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HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY,  APRIL 22, 1874.
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Jesus of Nazareth Passeth By.
Wliat means this eager, anxious throng. Which moves with busj hnstc along— Tiiesc wondrous gatherings day by dav? What means this strange eominotion, saj-? In accents hushed the throng reply, '•Jesus of Nazareth passcth by."
Wiio is this Jesus ?    Why shoald he The ciiy more so mightily? -\ pa.=sing stranger, has he skill To move the multitude at will'.' .Vgain the stirring tones reply, "Jesus of Nazareth passelh by.''
Jesus 1 'tis he who once below .M.in's pathway trod, 'mid pain and woe ; And burdened ones, where'er ho came, lironght out their deaf and sick and lame ; The blind rejoiced to hear the cry, '•Jesas of Nazareth passcth by."
Again he comes !    From place to i>lace His holy foot prints we can trace. He paaseth at our threshold—nay, lie enters—condescends to stay. Shall we not gladly raise the cry, "Jesus of Nazareth passcth by ?"
Ho .' :ill yc heavy-ladcu, come ! Here's pardon, comfort, rest, and Iiome ; Vc Avanderers i'rom a Father's face, Return, accept bis proffered grace ; Ye tempted, there's a refuge nigh— "Jesus of Nazareth passcth by.''
IJiit if you still this call refuse, .Vud all his wondrous Inve abuse, Soon will he sadly from you turn. Your bitter prayer for pardon spurn. "Too Inte ! too late!" will be the cry ; "Jpsiis of ?\a7.arcth n.i:5 fassk;) r.v."
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GENTLE WOMAN ROUSED.
11\ STORY GF TiiE TErtiPEE.WCE MOVEMENT.
'•I think such action is nnhidy-liko, uu- woniaulj, and altogether wrong," paid .Mrs. Elliott warmly. '-Tho idea of women marching in bands through the streets, fbllowi-d bj' a rabble of rudo men audbojs —the idea of refined lidies fnrcing tlieir way into Eome filthy b;a- room, full of ob¬ scene, guzzlinc:, il!-amcncJ looking loarers, and kneeling ou the toljacco-.'-taineJ floor in audible prayer. Must woman nnsex herself and brave the most di.^gu.sting piiase of publicity ? JIust the pearl.s of reiigiou!- feeling, even in the most saorcd form cf prayer, be cast before tlio swine that infest these low d-iiis 't"
Tho speaker v.'as a yo'.ing an.;! very pret¬ ty lady, who had lived in our town aliout a year. Her husband wi:s a Western man, one v.-ho had grovrn up in our j'oung city. Ho was well connected, of recogni¬ zed iibility as a lawyer,~and with a future botbre hii;i oftho fairest promise. It had occasionally been whispered that he dratsk rather fioely, but uo one had ever seen him tho woise for it. Of late he .spent his evcDints out more frequently, excusing his absence by saying that there were parties that could bo seen iu the way of business better at night thai: during the day.
Mrs. Judge Ashman, tiuother Intimate friend Avas with us. Her only immediate response lo Mrs. Elliott's words was a deep sij^h.    At last s'.ie said :
"The evil grows so desperate I can scarcely wonder at any eifort to countcr.act it, though I must say with yoa that I can scarcely understand this one. I do not sec how a lady can go to such places as you describe, I snppr.se, only too truly. But llie trouble is, the worst mischief is not done at these '-diins." Jlany of our drink¬ ing saloons arc elegant in all tlicir appoint¬ ments, and are frctjuented by gentlemen."
"No matter," iin.<wered Mrs. Elliott, al¬ most holly; "womanly delicacy forbids that she should go to such a place. They are frefjuented by roues and gamblers also, who diifer from the Mgged loafers only in being better dressed. In each case ^he is liable lo insult, and t.i see and hear things which, to a pure, refined woman, are woise than blows. I'd rather meet the coarse brut.a'ity ofthe '-dens" tlian tho contemp¬ tuous leers and mocking smiles oftho gild¬ ed sjIoous."
'J he early shadov/s ofthe coming winter evening soon after warned Mrs. Ashman that she must be on her wny bomew.ard. -Vt Mrs. J'^lliolt's request I remained to tea.
Her husband came iu at the urinal honr. I do not wonder she half idolized the hand.sonio dark-cycd uian, with his free and easy Western bearing reQucd|by East¬ ern culture. After the meal was over he iuin;cdiatc!y eseujcd him.-e!f.
'•Jltist you go out again this evening, Vinton';" asked his v.if'e pleadingly.
"Indeed I must, Nellie. It's court week, you kui.w. There are many lawyers in town, and I have much on hand."
