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THE LORD’S PRAYER PARAPHRASED.
BY MRS. L. ..
Our Lord and King, who reigns enthroned >.:i high,
Father of light—mysterious Deity!
Who art the great I AM, the last, the first,
Art righteous, holy, merciful and just.
In realms of glory, scenes where angels sing,
Heaven is the dwelling place of God our King;
Hallowed thy nam., which doth all names transcend,
Be thou adored, our great Almighty Friend,
Thy glory shines beyond creation's space,
Named in the book of justice and of grace;
Thy kingdom towers beyond the starry skies;
Kingdoms satanic, fall, but thine shall rise;
Oomc let thine empire, 0 thou Holy One!
Thy great and everlasting will be done 1
Will God make known his will, hie power display?
Be it the work of mortals to obey.
Done is the great, the wondrous work of love,
On Calvary’s cross he died, but reigns above;
Earth bears the record in thy holy word
As Heaven adores thy love, let earth O Lord!
It shines transcendent in the eternal skies,
Is praised in Heaven —for man the Savior dies,
In songs immortal angels laud his name,
Heaven shouts with joy, and saints his love proclaim.
Give us, 0 Lord, our food, nor cease to give
Us of that food on which our souls may live!
This be our boon to-day, and days to come,
Day without end in our eternal home:
Our needy souls supply from day to day,
Daily assist and aid us when we pray—
Bread though we ask-- yet Lord thy blessing send.
And make us grateful when thy gifts descend.
Forgive our sins, which in destruction plar>
Us the vile rebels of a rebel race;
Our follies, faults, and trespasses forgive,
Debts which we ne’er can pay, or thou receive;
As we, 0 Lord, our neighbor's faults o'erlook,
We beg thoud’st blot ours from thy memory’s Kook.
Forgive our enemies, extend thy grace
Our souls to save, e'en Adam’s guilty race;
Debtors to thee in gratitude and love,
And in that duty paid by aints above,
Lead us from sin, and in thy mercy rais :
Us from the tempter and his hellish ways.
Not in our own but in his name who bled,
Into thine ear we pour our every need.
Temptation's fata! charms help us to shun.
But may we conquer through thy Son!
Deliver us from tha’ which can annoy
Us in this world, and may our souls destroy.
From all calamities which men betide,
Evil and death, Oil! turn our feet aside;
For wo are mortal worms, and cleave to clay,
Thine ’tis to rule, and mortals to obey.
Is not thy mercy, Lord, forever free ?
The whole creation knows no God but the-,
Kingdom and empire in thy presence fall-
The King eternal reigns, the King of a'l.
Power is with the. - to thee he glory given.
And b thv name siWncd bv earth and Ileav- r.; j
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The pra;.* .f sair.ts and ar.gels is thy c-rn: j’
Glory to thee, th- •'everlasting Otk,
Forever be thy Triune nam*- adored:
Amen! Hosanna ! blessed be the Lord’
ieni'is ha.- -ft. n been defined a t >< ■n.-thiiig in
separably connected with the y*:nial nature. If this
definition r- correct, V r - vv r t a genius any more
than Swift; for geniality neither be nor his wiring*
possessed. But if genius m-nn a romp-*uid of im
agination and inventiveness, original thought heated
bv passion and accompanied by power of fancy, I'oe
was a man of great genius. Ir. wanting geniality,
however, b- wanted all that makes genius lovely
and beloved, at once beautiful and dear. A tcan of
geniutt without geniality is a mount-run clad to mow,
companioned by tunperta, sod visited only by hardy
explorers who kve .sublime nakedneer, and to snatch
a fearfui joy fn.ru gasing down black precipices *
man who** genii.* - -"-eped in the genial nature, ir
nil autumn lan-lscnpe, suggesting not only images of
b, auty, and givintr thrills of delight, but yielding
peacefui and plenteou- fruits, and in which the
heart find.. a rest and a home. Front the one the
timid, the weak, and the gentle retire in a terror
which overpowers their admiration; hut in the other
the lowest sod feeblest find shelter and repose.
[Uilfilian.
Ifbotcb to Ccmptrancc. literature. Central Intelligence, anb % latest Hetos.
semfrcron-ce.
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THE LICENSE SYSTEM.
