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Vbl. 2. •• IPOB7ISV* , BI LLS OF TUB BALL. 11Y LITTLE BETSY. Belle of the li 1 11 lintHiiglit ! Arrayed in white rones rare, "With fleecy lace, and diamond glen bis Amid the dark waves cf my hair. Belle of the ball lust night 1 Queen o’er a realm of hearts ! Love-tin illed eyes followed my form, A few flashed jealous darts. Belle of the ball to night ! Brilliant and gay as fair, Beauty enhanced bv envied gold, Vet none so lonely there ! Belle of the ball last night ! Why did the music sound Like a phantom voice from o’er the sea, Endlessly crying . “Bound! bound!” B elle of the ball last night! Was I not gl oiiously free ? Ah, no! A ghost, with death-sealed lipc, Ifipt pointing a Anger at me. Belle of the ball last night ! Vet bitterly cruel to be, With a beaming face and idle smiles, And a spirit far at sea, Belle of the ball fact night ! And forever at my side, The dead —the dead in a watery grave— Less false than his promised bride. Bella of the ball last night ! Vet, oh ! tender and faithful and lone, Pity the frail weak woman to-day, 'Whose heart keeps a hidden moan. ■—from tue Baltimorean. __ 5M3® % iL Ob A m V (i£X. t EE A FTEB GKTT YS BCKG. A BETTER TO .71 IKE I! SON DAVIS OFFERING TO RESIGN. From U A Fleet of Secret. History ” in Scribner's Monthly. Cami' Oiianoe, 8 A ll 4. 186*. Mr. President : Your letter* of 28 July and 2 An o', have been reo'd, and 1 have waited for adeisure hour to reply, l<ut I fear that will never come. , 1 am; extremely obYfttfe’ tjyyou for the atten tion given to the wants of this airoy, and Ihe efforts made to j ply them. Our absentees are returning, and I, hope the earnest and bcautiftd appealituacle to the country in your progjjpnaiion ,pit.y stir up (.he whole people, gnd that they siay see their duty and perform it. Nothing is wanted bpt that their forti tude should equal their bravery, to. in sure the success of <>>• VV must expect reverses, even defeats.. They are sent to teach us wisdom and' prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters. ~Qji.r people have only to be true and united, to bear manfully the misfortunes incident to war, and all will come rigid in the end. 1 know how prong we ,ui'o to censure,. and how ready to,blame ethers for the; nonfnifilnient of ,our expectation-. This is unbecoming in. a generous peo ple. and I grieve to see its expression. The general remedy for the want of success in a military commander is his removal. This is natural, and in many instances proper. For, no matter what may be the ability of the officer, if lie loses the confidence of bis troops, di-as tors must sooner or later ensue. been prompted by these reflec tions (hqre than ouee since my rev rn from Penna, to propose to your Exc’y the propriety of selecting another com., mander for this aVrny, I have seen and heard of expressions of discontent in the public journals at the result of the expedition. I do not know how far, this feeling extends in the army. My brother officers have been too kind to report it, and so far the troops have been too generons to exhibit, it. It is fai , however, to suppose that it does exist, and sdcdeSs.is so necessary to us that nothing should Jjg., risked to secure it. j therefore, in all sincerity, request your Ifixc’y to take measures to supply, my place. Ido this.with the more earnest ness because no one is more aware than jnyself of my inability for the duties of piy position. I cannot even accomplish what l myself desire. llow can I ful fill the expectations of others f In ad flition, I sensibly feel the growing failure of my bodily strength. 1 have not yet recovered fi om the attack 1 experienced the past Spring. lam becoming more and more incapable of peisonal exami nations and giving the personal supervi sion to the operations in the field which I feel to be necessary. I am so dull that in making use of the eyes of others lam frequently misled. Everything therefore points to the advantages to lie derived fro£ „ new commandei, and I the more anxiously urge the matter up turn your Exe'y from my belief that a •younger and abler man than myself ca 1 readily be obtained. I know that he will have as gallant and ~bi-aVe an army as ever existed to second his • fforts, and it would be the happiest day of my life to see at its head a worthy leader ; one that would accomplish more than I could perform, aud all that I have wished. 