MOORE’S  RURAt  HEW-YORKER 
[Sind  iurn  KuMfni),  every  one  of  them ;  brave  to 
(biatti,  60  QUlet,  obedient,  polite,  wjtb  an  empty 
stomacli,  wet  clothes,  Ultlo  Bleep,  loose  boot  solos, 
kind  to  all,  no  plundering  or  bumli^,  paying  for 
all  they  can,  and  living  on  mold.)'  bread.  There 
must  be  a  deep  foundation  of  God's  fear  In  our 
men,  else  they  could  not  bo  all  that.  The  King 
exposed  himself  very  much  on  the  2d,  and  It  was 
as  well  1  was  with  him,  for  the  warnings  from  all 
others  were  of  no  avail  and  none  would  have 
dared  speak  as  I  did  at  last,  when  1  was  success^ 
ful,  whilst  u  knot  of  ten  cuirassiers  and  fifteen 
horses  or  the  f^lxtli  Ileglmoni  were  weltering  In 
their  blood  close  to  as  and  the  grenades  were 
whtolng  most  alannlngly  about  the  master.  The 
most  dangerotis  or  them  did  not  burst,  fortunate¬ 
ly.  .Still,  1  like  this  better  than  If  he  were  too 
cautious.  Jlo  was  enthu.sta.sMc  about  his  troops 
and  Justly  so.  and  thas  he  aid  not  seem  to  notice 
the  whlsLllrig  and  cracking  near  1dm,  seated  as 
Qulet  and  comfortable  as  on  the  Kreuzberg,  and 
always  finding  fresh  battalions  whom  he  could 
thank  and  wish  good  evening  to.  but  now  he  bus 
been  lectured  so  much  about  It  that  In  future  he 
will  take  better  care  of  imasclf.” 
f  the  forest  In  vain  endeavor  to  discover  a  foe 
whose  presence  at  that  particular  time  was  not 
desirable. 
in  this  manner  wc  continual  ourcourse,  ateach 
step  the  tension  on  our  nerves  (to  describe  it  by 
no  other  name)  becoming  greater  and  greater 
until  we  reaemblod  In  enlarged  form  some  ludi¬ 
crous  stage  picture  In  which  the  alarmed  tutnlljr, 
aroused  from  their  beds  by  noise  of  Imaginary 
burglars,  come  stealthily,  timidly  Into  the  room, 
staring  in  all  directions  to  discover  the  disturber 
of  the  liouseliold  and  ready  to  drop  all  weapons  of 
defence  and  seek  safety  In  flight  at  the  ilrst  real 
cause  of  alarm,  8o  It  was  with  us.  Inexp*trleni  ed, 
magnifying  the  strength  and  terrible  character  of 
our  unsoen  foes,  dreading  surprise,  wc  hud  worked 
ourselves  up  to  so  exclUible  a  ooudltion  that  all 
that  was  necessary  to  terminate  our  anxiety  as 
wed  as  uio  expedition,  was  to  confront  us  with 
an  undoubted  euemy.  We  were  not  to  undergo 
much  lotiger  delay.  The  liouso  about  which  the 
picket  was  post«d  and  which  was  to  be  the  object 
of  our  attack— a  surprise.  If  pos-slble— was  located 
at  one  end  of  a  long  lane,  at  the  foot  of  which  we 
now  found  ourselves,  a  brief  halt  was  made,  anal 
Instructions  from  our  leaders  were  whupered 
from  oar  to  ear,  and  again  we  moved  forward. 
Owing  to  clouds  we  could  only  receive  partial ben- 
eat  from  tlie  moon ;  sufliclent,  however,  to  discern 
In  the  distance  at  the  hood  of  the  lane  a  clump  of 
trees,  within  which  Che  house  was  sjiid  to  be  lo¬ 
cated. 
