EVERY TIIUKIiDAY UV
- ’■' ,- ; Jobn B. Bratton, i .
... ’
6do3Uiiiptionl—Olio DollaE and Fifty Conls,
Wld In advance i Two Dollars II paid within tho
Two-Dollars- ahd Pifty Oonls, If* not
iWiWhin tl>o yc«r- These lorma will be rig-
Idkadhered ta in ovory.instance. - No, sub
icrlptlott discontinued until all arrearages arc.
»a!d unless at (ho option of tho.lSditqr. ,
* AbvBttTiSBUENT3— Accompanied by the gash,
and not exceeding dno square, ,w|U’ bo inserted,
throe times for One Dollar, am* twonty-flvo cents
korpnoh additional insertion. Thosoofagrcat
stoHonglh in proportion. ‘
i JoD-FaiNTiNO—Such ns Hand-bills, Pofiting
bllls. Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels; &0.,&c., exe
cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notico.
TEE MODERN, BEMiE.
; the Brothers Hutchinson} H should
be'commUted to memory, and repeated occa.
'Jjlohftllj'O ■ . . ■ : r **
Tbo daughter sits‘in tho parlor,
- her easy chair,
- Shoe's clrtd 'in her silica and stains,
1 And jewels are in her hair}
winks and giggles and simpers
• . 'And simpers and giggles and winks,
• "And though she talks but little,
’*Tis vastly moro than she thinks.
kldr father goes clad in his russet,
i And ragged nnd seedy at that.
His coats aro nil out at tho elbow*—
. Ho wears a moist shocking bad hat,
Bo’s hoarding and savfng his shillings,
. So carefully day by duy,
‘While sho. on (ho baux and poodles
Is throwing H all away.
-Sho lies n-bod In tho morning
Till near tho hour of nooh,
Then oomcs doivn snapping and snarling,
- Because she was called so soon*
Her Mr is still In tho papers,
Her Checks sttll dnhlied with paint,
Remains of her Inst night’s blushes,
Beforo shu intended to mint.
!sho doatsupon men unshaven ;
. And man with the flowing hair,
Sim’s eloquent over moustaches.
They give such a foreign air.
Sho talks oflndlan music.
And fall# In love with tho moon.
And, though a mouse should meet her,
Slio sinks away In a swoon*
Hot 1 feet are so very small,
Hex hands so very white,
Her Jewels so very heavy,
Her head so very light,
Her color is made of cosmetics,
„ Though this she will never own,
Her body made mostly of cotton.
Her heart Is made wholly of stone,
Sho falls fn leva with a fellow,
Who struts with foreign air,
JIo marries her forhor mono}'—
Sho marries him for his hair;
t)no of tho very best matches—
Both arc well mated In llfof
She’s got a fool for n husband.
And he’s got a fool fov a wife!
JELlsftllnnwiiß.
- THE LEGEM OP THE STAfiVED RUCK.
AY M. W. JAN'AVRIN’
Tn the Far West, where hronil rolling prai
ries stretch awny fur miles m billowy iimlula*
lions —where the hold, inoun olnoua dills rise
•abruptly to the azure sky. crowned with dark
Hrs and cedars—not far from ihe head waters
or navigation oil the fllinoiK river, and lower-
Ipg.up, from tho bank of.the stream, rises
“Starved Rock.” h -'. ’ ' '■ ' : ‘
Its anils arc of dark grey stone, half veiled
with clnmheiing wild vines and trailing mosses,
assume old dilapidated castle, relic of feudal
times, stands‘burled in the drapery which long
ages have woven about it—and broken para
pets of stunted cedars and (Irs frown threaten’
ingly upon the daring adventurer who attempts
•to ascend its precipitous sleeps. A narrow,
almost perpendicular path, on Inc opposite side
of the river, is revealed ns von make a circuit
of (he base of the clilf; and hero, he who would
attain the highest elevation of the rock can as
cend.
There is a fugitive (ale. commemorating the
events which gave this wild cliff so strange a
•name, coming down to us from those early
limes whcn'tlie red man was sole lord of rock
and river and rolling prairie—a little record of
<ho vengeance of the Indian race, and opnift re
late ••The legend of the Starved Rofck. ’
Long years ago. the bravo and noble Indian
Chief. Oronee. lender of a powerful tribe inhnb
jliu the region adjoining that upon the Illinois,
saw and loved the gemle maiden Utah, daugh
ter of his rival chufioin.
Oroneo was ycting and brave: at his beh
hung the scalps of a bundled of his foes, whom
ho had slain in ba tie fray: his orm was strong,
his eye wns-kecn as the mountain eagle’s, and
no warrior in the chase could bring the licet
deer ortho fierce panther so surely as ho.
Ulah was young and fair.'Wilh eyes like the
evening star, and du*kv locks IUo the gather
ing shades of night, Her heart went out to
meet the brave Oronco’s, and when he told her
his wigwam was spread with the softest
fit's, and asked her to share it, saying he would,
for her. chase the deer and.bring down the
strong eagle in his flight—then she turned from
her stern father’s lodge and went with the
young chieftain.
Nc-pow-ra missed his daughter from his
Jodgc. When he camo back at night from the
(toils of the chase, site sprang not forth to meet
'hhn; when he returned from the biUle-lleld.or
mo deadly ambush,.exulting in victory, she
camo not forth to sing with his braves the war
songs of her race. The daughter of a chicf.oin
was In the wigwam of his deadliest foe. He
Could not brook the insult; and gathering his
wld. fleet worrlorsabout him around the conn.
C'Hlre, told tltem the wrong ho bad suffered,
and bade them follow him for revenge.
Day tiler day, night after night, saw them
«n iho troll of the fleeing enemy guided surely
by ino heavens above and the forest wilds be
ticftth Westward the stars of night led their
footsteps; and westward the sunbeams, reveal
ing Woken shrubs, and trampled leaves and
nwAse« In the tangled wildwood, gavo token
llmt they were on tno right trail,
I And westward too, fled Oroneo and his
IrtVea, fleeing for life, and what was dearer
him life itself to the young chief the safely of
its beloved; and on the fourth day, the eagle
jnto of Mte fugitives saw Jhe waving plumes of
heir pursuers in the distance. Before them
boso bold and high the huge rock on the brink
pf tho Illinois—Whind them camo the enraged
lather, with the fierce warriors of his tribe.—
.Upon tho wind floated tho wild ones of ven
jgeanco, and dancing,-over nearer camo those
eagle plumes.
