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THE ORGAN
OF THE .
TEMPERANCE REFORM,
FUBL1HHED EVERY FRIDAY,
AT THE
Ben Franklin Steam Printing House,
VlIiEB CliABKi
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.Single subscriptions, ' - 4)1 W
Clubs ol ton and upwards. 1 00
All subscription must be accompanied with
tlif cnsli, and addruesod, postage paid, to
. CALKB CLARK,
Ben Frankus PKiNTiNa House,
Cincinnati, O.
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" The Pledge.
BY ItlilN P1KRPONT.
Thou iparkling bowl ! thon tparkling bowl 1
TlKHigh lipi of barila thy brim may ptell,
And eyet of baaoty o'ei thae roll,
And Minn and dnc tlijr power con feat,
I will not loach toes, for there oliiifi
A icorpion to thy eide that itingi.
Thy oryttal glan! like Eden'l tree
Thy melted ruby temple the eye,
And, a from that, there comet from thee
The voice, " thon tlialt not turely die !"
I dare not lift thy liqoid fern
A make it twitted round thy item !
Thou liquid fire ! like that which (lowed
For Paul upon Melita'i thore,
Thou tt been upon my guettt bettowed ;
Bat thon limit warm my house no more.
Km wheieio 'er thy radiance fallt,
Forth from thy bead, a viper orawlt !
What though of gold the goblet be,
Emboiied with hraachet of the vine,
Ilenealli whoae bnrniihed leavet we tee
Such cluttert ai poured oat the wine 1
Among tbete leavet an adflf hangt !
I fear him lor I've felt hit fan-.
The Hebrew, who the detert trod,
And felt the fiery terpot't biU,
l,ooked up to the ordained Mod,
And l'o!id that life wat iu the tight ;
fo Ihe tporra bittent tlery velut
;ool when he drinkl what God ordaint.
Ye graclont olondt ! ye deep, cold wellt !
Ye gemt from mottv rockt that drip !
Bpringt that from earth't mytteriout eellt,
Guth o'er your granite barin't hp 1
To you I look your largett give,
And I will drink of yoa, and live.
A Word of Cheer.
Be Arm and be faithful,
Detert not the right ;
The brave become bolder,
The darker the night;
Then up and be doing.
Though cowardt may fall,
Thy duty punning
fjare all and prevail.
parlor JltaMog.
From Arthur'! Home Gazette.
THE BEGGARS.
Anna and Willy were walking with
their mother, on clear cold day, early iu
the new year. The shop windows were
still full of elegant and attraciive holiday
goods, and the children lingered at vari
ous points along the street, to enjoy the
display.
Anna had a sixpence, the last that re
mained - of her Christmas and New
Year's gifts, and she had promised her
self some pleasure in spending it She
was a tender-hearted child. Suffering in
others alwavs awakened her sympathy,
and made her desire its relief. Let me
give an incident to illustrate her charac
ter. Anna had been saving her money for
some time previous to the holidays, and,
in her little purse was over half a dollar.
A few days before Christmas, a lady
friend called npon her mother, who had
engaged to go with her to a place called
the ' Children's Home,' where were gath
ered together some thirty or forty little
children, from the babe of a few weeks
old, to the boyjiad girl Of nine or ten
little children whose parents were either
dead, or too idle and vicious to rightly
care for them. Here, they had warm
rooms; comfortable food and clothing;
kind nurses and careful teachers. This
' Home ' was provided by the true kind
ness of a few excellent failles, who not
only supported it with their money, but
visited it regularly to see that their be
nevolent purposes were fully carried out.
Anna went with her mother to this
Children's Home. How quickly was
her heart touched by what she taw !
There was a poor little motherless babe,
not so old as her little sister Helen. It hail
large dark eyes, curly hair, and rosy
cheeks, just like Helen's. When Anna
bent down to kiss it, the tears blinded
her to think that the babe had no kind
mother to love and caret for it. .
' Mother,' whispered Anna, as they
were about going away. t.
'Well, dear? What is it?' asked her
mother.
