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THE THREE HOMES. 



See yon yonder mansion embosomed in the 

 foliage of those lofty maples. See you the spacious 

 park and pleasure ground with which it is sur- 

 rounded. And, aa we draw nearer, mark the 

 elegant workmanship displayed in the edifice. It 

 is evidently the work of much care and expense. 

 Indeed, there seema to be nothing wanting that 

 could add, in any way, to the beauty and Btateliness 

 of the dwelling. The architect has undoubtedly 

 done Mb beBt, and has Buoceeded admirably. Ah! 

 think you, surely happiness resides there, where 

 all is bo elegant and lovely? Nothing can mar 

 their jrjy, for everything wished for Is tbelrs. If 

 such is your conclusion, let us enter and ascertain 

 whether it he really true. 



We are admitted by a servant, who u?her3 us 

 into the drawing-room with much ease and polite- 

 ness, and we immediately perceive that plenty 

 reigns within, aa well as without. But why is it 

 that every countenance is indicative of that 

 which we thought to be a stranger there, viz., sor- 

 row? Ah, we Boon know the reason, as we enter 

 another apartment. There, in his little crib, is the 

 only pet of the household, the darling little one, 

 ' jost pluming himself for his flight to tho " Happy 

 Land, fir, far away." The patter of his little foot- 

 steps is no longer heard— his childish glee is 

 hashed— his playthings are to be pnt out of Bight, 

 and the many fond hopes of the parents soon to 

 ha crashed. 



"But three short years have flown since our 

 hearts were gladdened by our baby boy, and can 

 it he that he is so soon to leave os forever? Oh ! 

 my darling, my angel baby, I cannot, cannot let 

 you go." 



Thus spoke the agonized mother aa she clasped 

 for the last time that loved form to her bosom in 

 an agony of grief. Hers was not that holy sorrow, 

 alleviated by the thought that He that sffJiote is 

 He thathlessea, and whether He send joy or grief, 

 I receive it as from a father's hand, knowing that 

 " He doeth all things well." Ah, no ! she feels that 

 it is oruel to take her darling at this hour, and the 

 is ready to condemn the justice of that Being who 

 gave and halh a right to take again. Oh, had fhe 

 the consolations of religion in this her hour of 

 grief, would she not draw nearer her Maker, know- 

 ing that "the strokes are lighter as we draw 

 nearer him who handles the rod." But, as she 

 looks in Bpeechlese agony upon her djing boy, 

 mark the Bmile on bis countenance, and— hark! he 

 whispers, as he raises his tiny hands;—" Mumrur,, 

 I'm going to hear the mnsic — pretty mua\u, 

 mamma,'' and the spirit of that cherah boy i B 

 wafted nearer and still nearer to that heavenly 

 music which charmed his ear while still on earth. 

 And now what is there in that lonely and Bonlftag 

 dwelling to oheer tho hearts of those bereaved 

 parents? Can riches bind np the bleeding wound ? 

 Ah, no!— riches could not prevent the Angel of 

 Death from entering there, and now they are no 

 halm to the broken heart. The bereaved and sor- 

 rowing ones look aronod upon all their wealth 

 and splendor, and they seem only a mockery, for 

 .. d one—ibe sunlight, of their home— 

 *«l not come again. And a* we turn away we 

 Inwardly exelaim— Riches, without health, cannot 

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See you ft<u low-roofed chWd, situated near the 

