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WIIISF AND SIGN PAINTER. t,WWWM 2 la prepared to make contracts for the paint ing of Churches, Dwellings and other Build ings in Canibsia and surrounding counties, acd for the execution of all other work in his line. Painting done at prices more moder ate and in a style far superior to most of tie work executed in this section. Satisfaction guarautecd. feb.20.-tf. "If S. STRAYER, Justice of the Peace. .Johnstown. Pa. Office on the corner of Market street aud Locust alley, geeo-mi VanJ. dtc.i2.-l7. AKCT15EU VETO MESSAGE. TIIE PRESIDENT VRTOE9 TUB JOIKT RESOLU TION T.XCLUDINQ FKO TOE ELECTORAL COLLEGE THE VoTHS OF CERTAIN STATE LATELY IN REBELLION. Washington, July 20, 1868. The President this afternoon aent the fol- low'ng Message to tl e House : To Hit Senate of Vie United Skiie : I have given to the joint resolution entitled "A resolution excluding from the Electoral College the votes of States lately it rebellion which shall not hav been reorganized," as careful an examination as I have been able to testow upon tke subject during the few days that have iuterveued since the roeasur was Biibuiittcd for my approval. Feeling constrained to within Li my assent, I here with returu the resolution to the Senate, in which house it originated, with a brief fctate ment of the reasons whick have iuduced my action. This joint resolution is based upuu the assi option that soruo of the States whute people were lately iu rebellion arc not now entitled to representation in Congress and participation in the election of President and Vice resident of the Uuitcd States. Having heretohre had uccaaiou to give in detnil my reasons for dissenting from this view, it i not necessary at this time to repeat them. It is sufficient to state that 1 continue strong iu 1 my conviction that the acts of socetion Ly which a number of the States Bought to j dissolve their connection, and in direct vio j lation thereof, were from the beginning j absolutely null and void. It follows, neoes- ! sarily, that when the rebellion terminated, the B3vcral States whidii had attempted to i secede continued to be States iu the Union, ! and all that was required iu enable them to j resume their relation to the UfcioB wa that j they should adopt measures necessary t their i practical restoration as Mates, bucu mea sures were adopted, and the legitimate if suit was that these States, - having conformed IrO all the riquireriicn's cf the Constitution, re- buimd their former rclatious, and became en- titled to ti e txerciuo of a'.l tl e right gnstfan tted to thein by it prjv'.tioas. The joint resolution under consideration, however, seems to assume that, by the insurrectional acts of their respective inLabmnta, tiies Slates forfeited their rights as such, and can never again exercise them, except upou re- admiisiou into the Lni"n, on the terms 1 presented by Congress. If tkis position be j correct, it follows thay they are taken out of the Ui ion by virtuw of flair acts of seces sion, and hence that the war waged upon 1 hem was illegal aud unconstitutional. We would thus be placed i the inconsistent attilude that whiie the war was commenced and carried ca on the distinct ground that the Southern States, being coropunent parts of the Union, were in rebellion against the lawful authority of the United States, upon its termination we resort to a policy of recon struction which assumes that it ai in facta rebellion, but that the war was waged for the conquest of territories assumed to be out of the constitutional Union. The mode and manner of receiving andcoumicg theelectoral votes for President and VictTTresident of the United States are in plain and simple term prescribed by the Constitution. That instru ment imperatively requires that the President of the Senate shall in the-presence of the Senate aud House of Representative, open all the certificates, aud the votes shall then be counted. Congress has therefore no power under the Constitution to revise the electoral votes or to reject them. The whole power Is exhausted when, in the presence of the two Houses, the votes are counted and tho result declared. For iu this refpect the powers aud duties of the President of the Senate are, under the Constitution, partly ministerial. When, therefore, the joint res olution declares that no electoral votes shall be received or counted from States that since March 4, 1867, have not adopted a Consti tution under which a State Government shall have been organised, a power is assumed which is nowhere delegated to Congress, unless upon the assumption that the State Governments organized prior to Maich 4,'67, were illegal and void. The joist resolution, by implication, at