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BY JAS. A. WRIGHT AND HUGH WILSON.
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LOVE IS THE BEST FORCE
Once two Hltie boys were on their
way to school. They were brothers,
•Dd their names were John and Frank
John was the older of the two, anti he
iiked to rule Frank by sharp words;
bat Frank did not like to bo ruled in
that way.
“Come 09— quicker, quicker. Wbat
a slow coach you are!" said John.
“It is not late, and the day is bed.,”
said Frank. * ■whSsSlp
“I tell you I want to get to school
in time to clean out my dest,” said John
—“Come ! yon thall come."
And then John tried to pull Frank
along by main force; but, the more
John pulled, the more Frank made up
Lis mind not to yield.
While the dispute went on, they
came to a place in the road where u
man was trying to make a horse pull
a great loa4 of stones. The horse
had stopped to rest, when the man
had began to beat him.
This the horse did not like, for he
Miud tried to do his best: so he stood
the horse would not
start. In valrulwi the naan swear 2*
him: the horse did not mind his
oaths.
Just then a young man came up,
and said to the the load of
atones, “Why do you treat a good
brave horse in that way? He would
j>all for you till he died, if you would
treat him kindly. Stand aside,
k ; set me ebow you bow to treat a
good horse”
So the man stood aside; and tho
young man went up, and put his arm
round tho neck of the horse, and pat
ted him on the back, and 6aid, “Poor
old fellow ' It was toobad to lash you
so, when you were doing your best,
and just stopped a moment to take
breath.
<Au« r» the young man soothed the
poor beast, by kind words, aud soft
p;t; “itb-bia hand; and then said to
him, “Now, good old horse, see what
you can do ! Come sir! wo have only
a few steps more to the top of tho hill
Get up now. Show you will do for
love wbat you would not do for hate.”
The horse seemed to know what
was said to him ; for he started off at
a strong, brisk paco, and was soon at
the lop of the bill.
“There my good friends said the
young man to the driver, !; I hope you
see now that love is the best force;
that even beasts will do for you, when
you are kind, and they w ill not do
when you are harsh.”
John heard all these words and they
set him to thinking. At last be said
to Frank, “It is a hot day, Frank ; and
itis not late. Let us walk through
HPriir.o to school."
"“No, John,” said Frank, I will take
the short cut, and will walk just as
fast as you want me to. So, come
on."
“Frank," said John, “Love is better
than hate, —isn’t it?”
“Ob, a thousand times better!
cried Frank.
As chance would have it, they that
day read in school a fable, two thou
sand years old, which 1 will now tell
you.
North Wind and the Sun had
a dispute as to which could show the
most strength They agreed that the
one that could strip a man first of
bis cloak should be the victor.
First North Wind tried his strength
he blew, and blew, with ail his might;
but, blow as hard as he could, he could
not do much. The man drew bis
cloak round him more and more t : ght
he could not let it bo torn from him.
So at last the north wind gave up the
tug, and called on the Sun and see
what he could do. The Sun shone
out with all his warmth. The man
could not well bear the heat: he soon
grow so warm that he had to take of
his cloak; and so the Sun became the
winner in the trial.
Love has more strength than hate.
— Hursery.
“Madame,” said a husband to his
young wife, in a little altercation
which will spring up in the best reg
ulated families, “when a man and
his wife had quarreled, and each can
aiders that others at fault, which of
the two ought to advance towards a
reconciliation ?’’ “The best nalured
and wisest of the two,” said the wife,
putting up her mouth for a kiss, which
was given with unction. She was the
eonquerer.
A VISIT TO'THE GREAT KBUMMA
CHER.
Report of His Sermon—The University
and Its Lectures.
I spent yesterday with the great
Dr. Krumraacher. His voice is bro
ke*, and Co'-kgeak# w%h difficulty.
His baif-fir white with the frosts of
70 year#. Notwithstanding his age
and infirmities, however, he is still
eloquent and a prea
cher. He is nominally court preacher
at Potsdam, and has two assistants.