, The pursued chief, with his dusky maiden
and a small band of faithful followers, fled lo
Urn rooky fortress—to tho lower of strength
winch rose precipitously In their path.
On, on. camo tho pursuers, with wild shouts
and uneartby yclla—on, on, and nearer yet.
until they had, reached the base of tho cliff,
and then singing a lojtd war-song they rushed
swiftly-up the narrow steep path.
„ But tbo young ohieftnin’fl arm was strong,
aodhla arrows swift and sure, and his braves
yosqlvcd to fight lo the death; so. one after au.
plhcr, as (hey-had almost gained, tho sumraitof
fho clifl, were by their enemies pierced by tho
Mncrnng Nhafts of the archers above, and fell
back ihcloHß among their comrades below. And
jheii failing In this attempt, with half their
*uu lying bleeding and dying among them,
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL: 43.
tho survivors closed in dark serried ranks
around the base, and with sullen silence and
invincible determination, awaited d lingering;
death of their victims on tho gloomy, sterile
fortress above.
Day-after day the stm rose in the orient;
wheeled across the burning heavens slowly to
the western horizon, at inid-dpy. flinging.down
scorching beams, and at twilight throwing
long, lengthening shadows over water, wood
and rolling pvario; but to those da the .high,
cliff, no relief came. , • .
Still, the withering sumbenma fell upon them,
drying up their very life-blood; still those gi
gantic shadows were flung athwart the back
ground; yet deeper the appalling darkness of
the dusky shadows creeping closer and closer
about their hearts. They were starving I
And there at tho very base of the rock, si
lent and immovable as the firs which shrouded
them from the fierce sun-rays, sat the implaca
ble chieftain, surrounded by liis warriors.—
Neither love, mercy or pity entered his flinty
heart. His bitterest foe had stolen his fair
est flower—his' only child, the daughter of a
race of kings* had left bis wigwam for that of
the enemy.
Vengeance upon them both—the bitterest
foe. the faithless daughter ! 1
While, wan, ana emaciated, they wandered
about on the beetling brow of tho dill, like
ghosts from the far-off hunting-grounds of
their race. Strong warriors who had not
3 untied in direst, deadliest combat now sunk
own likc*mds beforo the breath of famine. —
Braves who would hove laughed more in deri
sion at ihe arrows, or the scalping knife, now
felt a fiercer, keener pang, than poisoned shaft
or merciless tomahahawk ever inflicted.
With the forests all around them, where
herds of deer roamed free—with the rucr be- |
nealh. where the silent trout glimmered thibugh
its water, with flocks of fowls soaring above
them, they were starving I
The red deer left browsing in its leafy covert,
and came down todrink the waters below—but
no morsd of venison could pass (ticir lips—no
drop of that cool water to lave their- svvolcn,
parched longues. ’
Tho doer lapped up the crystal liquid of the
river—snutled the coo) breeze, and then catch
ing a glimpse in the waters of the dusky fig
ures fliiting to and froon the rook above, toss
ed their high antlers and darted away to the
green woods again; the bright waters danced
onward beneath with n wild, mocking freedom,
as they bent down theij despairing eyes; and
there below sat those dark, stern .wantors,
grim and immovable. Oh. it was horrible.
And then Ulah came to the brink of tho pre
cipice. and with her long raven hair streaming
like the folds of n rent banner upon the wind,
bent over and pleaded with agonizing gestures
and frantic entreaties to her sire, whom sho saw
far. far below
But never a lone of tenderness, a word of
forgiveness, a token of reconciliation, went up
from that proud, insulted soul*. He had cho
sen the Indian’s revenge.
Day by. day,- that- doomed hand thinned
away, till at length famine alone reigned con
queror upon the .smmmt of the dill. Day by
day,they wasted ami at lust all was still. No
ghostly forms wandered frcebly about—no wail
ing voice broke tho silence. None of that fa
te<l .band, save on<* of. tho besieged warriors
escaped, and he.tiescending~.iu. tho .dmdeS'oh
niglit to a shelving projection still far above
tho river* flung himself down }plo the rushing
water, where his' faithful squaw nwniud him in
her light canoe and received him ns he rose.—
Then .paddling silently down the stream, ahd
thence 10 the shore, (hoy darted fleetly into the
dark, dense forest, ami thus escaped to their
tribe to tel! the dreadful talc.
When nil was still, and forms were no more'
seen moving about on tin* summit of the eh 11 ‘
the avenged clmfiam and his band asevndid
The Indian’s wrath was appeased—his ven
geanee had -indeed been terrible. There I hey
lay upon ihe gray rock, those was’ed, skeleton
like warriors, all sPurk and suli'.-aml (here too.
the Indian ma'den had starved to death m the
arms of her lover—her whi*e fare. oh. so fear
ful to look upon ! —her lung, streaming hair
alike her bridal veil and shrould 1
And now. it is said, full oft by Iho pale
moonlight are seen wnn, ghostly figures gliding
to and fro upon the clift’with dark plumes float
ing upon the night-wind: and ever and anon,
the spectral forms of the Indian maiden, and
her dusky warrior-lover stand upon the brink
and in low. willing voices chant their death
dirge ere they go afar oft to dwell together in
the Ureal Spirit's homing gum nth.
And thus runs “The Legend u( tho Starved
Hock!"
Dealing WJili Thieves,
The following true story is told of Jacob
Slteafe, Esq., a merchant of Portsmouth, in
former times:
“A man had purchased some wool of him,
which ho hud weighed and paid for, ond Mr.
Slteafe had gone to the back room to get change
for o note. Happening to turn his head while
there, he saw in a glass which hung so ns to
relied tho shop, a stout arm reach up and lake
front the shelf a heavy cheese. Instead of ap
pearing suddenly and rebuking the mairfor his
theft, as another would, thereby losing his cus
tomer forever, the crafty old gentleman gave
the thiet his change as if nothing had happen
ed, and then under pretence of lifting tho hag
to lay it on the horso fur him, took hold of it,
and exclaimed;
••Why, bless me, I must have reckoned tho
weight wrong.”
••Oil. no,” said (ho oilier, "yon may be sure
you have not. for I counted with you.”
