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)..... From' the Western Recorder J '' '
! ' THE LABORER, ' . ;
Ltt notho poor man bow his head, .
Nnr blush to see his hands
Made rough by toiling for his bread, ' "'
And luggling with ilia hand
That bintl him down lo poverty j "
To toil is not a sham a
To tinsre the cheek or daunt the eye
Of him who claims llio name
Ol man They are not men, but slaves
Indeed, whose ill-bread prida
Their sinewy hands, from purse-proud knaves,
Would prdmpl, in shame, to hide.
With brow erect, though drenched with
sweat,
A cheek that glows wilh health,
An eye unmoved that never yet
Before the lurd of wealth
In rar fell dovn, assert ihy right,
Though minions cringe and kneel
And stoop their necks in humble plight
Ndr dare lo make appeal,
To Justice, Right nnd Truth and God,
But oil Iho servile knee
Caress the hand that plies I lie rod
And hug their infamy.
Be not ashamed of toil, nor think
Thy Tale n grievous doom :
Tis slo'k will brinir us lo Iho brink
Of MiseiV's mirkesl uloom.
He's fon i loi.l blest who loves his work; '
W hose charge is ne'er toigot :
Who'll never from his duty shrink,
Ur murmur ill his Inl,
Yet htttl a bold lt fiance forth,
II tyranls st'Pk lo wrong, :
Ami sluiiil lor KirciiT 't; ui uft all the earth
With puiposu fixed and strong.
Lei tdlers piize iheir soft hands while,
Ltfl cuse enrrriiss their cares,
But quail not tkou before their sight,
Thy uilis aie liinh as ihi'iis : ' ,-'
Thy soul as jiieat, lliy sireimlh hs free ;
I liy speech shall tear restrain i
No. speak ! what seenielh riiiht to thee,
1 Imu'll never speak in vain.
Let head and heait join wilh the hand
IihIh er ihy wink may be,
Then thou wilt take a noble stand
Among Iho truly free.
7i Select Sale.
UK .
THE TROUBLES 07 A MOUSTACHE.
"Who Ho yon think lias come back lo
our village?" said Fanny AUt-viie lo a
parly -of voting ft lends, who had assembled
at lier house lota'l: over tin morrow's con-
l.inplatcd fuc-nic. And, as no one an
swered, but a dozen voices simultaneously
cried, 'Dii tell,' she added, "Who but
Charlie Weaver, and with such' a mou
tache!" she exclaimed, clapping her hands
as the idea was lull of ofee; "and it looks
for all the world, as il Charlie had a little
still" brush pasted und r his nose. For n.y
part I can t comprehend what he wears it
for, unlets he thinks himself handsome, and
adopts it as a protection, to keep the girls
Iroin lubsin?; In fn. And aatri she clap
ped her handb-, her eyes fairly flashing
wilh Inn. .
"I havivt seen him yet," said Emily
Rogers; "but does he look queer 1 They
say moustaches arc all the fashion among
young inen who move in pood society.
i i orei'n counts aiway wear ihern, you
know,"
Miss Rofjprs had spent a year in a fash
ionable boardinj school, where she had
tried to learn French, and had succeeded
only in learning lolly ; and so she consid
ered hersell an excellent judge ol all things Jeniurt.lv asked "Fanny
faces, lusterlesl eyes, and stooping shoul
ders, mope about town ball-rooms. A lew
indeed, were infected with a! mania for
French - nianneis, ; and thought foreign
counts divine ; and , of these Miss Rogers
was the acknowledged leader.. .... :;
Among the beaiiJf, Charlie Weaver
shone, or fancied he shone conspicuous.
His coat was of the latest cut; bis vest
spread out into vast amplitude ; and his
boots were of varnished lea' her, made on
red morocco yes, posit' v. Iy on. red mo
rocco leggings. But his moustache that
was the crowning glory. It was between
a yellow and a brown, stiff as a hair-brush,
and grew beneath his nose like a forest of
rushes under the side ol a hill. Charlie
was evidently proud of his moustache.
