MOORE’S  RURAI-  MEW-YORKER. 
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JnolBors;  t  he  potatoes  were  vonest;  anrt  Horace 
savtxl  all  hlK  powers  for  the  ptu1dln;r.  And  he  had 
need  of  them. 
The  dessert,  was  brought  on  and  poured  Into  Its 
appi  oprIuUi  reeejilucle,  and  Horace  helfied  himself 
and  his  wife  loltountlful  jiortlons. 
“Turk’s  Inland!  and  crystallized  limestone!” 
cried  he,  dropping  his  drst  mouthful  hacK  hito  his 
pliite.  “  hot, '8  wife  must  have  hoen  Imiiorted  In 
the  last  bteamer.” 
"Why,  Hora04i!"  exclaimed  TS'ellle,  In  alarm, 
“  what  Is  the  matter  with  the  pudding  7” 
"  Halter  than  salltudhs!  l>o  t^iste,  Nell  I" 
One  mouthful  was  sumeient.  Nellie's  pretty 
face  w'as  8<^rewpd  up  Into  a  hundred  j)uekers. 
"  Why,  Horace,  who  would  have  thought  Itt  I 
only  put  III  half  a  cup  full.” 
Dinner  passed  ofl'  nither  soberly.  Nellie  was 
mortlOed  ut  (he  111  successor  her  hard  work.  Hor¬ 
ace  was  obliged  to  ipJlt  the  table  hungry,  and  wo 
all  know  that  a  man  with  an  empty  stomach,  and 
t  he  prospect  of  that  organ's  remaining  thus,  is  a 
formidable  animal. 
However,  his  good  humor  returned  dlroctly.  Ho 
kissed  Nellie  good  by,  and  left  her  to  t  he  task  of 
wa.shlng  the  dl.she»— no  easy  duty,  by  the  way. 
The  dinner  and  Its  aeeompanlmeul«  were  but 
the  protoQ’pe  of  many  another  dinner.  It  would 
be  inllnlU’ly  amusing  to  t  he  reader  U)  follow  Nel¬ 
lie  Harwell  LhrougU  ibe  fourweeks  following  her 
removal  to  a  house  of  her  ciwi. 
She  invariably  forgot  to  make  the  bed  until  sho 
went,  up  stairs  to  retire;  the  lamps  were  never 
illbd  till  tlie  inonient  they  were  wanted;  Iho  car- 
petH  were  swept  afbT  sho  had  dusted  the  furnl- 
lure;  she  boiled  the  calico  clothes  and  Ihe  white 
oiu«H  together ;  iidmIs  starch  of  cold  wiiDt  ;  Ironed 
Horace’s  dickies  wrong  8lde  out;  scwiHlup  the 
Ungers  of  his  gloves ;  mistook  salt  for  salnrat  us 
and  lartar  cinotU;  for  salt ;  burnt  the  moat,  forgot 
In  sweeten  the  8|)ouge  cake,  and  mado  a  hundred 
other  bluiMlers  that  every  Incxpi-rtenccd  hoitso- 
keepor  con  lm.aglnc  for  ticrself. 
A  month  or  this  kind  of  e.xistonco  jiassed  away, 
and  Nellie  broached  a  plan  to  her  liusband.  Hor¬ 
ace  wa.s  only  too  dcllghU'd  to  eomsent.  Their 
house  was  shut  up;  the  young  man  went  to  a 
boardlng-hOUiie  and  Nellie  wentlo  Aunt  M.artha 
c.'h.aso,  a  widowed  slstor  of  her  father,  who  resided 
In  a  country  town  some  Iwonty  miles  away. 
Aunt  Martha  was  a  lady  more  eelobrated  tor 
the  oxccllenoo  of  her  pies  and  pre..scrves  than  for 
l.licnurahcrof  her  douiices,  and  under  hertuu.dnge 
Nellie  beeamo,  In  time,  wh.U  every  wonian  should 
be,  wit  hout  regard  to  her  station,  a  gowl  housc- 
koeper.  And  when  at  the.  end  of  throe  montlm  she 
went  buck  to  licr  own  house,  t  here  were  no  more 
salt  luiddlngs  nr  humid  sUinks. 
l.lttle  hoily,  think  well  beforehand,  If  tlio  adora¬ 
tion  of  your  aeeepUd  lover  will  live  after  luai'- 
rlago  11  fed  upon  bad  bread  and  black  oolToe. 
