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TH E PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. C. C. W I T M K S T m E & EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. T E R M S s The H ebcimeg D emocrat will he sent to any person in the County, for one year, for II 50 in advance. I f not paid strictly in. advance $2 00 ■will bo charged. To those living out Of tha County i. t will—I be sent postage paid. f o r$l 6i)in ------- . ...... sent postage paid. f o r$ l 6i)in advance. No paper n ill bo sent out o f the Counts' unless paid for. in advance. No paper discontinued unless a ll arrearaices are paid, ex- at the option o f tho publisncra. RATES CP ADVERTISINC: One sauare.eno ireeK. One square, two weeks. One square! three'weeks-„..-«, One square^ one month. ............ One s<iuare, two months ........... One square,three months......... One square, six months ......... . One square, one year..««....... CTWELVE tweltb - lxnes makb a \II ( LIKES MAKE A SQUAKK.) -J “ A liberal discount will be made toil, who advertise by the year, for any gres amount than a suuare. S P E 0 l A L N O T I O E S . E R R O R S o r ' ^ ’i f o ' C T T R : . A G E N T I J E M A N w h o suffered f o r years from Nervous Debility, Premature De cay. and all the effects of youthful indiscretion will, for the sake o f suffering humanity, sand free to all who need it. the recipe and direction for making the simple remedy by -which h e ----- cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by adrerti experience can do so by addressing in pc confidence, JOHN B. 0&DEN. 42 Cedar st.. New T dec27m6 TO COIfSUMPTrrES. The advertiser, having been perma nently cured o f that dread disease. Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anxious to make known to ilis tcllowsxifforers the means of care. Taall a<Wress^ E. A. WILSON M Penn St., Williamsburgh, New York. L B a T - C T i l E TO YOUNG MEN. Just Published, in a Scaled Envelope. Price six X r E G T U R E o n t h e N a t u r e , T r e a t ment, and Radical cure of Seminal Weak- .A r, in this admirable _____________ ___________ lis own experience th a t the awful consequences o f Self-Abuse may be effectually removed without medicine, and •without dangerous surgical operations, bougies, instruments, rings, or cordials; pointing out a mode of cure a t once certain and effeotuaL by which every sufferer, no matter what his condi tion may be, may cute himself cheaply, p rivate ly and radically. 1Thi9 £€ctztre a hooTt to thousands and thousanaa. Sent, under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, on receipt of six cents, or two postage Address the Publishers, THE CULVEBWELL MEDICAL GO., AX Axm Street, MewWorir. ' Post Office B ox. 4 5SP- oetllyl H A L E ’S H O M E Y HOREHOUND & TAR POE THE CURE OP Coils,Ci)Ms,Mn8H23,Hoarsenesi DiMt BrealMi,ana all AiciBsoftleBmt,BMCliial Tales and Laap, Leaii to CoiaipM ty is composed of the HOI ihound.in chemical uni< the M P E BALSAM- EA. or Balm of Gilead. The Honey of Horehound soothes and ses ters a ll irritations and inflammations, and tl Tar-£alm cleanses and heals the throat and ai This infallible r emed: EY of the plant Horel with TAR-BAiiM, extract PRINCIPLE of the forest tret Let no prejudice keep from trying this great medioine of a famous has: saved healthful action r, who h large private p: N .B .—TheT iudice keep you of a famous doc- thousands of lives by it in his :-Balm has no bad taste or smeU. P r ic e s , 5 0 cen ts, a n d $ 1 . 0 0 p e r B o t t le. GREAT SAVING TO BUY LARGE SIZE. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. “ P i k e ’s T o o tliaclie D r o o s ” cure i n 1 m i n u t e , Q. N. OSXTTMTON, P roo'r, V Sixth A-V., J.H.STEWART&SON MANUFiOIOKERS W CARRIAGES AND SLEIGHS, Neap Court House, Olain S treet, fle x * l £ i x n . e x * » \X\, FpHE subscribers are prepared to X MANUEAGTURl aix«3. H e a v y WAGONS, CARRIAGES AND s i i B i c a - i r s TO ORDER, SHd as they use the BEST MATE RIALS, and employ FIRST-CLASS WORK* MEN, a ll \rork Tyill be warranted. They have also a large stock o f READY-MADE WORK baud, for sale or exchange for second-hand PaMting, Trimmiiifij and Repairing ^D ^ e ^ a tthe shortest notice. J3alIandSeo. ^ OSUEAHCE HENDERSON & lAWTON, H E R K I M E R , W. Y . Represent the following O l d a n d R e i i a - a b e insui-ance C o . s ; . H 0 M E ..v :r. .................... j SITN A, Hartford...» ............ 6,845,709 PENN-FIRE, g iila..... . . . . 