' Can't I give my half dollar to the
i i iv e i
voltaren s nume ; '
'The half dollar you saved for Christ
mas?' ' ' Yes. mother. I've got it in my pock-
Al n4 tf .I1 I at ma f ll rriva tt In lh
Children's Home.' . ' '
' Do so if yoa like, my dear,' replied
Anna's mother, greatly pleased at such
an evidence of good feeling and self-denial
on the part of Anna, who had, she
knew, entertained other purposes in re
gard to her money. '
So Anna gave her half dollar to the
n mnlho.lo.. t,;i,l, . nH .V,. foil
kitutiivuuoo viiuuiTjii . aim onv
happier for what she had done,, than if
she had spent it in buying things to grat
ify herself. ,.
Such was Anna, the little girl who was
now walking with her mother and bro
ther. '0, look!' she cried, stopping sud
denly, and catching hold of her mother's
hand. ' There's a poor woman and three
little children. It's so cold, and they've
got no home. Can't 1 give them my
sixpence ? '
'Just look at that unfeeling lady,' said
Willy, speaking with some indignation,
and pointing across the street, where a
lady, warmly clad, and with her hands
protected by a muff, was passing the
beggars without offering the in a single
penny.
' That is Mrs, L ,' replied the mo
ther ; ' and I know her; my son, to be
any thing but an unfeeling woman.' .
'Why don't she offer the beggar a
penny, then ? I only wish I had some
money. I'd give it to her very quick.
Run over, sis, and give her your six
pence.' Now, Willy had spent every cent
given to him during the holidays in buy
ing things for his own use. He did not
indulge at all in the luxury of benevo
lence. ' Mrs. L f' replied the mother,
' may not think it true charity to encour
age women to sit, with their poor little
children, in the cold all day, begging for
pennies, instead of trying to support
them by useful work.'
' Ah, but mother,' spoke up Will,
quickly, ' suppose they can't get workto
do?'
' Then don't you think it would be bel
ter for them to go, with their children, to
the Alms House, where they would have
warm rooms to stay in, good food to eat.
and comfortable clothes to wear and
where they would be required to do
something useful ? Idleness and beg
gary are next-door neighbors to vice.'
' Can't I give her my sixpence ?' urged
Anna, whose heart was too lull of sorrow
for the little children, all exposed to the
cold, to feel the force of what her mother
said.
' Certainly, dear, if you wish to do
so. The money is your own,' was re
plied. So Anna ran across the street, and
placed her sixpence in the woman's
hand. When she returned, she looked
thoughtful. But little was said by her
on her way home. That evening as she
sat alone with her mother Willy and
the other children were playing in the
nursery she said:
' I don't think that beggar woman was
a good woman, mother.'
'Why not, dear?' was the natural in
quiry. .
'I can't tell,' said Anna 'but when
she looked into my face, I felt afraid.
0 ! I'm so glad she is not my mother.
I'm sure she is not good to her children.
Poor little things ! I wish they were in
the Children's Home. They would be
o much better off .'
'There is no doubt of that my child.'
'And the baby, mother. 01 it had
such a strange look. Its cheeks were
red and shining, and its eyes were half
closed.' It did not -look as if it was
asleep ; and yet it wasn't awake. What
could have ailed it, mother?'
1 Beggar women, ' replied the mother,
'often give their babes large does of
laudanum, or preparations from this dele
terious drag: to- keep them quiet, while
they sit idly in the street. ' i
JlDoa U hurl ttem,Tnotner ! '
'It makes them stupid and insensible
for a few hours ; and also destroys their
health. If it does not cause their death,
it lays the foundation for wretchedness in
the future.'
'Had the babe I speak ol taken laud
anum? ' I should think so from what you say,'
replied the mother.
'U dear! isn't it areadtut, mother f Why
don't they take the poor little children
away from such bad women, and put
them into the Children's Home ? It would
be so much better. '
'la that I agree with you entirely,
Anna, but, what is every body's busi
ness, as .they say, seems to be any body's
business. - Our city officers, who are cho
sen by the people to attend to the public
good, are not always as faithful in little
things as they should be. '
' I only wish that I was Mayor for a
little while," said Anna. 'I'd take up
every woman I found begging in the
street with a baby in her arms that I
would 1 And if they had been giving
them laudanum, or any of that kind of
stuff, I'd take their babies away from
them, and put them in the Children's
Home ! '
' That would certainly be wiser than to
encourage . them in idleness, and the ill
treatment of their ten der offspring, by
giving them sixpences. '
' nut were are some beggars who are
deserving. '
Ol'NOINN A T I. 0 FRIT
' I would hardly like to say no, my
child. ' replied the mother thoughtfully.