- - - —  - - — 
FAST  LIFE. 
Kverv  newspaper  reitder  must  have  noticed  the 
unusually  large  number  of  e.xposurcS  of  dishonest 
clerks  and  c.aahlei'B  lately  made  In  tills  city. 
Whether  these  have  been  crowded  into  a  few 
weeks  by  the  general  scrutiny  which  the  close  of 
the  year  alwaj’s  makes  In  mereantJlo  atlalrs  or 
not,  we  do  not  know.  It  Is  certain,  however,  that 
the  lougnltude  of  some  of  those  Uiort;<  and  the 
biwene.ss  of  ccrlaln  breaehas  of  irnst  show  a  most 
nnlort.unate  st.ul.e  of  things.  In  the  four  or  five 
easc.s  ol  the  dellbenit-e  sloulliig  of  gtxjds  from 
iiUTeuiitllo  houses  which  have  been  reported 
within  a  few  w^eeks,  the  facts  look  blacker  for  the 
thieving  lunployiis  than  they  would  U  the  pur- 
lolners  had  been  driven  to  Ibett  by  shoer  distress, 
one  young  man,  who  inwl  simigghd  hts  plunder 
out  of  the  warehouse  for  more  t  han  two  years, 
and  had  sysicmatlcally  rejnu’ked  and  sold  it,,  is 
de.serlbed  a.sa  peiwm  of  good  hahll.s  and  “Iilghly 
respei  tablo  connccttcms.”  Yet  he  had  stolen 
alaml  j-iu, 1810  worth  of  gootLs  from  hts  employers 
before  ho  was  deleeted. 
It  win  bo  found  that  almost,  all  the  betrayal.s  of 
commerelal  trusts  to  which  wo  refer  have  extrav¬ 
agant  or  fast,  living  for  their  Immediate  motive. 
It  need  not  lie  supposed  that  expensive  liablts 
ueceasurlly  Involve  gambling,  drinking,  or  secret 
ImmoralltleR.  That  t  here  Is  too  much  of  this  In 
the  career  of  young  uxen  of  small  incomes  and 
extravagant  lives  everylskly  adiiills.  (.me  young 
man  who  maiiaged  to  make  away  with  nearly  one 
hunditd  tlumsftud  dollars  of  his  employer’s  casli 
was,  a  week  nr  two  since,  dLseorcred  to  bo  nialn- 
tatrflng  a  costly  prlvalo  eetabllshmcnt.  Another 
dlHhoue.st  eiisUlor  wius  suildeniy  fomiil  to  bo  a 
gambler,  and  a  third,  nver-fond  of  fast,  hoi-ses 
and  tine  equipages,  went,  intxi  the  stxwk  market  to 
"  make  a  raise,”  lost,  and  flmilly  retrieved  himself 
by  slcalltig  flora  his  cmtiloyors’ oasli-hox  and  fal* 
slfylng  his  accounts.  Hut  although  these  partic¬ 
ularly  flagrant  breiichos  of  trust,  soom  to  prove 
that  vicious  Imbllii  lca<l  directly  to  dishonest 
practlc(?s,  mulUUid(’.s  of  other  cases  remain  luiac- 
cuuhted  for  on  any  such  theory. 