1 hope jour Exe’y will attribute my re quest to the true reason, the desire to stive my country, and to do a 1 in my pcwir to insure the success of her right eous cause. I have no complaints to make of any one btlt njyself. I have received noth ing butkindtiessfrom those above me, and the mbst considerate attention from my comrades and companions in arms. To jour Excellency 1 am especially indebt ed for uniform , kind ness and considera tion. You have done everything in your power to aid me in the work committed to my charge, without omitting any thing to promote the-general welfare. I Cray that your efforts may at length he p itwntd with suecess, and that you may long live lo in joy tlie thanks of n grate ful people. Willi sentiments of great esteem I am very respectfully and truly yours, If. E. Lit k. General. His Exc’y JtfTn Davis, Pres. Confed. States; Advice to An Expectant IVrule. The following letter was recently ad dressed to a laily about to become a bride, by a gentleman acquaintance, in aekomvlcdgnunt of the receipt ot her wedding cards. It gains a me'unchoJy interest from the tact that the young wife died soon after her marriage: I am bolding some pasteboard in my bands Addie! —three stately pluzkiugs from the bush of ceremony ! ] am gaz ing upon a card, and upon a name—a name with which your gmtle life began, a t.nmo with which your throbbing heart was lost. There is nothing strange about that card. The maiden sign still looks up in m it, calm and customary, as it looked on many a friendly .visit, as it lies in many a formal basket. I am gazing, too, .upon a card where the nearer parent tells the world she will be “At Home,” one day ; and that is noth ing new ! Put there is another card, w hose mingling there puts a tongue of tire into this speechless pasteboard, en ameling (ate on commonplace ! it tells us that feeling is maiming into destiny, and that these cards gye bqt the pale heralds ot a coming crisis; when a hand that has pressed friends’ hands and plucke 1 flowers shall close down on him to whom she shall he trrend and flower forex or alter. 1 have si nt you a few flow ers to adorn the dying moments of your single lite. T hey are the gentlest types of a delicate and dunble triend. They sprang up by our side when others have deserted it ; and they will be -found watching oa< r iur graves when those who should cherish have forgotten us. It seems meet to me that a past so calm and pure as yours should expire with a kindred sweetness about it; that Hovers ami music,kind fi tends and dearest w ords, should "onsetrate the hour w hen a senti menl is passing into a sacrament. The throe great stages ot our being are tie birth, the Initial and the burial. To the first we biing only' weakness—ter the last we have nothing hut dust. But heie, at the altar, where life joins life,the pair come throbbing up to the holy man, whispering the di et> promise that arms eacii with the others heart, to help on in the ife-struggle of care aud duty The beautiful will"be there, borrowing new beauty from the scene. The gay and the frivolous,, they and their flounces, will look solemn for once. And youth will cpm.e,. to gaze on all its sacred thoughts pant tor ; and age will totter up to hear theoid words repeated that to thpir own lives have given t e charm. Some will weep oyef it as it it \Vebß ,a tomb, and.spine will La.tigu over it as ii it was a joke; but t(*K> must stand by it tor it is fate, uot foil, tins everlasting locking of their lives. And now!, can y ou, who have queened it over so niamy bending forms, can you comedown at last to the frugal diet ct a single heart"? Hitherto you have been a clock, giving your time to all the world- Now you area watch, buried in one particular bosom, warming only, his breast, marking only his hours, and ticking only to the Beat of his heart—where time and feel ing shall Vie in unison, until these lower lies are lost in that higher w-edlock where all hearts are united around the great, iCentral Heart of all. Hoping that calm sunshinej may hallow your clasped t ands. I siuk silently into a signature. She Meant Business. They have some queer girls over in Colorado. One of them who resides in the Cache la Poudre valley had been re ceiving the attention of a young man for about a year, but becoming impatient at his failu re to bring matters to a crisis, she resolved to ascertain his