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POETICAL.
FATHER, TAKE MY HAND,
The way is dark,, my Father. Cloud on cloud
It gathers o’er my head, and loud
The thunderings roar above me. See, I stand
Like one bewildered 1 Father, take my hand,
And thro’ the gloom
Lead safely home
Thy child.
The day goes fust, my father! and ray soul
Is drawing darkly down. My faithless sight
Sees ghostly visions. Fears, a spectral band,
Encompass me. Oh, Father, take my baud,
•And from the night
Lead up to light
I'hy child.
The way is long, my Father 1 and my soul
Longs for the rest and for the goal ;
While yet I journey through the weary land,
Keep me from wandering. Oh, Father, take my
hand !
Quickly and straight
Lead to heaven’s gate
Thy child.
The path is rough, my Father. Many a thorn
lias pierced me, and my weary feet, all torn
And bleeding, mark the way. Yet Thy com
mand
Bids me press forward. Father, take my hand
Then, safe and blest,
Lead! to vest
Thy child.
The throng is great, my Father. Many a doubt
And fear and danger compass me about,
And foe3 oppress me so, 1 cannot stand
Or go alone. Oh, Father, take my hand,
And thro’ the throng
Lead safe along
Thy child.
The cross is heavy, Father! I have borne
it long and still do bear it. Let my worn
And fainting spirit rise to that blest land
Where crowns are given. Father, take my
hand,
And, reaching down,
Lead to Thy crown
Thy child.
LAUGHOGRAMS.
To remove Dandruff—go to Arizona and in
terview the Apaches.
Isn’t it singular, but true, that straitened cir
cumstances do not tend to make a man walk
erect ?
If “Rome was not built in a day,” the inter
•ence is that it sprung up in the night, and thus
•Became a masu-roomy city.
Can you tell me when it is that a blacksmith
raises a row in the alphabet? When he makes
a poke t and shove l.
A man boasting ot his pedigree to another
said that his father was elevated above the com
mon herd of men. We was hanged.
“I go through my work,” as the needle said
to the idle boy. “But not until you are pushed
bard,” as the idle boy said to the needle.
Here are the heads of a sermon once preached
by a quaint old minister on the text, “Adam,
where art tlion ?” “First—All men are some
where. Second—Some men are where they
■ought not to be. Third—lf they don’t take
care, they will soon find themselves where they
had rather not be.”
‘ Yes, you may come again next, Sunday even
ing, Horace, dear, but”—and she hesitated,
“What is it, darling ? Have I given you pain ?”
he asked, as she still remained silent “You
didn’t mean to, I'm sure,” she responded, “but
■next time please don’t wear one of those collars
with the points turning outward ; they scratch
so.”
How is this? Julia Ward Howe says “there
is nothing so beneficial to a young man as the
companionship of sisters. And to see
men meandering about on Sunday evening with
other fellows’ sisters, you might infer that they
fully coincide with Julia’s remarks.
A young married man received his first cur
tain lecture the other night from his wife Polly.
He calls it “the epistle of Poll to the ram one.”
He won’t be so facetious after a wlrle Ephe
sians the flowing bowl, he may get a rest, but
Poll will lay the law dow’n to him every time
he gets Titus a brick.
He was naughty, but so nice ;
Was a pearl beyond all price;
But. oh. alas! his cruel, cruel heart have
bceii made of ice ;
For when I tried to win,
That man would simply grin,
A ! s if he’d say, and only say, “you cannot, fair
one, rope me in.”
A Bridgeport husband, now traveling, re.
ceived a letter from his wife the other day, in
vbieh she tailed him a “perfeck broot.” He
wrote back that if she didn’t improve in her
spelling before he returned home he would ap
ply for a divorce ; and she now attends all the
“spelling matches” within a radius of twenty
miles. _ -
Selyll told Moore of a man who had said his
eaiiug cost almost nothing, for “on Sunday,”
said he, “I always dine with an old friend, and
then eat so much that it lasts until Wednesday,
when I buy some tripe, which I bate like the
old boy, and which accordingly makes me so
sick that I cannot cat any.-inore until Sunday
again ”
“George Henry,” said a fond mother to her
son the morning after her party, “jest step over
to Mrs. Wanzer’s and ask her if she'll lend me
her clothes pins to-day. Hurry, now. Then
run over to Murrayls and'get me their wash
bench!,-and when-y on come from school to-night
■ ask' lirs Quidly'.if she's', going to use her fiat
irons this evenipp” , *
* ; . i .
- A pedestrja* passing along Macomb street,
San Francisco, saw a father staggering along,
druhk, being led by a jagged son and be felt so
indignant he broke ouiftwitb: “See here, you
debased so-., if you had a spark of manhood in
your _rum-buriied soul, you would not make
such a public spectacle as this !” “Mizzer,” re
plied the man, reaching out his hand to shake,
“mizzer, I’ve been a drunkard for thirty-four
years, and zese are the first kind wores zhever
spoken to me 1 Gimme hand, mizzer—l’m go
ing to reform light away.”