"Well well, vve won't dispute tho matter—
it's so easily tried,” said Mr. Slteafe. putting
iho bag into the scales again. ••There,” said
he, ••! told yon so —I knew I wos right—umdo
a.mistake of nearly twenty pounds—however,
yj|{ don't want (ho whole, you nced’nt have
ft “'I ft tako part of dt out if yop say so.”
"No. said the oilier, staying tho hands of
Mr. S. upon tho way to tho bag, "I guess I'll
take he whole.” °
And this ho did, paying for dishonesty by
receiving the skim-milk cheese for tho price of
the wool. .
On another occasion, Mr. Shcafo missed a
barrel of norlc. A fow months after," a. man
one day asked him tho question “"did you over
find »nt who took that pork, Mr. Slteafe?" ■
"Yes,” wos tho reply, "you arc tho fellow!
for nonet but myself and tho thief know or 'ha
loss.” ' ...
Tito fellow was detected by the shrewd deal
er, who possessed tho valuable faculty of know
ing when to be silent.
inT*’ A Cincinnati editor sayp “thoro. aro a
great many idle, shiftless women” in that city.
Ili ro is a tine Held for the buuevolcnco of our
sowing societies. . .
Why built tho first houseT asked on
ambitions school ma'am of a bright littlo girl
op exhibition oho day. ; . r
dld'”^° n t lniovv '’ nm ! aillt Hut. I guess Noah
“Who do you think so, my dcarl”
“Because ho Is the first ark-ltcot wurcad ofi”
Raising tho Wind.
Wind 'ls-an clement necessary to vitality.—
While it is thus au indispensable agent of na
ture; art and tho progressive intelligence of the
times have adapted it to innumerable valuable
purposes. ‘ The difficulty, In many cases, is to
“raise the wind,” which, in a great" mensuro,
and in ninny instances, depend on the ingenuity
oftho operator. The last means resulted to lor
this purpose of which we have hoard, is the
fallowing;
A fellow, disguised, ns a gentleman, so far ns
good dresSand address favored the personation,
rode up, a low days since, on n high-blooded
and well conditioned charger, to the door of one
of those accommodating gentlemen who are al
ways willing to lend money on deposit, and
who look on the laws against usury as being
first among tho superfluities of legislation. Tho
equestrian alighted and addressed the compara
tively obscure Rothschild in (ho most familiar
terms, calling him by name, and briefly and
frankly telling him ho cnnio to borrow money
of him—a small sum—Just fitly dollars, which
he wanted for immediate use, and which ho;
could not otherwise procure, tho bank In which
lio deposited not yet bqfng open. 110 would
pay it during tho day. and give ten dollars as a
bonus, and five dollars a duy os long as it might
remain unpaid.
“All very fair,’* said Discount; “but what
security?”
“ My watch,” said tho man in search of
money.
“ It won't do,” said Discount.
<• Well, then, take my riding mare for the time
being,” said the individual who was hard up.
“ I suppose that will satisfy you ?”
“I cun accommodate you.” said Discount 5
“but, mind you, I shall put tho mru t.« livery
till you settle up, and you will bo in for the ex
penses.”
“ Very well,” said tho other, “ It enn’t be
much, even if they charge by tho hour, ns I
have said already, I’ll ho In funds when the
bank opens.”
The terms of tho transaction wore drawn up
nnd mutually signed, the fifty dollars were paid
over to this moovrn Jeremy Diddler. and Dis
count took his pledge to the livery stable.
“ Hullo, there!” said ho on reaching tho sta
ble door.
“ Hallo!” said the master of tho house.
“ Haro you got room tn your stable for this
mnre/” said Discount.
“ We’ll fry to accommodate her,” said tho
other, cooly.
lt Well, give her tho best In your stable,” said
Discount, and charge yo4y price. I like to
pay wtdl and be paid well; 'live and let live’ Is
my motto,”
“Ton arc extremely liberal and disinterest
ed,” wafc the remark In reply { “ but pray give
ymfrself no uneasiness about the mnre. Shod*
mine, ami X (rust 1 shall never treat her In n
manner that will draw on me the displeasure of
the Society for ttio Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals.”
“Yours!” his Up quivering
with surprise and astonishment.
‘•Mine!—yes, mine/” said (ho dealer In liorso
flesh. I gave her to u gentleman to ride out
not more than half an liourago, nnd. like a good
customer, he paid mu live dollars In advance.”
“ I have got an Idea,” said Discount.
‘•So have I,” said tho other, “I have got
an idea that some person has been fooling you I”
•• Pooling tno, sir! 1 shouldn't, cure about
being fooled; but to be diddled—done clean
out of s6o—why, Btr,.U’R too bad. but I’ll oflur
of SCO more to. find. Hie. fellow, and.lf
T calhfTfdhi fm gors fb Bilfoh I?biige ,~u
Stutu will furnish him wlfli board anil lodging
* thou gratia’ for seven years. But, ibver nilnd, (
when I take a deposit in lire, stock again, I’ll
be amt! for usury, that's all f”
Oar readers by this time see Hud (ho sharper
hired the mare to make the raise, ami that Dis
count, who had huen himself for year'* slurring,
.jvaa for the first (hue in his life shaved.— N . O.
Picayune,
A Slight Mistake.
Jim Ward is n conductor on the eastern di
vision of the Ni-w Vnrk Central Railroad, run
ning daily between Utica and Albany. " nrd
lias been in the imphiy of the Centra) Railroad
lor a long period of years- and is one of ihe ol
dest conductors in ihocoiinlry. Invanab'y nc
eomtnodaling and i*oltle. hr is particularly at
tentive lo the Indies, and always manages to
make himself a favorite with those of the fair
sex who accompany' the trains under his direc
(ion. The Buffalo Republic relates the follow
ing anecdote of wlinl happened to Jim. because
he didn't know a male from a female baby •
A short time since, when a train under bis
direction was on its way cast from Utica, one
of (hose interesting incidents occurred on hoard
the (rain, which add to the visible number of
passcngeis, but scarcely «Vc*r increases the prof
its of the trip. Ward as soon ns he discovered
the condition of tho lady. Inis'led about and
with the train rnnping forty miles an hour
ftxud up n portion of the express car. and had
her conveyed thereto. A physician by the
namo of Beecher was on the train. His send
ees were immediately put in requisition, ond m
a short time Word had the pleasure of announ
cing lo his anxious passengers that mother
and hulie were ••doing as well os could be ex-
pected under tho circumstances.'