intentions. When he next called she took him gent ly by the ear, led him to a seal, and said: . “Nobby, you’ve bin foolin round this claim mighty near a year, an’ hev never yit shot off ver mouth on the marry in biz. I’ve cottoned to yer on the square clean through, an’ hev stood off _ every other galloot that has tried ter chip in ; an’ now I want yer to come down tobiz ness or leave the ranche. Ft yev on the marry, an’ want a paid that 11 stick rite to ye till ye pass in yer checks an the good Loru calls ye over the range, jest sfqueal an’ we’ll hitch ; hut ef that ant yer game, draw out and give some other teller a show fur his pile. Jo>vsingye gong or skip out.” He sang.— Laramie Sun. m The Man Wlio Never Told a Lid. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican records this : Genei'al Washington now and then took notice of singular facts m natural history. Two years before Ins death, old Colonel Perkins, of Roaton, then a young gentleman, visited him a<i Mount Vernon. As he was sitting with voun Perkins on the verandah, winch overlooked the Potomac, a toad hopped along on the ground near them, “winch led him to ask me,’’ says. Colonel i er kins “if I had ever observed tne reptile swallow a firefly. Upon my answering in the negative, he told me that he had, and that from the thinness of the skin of the toad be bad seen the light of the I firefly after it had been swallowed. I hi* ! W as,a new and to me a surprising met iff ! natural history. COIsTYERS, GEORGIA: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1870. Business Petr Dun, lhtrlow <fc Cos., of the Mercan tile Agency of New York, have issued there annual circular, showing the num ber and extent ot the business failures for the past year. The figures indicate that during 1875 “there was a much larger increase in the number of failures than any twelve months since, 1870, but the average amount of liabiiiticG for each failure is less than any similar peri od in that, time.” The total number ot failures in the \tear was 7,740, the lia bilities being $201,00&,353. Towards thjs New York City alone contributed 051 bankrupts who owed $49,263,667, an amount far in excess of the total debts ot all bankrupts in any other entire Stale. The State that stands nearest the city hi point both of number of fail ures and extent of indebtedness is Mas sachusetts, wherein 772 people, owing $27,494-943, were declared insolvent. There ft a wide gap between these fig ures and those which represent the con dition of affairs in the keystone State, which comes’next onthe list as to the gross amount for which men failed, though not in regard to the number of suspensions. Pen ylvania’s 583 unforfu nate traders owed $18,247,872, whilst the7C6 of New Y-oii; State outside of New York City were declared liable to the extent of only $11,920, 822. The Middle States suffered most severely. There failures were 2,365, w ith sß2.s22,346lial>ilities. The Western States followed with 2,386 bankrupts, owing $36,473,864. Though the New England States have $40,015,164 ct in debtedness placed opposite them, the defaulters we e only 1.385 in number. The Southern -States were lowest both in regard to suspensions and amount? An idea of what has taken place as com pared with previous y ears may he formed w hen it is stated that the failures were more last year than in 1874 by 1,910, and that the debts owed were $45,821,000 in t xcess. The amount failed for was, how ever, less in 1873 by about $27,000,000, but it was $80,000,000 ahead of 1872,and nearly sll =,000,000 over 1871. As the number of people in business in the United Slates is 630,000. the bankrupts represent a proportion one in every 82, TW Crave. Strangers pass it bv unheede 1, in the deep shade, almost hidden fron view by violets and forget-me-nots, ami the „ aiKic omu u_y me asnes 01 one wnem yon are sure in life was fairest on earth. Years have passed ; years of travel and study. Yon well remember the-mornyou pressed a kiss upon her brow—the seal of your love and sincerity. Then the -.news of her death is sent you, and for a while it stems impossible tyo resign yourself to wotk ; but time conquers all. Though the void in you.r heart is never filled, 3 fairer features- and darker eyes perchance fora moment demand a thought, hut it is only mom. nary, fleeting before the constancy of first love. Now you stand by her grave with the flood of old remembrances flowing in, .and recall those last mo ments so vividly pictured in your brain. 