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^ K a z e i f e . rU3LI*HEl> EYEEY WEBNESDAY. O . a . W I T H : E I 5 . S a ? X 3 ? T E , EDITOR A1{B PROPRIETOR. RATES OF ADVERTISiSat fsa s s s s ; wfc;.-:;z;:=;;;:n 1 1 iigHiiii Ono square, one year, ............................ 12 00 ( twelve lines maxe . a SQITAEE.) 1.AW S OE I I E W Y O R K —B y A u th o rity preme Court. Passed April 2. I860;fcree-fiit&s t Ijeine present. The People o f the State o f New Yorh, r ip m tn U ed in Senate and Asecmllp, da enact as follow Passed April 14, 1889. -,resent- Alf ACT to encourage 1 Bgricultaial societies. The People o f the State o f M w Yorh, rept ed in Senate and AssemUy, do enact as follm eECTioK 1. l a any county wkera tbe^ iave county agricultural society, or shall not be in actm r . T .r » s £ - A ,“. s s , a s i s i s j s ; \ K g ; ofaffldaTitainoth-f thxee-fifthsing beingsenr. present. AN ACT to pro vide for tietakingo er States, to be used in this State. Passed April 7, 1SG9 ; three-fifths oe pre The People of the State of New TorJs,repremt- ed in Senate and AssemUy, do enact as foUcncs : c - e i T ^ i i t or proceeding in this AN ACT to facilitate tl etrial ol indictmentf. Passed April 12, iSbO; three fifths being present, The People of the State of New Tork, repminU ed m Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : penses as said ju county in which such court Bkall be Held shall har. infectious diseases,” passed April twentieth, eight een hundred and sixty-six, and the act amending the same, passed April nineteen, eighteen hnndrct and slsty-scTeo, and to extend the prorisioni Passed April 21,1869 : three-fifths being p resent The People of the State o f JCiew Pork, represa.t ed in Senate and AssemUy, do enact aS follows: to take, hold passed April and sixty-six. Passed April 14, 1869. The People of the Slate o f Netielorh, represent- in Senate a nd .Ajssenibly, do enact as follows . * S fxtion I s The act paawd April Becond, eightfiei lixuidreA &iLst{ 7 >si 2 C, entitled * A t t acii to enable lodges and cfaaptere of frc« and accepted maeon?*^ takA hold and conTty real and personal estatA\ i htieby extended so as to enable any commandeiy o knights templars, duly chartered by and instituted according to the general rules and regnlatiens of tb> grand commandery of the State of New York, anj consistory, chapter, council or lodge, duly charterei by and instituted according to the general rules anr regulations of the supreme eonnoU of the ancient anc accepted Sootli-h rite for the northern jnrtsdiofon o! the United States, to le and become entitled to all thr benefits, rights and priTileges granted by said act, anc the tru.tees ejected under the same charge with all the duties specified therein. All the prorislons of said act ar* hereby deo.aied applicable to the sereral bol jes named in this act, with tha same eftset as it sale aeveral bodi‘8 were named in the title of said act, aot said bodies, and the grand bodies aforesaid by wbioa they were serexally duly chartered and to which the} are subordinate, were also specifically named in th* several sections of said act. S ec . 2. This not shall take effect immediately. . ing agricultural aatlstics in the setaraLi this Stale. Passed April 16,18S9; three-fifths being present. The'People o f the State o f N(e% York, repreutrt ed in Senatemd AssemUy, dp enact.as fdOows i SscTJOx 1. The act entitled “ An-act to proride for the collection of agricultural Etatistics in-the aeveral counties of this htale,” passed April seveuteentb. B E M O tB iT E S IA B tlSH E D 1842.1 3La3E»gc»gc?‘X s .3 S g 3 g \ j a » .3 e u .3 E s .i» ^ 4 a i a a s 3 B i ‘g i? « » g g 3 S S e tGftZETTE ESTABUSMED 1863. O. O. W ITHEBSTmE, Proprietor. The Union knd-the Constitution. TBBM S :-fS,00 A YEAR. Y O I i T J M E X X Y n . H E E K I M E R .. W E B 5 f i S D A T , M A Y 2 6 . 1869. a little flower, it and golden eye, ■ery changing hour. The fonder beauties of tieMd. In gay but quick succession shine; Race after race their honors yield. They flourish arid decline. But this small flower, to Nature dear, While moon and stars their courses run,. Enwreathes the oiroleSof the year, Compitexioii o£ tke-Smi. ^ It smiles upon the lass of May, To sultry August Spreads its oharnw, liights pale botoberjia his way. And twines Decemher’s arm. The purple heatlj aijd golden hloom. On moory mountains catch the gale. O’er lawns the lily sheds perfume, The violet in the vale. Sub this bold flowret climbs the hill. Hides in the forest haunts the glen. Plays on the margin of the riU, Peeps round the fox’s den. Within the garden’s cultured round. It