I heard her ki-s him alTeetionalely at the door as ho departed and thought if mt:tt be a stress of business, indeed, that would take a man from such a wife ; but surely that kiss would be protection against every evil spell.
I did not olFer to stay later than ten, for by so doing I might betray somewhat of tho anxiety and boding of ill that op prc.s>ed me. My sitting room was oppo¬ site her parlor, where 1 knew she would watch and wait. After lighting (he gas I did not draw the curtains, but sat down with my knitting where she could see me, and so practically watched .ind waited with her.
When from a city steeple clevcii was t.dk'd, my osighbor grew restle.=s. When with solemn, measured stroke midnight was announced, I heard her side door open and her quick steps on the gravel. I met her at the door.
'•Dear Mrs.   M ,"  she   exclaimed,
breathlessly, "how goo ; of you to be up ! I half believe you havebecn w^atehingwith me. Vinton has not como homo yet. What does this mean? He never stayed out so late before."
She was shivering with cold, but it was Ihe chill of fear. I put my arms around her and said :
"Let us hope for the best, my dear. If you wish, I will come and st.ay with you."
"Please do," she half sobbed, and then hastened back, as if unwilling to be ab¬ sent from her post a moment. I was soon at her side, and with her hand (which trembled and fluttered like a frightened bird)in mine, wc sat silently through an other long hour. Finally tl'e_^door-bell rang.    She flew to open it
Her husband stumbled in, and would have fallen had she not caught him. It was a pitiable sight to see him leaning upon and clinging to her frail and trcm- blingjlbrm, as if she were a lamp-post. As the light streamed through tho door, I caught a glimpse ofthe glitter of a police man's star, and then heard hisgrufi'voice :
',G!ad you're up, madam. He needs looking after, sure enough. If it hadu't been for me, ho might have met a foul doith. for I found hira in the gutter this raw night."
True enough, he was recking with the filth of the street, and besmearing the del¬
icate i'abric ofthe wife's dress as ho clung to bor; but that wife would soon be iu ag¬ ony over deeper, L'more  loathsome  stains.
•'It's a lie I" hiccoughed her husband, in (ones so difi"erent from his usual clear, manly voice.    "Tw.as in a feather bed."
'0 God:" what's thcmatter with him 'i" gr..sped the wife.
"Well, ma'am, you arc innoeeiir." said the policeman in a not unkindly tona. "I'm sorry for you, but do you really mean fo sny that you don't know he's drunk ?" I'll stay a bit and help you with him if you wish."
At the word "drunk" she fottci'ed a moment, as if she would fill, theu, by a great ctTort recovering her.sclf said hoarsely:
"No, no; go away. I will lake care (.f him. Stay; let mc thank you for bring¬ ing him home, but in the nnmc of mercy don't tell any ono what you have scon."
The man made no promise, .as he depart¬ ed and I shut the door.
".Mrs. JM , I am even .sorry yGit are
here. I v.ould hide this from all the world. Wotild (hat I eoidd hide it from heaven, liut I know I cau (rust you. What shall I do with hiui V
This horrid, uncxpeclcd scene at the dour had fousid us both (oo bewildered (o act, and for a moment longer we looked helplessly at ea-.h other.
Then her husband mut(ercd, "Wh,at's the u.rc standing here?'' and staggered info (he parlor.
Near (he door stood a dainty lidlo fable with Mrs. Elliott's biid.il wreath and b:iu- quct upou it, encased in a glass cover. He ^tumbled against this and tell with it cra.shiug fothe door. The warmth of (Le room with (ho excess of liquor (bathe hid drank now produced nauseii. and. sickening to behold, tho flowers that had croivned his brido'.i brow were now fouled literally, even as his aclion   had stai.;cd her  fair.
iu'.rricdiy
pure naiue.
It was avi-ful—it w.'.s horrible, even to mc, beyond (he power of words to ezpress —to see that proud, refined gentleman groveling lioIples.~Iy, like a vile be.ast in his own filth, in that sweet little parlor, that dainly casket ofhis priceless jewel. But what must it have  been to his wife ?
As soon as she eould, she took hi.s head in her lap, and said in a low, firm voice :
"Vinton, how did it h:i;!peii '.' Tell mo all."
"Nothing inueh's happened,'' he hie cou;;hcd. "jiet some friends at Harry Hill'.';—took little too much—that's all."
"Harry Hill's, Harry Hill's," she mut¬ tered, as if some new light was dawning upon her.
She got him (o bed. and he fell into a heavy stupiir. As she returned to me in the dining-rroai, whcrethere wa.s afire, Isaid:
"I will not leave you to-night.''
.^he thanked mo by a silent pressure oi my hand, and wo sat down to watch to¬ gether as before, but with the awful cer tainty of evil instead of its cxpectatinn. .\t last she asked suddenly :
"Where is this Harry Hill's ?''
