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DT 'LIZA COOL•
Ob. never breathe a dead ones name,
When those who lnyed tbat.one are nigh ;
It poo a lava through the Jeanie, ,
Thatp
chokes the breast and fills the eye ;
1: strains a cord that yields too much
Ot piercing anguish in its breath,
And hands of mercy shoold not touch
A stung made eloquent by death. ,
•
01 never breathe ti lost one's name
To 'hose who called that one thetr:pwn
I t c oy ,tirs the mouldering Mune
That burns upon a' charnel stone.
The heart will ache, and well nigh break,
To miss that one threver fled :
Mil lips of mercy should not Wake
A love that cherishes the dead.
stltti Cate.
E DOOR I
BV MISS. V. P. TOWNSEND
Fe was a stern. hard woman ! Far away up a great many
JOl Winding rums in her Vari won n door, easily used
jut Oil that door MIS written Wo Linz.
dud wit is with the drunkard. Far away up a great
re pane of winding stairs io h a hear is a Moor. and on that
pus written 1113. And we mist knock at that door once,
, seven pules—yen seventy (Imes 'darn, that it may CPPCU
Jona 13. Gocnn
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He vas an old man. Not so old either, for the
inkier; that marred his cadaverous visage were
the -autograph that Time's fingers had laid
sere; and the hand that placed upon the low table
-,te well-drained glass did not tremble so with the,
%knees that age induces ; yet very old and very
twhed, looked the sole occupant of that narrow
1, with its red curtains, and floor stained with
zo juice, and an atmosphere abundantly sea
loped by the bar-room into which it was opened.
bat—it must have been intendetl for one—half
toncealed the owner's uncombed locks, and un
metakable evidence of a familiar acquaintance with
brickbats and the gutter" did that same hat pro-
dace. Then there was a coat, out of whose eleevei
peeped a pair of elbows in rejoicing consciousness
tau they could afford to be " out." Add to Chess
Islabby pan of faded p.ints . „ - and you have the lout
ensemble of the wletchetl being who had_ jest corn
mowed hie daily potattons-irr the onqr grog-shop
lie was allowed to'frecluent. And yet the wretched,
fienilless creature that sat there, half stoptfied with
;t:ie eff,t;ts r 1 his morning dram, and far up a groat
many pair (d en ind mg stairs in that heart, was a
wastl passed and on that door, covered
with cobtretr. and duat , ot Time aqd Sin, was writ
ten man ! But nobody dreamed of thir;and when
ate temperance men had gone to him with the
piedge, and promised him respectability mid ertft
ployment if tie would sign it ;and oThers—well
mennii.g men too—lied later! him soundly
. for
tii; ways and lie had turned a deaf ear to all these
%Inv, and gone back with blind pertinency to his
cy again, everybody said 01.1 billy Samig's case
vas a hopeless one. .
At ! none' of these had patiently groped their
ny op the hea't's winding stairs and read the in-
rip:iun on the hidden door there. Rut while the
zhapprman sat by the pine table that morning,
mbar-keeper suddenly entered, followed by a la_
cy with a pale, brow, mild hazel eyes,. and a
hugely winning expression on her pensive face
T:iaold man looked up with a vacant stare of as
.oni.tarient, as the bar -keeper offered the lady it
chair, and pointed to the occupant of the other, say
" Thais Billy Strong, ma'am;""and with a linger.
mg glance of curiosity', left that gentle woman alone
anti the asicm ratted and now thorotighly sober man.
The soft eyes of the lady wandered with a sad,
vying expression over Billy's (natures and then in
,law, sweet voice she asked
Am 1 rightly it:rimmed ? Do 1 address Mr .
William Strong 1'
Aft! with thois words the lady had got fuither
tp the wurdrng stairs, nearer the hitiden door, than
to whit had gone t.rafore her.. -
I . Yes, that is my name, ma'am," said old Bill,
n he glanced down at hi' shabby attire and petit.
Or tried to hide the elbow - which was peeping r.ut
tartherem, fur it was a long time since he haitteen
addressed by that name, and somehow it sounded
ery pleasant to him.
em very glad to meet you, Mr. "htrorig," said
the lady. I have heard my father speak of you
RI often, and of the days when .you- and be were
boys together, that I almost feel ns if' we 'were old
acquaintances. you surely 'cannot .have lurgotten
Charles Morrison!"