shares the sweet carnation's bed; And blooms on consecrated ground. In honor of the dead. The lambkin crops its crimson gem; The wild bee murmnrs on its breast; The blue fly bendsits pensile stem; Light o’er the skylark’s nest. It opens with perennial grace. And blossoms everywhere. On waste and woodland, rook and plain. Its bumble buds unheeded rise; The rose hath but a summer’s reign; The daisy never dies 1 - [[J J ai ames M ontgomket . THE DTHa MOTHEE. BY AI.ICE OAKY. reepini For wo knew tl I t Was night within our bosom— I t was night upon the sky. There -ffere seYen of us children, I the oldest One of all; So I tried to whisper comfort. But the blindingears t would fall. On my knees my little brother Iteaned his aching brow and wept; And my'sisterfs lon^ Llaclc treses O’er my heaving bosom wept, The shadow of an awful fear “ Oh! b e h in d to one a n o ther,” Was the mother’s pleading prayer, As her hand lay like a snow-flake On the baby’s golden hair. Then a glory hound h er forehead Like the glory of a crown. And imthe silent sea of death The star of life went down. Her latest breath was bomo away BY WADE EOBINfeOK. I beard the step of the rain. I n the dead o f the n ight in the street. And a sound of tears aud p ain. Was thelsound of his liqnld feet. I heard his mournful showers »od behind the town. In the wot And the of the struggling flowers, to beat them down. But when I awoke a t mom The. dawn was in the skies, Aud-an echoing splendor w»s bom In the light of tearful eyes. That day was the flrstjof May, A n d a v o ico was down tLe e art Abumc ‘anee : d and play ■ing o f laughter The rain was p a st and gone. But he hung, a viewless sprite. In the heaven of clouds that shone With ambexmnd crimson lisht. And lie saTvihework lie liad wrouglit. To the music of sobs and tears, TThen the leaves and blossoms fought. And fainted, and died in tears. B u t now the scented breeze. And the birds with dewy lays, . And the shimmering flowers a n d trees, - Are singing together his praise. Oh, ever since that strain Comes Eor Winter is nurse to May, And Doubt the builder of Faith, And Night is the fountain of Day, And Life is the daughter Of Death. A OHILD’S PEAYBE. Saviour, Thou art ever near; Thou my simple prayer wilt hear And I plead thy promise kind, “ Early B^ek, and ye shall find.” I aiu vile and full of sin; ike me pi Wash me in thy precious blood, lord, I want to be Ihy child, Make me gentle, meek aud mild; I would pure and holy be. Teach me how to come to Thee. When I go to work or play. Be Thou with me day Ly day; When I seek my little bed. Let Thy wings be o’er me spreadj r, hold me lest I fall, n to hear m« whilst I cj Oh regard piy humble cry I Oh'regard tny Save me, Jesus, or I die. whilst I call; • BY VBANE S. WOODS. A laughing girl with golden hair All scattered o'er a forehead »i,h, irow above. And dimpled cheek; arche ‘Circling a world of truth and For me, I vow, hath ever charms To rouse cold reasons quaint alarms, r If she is kindhsaheiafair, PJl dream and think an angel there; And if her breast, with pity move, ‘Twill ever wake the pang of love, Nil a^gel hid, and fonhd by art, ^ And led to life firom the quarry's heart. Can cast the spell, or wield the. power. Of that iwoet firl, nv lilly flower. most respectably connected, and just solemnity of the! occasion, tke fellow to take by storm a young refrain from a hearty lau| girl’s heflrt, “ Tent, 'ddi, mci.” Some- braYe girl pleaded her owi times Elsie imagined the feeling was W ithout another word or c miltual; FEMINIHE DIPLOMACY. . It was the grandest pavty of the season. Invitations had been sent to all the country folks within ten miles round. The occasion was Elsie —the on* Grofton, county judge, and a man of no small influence. H e was a hale, hearty gentleman of fifty, or _ thereabouts— looking, perhaps, a trifle older than he really was—a well-educated, re fined nnd exceedingly just man, out side of his own household. For successive generations, the Groftons had married and intermar ried, thus keeping the property, which immense-, in the hands of the ‘ , although emi- ipeots, 1 reason! ally opposedilo ev old squire could not he convinced; Elsie, to adopt her own vernacular, “ couldn’t bear him in her sight.” And it was hard to tell whether Charles was in love with his pretty cousin, or really, like all the male members o f the Groftons, more infat uated with the bank stock and real estate which was to be Elsie’s portion, if she acted according to orders. .A t all events, the expectant bridegroom was possessed of little energy, and less common sense; and Elsie grew every day more