The Portage County Democrat, 1859-09-14

: Tar the Partmgt County DtmaarM. a v. I.;t2 lalilil f A fairy land la tba land of AreaaM, t . . ('-taming with parpla and gold-: . Tbar an'radlaac akiva: and the san-Kgbt a O'crraMn a Tat, aboaa arigbt airau aeaat " '' Too lair for eartbly Bold. T .'. . . , . i Ch ttw trad of dicaata Is a bSawral laad, ! '": ' . i i To- th sorrowing aont of aw. " ' '", " , -Tbam brifbt aye aleaJB- And anyoaa band. Of th lnvad aad loat. ia baaaty ataad. ' ' -Tbra ip Inra'a warm ab. And tba daaroaa's band . i U eiaspai m our own again. - j -- - - - .. - - ' - ,v . h r.u .; Then wa roam again, aa In days fnna by, -- Aad oar baarta eoavalai, awt-ll : As wa meet the glaaea of tba lovd oao if-' Eat tfer fcrtsat rarac fades, and Tie fair IhrBM fly. And w wake from oar dreams, witk a bitter aiglet ; At roandt tba braakftat bell. ' '.-' .; i. j Jtmrisa TUUn. Aug. 19. ' : ' vii'r .. ! Ib b Al i ce ij ri v Concluded J 1 1 'We "were 'married not long after, TTnd'for ; six months (Ire dweltim 'Fool's Paradise, ' ; When I think, that but for me, it h.ight have ; lasted to pur-dyingdaylTCati only sigh, and ; take up the burden of my life with an aching i heart. - i ,TieTitad called-Alica 6ckleioh 1" bow ' wronely 1 No human being could be truer to another than she was to me. I onlv wanted to find rnv master. . Francis. ' she would say, when I langbeti at Iter about ; it. ' I was looking for him through all those : long years, and I beean to think he would never rome. But from the fir-t moment when I heard jou speak, and met your eyes, I felt : that he wa near me. . And I am glad to wear '; my master's chains, ' she added, kissing my ; hand.f) J J 3 1 0 32 A ' " i r And I am sure she was in earnest. '-' I pleas- ' ed her best when I treated her most like; a ; child. She was an angel a passionate, high- spirited creature.' She rebelled -a -thonsand times a day, alihnngh she delighted in my control. . But it was pretty to ee her, when she turned to leave the room, with fire ia her eyes," and a deep Bu'h on her cheeki it' was pretty to see her with her hand upon the lock even, drop her proud head submissively, an I wait, when J ;.sard j'StopJj.Shu.Ihe :door, and listen to me. ' Tet it was dangerous. I, who had never been loved before, what could I do but become a tyrant, with si creature so nohle as tids bent down before me! ' She loved tne.'' Every chord " of her " most semiiive heart,- thrilled and trembled to my touch and gave forth sweetest music; -yet I was not sathEed. I tried the minor key. 1 Through her fdeep aSeclioa for me, I wound ed her cruelly.' ? I can see it now." Some wise idea found its way into my bead and whisper whisper-ed - ed whisper-ed that, I was making a child of my wife by my indulgent ways, and that ber character would never devetope its strength in so much sunshine. I acted upon that thought, forget forgetting - ting forgetting how. she bad already been tried in" the fiery furnace -of iffliction; and. q'tite uncon. scioiis that nbile she was getting back all the innocent gaiety of. her childish years, the deep lessons of berwomanhood; were still ly lying - ing lying beneath the spaikliug surface of her play- fill WaV8.v , ; ... .... -L; I 1- ri .a; If, for a time, she bad charmed me out of my graver self, I resolved to be charmed no more. I devoted myself egaih to my business, heart and soot and sat poring for hours over law papers without speaking to her. Tet she did not compla'n rio long es she' wos certain that I hived her-, she '.was content and took up her peh again and went on with the wotk our . marriitge had 'interrupted.'; Fler writingeek was in my study, by a window, just oppodte mine; and eometimes I would -cease to bear the rapid movement of her iieri and looking up, I would find her eea fixed on my face while a happy smile was playing ' round her lips.' One day that glance found me m a most unreasonable Biood. Tie sense of her1 love half pained me, and 1 said curtlyi M ,'It is bad taste. Alice, to look at any one in that way.,-. ,. . ,. . , y.' ' ' ' She drooped ber pen, only too glad of an excuse to talk to me, and came and leaned over my chair.. , .