Yesterday' was the closing festival
of the church year, when the com
memoration of the dead is observed.
While waiting for the illustrious pr®e«-
cher, let us glance about the church.
A double gallery entirely surrounds
-the interior, and the pulpit of white
marble projects from between dark
columns that support it, as well ae
embellish tho tomb of Prussia’s great
and loved king, Frederick 11. To
remind you of the hero, the pulpit’s
canopy is surmounted by an empty
suit of armor, and an eagle, richly
carved; and clusters of battle flags,
discolored and torn, many bearing
the namo of Napoleon, I'Rmpcreur, aro
fastened to the walls.
You are now disturbed by the hea
vy tramp of who continue
to come until the galleries are filled.
Alter a chorus by male voices, and
the first verse of the hymn is sung,
Dr. Krummacher comes in before the
lower altar aud roads the Lutheran
forms, which aro often interrupted by
repetitions, and chanting. Entering
the pulpit,' he says to the people
standing, “Peace bo with you,” and
then reads bis text, “Let not y’Our
heart be troublod,” etc. “There is a
tearful enemy both of king and beg
gar, who will meet us at our last and
most difficult j mrney, that is Death.
The unholy wise, of all times, have
attempted to ctscrottsa iu terrors by
the aid of reason. o»yir,g there is no
immortality, the soul arid body' aro
;.r.o, aud tha g.uvu that cl OSes over
the ono bolds the other. All these
reason-proofs brought forward by
sophists fade as plucked flowers ex
posed to the bright sur.-light of na
ture, for all scientific research gives
contrary witness. But 10, there is
consolation to us that believe, ‘in
my Father’s bouse,’ etc. Wbat are
these mansions ? In them w e shall
find the realization of our ideals, and
the abode of eternal peaco and joy
(Friede and Freude.)
“Barth is a sorrowful prison, full of
misery and full of tears; but iB there
another home for us hereafter? We
believe with trembling. Then, dry
your eyes, for God will reach out his
hand and load you by' it, for, it says,
“Blessed aro the dead who die in tho
Lord."
In the afternoon I had a chat with
the celebrated writer at his home, and
looked upon the family circle. He
expressed great interest in tho cause
of religion upon our side of tho water,
and was saddened lo bear of the state
of our German population, denoun
cing as unbelievers those who so plain
ly disregard God’s laws. I found his
house a specimen of Lutheran Sab
bath-keeping. While sitting at tho
tea table, his daughters were busy
with needle work. lie lovci to listen
to his enthusiastic wife, who, though
wearing mure marks of age than her
companion, nevertheless showed much
animation in relating accounts of en
counters with Indians, which seemed
to be called tor by ray presence. He
was very cordial, spoke of Spurgeon,
and Baptists generally, and beard
with wonder of our young city.
After taking coffee with him, I at
tended a second service at the church,
hearing pastor Ilogge, who is much
liked, and has the biightest prospec’s.
The church has been lately refitted,
and be opened quite becomingly, re
ferring lo the King’s munificence, and
adding, “Hereafter Sabbath evenings,
also, we can bid yon come, for all
things are ready.” 1 believe that the
building bad nover been lighted before
by gas, and be spoke of the glancing
beams that turn the night into day.
His subj-.ct was the same as that of
the morning, and bia words were lull
of consolation, and fell sweetly upon
the ear.
Berlin.
An imp ortant step in the literary
history of this city was taken by Le
ibnitz in securing from the King the
foundation of the University', which
has attracted tho greatest minds, it
not hardest drudgers of Germany.
WASHINGTON, WILKES COtINTY, GA,, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1868.
Schelling and Filtho aro gone, but
Frendelenburg ffffis their nlaces; and
Neander and Niedner are succeeded
by Dorner, Twestcn, ad Roediger.