No ; no ! Charlie and Fused tobcoldcronies,"
raid old Bill, wiir`; sudden animation, and a light in
he eye, such as had no; been there tor many. a day,
etcy, w/wri rum lent a mi l t brilliancy.
Ah. the Lady did not know, as perhaps the angels
dt/, that she had mourned the wane, and WaseulaY
6 44 for that unseen door ; so she went on:. .
"1 almost feel as if I could see the'old spot upon
when your homestead stood Mr. Strong I have
heard my lather ?esaribn it ma often. The hill,
rah its crown of old oaksi at the back Oh your
Goan, and the field of golden hat'veat grain that
waves in front. Then them' war tbecireen grass,
Pin before the front' door, and the - bilge old tipple
tree that threw its shadow &MOM and the great, ,
°L I larbioupd portico, and the grape-vine that crept
tonad pillars; and the rosebush ihat looked in at
tae bed room window, and..the*,:breok that went
i 'nutg and singiug through the of Mint *the
Wee( the house." '
Many and many . were the hoara,",' 7 —io , I.4er
would ssy_u Willie and I used to pass under the
41410 W al that old apple tree, pliPing'it hiths•iaidi
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we becim 4 t.'4o
.and, when Mostmset laysits crown of goid.orr .the
top of the oakS on theidll,4 can see Willie'S•rnatt.,
er standing in'thii froit,*doot;, with her 'White cap
andapion,and - pleasant smile - th at al-'
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ways lay ; , atom& her bps, and . hear her oheelul ,
voice calling—come, boys; come to saliper 32 '
One efter another, the 01,8;4 ,'ients'
Caine inwp,old, the'
THE hEART.
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PUBLISREWEVER
lady had found the door them— , •
• " I was alwaysatlsinne at Willis's," father Would
continue ; " and need to have' my bowl of !Nab
milk and bra;a4, 10,0 i and !vliOn lheae had 'disappear
ed, Willie wouhl draw his stool to his mother's feet,
lay his head on her lap; and she would tell as some
pleasant story, it might be of 'Joseph or David or
,wine geed child who alleryvArda heearnAt ,a great
man ; •and then she would part-Willietsbrown cods
from his forehead, and in a voice I can 'never for
get; say, " promise me, Willie when you go out
from your home into . the world ,and its temptations,
and your mother has laid down with her gray hairs
to sleep in the church-yard yondeprornise
child, that the memory of her e prayers and counsels
shalt keep you from all evil ways." • And Willie
would rise his head, lift his blue eyes proudly to his
mother, and answer, " I promise you twill make
a first-rate man, mother." Arid after he had said
his evening prayer, we would go, happy as the
birds that nestled in the branches of the apple tree
to rest ; and then,. just as we were about sinking,
to sleep,- we would _hear the well known footfall on
the stairs, and a loving lags would bend over its to
see it we were nicely tucked up. Iris a long rime;
father would say, at er a pause, since Ijieard from
Willie, but sum I rub %bathe has never fallen into
any evil ways. The memory of his mother would
keep him horn that."
" Rap, rap, rap," went the words of the lady at
the door of that old man's heart. Creak, weak,
Went the door on its fusty hinges. (angels of God,
held ye not your breath to listen ?) Thelady could
only see the subdued man bury his face In h►s
hands, and while his whole frame shook like an
aspen leaf, e4ie heard him murmur, am id child•like
sobs : ,
" My mother! 0, my mother!"
And she knew the tears that were washing tlioie
wrinkled cheeks were_ washing out also many. a
dark page in the record of old Bill's past lite, tha t
stood against, him.
.So, with a silent prayer o
tnankfulness,[she resnmed
" But there was one scene my lather loved to
talk about better than all the rest. It was of the
morning you were married, Mr. Strong. .,
" It was enough to do one's eyes good," he would
say, " to Zook at them as they walked up the old
church aisle ; he, with his proud, manly tread, and
she, delicate, fragild creature, fair us the orange
blossoms that trembled in her hair. I. remember
how clear and firm his voice echoed through the
old church, as he promised to love, protect end cher
ish the gentle beitig, at his title ; arid I knew he
thought, as lie looked clown fondly upon - lier _that
the winds of heaven should not visit her lace too
roughly." And then my father would tell us of a
home made very bright by watchful affectMn and
-- f the dark-eyed boy arid fair-haired girl who came,
after a while to gladden it ; and then, you know,
he removed to the west, and lost s.iht of you, kli•
S mug "
Once again the Lady paused, for the agony of the
strong man before her was fearful to behold ; and
when she spoke again, it was in a lower and
mournful lone.
