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the atsr that ι caw
"I cannot do mu«h," &aid .1 little «tar,
"To make |he .lark w«rM hri*ht ·
My silver» beam· cannot » truste tar
Through tfce folding >»lopm of night >
But Γιιι onlj a part o| <iod'*gr«at plan,
An«l Π1 cheerfhllT «Ιο the '»e«t I ('Λ" ·"
: "What is the u.*e" said a fleecy cloud,
"Of ttH'-o few drop* that I hold ?
They will hardly bend th«» I*ly proud,
i Though caught in 1mm* cup of gold '
ι Vet am I a part oi ».od'* great plan,
: Aint my trea-nre· HI cire a* well a* ! can."
A child went merril) forth to play.
But a thought. likr a sihrwthrrad.
Kept winding in and *m alt day.
Through the happ) goldeu bend ;
j Mother *aid * ParliUf <U> all th.it vou can,
For you are a part of <?M'i great plan."
j she knew n«> more than the glancin? -tar,
Nor th ■ cloed wîî*i it< chalice full ·
ί How, why. and for what, ail at range things are.
She wa» only a chiM at achool !
i Hnt thought : **lt't» a part of <iod'.« groat plan,
, That eren I -houM do all that I can
j So she helped a younger chiM along.
When the rond wa- rough to the feet,
And id*»· «ang from her heart a little nong
That w« alt thought pa--ing sweet,
I And her father a weary, toil-worn man
I >a: 1, "1 to·» « ill do the Ικ'-t that 1 car. "*
! Our b«*»l ' ah ' children the bc-t of a
Mu>t hide our face.·* away,
' λ\ h«*ti the l.onl of the λ ineyard ernae* to K»ok.
At oar ta-k at th»' clone of day !
Hut fur <reugth from above—*ti- the Master'· phut,
We'll pray, *nd we'll do the 1».· : that we can.
Select ^lorn.
. t Fi VK DO 1 1. Λ ι: /»· I FSS I Xfl.
*4IIow low folk* are in their mind*,"1
said Bro. Smith t«> Bro. Brown, as the'
two <;:it by the stove in the vc«trτ on a !
Thursday afternoon, waiting lor pi»oplc
to gather to thx monthly conference. '
"How the church is f:il!îr»ST into in un- !
j»eeraly dNreganl of its ordinances; thev
an' neglectful of ^κ-L! meeting*. of the
communion table, and Sabbath preaching '
1 am ijnite disappointed in the results of
the lalH»rs ol our new minister. He
seemed a man oi capacity when he came
among us. with a g·*··! -hare of the Spir
it. aud then· were indieati >ns of a revi
val for a time. But all this ha- passed by,
and church and minister - v?n to hare
gone in a body to •Egypt.'' It is a most1
deplorable state of things. I wish the
brethren aud si-ters might see it in this
light and take to prayer :ind heart-s«arch
ings, that the cause of our spiritual bar
renness might be ferreted out. and.
through repentance, the Lord's anger ap
peased, so that his hand might be stretched
forth toward us in pardon and mercy.*'
Bro. Brown listened to the speaker
with attention, and made answer in a sim
ilar straiu, bewailing the lowness of Zion
anil wishing for 'better day ».*
'What can we do to bring about these
•better days?' asked Bro. Smith, putting
a few mon» sticks of soggy wood into the
stove. 'This is very juvor fuel,* he added.
I'll warrant me Bro. !>ix don't burn any
such in his own house.'
•lie sells his marketable wood at six
dollars the eord.' said Bro. Brown, 'burns
tree limbs at home, and picks up wet stuff
lor the church.'
'That is not treating God's house with
proper respect/ said Bro. Smith ;—'no
wonder Bro. I>i\ i s in a low state of mind,
a backslidden, lukewarm state. He should
supply the church with as good fires as he
has at home, to nay the least.'