obdurate, and determined to as possessed o f li ttle energy, ai immon sense; and Elsie ly more obdurate, and de step out o f the beaten track of past enerations, but she was wise enough ) keep her own counsel. Poor Elsie’s young life had been one of absolute bondage; no evening fun ; no sleigh rides by moonlight, such as the rest of . the girls enjoyed. No, she must always be accompanied by her I'over or father, who consider ed it his bound duty to watch and keep Elsie from falling in love. Let IS see i f he .succeeded. \ Amone tliG train there was a swain- The lad she loved so Well.” A young gentleman, just commenc ing the practice of law in Boston, most respectably connected, and just rt, “ yem, max, mci; bi lie imagined the feeling but how was she eve: to win you with' all jny. love and de votion.” “ Edward Lee,” said Elsie, inter rupting, excitedly, “ youlove me?^— ■you are sure o f it?” “ Indeed I do, darling, with my whole heart and soul.” “ W elkjthen, there is no timenc for sentimentalities. I love you bet ter than anybody else in the world, and if you’ll marry me to-night, I ’ll be your wife, aud a good one, God helping me, all the days of my life.” “ Elsie Grofton, how can it be ?— Am I dreaming ? Marry you to-night ? Yes, you darling, a thousand times “ No,” laughed Elsie, fil guess oftcfl will be enough. Don’t you think so, father ?” said the saucebox, -as she saw her falher’s eyes fixed on her. “ W hat, my daughter? said the old man, brightening up. “ Why, Mr. Lee says that Miss— Miss—what’s her name, Ed. f —well, the lady tk' ------ ^ ------ ---------- --- ish.enougj tarry a him that I reckoned once flee.” “ Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. Lee. Yes, yes, I think once will do. I am glad to hearear suchuch goodot h s g ffU M B l R JO. p S M f a i f . he met with an intellij traveler on the coaeh. now,” si “W hat made you tremble s6 ? Now we will separate. In half an hour, you go to the next house^nn the right, and ask for Mr. Morton. He's the minister ; and wait for me. You can slip off the back piaisza withous being missed. I’ll bring the license.” Ed., wondering, but too hi question, did as he was bid. juduie he .made kno^n. his errand to the good man, Elsie, with a Eob Koy thrown around her curls, entered the minister’s study. “ Novr, Mr. Morton,” said she, giv ing him both her hands, “ you are my friend, and know how wretchedly I am situated. I love this gentleman, and he loves me. Please marry us this minute!” “ But, Elsie, I have no license in tach, took it, hoping s< lappen.” The minister, solemnity o f the made ly father’s name at- I fill out the blanks. ched j you can fill out the blanks, spied that in his secreta^ to-day, id I took it, hoping something would notwithstanding the occasion, could not or the other of her keepers, it was a hard matter to have even an ordinary terview with the young lady. This was her last maiden party.— Her father had impressed that upon her mind very forcibly. “ Charles don’t feel like waiting your motion anyionger^ my daugh ter,” said he. “ So I have taken the liberty of hurrying things up. Your nexit party .will be on the- occasion of your marriage.” “ Father,” replied Elsie, bristling ^»os 0 of your cattle on your farm with less show of feeling than you evince in the case of )ur only daughter.” And then, as conscious she had saidl too much to ,e old judge, strangely, irascible on fc, she continued, lai the old ju! JiaSL JL SAASblX |/U.» iXUCi Inviting everybody I want.!’ “ A ll right,” he replied with a sigh. “ I shall never rest perfectly easy till you Charles’ wife, and then I the Grofton pride will make you ■ ‘ Ithful.” “ I shall knov/ tl steady and fail Elsie hummed a lively little and' muttered, as she dattced c the room i “Gharles Grofton hasn’t got me yet, by jingo I Oh, if I could only iiave ten minutes conversation alone know he’d tell me to have him.” sonversation alone now he’d te st what i am dying to have him.\ And forth wijh, she wrote the young intleman a friendly little billet-doux, lave ten With Ed. Lee, I just what I am dyii gentleman a friendly little billet- inviting him to her party. The large old-fashioned parlors were filled to repletion with the young of both sexes, and Elsie, leaning on the arm of her betrothed, led off the first dance, and then gave herself up to the fun of the evening. “ Do not think, Charles,”'said El sie, as she finished the quadrille, “that I am going to devote myself to you the whole evening. W e shall both remember this night as long as -we live. Take all the comfort you can, and play the agreeable to the hosts of pretty girls here assembled.” Ed. Lee arrived, and Elsie’s eyes brightened, and burning blushes suf- he*. . the du- s we have several new arrivals.” “ Go and welcome them yourself.