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florfmi* land I
i,_, VVUtt broad arms stretched Onm short to shore,
:■ The proud Pacific chares her strand,
,Sha hears the riark-Atlantfc roar;
• And nurtured on her ample breast,
. Ifow many a goodly prospect ilea
’ to Nature’s wildest grandeur dresl,
, Enamell'd with bor Invclicit dyes.
bl'.h prarles deck’d with flou-ors of gold,
' Like sunlit occana Ml afar;
Broad lakes her attire heaven* behold,
. Reßedtltis clear each trembling star,
And mighty river*, inminrain burn.'
On swopping onward, dark and deep,
, Through (bn-sts where the hounding lawn,
* Beneath their sheltering branches leap.
Ami cradled 'mid her clustering hills.
Sweet vales in dream-like iwauty hide;
Where love the air witb rnnslc fills.
And calm content ami peace abide:
For plenty here her r>iUii«ss pour*
In rich profusion o’er the land, v
And tent lo seice her generous store,
There prowls no tyrant’s hireling band.
Great Qodl wo thank tbne (or this home—
This bounteous hirihland of the free;
Where wanderers from afar inny come.
And breath* the air of Llbejty I
Still may her floweivuntrnmpb-d spring,
Her harvests wave, her citfe s rise ;
And yet. till Time shall fold his wing,
Remain Earth’s lovolisi paradise I
fWflcclinneotta.
THE LITTLE ST B EEt BEOO A R.
BY OXORQB CANNING HILL.
The following story ita jewel. - We ask fur ll a
faarefnl perusal from all our young friends. Wiml
can candies, cakes, or any enticemenl of the eunfee*
tionary, do towards giving a eilm, happy tempera,
mant of mlod,wheo compared with that produced
by.afurdmg relief,to a family blasted with poverty !
Young friends, read (he story,act out ila suggestions,
and God will bless you.
It-was (he morning of a new year that had just
set in,bright, golden and beautiful. Thoanowglit
tered like,jeweled raiment in'the cloudless son. Tiia
chiming of (lie slavery sounds of (he. bells struck
joyftilly upan the listener in every street. The sir
was cold, though not piercing! bracing though not
biting—just cold enough, in truth, to infuse life and
elasticity into every one that moved.
There was a little girl, a child of poverty, on that
beautiful new year's morning walking Ilia streets
with the.gay crowds (hat swept past her. Her little
feet had grown sore, eneaAed only Inlhin shoes bad :
Jy.worn, that she could but with difficulty move one
before (he other.' Her dheaft* shook al every step
■no took, and her lips looked, truly purple. Alas,
poor Elsie Gray, She was a beggar ! .
Juhl like the old year was the new year to her.—
Just like thk Inal year's Wants, and the last year's
sufferings,'were thu wants and sufferings ol ihl*.
The change of the year brnhght no change in her
condition With ft. She wda poor, her mother wiia a
widow and a invalid, and the child was a poor beg*
gar. • . • .
In the old cheerless room gleamed no bright fires
of anniversary. No evergreens, no wreaths, no flow,
ers, save a few. old,withered ones which decked the
tifflfslaihed walls. Thorn was no sound of merry
Voleos wllll|o.lho door tossy to the widow Gray, ‘A
happy (few Yeor to you, Mrs. Gray !' Heaven seem
ed to have shut her and her abode out from happi.
nesi that Was all (he world's on that festive day of
the year, tl had provided, to all appearance, no joy,
no congratulations, no (soghte.r, no giAs, no flower*
for (hem. Why f Had (hey volnntairlp abut (hem.
•elves ont from lha son light of the living creatures
around (ham f No: a shame take fhe world us it
moat be answered for them. Mrs. Gray was poor.
Little BUie stopped at times and breathed her hot
breath upon her blue and - benumbed fingers, and
■lamped her tiny feel in (heir thin caaemeiila wl'h
•II (he force left in (hem; and then the big (ears
stood in hoe large blue eyes for a moment, arid rolled
•lowly down her purple cheeks ■■ (hey would freexe
to (hem*' She had left her mother in bed, sick, ex
hausted and famishing. What wonder that she cried
even (hough her tears only dropped on the icy pave,
menl! Atwell fall (here as elsewhere: the many
human hearts that pasted her were full si icy and
hardened.
Bbs would hsvo tamed her back to go home; but
■he thought again or her poor mother, and went on,
though where to go the knew not. She was to be*
Come a street beggar. Where woald street beggars
go I. > Where streets sro laid oat end named and
numbered for. them? Surely, if not home, then
where should they go? It was this thought that
brought those crystal tears—that started those deep
end irrepressible sobs tlul choked her infant otter 4
snes.
A'yoong bey—s bright looking little fallow
ohenoed to meet hef ss she walked and wept, and
he stopped. Ho caught iho glitter of those tears in
(hb sunshine, and the sight sinoje his angle heart.—
Hs knew not what want and suffering were. Ho hud
never'khnwn them himself—never once heard of
them—knew not even what a real beggar was. He
slopped suddenly before ISlsle, end asked the cause
ol those te»re. She could make him no reply—disr
heart was too full.
* Has anybody hurl you?’seked the fooling IHtlo
fellow. •
She thiibk her head negatively.
• Have you lost your way ?* he preslsted,
•Nb’/'answored the child quite audibly, .
• What is the matter, then ?'he asked.
• Mother* Is pour end sick, and I sm oold and hun*
gry, We have nothing to eat. Oar room is quite
cold, end (here is indeed no wood for ut. Oh, you do
net know, ell—yon oennol know ell.