leaot, concedes that these States were States by virtue of their organ ization prior to Marck 4, 1807, but dmies to them the right to vote, on the tlection of President and Vice President of the United States. It follows that either this assump tion of power is wholly unauthorized by the Constitution, or that the States so excluded from voting wero out of the Union by reason of the rebellion, aud have never been legiti mately restored. Being fully satinfied hat they were never out of the Union, and that their relations thereto hve been legally restored, I am forced to the conclusion that the joint resolution which deprives them of the right to have their vots for President and Vice Preident received and counted, is in conflict with the Constitution, and that Congress lias ro more power to reject their votes than those of the States which have been uniformly loyal to the Federal Union. It it worthy of remark that if tLe States whose inhabitants were recently in rebellion were legally and constitutionally organized and restored to their lights prior to March 4th, 18S7, as I am satisfied they were, the only legitimate authority under the election for Prestdcnt and ice Prcsnlent held therein must be deprived from the governments instiUted before that period ; and it clearly follows that all State governments organized in those States under acts of Congress for that purpose, and under military control, are illigilimate and of no validity whatever; and "iO that view the votes cast m thoe &tats for President and Vice President, in pursu ance of acts passed since March 4th, 1867, and in obedience to the so called recontrno- tion acts of Congress, cannot be legally re- ceivedand counted, while only votes in those States that can be legally cast and counted will be there cast in pursuance of the laws in force in tho several States prior to the legislation by Congress upon the snrjrt cf reconstruction. Andbkw JoiiksoN. After the re&dkag of the message the bill was passed over the veto, when the Senate went into Executive session and soon after adjourned. Mb- Seymour was Presldeet of the New York Convention four days. As in the Scrip tural prophesies a day is said to stand for a year, we may prophesy that he will be Pre sident of the United States for four years. Fohney'h Kkscue -An Incident of Ancik;t HisTouT. There are some men happily few whose normal state of feeling is ingratitude. Such, licking the hand that Urikeo them, bite the hand that strokes They cannot help it. Of such is "Forney." lis was ungrateful to the Democratic party which petted and pa troaized him and made him all be is. lie whs ungrateful to the South at whose feet, when it had power, he fawned and cringed. He was terribly ungrateful to Mr. Buchan an, his earliest and truest friend, who raised hum from obscurity and sustained him in his early career, and loaned him mosey never, as we have heard, to this hour repaid. The last phase of his in gratitude is to General Blair, whom, ia his two papers "both daily," he is just now bespattering with the lowest personal abuse. Heading this, we felt assured that Mr. Blair muet some time or another have done Forney a kindness. Sach we know to be the fact. It was in this wise a homely but characteristic incident : Some time in the Autumn of I8G0, just as Forney had avowed his absolute apos tacy, he happened to be in tho bar-room of one of the Philadelphia hotels for the sake of localizing the incident we assume it to be the Girr.rd House. He was there assailed by a pans of ruffians, Lis particular afsociates before he turned his coat irate Democrat, in fact, of the baser sort some of whom were ai med, and all of whom wera fatally bent en Kiischief. They surroiKideJ him. lie retreated, according to law, to the wall, and would, had th wall been Lerviou, have gone through it ; for Foraey i3 no hero. But there was no escape. His "friends" presed around him. They hustled him. He called for help. He shrieked with terror. At this moment a gentleman named Francis P. Biair, a guest at the hotel, happened to bo passing through the hall Hearing the disturb ance ke rushed forward, threw himself, between the assailants and their trembling victim, rescued lim, put him into a car riage, and sent him safe to one of his two home?, "both nightly." Now, of course, he abuses Geo. Bhiir. A". Y. World. FouhtiOuX Yeaus Ago. In 1854 Mr. Buchanan was Minister to England. Capt. George B. McCIellan was detailed on fceret service in the harbor of Cuba, under instructions from the Secretary of War. Gen. Quitman, Lieut. Beauregard and others were plotting fillibustering raids against the island, for which the govern ment soon after made an offer of $1, 000,000. Parson Brownlow