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2 ,i DEMOCRATIC PAPER,
ion TUB
Bu sin 333 33 an, the Farmer
lii fie FAMILY CIRCLE.
tSSVKU EVERY VIII I AY EY
A. HOLTNEfl,
OFFICE la D r. Tlio king's Bii.k Building.
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BODE A XI) JOB PIUXTIXG.
t, J The Enterprise ofTice is HtipnHed v!th
ho.iiitifiil. annroved stvU'S of typi, and mod
ern M.VCUl.VE LMIESSF-S, which will enaldf
the Proprietor t;i do -I.b L'linting iit all time
JYext, Q'l.irk and Cheap !
tnsr Work solicited.
A' tf i :t f id Ion f upon a Sppci$ brtsL
BUSINESS CARDS.
craius j:. w arisen,
0 Atfarnoy' at Law,
Orogng City, Oregon,
Popt.li:lv.
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AW PAitTNElWIIlI.
.i.ri. k. ki:lt,v,
b,-t. 2d an I ) 1 sts.
J. TL li EKT),
ITe il l .ace corner of
Columbia, aod 7 ti i sts.
Jas. K. Kelly and J. 11. U'-e l, under the
lirm narii .' of
KELLY & KEEP,
Will practice law in the Courts of Orepc-in
Oilijt; oa First street, near Alder, over the
new Tost office room, I'ort.and. (-lot;
JAXSIXG STOUT.
Attornoy and Counselor at Law, "
rOUTL.Xl, OKl'.CON.
Otfiie Under th- United States District
Court 11 oin. Front street. 4otf
jA(iE & Til AVER,
ATTOllN'EVS AT LAW.
OFFICE 1 n Crce's Uuildin, corner of
Fiont an 1 Stark streets. I'.n-. land. :J2:tt
J. l- C.vri.E. J. C. MOllELAAD.
CATLES eb MORKLAXn,
ATrORfJETfS AT LAW,
Cor. FRONT and iFASfllXGTOX Sts.,
I'OUTL AN o, oiiEao-y.
j J Y. ROSS, 3L I).,
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).Ti on Main Stieet, opposite Mason
ic ll.i 1, Orc i Cite. i.-'.tr
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SAFFAIiRAXS,
i3aj3loian and Surgeon,
at his I?ru Store, near Tost
Oregon City, Oreg . 131'
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JJIK J (Ail J. ij j i. i-t-LV i
JTlKLD,S & STRlOivLER,
DEALERS IX
T JL . ll A Q V 1 M 1 a.
COUXTPY PIloDUJE, ,'cc,
lilOfCi: AV1XKS AX1 LIiiL'0!-"-v"At
the d 1 strind of A'ortman & Fclds
(),e ' n Cit , Oreir n. Utf
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yII. W ATKINS, M. D.,
SuItGEOX. I'ouTb.vxD, Orftucii.
OFFICE -Od-i Fellows' Temple, corner
Fir,t tad Vlder streets Besideuce corner of
Min and Sevrnth streets.
Attorney and Couds'Jdi at Law,
i:itjroit Asa soLiciTon.
AV0CAT.'
Practices in Sta'c and U. S. Ccurts.
0Ji-e Xo. 10S Front Slrrci. Portland, Orcjo;i,
Opp sitj McCoraiick'-s Book Stoo.r
W. F. HIGHFISLB,
E-itiblidied since 181,at the old stsnd,
Mtin Street, Oregon City, Orrjon.
An Assortment of Watcher. Jew
elry, and Seth Thomas7 weight
Clocks, alt of which are warranted
to be as represented.
Benairintrs do ie on short notice,
nd thankful for past favors.
CLARX G
NMAIT,
feLv. CAty Jrayman,
0 REG OX CITY.
3L. AH orders for the deli very of merchan
dise or p ick;vres and freight of whatever des
c-ipti-iu. to an v p irt of the city, willbeexe
c uel promptly and with care.
JEW YORK HOTEL,
(Wpntfeh.es Gafthaus,)
X ). 17 Font Street, oppis:te t!ie Mail steam
ship landing, Portland. Oregon.
JL E.0THF03, J. J. WILKE5T3,
PROPRIETORS.