0!i, time, restore youth again ! you vainly cry, as memories of green fields and cloudless skies appear; indeed, the flow ers above her grave seem sweeter, and you pluck some of them to pres*; then follow the path that has not lost. its ,ti miliar aspect by .flow of years. The road leads you to the sclu ol house ; it is common place enough now, but it onve inspired y-ou with awe. Two faces turned in at the door years ago, now the fairest sleeps in the graveyard. The shadow of the church falls beyond it telling you that eveuing app.ioach eth. U Existence has taken on it middle life the misery of old age to you, all that made your future blight seems lying beneath the mound. Do what you will, somehow the memory of your first love will keep you shrouded in tender nielan choly ever afterward. The Innocent Boy. The Vickburg boy can stand up with any other boy in the world against an accusation. The other day when a Vicksburg mother-discovered sugar on the pantry shelf, she called to her bel aud said: t “Someone has been stealing this su gar! “Is it possible TANARUS” lie exclaimed, rolling uo his eyeo in astonishment. “Yes', it is possible, and the thief is not far away, either.” “Ain’t he ? do you suspect father ? “No; I don’t.” “Couldn’t be the cat, could it ?” hte inquired, glancing under the table in search of the feline. “Cats don’t eat sugar, young mau !” “They don’t?” “No, sir; the thief is a boy about your size.” “He is, eh ? I’d just like to catch lain in here once 1" “It this sugar is disturbed again, she said, as she covered the box, 4 i know of a boy who'll get his jacket dusted.” “That’s bully 1 I wish you’d let me stay out of school, bo’s to see you catch rind-maul him.” Apd lie went out to devour t' e other lumps. Dr. J. L. Reynolds in the Memphis Baptist calls for a Baptist Congress “‘to arrest the spread of error and the ten dencies to division, or to draw the lino of separation between the true and the false, and marshal all real Baptists along the line ot the ancient landmarks.” flow these desirable ends are to be accom plished the doctor doos uot tell us. Fashion Note*. STRUCT DR KSB —Till'! PKINCRSpK. iTlie newest style out for street umtiune is the princesse polonaise - It is a Paris garment, and comes from Worth. The hack ot the waist is in basque shape, with seam down the middle, the long side (onus extending to the shoulder; The back of the skirt is laid in kilt plaits, each side turning toward the cen ter, and joined to the lower edge of tie basque. Two sashes, one end of each f.istened cn each tinder arm sv.Aui over the lower ( lid of the basque and knotted carelessly at the side, falling gracefully over the plaits. The front ot this gar ment has hut one dart on each side. Handsome sashes, one end of each fas tened on each dart, at the waist line, and til'd in front, the fringed ends hanging. The polonaise is very long,reachin’ wit h in seven inches of the bottom of the skirt. 'The front is closed with buttons 1 and button-holes. This pattern is used , for silks and velvets, and is equally adapted tor woolen goods. p req lires beneath it a closely-clinging skirt, with out any trimming except a narrow, box plaiied flounce at the bottom. IJAI.I. DKKBSKS. • A youthful and uretty s'y'e is of puffed white tarlatan, with long overdress ot the same, and trimmed with rushes, and caught up with black velvet ribbon and daisies, which are carr'ed to the shoul ders. Black velvet sash.. Dresses of miffed tulle overpink satm, caught up. with branches ot roses. Pink satin sash Hoses to the left of the corsage. A beantifuldress is of frosted tulle, ti'imincd with silver fringe, over a robe of gros grain, trimmed with wide white blond. Sash of gras-grain. Another is of white crape, trimmed with side plaited flounces bound with White satin, over a robe ot satin. Gar-, niture consists ot sash and trails for skirt and bodice of moss rose buds, aud blue torget-me-oota Lteeli hull I kerchiefs with colored em broidery, as well as those- with colored borders, are quite popular. •' We have seen some very pretty linen centers with silk borders, and n vino of silk embroid ery on tiie linen matching in color the border. ■ Handsome morning 1 seta ’ comprise ruffles for the neck and wrists, barbe necktie, a dainty Fanchon cap and handkerchief, all b Titered with crimped