had written a Bavage letter in the defence of slavery, and was challenging Northern clergymen to dispute, its divine authority. Gerrit Smith, Dr. Howe, Henry Ward Beecher and a few hundred others, were doing a quiet and limited business over the under ground railway. John Brown had not yet loft his farm in the northern wild. An obscure individual, remembered by a few as having nee represented the Sangamon district, III., in the House, and oppnsed tho Mexican war in awkward, ingenious and extremely unpopular argument, re ceived a few complimentary votes for Vice President in competition with Mr. Day ton, the nominee. Captain U S. Grant, hardly ruspected of being anf ex-army officer by those who bought molasses or cord wood of him, was generally taken for a eteautboat captain temporarily etranded ky a etrcss of ill luck, or who hardly had requisite energy and pluck to succeed in a business calling, aid had, therefore, ad lapsed into a speculator in sundries. W, T. Sherinan was teaching school in Louisiana. Generals Sickles, Ikitler and Legan were reugh-and-tumble Democratic lawyers of some notoriety. Two of the most prominent and promising officers of our little army were Colonel Albert Sidney Johason and Lieutenant Kobert E. Lee. Brief as is the period gioce then, we havo but two men in official life Mr. So ward and Mr. Chase whoso prominence has not either been created or overthrown during this eventful epoch. Putnam's Mugazine. SrooN- du Butler Posits for Guaxt. We read in a Mobile paper that a little m of Ceneral Grant rides about in the City of Washington . on a pony, followed by a soldier in the uniform of the United States army. We think the oc cupation of the soldier might bo more aptly filled Wy an euauch of the Eastern hemisphere. But to the pony there hangs a tale : If it is a Shetland pony it belongs to James W. Watson, of this county. After the surrender of Vicksburg, Grant's little boy rode a pony about the streets of that city attended by a negro. The little boy used to ay pa captured him from the reba. But the rebs thought hia pa had stolen him from the owner ? and that stealing ponies for his chidren was not leadiig them in the way they should go. People in this region talk freely about the thefts of Butler and Washburn ; but in our 4hios there ia little or no difference betwcea stealing ppoons and stealing ponies since neither should be taken for pablic military use, or accounted for in the qHarterrjaa3ter'8 department. If there is truth in history, General Scott would have had all three of the foregoing Gener als arrested, tried and punished by court martial. Port Gibson (Miss.) 'Standard. Bctler declares be never fell in love. Butler, however, must ftel spoony at times. THE MIDNIGHT SELL. It was midnight ; the hour for changing the watch on board her majesty's frigate Inconstant, cruising in the Pacific Eight bells had struck, and the shrill whistles of the boatswain's mates were heard calling the watch below to "tumble up there," "la6h and carry." The lieutenant of the watch stood on the weatherside of the quarter deck, gazing anxiously to wind ward, where the heavy black clouds, edged with gray, seemed to threaten the good ship with a heavy squall. It was perfectly calm ; the 8:iiis flapped listlessly against the masts with the slow motion of the vessel as she roBe and fell on the long regular swell of the Pacific "We shall have it directly," muttered the officer to himself, as he turned to give his orders. 'All hands shorten sail ; down all stay sails ; haul the foresail up ; in topgallant sails." Scarcely were these orders exe cuted when a rushing noise to windward showed that tho squall was upon them, and would be a heavy one. "Lower away the topsail?," shouted the officer; '"up with the helm, quartermaster keep her off rizht before it '' The next instant tine equnll struck the ship. The noble frigate laid over beneath its force almost on her beam end, then falling gradually off from the wind she darted through the foaming waters with the speed of a lace horse. The lieutenant stood by the quartermas ter at the wheel, looking astern at the wild naapscf of clouds which seemed to be chasing the ship over the waste of waters, and then aloft at the spar?, which were b'.n liiig and creaking iu the gale. Suddenly there came borne upon the wind the sound of a bell, ringing a wild and irregular peal. "What on earth is that ?" exclaimed the officer; "ihere was nothing in sigfit at sundown, and there is no land in that direction for three hundred miles or more by the chart." By this time the captain was on deck. "Heavy squall, Mr. Wil son," said he. 4'Yes, sir," replied that officer, "but I think it will soon be over." "What is that