•This is but a subterfuge to hide his
narrowness," ..aid Hro. Smith. 'Bro. Dix
is able to do tuiu'h more than ho doe* for
the support of the «josj»el. I wish 1 had
the moucy at: η te rest that he has. But
to return to the jKM.nt from w hich we have
wandered,—what can we do t:> improve
our spiritual health and rigorf
Ί have thought upon this |x»int consid
e r:\My,' said Bro. Brown, and have about
come to the conclusion that we shall nev
er accomplish much in spiritual things
with our present minister. He seemed
to run well for a season, but now all is at
stand still—nay, even going backward.
! Our converts of a year ago—where are
thev? Yon can't lav vour finger on one
• - · n
out of three of them. One of the regular
prayer meetings has died out. and the oth
er is jurt ready to expire, and here we
two sit to represent the monthly confer
! enrc. The minister is not in his place,
the church members are engaged in their
worldly alTair>. Wo need a man who
shall be able to get up a grand awaken
l inS·'
•But wbom can we geir nsKeu i»ro.
Smith, 'with our rncaus we can't com
mand the first talent, yuu know. Our
minister Is a pretty fair man, if he but
had more of the Spirit, though 1 regret
to say he is becoming rather cold and
I lifeless. Think, of his neglecting the
, monthly meeting. How can we expect
; the members will be other wise than back
ward if the minister sets the example?'
•I never knew him absent before/ said
liro. liront), 'and think, he must be un
expected^)· -uikd aw»} , of something un
usual detains him at home."
1 should have thought he would have
j sent word to thebrethreu then/said liro.
Smith,' rising and consulting his watch.
'It is noir an hour past time for services
to commence, so there will not be any
body else here to-day, and we may as
; well go home.'
liro. Brown arose, and while the two
; were closiug the stove and preparing to
j leave, some light feet were heard ascend
ing the vestry stairs and a lady stood be
fore them.
•Oh,1 she said, 4you are about leaving.
I have hurried as fast n« I could to get
down here and let the peoplo know, if
any were gathered for monthly confer
ence, the reason of the ministère ab
Isenee. Hie wife is tick, and he got out
of dry wood yesterday. This morning
ho c\pec ted a load, but it didn't come, so
he had to hire a team and go after it.
lie said lu· should try hard to get back bv
half past two; but if he failed, i must en
deavor to leave his wife lung enough to
let the peoplo who might gather at the
vestry know the cause of his absence.
Mr*. Penbam is so sick, and I have had
such a struggle (o keep her room com
fortable with the green wood, that I have
not been able to get down here till now.'
•I am sorry there is sickness in Mr.
Deuham's family,1 said Bro. Smith.
'Ministers are very a|>t to have sickly
λ\ ive«. 1 believe.'
•You arc right, and no wonder,1 re
turued the lady.
•I don't know why you say that,' re
mar k»'d Bro. Smith.
•It would require an unusually strong
constitution to endure the anxiety to
which minister's wives are ordinarily sub
jected,' said the lady.
'AnxietiesΓ repeated Bro. Smith.1 'what
anxieties have they beyond people in gen
era! ?
'Most women when they eat one meal,
have some tolerably definite idea as to
where the next is to come from,1 was the
respou.se, 'but minister's wives don't al
ways have this comfortable assurance.
1 know Mr*. Penham don't.1
•Are the minister1»- family complaining
of their lat e among u* r a^k·· I Bro. Smith'
rather sensitively.
•Xo,—at least I never hoard them com
plain of anything, though how a woman
can get along as Mrs. Denham does is
surprising to me. In feeble health, with
two small children, company at a mo
ment's warning; and often the slender
est stoek out of hich to prepare accept
able food to set before guests : a poor, in
convenicnt house, scanty furniture, and
never a month's wood in the shed, even
in tho dead of winter.1
*Yon are making onf quite a ease.1 in
terrupted Hro. Brown, 'but I don't know
who is to blam·? for thh state of things.