Pending the vote u{x>n License or No License, in
Texas, an able Address appeared in the “Naeodo
ehes Chronicle,” setting forth th. evils of the pre
vailing system and vigorously urging if> repeal-
Though specially designed for the locality in which
lit appeared, the following graphic description of the
anomalous system upheld by law, is, like the astro
! nominal tables of c>ur almanacs, adapted to all lati
tude*, and we therefore give it a place in our columns.
Ignorance and interest may ignore its truths, hut
they are nevertheless susceptible of the clearest de
monstration. and must carry conviction to every in
telligent and candid mind. To another and more
enlightened generation, how absurd and criminal
must appear the legislation that gives its sanction to
such a system as is here described :
’’There is a system at present existing, a,,.i sancti
fied by the law of the land, which stands in the way
of all temperance reform. Through it■ means, the
saloon, the bar room, the grog-shop, have been kept
open for th*- destruction of the young men of our
country; in the name of the law, homes have been
ruined, wives widowed, and children orphaned In
the name of the law, the pure boy, who but yester
day knelt by a mother’s knee, has b >*n tempted, un
til entering upon the path of ruin, ho has hern east
from the face of society an accursed thing; in the
name oi the law, your judges have been hurled from
the judicial Lcnc?i, (where hut for this, they would
have been honored occupants) and gone down lo a
drunkards grave; in the name of tin 1 law, the pul
pit has been robbed of otherwise pure teachers of
the sublime doctrines of religion; in the nans’ of the
iaw, the ranks of the professions have been entered,
and their proudest ornaments have been destroyed;
in the name of the ,aw, the forge has ceased to Mow,
the anvil to ring merrily the sound of industry, the
iapstone has bushed its song, aud th> arm of the
artisan has been palsied; in the name of the law,
your jails have been filled, your gallowses furnished
with victims, your alma houses tenanted, your streets
made the scene of riot, debauchery and crime; in
the name of the law, the Sabbath day has been dese
crated and religion sent mourning to her temples; in
the name of the law, graveyards have, been fattened;
in the name of the law, the law has been violated
and justice mocked. Such is tub Licknss System.
“Do you doubt this ? Look at the records of the
mortality and crime of your County or your State.
Trace the results to the cause, and you w ill find that
nine-tenths of the drunkenness and crime within
your notice, is directly attributable to the presence
of licensed liquor shops. To the temptation vou
have placed in the way of your young men, you are
indebted for their degradation. The snore which
you have set in their path has entrapped thorn. The
usages of fashion, the customs of society, the dispo
sition to be convivial, have acted in harmony with
the system, until, ir. tie: preaenoe of the continual
temptation, the man who would have scorned to
touch the fiery draught, in any other form, has
clutched the fatal cup and been lost. \\ here have
your brawls originated, and where do they occur,
but in the licensed dram shop? Where is the site of
the gambling, in all its cloaked forms, which occu
pies the attention of your courts? In the licensed
drain shop! Where is it that the young, the noble,
the talented and the good, leant the way of sin, and
are robiied of their virtue? In the. licenced dram
shop! What is it that haunts the footsteps of Hie
man who would shake off the demon that has en
slaved him? The licensed dram shop’ AVhat is it
that causes ho|e to sink within him whenever he
would redeem hirnself, and what is it that prevents
him from doing so? The licensed dram shop.
‘‘You may build churches and school Imuses: you
‘Anay inculcate the doctrines of religion .uni morality:
you may teach the young the lessons of wisdom and j
{/rudence; you may inculcate temperance and form i
temperance associations—and while the license laws j
are in operation, the grog shop will mock your every ,
t Tort, arid in the plac,- of churches, school houses j
and temperance halls, you will need court houses, ‘
penitentiaries and jnila.”- Prohitiltivnint
rrri bo.no ?
You rr*-it>’ paupers, and lodg> them in your alms
bn we- orphans, and give them a residence in your
asylum- -coDvirSx, and them to your penitentia
ry. You seduce men to crime, and then arraign
them at the bar of justice -immure thern in prison.
WRh on* hand you thrust the dagger to the heart
with the other attempt to assuage the pu>n it causes.