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P vird per Week fo
" with Lodging . .V. on
" Dar , 1 09
JOHN FLEMING,
7irzL
DEALER IN
iiif bit o Any o 1 A I iGf&ti
IX MYERS' riCE-rilOOF 'LUICK,
MAIN" STLiEET, OUIXOX CITY, 015 EG ON".
JOHN II. SCH RAM.
Manufacturer and Dealer in
gg SADDLES, JfArcuS'IJSS,
etc., . etc.,
Ma'n Sl'-itt, Oregon City,
ITS" Wishes to represent that he is now as
well prepared to furnish any article in his Hi e
as the largest establishment, in the State. He
narticulaily requests that an examination (
his stock he made betore buying tl.-ewhere.
K0. NOAII.
Ja.'.iks i:oi:u so.v.
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,
Forrnoriy Kevv Columbian,
Cnmor J'-.n.t nn.i i . . ,
ooj no J i unt ana Morrison t-!n-els.
t,- ,T
NOAH & MORRISON,
PROPRiETORS.
Free C:ith to fit-: Mir: House
July HJth if
OEEGGIJ CITY
11 E W E II Y !
IT X.-' T- -V U H ? T 7 -r r ir
II i t t ii U Jm Jij.
Having purchased the above Brewery wish
es to inform the public that he is now piepar
ed tj manufacture a No. 1 quality ot
eager ri:i:jt,
As trood as can be obtained an where in the
Stale. Orders solicited ;-nd promptly tilled.
Patronize Home- Endusts-y.
THE PIONEER CURLED HAIR
MANUFACTORY
IS. NOW riiEIWBEI) TO SUPJ'i.Y THE
market w th a So. 1 article, of Curled
lia r tor Up' ol-tery work, which will cm
parr; witb any imported ai-livJe lu quality or
l-rice.
1 t i v tbe biirhest M ice for Mar es and
Tails of Horses ami Tails of C ws r.t mv
store, eornei- Frnt and Salmon s'rci t--.
i). Ml.TZt.I P.
P.i -t'and, Oresion.
JOHN 31. IJACOX,
Imr'ortcr and Ioaln mi :-'
CIZ CI'X -s5
STATIOXEIIV. I'EUFUMEIIY. Sc.. Ac..
Orrgon Cij, Oregon.
At d-:
" ' 11 tirv.v.t a old sf.f'nd, lafehiec-
curni-ii. it:t j-f e.-. ''; tin, JIui.'i sf f ri
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M.li!
in tf
2r . J . H
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DENTIST.
The patronage of those desiring tirt Ci-i:
'Jj c r is respecitully solicited.
r-atislaction in Citses guaranteed.
N. -A .:' Uxyd :ihiiiiiistci-ed for the
rair.iess E t rnet ion of Teeth.
(Jr'ic:-: !:i Weigant's new huilditig, west
-Hie o! r ut street, between Alder and ilor
rison streets, Portland, Oregon.
Cll -,S. HOIifiE. CUAS. E. CAI.E1-. .CEO. W. S"ELL.
, CALEF Co.,
DEALEKS IX
DEUG-S and MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS, AND WtXDOW GLASS,
FA IEYSEES, Bfi USEES. P. I IXTEES
Material, ana irfj-jisW Sundries.
j? Front fi-ccf,
0". l'ortland, Oregon.
Jacob Stitz::i.. Jmes B. Uptcx.
STXTSSL h UPTON,
Retil Estate Brokers and General
A gent a. Corner of Front, and
Vash in '! 'on strc f?.
rOBTLAND, " OK EG OX. -
III il I I I t t J L' lilt; n.UU ilii'l j-oo tt.-r
of Ileal Estate in all part of the City ami
r!Tl T h a ci.-ilr o r ft nn rrR o c
t-ite. rpeeial attention given to the sale o!
East Portland r-rorertv.
Address P. 0. Box rorfland. Oregon.
KTlTXEl, A- UPTON.
Otf. Ecil E'nle Brokers.
COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL,
Flout Street.
POIITLAXD, OUEGO.V.
Zisbcr l Hoiton Fropr's.
ryUE UXDEaSTONED ll.VVIX RE
i. furnishivi and re fitted t!ie above named
Hotel, wi'd heneefbrth conducted on the
KlUOl'EA.V STYLE.