1,5^967 NORTHBBN, if. r . .............. 342,064 A T L A N T I C , A L F . ............... .. 503.021 A T S s f ^ o r a : : : : : : : * . : * : jyOPTH BRITIgH AND SlEH- ^ O A N 'i’ILE, London .................. 15,887392 EOYAL, London . .. .......... ..26,834,000 IMPERIAi. AND NORTH ERN. Loudon. . . . ................. 23,000,000’ TUAYELEBS’ l i f e a n d f I ) e ' . I c f k i m f f i e m o f r a t O. O. -W flSER S T IN E fe SON, Proprietors. The Union and the Constitution. TERMS:—$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOLUME m v i . HERKIMER, ¥ E D IESD A T EE.BRUARY 21, 1877. ffUIBER 28. leave with 1 to m y ; ith y o a i s e l f .” And the’ iftinlance ;ood W E W A N T A N A G E I N T — IN E V E R Y C O U N T Y — - I N THE— ■ X J T I S f X I C l S i l O 6 0 L D C O i m $ 1 ,0 0 0 .0 0 I N fiO L D C O I N ! !®“WE CHALLENGE THE WORLD, And -will forfeit S t , 0 0 0 to any person-who can produce a remedy which-.viU prove by actual ft more speedy, cOrtftin and effectual cure far a il Pains and Aches o f whatever form, external internal, acute or chronic, deep seated or otherwise thau DR. RADOLIEE'S GREAT REMEDY, ill our Circulars and Newspaper ’s the superior excellence of our It W ill BHec^ a Speedy Cure in all Oases of HEADACHE, N E U R A L G IA , TOOTHACHE, SPR A IN S , BRU ISES, F L E S H W O U N D S . B U R N S , GOLTO, O RA M P , C H O L E R A M O R B U S , F L U X , ■ DIARRHGBA, BRONOHITIS, CATARRH, COUGHS, COLDS, I N FL A M M A T O R Y r h e u m a t i s m , a s t h a m a , p h t h i s i c HEA R T B URN, IN DIGESTIO N. SUMMER COM PLAINT. F A I N S , I N S I D B ,J5A .0E : O B L O I N S , F I L E S , E T N O - WORM, FELONS. STINGS OP INSECTS, BITES O F V E N O M O U S S E R P E N T S , A N D E S PECIA L L Y RHEUM A T ISM . i Pflierffl Beiei? ilicl is Talen Meraall? ly any Oie. ?^hi 3 celebrated medicine is beyond a doubt tho greatest discovery in Medical Science known to the world. Its action is a t once-felt; its wonderful cures are instan taneous; in fact it literally demolishes pain, EQ U ALLY GOOD FO R M A N OR BEA S T . REMIEMfBER W E G U A R A N T E E EVERY B O T T L E . No Cure, No Pay! Try it, and be Convinced. THE GIFT OF EMPTY HANDS. hey wore two Princes doomed to death Bach loved his beauty and his breath. \Leave ns our life and we will bring Fair gifts unto our Lord, the King.” They went together. In tho dew A Churned bird before theni flew, Through sun and thorn one followed it: Upon the other’s arm i t lit. A rose, whose Aintest blush was worth All buds that ever blew on earth, One climbered the rocks to reach ; ah. well. Into the other’s breast i t fell. Weired jewels, such as fairies wear When moons go out. to light their hair. One tried to touch on ghostly ground;. Gems Of quick fire the other found. Backward to tho imperial gate , One took his fortune, one his fate ; One showed sweat gifts-from sweetest lands, The o ther torn a n a empty hands. WE Prodtabie Employment! l i e V rrC li^j» y Q jQ of Universal Sale. To You this is a Goldon Opportunity. fhousands a re now o ut of employment. To them we offer; in the sale o f our Remedy, a p r even- ve o f h ard times. We have adopted as our Motto: N T O C U R B ] . _______________ I S r O F J S J Y T . Source of Happiness to Millions of Sulfering Hum anity. lemedy has far exceeded our i 3 have found out from actual expe- 3ALH OIC GOLDEN_____ WONDER, c Bxpe^itioms, safe and powerful ns'olioited and personal knoi OSes of Diseasi Or. R A O C L IFJPs GREAT RBItlBUYy 8 EVE ________ _ _________ fracnlons pow^^ $1,000 Profit ia Pour Months ! 1872 One Dollar Bottles Sold 1 K E A D T H I S J S cott Towir, L awbbnce I CoiJNTT. O hio , j EDYDY 4: CO.~ M esses . KENNE Sear Sirs: A tthislatehourlw illinfdrm you of the greaJ: benefit I received from the use o f Dr. Kadolifl’s Great remedy SEVEN SEALS or Debility, for which I tried the skiil of our home physicians, also a doctor o f New York City, and two of Pittsburgh, and one' in the northern p a rt of Ohio. Took enough patent medicines to swim s % e n \ a l f i ^ r i l f c o ? « thirteen gross, or 1.872 bottles, up to this date, .August 20th. and expect from the growing de mand to sell ten thousand (10,000) bottles ia the next year. Gentlemen, i f yju think this worth using you can do so, as I am generally known over three counties as a man Of great affli '' inties as a man Of great affiiotion Yours Respeotfnily R. J. DARLING. A Remedy for Hard Tim e s. Try It. ^ Foil THIS GREAT REMEDY WE WISH YOU TO AOT AS OUR AGENT. D eab S ib ;—The above fully explains the a rti cles we wish to sell. This business is honorable, and by being energetie, will pay you well. It is our desire to a ppoint an agent in every county This Wonderful Remedy. SEVEN SEALS on GOLDEN W O N D E R .salls rapidly in the bands of tbft rkbt kind of men. and we want none other. 