" ! promised my father, previous to his death,
that deter 1 visited his native State I t -would .seek
out his old trivial. But when I inquired for 'you,
they unfolded a terrible story to me, Mr. Strong
They told me al a broken and desolate household ;
of a dark eyed boy that lelt his home in disgust
and despair, for one on the homeless sea ; of the
gentle, uncomplaining wife that went down with a
prayer on her lips for her erring husband, broken
hearted to the grave ; of the fair-haired girl they
placed by her side in a. little while. Oh ! it i; a
sad story l'have heard of my lather's nlil friend "
"1 wasl ! It was I that did it. all ! I killed
them r' said oil Bill, in a voice hoarse with emo
lion, as he Ilted his head horn his clasped hands,
and looked upon the lady, every lecture wearing
such a look of agonizing remorse arid hopeless
despair, that sae shuddered to behold it. Wide,
wide open stood the door.then, and the lady hast
ened to pass in. A small, fair hand was laid on
his arm, and a sweet voice murmured :
" Fveti for all this there is redemption, and you
well know in what manner. In the name of your
dying wile and of the child that sleeps beside her,
I ask yon sign the pledge !"
" I will !" said old Bill,.and he brought down
his hand with such force on the table, that its: rhea.
malie 'With dif fi culty maintained their equi.
librium, and their eagerly
,seized die pen and pledge
the lady placed before him„and when he returned
them to - her, the name of William Strong lay: in
broad legible ctiaracient'upop the paper. ;. .
There. Wile an .expr.ession, ludicous from itt in
tensity of curiosity, and the bar-keeper's physiog
nomy, as the lady passed quietly through the shop,'
after her long interview with old Bill ; arid .he ex;
preoion Was in tici a tleg,ree lessened when, in a few
moment; after, old Bill followed her, without:etop..
ping, as . usual, to take a second glass. And. he
never passed over, the threshold again.
Readerot mine, if you are of titbit° whoa true,
earnest souls bear ever about thein'one greai" de•
tip tbheeetu toeii : fellow meti4if, yoUr heart •is
ygaraingovet eomeetring.brothet man, whomyou
would gladly raise Iron the deptheroflOgriplation
and misery, and point to Ihehig4wqaf peace eno:
virtue—remember .that.eoniewhere in his. heart
mast be ailoor, which, when tightly epPliedtoi
wilt open enter you, See - tri ii ihtir,ye
frr , tryoang - Misa - in a grammar uchoot
asked POw ebe „ ,w9ald parse bandsoirie:iottri man,
evotadl)igaiibir:,at, ; ski
would take Ins arm if he waani
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TQNANDA, BY E. OMEARA GOODRICH.
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• .; And the evening.is beautiltill -and, the heavens
_are fall-or stars, mirroring theiriailvery faces in the
snow.; and the ,woods ate- jewelled with ice
diamonds, wd waiiiiig.rraveless and raising moon.'
And die linnhern zephyrs. zoned-with
rgitrpoWeate-.wahziug.on.peartypavemdnts
polacaky.. And the opontaine like waves of a ail-
Net sea : raimiog,heaven ward to greet the smite; end
the sky like a sea of motley sapphire, with its gol
den tresses`drooping fondly on the brow of the
mountain. ilia beautiful—too beautiful to be abut
out oft our sight. Let us all go ont of doors•and
read.a letv. paragraphs in the album of heaven. For
this firmament:above is the great Album of the
Creator, end the sons are the sy/abels and the stars
are-the letters, with which he registers. his hand.