A SCIENTIEIO FALLLACY EXPOSED,
The St. Louis Republican says:
It was reserved for a .boy out on Ol
ive street to produce anew act to the
old and oft-repeated drama of “A Dog
with Something Tied to his Tail.” It
wasn’t any old oyster can or split stick
affair, but something entirely new. The
dog, which was a little black and tan ter
rier, with an artistic air, was following a
lady, and the boy was idling along the
street with a red toy balloon, which he
was holding by a string.
It Was a very large balloon—as large as
toy balloons ever grow.
The lady passed the boy and turned
the corner. The dog came trotting
along and was about to pass the boy al
so, when the urchin, impelled by a spirit
of evil, grabbed him. Then, still fur
ther instigated by the devil and curiosi
ty, the boy tied the end of the string in
his hand firmly about the dog’s tail,
about two inches from the end, and let
g°- .
The animal started off with a yelp to
rejoin its mistress, but it didn’t regain
her all at once.
The balloon straightened out the tail
in an instant, so that it pointed toward
the zenith with a kind of excelsior
expression, and the little dog’s mo
tions carried out the idea perfectly. The
wind freshened up a little, and the dog’s
hind feet were lifted off the ground,
and then began a series of remarkable
but ineffective movements on the part of
the animal. It didn’t seem to be a train
ed dog, but it turned somersaults and
stood on its fore feet and sung snatches
of song as never any circus dog in the
world did. It would make the most tre
mendous leaps'and land exactly in the
same spot it jumped from, and then it
would settle down to work with fore
legs, and ply them at the rate of two
million revolutions a minute and get
over the ground in a manner that could
not have been supposed, under the cir
cumstances, were peculiar, though the
deg didn't during the entire play get be
yond the block.
The red balloon soared with aT the
persistency of a Columbian orator’s hy
perbole, and the terrier’s tail refused to
break.'
Then the dog got desperate, and
bounded, and struggled and vaulted,
while the big balloon in the air bobbed
up and down like the cork on the line of
a giant fishing for whales. And all the
while the animal sang.
Finally the string broke, and the bal
loon shot up toward the clouds. The
boy disappeared the same time, tho’
the boy noticed something like a black
aim tan streak reaching for seventeen
blocks, which lasted for a moment only.
The performance as a whole had been
a success, but it left a bad impression on
the boy’s mind. He concluded that his
schoolmaster must be a fool. He had
been taught that a body impelled by two
forces operating at right angles to each
other would take an intermediate course.
He had just seen that such a body didn’t
get along at all.
The Wrong Corpse. —A serio comic in
cident occurred iu t e West End yester
day. A stilhooru babe which came into
the family of Mr. J , a few squares
west of Central avenue, was swaddled
up ayid laid on a chair to await the arri
val of the undertaker. Meanwhile ala
dy of the house, who had been out shop
ping, returned and laid a valuable pack
age of goods on another chair in the
same room. When the undertaker came
he was shown into tne room and by mis
take coffined the dry goods, which he af
terwards buried with the sympathetic
tearsof mourning relatives. Injthe evening
the lady shopper took a bevy of friends
to examine her purchases of the day in
the dry goods line. Imagine their hor
ror when the bundle was unwrapped to
find the dead baby instead of the silks
and laces. Of course the newly made
grave was opened and the bundles ex
changed in a manner pleasing to all.
{Cincinnati Enquirer.
WHO AEE THE CRACKERS ?
The Jacksonville Union of a late date
contains the following amusing and sat
isfactory reply to the above inquiry:
Sir : In a recent number of your pa
per, saw something like an inquiry as to
the meaning of the word “crackev,” as
applied to a certain class of the South
ern people. Being an humble member of
that honorable class, I beg leave to state
for the benefit of your readers, that the
term is quite significant, ad is the legit
imate result of one of the rural customs
of the first settlers of the United States.
Years ago, before mills were established
in this country, when the backwoodsmen,
or those who lived in the interior, re
mote from the ports of entry, were una
ble to! procure transportation, they
adopted a way by which they cracked
corn with huge rocks. The interior peo
ple were thu3 labelled with the distinc
tion—corncraekers—hence the term
“cracker.” Tell your Northern readers,
Mr. Editor,that we are an honorable peo
pie,-and still sow cotton patches as big
as the State of Rhode Island-
Georgi \ Cracker.
A negro man, while fishing in Green
River last summer, caught a large cat
fish. Wishing to go further up the river
he put a string through the gills .of the
fish, tied it to a root in the water and
went on. In a short while another ne
gro came along who had caught a small
cat fish. Seeing the large fish he ex
changed, leaving his and taking the
other. Towards evening the first fisher
man returning, stopped to get his fish.
