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VOLUME XXVII.
LIFE.
"Perfect through suffering."—PAUL.
Must I suffer ere my spirit
Shall attain its highest goal ?
Opens there no smoother pathway
To the upward struggling sonl ?
No—like seed that througu thick darkness
Gropes its way above the sod,
So this: soul of mine must ever
Struggle through the dark to God!
Light sntempered pales the Blossom,
Suns unclouded blight the Grain-
So the love that's winged with Wisdom
Calls His clouds and gives them Bain.
I, a plant in God's great Garden,
Grain within His guarded Field,
Need I not. as well as Sunshine,
Bain to make me thrive and yield ?
In the Day. the great Earth wearies,
Sickens 'neath the burning Sun ;
In the Night she rallies nobly,
Till her strength is all re-won.
Dews fresh ■ i rop from Nature's chalice,
Cool and quicken all her powers.
Fit her for another morrow's
Struggle through the sultry hours.
In the Light my soul grows sickly,
Sluggish, faint—until, at length
In the Dark how strong it struggles.
Battling for its bartered strength!
Tears, like dews, refresh and hallow
All its powers for noble strife,
Fit and nerve it for another
Upward effort into Life.
Life is Toil—he lives, he only,
Who, amid his daily cares,
Sees a mighty End upspringing,
Like choice Wheat among the Tares.
He who Patience gleans from Trial,
Strength from Struggle, Hope from Pain,
He twice lives—on Earth—in Heaven—
He who lives once, lives again!
THE MODEL WIFE.
ONCE on a time there was a man
whose name was Gudbrand ; he had
a farm which iay far, far away upou
a hill side, and so they called him
Gudbrand on trie Hill side.
Now, you must know this ruan and
his good wife lived so happily togeth
er, and understood one another so
well, that all the husband did, the
wife thought so well done there was
nothing like it in the world and she
was always glad whenever he turned
his hand to. The farm was their own
land, aud they had a hundred dollars
lying at the bottom of their large
chest, aud two cows together up iu a
stall in their farm yard.
So his wife one day said to him :
"Do you know, dear, I think we
ought to take one of the cows into
town and sell it; tout's what I think;
for then we shall have some money
in hand, and such well-to-do people
as we ought to have money like the
rest of the world. As for the huud
red dollars at the bottom of the chest
yonder,we can't make a hole in them,
aud I'm sure I don't know what we
want with more than one cow. Be
sides, we shall gain a little iu anoth
er way, for then I shall get off with
only looking after one cow, instead
of having, as now. to feed and litter
and water two."
Well, Gudbrand thought his wife
talked right good sense, so he set off
at ouce with the cow on his way to
town to sell her ; but when he got to
town there was no one who would
buy her.
" Well, well! never mind," said
Gudbrand, "at the worst I can only
go back home again with my cow.—
I've both stable and tether for her, 1
should think, uud the road is no fur
tuer out than in and with that he
began to toddle home with his cow.
But when he had gone a bit of the
way, a man met him with a horse to
sell, so Gudbrand thought 'twas bet
ter to have a horse than a cow, so he
swopped with the man. A little fur
ther on he met a man walking along
and driving a fat pig before him, and
he thought it better to have a fat pig
than a horse, so he swopped with the
man. After that he went a little fur
ther, and a man met him with a goat;
so he thought it better to have a
goat than a pig,and he swopped with
the man that owned the goat. Then
he went on a bit till he met a man
who had a sheep, and he swopped
with the man, for he thought it al
ways better to have a sheep than a
goat. After a while he met a man
with a goose, and he swopped away
the sheep for the goose ; and when
he had walked a long, long time, he
met a man with a cock, and he swop
ped with him, for he thought in this
wise :
" 'Tis surely better to have a cock
than a goose."
Then he went on till the day was
far spent, and he began to get very
hungry, so he sold the cock for a shil
ling, and bought food with the mon
ey, for thought Gudbrand on the Hill
side :
" 'Tis always better to save one's
life than to have a cock."
After that he went toward home
till he reached his nearest neighbor's
house, where he turned in.
"Well," said the owner of the
house, "how did things go with you
iu town ?"
" Rather so so," said Gudbrand, I
can't praise my luck, nor do I blame
it either," and with that he told the
whole story fiom first to last.
" Ah !" said his friend, " you'll get
nicely hauled over the coals, that one
can see, when you get home to your
wife. Heaven help you ; I wouldn't
stand in your shoes lor someohing."