'I he mother was a poor woman, amt as soon
as it became known, Ward went around with
a fiat, and in a short time a handsome purse
was collected and Jim, with Ins countenance
absolutely tillering oft* happiness, took it in
to the mother. After here-appeared (ho pas
sengers proposed that tho child should bo nam
ed. No sooner said than done. Jim went, in
and got the babj . with the consent of its de
lighted mother brought it out, when It was
proposed than it should ho named "James
Ward” after Jim, and Bcecchcrnftur tho phy
sician who Inul professionally at'ended the
mother. U was adopted by acclamation, and
amid a general shout of approbation the babe
was named ■•James Ward Beecher. Jim.
with a smile Of ill concealed delight, was lug
ging oft’his little namesake, when some of the
ladies requested to sto tho "littlo baby." It
was passed from hand to hand among the la
dies. all admiring (lie little bundle, but at the
same time a general disposition to smile and
stn|l handkerchiefs in their mouths, became
manifest among tho women. Jim wondered,
but ■ wondered in value, what this subdued
laughter meant, until tho baba was handed to
an old lady. She hud not had il more than a
minute when she exclaimed:
! "Law, Snz J"
“Well; what’s tho mailer," said Jim, fear
fully.
, "Why. tVs a go/ /" said tho old-woman han
ding tho babe 16 Jim.
, f i hen-rofto a yell of laughter, tho men broke
out first, then tho women, then they broke edit
together, until ono universal scream filled the
car. Several gentlemen tnreW .then-hats and
muftlerß out of tho windows, while Olliers, cn-'
deavored. unsuccessfully, to "saw (heir legs
oft." The women blushed and screamed ; iho
men shouted and held then-sides. In the midst
of this storm of fun and laughter. Jim'made
his escape from tho car with tils ictualo, 'Jim
Ward Beecher/and. for (ho rest of tho trip,
stood on (he platform of tho baggage bur. rum
inated on'the sudden changes mid initiations of
Jiuman-lifa, 1 . ,
I (D"Wlicniaoliarkylike '* top?' When It
begins to hum. ,
“ODR COUNTRY— MAT IT ALWAYS J3B 'RIGHT—DDT AUGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, Mi, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1857*.
tub mm m Tin
[ by Walter'scoir,
“Why alts’t.thoirby that min’d- hall/
Thou aged carlo, so stern and gray /
Dobd thou Us former |>rl(W,recall, . .
Or pbn'der how It passedßway 4 ?”'
‘lCnow.’st thon not mo ?’.n deep voice crcd.
<«So long onjuycd, bo oil
Alternate, In thy ficlrio prido*. • -
Desired; neglected and accused!. '
♦•Before my breath, like smoking flax,
Man apd'his.inarvols pass away;
And changing empires wane and ; wax,
Aro founded* flourish, and decay,
<(Kedcam—tldno hours—the space Is brief.
While in thy glass tho saud-gralpsaiiivor,
And measureless my Joy or grief,
When time and thpu’shalt partforeverl”
"WHERE THERE’S 4 WILD THERE’S A W4P."
Henry Burgeit was not quite twclyo years of
ago wlren liik father died; aiid tnsl his tears
fell when ho knew that his kind pnprt.wouid bo
with him no more; he wept, if''possible, more
violently,.W|iei| liirf.nfplhvntold hiin'Ctiey must
leave the .pretty, cotjpge, tho only home they
had everknutvn,' and that hereafter’Lb was to
live with former Howard. •: *TV 1
••Wcare poor,Henry/f shcßaid, ‘'very poor,
and young ns you are, my boy. you.must now
earn your own suppqrl.' But kebp Up a stout
bean, you can do it. ; Flo bn those tears ! M and
sho turned hastily that; ho "might not perceive
the grief that was piercing her o\vn;«oul.
Fanner Howard was a haul mo-iier. and a
sorry time had poor Henry, during the long
summer days that-succCcatd this, interview
with his mother.' It wnu work, willrrio relax
ation. from the earliest dawii.until tfic twilight
had quite faded; . Often did. his courage fail,
ami-despondency and indolence- urge - , him to
stop, butiu stern necessity wos r oa:bim—ho
tyiust door starve—and ; :henco he .kept at it,
wearily enough to be sure, until th'd.last apple
was in the cellar, the lfet car, of. com-In the
crib, and all things secured ngalnstjhc winter,
with the most painstaking thormigncSs.
The winter, tardy os its approac|i,oppcarcd
to Henry, came at last wiih,its thr<eo.month's
privilege of school, and its even
ings. that he might spend os-he with no
spiders of huge heaps of com to hdsk, or vast
tietds of potatoes to dig, looming up in the dis
tance. ‘
How well those hours for,study were improv
ed. or how highly prized, the bright light which
the blazing pine splinter shed fruit); the attic
window until long past tho limnvpf twelve,
might tell; (A pine splinter, because the mis
tress was o careful soul, and saved ( the candle
ends to light" Henry- to bed.) Ilcf. advanced
with surprising rapidity in his*&tdics, and
uhat wonder? Ardent, persevering effJirl was
never imsncccssful. When spring came, he
was quite muster of the Latin gn|nrnar, and
was beginning to read in thislOMuagc with
some degree of ease. Tho snimntfv with its
■wearisome round of duties, could nit dawp.bia
desire for knowhdge. Every, sptyc moment
was carefully seized and‘seduloueu employed
in his’Uiyuute study.
. The winter cahu* again,, gleeful
Kuct JfWlrybomidiyf nrriiy to
0;r the .cl«f*snnC(eo%'(Tfook-hfii)— 6nb Who
had.Oflen.-ji.VmJ: him Tor hi/*, bashfulneas onri
p)uln, i/ouiespt/n n{t, with every advan
tage. had nmniermptedly pursued his studies.
••fin, hu.:how arcyod, Hal?* said he: “dont
you wislrypn could read qlt that?* 1 triumph
anllT holding Up a Latin Render, and spread
ing his palm; completely over t4*c open page. —
Henry kept his;own counsel, and.together they 1
proQeedudj.ownrd.s iho school house.
Soon nft*er the opening of the morning exor-1
rises the class in Latin was called to ttie rcciln- 1
, lion bench. !
“Henry,” said the master. **t think you will
not be able to go on will) ihc olass.von were in
I tst winter, you must fall back.with the begin
ners.”
I should like to enter tho Virgil class, sir.’