I told her.
Morning came, after a seeming age. We
had cleansed .-.nd ri-htoJ tlio parlnr n-lW-I!
as ViC could. The cook got breakfast as usud, and w.is told that her master was sick. I tried to atiticipate Mrs. Elliott in obtaining tha morning paper fiom the new.sboy. but she was too quick for m.^. With dilating eyes she scann;;d the c d- umns, (hen, with a cry of anguish, dropped (he paper.
. ' Oil, leave it alone I" I cried. "You've had move thin you can endure now."
"I am not a child !" she answered, .al¬ most fioiccly. "I intend to know and face (be wor.'ft of this matter," and with a white, siorn face she rc.id every word, and then sat for a few moments with tho old thoughtful centraciion of brow. Suddenly she started up with a look of fi;:ed purpi.^o and said : "Como with me." "Vs'here?"
"To Mrs. .ludge Ashman's." The judge's family was just sitlingdown to breakfast when we arrived.
"Why, jMis. Eliintt,  ai:d Mr.--.  M ,
too !' exclaimed (hit good lidy, in un¬ feigned surprise. "What is the matter ? Surely, this i.5 not a social call."
"No," said Mrs. Elliott, iinpctuously: "it is not. Mrs. Ashman, I take b.ick all I said about ladies going to liquor sah:on?, in order to break them up ii'tfiey can. 1 am going to Harry Hill's to d.iy, il'I go alono. He about the same as murdered my husband last night,'' and she briefly fold hor stor3'. "I am going tliero this very morning," she condnued. "He nuiit resist a wife's prayers and a wife's cur.scs if be sells luy husband one drop more. Will yi)u go with Uio '{"
The juigc joined u.s fr.in (he dining- room, and rciiionstrated :
"Really, Mr.s. Elliott, I greatly sympa¬ thize witlr-you, but 1 hopo you wiil do nothing rash. You will only expose your¬ self to insult, r.nd accomplish nothing. Perhap.s yoa may obtain some leg.il re dross."
With a ilignily and iini.rLSsivoncss which even ho had «iover p.ofsi's-:ed upon the bench, the aroused wife silenced hiiu with a gesture.
"You are not equal tn (hhs matter, Judge A&limau," she said, "nor are vour legal forms. During (he past night I have seen my own grave open, and in it buried life, youth, happiness. AVhat is far woise, I have seen the yawning grave of my hus¬ band, and I know it to bo (ha mouth of hell. And do you ask me to go to law about such matters? Harry Hill and his kind aro digging these graves. I never realized it before. Surely he docs not. Unless ho is a fiend, he will cease (he vile (raflic when I (ell hini the (ruth. I fell JOU I will go, if I go alone !''
"(Jenrge," cried Mrs. Ashman, in a voice of anguish, "how often hasyourown son been drunk at th;it same Harry Hill's?"
Thejudge turned pale and .ibrnptly left the riom.
"You shall not go alone," continued Mrs Ashiuan, sobbing on Mrs. Elliott's shoulder; "a score of women that I know of, rmitlen by this terrible curse, will go widi you, if you will lead the way. Some arc rich and somo arc poor, but we all havo common ground in (his m:i(tcr. I will send them word.''
I shall never forget the group thit we found assembled in the Judge's parlor. There were young faces present beside that of Mis. Elliott. But all were pale and lined with care—all were solemn with an earnest purpose, and touched with the pathos of suffering.
We knelt, but the prayer was silent. There were sobs and groan.s and inrolun- tary cries.
At last wo sailed forth, pale, but as de¬ termined a little phalanx as ever assaulted a death-swept breach. It was sleeting, but we carried uo uiubrellas. This was not a pleasure excursion. AVo marched as sol¬ diers do.
Onr appearance upon the street soon at-
Iracled alleniion     I'ooplespoki and excitedly together.
"By thunder, it's broke out here I' I heard one man exclai'ai. "Vi'hcro viill they strike first?"
"Harry Hili's, as joa live," v/as an¬ swered, "for that's Vint. Elliott's wii'e a leadin'."
The news spread fast, iind soon wo had an ample but nondcseript following. Still the crowd W.IS respectful. The worst man who bad eQugi:t ;i glimpse of Mr. ElUiott's f ice could not have been otherwise.
By (iiruing a corner wc came suddenly upon the entrance of Hill's saloon. There was a bustle within as if they would lock tho door against us. but we were too prompt for tlieni, and entered. The crowd thronged in after us, iind wi(h those id- ready (here, filled (ha place completely.
idrs. Elliott iidvanccd at once (o the bar, aud we grouped ourselves around hor, and such a group iis had never been seen in our city before.