work•
, ♦nd .the fist man ; on the lust evening of new
emotion, looheaup.into the blcy reckoni and tried
to read the illuminated manuscript of his.maker.r—
And the generation , before the flood-gazed at-those
same stars; and men Mat vim the e.ven lugs of near
ly a thousand years on. earilhlooked at these same
goldeu eyes of heaven,, which. now, look down on
us; and they called them by. name, and by their
light they ; drove their flocks to new: pester in the
old world. And %rhen the fountains of the great
deep were broken up, and the win-Juws of heaven
were opened, and. the floods came, and a tong
night of darkness, the gooti man in the ark remain
bered the Mara lbw studded the firmament in his
boyhood's lime and the names they were called by
among the lathers of the homan - race. And when
the deep black (Amide rolled away,-they shone out
ef their old places in the sky upon turn, ant be felt
at horrie,agaiit, though floating Over the shoreless
waist of waters, without compass, chart or halm —.-
There they were, just as they were out in the sky
in the Morning of creation. The waters that hod
washedhom,the earth every trace of man's axis
tence,,had not quenched one of the f lesser light&
of hi:avan t or tnuved it a 'eair from. its place. The
splendid Orion had not lost a jewel tram his belt ;
nei.lier the deluge nor the darkness had " loosed
his hands." He walked the same king, and wedd
ed the same sceptre among the stars this eveeing,
as in the first evening thernantled,the earth. The
fiery Betelguese shone with the same, red brillian
cy, and the sharp-eyed Pipet glowed in the left toot
a celestial diamond of the first water. They were
the little nettles, the great Dog star, and the long
Scorpions trailing its gems along the southern sky;
arid the eleven stars that young Joseph saw in Ins
dream ; and the seven s.ars which the first born of
Adam saw ie his infancy. Tiles : were home stars
of Noah; they were all that were 14ft of the drown
ed world; that lie had seen and loved in his youth.
lie knew not whether the eouless unruddered ark
had born him; the tallest mountain on earth was
buried deep beneath .the waters; everything had
been swept away but the stars which lie had learn
ed by name, perhaps tn-the tent ol his grandfather,
111eileiselah, who remembered Adam. And he telt
himself at home.
Now my young flierids, a deluge will never
come again to bury out of sight this green, peopled
cotld; but storms will cume, and winds wilt come
and you may drift far away horn the home of your
childhoed. And what realsrP that home"! If all
your re:a:ions and Intends should go will you to Li r
off lands, live well you there, would 3 on not leave
behind you a great deal of your home 3 Yes, you
could not take with you the old homcstecul ; the
elms and the oaks under which you played; the
the hills Mimed in summer to see, the sun es down
in the west, or in the winter with your sleds ; the
.a that purled through the meadows : the moun
tains that looked up in the, the:mice like huge.cusli
ions of green velvet for the sky ; the ; fields of alter
nate green arid yellow and the tar if woods. • .But
being now to look np into this blue world above.;
to bang these glorious constellations into the circle
of ypur acquaint:trice ; to call them by name, to as
sociate them with all the objects to which your
home'affectiees cling,. end you may carry your
home with you the wpritiover. o.ion, Arcturus,
Bootes, Virgo, the ce:siial companions 01 Jub, Noah
and David, will be ynurs w every condition; am
quaintencee, rieigl.bois to Your paternal homes. It
may be your love to see but a little a space of the
earth's surface; and to know but little more ol the
geography of the earth than what you learn horn
your map. But here you may study the geography;
01 the heavens, and see every celestial- teritory it
describes.. Without going a mile born your father's
door ; your eyeenay travel over worlds that arith
metic cannot co. - ni.ute, per geometry measure.--,
Your 4e can do this, and when you have reached
this extreme limit of their vision, your thoughts
may go on forever into the world beyond. ,
THE ADVATAGES ca PRINT;Na 8., a well
known metropolitan printing once told us that on
ogre occasion and old woman from the country
came into his printing office with an old Bible in
her hand ," I wtuit," " thrit you should
print it overataini.' It a getting a !it'll blurred rort .
of, and . my, eyes is pot wut they woe. How much
do you axe?" fifty cents:" Can you have it done
in half en hour? wiAlren would—want to he get.
tin tiOrnelive a Onti. w aye oat et town." Car.
teiuiy-" • When -the old lady. . went trot, he sent
roond to the °thee of the American Bible , ' Society.
arid ptirchased a copy for fifty cents., ",Lord sakes .
irnassy l" exclaimed the 011 lady, when come to
took at it, 'lora good rater° fixed it! it's e'en a
most as good as new ! never see nothing so cu,.
tines as what these printers
044 Two sons 4:ltria Fere moralizing °vet the
late election.- • •• • - •
"Bad news, Pat," says Mike.
"" Faith au' you're right - 11(0e," responded Pat.