ringing I hear ?" said the captain ; "that is not our ship's bell." "No, sir," said the lieutenant, "it comes from windward, but what it is I cannot conceive ; there were no vessels in sight at sundown." By this time the squall had moderated somewhat, and the hands wero sent aloft to double-reef the topsails, a duty which was quickly executed. As daylight dawned tho wind moderated to a steady hreeze, and soon all sail was set upon the ship again. The mystetious ringing was now the subject of discussion fore and aft. One maintained that it was nothing but some whaler ringing to be heard by her boats ; but this opinion found few supporters, as there were no vessels in sight when the lookout came down at dark ; and further more, if it had teen a whaler's bell it weuld have been rung with regular strokes. The greater part of the crew, with the superstition common amongst seamen, seemed to think that there was something supernatural in this mysterious peal thus borne upon the wings of the wind at the hour of midnight. "Ah," said an old salt, of whose sixty years forty-five at least had been passed afloat, "I tell you what, shipmates, these kind of things bode not good to the ship's company. When I was in the old Thalia frigate, going" out to Calcutta with troops, one night, just at eight bells, the watch on deck heard an awful shriek, which 6eemed to come from all sides at once, and the next day, sure enough, my poor messmate, Jack Stone, fell from the forctopsail yard and broke his neck. It's true we found out afterwards it was only a soldier's wife in the highslrikes, I think they call it, that made the noise ; but that don't explain why poor Jack should break his neck the next day." Having delivered this piece of wisdom, the speaker shook his head in a very serious manner, and eat down with the air of one who had exhausted the sub ject of discussion. On the quarter-deck the officers of the frigate were discussing the same subject, though in a slightly different manner. "Well," said the captain, "we will stand to the eastward for a day or two, and see if we can discover anything. There may be some islands hereabouts, which are not marked on the chart." "Aweel," said the master, an old Scot, whose native brogue had not suffered by his twenty years of service and absenco from his native land. "Aweel, I'm no for saying that the chart is altogether infallible, but it is one of the latest admiralty surveys, and I am of opinion that there is nothing above water about this part of the Pacific but what will be found untill't." "Still," said the captain, "it is quite possible that there may be some islands which have not been marked. At all events, we will keep to the eastward for the next twenty four hours." The wind was now from the south, with fine weather, and every sail being set, on the starboard tack, the rjoblo frigate bounded over the waves like a thing of life. A vigilent look out for land was kept, and the next morning at daybreak the cry of "land ho" was heard from tho to pmast head. As the frigate drew nearer, it was found to be a very mall island, apparently thickly covered with trees. The old master was now obliged to admit that his chart did not show "everything above water" in the Pacific, aad every one seemed to expect to find some clue to the mystery of the midnight peal which had sounded so etrangely to their ears. As there wa every appearance of settled weather, the captain decided to lay the frigate to wind ward of the island and land with a boat's crew, well armed, to endeavor to discover a solution to the mystery. Accordingly the light sails were taken in, the maioyard laid aback, and the cap tain, with the second lieutenant end a boat's crew of twelve men, proceeded on shore in the cutter, leaving the first lieu tenant in charge of the ship. Having with some difficulty effected a landing, the party divided into two divisions of six men each, the captain in command of one, the second lieutenant of the other, and pix ceeded to make a thorough search of the island. For some time their search was fruitless ; no sign of human habitation c uld be seen, nothing be heard but the twitterings of wild birds in the tall trees or the rustlings of a lizard darting through the dry grass. At last the captain's party discovered the remains of a small hut, constructed of roughly hewn branches of trees and some planks, eviden.iy the remains of a ship's boat. While examining this they were joined by the other party, which had discovered a grave with a piece of board at the head, on which were rudely carved the letiers J. S. This board appeared to be pail of a boat's thwart or seat. A piece of coarse bagging, evidently part of a ship's bread bag, and several