25ow if yott-think yoix are the man for ’ \ rward your order, name yohr county, work s yoa oan noli a. «:ross in su foir uuyti, YYitiivutadoubt. We have one man who buys on an average thre^gro$s per week*and his orders are inoreaeiDg rapialy« and he has a small county. cBerks Co., Pa.) He writes that he ex- ' lell one gross per at retail, or putting it on commission with druggists, w theattentic\ ---- -* -- ------- ^ -------- \\ — ’ Should and our agents dan warrant every bottle. No care. n» pay. Knowing that wo make a ll losses good, .should they be called on to redeem, a b ot tle. agents run no risk of logs, WONDTRis p p t ilegantly fihkhed rs, and packed in 8Uoh hgures that they can sell to di _ _________ country^sjiores^at t^e price ajid make a EXTRA PREM IUM TO AGENTS! CpinxSIiver Hunting Case Watch, Free, iautifully engraved, and\ porreet time-keeper, worth $ 20 . 00 , and a certificate o f agency giving lers coming from such counties ah the agent ;^ay select, will be sent back by ns to the agent to be led—in fact wegive sole control of such counties as long as tlje agent continues in the business;— *.jme&**qtti^^1^^^*thorough^^^ Lot us h ear from you a t lour e a rl^^^nven|enom and seenre your county a t once, before being taken b.v some one else. Bemember, this offer is open for ftshortume only* ISS. $ l ,5 o i 6 w o f 5 , 0 0 0 A Y E A R . MUTUAL LIFE.J T o M A s s e ts ,» ^.D.BBNDEKSON. L.A.LA-WTON. hlFE d e p a r t m e n t . T h e M utual t.lf© iR*. „ _ , Co. of K» T.« ....... Travelers* tif© astrf Ao- — JdulyI A L I V E , E U B B O E T I O A O E N T , As one such is worth a doaen who expect a business to push itself. Wp hftyb spent in pushing our business o t n d b b d t h o u s a n d d q l l a b s . H v e irillson ^ o parifes eonteSSattot t o ^ a SAMPLE DOZEN BOTTLES seouro- ly packed with our different Posters, Bills, Show Cards. Tormsi etc., t J F O K T H E R E C E I P T O P $ 2 . 5 0 . And all seh^lne for Sample Dozen, 'we will send free of charge, samples of lour Eight Elegant Chromes, e n titlea; -------------- le s u m l f f i i i w e G u a r a n t e e E v e r y B o t t l a J 8 T O O T J U B I I S T O I ’ A . Y I h-Uiese tagge^oiis we leave the matter with yo». We do not wish you to engage unless you bllow the business as a business, and really dcsiro to makomoi)oy. Wo want none but honest, ionttonsmen. 'Fo such we will guarantee success. * A^^ifiss a ll commuhicalldfiS tfl» KENNEDY & CO,, S 0 l ^ F r b |> t i e t o r C P i t t s h u r g h , F a . , Please state in what paper you saw this'advertisement. HER PERFECT WORK. \ PxiTH^Hopo and Patienee!—trusted toilers The comes. Wrought is the web, 0. Firm is the warp, and fair the woof to see ? ■ Long have I tarried ? Ah. sad, gentle Voice, Hath he who walks with Paith another ohoioo? At last I bring release, ReuoiceJ rojoioo 1 l o a l ^ h r EopeV' Sad Voice I Is fair Hope iye. Tester ,mom she dropped her shining It, ere she died, I caught the glowing thread That through her fingers slipped. Thy web doth grow. Inweave her thread with mine. ’Tis better so. Hope hath but pined siaceBaith died long ago.” \/« F a ^ ,t o o t deadt Alack 1 For how then The w^*^still grow ?” Then low tho sweet Voice ' PahCTce endured, and w ^ u g h t^the work of B Y H E T T Y H O L Y O K E . LIFE. Sweet is childhood; childhood’s over— Kiss and part. Sweet is youth: but youth’s a rover— So’s my heart. Swdet i^M t: but^ 1 by showing —Jean Jngelow. The tea-thinga were ffemoved, the cDUdreo bad gone to bed, and Charles Liigbte, throwing down his newspaper, seated himself on the sofa beside his wife. A hand slid into his own, thinner and Jess delicate than when, long ago it had first met bis; but tbe same confidiug, loving hand. And-out of.the fullness of her heart the ^good wife spoke “ I have been thinking, Charles, an I watched this bright firelight flick ering over our comfortable room, how happily we livej how much we ought to do for Others, in return for the blessings that are daily, heaped upon our heads.” “ Yes, Carrie, but these blessings are earned by daily work j you women sifc at home by