Homehowlt  seems  bard  for  our  people  — moro 
particularly  our  eltj  people— to  come  down  to 
the  plainer  style  of  living  which  we  knew  boforo 
the  war.  The  times  have  changed,  but  the  man- 
nere  have  not.  Kver  .since  the  panic  of  JSTawo 
have  been  “  coining  down  to  bed-rock,"  as  tlie  ox- 
preaslvo  phrase  runs,  buttUousiinda  of  people  re¬ 
fuse  to  mCHllfy  their  expenditures  aeeordlugly.  In 
the  nature  of  things,  11  Is  ImiiOASiblo  for  nteii  lo 
make  the  sudden  rortunes,  udth  almost  no  caiiltal, 
which  wore  once  so  common.  Hut  young  men  in 
oommtrclal  life,  shut  up  to  the  prospect  of  a  cer¬ 
tain  llxed  and  nut  princely  salary,  are  dlscon- 
tenU'd  because  they  cannot  keep  luxuriously 
fiu'nl.shcd  apartments,  entertain  their  friends 
handsomely,  and  dreas  expensively.  The  highly 
respectable  young  mail,  of  correct  habits,  who 
muddles  away  bis  modest  salary  on  fine  clothes, 
upholstery,  pictures  and  brIc-a-brac,  is  In  a  fair 
way  lo  be  tcmpUsl  to  sD;al  from  hts  employer 
whenever  ho  has  a  good  chance.  He  cannot  en- 
'  dure  a  plain  sUvle  of  living— so  many  of  hla  asao- 
!  dates'  m.annors  of  life  makes blrn  simm  mean.  In 
this  way  the  uimptatlon.s  of  a  city  life  are  rv;ally 
mu(3h  grcabT  tlian  the  morallHts  make  them 
appear. 
The  eonsequeneoH  of  this  false  style  of  living 
are  clearly  apparent.  If  some  now  Asinodeus 
could  tako  tho  roofs  olT  our  elty  houses,  lio  would 
be  appalled  by  the  revelation  of  domostlc.  unhap- 
:  pliioHS  eaiiHod  by  ambll.lous  exlravaganco.  But 
worse  than  thl.s  Is  tho  erlnio  Inl/i  which  so  many 
young  men  .are  led  by  a  Htmllnr  wmikmus.  Km- 
ployeix  do  not  know  inucli  about  the  habits  and 
expenses  of  llielr  wrvants.  M  e  do  not  exsu'tly 
Hoe  how  they  can.  Tho  conditions  of  soeh-iy  have 
changed  voiymueh  since  the  time  when  young 
men  in  shops,  warehouses  and  liauklng-hmisos 
were  regarded  asappri.iiitli  eH,  and  were  a  part  of 
the  family  of  their  omployerH.  The  only  hop»^  for 
t.tie  rutunJ  Is  In  a  more  general  prixetlco  of  eeon- 
omy  Hi  all  dojiartmeiits  of  life.  Theold  fashioned 
virtue  of  frugality  Hi'cms  quite  lost,.  Few  young 
men  save  anything.  Many  of  them  spend  more 
than  they  earn.  Tho  rcHUlt  Is  that  the  shore  Is 
strewn  with  moral  wrecks.— A'.  T.  Tiiiien, 
- ♦  ♦  »  . . 
A  GOLDEN  GIRL. 
Theuu  1b  a  servant  girl  living  In  a  family  on 
Howard  street  wlio  wouldn't  bo  permuted  to 
change  places  If  f  10  por  week  would  bo  any  In¬ 
ducement  for  her  lo  sUiy.  Sho  makes  It  her  spe- 
ctul  duty  to  meet  agents  and  iieggnrs  ut  the  door, 
and  lo  aiapo.se  of  them  without  t  he  least  aniioy- 
anco  to  the  family.  She  1ms  a  rule  to  moot  each 
c.t8H,  and  her  rules  are  i»crfe<!tion.  The  door-bell 
never  tools  Ixor.  She  can  toll  a  caller’s  ring  Irma 
a  beggar's  ring  us  certainly  as  tho  boll  Is  touched, 
tvheii  she  opeuh  the  door  and  uiuis  a  man  with  a 
rod  goaloo  having  a  clotUes-wrlnger  In  his  h.and, 
she  doesn't  wall  tor  him  to  hem  and  haw  and  say 
that  his  elotheB-wHngcr  heats  all  the  oUier  wring¬ 
ers  ev(!r  made;.  She  gels  the  start  by  saying : 
"  You  seem  like  a  decent,  respectable  man,  and 
as  a  rnend  i  warn  you  mat.  t.uo  owner  of  me  nouse 
saw  you  come  up  tho  stops  and  he  ran  Into  iho 
back  yard  to  vmchain  his  Uusslan  hJoixlhouud.” 
The  man  with  the  nvl  goatee  slings  that  wringer 
over  hla  right  shoulder  and  cautem  out  of  that 
neighborhood  with  his  teeth  on  I'dgo  and  cold 
chills  playing  tag  up  and  down  hts  hack. 
