A STRING OF PEARLS.-Use soft words and hard arguments. Misfortunes are a kind of discipline of humanity. The first part of wisdom consists in ability to give good counsel; the next, to take it. If your means suit not with your ends, pursue those ends which suit your means. Truth overcomes falsehood, and suspicion can not live before perfect frankness. Never carry a sword in your tongue to injure the reputation of any man. When the heart is won, the understanding is easily persuaded. A friend, like a glass, will best discover to you your own defects. Discourse, like the season of the year, is best in its proper time. Secrecy is the key of prudence, and the sanctuary of wisdom. He is richest who is contented; content is the riches of nature. If a jewel be genuine, no matter who says it is counterfeit. To whom you betray your secret, you give your liberty. Forget others' faults by remembering your own. Nothing is more noble than fidelity; faithfulness and truth are the best endowments of the mind.

A NEWLY imported son of the "Emerald Isle" hearing the cackling of a hen which had just left her nest, ran to get the egg. He had never before seen a freshly laid egg, and when he found that it was warm, he said to his wife in great surprise:

"Sure, Biddy, my darling, this is a great counthry! Ivery thing that the howly St. Patrick himself could desire, is made ready for use, without the divil a bit of cookin' it; the very hins lay their aigs ready biled for aiting!"

VIRTUE is both titles and estate; a title the most exalted, because it is God who confers it; an estate most rich, because it endures forever. Envy may not derogate the title, because it is written in the book of heaven; and fraud can not diminish the estate, because no sin can reach it.

WITH love, the heart becomes a fair and fertile garden, glowing with sunshine and warm hues, and exhaling sweet odors; but without, it is a bleak desert, covered with ashes.

THE storms of adversity are wholesome; though, like snow storms, their drifts are not always seen.

If you love others, they will love you. If you speak kindly to them, they will speak kindly. Love is repaid with love, and hatred with hatred. Would you hear a sweet and pleasing echo, speak sweetly and pleasantly yourself.

WITTY sayings are as easily lost as the pearl slipping off a broken string, but a word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It is a seed which, even when dropped by chance, springs up a flower, to gladden the heart of some poor pilgrim along life's dusty pathway.

A WOMAN was giving evidence in a certain case, when she was asked by the lawyer if the young woman was virtuous previous to this affair. "Was she what?" asked the witness.

"Chaste?-she was chased about a quarter of a mile."

A BEAUTIFUL form is better than a beautiful face; a beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form. It gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of the fine arts.

Ir a man will not endure the pain of probing his own faults, he can not have the satisfaction of curing them. Let a woman be possessed of all the attributes of beauty, yet, if she has not modesty, her beauty is invisible to every beholder.

WE find in friendship the assurance of good advice, the emulation of good example, participation in sorrow, help in time of need, and all without being sought, waited for, or purchased.

FROM the ranks of the bar, have sprung many of the noblest defenders of innocence—the earliest and most steadfast champions of right and freedom. From the ranks of the bar, also, have sprung nearly every candidate for the gallows since the world began.

PHILANTHROPY. It is chiefly in the warn, bright period of middlelife that we live for others; like the sun, whose morning and evening rays pass over the objects which are illuminated by its mid-day beams.

A TRUE LAWYER.-Alexander Hamilton was once applied to as counsel by a man having the guardianship of several orphans, who would, on coming of age, succeed to a large and valuable estate, of which there was a material defect in the title-deeds, known only to their guardian, who wanted to get the estate vested in himself. Hamilton noted down the faithless executor's statement, and then said to him, "Settle with these unhappy infants honorably to the last cent, or I will hunt you from your skin like a hare." The advice was strictly followed, and the man who gave it was an ornament to the bar, and to the age he lived in.

TRUE POLITENESS.-It was one of the rules which, above all others, made Dr. Franklin the most amiable of men in society, "never to contradict anybody." He merely suggested doubts, or asked questions as if for information.

A MISER having heard a very eloquent charity sermon, exclaimed: "This sermon so strongly proves the duty of alms-giving, that I have almost a mind to beg."

ADIEU-that little word of sad import, is full of beautiful and pious signification. It means may God guard you—to God I commit you.

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CELEBRATION AT GLENDALE.-Early on Saturday morning, the 26th ultimo, we took the cars for Glendale, to attend a celebration given by the brothers of District No. 12, comprising the Lodges at Mt. Pleasant, Carthage, Sharonville, Lockland, Springdale and Montgomery. We found, at the depot, quite a large number of ladies and gentlemen, on their way to the scene of festivity.

The refreshing shower which fell so copiously upon the parched earth, after so long a drouth, not only washed the dust which had been accumulating for weeks upon the leaves and grass, but imparted a freshness to the woods and fields that was truly delightful.

The various

trains which brought numerous excursionists on the line of the road, and the continual arrival of others from various sections of the country, soon gave a lively appearance to the beautiful grove. After the various Lodges of the District had arrived, Grand Master Neilson formed a procession, which was conducted by marshals, and, headed by the Newport Brass Band, marched through the principal avenues of Glendale. Under the direction of General M'Mahan, the Daughters of Rebekah, who appeared in their regalia, were marshaled through the open ranks of the procession, and took their seats in front of the platform. After the vast multitude were quietly seated, or all that could be, the band performed a piece of music which was followed by a prayer by the chaplain. Next in the order of the programme came the ode, in singing which most of the audience united. It was delightful to listen and take part in singing that song. To us there is no music like the human voice, and when a thousand unite together in harmonious accents, and swell the anthem in the grove, "God's first temples," the effect is always thrilling. So beautiful and appropriate was the ode that we copy it for the benefit of those of our readers who have not seen it :

Welcome, brethren here assembling,

At the shrine of Truth and Love, May we now without dissembling, Friendship's holy influence prove. All united

Friendship's holy influence prove.