" Well !" said Gudbrand on the
Hill-side, "I think things might have
gone much worse with me; but now,
whether I have done wrong or not, I
have too kind a good wife, she never
has a word to say against anything
that I do."
"Oh I" answered his neighbor, " I
hear what you say,but I uou't believe
it for all that."
" Shall we lay a bet upon it ?" ask
ed Gudbrand on the Hill-side. "I have
a hundred dollars at the bottom of
my chest at home ; will yon lay as
many against them ?"
Yes, the friend was ready to bet ;
so Gudbrand stayed there till even
ing, when it began to get pretty dark,
and then they went together to hi*
house, and the neighbor was to stand
outside the door and listen while the
man went to see his wife.
"Good evening!" said Gudbrand
on the Hill side.
" Good evening !" said the good
wife. "Oh! is that you? now God
be praised forever !"
Yes, it was he. So the wife asked
how things had gone with him to
town.
" Oh ! only so so," answered Gud
brand ; " not much to brag of. When
I got to the town there was no one
who would buy the cow, so you must
know I swopped it away for a horse."
"For a horse," said his wife; "well,
that is good of you ; thanks with all
my heart. We are so well-to-do that
we may drive to church, just as well
as other people ; and if we choose to
keep a horse we have a right to get
one, 1 should think. So run out,child,
and put up the horse."
"Ah !" said Gudbrand, " but you
see I've not got the horse after all;
for when I got a bit farther on the
road I swopped it away for a pig."
" Think of that now," said his wife,
"you do just as 1 should have done
myself; a thousand thanks. Now I
can have a bit of bacon in the house
to set before people when they come
to see me, that 1 can ! What do we
want of a horse ? People would only
say we had got so proud that we
couldn't walk to church. Go out
child, and put the pig iu the stye."
" But I've not got the pig, either,"
said Gudbrand ; "for wheu I got a
little farther on I swopped it away
for a milch goat."
"Biessus," cried the wife, "how
well you manage everything ! Now
I think it over,what should I do with
a pig ? People would ouly poiut at
us and say, " Yonder they eat up all
! they have got." No ! now I have got
I a goat, and 1 shall have milk and
| cheese, and keep the goat too. Run
out, child, and put up the goat."
" Nay, but I haveu't got tne goat
1 either," said GudOraud ; for a little
farther ou I swopped it away, and got j
a fiue sheep instead."
" You don't say so 1" cried his wife,
" why you do everything to please
me, just as il I had been with you ;
what do we want of a goat ? if 1 had
it I should lose half my time in climb- 1
iug up the hills to get it down. No !
if I have a sheep I shall have both
wool and clothing, and fresh meat in
the house. Run out, child, and put 1
up?the sheep."
" But I havn't got the sheep any j
more than the rest," said Gudbrand ; j
" for when I bad gone a bit farthei I j
swopped it for a goose."
"Thank you, thank you, with ail
my heart !" cried his wife ; what i
should I do with a sheep, I have no
spinning wheel or carding comb, nor |
should I care to worry myself with
cutting and shapiug, and sewing
clothes now,as we have always done;
and now I shall have roast goose,
which I have longed for so often ;
and besides down to stuff my little
pillow with. Run out, child, and put
up the goose."
"Ah!" said Gudbrand; "but 1
have not got the goose either, for
when I had gone a bit farther I swop
ped it away for a cock."
'• Dear me 1" cried his wife, " how
you think of everything ! just as I
should have done myself. A cock !
think of that ! Why it's as good as an
eight day clock,and we sh ill be able,
to stir our stumps iu good time.—
What should we do with a goose ? I
don't know how to cook it ; and as
for my pillow, I can stuff it with cot
ton grass. Run out, child, and put j
up the cock."
" But, after all, I haven't got the j
cock," said Gudbrand ; "for when I j
had gone a bit farther I got as hun- I
gry as a hunter, so I was forced to
sell the cock for a shilling, i< r fear I '
should starve."
"Now God be praised that you did
so ?" criea his wife ; " whatever you
do, you do it always just after my
own heart. What should we do with
the cock ? We are our own masters,
I should think, and can lie a-bed in
the morning as long as we like.—
Heaven be thanked that I have got
you safe back again ; you who do
everything so well that I want neith
er cock nor goose ; neither pigs nor
kiue."
Then Gudbrand opened the door,
and said :
" Well, what do you say now ?
