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VOL. XXXIX.
MONTPELIER, VT., WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1S32.
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Letter from Iowa.
KhitoR Freeman: Again I am favor
ed by kind friends and underscoring.
Hut this time the penciled tracerios draw
attention to tho communication of a cor
respondent who takes the liberty of Chris,
ti an names and sou my weapon down as
very feeble and faultily wielded.
I accept tho gracefully turned compli
ments, and fool that with such a courteous
opponent a cause wero hotter lost than
won.
And jet, for tho fair f.uuo of the beauti
ful land of my adoption, ns well as in
foally to tho contour of my own cranium,
I must be? leave to " riso to explain " that
though born among tho Green Mountains,
their jagged " bumps" nro in no wise
mirrored in my phrenological develop,
ments. And if we aro to indulge in a
pood, solid " bone picking," we must stick
to latitudes in comparisons nnd facts in
figures. It is entirely, outside limits to
compare residents of torrid and temperate
climates as to thoir " bumps " quite as
much ns to their coniploxions.
Wo will quote: "All forms in nature
arc such us existing conditions permit."
Granted, nut naturo is one thing nnd
in in quilo another; nnd bocauso some
convulsion of nature threw up tho ctornal
liills, and mighty glaciers of tho glacial
poriod ground smooth their northern
brows, it docs not follow that men's lioads
were similarly convulsed and then ground
lop-sided.
As for ancient history wo find that
civilization has risen nnd fallen like tho
tides; tliat one empire passes away and
.mother builds, in after ages, her cities
upon the allies and chimney pots of former
cities.
Again. .lane" confesses that "the
wonderful activities of" a "brain, with a
Ktmcnoss corresponding to the surfaeo of
file eouutry c-v.'.d u-jl In limited" " and it
was perfectly natural that sho should for
:;ake her homo." Pec? That was what
vi o wero first saying. I have been from
liuiit to limit of tho state of Vermont re
peatedly, wherever a railroad threads its
Ferpentino way, nnd admit to tho grand
outlooks, but, you sec, it's a tcrriblo pull
to got up to thorn ; and then again, people
ire, for the mo?t part, in the valleys.
Wo who iiclicvo in tho heredity of iulel
3i;l must know that American.;, as a na
tion, can hardly bo judged by inborn
effects of .surface.;, for wo aro, us a people,
a. heterogeneous mixture of all nations
and chissej, :uul the surface of the country
cm have had little to do with the forma
tion of tin; "convolutions of brain," al
though it can a ill ict our individual mental
ity, depressing and chocking our powers,
or awakening and unfolding.
If " Juno," .'ponding n. year in the west,
especially upon tho prairies, devoted her
time to meditation, I do not much wondor
the mind " turned in upon itself," nnd
that idic(?) returned to Vermont, and, lot
us hope, built a fortress on some of the
storm beaten crests, and has a free,
square outlook in tho face of naturo, smil
ing when sho smiles, and dodging tho
thur.dor bolts when she frowns. Hut this
is only a proof of my text if you muni
i.ulc.r prise you mrisi hacc elbow room! I
irosunio I am not giving verbatim el liter
ntiiii, for not having a copy of the Fiu:r.
mx of March -Oth, I have only the
vaguest sense of what I may have said,
further than that this was tbo spiritof my
" say so."
Pre-eminently the west is uot the place
for dreams nnd musings. We dabble
sometimes a little in poetry, and occa
sionally ripple off into romanco, bnt we
don't slop for the "soul" to " view ex
ternal objects " vory much. Wo drive tho
plow through tho blossoming fields; we
sow and we reap tho harvest ; we fill our
sails f eommorco and wo drivo tho busy
wheels of manufacture with our strong
arms of steam. Wo make our money,
and then we go to tho Yosemite, to Niag.
ara, across to tho old world ; cvon we stop
at tho Whito Hills, but not for " draughts
of sublimity." not at all ; but because wo
want to bo Wo've earned the money
and now we mean to take tho good of it;
nnd we will find nowhero else tho enter
prise, the adrcntnro and tho open handed
good fellowship that wo find in the broad,
new west.
When wo come to consider " divine
thought arranged in material order," I
will, admit it's too deep water for mo,
except that Switzerland is noted for very
poor watches (no ono would think of pur
chasing one if they could procure an LI
gin) and wooden toy.; whilo (ioetlie,
Victor Hugo, Madnmo Dudevant, (Ueorgo
Sand) and "doorgc liliot" woro nono of
them born of the mountaius, and I think
wo lind the " divino thought " gets quite
as often picked up on city streets ns any
where el.-e.
The " agricultural editor " may "gnoss'
nt laets as long as ho ohooscd a guess is
quite ns apt to mist a hit but if ho wants
liguris I will pit Iowa against any
moiintainom country, of the same area
and ;ige, in tile world, .nnd will not be
.idi.imcd.
As for prominent moil tlio mountains
could have had little to da in forming
bumps'' on our president's head, unless
brtlio way (which Uo.ivcn forbid) of birth
marks, and for tho good of our Nation wo
are glad to believe ho is not an uuovon
(mountainous) head; for a well dcvolopod
brain is au evenly developed ono. " High
bumps " are a proof of woful depressions.
An unoven, convoluted brain will giro
somo strong points, but also a correspond
ing number of wouk ones. Tho perfectly
developed brain is alw.tys an even one.
Carpenter was a strong man (ho, evi
dently, wishing elbow room, emigratod);
and Kdmunds is a man to Ix proud of;
but we of the west have still our Allison
and Kirkwood, and wo havo given tho
Nation a Grant, a Garfiold and a Lincoln
men on whom tho live activities of this
stirring country wrought on to such grand
developments.
Wo don't " view tho sublime scenes "
with " grateful reverence, not unlike the
Christian's gratitude to his Maker,"
because we're afraid of that second coni
luaiiduiout, but wo first thank God that he
left tho mountains in Vermont and gave
no our rolling prairies and grand old
livers in Iowa.
Mauui: Mkuki'Itii.
School Jlouse I'l-cailiing.
The vory first sorunm the writer ever
heard was in a school houso. Tho prcaober
was tlio lato Dr. S. D. l'rown, formerly
of tho Troy conference, later of tho New
York a man of deep piety, burning zeal
and of almost peerless eloquence. That
was over forty years ago. It 13 to bo
feared that this kind of evangelistic labor
is being neglected now-a-days. In thickly
settled districts there may not, perhaps, be
any special call for it; but in sparsely
settled, country neighborhoods, far from
villages and houses of worship, it is, there
is reason to believe, of tho first importance,
that every school district bo visited, tho
families canvassed and meetings of sonic
kind liold, if not intho school houses then
in private houses. Lot the gospel be
carried nnd proclaimed to thoso outlyin,
and neglected sections of tho country. It
is an old story to tho villagers; but it will
bo new to tho heathen of the mountains
nnd tho distant f irms.