The  next  one  uxay  be  a  young  lady,  who  boldly 
Inquires  fur  the  lady  of  the  housxt  and  has  a  new 
kind  of  lace  jsiwder  to  sell. 
"  You  can  go  in,”  whispered  the  girl,  “and  I  will 
stand  at  thn  door  so  m  to  rush  In  vvlieu  you  call. 
It  tho  mistress  asks  you  10  UisUj  anything,  beware 
ofjKilsoJi.  She  may  not  have  her  little  revolvor 
with  lier  tills  morning,  and  1  guoHS  It  will  bo  sale 
for  you  to  go  In.” 
“  W'Jiy— why— ?"  staiiiumrs  Mie  young  lady. 
“  Go  right  la- .she  may  not  be  UHiigerousI” 
“Never  iidiul— I'll  call  again- I'm  in  a  liurry !" 
And  tbiit  settles  lliat  case. 
The  next,  la  one  of  those  old  chaps  who  go  about 
with  U>ara  in  his  eyes,  willing  to  work  It  work  can 
be  hud,  but  never  bndlng  any  work  their  health 
will  permit  them  to  do. 
“  .Madam,”  lu*  say  a,  as  sho  opena  tho  door,  "  for 
morey's  sake,  lot  we  work  at  something  long 
enough  Ui  earn  a  sllee  of  bread  1” 
Mbe  iiioHoiis  bim  lo  go  around  to  the  side  door, 
and  Is  there  to  let  him  lu.  She  hands  him  an  ox 
weighing  seven  jiounds,  with  a  straight  handle, 
poiutB  to  ihrei!  or  four  big  knots  which  have  be¬ 
came  almost  iieU’Hiod,  and  aofUy  saya : 
“  You  look  hungry,  and  as  soon  as  you  split 
Mioso  up,  1'U  give  you  the  best  meal  you’ve  hadlii 
a  month. 
.She  goes  In,  and  he  spits  on  his  hands,  looks  at 
that  old  ax,  and  then  folds  his  little  tent,  and  slips 
tluough  the  gale  like  a  shadow  of  fale. 
Thou  iiio  111  lie  girl  w'ho  canvasses  for  the  orphan 
nio'lum,  ring's  the  bell,  bhe  Is  mol  with  a  smile, 
and  the  hired  girl  says : 
“  You  floor  little  thing  I  I  jilty  tho  orphans,  and 
I’d  like  to  give  you  some  money.  If  you  will  get 
t.hu  mayor  lo  cumo  hero  and  say  that  it  la  all 
right,  I  will  give  you  three  eents.” 
The  UiUe  girl  t.Jioughtrully  pursues  her  way, 
and  another  case  comes.  Is  met  and  dlsposiil  ol, 
and  the  mlhlress  ol  that,  house  Is  never  disturbed 
or  annoyed. 
- - 
KEEP  CHEERFUL. 
It  Is  not  very  dinicult  for  a  person  to  b»  sunny- 
tempcrcd  when  everything  Is  going  prosperously 
with  him.  M’hou  a  man  has  made  two  or  three 
hundred  dollars  a  day,  and  all  Uie  signs  are  favor¬ 
able  lor  hJs  making  the  .same  miiiouiiI  to-morrow, 
how  good-uiiuired  he  can  bo.  When  the  hour  com  ea 
to  close  tho  Btoro,  ho  taken  hla  hat  from  the  peg, 
buttons  up  hla  overcoat,  draws  on  his  glovetj  and 
Ktai'is  for  his  homo  with  the  fi>ullnKH  of  a  king. 