Have I won the hundred dollars ?"
and his neighbor was forced to allow
that he had.— Popular Tales from the
Norse.
RATS AT CAlßO. —Cairo, 111., if we
are to believe the Democrat of that
place, is a ratty city. The other eve
ning, it says, a stranger arrived, and
was astonished to see droves ot rats
passing across the walks before him.
Wherever he went he saw rats —
great fat fellows, with nimble feet
and bright eyes. Finally he took a
friend by the arm, aud walked aside
with him in a very mysterious man
ner, said : "Have you seen any rats
this evening ?" "Thousands of them,"
said his friend. The stranger's face
brightened iu an instant. "It's all
right said he ; "you see, the truth
is, I've been drinking like a fish late
ly, and when I saw so many rats I
was fearful they were creatures of
my imagination, and not bona fide
rats ; iu short, I was afraid that I
had deliriums. You have taken a
weight from my mind ; let us drink."
A Cow BSLLK —a pretty milkmaid.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., MARCH 21,1867.
WHEN YOU'RE DOWN.
What legions of friends always bless us
When golden sncoess lights our way!
How they smile as they softly address nil,
So cordial, good-humored and gay.
But ah! when the sun of prosperity
Hath set, then how quickly they frown,
And cry out in tones of severity,
" Kick the man: don't you see he's down?"
What though, when you knew not a sorrow,
i'ou're heart wa open as day,
And your triends when they wanted to bor
row,
Y'ou obliged and ne'er asked them to 'pay.'
What though a soul you ne'er slighted,
As you wandered about through the town.
Your friends become very near-sighted,
And don't seem to see when you're down.
Wheu you're •' up" you ere loudly exalted,
Aud traders all sing out your praise ;
When you're down you have greatly de
faulted,
And th' y "really don t fancy your ways."
You're style was "tip top" when you'd
money.
So sings every sucker and clown ;
But now it's extremely funny,—
Things-hove altered because you are down.
O, give me a heart that forever
Is free from this world's selfish rust,
And the soul whose high nobie endeavor
Is to raise fallen men from the dust.
And when in adversity's ocean,
A v ictim is likely to drown.
All hail to the friend whose devotion
Will lift a man up when he's down.
THE PRISONERS' ADVENTURE-
A STOBY OF WYOMING VALLEY.
ONE evening in December, 1789,
George I'. Ransom, James Butterfield,
aud John Brown, all young men, paid
a visit to the house of a friend near
the Wyoming Valley, for the purpose
of spending an hour or two iu the so
ciety of three young ladies. Ransom,
although less than twenty years of
age, had already made his mark in
his country's history. He, in com
pany with others, reached the scene
of the famous Wyoming massacre of
1778, shortly after the Indians had
withdrawn. Among' the dead and
mangled, one of the first forms that
he discovered was that of his beloved
father, who had commanded a company
iu battle, aud whose name is engrav
ed on the celebrated Wyoming mon
ument.
Young Ransom had joined Sulli
van's army,was in the battle of New
ton, and on the occasion of which we
speak, was absent on furlough. The
three young men were cordially re
ceived by the young ladies—as is
generally the case on similar - cca
sions—and all was proceeding as
merrily as several marriage bells,
when three thundering knocks start
led them all. Young Ransom knew
immediately the meaning of this. By
some means the enemy had gained
knowledge of his whereabouts, and
had come to take him and his friends
prisoners. They instantly looked
round for some way to escape, but ou
going to the windows, they found
them guarded, and before they could
hit 011 any expedient, the door was
burst open aud a ban lof Tories and
ludians swarmed in.
The whole party were made priso
ners and immediately hurried up the
mountain, the captors apprehending
an attempt at rescue from the fort at
Wilkes-Barre, which was but a short
distance away. Before the arrange
ments for the night were concluded,
the young ladies were released and
shortly alter all three came into the
fort. Here the alarm gun was in
stantly fired, but the only good it ac
complished was to apprise young-
Ransom and his friends that the girls
were with their friends
Before the party lay down for the
night, oue of the Tories told Ransom,
in a most emphatic manner,that if one
of the prisoners should effect his es
cape, the others should most certain
ly be put to death. In the middle of
the night, when all but himself were
asleep, Randall succeeded in unloos
ing his bonds, and could have darted
away in the bushes without the pos
sibility of re-capture. But he had uo
reason to doubt that his escape would
be fatal to his companions, and he,
therefore, re-tied his things, resolved
to share the fate of his companions,
in captivity.