Lot Methodist proaehers especially see
to it that they are not found remiss in
regard to the all important duty in ques
tion. c wero amazed recently to hear
of a Methodist pastor in Vermont who
refused to co-oporato with tho liaptist and
Congrcgntionalist pastors of his placo in
an attempt to canvass and evangclizo tho
remoter districts of tho town by holding
evening meetings in the sevoral school
houses of the 6auie or in private houses.
This good brother can hardly bo awaro of
tho fact that tho fathers of Methodism
wero first and foremost in this kind of
work. Has the spirit of the old itinerant
and circuit rider so completely died out
that his descendant cannot afford even to
go out into a country neighborhood and
hold a school house meeting:' God forbid!
It must bo that tins brother lias either
mistaken his calling, or else needs "an-
other dip "tho baptism of uriniitivo
Methodism. 1;. n. u.
Kiiavi; lvBvi.xtB Oitic.eh. Jarves
XV. Davis doputy collector of intornal
revenuo in tho fifth district of Tennessee,
who was lately assassinated by moon
shinors, was ono of tho most remarkable
and valued men m the service. A faith
ful record of his lifo would bo'ns startling
in incident and perilous ndveuturo as any
in tho annals of fiction, llotwoon 15 and
-0 violators of tho law have lost their lives
by his baud, all of whom wero either re
sisting tho execution of tho law or attack
ing him with murderous intent. Ho was
three times tried in the stnto courts for
homicide. Twico he was ucipiitod on the
ground 01 soii-uelcnee, aim one case, car
ried up to tho supremo court of tho United
States secured tho important decision affir
ming tho right of rovenuo ollicers to de
fend thoir lives against bushwhackers.and if
homicide should follow, to bo tried in tho
I, mtod hutes courts. I avis was a snleu-1
did specimen of physical manhood, six
icct llireo inclies tall, well proportioned
and muscular. Ho was uneducated could
neither read nor writo but was a clever
and direct talker, llo was not " rough "
in any sense. Ho used neither intoxica
ting liquors nor tobacco In any form, and
never inomgod in proianity. llo knew
his duty, nnd did it with a skill and fear.
Ies3iicss that have seldom been matched in
like sorvlco. At Hi yours of age ho under
took to rid his county of a gang of horse
thieves and desperadoes, which had be
come a terror and ballled every effort of
tho authorities. Within three years ho,
with Iho assistance of a brother, succeed
ed in landing every ono of them in tho
ponitentiary, except ono who was shot.
Ho was appointed doputy United Stales
marshal, and subsequently special deputy
collector of internal revenue. Twico,
companions walking by his side wero
killed by shots intended for him. A little
over a year ago he. was set upon from
behind, felled with an ax, shot through
the thigh, and left for dead. Ho crawled
lo a fodder stack', whero ho lay all night,
and tho noxt day crawled a milo and a
half to shelter. Commissioner Raum or
dored him to Washington, whero ho
was treated by Dr. liliss. I'.ccovcring
strength in a few weeks, he returned to
duty, and very soon came tho news that
ho bad mortally wounded a moonshiner
resisting arrest, lie hnrborcd noporsonal
malice against thoso with whom duty
brought him in conflict. One man whom
ho had wounded before capturing, he sent
to his own house, nnd his wife nursed him
until ho recovered. Later tbo samo man
tried to assassinate Davis, but failed, nnd
became so enamored of his danntless
bravery that ho gavo uphis illicit buisncss
and became Davis' faithfnl assistant. At
tho ago of Davis has been assassinated
by aui'.iuslicd law-broakcrs, loaviug desti
tute wife nnd children. Commissioner
I'.auiu oilers Jr'eOO for the nrrost of oach of
the gang of murderers, and authorized an
expenditure of VW to discover them.
Davis' story is a sample of tlio lifo and
fatoofa class of revenuo ollicers in tho
south.
Tub Kksui.i' ii- Ai-i.k aiion. Seek
to acquire the power of continuous appli
cation, without which you cannot expect
success. If you do this, you will soon bo
ablo to perceive tho distance which it cre
ates between you and thoso who have not
such habits. You will not count your
self, uor will they count you ns ono of
them. Thus you will find yourself emerg
ing into the higher regions of Intellectual
men men who aro capable of making a
placo for thcmsolvcs, instead of standing
idly gaping, desiring a place without the
power of commanding it. Keep on striv
ing to accomplish more and moro every
day, and thus cnlargo constantly the
rango of your intellectual ability, if you
loaru to do as much work in ono day as
you used to do in two or thrco days, you
aro as good ns two or three such men as
you formerly woro, boiled down into ono.
Tin; !ac niii.01:. Surround a bachelor
with every possiblo comfort; givo him tho
roomiest of bed chambers, tho most re
freshing of couches, tho largest of spong
ing baths; cover his breakfast tablo with
the whitest of tablecloths; make bis toa
with tho hottest of boiling wator; envel
ope his body in tho most comfortable of
dressing gowns, and his feet in tho oasiest
of slippers; feed him among the luxuries
and comforts of the snuggest of clubs; do
all thoso things and moro for him, and ho
will, nevertheless, bo unhappy, lie
mopes, and ponders, and dreams about
love and marriage.
l:M HANT.IIKNT.
The Mils ILAtweffCftnulliCO'-cait
Are as white an whito cau m;
BH never one In the hiruur
A white as the sails at sea.
A'nl thocloiidi that crown the uonuMi
Wito purpleauil koM delight,
Turn to cold itray wtst and vapor
l.roever we reach the llrht.
oil ! distance, Ihon dear euchautvr t
still hold in tliyinatrii- veil
The K'l-ry of far-olT mountain .
Tiie tfleam of tho far-o.7 sail :
llMo in thy Dljes of spleudur.
Oh nioiiutatu.eotd auri irray:
Oli sail iu thy snowy whitene.
Come not into rort, I pray
Vibration.
SOME Ci niOt S FACTS AI'.OliT IT TDK MAX
WIIOCOfLI"FIIM.E DOWN" A URIUGC
SINGING SANDS AND FLAMES.
Not long ago a lady was singing in a
room whore a chandolier with many glass
shades was hanging. Tbo lady's voico
was loud and strong, and, as she continued
her song, her voico shattered ono of tho
glass shades to fragments.