,ri - Wharwciuttriild GineralTayler itlY ',this if
was alive invii" ijarmilaienifikt 7 3 t
Be gorra,"replieil Pat,' he'd say he was glad
he wsii dead
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- • The Dead Wife.
In comptirlicitilvith Ibidost 01 a wife, o ther
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hareaainneota are trifle!: The !a!to who'fitla
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eo iarge,a space in the domestic beaven—she who
is so . busied, soAinweatied in labOring lot the pre.
ciona one* aronnd Mr—bitter, bitter is the tear that
falls on her cold clay ! - You stand beside her cof.
fin and thirdc oftbe past. lt,seenis 'camber color
eJ pathwny,.iiittere the e.uu shone upon , . beatoilni
flowers, or the stare,hung glittering overhead. Fain
would the soul -linger there. No thorns are re.
membered above that stveet eleY 4 AO° those your
hand may haVe unwillingly planted. His noble
tender 'heart, Ices open to yobr inmost sight. You
think'of her now as all gentleness, all beauty and
purity,. But - she is dead l The dear head that laid
upon:Tour bosom; rests in the still darkness, upon a
pillo'w of clay. The hands that have ministered so
untiringly, are folded, white and cold;betteith ihe
gloomy portals. The heart, whose every beat
measured an eternity of love, lies under your feet
The flowers ether bent ovar'With Smiles, bend now
above her with tears, shaking the dew from their
petals, that the verdure around her may be kept
green and beautiful.
Many rhusband may read this in the silence cf
a broken home. There is no white arm over your
shoulder; uo P peaking face to look up in the eye
of love ; no trembling lips to murmur—" 0 I it is
so sad ." •
The little one whose nest death has tilled, gazes
in wonder at your solemn face ptva up hislinny
hand w stay the tears, and then nestles to its. fath
er's breast. half conscious that the wing that shelt
ered it most fondly, is broken.
There is so suauge a hush in every room ! no
light footsteps passing around. No smile to greet
you at nightfall. And.the old clock ticks and
strikes and ticks !---tt was such music 'when she
could hear it ! Now it seems to knell the hours
through which .you watched the shadoWs of death
garlteting nod her sweet face.
II strikes one ! the fatal time when the death
warrant rang out—" there is no hope." .Two.! she
lies placidly still—sometimes smiling faintly, sonic
times grieving a little, for she is young to tread the
valley of the shadow. Three ! The babe has been
brought in, its little face laid on her bosom for the
last lime. Four !—her breath becomes fainter, but
a beavenlyjoy irradiates her brow. Five! There
is change-0 ! that site might lire ! Father
6pare her.
et Thy will be done."
It was her soft broken neeews. Yes ! floacen
ly kriep I who gayest her to bless me—Thy will
be thine !
Six! there are footsteps rear. Weeping friends
around. She bids them farewell as she murmurs,
" meet lire in heaven." The damp drop gather
upon her palid features at the seventh hour: She
hos very still—sometimes she hears sweet music.
Eight! passing away vo gently ! ' But her hand yet
clings to yours, and so she lies while the old house
r•lock tolls forth iiine—ten--eleven—twelve—rol
emn strokes. You spring to your fee:. The lips
are Pliii•••••COill to your lips. The small hand has
ft lien back ; its touch grows iey. She is gone
She will never speak to you again on earth. You
must bear that cold gaze that love al lately kindled
—and you tall weeping by her side.
Arid every day that cluck repeats that old story•
Many another tale it tetleth too—of joys past--o i
sorrows shared, of beautiful words and deeds tha t
are registered 'Move. You feel-0 ! how litres, that
the grave cannot keep her. You know she is in a
happier world, yet that sometimes she is by your
side an angel presence. You look a. your innocent
babe, and think that a seraph is guarding it. Cher_
ish these enatiens, they will mike ru happier.—
Let her holy presence be nisi charm to keep you
from evil. hi all new and pleasant connscriour,
give het spirit a place in your heart. Never Engel
what she has been to you—that she has loved you.
i Be tender of her memory—so may you meet her
with a soul uristamed—a Wight and beautiful spir•
1 t bride; where no one shall say . more !Dreyer," she
is ciaad."—Olive Branch.
Finely Caught.