The next morning was bitterly cold
and tempestuous, aud the prisouers
were nearly starved. But they were
loaded down with packs, ami com
pelled to plod onward until Tioga
Point was reached when an old horse
was slaughtered,and they fared sump
tuously so long as it lasted.
The destination was Niagara, the
head-quarters of the leading ludiau
tribes. Before reaching this point, a
large body of Indian families was en
countered, and young Ransom was
told that he must undergo the de
lightful ceremony of "whipping."—
He was thus singled out as a target
for special indignities, as he was in
the uniform of the continental army,
and was thus known to be an active
enemy.
Ransom was seated on a log, and
told that he might dodge the flows
as much as he pleased ; but that in
case he left the log he should be put
to death. The chief was the first
who, muttering some unintelligible
jargon, gave him a blow, the queen
did likewise, and then came some
thing over forty Indians, followed in
turn by about as many squaws and a
horde of children, who showed the
venom of vipers. As each was allow
ed to strike but one blow, Ransom's
adroitness enabled him to avoid near
ly all of them.
It was nearly two w. - ks later that
the prisoners reached Niagara. Here
they were removed to " Prisoners' Is
land," in the St. Lawrence, forty-five
miles above Montreal, where there
were a hundred and sixty-six Ameri
can prisoners. They were guarded
by Tories belonging to Sir John John
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER
When night came they resumed
their journey, searching along the
bank for some canoe in which to
cross the SI. Lawrence to the Ameri
can side. They, finally, discovered
one but ii was so faithfully guarded
by two ferocious dogs that they were
unable to appropriate it. Passiug
on, they came upon two little bark
canoes, which they speedily confis
cated, and made their way to the oth
er shore.
They now directed their course
toward the head of Lake C'hamplain.
Their bread was soaked aud spoil
ed but they managed to secure their
meat aud salt. On this the three men
lived for seven days,concealing them
selves during the day-time and trav
eling at night. For over a week,
their way led tiiern through an im
mense swamp, during which time
they weie compelled to drink water
as filthy as it is possible to imagine,
aud live upon snakes and frogs.—
They, finally, became so weakened
and worn down, that one of their
number gave out entirely, and insist
ed on lying down to die. The others
told him if he did they would slice
up his body aud eat it. This dread
ful threat spurred him onward,but he
finally, became feverish, and mani
festly couid go 110 further. Most for
tunately, at this juncture, they reach
ed a spring of pure, ice-cold water.
The sick man took a long draught
aud lay down beside it. Finding it
impossible to arouse him, the others
gathered a piie of wood, caught a
quantity of frogs and snakes, and
building a booth over him, bade him
farewell.
Rausont and his companion,by this
this time were nearly used up, and
they advanced with faltering steps.
On the fourteenth day they discover
ed two old horses, which at first
thought, they decided to kill for their
beef; but a few minutes consultation
decided them to mount and give
them free rein, allowing them to go
where they pleased, in the belief that
they would convey them to some hu
man habitation. The disposition of
the animals, at first, was emphatical
ly against going at all; bnt this was
overcome in the usual manner, and,
to their delight, they speedily fetched
up at the residence of a genial-heart
ed, old lady who took them in, fed
them very sparingly at first, and, af
ter several days, sent them on their
way, like giants refreshed with new
wine.
At last they reached Poultney, in
Vermont, where Ransom made his
home for a time with an uncle. About
three weeks alter this who should
make his appearance but the man
they had left to die by the spring in
the great swamp. Rest, nourishment
of the frogs, and the pure cold water,
had sustained him, until his system
rallied, when he concluded to post
pan • his death for the present.and re
sumed his journey.
When he had fairly recovered, Geo.
P. Ransom rejoined the army at West
Point, rising to the rank of colonel,
and remained with it until the con
clusion of the war, when he settled
in Wyoming, where he died 1850, in
the ninetieth year of his age.
A LADY wrote with a diamond on a
pane of glass :
" God did at first make man upright;
but he—"
To which a gentleman added :
" Most surely had continued so; but
she—"
A SAILOR at the theatre said he
supposed the dancing girls wore their dress
es at half mast as a mark of respect to de
parted modesty.
THE oldest deaf and dumb asylum
is the world—the grave.
son's regiment. The commanding of
ficer was a Scotch youth, who was a
regular Dick Turner—if it be possi
ble for nature to produce in a centu
ry, two such monsters as this devil of
Libby. He heaped all manner of in
dignities upon the prisoners, except
to shoot them when they came to the
windows to get a mouthful of air.