He often stroked it complacently vhn
talking with the ladies, fie trimmed it
wilh great care every morning; and ho
was never in a room for five minutes where
there was a mirror without looking ti the
charming excrescence.
Charles Weaver or as the girls famil
iary termed him,, Charlie Weaver had
been a very sensibly young man until he
went to London to study medicine. He
there caught the .moustache rabies, n mad
ness I Verily believe as inefiectious among
young men, as hydrophobia is amonj dogs.
Nature was a little obstinate at first: for
only down grew where Charlie had wished
for bristles ; but, by dint of frequent oiling
and shaving, and much time and money
spent on various hair preparations, he suc
ceeded at last in obtaining bis heart's de
sire. That day was the proudest of his
life. In his secret heart he believed all
the girls of the place would be in love will)
him before a week.
And now he was at the pic-nic, shining
resplendent in thst moustache. He fiist.
addressed himself to Fanny ; she hid al
ways been his favorite ; but she was now
full of mischief, and, soon detecting the
conceit of Charlie, resolved that he shmJrt
suffer for it. Sj Fanny, without actually
driving hi in ofl altogether, kept him fit n
respectable distance, Inking care to give
him but few smiles, and them only when
she saw he was beginning to move away,
In this there was something of coquetry,
we must admit ; but vanity in the male
sex can, after oil, only be matched by co
quetry in women.
"Oh, come, let us have a frame at Co
penhagen," said Fanny, ot last, civing a
wicked glance at Charlie. "We have
lanced and sung, and walked and prome
naded, and e.iten and drank ; we have
lone everything that sensible people ran
be expected lo do. Now e us for once
he children afjain. What soy you girls!''
Miss Rogers was the first to Fp.'ak.
Pursing' up her acid-looking mouth, and
flrawtng her thin figure to its full height,
she said :
"Copenhagen ! I rim astonished at you,"
MissAllevne. Copenhagen for voting la
dies like ourselves! Why, it is not played
now by youna ludies."
"Our grandmothers useti to piny at it,
and thought it not so vulgar," saiil Fanny.
"However, I want a good romp, and I
vote for Copenhagen."
Fanny had a purpose of. her own to
serve; besides, she enjoyed the reputation
of doing as she pleased; and truth to tell,
when she now proposeo Copenhagen, many
of the girls who would not have dared to
suzgest it themselves,' seconded her pro
posal. As lor the gentlemen, they all,
with one voice, cried out for it, except
Charlie.
' "And what do you fay, Mr. Weaver?"
"You are silent,
!! Charlie instantly sprang forward,' and
would have placed an; arm rjuud her per
son... . r, ,, el ' " Ml. !'
.! But Fanny drew lieracll up with, a won
dfifully quiik O'sumption of 'dignity, step
ped a pace back, nnd said , ,. i . , . .
"Not so fast, Mr. Weaver. We country
bred girls arejiot over-f'astiduou?, know;
but we don't allow young gentlemen to put
their arms around u"
. A peal of laughter broke fi on Hie crowd,
tier look was so wrintiS,' so mnt h in con
trast with her late mirth, so that Ihe whole
thing was inexpressibly ludicrous. Char
lie drew back abashed for a moment, but
recovering himself, h said
"This is a breach ol your agreement.
You said Miss Alleyne, you would play
lair. Yotfsaid, if 1 became entitled lo it
by the laws of the game, I might kiss you."
"(), I mean lo keep my word, said Fan
ny, coolly, "jut you were about to put
your arms around me, arid there was no
stipulation about thai, was iiicre V '
Then there was another general laugh.
Charlie was forced to acknowledge that
Fanny was right.
i
OLD SEMES," VOL. 'J4, NO.
7.
Jj) o c t v n .
"You were to kis me-Aif you could ;.
that was Ihe bargain, was it not ?"