' Ana yet, I very much doubt if, in this
country, any Out the iaie or vicious De
come beggars. To give to such, you can
easily see would be no charity; for that
would only encourage them in their evil
ways. '
' I'm sorry I gave that women my six
pence, ' said Anna, after looking serious
for some time.
' Don't say that, my dear, ' returned her
motner, smiling your aui wan bu uu
selfish one; you wished to help the
needy, l Here was a gooa impulse in
vour heart. Ever cherish such impulses.
They come to you from God, who clothes
the naked, and leeds the nungry. nut,
we should be wise, Anna, as well as
good. '
' Wise ! 0 yes; I understand you,
mother. We should know whether our
alms will really do good, before we make
them. '
' Yes, love. That is what I mean. If
we give to the idle and vicious, we do
them really more harm than good for
we furnith them with the means of con
tinuing in idleness and vice."
' I can understand that, mother, very
well. I wonder I never thought ol it my
self. '
' Many grown people, Anna, are no
wiser in this respect than you have been.
There are others again, who make the
vice of beggary the plea for not giving at
all who push aside every applicant lor
aid, without even an inquiry into his cir
cumstances. This, you see, is falling
into error on the other side. The liue
spirit, is a willingness to help ihoee
in need to the best of our ability. W hen
this is felt, there will be no lack oi oppef
tunity. '
'Norf in giving, need we ever te in
much doubt. You were in none wf rn
you gave your half dollar to help the
Children's Home. '
Collamer and the Brandy Drinker.
The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Chronicle says:
Judge Collamer, the able and efficient
Postmaster Uenerai, nas adopted a rule
bv which he is governed in the bestow'
ment of office in his department, which
will exclude not only conhrmed drunk
ards, but moderate dram-drinkers. He
has, I understand, very wisely determined
to confer office upon no one who is known
to indulge in his "cups." Connected
with the enforcement of this rule, a friend
related to me the other day, a scene which
occurred at Judge C's room, of a very
amusing character. It appears that an
applicant for the office of Postmaster
somewnereout west, canea on tne l ost
master General at his quarters, and pre
sented his papers, setting forth his claims
to the otlice sought, the Judge scrutin
ized him for a moment, and then very
cool v-ee marked : " You drink whiskey,
sir, I believe ?" The unfortunate appli
cant, construing this remark into an invi
tation to quaff a glass with the Postmas
ter General, replied : " No, I thank you,
Judge ; 1 prefer brandy and water." This
r ly settled his case his papers were
returned to him, and he was told that his
application was duly considered and re
jected. If this rule was also enforced
in respect to stage drivers on the various
mail routes, we would have fewer acci
dents and not so many mail failures; and
it is to be hoped that as Judge Collamer
has commenced the work of Temperance
reform in his Department, the chiefs of
other Departments will loUow his exam
ple. What a beautiful moral spectacle it
would present to the world ! To see all
in power in this model Republic, from
the President down to the humblest sub
ordinate, free from the blighting effects
ot the intoxicating bowl their influence
given to this great moral reform now at
work in the land ! Happy consummation
devoutly to be wished !"
John B. Oongh.
This gentleman is at present in New
England, laboring with his usual success
in the cause of temperance. Wherever
he goes, large crowds flock to hear him,
an6T multitudes go away resolved to for
sake their cups. We had the pleasure of
listening to tins distinguished lecturer a
lew evenings since, and we were sur
prised at his astonishing power over the
audience, There were, probably, fifteen
hundred persons present, and they seem
ed perfectly under hia control. His elo
quence, at times, was overwhelming, cre
ating an outburst of emotion throughout
the audience. The effects of intemper
ance was the theme, and never did we
hear them portrayed in more truthful and
glowing colors: We wondered how any
one could continue in the traffic or use
of intoxicating drinks, after listening to
such a lecture, : -f
Mr Gough lectured In the Tremont
Temple, Boston,1 on Sabbath evenins.
which was his one hundred and ninety
sixth lecture on temperance delivered in
the city. The congregation was large,
and listened to the eloquent speaker with
great interest. His address was over an
hour in length, and was unusually elo
quent and powerful. Boston Corrtspon-
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' IT E B R U A R Y ;G
OLD MOMB8.