When Mr. l>enham came among us. we
subscribed certain sums for his support,
and « xpected to meet our obligations like
christian men. He knew about the sum
we would be able to raise. Had he
deemed it insuflieient to meet the wants
of his f unity, he was at liberty to « iy as
much, and seek some oth*r field of labor.'
The lady bowed, and glanced about the
vestry.
'IIow man ν came in to atteuu nvmimy
conference,1 she inquired.
'Only myself and Bro. Brown,1 Bro.
Smith replied. 'Religion is at a low ebb
with us. We hail been deploring the
lukewarm state of our church when you
entered.*
'What did you conclude was the cause
of it ?' asked the lady, resting η gainst a
slip and putting her feet to the warm
stove.
•We think there are more causes than
one/ Bto. Smith replied. Ί suppose
some of us may have neglected duties
and thu* displeased our master. Then
! we an* all apt, more or les·*, to lean on
the mini>ter, and ours doesn't seem to be
in the place he was somo months ago.
Bro. Brown and I have been considering
whether or no, when the year was up,
it will not be as well to let him go, and
! try another one.'
'Then you have become dissatisfied
with Mr. Denham,' said the lady.
•Well, we should not wish to say that,
exactly/ was the reply. 'Perhaps the
I man does as well as he can, though he
ha.s not the life and power of sonic min·
1 isters. I have not been as ble>t under his
' preaching as I expected to be at tin* out
let, aud Bro. Brown's experience corre
sponds with ray own.1
4 ·
•Yes,* said Bro. Brown, approaching,
; Ί confess Mr. Denham has not come up
to my expectations. When he first came
among us l thought he was going to l»e
an instrument in the hands of God of ac
complishing much good in our church and
' community; but these prospects are now
quite overcast. Tt looks gloomy ahead.
Mr. Denham has Io*>t much of his spiritti
| ality, or I am no judge of such matters.
The blessing I obtain from his administra
! tion is very small.1
•If you have got a five dollar blessing,
I don't know what more you can expect,'
I said the lady, in a quiet tone of voice.
Her words were electric. The two men
looked quickly at each other, and turned
their steps toward the door.
Bro. Smith and Bro. Brown communed
with themselves that night. They were
both worth their thousands. The little
woman at the vestry was dependant on
her own exertions for support. Vet on
the minister's subscription list her name
was down for an equal sum with Bro.
Smith and Bro. Brown, and she had found
no dearth of spirituality in Mr. DenhanTs
sermons. On the contrary, they fed her
soul each Sabbath. She saw the minis
ter's family were pinched in every way.
The very small salary was slow and ir
regular about coming in, and they often
lacked for the comforts, if not for the nec
essaries of life. These things depressed
Mr. Dunham. lie was comparatively
young, and peculiarly diffident,—greatly
lacking in self-assertion. He could not go
to men of wealth, years his senior, and
ask for the pittance they had subscribed
[ toward his salary. But ho felt that God
would wit hold hi* blessing from those
who treated hie cause so niggardly, and
prayed in his closet that the little church
! might he delivered from the thrall of eov
etousnoss. It was a hanl place to work,
and when, added to other difficulties, his
wifo fell nick, Mr. lVnhani frit he would
not be sorry t*» end hi* labors there with
the closing year.
But, a word spoken in season, how
good it isî and the little woman who vis
ited the vestry on monthly meeting day
had spoken this word.
•Ifyon have got a five dollar blessing, !
1 dont know what more you could ex- j
peet.'
What more, truly! They were amply
able to pay twenty-five ; such a sum would
1h> no more forthom then was five dollars
for the little vestry woman. They had
raised two hundred and fifty dollars for
their minister,—he needed five hundred.
It was only a reasonable compensation
for his services and support. He did not
ask it,—the agreement had l>ccn that he ;
should accept what they could raise. |
Yet it was a mean tiling If» half support η
servant of tiod. How could they as »
church, expert God's ble.-sing, till they :
righted this wrong in their nudst!
llro. Brown and Bro. Smith sent their '
bovs next day with a load of dry wood
and kindlings to the minister. Then Bro.