Some two miles up me river from St. Johns
burg, Vermont, there is a primitive suit of a little
village called " The Centre." Here not long since,
the rustic youth of the vicinity congregated for " a
dance," " and dance they did," paid our infarntaut
with au unction unknown to your city belles and
beaux." One young men having' imbibed' rather
too freely, became fatigued' in the course of tie
evening, and .wisely coiclUded to retire' for a
short rest. A door aiar near the dancing had re
vealed, invitingly, a glimpse of a comfortable hod.
of which he took possession with a prospect of au
undisturbed' snooze' It so happened, howbeit,
that this was the ladies' withdrawing room, and no
sooner had lie closed hiseyes, than a pair of bloom
ing damsels came in from the hail, and began to
adjust their disordered ringlets, the dim light of the
candle rot disclosing the tenant of the bed. They
had tongues, (like most of their sex) which ran
on in this wise; " What a nice dance we are has
ing ! Have you heard any body ally ally thing
about me,
.Jane?" La, yes Sally ! Jim Brown
pays he hover saw you look so handsome- as you
Jo to-night: Have you heard any body say any
thing athout me " About you! why sartin ; I
heart! Joe P. Flint tell Sam Q Jones that you were
the pleniest dressed gni in the room ." Whereat)
on the dear things ,chuckled," fixed up a
more, artil inader.tril towards the hall-room,. They
had, hardly reached , the,door, . when cur half-con
scious triendlairted himself upon his elbow, and'
quite intelligibly, though slowly inquired. "
you heard 01 . 064 . Jfiy about me girls?"
"Alinsytheir pheelinks'- . at Ibis-juncture They
fled:pith - an estslesive ickerbocket.
nr The befit cough drop for young Neigh Wei
drop the'prectice of dressing thin when they go out
in the night aut.
MEE
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A short if istandefroni the city - Of Boston, Am
is now living a white haired', veteran, a soldier of,
the revolutionary war- who is -ninety-nine years of ,
age, one in whom the fire of patriiiiism still burns
brightly as it burnt of ishoini eye stilt
spareles with the vivaelly of Yeuthyvhen he relates
the events of those dayethet tried men's souls'
Among the names of those which he delighted -to
honoriwan the name ofGen.JacksOn. That man he
greatly reverenced he admired the man for his
heroism; and honored him for devotion to hiscoun
try. 'About the time when Jackson was elected to
the Presidency, a party of men belonging to the
town in which he (hey . were ulnas of
course,) made an effigy of Gen. Jackson, and to
gratify the malice )hey telt in their hearts towards
trim, and the party bylwhom he had been elected,
they hung the effio in a public place called the
.‘ green." A guard of eighteen torn with loaded
guns were stationed near to protect the image, and
the image, and the men who weir: thus endeavor
ing to dishonor the name of Gen. Jackson.
The old soldier, at that time mere than seventy
years of age, was informed Of what was going on,
and of the threats that' were coadOto shoot any man
that should attempt to cut down ftm image. Vired
with indignation at the insult offered at Jackson
he shouldered his axe and went out notwithstand
ing the remonstrances of his family, who trembled
for his safety, accompanied only by his youngest
son who would not le,t his father go alone on stroll
a dangerous expedition. The firmness of his step;
the determination which his whole demeanor , ex
pressed—his well known allaciorient to his country
and to its noble deleuders, cotiviiited to speak out
his purpose, and itie axe on his shoulder needed no
comment as-he tumefied boldly up to the mock
gatlowm.
" Halt'!" shouted the guard—" advance imodier
btep and you ilfe a dead man !" and they leveird
their a eapons, pointing them directly at the old
veteran.
" Fire if you win," .taid be, " l'll cut. it down if
Vale for •
And down it went—not only down, but' hewed
up into finginer.ts, by the hand of the old soldier—
The guard were perfectly astnm•hed—They were
awed by the boldness of the aged roan with his
white hair streaming, in the wind as he bent him to
the task and they could not harm him—but they
quailed beto; e the file of his eye, as he boldly
marched of/ it: triumph before them, they had no
expected an attack trom such a quarter, and it took
them by surprise They would as son looked for
a ghost arson•„ them as the venerable man
whose head was a•hi'e as Dtl(ll,T. They said it
%yrs nothing but his while hairs that saved him from
personal violence. he was an old soldier, and they
ecuhl not lay hands nu him.
To such under G id are we indebted for liberty !
Long may their übble deeds be imitated by d
t,OIIP and themselves honored by a nation tly4t reaps
the benefit 01 their laboui.
