2  §4 
MOORE’S  RURA^  JSEW-YORKER. 
“  New  thing?”  said  the  weaver,  as  he  took  one 
In  hts  hand, 
“  We  have  liad  therinornetors  for  many  j'eara. 
I’eople  have  eoine  to  conaldcr  them  a  household 
noce»HlI,y.’’ 
"Zen)— Zero?  Who  was  Zero?”  asked  the 
weaver,  reading  the  word  behind  the  glass. 
'I’he  tlierniometer  man  explained,  and  the  weav¬ 
er,  atU)!'  irylng  t>o  get.  his  thumb-nail  iindcr  the 
glass,  Jtsked ; 
“  Where  does  the  blamed  thing  open  7” 
“ 'rhormoiiietei's  are  not  made  bt  open,  my 
friend,”  was  the  reply. 
”  Well,  I  don’t  want  no  1  hermoineter  around  me 
that,  won’t  open !"  growled  the  man.  ••  I  thought 
It  w.as  a  new  klial  or  stovtvhandlo  when  yon  eiiine 
In,  or  1  shouldn’t  have  looked  at  It.” 
The  Ihennoiiieter  man  m^xt  tried  a  dwadllng- 
house.  In  answer  to  his  ring,  the  door  was  In¬ 
stantly  and  swiftly  opened  by  a  n.-d-faecd  woman, 
who  hit  him  with  aelub  and  cried  out: 
“I’ll  learn  you,  you  young  villain  !” 
Hhe  apologized  and  explained  that  several  bad 
boys  had  lieen  ringing  the  door-bell,  and  he  for¬ 
gave  her  and  said ; 
“  I  have  some  aeeurute  and  handsome  thermom¬ 
eters  here.  M'otild  you — ” 
“  We  never  have  hash  for  brcakfiist,"  she  Inter¬ 
rupted.  “  My  husband  dete.sts  hash,  so  J  don’t 
want  to  buy.” 
“  1 1  ttsh !  A  t  hermometer  has  nothing  to  do  with 
hash!"  he  exclaimed. 
“  Well,  1  can’t  help  that,”  she  replied,  slowly 
closing  the  dmir.  “  We  haven’t  any  lamps  to 
mend,  and  you  shouldn’t  tr:ick  mud  on  the  sleps 
thal.  way.” 
There  w.os  a  portly  man  crossing  the  strtMd,  and 
the  therinometer  m:in  beckoned  bi  him,  halted 
him,  and  when  In'  got  near  enough, asked : 
“  (.’an  1  sell  you  an  aecurato  thermometer,  to¬ 
day  ?” 
“A  what?” 
“A  thermometer?” 
“What  do  I  want  with  a  thermometer?”  ex¬ 
claimed  the  port  ly  man,  raising  Ids  voice  a  peg. 
“  Why,  to  note  the  (veather.” 
“  You  blamed  Idiot!  Do  you  suppose  I  run  the 
weather?”  roared  t.ho  fat  man,  growing  purple  In 
the  tac*!. 
“  But  you  want  to  know  when  It  Is  hot  mr  cold, 
don't  you?” 
“  Am  I  smdi  an  old  fool  that  I  don’t  know  when 
It’s  summer  and  when  It’s  winter?”  shrieked  the 
tat  man. 
“  We  all  know,  of  course,”  repUed  the  stranger, 
“  hut  every  respectable  family  has  a  theniiometer 
nowadays.” 
“  'I'hey  have,  eh !  f  never  had  one,  nor  1  wotild- 
n’t  have  one,  and  ilo  yon  dare  to  toll  me  that  I 
ain’t  respectable?”  sereamod  old  jiortly. 
*■  1  didn’t  mean - ” 
“  Yes,  you  did,  and  you  have  marie  me  miss  the 
car,  and  I’ll  eanu  you!" 
The  tlici  uioinctcr  man  waded  ac  ross  I  he  muddy 
street  and  made  his  ewapo,  and  at  dusk  lastidght 
was  Icacked  up  against  thcc  .Soldier’s  Monument, 
his  basket  between  hLs  lect,  and  was  sciulutlng 
sadly  at  the  clock  on  the  City  Hall  luwor.—niHroit 
Frei-  /’/V'.s.y. 
ate  adJ(X!tlve  for  each  separate  puiTiosc;  and  wo 
accordingly  hear  of  an  awful  nice  day,  an  awful 
dull  knife,  an  awful  good  pear,  an  awful  old  hat, 
etc'.,  eto. 