Perhaps that sounds liko a strange storv
to you, my readers, but voices do and af
ways have done curious things. There
was onco an innkeeper who added to his
earnings by letting his guests seo him
break drinkins cuds with his voice. In
the Talmud, the Jews' ancient book of
laws, there is something said about tho
reparation that should bo made when mi
article is broken by the voico of any do
mestic animal. We aro told that on the
wild mountain roads of Switzerland, the
muleteers tio lip tho bolls of their mules,
lost the tinkling should start an nvalanche.
A dog can play tho pianoforte so far as to
make certain strings vibrato by his bark;
and, after all, vibration of tho strings is
what makes all tho music of tho piano
forte. Vibration is a moving to and fro, as we
seo tho pendulum of a clock do. All things
havo a certain vibration, though it cannot
always bo seen; some things have a num
ber of vibrations in thoir different parts.
Anil when two things vibrato in timo with
cash other, and are near each other,
though it is only air that conneets thorn,
tho moving of one is aficctod by that of tho
other. Tho lady's voico broko tho shado
bocauso they vibratod in time with caoh
ether, and the motion of tho voico so in
creased tho motion of tho glass as to loosen
its particles and make it fall apart. When
two clocks, with pendulums that havo tho
samo range of vibration, are in tlio samo
room, and tho clock doors are open, if tho
pendulum of ono is set In motion, the
pendulum of tho other will move, too.
This is tho principle: Kvery timo the
pendulum or tlio lirst clock vibratos, it
sends a pud' of air in tho direction of the
pendulum of tho second clock; and these
puffs, continuod regularly, sot tho pendu
lum of tho second clock a-going. When
two pianos aro in tho same room, if tho
strings of ono are struck, not only will
they vibrato, but also tho corresponding
strings of the othor piano, provided that
theforto pedal of tlio second piano lias
been deprossed. And if vou whistle a
note into a piano or violin, the string of
the instrument in unison with that note
will audibly take it up.
Jn 1ondon bovs carry milk about the
street in pails which hang from a yoke on
their shoulders, and aro held off from their
bodies by hoops just below tho waist. If
theso boys kept up a regular step, tho vi
bration of thoir bodies would increaso tbo
vibration of tho milk until that wns spilled.
Tho little fellows may not quite understand
me pnuosopDy 01 1110 matter, but they
know they must cbanira thoir sten from
timo to timo to keep their milk in tho
pans.
A strong gust of wind will uproot a
majostic troo when it comes just iu time
with tho tree's own swing or vibration.
Some years ago thero was considerable
annoyance in ono of tho mills in Lowell,
because tho walls and tloors of the build
ing wero shaken on certain days by the
machinery. At these times, a pail of
water would almost bo emptied of its con
tents by tho motion of the factory. It was
finally discovered that on the days of dis
turbance the machinery went at a rate in
Keeping witn tlio vibration of tho building,
and tho trouble was readily overcome by
making the machinery work either faster
or slower than had been the custom.
The first iron bridso ever built was that
nt Colobrook Dale, in England. While it
was building a fiddler came aloncr. and
exclaimed, " I can liddlo that bridge
down!" Tho workmen little alarmed,
bado him fiddle away to his heart's con
tent. Whorcupon, tlio musician tried one
tone after another upon his instrument,
until ho hit upon ono in tune with the
movement of tho bridge, and then the
structure began to quiver so perceptibly
mat, uie laoorers ocggc.u turn 10 ccae and
let them alone.
It is usual for a band of soldiers when
they came to a bridgo to stop music and
wain over in oroKon file. Terrible calami
ties h'ave occurred in cases whero this
precaution was not taken, as at Angicrs,
in France, where a suspension bridge
broke in under n body of soldiers march
ing over in file, and two hundred and
oighty lives were lost. Robert Stephenson
said there was not ko much danger when
a bridgo was crowded with men or cattle.
or when cavalry wero on it, as when sol
dicrs passed over keeping step. Indeed,
11 it wero possiblo to make a niouso walk
back and fourth continuously over a
bridgfc, keeping timo with the vibration of
tho bridge, tho mouse would eventually
destroy tho bridge.
When Galileo discovered, that by blow
ing with his mouth upon a pendulum each
timo it moyed away from him, ho could
greatly augment its velocity, he arrived at
the important fact that a slight impulse, if
regularly repeated, may become of great
consequence. On tho same principle, a
heavy bell, that a strong man can scarcoly
move by one pull with all his micht. can
bo set iu violont motion by a mere boy, if
1110 lau gives regular puns at tlio ropo,
bocauso each pull slightly increases the
bell's vibration. So, in swinging a child,
if a push is given ovory time tho child
comes back, ho will kecpgoinghigher and
higher until ho liually goes over tho tree;
bnt break tho sameness of the motion by
giving a posh boforc tho swing has como
way back, and you will stop the swing.
Put a tuning fork in connection with
another tuning fork of tho same pitch,
and its strength is increased. The earno
cfiect is produced by holding n tuning
fork over the mouth of a bottlo, if you ap
ply ono that vibrates in timo with tho air
in tho bottle. Tho sound called tho song
of the sea, that is heard when a shell is
hold to the car, is tho vibration of air in
tho shell. Tho musio of tho mighty organ
isoausedby tho vibration of air in tho
pipes. Sound is tho sensation wo experi
ence from vibrations that reach tbo car.
Thoso vibrations aro constantly passing
through tlio air. but other inattor may
convey them. Whon a tree is felled, if a
porssn slightly scratchos with a penknifo
on ono end of the troo, another person
his oar pressed at tho other end can dis
tinctly hear the sound, which in this in
stance is conveyed through the treo itself.
But what of tho statement, that two
sounds can oroato silenccPAt first thought,
as somo ono has suggosted, it seems as
absurd as to say that two loaves can make
no bread. But whon we reflect that sound
comes from vibration of tho air, wo can
believe that when two vibrations of oppo
site systems unite, iney sometimes incroase
sound and sometimes just destroy each
other, so niakiugsilcnce. It is with sounds
or vibration of tho air, exactly as in the
case of the waves of the sea. Ono wave
may join another in such a manner as to
lido triumphantly on 113 crost; or it may
just fill up the other's trough, and so stop
the motion of both. At one point on the
coast of Ireland there is no tide, because
tho waves of the Irish sea and the Atlantic
ocean unite in the latter way.
It has been found that the Davy lamp,
invented for colliors to lake into tho mines
is not nlways a safety lamp, for a very
loud noise, liko that of a blast In a coal
mine, may cause such an increase of vi
bration that the flame and the outside gas
will meet. Tho effact of firing a pistol
near a Davy lamp was tried, and it was
found that the report caused the flame and
the outside gas to meet.