Dr. Thtnnti*
And thus it lux’ been since the liquor traffic first
left the footprints of its cur*, upon the land ; and its
footprint* have marked • very Hi/1 and shore where
human foot has trodden. I.*-t u* look ot the curse
in its true light: From the hour that Noah lay in bis
tent drunken on th< fruit* of his vineyard, the tide
of intern i-eranc- ha- been flowing on and on ward,
blighting earth’s rm >i sacred hope*. The wrath of
Jehovah, had blotted out the curse in tv old rorld;
but ere th- earth was dry, its poisonous waves bad
legur. its counie in the new. And thus it nas been
sweeping or. with every day's auuligbt, and thou
saods have been borne away forever with it* mad
dening *urr.-nL The brightest and 1/e*', hopes of
hearts and h.en -. nave beet* 77 ithered and ?.lasted for
aye. Huomns hnv* twin broken by the iron wheel
of the - ourg> . and the most sacred idob of the
hearth none have been cast down and trodden under
the feet A tin insatiate monster. Thep:'i 7 -f f-m
----j dies ha;- been disturbed, and the mo.<t holy t.- of
| earth severed by llie bloody sword waved by hlood
ctaiaed hands. Love has turned into hatred, arid
maw ram, uniur, juni k k
joy into mourning. Christians havebecn transform
ed into devils and men into demons. Hiches have
been sown to the wind and poverty fed ujvon stones
and serpents. Helpless women have lssen slowly
murdered, and innocent children turned aivav in the
storm to hunger and perish Strong men have been
liound down in iron fetters and giant minds have
perished in the ruins of intellectual temples they have
torn down with their own hands. F.urth has been
rendered incarnadine with murdered blood and the
shadow i.ftp,. i VecutionerV scaffold has darkened
lands boasting of civilization anil morality. And to
support this curse, the jieople —the free people
have tamely submitted to Doing annually taxed with
onerous taxation without u murmur. AVhat other
system imposing the same burthens upon the people
would be quietly tolerated ? Would freemen con
sent to Is; annually taxed to support any other sys
tem that would produce half the woe and misery?
And for the perpetuation of all the.se cy'ls, tehogainaf
\ few men who have been fortunate enough to prove
in open court “a good moral character!’’ For the
sake of a few dollars, men who deal in intoxicating
liquors, visit upon their fellow beings the direst woes
ol earth. They -end calamities upon their brothers
for a few pennies, are! turn loose the murderer with
dripping Made for # price They jsiison the foun
tains tnat they may gain gold and be “clothed in tine
linen. Itev. John Wesley, in speaking of this mat
ter, says :
“1 he men who traffic in ardent spirit, and sell to
all who w ill buy, arc poisoners generally ; they mur
der his majesty’s subjects by wholesale ; neither
does their eye pity nor spare. And what is their
gain? Is it not the blood of these men? Who will
envy their large estates and sumptuous palaces? A
curse is hi the niidi t ol them. The curse of God is
on tin ir garden- their walks, their groves; a fire
that burns to the ikethonm ‘-t hell blood is
thorej; the foundation, the floor, the wglls ( ttvc roof,
are stained with blood.’’
And in the final day, when the murdered man and
woman and child shall cotnc up from the grave;
when the rum-made suicide shall stand in the great
company with gaping throat of ghastly wound; and
when the river and sea shall solid up its dead tribute
from its briny bed, a voice, not like that of man,
shall ask ol the “innumerable company” the startling
question who tine all thete. t And will the rum
seller have an answer?-—Out bono- Who win*?
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TIIK TEMPERANCE TKII'MPIIK,
rhe onward and steady march of tin.* temperance
j host, as it redeems State after State from the cut sc
of intemperance, heralds a moral triumph, over which
the heart of every true patriot should swell w ith the
proudest exultation.
F or the last twenty years, the Union hits been ag
itated from one border to the other by (Kilitical Htrug
(Ties and bartering* for spoils and office, leaving in its
train the blighting influences of corruption and the
blackness of drunken demagogues; and for this the
people have heretofore been aroused in their passions
and feelings—hut all this dwindles into insignificance
when compared with the grand and lofty stixiggle of
freemen resolving to cast off the “yoke of bondage”
and relieve themselves from the blighting influences
j of the rum traffic, and to shut down the flood-gates
| of intemperance whose dark and damning tides sweeps
away thirty thousand of our fellow rifixen* with each
annua! sun.