• But 1 will,* replied the manly boy. 'Where do
yon live?'
'Will you go with mo?’asked Elsie, her face
brightening*
'Yes, lei me go with you,' he said, ‘show me the
way.*
Through tho street Una, and alley ehe guided
him. They reached the door of her hnvel. The cold
breath of wind whUperod in at the crock* and orev
ioea and keyhole before them, aa if inviting them In,
They entered. A aick woman feebly railed her head
from the pillow, and gave her a sweet amile. ‘Elsie,
have you eome ?' she faintly aaid.
‘ Yes, .mother,* antward the child , 'and I have
brooghl thie hoy with me.. Ido not know who ho is,
but he aaid he wanted to eome and tee where we
lived. Did I do wrung to bring him, mother 7*
* No, my ohlld/anld her mother, ‘lf ho knowe how
to pity you from Mi llUl*heart,bot he cannot pity
me yet—he ie not old enough you*
* The - bright faced, sunny hearted boy gated In
astonishment upon the mother and child. The scene
was new to him. Me wondered if that woe what
they called poverty. Hie eyas looked eadly upon tho
Wailing mother,but they glittered with wonder when
they turned towards Elsie. Suddenly they filled
With tears. Tho .want, the woo, (he barrenness, the
deiolntion, were all too much for him. He shuddor.
ed at the cold, uncovered floor. He gazed moorn
fully at the empty flro place. HU eye wandered
wondeilngly over the naked walla. Pulling his hand
in hie pocket, he grasped the coin that hie mother
had that very morning given him, and drew it forth.
». Von may have that, 1 said ho holding It out to tho
Child.
.* Oh, you are too good. Vou ere too generous,-I
fear,* broke in the mother, ei if aho ought not to
take it from him.
; ‘.Mother will give mo another if I want it,* said
be) ‘ll will doyoo a great.deal of good, and; 1 know
Jdoa’l.DeedU. Take it,take it) you ahall take IV!*
nd ha wae instantly gone.
’ li wee a gold coin of the value of five dollars,
tyotbpt bad 9hild both wept togsthsf, Then they
talked of* the good boy whole heart hod opened fof
them on thia hew year’s day. Then they let their
fancies run and grow wild aa tlmy choose, They
looked at the glistening piece. Thera was bread,
clothing and tael in He depth.' They continued lo
gate upon it. Now they snw within Us rim,pictures
of joy and delight; visions of long rooms all wreath,
ed and decorated with flowers and evergreens; vis
ions of smiling faces and happy children, of. merry
sleigh rides . and .the glistening' of • bright runners
over the smooth worn snow. They listened, they
heard the mingled sounds of merry vbtcea and the
chiming mnsio oC hells, ( tho accents of innocent
tongues, and the.laugh of gladsome hearts, Ah
what a philosopher's>|ono was (hat coin. How it
turned things first into happiness! flow it grouped
around ihcm kind and. cheerful friends and filled
their oars wills kind voices, ffow'it garlanded.all
the hours of (hat day with evergreens and full blown
roses. How it spread them a laden table, and crowd.
ed it with merry guests too, nil enlisfioH and happy.'
O, what bright rays shone from-the trifling coin of
gofd.' Could it have been as bright in the ohild’sor
the nvn’s pocket? No, clso it had burned Its very
way through, and lent Its radiance to others. Could
U have shone with such visions in the rich man’s
hands ? No, else Its avarice would have vaninbed at
ones, and his heart overflowed with generosity'. No,
no, it was only to such as the widow and her child
that it wore such a shine, and emitted such brilliant
rays, and revealed such sweet and welcome visions.
Only for such as they.
That night returned Ibe nngcl boy to the bleak
room, then .filled with happiness and lighted with
joy ; his own mother was with him. -
Blessed boy. He passed the wh'ilo New Year’s
day in making others happy. • And how much hop.
pier was he himself? How his little heart wanned
to see the'child Uncover the bosket he had brought
with him, and take out one. by one, tho gifts (hat
were slowed there, flow overjoyed was lie lo see
his mother offer lire sick worn,an work and a new
home, and to see the sick woman suddenly glow
very strong »nd almost well under (ho Influence at
their kind offers. Ho wondered if their happiness
oould possibly he as deop as Ins own, if their New
Year was oa bright to them os to him.- Ho knew
not huW one could bo happier, than ho . was at, that
moment.
Years have rolled nway in the silent past. That
IKtle girl—Elsie Gray—is a lady.- Not a lady only
In name, bnt one in every deed, In ho in condupl.
SJio dwells In a sweet suburbno coltugo.and her
husband Is devoted only to her. The husband ia no
other than (he generous hoy who on the New Year's
festival accosted her Ao tenderly In the street and
went.home with her. Her poor mother sleeps qui*.
etly in the church yard ; yet she lived to know that
God had provided for her child. She died resigned
and happy. . '
. Arc their, coins, cither] gold or silver, that must be
locked away from sight on this day of (he new
year? Are there containing within ihclr depths
such sweet visiorts, rnch happy sights, (hey must bo
under lock and hey atf this day, lest happiness and
comfort may become too universal.
A IjAOT’B VISIT TO A PRIZVTINO OFFICE,
“So you set t ere all day and cut pieces from
the newspapers;-1 should like that, it is so much
like patch work.* 1
♦•Yhb. madam, we exciesoriib. though wo are
obliged to weave considerable cloth ourselves.—
Suppose you occupy our chair; and.glve the public
your ideas of editing a paper.”