"W'hat docs this mean ?" asked i\Ir. Hill, appearing from an inner room with a face on wliidi surprise and anger con- tciidod for the uias(cfy. He was a florid, low-browcd. (hick-set man, showily dressed, and widi a hard .sinister eye. .\ftor one gbnce at hira, I hoped little from Mrs. Ellio(t's appeal. I (uincd to look at the crowd for a moment in order to rcc on whosa side their sympathy wouM as;:ert itself, but the expression at Ihis time w:;s mainly one of eager curiosity and excite¬ ment. But imagine my unmeisurod sur¬ prise when I s:iw !i side door open and Vinton Eilio(t appear overlooking the scene ; wifh a white, iippallod fac. But all Were (oi intent on tho scone before thom to nolo his entranca, for with a voice that trembled, yet with dignity, Mrs. El¬ liott had enumonced speaking.
' Mr. Hill, you have fhe form and .sem¬ blance of a man, and we give you the credit of possessing the heart of one. You cbnnot roiilizo (he rcsulfs of your (ivffie as '.f^ poor women can whose lio'iiies you aro destroying, whose iiesrls 30U are breaking. What is life fo us if our father^, our brothers, our sons, our htishamh (idi. how her voice thrilled at that word)'go down into the <kirkne?s and infamy of a drunk¬ ard's grave ! Cau you n-it see that such a life Would be to us but living daath aud prolonged agony ? And yet not for (uir .selves are we pleading, but for thoso v.-ho.ii you are dcsUoying; poriups wc m:iy find a heaven hereafter, but they cannot. You paison body and sou! iit onca. Yesterday there T/as not, in all the city, a more proud and happy woman than I! h:\ppy in my homo ; happy in my husband ! Happy in my h-.pes for tho future! ijroud of his rich promise and good nime. But now my hea; t is bioakiag ; oli, how it has ached since yoa sent him st.iggoring to -te ling pi'.st midnight. I beseech you, Sv, pi-oiiiisc ma that you will no'.-or sell another drOp ofthe ac'curscd poison."
There was a momentary anl death-like .-.ileiice and (hen Hill, wilh dlCiaulty, fouud his brazed voice.
"Now look here, madam," he began, '•T'vo ii-'t my right.! , j wall 11.1 y.oii and otU er poi.ple. This is my busincj^ You've uo right here iiuerferiiig with it. These aro my promise. You've no right here without my cmsont. You all make yotir. selves liable to indictment for trespiss. Besides, it ain't the right thing fu- ladies to go tramping through tha streets follo>7- cd by a rabble, and mcdJlins witli (hiug.-i that don't one'rn tliom. It isn't lady¬ like.     It's f.inat—"
"Hush! in'a word answer u:o I'ciied -Mis. Elliott, ia a voice that went to every heart like an arrow. Will yoa not promise mo never (n sell my h'J-,I).ind another glass of liquor ?"
"No," shouted Hill, "nor any othor woman's husb.ind. I will ]irom;se to sell to all who'll pay.
There w.is a sudden   hoarse murmuring on the pirt ofthe crowd, but in a mome it w;is   hushed, lor   the insulted wife had knelt on (he floor before tho b.ir.    We all droj>pL'd on our knees v.round her.
"O God," she pleaded, in a lona Cn:;i must have thrilled tho very .soul of the most hardened p.-oscnt, ".shall liumin love and humin anguish pleid before fhco in vain ? Art thou not a God of morey, and yet cruelly is crushi.ig; ;is ? Ai t ihou not a God of justice, and yet wa ai'o being '.¦obbed of all that makes life endurtiblc ? Thou did.st stop (lie mouth of lior.s. Here in our Christian land aro human hearts more s.'ivago. Thou didsi pixvorvo in (he farnaoe seven times heated. Beneath our church spires b'tirns the mora remorseless and dcstructino p.ission of avarice. Vi'ilt thou not break tho ."itoiiy heart before us, and bend his stubborn will to (hino ? Thou knowest (hit because of oar love we could die lor our dear outs, but we believe that thou dost love (hem even moro. Wilt thou not in mercy change th'ir destnyers into men? Wilt thou not take this awlul soul-killing (emptation out td" (heir path ? We plead iu the name of thy dear Son, who gave his life for us tdl.    Amon."
Strange lo say, (liore was a rospDuaivo ¦'Amen " fr.oii (he rough crowd, aud its I looked around on risini.', I siw many eyes Wet with (cars whera T had cxpec(cd only looks of scorn. 1 had not yet mtt iMr. EUiod's eye, though ho remained stand¬ ing spell-bound in the doorway still.