Another  word,  “f/<d,”  Is  used  profusely  by  some 
speakers.  Some  of  our  re-aders  have  perhaps 
heard  the  man’s  narration After  I  got  your 
Ictfor  I  got  on  horseback,  and  when  J  got  to  Bos¬ 
ton  1  got  a  eai  rtiign,  but  J  got  wet  before  I  got  to 
theomee,  and  1  got  such  a  cold  as  1  can’t  get  rid 
of,  T  got  to  iho  hotel  and  gotmy  supiK'r,  and  then 
1  got  lo  be<l,  but  It  was  long  before  I  got  to  slecj). 
WliC'n  1  got  np  In  the  morning  and  got  my  break¬ 
fast,  1  got  to  the  ears.  1  got  honm  before  night.”  i 
'I'o  avoid  all  such  Ineleg.aoeles,  or  to  corr<?ct  I 
th(;m  when  they  have  bec'omo  a  luiblt,  reiical  lo 
yourself  the  eorreetlon,  and  continue  to  repeat  It 
till  It  becomes  ri.-ady  and  bunlllar  In  use.  Ju  lids 
way  young  persons  may  ac'qulrc  the  habit  of  using 
the  best  language,  and  the  longer  it  is  cant.lnued 
tlie  more  easy  ami  nat  ural  It  will  become.  Always 
select  Hie  shortest  uud  Klmplesl  words,  ami  those 
which  convey  diHiluctly  the  Inl/cndcxl  meaning. 
All  tilts  will  rcriulre  attention  and  palms,  without 
which  nothing  Is  ever  accomplished. 
WASHINGTON’S  ANCESTRY, 
USE  GOOD  ENGLISH, 
A  GREAT  deal  deiiends  on  early  habit :  and  cor¬ 
rect  language  learned  In  tuirly  lite  Is  easily  con¬ 
tinued  ever  aflorward.  ll’lienevcr  young  jiei'sons 
use-  a  wrong  word,  lei  them  limiieillalely  select 
the  right  expression  and  repeat  It  lo  tliemselves 
a  number  of  times,  and  In  this  way  It  win  soon 
become  easy  ami  natural.  Wlihiiiii  such  repeti¬ 
tion  lu  use.  they  \M11  certainly  fall.  Every  thing 
In  llie  depends  (III  a  good  u.se  of  ICngILsh;  and  on 
the  o(, her  hand,  nothing  will  j  eiurilhmxjeNSful  pro¬ 
gress  in  life  sooner  tlnui  bad  Engitsh,  bad  jiroiiun- 
elallon,  and  slung  words.  Edward  Kvi'rett  said, 
that  “  10  read  Ihe  MugUsh  language  well,  b)  write 
a  neat,'  legible  h.and,  and  lo  be  master  of  the  llrst 
four  rules  of  arithmetic  I  call  this  a  good  educa¬ 
tion.  And  If  you  add  the  ahlllly  lo  write  imro 
grammatical  English,  J  regard  Has  an  excellent 
educul.lon.” 
Now,  U)  correct  errors  and  nslahllsh  a  good 
pracllco,  the  work  must  be  taken  In  deiall.  one 
thing  must  be  done  at  a  time.  One  of  the  llrst 
steps  then,  Is  to  use  simple  language  to  expreas 
Just  what  We  want  to  sjiy.  'I’lKu-e  are  several 
words  olteu  Unproperly  used  for  many  diirerent 
iiieauliigK,  and  lu  this  way  they  lose  their  force. 
Tukc,  for  oxHiiijile,  the  word.ffj’  -the  strict  mean¬ 
ing  of  which  ts  lo  HKihr/a.st,  to  ScW/'.  but  It  Is 
Imiu’operlyused  in  many  olher  ways,  as  “  J  Ilxed 
my  hair,  1  llxcd  the  wagon,  I  ilxed  my  gloves,  I 
iixed  the  rooTn,”  .ve.;  Imstead  Of  “1  hnislu'd  my 
hair,  I  repaired  the  wagon,  l  sewed  my  gloves,  I 
pul,  my  room  In  order,"  ttc. 