As  wc  silently  made  our  way  up  the  lane,  mov¬ 
ing  111  column  of  fours,  with  not  a  skirmisher  or 
advancedguard  thrown  to  the  front,  every  Isolated 
tree  or  even  tho  farmers’ herd  grazing  in  the  flelds 
near  by  were  suOlclent  to  make  us  halt  and  deter¬ 
mine  whether  or  not  we  were  being  ‘‘llauke-d-’' 
Krciiuont  dlacoverics  of  our  errors  In  this  re.spect 
might  have  inspired  us  with  some  little  couQ- 
dence,  but  at  that  miuneut  we  surely  hoard  h  umuo 
voices  up  the  lane  In  the  vicinity  of  the  house.  Of 
oour.se  wc  halted.  It  flld  not  Impress  roe  that  we 
were  engaged  In  a  military  undortaklng;  on  the 
contrary,  it  struck  mo  as  resemhliog  upon  a  large 
scale  some  boyhood  scheme  Involving  a  moveraont 
upon  a  neighboring  orchard  or  a  melon  patch, 
and  the  time  had  arrived,  just  before  crossing  the 
fence,  when  the  impression  prevails  that  the 
owner  of  the  orchard  and  his  dog  are  on  the  lo<jk- 
out.  JlaltiDg  to  listen  and  distinguish  the  voices 
again,  a  silence  onsue<l,  durl  ng  which  the  clouds 
cleared  away,  permitting  the  moon  to  shine  forth 
and  light  up  the  whole  eeeue,  uud  enabling  the 
enemy’s  pickets  to  coke  la  at  a  glance  who  and 
what  we  were. 
“  Who  comes  there?”  rang  out  on  tho  still  night 
air ;  and  without  waiting  for  an  amswer  bang  I 
bang  I  bang  I  went  three  muskets.  It  was  a  sor¬ 
rowful  waste  of  ammunition  to  Ore  three  muskets 
when  one  would  have  answered  as  well.  I  am 
sure  that  while  we  may  have  all  been  facing  to¬ 
ward  the  house  when  the  first  shot  was  flred,  wc 
was  not  only  facing  but  moving  in  the  opposlt'C 
dirocuon  before  the  sound  of  the  last  one  reached 
our  caiw.  1  presume,  too,  that  tho  fellows  who 
nred  the  shots  ran.  In  the  opposite  dlrooMon,  foarer 
than  we  did— that  Is,  if  they  were  disposed  to  be 
active.  But  all  eliance  to  effect  a  .surprise  having 
been  lost,  our  party  did  not  propose  tfj  expend 
either  time  or  ammunition  In  furtherance  of  the 
object  of  th(5  expedition.  We  beat  a  hasty  if  not 
proclpltAte  retreat  and  returned  to  our  camp  in 
less  than  halt  the  time  It  hud  required  to  march 
from  there.  The  same  officers  and  men  who  par¬ 
ticipated  in  this  little  affair,  ir  charged  with  the 
same  duty  one  year  later,  at  a  time  when  they 
bad  become  more  familiar  with  the  operations  of 
war,  would  have  In  all  probability  succeeded  In 
capturing  and  bringing  away  as  prisoners  the 
entire  picket  guard  and  Its  immediate  reserve.— 
Gen.  Cluster  in  June  GaUtjrv. 
“Suppose  nothing,”  I  rotumod,  “  which  can 
make  me  out  the  wrotchedost  man  inexistence. 
I  believe  In  fate." 
And  so  do  I.  I  believe  Just  now  that  the  world 
was  made  Just  for  Kvelynand  for  me  to  live  In; 
that  the  flowers  bloom  for  our  sakea ;  that  the 
moon  slUnes  for  u.s;  that  Uie  staxa  move  In  their 
courses  tf)  guide  my  darling  across  the  deep  soaa. 
She  told  me  all  about  herself;  how,  when  she 
was  hcventeen,  her  father  had  wished  her  w  marry 
Mr.  Vanderduynck,  who  had  offered  himself  to 
her ;  how  she  had  refused,  until  a  month  later  her 
father  lay  dying,  a  brokCD-heurte<J  bankrupt,  and 
had  told  bor  ho  should  not  rest  In  his  grave  un¬ 
less  he  left  her  with  a  piotector.  She  spoke  of  her 
brief  married  life ;  of  her  dejection  ami  apathy  In 
being  bound  to  a  man  who  loved  her  madly,  but 
who  fftllCMl  to  ln.sptre  anything  but  a  gentle  com- 
mtsseratlon  In  her  heart  and  a  self-horror  that 
sho  could  not  respond  to  hla  devotion  with  any¬ 
thing  more  than  childlike  docility;  of  her  child's 
birth  when  she  was  not  yet  eighteen  ;  of  her  hus¬ 
band’s  death  sliortly  after ;  then  her  thnv;  awful 
years  (A  smduslon,  when  she  was  Jiauotod  in  her 
loneliness  by  the  thought  that  she  had  tailed  in  a 
wife's  duty  by  not  loving  her  husband.  At  last 
she  lold  of  her  going  back  Into  tho  world  again, 
where  .she  was  bealogod  by  every  form  of  llattery 
and  homage;  how  she  easily  read  the  meaning  of 
the  men  who  wanted  her  money ;  of  how  lonely 
she  felt  still;  of  how  little  she  carod  for  all  the 
gifts  fortune  had  so  lavishly  bestowed  on  her; 
and  then  sho  whlsiierod  of  hcrmcotlng  me !  How¬ 
ever  undeserving  you  may  bo.  Holt,  I  hope  you 
will  some  time  know  tho  exquisite  flattery  of 
hearing  from  the  lips  of  the  woman  you  love  t  hat 
you  seemed  to  her  from  the  first  sight  all  that  she 
most  longed  for  In  the  world.  But  1  shall  never 
tell  the  rest  of  what  ray  dear  child  told  me  during 
our  three  hours’  talk,  llor  tntln  had  been  gone 
an  hour  before  either  of  us  thought  about  It. 