— You forget that this is my party, and I am to do as I please,” said the vix en, carelessly resuming her walk.— “ Oh, Mr. Lee, I.waj ' ■*aid ” wouldn’t COI en, carelessly resu “ Oh, Mr. Lee, I was so afr you le,’’ sne remarked with ^“Doy plied, invitatior I should^nevt present this evening, 'er have come j hut, un accountably, I could 3ot spirit of your note.” icj hut, n resist the spm t or your note. “ Bat didn’t you imftf tocome?” in quired Elsie, apparently grieved. “ Yes, Elsie, and n o ; i f you can understand thht. It is not pleasant for me to come and see you, and know all the time ,iihat you are bound to aflotker^ and* that there je aot the ighteet chance of ever being able lugh, as the i cause.— rord or demur, the husband and wife, brave g Without anothe; parties were mai and Mrs. Ed. Lee rested for a moment in the loving arms o f her husband.^ “ Now we must return,” she said,— “ After supper have your carriage ready; I will not have this affair call ed an elopement, so I shall open the eyes of the whole company, father in cluded, before I leave. Please give me the certificate, Mr. Morton ;” and with heartfelt thanks for the minister’s kindness, the newly made couple de parted. They had not been missed. Poor Ed. was in a fever of anxiety. He wished‘% a t Elsie would leave without this denouement. S u t noth ing would induce her.' Supper hour arrived. Elsie helped to wait on her guests, and Ed. looked at his little wife in astonishment, as he noted the courage and inimitable aang^ ’ froid which sustained her. The squire pro posed a toast. “ Here’s to the health of my daugh ter, Elsie Grofton, and the guests here assembled, with a wish that, the next gathering at-my house, on the occa- _!— wedding, a few weeks productive of good iry unc! entirely on whether has just taken a public house there, succeeds in business or not.” “ Well, it is certainly a hard case,” observed Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, with a serious and emphatic air. - “ Aye, you would say so if you only knew it all.” _ “J n d e e d L - there anyi.peculiaiL circumstances in the case ?” “ There are, indeed,” answered the Other with something between a sigh and a groan. “ Is the matter a secret?” inquired Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, curiosity be ing now wound Up to more than ordi nary pitch. “ Not in the least,” said the other. “ I will tell you the story if you do not think it tiresome,” he added. “ I am all anxiety to hear it,” said the learned man. _ “ Well, then,” said the other, “about six weeks since, a respectable corn- tered in conversation with him, and ^ led the obje to Chelmsford, said that th<y having leal hence, may be as productive o f go( feeling as this seems to have been.’’ Elsie^ arose, and placing her left hand oh her husband’s arm’' took in her right a goblet of water. “ Allow me, my friends,, in this ing of one fearful responsi bility ---- ^namely, my marriage. My soul revolted at, and my con science forbade me on that account, a union with so near a relative as Charles Grofton. AJllow me to in troduce to yon my hushanA, Edward Lee.” The effect was electrical. The com pany pressed forward to congratulate the noble girl, a ll of whom had loved and sympathized with her. The squire, with a tremendous oath, “ Stand still, Elsie Grofton, while my curse descends upon you I” No you don’t, father,” said Elsie, dashing the goblet of water in the face of the infuriated man, and mak ing a. speedy “ T hat water will Ed.,” said Els the city which was t( sool him doi aU lay when he could laugh as heartily as the rest,' a t hie daughter’s diplomacy on the night o f her birthday party. Jl@“ W h at is the difference between an auction and sea. sickness ? One is a sale of effects aud the other the ef- Birds are the poor man’s mu- iic; flowetu the poor matfa poetry and the rich man is no better b& AH HQBHIQTO DBPBHOB. Mr, Sergeant Vaughan, as a barris ter, occasionally performed some gen erous actions. Several years ago, while ay to the Chelmsford assizes, fellow Sergeant, 7 fond ble chat with any talkative person he chanced to meet, soon drew his trav eling companion into a lively conver sation with him. H aving always had a sprmkling of Yankee curiosity, he generally contrived to worm out, by a process imperceptible to the party himself, what he \wished to learn garding him. On the occasion all was not long 3 companion th joing to Chelmsford ; i were to be held on ti following day. “ As a