Mr. Slocum was riot educated in a nniversity,
and fits walk in life has been in by paths and nut of
the way places. His mind is 'cliaractesii,ed by le
tleneas rather than a cmiipleheusiye grail of grea t
subj.icht. Mr. Slocum can, however, moiler a phut
ed paragiapit by dint of spelling the hard words iii
a deltberii:e manlier. and he managos to gel a few
glimpse, of men and thiligs fiorn his hole rocky
farm, thwugh the medium of a hew spaper. It IA
quite edifying to hear him reading the village pa
per aloud to Ids wife afer a hard day's wotk
A few evenings ago, father Slocum was reading
au account of a dreadful accident dial had occurred
at a factory in the.next town, and which the village
editor had described in a weal many words.
" 1 declare, wife, that w*§ an awful accident over
to the mills."
"-What was it about, Mr.Slocutn
"111 read the 'count, wife, and then jou will
know all about it."
• Horrible and Pal Accident—lt becomes our
puinlul duty to record the particulars of an acciden
that occurred at the lower mill, itt this tillage, yes
terday afternoon, by which tt! human tieing in the
prime of life was burned to ‘• that bounie hunt
which," as the immortal ShAespeate natd," no
traveller returns ;1.
" Du tell !' exclaimed Mrs. S.
'• Mr. David doves, a workman, wino had but few
superiors this Ptde of the great cuy of New Yotk,
was engaged in adjusting a belt upon one of the
large drums
-1" I wonder if it was a bass drum. eich as has
Plaribus L'intm"pritited 'on it r' Fah' MIN Slo
cum —" when he became .entatigleil. liar aim
was drawn around the d' um, and hardly his whole
body was whirled over the Ault at a lealtul rate.—
When Ilk siqtaion was di.cbvcred, he had ievoiv
,ed about fifeen minnteri, hie Bead and ariossitiking
a large beam a distinct blow at each 'evolution "
" Poor creature, how it mast have hurt hint.",
6 , When the wschinery had been stopped, it was
found Mai Mr.Jotte's arms ani legs wale niaccia
ied to at jeney."
" Welt did it kill him ' inked Mrs. S , with 111.
creasing interest. • • •
" Portions of the tturamater, cerebrum, aml cere.
hettutD, itt cottiused masses,, were scattered about
the floor—in short the gates ',of eternity had opened
upon
Here
. . .
Here Mr. Slocum paused to wipe his spectacles
and the wile seized the tipportuaity to press the
question- 4 . ,
" Was the man killed I'' 1 , ..
' tt I don't know—havit't come to that yet ; you'll
know when I've finished the piece." And Mr
Slocum eonticoed his readings ,
~ , . -
at 1i was evident, when the shapeleso form Wis
taken down, that k was no.lonntw,tenanted by - an
immortal spirit--that the vital spark was extinct."
" Was the man killed 1 that what I want to
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Too Good to be Limit.
" The Paper Don't Say.);
Mr. Slocum began to read—
;1•7v;
come ar,l l said Mrs. Slocum. • -•
" DO have a Wile patience, old loomitn," o tiaisf
Mr. SlocuM, 1 presume we shall Come upon it tight
away." And he went on. -- • -r-,
" This fatal casUalry has cast e- gleam over Mu ,
village, and we tnist-that it wilt picas It Warning pr
all person, at, are called upon to rvidatia,the
powerful machmerrit of our mills."
• " Now," Said Mrs Skims perceiving that Aber
mi. - sties was ended, "NOW I should MOW,
whether the man- was killed or not In
" I declare, wife, his rather curious, but g e ar
the paper don't say."
The Throne of %loam.
The following account of a remarkable piece Of
mechanism is taken from a Persian manuscript, milli,
eJ " the History of Jerusalem." It purports to: be'
a de&criplion of the throne of Ling Solomon, and
it the details aie correctly given, it undoubtedly-eon
passes any specimen of mechantriu produced ilt
modern timer, notwithstanding the vionderful, in
ventions and improvements which have lately lap
kon place in every branch of science : •
1, The sides of it were of pure gold, 'the 'feet of
emerald and rubies, intermixed with pearls, each
of which was as big as an ositrcb egg. The throne•
had seven steps; on each side were delineated•
orchards full of trees, the branches of which - were.