“Me!.goodness! 1 wouldn't sit down hare and
write where everybody is .writing alone for the
world; writing m -kea a person so cross. Besides
your table ia nil ink; it would soil my new dress;
why don't you have a nice mahogany table and
nice while curtains at the windows. What makes
you hang up these dusty old papers ini. the room I
If 1 was obliged to stay here the floor should be
washedand a carpet laid down; it aiust be dread*
fuJ to live in.such » manner."
“O, these are ouf Glee; wo couldn't dispense
with them very well, and ae foe a carpet, we fear
it would frighten away our customers.*'
"Dear me, the genllei’nen ere so careless about
everything that I don't think they are comfortable
unless their rooms are littered up. Did you; write
all these sheets to-day 1", 4
"Certainly* and we are'nol through*yet."
"Why it lakes me a whole day to compose and
copy a letter, 1 hope you don't scrawl and blot
so when you write to the ladles 1 1
• "We never had that pleasure, madam." .
"No—you don't write for them cither, or you
would not print niich olOfTas you do."
"Don't put anything more in the paper about
Oregon or Oongress, will you—it is ao dull. Dut
what are those.men doing in the other room with
their sleeves rolled up and making motions as
though they were going to fight somebody.**
"Those are our compositors, setting type; you
see they have a stick in one hand, and they place
the types in it With the other.".
"1 don't.see any slicks, unless yon cal) them
little pieces of iron so; what names you have, (
always thought a stick was to walk with."
."Well, ours make, the wotld walk; those little
boxes that we call cases, contain the letters, and
the printers put them together into words and sen
tences by the aid of that, little piece of iron you
speak of."
"Well, I declare! doctors and lawyers I knew
liad bases, bul l never knew that printers had be
fore."
"Certainly, madam, they sometimes ere foul
eases and hard oases, loo; hut what be expect
ed of those who lead the life of devils V
"Why do they? I'm sorry to hear It. Do tell
me what that man is fiding'Uiat trough with wa
ter for."
"He is going to wet paper you know—"
"0 yeß, 1 thought you sprinkled your papers
and ironed them, to make them took eo smooth; 1
guppose this groat gallows looking machine is your
mangle."
"That's the press, madam, and this handlehore
is the Archimedean lever which moves the world.
Just notice its power, you perceive its broken le
ver— *
‘•Why In the world don’t you have it mendud.
The men always are sleek) but what are these
things that resemble picture frames.** **
“Those are what we term galleys."
“You have galleys, hey I I dldnVknow that
printers were so much like Homans before.’*
' “Look yonder—what is (hat boy doing!'*
“Oh, he (a distributing a handful of pi.*'
“I shouldn’t think a handful of pie would be
much amongst eo many."
“What are you going to do with those slips of
printed paper." ,
“These are proofs, and we are obliged to read
them; won't you sit down and help ue ?'*
“No, indeed! 1 oen’t boar to read any kind of
proof, unless sometimes in (rials for breach of
promise. I don't believe the ladies would make
very good printers."
“Pardon ue, madam, but wo thlnk } lhoy tfodld.
Their slender Angora would be the vary things for
handling small onpa, nonpareil, agate, pearl end
minion; they might do well even with long pri
mer.
“Pshaw, don’t mention U» } boar
the name of long primer since ina used to mako
roe learn the oateohU out of it- Oh, good gra
cious! if I havn’t spoiled my gluves by touching
some of your old type. What an awful thing it
wodd be to gel your ink on my band- Mood
morning.” ■ ' .
Idlcnrss.—A public mint, where various kinds
of mischief are coined and circulated among tho
molt despicable of the humso race. <
“own COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT litOllT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.'*
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY,.APRIL 15, 1852.
DUTCH DANCKSIS OLDEN TIMES. I tieud 4*t>tldu£fct,'
. An antiquarian correspondent of the Knickerbook. tnoito* “Servfl God and be
er Magazine has contributed to ' lift columns thaful. c u ** . , ... ... ... ' . !
, , , , •• —V/, t. tc. Never at night retire without being wiser than
lowing remini,osnae of by gone day.,-which breathe. you,rose in tho morning,, by having lenined
fresh with tho spirit of'Old Diedrloh t* something useful 'during the day. ' J
, ; Friend OUrk—Ynu will recollect ~lhnl I was el* I A man 100 busy to 'lake’haw of his health, is
ways an Owl ornUhologteally speaking, and oqjoyed like a mechanic loobnsy to take'car** of his tools. 1
sitting up t*t night as long as anyonouould bofouud Never’let a day pass without'having made an
to tulk with me.. Here in (lie country every pnng efTorl to make some one happier; every euoh ef
sevo the Kuty did.,. Kuty-didn’ts, end ■ fovy other ( otl% whether euooesaful or not, will increase your
silence breaking etomologia, go to bed at or before own happiness • 3
nine 0-clock, laying me.iiting clone, wilingAt . | Timfi ' b ; 0 „ 8 like a rough ironing horse,
reasonable hour to retire, so as not to awaken before< Mn j _ ■. „ t,' v ,V *• *
the world .bell got prepay .irod io the morning— | “"J °“ r "W havetU Hark nighle, quag-
Such I. now my po.ilionf ,nd all think, el.e.m, ! ""J™ and J? ok o'lanlorps-but there will come a
thoughts have rambled back to when wy °ddy morning at last, a smoother road and easier
used to visit Hackensack, Aquachanonk, arid other S®*®; -
Immediate neighborhoods, together,' Do you recol* • riile sense and exalted sehse are not hall do
led that young girl whom you asked if she waa ah valuable as common sense.. There are forty men
American 7 Does not this remind you of her 7 ‘Vol °f wit for one man of sense; and he that will carry,
I don’t tink 1 know ehust right'; my mudder vas a nothing ahodi him but gold, will be every day at
High Dumber, and my faddor was bf Dietsch dis* a lossVor want of readier ohkiige. ~f
traction!'and the old Dutch negro of whom you By.seemiugr to countenance vice in others; we
asked what church Hist was: ‘Vol, boss, 1 don’t inartiaibly countenance It In ourselves, for there is
know prezackly, but I tink it bo da Wolach pertor-. a suitable and almost mysterious sophistry which
med S’ Those who.visit that lounllty now can form *he employs as her chief agent In pacifying the
but a slight estimate of the old Jersey-Dutch char, mutinies of conscience and Seducing rdason from
actor. When a boy, I used to go on the road to her vigilance *
A |',' h ? •If Tl "' c "ri"t ls student of hnmdn nntnre should bo
h n” whll. observing vieb s. it is exhibit.