your comfortable fires, and little think how your liusba: hers' are toiling meantime procure the shelter, and fuel, and food whic* —ul ' ~rov TEACH YOUR BOYS Teach them that a true lady may be found in a calico quite as frequent ly as in velvet. Teach them that & common school education, with common sense, is bet* ter than a college education without it. Teach them that one good, honest trade, well mastered is worth a dozen beggarly “ professions.” Teach them that “ Honesty is the best policy”—that *tis better to be poor than to be rich on the profits of \crooked whisky,” etc-, and point your precept by examples of those who are now suffering the torments of the doomed. Teach them to respect their elders and themselves. Teach them that, as they expect to be men some day, they cannot too soon learn to protect the weak and helpless. Teach them by your own example that smoking in moderation, though the least of the vices to which men are heirs, is disgusting 'to others add artful to themselves. Teach them that to weaF*patched clothes is no disgrapp, but to wea? a blaok eye” is. Teach them that God is no fespsc^ ter of se?, and that when he gave the seventh commandment, ha meant it for them as well as for their sisters. Teach them that by indulging their epraved appetites in the worst forms of dissipation they are not fitting themselves to become the husbands o f pure girls. Teach them that ’tis better to be a honest man seven days in the eek than to be a Christian (?) one ay and a villain six days. ENEMIES. Have you enemies? Go straight on, and mind them not. If they block up your path, walk around them, and do your duty regardless of their spite. A mau who has no ene- AO DipF buuu one haa a hand in it. A sterling charac ter—one who tbinks for himself; and speaks what he thinks—is always sure to have enemies. They are as neces sary to him as fresh air; they keep him alii^e and active. A celebrated character, who* was surrounded with enemies, nsed to remark—“They are sparks which, if you do not blow, will ■go out of themselves.” Let this be your feeling while endeavoring to live down the scandal of those who are bitter against yon. If . you stop to dispute, you do but as they desire, and open the' way for more abuse.— Let the poor fellow talk * there will be ft reaction if you perform but your duty, and hundreds who were once lenated from’ y ou w ill flock to you and acknowledge their error,—Ato* dfr*s M eagenger^ ftfflr* A distinguished author says: “ I resolved when I was a child, never to use a word which J could not pro nounce before my mother without o f f e n d in g .” R e k e p t h i a re s o lu t io n , and became R pure-minded, noble, honored gentleman. H is rule and example are worthy of imitation. IlfY plar l@“ Duy tbe best of everything and ly cash-^it will prove the cheapest in the end. and little think how your liusbam and-' fathers* are toiling meantime I procure the shelter, and fuel, and foo for which you are so gratef to P idence.” An arch smile lighted the still pret ty face as tbe wife answered, \A b , and you husbands and fathers enter the orderly house, and eat the order ly, well-cooked punctual meals, and play with tbe neat, well-dressed and well-disciplined children, and enjoy the evening comfort and repose, with out realizing how your wife, with hand and heart, must have toiled to bring all. these quiet results. I might easily give you practical proofs of what I have asserted ; bat I delight in having you think of home as a place for enjoyment and repose, a warm, sunny harbor after the storms and chills of tbe world outside; there fore, I take xny rest at the tim e you take yours. Is this not better than to be always keeping before you, by help of a little management, the con viction that I am a weary victim? Our interests are mutual, and I feel that tbe knowledge 1 am resting, adds to your repose.” i Mr. Lighte’s face glowed with pleas ure at his wife’s candid, simple, con fiding words; she sympathized with and understood him—she only in the great wide world I How he loved her I How good, and true, and gentle,, she had always been! Thus he thought, as they both sat dreaming by the fireside. Mrs. Lighte awoke first from her reverie; she was not accustomed to waste time in dreams: “ Charles, while I think of it, for I forgot this morning, the white sugar is all oat, (they had been married a great while, and the transition from sentiment to household wants was natural for her,) we