At Manchester, in Massachusetts, there
is a wonderful singing beach; for, owing
to somo peculiarity of form, the vibration
of the sand on this beach is koenly music
al. There is also on the peninsular of Ml.
Sinai a hill called Gibel Nakus, or Mount
ain of tho Bell, whero musical tones are
distinctly heard, and have excited much
curiosity and have given rise to various
speculations concerning their origin.
Somo years ago a Lieutenant Newbold, of
the Madras army, visited this curious bill.
Setting off from Wadi Tor, "after two
hours' riding and a short walk of half an
hour, ho reached the place, which ho de
scribed as a bell-shaped hill, from three
hundred and fifty to four hundred feet in
height. On its western side, which faces
the lied sea, is a slopo of about oighty
foot, covered with a very fine quartzoso
sand, varying in depth from (ivo to six
inches to as many feet, according to tho
form of the sandstono rock which it cov
ois. This is tho spot from which the mys
terious sounds issue. Not the slightest
nolso was hoard ; but thoir Arab guide,
desiring them to wait still at tho bottom
of tho slope, began to ascend, sinking to"
his knees at every step. The travolers
soon heard a faint sound resembling tho
lower string of a violoncello slightly
touched; and being disappointed at tho
result, determined to ascend themselves, I
in spite of tho intense heat of tho sun and
tho extreme fineness of tho sand. On
reaching the summit they sat down to ob
serve tbe effect. Tho particles of sand set
in motion agitated not only thoso below
tlicm, but, though In a less degreo thoso
all around tltcin, liko tho surfaeo of water
disturbed by a stono. In about two min
utes they heard a rustling sound, and then
tho musical tone abovo alluded to, which
gradually increased to that of a (loop mel
low church bell, so loud that it recalled
tho rumbling of distant thunder. This
occurred when the whole surfaeo was in
motion, nnd tho effect upon themsolves,
tho travelers compared to what they sup
posed might bo felt by persons seated up
on somo enormous stringed instrument,
while a bow was slowly drawn over tho
chorda. They desconded while the sound
was at its height; and sooa after it began
to lessen with the motion of the sand.nnti 1,
at the end of a quarter of an hour, all was
perfectly still again."
There aro also what are called "singing
flames;" for two or moro flames burning
within tubes will vibrato in unison as
long as they aro kept apart, and by means
of them music can bo produced that sounds
surprisingly like that of tho human voico.
If a tuning fork, whilo vibratint', is held
near a certain kind of flame its vibration
will bo caught up by the llatncs, and by
the aid of a special contrivance can bo
seen. This brings 113 to visible music, real
art now, mid a highly interesting anil cn-
loyawe one, but we must not enter upon
It in this paper. ilanj Granger Vh ise, in
roller x Monthly.
Tim Si N. " I am told," said a bishop
in a London drawing room to a I'arsco
lady, " that your people actually worship
tho sun." The eastern damo replied,
" They do, my lord; and so would vou if
you had ever seen him." It is indeed true
that we do not know what tho sun is in his
strongth in theso northern and cloudy
latitudes. Occasionally, no doubt, we
catch sight, even in wintor nnd spring, of
a palo golden sphore, mildly brilliant,
which makes for us tender dawns of prim
rose and pink, and soft ovening effects of
saffron, violet and sea-green. .More com
monly in the summer and autumn wo bo
hold an unveiled solar suhero, which is
bright and splendid according to the ideas
of our latitndo, and which imparts a cer
tain sensation of radiance and boat. This,
however, is not the sun of the cast and of
the south tho real king of day. The true
nionarcn 01 our system comes a. from the
Indian or African horizon without a cloud
to dim his majesty; burns himself a path
of glory over the sea, and across tho sky;
sweeps aloft in fiery fierceness of light.
which makes living creatures dread as
well as adore him, and sinks into the west
ern world with crimson and purple flames
deying tho sky, and all nnimalcd naturo
silently glad lo be quit of his glorious
bnt terrible presenco. Hiding at nownday
from tho rays of an oi-b liko this, the
Hindoo or tho Equatorial African would
appreciato better than ourselves tho figures
given by astronomers.
How big docs the sun appear I' Children
answer to this in various terms, somo say
ing, "as big as a golden crown piece,"
some " ns largo as a pfato. ' 1 ct flow
many grown persons roalizs that, if wo
take a billiard bait to represent the earth,
tho visible sun's sphere could net bo pack
ed insido the billiard room if it woro loss
than twenty-six fact in length, height and
breadth? Jupiter, tho giant of our system,
would bo about as largo as a wino cask;
Saturn of a butter firkin ; while Uranus
and Neptuno miglii bo symbolized by foot
balls. Tho central lord of thoso little
globules which wo call planets outwoighs
them all put together sovon hundred and
forty times. As wo behold his glowing
muclcus it is about eight hundred and
sixty thousand miles in diameter. An
Armstrong shell, n3 it travels with its
initial velocity, would take thirteen
years to reach him. A word spokon
hero, as sound passes through our air,
would occupy six months in being hoard
by an angel of the sun. If ono could reach
so far as to plunge tho hand into his burn
ing corona, the rato at which sensation
thorbs along a norvo would mako it soven
or eighty yoars bofore the man would fed
the scorch. Light itself tho swiftest of
all messengers, except poihaps electricity
and gravitation, consumes nino minutos
iu traversing tho distanco which divides
us from our sun, and yet from him coino
all our light, heat and life; as woll as, in
all probability, tho very snbstauco nnd
form of tho planet wo inhabit. London
Telegraph.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
ejected a ticket soalpor from its I'ittsbur"
station a whilo ago, and in tho trial of the
suit which followed, tho court has laid
down a good deal of law about tho rights
in tho premises. Tho station is not a
public place in tho sonso that a streot is
publio, but it has a quasi public character
because tho road is a common carrier. A
man would havo a rignt to go thero to
moot a friend, but not to sell tickets in
competition with the road nor to distrib
ute hand bills. An officer of the road had
a right to ask the business of persons who
came thore, and to eject those who do not
give satisfactory answers. In fact, gen
erally speaking, the road has just tlio
rights in Its stations which private owners
have iu thoir buildings, although it cannot
exclude thoso who como on logilimato
business.
Immensity r.lcnn'lT.
Immensity: eternitj! how vant!
Unbounded siace. duration never pint:
Amazeinoat alW.o'erwhelm-i the Intuitu m i, I
To limits li'Hiud, to narrow viewa i nurtne-l.
Heboid the vast ethereal realms profound.
Whose starry hosts revolving earth Kurrou nd :
A deep, unfathomod, measureless ahysh.
With countless worlds lite or unliko lo tlii;
Xo centre, no circumference is known.
But every point Iniay he a partial throne;
An all pervudinr Presence, sleepless car.
