MOORE’S  BORAI-  NEW-YORRER. 
malnccl  as  deep  a  mystery  as  ever,  and  the  phy¬ 
sicians  contented  themselves  with  declaring  It  to 
he  a  psychological  puzzle,  a  revelation  of  the 
human  soul  which  could  not  he  explained.  Ahra- 
ham  told  the  Professor  tliat  although  his  name  Is 
Abraham,  It  l.s  not  Abraham  chorkov,  but  Abra¬ 
ham  Durham,  and  that  he  had  no  other  desire 
than  to  go  luick  to  Ids  lamlly. 
one  morning,  when  his  wife  arose,  she  found 
Ids  place  empty— he  had  disappeared.  'I'he  mar¬ 
velous  story  soon  reached  tlic  ears  of  the  Itusslan 
Ihnperor,  who  forthwith  ordered  diligent  search 
U)  be  made  aflnr  the  lost  ono;  hut  all  of  no  avail, 
the  man  could  not  be  found;  and  at  last.  It  was 
generally  believed  that  he  had  been  Insane,  and 
In  his  Insanity  had  souglit  hlsdeatli  In  the  river 
Neva. 
In  the  spring  of  the  year  1875  Prof,  (irlow  of  8t. 
PeU^rsburgh  visited  PUllttdelpldu,  at  tJie  rcduest 
of  his  (toveriinient,  to  arrange  the  preliminaries 
of  the  Uusalan  deiiartment  of  the  Centennial  Kx- 
hlhltlon.  One  day,  reaiJJjig  a  new8i)apor,  tlie  fol¬ 
lowing  arrested  Ids  atlentton : 
“In  New  Westminster  an  occurrence  re<;enUy 
took  pla<.;o  wldch  c.auscd  a  great  sensation  through¬ 
out  Ui(!  wliole  territory  of  British  CoBunbla.  On 
the  2v!a  day  of  September,  187<,  a  fur  dealer  of  said 
(!lty  was  In  a  ilylng  e.ondlLlon,  sullerlug  from  ty¬ 
phoid  fover,  and  no  one,  uot  even  Ids  physicians, 
seemed  to  entertain  any  hope  as  to  the  possibility 
of  his  rwioveiy.  Nevertheless  the  patient  rallhid 
and  fully  recovered.  But,  wonderful  to  relate  the 
pallent,  vvUo  was  an  InteBJgeut  Krigllshjoan,  had 
forgotten  his  mother  tongue,  and  speuka  a  han- 
guage  which  is  understood  by  no  ono  around  him, 
but  which  at  lost  Is  reoogul/.od  by  aii  Itdiablunt  of 
the  city  to  be  a  Jargon  of  had  Jewlsh-Oeruiau. 
The.  patleid.,  before  hla  sicknoHiS,  a  short,  stout  fel¬ 
low  and  a  blonde.  Is  now  thin  and  lean  like  a  stick, 
refuses  to  recognize  his  wife  and  child,  hut  insists 
he  hu,s  a  wife  and  several  children  somewhere  else. 
The  man  Is  believed  to  be  Insane.  All  at  once  a 
ICuropean  traveler  arrives,  marked  with  a  genu¬ 
ine  Hebrew  fitce,  and  <rlalmH  to  be  the  Husband  of 
the  wife  of  the  fur  dealer.  He  speaks  to  the  woman 
in  the. same  language  her  husband  was  wont  to 
speak  to  her;  he  gives  her,  and  even  his  parents 
who  re.sidi!  in  said  city,  but  who,  ol  course,  <lo  not 
recognize  him  as  tlieir  sou,  the  most  detailed  and 
minutest  description  of  bygoim  events,  and  Insists 
upon  being  the  woman’s  husband  and  the  parouls' 
sou.  Tlie  poor  woman  Is  almost  tu  peril  ot  her  rea¬ 
son  by  the  effect  of  tho  trying  ordeal.  She  luces- 
sanily  asks,  ‘  Who  Is  this  fellow  ?  How  does  he 
come  to  clnlui  to  be  my  husband  7’  When  she  hears 
lilm  speak  .and  does  not  look  at  Ills  figure,  she  Is 
ready  to  think  that  he  is  her  husband;  but  .as  soon 
as  she  looks  at  him  the  spell  is  broken,  lor.  surelja 
tuts  stranger  with  the  Jewish  fiico  caunoi  bt! 
her  liiisband  whom  shelhad  Just  niiraed  In  his 
aicknoss.  But  the  man  continues  w  press  his 
claim,  and  lolls  her  the  most  secret  and  delicate 
facts,  evidently  known  only  to  husband  and  wife." 