He  tools  kliiiUy  towards  everybody.  Ho  buys  a 
paiior  of  the  newsboy,  snaps  iiim  a  ten  cent  scrip, 
and  hurries  along  without  waiting  for  tho  return 
ehangu,  chuckling  to  himself  as  If  ho  had  perpe¬ 
trated  a  tlrst-claas  Joke,  When  ho  comes  to  Ida 
house  he  siiilles  at  the  servant,  kisses  his  w1te,— 
or  ought  to- bounces  the  baby,  and  illla  tlio  en¬ 
tire  household  with  a  seuae  of  his  own  supremo 
satlsIacLlon,  Ah  me.  How  ea.sy  Itlsto  beguod- 
uaturod  tiuder  such  circumstances.  YY'hat  saints 
w  e  all  Jvre  when  wo  have  all  we  want  I 
But  limes  chauge.  The  busluess  sky  looks  dark 
and  becomes  black  wloU  omluoua  clouds.  Under 
oui'  feet  run  rumblings  and  tlie  premonitory  un- 
btc.adliifss  which  always  precede  a  tlnunclal  earth¬ 
quake.  The  commercial  aimosphcre  is  motionless 
and  opprea=!lvo;  everybody  senses  danger.  Buyers 
are  timid;  sellers  tiro  suspicious.  The  current  of 
trade  sbrlnks.  Goods  rcniuln  nu.HOld ;  paper  on 
which  you  had  relied  grtes  to  protest;  household 
expenses  begin  to  crjwd;  small  bills  accumulate; 
duns  grow  Imperailve.  Ab,  now  Is  the  lime,  friend 
when  good  nalun-  In  you  Is  a  virtue ;  yi-a,  u  grace, 
and  a  gr(u.'0,  so  while  that  It  sliall  l.o  seen  in  tho 
highest  ho.avon  and  noted  there.  Now  Is  the  time 
for  you  to  show  wliat  stuff  you  are  really  rntido  of. 
Now  Is  the  time.  If  you  are  a  gentleman,  lo  prove 
It.  If  you  love  yrmr  wife,  now  Is  the  1 1  me  to  show 
It ;  It  .Tuu  have  fall  h  In  wunelhlng  nobler,  higher, 
sweeter,  than  this  world  and  Its  |)ossi3sslons,  let 
that  faith  be  manifest  In  your  conduct  every- 
wliere.  Don’t  take  a  gloomy  face,  and  a  surly 
Tolee,  and  a  sour  temper  to  yoim  bou.sebold.  That 
household  has  Its  own  cares,  and  irnuhlos,  and 
clouds  enough  In  Its  own  sky.  Tell  your  wife  your 
dintcultles;  but  In  such  a  brave,  gchlle  and  loving 
way  as.  Instead  of  opiiresKlog  her  spirits,  will 
cause  them  r.atlier,  lo  rise  buoyuully  at  the 
thought  that  she  Is  fully  trusted  hy  you  and  may 
he  ahlc  to  help  you.  "  Bear  ye  one  another's  bur¬ 
dens  and  00  fuinil  the  law  of  Ohrlst." 
8LANG  OF  ARTISTS. 
Thk  conversation  of  artists,  when  11,  has  refer¬ 
ence  to  their  profession,  Ib  usually  patched  up 
with  plu’aacH  pmuillar  to  them»clves,  and  which 
may  not  Improperly  he  called  the  slang  of  art. 
This  Jaigou,  when  heard  by  persouH  uuacqualnl- 
»‘d  with  Its  application,  Is  apt  to  lead  to  awkward 
mistakes.  A  laughable  Instance  occurred  lately. 
A  pai’ty  of  artists  were  travellug  lu  a  sUige  coach, 
in  w  hic.h,  biwlde  themselves,  a  seUale,  venerable 
old  la<l.v  was  ibe  only  passenger.  The  conversa¬ 
tion  among  tho  aiTlsI.s  ran  as  follows:— “How 
playful  tlHise  clouds  are  1  That  group  lo  the  loft 
is  sweetly  comiiosed,  though  perhaps  a  itlthj  loo 
solid  and  rocky  for  the  otliors.  I  have  seen  nel  h- 
Ing  of  drown  lately.  I  think  he  Is  clever.  He 
maki.**!  all  his  llesh  urn  chalky.  You  must  allow, 
however,  (,hnt  he  is  very  HUcee.ssful  with  the 
imUes  I”  The  old  lady  began  Ut  ex hlblt  sy lupUims 
of  luieaslness,  and  at  tho  close  of  each  (ilmerviitlon 
cant  an  anxious  and  I  nqulrlng  look  at  tho  speaker. 