Anot  her  word  used  still  mori*  loosely  and  widely, 
Is,  “n/tv'.”  This  properly  me.ans  oecr  emcl  ; 
2>i4m'tlUuiu'! !  iMlctiU’f  subtle.  But  It  Is  often  em¬ 
ployed  lo  dennb'  all  commeudahlo  iiualltlos.  We 
Often  near  eareloss  spoakei-s  say,  “I, his  apple  la 
nice,”  Ihstoacl  of  Uelivtous’,  “she  Ls  a  iiU-e  girl,’’ 
Instead  of  fjonii,  or  nipvmWc;  a  n/tv  laiidsi-ajie," 
for  a  lorel(/  landscape ;  a  uire  cottage,”  Instead  of 
a  sime/  one ;  a  nice  man,”  Instead  of  a  unilol  mail ; 
a  nice  mountain,"  Instead  of  a  ynand  or  bint/  oiu.' ; 
“  a  /drt'  drink  of  water,”  for  a  refresh  i/uj  one ;  ••  a 
■nici  sb.ir.v,”  Instead  of  an  Inlerrslino  one ;  “  a  uice 
smell,"  to  a  flower,  for  n  pleiisiint  oiior;  and  so  on 
without  limit.  .'<01110  persons  look  nice,  walk  ulee, 
talk  nice,  make  a  nice  visit,  write  a  nice  letter, 
llvo  In  a  nice  house,  wear  nice  cloUms,  make  a 
ulcc  present,  <s;c. 
Again,  the  word  •‘aiefuif  which  means  dreail- 
.mi,  fi  iirf III,  sublime.  Is  used  a.s  a  general  adji'ctlve 
for  nearly  all  purposes,  both  good  and  had,  by 
ihostt  who  cannot  .select  a  separate  and  approprl- 
(lAUsnoN,  a  small  Utwn  or  parish  In  Wills  (!o., 
Eng.,  has  t.Iie  honor  of  containing  In  Its  vcmirnhle 
church  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Oeneral 
thsirge  Washingbm'H  ancestors  a  nmnmilul 
which.  In  the  heart  of  every  patrlolle.  Amcrtean, 
Is  replet/!  with  nssocliil  lons  the  most  tender  and 
.sacred.  The  village  of  (iarsilon  I.s  alioul  two 
miles  from  Malmesbury,  and  the  clnireh  is.i  quaint 
(iothlc  edlllee,  sltnab.d  In  llic  laisom  of  a  rich 
countr}-  ami  surrounded  with  ancU'fit  trees.  Kor 
genelatlou.s  past  the  country  people  of  this 
eharming  spot  liave  been  In  the  bablt  of  con- 
dueilng  strangers  to  Hie  ebureh  for  the  purposf! 
of  poifdlng  out  this  veueruhlo  memortal  of  the 
arehltect  of  tliu  Amcrtean  Republic,  the  Father 
of  his  Countr.y.  The  monuiiieul  was  onec  a  su¬ 
perb  speelmen  of  the  miir.il  style,  and  even  now 
presv'ni  s  e\  idences  of  rich  and  curious  workman¬ 
ship.  1  Ms  t  o  he  seen  in  the  ehaneel  on  the  left 
hide  of  the  altar,  and  Is  llnely  earvisl  out  of  the 
.sloiK'Of  Hint  partof  thccountry.  ItlssunnounU'd 
with  the  family  coat-of-urm.s,  which  form  a  Imnd- 
soiue  emblazonment  of  heraldry,  and,  although 
ercc'tedmon'  than  two  hundred  yeai-s  ago,  they 
are  sMIl  burnl.shcd  wli,h  gliding,  and  the  following 
lufxirestlng  Inseilptlon  appeal's : 
1'o  ye 
Mcinoiy  of 
sm  LAWBENtDC  WASHINGTON,  NITE, 
I-alrly  t'hlef  Hegl.stcr 
of  ye 
(,'hauncorye. 