Prof.  Drlow  recolloctod  now  all  nbouL  the  Oc- 
currcuct'  bust  fall,  luul  to  solve  this  “  psychologl- 
ciil  phenomenon  ”  he  (lei  Uled  upon  going  to  Netv 
Westminster.  O'o  hla  great  sunjrlse  he  really  found 
t.herc  the  same  black  Abraham  wliom  half  a  year 
ago  be  had  seen  at  St,  T'elersherg.  lie  asktal  the 
blonde  fur  dealer  in  the  Hiisslan  language  whence 
he  came,  and  was  answered,  from  Orenburg;  and 
when  asked  for  the  name,  of  his  wife,  ho  g.ave  the 
aimc  of  a  Jewish  woman  who  had  called  upon  him 
with  her  husband,  now  before  him,  la  81.  Peters¬ 
burg.  Whon  asked  what  his  name  was,  he  ans¬ 
wered,  "  They  call  me  here  Abraham  Durliam,  but 
my  right  name  Is  Abraham  Chorkov. 
Pi-of.  orlow  ivas  struck  with  a  strange  Idea. 
He  reasoned  this  way :  .v  man  abduction  could  not 
have  taken  place ;  the.  bodies  have  uot  beenehnu- 
god;  oncls  short,  stout  and  blonde,  the  other  thin, 
long  and  dark;  and  then  New  Westminster  la 
2,0(10  aermau  miles  away  from  Orenburg,  yietcm- 
]*sychosla  must  have  taken  place. 
It  must  be  remembered  that  on  the  22d  day  of 
September,  at  the  midnight  hour  both  were  lying 
between  life  and  death,  Mio  soul  of  each  ono  must 
have  flown  into  the  body  of  Iho  ot  her,  and  thus  a 
complete  metorapsychosls  has  taken  place;  that 
at  iho  midnight  hour  Of  tho  23d  September  begins 
t.ho  shortening  of  Hie  days ;  that  tho  Inliubltauta  of 
the  two  cities  are  anteclans,  that  Is,  If  a  spike  were 
driven  through  the  center  ot  tho  globe,  entering 
at  tlreuburg,  it  would  come  out.  at  Now  We.stmln- 
ster,  and  Hint  when  at  Orenburg  It  Is  I2  o’clock  .at 
mldnlghl  the  time  In  New  Wosuiiinster  Is  Just  12 
o’chick  noon. 
Prominent  men  of  science  are  now  occupied  with 
this  most  marvellous  occurrence.  Prof.  Orlovr  has 
t  a  ken  the  blonde  fur  dealer  with  him  to  .St.  Peters- 
hurg,  whither  the  woman  Chorkov  of  Orenburg 
will  also, bo  brought,  and  further  developments 
are  now  expcct.ed. 
A  TERRIBLE  SCALP  RAISER. 
It  was  up  In  a  saloon  on  West  Van  Buren  street. 
He  was  a  gaunt  young  man,  whose  face  hadn't 
been  washed  for  two  months  and  who  wore  hlif 
hair  long  behind.  He  wa.s  at  tired  In  a  slouch  hat, 
buckskin  breeches,  a  red  Uanncl  shin  open  at  the 
nock  and  a  rough  coat.  He  had  four  revolver-s 
and  a  big  knife  In  Ids  belt.  Wlimi  four  dry  goods 
clerks  came  In  In  a  group  and  ordered  some  beer, 
the  first  dry  goods  ederk  said  to  the  barkeeiier : 
“  iSuy,  Jolt  D,  who’s  Hiat  cuss  over  yonder  1 
“  That.,"  said  i,lic  saJoon  keeper,  dropping  hts  | 
voice  to  an  awc-struek  whisper,  “that  Is  Buff  lcr  j 
Ben,  the  Wild  Tra  ppt;r  of  the  great  plains.  .\sk 
him  to  drink.  Perhaps  he  will." 