Hoonis can be had by the Day VTe&
or Month. J '
A RESTAURANT in the. Ilon. nndor
ihf manaarment of PIERRE M ANCIET, late
of the Lafayette. '
Owinji to its location nnd constrnrtien.it
is the most desirable Hotel in the City, and
we intend keeping it as it occult to be
k EFT.
Frfe Coarb :i n il ISiiiiiXtsie tagsn ta
nl from 1Sf Hotel.
ZIEBEK& IIOLTOX, Proprierors.
Oillco of tlif Orfs;a nistl Ciiliroruiii
oct. 2ltf. SlaseCoiim.uiv
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3 )ISFR A KCIII.KlfENTS. In II brief
jicrtotl ucarly cA'cty wliito man in
i lie eoiDitry will be admitlel to the
ballot ; but the inensures of en
iVancliisement to far pccurtul have
been carried over anl in suite of
the lieiaibilean organization atid
tbe gre at b-ody of entinient in the
Hejiiiblican party. The number
of liberal Hcptiblicans wlio have
advocated a general amnesty lias
been limited in most of the States,
and. they have been held by their
associates either to be mischievous
and eccentric like the editor "of
the Ti-ibv.nc or to be subtile, dan-
Lgerous foes and traitors to 'Radical
interests. The charity extended
to the j'i'thurx! on this subject has
not been accorded to Uovernor
Center, Gratz Jirown, or Carl
cinirz,
?.larvlanl was the
hr:
ile to
I :ul(lsv J-anehised class ot
1 whites t o liart ici i at o in t he. ballot.
, , 1 . , .
that measure ws. carried bv
t isc- cooperation of leading ubbe
oil
men who had previously differed
in their political views. The next
V
victory was .seen red in Virginia,'
but onlj- by the votes and action
of the people themselves. The
President graciously permitted
the people of the State to vote on
toe ouc-stion of
test -oath and
striking out
the
d isfran eh i semen t
c-lauses of the Underwood Consti
tution, "and l hey were rejected, al
though twenty- f; ve thousan I
white men were, forbidden bv the
reconstruction nets to participate
in the election. At the same time
( U-neral ( J rant ga e his whole of
ficial weight and influence to se
cure the lc-elcction of Wells, who
liad notoriousiv done his utmost to
rivet these oh;
uf-i
Virginia.
Tennessee had been supposed to
be hopelessly under thraldom, and
fully sevent y thousand whites, were
disfranchised. ly a division in
the Republican party rather than
any real liberality on the part of
its chiefs, liberation was finally ac
eomplirdicd. (iovernor Scuter,
who demanded the enfranchise
ment, of this large body of voters,
was heralded by the Radical press
all over the country as a traitor to
his party, and both, the Virginia
and Tennessee (led ions were treat
ed, by them as public calamities.
In West Virginia some 2-5,000
whites are denied the ballot, and
here, to, enfranchisement has been
eciiieu o; ei a no in spite oi uiet
i , i : r, .. ..a.' .lit
bod v of the
State, and c
Radical party in that!
out rary to
1 1 ;
11 v.
of Republicans gener:
i if Hi !;i a
s have cooperated in The
m
ivable. work of restoring t the
ballot the sevent y thousand whites
tio v-ere oisirancnisco
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i i J V
vices of Carl
odi:v-' in. ( si-"'- i
Jjrown deserve, in this connection
c.: rrt,.r.:l vcccfiuf hnt !
un ami graioi
had it rested with outside Repub
licans to ?aywhether these seventy
thousand whites should be allowed
to vote or not, there can be no
question that the boon would have
been refused by an overwhelming
majority, who sympathize with
the viiidict'n e ultraism and bigotry
of lr. Drake, and narrow-minded
partizans like him.
These
fac
teach an
oi
A'lOUS
lesson. rl I:
party
which cried
"let us have peace" is the party of
sectional estrangement, of hatred,
persecution, and military coercion.