She looked seriously around the circle :
all confessed that she was rij,'ht.
"Yes," .aid Charlie, "that was il."
She folded her an its, (.loud straight up,
and looking him full in the face, said
"enme on then !"
Now it is a very diIeri-nt thing to kiss a
blushing, struggling, half-willing, half-unwilling
girl, and to kiss a girl that stands
up like a grenadier, and tells you coolly to
come on.'
: She had stood mraniimfr. without moving
a mus. le of her face, as serious as a -ir!f;f
about to pronounce sentence of death. She
suffered Charlie to come within a foul' i.f
her, when she suddenly raised her finger,
and drew back Pfain
, ''Remember," said sh , "you are to kiss
me if you can."
"To he sure," he said : but (air play re
quires that you stand still. , Il yon keep
receeriing in this way, of course I can'i kiss
yon.
; " ' HAPPIIT2-S.
Tis rot !n bmiiiy, this will fade,
And pax like morning dews away ; '
Tis run in nil the t rmm of fume,
, Which like Ihu summer (lowers decay.
'Tie tin! hi gold ot stliltering "urn?, ; ' '
Which tbivzle. like ihe sun's btiszht beams)
'Ttis not in plessute ; this will pass
Like jo) uf enily, liappy dreams.
Bui 'tis 'in virttir, bright and fair,'
.' Whielt joys unlading enn impart ;
It is in kindness mellinc power,
.Thrtt suite.;. s down thu stubborn he&tl.
Il is in hope, which, like the sun,
' Makes eaith with faiiasl llowiels bloom ;
It is in friendship, warm and line,
Whch lives the same beyond liie tomb.
It is in love, heavenly love, ,
The i idled 1 oon lo menials given :
Thai love which time can never change,
But constitutes this eailh a heaven.
replied Fanny ; "that is
LEATHER.
FRITZ & HENDRY,
Store, 29 N. 3d street
Morocco Manufacturers, Curriers, Importers,
Comroiston ei l General Leather business. .
WLOL isALE & RETAIL.
f7" Manufactory 15 Miirgarctta Street.
Phil., August 20,1853. ly.
pertaining to the mode. She had a cousin, j gee j-jave you forgotten how to hold
moreover, who was travelling in Germany, buttercups under the" gil ls' chins, twirl
and who wrote her long letters about the lh(, platler at pawns, or catch a partner at
Herman counts wnom sue met ai ueruiau f nnenhnrrpn
watering places. Miss Rogers, had, there- Conenhao-en !" said he. as il trvinz to
f . a .. ll I & .
lore, a weakness lor moustaches, Dig beards, I recollect. "I believe that's the game
ana loreign customs in general. . where the gentlemen kiss the girls, is it
. . i : . . . , i i . i -
i'oreign counts always wear mem, no not J"
they 7" said tanny. . "And so do barbers. "Exactly so :
ror my part, wnen i was in j-ionaon last jf thov can."
winter, I hardly knew whether it was a ..nd if I play at Copenhagen, and catch
wig maker oi a dandy that was coming y0l,t wj y0U pay fair, and let me kiss
uuwu street , uuu i aivtas supposeu it tu i ,.
ue i;ie ijim, until tue iiuuiiiiui rdiseii uis
hat, and then 1 knew he must be one of
the human poodles that I was accustomed
to dance with at the assemblies..
"For my part," retorted Miss Rogers,
making a second effort to stand her ground,
"I rather admire a handsome moustache;
some men suit it so well,"
"Yes, the moustache is a lortunatc thing
for some gentlemen," said Fanny mischiev
ously ; "for those who can't grow hair."
I he laugh was against Miss Rogers, who
accordingly paused and kept silent. The
entrance of a fresh visitor now changed
the conversation, and in five minutes Char
lie Weaver and his moustaches were for
gotten. In (act, the girls were too busy
talking about the pic-nic to devote much
ume to shylhing else. In about an hour
they separated, full of Ihe rnnlemnlnterl
excursion. .. ; . j .