Dr. Roediger, that magnate of He
brew literature, has a slight frame,
now enfeebled by age, and bis hair
has long been silvery. Dr. Dorner,
100, has not the stout German build ;
his face is spiritucUe, and long gray
locks bang down on bis shoulders.
His lectures on Christ’s sermon on the
Mount draw a large atleudanoe, and
seem to bo tbe most favorite theolog
ical course. “This is tbo first connec
ted discourse of Christ,” says he, ‘and
in it are laid down tbe laws of his
kingdom.” Christ had already ac
quired a wide repatation throughout
Judea and Gullileo, and crowds of
poople followed him, in hopes of flnd
ing Arne who could break the Roman
yoke, that is, a jjolitical Saviour.—
They wcroHisappointed at hearing
this strange sermon. It was deliver
ed near Capernaum, in the midst of a
populous country, through which the
road from Damascus runs westward,
near the home of Andrew and Peter,
and tho residence of Jesus, perhaps
on Mount Tabor, unloss on Horner
van llaltim, the only other possible
hill in tho vicinity.” He explains
away tho drificulty raised by Strauss,
upon the wo;ds of Mattbow, “And
when' be was set,” and of Luke, ‘ And
stood in the plain,” by saying that
while the objection does not concern
the sormon itself, nevertheless Christ
may, at different times, have stood and
sat, us well upon tho mountain as in
tho plain. In the next to tho lust
verso of tho seventh chapter, Mnt-J
thew confirms Luko as to the
of hearerß, and docs not confine them
to tho Disciples. Wo observe tbui
while Mallhow represents Christ
speaking in the third person to the
peoplo, Mark uses tho second,
The Beait-iluuas ' nr» regarded by
the Grecian church as equal in rank
and observance to tho Lord’s Prayer,
and are accordingly repeated in the
Thu* he Introduces tts-to this
divino sertnou. Tbo opposite of this
mild and measured speak -r is tbe ec
centric and impetuous Prof. Ilengs
tenherg, also distinguished as a teach
er of theology, but, I am sad to say,
tho ultra-Lutheran of tho present
day. You immediately notice the ah
rupt ebanges-of his voice, and sudden
accentuations, which. ad-Jcd to rest
lessness in his chair, and gaz/ng ab
stractly out of the window upou the
trees in the park while announcing
his weightiest thoughts, justify mo in
calling him peculiar.— The Pulpit.
Do all our lady readers know tbo
origin of the word “bye on"? If not
here it is.—
Hymen was a young man of Athens
obscurely born but extremely hand
some. Falling in love with a lady of
rank, he di.-guised himself in female
attire, the better lo carry on his
amour; and, as lie was ono day on
the seashore celebrating the Elcusi
nian rites wilh his mistress and fe
male companions, a gang of pirates
came upon them by surprise, ar.d
carried them off to a distant Island,
where the pirate got drunk for joy
and fell asleep. Hymen then armed
tbe virgins and dispatched the sleep
ing pirates, when leaving tho two wo
men upon the island, he spc-d to
Athens, told his advonturc, and de
tnanded his beloved in marriage as
her ransom. His request was gran
ted; and so fortunate was tho mar
riage that the namo of Hymen was
ever invokod on all future nuptials;
and in progress of time tho Greeks
enrolled him among their gods.
In the lime of Oliver Cromwell, tho
magistrates in the North of England
punished drunkenness by making
them carry what is called the “drun
kard’s cloak.” This was a large bar
rel, with one head out and a hole in
the other, through which the offender
was made to- put his bead, while his
hands were drawn through two small
holes, ono on each side. With this he
was compelled to march along the
public streets. AVbat a strange sight
it would be wero all the drunkards
now-a days compelled to march about
wearing barrels for cloaks.”