Mr. B. wu merchant in Baltimore, and
lid a Terr heavy buaiaeia, especially in grain.
One morning aa he wat patting over the reaeela
that lay at the wharf with their rnrioui com
modities for tale, he stepped noon the deck of
one, at tbe stern ol wmcn he taw a negro man
sitting, whose dejected countenance gave snre
lntnsauon ol distress; ana he accosted him
witl
"Hey! my man, what is the matter with you
this morningl"
Ihe negro lifted his eyes, and looking at Mr.
B. replied
'AS, massa, 1 te tn great trouble.
What aboutl"
"Kate I'm fotch np here to be sold."
"What fori What have yon been doing:?
Hire yon been stealing, or did yoa ran away?
orwhatl"
' No. no. massa. none o' that: it's beltase I
didn't mind de aades. "
"What kind ot orders?"
"Well, massa strantter. I tell von. Massa
Willnm werry strick man, and werry nice man
too, and ebry body on the place got to inks
him; and I brean trew de rule; but I didn't
tend to break de rule; I forget mysef, and I got
too high."
"it t tor getting drunk then, it uv
' Oh, sah, not dat nother."
"Von are the strangest nigger I have teen for
a week. I can get no satisfaction from you.
If yoa would not like to be pitched overboard,
you had better tell me what yon did."
"rlease, massa, don t trow de poor licted
oigga in de watta."
"Then tell me directly what yon are to be
sold for."
"For prayin, sah. "
"For praying? That is a very stran ce tale
indeed. Will your master not permit yon to
prayl"
"U, yet, sah, he let me pray easy; but 1 hol
lers too loud."
"And why did yon halloo so in your prayer? "
"Rase de Spirit comes on me, and 1 gets hap
py fore I knows it (leu: deu I iiouei-, can't trol
mysef den: deu 1 know nothtn bout massa s
rule; oca rAwrar tl ole satin bi?sel come, wid
all de rales of de quintion."
"And do yon suppose your master will really
sen von lor man
iun yet: noneipior me now: all de men
in de world couldn't help me now; kase when
Massa VYilIum say one tiuii, he nebber do anv
Oder."
"What is your name?"
"Moses, sah."
"What it your master't name?"
"Maasa name Colonel Willmn 0."
"Where does he live?"
"Down on de Easin Shoah."
" Is be a good master? Does he treat you
well?"
"Oh, yes: Massa Willmn good no better
massa in de world."
"Stand np and let me look at you."
And Moses stood up, and presented a robust
frame; and at Mr. B. stripped up hit sleeves,
hit arm gave evidence of unusual muscular
strength.
"Where it your masterl
"Ysmner he is, jis comin to de warf."
As Mr. B. started (or the shore, be heard
Moses give a heavy sigh, followed by a deep
groan. Moses was not at all pleased with the
present phase of affairs. lie was strongly im
pressed with the idea that B. was a trader, and
intended to buy him; aud it was this that made
him to unwilling to communicate to Mr. B. the
desired information. Mr. B. reached the wharf
just as Colonel C. did. He introduced nimself
and said
I understand yon wish to sell that negro
man on board the schooner."
Cul. C. replied that he did.
"What do jou ask for him?"
"I expect to get seven hundred dollars."
"How old is he?"
"About thirty."
"Is he healthy?"
"Very: he never had any sickness in his life,
except one or two spells of the ague."
"Is he heartyl
"Yes, sir: he will eat aa much aa any man
ought, and it will do him as much gooi1."
"Is he a good hand?
"Yes, sir, he is the best knd on my place.
H( is steady, honest and industrious. He has
been my foreman lor me last leu years, and a
more trusty negro I never knew."