‘ Virgil class ! JNoncKcnKc; boy ! you could
not read one word: Just-let mo see now,”
opening the bonk nail placing It in |iis hand.
* rimv'fur shall I reltd?”
• A* Turns y<-n cnn.”- replied the twister, with,
a sharp twinkle of Ins grey eyes and an iuvol
H ilary snicugHo smile.
Henry commenced, unhesitatingly to read
mid had turned lltb* first, second and third
leaves heforo the master had sufficiently recov
ered from his surprise to check him. •
‘ .Slop, sir ! Where did yonlearn all this?”
Ifuiry told him where. Taking,him by the
arm. the master led him to. the centre of the
room. and. placing his hand upon his head
amd ;
“Attention hoys; hero is ft greater conquer
or than was Crc-ur or Nnpoltou. Give him a
round: three limes three now.”
Chcerly, heartily rang out that, applause,
penctniling ihe furthest recesses of (hat time
worn building making thu' windows fairly
shake again. Wluit ft proud daymens that for
Henry I How Ins In art leaped'and . almost
Iwnnidod out of his bosom—how the boys shook
his hand and enviul him.—howthegirls nodded
and Winked their prvtiy eyes al him ho has not
yet forgotten; mid although at tho present (line
the laurels of a country's regard are clustering
ttrick nlHmi his lirow, ho often isays. “That
was tho victory of my life, ft \y#« at firmer
Howard’s I learned to labor unliiuchingly for a
given end.” i, • \\ ■
Children, this is no fancy-sketch,. , Such a
lad os I have described really existed, and'
from his example may we not learn to plant for.
«m stives eU-vated stnndmds. and never give
over until we have mustered every' obstacle and
reached our niml
It "la not always lessons to bo learned, or
wood-piles to be demolished or tehuiU. There
are had habits to govern, vicious ipclhiailoiis
to restrain, selfish dispositions to be 'overcome
—many, many Wrongs to bopgliud-' There
is room fora life-long labor in our hearts. Up.
then, thy young friends,* with ti strong purpose
of life. Shrink not at tho slight difficulty.—
Uemembcr that “whore there's a will there's a
way,” and that ptmverancoift a sure guaranty
of success-
(£7-»»My dear I*ollV, Inm surprised at'yonr
tns»o in wearing number woman'll hair on your
Iwnd.” sold Mr. Smilli IQ tif« wife. My dear
Joe. I am equally astonished that you persist
in wearing another sheeps wool on your back,
IMiorc. now." Poor Smlih^snrakca.
Good Mannkrs.— A lady who had boasted
hlgh'y at ft dinner parly of the good manners
of her lit*lu darling, addressed )dm thus—
•■ Charles, my-dcar, will you Uavosomo more
was the ill-mannered reply of tho pet
ulant little bliorub. '
“No!” exclaimed the astonished mother—.
~4 . ■
, • “No beans;lni " said.tho child./ •
; (p-ijt-l? enough to make onq.shudder (b
read the primer’s advertisement, fora boy of a.
I‘morar character,” when It Is well’known
they Intend to make a "devil” of him.
HarWage.
. Katnro novor did betray the sou! that loved
her; and nature tolls men and women to marry;
Just as the young man is entering upon Jifc-~
Just- ns ho comes* to independence and man's
as ttio crisis ot his being is to bo
solved, and it is to be seen whether ho decide
with thu good, arid llio great, and llib (roe, or
whetherhuslnkandbe lost iorever—matrimony
gives liltri ballast and a right impulse. War with
nature 'oml alio takes a euro revenge. Tell a
young man not to have an attachment that Is
virtuous,'and he will have one that 's vicious.
Virtuous- love, the honest lovo of a man for a
woman lie Is about to marry, gives him an anchor
for his heart, something pure and beautiful for
which to labor and live. And (ho woman, what
a purple light It shedi upon her path; It makes
life nu tiny, dream, ho idle hour,, no painted
shidow, no passing show, but sorqething.real
earnest, worthy o( heart and head. Dut most
of ns aro cowards, and dare not think so; wo
lad; grace; we are of little faith; our Inward
oyu is dim and dark. The modern young lady
must many in style; the modern young gentle
man marries a fortune, lint In the mcuuwhUo
the girl grows into an old maid, and. the youth
takes chambers—ogles at (ho nurserymaids, and
becomes a man about town, a nnm whom it is
dangerous to ask into your house, for his busi
ness is intrigue. The world might have hud a
happy couple; instead it gets a woman fretful,
nervous, fanciful, a plague to all around her.
Ho becomes a sceptic in all virtue; a conupter
of the youth oi both sexes; u curse in whatever
domestic circle ho penetrates. i£ven wordo
may result. Site may bo deceived and may die
of u broken heart.
Ho may rush from one folly to another j as
j aociiito only with the vicious and depraved ;
'bring disgrace and borrow on himself and all
around; and sink into an cnily grave. Our
great cities show what become of men and womeu
| who do not many. Worldly fathers and mothers
I advise not lo marry till they can afford to sup
port a wife, uinl the boys wickedly expend dou
ble (lie amount in low company. Hence it is,
all wise men (like Franklin) advocate early
marriages; tmd (hut all great men, wltli rare ex
ceptions, have been men that mnnied young.
Wordsworth had only one hundred pounds a
year when ho first married. Lord Eldon was so
poor that ho had to go to Clare market, London,
to buy sprats for supper. Ooloridgcnml Southey
wo can’t find-had any Income at all when (hey
got married. Wo question at any time whether
Luther Inul mor? than fifty pounds a year. We
blast humanity in its very dawn. Fathers, you
say you teach your sons prudence—you do
nothing ol tho kind; your worldly-wlao and
clover son Is already ruined for life. Vmi will
find him at tho furo table ami at freelovo circles.
Your wretched worldly wisdom taught him to
avoid tho snare of marrying young; and soon—
If ho Is not Involved in embarrassments that will
last a life—hols ablaze (Mlow—heartless, lalae,
without a single generous sentiment or manly
aim} he has—“No God, no Heaven, in tho wide
world!”-—//ome Journal.
She Wonld'nl Marry a mechanic.
A young man commenced visiting a young
woman—appeared to be well pleased. One
evening he called when it wnsqultclatc, which
led the young girl to inquire \vhs*e it was ho
had been. - , ’
“I had to work to night.”