Her  coiniianlons,  however,  unconBClau.s  of  the 
alarm  they  were  exciting  (fur  sJie  entertained 
doubts  as  to  their  sanity),  went  on  In  tho  same 
style,  Hhe  heard  them,  to  her  increasing  lUstuay, 
talk  uf  u  farm-house  coining  out  from  tho  uelgh- 
iHuiug  trees,  aud  o!  a  gcutleman’s  groiuuLs  want¬ 
ing  repose.  .\t  length  tlioy  uppioaehed  an  old 
village  church.  A  great  many  ohservutlous  were 
uiiUle  about  the  keeping,  aud  so  torth,  of  the 
Hceue,  which  the  old  lady  bore  with  lolerahlo 
t'quaulmlly.  But  at  last,  one  of  tho  paity  ex¬ 
claimed,  In  a  kind  of  enthuslasni,  “  Hf«'  how  well 
the  woman  lu  the  rwl  cloak  cnriied  oil  tho  tower.” 
This  was  too  much.  The  l.ady  screamed  to  the 
oonebtuau  lo  sU'p,  paid  him  Jior  fare,  although 
advanced  only  half  way  on  her  journey,  and  ex- 
Jj  jiroaiied  her  Ihankfulneec-  for  having  escaped  alive 
from  such  a  set  of  muibueu  ! 
- - »  - 
A  CONNECTICUT  WEDDING  FEE. 
Tuk  Hartford  Couraul  nurrutes  tho  following 
ludicrous  liiclileiit:— A  clergy  man  who  was  for¬ 
merly  located  In  this  city,  but  w  ho  l.s  now  in  New 
York,  manic.d  a  little  over  a  year  ago  a  couple 
who  at  once  sUiiied  for  Europe  aud  liave  reeeiiUy 
rotunie.l.  The  bridegroom  was  a  gentleman  of 
wealth,  and  belore  he  prasentod  hliiiBeir  before 
the  alUir  lie  pluwid  a  kioil  greenback  In  his  vest 
pocket  lo  give  the  pamon  for  the  marriage  fee. 
W hllo  crossing  the  ocean  ho  discovered,  greatly 
lo  Ills  uslonlsliUK'nt.  tlie  bill  lu  the  iirarkii,  where 
he  had  iiliiced  lU  and  could  aceoiuit  for  Its  preiv- 
ence  (Jiero  only  on  t  he  i  henry  that  ho  must  have 
had  another  bill  ol  dltrcrent  denomination,  and 
wlileh  111'  had  given  lo  the  elorgynian  by  mistake. 
On  getting  hack  to  this  country  he  ileU'nnlned  to 
solve  the  mystery,  and  widUH  ui)oh  the  reverend 
gentleiuau  aud  intpilrtid  If  on  a  cert,tUi  occasion 
he  did  not  marry  a  eorlalu  couple.  The  clergy¬ 
man  rememltercd  the  occtwlou  perfectly,  “l 
know  1  am  about  to  a.'ik  an  Iniperlluent  qiicsllou," 
said  the  vlHlUir,  “  hut  I  should  like  to  he  Informed 
what  fee  you  rceidved  for  pciioriulng  tlio  cere¬ 
mony  V"  The  clergyman  said  that  he  would,  of 
course,  gratify  him,  “  1  recelvixl,"  he  weld  on  to 
say,  “  a  very  simnll  quantity  of  tine-cut  chewing 
tobacco,  folded  In  a  very  small  plect'  of  paper,” 
The  only  thing  remaining  to  he  done  the  gentle¬ 
man  (lid.  Ho  lauglUngly  ajiologlzed  for  t  he  mls- 
(.ake,  shook  hands,  and  made  good  his  original 
intention  by  leaving  $100  lu  tlio  hands  of  the 
clergyman, 
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Ci'SAR  SMITH  AS  A  FINANCIER. 
The  “man  aud  brother”  Is  arriving,  though  hy 
slow  degrees,  at  tho  distinction  of  securities. 
With  him,  as  with  Ills  less  deeply  frescoed  lellow- 
cltlzen,  absolute  security  for  capital  Invested  Is 
of  higher  moment  than  large  Interest.  Thms  It 
was  with  Mr.  Cinsar  .Smith,  who  applied  recently 
to  hla  neighbor,  Mr.  Thompson,  for  advice. 
“Mr.  Thompson,"  asked  M>-.  .Smith,  “wud  you 
len'  cuff  Jones  forty  dollars  er  you  was  me  7” 
“  \S'hat  sccurlly  can  he  offer  7” 
“A  moi'gldge.” 