"Why do yon wisa to sen mini"
''Because he disobeyed my orders. As I said.
he is my foreman; and that he might be avail
able at any moment I want him, I built his
quarter within a hundred yards of my own
house; and I have never rung the bell at any
time in the mgbt or morning, that his horn did
not answer in five minutes after. But, two
years sgo, he got religion, and commenced what
ha terms family prayer that is, prayer in his
quarter every night and moruing; and when he
began hit prayer, it was impossible to tell when
he would stop, especially if ( he termed it) he
got happy. Then he would sing and prsy and
halloo lor aa hour or two together, so that yoa
might hear him mile off. And he would pray
for me, and my wife and children, and our
whole family connection to the third genera
tion; and, sometimes, when we would have vis
iters. Motes' prayers would interrupt the con
versation and destroy, the enjoyment of the
whole company. The women would cry, and
it would set me almost frantic; tnd even sftei
I retired, ttwoBld sometimes be nearly daylight
before 1 could go to sleep; or it appeared te me
that I could hear Moses pray for three hoars af
ter he had finished. I bore it as long as I
could, and then forbid hia praying so loud any
mora. Moses promise 1 obedience, bat he toon
transgressed; and my rait it never to whip,
but whenever negro prove incorrigible, I sell
him. Tbie keeps them in better sabjectioo. and
it less trouble thai whipping. I pardoned Mo
tet twice for disobedience in praying to loud,
bnt the third time t knew I mast sell him, or
every negro oe the farm would soon be perfect
ly regardless of all my ordsrs."
"Yon spoke of Moses' quarters; I suppose
from that, he has a family?''
"Yes, he ha a woman, and three children
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or wifi, I suppose he calls her now; for soon af
ter he got religion, he asked me If they might
be married, and 1 presume they were.
"What will you take for her and the child
ren?" "If yon want them for your own nse, I will
take seven hundred dollars; but I shall not sell
them to go out ol the State."
' I wish them all for my own use. and will
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give ion lourteen nnndred dollars.
They both went to B.'t store, drew up the
writings, ana ciosea ine sale, alter wnicn uiry
retired to the vessel, and Mr. B., approaching
the negro, who sat with hia eyes fixed npon the
deck, seemingly wrapt in meditation of the most
awful forebodings, saying
"Well, Moses, I have bought you."
Moses made a very low bow, and every mus
cle of his face worked with emotion as he re
plied ''Is you massa? Whar is I gwine, massa? Is
I gwine to Oeorgy?"
"No " said Mr. B,, "I am a merchant here
in the city; yonder is my store. I want you to
attend on the store; and I have purchased your
wife and children, too, that yoa mty not be
separated."
Ureas God lor datl And Massa; km I go
to meetin sometimes?"
" Yes, Moses, you can go to church three
times on the Sabbath, and every night in the
week; and you pray at often at you choose, and
as loud as yon choose, and aa long you choose,
and get as happy aa yoa choose; and every time
yon pray, whether it be at home or in church, I
want yon to pray for me, my wife, and all my
children, and single-handed, too; for if you are
a good man, your prayers will do na no harm,
and ws need them very much; and if yoa wish
to, yon may pray for everybody of the name of
B. in the State of Maryland. It will not in
jure them."
While Mr. B. was dealing out these privi
leges to Moses, the negro's eyea danced in their
sockets, and his full heart laughed outright for
giaunesss, exposing two rows ol as even, clean
ivories as any African can boast; and his heart's
response was, "Bress Godl bress God all de time,
and bress yon, too, massa! Moses neber tiuka
bout he gwine to have all dese eommodationa;
dit make tink bout Joseph in de ryt.
And after Moses had poured a few blessings
on uoionel and bidding him a warm adieu
and requesting him to give his love and fare
well to his mistress, the children and the ser
vants, he followed B.,to the store, to enter upon
the functions of his new office.
The return of the schooner brought Moses his
wile and children.