Smith who held the snliscription list,drew
it forth, and placed a figure 1 at the left ι
of the Λ which stood against his name, so
it now read :
Wlpheu* Smith--$1.V
He thought it wa* an improvement,and
i concluded to go round the parish and sec
how many other* would l>e of a likeopin
ion. He fonnd several, and quit»· a little
i purse of ready money was mad·· up for1
' the minister. Bm. Smith and Bro Brown :
! fonnd the sermon·^ more spiritual at once. |
The praver meetings put on new life, and !
ι ere lung there were indications of a gen
I uine revival of religion.
Bro. Smith and Bro. Brown openly do· I
dared in monthly concert that they be·
; lieved eovetousness was a great sin in
their midst, at which (iod was angrv.
Bro. 1 >ix felt the force of the declaration,
and hauled two cords of his l»e«t market
' able wood inlo the church sheds for win
' tcr fires.
When Mr. Denham's year came round,
insteail of seeking out a new field with a
h»\art depressed by manifold temporal tri
als, he was laboring in the midst of a pro
tracted meeting, where crowds of anxious
! souls flocked te the altar, seeking salva
tion through Jesus.
Bro. Smith liked his fifteen dollar bles
sing so well, that he thought he must
make it twenty-five the next year, and so
j l,c did,--also Bro. Brown and a good ma
I ny others doubled their first subscription
How strong that once weak church now
1 grew ! What a power for good it became
in the community! What happy converts
, went down beneath its baptismal waters!
How strong were its laymen in the >pirit
and power of the truth! λ\ hat a godly
pride that pastor felt in his people? Yes
and even the wicked and careless said :
•There is a set of men and women who
practice what they preach ; they honor
; their profession; they give without stint
, for their cause there must l>e something
in a gospel for which men will sacrifice
worldly gain.'
Oh! professed Christian, are you starv
inc vour »;oul on a five dollar blessing,
and wondering at your hunger? M»o ye
and do likewise.'— [MorningStar.
LOTS OF Mo\κ γ,
AND WHAT IT AU. A MOUNT El» TO.
It is a common notion among the pooi
and strugiHin;? that it i* a tine tiling to be
ο π
I rich ; and if wealth is not happiness, it is
a very Hear approach to it. Doubtless it
, is a good thing to be rich, if the rich
person knows the value of riches, and
turns them to a proper account, for hi4
own advantage, and that of his family, his
friends, and his fellow-creatures. Doubt
less, it is a very sad thin? to be poor, or
endure cold, hunger, and nakedness; οι
to owe debts which one cannot par.
But when the mass of people come to the
i conclusion that, as a rule, the rich are
much happier than the poor, and that the
poor have no compensation for the hard
ship of theirlot, and the rich no drawbacks
on the luxury of theirs—an error ofserious
conséquence to their own well-l>ein£
takes possession of their minds, and loads
I to that worst kind of idolatry, money
worship and that worst kind of heresy,
that it is everybody's duty to get rich.
In the course of not a vcrv long life 1
have known the histories of many persons
who had, to use the common phrase,"lots
of money"—money that they either
acquired by speculation, by industry, 01
successful commerce, or that they had
inherited from their ancestors. Out oi
seven such people whose histories ΐ knew,
five were either very miserable in their
minds, disappointed in their hopes, or
would gladly have exchanged all their
m^ney for something that poor people
had, but which unkind fate had not be
stowed upon them. The first of these
little histories is that of a gentleman who
had acquired a million of money, at least,
by successful commerce, and was able to
retire in the prime of life and strength,
and marry for love, a young lady, well
born, accomplished, and beautiful. Πιο
world was fair before them. They had a
town house, a country house, and a shoot
ing box in the Highlands. They had a
large library, and a picture gallery,
carriages and horses, and a yacht. They
had troops of friends, and the respect oi
everybody who knew them. They were
hospitable and charitable, ami adorned
every society, into which they entered.