This rigorous treatment was grad
ually relaxed, however; and when
spring came, Ransom and his two
fellow prisoners were allowed to
make gardens for themselves. It was
while thus employed that they cou
ceived the idea of attempting to es
fcape to the American shore by means
of a raft. They lashed together all
the sticks and wood they could lay
their hands'on, burying the main
portion in the sand, and leaving such
parts to protrude as would give the
appearance of sticks placed there to
make the boundary of the garden
beds
They managed to secure some
bread, pork, aud salt, and on the Bth
of June, 1781, just as night was clos
ing in, they unearthed their raft, and
committed themselves to the treach
erous St. Lawrence. They were
hardly free from shore when the
alarm-gnu of the fort boomed out
with terrible distinctness, and the fu
gitives knew their escape had been
discovered.
The current of the river was o
powerful that >l was almost impossi
ble to control their crazy structure,
added to which, they found its mate
rials were too slight, and it was set
tling in the water. It was soon
eighteen inches below the surface,
when they were barely able to keep
afloat and maintain their places ou it.
That was a long and perilous night
to the fugitives. It seemed impossi
ble to avoid being wrecked and
drowned,or to land where they would
be re-captured by the British soldiers
or Indians. At daybreak they ef
fected a landing 011 the Canada side
but when they attempted to walk
they found it impossible. Their low
er liinbs. from resting motionless in
the icy current, all night, were as if
they were leaiiydead, and they were
compelled < • crawl to the bushes,
where,by switching themselves smart
ly, and vigorously rubbing, they at
length, succeeded in restoring anima
tion.
INSIDE OF A CHILIAN SILVER MINE.
A Lima correspondent thus des
cribes a visit to a silver mine in Chi
li :
The principal mine is called "El
Piqne," and belongs to Mr. Urme
nota, who lives in Santiago. A des
cription of this one will suffice for all
in general, and will give an approxi
mate idea of how our copper is ob
tained. After rambling about the
vicinity of the mines a couple ot
days, 1 put myself in the hands of
the manager, Mr. Charles Green, ol
Providence, Rhode Island, and went
down into the bowels of the earth.
Before starting we arrayed oursel
ves iu miners' costume, a dress that
would create a sensation in Broad
way, and were provided with well
filled lamps, swinging on the ends of
rods about three feet long. The en
trance to the mine is on the parapet
formed by slicing down a part of the
steep hill side, and on which are the
residence of the manager and the
machinery and shops of the estab
lishment. Entering a tunuel about
seven feet high, aud extending into
the heart of the mountain, we soon
came to a large, arched chamber, in
which are the boilers and engines
for hoisting ores. Following the
inunel three huudred and fifty yards,
we came to the main shaft and de
scended oy means of ladders down
through the various galleries, or lev
els, at the extremity of which miners
were at work, until we reached the
bottom of the mine, over one thous
and f 1 perpendicularly under
ground. Here we traveled through
various tong passages, in some of
which it was necessary to creep on
hands and knees. The air was cool
and sweet, owing to the excellent
arrangements for ventilation, and
most of the passages were perfectly
dry. Water is found in some of the
shafts, but not in quantities sufficient
to interfere with the work. It was
Loped that more water would have
been discovered, as it would prove a
auxiliary in reducing the ores. As
we passed along the chambers we
met men and boys stripped to a
breech cloth, carrying rawhide bags
|of ores to the hoisting shafts,and oc
casionally the dull report of the blast
would rumble through the mines like
distant heavy thunder. In some
places the ores were so rich that they
glistened in the light of the lamps,
and seemed to realise the tales of
the wonderful caverns filled with
gems. Over four hours were spent
: in the mine, although we did not go
through one-third of the passages—
. there being over ten miles of galler
! ies already open in good working
order. The ascent was very tire
some, the legs inclining to Jgive out
after climbing two or three hundred
feet of ladders. Generally visitors
to the mine are lamed for a few days,
and in some instances individuals
have been laid up for a week, suffer
ing acute pain in the muscles of the
thighs. The ores upon being brought
to the mouth of the mine, are picked
over by women and boys, and passed
through powerful crushers that re
duce them to fiue particles In this
shape they are washed by machin
ery. for the purpose of removing all
< reign substances, and transported
in carts and on pack mules to the
coast tor shipment abroad. Very
few of the miners in Chili undertake
the crushing and washing process,
but transport their ores to the near
est smelting furnaces. At the Tain
ay .mines the poorer ores aud the
refuse after washing the metals are
all saved to be smelted when the
railroad is opened and coal can be
brought to the spot at a reasonable
expense
Y orTH FFI, PATRI OTIS M. —Everybody
has heard of the Irish urchin who was
thrashed by his father for attending
a Native American meeting, and af
terwards informed a companion that
"he didn't so much care about being
whipped if it hadn't been done by a
foreigner." The Rev Dr. Thomas
tells the following story of his expe
rience with a little shaver of his own.