./ “What! Do yon work foralivingl” she in
quired in 'astonishment. ■ w
the young man,
■. jT'dfsJ/ko the miln.ebf a mechanic,” and she
turned lip her pretty- nose. ’. . ' ’•
‘ That was ilie fast (imo- tho young mechanic
visited the young woman. He is now a wealthy
man, and he has one of the bust of women for
his wife.
The young lady who disliked the name me
chnnic is now the wife of a miserable fool—n
regular vngiant «l>mit grogshops; and she.
soft, verdant, silly, miserable gnl is obliged
to take in washing in order to support herself
and children.
You dislike the name of mechanics eh ?
You, whose brothers are but dressed loafers?—
We pilV i nv gul who has so little hrnms. who
Is ko \eidan'. so soft ns to thmk less of n young
man for being a mechanic —owe of God's noble
men—lljc most dignified and honorable person
age of heaven’s creatures. Howaro. young la
dp. how yon treat young men who work for n
living. one day be menial to one of
tin m vom.-i If
For bet ter discharge the well-fed pauper with
all bis rings j.welrv. brazcnnissand pomposity
and lake to your nirections the cnllious-handed.
inldligini and industrious niechariio.
Thousand* have bitterly icgieited their folly,
who Juno turned fheir nacks to honesty. A
few ymrs hme taught ihein a severe lesson.
In ilMsooiinirv.no num or woman shnotd bo
ri's| o'led who will not work, bodily or mental
Iv and who curl fht-ir lips lo scorn when intro
d'lfvd m a hard working man The curse of
God, ami every human being who (ins the least
iiiiiinini of common sense, ever rest, upon such
ladies, who despise the noble mechanics.
Tub .Shadows ob ('Mii.i)imm) —God bless
tiie Mule children ! IVv like (heir winning
ways, their io-'V dreams! Nothing seems lo
weigh down iln-ir Imuranl spirits: long mis
fortune may fall to their lot. hut tho shadows
it casts on lheir life-path arc fleeting ns the
clouds I tail come and go in April sky. Their
future may. nerchnnce, appear dark to others.
I»nt 10 ilij-ir fearless gaze it looms up brilliant
and beautiful as the wails of n fairy palace.—
There is no tear which the mother's genilolmnd
cannot heal, no anguish which the sweet mur
muring of her soft, law voice cannot soothe.—
TI o niirni. generous impulses of their nature
have not been fettered niul cramped by the cold
formalities of the world: tlioy have not yet
burned lo vail a hollow heart with false smiles,
or hide the basest, purposes beneath honeyed
words Neither are they constantly on the
alert in search mil Omits and foibles with Ar
gus eves- on the contrary, they cxeroiso that
bjeskid charity which “ihriiiketh no evil.”
Urahtipi'Ll.y Said.— Wit is like tho jewel,
precious m its sparkle and in its rarity. A
really clever thing seldom occurs. When it
appears it should be on record. Tho exhibitor
of u sewing machine, now attracting every
body's attention at the Capitol, had finished a
trial of it at the Executive Hoorn, When tho
needle,had evinced its power almost toannihl-
j ft l,or—“Did yon ever.” said tho exhibitor,
“did you ever, Governor, see a handsomer ma
chinof” “Oh,yes," Instantly‘answered onr
courteous Chief Magistrate, “'a pretty girl's
bond.”*
(£/•* A Danish writer speaks of a hut do mis
erable chut it did not know which way to fall,
and so kept standing. . This is like tho man
that had such a complication of diseases that
lie did not know what to dio of, and lib lived
on.
WV like, to see young women peep
through tho windows, or tho cracks of hall
open doors, to catch a glimpse of tho young
men, and whonithey come In their presence to
appear over modest—it is so admirable.
• . 03"? An Athenian., who was lomo in nnofoot,
joining tho army, was laughed at by tho sol
diers on accountbf his lameness. "I am here
to fight,” said tho hero, “not to rad.”
’ .ATS2,COPER ANNUM,
■4 Sew Way of Paying a Snbicriptlon.
A correspondent of Iho Logrnngo Whig gires
tho- following-amusing. account of tho way,a
farmer was taught hO\V' cheaply ho could take
tho papers. Tho lesson Is worth pon’dorlhg by
a good many men wo *‘wolof.”
• “You have hens el homo ot course. Well, I
will send you thy paper one year for tho pro
ceeds of a single hen for ono season $ taoruly
tho proceeds. ' It seems (rifling,.preposterous,
to imagine the.products of a single hen will pay
tho subscription $ perhaps it won't, but I Uiako
tho oflhr.^
“ Donel” exclaimed farmer B—— 5«I agree
to it,” and appealed to me as a witness In tho
afihfr.
Tho farmer wont away apparently much ela
ted with his conquest, bud the editof went on
his way rejoicing.
Time i rolled around, and tho world revolved
on ltd axis, and tho suh moved In Its orbit just
as formerly did, tho /armor received bis pa
per regularly, and regaled himself with the In
formation from it. He not only know tho affairs
ofhfslnyn county, but became conversant with I
the leading topics of tho day, and tho political
and financial convulsions of tho times. Xfis
children delighted, too, in perusing the contents
of tlieir weekly visitor. In short, ho said, “ho
was surprised at tho progress of himself and
family-in general loformatlon.”
Tin? Bor for tor Turns.—Wo like an ac
tive boy. saya the Southern Organ, who .has
the impose of the age. A lazy, plodding, snail
paced chap might have got along in the world
fifty years ago. hut he won’t do for these times.
Wo live in an ago of quick ideas: men think
quickly, speak quickly, cat. sleep, court, mar
ry. die quickly, and slow cnaches are not toler
ated. “Go ahead. If j'ou burst your boiler,”
is the motto of the ago: and he succeeds best
in every line of business who Has the most of
do nr die in him.
Strive, boys, to catch the spirit of the times:
be up and dressed always, not gaping and rub
bing your cys ns if you were fast asleep, bu*
wide awake, whatever may turn up, and you
may be somebody before you die.
Think, plan, reflect ns much as you please
before you act, but think quickly and closely,
and when you have fixed your eyes upon an ob
ject, spring to tho mark at once.
But above all things, be honest. If you in
tend to bb an artist, carvu it in the wood, chisel
it in tho marble; if l merchant, write it in
yonr day-book, and spread it in capitals in
your ledger. Let honesty of purpose be your
guiding star.