other relics of a similar kind showed plainly that the island had been inhabited for some time, probably by the survivors from some ship foundering at sea, who hud been taken off since by some passing vessel. Still nothing could be seen which would explain the mysterious eal which had been heard by every one on board of the frigate. As the sun was getting low in the west the captain concluded to return to the frigate without searching, any farther, and the whole party staried on ther return to the boat. For some time they proceeded in silence, nothing to he heard but the crashing of the tall dry grass as it was broken by their steady tramp, when suddenly the lieutenant, who walked by the side of the captain at the head of the pat ty, caught his foot against something hidden in the grass, and fell forward ; at the same instant ding dong, the sudden peal of a bell, apparently right above their heads, caused the astonished and startled scumen to jump and look around them in every direction, as though they expected some phantom bellringer to appear from the thick forest of tiers which surrounded them on all sidc3. The captain, however, retained his self-possession sufficiently to remember the old sea proverb that "The devil would make a good sjulor if he only looked above his head," and gazing steadily into the thick foliage of an immense tree which sprendjits branches directly above him, he perceived the shadowy form of a large bell so cover ed with moss and leaves that it could scarcely be distinguished from the foot of the tree. To the clapper of the bell was attached a long piece of line which reached the ground and extended a few feet from the tree, touching the grass. It was this that had caught the lieutenant's foot, and produced the sudden and start ling peal. The whole mystery was now explained. The survivors of the wreck, bearing in mind the long distance at which sounds can be heard at sea, had secured the ship's Bell before leaving her, and placed it in its present position in order that they might by ringing it attract tho attention of any vessel that might pass within hearing distance of the island, and in all probability this had been the means of their deliverance, as the shattered condi tion of the boat's planks, which had been used in the construction of the hut, showed that their boat had been broken up by the surf on the shore. Tho branch es of the tree swaying in the gale had produced the ringing which had been heard on board the frigata and had leen the subject of so much discussion. The captain decided to leave the bell, as it might possibly be of service again in a similar case. As there waa evidently no further information to be obtained, the party lofct no time in returning to the fiig ate. which was now quite close to the island. Quickly the boat was hoisted up, the mainyard braced forward, and again was heard the shrill whistle of the boatswain, and the order, "All hands make sail," as the stately vessel spread all her canvas to the breeze, and proceed ed on her long and weary cruise, having cleared up the mystery of the midnight bell. Strange Phenomenon. At one of our hotels yesterday, says the Press and Times, a very strange phenomenon occur red. A large piece of ice was put into a glass of milk for one of the guests. The ice was allowed to entirely dissolve before the gentleman proceeded to drink the milk ; as he was bringing the glass to his lips, his penetrating eye detected some thing moving in the milk, and on exami nation, the moving things were found to be very small fishes which had been con gealed in the ice for five or six months, and were revived by the congenial heat of the milk. The gentleman immediately improvised a little aquarii'tn and his little pets, as he calls them, are growing vigor ous and lively by the hour Tns test of enjoyment ia the remem brance it leaves behinc. A Tragedy of ludlaii Life. The following story, from the Milwau kee Wieconsin, reads like a romance of Cooper's, condensed, but is said to be a record of facts gathered by a gentleman who is collecting material tor a history of the upper Mississippi valley: A party of thirty Winnebagoes came down from the lato scalp dance at which the tribe was gathered on the Trempeleau river, in the North, and encamped on French's Island, in the Mississippi river, just above the St. Paul railroad depot, nt La Crosse. The band was under the control of a well known chief of the Winnebagoes, named Wau-kee-se hoong-er-er, or Snake Chief, who had two wives, Se-es-ka and He-noe-kee. Se-es-ka was about thirty years ot age, graceful In appearance, with a pleasant look and interesting face. With whites she was a favorite, while with the lnnebagoes she was looked upon very j kindly indeed, adored with all the ard. r i of Indian fervor. Snake Chief was a noted j warrior of his tribe. He was a powerful j and brawny fellow, and when sober was peaceful and good naturcd ; when drunk he was ugly and disagreeable. One of his favorite pastimes, when iu this condition, was beating his wives. 