The morning dawned brilliantly, with
every prospect ol a bright day. At iK
ii clock, before the dew was well ofl the
To be Uented.
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March II, 1854 3L
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THRESH Vanilla Bean of superior quality
mat rswenvou
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KDoureau's celebrated ink, and alse Con
J. sires ink for sale, whol?al anil retail by
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J pers lor sale by
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MarkM street, opposite lbs Fo.l OIHce.
imWurv.fM. I, IH53
ou V inquired Charlie Weaver,
The question was rather pointed, and
Fanny blushed a little ; but she answered
resolutely :
"As 1 said belore vou can."
"'Pon honor, then, said Charlie, "I'll
play, and lake care that 1 get the kiss,
never object to kissing a prelly girl.'"'
The party toon entered into .the spirit
ol Ihe garr
There was a good deal of dodging shul-
fling, struggling, and pretty 'screaming,
minded now and then with some rather
loud kissing. One large, fat young man,
esneciallv always kissed with a noise like
j
the renort of a pistol. He rarely succeed
ed in touching a lady's cheek, being rather
awkward ; while the girls, one and all,
dodgeri like wild pigeons, ami, rauuy
said, 'he took it flying.' . As lor Fanny,
Ihe minx, no one. as vet. had kissed ber.
Bein? the prettiest girl on the ground, anu
bv all odds the merriest, a oWri, at least,
had tried to touch her hands, in order to
eras... the pic-nic tiartv he,n ..cumi.i 'ntitle them to a struggle at least lor in
nn niniii seven WeNt all pnnn... . o,ii.
He spoke in pique indeed half angry.
He found himself a sirt of a. butt. And
hegan to set somewhat I 'j rough Fanny's
behavior. He discovered that she was not
so desperately in love with him as her con
duct had led hint to suppose. lie was al
ready lak'ti lerri.dy down.-
"Hut if I do s'and still," sa:d 1 anny,
and hr yes began to resume u ro;ni I.
look, "vou can't kiss me, and you know
vou can't."
"Only stand still, anil you'll s"e," retort
he, recovering his spiriis; and he nien-
tailv added, "an. I I'd kiss in at ban Isome
a l.ishiou as i-etitli ii.an ever kii d lady.''
o vou won't nnd you can't, Charlie,"
said Fanr.v, cuilii"' him by the fimiliar
name for the f.tsttmi" ll.i.t day, and she
spoke in a wheedling lone ; "it is n mile
and more liom toe et.g- ot ln.it moie-lnclie
of yours to lh tiiouth uudeii.i utli, and you
never could get your lips to mine, i! you
were lo try at it for a w.-vk."
I wish you could hat e heard the peal ol
laughter that burst forth, ns Fanny, w ith a
demure, provoking air said these Word.
The old woods positively rocked with the
echo. The fal young rriafi, 1 have already
told you of, rushed to the edge of the
crowd, threw himself on Ihe grass, and
rolled there in agonies of langnter. Hie
girls, one and all, held their handkerchiefs
to their mouths, r anny only was polite.
There she stood demurely regarding Char
lie,, with not o vestige ot laugh on her lace,
except a roguish working ol the corners of
her mouth.
' The butt ol all this reanined regarding
her for a second, anger and shame mounted
blood-red lo his very forehead. He tried,
at Cist, to brave it out, but the attempt was
vain; and at lost with an audible oath, he
turned his back on his fair tormentor, and
rushed madly away.
Our village was never troubled wilh a
moustache a!W that. The ridicule that
pursued Charlie, when Fanny's jest became
knowf , drove bun from the plac", and no 4
successor lias ever ventureu 10 spun a
moustache there since. Occasionally a
travelling dandy stops at the Inn for a
night's rest, and on such occasions a mous
tache may be seen for an hour or two in
the quiet street ; but at other times the
article is as scarce as money in a poet's
pocket. '
Fanny is somewhat soSered since the
i . i- o I I- - ....
day oi trie pic-nic. arifiui yeuis uur
passed, and the once merry maiden is now
a' sedate matron. She mairied a rising
youi;g lawyer, and immediately look her
place at the head of fashion ; for her wit
as well as her beauty, gave her a pre-emi
nence which all acknowledged, lo this
day however, she laughs heartily when the
story of Charlie's discomfiture is told.