-.i.j .t. n n - - ' j ,And why when I love some one ?' , ', . '..... This was a bad beginning of the lesson ' I wanted to teach her, and I -turned overmy pa papers - pers papers in silence. ' - ; 'i. 'Vo I annoy yoa, Francis T, t ' ' ' . ';Not mach. ;s;f;;. ' Her light band was playing with my hair, and her breath was warm on my cheek. ; I felt my wisdom vanishing, and tried to make op for . its' loss by an increased coldness "of manlier.'. V.r-Vv1, t A U: ;VOU' j-'One kiss, '.she said."' 'Just one, and Fll gcr away. , What nonsense," Alice. -Whatime bav I to think of kisses now ?'?!, : J She stood op and looked me in the face. 'Do I tease you, Francis T ' - Very much. ' , ',' " ' ' ' i ' ''.", ' , She gave a little sigh so faint that I could' scarcely hear it and . left the room.: I add scared her gaiety away for that morning.. , ;' This was the first cloud in our sky. . It seems strange, niw, when I look back upon it after the lapse of yearsv,howj perse perse-veringly - veringly perse-veringly I labored to destroy the foundation ,- of peace and happiness on which I might have ' built my. life. - The remuning six months of ; that year were months of mi.ery to me, and I doubt not to Alice,' for she. grew thin and pale, and lost ber guiety. .. I had succeeded ! only too well in my plan, and she had learned 40 doubt my affection for ber. J I felt, this by the look in ber eyes bow and then, and by the way in which she seemed to cling to her dog as if,. bis fidelity and. love were now ber, only 4 hope. .. But I was too proud to own myself in the wrong, ' and the breach widened day by day. ''."".'",'::',: .. ".. .: In the midst of this estrangement the dog fickened. There was a week of misgiving on Alice's part, when she sat beside him. ith her books or writing all the the time there was a day wheq both books and manuscript were put away, and she was bending over him, with her tears failing fast, as she tried to hush his moans, and looked in' o bis fast glazing eyes

prozfoss-slowiy; the arynesa oi ine cumaie isp nnfuvorahle for aecelerting snch a chmax We are informed that, from time to tiraejiemi- official committees bare repaired to the monnd for the pnrpbse of examining t" retics, and, if r-asihle'of exhnmtnz"the bones; but on displacing the earth until the corpe was rrached, the fiesh was found to be of the con sistency C;indiambberj wbi!e-.'1he rfflntrinm waf6 offensive that they deemed it inexpedi ent to proceed with 'their' investigations,-and rapidly covering the orifice which had, been made, the committee hare beaten a hasty re treat, reported progress, and. bae begged for farther time before submitting a S-ial. report.'. TjOKevtty of Kinisters. . - K - - ; k A a-iter in the Near l ore Obsrrver, says : It is" remarkable . bet considering the severe studips, arduous lubors, and intense : anxieties of, preachers of the. ospel that there is; no employment in wtucu men attain o so great longevity Bs jr the 'ministry, "j Thhj appears from tne annals or. American clergymen irom the beginning 'down to the present time. Tncres3 Jilather spenf sixteen boors a day inhis stadv, preached sixtyi-ieven ye irs;:pnb. lished eighty-five, distinct works, jet lived to the good old ge for eighty five,'; His fon. Cotton Mather, who in ona year wrote : four- teen hoolss, and at the time of his death bad published not less. . than three, hundred and eighty two works. some of them of huge di mensions, lived sixty year. bolmon btod btod-dard - dard btod-dard attaintd the age of eighty-six, though hi application to study was Intense,.';! Samu el Johnson, of Conneclictt, in Ieafj ing not inferior to the Johnspa of Eoslnnd, reached theage of seventy six.