Hut they were not altogether happy after
the first two years of their weddinz life.
ν O
Not that their love diminished, but
Fortune, which had given them so much,
did not give them everything. The
gentleman desired an heir to his estates,
and the lady, with a large maternal heart,
desired a child, tor the sake of a child ;
and the desired boon, for whichshe would
havo been so happy, was denied her.
Beggars came to her gale with twins in
their arms, and sho sometimes thought
such beggars were happier than she; at
last the sight of an infant would so excite
her envy, and would so deeply impress
her with the sense of loneliness, and of
undeserved miser}·, as to produce parox
ysms ot passionate hysteria.
Another little story is that of a success
ful manufacturer, but rude, unlettered,
and without much mental resource to help
him to pass away his time, who retired
from business at the age of sixty, and
built himself a splendid mansion—he
called it :i castle—on the shore of a love
ly lake, in the Highlands of Scotland, f.ir
away from the highways of trarel in or
der that his aristocratie seclusion might
not be invaded by tourists, or desecrated
by the plebeian rail and the whiz of the
democratic locomotive. When the "cas
tle'1 was finished, and his grounds were
laid out to his order, he suddenly dis
covered he had nothing to do, or to oc
cupy his tiiiif. lie was no company to
himself, and he and his wife were men
tally as opposed to each other as vinegar
and oil. Friends and acquaintances oc
casionally crime to visit him ; but hu lived
too far out of the beaten track, to expect
vi*iLs from any but idlers and what the
Scotch call '•sorners," and a.s his conversa
tion was n<>t amusing, and he never lent
or gave away money, even such waifs
and strays Irom tho great fold of humanity
seldom \ euturedinto hi* remote seclusion,
lie was too proud t<» go back to the great
city and recommence business, which
might have been the best thing for him
t«> have done uud *r th»> circumstances.
So ho continued lo dwell in his mountain
fortress w ithout an object in life, or any
amusement that he cared about. He had
nothing to do but to fish, or to shoot, and
lie eared nothing for either of these modes
of pastime. After about six months ot it,
he ordered a bo:it upon the bike to go, us
h·· said, fishing for salmon. I'nob.served
bv any one, he put an old grindstone into
the boat, and a few yards ot rope line,
and rowed him.seIf away to tiie middle of
the lake. He was never seen again alive.
The boat drifted on shore without him in
the evening, and three da) s afterward his
body was drawn from the bottom of the
lake, with the grindstone tied round its
neck.
Tin· third littl»* story l· c juall\ *ug
ge>tive. Λ very hard working profes
sional eareful, prudent, abstemious,
but sometv li.it eccentric, retired from busv
life with thirty thousand pounds ; in order,
a* lit· .said, to enjoy himself, and pass the
evening of his lift· in the mild radiance of
tin· -etting sun. It could not be said of
him that he had no resources in his mind,
for he was learned, witty, fond ot books,
music, and pictures; and he was happily
martied. All his friends (and he had
many)to whom his harmless eccentricities
and real kindliness of heart, concealed
under a brusque manner, were sources of
attraction, anticipated for him many
years of learned leisure and calm domestic
happiness. Hut it was not to be. A
serious, and as it proved a fatal illness
overtook him, a.s he expressed it, "he had
been three months out of business." He
did not suffer much, and by no mean."
anticipated a fatal termination to his
malady. After ten day's confinement to
his room, he was somewhat alarmed by
(lie grave face and demeanor of his usually
hearty and cheerful medical attendant.