10’lake care of the horses and young missus.* The 0d 1 V I'T* l ! ,al he dues not himself oome too
boys arrived rather later, and found the girls edited ", par lh « l influence of he deleterious sphere, and
close tiigfctticr-on one side of tho room; and euoh a I *husi suiter lus moral vision to be. secured by the
blaze of guady culors! Cou'd chromatography have | mu 7»y vapors which envelope It
been known in those days 7 Red bodices with sky.
blue skirts, and green ribbons around the,waist;
artilicini roses in their hair ns long as (he one which
used to surmount tho haggis’nt Mistress Nicholson’s
on a Burns* festival and eheeku os red almost ns tho
bodice; blood red cornelian beads around the neck,
and occasionally pea green gloves! -
'Such were, Iho mothers of (ho present Van Rip.
per, Van Dorns, Vundams. Bergen*, and other lumil.
ic*vf high repute i And. with (he exceptions of a
certain highmlndnoss,which caused them to ovetlook
Professor. Morse’s theory nf‘chords nf color,’the
present generation hare no cause to bo ash.imed of
them. The boys wore their hats with a now pipe in
(ho hat bunds nnd nails in their shoes, which had a
pyrotechnic effect when bjdughl in collision with
tho sand on iho floor. I really believe that some of
these nails must hove been made of aleel.-far they,
made the firefly tremendously about' the time they
look oflT their coats to dance in earnest,
After the boy« hud gin slings all around, and of
fcredllie Inst, half gill of each, glass*, with an extra
dual of nutmeg, to aome. favorite girl,, the d-moing
began. The first hoy Out threw a sixpence Into the
fiddler's hat woa entitled to (ho first partner. He usu
ally selected her by n wink; but such a wink I All
the upper part of his body winked, hat included;
and alter pitting the end of her finger In her mouth
and throwing her head o little to one aide, to show a
proper degree of coyness, up rose the fair partner;
and the father'* best negro, usually-crouched in the.
corner of the fire place, would sometimes oil out
’Dal.'s my young missus,-cun'l she' d.tuor, d'ough 7*
And so she would; lor with a vhuffimg step .both
abound her partner seemed intent .on tiring each
otherout. When parties became really fagged, off
went the buy** coat, llicn the hia shoes were
brought to. bear on a fresh ‘handful of while sand
thrown on the fionr for hi- especiil .benefit. A yell
from the negroes* a smile from the feminines, nnd u
laugh from the landlord, was the usual acknowledge,
moots of the pyrotechnic excellence,
When the boy was tired he sat down, but his fair
p irlner kept the floor, and continued the.shufne with
» fresh partner in front, and facing her. Some nf
those young girls would lire out two or three hoys;
one I recollect in particular, who win always point*
ed out to strangers as having 'danced ’ down* five
partners boforo she gave out. But two pairs over
held the floor at tbe same lime, and all (lie rest were
silent spectators. I cannot tell you nil the oddities
of these meetings, but they were numerous nnd note
worthy, City boys being'smarter'dressed were
sometimes preferred by the Dutoli girts, nnd in such
oases they bad to (rest tbe Du£h bora very liberally
login slings, or they would gethundled ratlier'ropgh
ly. I remember.being .minus a hat nnd about hall
a cent on one of these occasion*. Dough nuts,
ktullers, and cider mulled with ginger, were the
luxuries employed, and the quantity of those delien
cios (hat were disposed off would not be believed in
these degenerate days. Like the old man who boat
ed of having visited England before time of railroad
and haying enjoyed the old style of post coaches, 1
am sorry that I saw the Dutch girls of New Jersey
before they hod lost the peculiarities which their de
acchdants now study to avoid. Old Bno Treeland
stilt keeps the house at the foot of Berry's Hill, but
(he road hat gone into disuse, end he seldom sees a.
customer: 1 slopped (here • few year# elneo, and,
found him as Dutch »a over, at 85 years of age,—
His very first salutation 'told the story.*
•Vel den, M- -,* said ho 'how does you do now a
days milyouraelf?*
The good old brogue was a'pleasant ssund to
hoar.* •
The following llnev.by Bishop Chichester, on the
deilli of a beloved wife, are at onoe touching and
beautiful i
“ Sleep, on, my love, In thy dold bed,
Never to be disquieted;' '
My last 'good night 1* Thou will not wake,
.Till Hhy fate shall overtake j
TUI age, or grief, or sickness moat*
Marry my body With that dual •
It ao much love*; and fill the. room
• My heart keepa empty in the tomb.
