THE CONFESSIONAL.
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1. THE CONFESSIONAL!

 In town some fifty miles from Boston. the members of a religious society were in the practice of holding meetings in the church, at which they made kind of audible confession, technically called accounting ones "experience." A very pious member of the church, Mir. D., was in the habit of inviting his neighbor Mir. L., who was not member. to attend these meetings, at one of which Mir. D. got up and stated to, the congregation that he was great sinner -that he sinned daily, with his eyes open that he willingly and knowingly sinned--, that goodness dwelt not in him-that he was absolutely and totally dcpraved-that noth-. ing but the boundless mercy and infinite goodness of God could save him from eternal damnation. After this confession of MT. D., MT. L., who had by accident been placed upon the "anxious seaf," was called upon to recount his "experence."--- He arose with the most imperturbable grav- ity, stated that he had very little to say of himself, but the brethren would remember that he had lived for tive-and-twenty years the nearest neighbor of Mir. D., that he knew him well-more intimately so than any other man--and 1t gave him great pleas ure, because he could do it with entire sir,- cerity,to con6rm the ruth of all brother D. had comJessed 4fhimseT. When Mr. L. sat down under the visible and audible smile of the whole congregation, the parson not ex- cepted, Mir. D. went up to him and said, ]" You are rascal and a liar, and I'll lick you when you get out of church." al.-

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 The Sublianity of Astronomical Hcience.-- Mir. Adams, in his recent report 10 the House of Representatives., on the Smithsonian be. quest, speaking of astronomy, employs the following eloquent language:

 It Is to the votary of this science, to the, vigilance of a !sleepless eye, to the toll of q tireless hand, and to the meditations of a thinking, combining and analysing mind, that secrets are successfully revealed, not only of the deepest import to the welfare of man in his earthly career, but which seem to lift him from the earth 10 the threshold of his eternal abode; to lead him blindfold up to the council chamber of Omnipotence, and there stripping the bandage from his eyes and bid him look undaxzled to the throne of God" s

 Early Mariage,-At tour o'cloch, on Tues- day morning, MT. Cardinal led to the altar his thrice widowed but still beautiful bride. The ceremony being over, the happy pair left the church-the bride was very elegant ly dressed, and looked unspeakable :hilgs. The gentleman who handed her to the car riage, could not help looking at the fair hand he held, which was the left hand: there he beheld the three rings which had been so placed by her departed husbands, to which was superadded the one just placed there by the gallant and happy Cardinal-- l the whole surmounted by beautiful Gunrd- Ring, on which was the appropriate and pro- phetic motto-"If I survive l will have | five !! !'-Montreal TrGnscrigt.

 The iray 10 manage hard scords. Tn reading books and newapapers, you will often lind | words whose meaning you do not understand. Never leave these words until you do under stand them. Do you ask, How can I find out their meaning! l. Think what they sAouM mean, in order 10 make sense of the whole sentence. g. If this will not do, ask some one that is older, or has read more than you. 5. Look into the dictionary, and then com. pare the definition which that gives, with the sentence in which the word is found.

 Always find out their meaning-somehow -and then you will be apt to remember it. It will help you too, in remembering, to use the word yourself in conversation.

 An old Soldier gone.-Gen. TAdair of Ky, an active officer in the border warfare of the Northwest, died on the 18th inst, aged eS. Gen. Adair won laurels with Gen. Harrison in CaDadp, in the fall of 1872, and perform ed a brilliant part in the subsequent and glo- rious events at New Orleans. He held ma ny important civil stations in the course of long and eventful life, among others that of Governor of Kentucky, and member of Con- gress from that State. = Clereland Herald.

 Wha. is the prospect in Kentucky, Prentice Will you beat the locos there ?-Mo. 1imes.

 Beat them! Why bless your soul, the only danger is that we shH beat them badly as to render our selves liable to criminal prosecution for assault and battery ' se

 Coop SpuNK.--Thc Baltimore Convention was fruitful in incidents. The Nashua Telegraph says, one of our delegation informs us that as the process sion was passing Loco loco sna.ched handker. chief from the hand of lady who was waving it, and threw it away. The lady then .ook-her cap from her head and waving it aot, sung ont at the top of her voice, TIurah for Harrison, you Loco loco puppy"

 SerUed Righ--A fashionable lady of moro show than substance residing in Nassau street, New York, lately into thread store in the Bowery, and aE. ter busyng the clerk for nearly two hours purchased single spool of thread. She though. i. too vulgar, however carry it home. and requested 10 have it sent No sooner had she loft the steve than hand cart procured the spool deposited in it. taken to the door of her residence. and dumped upon the side walk, after the fashion of ton of eOal-for which she was obliged to fork over twenty-five cents, carriage money. Some people won't believe this

 SPRiNGriELD.-A census has just been taken, and the present number of inhabitants in Springfield ex- ceeda II OOD