“  A  moiigage  7  Why,  what  has  he  got  to  mort¬ 
gage?” 
"Hat's  w’at  hodders  me,  Mr.  Thompson.  I 
knows  he  don’t  own  numu  but  do  oP  duds  on  hla 
back.” 
"WeU,  then,  how  can  ho  give  you  a  mort¬ 
gage?" 
“Dat’s  do  queshun,  Mr.  Thompson.  No,  he 
can’t  do  it,  an’  I’smade  up  my  min’  dat  he  can’t 
have  <le  money  otiless  ho  gives  me  his  note  o 
lia.ail.—J/arjjer'sJ/n(/{Uhit'.” 
A  HEOOXB  lj«iy  Blood  at  a  nch  ttian’R  door— 
”  I  atu  UoiiMolr-HK.nnil  frnmdJoaH,  Hint  faint,  and  poor,” 
Said  Ihe  liet^ar  Imjj-,  um  a  U'lir-diop  rolled 
Down  hi«  thin  rJuu-Ij,  blanchxi  with  want  and  cold. 
"  Oil,  Kive  irm  a  crii«t  from  j  our  board  lo-daj’. 
To  lielp  tbs  IwEvar  laiy  on  hU  way  t” 
•'  Not  B  cTUBt  nor  a  cruinh,”  tho  rich  man  Bald, 
He  olT  aud  work  for  your  dully  broad.” 
The  nrh  man  went  to  thn  pariah  church, 
illH  fac<'  srew  wave  an  he  reached  the  porch ; 
And  the  UironK'iuK  poor,  the  nnlauaht  niBaa, 
Drew  back  to  let  the.  rich  man  pasH. 
'J'hc  aeiwJce  Itefran— ibc  choral  hymn 
Arose  aud  swellt-d  throufrb  thn  lonir  aislos  dim  : 
Then  the  rich  man  knelt,  aud  the  words  he  said, 
Were  "  Give  rs  this  day  our  dally  bread.” 
- - 
LET  US  HELP  ONE  ANOTHER. 
This  IHMe  sentence  should  be  written  on  every 
heart  and  slamiuHl  on  every  memory.  It  should 
he  Hie  golden  rule  practiced  not  only  lu  every 
household,  hut  throughout  tho  world.  Hy  help¬ 
ing  one  another  we  not  only  remove  thorns  from 
the  pathway  and  anxiety  from  the  mind,  hut  wo 
feel  a  sense  of  pleasure  In  our  own  heart«,  know¬ 
ing  we  are  doing  a  duty  for  a  tcllow-iireature.  A 
helping  haml,  or  an  encouraging  word.  Is  no  loss 
to  n.H,  yet  it  Is  a  boiiellt  lo  others.  Who  has  not 
felt  the  power  of  this  little  Heiilenoe  7  Who  has 
not  jieedfHl  tue  eneouragompiit  and  aid  of  a  kind 
tiionU  7  How  HoothInK,  when  perplexed  wlUi 
some  tusk  that  ks  mysterious  and  burdensome,  to 
feel  a  gentle  hand  on  your  shonlder,  and  to  liear  a 
kind  voice  whispering,  "  Po  you  feel  discouraged. 
1  see  you  lire  troubled  -let  me  help  you.”  Wliat 
strength  Is  limplri'd,  wliat  hope  creat/jd.  What 
sweet  grni.inide  Is  fc'It,  and  great  dllllculty  Is  dla- 
HOlvod  as  dew  beneath  the  sunstiine.  Yos,  let  u.s 
help  one  anutlier  by  endeavoring  to  strengthen 
aud  encourage  the  weak  and  UftJng  t  he  burdens 
on  Irom  tlie  weary  and  oppre.ssed,  that  life  may 
glide  smoothly  on  and  the  foiiiit  of  bitterness 
yield  sweet  waters ;  and  he  w  hose  willing  hand 
Is  ('ver  re.HUy  lo  aid  us,  will  reward  our  liumhle 
endeavors,  and  every  good  deed  will  be  as  “  broad 
east  upon  tho  waters,  to  relsirn  after  many  days,” 
If  not  to  us,  to  those  wo  love. 