Then,  as  we  looked  Rt  our  watches,  she  laughed 
and  blushed.  “I  will  go  to  town  with  yon  myself 
by  the  oarty  train  to-inorrow,”  said  1  then.  “  But 
tell  me,  Kvelyn.  about  your  health.  You  have 
grown  psle  and  Uilii,  rosy  though  you  may  bO 
now.’*  She  clung  to  roe  shy-ly. 
“  I  wa-s  so  unhappy, "  she  whispered ;  “  nothing 
seemed  to  me  w'orth  living  for  when  you  told  mo 
you  would  not  marry  a  rich  woman.  I  wanted  to 
fling  my  wealth  away  as  I  once  flung  those  cameo 
studs.  l>o  you  remember,  Kogcrv  I  could  not 
sleep,  I  could  not  cat.  I  hoped  I  should  die,  1  was 
80  tired  of  everything  1” 
[You  wouT  know  what  my  answer  to  that  was. 
Holt.] 
“  I  shall  be  well  now,"  she  observed,  presently. 
Ml'S.  Hunt  came  In  Just  as  wc  were  blushing  at 
the  thought  of  going  down  stairs  together. 
“T  came  to  inquire," said  sho,  smiling,  “If  1 
might  have  the  boy.s  to  go  over  to — with  me. 
Since  you  ordered  them  to  the  lawn  they  Bit  there 
on  tho  bench  like  two  Casablancaa,  and  tell  me 
they  cannot,  stir  till  you  give  them  leave." 
“  Give  all  the  world  a  holiday  i  dear  Mre.  Hunt,” 
crlml  I.  “  Gue.s.H  what  ha-s  happened 7" 
“  I  know',"  said  she,  kindly,  "  and  It  Is  the  most, 
sensible  thing  for  yoursolvos,  as  It  is  the  pleasant¬ 
est  thing  for  mo."  She  kissed  Evelyn  warmly, 
then  gave  me  her  baud,  which  1  carried  to  my 
Ups.  “  Suppose  you  come  to  luncheon  now',"  she 
continued  with  her  perfect  tact,  “and  then,  I'**'- 
Floyd,  don't  you  want  the  phmtonfor  a  drive  7  By 
the  time  you  come  home  you  w'Ul  bo  ready  to  talk 
our  plans  over  with  mein  my  dretwlng-roora.” 
We  lunched.  Then  l  drove  Evelyn  to  the  lake 
nd  wc  strolled  around  until  It  was  within  an 
our  of  dlnner-Umo.  The  servants  stared  and 
grinned  when  we  came  back  and  tho  boys  ex¬ 
ploded  with  laughter  In  the  alcove  os  I  went  up 
sUdrs.  Truly,  Holt,  a  man  needs  to  bo  pretty 
w'cll  in  love  to  endure  the  tame-bear  feeling  ho 
ha.s  when  first  engaged.  But  although  i  caught 
mj'hcll  smiling  idiotically  at  times,  l  rather  en¬ 
joyed  It— particularly  Evelyn’s  singing  In  the 
evening  and  (  he  little  talk  w'e  had  together  on 
the  sola  before  she  went  to  her  pillow.  I  brought 
her  to  town  next  da.v.  She  stopped  at  the  Bre- 
voort  and  I  at  tho  Everett,  that  our  secret  might 
not  be  known  to  the  world. 