"I think," said the latter, "that it is my
duty to recommend to you, if you have
any worldly affairs to settle, that you
should settle them." The patient sprang
up in the bed. "I)o you mean to tell me,
doctor, that I am dying?" "0, no!" said
the doctor kindly, "I hope not; and I
trust that many happy years are in store
for you. Still, if there is any matter ol
business for you to settle, settle it. Life
is always uncertain; and it is best to be
prepared for all eontigencljs." "Doctor,'1
said the sick man, "you cannot deceive
me. You think I am dying, and you do
not like to tell nie the truth Well! I
have toiled, and struggled, and screwed,
and saved, for forty years, and thought
that at the last I was goiug to enjoy my
self lor a little while before the end. And
now you tell me I am dying. AU I can
say is, that it is a" He added two
words that were very tragic, very comic,
very lamentable, very unrepeatable ;
turned his face to the wall; and never
spoke more.
Fourth on my list of the unhappy rich,
is a gentleman who retired, at the age of
fifty, from a large anil prosperous busi
ness, with the expectation that his share
of the partnership would amount to half
a million sterling. This expectation was
not realized. On a settlement of acconnts,
and a valuation of the assets between him
and his partners, it was found his share
fell a little, but not much, short of two
thousand pounds. This was a grievous
disappointment to him. All his life, from
very early youth, he had overworked his
weary brain. He had been unwisely
eager to grow rich, and had overtasked
the energies both of his mind and body,
in the attempt to build up his fortune, and
to become the founder of a family, that
should rank anion# tbe tii**t in the coun
try in which he reside·!. He loved wealth
for its own sake and with a love beyond
all reason. Though a clear fortune of
two hundred thousand pound*, or even
half the money, would seem to most men
something to l»e gratetul for, and to be
well enjoyed and well secured, it did not
seem so to this greedy man, who had
made money his idol, and the only object
of rcverence in the world. Him brain waa
weakened by the hard work expended in
making and taking euro of this large, mag
nificent, but to him, dissappointing sum,
and he brooded so much over the failure
to reach the half million he had so lon£
calculated upon am as·*ιη χ. tint symptoms
of aberration off intellect w*re so >n appui
ent to his family. His brain softened,
and in less than twelvemonth after the
winding up of his partnership his mind
was wholly gone, and it became necessa
ry to place him under the charge of keep·
crs. who attended upon him night and
and day, and never suffered him out of
their presence, lest he should do himscll
a mischief. His life became a blank, it
was rich or poor— freo or restrained—ill
or well—and in this stoto he remained for
many months, and died.
My last rich man—a very rich man he
was—an owner not of hundreds of thous
! ands, but of million»—·waa unhappy, but
was, on the contrary, cheerful, and hap
pier than most men are permitted to be
ι in t!iis world. But strange to say, his
j happiness arose, not from his real wealth,
; but Irom his imaginary poverty. At the
! close of a long, honorable, and useful lile,
he took it into his head that the world had
entered into a conspiracy to reduce him
to pauperism, and that he should end his
days in the workhouse. It was in vain to
argue the point with him. His laith was
fixed and settled. He came to the con
viction—tiiongh the possessor of million—
that he was de jure and de facto, a pau
per, and reduced In his old age to labor
for his daily bread. When he con
sulted his son. who was to be the inherit
' or of his vast wealth, what was to be done
under these unhappy circumstances, the
son, acting under medical advice, offered
to settle a handsome annuity upon his
father. The pride of the old gentleman
was roused :
•·\'ο! no," he said, "give me employ
' ment. I am still hale and hearty. I have
always token great pleasure in gardening.
Make me your gardener, and I will do
my duty like a man ; and I will owe no
' other man anything, except my thanks to
you, 1 will accept no more than the usua!
wa'"es. anil no les«." Still acting under
I
medical advice, the* son humored the
harmless delusion of the father, and paid
him regularly his weekly wages. Λ . u-i
the old man died, happy that he could
! earn his honest bread to the last, and hap
1 pier still, in the consciousness that he had
so good a son.
Wealth is a great and a good thiuj ; but
who would part with his nose for any
1 amount of it ? Or with his eyesight ? <>i
with the use of his limbs? Or with his
reason ? Not 1! And not anybody to
whom the rational enjoyment of wealth i*
better than wealth itself.