Taking it out of the water, and seeing a
very small one instead of the large one
he had left, he said: “Dis ain’t my fish ;
yet it must be, for its on my string; but
lar’s a marsa, how he swuuk.”
♦ •SB'**
“An unfortunate shooting affair!" is
the caption which so often greets news
paper readers, but we seldom read auy
report of the fortunate shooting affairs.
Thare are doubtless many fortunate
misses and fortunate fellows out of the
penitentiary on account of their bad
marksmanship.
SOUTHERN WORDS.
The English language is spoken with
greater purity by the educated classes,
and more correctly by the peasantry of
the Southern States than in any other
section of the Union. There are two
words in common use at the South
which are not heard north of the Poto
mac. Tho word “fice,” to designate a
small, worthless cur, is, according to Dr.
Scheie de Vere, legitimately derived
from the Anglo Norman. The fice, he
says, is the last small remnant of the old
English foisting cur, or foisting hound,
and quotes Nares as giving the whole
process of gradual corruption : Foisting,
foisty, foist, fyst, fyce, and fyst. A fist
iug hound is mentioned in Harrison’s
England.
The word “tote,” in such general use
over the South, has equally as legitimate
a derivation. The other day a Georgia
paper said that Mr. A. H. Stephens
could not have made a certain remark,
because he understood the English lan
guage too well to make use of such a
siang word as tote. We resent the indig
nity cast upon “tote.” We cling to
“tote” as the Anglo-Saxon nation cling
to Magna Charta It reminds us of ourde
scent from a liberty-loving people, and
preserves the memory of justice. The
writ by which a peasant aggrieved in
the Baron’s court was enabled to carry
(’toiler©) his case up to the county court
was known as the writ of tolt, pro
nounced commonly tote. This privilege
which the humble farmer had of toting
his case up from his own landlord to a
less prejudiced Court was dear to every
Englishman. The people of the Sonth
will not surrender that word. It is as
dear to ouryeomen as the Common Law
itself.
WASHING NOT TAKEN IN.
A good old minister from one of the
New England Baptist churches was agree
ably surprised by the intelligence from
one of hir, flock, that five individuals had
expressed a desire on the next Sunday
t 6 have the baptismal rite performed
upon themselves. After its performance,
however, he was somewhat chagrined
that only one of the five joined the so
ciety of which he was pastor.
A" few Sundays after the same worthy
elder waited on him with the intelligence
that ten more desired immersion.
‘•And how many will join the society"?”
queried the minister.
“Two, I regret to say, arc all we can
depend on,” was the elder’s reply.
“Very well,” said the good old man,
“you may as well inform the other eight
that the church does not take in wash
ing.—Boston Bulletin.
In the Civil Rights case in the U. S.
District Court at Galveston, against
Manager Greenwealt, of the Opera
House, the Judge decided that the, de
murrer be sustained and the inclictu. nt
quashed, on the ground of the act being
unconstitutional and the indictment not
alleging that the complainant was a citi
zen of the United States. It is thought
that other cases will be decided in a sim
ilar manner.
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leave arrive
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VICK’S
FLOBAL GUIDE
FOB 1875.
PUBLISHED QUARTERLY. —January num
ber just issued, arid contains over 100 Pages,
500 Engravings, descriptions of more than
500 of our best FLOWERS and VEGKTALES,
witfi Directions for Cutfnre, Colored Plates, etc.
The most useful and elegant work of the kind
in thi world. Only 25 cents for the year.
Published in English and German.
Address JAMES VICK,
Rochester, N. Y.
BLQOOMFIELD & OTIS,
Manufacturers of
PIANO-FORTES
Factory and Warcrooms,
209 East 19th St.,*J¥evr York.
Would respectfully invite the attention of th#
public to their
new scal.e:piaxos
Embracing every known improvement, includ
ing their own valuable Patents, which cannot be
used on any other Piano. Particular attention
called to the
NEW OIPUOV ID TREBLE,
Superior to any other now in use, patented Mar
18, 1869 MANNER OF STRINGING, so that
the ends come near the wrest plank, thus keep
ing the instrument In tune a long time ; also, to
cur METHOD OF INSERTING THE SOUND
BOARD,so as to' give a larger vibratory surface,
producing a peculiar, powerful, pweet, and sing
ing tone, seldom heard in any instrument.
These instiuments were awarded the Eirst
Premium at the Fair of the American Institute,
18G9; two First Premiums at the Ohio State Fair
1869; and are now acknowledged to be equal, if
not superior, to any made.
Warranted for Seven Years.