Slay for me there, I will not fall
To meet thee in that hollow rale ;
• And think not much of my delay ;
I am nlfeady on tha'Way; ‘ J
And follow thee with all the apeeJ
Desire can make, or aorrow breed.
Euoh minute is a abort degree,
‘And every hour a step Inwards thoe ;
At night, when 1 betake to rcat,
Next morning 1 riee nearer my well
Of life, almost by eight hour#* fall .
Thun when ileep breathed hie drowey gale.*/
Aw AwlS Woman Fowled.—'A few day* sins*, a
pleaaent.looking, middle aged mm, with iron-grey
hair,slopped at an ufplo woman's stand on Clitvnut
•Ireot, and paying for one of liar flneal plpplnr, cut
it In two, wlion, much to the woman's aatoniilifoenl,
a fit# dollar gold pieoo rolled out Imm the eere.-
“Why," aald he, “these are. golden plppina you sell:
•hall 1 have another at the asms price 7" Shalvas 10
aetonlahedaUhe occurrence as to be unable U reply,
and (he buyer, taking alienee fur oonaent, out) anolh.
er, when a golden seed, of still greater valuoi diopp.
ed from it. Recovering from her surprise,ahe refua
ad to soil any more to him,and forthwith commenced
cutting her apples upon her account, without finding l
what a)ie expected. The purchaser was, offer some
haggling shout the price, suffered to pay fur another
apple, and the woman was again surprised bya golden
eoglo being found within it> A crowd had by this
time gathered, who, recognizing Blitz in the phrehas
er; onjoyod tho amazement oflho woman. , Sho wai
aboot to out nnOtbor pippin, when Blitz offered, to
•how her how. to sooumplieh the foal. Handing her 1
his own knifo, he used n litito mitgio powder, and on
CuUlngthonpplo.alia found her labors rewarded with
s quarter-eagle. This Blitz allowed bor to keep in
return for hie joko,but cautioned the woman not to
out up any more apples without burrowing hie knlfd
and aomo powder,—Ledger.
ThnYunkeo Dlndo gives the following among
other “hints on matrimony;" ■
‘•Don’t he surprised, if after you httvo sailed
smoothly about nine months on the voyage of ma
trimony, you are overtaken by a bquall I"
Ws shouldn't wonder* I'ts so natural.
Beautiful Figure^
Two painters were employed to frescoe the
walla of a magnificent cathedral; both stood on a
rude scaffolding constructed for the purpose some
forty feel from the floor. One of them was so in
tent upon his work that lie became wholly absorb
ed, and in admiration stood i ff from the picture,
B‘iaing *hi it with intense delight.' Forgetting
where lie waa 4 lie moved backward, slowly, sur
veying* critically the work of his pencil, until he
had neared the very edge of the plank upon which
he stood.
'At 1 - (hie critical moment, his companion turned
suddenly, and, almost frozen with horror, beheld
lua imminent peril; another instant and the enlhu*
siast yrpuld he precipitated upon the pavement be
neath; if he spoke to him it was certain death; if
ho held hie peace death was-equally euro. (Sud
denly he regained his presence of. mind, and seiz.
ing a wet brush, flung it against the wall, spatter
ing the beautiful' picture with unsightly blotches
of coloring. ! The painter flaw forward, and turned
upon his friend with fiercr* imprecations; but star
tled at his ghastly face, he listened to the recital
of dangef,’locked shudderlngly over the dread
space below, and with tears of gratitude blessed
tho hand that saved him, . ~i*;
b<>, said a preacher, we sometimes gel absorbed
in looking upon.(he pictures of this world, and in
contemplating., them, step backward, unconscious
of our peril; when the Almighty dashes out the
beautiful images* and we spring forward to lament
their destruction—into the outstretched arms ol
merry* and are saved.
Look at T’other’Side, Jim*
When a boy, aa 1 was one day passing through
the market with my brother Joe, I spied a beautiful
orange lying on a basket of the saiuc iruil I enquired
(he prioo, and was proceeding to bay it, wht*a my
brother exclaimed with a shtowdnsss which i shall
never forget, ‘look at t'other side, Jim.'
1 looked und to my utter astonishment it waa en
tirely rotten,
Xu passing through life. I have been frequently
beucfiilcd by this little admonition.
When I hear the tongue of slander levelling its
venom against some fault or fuible of a neighbor, I
think 'luok at t’other aide, Jim!* Bo moderate—
h ivo charity. Perh ipi the fault or foible you talk
so much, mid ao loudly of, is almost (he only one in
yotir neighbor's character, nnd perhaps you have as
greftt or greater ono of your own. .
It may be this ia your neighbor's weak side, snd
except (his he la a good oilixan, a kind neighbor, an
afibotlnnute father and husband, and a useful mein
her of soch-iy. Others may listen to'the etory of
oslumny—but remember they will fear and diapise
the c.ilumolitor. Learn to overlook a fault in your
friends for porhaps you may wish them to pardon on
a ftitjU in you.
Effect of Monotony on Health*
Irl.Dr. Draper's admirable address to (he Medi
cal College, on the death of Dr. Paulson* he makes
a few truthful remarks
•'No matt for any length of lime can porane one
'WvVIon or, train' or thought, without mental injury
—najr, I will go farther, without Insanity. The
constitution of the brain ia such that it must have
Its time of repoaa. Periodicity isstamped upon it*
Nor is it enough that it is awake end in action by
day, and in the silence of night obtains real and
repair. That same periodicity which belongs to
it as a whole, belongs too, to oil its constituent
parts. One portion of it osnnot be flailed Into in*
peasant activity without a permanent injury ensu
ing. Its different regions, devoted to different
functions, must'have their separate times of rest.