ruffles scalloped with scarlet or blue. * ' 1 4,.1t lulu U’if.h fclmwv garni ures, are growing more ana more in favor. Many of these have very little trimming upon the outside, feathers al ways matching the color ot the hat. Velvet or dark felt hats are elaborately trimmed. VV A I.KIHG SHOES are made with broad, heavy soles, square cut toes with rounded corners. Ladies who object to wearing India rubber overshoes, have a thin layer of rubber placed upon the sole. ‘'flack(velvet bools are very fashiona ble, and for dressing toilets, those in the black satin embroidered up the inside front and scalloped around the top, are now used. White kid or satin boots ar* worn with evening t. ilettes. . A recent bride in our city wore white velvet boots-.with handsome buttons; agates set in gold. The quilted silk or satin slippers will always he worn as ,a tfliome comfort." Many of these . show linings of white silk, and arqund the top is a broad hand of velvet, with how upon the instep, matching in color the slippers. —Sunny South , Not Very Politic, to Say the Least. The Catholic Review boast that the Catholic population of this country is increasing so rapidly that “it seems to be merely a question of time and that not very lemote, when its number will preponderate over all other religions faiths." In view of this fact it s.-iys : MVt’e can afiord to wait this consummation of the glorious will of Con,” though to wait is hard, and to endure assault while forbidden to strike back, especially u hen you know you are able to strike effective ly, requires great forbearance. Cat bo dies, we a-i?e told, .“don’t want to en gage in a fight,” hut if a fight is forced upon them,"let their opponents beware “At any momeut,” says the review, “the Catholics of the United States move as a body, they can decide any election. We know that they can not, nor do they desire to, form a distinct political party ; but they can make any such party tri umphant or insure defeat.” This, we are told, is “no* a b'd for the favor ol Democrats or Republican,” hut then, at. the same time, we are interned that, “the Republican paity is about to die," mid we ars left 10 infer that the hopes of the Catholics are in the Democratic party. The Review affects great calmness and serenity does “not think it inadvisable to ponder somewhat upon the strength tneir numbers give them.” Utterances such as these are calculated to induce others than Catholics to “podder." Bet the Quill Be Used. A citizen ot Lexington has in his pos session a quill ot a condor which has a history. It was given to Henry Clay in 1824, with an injunction never to cut it until he was elected President, when he W.as to write his fit-rt message with it. In case he were not elected, it was not to he cut un.il a ‘-constitutional I’resi dent wrote a constitution! message for all the. States.”. After Mr. Clay’s (lealh it was given to Millard Fillmore, hut hi was likewise.unable to use it.. - During the last campaign the owner-determined to give it t-/ Air. Greeley should he be elected. The quill, which is still.uncut, is over three feet long, and is as large round as a man’s thumb. I. ibluVig Up ii Toucher lor Hindu- Shj was at one of the union school houses h ilf an hull' before school open ed. She had “Linda” with hoi. She was a tall woman, forty years of age, w ill) a jaw show iug great detei mimition, and “Linda" was sixteen, and latlmr shy iml uretty good looking. TTi mother said she hadn't been in the city long and that it was her duty to get Linda into school and see that she was proper ly educated. When the teacher came, the mother b 'ldly inquired : “You know enough to teach, do you T* “I think I do," replied the teacher, blushing deeply. - “And you feel competent to govern tlie scholars, do yon 1" “Vos'iii.” " ’ “Do you pound 'em with a ferrule, or’ lick ’em with a whip ? ' “Wo seldom resort to punishment here," replied the embarrassed teacher. “That's better yet,” continued the mother. “I know that it Linda should come home all pounded up I’d feel like killing someone. 