juryman no doubt ?” said Mr. Vaughan, on learn ing the fact itself. “ No sir, not as a juryman,” said the other. “ Oh, as a witness, I should have iid.” “ N o t as a witness either; I \wish it was as pleasant as that.” “ O h ! I see how it is, you are the prosecutor in some ease which is pain ful to your feelings. However, such ;s will happen, there is no help i with the uni things for theni.” “You are still wrong in your con- w sympatl __ ;jecture, sir; l am going to pay away landlord, they” saw moneyforarelative who has a casein result than the assizes.” against him. “ Ah 1 that’s it. Very unpleasant, certainly, to pay money,” observed the learned Sergeant. ^ “ I t is indeed, for those who have little to ^are,” observed the other. ^ “ WelC but I hope it is not any se- rious amount.” “ -W-hir, th( \W h y , t magnitude of the sum, you know depends upon the resources of the party who payment.” “Very true; certainly, very true,” aid Sergeant Vaughan. “ The sum is £100, which to a pi 3U of my limited means, is very lar^ dealer in London, when on his way to Chelmsford, met on the coach with who were perfee two persons who were p< gers to him, The strangers soon en- [eet o f his 'visit . , t the were also going there on a precisely similar er- ■rand—^namely, tO make some purchase of corn. After further conversation jether, it was suggested by one of the parties that It would be much bet ter for all three if they could come to an understanding together, as to what r should make, and latat peculiareculiar cir<ircumstan It o f p u r ' ider wh p c ces these purchases should be made, for if they went into the market slap dash, the result would be that in so small a. place as Chelmsford they would raise the prices, whereas,- b y operating slowly and in concert, that would he avoided. ' “ The second ;party pretended to ap prove highly of the suggestion and further proposed, in order to show that 'eithere had the start of each other, hat they should depositthe same sum n that they shouh of money in the hands o f the respecta ble landlord of the principal inn; taking care that they did it in the presence of witnesses, and that special instruction should be given to the landlord not'to give up a farthing o f either until all three returned together to receive the whole, adding that i f he did he would be held responsible.— The London merchant knowing the landlord of the inn to be a man of undoubted respectability, at once as sented to the proposal, and each of the three parties accordingly placed in his hands, under the circumstance stated, £250, making £ 7 5 0 in all.’' “ Well,” said Sergeant Vaughan, “ well, you certainly do interest me in your singular'story. And what was the result?” ’ said Elsie, as they rode tqw! city which was to be hei home. “ H e will com^ round all right after a while; but, bad I allow ed him to have rible i f i ” And SO it seemed. A few weeks after, Elsie Wai sur prised by \a visit from her parental parent, With [gapers and deeds, regu larly transferring to her her own n e t ful pro^ert|’; and he lived to^aee the ^day^as possible, and^that consequent- “ Why, this—thiat three parties left; the when one o f the two' strangers came •th scarcely had the th e inn a. minu^. running back, and said that on a s ond thought they had a ll come to the conclusion that it would he better to make their purchases as early In the .day as possible, and th at consequent ly the other two had desired him to ' ^ v e him the nterposed Mr. return and g et the n “ And the landlo whole sum a t once ?” Vaughan. “ He did, indeed, unfoi?tunately for himself and me,” ansivered the other. “ And what followed ?” inquired the learned gentleman eagerly. “ “Why the other stranger and the London* merchant returned in about hi) hour, and demandedtheirmoney.” “ W hen the landlord, o f course, told them he had given it to the other “ H e did !\ “ On which, I suppose, they bring an action against the landlord ?” “ P recisely so ; and seeing thatrie- fence was'useless, inasmuch as he de livered up the money to one, when his instructions were peremptory not to deliver it until all three were pres ent, my friend is to allow the action to go undefended. The money mast be-, paid to the sharper—for both strangers, as the event proved, were sharpers—and also the London, mer chant.” “ And you really have made up your mind to pay i t ?” ‘‘ Oh I certainly, because there is no help for it.” “ I am a barrister; I am a Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, and I will defend the case grafuitously,” - The other tendered him a thousand anks, for his apprehensions were Lce would be thanks, that all efforts at perfectly useless, “ W e shall see,” said the Sergeant significantly, “ we shall see. You and your friend the landlord will call on me this evening, a t three o’clock, to arrange for the defence to-morrow.” To-morro’ duly called ing upon t _ but not perceivin he could be the case. E v erything; for the prosecui though e' ; in what way by it, defended roceeded so favorably on for some time, that, '•ery person in the court d» hized Ti [fortunate possibility of i a decision Mr. Sergeant Yaughan, sn the ease for the prosecution was closed, Arose and s a id : “ Now, gentlemen of the jury, you have heard the evidence adduced.