The reform heralds a moral heroism that rises up
in grandeur over the nation, replete with good, and
which will redound to tie- welfare of men and result
I in far greater blessings than ever entered the brain of
I political demagogues whose highest ambition is to re
| ceive patronage and whose find and master is the
loaves and fishes of office.
Vis, there is a moral grandeur in the enterprise;
and each soldier in the host iH a dauntless hero.—
The h eroism of the generals on the t-nted plains of
the Alma is in martial conquests and triumphs, and
in file seething flash of bursting shells and ring of
blood-stained sabres; their names ore being herald
ed from continent to continent by the flying steam
ers like mighty shuttles,heroes worthy of proud*
e<teulogy; yet in Albion there is wailing cries, and
on Alma’s plains dying seidh rs arid curdling blood.
Hut m the triumphs of the temperance reform,
amidst the effulgence of Love, Purity and Fidelity,
there is a glorious sublimity that brave tVe scorn
and reproach of scoffing multitudes, and flings the
glory of its triumph- from clinic to riime vrith a
brighter halo than cut glad'krned warrior’s eye
through the smoke aIK | carnage of tented fields.
In this struggle there are no Sebastopol a, Crimea*
or Haiaklavas. No pits an dug to bo filled with the
rnangh-d corpses of the slain WalK are not roared
against mountains nor gates built by the river The
shrieks of dying victims startle not the oar as the
cartman Corner arouml with hie -pade to carry away
the ‘lead. But in the wake if its flight a beauteous
effulgence glimmers -a pathway of joy where An
gels might love to walk and sing. The inmates of
thousands of broke.) homes rejoice in thankfulness
as the *cs>e is rolled a wav from th arav. of buried
hopes and the victims of toe mrw <!'m ‘orth with I
hrckoi fetters.
It is a false [ihilosophy that be Its >:iiy or heroes j
in the smoke of the battle field, and facing th* iron I
hail of Imizen cannon. We love t, turn tin eyej
across the moral field where veterans march with!
stately tread, ami accord prai*.- so thos*. who dare to 1
strike for glorious principle in the face of opposing
ridicule, and with kindly hand lift the man from the
depths of degradation and shame ; but when wt sec
this conquest sw ecping on from State to State, the
moral sublimity of the reform spans the world with
j the brightness of a bett-v day, and vise fai .lnv the
j common eulogy of man.
j The heart throbs proudly as State alb r State holds
up its broken chains and swells the elinral shout.
Ctfce llaucou o 3 e lecl v io n o,
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THE STI'HA OF KLOQI KMK,
AA e take the lolloping truthful extracts, from an
elegantly written article in the Georgia Watchman,
styled “The Study of Eloquence,” a. and written bv
John M. Dyson. AA e regret that we have not tin
space to give the entire piece, instead of being com
pelled to make selections, which cannot always he
done with justice to the Author. But here arc: the
extracts, full ot good thought, elegantly expressed.
En. Banner
“Another obstacle in the way of those who might
otherwise conceive n fondness for polite literature, is,
the unequal, and oftentimes, superficial, instruction
given them in the analysis and synthesis of our na
five language. How few have an accurate under
standing of the philosophy of its structure, much legs
any command over its exhaustions resources of ex
pression. AVe venture the assertion, that if as many
years were spent in learning to compose, as to pnrse,
of the great number of persons pretending to a good
education, then would be found fewei incapable ol
speaking and writing tlioir vernacular with correct
ness and elegance. It might naturally be supposed
that this evil would be removed bv the study of the
ancient classics; an opinion t > which we would very
readily yield evidence, were we assured of their be
ing learned in the proper manner, but who does not
blush for the scholarship of his country when he re
flects upon the prevalent habit of hurrying over
them without understanding the full import of their
rhetorical arid logical meaning ? The bare announce
ment of these abuses, without comment, will auffice
to exhibit their alarming nature. The truth is, we
live too last; travel too fast; eat too fast; lab r too
fast; and tire result of the vvhole is imbecility and
premature decay. Our youth hasten to mutilate, not
to complete their education by the time they arrive
at the age of majority in order to set about making
or spending their fortunes in the world. How dif
ferent on tic continent of Europe, where among tin
higher classes to which mental cultivation of a high
order is aimost exclusively confined, it is considered
necessary to undergo a long and arduous course ot
preparation before entering upon any of the learned
professions, or the discharge of the active duties ol
life }’’
“Such was the estimate |ln. ed upon this auhjec*
in ancient times, and is it less worthy of attention in
these latter days ? Do we tear to recommend it to
those whose minds are in the process of formation,
lest they be I<-*1 counter to the dictates of a sound
Judgment into all the extravagancies of an idle fancy,
and a diseased Imagination? Ir, cannot he. Such
an apprehension can proceed only from that vitiated
taste, which looks for eloquence in the ephemeral
productions issued from the periodical press with tin
design to serve no higher purpose than mere amuse
ments for an idle hour, or in florid harangues desti
tute of anything tending to develop; unity of plan,
and artistic excellence in the execution. AA edt pre
cote sincerely the (Imsl of such even-able trash
throughout the land, and earnestly call aloud for a
riper culture, which will bring forth fruits deserving
to be embalmed in the literature of a groat nation.