All its acts tend to defeat recon
ciliation and to keep alive bitter
ness. This is even more notably
true of Gen. Grant himself, who
has on every occasion of conflict
between the ultra and the more
liberal Republicans, whether in
Congress or the country, given
his friendship, patronage, and
countenance to the extremest an
worst faction. The most veno-
j . -
UiOUS and most UUWOrlll LaniealS,
sucn as tiie loitlers, Lamerons,
and Drakes have been tin
nc ar-
est to him,' and the most influen
tial. Never was there a public
man who so completely belied the
professions by which he secured
office. He has yet to utter his
first generous word as a President,
and .already half Ins ofuead term
has passed,
Stilt. Another Xkw Party.
Some one out West proposes to
get up, in addition to the new
partv of revenue reformers, one to
be designated "reverend reform
ers," with a lage-r beer platform
and Rev. J. J). Fulton, of Roston,
and Theodore Tilton, of the IraJc
j ml ,tt. as bottle holders.
One of our exchanges has a
long article on Eugenie's origin.
Wherein differs that "from the ori
gin of the rest of us, we should like
o know ? Are we not all of the
human race ?
TheButy of Voters. Farmir.g by a Ealc. j The Heady Reckoner. "ill Take Wxiat Father Takes-" ' ... 1 j ,
We ask no one to support an ifcea
puble or unworthy candidate for
ofiice because he is called a Demo
crat and has a regular nomination.
On the contrary, wo urge every
voter to strike from his ballot and
name which he knows to be that of
a dishonest or unfit man, no mat
ter forthe consequences. Conven
tios and wire-workers must be
taught.that such nominations will
not answer, and thai is the way to
teach them. J)o not ask us" to
particularize and denounce for
the friends of the bad candidates
would resent such denunciation bv
striking at the good ones but do
you make due inquiry, and scratch
oil every bad man's name from
the ballot which you vote. The
immediate consequence may be
disagreeable, but the ultimate ef
fect will be wholesome and benefi
cent. Understand then, once for all,
that we do not wish you to vote
i'ov a thief or a fool because of his
politics. If any Democratic nomi
nee is unworthy, you cannot bet
ter serve the Democratic cause
thai! by refusing to vote for him,
and, thus compelling belter nomi
nations hereafter.
Rut
here are those who.
dis
gusted with a bad name on the
tickit of their party, refuse to vote
tit all; and that is every way
wrong and mischievous. It doesl
nothing toward .securing better
nominations
tn iuturt
since the
goo i
nominees stiuer eouaiU
oil.- ;. I
wiiii
. : . l t x. - i .i
me oa-'ioncs. it mvoives ilie re
It involves
P'udiation of a grave public duty on
a pretext utterly insufficient if not
wiioly irrelevant.
If everv
v o t e r w o u 1 d re 1 i g i o u si v
exercise ins rigut of suffrage, at
each election, taking care to scratch
from Ids ballot each and every
name which ought not to be there,
whether he put a good name in its
place or not, we should soon have
the right sort of nominees every
time. I n p r i n e i tied a s pi r; . u t s w o n 1 i
no longer pack primary meetings
and buy nomimations, if the inevit
able result woedd be their disgrace
ful defeat. Ret us all re-soive to
scratch every bad nomiuce.but take
scrupulous care to vote for every
good one !
(ii-:Ni-;;;.u, I
,0(iA TO
it HAD
O:
v.!;t. u is renorteu that the
friends. of General Logan are ho
ng victimized. i his looks as n
iiC wns aoout to he read out of
fiie party, ami the question arises,
p
what are tii
sins that have pro-
voked th li
)unisnment
"o:ne oi
the
are
l-
io wn.
a-
r,
lor
instance.
the General's bold attack
tvpon
army extravagance at the hist
sion ; his bill for a sv"eepiii-- i
tion o i i no army, ami especially oi
uijiernumeraries ; nts close-coin-
inuniou a un tiic i "ive-tra. i ers : o
0-
casionai oui-croppmgs ot the old
Democratic vin;; and a rather
free, Westc-rn, and very uncourtly
style of lcbating matters all of
them things are not ant to find
favor at headquarters. These
sins perhaps might have been con
doned, but there is yet more hein
ous to be stated. It seems that
General Logan made a speech
lately in Illinois pitching into the
the St. Domingo job, which, it
will be remembered, General Grant
undertook to lobby through the
Senate. Tills last offence has nat
urally exhausted the Presidential
patience, so the order is given to
k'ciy havoc and let loose the dogs
of war." The good people of Joe
Daviess ccunty, Illinois, where
General Grant resided so long, can
hardly have heard of this displeas
ure of the President, or tney would
not have chosen members of tl
ic
i legislature pledged to
support
United.