Miss Rogers after all her aflectattons,
was forced lo put up with the fat young
man who makes a verv worthy husband
for her, though he kisses as boisterously as
ever.
TIM! CAMI'OnSM PlOXEKn.
Jean A. Sutler, in whoso niill-rnco Ihe first
discovery of cold in Cullifornift was made, is
a Swiss by tilth. Hn was Lieutenant In the
Swiss Regiment of Chntles X., and saw ser
vice at the I'l-volntion of 1830, when he was
wounded. After the defeat nnd exile of his
royal master, he came to this country, and
first settled in Missouri, where ho became
naluralierl. Ib.' then went toOiegon, a&ross
the plains, to the Sandwich Islands, nnd
thence, in 1339, to California where hn cs
tabtished himself at the junction of Fealher
nnd Anieiienn livers, nnd called his plnce
New Helvetia. Nearly the whole country
was then occupied by Indian ;' but by some
means ur 'number; he succeeded in inducing
a huge number of Ihern to w;k fc" him, nn I
ha lived among them something like a !i,.r
eicn. When the Americans came to the cnutiir)
nnd war broke on', hs tnnd sides with the
Mexicans. When' peace was established, as
ho. had no mher tilleto his immense domains
but cccupaiicy, and as most of bis Indians
deserted him, he could not continue to occu
py the land, he found himself speedily re-
tlneed from a great proprietor lo a simple
farmer. Ho fl'dl. however, entertained am-
tiiiiniis aspirations. n;nt was a candidate for
the (Joveinori-hip of California. lie was tie
feated, but in etecl'ioneeriiig, he neglected
his piivii!" affairs, and found it expedient lo
seil New Helvetia, and seek another resi
dence.' He betook himself to the. vieinty of
M.irjsviilc, on Plnnio River, and called his
new home Hock Farm. There, wilh it com
petency, nnd joined by his wife nnd children,
after twenty yenia' feparaiion, he is Wading
it quiet, inral lift'.
We gather these particulars f:om a com
munication in it .Sew link trench paper, ny
a Pole, M. H'.'linski, who vi.-ite l him a few
tears since. IIu found lha "Ori Captain
as Suiter is familiaily called, though less
than lill, and fresh uiu! yonlhful in appear
ance, a vety agreeable and talkative compan
ion, lie is engaged in writing Iho memoiis
of Lis va.'ied nn I ud venturous .career. In
showing his guest hi.s possessions, which were
very extensive, ho temnrked : "but for Ihe
discovery nf gold, 1 should now be a very
rich man."
', I'NK PROPERTIES OB" TEA.
A writer in Blackwood's Magiaiue, in a
lengthy article on "The Beveiages," writes
ns lunowa on tea: , .,.,(.
i The peculiar effects of lea upon Ihesjstsm
its exhileraling but non-lutoxicating pro
perlies ate due lo Ihteo chemical snbstrtn.
ces: an aromatic, volatile oil a slightly bit
ter principle, rich in niirogen and tannin or
Innic acid. Its odoriferous volatile ingredi
ents do not exist in the natural leaf, but ere
produced in drying and preparing it. And
this is true also of the coffees and cocoas.
All are nearly void of taste and smell in
their natural stale ; While all are highly fi..
vored and arontalio when used, deriving
these properties Irom chemical substances
produced within thorn by processes of drying
and roasting. An equally singular fact has
been ascettained, and as equally true of all
our usual infused beverages, viz: that Ihe
peculiar nitrogen containing principle which
they hold in solution, lessens Ihe neulral
wear and tear sf the body, and thus to a cer
tain extent saves food.