Early the next spring, as Mr. B. was one day
stauaing at tne ttore door, be saw a man lea
upon the wharf from tbe deck of a vessel, ani
walk hurriedly toward the store. He toon re
cognized him, and upon the Colonel's inquiry
aiter moses, jnr. a. replied that be was up
stairs measuring grain, and invited him to walk
up and see him. Soon Mr. B.'s attention was
arrested by a very confused noise above. He
listened, aud heard an unntual shuffling of feet,
and tome one talking very hurriedly, and when
he reflected upon Colonel's C's singular move
ments and the peculiar expression of hU coun
tenance, he became alarmed and determined to
go np and see what was transpiring
When he reached the head of the stairs, he
wat startled by seeing Moses in the middle of
the floor, down upon one knee, with his arm
around the Colonel' waist, and talking most rap-
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iuii , nunc ine uoiunei siooa weepiug auuiuiy.
So soon aa the Colonel conld aufficiently con
trol hit feelings, he told Mr. B. that he had nev
er been able to free himself from the influeuce
of Moses' prayers, and that during the past year
he and his wife, and all hia children had been
converted to God.
Moses responded
" Bress God, Massa C, doe I is way no hea.
I neber forgit yon in my prayers; I oilers put
de ole massa side de new one. Bress Godl dis
make Motes tink bout Joseph in de Egypt
agin.'
Ihe Colonel then stated to Mr. B. that his
object in thus coming to Baltimore was to buy
Moaoa and bia tamily back again. But Mr. a.
assured him that that waa nut of the question,
for he could not part with him, and he intend
ed to mannmit Moses and his wife at forty, and
nis cnuaren at thirty-live years of age.
Moses was not far wrong in bis reference to
Joseph. For when Joseph was sold into Egypt,
hoi overruled it to his good, and he obtained
blessings that were far beyond his expectations ;
so with Moses. Joseph eventually proved the
instrument of saving the lives of those who sold
him. Moses proved the instrument in God's
hands of saving the man's soul who sold him.
Old Moses it still living and doing well. He
long since obtained hia freedom, and at present
occupies a comfortable house of bia own; and I
suppose sings and prays and shouts to hit heart's
content.
Thk iNTtaioaor Araica. A writer who
lived for several years on tha western coast says
a state of civilization exists among some of the
tribes such as has not been inspected hitherto
by those who have judged only from accounts
given of the tribes with which travellers have
come in contact. They cannot be regarded as
savages, having organized townshipa, fixed ha
bitationa, with regular defencca abont thier cit
ies, engaging in agriculture, and the manufac
ture of cotton cloths for clothing, which they
ornament with handsome dyes of native produc
tion, and exhibiting handicraft in their conver
sion of iron and preciona metala Into articles of
use and ornament. , Tha merchants entrust
their goods to the care ol aative traders in vari
ous parts of the country, stored in huts, with
out protection, yet preserved in safety, acta of
robbery being very rare, Native traders are
held in high respect, especially if wealthy, and
in some cues whole tribe engage in tha basinets
of itinerant traders, no impediment being offer
ed to them even among nations where a state
ol war exists. Motion fort.
O" A candidate for medical honors having
thrown himself almost into a fever from hia in
capacity to answer tha questions, wat asked bv
one of tha Professors, "How would yon sweat a
patient lor the rheumatism! lie replied,
would tend him hero to be examined,"
NUMBER 3.
Counsel voa th Yoono. Nevej7 It cast "?-VW
down by trifle. If a spider break his thread
twenty times, twenty times will he mend it
again. Make up yonr minds to do a thing and
yoa will do it. Fear not if a trouble cornea np
on yon; keep op your spirits, though the day
be a dark one.
If the sun is going down, look np to the stars;
if the earth is dark, keep yonr eye on Heaven!
with God's promises, man or child may be
cheerful.
Mind what yoa ran after! Never be content
ith a bubble that will burst, firewood that will
end in smoke and darkness. Get that which
yoa can keep, and which is worth keeping. 2
right hard against a hasty temper. Anger
will come, but resist It srongly. A spark may
set the house on fire. A fit of passion may
g'veyou cause to mourn all the days of your
life. Never revenge an injury. -
if yoa have an enemy, act kind.y to him and
make him your friend. Yon may not win him
over at once, bu t try again. Let one k indness be
followed by another, till yon have compassed
yonr end. By little and little, great things are
completed and so repeated kindness wilt sollen
the heart of stone.