-.; Samuel Hopkins, though he frequently devoted eighteen hours a day to study, died a't'the good old nge of eighty three. Dr. Bellamy died at the age of seventy two, Dr. Charles Chauncey at eighty two, Dr, Smaller at eishtycix. Dr. West of Siockbridge at eighty four, and Dr. Lathrop at nnety ;ff;V.:::e V . Such longevity among clergymen is by no means rare, nor is it to be found otily among the divines of a former, generation., , During the last year there died in INew ISnghind four mm isters, graduates of Dartraouth ; College, and nearly cotemporary, whose iiDited ages exceed four -.hundred -years Ths Congregational Tesr Book-for 1859 contains the names of j thirty five; Congregational ministers who died in 1858, Only two of the' centenartarft arc included in the fist) bat the average age of the whole was sixty five. Two died at less than forty years of Bge, while seventeen a' fraction less. 'than half attained the- age of seventy and Opwards. , 'j' The jear hook for 1S58 contains the names and ages of twenty fiv ministers who died dii ring the. year precediiig'.;i Their average ate was -sixty three. The average, age of thirty ministers whose deaths are recorded in the1 Tear Book Jor j657. was sixty five; aud four teen of them arrived at three score and ten A still wider collation- of facts does not make a difference in 'the" ro iclnsiua to which we come;.cIn'.lhe American Quarterly Register for May1834, is a list of NwHampshire ministers, by Farmer,, the distinguished ant i quarian." Two hundred and forty of them had then lUceased, and of these be grves the ages of two hundred and" thirty. '-Their I average age tws . a fraction over sixty three.-r Oiify twenty-lbreepf them (ailed t reach, the age of forty. 0 what 6Lhftr. profession can it be aid thanineteuths of tose'.wKo engage in it pass the age of forty; and that the' average og of ell its members exceeds sixty T : , Practical 'Remarkt : Honor thy Father in Heaven, by laboring most diligently in His service, and thy days shall be long in the land. Curran aid Irs kin?.' '"'""''. I Cnrran and-Erekine-freqnently. met, and must have looked upnn each other's power with respect; but the egotism of the English barrister pometimeg shook the Irishman's phi loeophy. , Grattan'sfiame was mentioned, and Krskioe casually asked, What he said of him . self V '. 'Said of himself,' was fjurrau'd as ton ished f reply' nothing r Grattan speak ,. of himelf! "Why,'sir, Grattan is a great man Sir, tbe torture could not wring a syllable of self praise frOtnr Grattan: a team of six horses could- now-drag aa opinioB ofhinaself but of hfrrn"Lfle alT great- men.be knows the strength of his reputation, and will never 'condescend to proclaim its march, like r the . trumpeter of a puppet show., air, be stands upon a nation at altar, and it is the business. of us, inferior men, to keep up the fire and. incense. - You will H never Bee Grattan stooping to eith er5 Ihe one or 'the.' other.' i Cnrran 'object ed to- Byroc s: talking of himself, as a great drawbBctrbu.f bis poetry Any. subject, he said, 'but" that', eternal Cone , of. self. I am weary-of knowing once a month the state'of any man 8 .hopes or tears, lights or wrongs.','; I ' wpqld, as .'soon read a ; register of the weather. Jhe " barometer np . to so many inches to-morrow. I feel skepticism "all over P" sight of agonies on paper; things l WM come M "Da notorious as tne full of the moun. The troth is, his lordship weeps for the press, and wipes bis' eyes with the 8FBATS OP WISDOM. ' ' m. fc.-Jto."--y- ; .-' - The more a man is contemplative, the more nappy ne is, ana assimilated to the divine es sence. i-V"'. - -. -t 1,- .-, ---- solitude relieves us when we are . sick of company, and conversation when we are weary of being alone. f ' ' '' '" , As too much retirement weakens the mind. so too much company dissipates It. ' ' ' .: Counsel with rabtion .-few are thankful Ifor ndvice wbich they are forward to give. , to Directly contradict none, except such as sof - deal in bold and groundless assertions. - Beware of strangers, end behave with can tibn arid reserve in mixed companies. . ciies not he Haiken to the warning of conscience, if to yoa would not feel its wound. .