Of  Benown,  net.y,  and  Oharltye, 
An  cxcmplyarye  and  Uiving  Husband,  a 'render 
Fatlier,  a  BounblUlIc  Ma.ster,  a  ConstanU*  Re¬ 
liever  of  ye  Poore:  ami  bi  Thoivs  of  His  Parl-sli,  a 
Perpetual  Jhmelacfor 
Whom  ltPlea.so<l 
God  to  Take  iribi  is  Peace. 
From  ye  Fur.\  c  of  ye  Iiizulng  Warrs 
Born  May  XIV. 
He  wiLH  Heare  lnt.erred 
May  X.\l  V.,  An.  Dnl.  1043, 
.Etal .  Sue.  04. 
Heare  Also  hyeto 
Damn  Anne, 
Is  Wife,  who  Deceased 
January  Xlllth;  and  Who 
Was  Beryed  X  V  im. 
Anno  Dnl.  bur>. 
The  ancient  English  homestead  or  the  Washlug- 
bm  family  is  handsome,  very  old-lashloned,  and 
bnlliof  Slone,  with  ImiuenMi' solidity  and  strength. 
The  Umber  about.  It  Is  chleUy  oak,  and  In  several 
of  I, he  rooms,  partlenlarly  the  old  hall  or  lian- 
quellng  ruoiii,  there  are  rich  remains  of  gilding, 
earved  work  In  cornloes,  ceilings  and  jianels,  pol¬ 
ished  lloors  and  walnsi'Otlng,  :ilso  shields  contain¬ 
ing  the  same  eout-ot-arms  us  on  the  mural  monu¬ 
ment  In  the  ehnroh,  carved  over  the  lofty  and 
niitique  nuinlelplece.s.  Beneath  the  house  are 
extensive  cellars,  which,  with  the  buiujuetlng- 
room,  scorn  bj  Indicate  the  genuine  hospitality 
and  princely  style  of  living  peculiar  to  a  “fine  old 
English  gentlernan,  all  of  the  olden  time."  And 
Indeed,  according  b)  the  traditions  and  ehronlcles 
of  t  hat  region  of  country,  such  w.oh  ihe  general 
Character  of  the  heads  of  the  M'uslilngtou  tamtly. 
1'lui  w.'ills  of  tJie  houac.H  are  live  tcet  thick,  ami 
the  entire  resldencr'  is  surrounded  by  beautiful 
gardens  and  orcluinls.  In  the  old  parish  anihlvi's 
t  he  Washliigbtri  family  are  In  frequent  IrtsUinces 
most  w:u-raly  referrcil  to  as  among  the  beiiefue- 
tors  of  the  tnirlsh ;  :iud  from  the  euiUcst  rwcoixJcd 
time  they  seem  to  have  been  the  lords  of  the  soil 
at  Gai’Hdon  down  to  t  he  period  of  their  leaving.— 
Cor.  /it.  Uiul,i  Jie/mblicnu. 
- - ■ 
A  HOTEL  WITH  A  LIBRARY. 
How  will  the  morning  stars  sing  together  on 
that  mlllcnlal  day  when  the  landlords  of  the  earth 
shall  pull  down  ihclr  eurbilns.  If  need  he,  seeing 
tliey  are  usually  gray  as  to  Hie  lace  and  dingy  as 
lo  the  damask,  and  sure  to  gatlior  dust  and  de- 
HlemcnL  be  they  ntwer  so  royal  at  iJie  oulaet; 
shall  pull  up  their  carjicUs  If  purses  he  shallow', 
seeing  the  carpets  are  trodden  by  such  ungenlal 
fcc't  as  fato  may  send,  and  that  the  deepc'r  the 
pile  the  more  surely  it  hoards  the  uncaimy  depo.s- 
its  tor  seiislDve  lungs,  and  delicate  nerves,  and 
vivid  Imnglmitlons;  shall  give  up  eveh  Ho  fros- 
coed  tliiery.  Its  breadth  of  glided  frame  and  plate 
glass.  If  danger  of  bankruptcy  reiiulre  It,  but  shall 
hold  the  OIK'  Indlspensatde  luxury  of  a  hotel  b>  he 
a  library !  \S'llh  lavish  gonei’oslty,  from  appar- 
I  ently  boundless  re-sourccs,  the  proprietors  of  ho- 
I  lels  have  furnished  t  heir  gue.il«  wit  h  numherless 
comforts  and  convenloncos.  They  have  made  a 
marvelous  outlay  to  fascinate  the'eyc  and  to  gmt/. 