But the tragedy went f .rw ird without a moment's pause. Mrs. Elliott took a stop nearer the rums;ller, pointed up with an impressive gesture, and b0.1t upon him a look such as I never saw on a woman's face before. Hill tried to inee; her eye, but eould not, for he sank guiltily and con¬ fusedly to (he floor.
"Mr. Hill," she siid in a low, gentle voice, "once more I ask you, I beseech you. answer mo as you will wish you had anSK'ercd when wc stand before His judg¬ ment aoat, vi'ill you.not cease this dreisdful business ?"
A death-like hush followed. Hill was evidcnlly cowed and overcome, and after a moment mumbled out :
"It's not in man to ivs'st you, mad un ; I promise I will not soil any m ire to your husband, fhoiigh he will get it clsewhera if he wants it. I think it's a pity he can't stand up for hims.dfv.'ithout sending his wife around a praying and besceehing for him." "(Jive w.iy there," cried Vinton Elliott's voice, and he sprang down from tha raised doorstep and struggled towards his wif.-. In a clear, ringing toi:e, Elliott said :
"3L-. Hill, you havo spoken suae trua words this morning. This is no place— this is no action for ladies like my wife and odier honored women that I see here ; and believe me, they would not be hero if you and I, and oar like, had not driven t icm to desperation. (Jod knows you have enough to answer for, but you only are not to blame. You can't for.e ua to (brow away our money and manhood here. I wonder (hat my wife did uot leave me forever in titter di,sgu:it. Instead of that, with woman's faithfulness, she comes here to plead for my .safety. But she will nev¬ er be called to pass (hrougU sach au ordeal
again. I (bought I could drink in mod¬ eration at your bar, as I had for ye:irs, but you have taught me better, sir. Vin- tou Elliott can stand alone, but he will stand aloof from you and your kind. God and you, fellow citizens, be my witnesses (hat I will drink no more, and m.iy He p;d?y my hand if it ever raises another gla.ss of liquor to my lips."
Mrs. Elliott gave a low, glad cry. "I make no apology for what occurred last night," ho continued. "The Ciise ad¬ mits of none. I descrv e your contempt, but it cannot exceed that which I bear for myself. W^ere it not for my wife, and the hope of rclrieviiio my character. I would gladly die."
Jlrs. .Judge Ashman row ca;no forward aud said :
"Mr. Hill, tliis won't iiiiswcr. My son is as dear to mo as Jlrs. Elliott's husband to her. Wo idl represent some imperilled member of our hotischolds. You must promise t> quit tf.e business iUtogethcr in our city."
"Did you sae that !" ask-11 a pale, thin woman, a mechanic's wife, ard she lifted her hair and showed an ugly soar across hor temple. "My own husband, once so kind and good, gave mo that blow. It went iu deep. It nearly c st my life. But it made a deeper scar on m , heart. Peo¬ ple must stop selling rum to my husband, or I can't live. I feel that I will do some¬ thing dosparrite."
"Oh please do promise, Mr. Ilill," plead¬ ed a meek-leoking litde woman, with streaming eyes, "My only son has come homo drank twice of late, and he sajs he got (he liiptor here."
"Now lo;;k here, liidics," said Jlr. Hill, frying to work himself in'o a passion, "business is business. .\ man must live. I've stood this longer now (ban—"
He V)'as interrupted by a (all, gaunt wo¬ man who   strangely reminded mo of   (he stern eld prophets.    Vr'ithottt   a   v.'ord of prelude,   she   stepped   forward and coiu- menead singing in a weird minor key : "0 Thou who for humanity, Weiit oiood at every pore, Wc come in kindred agony
Tut mercy to implcvc. "() giro to us tliy sj-mpathy, „.
-¦Vwiike thine arm of power, Sliake oif the nation's apathy. Proclaim (lie battle hour." "Mr. Hill," s.iid Mrs. Judge  A.«hmati, "wc propose (o s(ity hero till yoa maka   us this promise, unless   you   thrust us forth with violence."
"Lot him fry that if ha dares," criad a dozen voices from the crowd.
Hill considered a few moments and then said : "Well, madam. I've (bought it over —indeed, I thought it over bc'orc you canio for I expected this infernal movc- mant would broik out hero. I have an estaLlishii'.out in I*'cw York .State, and they'll stand good liquor, such as I sail, there, to the end of tha chapter. I'll go there for tho pr-asent and stop sailing here till this thunder gust blows over. This is tho best promise Fi! make if you stay here a month. .So please vacate and I'll put up my shutters."
Aftor R brief consxiUati.-)n thclndiericnii eluded it was tho best they could do, nnd there were those ofthe nntuber who wi.sh- ed to visit other saloons.