must have another barrel.” This brought Charles Lighte back to the purpose for which he had thrown aside his newspaper; “ Don’t a think, “ Garrie, that now we have ihildren, and they all young, ight use brown sugar instead of white?” \ What shall I do for company ? and, besides, children have as sensi tive palates as we. 1 recollect well how, iu ray childhood, 1 disliked coarse, cheap food.” “ And now your family are all epicures.” “ W hat! gluttons ?” Ob, no; but if meat is an boiir too old, or bread a trifle done, or eggs in the least altered, or pudding too heavy, nothing will do but you.must procure a substitute j the things are not really bad ; many would e.at them for the sake of economy ” \Js there up good result from my ip icu r lan ism .^’ . . earnest; the world has not so blinded you hut you inust leel that the wealth in his purse is a poor compensation for the wealth that is fast dyin§ out of hia soul. Think what a cheerless home—think how his children are neglected, how ignorant they, are al-. lowed to remain of ail the courtesies and amenities of life, and what little scarecrows in appearance J” “ Scandal! Carrie; scandal!” “ Truth ! Hut a truth that is as bad as a scandal. That second wife is to be hia ruin yet, mark my prdphecy.-^ She has retrenched until she has scraped all tbe beauty, and polish, and gilding—all the treasure and worth out of his house, and poured them into his money-bags. Is that an advantage ? Is money better than the money’s worth ? Miserly people worship the symbol, and forget or ne glect tbe truth it symbolizes.” “ You are too hard upon Mrs. M urke; she brought her husband fif teen thousand dollars, and she had a 1 women by disgusting them )rk in their childhood; let us “ Yes, by the teaching of example we shall never make them industrious men and with worl accustom them to a cheerful, orderly household, to palatable food, and de cent clothing; they will not. readily submit to a change in after years.— Let us make our children remember home as a pleasant place, not as a theatre o f ex a c t io n s , m o r tifications and q u e r u lous com p lain ts.” The ghosts came once more, and the^ children this time siding with their mother, the influence of the M u to was vaDQuished and annihi* “ Carrie, Murke comparing expenses. - ’og ^ me to find my own triple the amount his; we must retrench.” “ I n ' .nd 1 have and it frig ightens - -------- — „..I money be, when they do not know how to use and en joy it, Wealth only lifts vulgarity so many ch: we might a lU r iam s m .' ■ , Yes; I am willing to own that no man in the city has more nutri tious nod palatable'food on bis table, than I ; but, Carrie, the times are hard, and we must begin to econo* Wow I understand} you have been talking with Mr. Murke; I thought cannot affi>rd to dissolve y e t; my family expenses are too heavy.— And, besides, I am not sure but what you call meanness in Murke, is, after all, commendable foresight. Do you not remember what a spendthrift he was in' his first wife’s day ?” “ No, Charles, X remember that when we were lovers, we used to ad mire his generous, disinterested con duct. I do not know a maff in Boa- tog whose position was tpore truly en viable than his at the time of which speak.” “ What I besieged by high and low for help, never sure of a moment at bis command ! JDo you call it envia ble to be a t everyone’s beck and call ? Was a poor family burnt out, or some body’s Iffth cousin to be buried, or a minister admonished, or supported, or a returning prodigal to make peace with bis family, or a lunatic taken to tbs hospital, or a city improvement made, no one could accomplish the object as well as AInrke ” “ And his pleasure lay in bis duty ; how his honest face would glow with delight as, in hia boyish way, be walked up ami down our parlor^ relatr the supoc^s q £ 8oq:;e h^Q^Yoient ing the supcegs of 8oq:;e b< , , scheme. What a pity he coiiid not. have died then; the rough exterior would have fallen away from a strong yet gentle soul, as beautiful and radi ant as any 'angel that ever entered heaven.” “ P ut, Carrie, yoq little epthnsi^at, what would havahappened id h k wife and children ? Had William Murke died ten yeara ag6, they Bliight have been in tbe poor-honse, for he had not saved a penny then: now they w|U inherit bandsohse foftqnes.” ■ “ Oh, Oharles, you cannot in , !ut, Gharles, let us leave the Murkes to manage their own way; and tell me what you think of sending the