The  flrst  dry  goods  clerk  did  so  and  the  Wild  ] 
Trapper  replied:  j 
“  Wall,  stranger,  seeln’  as  It’s  you,  I  will  Just  I 
take  some  lire  water.  As  I  heerd  Old  Red  Tall  I 
say  to  Spotted  cloud,  ‘  It’s  a  nilglxty  long  time  be  ■ 
,  tween  drinks.’  Here’s  to  us,”  and  he  engulfed  a 
dose  of  whisky. 
■*  You  are,”  .said  the  flrst  dry  goods  clerk,  “  con- 
necUtd  with  the  trapper  business?" 
“  In  Hie  scalp  and  grizzly  line,”  said  the  second 
dry  goods  clerk. 
’•  Your  reminiscences  of  a  personal  charactor,  T 
doubt  not,  would  be  exciting  and  Interesting,’ 
said  the  third  dty  goods  clerk. 
“  Truth  is  stranger  than  llctlon.  Take  some¬ 
thing?’*  Bald  the  fourth  dry  goods  clerk. 
“Wall,  no,” said  the  trapper;  “I  never  drink 
when  I'm  off  the  war- trail.  It  kinder  makes  me 
ugly,  ycr  see,  and  I’m  apt  to  dror  my  cutlery.  I 
killed  seven  men  up  to  fit,  Jo,  Mezzourl,  onst — 
seven  men  that  1  was  talking  to  as  friendly  as  I 
mout  bo  to  you,  butf  sortergot  riled— wall,  gimme 
some  more  whisky.” 
“  Your  liHUd,"  said  one.  of  the  drygoods  clerks, 
“  has  often  been  stained  with  human  blood?” 
"  Stranger,  she.  hev.  Tho  fust  time  you  come 
up  and  see  me  at  my  wickiup  In  Montana— second 
lodge  on  the  riglit  beyond  the  Yellowstone  river 
—and  bo  sure  you  turn  to  the  left  up  by  tho  big 
boulders  soo  miles  this  side— ask  any  InJln  and  tell 
him  ycr  want  to  sec  BufTler  Ben  and  ef  he  don't 
scalp  3'er  he’ll  show  ya>r  the  road  plum  straight, 
ru  show  ycr  Old  Bull’s  Eye,  my  rllle.  Bho’sold 
lialntuck  stock  (likewise  the  barrel)  and  Is  slx- 
Weii  feet  long,  and  whenever  l  wljte  out  a  white 
man  I  make  a  not>ch  on  the  barrel,  and  t  liero’s 
notclics  all  t  ho  way  up  one  side  and  nine  feet  dotvn 
the  other,  I  wont  up  to  see  your  gravej’^ards  at 
(’avalrj’  and  Oreeceland.  ’I'hey’rc  a  good  deal  like 
my  private  graveyards,  more  posies  and  statutes 
and  so  on,  Hiougb  they  ain’t  as  spacious.  Now, 
Jlst  about  three  months  ago  I  turned  loose  in  a 
barroom  down  to  Lafayetto,  Arkansaw,  and  the 
coroner  was  kept  busy  tor  three  days  after  attend¬ 
ing  to  seven  liKiucsts.  And  this  was  Just  because 
a  durn  sktmk  stood  up  at  the  bar  and  Imitrovcd 
Ills  mind  with  my  conversation  and  never  a-sked 
me  If  f  would  take - ” 
Here  ono  of  the  dry  goods  dorks  caught  BuIT- 
ler  Ben's  eye  and  lie  BtamineriMl  out  an  Invitation 
to  till  her  up  again.  Mr.  Buff  lcr  Ben  Irrlgtiied 
himself  and  In  I’cply  to  a  fpiesllon  concerning  his 
solution  of  tho  Indian  ((iiestlon,  said: 
“Injlns!  Wall,  no;  1  never  keep  count  of  the 
rods  I  wipe  out.  1  used  to  ivhen  I  was  young  and 
sort  of  vain.  but.  1  grew  out'o  It,  It  looked  too 
mucb  like  vanity.  I  suppose  I’ve  not  takea  the 
trouble  to  lift  tho  bar  of  the  last  150  or  200  Indians 
I’vo  killed.  Before  that  1  was  kinder  particular 
Hiai  way  ami  took  so  many  scalps  that  l  bust  Hie 
’  Krlsco  chignon  market  and  seventeen  dealers  In 
fakse  huh  Avcnl  into  bankruptcy.  Injlns  is  poor 
trash.  Hlinine  a  whole  tribe  of ’em  and  I’ll  wipe 
'em  out  as  f-ast  .as  I  can  load  my  revolver  and  put 
It  to  my  shoulder." 