Andlnitcblejs m!htar? alway s every when:.
If wn could fly nu morn iuir'a radiaut winirs
To utmost bounds of all terrestrial thmirK.
Scale loftiest heights, sound deepest depths below,
Wooolild uot from tint Presence ever ko.
From every point in all directions itv.
Aud thero uaendiu lined forever lie:
Above, beneath, abroa l aud all arouutl
Are realms notboutrht can r-;ac!i, no li.iei. can sound.
Swifter thatlirlituiiikr i peed the wiuirs of lurht
Could never roach a bound In endless fliKht;
Lost in those realm no visum can descry.
Hut that. of au all-o:n'ilpreseat Lya .
Swift oiitward-b'ciml, stronr, vigorous thotiKlit miKht
11 y
Its viewle-H piuious lo tlio utnpwt try:
Out, wearied, would tho vain attoiupt k.vo uYr,
Uroplutusolf and 'piietly adore.
No up, nod nvu, 11 hi.ru, no low are fitiuiil ;
No end, beiuniiur, measuremeut or liouti.l;
Whatever such we relatively call
Will not apply to the unhonndofl all.
In vain wo strivu inimeiHity tti souu.l.
Or irasp eternity's uuoudinir rouud:
As well miirlit Suite liitinito transcend.
Or mau his Maker fully comproheud .
He who hathjmmortality alone.
The boundless uulverso his poerloas tlnv)u-.
Immensity can fully comprehend,
Etornity in ondless beinir Bpeud.
As on dnratiou's stream shsll coaselois flov.
Time's restless portions swiftly como and eo.
The knoll shall oft proclaim with mil Hied sound.
Departing years in vast duration's round.
If in leu thousaud yeara one irrain of saud
Was borne away from earth's extended laud ,
Or drops were drained from ocean's dap ths below.
As Ion? successive cycles coine and ko ;
A lime would come when not a sand remaine.1.
And when tho ocean depths woutd all ho drained :
Dut whon those cycles all their rounilR had run
Kternity would be but .tust heKUnt
Are wo all destined for that endless state?
What vast concerns liana- on Immortal fate! -Lxultantir
fromsiu aud death sot free.
Wo uain a blissful immortality. i
-larksonrille. April 4, s-j.
Prehistoric .Mining in Michigan.
The Lako Superior mines have the ad
vantage of producing metal fiee from any
alloy of antimony or nickel or arscnio.
Iu many of the mines great masses of
uienativo metal are found so large that
they must be cut in place with chisels.
All tho more important mines aro situ
ated on tho anciont workings of a prehis
toric race. They seem to havo been Igno
rant of the fact that copper could be
molted, for they left behind them the
fragments too small to use and tho massos
too heavy to lift. Every day they sub
jected it to a tcmpcratiiro nearly high
enough withoutmaking a discovory which
would have lifted them out of the Stone
Age into tho Bronze Age, and perhaps
havo enablod them to survive the struggle
in which they perished. They must have
been very numerous, and have reached the
point of development where they were
capable of organizing industry.
In Isle Koyal, near tho Minong inino,
their pits, excavated to a dopth of from
ten lo twenty feet in the solid rock, cover
ed au urea of from thrco hundred to four
hundred feet wide nnd more than a mile
and a half in length. Tho labor expended
hero cannot havo boeu much short of that
involved In building a pyramid.
Islo ISoyal is ten miles from tho nearost
land, and is incapable of producing food,
so that all supplies excopt fish must have
boon brought from some distant point.
Their excavations could, of course, never
go below the point at which water would
accumulate. Their hammers, frequently
to tho number of several thousand, ore
found in heaps where they were evidently
placed at tho ond of tho season. As no
graves or evidences of habitations are
found, we can hardly doubt that the miners
lived south of the great lakes and made
yearly jonrneyings with fleets of canoes
to tho copper mines. The aggregate
amount of the metal which thoy carried
oil must have been very great, and it has,
I believe, been generally thought that the
copper implements of tho anciont Mexi
cans came from this source. M.Cbarnayj
in a recent number of tho North Ameri
can seems to think that the Mexicans
reduced copper from its ores. A chemical
analysis of their hatchets would sollve the
question, for Lake Superior copper is so
tree from alloys as to be unmistakable.
Tho superintendent of the old Caledonia
mino in Ontonagon county kindly took me
to the top of a clilV where tliroo Cornish
"ti ibuters'' miners working not for wages
but for a share of the product had cleared
out one of the ancient pits in the outcrop
of the vein. They had brought out a
quantity of copper, and had just uncovered
a large mass which would weigh certainly
not less than seven tons. Many battered
stone hammers lay around the mouth of
the pit. The active little Englishmen, be
longing to a race of hereditary miners
perhaps as old as the mounil-buildors
themselves, had come around the world
from the east to finish the work of the
departed Asiatic raeo who reached here
from the west at a time to which no date
can ho assigned. Not far away another
party had cut down a dead cedar to mako
props for Ihcir tunnel. As they wore
putting tho log in position, from its center
dropped a small but perfectly formed stono
hammer which had ncvor been used. It
was mado from a stone found, I believe.
only on tho north sido of the lake. This
troo was not lar from two hundred and
fifty years old; but as codar is almost in
destructible in this climate, it may havo
beon dead several hundred years. The ax
man said that he had found several ham
mers in tho center, of cedars. It would
saem barely possible that this hammer had
been placed in a cleft of the treo, when it
it was a sapling, that the wood might
grow around tho groove and servo as a
handle. At all events, this ono, which I
have, was certainly placed where it was
about thirty Inches from tho ground by
human hands, undoubtedly by the anciont
miner himself, when the tree was a twig.
'. .lohn.ion, Jr., in Harper's Magazine.
A gentleman, accompanied by a favm ito
dog, visited tho studio of a nsiug artist.
Thero was a picture on the easol, and tho
dog began to bark furiously at it. "Nature
may be relied upon, after all," said the
goiitleman. "The best evidenco of the
faithfulness with which you have painted
that dog in the background is the earnest
ness with which my dog barks at him."
"But that isn't a dog," said the artist,
Hushing; "it's a cow." The gentleman
was nonplussed for a moment, but he
quickly replied : "Woll, the dog's eyes aro
bolter than mino ; ho never did like cows."
Ho happened to press the foot of a young
ladv who was sitting noxt to tlio door, in
getting out of n street car. The damsel,
compressing her brows in an awe-inspiring
frown, ejaculated: "Vou clumsy
wretch!" Most men would have looked
foolish and apologized, but our hero was
equal lo tho occasion. "My dear young
lady," he exclaimed, "you should have
feet large enough to bo seen, and then
they wouldn't bo trodden upon." Her
brow rolaxed, her eyes sparklod, her lips
smilod and tho injury was forgotten.