First Premiums at the Georgia State Fair, 187 q
U. S.
PIANO COMPANY
It costs less than s3o© to make any S6OO
Piano sold through agents, all of whom make
100 per cent, profit.. We have no agents, but
ship direct to families at factory price.
We make onlyonestyleandhave butoneprice.
Two Hundred and Ninety Dollars, net cash, with
no discount to dealers or commissions to teach
ers. Our lumber is thoroughly seasoned; our
cases are Double Veneered with Rosewood, have
front rotud corners,serpentine bottom and carv
ed legs. We use the full iron plate with over
strung bass, French Grand action with top dam
pers, and our keys are of the best ivory, with
ivory fronts. Our /’iano has seven octaves, is 6
feet 9 inches long, 3 feet 4 inches wide, and
weighs, boxed, 955 pounds. Every Piano is fully
warranted for five years.
Send for illustrated circular, in which we re
fer to over 700 Bankers, Merchants, etc., some
o whom you may know, using our Pianof in
States and Territories.
V. S. VIANO C r,
810 Broadway, N. Y.
LseT'Defer to E. B. Tate, Jr., Elberton. Ga.
LYON
SEWING MACHINE
COMPANY.
THE I.YOJV SKWIKIS
THE “CONQUEROR.”
The above illustration, though without stand,
shows the wonderful simplicity of the Lyon
Sewing Machine, the “Conqueror.” Mr. Lyon,
tiie Inventor, was for many years the President
and Manager of the Finkle & Lyon S. M. Cos.,
and lidice enjoyed the facility for the study of
the sewing machine art and its adaptation to ev
ery variety of sewing manufacture, both in the
family and in thesh >p,and the invention proves
a great success. It has’ overcome the tour great
radical defects of shuttle machines, viz :
1. Want of space undev the arm.
2. Want of durability—too much friction.
3. Too heavy running—tires tho operator.
4. Too much jar and noise.
No other shuttle machine has ever successful’
ly overcome these four great defects.
We know the machine honestly excels any
thing w.e have to contend with in the market.
We realize that these are strong assurances,
but >e offer them without the least misgivings,
for we know whereof we affirm.
We therefore offer the machine upon its own
merits, and if it does not prove satisfactory, it
can be returned any time withiii 60 days and
money refunded.
Our LIST PRICES will be the same as other
first class machines, but in neighborhoods where
we have no Agent, special inducements will he
offered. Each machine is supplied, without ex
tra charge, wit** Ilonuner, Quilter, Guagc,
Guage Screw. Screw Driver, six Bobbins, one
dozen Needles, Oil Can filled with Oil, BeU and
Instruction B-„ok.
N. B.—We shall appoint AGENTS with exclu
sive Territory for Towns or Counties or States,
and we hope to render these agencies permanent
by the liberal inducements we offer and the in
trinsic merits of the machine.
For further particulars, address
LYON SEWING MACHINE CO.,
60 East 11th st.,New York City.
SUPERB PREMIUM ENGRAVING
FOR 1875.
COSTING $2,000 TO ENGRAVE.
GEN, WASHINGTON S FIRST INTERVIEW
WITH HIS WIFE.
GET UP YOUR CLUBS AT ONCE.
This magnificent premium engraving is to re
ward those who get up clubs fof
PETERSON’S MAGAZINE,
for 1875, If is after an original picture by the
celebrated artist Enninger, and represents tho
first interview of Washington with the fair
widow who afterwards became his wife, and is
known in history as Lady Washington. The
story is quite romantic. During the great French
and Indian war of 1755, Washington, then about
to proceed to the frontier, stopped for an hour’s
refreshment at the hospitable mansion known
then, as now, as the White House, in Virginia.
There he met, for tho first time, the fair widow
who afterwards became his wife. Beguiled by
her charms and conversation, he remained hour
after hour, his orderly leading his horse to and
froacross the lawn. It is this incident which
theengraving represents.
It is the Largest and Most Costly
We have ever offered, and can only bo had of
us, as it will not be sold elsewhere. At a retail
store similar pictures are sold at from six to ten
dollars each. It is engraved in the very highest
style of the art after an original picture, and for
patriotic as well as artistic reasons ought to be
in every homo in America.
To accommodate the tens of thousands of
persons who will desire to have this engraving,
we offer it as a premium to persons getting up
clubs for 1875.
Remember that the postage on both the Mag
axino and tho premium will be prepaid at the
office of mailing, without additional expense to
the subscriber.
Address, postpaid, for terms, Ac.
CHARLES J. PETERSON,
306 Chestnut at., Philadelphia.
am .a llh l UUAIIAN I LSU using our
IK #%WELL AUGER & DRILL in gcod
LLf Vj* territory. Endorsed by Governors
~ of IOWA, ARKANSAS di DAKOTA
CttsteguftM. W.MUS.St.tWIS, St a.