1 suppose yofi arc of a respectable character, iKrt'i. vini TANARUS" “Why—alrcm —why" stammered the teacher, growing white and Inen red. “I expect you a.ie,’ eontinm <1 the wo man. ‘it‘s well to knov\ who •ur otiil dren are assoceiating with. Now, then, do you allow the boys and girla to sit toget her TANARUS" “No, ma’am. ’’ “That’s right They never used to when 1 was young, and- ! don't, think Linda is any better that! I am. Another thing : Do you allow any winking'?” “Any what!” exclaimed the puzzled teacher. “Do you allow a hoy to wink at a girl?" asked the woman. “Why; no.” “I was atijiid you did. I.itpla is as shy as a bit and, and it she should come home some night and l< ( me that she had been winked at 1 don't know what I’d do. Now, ariothei thing—do you have a beau ?” “Why —why—’ was the stamering re ply. “1 think you do!' >resunied the woman severely “I know just ho-" it works. vVhen you should be oxulainii g what au archipelago is you are thinking ot your Richard, and your mind is wav, way off.' ‘ . “But, madam— 1 •*<’’ “Never mind any explanations,’ inter bro light* up to‘Witty writing and spellographv, and it you’ve got a beau and are spooking to the the atre one night, a candy null the next, a horse race the next and so on, yquroan‘l be on edueasion. (Joint*, Linda, we'll go to some other school house. “ —De trod l<rce /‘rests. Our State Government. The Talbot ton Standard slashes at the State government in a very indiscrimi nate manner: Asa mailer of stubborn truth we pro pose to mention a few of the terrible extravagances that charaeteri're our “lo cal self government.’' in Ge< ruin, showing at •ouch that we are ahead of Egypt “or any other sea* port town” in that fine: Beginning with our Governor, we find that he occupies the chnii at 'our thous and a year, which was on -e occupied by the best men the world ever saw at It out two to three thousand. lie lives in a mansion that cost he Slate $li)J,!)>0; bought by a Radical Legislature, ’tis tine, yet the present government .Toes not seem inclined Cos sell out at a ba'girn and practice economy oncoming our people by putting their servant in a smaller hoinp--. The! Attorney Genera 1 , the grandest sidecut-e ever perpetrated, wraps himself arou and $2,000 a year, when before Hillocks reign such an officer was neVer heard of. 'Phis was created to li.l up by some thieving Radical and it is still retained by his economical (?) administration. Next we have the clerk of the Stpremej court with his fat sa’jiry of SI,OOO aj year, When there are thousands, as com-*! petent as he, would pel form the .dulled j lor SBO 0. Then v, e have a kcejrbi- otj the public buddings with a sa ary of S2,QUO and an appropriation of $20,000 ai his disposal ti/keep things in order. The public printing has ar. appropriation ! of $20,000,a year, w hich is tutragoous. j l lie must gigantic frauds of all contain.| tie nißelv.eS in the departrrieiit. of ag-icti! j lure, State Geologist, and blate Hoard of Health which are-supported at a cost] of $20,000 a year, and a*e worth about j as much to the State as the office of At. lomey General. The next we mention is enough to make any pure patriot ci v amt with pain : the public school fund, which is $150,000 a year. ,A greater swindle was never perpetrated upon any people, as it is Operated. • A ( uolic school System properly managed is no doubt a beneficial thing, but the way ours is operated, we defy any man tb show us the good accruing from it. Our legislatures cost us just $115,000 per annum, and the last one- was not worth fifty cents to the Slate ! The m rubers receive a salary of seven dollars, wh m our best men once served for lour, in ( ] lys of marked j rorperity. Mr Si due y Lanier, a young Southern poet whom contributions to some of the* magazines have recently attracted a great deal of notice, has been appointed to write the text of a cant ala lor the opening of the centennial festival} Mr. Dudley Buck is to compose the -music.- Both seleo ions seetps to he good ones, and the new era/of reconciliation will'be fitly symbolizedjhy this Union of North and .South in the song of celebration j '!