composed of precious stones, representing frniti
ripe or unripe ; on the tops of the trees, were to
,be
seen figures of beautiful plumaged birds, particu.
lady rte etaab r and the kurges. All these birds
were hollowed within artificially, so as occasionally :
to utter a thousand melodious notes, such as the ear
of mortal has never heard. On the that were de
{mewed vine branches, having bnnchesof grapes,
composed of various sorts of precious stones, fash
ioned - n such a manner as to represent the diger.
ant colors of purple, violet, green and• red, so as to
render the.appearauce of real ft oitv On the second
step; on each side of the throne, were two lions of
terrible aspect, as large as lite, and formed of cart
gold. The nature of this remarkable throne was
such. that when the prophet Solomon placed his
toot on the first step, the birds spread forth their
wiii4s and made a fluttering noise in the air. On
his touching the second step, the two lions expert..
tled their claws. Oa his reaching the third step,.
the whole nsaerubly of demons and fairies and men
repeated the prai-es of ilex Deity. . When he arriv
ed at the fourth step, voices were neard addressing
him in the fuliowl..e . manner Son of David, he
merciful fur the blest - rigs the Almighty has bestow.
ed upon you." The - same was repeated on his.
reaching the filth step. Ott his teething the sixth,
all the children of lotael joined them ; and en hie
arri% al at the seventh, all the throne, birds and ani
mals, became in motion, and ceased not until he
had placed hnn.eit in ihe royal seat, a hen the
birds, lyons anti other animals, by secret aprings,-
ilisclialged a shower of the most precious perimee
r,n the prophet ; after which two of the Kurgeses
descended arid placed a golden crown open his
head. lichee the throne was a column of burnish•
eJ cold, on the lop of which was - a golden dove,
which held in his beak a volume bound in silver.
In this book were written the PisalMs of David;
and the dove having presented the book to the•
King, lie read aloud a portion.of it to• the children
of Israel. It is further reliceo, that on the approach
of .•n Iced pergons to the throne, the lions wire
wont to set tip a tertiblo roaring, and to lash their
mails violently ; the birds also began to bristle up.
their feathers ; and the assembly also of demons'
arid get.ii w alien horrid cries., so that for her or
them no perr•un dared be guilty of falsehood, hut•
confessed their crime. Such was the throne of Sol
omon, the son of pavid."
A BEAUTIFUL young lady having invited a plaint
elilerly gentleman in dance with her, he was aw
tonished with the condescension, and believing that
she was in love with him, in a very pressing man
ner, he. desired to know why she had selected him
(torn the rest of tt e company: " Because,
replied the lady " my husband commanded me te:
select such a partnet as should not give him maw
for jealousy,
" My young friend," said a minister to. a boy at
camp do jou,;ever think of a future
mute "No, I rinber meddle with State eflaire...
lito' my brother J‘,lin is a- pnlititioner." 'Do jots
ever think 01 dying r' No but Vg,neirs our Sally
did whet, she hxd the :ilea-des,. for she turned a:1
sorts ilcolors." ' Whose boy are you?' 1 . When:
any body axes you th.it, tell 'enr you don't knout
, • •
o — , raw Jonathan, WllO had be e n gizing at rt
gaiden in the city, in wnirh were several rouble
shelves, exciairned ' Just Fee wat a waiste! Here's
nu lefts than six' scare-crows in this title ten font
piveli, and any one'ern yuull keep the crows from'
alivo acre lot."
AXTTL rjAsfE. —The New York Sunday
in speak mg of the " avt ful iTame", 'ol twenty•tivo
ca•kM of liquor poured upon Ilia ground in Maino,
a.iya ri.pioachrully, that Auch an amount of liquor
properly dircr.brned," v (mid have carried ilia pri
mal); elections la two or three wards 01 that city.
A llAnn HIT —A gentleman at the Astor lines,
table riled the person sitting next to him, if t
would please pass the mustard. " So," %aid the
man; do you mistake me for a waiter!' "On I
no," was the reply, " 1 mistook yuu for a genie-
man."
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(Q- There a:o varicie&Knoilas of preventing
colds—Mrs Sourby roes a es,Whille. For keeping
bny A out of :ha she nye:here i 9 nothing like
it. Peorto who behece in boiler eau.ry, will rleaie
notice.
Louis Napoleon is erecting flee baths in Pei',
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out othis own funds.
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