1 had a little son of about four years
old, a very bright and promising fel
low During my temporary absence
f rom home his mother read to him the
story of the Revolutionary War. The
little fellow treasured up the narra
tives of the battlefield until his youth
ful patriotism was kindled to a flame.
I returned home late in the evening,
and while at breakfast the next morn
ing he came and seated himself in si
lence. He withheld the familiar wel
come—the customary kiss. Evident
ly his mind was engrossed with some
teiug. He sat brooding L ver his top
ic for a few moments,and then,turning
to me, he said, "Father, are you Brit
ish ?" "My son," said I, "I had the
good or bad fortune to be born in
England, but, like the Irishman, I
was brought over here so early I be
came a native." "Well sir," said he,
his childish face all aglow, and shak
ing his little fisl at me, "we whipped
yon once, and we can do it again 1"
YOUNG AMERICA SURPRISED —One of
our friends was recently blessed by
an addition to his household, which
came "like a thief in the night. The
next morning the happy father took
his four-year-old boy to the upper
room, to see the little brother, who,
having never pursued Oatlin's work
—"Keep Your Mouth Shut," —was
quietly eujoying his morning nap
with his little mouth open. All were
quietly watching the elder brother,
and desirous to catch his first obser
vation With eyes firmly fixed at
the new comer, and with a counte
nance showing trouble within,after a
few moments of silence, he defiantly
exclaimed, "I should like to know
who pulled out the baby's teeth."
LEARNING is wealth to the poor, an
honor to the rich, aid to the young, and a
support and comfort to the aged.
02 per Annum, in Advance.
Copper is one of the primitive
metals, aud with the exception of
iron and tin it is the lightest of them,
aud except iron it is the hardest. It
alloys readily with gold and silver.
It is often found in native alloy with
the latter metal. Pure copper in
mass is hard and sonorous, but is not
so hard but that it can be cut with a
knife. Its hardness is increased by
hammering or by rolling into sheets
and by drawing into wires. By re
peating the process the metal be
comes quite brittle, but its malleabil
ity may be featured by annealing.
This is dune by heating it and plung
ing it into coid water ; the reverse
operation of annealing iron or steel
When the soft mettle is broken the
fracture is red, shining, and grauu
lar, and if the metal is very soft it
presents a crystaline appearance;
but when the metal is hard the frac
ture presents a lightish red, silky,
and fibrous appearance.
Of heat it is an excellent conduct
or, and if we take gold at 1000, the
heat conducting power of copper is
898. It is an excellent conductor of
electricity, and if we take its conduc
ting power of 100, gold will be about
80 and iron about 18.
Copper is used largely iu the arts
and for industrial purposes ; all gold
and silver coinage is alloyed with it,
and it is the preponderating agent in
all yellow alloyed metals. It is also
employed to a certain extent in the
white alloyed metals, such as specu
lum metal, bell and Babbitt metal,
Britannia metal and German silver.
It is also used as a basis of all coroj
pound metals where a sonorious
quality is sought for. Copper and
tin, both soft metals, become very
hard when alloyed in certain propor
tions, and zinc and copper make the
alloy of soft brass. Copper is large
ly infused through the organic as
well as inorganic nature,and although
we know its saltß to be poisonous,
both to animal as well as vegetable
life, it has sometimes been found in
so great quantities in the common
oyster as to be detrimental to health.
It is also found in mussels, crabs,
snails, iu the ashes of plants, and
even in the blood of man.
The most brilliant green paints are
a compound of copper with other sub
stances, and other combinations pro
duce valuable blue colors. It is also
largely used in enamel-work and col
or-making. With sulphur and sni
phurates of definite composition ; ni
tric acid will rapidly dissolve it, with
the evolution of nitric oxyd,which,by
coming into contact witb the atmo
sphere, will be converted into the
violet colored fumes of nitrous acid.