children to dancing school; they are quite old enough, and if you do not feel .able to afibrd the expense, I can do very well with out the silk dress you promised me this autumn.” “ I am tired of those old dresses you have turned - ---------- '*------------- must have the chjidren, pray learning to dance ?” It is a pleasant accomplishment; it makes them graceful and gentle; prepares them in short for the society io which we hope they will maintain an honorable place.” “ How ambitious you arel but have your own way, I will trust a' mother’s instinct against all reasoning.” The ghosts of the Murkes had been allayed, but only for one evening; day after day they returned to per plex and weary, but never vanquish good little Mrs. Lighte. It was, \ Carrie, Murke has taken a house far up on the neck ; the rent is cheap er, but that’s not the best; he assures me that by moving to so inaccessible a place, he is rid of and friends who formerly made a con* f scores of relatives venience of his house almost convert ing it into a Hotel. How the next house to the one they have taken is •unoccupied; had we better remove thither ? “ A mile from our childreu’s school, and our church and your store ? Why not go up into the backwoods at once, if we are to seclude ourselves from society? I wonder if Mrs. Murke ever happened to read what the Bible says about ‘ entertaining strangers’ how often we meet these injunctions; ‘ be c o u r teou s ‘ be hospitable ‘ giv en to hospitality ‘ entertaining the saints ‘ ministering unto others' ne cessities.’ Let us remain where we are, my husband; and while we have a crust of bread, let us share it with our friends.” So Mr. Lighte went whistlii ig tbe Providence helpmate. Lighte bis store, thanking tbe that had given him a wiai But the ghosts returned, \ How sober you are, Carrie j” “ To tell the truth, my te.eth have ached for a fortnight, and I am half worn out with pain.” Pi ” ■ ° thought with you ; hut dentists claim such exorbitant prices, I could not bear to add one of Dr. Bemis’ bills to our expenses; but I will walk as far as his office with you this very after- “ That’s right; yet Garrie, now I remember, Murke recommended a Mr. Huddle, who fills teeth for Just half what Bemis charges.” “Js that ali he told you ?” “ Mr.’Huddle filled Mrs. Murke’s teeth so badly that in-three years they Rad half broken out, and the other half were blackened with decay ; even after, this, their eldest daughter was sent to tae same person, and her fine teptfi will be sacrificed in conse quence.” “ But Huddle is making a beauti ful set of false teeth for Mrs. Murke,” “ YouTl see if they are not always 'breaking, and set in such brassy gold that they fill her mouth with canker.” “ Ah, i yield; you ace foresight-1 ed!” and the husband and wife de parted on their way to Dr. Bemis’ office. Yet the ghosts tracked them home “ Carrie, Mrs Murke has sent away her servant; knd her board and wages and waste are at once subtracted at the family, expenses; do you not think we might do the same ?” \ No, my dear. I am constantly and ijilty occupied already,” \ I know that, but Murke says you can get worlds of work out of chil dren ; keep Ellen %t iibroA from spbqol from -study will d6 her good. Ned Can wait Up.- on you and set tables, and tbe little ones cftD be gradually drawn Inlo the harness.” “ My children are not colts I” Mrs. Lighte bad never addressed her husband with so much asperity l^efore, “ I t is but little they could do at best. of hif “ I n w hat way ? I am ready.” “ In a hundred ways; our house is too large; our fires are too b right,« table is too luxurious, our children dress too well, we have too much company, our pew at church is too expensive; the Murkes have a pew close by they door, the hear quite as well, and pay only half the tax that is required for ours; they close two- thirds of their house, and thus are rid of the expense of heating it.” Wait a minute! their water plp< have frozen and flooded it three times this winter ; the expense of repairing cost more than several tons of coal.” “ That was _ only an accident.