“A correct literary taste, formed by a regular course
of judicious reading, is nearly allied with the virtues,
it assimilates those faculties, which constitute man’s
distinguishing characteristic, to the noble attributes
of Divinity, it i. ; tlx- surest gimri.nt. of the triumph
of Christianity over infidelity in its thousand-fold dis
guises, and establishes truth on its very highest van
tage ground. Whoever can relish the pleasure of
intellect around his own hearthstone, is delighted to
hold converse with books, the only safe depository ol
the wisdom of past ages, and is firmly convinced nl
the eternity of abstract truth, needs not resort for
recreation to the race course, cock-pit, or the gam
bling saloon. The elements of enjoyment are within
himself.”
.1 STATBKMAIV’fi JH’TV.
The first duty of a statesman in to build up the
moral energy of the people. This i* his first interest!
and he wl*> weakens it inflicts an injury which no
talent <an repair ; nor shou'd any splendour of ser
vices, or any momentary success, avert from him
the infamy which he has earned. I* t public men
learn to think more reverently of their function. I,el
them feel that they are touching more vital interests
than pro|>erty. Let them fear nothing so much ns
to sup the moral cojivic ions of a people, by unright
eous legislation or a selfish policy. Let them culti
vate in themselves the spirit, f religion and virtue,
ns the ti- t requisite to public station. lot no appa
rent advantage to the community, any rnoro than to
themselves, -e duce them to the infraction of nnv
moral law. Let them put faith in virtue as the
strength of nations. Let them not he disheartened
hy temporary ill success in upright eiertion. Ix*t
them reiis.iiil.er that whil” they and their rontempo
rartN !ive, but fora day, the state is to live for ages,
and that time, tiw unerring arbiter, will vindicate
tls- wisdom, as well as the magnanimity of the pub
lic mart, who, confiding in the power of truth, jus
tic", and philanthropy, asserts their claims and rev
erently follows their monitions, amidst general dis
loyalty and corruption.
W 11m. ancient Egyptians were certainly a people
endow and with a migl ty will, and carried that will
into effect with mighty energy; for, while a hundred
ether nations have disappeared front the lace of the
VOL. m-NUMBER 24.
earth, without leaving behind them even the slight
est trace of their existence, innumerable forms,
bearing the impress of incredible lnhor, and that in
the most durable materials gigantic crystalizations,
as it were, of primeval civilization— give us even
now a clear view of the manner of their exi tence,
1 and, after a lapse of inure than four thousand years,
stand before us as pet feet in preservation as if the
Inst stroke had been put to them only yesterday.—
The Greeks might undoufitedly have derived from
Ibis people, in mechanical skill, everything; in do
kgn, far more than was formerly believed.
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“SAVE IN SOMETHING ELSE.”
UY 81.1. EN ASHTON.
’’Mutton-chops again for dinner,” snid the well-fed
looking Mr. Finley. “Really, iny dear, it’s too
had, when you know that, if there’s any thing I de
test, it is mutton chops.”
“I wasn’t aware James,” answered the w ife, a
can-worn woman, apologetically, “that you disliked
mutton-chops so very much. I know, indeed, you
preferred beefsteak; but then beef is so high, espe
cially sirloin-steaks.”
“Well, well, never mind for to day,” replied Mr.