In concentrated sulphuric acid, by
application of heat sulphurious acid
gas is evolved, and the production is
sulphate of copper With excess of
air, niuratic acid dissolves it, but
quite slowly. Strong solutions of the
alkalies,as they contain no atmosphe
ric air,have no action on copper ; but
weak solutions, especially of amnio
uia, with access of air, rapidly dis
solve it. The solutions of copper are
either given or purple in color : the
solution of ammonia is remarkable
for its deep purple color. The green
color of the pickles we see upon our
tables is often due to a solution of
copper contained in the acid in which
the vegetables are prepared.
The oxyde of copper obtained by
neutralization with alkalies from so
lutions in acid, may be obtained in
pure metalic form by passing a vol
ume of hydrogen over them in a close
tube and exposed to heat. The ox
yds will be decomposed with a heat
below redness, and the production
will be metallic copper and water; it
may also be obtained by putting iron
or zinc into solutions of it in acid.—
Copper in solution will exist as a salt
of the protoxyd.and if a piece of clean
iron be immersed in it it becomes
coated with it, if the solution be not
too dilute with the metallic copper.
The iron wire of commerce that we
see coated with a film of copper is
immersed in a bath of sulphate of
copper dissolved in water — Amairan
Artisan.
OCCUPATlON. —Occupation ! What a
glorious thing it is for a human
heart 1 Those who work hard seldom
yield themselves up to a fancied or
real sorrow. When grief sits down,
folds its hand, and mournfully feeds
upon its own tears, weaving the dim
shadows that a little exertion might
sweep away into a funeral pall, the
strong spirit is shorn of its might,
and sorrow becomes our master.—
When troubles flow upon you dark
and heavy, toil not with the waves—
wrestle not with the torrent—rather
seek by occupation to divert the dark
waters that threaten to overwhelm
you in a thousand channels with the
duties of life always present. Before
you dream of it, those waters will fer
tilize the present, and give birth to
fresh flowers, ihat they may brighten
the future—flowers that will become
pure and holy in the sunshine which
which penetrates the path of duty.—
Grief, after all, is but a selfish feel
ing, and most selfish is he who yields
himself to the indulgence of any pas
sion that brings no joy to his iellow
men.
A good story is told ola rus
tic youth and a buxom country girl,
who sat facing each other at a husk
ing party. The youth, smitten with
the charms of the beautiful maiden,
only ventured a sly look and now and
then touched Patty's foot under the
table. The girl, determined to make
the youth express what he appeared
so warmly to feel, bore these advan
ces a little while in silence, when she
cried out, "Look here ; if you love
me, why don't you say so ; but don't
dirty my stockings."
THAT which was bitter to endure
may be sweet to remember.
NUMBER 42.
OOPPEB.
FUN, FAOTS.AND FACETIJE.
DIN SKB for nothing is very good
fun, but you can t say as much of nothing
for dinner.
WHEN is butter like Irish children!'
When it is made into little IVt*.
MARRIAGE changes the cui rent of A
man's feelings. It also changes his cur
rency
THERE is a current belief that a
wolf is never so dangerous as when he feels
sheepish.
WHY are painful toes and an oak
similar in origin ? Because they both spring
from a-com.
WHY are milkmen like Pharaoh's
daughter ? Because they find a littlo profit
in the water.
WHAT axles on a railroad train are
most likely to be broken ? The Under axles,
of course.
"I HAVE not loved lightly," A* the
fellow said when he married a widow weigh
ing three hundred pounds.
EAST TENNESSEE has a tombstone
whereon is inscribed the following epitaph
" She lived a life of virtue, and died of the
cholera-morbus, caused by eating green
fruit, in the full hope of a blessed immortal
ity, at the early age of twenty-four. Header,
go thou and do likewise.'
CUT a dog's tail short, and he can't
wag it. " Brevity is the soul ol wit," but
not of waggery.
ADVERSITY has ever been considci
ed as the state in which a man most easily
becomes acquainted with himself—particu
larly being free from flatterers.
WHY canot a deaf man be legally
convicted ? Because it is not lawful to con
demn a man without R hearing.
WHY talk about not sleeping A
wink, when people in their sleep never
wink?
NATURE, when she makes a beauti
ful head, is often so absorbed with admira
tion of her own work that she forgets the
brains.
HE who pokes his nose in every
where will sometimes poke it between 'a
thumb and fore-finger.