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A Fight with a Lvnx,
Soma fcv.' miles cast of East Hampfon, JIass., is a largo and lonesome tract of land covering over an area of eight or ten hundred acres, and is familiarly known as the Perkins woods. On the ca-t side of these woods ru'js a largo stream ; near Ihis stream two persons recently discovered a lynx in the top of a large hickory. Oue, a lad who has not s-aen sixteen snmmeis, bold and daring, never known lo flinch in any emergency, and with the courage ofa Putnam, voluntoa:cd fo climb fha tree. Both being destitute of guns, it wasab.dd undertaking (¦) venture (0 capture this large beast of the forest. Young Dan, buoyed up with tha hopo of killing this boast with a dab, quickly ascended the troa; the density of t!io limbs almost pla¬ ced tho beast oat of his sight, but by the help of his knife he succeeded in lopping a few of the branches, which placed the animal in full vicv.' ot him. Its back was arched -ap, fho fioth dripping from its mouth, its (aii though short was elevated, its eyes flashed, pawing with iis f-o-o feet, one after another, bark and splintei'S flew. On the side hill Dan's companion man¬ aged to maka a desparate pas^ wilh his club at (he boaat; at_ (ho saiiio timo the animal mado a spring, landing on the groand in his s!unaed cmdition. Hoad- ley grapjjled widi the maddened auimil, and they strug:;!ad together down a dc- cllvitr. Both plunged into the water. Tho eagerness oftho lynx lo press throug'u the wa(er and tho young man's unsuccessful attempt lo drown it created such a splash-, ing noise as fairly echoed through the ra rina. At length tho mau andanimal roach (he opposite shore in an exhausted comli- tion. Onr young hero was alroidy (here, and had the satisfietion of complefing tho destraetion of the savage beist.
Ciiangos or a Century.
The nineteenth cantary his witnessed m:iny and great discoveries.
In ISUO'Fultoi toi.k out the first pat¬ ent for the invention of the stcambo.it.
The first steamboats which made regu¬ lar (rips across the Atlantic Ocean were (he Siriusand (he Great Wes(ern,in 18:30.
The first public application 11 practice (he use of gas fir illuminadcri was made in 1802.
In 1813 (ho streets of London ware for the first lime lighted with gas.
In 1813 there was built at Vraltham, Mass., a mill, beliaved to have been (he first in the woild, which co'Jibined all the rciiuiremcufs for mtiking finished cloth I'rom raw cotton.
In 1790 there were only (wenfy five post-ofiiees in the whole country, and up to 1S37 tho rales of postage were twenty- five cents for a letter sent over one hun¬ dred miles.
Ia 1807 wooden clocks con.menced to be made by machinery. This ushered in the era of cheap clocks.
About tho year 1S3!> tho tirst railroad of a constdcrablo length in the United States Was constructed.
In 1810 tho first express business was established.
The anthracite coal business may be said to have begun in 1820.
In 1830 the first patent ibr tke inven¬ tion of matches w;is granted.
I.i 1815 the firet telegram was sent.
Steel pens were introduced ibr use iu 1839.
The first successful reaper was con¬ structed in 1833.
In 181G Eliiis Howe obtained a patent for his first sowing machine.
A Tennessee Romance.
He was 50ung, he Wiis fair, and he par- fed his hair, lilio tho average beau, in the middle; ho was proud, ho was bold, but tho truth mu.st be told, he played like a fiend on the fiddle. Bitrring his voice, he Wi'.s everything nice, and his hcrt was so loving ano lender, (hit he alw;iys turned pale when he (rod on tho tail of the cat lying dov.n by the fender. He clerked in a store, aud the way that ha lere off calico, jeans, and brown sheeting, woald have tickled a cidf, and made the brute laugh in the face of a quarterly rfieeting. He cut quite a dash with a d;irling mou.staclift which ho learned to adore and cherish, for ono girl had said, while she dropped her proud head that'twould kill her to sec the thing parish. On Sundays he'd search the straight road to the church unheedlDgthe voice of the scorncr ; and demurely he sat, like a young tabby cat, with fhe saints in tho amen corner. Ho sang like a bird, and his swoot voice was heard fairly tag¬ ging away at long metro; and we speak but tho Irnfh, when we s.iy that this youth could outshine a hungry mos<|uito.
She was young, s'lo was fair, and she scrambled her hair like tho avenga belle of tho city; she was proud but not bold, yet tho truth must bo told, tha W;iy sho chcv,'ed wax was a pity. Baring this vice, sho was everything nice, and the world admired her busdc; and the i'ayetfovillo boys, being calmed by the noise, walked miles to hear it rustle. She cut quite a swell, did this wa.-c-chewing belle, and men flocked in crowds tn meet her ; bat she gave them the shirk, fir she loved the young clerk, who sang like a hungry mos¬ quito. So she hemmed and she hawed, and she sighed, and "chawed" till hor heart and jav;s were broken ; then sho walked by liis stoic, while he stood itt tho door awaiting nomo loving fokoo. She raised ap her eye with a mock sarprite, and fried to enact the scorncr ; but to fell tho truth, she grinned at the youth who loved flic amen corner.