 ouukirta of yonder foreat. The sunken roof and 

 crumbling walls plai u | y 8how , he handiwork ol 

 '■"■ T«me. Tho window- are stuffed 

 with n. S 4 of every desr-riptiou wuich are mude to 

 supply tha place of the v acant wlnrtow Im| , The 

 old, broken-down fence is no harHer , Q thc MWe 

 on the common; tha yard and garden are over- 

 grown with weeds and hnshe*. * tt ,\ everything 

 bears the mark of poverty and neglect It is 

 evident thaf something is not right th«re, else why 



this look of dilapidation which everj thing weara 

 We see around tho door various speoimena of 

 humanity, their clothes banging in tatters, and In- 

 stead of sonny faces and buoyant, happy hearts— 

 as children are wont to have— their faces are drawn 

 down to an Indescribable length, aud we need to 

 oast but one glance to ascertain that their hearts 

 ars the abodes of mnoh that they were better 

 without. We enter the honse through a door bo 

 low that no person of middle slae can pass In 

 without stooping. We are greeted by a pale, care- 

 worn woman, who kindly, yet woahiy, offers os the 

 only chairs tbe room contains. She ia tall and 

 spare, bnt with a countenance that wonld be 

 pleasing, were it not so indelibly stamped with 

 sorrow— which circumstance Immediately Interests 

 os in her favor, and we kindly inquire of her the 



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without health no one can enjoy life %o the foil 

 extent. Do we possess the blessings of Health, 

 Peaoe and Competence? If so, are wo thankfal 

 for them, and do we remember from whom these 

 bleesingsflow? a, m. a. 



Nonb Adam», HlJUdtla Co, Ulob., 1868. 



Twelve years ago," said she, " I was a merry, 



gbter-loving girl of sixteen. I whs blessed 



h a good home and kind parents, and aa I waa 



only child no pains were spared that oonld 



fn any degree, to my happiness. I was 



thus in the midst of every enjoyment, when I first 



met him who ia now my husband. He was a 



pleasant, gentlemanly yonng man, and ere many 



months had elapsed I had promised to become his 



wife. We were married, and comfortably settled, 



and everything, for a time, went on prosperously. 



A precious charge was given to my keeping, which 



I earnestly resolved to train up in the paths of 



virtue and holinesB. Alas, for the fond hopes of 



life; how often are they forever blasted. It was 



ilh feelings not to be described that I flrBt 



discovered that he who was as dear as life to me 



a lover of the wine cup, and dally drank of 



poisonous liquor. Where were now my long 



cherished hopes and bright anticipations for the 



future? In one short moment were they crushed, 



for I knew how seldom it is that ho who drinks at 



emeius a temperate drinker. And my fears 



s soon realized. He began to grow worse and 



ie, and often came home intoxicated, and my- 



and children were generally the objects of bis 



fury. Our little property was soon wasted, and 



poverty began to Btaro us in the face. But I might 



have had mora fortitude to bear with that, could 



B bavo had peace. My children, instead of walk- 



g in the path that I had marked outtor them, 



tgan to catch the spirit of contention which they 



.w their father manifest when nuder the influence 



' liquor, and as be then encouraged them in it, it 



id discord. All my ttl'jrts to counterbalance the 

 unhappy influence of the father Beemed in vain, 

 prone is the human heart to cleave to the evil 

 1 Bbun the good. I then felt the troth of the 

 words Lovely art thou, Oh, Peace! and lovely are 

 thy footsteps in tbe green valleys!— aud I earnestly 

 longed that peace might 



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know by what, to me, unavoidable meting 

 sunk to onr present miserable con- 

 Oh, that every rumseller ia onr land 

 might experience, if but for a day, the awful 

 Isery their traffic entails on their unhappy 

 Gtims. I prBy God the time may soon come 

 hen this dreadful carse shall be done away with, 

 id our land become a temperate and a happy 

 nd." 



tion— Can happiness dwell with wrangling and 

 poverty ? If eo, why ia not that care-worn mother 

 nappy? Where, theu, shall we look for happiness? 