General Logan for the
States Senate.
-O a 0-
IATiii."G. A daily bath .Tor
the whole body is not too much.
Health may not absolutely require
this but there are a few persons
who would not be benefitted by a
complete washing of the skin,
from head to foot, at least- once
evoy day. The feet need washing
as much as the head, as prespi ra
tion from them is very abundant.
Feet that are encased in wool ami
leather are not excepted from the
necessity of cleansing. Digestion
is free from water when water is
applied above the organs of diges
tion; and the washing of the chest
helps one to breathe more freely.
Rathlng makes the limbs supple,
and it opens the muscles to breathe,
if such an unscientific statement
may be permitted. AJ1 will agree
that in the second month of sum
mer a daily bath is a luxury not
to be omitted. Rut in winter it is
hardly less necessary, and the re
action which it brings makes it a
luxury. Herald of Health.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY
UNTVKRSTTY (11? n at tpmdmt.
If fannino- is a science and a
trade, as we believe, then it ought
to be done by rule. It has a sys
tem in principle, and it ought to
have in practice. There is a tune,
a place, and a way for everything
connected with the business--and
the best ruccess is to be found in
practicing the best system. Frain
jng is like housekeeping, or school
teacliing, or manufacturing, in this
respect, if it is not done systemati
cally it is done to a great disadvan
tage. There is a waste and loss
at all ends and corners the waste
in time is very great; the waste
in produce is not little.
How many farmers are there
who do everything by guess or at
random. They plow'alike for all
crops; they sow when they happen
to get ready, whether the season,
the soil, or the weather is right or
not ; they have no idea of the size
of their fields, nor the quantity of
seed they expect to put on to the
acre. They guess it is about right.
They have no system or rotation
of crops; no plan for saving ma
nures or fertalizing their soil ; no
way of draining, or of feeding to
their stock the most good with the
least feed ; the road is their cow
yard and pasture; the door-yard
is their hog-pen; a rail fence is
their only gate; their fowls and
everywhere where they ought not
to-be, destroying -and wasting;
their tools carriages, and, harness
;iu:- ;uv. a oiii. oi oiaor. anil f-en
e-t.oiy e.poseu io i ne sum ana ram ;
their stock is wandering they
know not where, their fences are
ii. . 1 1 i '
last going down
fast going to
ruin ; unrul v horses, h
and
cattle are often breaking in where
they ought not to be; fence cor
ners and headland are growing up
with briars and brush; orchards
untrinnned ; gardens are neglected;
weeds grow; crops fail; stock die;
tools break ; family gets sick; ex
penses multiply ; profits diminish ;
spirits flag ; home becomes unhppy
who can tell what does not fol
low that is miserable ? All this
may be avoided by systematic
farming. Every morchnt knows
that if his business is not done in
order and in time he is the loser.
The farmer ought to know if.
in no ousmess is the system
requisite than in farming.
m ore
T-1,
te
io no. i into iw i r n itll U.. i l itiWO
they must be obeyed, or he or
h;s crops
en's lirst 1
farmer's.
si
iW
Pfcr.
Order is hcay-
so it should be the
v )Oi Li. less or.-
Who lias not
felt
he power of these words ?
does not treasure up those
ble past, when from the lips of some
loved one fell upon your ears a
"God bless you," that found an echo
in the truest and purest feelitgs of
the heart ? A God bless you t Tint
will go with us through life, and
bring peace and comfort v.-hen all
things else are shrouded in gloom
and no joy seems awaiting the heart
so long acquainted with sorrow.
Dying lips in feeble accents have
murmured "God bless you." It
greets the ear of infancy and re
claims the way ward youth. It has
been heard at the bridal and said
at the tomb. Roved voices breath
ed it in our cars when we parted,
and the sound still lingers to cheer
our saddened hearts. Oh ! may
we hear it through life, and when
we stand on tlie brink of those wa
ters which How between time and
eternity, may the last words that
break upon our listening ears be
the God bless you which comes
from tile lips of the loved ones be
hind. Wilson-' vs. ("4 it ant. A Wash
ington dispatch to the Roston A'J
rertier asserts that Senator Wil
son was entirely opposed to the
system of forced assessment on
the clerks to which General (brant
has given his sanction, and that he
wrote to the Republican cornnut-
Icc ox this city
eicuouncmg it as
'impolitic
and vicious." Wilson
as also written to secretary i.ox.