— You have seen it produced. You have seen it proved by unexceptional wit- nessess that the defendant received the most positive instructions from all three not to deliver the money or any part o f it, to either of the parties ex- ceptin the presence of all. Gentle- lossession and is ready to up when all three parties come to de mand it. L et the absent party he brought to his house^ in company with the other two, and every one will bav< as equally _;enious ___ _____ ,, ___ The jury looked as amazed at each other as if some world had burst on their astonished his money returm The defence was and complete. :ed two, and every one led to him.” squally : e jury 1 ira s if so: astonished gaze; so did all the spectators in court.— The verdict was of course for the de fendant. It is unnecessary to. add that the one who had absconded with the mon ey joaver, returned, consequently the poor landlord never had to pay a forthing of the amount. ' • TBSTIHS TRB SPIRITS. - . 'When spiritualism first made its ap pearance in the village o f ------ , old j Deacon Isaacs, a rich man who has .; stood by the church for nearly three-i score years, was exceedingly bitter i against all believers in the “ devil’s work,” as he called it, and denounced spiritualists and spiritualism in no very gentle manner. Imagine the dea con’s anger, then, when, six months 'orked its :um, and pos sessed full power to converse with the spirits of those who had departed to that “bourn from whence no traveler returns.” ^ ^ Deacon Isaacs was mad, dreadfully mad ; but he had wit enough not to show it, and he'bore the taunts of the ungodly with a meek spirit. H e knew it would be useless to declare. open war; for Mrs. Isaacs alone had prov ed more than a match for him, and he was sure to be defeated. H e must “circumvent the critter,” as he called it, and to^ this end he set himself to work. H e was a man of sound judg- h'rom the day it .first came to his knowledge that his wife and daughter 'ere spiritualists he never spoke one ord against, nor did he ever allude to it, except in general terms in his \ ’\rning prayers ; but any one could that it troubled him ; for he was absent-minded, .his eyes wandered rest- ssly and he looked careworn. The deacon witnessed one or two “ sittings” at his own house, and was satisfied that if he possessed a little more knowledge he could get rid of them. So one morning he started for the city, determined to thoroughly in vestigate the subject before be return ed. After visiting two of the-m^st popular mediums, and paying his money he returned home, satisfied that he could see through it. There was a “ sitting” at the dea- lon’s house on the night he returned; men, niy client has got the money in ghter M a r y -th e medium his possession and is ready to give it parties come to de take a seat at the table, which to her gratificatn was accepted. The spirits were HOW TO BHitlSEEABLE. Sit by the window an3Ym& oyer the way to your neighbor’s excellent Get angry with your neighbors and think you have not a friend in the world. Shed a tear or two, and take ----------- will pay that note?” uk everybody^ wants to cheat yon. Closely examine every bill you take, and douht its being genuine till you have ■ put the owner to a great deal of trouble. Put confidence in [y, and believe every man you with to he a rogue. assist the poor. Buy as cheap as you can and screw down to the lowest mill. Grind the faces and hearts of the unfortunate. Brood over your misfortunes, your lack of talents, and believe that at no very distant day you will come ■e mrk come to house he ever in horrors of dis- int. Let th wor! ____ jour mind, with all the tress and poverty. hese receipts strictly, and you will he miserable to your heart’s content—if vre may so speak—sick at heart and at variance with the world. Nothing will cheer or enc( nothmg throw a gleam o ray of warmth into your iourage you of suunshine E l o q u e n t S p ] ment was produt _ __ ________ Cortes by Castclar’s speech- on the Catholic Church, and iu favor of re- .