FACTS should always be stated in
black aud white. Any thing writte iin red
ink, of course is ink-red-ible.
WHICH is the strongest day of the
seven ? Sunday,because the others are week
days.
IF a man's wife is well bred, he
won't need any but-her
WHAT IS the greatest virtue in A
sea captain ? Wreeklessness.
WHY is a kiss like a rumor? Be
cause it goes from mouth to mouth.
THIRTEEN objections were once giv
en by a young lady for declining a match—
the first twelve being the suitor's twelve
children, and the thirteenth the suitor him -
self.
PUNCH says women first resorted to
tight lacing to prove to men how well they
could bear tight squeezing.
TESTIMONY is like an arrow shot
from a long-bow ; the force of it depends
on the strength of the hand that draws it.
ARGUMENT is like an arrow from a cross
bow, which has equal force, though shot by
a child.
TIME, patience, and industry are
the three grand masters of the world.
LITTLE Sallie was teaching her
younger brother the Lord's Prayer. They
went on smoothly till they arrived at '• give
us our daily bread."
"No, no, Sissy—we want cake!" and he
refused to proceed until the desired amend
ment was made.
" MY Good Fellow," said one man
to another, clapping him on the shoulder
"you are one of the men we read of!"
• How so?" inquired the other, "where
did you read of me ?"
'' In the police report
A TEACHER of vocal music ask- d
an old lady if her grandson had any eitr fot
music.
" Wa'al,' said the old woman, "I rahly
don't no : won't you just take the candle
and see ?"
J. B. WAS a stingy old creature,
eager lor money; but he was a zealous mem
ber of a church, and ostentatious in his re
ligions exercises. ••John," said Catherine
te her brother, "What could have made
that stingy old wretch a Christian "
can tell you," said John "horead that tV
streets of the New Jerusalem is paved with
gold, and he is determined to get there."
THE road ambition travels is too
narrow for friendship, too crooked for low,
too rugged tor honesty, and too dark for
science.
A YOUNG top about starting d
to New Orleans proposed to purchase a li>
preserver. " Oh, you'll not want it, sug
gested the clerk, "bags of wind won t sink.
A FELLOW married a term again
who drove him to desperation and finally .<
death, just before dying, he request- d a
friend to have the following inscription up
on bis tomb; "Slain by a jaw-bone."
FLATTERY s ; ts in the parlor, while
plain dealing is kicked out of doors.
'THEM'S 'EM.'' —We often hem ot
remarkable cases of "absence t>i
mind." Here is one equal to anything
we have seen lately. The man was
doubtless a very interesting head of
the family.
"I say cap'n," said a little keen
eyed man, as he laiided from the
Bteamboal Potomac at Natchez. T
say cap'n, this here ain't all."
"That's all the baggage you bro'i
on board, sir," repiied the captain
"Well, see now, I grant it all uk
according, to list—four boxes, three
chests, two ban'-boxes, a port-manty
two hams—one part cut—three roju
of inyon and a tea kettle ; but you
see,cap'n I atn dubersom,l feel there's
something short. Though I've coun
ted 'em nine times, and never to i*
my eyes off'cm while on board,then '.-,
somethiu' not right somehow "
"Well, stranger, the time is up ;
there is all 1 know of ; so bring your
wife and five children out of the cab
in, and we are off."
"Them's 'era, darn it ; them's 'em !
I know'd I'd forgot something."
WHO IS THE DOTARD ?— Sir Isaac
Newton wrote a commentary upon
the Prophet Daniel, and another up n
the Book of Revelations ; in one ul
which he said that, in order to fulfill
certain prophesies before a certain
date was terminated—l26o days, or
prophetic years, of Daniel there
would be a mode of traveling discov
ered cf which the men of his time
had no conception ; nay, that the
knowledge of maukind would be so
increased, that they would be able to
travel at the rate of titty miles an
hour! The infidel Voltaire got hold
of this, and soeeringly said : "V
look at that mighty miud of Newton,
who discovered gravity,and told such
marvels for us to admire When he
became au old man, got in his dotage,
he began to study that book cult'. I
the Bible ; and it seems that, in or
der to credit its fabulous nonsense,
we must believe that the knowledge
of mankind will so increase, that we
shall be able to travel at the rate of
fifty miles an hour 1" " Poor do
tard 1" exclaimed the philosophic in
fidel, in the self-complacency of his
| profound ignorance.