“NE’W  EVERY  MORNING," 
How  man.v  bright  things  there  are  In  the  Book 
of  Lamentations!  It  has  a  sad  title,  and  Incur 
liappy  moods  wo  should  hardly  think  of  turning 
lU  leaves,  (uir  lusllnot  would  be  to  go  to  it  lu 
our  grief  to  rind  sullablc  utUTanoes  of  our  bur- 
denml  houiu.  We  oimu  to  Iw  Uni'S  as  to  those 
who  walk  under  a  weeping  sky  and  beneath  the 
rain  of  railing  tears.  But  our  walk  will  often,  aa 
we  look  up,  show  us  a  rift  In  the  clouiJs,  and  tho 
blue  sky  shining  through,  and  the  blessod  sun¬ 
shine  streaming  <lowu. 
Hero  Is  an  utterance  that  has  tho  sunliearns  In 
It;— “The  Lord’s  mercies  are  new  every  morn¬ 
ing.”  What  an  assurance  this  Is  to  carry  with  us 
111  all  our  wayfaring  through  this  world  l 
'i’he  future  Im  always  daik  to  its.  'I'ho  8h.adow8 
brood  over  It.  A  veil  hides  It  flom  our  sight. 
What  is  under  the  sliadows,  wiiut  Is  behind  tho 
veil,  w iial  Is  advancing  to  meet  us  out  of  tho  Im¬ 
pervious  ml.st,  nom.!  of  us  can  know.  We  have  no 
anxious  ((Uestloris  lo  a-sk.  This  Is  enough  tor  all 
that  la  coming— “The  Lord’s  inereleB  arc  new 
every  morning.”  The  mornings  yet  to  break  upon 
us  may  be  hiMvy  with  stoniw;  no  matter,  tho  now 
morcles  will  not.  mil.— .i.  /..  .shme,  d. 
-  -  - 
GOLDEN  THOUGHTS. 
OPK  dead  aro  never  dead  to  us  until  we  have 
foigotU'U  them. 
The  quality  we  call  moral  courage  Is  necessary 
to  finished  success. 
Man  may  judge  us  by  the  success  of  our  efforts ; 
(liKl  looks  ut  the  etloiiii  thumselvcs. 
It  w.aa  George  Herbert  w  ho  said  a  handful  of 
good  lllc  Is  w  urili  a  bushel  of  learning. 
Oim  court  drivis  In  heaven  aud  our  garment  of 
saucUtlcatloii  for  dully  wear,  are  the  coiide.scend- 
Ing  gifts  (if  Christ’s  love. 
The  study  of  literature  nanrisht^s  youth,  enter- 
taliiH  old  age,  atloriis  iirosporUy,  solaces  adveiulty, 
Is  delightful  at  home  aud  uiiolrtruslvu  abroad. 
H  you  will  pol  do  that  wlileli  God  hath  enabled 
you  to  do,  how  can  you  expect  t  hat  he  should  do 
that  for  you,  which,  of  yourself,  you  cannot  do  ? 
TitiALH  teach  us  what  we  are;  they  dig  up  the 
soli,  and  let  us  sec  what  wo  lire  made  of;  they 
Just  tium  up  some  of  the  111  weeds  to  the  surface. 
K-vi'Eribnob  teachc8,4lt  is  true ;  but  she  never 
teaches  In  time.  Each  ever  brings  Its  lesson,  and 
tho  lesson  to  remomberod;  but  tho  samu  event 
never  ix^eurs  again. 
Ik  Bte  had  its  llxod  beginning  and  end,  we  could 
llidsh  our  works  or  our  allalrs,  belore  going  Into 
tlie  olber  world ;  but  as  everything  Is  begun  when 
we  come  to  tho  earth,  noUilng  Is  ended  iviieu  we 
leave  It. 
WUAT  would  bo  wanting  to  make  this  world  a 
kingdom  of  Heaven  It  that  tender,  profound  and 
self-denying  love  practiced  and  recommended  by 
JestLs  w  ere  paramount  In  every  heart  T—A'n«m- 
rtMi'her. 
It  la  in  the  whole  people  that  we  must  put  our 
hope  and  trust— the  whole  people,  as  they  shall  bo 
operated  uiwn  by  shiwly-advanclng  Ideas  of  truth, 
justice  and  purity. 