::-. * :;r Xhcyuict—alas! what came to pass w;i3 soil aud s.veet and precious ; they wooed, they eoood,"'to talked, she chewed —O, ho'iv thoy lovel, good gracious ! They had to part; ha rase to stjrt ; her grief caunot ba painted; those aro tho facts; she swallowed her wax, then fainted. Her pa appeared ; her beau, <juitc scared, rushed out to gat s.iino water; the watchdog spied his tender h'd^-, and bit him where he ¦ oughter." The tale is s.id, the sequel stern—so thinks the youth thus bitten. Ho sius.s no more, ts oit of yore—ho gave that girl (he miltcn.
.She pined apica, her pretty face look¬ ed slender and drjeetod ; her father kind, but somewhat blind, beheld her and re fleeted. His incoma tax ho spent for wax —she smiled ar.d called him clover. She went to work, forgot that clerk, and chaw¬ ed in blis.i forever I—J. Jl-tfrman tS'mith.
Christian Hand-Shaking.
Aiound tho door of tha country moat¬ ing liou-os it has always been the custom of the people to gather bci'cre church and aftor church for focial intercourse and the shaking of hands. Perhaps because we. ourselves, were born ia the country and have never got over it, the custom pleases
Tit-Bits Taken  on the  Fly.
Love oaakes labor light.
Love kncws hidden paths.
Clitic—Conceit personified.
Fretwork—Vexation of spirits.
Branch csfablishmenfs—Trees.
Drama—Emotional gymnastics.
Marriage—A  "corner" in love.
Religion—Society's trade mark.
Friendship—Exchanging checks.
Reform—A political fever-blister
True to (he list—Tho shoemaker.
Love—An issue of "preferred stock."
Cunning  is a fool's  substitute for wis¬ dom.
Credit—An air-line  route fo wealth or ruin.
.\   blacksmith   is  alwiiys  striking for wages.
A  lie has   no legs bat  a scandal  has wings.
Never speak (0 deceive, or listen to be¬ tray.
A  dangerous sei  (0  navigate—Bank- riiptcy.
To   live long, it  is  necessary   to  liv« slowly.
except  the
Love subdues  everything felon's heart.
Exemplifying duty does more (ban ex¬ plaining it.
American Independence—"Shinny on your own side."
Neither great p.^verty nor great riches will hear reason.
When one owes a grudge, ho is apt to find it a bad debt.
A straight lino is the shortest in morals as in geometry.
If laughter is the daylight of the soul, a smile is its twilight.
Tha devotees oftabacoo are folic.tonslv Called fobacchanalians.
Some people are positive just in propor¬ tion to (heir ignorance.
Prayers are but the body of the bird ; desires are its aTigol's wings.
If poverty is the mother of crimes, want of sense is the father oftbem.
The most obstinate, unyielding s doon keeper in Tennessee is a woman.
Hatred punishes him who bates, and love blesses die parsan who loves.
Lavishing al; your means upon yourself is a waste which the world condemns.
Melodies die out, like the pipe of Pau, with the ears that love them and listen to them.
Great places are great hardens ; distin¬ guished ondidons in life exact greut ser¬ vitude.
Remove wax from the ear by tepid water; never put a hard instrumant into the ear.
Of Ihe 317,962   .soldiers buried in the
In the cidcs wo arrive (he last mo-   national cemeteries iho  names of 147 823 mcnt befoie service, aud go away the mo-   are unknown.
ment alter. We act as though (he churcl was a riiiiway car, into which we go when fhe timo for starling arrives, and we get out again as soon as theDapot of thcDox- ology i.s reached. Wo protest against this business v/ay of doing things. .Shake hands when (he Benediction is pronouncdi with tlio.~e who sat before and those who .sat behind you. Meet (he people in the aisle, and give ihera Christian salutation. Postpancmant of the dining hour for fif¬ teen minutes will neither dauiage you nor tho dinner. That is the moment to speak a comforting word to the man or woman in trouble. The sarmon was preached to the people in general, it is your placo to apply it lo the individual heart.
The churcli aisle may bo made the road fo heaven, -dany a man who was unaf¬ fected by what the minister slid, has been captured for God by tho Christian word of an unpretending layman, on tho way out.