Hon. Jefferson Davis arrived in
Orleans on the 4th instant. All the
fire companies, who were out on their
annual parade, as they passed tbe St
Charles Hotel, gave him repeated
cheers. As they passed Gen. Han
cock’s headquarters, they took off
their hats, and tho bands played “The
Bonnie Blue Flag.”
j, THE DYING INFIDEL
Cue morning, Dr. Fletcher, of Step
ne .Received a request to visit a man
wt j was a professed skeptic and ap
parently near his end. On entering
tbi chamber where he lay, he beheld
tin attenuated form of one who bad
be u a tall, atblelie man, struggling
unter the ravages of a disease at once
th 'most painful and incurable. The
do tor addressed him by sundry kind
in- nines and expressions of sympa
thy reminding him of tbe sufferings
of Jbrist who gave Himself a ransom
foi sinners, that through His atoning
sa> rifice they might obtain the for
go jness of sin and be restored to tho
fafor of God.
Tearing this, the dying man said,
“Sr, T don’t believe that; I wish I
eqildj as my dear wife there does; sho
,u«eves all you say."
(W* II," said Dr. F., “but you say !
yc I wish you could, and that is a
gi At point towards attaining it, if
J’i a 'are sincere. Now, what do you
be leve concerning Jesns Christ ?”
-Why,” be replied, “1 bolievo such
ananoneo lived, and tbut he was a
v<-y good, sincere man; hut that is
at.”
U was a principle with Dr. F., when
retsoning with unbelievers, if they
ai knowledged tho smallest portion of
tl itb, to make it a position from which
tc arguo with them. This modo ho
nl|yf adopted, and said—
r You believe Jesus Christ was a
gsLif man—a sincere man. Now do
rtf’ think that a good man would
to deceive others ? of a sincere
use language that n\ust uiis-
not,” ho reply; and.
how do you reconcile your
admission that Ho was a good man
with His saying to the Jews, ‘I and
mr Father are one ?’ Yfc u i they took
nj) stones to kill Him Ho did not un-
oive them, but still maintained the
lljf I of his Gudbead; adding, ‘My
, ,jp hour my voice, and they follow
1 know them, and I give unto
them eternal life.’ Now could any
mere man say, I give unto them eter
nal life? Could any angel, however
exalted ?”
“Stop,” cried the dying man, with
an excited voico. “Stop, sir; 1 never
saw this before; anew light breaks in
uj( mo. Stop, sir!”
NWEdding up his omaciated hand, as
iLAiaring that a breath might ohscuro
tWWw light breaking in on his be
rilWlod soul, and with a countenance
lighted up wilh a sort of preternatu
ral expression quite indescribable, but
with eyes inton tly fixed on Dr. F., lie
exclaimed, after a short pause, while
big tears rolled down his checks —
“Sir, you are a messenger of mercy
sent by God Himself to save ray poor
soul I Yes, Christ is God, and Tie died
to savo sinners I Yes, even mo I”
The Child and the Berries.—
“Look, papa,” cried a child “at ljo
berries I have found.”
As his little girl said it, she showed
tier father her basket hall fbll of
them.
Why did bo start, and ask, “have
you eaten any of them my child ?”
“No, papa.”
“Not one.”
“No, papa, not one.”
He was very pale, as though some
great sorrow bad touched him; but
ho murmured, “Thank God !’’
“Give them to me,” he said ; “evgry
cno.”
“Every one, papa?”
“Yes, ovoiy one; I must fling them
all away.”
“Fling away my pretty black ber
ries that I took so lung to find ?"
“Yes, dear child, they are poison.’"
Thero were tears in her eyes; but
she gave them up; and he dug a deep
hole in the garden, flung them in,
stamped them to pieces, aud buiiet^
them. v
“Why, what aro they ?” stfd a*sked.
AVhen he answered he said, “They
aro the deadly night thAde.”
Hast T’bou, O Father, ever taken
away tho berries that it took us so
long to find ? We know Thou didst
in mercy; but it was hard to think so
then.
Give us faith to trust Thee in this,
or anything else Tbou mayest do.