, i
assuring him of his full sympathy
with the course he has pursue 1 in
this matter.. J lie prat vol
opvo
si tion to Grant in the Radical Con- j
n-cssionnl ranks is on the increase. !
Whether Wilson find Carl Sehurz
are to receive the same punish
ment remains to be seen. If mat-
ters go on thus the bolters will j
soon be in the majority. Tlie sen- i
timent of the country must indeed ;
be strong when Wilson makes
such an exhibition of indepen-1
deuce. ' j
-o,. . i
Subtract the real ills of life j
from the imaginary ones, and there j
arc enoug.i
remaining io- Keep
thousands of homes in a broil.
; A.
;4l -' " ' v";'-'
"Father, do you remember that
mother asked you for two dollars
this morning V'
"Yes, my child, what of that?"
"Do you remember that mother
didn't get the two dollars V"
"Yes. And I remember what
i little gi'ls don't think about."
"What is that, father?"
"1 remember that we arc not
rich.
Rut vou seem in a brown
study. What is my daughter
thinking about i
, M was thinking how much one
cigar costs."
"Why, it costs ten cents not
two dollars by a long shot."
"Rut ten cents three times a day
1 r i I i I j i y L t 1 1 1 .
"That's as true as the multiply
catiou table."
"And there arc seven days in
the week ?"
"Thais so, by the almanac."
"And seven times thirty cents
are two hundred and ten cc?ifs."
"Hold on, I'll surrender. Here,
take the two dollars to your
mother, tell her that I'll do with
out cigars for-a week."
Thank you, father; but if yen
would only say a year. It would
save more than a hundred dollars.
We would all have shoes and
dresses, and mother a nice' bonnet
and lots of pretty things."
"Well, to make my little girl
happ- I will say a year."
"O, that will be so nice; but
wouldn't it be about as easy to
say alicay, then we would "have
the money every year, and your
lips would be so much sweeter
when you kiss us."
R n a UTirun Aixicgoby. 3Ir.
Crittenden was engaged in defend,
ing a man who had been indicted
for a capital offence. After an
elaborate and powerful defence, he
closed his effort by the following
striking and beautiful allegory:
"When God, in his eternal counsel,
conceived the thought
oi
man s
creation, he called to him the three
ministers who wait constantly up
on the throne Justice, Truth. and
Mercy and thus addressed them:
'Shall we make man ?' Then said
Justice; 'O God, make him not,
for he will trample upon thy laws.'
Truth made answer, also : 0 God,
make him not, for he will pollute
thy sanctuaries.' Rut "Mercy, drop
ping upon her knees, and looking
up through her tears, exclaimed:
O, my God, make him I will
1 watch over hint with my care.
through the dark paths which he
may have to tread!' Then God
made man, and said to him
O
man, thou art the child of Mercy
go and deal with thy brother."
The jury, when he finished, were
in tears, and against evidence and
what -must have been their own
conviction brought in a verdict of
not giiiiiv.
Too Alucn ron Ilnr. A corres
pondent at Christiana, Pennsylva
nia, sends us the following of an
aged negroes, very pioits, an invet
erate smoker, who dropped in to
pay a passing visit to a neighbor,
who was equally well known as a
temperance man am abater of to
bacco. On silting down, the old
aunty pulled from her pocket a
long pipe and commenced smoking,
to tlie infinite disgust of her host.
The man maintained his composure
several minutes: but the fumes be
came too powerful fo'f him-, and,
rising, he said ;
"Aunt Chloc, do you think you
are a Christian ?"
Yes brudder: I specks I is."
"Do you beueve m the Rible? '
"Yes; brudder."
"Do you know there is a passage
there which says that nothing un
clean shall inlierit the kingdom of
heaven ?"
"Yes ,1 has heard of if."
"Do von believe it ?"
"Yes.