 Wo have been in the dwellings of both the rich 

 md poor, but have not found that for which we 

 iought. We begin to fear that it is rarely if ever 

 found, and picture in onr minds what a home must 

 render us happy, when we notice that we are 

 approaching a neat and comfortable looking farm- 

 house. It Is a white house with green window- 

 portico is trained, with appa- 

 ul honey-suckle, which com- 

 pletely screens the Inmates from the eye of the 

 outside observer. The yard is ornamented with 



f them being iu blossom— All the air with a de- 



ighlful perfume. Aa we approach the house the 



sound of cheerful voices greets our ears, and the 



merry laugh of children, tells us that they, at least, 



happy. How different, think we, from the 



children of the former unfortunate family. As 



the house we find that everything bears 



of care and neatness. The floor is nicely 



sanded; tbe fire-place is filled with evergreens, and 



upon tbe mantel-piece stands a beautiful vase of 



freshly-gathered flowers. The matronly woman 



that greeted us as we entered is called mother by 



the playful group of children that surround her, 



and indeed she ia such a mother as we do not And 



in every bouse. How tenderly she soothes the 



ved and sorrowing ones; or gently, yet firmly, 



ics the too rude and boisterous merriment of 



juvenile baud. The older children are buBily 



employed upon something useful, to add to the 



their beloved home. Perfect harmony 



pervades the household, for If the younger scatter 



disoord, the willing bands of the older are soon busy 



restoring order. No harsh words or idle bicker- 



gs are hoard among tho children, for their 



parents have early taught them that whore u.uarrel- 



g is, happiness fleeth. And to such an home 



imea the weary father at night, after a day of 



ird labor in the scorching sun. But, niethinkp, 



;e thoughts of his return ot evening cheered him 



through the Ion*, long day, and his labor seemed 



"iter bs he raised his heart in thankfulness to 



Maker for the unspeakahte blessing of Bucb a 



wife and children, And as they draw around the 



family altar, as tbe shades of evening encircle 



!l' eiD l !. the - fatll6r ' 8 vofce 1b beard tuaDkln K Go» for 



day that is closing, and lm- 



gh tho days that 



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, till 



like golden incense before His throne, wo feel that 

 here is tbe aoode of hap p i D0R8 m & content, such 

 as might satisfy any one who participated in it. 

 It ia not great wealth that constitutes their happl- 

 nc<m, for that they have not; but enough to supply 

 all their needed wants is theirs, and It is aofflolent 

 Here also ia health, and peace— not only the peace 

 which is the absence of strife, but that "peace 

 which passeth all understanding," and who can 

 wish for more. Barely, no one whose chief aim 

 happiness in Ibis world and in the world to 

 me. Great wealth brings with it many cares and 

 troubles which tbe poor know nothing of. Poverty 

 ia attended with much suffering and sorrow, and 



ROAD PICTURES. 



The general judgment of mankind looks to tbe 

 struggle of the battle-field alone for its examples 

 of bravery. It calls hii 

 be, made bis movement forward In an excitement 

 that amidst the roar, and Are, and smoke, gave n< 

 space for any other emotion than impulse. That 

 determination in which the results of the action 

 are thought out, is an incident of bravery 

 ways connecied with the deedd for which ordera 

 are clasped upon arms, and ranhB bestowed. "The 

 Iron Dike " declared the bravest man at Waterloo 

 was the one who shut the gates of the ehateau of 

 Hugomont in the face of the French infantry. 



The physician who takes the hand of the snfferer 

 In whoBO veins ia the death-tide of malignant 

 fever, is brave beyond the smoke covered soldier. 

 Tbe men who entwined tbe fibres that form the 

 great atranda that enpport hnge burthens across 

 the Niagara, bent and tied the pliable iron while 

 tbe passlonato rapids were forloue two hundred 

 feet beneath them, and their only platform was 

 itself a wire — the men who take the heavy plates 

 to the centre of the fierce St, Lawrenco, and rivet 

 the tubes of that wonderful bridge— these face 

 danger with the calmness that makes the act trne 

 bravery, and they labor to make life long and 

 happy; the man of the battle 1b brave in his efforts 

 to make it short and bloody. 



At the station at Syracuse, there is assigned 

 Mr. Glbkn the duty of arranging each day 

 wbiob of the engines the several trains are to 

 assigned, so bb the honr of departure for each 

 comes, the engine will be found in readiness 

 take its burthen. 



He was for a number of years an engineor in t 

 rive service, distinguished for courage and for 

 prompt resolution. There i 

 this, which by their ineid< 

 omitted from the roll of truly brave deeds done by 



Ho was at his bar, his engine careering on with 

 the speed that only steam's strength can give, the 

 road was clear, the busy wheels kept their regular 

 roll, tbe huge drivers beneath his seat made swift 

 circling, and they who in the oars were borne on- 

 ward, knew no obstacle in their journey. Every- 

 thing moved on according to the card, and they 

 who were by the roadBide found the car marking 

 by its passage the moment as accurately as if it 

 was the hand of a great dial. Suddenly he dis- 

 covered a small object near tbe rail. The human 

 vision grows sharp beyond the optician's art in 

 Buchan instant. The object moved, assumed form, 

 became only too apparent. It was a little girl 

 playing with the dirt between the rails! 