" I do not mean that Alice,' I iried., Trn lok ill and pale. Beliete me, I was only jest lug- I pan bear it, Francis. , There is nothing on this earth that cacuot be bornu io one way or another.' , ,- ' She turned and left the room, quietly and sadly. The sunshine faded just then, and on -ly a white pale light came tliroo jh the win-, to this day I can never see the golden radi- ance come and go across my jjath. without the same sharp, knife-like pang thU I felt then, as 1 be door closed behind her.. ,, Alice became weaker and grew really ill A tour' to the continent was strongly recotn mended by the doctors as the likeliest means of restoration. It was impossible for me to go;' but some friends of ours, coe Mr, and .Mrs. Warrener, with a young daughter were going to Italy for six months, and it was ar ranged that Alice should accompany them tbilher. "' ! 1 hey remained abroad nine months instead of six. People wondered and i iked -about my wife's deserting me; but I only laughed, and said, I shjauld soon go after bur if she re remained - mained remained away' much longer, and tiifey thought stilt we were a model couple. Bit, had they. seen me sitt:ng in my office, at night, over AI ice's letters from abroad, they would have known what a gulf had opened between us two. I read those letters over and over again, with aching throbs going through my heart at evety word. They were full "of .incident and interest, and people called them beautiful who' had not seeu the mixture of womanly rfhsBion and childlike playfulness i t her char character - acter character that I hud seen, and which I was to see no more. " ' ,' ,' At last she returned. I came borne tired enough, one evening, to find a letter lying on my tiible, informing me that she would cross to Dover on the morrow.. I went down to Dover to meet her. Our estrangement had worn deep into my heart. She h&d loved tne once, she should love me again T . ;',.,. - I was worn, haggard. 1 took a bath and made careful toilet after my hurried journey. As I was taking my last look in the glass, the hotel waiter camfl to tell me they iiad ariived I followed him, more nervous than I bad ever been before in my life. . War-ener grasp ed my hands as I opened the door, and Mrs. "Warrener bless ber kind heart ! burst out crying. ' ' ' ' ' Oh, my dear Frank ! ,1 am so glad to see yon. ' And we have brought yoa your. Alice home so well' Next moment she entered, a little King Charles' span:et frisking about her . feet. , 1 hid her in my arms at once, but it was not un til she kissed me that I knew how cold and pale she 'was.' . ' 'Alice," are you ill 7' I asked holding her away from me, and looking int.) her fate. - Her eyes met miue, but their old light was quite gone. " -; ,1 Not in the least ill, Frank,-' she said quiet ly. But youmust remember I have not.seen you for nine months and you startle me a lit tle. My. household fairy had -flad, and I , could only mourn that I should never look upon her sweet young face again.' Il was nnother Al ic, tliia I had slain my own Alice and noth ing could reanimate her., ,.jf - I was like one in a dream all through the day; and, when we ctme home, J could not I had made many changes in , the house, .and all for her. I took her through tbe rooms on the day after our return, . aud howeu her. the improvements, she was pleased with the furniture; "She admired the pictures and the conservatory; and seemed de lighted with the little gem of a boudoir which I had plea'ed. myself by designing exprea-ly for her. She thanked me, too No longer ago than a year she would have danced thro' the rooms,' uttering a thousand pret.y little exclamations of wonder aud delight, and 1 should have keen nearly smothered with kiss es, and called a dear old bear, or some such fit name at the end; all of which would have been very silly, but also very delightful. .1 think I bore, it for a .month; but one morning, as I sat at my solitary breakfast ; for Alice took that meal in her room bow the bitter sense of wrong and onhappines and de sertion came over me so strongly that I went up to her room. - - : : - ; - - : ' ' .'Are yoa busy ?' I asked, as she laid down her pen and looked around, ' . .' ' Not too busy to talk to you '. she said, - v Alice, how long are we to live this life 1' . She changed color."";"'" j" " .'it What life, Frank V , -. 