I'hiladclphia Herald.
Gen. Wini iei.d Scott at tub Ta ti.E.
Groat in his exploits, great in his person,
he.was scarcely popular, but bis heart was
in proportion to Ids person. Six feet five
and a half inches tall, weight SliO pounds;
he bad all tho tenderness of a woman.
Lavish of bis money, often annoyed by tbe
want of it, he never deferred a just debt
nor turned bis back upon a poor man.
Lavish of bis own lifo in battle, be was
careful to the last degree of the lives of his
soldiers. He justly won renown. Never
failing in great thiugs, he was t the last
degree pettish in small things. Soup salt
ed by the cook violated one of his maxims,
that every man should season bis own soup.
If the soup at his own tablo I mean was
salted by the cook he raised a row which
mado the best soup unsavory. Was the
turkey stuffed with sago, thyme and chest
nuts, all right. Marjoram was his abom
ination. If marjoram was thero, farewell
to any comfort with your turkey. Tbe tisb
must be boiled to the exact "babble, or
baked so that, floating in abundance of
dark clarot sauce, it showed the exact
golden brown he fancied in the crumbs
that garnished it. The parsley which
adorned it must be dnly adjusted or the
fish would be cold before he would let yoa
eat it. lie would deliver a dissertation on
the culinary art. A canvasback-duck
Had to be roasted to a turn, so that the
blood would just trickle from the edge of
the knife-blade, or tbe company was not
feasted on canvas. Did one help him to a
piece of roast beef not from tho inter-costal
ho would ask, did you take him and bis
guests for "boors?" The "salade," as he
called it, even if only raw tomatoes, ifit
was not dressed a la mode Dolmonica, or
a la mode dc labille France, or by himself,
was an offense. Vet he was singularly
great. Ho was ascbolnr; had Shakespeare
and the Biblo by heart, and often quoted
them in felicitous illustration. He would
call, and insisted that others should call
clergy clargy and clerk clark, and jolo. if
you did not pronounce it jowl, ho would
almost bowl. One of his aids one asking
his permission to marry (aids havo to ask
their general's consent to do such things).
the general asked the lady's name. "Miss
Clark, was tho reply. "Oh, yes," said
me goncrai, "lor now you will lie forced
to say Clark or dio." The lady i-s dead
and the aide is dead now.
IlOW TO ritESERVK A CAKIIIACK. A
prominont carriage manufacturer of Not
tingham, England, Mr. Stary, publishes a
series ot "tjselul hints lor tlio proper pres
orvation of a carriage," from which wo
quote:
A carriago should bo kept, in an airy,
dry coach-house, with a moderate amount
of light; otherwiso tho colors will bo de
stroyed. Thero should bo no communica
tion between the stables and the coach
house. Tho mannre-hcap or pit should
also be kept as far away ns possiblo. Am
monia cracks varnish and fados the colors
both nf painting and lining. A carriage
should never, under any circumstances,
bo put away dirty. In washing a carriage,
keep out ol the sun and have tho lever end
of the " sotts " covered with leather. L ie
plenty of water, which apply (where prac
ticable) with a hose or syrlngo, taking
care that tho water is imt driven into tbe
body to tho injury of the lining. When
forced water is' not attainable, iho for the
body a largo soft sponge. This when satu
rated, squeeze over the panels, and by the
flow down of the wator the dirt will soften
and harmlessly rnn oil', then finish with n
soft chamois leather and oil-silk handker
chief. The same remarks apply to tho
undor-woi ks and whcols, except that when
tho mud is well soaked a soft mop, free
from any hard substance at the head, may
bo used. Never use a " spoke brush,"
which, in connection with tho grit from
the road, acts liko sand-paper on the varn
itli, scratching it, and, of course, effectu
ally romeving nil gloss. Never allow
water to dry itself on tho carriago, as it
Invariably loaves stains. Ba careful to
grease the bearings of tho forc-carriazo
so as to allow it to turn freely. Examine
a carriage occasionally, and whenever a
bolt or slip appears to be getting loose, I
tighten it up with a wrench, and always
have little repairs dono at once. Never
draw out or back a carriage into a coach
house with the horses attached, us more
accidents occur from this than from any
other cause. Headed carriages should
nover stand with the head down, and
aprons of every kind should bo frequently
uniouteu or tuey will soon spoil.
Gems or Tnoi'Gii r. Little children are
the lilies of the valley of life.
Indolence is the rust of the mind and
the inlot of every vice.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty
soon overtakes her.
Wrong none by doing in juries, or omit
ting the benefits that are your duty.
Conscience is a terrible punishment to
the villain who still believes in a here
after. Men usually follow thoir wishes until
suffering compels them to follow their
judgment.
Whims me harder to remove than
sorrows; for time, instead of weakening,
strengthens them.
Be always at leisure to do good; never
make business an excuse to decline ollioes
of humanity.
The Intellect of a truly wise man is
like a glass; it admits tho "light of heaven
and reflects it.
He. who is puffed up with the first galo
of prosperity will bend beneath tlio lirst
blast of adversity.
I'onection does much, but encourage
ment does more. Kncourageiuciit alter
censure is as the sun after a shower.
The. incapacity of men to understand
ach other is one of the principal causes
of their ill temper toward each other.
With love the heart becomes n fair and
fertile garden, glowing with sunshine and
warm hues, and exhaling sweet odors.
Tho chief properties of wisdom aro to
bo mindful of things past, careful of lliings
present, and provident of things to come.
I'o you think, Mary, you could leave
father and mother, this pleasant homo,
with all its ease and comfort, and go to
tho far west with a young lawyer, who has
but liltlo besides his profession to depend
upon, anil with hiin tearch out a now
home, which it should ho your duly to
beautify and mako delightful and happy
liko this?" Propping ber head .-nftlv on
his shoulder, she whispered. "I think I
could, Archy." "Well," said he, "tlioie's
Tom Jones, who's going west, and wants
lo get a wife. I'll mention it to him."
" You may say what you plca-o," sol
' emnly romarked a red-nosed listener to a
temperance lecturer, 'out whiskv 0110c
saved my life." "How wns that?"'" Why,
i wanteu a uhhk so imu mm i gnt up in
the middle of tho night nnd went out to
hunt for a saloon. While I was gone the
house caught tire and burned up my wife."
A young man who thought he had won
tbe heart and now asked tho hand of a
certain voting widow, was asked by ber:
" What is tho dillerenco between mysolf
and Mr. liaglev's Durham cow f '
"He naturally replied : " Well, I don't
know.