1. 1
Well, Chloo. you cannot enter
into the kingdom of heaven, be
cause there is nothing so unclean
as the breath of a smoker. What
do you say to that ?"
"Why, when I go to heaven, I
specks to leave my breff behind
me !" Harper's Zlageizhie for
December.
Sometimu, if you work hard, if
you are temperate if yon are econ-
omical, there is sure to come a
bright success for you. The ob-
stacles that cling around you now
so closely, and hold you back from
that fair life- that fancy pictures,
will, one by one, drop away "and
leave you free Somewhere, a place
exactly fitted for you to fill, made
for you, kept for you, is and will be.
Don't, rot . keniirnn-otl. lor some
Il
here, all will be well,
iow, so mew
"What will you take to drink?"
asked a waiter of a young lad,-who,
for the first time accompanied his
father to a public dinner. Uncer
tain what to say, nnd feeling
sure that lie could not be wrong it
he followed his father's example,- he
replied, "I'll take what father
takes." 1
The answer reached the father'
ear, and instantly the full responsi
bility flashed upon him. And the
father shuddered as the history' 6t
several young men, once as 'prem
ising as his own bright lad, and
ruined by strong drink, startedQip'
in solemn warning before him.
Should his hopes be blasted, and
that open-faced lad become a bur
den ? Rut for strong drink they
would have been active, earnest
prosperous men ; and if it could
work such ruin upon thern,
his own son safe ? Quicker than
lightning these thoughts passed
through his mind, and in a, mo
ment the decision was made. "If 1
the boy falls he will not have me
to blame ;" and the in tones tremu
lous with emotion, and to. the as
tonishment of those who knew hiinf
he said, "Waiter, I'll take water;."'
and from that day to this, strong"
drink has been banished from that
man's home.
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"Kiss me, Mamma."-
ass mp;
mamma, before I sleep." I low
simple a boon, yet how soothing to"
the little supplicant is that soft,
gentle kiss ! The little head sinks
contentedly on the pillows, for all
is peace and happiness within. The
bright eyes close, and the ros' lip
is revejling in the bright and sunny
dream of innocence. Yes, kiss it$
for that good-night avill linger in
memory when the giver lies mould
ering in tlie grave. The memory
of n gentle mot her's kiss has cheer
ed many a lonely wanderer's . pil
grimage, and h.is been the beacon
light to illuminate his desolate
heart ; for remember life has many
a stormy billow to' cross, many a
rugged path to climb, with thorns
to pierce, snd tve knew not what
is in store for the little one so
sweetly slumbering with no mar-;
ring care to disturb its peaceful
dreams. The parched and fevered
lip will become dewy again as re
collection bears to the sufferer's
couch n mother's love a mother's
kiss. Then kiss your little oncs-as
they sleep ; there is a magic power
in that kiss which will endure to
the end of life.
A f!
oieiid is never known- till.
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needed.
Sorrow's best antidote is employ
ment. It js no small conquest to over
come self
A man's life is an appendix to--his
heart. q
111 examples arc like contagious
diseases.
Idleness is the sepulchre ofa liv--ing
man.
Idleness is the parent of want'
and shame.
Religion is not an art, a matter
of dexterity and skill, but a .new"
nature.
God sits upon his mercy scat,
ami will pardon and save all whey
approach him aright;
lie that overcometh shall in
herit alt things, and I will be his
God and lie shall be my son."
To have a good opinion of your
self think, if you were rich, how
much you would give away.
Death may remove from us the
great and good, but the force of
their action still remains..
Most of the shadows that cross
our path through life are caused
by our standing in our own light.-
The Christian's privilege- is the
prayer of the apostle : "That ye may (
be filled with all the fullness of
God." -
If you would be pungent be brief;
for it is with words as with sun
beamsthe more they are con
densed the deeper they burn.
A new song is out, "Put Me
in My Little lied." Make it large1
enough for two, and proceed with,
the ceremony.
Why abuse women for tight
lacing, when it has made thousands
and thousands of men happy hr
killing off their foolish wives 9
Several Toledo bachelors have
been victimized lately by holding
the baby while the handsome
mother went into the depot to buy
a ticket. She don't come back
worth a cent, and they begin to.
"weed a foundling asylum them
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