One may in the race pull the blooded horse to 

 his haunches, and in a brief rpace control Ms 

 movement, that springing muscle has but a light 

 weight to control; the backward paddle 

 changes the course of the steamer, but this 

 engine, with its rather rush than roll, pond 



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before it shall c.rnih out o' all form of life, that 

 feeble child? The pley with the soil is of such 

 importance that the little one does not hear the 





tbe . 



■ud the sound 1 



cabin proxim 



familiar one— it continues its play, and nearer and 

 nearer, by an advance that is the very step of death, 

 the train comeB towards ir. Mr. Glbnn del* min- 

 ed, in a tested accuracy of judgment, that his train 

 could not Btop in time! What if it was checked, 

 and the speed, that was measuring the mile by 

 every few minute?, diminished, the death blow by 

 the swifter would be the more merciful — destruc- 

 tion waa certain— the little one must meet the force 

 that wonld crush it from the record of the living, 

 and its play went on aa if it were at his mother's 



This brave man rend the realities of tbe scene in 

 an instant He left his harl the fireman's heart 

 forgot to heat; as for the passengers, they were 

 acting out the every -day scenes of a common-place, 

 peaceable journey; perhaps the checked speed 

 caused someliody to lay down Mb newspaper; of 

 tho intense scene without he knew nothing. 



He left bis bar, and walking firmly over the top 

 of the locomotive, over the hot boiler, past the 

 smoke stack, be climbed over the front and down 

 the step-like frame work of the pilot, and grasping 

 that with a desperate strength, he leaned overl the 

 bars of iron seemed to glide dizzily away beneath 

 him, and now tbe struggle for the child was one 

 between death and bravery, and, as ever in this 

 mortal time, the King of Terrors teemed to have 

 all the might in his skeleton band. He leaned 

 over! he reached forward! and &t that instant, at 

 that period of time, (moment is too' long a word to 

 express this,) as the cruel edge of the pilot was 

 abouttooruflh the little one, be, not the locomotive, 

 otrnck the child; if ever there was a hold love 

 touch this was ono; und the perilled laid between 

 the tieal and on the fast train darted. Then down 

 went the brake*, the strong arm of the brakesman 

 Btrained their wheel levers to crowd the delaying 

 surface against the speed; then passengers aroused 

 coming to a pause, while neither 





i this 



trod his locomotive top back ogaiD, and, as soon as 

 the power of the advance could be subdued, jump- 

 ed from blB Iron fitep and ran down tho road, the 

 wonder waB that agitated limb could move ho fa<-t, 

 and there— there was the child, living, unharmed, 

 not a bone broken, not quite recovered from Its 

 astonishment at the life-giving blow which had 

 turned aside the dart of death. 



Restored to Its parents, who thronged around its 

 deliverer, the little one, too young to realize that 

 It had quivered on, over the very verge of another 

 world, was taken home, Mr. Glenn returned to his 

 engine, and the rolling locomotive careered to its 

 grand progress with not a stain of blood upon its 



And is not the record of the deed of the highest 

 order of bravery, the courage that saveB life? — 

 Sentinkl, in AVut York Courier and Enquirer. 



No n 



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ii r vivos his morals. 



. Jobt — " If the Jury believe, 

 from the evidence, that the plaint iff and defendant 

 were partners In the grooery, and that the plain- 

 tiff bought out the defendant, and gave bis note 

 for the interest, and the defendant paid for the 

 note by Delivering to the plaintiff a cow, which he 

 warranted 'not breachy,' and the warranty was 

 broken by reason of the breaohinesB of the cow, 

 and he drove the eow back and tendered her to 

 to the defendant but tbe defendant refased to re- 

 ceive her, and the plaintiff took her home againi 

 and pnt a heavy yoke or poke npon her, to prevent 

 her from jumping tbe fence, and by reason of 'he 

 yoke or poke broke her neck and died; and if tho 

 jury further believe that the defendant's interest in 

 the grocery was worth anything, tbe plaintiff's 

 note was worthless, aud the cow good for nothing, 

 either for milk or beef, then the jury must find oot 

 themselves how they will decide the case; for the 

 court, if it understands itself, and it thinks It does, 

 don't know how such a case should be decided," 



How New Caleuonia was Settlbd.— The fol- 

 lowing rhymes ere afloat in the Canadian press, 

 and are considered apt and pointed: 



Tea Best Mirkok. — " A pretty pair of ejeB are 

 the best mirrors to shave by," said Mr. AUsenee, 

 the other day to an old fogy bachelor. 