Saturday  she  and  Cora  sailed.  She  did  not  want 
to  go,  nor  did  I  wish  her  to  cross  the  ocean  with¬ 
out  me :  but  it  was  decided  to  be  better  on  all  ac- 
conohsthat  she  should  Join  Mrs.  Winslow  in  Nice, 
where  1  shall  go  in  January,  at  which  time  w'e 
shall  be  married,  then  to  feottlo  down  quietly  at 
once  111  Parts.  Cora  likes  me  extremely  for  a 
papa,  she  affirms— almost  better  than  mamma ; 
for  mamma  Is  a  woman,  and  she  prefers  men. 
[From  the  Galcuv.]  Ro<}xk  Floyd. 
I  AM  eUndlng  t*xlay  on  the  ororgrecn  bank 
O’erliangiuK  the  lUver  of  Time ; 
Id  the  diatanoe  behind  mo  are  memories  rank— 
Before  me  tho  future  aublimo. 
About  mo  are  twlnlntf  tho  affections  of  old. 
Like  UsMlrils  of  now-imis'n  iuoi#s ; 
While  pictures  of  silver  and  threads  of  gold 
Are  Kloamlug  amid  flakca  of  floea. 
As  1  stand  on  the  banks  of  this  beautiful  shore, 
Now  washed  by  the  Waters  nf  Life, 
I  And  fresh  amonir  the  brl^bt  tn'esurcs  of  yore. 
The  pearls  of  the  present  are  rife. 
And  my  heart  wells  upward,  toward  the  Great  White 
Til  rone. 
As  I  gle«n  of  theoo  rubies  so  brlirht, 
And  1  offer  to  Him.  who  sittcth  enthroned, 
My  treasiiroa  for  HU  World  of  Light. 
ONE  ALONE 
ANCESTRY  OF  THE  PEN 
BY  MRS.  HATTIE  F.  BELL 
THE  earliest  mode  of  writing  was  on  bricks, 
tiles,  oyster-HhelK  atones.  Ivory,  bark  and  leaves 
of  trees ;  and  from  the  latter  the  U'rm  “  leaves  of 
a  book”  IH  probably  derived.  Copper  and  briiis* 
plates  were  very  early  In  use ;  ami  a  bill  of  foe» 
flment  on  clipper  was  some  years  since  discovered 
In  India,  btiurlng  date  one  hundred  years  B.  C. 
I.4Mithcr  waa  also  used,  as  well  as  wooden  tab¬ 
lets.  Tlien  the  papyrus  came  Into  vogue,  and 
about  tho  dghtb  century  tho  papyrus  was  super¬ 
seded  by  parcbmenU  Paper,  bow'ever,  Is  of  greot 
antlquIW',  especially  among  the  Chinese ;  but  the 
first  paper  mill  lu  ICnghand  was  built  In  1586  by  a 
German,  at  Hai'tford.  in  Kent.  Nevcrthi.-lcss,  It 
was  nearly  a  oenturj'  ond  a  half- namely.  In  I7is 
—before  Thomas  Watkins,  a  stationer,  brought 
paper  making  Mi  anything  like  perfocllon. 
The  first  approach  to  a  pen  was  the  stylus,  a 
kind  of  Iron  bodkin;  but.  the  Romans  forbade  its 
use  on  account  of  Its  frequent  and  even  fatal  use 
in  quarrels,  and  then  It  was  made  of  bone.  Sub¬ 
sequently,  reeda,  pointed  and  split,  like  pens  of 
the  present  day,  were  used. 
I  HAVE  been  thinking  to-day  of  a  Bweet  little 
girl  of  five  summers,  wlio  once  visited  at  our 
bouse.  She  was  a  dear  little  prattler,  and  her 
cheerful  voice  mode  music  for  us  all  those  long 
summer  days,  wh^m  her  light  feetdancikl  through 
the  rooms  of  Uiat  old  hou.se  at  home.  1  luive  not 
seen  her  for  many  a  year,  and  If  sho  Is  still  on 
eartn  she  has  outgrown  those  happy  days  of  child¬ 
ish  bliss,  and  stand-s  to-day  crowned  with  all  the 
blwshlng  honors  of  sweet  sixteen,  to  help  her  on 
through  young-ladyhood.  I  presume  she  has  for¬ 
gotten  all  ulsiut  me,  but  there  has  ever  been  a 
sweet,  fresh  memoiy  of  her  in  my  heart,  imprint¬ 
ed  there  by  tne  circumstance  wuicu  now  leads  me 
to  write  this  sketch,  t  hinking  perhaps  tlic  thought 
may  cheer  some  one,  a-s  it  has  me  many  a  day. 