Another interesting end singular fact con
nected wilh Iho subject is lhat the lea leaf
contains a very large proportion of gluten, R
nutritious ingredient of plants. This sub
stance forms one-fourth part of their weight
in leaves, and were they palatable, so that
we could eat them in mass, as we do the
cocoa, tea leaves would bo nearly as nu
tritious as beans or peas, and more strength
sustaining than wheat.
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beaniirul open grove, about a mile beyond
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ine girls were a jealous happy let,
li j ...:.u j ..f - . . rl "
u.rijra wnn gooo neann, lond of exhilley
aims spons, anrj by nn means infected
win any ol the maw
the city.
"Now that's not exactly fair, Miss Al-
levne." drawled Charlie. "Mind, if 1
succeed in touching your hand, when I am
in lha rin?? vou must . play righl. Any
larlv ran ffet "off if the Other ladies lift UP
. inipciro 17' T . . .
kisn affectations of the roP 'or hl"r ta xnal n,n"'
"I promised you I'd play fair to you
For instance, Ihey were not afraid of at least." said Fanny, without writ a blush,
makinu their leel large by exerclne, or of "and I mean to keep my word. There,
M CaTlCW FEB BILLS J'" tale by
f il. U MASSKK.
Ugabury. !! '
snoiling Iheir hands by household work. .
'PI i:i 1 I i .. J . - ... e .
i uey iikpu nearly uance, wer lonj ol a
goid laugh, and were even some of Ihern
at lean, san romps, nut they were an ex-
t el le nisei, for all that ; with fine grscs
ful fiurei, rosy cheeks, spsrklinj eyes
and a ronstant flow uf spiriis. I am sure
ny on ot them was worth a dozen of
tbt faded beauties, who with ebtlkJilct
catch me if .yon can.
She lightly touched his hand while he
was still pluming himself on h r flalleiinz
speech, and whia! like an express loco
motive, she was at the other lid ol the
ring, and lairly out ol il
MAh, I'll have rry revenge," said Char'ie
Weaver, ahakinc his brad at brr"ldid net
sea what you wr at.1
Depb edition on Public Lands. Major
Bryant," U. S Marshal for Ibis District, who
went some time since lo ihe Southwest, to
execute a number of writs upon persons en.
gaged in the destruction of timber on I lie
publiu lands, has, we understand, returned to
Jefferson City, without being ablu lo execute
Ihern, in consequence of Ihe resistance) on
Ihe part uf ihe violators uf (he law and their
friends. i'l. Louit Re public ail.
Trie number f blind persons In Japan is
said lo be enormous, fn Jed.ln, ihe capital,
36,O0J alone is lha computation. There ate
mote blind poisons in America than in K.u-
rope. Ll i),'', thue is e.ie blind peisou to
very J5t0Uu. . .
ATiolobiiory Law has passed the A stem
b'y of Wuconiin by a vat af 43 :o S3.
poixtry ritoriTs.
This woild has gone sligh'.ly mad with tho
l:liL'ii fever," but we must acknowledge theie
is some reason in Us maiiiiess mat oi .nr.
Uiiri.hain ii one example. Here is another
on a smaller scale. N. A. Pruden, of Aim
Aibor, Michigan, gives tins following nccount
of his operations lasl year in the Shanghai
line .'
My slock on hand Jan. 1, 1S53, was
len lull-blooded lien anil three
cocks, end thirleen half-bloods for
inenbaters, all valne.d at S34 00
June 4, purchased two cocks from
Connecticut and Nw York. 11 00
Cost of com and screa'jing for one
year .,..'
Tutai S97 60
By 20 doz eggs sold at S3 per
duz. i CS 00
Bv nntl 5 blond epgs, from
CO cents to St per duz.