—Great excite- \ the Spanish i as follows: n Manterola has said that he aounce all his ideas and all nieatn illy answei good tune, and so exceedingly nieative tkt the deac Tn icon was induced 7 questions, whi<' were re- ife and at the ally answered, and the daughters were in ecstisi thought that father -would yet be a believer, and urged the deacon on in his inquiries. “ Has my wife- always been true to her marriage vows ?” asked the dea- To this question there wer* no raps in“return, while Mrs. Isaacs sat trans- -'ith holy horror tha should enter her QIJAOEERY ILLUSTEATED-THB \GLASS A gentleman tells the following sto ry, and vouches for it h aving occurred to himself. Some years ago he lost an eye, and having a taste for comely The counter- was a perfect counterpart of the other, and except those who were told of the fact, none would have imagined him to be the “ bully boy with the glass eye.” Two or three weeks ago the seeing eye began to inflame, and knowing by sad experience, the dan ger of neglecting a sore eye, he de termined to consult an oculist, and not knowing which was the proper one to go to, was unfortunate enough to fall into the hands of a man who praotiges the profession, hut who, un til within a short time, had been en- iged in the butchering business.— ailing upon the “ celebrated oculist and artist,” he told him that his were affected feared he woul ,ck examined is^ejes iths, and he would heal them up i low figure, only ten dollars a ith diseast le them. the optics, and pro cure in two . and ■ ■ ■ ■ at a lov week for treatment. “ \What do you think of my left ■g, doctor?” asked our friend whose ith was not very strong. The doctor examined the left optic very carefully for several moments, id then s a id; “ I find the epithelium slightly opa- irable subcutaneous Rr retina of the le thing ei asked the pafient, who w.as now con vinced the fellow was an unmitigated humbug. “ Oh yes; I can cure that in a very “ Oh yes; I can cur« short time. I hav table acid which I ( plant known • willr extract from*’ a mown only to myself, which render that eye'perefectly well in six weeks.” “ Do you really mean to say that I a see out of that eye again? for to I the truth, I have not been able to see out of it for a long time”\ “ To be sure I do, just as well as I do out of mine. This ’ere vegetable acid of mine is truly wonderful; th( are hot any eyes that can resist it. fixes them all.” “ Then go ahead on that one,! if you fix it all right, I -will l e t ; ** rvnn attend to the other one.’ vegeti The doctor took out«. large syringe, [ed it with his vegetable acid, and lachedour friend for the purpose making an application, when he raised his hand to his eye, opened the eyelids, took the glass eye from the socket,:et, andnd handinganding it to the op- a h ator, s a id: “ Doctor; I haven’t time to stop for treatment; you can keep the eye here, and as soon as you get it to see, I will callcall andnd getet it.” a g Better than waitin] of luck—^Turning an hone fixed witl thought s since she ;hat such r husba nany years have passed as untrue ?” Then came , one, two, three, itil they reached claim to he are twenty. “ How milany not my chib Again the who Idren?” e spirits rapped—one two. Airs. Isaacs looked dumi “ Mercy I” said Mary. “ W hich are they ?” s they ?” asked the dea- eon, who now seemed so intent on his subject that he paid no attention to his companions. “ Mary, Sarah,” rapped the spirits, the names of the two daughters, the older of which was under twenty. Mrs. Isaacs could stand it no 1 “ I t’s a lie! I didn’t! It’* a lie!’ she shrieked, rising from the table.-- “ They are your children, Deacon Isaacs ; and God knows it.” “ But the spirits affirm differently,” said the deacon in a solemn voice. “ Then they lie!” said the wife. S olving a D ifficulty .— A grand son of the Governor o f Virginia, a child of some four or five summers, was on a visit to his maternal grand father, who is a wealthy landholder in Ohio. One day after making his first visit to a Sabbath School, and being duly impressed with the religious les sons taught there he took bis grand father down on the farm to show and gather the fruit of a large walnut tree; on tlie way, the little fellow, -with the philosophy which “ reads sermons in stones,” said— “ Grandpa, who do all these woods and fields belong to ?” “Who,” said the matter-of-fact gen tleman, “ to me.” “ No, sir,” eraphatieally responded e child, “ they belong to God.” The grandfather said nothing till they reached the richly-laden tree, when he said— “ But, if you believe them in every thing else, why not in this ?” “But I don’t believe in them at a l l ; it is all foolery.” “ Nor I !” shouted Mary. Nor I !” added Sarah.