A Worn in a Tooth—A medical gentle
man of Ballymena, Ireland, was employed re
cently, to extract a patient’s tooth. It was a
grinder, of large size, apparently sound, and
so Qrmly sealed that it broke in tho effort of
its removal. On examining that portion of the
tooth which came oft with the instrument, a
very extraordinary worm-shaped living animal
was found adhering to the centre of it. On be
ing carefully removed without iqjury, it proved
to be five eights of an inch long, lively as an
eel. and of a blood rcd-coior, and about the
thickness of ft woolen thread. On viewing it
through a microscope of limited power, it ap
peared to bo ringed or jointed in its formation.
No legs were visible, and it moved by erecting
its,body, arch like, in the. centre,'and projec
ting either end at pleasure—for it appeared to
have a head .at each extremity. One of the
beads-wsslArgbr flat, and broad in * proportion
to the creaturo’a size, with a capacious mouth,
and two black eyes, set _vcry widely apart, and
f projecting from tlio upper part of (ho bend.—
' The oilier bead was smaller, with a lengthened
snout, and a mouth opening from underneath'
A Sks'Siblk Gird. —• Some years since a
young Indy, remarkable for her maturity and
good sense, daughter of a distinguished lawyer
and a member of Congress from Worcester
county, was placed at a young ladies' boarding
school in the neighborhood of Boston. Her
nnallected manner and sprightlincss won tin*
nllections of mat’v of iho young Indies, who
were full nf kind offices uniil one due they in
quired the occupation of her fjithiT. Our voting
friend, perceiving tho drift of their inquiries
gave them to understood that her hither was n
sliO'innker. whin many of .hern were struck
I with horror at her vulgar origin, and n change
took place in their conduct toward her. She.
however, though fully understanding them, re
mained quiet.
After awhile the father of the young lady
visited the school. As ho was a good-looking
man. and ns they observed the principal and
oi herd (renting him with such deference and re
spect. the scholars were led to inquire qI their
instructress who ho was. and what was his
business: and on being told that he was the fa
ther of Miss (1., and that ho was a mem her of
Congress, they made an attempt to renew their
attentions ns formerly ; but it was too late.—
She looked upon their conduct with such con
tempt that they were obliged to keep at a re
spectful dislarcc. while those who treated her
kindly without repaid to her father’s supposed
occupation were etcr after her favorites.—-Bos
ton Jon nuil.
(£7"“! say, friend, is there nothing to shoot
about hero V’ asked a Kentucky sportsman of
a hrtlu bov
Boy—“Wa l , nothing just about hero stran
get 7, but the schoolmaster is down the hill yon
der—you might pop him over."
Aw Oi.d CniOKBW.— In attempting (oenrven
fowl one day. a gentleman found somcddllcd
ly in separating its Jmnta, and exclaimed
against the man who find sold him an old hen
for a young chicken.
“My dear,”- said the enraged than* wife,
“don’t talk so much about the aged and respec
table Mr. B , ho planted the first hill of
corn that wnS planted iri town.’*
“f know that,”said the husband, “and I
believe (his hen scratched it up."
Cumocs Kkp/.t. —Fontcnellc lived lo be near
|y onu hundred years old. A Indy of nearly
equal ngc, said to him one day in a largo com
pany—
“Monsieur, yon (md I stay bore no tong, thai
I have o notion that Death has forgotten us."
“Speak as low as you can, Madiuno," repli
ed Fontcnellp, "lest you should remind him of
of us.’* ’
OtT' The following items from Corbyn’a
“Programme" aro also worth preserving :
“Ever since you .have taken lo drinking,"
you're not moro than half a man, paid a tem
perance man lo floating brother. ,
“Pact is you mean, I'm only a demi-John."
(C7“Thc following arc said to.be infallihlo re
cipes :—For preserving the complexion, temper
ftturo, for whitening the hands, honesty, to
remove stains, repentance,'for improving the
sight, observation,, a beautiful rinp, tbo lioino
cirolo, for impruving the voico, civility, the best
companion to the toilet, a wife, to keep away
moths, good Society.'
:o“‘Dr. Johnson mnarkp^.that ■& habit of
looking on the best side ?f every event is better
than n thousand pounds, a year. Wlicn Fcne
lon'a library was oh flro—“C|od t bo praised,
ho Olfalniincd, “that it is riol the dwelling of
some poor mail." >
;'I ; ISeandal In' WfaWagtiil.'j
. q£ljra;P6-
lumbus Statesman thus rdaica a little bit of
scandilV- ' I-'!/, - '
“Quite.kn oiJrhy'
of hotels.}
of 'Congress,, who Jmd" bees auiLfor to Atfgtt
the inauguration, amvedpathe early trail),, a
day or two before, she. was qxptptaf,. , At her
request she was immediately ehowij* Op to hef
husband’s room, the door of which, ft eeeznjr,
had accidentally been left unlocked. Discover
ing this to ho the case on knocking and tofniog
tho knob showerful,: The bed iin tho room,
was untmnblcd, bat.sho recognftcd tho dolled
garments of her husband lying abdut the room.
Seeing a door ajar., communicating with .the
next roorri.she thpught.hlsdoirotyy most bo in
there; so sho pushed her explorations accord
ingly. Tho consequence was- that she found
herself in a lady’s bedroom, and Her Aumbar
>ng husband unconsciously shoring,the‘Mrtu,-
qus couch” of his fair'neighbdr. Her rustling
pVcserico arsused the guiUypldepcra; hut WiiK
put giving them to’recover from tfieirbbn
fusion; she retired totbo office andorderedher
sclf and‘-baggage back to ; tho depot; T under
sland that a reconciliation has been' effected,*
tho husband having persuaded the wife that be
was acting under .imperative- medical advice,
and that was the real cause of his baying scot
for her.” ■ - ’ , ~
NO. 42.
Sometime In tho mojith of September, I Bip'
pence! up again at tho 'office, when who shomd>
outer but out.old friend farmer B» '
« How do you.do, Mr V* said the editor,'.
extending his hand, and bis countenance lit up'
with'« binnd smild; chair Sir iahd bo-'
seated ; fioo weather we have.”