Whatever von do. do it willingly. A boy
that is whipped to school never learns his les
sons well. A man that is compelled to work,
cares not how badly it is performed. He that
pulls off his coat cheerfully, strips up hissleevea
in earnest, aud sivga while he works, is the
man for me.
Evil thoughts are worse enemies than lions
and tigers, for we can keep ont of the way of
wild beasts, but bad thougnta win tneir way
every where. The enp that is full will hold no
more: keen vour hands and hearts full of good
thoughts that bad thoughts may find no room
to enter.
Interesting Experiments. If the fol
lowing from the London Times, be true, our
geological correctors of Motes' cosmogony will
have need to correct some of their dates, to say
the least:
Professor Gorini, whe is professor of natural
history at the University of Lodi, made recent
ly, before a circle of private friends, a remark,
able experiment illustrative of his theory as to the
formation of mountains. He melts some sub
stances, known, only to himself, in a vessel and
allows the liquid to cool. At first it presents
an even surface; but a portion continues to ooze
up from beneath, aud gradually elevatiout are
formed, until at leugh ranges and chains of hills
are formed, exactly corresponding in shape with
those which are found on the earth. Even to
the stratification the resemblance is complete,
and M. Gorini ran produce on a small scale the
phenomena of volcanoea and earthquakes. He
contends, therefore, that the inequalities on the
face of the globe are the result of certain mate
rials, first reduced by the application of heat to a
liquid state, and then allowed gradually to con
solidate.
Privileged Members. A correspondent of
the N. Y. Independent, writing from Wash
ington, tells the following good one of a minis
ter who waa not acquainted with the waya of
the Capital:
A gentleman on a visit here, and anxious to
listen to the debates, opened, very cooly, oqe of
the doors of the Senate and was about to pats in
when the door-keeper asked, "Are you a priv
ileged member!"
"What do yoa mean by such a man? asked
the stranger.
The reply was a Governor, an ex-member of
Congress, or a foreign minister. "
"1 am a inikister, said the stranger.
"From what court or country, if yoa please!"
asked the officer.
(Very gravely pointing np) "From the court
of heaven, air."
To this our door-keeper wagishly remarked,
'This government at present holds no inter
course with that foreign power!"
Household Measures. As all families are
not provided with scales and weight referring
to ingredients in general use by every housewife
the following may be useful;
Wheat flour, one pound is one quart.
Indian meal, one pound two ounces is one
quart.
Butter, when soft one pound one onnce is
one quart.
Loaf sugar, broken, one pound is one quart.
White sugar, powuered, one pound one onnce
is one quart.
&Best brown tngar, one pound two ounces
one quart.
ggs, average size, ten eggt are one pound.
Sixteen large table-spoousfuli are half a
pint, eight are on gill, four half a gill, &c.
How to Curs a Cold. Of all other means
of coring colds, fasting is the mott effectual.
Let whoever hat cold eat nothing whatever
for two daya, and bis cold will be gone, pro-
viuea ne it nov coniiuea w oca, because by
taking no carbon into the ayatem by food,
bnt consuming that surplus which caused hi
disease by breath, be soon carries off the dis
ease by removing tbe cause. This Mill be '
fonnd more effectual if he addc copious
water drinking to protracted fasting. By
the time a person has fasted on day and night,
he will experience a freedom from pain, and n
chearness of mind in a delightful contrast
with that mental stupor and physical pain
tanged by colds. And bow infinitely better
is this method of breaking np cold than med
icine. Matrimony and Single Blessedness.
Math nonu Hot buckwheat cakes warm beda
comfortable slippers smoking coffee round
arms red npa abem etc, etc. hirts ex
alting in bottom redeemed, stockings boot
jacks happiness, &.
ainffie Jiieueanettshetl iron quuts blue
noses frosty rooms ice in the pitcher unre
generated liaen heelless socks coffee sweet
ened with icicle gotta pereha biscuit flabby
steal noil razors corns, coughs and ehollcs
rhubarb aloes misery, &e. Ughl
CTThe Baptist State Convention of Missis
ippl have resolved to raise $100,000 for endow.
Inf a college la that State.
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