Finley, crossly, helping himself to a chop. “But
don’t, for mercy’s sake, give mo any more of this
stuir, meat I w ill not call it, sirloin-steaks I must
have. You can easily save it in something else.”
Save it in something else! “But bow,” asked the
wife of herself “was this tube done?” Her weekly
allowance was already as small as it could be, con
sidering how many mouths she had to feed, and
that she was compelled to disburse more or less of it
continually for “sundries, that’s nothing at all,” as
Mr. Finley said. Now it was omnibus hire; now it
was anew broom; now it was fur mending anew
pan; and now it was for a dozen of new tumblers, or
cups, or plates, or pio-dishes. Sometimes it was
oven for cigars, her husband saying, ns he left the
house, “you must give me. half a dollar, Anne, to
buy cigars as I go down town; for I find 1 bavn’t a
bit of small change, and I can’t do without my after
noon smoke.”
The next day, thero was a juicy sirloin-steak for
dinner, but only ono kind of potatoes.
“AVhy, how Is this? How is this? No sweet pis
talocs to-day 7, when I like, as you know, my dear,
roasted sweet potatoes, particularly with steak.”
“1 thought 1 would save the extra money for the
steak in that way,” timidly answered the wife.
“Good gracious not I’d rather do without any
thing else,” tartly replied the husband. “Positively,
ray whole dinner’s spoilt: and such a luscious steak
too. How could you lie so absurd?”
The tears came into the wife’s eyes. But she
knew that her husband hated what he called “a
scene, ’ and so she choked down her emotion.—
There weru few words spoken during the meal, for
Air. Finley was out of temper, and his wife did not
dare trust, herself to talk, lest she should break
down.
The third day, the steak was excellent arid the
sweet [Mitatoe.-. browned “to a turn.” Mr. Finley
was in capital humor, as he always was over good
eating, until the dessert came in, which consisted of
a plain rice-pudding. At sight of this the gloom
gathered on his brow:
“Poor man’s pudding, I declare. Really, Anne,
-ne would think, from the fare you provide, that I
was a bankrupt.”
“Indeed, James, I do try to please you,” said the
wife, bursting into fi-ars. “But I can’t afford to
give you everything, provisions are so high: and I
thought you’d rather have this cheap pudding, than
do without your steak or sweet potatoes.”
“Pshaw! Don’t cry,” hastily replied Mr. Finley.
“To ?> sure I’d rather do without a good pudding
than not have the others,” he continued, more placa
blj. “But there’s really no necessity of it, my dean
lor, in so large a household as ours, there arc plenty
of things off which the price of a good pudding
might be saved.”
No more was said on the subject that day. But
a few mornings after, Mr. Finley, on tasting his cof
fee, said, suddenly putting down his cup,
“What's the matter with your coffee, mv dear?
Really, that grocer has cheated you. Why,” tast
ing it again, “this stuir is l.aguyra, and not Java
at all.”
“It is not the grocer’s fault, Mrs. Finley mustered
courage to way. “I knew it was Laguyra when I
bought it. Our expenses are so high, my dear,
that wo must save in something; and I thought it
would be felt least, perhaps, in the coffee.”
“The very last thing to save in,” angrily said Mr.
Finley pushing away his coffee. “I’d rather drink
cold water than this strong, coarse Laguyra.” And
j cold water he did drink, though his wife, almost
ready to cry, offered to have some tea made.
Mrs. Finley is still endeavoring to “save in some
thing else,” for her husband will not deny himself in
anything, and forgets to increase her allowance.—
Her last experiment wus to forego anew spring bon
net. But her husband, on seeing her come down
dressed for church on a sun-shiny May morning,
with her last year’s bonnet ou, grew very angry,
declaring that “there was no need to make herself
ook like a fright, he w asn't a broken merchant."—
; But, when one of the children told why the old bon
! net was worn, he made no offer to increase his wife’s
stipend, but only grumbled, sulkily, that she “might
have saved it in something else.”
When I sec a well fed, dogmatic husband, who
has a care-worn wife, I think of the sirloin-steak,
the pudding, and the bonnet, and wonder if poor
Mrs. Finley is the only woman who, to gratify a sel
fish husband, is made the victim of saving “re so.mi-
Tgreo ELIE.”
S JAMES T. BLAIN.
( l‘K IVI Kit.