" Then,"' said the widow, " vou had
hotter marry the vow"
Waikii Diioi'S. John (',. Kwiug, ol
Ction, recently mado a w.igc-r tha', he
could drink two quarts of whisk v. He
am so ana aicu wiuiiii a lew linur?.
A liquor seller presented his bill to tbe
executor of a deceasod customer's estate,
asking. "Do you wish my bill sworn in?"
"No," said the executor, "dnath of the
deceased is sufficient evidence lie had he
liquor."
Dr. D.iv. of Boston, who baa treated
over 7.000 eases of inebriety, says tliat
one-fifth of tbcin aro tbe liareaMe result of
wine and beer drinking.
Professing Christian, tell in yoi,r excuse
for uot identifying yourself with the tem
perance work. If ther is an excuse that
you can plead before Gjd, tell us what
is it?
We do not believe Hint there is uiio
tramp in a hundred whojdoos not u-e both
whisky snd tobacco. Show us a genuine
tramp who does not get drunk as often a
opportunity presents and we will show you
the eighth wonder of the world.
The president of the recont distillers
congress said iu his niMrvtss to the assem
bly that "tho greatest danger that thieat
enod tho whisky business lay in the
growiDg public sentiment that holds every
manufacturer of and dealer in spirits to be
an enemy of society and the human race."
To sum up tho results to the close of the
fifth-year trials: Middlings nioro eeonorai
cal than corn meal for tho growing pig.
The gradual addition of cob meal or bran
to tho ration of tho growing pig gives
more economical results than clear corn
meal. It is quite probable that the addi
tion of cotton seed moal in limited amounts
to cob meal will bo economy. Hoots ap
pear to givo relatively better results when
fed to steers or cows. Skim milk in con
nection with grains adds to the nutritious
effect of both foods. Corn meal hat a
visiblo ofl'ect on tho character of the pig,
tending lo fatten from the first. Corn
meal is nn excellent fattening food. When
a pig is on nn exclusively moal diet a
pound and ono-half of bran inoal needs to
be added to his rations for 100 pounds meal
fed. Over a series of yoars tho growth !
ol pig will pay lor grain consumes!. Mi jtes
require more feed to mako a pound of
growth than pigs.. J. r! . S,int'rn, i
Mirror and I'trtu. r.
IV.ESKiivi.NG l'Y.NCF. Posts. Mr. barker
Earle, tho well known horticulturist, writes
to the Chicago Times : " In building a fence
around our young orchard, several years
ago, we tried many plans for preserving the
posts. Having occasion to remove the fenoe
this winter, wo noted the eonditioa of the
posts as follows: Those set with no prep.
aration were decayed nn inch or moro in
thickness; those coated with a thick wash
oflimowero bolter preserved, but were
quite seriously attacked by worms; those
posts coated with hot tar wero perfectly
sound as when first put in tli ground;
those painted with petroleum and kerosene
were equally sound and as good as new.
In ftituro wo shall treat nil pasts in the
following manner before settiug: Let the
posts get thoroughly dry, and then, with a
pan of cheap kerosene and a whitewash
brush, give the lower third of the post, the
part to go into the ground, two or three
good applications ol the oil, lotting it soak
n well each tunc. I osts so treated will
not bo troubled by worms or insects of any
kind, but will resist decay to a remarkable
degree. This wo lind lo be tho simplest.
easiest, cheapest and best method of pres
ervation.
" I'.iiMla;,-!'."
To the Editor Maxt. 1'iotighnfvi :
X he following additional notes from mj
forthcoming report of the State Hoard of
Agncultnro are of interest as bearing upon
the question of ensilage nnd the great profit
that has resulted from its discussion.
John K, IUssh.i..
Hoston, April 20, 18S2.
Other experiments of the New Jersey
station prove that fodders, such as clover
hay and wheat straw, and foods mr-Ii as
brewers' grains or roots mado into rations
containing the same amount of digestible
material as rations of ensilage, are com
paratively of tho same value, both to sus-1
tain animals aud produce milk. Kxpcii-j
ments in this direction leads tho director
of tho station to publish this result: "AVj-
silage can jironitre no more miltc th in any i
oilier fodder which contain an equal I
amount 0 OO'I.. II this ensilage is mere
ly a substitute, its value to us is to bo
determined by its relative cost. Experi
ment, and the practical judgment of our
farmers, will determine tho queslinu ufter
notlior season,
Tho discussion of these otieslions has
been of incalculable value. Never before
has there been so thorough an apprecia
tion of the maize plant ns now. Tlio value
of dried corn fodder, hitherto but little
understood by tho larjro number of farm
ers, bus been made apparent by the easier
experiment of men on all side-:, and spread
far and wide by means of tun institutes
and farmers' clubs. Other fodders, millet.
rve, oat straw, when fed with the tamo, or
a less amount of nitrogenous food than i.
usually fed with ensilage, have given very
valuable results. It is found that an acre
of good Soil kept active, well worked and
fertilized for each crop, instead ol lying
idle for three-fourths of llio year, may, by
close succession of ciops, as winter rye
(cut for hay), millet, coi n fodder or barley
m siiuiuier nnd lull succession produce
enough to carry a much greater number
of eaitlu than wo have dono in the l"flst.
Our experience in this important matter
should convince all of tho necessity of a
thoroughly equipped experiment station.
It is nut to our credit that we aro compel
led to look to the experiments of distant
States.
We propose at some future d:tte to re
view Secretary Itussell's opinions upon tho
subject of ensilage, but briefly in this con
nection we must express our disappoint
ment at his weak, illogical and unsatisfac
tory arraignment of the advocates of the
new system of feeding. o ivgret that
our. worthy secretary should p iss hy un
noticed the score nf sucen-sftil silos in his
own stale, should discredit the published
statements of scores of our most intelligent
and trustworthy farmers, and should foel
himself forced lo seek in the state of New
Jersey that quasi support t" his assertions
which could not bo found within the limits
of our own commonwealth. If, then, the
above extracts from the secretary s repcrt
embody the sum and substance of all that
nan bo said in disparagement of luo sys
tem of cnsilago, those of our cuterpiising
farmers who have already constructed silos
will not accuse themselues of stupidity,
credulity or wasteful extravagance, while
those who are hesitating whether or not to
embark upon this unknown sea of advanc
ed and progressive agriculture will be I
encouraged to experiment in a modest and
inexpensive manner, alter tlio metuous ol
thoir brother farmers who have been suc
cessful pioneers in tho same direction. To
Secretary Russell, after his twelvo months"
additional criticism and investigation of
tho subject, is duo the thanks of the
many hundreds of ndvooates of silos and
ensilage that the chances of loss nnd dis
appointment arc no greater, and that even
his scientific coadjutor from New Jersey
does not condemn tho system, but finds
much to commend in Its following.