< 1 & a SJl_®J3_S • The grand total of .Methodists throughout the tvmld is 1,1 19.105 mem bers. The Southern Presbyterian AssettyllVy enumerates 871 Sabbath schools. Their united contributions amounted, I ni year, to $80,900 ; the average attendance of teachers being C,OJ ) and scholars 85,- 000. ♦ ♦ * - —— Pope Pitts IX,. the t'\vd hundred and liftv.seventh Hninah pontiff,’is the two hundred and titty-sixth successor to -Bv. Peter. Elected pope oil the 18th Jiihe, and crowned on the 21st .June, lft fO. tffo holy father is in the thirtieth year of hrs pontilieate. Born on the l.'l li of May, 1792, he is hi his eighty.fourth votif. The sacred college at present compiises willful it liltyceighteardimls. Thenuid ber ot patriarchs, primates, archbishops, and bishops shows a grand total el 1,108. In ill- British empire there are 125 Catholic prelates. *- I)*'. Tutelage is a firm telievcr in prayer. He says: “I believe in answers to prayer. My grandmother was A Christian woman. One night Jie.r ohi)- dren wanted to go ton party. She toiid, “Yon may go; but. I wi 1 pray for you." They Wi lit, but did not have a goo l time. My Uncle Thomas was on h,s knees in his chamber before God, r.r , l after awhile the farm hands came in from the burn and said something was the matter with David, who was my father. He was praying ‘God have mer cy on my soul.' A young woman he thought, much of—Catherine Van Ness, mv future nfotlier—was soon after vis aed bv him, and he told h(*> of hits in terest in tlm subject’ ot religion. Site was converted ; and the result was that at the next communion service in the Somerville church two hundred and seventy persons became members. My niothei, w hen her littte children wferi* growing up around her, united with tivk mothers in a prayer-meeting, and all the children we tie converted. I was the hint one ot the thirdly who Was brought lo Cubist. My mother had a strong desire that her sons might ho minisiei's, nj.d she played ljit foul' o: them became ‘P re a oners of tnv Gospel. I would he a w retched infidel if I did uot believe in Ui ■ ‘ ■ An exchange hits bar I as ■ follows : “Christiuiihy is weary of mere 1 senti mentality in religious worship.,* : It has had rater and molasses enough. It wants lhe old wine, and the bertlYviite of the Gospel, and it must have it or sink into a miserable marasmus. Ritu alistic foppery and ecclesiastical millin i.y have proved how* utterly ineffective * fer good they are. They bring religion into contempt, and make worship ridiculous. The Congregationaiiat expounds self detii.-il ar, fodotVs : • - . , For a,young nnrti so j.h'eod llhft' for him to allow himself some indulgence lawful to him inUht be to tempt some companion to an indulgence to him un* lawful ami dangerous, to give up that plea-ure, to close permanently all the avenues of Ills nature w-hich lend in that direction, for the sake of the benefit, to he hoped to another fr-llu that transac tion ; as Paul dred his willingness.to eat no meat (to him lawful, and, in itself, stiieilv expedifin) while the world slum and st: nd, it for him to do so would he to make his brother, ot weak con— scion -e to offend. 'I otal abstinence from intoxicating drinks may. be to yon, friend, a self-deni,tl. h sip by all meant! ex- 1 rise it. That exorcise may re-übt in Weksing on yourself, while, almost sure ly, it, wifl Ik Ip (and may save) others. The Riw.sbj terian systematzes the ways of giving the religion and charily thus : . ’ . One way ie. -to give some hing to ev ery Cause that’ is presented, without i. qnriti-v into its merits. This is a care less way, tint heller than non*-. A second way is to give from impulse, as much and’ as often as love and pil/ prompt. This i- adapted to these ot the rich who are Wind-lit ailed. A third way is to save the <soft of lux lilies,''find supply them to purpose ot religion and charily. T)iis (/ is toy the self-indulgent. With the frugal it is apt to h accompanied by narrowness, asceticism, and pride ti good works. A fourth way is to make a special effort to earn money for benevolent ob jects. This is for lazy peop'e. A fifth way is to lay aside ns an offer ing to Gob, ty -d- fhilrt) portion of our gains cne-tenth, one-fifth, one-third one half. This, way is adapted to all, hut especially to the penurious, economical and hardworking, the extravagant, ! the poor, whose gifts would he hugelt 1 increased if generally practiced, i (> A sixth wayls td gi/c to Ood atra the i needy itisl as much as v/e spend on 1 •; J .... o*>> 1 •urselves. . A seventh way is <’o hunt onr own i expenditures to a certain sum, add giyu ! a way all tlm rest of ..ur income. Jm* ! was John Wesley's way. We should not confine ourss ves to j one why of giving, hut practice, and ! teach our children, different mo les, el. h i„ its . roper place, as occasion requtr.-i. i— „| | One who link been investigating tho Subject says that sixty-eight pbr cent or the J members of evnngehx-al •'Clilnelifs tiro the fruits of buuday-school msli no tion. jSTo 28.