Five Crnf* H'orlh of Ornnq- /' · /.
A nvm ft ·ιιι the count·*!' υ · ί ·
I cents in the purc hase of au oi.iijg··,
preparatory to getting himself «Mit>ί·1«* «
it, threw the peel upon the sidewalk,
j Soon alter :i young woman came aîoii^
I slipped anil broke her leg. The woman
I was to have been married the next day,
hut wa-n't.· The man who was to marry
; her had come from St. Paul, Minn., and
was obliged to return on account ol
business, to wait the recovery ol the girl.
On hi-i way back lio unfortunately took a
; train on the Erie railroad which ran off
of the track, and his shoulder blade was
broken, forcing him to §toj> at Dunkirk
for repairs. The Travellers' Insurance
Company, in which he was insured, had
to pay $20 in weekly instalments before
he recovered. On getting back to St.
I'aul he found that his forced absence had
, upset a business arrangement which he
had exj>ected to complete, at a pecuniary
, loss to him of $5,lXX).
Meantime the injured girl suffered a
relapse, which so enfeebled her health
that her marriage was delayed, and he
finally broke the engagement and married
a widow in Minnesota with four small
children. This so worked upon the mind
of the girl, that she is now in the insane
! hospital in Middletowa. Her father,
j outraged by the conduct of the young
; man, brought a suit for breach of promise,
and has just received ·?10,<>00. The
anxiety and expense of the whole affair
thus far has !>een enormous, as anybody
can see. Similar cases are likely to occur,
as long as people will persist in throwing
orange-peel around loose. [Hail ford
Courant.
—Λ firm in Oshkosh, WU., has con
tracted to make 1,000,000 feet of wooden
tubes, to lay down in that city for gas
pipes. They are made of timber six inch
es square, bored in the same manner as
pump barrels.
—Λ lady living in Barrington has a hus
band who snores. She keeps a clothes
pin under her pillow, ami when his snor
ing awakens her she puts it on his nose,
and sleeps in peace.
—English weather is very unfavoroble
for making hay, and a gentleman in Essex
has invented a machine which he calls a
dessicator, by which hay can be made *■·
dependently of sunshine aud in spite of
j rain, It is also useful for corn in the sheaf.
A Plea for the IAttle Folkn.
Don't expect too much of them ; it has
taken forty years, ft may be, to make you
what youare, with all of your experience ;
and I will dare say you are a faulty being
ι at beit. Abovo all don't expect judg
ment in a child or paticnco under trial*.
Sympathize in their mistakes and trouble ;
d<»n t ridicule theiu. Kemembcr not to
measure a child'* triaU by your standard.
•*As one whom his mother comforteth,"
says the inspired writer, and beautifully
does he convey to us the deep, faithful
love that ought to be found in every wo
man's heart, the unfailing sympathy with
all her children's griefs. When I «ce
children going to their father for comf-» ,
i κ.ι sure there is something wrong with
their m >tJ»er.
L f the memory of their childhood l>e
- h λ* you can m · them. Grant
I I.■»·.■ ι -ν r. innocent pleasure in vour
1>·»\ν ί "Λ no h !t .»nr temper
rise to >n ι » . earclessi their little plans
were thwarted by older persons, when a
little trouble on their part would ha.e
given the child pleasure, the memory of
which would last a life-time. Lastly, do
not think a child hopeless because it be
trays some very bad habits. We have
know η children that seemed to have been
l>orn thieves and liar·*, so carlv did they
exhibit these undesirable trait*, yet we
have lived to s< e those same children be
come noble men and women, and orna
ments to society. We must conic fhey
had wise, affectionate parents. Ai l what
ever else rou may l.»e compelled to deny
your child by your circumstances in life,
give it what it most values, plenty of lo« e.
In«t net without Itralii*.