Ify  the  palate :  but  It  scerns  never  fo  have  entered 
1  lute  the  heart  of  man  that  this  American  lamplc 
know.s  hi;w  to  road.  An  occiislouul  Bible  In  a  b«l- 
room,  a  gorgeously  glided  laaik  of  advortlscments 
on  the  eenter-talile  of  the  glided  and  gorgeotw 
drawl iig-iuom,  a  faint,  vague  rumor  of  newspa¬ 
pers  In  the  outer  darkness  where  female  foot 
never  ptmetrates— this  Is  all  that  IndlcaU'S  any 
con-schmsiiess  In  the  hotel  proprlolor  that  t.he 
travelers  or  t  he  worhl  e-ver  earn  to  w  hllo  away  a 
waiting  hour  by  t.he  I nnocout  diversion  of  rcaillng. 
tVhat  doth  hinder  the  devotion  of  a  few  hiindri'd 
dollars  to  works  of  juipular  aelcuce,  popular  tlie- 
oloR.v,  art  and  literature,  and  hlMory?  In  w  hat 
quarter  of  (he  heavens  shall  rise  Uuit  landlord  of 
the  lut  ure  Is  he  even  now  dlsiHirtlng  with  Ills 
Innoeent  Infantine  (oes  lu  the  BunHhlne7-who 
shall  send  one  looking- gla-ss,  one  hot,  iK-avy,  hor¬ 
rid  armchair,  one  dust.v,  taHseled  curtain,  lo  Hie 
auction  room,  and  bear  Inlo  ids  tun  from  the  prm 
coivls  a  .set  of  Dickens,  and  of  Tliaekeray,  and 
Scott  and  Gooper,  and  George  Elliot,  and  John 
Halifax,  Goatleman,  and  an  CKJcaslonal  volume  of 
Tyndall,  and  Huxley,  and  Agiisslz,  and  Browning, 
and  Tonnysoia  and  .Matthew  Arnold,  tual  Macau- 
ley  ?  The  clnilr  and  Um  curtain  :ind  the  looking- 
glass  Would  do  It.  1  can  but  Uiluk  that  the  room 
from  which  it  was  known  that  a  chair,  a  tabic, 
a  lid  a  looking-glass  had  been  removed  te  make 
room  for  aeholcc  and  sensible  little  library,  would 
be  the  most  popular  hotel  In  the  city.— f/UR  lluiii- 
Ukj/i,  in  /icntiuer. 
—  *** - - 
A  PLUCKY  MAN. 
Years  ago,  (liuuncey  Flllcy,  formerly  of  thh 
city,  took  nj)  ids  residence  In  .st.  i,oiUs  and  en¬ 
gaged  in  the  manufacture  of  steves.  Honest,  In¬ 
dustrious  and  enterprlHlug,  he  raiildly  made  Ids 
w'.ay  In  the  world  and  became  possessed  ot  an 
.ample  fortune.  He  was  an  excelloiit  dtlzcn,  eii^- 
tabllsliod  a  reputation  among  his  fellows,  and 
eveiituidly  beeamo  jiostmastcr  of  this  great,  elty 
of  t  he  West,  a  position  he  still  rebitns.  At  the 
time  of  the  I'resldetit’s  visit  (o  .st.  Louis,  .Mr. 
Idllcy  cnb'rbdned  1dm  sumptuously  and  wKh 
sjilendld  hosplbillty.  Engaged  In  the  mining 
business  was  a  filcnd  who  had  plenty  of  enter¬ 
prise  and  hut  little  money.  Fjlley  had  unbounded 
conllilence  In  him,  and  when  the  friend  wsiited 
an  Indorser  for  his  notes  Mr.  Flllcy  became  his 
surety,  whenever  requested,  wlHiout  keeping  any 
record  as  lo  the  amount  of  money  he  was  hbldeu 
for.  Eventually  his  mining  friend  failed,  and 
those  u()t('s  w'ere  presented  to  .Mr.  Flllcy  for  pay- 
ment. 