Yoa may call it personal magnetism, or natural cordiality,' but there are soma Christians who have such an ardent way of shaking hands after meeting, that it amounts lo a benediction. Sach greetings is not mado with Iho left h.ind. The lel't hand is good for ii groat m uiy things; for instance, to h'Jd a I'lik, or twist a curl, but it was never mtide to shake hands vith nnless you have lest the use of the right. Nor is it dona by the tips of the fingers laid loosely in the palm of another. Nor is it done with a glove on. Gloves arc good 10 keep out the odd, and make one look well, bat Iiave Ihem so they can be easily removed, as (hev should be, for they are non-condaetors of Christian uuignelism. .Make bare the hand. Placa it in the palm of your friend. Clench the fingers acress the back part of tho hand yon grip. Then Lt all the animation of yvur heart rush lo the shoulder, and from there fo the elbow, and then through the forearm and tliio' the wrist, till your friend gets the whole charga of gospel electricity.
In Paul's tima he told the Christi;ms lo greet each other with a holy kiss. We aro glad the custom has been droppad, f;r Iheio are many good people who would not want to kiss us, as we would not uot want to kiss them. Very attractive persons would find tha supply greater than the de¬ mand. Bat let us have a subs;itute suited to our age and land. Let it ba good, hearty, epthusiastic. Christian handshaking.— Christian at Worh:
Bad Manners.
Ian-
It is b.id manners   to   use   pro guige.
It is bad manners (0 go into any per¬ son's house without taking off your hat.
It is vulgar to talk much about your¬ self, and it is very vulgar to lie
It is bad manners lo walk into a private house with a lighted cigar in your mouth.
It is bad manners to occupy a. seat while other people stand around without a .seat.
It is a sign of bad mannoi-s to look over the shoulder of a person who is writing to .see what is written.
It is bad manners ibr a man lo walk the streets with a female, and at the same time smoke a cigar or pipe.
It is bad manners to'stand in ihe mid¬ dle ofthe pavement when people are pass¬ ing, or to make reiuark.i about those irho pass.
It is bad manners to stand with your side so as to turn aw.iy your face from the person you are talking to—look th«m in the face.
It is bad mauuers to say "Yes" or "No' Jo a stranger, or to your parents, or to aged people, let it be "Yes, sir," and "No sir."
Wliat trees are thoso which, when firo is applied to thom, ar: exactly what they were before ?   Ashes.
The envious man ig made gloomy not only by his own cloud, but by auathar man's sunshine.
If you have much or little to begin with the worst you arojustiucd in doing is to let it get no less.
Good qualities of character havo fo be learned iis in a trade, little by little through patient application.
Say cot what great things you would do if you were rich, for great deeds are gen¬ erally done by the poor.
Tlie railroad across tho chain of the An¬ des, in South Americ 1, runs several miles above the clouds.
Tha first life-boat was invented by Jf. Borniers, director of the bridgesacd cause¬ ways in France, in 1777.
A man's nature runs cither to herbs or weeds, ihereforo let him .seasonably water the one and destroy tbe other.
Railroad accidents in the Tlniled Stales average one person killed and four injured every working dty in the year.
Who does not love a faithful dog ? but its value cannot be compared to that ofa fjilhful child, man or woman.
How to become practically acquainted wilh the "rule of (hree'—Live with your wife, mother, and mother-iQ-law.
A Western moralist thinks that the two great evils id'the present day are "intoxi¬ cation and costly funerals."
An old lady advises young girls who want to reaiember a thing lo write it down and paste it ou tha  looking-glass.
Horace Greeley's daughters will be com- fortiible. The executors of the estate havo already put away §125,000 for the'r use.
When you uogotiata for a house having all the modern improvements, you will generally find that a mortgage is one of them.
In Franpe, editors are required by law lo accord a person attacked space in the colunms for a reply twice as long as the attack.
A Welsh paper recently contained the following in its notices to correspondents : "Truth" is crowded ont of onr colnmns this week.
Tbe Iowa Legislature has refused to prohibit the sale of wine and beer in that Sl.itc. Stronger drinks are alrcifdy pro¬ hibited by law.
Every lady is anxious to know whether her new dress is becoming; but the most likely thing lo become a lady is a well-bs- haved little girl.
In Illinois thiy lake childran who suf¬ fer from whooping cough down the shaft oftho nearest coal mine, and keep them there until cured.
Lead and zinc expand greatly by heat. Zinc expands nearly two and n half times more than wrought iron under the same temperature.
Rev. Presley Lakin, while conduclinga prayerroccting at Peant. Pike county. 111., was recently assailed by a rough, 'and re¬ ceived an ugly stab in the head.
Two years ago two barrels of live perch wero placed in the pond atTisbury, Mass., which have increased so that now seining is profitable.