— Murke covers his fires with ashes, and the coal burns half as long again in consequence.” “ Yes, and their sitting room is like Greenland.” “ Cool rooms make children hardy.” “ Oh, father,” broke in a little voice, “ don’t heat our room with asb- esand water—please don’t. Coming home from school. the other day I should have cried with cold, but I kept^ thinking of our good bright “ Yes,” outspoke another, “ and last week I called Willie Murke in here to warm his hands, he looked so cold as he was running by; and he stared as if he never saw a parlor be fore, and asked me if we alwavs kept our piano unlocked, and lived' in the front room, and had silver spo( the table, and other plates for pud ding. H e said that he wished he ha' a mother like mine. Why you cai see the sparkles of ice ou the inside of Mr. Murke’s hall door ali winter long.” “ Hush I children, don’t interrupt when your mother and I are talking. The butcher calls here, Carrie, twice a week; and Murke says they use salted and dried meat, which they procure and pickle themselves.” “ Do you like pork very much ?” whispered Lizzie Lighte, pulling her mother’s sleeve. And Mrs. Murke doesn’t use but ter nor pork for frying griddle cakes; a little dry salt they assured me, will answer every purpose.” “ I know one thing, I ’m glad moth- sr doesn’t have griddles greased with ialt,” ventured Lizzie. “ Theu these potatoes, small and poor as they, are, cost over a cent apiece. Murke substitutes Indian meal dumplings.” “ Boiled in water, I suppose, palat able! Give me another piece of chicken, Charles, if you please,” was Mrs. Lighte’s only reply. What do they have instead of sweet potatoes?” asked Lizzie, who “ is very fond of the latter delicacy. Mrs. Lighte looked smilingly for her busbaad’s answer, ** They do not eat such luxuries, ray child; Mr. Murke is saving against be grows old.” “ Why, &ther, we’ll take care of you when you are old ; and I mean to have a house just like ours, sweet po tatoes and ail,” said the child; yet the Murkes 4 q have some luxuries, for when tbe cake gets burnt, Mary often brings the crusts to school for her luncheon; she says-her mother told her they make her breath sweet. ;hey hurried her, that good Carrin. “ With the fruit of hei hands” shnirnd ^‘plante«l a vineyard,” and when she was dead hbr husband ahd-cBildren dwelt therein. The Murkes added gold to gold, and loaded their souls with that thick clay, Tney built a fine house, and jiave a great, forma] party every year; then covered their furniture, packed Rway the silver, locked the -parlors, - and lived in a few back rooms. Mr. Murke’s daughters married early to escape the ungenlal home; accepted tbe first adventurers ofiering themselves, and one by one came back to him, with wasted health, and rained hopes, and a family of children. His sons rushed into dishonesty and ex travagance, and were a living dis grace to the parent’s hearts. Doling out, with many a sigh, the scanty pittance which they consider needful for the actual wants of their Children aod graodohildren, Mr# and aT™ Murke live alone in their house, over newspapers and deeds, dis- CU8S stocks, bonds and notes, and feel poor ; as well they may, who have lost their souls for the sake of the gold which perisheth, Mr, Lighte, with sufficient property for all his wants, divides his time be tween many households, all copies of tbe dear one he can never forget; and in each of which he is eagerly Wel comed and cared for with watchful love. His children contiuoally de- velope before his eyes the traits which he has now learned to appreciate iu his buried wife. They have taken the place in society for which their moth er fitted them, have married into good families, are surrounded with refined friends, and make themselves attract ive by whatever among the comforts and elegancies of life may be within their reach. As Charles Lighte, an old man now, sits thus at the fireside of his children, and watches his daughters, ornaments to society, blessings to their homes, comforters to the destitute, and bis sous, forward in all good works and manly enterprises, tears, not ^of loneliness, but o f gratitude, fill his eyes, and he thinks how the good wife, “ being dead, yet speaketh,” Yea, “ let her own work praise her.” ^ L e t us a ll remember, there are kinds of-waste which lead to the true wealth, and kinds of ac 3 umnlatioa which end in miserable waste. but Solid cake was poisonous; 1 shouldn’t think ^he’d give poison to ' >r company 'The ghost was banished; but the thrifty woman, known as Mrs. B|urke, came one last time to tfie home of Charles Lighte. The^pe was to be a funeral on the morrow; the sofa b> the fireside was empty, and the dust was gathering over the work-box that stood*on the centre-table; a group of children were hoddling together, crying as if their hearts would