All our sacred bonds of duty

Bid us in true friendship meet, And in love's unfading beauty, Truthfully each other greet. All unitedTruthfully each other greet.

Here before our altar bending,

Pure in heart, O! may we be,
While to virtue's cause we'er lending
Heart and hand fraternally.
Firm united-

Heart and hand fraternally.

From the world's cold hand retreating,
Let our kindred spirits come,
Where responsive hearts are beating,
And the stranger finds a home,
Ever welcome-

And the stranger finds a home.

Let no narrow bonds contract us,
Ours be universal love;
No sectarian thoughts distract us,
We in harmony must move.

All together

We in harmony must move.

Be it still our painful pleasure,
To attend affliction's bed,
And in kindness without measure,
Ease a brother's aching head.
Fraternally-

Ease a brother's aching head.

Yet even noble acts await us

We must sooth the widow's cares, And the orphan's tears entreat us To watch o'er its youthful years. With affection—

To watch o'er its youthful years.

Then when death life's ties shall sever,

May we, in the realms above,
Meet as friends and brothers, ever
Happy in the bonds of love.

All in heaven

Happy in the bonds of love.

After the singing of the ode, the Grand Master introduced the orator of the day, and as his address will be published in the next number of the Casket, we forbear making any remarks. Another ode was then sung, after which the company retired to the different arbors on the ground, and the retreat they had selected for the purpose of taking their repast.

About two o'clock, Monsieur Tonson, with his violin, accompanied by an attache with a violincello, mounted a platform prepared for him; a ring was formed, and soon a large number were "tripping the light fantastic toe." In a short time we left the ground, and the down train from Dayton arriving, we returned to the city.

IMPOSTORS.-During the past month we have heard of no less than three individuals who have been practicing impositions upon the Order, by soliciting aid from Lodges in various parts of the country, while they can not produce the proper evidence of their good standing. There is but one way of effectually avoiding all such imposition, and that is, by uniformly refusing all assistance of the kind, unless the applicant is in possession of every thing required by our laws. The present mail facilities in this country enable any brother who has committed the error of leaving home without his card to receive it in a very short time; and the simple fact of a brother's making application without being able to prove himself a good Odd Fellow, should be regarded as prima facia evidence that all is not right. As well might a bank be expected to cash a verbal check as a Lodge or Relief Committee to receive such testimony of good standing in our Order.

FIRE. The Odd Fellows' Hall at Lexington, Ky. was destroyed by fire a few weeks since. All the property of the four Lodges and two Encampments, including books, jewels, regalia and furniture, was completely consumed. The city library, with some ten thousand valuable books was nearly all destroyed by water or fire. The Odd Fellows had some insurance, but there was none on the library.

GOOD RESOLVES.-The following resolutions were adopted by Osage Lodge, No. 91, at Bolivar, Missouri, on the occasion of celebrating their first anniversary. It is true, they are but expressing a determination to carry out their sacred pledges to sustain the principles of the Order; yet they present the subject in a practical form, which is well worthy of imitation. It is to be feared that the great fundamental principles of morality which form the basis of the whole structure of Odd-Fellowship, are not always observed and enjoined with that strictness which their importance demands.

Resolved, That we believe it to be impolitic to receive any person into this Order, before we shall have acquired a correct knowledge of his character as a man. Resolved, That we will discountenance, as a Lodge, any immoral conduct of its members, (whether in or out of the Lodge,) which would tend to mar the peace and harmony of the Lodge, or result to the injury of its members individually.

Resolved, That we look upon the drinking of intoxicating liquors to excess, (either at dram shops, or elsewhere,) and playing at cards, as being calculated to injure a brother's standing in society, as well as himself morally and physically, thereby disqualifying him in a great measure, for filling the station of an Odd Fellow. We will, therefore, refrain from the practice of such vices, and admonish others to do so.

Resolved, That this Lodge, in order to promote the cause of Odd-Fellowship, will continue to adhere to the principles of the Order, by obeying the sublime truths taught thereby, and diffusing the principles of morality and religion throughout the circle of our acquaintance, that others, seeing our good fruits, may be constrained to acknowledge the advantage of closely adhering to "Friendship, Love, and Truth," in all their actions.

The subject of the first resolution is one of vast importance to the Order as such, and to each member as an individual. It is a very great error to decide an application upon negative principles; that is, to admit the applicant if nothing is known against him. There should be positive assurance of an applicant's worthiness before he is received into our fraternity as a brother.

It is to be regretted that there remains any necessity for the adoption of such resolutions as the succeeding ones. Every one who has listened to the sublime and impressive teachings of our Order on those subjects, and pledged his honor to maintain and carry them out through life, should present to his brethren and the world a living testimony of the happy results to be secured by their observance. But we rejoice to see the members of Osage Lodge manifesting a determination to be true Odd Fellows in spirit and practice.

CELEBRATION AT NEWARK, O.-The brethren of the Order had a splendid celebration at this place on the 28th of July. We were unable to accept a special invitation to be present, but learn that the attendance was very large. Bro. Colfax, was the orator of the day.