Of  ceurso  his  surprise  ivas  great,  hid.  the  fact 
gave  liltn  no  anxiety,  tor  lu'  did  not  think  the  In- 
dorsemcida  would  exceed  imo.oou,  and  he  coidd 
easily  pay  tliat  from  his  aniple  fortune,  one 
hundred  thousand  dolhu'S  were  soon  ]ircsciit.ed 
and  promptly  itald,  but  they  did  not  stej)  coming  ; 
utiUl  they  amounted  lo  juflo.oiio,  I’o  pay  lids  ^ 
would  make  Mr.  Flllcy  a  bankrupt.  In  fact  he  . 
Tuid  not  the  means  (o  pay  the  entire  chum,  and  ho  , 
saw  no  way  out  oi  his  dilemma  but  to  go  Into 
bankruptc.v.  This  he  at  llrst  deohied  to  do,  but 
Ids  pride  restrained  him.  He  had  a  business  repu¬ 
tation  w  hleh  was  second  to  no  one  In  St.  LoiUs, 
and,  arb'i'  mature  deliberal  Ion,  decided  to  a.sk  for 
a  chance  lo  pay  Ids  full  Indebtedness. 
Ho  told  Ids  creditors  1  hat  he  could  make  more 
money  out  of  Ids  property  tlian  If  It  were  dlsi>osed 
of  !it  audlon,  and  he  was  given  an  oiiportuidly  to 
prove  Ills  assert  Ion.  Ho  iialtl  f.r.(iii,()na  down,  and 
resuniiMl  business  with  renewed  vlg<ir  nml  energy, 
and  lo-day  Hie  full  ummmt,  nearly  Sl.iMio.ixk), 
lost  by  nver-conlldcne.c  In  a  friend,  lias  been  paid, 
wltJi  the  cxeeiunm  of  about  jrta,a(iii,  and  that  also 
Mr.  Flllcy  Is  now  abundantly  able  to  imy.  Tho  1 
re.Milt  shows  what  liidondialile  eia'i'gy,  pluck  and  ‘ 
perseverance  can  do  when  employed  In  the  right 
ilircctlou.— 7'/'o(/  Times.  t 
- - -  1 
■WHY  SHE  PLANTED  ROSES. 
A  iii.ACKSMiTn  had  In  possession,  but  under 
mortgage,  a  house  and  pU'ce  of  land.  Like  many 
others,  he  was  atone  time  fond  of  the  social  glass, 
but  was  happily  Imlueed  by  a  friend  to  Join  Hie  ( 
temperance  socRdy.  About  three'  months  after  I 
he  observed  Ills  w  Ifc  one  morning  busily  engaged  I 
In  planting  rose  biislies  nnd  trull  trees.  “  Mary,” 
said  he,  “  I  have  owned  t  his  lot  for  Hvo  years,  and  t 
yet  I  have.ncvf'r  knowm  you  to  care  te  improve  It  :i 
lu  this  manner.”  "  Indeed,”  replied  the  smiling  t 
wife,  “  1  had  ho  lioarl  te  do  it  until  you  gave  up 
the  di1nk.  I  imd  ofleji  thought  of  it  before,  but  1 
was  perauailed  that  should  I  do  It,  some  strangers  < 
would  pluck  the  roses  and  cut  tho  fruit.  Now,  p 
with  God’s  bles-slng,  this  cot  will  be  ours  ami  wc  r 
and  our  children  may  cxiicol,  te  enjoy  the  produce. 
Wc  shall  pluck  the  roses  and  eat  t  he  fruit.”  And 
they  did.  TheJr  eoltuge  was  known  as  the  pret-  *" 
Host  In  tho  nelghhorhood.  ^ 
- -  ; 
KNOWLEDGE  LIMITED. 
Think  for  a  moment  of  l.lie  namiw  limits  of  our 
knowledge!  Eight  liundred  millions  of  feather- 
less  bipeds,  more  or  less,  are  picking  iq)  a  living, 
eating  and  drinking,  inaiTylngaud  giving  In  mar¬ 
riage,  on  this  pretry  Idancl  of  ours;  of  what  Intl- 
nltes-simal  proportion  ciui  you  really  unveil  the 
secrets  ami  gimge  the  vtrl  ues  and  tho  huppliu'ss? 