By fowls sold fioin 82 lo S6
per pair, and a few 4 and J
bloods from 75 cents to 81
per pair
By 60 full-bloods on bard at
$1 50 each
By 19 tand i blonds on hand,
at 75 cents to St each 7 20
. 339 02
Piofii i:i one year 821152
The business was carried on upon a city
lot, four by eigUt rods square.
T... rt.r. Si .VP. Tradx A recent
Havana letter to the New Yuik Herald, con
tains Ihe fMluwinc paragraph:
"The negro landings effected, according
to my present reckoning, within forty days,
al Tiir.idad and vicinity, reaen an ag?rrK.o
of 1.8&0. The Caplaiii.eiieral is ndilinB all
to ncconntabi!iiy-so much so that olhcers ci
Spanish vessels have relumed moneys in
large sums reeenlijr sent io mem ln
i i .I.... an.t iK elraiienpits
Cases this Itas omn uui.t,
of the piieunistance has alarmed the dealers,
and Ihey purpose li)ii'H '9 Pe'Shborlns
logoons w i'h ihir next victims, and not be
quite so open as they hve lecently been In
their speculations.
THE SCIENCE OF BLACKS M I TflfXfl.
The Scientific American says Sawing
heated iron and stcc!: is not known or thought
of by blacksmiths ; and when ssjvcial furks
of branches are to be formed from one stock,
even if the branches ore required to remain
eventually nearly in enntntet, nnd parallel to
each other, tho nsual method is to split the
end of Iho isHaF'wiih nn awkward chisel
thereby deforming the edge Qf each branch
on which nccount, the branches must be bent
asunder for Iho purpose of hammering, squar
ing and shaping the edge of each ; after which
ihey nre brought Ingelhpr as well ns may be,
usually telaining n ronshness in form, if not
a deficiency of size nnd strenght, nenr the
juncture of ihe branches. Instead of this te
dious process, the iron when heatej may be
put into n vice, and the ends may be readily
slit wilh a suitable saw, which would save
much labor in hammering and filing A saw
for this purpose should be made thicker al
Ihe edga'than at Ihe back, and wilh uniform
teeth onu twelfth ufan inch apart. The saw
when used, must bo often dipped in water,
to prevent i's becoming to'j much heated.
There is nlso n method nf sawing or cutting
hardened steel, which i not generally known
as it should bo. A circular piece of common
thin iron plate, or sheet iron, being adjusted
to a lathe, or by other means put into a vio
lent rntaiy motion, will readily cut off a file,
a rutting tool, nr tempered steel spring, with
out drawing or reducing Ihe temper. There
is much mystery in iho wonderful effect of
this buz, and its culling propeity is attribu
ted lo electricity. It answers a very conve.
nient purpose, however, when the shape and
form of articles are required lo be altered
wiihout affecting their temper. It furnishes
a convenient method for cutting leeth to
hi'ge saws, but objectionable on nccount of
the newly cut surface being left so hard that
ihey cannot be readily filed by a - common
file. Connected wiih iho subject of "mys
terious effects," it mny be slated that a bar
of iron of almost any size, piay be instantly
sundered while hot, by the simple applica
tion of a piece of common roll biitnstone.
A knowledge of this fact will be useful, when
some piece of iron work is required lo be
severed, but which, as is sometimes Ihe case,
is so constructed and situated thai no ordina
ry chisel or cutting tool can be brought to
apply. Hole- may bo instantly perlnrated
through bars or plates of heated iron, by the
application of pointed pieces of brimstone.
This phenomenon is curious, although it sel
dom affords much practical utility.
DIsODEiMENCE TO PAIlIiNTB.
Young man, is that your father! How :
could you make use of language so disic
speclfull . Yon don't care! ,Yoo will (alk
" you please, no matter who hear you i
. . . -
II we Were lU Want of a rlerll .ml Ihpra etna
not another young man with'm ten hundred '
miles thU we rould engage, we would not
consent to lake yon. We should be afraid to
trust a boy who is disobedient to bis parents,
who shows so lillle respect for his father.