H(;rc  he  paused  again  and  was  promptly  refresh¬ 
ed.  Then  he  continued : 
“  I  toll  y  ou,  boys,  It  you  want  to  see  the  choicest 
country  on  the  footstool.  Jest  you  go  to  Hictn  ar 
Black  Hills.  The  oiBy  thing  agin  the  country  is 
the  buffaloes.  'I’liey  hauh  there;  and  whon  they 
take  to  night  It’s  awful  to  see  them  In  clouds  so 
thick  you  can’t  see  the  sun,  and  when  they  light 
they  chaw  up  garden  sass  and  sour  ajiple  trees 
.ami  corn  and  railroad  tics  and  potatoes  and  tele¬ 
graph  polos.  But  tiler’s  gold  m  the  Black  Hills. 
I’ve  seen  It  myself.  When  yon  get  down  to  the 
bed-rock  you  strike  $50  and  $30  pieces  and  yon 
wash  out  eaglcB  and  dollars  In  the  .si  reams  and  up 
In  the  roots  ot  Hie  grass  you  llnd  small  scrip  and 
nickels.  No  nuggets  as  I  know  on,  though  I  did 
hear  at  Shyan  of  one  worth  $i05,oo(i.” 
Thus,  with  anecdote  and  information,  BufT’ler 
Ben  whiled  away  the  time.  When  the  four  dry 
goods  clerks  Jiad  settled  for  the  drlnks-Hielr  bill 
amouniliig  lo  $11.8.7— lie  bade  them  an  affectionate 
farewell  and  made  them  promise  ui  call  at  his 
tepee  If  ever  they  were  up  In  Alontanii.  lYhcn 
they  hud  gone  out  the  bn rkccpin-  paid  him  his ‘zo 
per  cent,  eomml&slon  on  the  drinks  sold  through 
his  Inst.ninionta Illy  and  told  hhn  to  recollect  next 
time  that  It  was  grasshoppers  that  llew,  not  buf¬ 
faloes.— C/i  imoo  Trio  HUP. 
- - 
A  CONSCIENTIOUS  DOG. 
I  HAD  had  this  dog  for  several  years,  and  had 
never— even  In  Ids  puppyhood  — known  him  w 
steal,  fin  Hie  contrary,  ho  used  to  make  an  ex¬ 
cellent  guard  to  protect  property  from  other  ani¬ 
mals.  servants,  etc.,  even  though  these  were  his 
best  friends.  1 M  r.  Romanes  bore  adds  a  note,  “  1 
have  seen  Uds  dog-  escort,  a  donkey  which  had 
baskets  on  Its  back  lined  with  apples.  Although 
the  dog  did  not  know  that  he  wa.s  being  ob.served 
by  anybody,  he  did  his  duly  with  the  11  tinost  faith¬ 
fulness;  tor  every  time  the  donkey  turned  back 
Its  head  to  take  an  aigilc  out  of  the  baskets,  the 
dog  snapped  at  Its  nose ;  and  such  w.aa  his  watch¬ 
fulness  that.  although  hla  eonixm  rdon  was  keenly 
desirous  of  lasting  some  of  the  fruit,  he  never  al¬ 
lowed  him  to  got  a  single  apple  during  Hie  haff 
hour  they  were  left  together.  1  have  also  seen 
this  terrier  prdtectlng  meat  from  other  tenlers 
(his  sons)  which  lived  in  the  same  house  fvlih  him, 
and  with  which  lie  wa.s  on  tho  very  best  of  terms. 