<* Yes, sir, quito lino Indeed,’* answered tho.
farmer, shaking the. proffered "paw” ot the edl
tor, and then .a abort alienee ensued, during
Which our friend B—— hitched his chair back
ward and forward, twirled his thumbs abstract-'
: cdly, and spit profusely. Starting pp quickly#?
ho said, addressing tho editorj. . i ,
«Mr. D—l havebroaghtyou tha proceeds
of that-hen.” • - ’ **. '
It was amnslng-to see tho peculiar expression
of tho editor as ho followed tho farmer down to
tho wagon. L could hardly keep' my risible*'
down. •* . >
When at the wagon* tho farmer-commenced
handing tho cditor N the produefsof tliohCb,
which, on being counted, amounted, 4,o elgh-,
teen pullets, worth a shilling each, apd a num
ber of dozens of eggs, making In theoggrEgato/
at tho least calculation. $2 6U, fifty bents more -'
than the price ot the papci;.
“No need,” said he, “of roen-not taking a
county newspaper, and paying, for It, too. X
don’t miss this from my roost, yet I have paid 1
a-year’s subscription, and fifty cents over; AJL
folly sir; there is no mnu hut can take a papery,
it’s charity, you know, commences at homo.**' ,
“ But," resumed tho editor, “Twill p4y for
what Is over tho subscription. 1 did not intend *
this as a means of profit, but rather to convitico *
you. I will pay for—
“Notablt.ol it, sir; a bargain s ftbargaloV,
and I am already slii-doutily paid »!!>•'‘
And whenever a neighbor makes the complaint ’
I did, I will relate to him the hen Story. Good ;
day, gentlemen.” - ,
IC7" Some years ago, a young New* Engltn* ‘
dcr found himself in the back parts ofPcmttVV *•
vama, ashore as to tho means of_ftvirig. i :lqu
this strait he applied to a wealthy Quaker
the neighborhood for help. , r ..^
“1 will furnish thee with work, and will PAT
thee for it, friend, "'said the Quaker : built-’f|r 2
not my custom to give alms to one able tq labor 1
like thee.”
••Well, that’s all T want,” said iho Ttn&etf
•of course 1 am willing to work.’ ; _* i
1 What can thee do, friend 1*
•I will do anything to pet a little ttonty,to.
helnroc out of my difficulties.* ■ , ’
‘Well, there is a tog yonder.’ and there is *&-
axe, thee may pound on the Iq’g with *bfT faeriit •
of the axe. anil if thee is diligent and.flUtmqlj
I will pay thee a dollar a day, V . ,
’Agreed; I’d as soon do that as anything,
else.’ .
And so the youth went to work arid pouhded’*
lustily with the head of the axe, upon the log 1 .
After a time he paused- to take breath,:tfacu -’
he began again. : ' ■' -
But after half hour-ho stopped, dbrjnr (i
down the axe InipaticnUy, and walked
saying; \S. 'i . . *
; ‘f’ll be hanged if I’ll cut wood ndtbohf Mb**-
Ing the chips fly I*
A Sbcrbt.—l will fell you a secret* .The,
way to make yourself pleasing to others, Is to
show (liat you cure for them. The whole world '
Is like tho miller at Mansfield, who *» cared for ■
nobody, no, nut ho—because nobody cared for,
him." And (li-- whole world will'sorva yon so, ,
if you give them tho samo cause. Lot peopta
see, tluueforo, that yon do care for .then, by l
showing ilium tho small courtesies of life, In
which them la no parade, whose voice Is to.osfjft
to tense, and which show themselves by pace* y
tionalo tones ami kind looks mid little acta of
- attention, giving others tho preference in every
tittle enjoyment at (he table, in the Qoldj wtUt*
mg, silting and standing.
A Sk.vsiui.b Fairer. a gentleman of
wealth m thin city, (mi t who has never cared to
m nglc much in fashionable society, recently
to tletl 815 000 a year on a daughter who had
marriid to hissnilsfaction. In spcaklngon tho
subject to a fiiend tho other day. ho remarked
that he was willing to do tho same by his
cr daughters on one condition, (hat they roan*
ned respectable, upright and industrious young
men. 110 did not care how poor thcy-Wcrc* n •
they were only of this description, and their
characters would bear Investigation.' ilcreisfc
proof that (hero arc some sensible fathers left
m this comimmitv, though they happen to bfe
weal.by men.—Af. V. Altos.
Married at Last.—Wo find In the Nw
York News the fullowfhg marriage notice:
At Wilmington, on tlio £9ih of February*
Aaahel L. Deers. of Albany, N. Y., and Miss •
Ann Rider: their united necs are 124 years, and'
the courtship commenced forty-two vears slncc. 1
A forty-two year's courtship! Why, during
tint time we haro concluded oub war With
England, and almost had. two more ; havqlnr;,
vt-nted railroads and steam printing-presses
hud a War with Mexico Invented the vlccina,
telegraph: brought not spirit-rapping and dls? ‘
covered tho ftorth-UV&t passage; annexed
Texas, and brought to light the gold of Call-'
forma: have extended, our national area two qr t
Ihice thousand square miles, find arrived at
Such a point of civilhsaiion as Lo apppint -spt
cinl comiplion and,investigating corhmiUcc?
In Congress. What grqat results have be«V
attained, all about ufi, during ihR
years it has-taken the modest Mr. Beers to
“pop the question !"
K7-“Will you have a daily sun? Whyi
you little scapegrace f How dare you inninq*
ol« against n lone woman from home,, No in*
deed. 1 guess 1 won't have a daily son 1 My
poor old man used to complain most artfblly >
when I presents! him a yearly-sou! A daily.,
son ! indeed ! Begone you little upstart iiqpV
And the pld woman called for tho turkey-tail 1
fan lo keep her from swooning.
A Ooop On k.‘—Tho following is reported aa
having happened in Bristol county :
A witty Clergyman, ah bid ac*
quoin once of the name of Cobb, replied,:
‘I khow you siri f
•My noniols Cobb, rejoined the man, who.
ivoa about half seas over.
•Ab: sir/ replied tho- Cl<sf&vman, *vbo .haffl
(<* much of tho corn on. you That I did not fcca
tho cob-* ' •,
Hood never made a better nun,
Hook, who.was walking with a friend, whet*
they come to a 101 l bridge... . . • • * •
"Do.you know who built ihis ( bridge, said,
'' o <*No?" > replli)il riook, “but If you go fffor•
yOu'li bo lollpd J" ' . •
Somebody say a it l» belief lb die :
than to live upon tho bard camiogs Of the uo-."
suspecting. s
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