How  many  pwtple  do  you  know  Inllmutely  enough 
te  say  w  hether  their  lot  Is,  on  the  whole,  enviable 
or  the  revoi'se'.’  Every  human  belqg  Is  atorelgn 
kingdom  to  every  other,  ive  make  a  short  excur¬ 
sion  lute  their  minds;  w'o  loueh  at  a  poit  hi'ieaud 
.Uiere ;  and  wo  say  glibly  that  we  know  thorn  Inti 
mately.  We  know  not  how  many  dark  I'ornors 
are  carefully  hidden  aw  ay  from  all  straiigei's,  and 
what  vast  pravinues  have  never  been  reached  In 
our  most  daiing  travels. 
“THE  NIGHT  COMETH.” 
BY  ELEANOll  BCna. 
WiiAT  thou  docBt,  do  (piickly,  child  ! 
Thou  haat  not  very  Iona  to  Htay  : 
Make  haato  to  ainl  thy  loiiiB  alxiid ; 
My  “  Rod  and  Htafi'”  shall  wait  thy  way. 
.Stand  with  IlghtA  all  triiuiucd  and  burning: 
Handalx  lj<,uuil  on  pllariDi  feet,— 
Stand  with  face  to  Kaatward  turniiia. 
Thou  muy'Ht  then  Him  coining  gn.-ct. 
Let  not  I’leaMuro  lure  liur  bind  thee 
With  "griMin  withrw”  or  flaxen  Bti'.untK; 
Yield  thou  not  to  gmlty  Hluuiber ; 
I'laeo  nut  thy  alrengtli  in  human  bauds, 
LcHt  a  loud  alarm  be  given, 
And  into  her  fair,  mocking  face. 
Bewildered  eye*  uiillftllig. 
Thou  meet  I’hilittUne  eaMRion  bawe ; 
LcRtHhorn  and  erippic'l  thou  bring’st  Khatnc 
Hikmi  thy  laraelltiHh  Iioukc; 
tJpon  Jkiiova  It'll  honored  name, 
Hjion  tlie  aymbolM  of  Uiy  troth. 
O  Sold  !  G  covenanted  one  1 
He  thou  faltliful  lo  thy  vow  ! 
I/ook  uj) !  look  on  !  pcaivh  thy  own  dcptliB  I 
Goo’k  own  Image  MtauqiK  thy  brow.  , 
What  thou  iloeMt,  do  qulekly,  child  ! 
Thou  haat  imt  very  long  to  iitay; 
Eagkr  koiiIk  awai  I.  th.v  ci  imlng ; 
My  "  Rod  and  Htalf"  await  thy  way. 
THE 'reality  of  CHRIST’S  LIFE. 
When  w'O  look  at  the  picture  of  Christ  lu  tho 
Now  Testament  and  sec  him  moving  through  tho 
“  forty  days  ”  and  tho  “  forty  horns  ”  of  .sorrow, 
we  are  wont  te  lose  the  slgninminoc  of  this  great 
struggle  by  so  exalting  tbo  divine  as  te  make  it 
sw’cep  away  tho  human  and  to  make  Christ  only 
an  actor  upon  a  stage.  His  temptation  seems 
alight,  his  surferlng  slight,  his  teura  only  lllms- 
tratlvo  of  wiint,  men  ought  to  uhed.  There  is  suoli 
a  feeling  that  there  must  have  been  In  Christ  such 
a  sense  of  unused  power,  such  a  knowledge  of  w  hal, 
he  eouhf  do  If  only  It  worn  be.st  for  tlm  scheme  of 
salv.atkm,  Hint  before  this  feeling  the  thrilling 
scenes  In  his  life  become  only  the  sueoesslve  nets 
In  a  weU-iJcrformed  drama.  But  w«  must  never 
exalt  the  divluo  at  tlu!  expeiuje  of  the  sincere. 