More  curious  stlU,  I  liave  seen  him  seize  my  wTlsto 
bauds  while  they  wore  being  w'orn  by  a  frtend  to 
•whom  1  had  temporarily  lent  thorn. "j  Neverthe¬ 
less,  on  one  occasion  he  was  very  hungry,  and  In 
the  room  where  I  wnos  reaOlug  and  he  was  sitting, 
there  -vva-s  within  cimy  reach  a  savory  mutton  chop- 
1  was  greatly  surprised  to  see  1dm  stealthily  re¬ 
move  this  chop  and  Lake  It  under  a  sofa.  How¬ 
ever.  I  pretended  uot  to  observe  wiiat  had  occurrod, 
and  waited  to  .see  what  would  happen  next..  For 
fully  a  iiuarter  of  an  hour  this  terrier  remained 
under  the  sofa  without  making  a  sound  but  doubt¬ 
less  enduring  an  agony  of  contending  feelings. 
Eventually,  however,  conscience  came  off  victori¬ 
ous,  for,  emerging  from  his  place  of  concealment, 
and  carrjdng  in  his  mouth  the  stolen  chop,  he 
came  across  the  room  and  laid  the  tempting  mor¬ 
sel  at  my  feet.  The  moment  he  dropped  t  he  sto¬ 
len  properly  he  boltod  again  under  the  sofa,  and 
from  this  retreat  no  coaxing  could  charm  him  for 
several  hours  afterward.  Moreover,  when  during 
that  tiino  he  was  spoken  to  or  patted,  he  always 
tunujd  a  way  his  head  In  a  ludicrously  consclence- 
strlclff^n  manner.  Altogether  1  do  not  think  it 
would  be  possible  to  Imagine  a  more  satlafactory 
exhibition  of  conscience  by  an  animal  than  this, 
for  it  must  be  remembered,  as  already  stated,  that 
the  particular  animal  In  question  was  never  beaten 
In  Its  Quarter !v  Journal  of  scime^. 
-  '  4  »» 
A  STRANGE  STORY. 
A  STKANOE  Story  comes  from  Sp.aln.  A  detach¬ 
ment  of  soldiers  some  time  ago  discovered  In  a 
secluded  part  of  a  mountain  chain  a  cavern  whick 
was  Inhabited  by  robbers,  rvho  liad  taken  .advan¬ 
tage  of  the  civil  war  to  ply  their  criminal  avoca¬ 
tion.  An  alcove  was  attached  to  this  subterranean 
dwelling,  the  door  of  which  the  soldiers  broke 
open.  They  were  astonished  to  find  the  apartr 
ment  decently  furnished  and  provided  with  books, 
flowers,  and  even  a  piano.  In  an  easy  ebalr  sat  a 
venerable  old  man.  The  soldiers  interrogated 
him,  but  obtained  only  Ineoherenl  reijllos.  It  has 
been  asceitalned  from  one  of  tbs  nibbers  that  Hio 
old  man  was  the  cashier  of  a  banking  firm  .at  Bur¬ 
gos;  tbal.  they  had  broken  Into  the  bank  and 
stolen  the  safe,  taking  the  c.ashler  away  with  them 
In  holies  that  he  would  assist  them  to  open  it. 
During  tlieir  retreat  from  the  scene  of  this  exploit, 
which  was  marked  by  many  .adventures,  the  In¬ 
trepid  old  man  for  a  short  time  succeeded  tn  evad¬ 
ing  the  vtgllanwof  ld.s guardians  and  secreted  the 
safe  In  a  place  where,  should  he  regain  his  liberty, 
he  would  be  able  to  recover  It.  When  the  booty 
was  missed  by  the  robbers  and  they  f.allcd  to  as¬ 
certain  Its  ivborcftbout.s,  with  fiendish  malignity 
they  revived  the  proceedings  of  the  famous  chaf- 
feurs,  namely,  roasting  the  feet  of  their  urifnrf.u- 
nnte  prisoner  In  order  to  extort,  a  confession.  But, 
unhappily,  the  torraire  hud  a  different  effect.  The 
brave  old  man  became  Insane,  and  with  tho  object 
of  restoring  him  to  reason,  In  the  hope  that  when 
he  |•e<mver^•rt  he  would  reveal  to  t  hem  the  place 
where  the  safe  was  concealed,  the  robbers  be¬ 
stowed  upon  him  the  utmost  kindness  and  atten¬ 
tion. 