'The one we are now .living. It is not the happy, loving life we nsed to live. Yon are not miue as entirely and lovingly ns yoa were once.' ' " : ' '' ' ' ": : " ' I know it.' And 'she sighed aotf looked drearily at me. ,, , ,, . .., , ,. , . ' V by cannot the old days come back again t If I mde a terrible mist uke, can ' yoa never forgive it T I thought it was foolih for "us to love each other as we did at lea it, to show it as we did but I have found now, that love is earth's true wisdom. i -. '1.. i-' -Give me back that love' Alice,! which I would not have, . OhK give me back the lost sqnthine. : l( : j-t' M ' - I rose from my seat and stood beside ber, but she drew back and shook her head. ; Frank, don't ask me for that. ' ' I shall know bow to value it now, dear At ICO. " ' ,; '.'' V: -.-'' t. " -' '' " ' ' 'That may be, but I have it! not to give you, my poor Frank." , ,; -.j, , : , ,:: . : . , I clasped her to my beart. The passion in that heart ' might almost have brought buck life to tbe dead ; bnt she did not move. . She was like a statue in my arms, and only looked at me and sighed, ' 1 '' "' '' , " ,jTo"o late I Too ilate,' Frank f, . , J J Will yoa never forgive me ',. ,.. 'Forgive 1 Do you think that I have one unkind thought or feeling towards you, Frank T

February following, looking: overcome deeds' that bad been, long aegreeted, when I heard Alice singing in the b dcony outside the win dow. It was the first time 1 had heard her sing since Fred's death, and 1 laid down mv pen to listen.' But nearing'her coming through the ball, I took it. up again, and affected to be very busy. - . t ,.,,Y:i.. ,1 It was a warm, bright, beautiful dav,- and she s?emedto bring ' a burst t f sunlight and happiness wilb her as she opened the door. Her own face. loo. was radiant,' and be look looked - ed looked like the Alice of the of the farm house, as she came on tip toe and bent over my chair. Well, what is itf,, I asked, looking np to her.s ;i ..i- J t---' ? She laid a pretty little honqnet' of violets," tied with blue ribbons,: before mew I have been to the conservatory, and have brought 'you the first flowers of the season t rends. And something else, which perhaps you may not like so well. She bpnt over me as the spoke, and leaning her hand lightly on my shoulder, kissed me twice. She had been chary of ber caresses. for some time; and, when she did this :f her own accord, I wheeled round in my chair and looked np at ber. - ;'. . .A ; j , You seem very hnpny fo day, Alice. It is somebody V birth day, ' she said, sta tioning herself upon my knee, and looking in to. mv etes. . .' And I wish somebody verv many chappy mtoins; her voice faltered a little 'and if there has been any wrong feel ing. Francis,, for the last six - months, we will bury it to-day, now and forever. ' ' She clung to me in silence, and hid her face I upon my breast. I wa moved, in spite of myself, and kissed the brown hair that was scattered over my shoulder,, and said I was quite willing to forget everything (as if I had anything to forget !J , At which she- looked up with a brght smile, atd I daresay thought me- very magnanimous. " - j : And we will muke a new beginning from this day, Francis.' ;.ni t.