The excitement of ond part must be coincident
with a pause In the action of another. 1 do not
think it possible for mental equilibrium to be main*
uined with one idea or one monotonous mode 'of
life,
There is a necessity for men of great intellectual
endowments, whose minds are often strained to
the utmost, to fall back on other pursuits, and. thus
it will,el way she that one seeks refuge in the plea*
sores of quiet country life, another in theohase, In
('• reign travel, another in socjsl amusements.—
Nay, withall menjeven those whose lot has been
oast In a more lowly condition, whoso herd destiny
Ji is to spend their whole lives in pursuit of their
daily bread; with one train of thought, and one
unvarying course of events, what would become
of them if it were not for such a principle ns this?
Men often say that the pleasures of religion, and
of a Christian faith are wholly prospective, and to
bp realised only in another world, In ihis they
make a mistake, for these consolations commence
even here, and temper the bitterness of fate,
-The virtuous laborer, though he may be ground
down with the oppression of his s oial condition,
is not without his relief; at (ha anvil, the loom, or
oven at the bottom of the mine, he le leading X
double existence—the miseries of the body And a
contrast in the calm of the soul—the warfare with*
out ia compensated by the peace within—.the dark
night of life here serves only to brighten the glo
ries of the prospect beyond. Hope is the daugh*
ter of despair. And thus a kind Providence so
overrules events, that It matters nut In what, sta
tion it may be—wealthy or poor, intellectual or
lowly—a refugo is always at hand, and the mind
worn out with one thing turns to another, and its
physical excitement is followed by physical re
pose,”
That woman “are .born lo love" is ta certain as
that Goners! Jndksoriwas born to die, Their very
dialect show* t|te strength of this proclivity;—
'(’hey use tfin word lo indicate any sort of affection,
i passion,'penchant.appetite or fancy. They.“love"
j thvlr (nvnrs, and their husbands, fine dresses and
fine diapers, sweetmeats, and “ayveel ribbons,”
with apparently the same sort and the same mea-
I sure of affection. To “like 1 * is lop tanio an ex
pression for'it’lady’s choice. She “loves” every
thing (that hhe does not happen'to hale) and can
find no other word in the dictionary that Is equal
(to her need.
HBUORT*
Softly fades the golden sunlight
From the valley and the hill:
Softly dies the wind of summer*—
- All the leaves are still:
And the dusky twilight, floating
From the sunset's purple bars.
Shows the mystic gulf of heaven
Thick with golden stare.
Thus, when’er 1 leave thee, dearest,
Fades from me the joyous light
That when In thy charmed presence
Makes my eoal so bright.
Thus, too, motn'ry, like the twilight!
Brings a holy calm'o me, .
Strewing o'er my spirit's darkness
. Star bright thoughts of thee*
Ths Ungrateful Son,
’ “The eye that moeketh at hla father, the ravens
, of the valley shall pick it out,’* Prov. 80: 17.
i This is a terrible denunciation against ingratitude
, to parents* and even in the present day is some
, times virtually fulfilled.
Some years ago* an Irish gentleman* Who Was
an extensive contractor on our public works was
reduced to poverty by the profligacy and dishones
ty of an ungrateful son. The old myn lost his
wife, end, to fill the cup of his sorrow, he lost his
sight. Thus poor, friendless, blind* and forsaken,
he found an asylum th the Franklin county alms
house, Pennsylvania.
While an inmate of this refuge for the afflicted,
his wicked and ungrateful son travelled that way;
ho was informed of his father's situation and that
his father Wished to see him;, and although he
pawed within twohundrtd yards of iheatnis-house,
he refused to stop.and see (ha kind father he had
ruined. Now mark the result. The very day he
passed (he a(ms*hoose on his way to Gettysburg,
in an open carriage, he was overtaken by a storm,
nnd took a severe bold (hat resulted in the destruc
tion of his eyes. Ho, lay.in.Gettyfburg, in a crit
ical situation until his funds were exhausted* and
(hose who bad him in charge took him to the
Franklin county alms-house.
The very day he wafbrought In! his father, ha
ving died the day before, was carried out; H*
was put in the same room, and occupied the same
bed, and .in a short time followed his neglected
and heart-broken father to the Judgment sea; of
* hrlst. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands
of an angry God. ■ •
Lore at Prat Sight*
Not an urtfreqiioni phrase of sympathy with uti
known people has bean a firat eight liking, sufficiently
potent lu inspire immediate resolve to win and wear.
Quo casu wo know* was no officer, who. riding
through a country' town/ saw a young girl at the
window, whom he pointed out to a brother soldier,
with (he words, “you see that girl! she eh n ll bo my
wife: or I'll never have one J*’ And he really did not
only obtain her, but ho made her a good and constant
husband during the nearly half century that their
union remained unbroken by death. Another near
ly parallel example, woe one ofthe brightest Intellects
ofciur own day, Whnn he wee hardly more than a
h.d, he saw a young creature, of graceful figure and
modeat air, crossing Westminster Bridge, whoeltrao’
ted his attention so irresistibly* that ho followed her,
determining in his own mind, ae he dtd so, (hat she*
and nono other, should become his partner for life.
They were neither ofthem eighteen when they mar
ried ; and the bridegroom looked en mere a boy. that
the officiating clergyman thought U incumbent to
address a few words of admnimory oouse! (a him,
on the weight of responsibility* and the solemnity of
the duties he was about to assume. But its love'al
first sight quality, and its apparent youthful rashness,
did not proven! this proving a very happy match.