Far  better  plane  Clirlst  dowm  among  dependent, 
helpless  beings,  than  sulTer  any  of  the  scenes  of 
the  New  Testemoiit  to  lie  In  our  minds  as  pieces 
of  a  drama  or  a  i>antemlme.  Apparent  tempta¬ 
tion,  apparent  grief,  aiipari'iit  agony  In  the  gar¬ 
den,  apparent  stniggllng  for  oharaoH-r,  are  not 
what  the  world  needs  to  see.  It  has  enough  of 
Ihe  hypotheucal  without  niidlng  aay  m  the  temp¬ 
tation  ur  olive  garden.  To  solvo  tlm  enigma  of 
the  BUITiMings  of  a  God,  some  Of  Hk'  early  theolo¬ 
gians  held  te  tho  Ideaot  two  souls  as  existing  in 
jlesus.  But  how  Hiey  solved  their  two-souled 
enigma  1  know  not.  We  must  all  esisipc  the  in¬ 
fluence  of  those  old  theories.  (!hr|.sr  passed  along, 
not  In  n  represcutaTIve  art  like  that  of  Hm  drama’ 
or  of  the  painter,  or  sculpter,  hut  he  moved  along 
in  the  same  paths  of  trial,  and  ooorage,  and  effort, 
and  sublime  heroism  a.s  tho.se  along  which  liuinau 
liearls  lu  our  day  must  move.  The.  life  was  ical, 
tlm  trlumjih  was  real,  otherwise  divinity  Ls  made 
tlm  ally  of  pretense  and  deeepUon.  (.’hrist  Is  a 
real  chapter  from  the  book  of  life,— /wnid  .swimj. 
THOUGHTS  FOR  THINKERS. 
GOD  Will  not  refus<!  the  jioor  offerings  of  jioor 
people ;  but  He  will  not  aci'cpt  the  poor  offerings 
of  tlm  rich.— Meiliey. 
XlisTuiTST  Hm  man  who  Iliids  everything  good, 
the  man  who  llnds  everything  evil,  and  still  more, 
the  man  wholslndlffereni  te  everything.— /,«  cote/-. 
The  yoiun  ro  ou  ;  wo  with  their  tidn 
Arc  to  the.  Future  diifUiur ; 
And  putlently  we  muHt  abide 
The  liiirtaiD’H  hflijig. 
Gne  hour  with  Christ  is  worth  an  eternity  of  all 
earth’s  Joys,  and  eommunlon  with  him  Ls  the  best, 
the  surest  and  the  most  cestaHc  foretaste  of  th(j 
bliss  of  heaven. 
Manv  do  with  opportunities  as  children  do  at 
Hie  sea  shore— nil  Hmlr  little  bands  with  sand, 
and  then  let  the  grains  full  Hirougli  their  lliigei-s 
till  they  are  gone. 
A  GOOD  eousclenco  Is  liel.te.r  than  two  witnesses 
— It  will  C'onsunie  your  grief  as  the  sun  dissolves 
Hm  Ice.  H  Is  a  siirtng  wlicn  you  are  thli-sty,  a 
staff  when  you  are  weary,  a  screen  wlieu  the  sun 
burns. 
Evekv  kindly  woi'd  and  feeling,  I'very  good 
deed  and  thonglU,  every  noble  aeilon  and  Im¬ 
pulse,  Is  like  Uie  ark-sent  dove,  and  leltirns  from 
the  troubled  waters  of  life  bearing  a  green  olive 
branch  to  Uic  soul. 
Why  should  tho  gloom  deepi.'ii  as  we  near  Hie 
sun?  And  why  should  tho  unthinking  speak  ot 
the  downward  slope  of  life?  Why  walk  back¬ 
ward  all  our  days,  with  our  faeos  down  hill,  and 
gloomily  speak  ot  downward  slope  te  the  gi  ave  ? 
But  yet  how  uuc  it  is  that  most  ot  us  do  .so. 
A  sroThEss  life  may  go  fur  te  Incapacitate  a  man 
for  saving  souls.  'I’he  common  expre-ssion,  “  He 
is  wo  good  for  us,”  coni, alas,  like  many  another 
vulgarism,  pure  gold.  We  are  not  cnrists.  tVe 
do  not  understand  the  evil  that  we  have  never 
committed.  We  are  not  the  world's  savloui's.  only 
Its  helpers;  and  we  have  all  the  Imiper's  dullness, 
none  of  the  Bavlour’s  Insight.- A'ffo'nOeD/.  Slaart 
JVieips, 