- - 
VIOLIN  PLAYING, 
The  difficulty  of  thoroughly  ma-stering  the  vio¬ 
lin— Hie  difficulty,  that  l.s,  oi  combining  perfect 
execution  with  brilliancy  of  tone  and  perfect  ex¬ 
pression  Is  so  vast,  that  nottilng  short  of  Indomi¬ 
table  patience  and  jierseverance,  united  with  those 
Indispensable  faculties  wlilch  all  good  players 
must  possess,  will  succeed  in  ovureomlng  them. 
“Twelve  years'  practice," says  a  musical  nrltlc, 
“on  the  violin,  will  produce  alxiut  as  much  pro¬ 
ficiency  as  one  year's  practice  on  the  piano."  It 
that  Is  so,  we  may  well  Imagine  Hiai  a  man  who, 
by  dint  of  persevoranee,  has  .at  length  quallflefl 
himself  to  take  his  place  in  .an  orchestra,  may  con¬ 
tent  himself  by  merely  maintaining  his  acquired 
skill  wlthonl  atienripUng  to  rival  the  great  heads 
of  the  profession.  The  time  which  some  studculs 
will  (lovot.e  to  hddllng  Is  almost  incredible.  We 
have  known  a  clever  man  to  praotleo  every  w.ak- 
Ing  hour  In  the  day,  rising  early  and  sitting  up 
lale  and  sparing  hardly  one  hour  In  the  twenij'- 
four  for  meals  for  two  years  together.  In  the  hope 
of  qualifying  himself  for  the  leaderslUp  In  n  pro¬ 
vincial  orchestra  which,  after  all,  he  had  failed  In 
doing.  Wo  have  known  men  who  fiddled  In  hod 
when  they  could  not  sleep  rather  than  waste  the 
time;  and  others  who*liave  carried  a  diunb  finger¬ 
board  In  their  pockets  in  order  lo  practice  the  fin¬ 
gering  of  difficult  passages  while  walking  abroad 
or  traveling  by  coach. — LAufturr  Hour, 
- - - 
HOW  TO  GET  ALONG. 
Don’t  stop  to  tell  stories  In  business  hours. 
If  you  have  a  place  of  business,  be  found  there 
when  wanted. 
No  man  can  get  rich  by  sitting  around  stores 
and  saloons. 
Never  “fool”  In  business  matters. 
Have  order,  system,  regularity  and  also  prompt¬ 
ness. 
Do  not  meddle  with  business  you  know  nothing 
of. 
Do  not  kick  every  one  In  your  path. 
More  miles  can  be  made  In  a  day  by  going  stead¬ 
ily  than  by  stopping. 
Pay  as  you  go. 
A  man  of  honor  respects  his  word  as  he  docs  his 
bond. 
Help  others  when  you  can,  but  never  give  wbat 
you  caimot  afford  to,  simiily  because  it  Is  fash¬ 
ionable. 
Learn  to  .say.  No.  No  nece.sslly  of  snapping  It 
out  dog-faslUon,  but  say  it  firmly  and  respectfully. 
Use  your  own  brains  rathej  than  those  of  others. 
Learn  to  think  and  act  foi'  yourseli. 
Keeji  ahead  rather  than  behind  the  times. 
Young  man,  cut  tills  out,  and  If  there  be  any 
fallacy  In  the  argument  let  us  know. 