I  r»*meml)er  so  well  Just  how  she  looked  that 
morning,  ns  she  sat  on  the  floor  by  the  little,  low 
cliamber  window,  in  her  long,  whlt,e  night-dress, 
and  looked  out  into  tlie  tali,  old  locust  trees,  that 
every  year  had  kept  creeping  nearer  and  a  little 
nearer,  uiiMl  now  they  fairly  looked  straight  Into 
my  voom,  and  nodded  an  airy  greeting  to  me  every 
morning,  with  a  sort  of  musical  accompaniment, 
tapped  out  in  liroken  time  with  their  long,  trem¬ 
bling  tiugsrs  upon  tue  window  pane.  1  never  in 
my  life  saw  au  angel,  but  I  think  she  must  have 
looked  like  one,  It  ever  mortal  did,  that  morning, 
with  her  fair  hair  lloatlug  away  over  her  Bhoul- 
ders,  and  her  largo,  brown  eyes,  so  thoughtful  and 
so  beautiful,  withal. 
“  CXiusln  JlArriK,’’— 1  turned  os  tho  sweet  voice 
echoed  my  name,— “  Cousin  Hattie,  it  everybody 
In  the  world  should  dlo— all  tho  men  and  women, 
and  all  the  little  boys  and  the  Ultle  girls— every¬ 
body  but  Just  one  man,  what  do  you  suppose  would 
become  of  him  7" 
It  was  a  strange  question,  and  something  I  had 
never  thought  of,— thLs  idea  which  she.  In  her 
child-wisdom  had  advanced,  I  paused  lo  think 
of  some  wl.’ks  and  fitting  reply,  as  became  my  ma- 
turer  years;  but  the  little  questioner  was  again 
all  too  quick  for  my  slow  tlioughis,  and  with  a 
satisfied  smile  said,  “Oh!  I  guess  Jssrs  would 
take  care  of  him.  Wouldn't  He  7" 
Hear  little  Mav  !  Of  course  I  assured  her  He 
would.  And  I  could  not  resist  the  Impulse  of 
rushing  up  to  her  and  half  smothering  her  with 
kisses,  while  my  eyes  grew  so  motat  and  dim  I 
could  scanoJly  see  the  old  locusts  that  still  kept 
nodding  and  bowing  to  us  through  the  open  win¬ 
dow.  They  looked  as  it  they  had  all  suddenly 
dlppeil  their  heads  under  water. 
'I'hlH  beautiful  lesson,  that  that  baby-teaoher 
unoon,st?lou8ly  taught  me  that  bright  June  morn¬ 
ing,  I  have  never  forgotten,  and  it  comes  to  me 
often  afresh.  In  all  Its  sweet  simplicity.  How  true 
it  Is  that  Jesus  care.s  for  each  one  of  us  ctlo/ie,  and 
that  ./hr  one  lie  would  hare  dleil  as  soon  as  for  the 
multitude,  oh !  If  we  can  only  have  the  sweet 
trust  and  unque.silorilng  faith  of  Innocent  child¬ 
hood.  Even  when  loft  alone  by  earthly  friends, 
and  all  we’ve  cherished  and  loved,  yet  our  dear, 
Heavenly  Father,  we  know,  will  ever.  In  His  good¬ 
ness,  be  sure  to  “  take  care  of  us.” 
HOW  OPINIONS  ARE  FORMED 
There  Is  probably  nothing  that  so  obstlnaMdy 
stands  In  the  way  of  all  sorts  of  progress  as  pride 
of  opinion,  while  there  Is  nothing  so  foolish  and 
so  baseless  as  that  same  pride,  if  men  will  look 
up  tho  history  of  their  opinions,  learn  where  they 
came  from,  why  they  were  adopted,  and  why  they 
are  maintained  and  dofeiidort,  they  will  find,  nine 
times  In  ten,  that  their  opinions  arc  not  thelra  at 
aU-4iiat  Uiey  hare  no  prf»perty  In  them,  save 
gifts  of  parcDt-s  education  and  clreumstancea.  lu 
short,  they  will  learn  that  they  did  not  form  their 
own  opinions— (hat  t  hey  were  formed  tor  them, 
and  In  them,  by  a  series  of  Influences,  unmodified 
by  their  own  reason  and  knowledge.  .A  young 
man  grows  up  to  adult  age  in  a  Republican  or 
Democrauc  family,  and  he  becomes  Republican 
or  Democrat  In  accordance  with  the  niUng  Influ¬ 
ences  of  the  household.  Ninety-nine  times  In  a 
hundred  the  rule  holds.— Hr.  J.  G,  Holland. 