\; . “ Then,” said the deacon,icon, smile illuminated his coun1 while a itenancej time.’ The deacon’s evening devotions were characterized with more earnestness than usual, and the family retired fully satisfied that the spirits and mediums did not always reveal the truth. Mrs. Isaccs was so glad that none of the neighbors were present; but somehow the story got wind, and so fearful were the spirit dames, o f N - , that they might be caught in the sanae trap which the deacon had set that spiritualism was drh the village. ieacon had set 1 riven entirely iron EIGHTEEN TffEHGS Ilf WHICH TOOTGPEO- FLE RENDER TflBMSBLVEB VERY ' IMPOLITE. Beading when others are talking. . Gutting finger-nails in company. Leaving meeting before it is closed. Whispering in meeting. Gnzing at strangers. Leaving a stranger without a seat. W ant of reverence for a superior. Reading aloud in company without being asked. Receiving a present without some manifestation of gratitude. Making yourself the topic of con- ve^ation. Laughing a t the mistakes of others. Correcting older persons than your self, especially parents. . Commencing to eat as soon as you sit down to the table. Commence talking before others are through. Answering questions when put to others. for a turn I And not listening to what others ; penny. are saying. original Spanish was an extempore effort, called out by set speech, delivered by Manterola. [e closed as follow “ Canon ]\ would renounce a his beliefs if the Jews returned again to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem.— W h a t! does Senor Manterola believe in the terrible dogtoa that the children are responsible for the sins o¥ the hers ? Does Senor Manterola be lieve that the Jews of to-day are the Jews who crucified Christ ? I do not believe it. I am more o f a Christain than that. Great is God in Sinai; the thunder precedes him ; the light ning accompanies him ; the light en velopes him, the earth trembles, the mountains fall in pieces 1 But there is a God grander and greater than that. Not the majestic God of Sinai, ------- lail- dth thorns, g all on his lips, and yet saying—‘Father, fogivethem,for give them, forgive my executioners, forgive my persecutors ; pardon them, for they know not what they doT Power, hut igionefL o v e. Great implacable Justice, but greater is the religion of pard< ing Mercy. And I, in the name of that religion—I, in the name of the Gospel, come here to ask you to write in the front of your fundamental code —Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity among all mankind.” “ Well, bell • ■ to?” ^ boy, who does this -tree poser, and for a moment the boy hesitated; but casting a long ing look upon the nuts, he replied— “Well, grandfather, the tree be longs to God, but the walnuts are T he B fau ' The'he lateate Fitzitz Green I into my hands which j l F L letter fell ii Scotch servant girl had \writt lover. Its style charmed me . ................. ...... wonde in life, acquired so elegant a a style. I sho'wed the letter to some of my’ literary friends in the city of New York, and they unanimously agreed that it was a model of beauty and elegance. I then determined to solve the mystery, and I went to the house where she was employed, and asked her how it was that, in her humble circumstances in life, she had acquired a style so beautiful that the most cultivated minds could not but admire it. “ Sir,” she said, “ I came to this country four yeaiH ago. 'Then I could not read or -write. But since then I have learned to read and write, but I have not yet learned to spell; so always when I sit down to write a letter, I select those words which are short and simple that I am sure to ow howto spell them.” There was the v/hole secret. The reply of that simple-minded Scotch girl condensed a world of rhetoric into a nutshell.— Simplicity is beauty.' Simplicity is iplicity power. ■Last year a Polish hta his neck an iron coto with this in- B ir d S t o r y . - entleman bavin] 3 estate near seription, ck comes ;ht a stork ?^wi ex Polor ,” lomes from Poland,) and set It round this in- Polonia, (this “Hcec stork com from at liberty. This year the bird return ed to the same spot, and Avas again lught by the some person. It had acquired a new collar of gold with this inscription, “ India cum donif re- mitit ciconiam Polonis,” (India sends back the stork to the Poles with gifts.) This gentleman, after having shoira . the Inscription to his neighbors, again j set the bird a t liberty.