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WuAT  a  fine  looking  thing  war  Is!  Yet,  di-ess 
It  as  We  may,  dross  and  feather  It,  daub  It  with  j 
gold,  huzza  It  and  sing  swaggering  songs  about  It  | 
—what  Is  It,  nine  times  out  of  ten,  but  murder  In  i 
uniform?- yzo«cr/(fs  Jerrold.  | 
'  ♦  »  » 
I  NEVER  judge  from  manners,  for  T  once  had  my 
p(x;ket  picked  by  one  of  the  clvllest  genUemen  I 
ever  met  with,  and  one  of  the  mildest  personso 
ever  saw  was  All  Pacha.— 
PRAYER, 
(IMITATED  FROM  THE  PERSIAN.) 
Lord,  who  art  roereiful  ax  wcU  as  just, 
InnhiiA  Uiine  ear  lo  hic,  a  child  of  dust ! 
Not  what  I  would,  O  I/ord,  I  offer  thee, 
Alaf. !  hut  what  1  cun. 
J'^ather  Ahui^rlity.  who  hnsX  made  me  man, 
And  hade  nii>  look  to  lieaveu,  for  thou  nrt  there, 
Accejit  my  eaerihec  and  hnnihle  prayer. 
Four  thins's  which  are  not  in  thy  treasury, 
1  lay  before  thee.  Lord,  -with  this  }>p.tition : 
My  nothingness,  my  wants. 
My  Bins  and  my  contrition. 
{Robert  Houthcy. 
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PRECEPTS. 
I  HATE  been  reading  this  morning  from  tho 
seventh  cliapler  of  Ecclesl.asl  es.  In  Hie  first  chap¬ 
ter  of  the  same  book  “the  Prc.acher"  says:— “I 
g.ave  my  heart  to  know  wisdom,  and  to  know  sad¬ 
ness  and  folly :  I  perceived  that  this  also  Is  vexa¬ 
tion  ot  spirit.”  After  all  his  wisdom  and  fame  he 
does  uot  seem  to  be  satisfied  with  that  alone,  but 
says  In  Hie  sevcntli  elnipler,  •'  A  good  name  Is  beu 
ter  than  precious  oimmeut;  and  the  day  of  death 
than  the  day  of  one’s  birth.”  Kvldently  he  felt 
that  It  w.a.s  not  “  all  of  life  to  live,  nor  all  of  death 
to  die.”  And  again,  “Sorrow  Is  better  than  laugh- 
tor  ;  for  by  tho  sadness  of  the  (Countenance  the 
heart,  l.s  made  belter."  , 
Here  Is  a  hjs.snii  for  us  who  arc  given  to  levity, 
and  a  reason  why  wc  should  have  sorrow.  “The 
heart  18  made  better.”  It  Is  dr.awn  nearer  to  the 
great,  throbbing  heart  of  Cuki.st.  There  Is  a  sym¬ 
pathetic  cord  connootliig  our  sorrows  wit  h  those 
of  the  “  Man  of  Oon.”  .\nd  “  the  Preacher  "  adds, 
“  The  heart  of  the  wise  Is  in  the  house  ot  mourn¬ 
ing;  hut  the  heart  of  fools  Is  In  the  house  of 
mirth.”  "Better  Is  the  end  of  a  thing  than  the 
begluolng  thereof;  and  the  patient  In  spirit  Is 
better  than  the  proud  In  splrlL."  In  the  tenth 
ven?P  he  gives  a  word  of  advice  to  those  under  ad- 
vcrsliy,  "Say  not  Mioti,  Whai.  Is  the  cause  that 
the  foriiicr  days  w  ere  belter  Hian  the.se  ’?  for  thou 
dost  not  Inquire  wisely  concerning  this.”  He  fur¬ 
thermore  adds,  “  t’onslder  the  (vork  ot  Hon ;  for 
who  can  make  tli.al  straight,  which  he  hath  made 
crooked?’’  “in  tho  day  of  prosperity  be  Joyful, 
but  In  the  day  of  adversity  consider.”  “  god  also 
hath  set  the  one  over  .against  the  other,  to  the  end 
that  man  should  find  nothing  after  him."  Again, 
“the  ITeaelior’'  had  need  to  apply  his  heart  “  to 
know  and  to  search  and  to  sc(!k  out  wisdom  and 
the  reason  of  things.”  And  he  closes  the  chapter 
with  these  words,  "  Lo,  this  only  Imvo  1  found 
that  Hon  hath  m-ade  m.aii  upright;  hut  they  have 
sought  out  many  inventions.” 