Amcneaii vullwa'.or,
(temperance .
Hints for Ladies' jPniperauceSfioirHiot.
The English Tr.mpcran Journal give
tho following "hints," which, though not
quito so applicable, in all particulars. t
American us to Kiglish lifo, nevertheless
contain many valuable ingestions for
work. Tbe chief difficulty Wtfladies find,
in banding themselves together for leru
peraneo work, is tho wunt of some ground
that is not already occupied by au exist
ing temperance ugemry; therrforc. thesi
few hints havo been compiled, in tbo
hopes that they may in somy small uieas
ure supply this nted.
Drawing room and o'.htr srini-publio
meetings aro well suited for ladies' sneie
tius, as ladies who shrink from spenktu
at public meetings will often bo willing
to say a few words, or read a short paiwi
at more private gatherings. Porlup tho
most important woik nay ladies' teni
peranert society call ongH'iu is the hold
ing of drawing room meetings for til"
upper classes of society. The aXierooon
is generally the best timo far bolJini;
thein, though occasionally one might be
held in the evening. These meeting
should not as a rulo last longer than nbo" ;
an hour and a half, anal it is lies', if it can
bo arranged, to bavo two or three speak
ers, each to take a different phiise of the
ubject, and towards the eloso the meet
ing might be thrown open for discussion .
When one of these meetings Is nbont to
bo hold, perhaps tome ladiaa might under
take lo call personally on the principals
of the various schools and colleges in tint
neighborhood with nn invitation. Nona
should he discouraged from holdings these
meetings because they cannot accommo
date many ; a small meeting eftea bears a
much fruit as a largo one.
At off meeting', pledge books should be
at hand ; it is also well to have a good
supply of literature, either to be sold r
given away according to ciVoumstances.
Another effort is tbe taohiing of drawing
room meetings for young women en
gaged in shops tho meeting being preced
ed by a stand up tea, and condnolee' in the
same way as I ho afternoon meethigs.
These meetings have to be held late in the
evening S o clock, or even later. It
would hardly bo possible in any private
houso to find room euough to accommo
date the young men engaged ia shops its
well as the youug women ; bnt at time -the
end of a session for example some
reopi might b hired for a meeting, when
both young women and yonng men could
be asked. Possibly two or three lsulies
would undertake the management of the
tea.
Kitchen meetings are mafu! for reach
ing a most important class jur domestie
servants. The lady at whoo haasa th
meeting is held ronld either invijo the ser
vants of her friends or allow her servants
to invito their friends to toa. and tbe
metiig might bi enlivened with some
singintr.
Meetings of a more, public chara-jlci.
for woman of tin various coajregatione.
in some districts, ore found useful. It is
well if they cm bo held iu tome school or
lecture room belonginj to the varioin
churches or chapels.
It will bo well if conferences ca8 be lmM
with Sunday school teachers, if thev
cau only be induced to take an interest
the subject, they will not fail to find means
to bring it before their scholars.
Meetings for the working eUss next
claim attention. A good plan for holding
theso is to hi. e a room, and for the inset -ing
to bo preceded by a tea. It is weil, if
if it can bo so arrangod, for the meetiags
for tlio men and thuir wives to bs iu-l-l
separately from thOso for boys and gills.
Notices of theso meetin(fs might be given
through district visitors, and by menus u(
placards.
In bringing this paper to a conclusion,
my principal object has been to iuegnsu a
low plans adapted for ladies' societies
where thoy are just eomiueuAg work,
it is also hoped that thane few hints miv
induce ladies lo form thouiselves into soci
eties, in districts where they huf not
already done so, as they will have it in
thfir power, by means of the various
meetings which have been suggested, in
reach almost every class of society, and
to bring the subject lieforo thosn who
o l o wise would not have lunch oppt rliinit.y
of bearing about it.
One Valium's Ittconl.
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Sou is :i fair and comply in uron wi;b
an erect carriage and grout energy, Ihoryh
she is evidently pouring the crssinc,
which s qurates this worl I I'roiu the eter
nal. Siic po-s-'sses iom:tin uf great bans .
and is still an cnorgtttic, opible hnar
keeper, with a uave taavuer, which
makes her very popular as itiisirn; of a
hotel, wli'mh "souiiis lo lie bar Wj;h.i
ambition.
More than a scorn of ya's ag, herliu.--band
was thoroughly awakened, during a
revival of religion, and believed on Chris!
as hit Savior.
'We liiu-t leave the hotel, wife." In
said, with the new joy beaming from h'
face. "I can never sell strong drink as i
Christian nifin."
Mrs. M seated herself deliberate
iy-
"Vou aro to excitable, my dear'' she
slid soothingly. "Don't do tavthing rashly.
Somebody will sell liquor if you doa't.
Wait a little. Yon will feel differently
ley nnd by."
lie did. lie not only sold liquor with
out compunction, but drank it freely. The
bright, joyful look left his face, which l
came flushed :md swollen. Oao of his
beautiful daughters fell a victim I tee
betrayer; the other married a respeqitble
young farmer, and tho father gained the
sine of being his own best custemcr, and
died, in the prime of manlioeJi, a poo
wreck of humanity. Was it the rusher's
influence which impelled tho daam-r to
persuade her husband lo exchange tht
nice, eosy, safo house, wher bis son and
daughtar woro growing up boautltul :wel
intelligent, for a hotol? It was dene. Test
years elapsed, and the husband iff in a
drunkards grave, to which th sen is
rapidly following him, while tho daugh
ter is a lost woman. And the motntr
Jezebel, shall wo call hr? This is a
plaia life sketch, dear reador. Tht moth
er what of her? Her son, a finem'tni
follow, with his mother's beauty and his
father's noble, generous instinct, follow
that father on bis downward iflt8. You
soc it in his flushed cheek and uncertain
movements.
"Mother," he said a few days ago, "wu
must quit the hotel, or 1 shajl die a drunk
ard." "Nonsense, my son," replied the moth
er; "a man who cannot sell liquor with
out tasting it must bo a fool."
Tlio woman will oonqacr as sho did
boforc, aod the prophecy, alatl it will
probably prove true, and tho record of
that beautiful woman is stained wit tha
blood of souls.
The old man sighed as he took the
golden haired, laughing boy upon hi
knees, and stroking his shining tresses,
said: "Ah, how much I should line to fen!
liko a child again." Litt!e,Johnnjo eoastd
his laughter and looking soberly -up into
his grandfather's face, remarked' "Tben
why don't you get mamma to splink you? '
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