Jlfrs. Cfixodt* Clorkt. .
Credit*
Is your credit good 1 Keep it so. Never say
to n creditor »•! will pay yob to-morrow," and then
put him off a day or two longer, and perhaps a
week. Wo know of manv a man who might have
hc«n (ha “lord of his neighbor's purse," who can
not now obtain a dollar’s worth of credit. The
reason ,la* he never does aa he agrees. His moat
solemn obligations are broken; and whan a roan’s
Credit is gone he is ruined. It is next to Impossi
ble for him to secure what he has unwisely and
wickedly lost. A young man starting In life
should on no account whatever lose his credit. It
Is his only hope. Prompt payments have made a
thousand fortunes. Remember this and act ac
cordingly.
Why is wlrte made by'fermcniaiiont Because
the Sugar la'entirely aeeompoßed, and the only
products resulting from- it are carbonic acid and
ateohol. The changes which lake place during
this process may be thus 1 briefly expressed; some
of the carbon and some of the oXygen combine to
form carbonic add; while the remainder of the
the whole of the hydrogen, combine
to lorm alcohol; the decomposhive of the yeast
amounting to very little.—Donovan,.
Why do alligator? swallow stones wfion going
in search of prey? Because (as'the Indians on
the Orinoco assert) they may acquire additional
weight to aid them in diving and dragging their
victims under water. A traveller being looie*
what incredulous on this point, Bolivar, to cpn*
, f ince him shot three alligators with his rifle, and
In each of them were found stones varying in
weight according to (ha ties of tha animal. The
largest killed wgs about 17 feet in length, and had
wiilifn him X stone weighing about 00or 70pounds.
The pores In the leaves of iTre plants, by which
(hey transmit moisture and sir,* are exceedingly
minute, and liable to bn choked by exposure to
dust; and ospeoihlly soot; delicate plants should
therefore be placed out of the reach of smoke, and
If their leaves become soiled they should be wash
ed.
A Womah Ouiixotirkd.— A Peris correspond
ent, under date of the 93d ull., writes that “the
execution by the guillotine of Marie Piohon, a wo
man forty years old, for (ho assassination of her
daughter,' ten Years old, took place yesterday, at
the Place do la Requeue. During more than a
year this inhuman mother tortured, in the most
painful manner, her child; which led to its death.
An unusual crowd of women were*pressnt« It Is
said this was due in some measure, to a popular
opinion, generally credited in Parle, that when a
wtiman hero was condemned to death, the law for
bade her execution, and directed the commutation
of her sentence to perpetual imprisonment,'*
No artificial moans will preserve that bloom and
freshness whloh poises* so Irrosislable a charm
for the mind, without good health, regular habits,
frequent absolutions of the body in water; early
rising, and oxoVclbob In walking or riding,
Why, in several species of birds, have the male
and female different plumage 1
Because, ua the female ceases In her old ago. to
lay eggs, aho obtains the male plumage,— Uluet*
bach.
A large number, perhaps a majority, of the stan
dard works of literature, were composed by mad
whose circumstances compelled (hem to adopt a
spare diet, and this may be one cause of their sh*
periority.
True eloquence consist* la saying what Is pro
per snd nothing more.
it uoo PBK mute
Wbt jßjoujJCfcM-jiei:.
The bitterness of yeast, which U often*
Cause of eomplkint, may ba removed by aUalntDg.lt
through bran, or by dipping red hot oharaoole In ft.
But the meal effectual and easily available.remedy
is to pul the yeast in a large pan and cover It with*
apring or well water, changing it every (hr**: ee
four hours. The bran scams to impair (be strength
and iha coal somciimes stains i( ( .but Urn water pB«
rlfirs U In color and taste.
The mode of using waUrfo? keeping abd purifying
yeast has been adopted by some of. the America*
housekeepers with entire success. Bo say* the Oaf*'
drier’a Chronicle. ,>
To Cook Parsnips.-— Persons who ftisa osier CsUof
parsnips cooked according to the fallowing hfctfe,
hive no idea what an.excellent dish tlioy ate. Scrape
(be parsnips, wash and allce them lontiiwiae { boll in
just water enough to cover them when' thoroughly, 1
done. Then pul In a piece of butter, iillh it iittV
salt and pepper. ' Beat up an egg with a spoonful
of floor, and poor over them, (hey arc (hen ready (o
dish op. Parsnips are likewise very good split oneei
and roasted with pork in (he dripping pan.
. To make PMsxsru Kkp. —The secret of. prater,
ting, them fropi.change. ft to exclude tbs dir>~
Tbs easiest way lo do this ia to broib oteraehenl
or paper'wilh the white of in egg, sod enter (he
jar, pressing U down around (he edgu wbile.rooliV
and it will cement perfectly tifcM. it {« cheaper,
neater, and It fa belter than seating op (be month Of'
a jur with wax or ootering U with bladder. j <
. Calx's Hkad Sour—Scald and wash • the • hied 1
olean with anil and water, place Ulo a.atew pan with
sufficient water lo cotor it | add a faggot, of tweet
herbs, bd onion atook with cloves,alx blade* nfmaco
and a tsblespoonful and half of pearl barley. Blew till
lender, and add ■ head of stewed celery. Season
with pepper, pour the aoupinlo the tureen, place,thrf
bead in (ho centre, and serte.
To Boil Esoi Hixd.—Nerer boil egg# For eelsdsv
sauces, or an; other purposes, more than ten mlntt*!
tea, and when done piece them' in a‘ basin of Cnfd
water for fit® minutes lo rool; lake off Ibeirebeitf
and use them when required.