break. After the long life work, she had folded her hands at ’ last, and the corpse lay waiting for b urial; Garrie, the provident mother, the faithful wife, the good, gentle, sympathizing friend ; and as Charles Lighte stood Watching her with sorrow too deep fb? tears, Mrs. Murke eapse offer con solation. She gaid; “ Yes, she was a good, and a kind neighbor to me. I shall never forget her early influence over my husband ; but Mr. Lights we muBt not waste time in grief; and every sorrow has its compensations. You have now one less to support in h^rd times. Your wife bad a great many children, and was ambitious for them, and liked to keep up a good appear ance in the world. She was a n ex cellent woman, but you may find aa-^ other that 'wOldo as , well as she and save your money besides ” \ Ah,” broke forth tho hashand^ too grieved fo? ^isg^r, 4‘she spent for fanned, and „ for our wel- house is full pf the works of her hands. My leat’U s fail of recoilectiops of her patient love and toil will enter; and well for tbetfi industry.. I havs too often pained poor thingsj if d« not make up.thegentloheait that is sleeping hero, JS r « C a n yon spell donkey wiih tpe sum total o f their lives 1 by repeating your advice. Yesterday one letter? esked a silly young man “ I^fcus prepare them for it, then, my partnership with your husband of a bright girl. “ Yes,” she answered, by early teaching.” i dissolved; to«day, Mrg. Murke, I beg A SilGHT AnSAFFREHEMSIOH. Term was over; the coach was full of young Oxonians returning to their respective colleges ; the morning was cold, wet and miserable, when a well- appointed “ drag” drove up to the “ White Horse Cellar,” Piccadilly.— “ Have you room for one inside ?” asked as pretty a girl as you would wish to see on a summer’s day.— “ What a beauty 1” exclaimed one. “ Quite lovely 1” said another. “ Per fect!” ^ Miss, room for one,” persevered the fair applicant. “ Quite impos^ble, with out the young gentlemen’r consent. ” \Lots of room,” cried the insides; “ we are not very large ; we can man age to take one more.” \ I f the gen tlemen consent,” replied the Uriver, “ I can have no objection.” “ We agree,’[ said the inside quartette.— “ All right,” responded the coachman - The fere was paid, and the^uard proceeded to open tbe.d.opci aad let d o w n th e atens. “ TSToro , k flsg i f VOU time.” down the steps. \ .IN ow,. Miss, it please; we are behind our ,.ti “ Come along, grandfather,” criet. damsel, addressing a most respectable- looking,' portly, elderly man; “ the money is paid, get in and be sure you thank the young gentlemen at the same time suiting the action to word^ and, with a smile, assisting her re spected grandfather into the coach. Here’s some ixustake ; you squeeze us to death,” cried the astonished party. “ Sorry to incommode you,” replied the intruder; “ I hope you won’t object to have both windows up, I am sadly troubled with a cough.” A t this moment, “ A ll right, sit fast!” was heard, and the “ Defiance” rattled away, best pace, drowning the voice® of the Oxonians. MOTHER AFFLICTED MINISTER. “ What have I done—oh, what have I done, that this trial should come upon me 2” pleaded a Northern Illinois minister as he suddenly dropped on his koees in his study room on a recent night. “ What is it—what is it?” ex claimed his frightened wife. “ See there, wife—see there? was his only reply, as he pointed out o f the window. Then she looked, and beholding a Hungry appearing donation party ap proaching the house, dropped beside her husband. » And yet when the people came ia and appeared. upon the good pair, they imagined that they were giving thanks for th e tim ely arrival o f friends. A BEAUTIFUI. TEaUQH'L The sea is the largi teries, and its sinmbei out monqmeats. , AH other’ grave yards, in other lands, show some dis tinction between the great and small, rich and poor; but in the great o ckn cemetery the king and clown, the 4 >rrace and peasant, arealike undis- tingqiahed. The same waves roll over a l l; the same requiem by the* min strels of the ocean is sang to their honor. Over their i^mains tbe same ilorm beats and the sun shines; and here, unmarked, the weak and pow erful, the plumed and unhonored, will sleep, on until awakened by the same tramp. • H®”** Married couples resemble a pair of shears,” says Sydney Smith, “ so joined that they cannot be sep arated, often moving in opposite di- rectioBs, yet always panfeiiiflg any one who comes between them.”