Metlilnks  wc  have  need  of  “  applying  our  hearts 
unto  wisdom,"  that  wc  may  know  and  learn  ot 
Cjikist  in  these  days.  What  with  our  I’rosldcu- 
Hal  election  and  tho  anulversaiT  of  our  nation’s 
birth,  are  we  not  In  great  danger  of  losing  sight 
of  Hon  7  Is  there  not  need  I u  our  hearts,  Indl  vld- 
uullj'  and  collectively,  for  a  greater  amoimt  of 
Divine  love,  that  we  may  come  otit  of  this  commo¬ 
tion  purified  and  bettor  prepared  to  do  His  work  ? 
Juda,  Wls.  Ray  helbckt. 
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MORAL  CULTURE. 
I  THINK  that  more  harm  is  frequently  done  by 
over  than  by  undej’  culture  lu  the  moral  training 
ot  youth.  Judicious  letting  alone  Is  a  precious  ele¬ 
ment  In  real  education,  and  there  are  certain 
chords  wldeli,  often  touched  and  made  to  vibrate 
too  early,  are  apt  to  lose  luslead  of  gaming  power ; 
to  grow  first  weakly  and  morbidly  senslUve,  and 
I  hen  hard  and  dull:  and  finally,  when  the  full 
hamony  of  the  character  depeuds  upon  their 
t  ruth  and  depth  of  tone,  lo  have  lost  .some  meas¬ 
ure  of  hoUi  under  repealed  premature  handling. 
I  sometimes  think  that  imstead  ol  beginning,  a.s 
we  do,  with  a  whole  heaven  and  earth  embracing 
theory  ol  duty  lo  Oud  and  man.  It  might  he  better 
to  adopt  with  our  children  the  method  of  dealing 
only  with  each  particular  Imsiance  of  moral  obli¬ 
gation  empirically  as  It  ocanirs;  with  each  par¬ 
ticular  incident  of  life,  detached,  as  11  were,  from 
tho  notion  of  a  formal  sj'siein,  code,  or  theory  of 
religious  iH'Uet,  until  the  recurrence  of  the  same 
rules  of  morality  under  the  same  governing  prin¬ 
ciple,  Invoked  only  In  Immctllato  application  to 
some  la.stancc  of  conduct  or  Incident  of  personal 
experience,  built  up  by  degi-ees  a  body  of  prece¬ 
dent  which  would  have  the  force  aud  efficacy  of 
law  before  It  was  theoretically  Inculcated  as  such. 
Whoever  said  that  jirluelplcs  were  moi’al  habits 
spoke,  It  Seems  to  me,  a  valuable  truth,  not  gen¬ 
erally  sufficiently  recognized  or  actod  upon  in  the 
task  of  education.— .Vrs.  Kemble,  in  Atlantic. 
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THE  PERFECTNESS  OF  GOD’S  WORKS. 
Upon  examliilug  the  edge  of  the  sharp(i.Ht  razor 
with  a  microscope.  It  will  appear  fully  as  broad  as 
the  back  of  a  knife- rough,  uneven  aud  full  of 
notches  and  furroivs.  An  exceedingly  small  needle 
resembles  an  Iron  bar.  But  the  sting  of  a  bee  seen 
tliroughtho  same  InsiriiniPiit  exhibits  cveryw' here 
the  most  beautiful  polish,  without  n  Haw,  blemish 
or  tnequalltj’,  and  it  ends  In  a  point  too  fine  to  ho 
discerned.  The  threads  of  a  fine  Liwn  are  Goaroer 
than  Hie  yarn  ^vith  which  ropes  are  made  for  anch¬ 
ors.  But  .a  silk-worm's  web  appeal’s  smooth  and 
shining,  and  everywhere  equaL  The  smallest  dot 
that  Is  made  with  a  pen  appears  Irregular  and  un¬ 
even.  Butthe  little  specks  on  the  wings  or  bodies 
If  lusecls  ai’c  found  to  be  an  accurate  circle.  How 
magnificent  ai'o  the  works  ot  uod : 