To Smooths Flat Iroms.—lf your flat Irene aria
rough or smoky, by a little fine sail on e flat ear*
face, and rub them well; it will present thenvfrom
niching to anything starched, end make Ihsbt
smooths. • •• > i
Wasbino Stairs and PASsAnts.-The side* atad.
passages on which are carpets of floor efolhi should
be washed with a spongne, Instead of linen nt ihlK
nel, and (ho edges will not be toiled. ■*.
Dost For Clranikg Kmivm.—Otound eharaooaf
is said lo he the hest thing in (he world fur eleqnliM
knite* It will not wesr the knitee away like brio*'
dust which ia ao often used, ~t
v ■n*«Hea»
, To candfe oot In company* .1
To be joked about by a lady mhdtn yen eedrellr
lislike.
To be obliged to confess poterty (0 • ddn.
To make a good pun at which nobody tangfca lot.
rourself.
Walking with the ladles to bo met by 1 dilliitnflf
friend who Insilts on speaking to yoa.‘ ' ;
Tight boots-on a aommer's day,- ‘
A abort bed on a cold winter's night.' . ,
Disliking babies, to be obliged-through ooarlety.
In haudle your frlend'a ‘pretty little sweety,* for on
hoar or *O,
Unluckily enlisting yourself on the wrong sldeof
an argument, when you have ladle* and learuurf ctaX
tonppose.
Visiting u goon* lady forthu Aral tla*und u»
you are introduced treading oo her favorhu Mi*#,
tail.
lirraaramTioN or Dream*.—To drd'a'm of * mill.
•tone round your neck Isa sign of what yon nag,
expect if you gel an extravagant wife. To aeo apple*
in a dream betoken* a wedding, beoauae where yod
find apple* you may reasonably expect to find peer*.
To dream lhallyoo.are temele a token Ibtl you will
get Into a hobble. When a young lad£ dream* of
a coffin, It belnkene (bat eho should instantly dispone
lioue lacing her ataya tightly, and alway* go warmly
and thickly shod Sn wet weather. If yoo dreamo/*
a clock, it (a a token that you wilt gain credit—thef '
it, tick. To dream of fire ie a algo that, If yotf «ff
wise, you will aee that (ho light! in your home are
out before you go to bed.- To dream that year noeu
It red at the Up is an intimation that you had belief
leave off brandy and water. Tu dream of walking
barefooted denotes a journey that yon wilt make
booties*;
Sitffr.«.n*MSDr rom Scarlet Farm The Bald.
mar's Sun-sayst—Wa published, « year or Iwof ago#
a simple remedy for eonrlet fever—being no other
ih.n rubbing th. p.ileni ihoioitglily with ft! bison.'
We baso since, el different lime#, received cesaranu#
from different partice, whom the notice led to male
: a trial ofil, 61 the entire success of (he experiment
Other* are ju»t now tending u* testimonial* of tbi*
astonishing and epcody cure* recently wrought by It#
Wo mention the metier that others may ,r go end da
likewise.*’
Spanish Etiquette,— ln the general intercourse of
Suolety, (be Spaniards do not inslat very strictly on
the form* ofet)quet(e. A alrtnger after having beta
introduced into a family, may if ha chuCiee, cull eU.
ary day. or he rosy make hla call* at very long Intdr*
vala. But however seldom his visits, he ia aura to bu
always made welcome; the Spaniards have a favorlto
phrase, which ie eonalantly on their Up* t (her eay,
‘This thing or (he other is quite at your disposal;* end
they incessantly repeat the assurance to their visit*
ore. But when the Spaniard usee this phrase lu reft
erenoe to hie boose, and say*, "mle Cert eit* a fa
diapoaioion do uato," U seems to be the mere exprecu*
lon of courtesy but is uttered in perfect
The politeness of the Spaniard* ia leas than the! of
other nation*,* more matter ol outward form. tW*
la an unfeigned earnealnaae in their expression* of
kindness, and most espooiatty in their assurance of
hospitality. Of (tile I have had frequent opporlunU
tiea to bo convinced. In fact, the Spsnlshohirabter
is easentiaily Imbued with a spirit of ahivalry, which
manifests iiaelf in ordinary affaire of social life.-*
In no country arc women treated with such delioatu
courtesy in Spain.
A roetlo yooth and a Country pM tat facing etdh
other at tha topper table of a hinting pant' Th*
youth tinlnen with the oharmt of the beau tiro!
maid, only vented hit pateion In ahy looka, arid
now and then touching Katy'a too, with hit foot
under the table. The girl either fearful of the pa.
ilty of her alookingt, or determined to mate tbd
youth etprnta what he appeared to warmly to feel
while in tilenee, when aha cried out. “Lock kata,
if you love roe, tell me to, but don't dirty my
•looking.” * *
Good Aovtoiß.—Never borrow If you oindot*
•Ibly avoid it. v
Do dot marry until you are able to tuppbri ■
wife.
Never snoak evil of any one,
De Just before you are generous,.
Keep yourself Innocent If yoU would buhl]
A OmTau Putt—The Mllwaukte Adeantwt
Ihuß auiDß up the hanging question: -
"After i careful consideration of ell thoaitfo.
menu for and against oapllsl punishment,wubm
eome to.tho conclusion that the *debt of übiqiJ
Bhould never be paid. If It can't be eolUbtadwllb*
out >'
Words are the daughters of tbs mind. bat«o<
lions qib the sons of the eoul. ... v ;
NO.. 45.