A large bear, which by some inex
plicable means had escaped from Bar
num’s Museum, was chased through
tho streets, and was finally overhaul
ed. A tiger chase was the sensation
last week.
VALUABLE RECIPES.
To Remove a Screw Rusted in
the Wood. —Heat a poker in the fire
red hot and put it on the top of the
screw for a minute or two, then take
the screw-driver and you will easily
get it out, if you do it while it is
warm.
To Stof Bleeding.— The best thing
to stop tbe bleeding of a moderato
cut instantly, is to cover it profusely
with cobwebs, flour, and salt, about
halt and half.
To Pure Sore Throat.— Take the
whites of two eggs and boat them
with two spoonfuls of white sugar;
grate in a little nutmeg, and then
add a pint of lukewarm water. Stir
well and drink often. Repeat tho
prescription if necessary, aud it will
cure the most obstinate cases of hoarse
ness in a short time.
To Remove Freckles.— Cosmetics
sold for this purpose aro often danger
ous. The best plan is to mulce a lo
tion of a tcucuplul of sour milk and
a small quantity horseradish ; let this
stand from six to twelve hours, then
use it to wash the parts uffoeted,
twico or thrice a day.
Sure Cure for Warts. —Take two
or throe cent’s worth of sal-ammoni
ac, dissolve it in a gill of soft water
and wet the warts frequently with
tho solution, when they wiUjJj*»»<j!'3 l ar
in tho course of a week or two.
Molasses Candy. Take two
quarts of West India molasses, one
pound of brown sugar, tho juice of
two largo lemons or a teaepeeitfii! of
strong essence of lemon. Mix to
gether tho molasses and sugar, taking
care to ute West India molasses,
which is much tho best. Boil to the
consistency required.
Imitation Apple Pie'— The raw
pumpkin instead of green apples:
slice thin; add iqual parts of vinegar
and water, thicken with wheal flour,
season to suit tho taste, and bake
thoroughly. It requires more salt
and longer baking than apple pie, but
when done it is in no respect inferior.
Black Ink. —Take a gallon of rain
or soft water, and threo quarters of
a pound of blue galls bruised; infuse
ihietn for three weeks, stirring daily.
Then add four ounces of logwood
chips, six ounces of gum arubic, and a
wineglnssful of brandy.
A Sure Remedy for a Felon.—
Take a pint of common soft-soap, and
stir in air-slacked lime till it is of con
sistency of glazier’s pt Uy. Make a
leather thimble, fill it with this com
position and insert therein, and a cure
is certain.
For Stopping Leaks in Roofs.—
Take four pounds resin, one pint lin
seed oil, and one ounce of red leud ;
simmer together, and apply while
hot.
Excellent Hair Wash. —Take
ono ounce of borax, half an ounco of
camphor; powder these engredicrits
fine, aodjiiissolve them in one quail of
boiling water; when cool, the solution
will be icady for use; damp the hair
frequently. This wash effectually
cleanses, boaulihes, and strengthens
the hair, preserves the color, and
vents early baldness. Tho camphor
will form into lumps after being dis
solved, but the water will be suffici
ently' impregnated.— Watchman and
Reflector.
Good Counsel. —Sydney Smith cut
the following from a newspaper and
preserved it for himself:
“When you rise in the morning form
a resolution to make the day a happy
ono to a fellow creature. It is eusily
done; a left off garment lo the mao
who needs, a kind word to the sori ow -
ful, and encouraging expression to the
striving—trifles in themselves light us
air—will do it, at least for twenty four
hours. But if you are young, depend
upon it will tell when you are old; and
if you are old rest assured it will send
you gently down the steam of time
into eternity. By tho most simple
arithmetical sum, look at tho result
If you send one person, only one, hap
pily' through each day, that three hun
dred aud sixty-five in the course of a
year. And supposing you live forty
years only after you commence such
a course you have fourteen thousand
six hundred beings happy, at all
events, for time.”