- i i-' -If you will, my chPd. ' , She caresed me. again, after, a queer little fashion of her own,, which always made me smi'e, aud which consisted of a series of kiss es bestowed s;steniatically,-cn different ports of my face four, I believe, being allotted to my forehead, two to"each. cheek, two to. the chin, four to my lips, and four to my eyes. She went through this ceremony with a pains taking carb; and then looked me in the face. All her love and lenderness seemed to come up. before n e in that momtmt, and efface the past and its unhappiness . I held her closely to my heart, and ber arms were around my neck. " "" ' ' 1 Will : any- one 'believe it f n My wife had scarcely left me five minutes, before the fancy came to me that I hud shown too plainly the power she had over me. For months I had been schooling myself into coldness and in- ifference, and at her very first warm kiss or smi'e,.! was completely routed,'; Slieliadvex ed.'and thwarted, and annoyed me much di.r ing those months; it would not do. to pardon her so filly and entirely before the lad . even Fked my foraiveness. . I look a sadden reso niion; and, when she came back into the room I was buried in my papers once more..,-. Poor child ! She bad bad one half hour's sunshine. at least. .. , : One moment,' she said, .taking the, pen out of my hand, and holding somnihing up over my head, 'I .have a birth day gift ;for you. Do you wantjt .?' If yon give it to me certainly. '. ' I hen ask me for it. .s .;, I said nothing, bnt took, np my pen again. Would jou like it f she said timidly. There , was a saint 10 old times. '. I said qniellv going on with my papers, a name sake of jnine by the way Saint Francis of hales -who was accustomed to eay, that one should never ask or refuse anything. ' , 7 . : Well ! But I'm not talking to Soint Francis; I am talking to yon. Will you have my.littlf, gift? Say yes just to please me just to make my happy day still happier.? -, : ,', Don't be a child, Alice ' . ,. .-. It is childish,-1 know; but indulge me this or.ee. . It is such a little thing, : and it will make me very happy.'. r .; . .v,:t-,.i, I shall not refuse whatever yon choose to give me. Only don t delay me long, tor i want to go on with these papera ' The next n oment she threw the toy ( a pret ty little bronzed inkstand made like a Cupid, with his qniver full ' of penFj at my feet, and turned away grieved and angry. I stooped to pick up the fig'dre it was broken in two pie ces. 'Oh, you can condescend to lift it from the ground, she said sarcastically Upon'fny word. Alice,' your are the most unreasonable of beings. . However, the lilllt god of love can be easily mended.' " ;,. Yes.', ... - ;; -, She placed the fragments one upon the oth er and looked at me. ""'' j "T( It can be mended, but the accident must leaveTfs Trace," "like" all others, Oh, Francis 1' she added, throwing herself down by my chair, arid lifting' my band to her lips. "'" Why ilo you .try me so 1-i Do j on really love me V ' i Alice. ' I said, imputiently, do get up You tire'nie. j'1,',;. V ., -i".. . '.- - . She rose and turned very pale. ., : ', .1 1 I will go then;'' Bui, fitst answer my rru.es tion.- Do jou love me, Francw ?', , , ", 1 I felt anger and obstinacy in 'my heart heart-nothing - nothing heart-nothing else. Was she threatening me V Did "you love me when yoa married ine,; Francis ?' 1 ;i did. But ", :,.", . . -; j ' But do yon not love me now f

' Heaven only knows what days and nights ! were, mine at first. For my , life had. been ; wrapped up in yours, Frank, and it was terri- . ble to separate them- . I thought at first that I could not live. I suppose every one thinks i so when a heavy blow falls. But strength was i given me, and by and. by, peace. .We seem like two grdy ..shadows Frank, in a silent world, and we must only wait God's time; and . hope that, on t lid other side of the grave at ' least, this- great mistake may be set rights - Believe me, I am happy in being" with yon , Frank happy in thinking that the same roof ' shelters us and that we shall not part till one , cf us two dies. ' . , . . ;.; - I opened my arrr.s, and of her own accord . she came to my heart once more; her arms were around my neck, and her hand upon my : shoulder, and her lip meeting mine. .Not as they nsed to do, yet tenderly and kindly. n - 'We are older and wi.-er tlmn we were, and sadder, too,' dear Frank, she said, with a smi'e. Yet who knows T It may be that all the love has not left ns yet.'