliu-
coufgr, a few days ago,T between
a vejry small lady and a six-and-a-
haltpooter. When the magistrate
askd' the question, "Whether
iero was any lawful objections'
whytthe two should not bo joined
in tne noiy . Donds- oi wedlocK.
one of the Company stepped for-'
ward and with much gravity ob-
jecteJ to further proceedings ui
the case, on the ground that one-
of tub party was too short and the
other too long; that it wouldn't
begin to do, as there was no match
in this Case. After some confusion'
with the j ustice and ; commotion ,
m the company present, the squire
overruled the objection as frivolous"
and,, proceeded to perform the'
marriage -rites.- : : c
'Vta Pressrro Snnnisr Fruit:,
Take wide, mouth bottles and
fill them with currants, cherries,
oospbernes, raspberries, straw
berries or blueberries.- Cover the-
mouths with thin muslin, and
place them in a kettle of warm: h .
water, not above the necks Uio
bottles. ' Place it over tl . i Lre,
andboil for twenty mir i aft e r"
the water first biib bles. Jow take
them out and cork t1. tightly,
putting sealing r. a:: mad-j ci rc.:iu v
and tallow (two fart; roam to ono
of talloW) all oyer the cor 1:3 and--.
necks oi the botac3. - 6 tan d them
in a cool, dry clc at in the cellar,
heads dowr: ward; and the fruit
will retain its flavor 'perfectly.'
Whtn you open the'bottiesi'siigar '. .
can I 3 added a.3 you dcire'it.
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J8T:A gentleman settle the cs- v-
tate of a ino dealer in KcwiYerk.
Ilavin;"
amined i
. to hh boo!i3.he enr
".:"Mt: c: vrh'.t v;aj.v -,..iid
i as l arpri od..
"1.3 for vc.;r.3he had
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:titiC30t wmc.;,tuerc?
i : n. c :i hia b c dIli th at
,at any. 'ci-
bought and
to find that
sold largo
was no ii
he had c
gallon pu
gallons soxt
f!ij imco of
it .v.ihi.-'
the gape, when iu
owninieriial
and poison, on tl:
grew rich at th
lives of his fellr
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alec: v;hi'j:i 1: i
-..ncn. Wino : ;
a mocker, strr ;
a,i-
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the genuine Va
and-at last it I .
but these dre:
worse than a. .
pents,- adders t
no living man,
the taste distingv
front thef true.
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ah abstract and bnef ,
life, and the most succc
papers are conducted
same, principles which
ii but
,lk cf
tne; most successtul lives, x.
independent ' field of Journalism
has! therefore the advantage of de
Veloping individual character and -of
giving a man what the boys
calT5 a show for hi3 white alley.''
That sort of ? Jdurhalisrh pursued "
with an upright and intelligent '
ambition to serve'the people, pros-'
entsthe highest form of usefulr
nesis and influence to .which the
modern mind can be put - 1
XST, While a , lecturer was de
scribing the nature of gas, a lady
inquired of a gentleman near her,
what' was the difierence between
oxygen and hydrogen)7" "Very
little j madam," he said "by oxy-r J
gin we mean pure gin ; and by
hydrdgin, gin and ; yratcr ' ; ': 'u "
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