0;i Fiiday last Snake Chief returned to his wigwam drunk. Se-es-ka was iu the wigwam, and the chief commenced heat ing her over the head and shoulders. Driven to desperation, and unable longer to s'and his brutality, Se-es-ka drew her knife and stabbed the chief twice, the blade penetrating the heart of the warrior, , who died instantly, while the first notes of trie death song were oa his lips. The affair at once created a sensation among iue v, inneuagoes, wuo uia not Know now .... r . 1.1 - - I i i .i , i u sci. Aiiey rovea meir cmei ana tney loved their chieltan's wife. It is a well- Known -regulation among tne Indians j . , .- .. . ... ....... ....... musu j avenge his death by taking the life of the j siayer. Se-es-ka knew thi? nebagoes urged her to fly, but she would not. ith true Indian resignation she folded her blanket about her arid sat down in her wigwam, facing the door, and await ed her avenger. It was believed by many, that Ile-nee-kee, the younger and favorite wife, would bo the avenger, but she seemed to have no such intention. She mourned the loss of her husband, but took no steps further than to send a iunner up the Trem peleau where Snake Chiefs relatives were, to notify them of what had taken place Meanwhile, Se-es-ka sat in her cabin chanting the death song, stoically indiffer ent to what was going on about her, and only talking when questions were asked her. On Sunday morning an Indian from Trempeleau made his appearance in camp lie was known as Chan-no-ne-ga, and had " . f ) i.'il evidently traveled without halting since he learned of the death of Snake Chief. En- tering the camp, without a word, he walked solemnly to the place where the body of Snake Chief lay, took a long look at if, and then turned sullenly away. Nobody spoke to him, yet all watched with interest his movements. ' Deliberately loading his gun with buckshot, he uninter ruptedly walked deliberately to the wig wam where Se-es-ka sat, she having remained there since the murder, took one look at the woman who loudly chanted the death song. Not a muscle of the woman's face moved to denote that she labored under any excitement, but bho sat there qjietly and calmly, her eyes moved up ward, and her voice, a3 the uncouth song escaped her lips, steady and firm. . She knew that the avenger was before her that in another moment her spirit would leave its frail tenement of clay, and seek that of the Chief who had gone before her; yet no look or sign indicated that she feared the fate. Such is Indian stoicism and in difference. The eyes of the two did not meet. In the lace of Chan-no-nc-ga there was a look of roin?led hate and revenge. De liberately he raised his musket to his shonlder deliberately he aimed it at the woman's head coolly he fired. The report rang out through the Indian camp the ! smoke cleared away Se-es-ka still sat there her blanket about her her arms folded but one side of her head wa blown completely away her spirit had fled, and tho code of Indian justice was satisfied. The murderer, wirhjust a look to satisfy him that his work had been well done, shouldered his mubket and walked deliber ately out of the camp. Nobody spoke to him nobody onered any interference, and stepping into his canoe he paddled to the shore and disappeared in the woods, leav ing the Winnebagoes stupefied. A Cheap Ice Pitcher. The follow ing is a simple method of keeping ice waler for a long time in a common pitcher: Place between two sheet3 of paper (newspaper will answer, tl i k brown is better) a layer of co'ton batting about half an inch In thickness, fasten the ends of paper and batting together, forming a circle, then sew or paste a crown over one end, making a box the shapj of a stovepipe hat, minus the rim. Place this over an ordinary pitcher filled with iee water, making it deep enough to rest on the table, so as to exclude the air, and the reader will be astonished at the length of time . his iee will keep and the water remain eold after the ice ia melted. Hot . Summers. In 1132 the earth opened, and rivers and springs disappeared, in Alsace. The Rhine was dried up. In 1152 the heat was so great that eggs were cooked in the sand. In 1160, at the battle of Bela, a fjitat number of soldiers died from the heat. In. 1276 and 1277, in I ranee, an absolute failure of the crops of grass and oats occurred. In 1303 aud 1304, the Seine, the Loire, the