. ' ,-, . t - And thus that chapter of our life ended. We have never touched upon the subject since; but I have waited calmly for years, and 1 he same q iiet light shines always in the eyes of Alice; the same deep, sad lone thrills my heart when I hear her speaking 6r singing. An angel could scarcely be gentler or kinder than she who was. once so. impetuous and full of Gre. She was unreasonable, and exacting, and ardent, and impetuous in those days, I know," and my slower nature was always on the strain to keep pace with hers; bat, what a bright, joyous happy creature she was. . It would have been' different but for me. Oil, you, who read this little tale, remember in lime that a kind word and a loving look cost little, sltlough they do such great work and that there is no wrong so deep as wrong done to a loving heart. ' ' , .THOU SHALT HOT X:S3 TH3 DE1D- , rr There ' died : in Geneva an old man of the time honored Jewish persuasion, who not on only - ly only left -nehind.him .an immense fortune, bit also a character for extended benevolence And the Israelites came from far and near to attend his funeral " S ich a collection of no ses had not been seen in Geneva within a liv. ing memory, - And there werg "J ibbis of G- neva, who made fine upseches, and there were Ribbis from other lands who spoke aU-o, and they all praised him who bad gone to' sit in Abraham's hojom; - -:: "' ' " ' ' ! Now there was one Ribbi from'CalmaK iu France, who opened h;s mouth" wide ln praise of the departed brother." .He spake nnd said: . '.Twenty years ago, when I passed, a poor, starving wanderer, thro' this town of Geneva, this good man lent me two hundred franc to ease . my Tough road toward Calmar. nnd never to this day has he asked. me for a farthing of .the interest or cap capital - ital capital of that kind loan. : He will find, bis re reward - ward reward in Heaven,. Hallelujah, Amen,' ..;rr Thusspnke the Ribbi' and departed again toward his borne, with his beard wet with tears. B it lo I when he arrived in the bosom of bis numerous family, there came to him a summons to appear before:, a : court. The heirs at law of the' defunct Rothschild had a bill against him for two hundred francs, that he was obliged to pay.'; With many groans, he was compelled also to disburse compound interest for twenty year, and the tears which he hod shed were of no avail. ' The heirs had brought the entire Jewish community of Ge Geneva - neva Geneva as witnesses of the debt, and thus came true the trite saying thou shall not kiss tbe dead. 'Foreign Corrnpondence. " SOCIAL LIFE HOT THE CHIEP EBB OF MAD- A popular lecturer at Chicago Iarely advo- cated with some plausibility, the drinking and dancing customs of other countries, as a means of promoting social intercourse, and adding to' the animation and grace of general society To this the ' Congregational Herald replies with some very apt remarks: ' : ' '. '"; " ' The value of social life' has been unduly magnified.' It is of far less moment than do-, mesticlife. That a man should please .and entertain his neighbors or acquainta'tices, for, a few n o tents or hours, it may be, while he , is with them dwindles into, insignificance by the side of the question, whether he makes , happy the companion of his life, and bis chil-. dren whose weal or woe for time and eternity, wepend much on a father's influence. That a . woman should be fascinating at ., the social, pnity, whut is it compared iih sheddiug the , radinnce of love ant) kiuditesson husband nnd, children in her family. , Any social life, that . would interfere with these most sacred home, duties, will prove a curse,' not alone to the , families immediately affected, but to society at large. We liall owe no gratitude to him who shall so solve the social problem a 10 disturb the happiness of the fireside.. , There is an anthority dae to distress, and , as none of the human race h above the reach of eorrpw, none etiould be above hearing the voice of it. . , . , .': - Stockinga are decided I j injurious, espeeiallt on youog chlldran.i :orr.r