VOL. II—NO. 49.
WORSHIP IN ICELAND.
The primitive habits of the Icolan
dors, far away from the world of fash
ion and change, have much in them
that is worthy'of imitation elsewboro.
The following paragraph gives a plea
sant insight into some of the customs
connected with public worship:
Tbe scone in an Iceland church on
a Sabbath is said by a traveler to be
of a singular and interesting kind.
The little edifice constructed of wood
and turf, is situated, perhaps, amid
the rugged ruins of a stream of lava,
or beneath the mountains, whieh are
covered with nevor-molting snows, in
a spot where the wind almost sinks
under the silcnco and desolation of
surrounding nature. Here the Ice
landers assemble to perform tho dntios
of religion. A group of male and fe
male poasanls may' he seen gathorfng
about the church, waiting tbo arrival
of their pastor, all habited in their
best gttire, alter the manner of tho
country; their children with them,
and the horses which brought them
from their respective homos, grazing
quietly around tho littlo assembly.
Tho arrival of anew comer is wel
comed by evory one by tho kiss of
salutation; and tho pleasures of social
intercourse, so rarely enjoyed by the
Icelanders, happily connected wilh tho
occasions which summon them to tbo
discharge of tlieir religious duties.
Tho priest m:\kcß his appearance
among them as a friend; ho salutes
individually each member of his flock,
and stoops down to give his almost
paternal kiss to the little ones who ore
to grow up under bis pastoral charge.
These offices of kindness performed,
they all go together to the house of
prayer.
WHO WOULDN’T BE AN EDITOR!
Editing a paper, says tbo Church
Union, is a pleasant business.
If it contains too much reading
matter, peoplo won’t take it.
If the typo is too largo, it don’t
contain enough reading matter.
If the type is too small, poople
won’t read it.
If wo publish telegraph' reports,
people say they aro all lies.
If wo omit them, poople say w®
have no enterprise, or suppress them
for political effect.
If wo have a few yokes, the people
say wo aro a rattle-head.
If we omit them, they say we are
old fossils.
If wo publish original matter, they
condemn us for not giving selections.
if wo give a man a complimentary
notice, then wo are censured for being
partial.
If we publish selections, they say
wo aro lazy for not writing more, and
giving them what they have not road
in some other paper.
If wo remain in tho office and at
tend to business, folks say wo aro too
proud to mingle with our fellows.
If we do not, they say wo never
attend to business.
If we publish poetry, we affect sen
timentalism.
If we do not wo have no literary
polish or taste.
Introduction op tiie Tomato.—
It is generally supposed to be a na
tive of South America, and to have
been cultivated at an early period by
tho people of Peru and Mexico. It
made its appearance in Europe in tho
sixteenth century, tho first montion
ol it being made by Rembert Dodoens
the famous Dutch herbalist, whoso
work, published in 1583, speaks of to
matoes as vegetables which may' bo
eaten as a sort of salad, with pepper,
salt and oil. John Gerardo, an En
glishman, whose “Herbal” was given
to the world in 1597, tell3 us that in
his time several varieties wero to bo
in the gardens of his country. Half
a century later, in 1050, John Par
kinson, another English writer on
plants, licaled of them as garden curi
osities, cultivated more for their beau
ty and appearance than for utility.
Ho styles them sometimes as love ap
ples, and sometimes as amorous apples.
Rural New Yorker.
A Gentleman, ono evening, was
sealed near a lovely woman, when tho
company around wero proposing co
nundrums to each other. Turning lo
hiscompanion, ho said: “YVhy is a
lady unlike a mirror?” Sho gave it
up. “Because said the rude follow
‘‘a mirrow reflects without speaking:
a lady speaks without reflecting.”
“Very' good,” said bho. “Now an
swer me. YVhy is a man unlike a
mirror?” “I caunot tell you.” “Be
cause the mirror is polished, and the
man is not.”