We  have  much  pleasure,  says  the  Builder,  in 
recording  an  act  of  courageous  self-control  and 
presence  of  mind.  Tw'O  workmen  were  engaged 
fixing  a  lightning  conductor  on  the  summit  of  the 
steeple  at  ville-sur-uurthe,  In  Belgium.  To  ac- 
ctunpUsh  tills  It  was  necessary  that  one  of  the 
workmen  should  stand  o n  th  e  shoulders  of  his  com¬ 
panion.  While  in  this  position,  a  violent  gust  of 
%rlnd  made  him  spill  some  molten  lead,  which  fell 
on  the  band  and  forearm  ut  his  friend.  Notwith¬ 
standing  the  sudden  intonBlty  of  the  pain  thus 
inflicted,  the  victim  of  the  accident  had  the  cour¬ 
age  to  remain  motionless  while  tho  lead  burned 
its  way  Into  his  flesh.  I  le  knew  that  the  slightest 
movement  might  sufllco  to  precipitate  lUs  com¬ 
panion  from  a  hlght  of  TO  feet  low  the  street  be- 
low,  and  he  bravely  endured  tbepaln  rather  than 
imperil  the  life  of  his  fellow-worker.  M.  A.  Karla, 
slater,  at  AnthUsne,  Is  the  hero  of  this  brave  deed, 
and  his  name  Is  worthy  of  public  record. 
DISCOURAGING, 
A  Detroit  youth  of  thirteen  sold  fifty  pounds  of 
old  Iron  and  a  piece  of  lead  pipe  a  few  days  ago 
and  received  enough  money  to  carry  out  his  long- 
chorlshed  idea  of  establishing  a  wockli'  newspaper 
which  should  represent  the  Interests  of  every  sec¬ 
tion  of  Michigan.  He  wa.s  willing  to  commence 
low  down  aud  work  up,  and  ho  estahUahod  an 
oITlce  In  the  cellar  of  hla  tat  her’s  house,  purchased 
two  quarts  of  “  pi,"  hired  hts  sister  as  an  appn-h- 
tlce,  and  work  was  begun  on  his  first  number. 
The  boy  had  an  idea  that  an  independent  journal 
would  pay  best,  and  hts  first  edition,  which  con¬ 
sisted  of  seven  copies  of  a  sheet  about  as  large  as 
an  envelope,  was  devoted  to  Items  of  a  personal 
nature.  It  was  rather  a  family  sheet,  also,  seven 
of  the  etght  Items  in  It  being  hits  at  his  father 
and  mother,  and  the  lone  one  was  a  bit  of  advice 
to  his  school  teacher.  While  he  was  out  hunting 
up  advertising  and  soliciting  subscribers  his  father 
laid  the  type  away  to  shoot  cats  with,  his  mother 
kindled  the  fire  with  the  wooden  press,  and  when 
the  editor  and  proprietor  returned  he  was  given  a 
woodshed  interview  and  thon  wedded  to  the  han¬ 
dle  of  a  lawn  mower.  He  was  yesterday  “  holler¬ 
ing"  over  the  alley  fence  to  one  of  his  friends  that 
he  couldn’t  be  croshed  out  nor  frightened  off  the 
track  by  no  bloodt  hirsty  mob.  but  the  prospect 
for  a  new  paper  Is  dubious.— AVoe  rrms. 
THOUGHTS  FOR  THINKERS, 
Thkrk  is  no  outward  sign  of  courtesy  that  does 
not  rest  on  deep  moral  foundation. 
Heaven  Is  a  stale  of  entire  acquiescence  In  the 
will  of  God,  and  full  sympatliy  with  hla  purposes. 
He  who  thinks  he  has  enough  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
will  quickly  find  himself  vanquished  by  the  evU 
spirit. 
K  WELL  grounded  assurance  Is  always  attended 
with  three  fair  handmaids— love,  humility  and 
holy  joy. 
The  generality  of  men  expend  the  early  port  of 
their  lives  in  oontributloiis  to  reader  the  latter 
part  miserable. 