Rhine, and the Danul, were passed over dry footed. Iu 1393 and 1304 great numbers of at 'mnls fell dead, and the crops were Bcorched up. In 1440 the heat was ex cessive. In 1538, 1539, 1510, 1541, the rivers were almost dried up. In 155G there was a groat drought all over Europe. In 1615, and 1616, the heat was over whelming in France, Italy and the Nether lands. In 1646 there were fifty consecu tive days of excessive heat. In 1678 excessive heat. The same was me case in the first three years of thu eighteenth, century. In 1718 it did not rain once from the month of April to the month of October. The crops were burned up, and the thea tres were clostd by tho decree of the lieu tenant of police. The thermometer marked 36 degvees Keaumer (113 of Fahrenheit.) In gardens which were watered, fruit trees flowered twice. In 1722 and 1724 the heat was extreme. 1747 the summer was very hot and dry, which absolutely cal cined the crops. During seven months no rain fell. In 1748, 1751, 1760, 1767, 1778 and 1780, the heat was excessive. In 1811, the year of the celebrated eomet, the summer was very warm, and lhe wine d,ncioUF eveil at Susenes. In 181S the theatres in France and Great Britain reruaiued closed for nearly a month, owine to the heat. In 1836 tho Seine was almost dried up A In 1850, in the month of june tLe second anpoi nf tV.Q ...i., .i, JL. poar- I -"... v v ' tiiwituij .lie. luuutc mometcr marked 25 degrees centigrade The hiji- est temperature which man can suto:t for a certain lime varics from 40 ,l45 1 degrees (104 to 113 Fahrenheit). Pre sume ot the in- j quent accidents occur, however, at a lesj elevated temperature. The Emitt Cradle. There is a whole volume of poetry in the following little sketch, which we find in tho lust number of Mifs Barber's Weekly : We met John on the 6tairs. He was carrying an old cradle, to be stowed away among what he termed "plunder," in the lumber room. One rocker was gone, and the wicker work of the fides broken ; it was an old willowy alfair, but yet we could not refrain from casting a sud look into its empty depths. "Gone !" we slid dreamily, "all gone!" What golden heads were once pillowed here, heads on which the curls crew moist iu clumber, and the cheeks and Una flushed to the hue of rose leaves. When sleep j iv, LUC I1UU UX ieiOJ iK MY L.-, II UCII C1C j broke, the silken fringed lids opened hea j ly from the slumberous eyes ; smiles flit! heavi- ted like sunbeams over the face : the white fist was thrust into the mouth, and when mamma lifted the muslin and peeped to see if baby was sleeping, cooing and crowing was heard ! The littlo feet began to kick, out of pure delight, and kicked until both of tho tiny red shoes were landed at the f ot of the cradle. Where are those hands now f Some that were embrowned by vigorous manhood are sleeping on battle fields, some are bleached with time and cares ; and they have grown 6ore and weary on the rough paths of life. Perhaps some little one once tenderly rocked here, is sleeping in the coffin. Over it grows heartsease?, and vigorous box and white candy-tuft, and the starry jas mine. The bluebird flutters its bright wings through the willow boughs, and the cool wind whispers to the green leaves ami grass blades on the grave. What of? Perhaps of its immortality. Sleep on little dreamless one. "Of such is the Kingdom, of Heavtn." A Motsiek's SotjLOiUT. Tis mine I Bound to me by a tie that death cannot sever. That little heart phall never thrill with pleasure, or throb with pain, without & quick response from mine. I am tho ccti tro of its little world ; its very life depends on my faithful care. It is my sweet duty to deck those dimpled limbs, to oise that tiny, tremblirjg foot ; yet stay ! My duty ends not here 1 A soul looks forth from thoee bluo eyes I An undying sprrif, that shall plume its wing for a eeadelees flight, guided by my erring hand ! The Lot blood of anger may not poisou the fount whence it draws its life, or the hasty words escape my lips in that pure presence. Wayward," patwionate, impul sive ; how shall I approach it, but with a hush upon my spirit and a silent prayer ! Oh, careless sentinel, slumber net at thy post of its trusting innocence ! Oh, reckless "sower of the seed" le.t not "the tares spring up I" Oh, unskilful helmsman ! how ebali thou pilet that little bark o'er life's tem pestuous sea, safely to the eternal shore I " 'Tis oura !" A father bends preadly over that little cradle! A father's love! how strong I bow true ! But, ob, not so tender as tier's whose heart that babe hath lain beneath! Fit me for tho h ly trust, oh, Good Shepherd, or fold it early to thy loving i boiom! Fumy r.rii.
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