Long ago it wa· asw tained bv mt'iril
ist" that worms and insects are without a
brain, and yet they pursue a courseof ac
tivity which borders upon the domain of
reason; so we are accustomed to«avthat
they act from instinct wliic'n is .jo explana
tion at all of the phenomena i ι th·· high
est orders of organic lite which .. e their
origin in th* br tin. If that organ i-f< r
injured, so that its normal (unctions are
no longer performed, consciousness ami
orderly manifest xti >ns of itsinflueuce are
interrupted or superseded. Hut the insect
world swanus with beings of delicate
construction, without hearts and without
brains, whose movent nt-< and whose haln
its, inde|>endently of thousand^ Of contin
gencies to which tliev a»·;· e\|h».ed. prove
I in the most sal i - ! doty mnnn«;t'lhat their
j aet> are a near approach t<> éléments of a
j reasoning faculty, if the} do not indicate
reason itself. When by accident, a thread
ot a spider's webis broken, the little weav
er examine- the misfortune with extreme
care, and by taking difFetent positions
surveys the damage, and then proceeds
artistically to repair it by splicing or in
serting an entire new cord. Again, when
a wandering llv becomes r η tangled in the
net, the own» r ol the trap, lying patiently
near by lor game, indicates calculations
in regaid to the chameter and strength of
the victim. Does it not strangely re
semble reason when ail its movements
under such an aspect of affair*, show. ' r
yond a doubt, t'; · nider e m-;
matter in all its .· .·. «
\/.f tin· prêt i Λ..·. e.
a brain.
)
• *:* is his Hit.—Ν .it, a friend of
i. » 1>»<>:·. r ■ ·' li^ht-fingered,
a " « hi- parent*
c - - ί ..e ( li ι* » h ν Nat
ρ ·> ι _ i ιο·μ| ot cl.ic*eus, ami im·
mediatel caught a tim'<u<eto<;arr} home.
He liai! not gone far, i.r» ·. e; er, before ht·
saw tlie owner corning i(> tin' road, i
uol knotting what to do with the chicken
to conceal it, .it la-t succeeded in crowd
ing it into his hat, which he again placed
on his head. Hut the chicken, having a
longing for liberty, and beinjjaUo pressed
fofftir, managed to thrust its head through
an opening in Nat's old straw hat. Nat
was presently accosted with :
•What hase you iu your liât?'
•Nothing hut η head,'s.?id ?
•Hut I see a ehielvcn's head Clicking
through the top of it.'
Nat, taking oil' his hit and looking at
it in feigned astoni*hnie..t, exclaimed :
'Wal, how do you s'posc that critter
come in there? lie must have ctawled
up my trowsers leg.'
—Λ Western eorre<ipoii lent contributes
to Harper's Drawer a little anecdote of
j Hon. Henry L. Da we.», who was a candi
date at one time ot tlie Republicans for
Speaker of the H<»u-e, but who gra«*efully
withdrew in favor of Mr. li laine :
When quite a young man, Mr. Dawes
was noted for his diffidence. As a pub
lic speaker it was "difficult to get his
mouth ot!." A suit was one day pending
before a justice of peace at Noith Adams ;
and the speech of a very eloquent lawyer
attracted a crowd which filled the office
anil blocked up the doors and windows.
The old justice, needing fresh air, at
length stopped the orator, ami quietly r» -
marked ; "I wish you would eitdownand
let Dawes «speak a while. 1 want to thin
out this crowd."1 That was some years
Ago. Since then Mr. Dawes has learned
to "get his mouth off" as to become one
of the strongest debaters of Congrees.
—A farmer in Indiana was ploughing
in tho field, on the 29th ult., with eight
teams and as many men, when a thun
derstorm came up, and a stroke of light
ning instantly killed four of the horse»
and three of the men, and tore their plow
: to pieces. Two or three of the men were
so stunned that they did not sj;eak fop
tweatjKouf hours,