There  is  not  a  sin  a  saint  commits  but  Satan 
would  trumpet  it  out  to  tbe  world  U  God  would 
give  him  leave. 
FRAVER  is  nothing  but  the  breathing  that  out 
before  the  Lord  that  was  first  breathed  Into  us  by 
the  spirit  of  the  Lord. 
He  who  will  not  Improve  two  talents  shall  never 
be  trusted  with  five,  hut  he  who  improves  a  little 
shall  be  trusted  with  much. 
Tdkue  Is  a  difference  between  consecration  and 
sanctification.  The  former  belongs  to  us,  the  lat¬ 
ter  to  our  fiathful  God.  We  cannot  have  the  lat¬ 
ter  without  the  former. 
SHAM  MEERSCHAUMS, 
Meerschadm  shavings  and  dust  are  used  when 
compressed  for.maklng  inferior  or  Imitation  pipes ; 
41,100  weight  of  this  waste  arc  annually  consumed 
In  Vienna  in  tho  production  of  pipes,  clgar-hold- 
era,  &c.,  aud  the  imitation  has  been  oaiTlod  to 
such  pertecUon  that  connoisseurs  sometimes  find 
It  difficult  to  dlsMogulsh  these  articles  from  simi¬ 
lar  ones  of  the  genuine  substance.  Of  tbe  meer¬ 
schaum  Itself,  12,000  cases  (each  weighing  fifty  or 
sixty  pounds  and  worth  $175  a  case)  are  used  up 
1 0  Vienna  alone.  In  workl  ng  up  the  shavings  aud 
dust  Into  materials,  about  sixty  women  are  em¬ 
ployed  in  Vienna  In  sorting,  sifting,  washing  and 
cleansing  the  refuse  and  rubbing  It  through  silken 
sieves. 
A  SURPRISE  PARTY  (!) 
TiiF,  night  chosen  for  the  undertaking  proved 
to  be  a  lovely  moonlight  one.  The  troops  assem¬ 
bled  near  Kearny’s  headquarters  about  nine 
o’clock  in  the  evening,  and  leaving  all  Impedi¬ 
ments  In  the  way  of  blankeisi,  overcoats  nod  un¬ 
necessary  accouterments  behind,  we  soon  began 
our  silent  march  to  the  IronU  It  was  known  that 
the  Confederate  pickets  were  posted  four  or  five 
miles  Id  advance;  but  before  marching  halt  that 
distance  a  halt  was  ordered  aud  additional  pro- 
cautions  adopted  to  preserve  secrecy  In  our  move¬ 
ments.  From  that  point  we  pursued  our  way  as 
quliitly  as  jiosslble.  no  one  being  allowed  to  speak 
above  a  whisper.  Sometimes,  instead  of  following 
tho  road,  we  mode  our  way  through  [laths  In  the 
forest,  feeling  our  way  as  caulloiisb  a«  If  masked 
batteries— thou  the  Me  noirof  uieaverago  volun- 
te«,r— were  bristling  from  behind  every  bush.  The 
cracking  ot  a  twig  lu  the  dUstance  or  the  stum¬ 
bling  of  one  ot  the  leading  files  over  a  concealed 
log,  was  suffitJent  to  cause  tho  entire  column  to 
hall  and  >vith  bated  breath  peer  Into  the  darkness 
BISMARCK’S  PRIVATE  CORRESPONDENCE 
From  an  Interesting  letter  from  Count  Bismarck 
to  his  ^vlfe,  July  9,  IStifi,  published  with  his  sanc¬ 
tion,  we  extract  the  following: 
“  The  Austrians  stand  In  Morarta,  and  we  al¬ 
ready  have  the  audacity  to  mark  oiu'  headquart^ 
ers  for  to-morrow  at  the  position  they  occupy  to¬ 
day.  If  they  bring  up  their  southern  Army  we 
shall  yet,  with  God’a  help,  beat  them.  General 
confidence  prevails.  Our  men  deserve  embracing 
BOOKS  RECEIVED 
From  Weed,  Parsons  <te  Co.,  Albany: 
“  Geo.  \Va8hington  Brow'n.”  A  Satire,  by  Vox. 
[Paper.— pp.  75J  Price  ‘25  cents. 
Jambs  Law,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. ; 
The  Farmer’s  Veterinary  Adrtser.  By  James 
Law.  (Cloth.— pp.  426.] 