" Why, humph! yes, to be sure," replied tbe old 

 bunx; "and I can tell you little more — many a 

 man has been shaved by them I" 



Vert Dear. — When you pay for your coat 



touble its value, why is it like yonr wife? Esse 

 t is very dear. "Humph!" says an old bachelor, 

 'very dear, indeed!" 



ipon a cane-bottomed chair. At length he said: 

 ' I wonder what fellow took the trouble to find all 

 hem ar holes, and to put the straws round them? 1 



jod resolution is 

 to act it out yourself. If you resolve to repair an 

 old fence, it strengthens the resolution and fence 



remarked the other day, with a very grave 

 that " however prudent and virtuous 

 widows might be, be had seen many a widow-err." 



nlike beets? Because the yoonge 



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BIBLICAL ENIUMA. 



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My 1, 8, 7, 10, 4, 5 was a son of Japhet, 



tbe Muscovites are supposed to be descendenta. 

 My 2, 3, 6 was a descendant of Aaron and high 



priest of Israel. 

 My 3, 10, 2, 11 waa a vegetable, much osed for food 



by the Israelites while in Egypt 

 My 4, 6, 10, 8, 7, 2 was a common article of food 



among the Jewa, and is nsed now by nearly all 



nations of the present day. 

 My 6, 8, 3, 3 is a word often used in tbe Bible, but 



of various meanings. 

 My 6, 7, 6, G is a word used by the prophet Hosea, 



meaning " my buBband." 

 My 7, 6, 2, 4, 6, 10, 1 waa one of the most ancient 



cities of Canaan. 

 My 8, 1, 0, 1, 7 was a warlike nation of giganti< 



size, bat were driven out by the Moabltes, who 



took possession of their country. 



, 1 ii. ■ 



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Valley of Sorek, in the tribe of Judah, that 

 brongbt death to one of leaders of Israel. 



My 10, 3, 6, 1, S, 3, 10, 4, 6 waa a nation of Bethle- 

 hem which sojourned in the land of Moab 

 and died there, 



My 11, 2, 9, 10, 7, 6 was a city of Napbtali and th 

 residence of Barak. 

 My whole was an ancient king of Canaan, < 



whom but little is known. Hie genealogy ia met 



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MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM. 



Thb range of a oaunon ball at 46° elevation be 

 ing found to be 3,760 feet, at what elevation must 

 the piece be set to hit an object at tho distance ol 

 2,810 i'ett with the same charge of powder? 



ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, Ac, IN No. 4C2. 



Answer to Geographical Enigma:— Ella, Chris- 

 tie, Nellie, and Maggie, Ovid, N. Y. 



Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:— Mr. John 

 Plo whan die. 



Answer to ileometrlca! Problem:— 190.2. 



)eai tifcl Thopodt. — When engineers would 

 bridge a stream they often carry over at first but 

 single cord. With that, nest, they stretch a wire 

 ;ross. Then strand Is added to strand, until a 

 foundation is laid for planks; and now the bold 

 engineer finds a safe footway, and walks from side 



ie, So God takes from ub some golden- 

 threaded pleasure, and stretches it bence Into 

 heaven. Then he takes a ohild, and then a friend. 

 Thus he bridges death, aud teacheB the thoughts ot 



out timid to Hud their way hither and thither 



en the shores. 



NAPOLEON THE THIRD, 



Yith Biographical ffuticct of Ins most iutingvUhi 



BY SAMUEL M. 6MBCKER, A M, 



QUKJiN HOKTENSE, 



COUNTESS CASTIGLIONB. 



NAPOLEON THE THIRD. 



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