A youth whn was so saucy to his parents vt
never knew to turp out well. He respects '
nobody. If your farther is in iho wrong, and
you are certain of it, that is no excuse fo.
such language. No one will respect you for
it. Everybody will condemn you. A par
ent should be treated wilh respect by hie
children, no matter bow poor he mny be, or
how large his family may have grown.
There is too little respect paid to parental
authority at ihe present day. (lis giievous
to go into many families, and hear Ihe Ian
guago dnily used by the children. "I will,"
I won't,'' "I don't care," '-It's none of your
business,'" "I nm old enough to know what
is right," and the like are.painfully common,
Large boys, and grown-up girls even, io not
hesitate to give iheir mothers Ihe lie, ami
break away from iheir express commands.
They will do as ihey please, und go wheie
they have a mind. We wish such children
could ouly see how ihey appear in the eyea
o: their acqaintances, and if they have any
shame it must flush their cheeks. There is
truth as well as rhyme in a couplet by John
Randolph. j .. . - '
"Whoever makes his parent's heart to blecdj
Shall have a child that will revenge the deed."
One thing is certain, nil undutiful son and
a disobedient daughter cannot long prosper
For a season ihey may appear well lo the'
eye of a stranger, but their self-will and stub
borness are soon discovered, and Ihey are
despised. A child who disobeys his parents
will not hesitate to abuse anybody. Neither
nge nor talents receive respect from him.
New CasbUkdeh the Maine LiQVon Law,
On the 13ih inst., Sherilf Thomas Adams, of
Noifnlk rouuty, in pnrunnce of his vocation
Htnl the bu-iness of his office, sold at Shetifi's
sale two barrels of liquor, which hu bad lev
ied upon, as ha is required to do by his oath,
of office, for the peifurmai-.ee of the duties
of w hic.h be has given heavy bonds. On Sat
urday morning, Sheriff Adams was arrested
Hit! taken from his house by Coroner Vose,
mi a Warrant issued by Justice Churchhill, uf
Ddivhester, upon a complaint lhat he had vi.
olated the liquor law of the State. Tt.o
hearing is to come off this week, and lha
community will be cutious lo know how tho
two Stale laws, under which the two Stalo
olficers perfoimed iheir several functions, are
to stand when arrayed against each other.-
Boilon Courier, of the 2lh inst.
Resitan: of the . United Statm Atr
thohitiks Parties in Southern Missouri,
against whom writs have been issued for de
stroying lumber belonging to the general
Government, have risen in 'open resistance
lo tho United Slates officers sent to enforce
nbcilience lo the writs. The United States
Marshal wns forced to leave Ihe district, and
at last accounts was sunoundud in a tavern
by the out-laws, who demanded that ha
should be delivered up lo them.
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ICS 82
31 00
Tuaxcco Chbwcrs, Bbvarc! Besides
the poison contained in the weed itself, ma
ny of our tobacco i hewers nre absorbing inlo
their systems nn oxy-J of lead, the same
whicR kills so many painters, ami pnraljzes
others. Lead foil is cheaper than tin Ic.il,
and some of those who pot up lobacco for
chewing, use the latter instead of ihe former.
The couiileifeit rfiay be known by its dark
blue or bluish color, whereas tin foil is near
ly white. Tobacco chewers who do not
wish to absorb two poisons al once, will do
well to profit by this caution.
FaeNUKCiATioN or Bibi.b Namm. The
clerk of a reliied parish in Northwest Devon
who had to read Ihe first lesson always, used
to make a hash of Shadrack, Meshac, and
Abednego; and .as lha names aie twelve
times repeated in Ihe third chapter M Daniel
after getting through ihern Ihe fiisl lime, he
called them "the aforesaid gentlemen" after
wards.
While Ihe Tiemeut House, Boston, was on
fir en Tuesday of last week, a member of
the House of Representatives, moved an ad
journment, In enable such uf the members
lhat bnuided at ihe 1 lemnut lo -'look af er
iheir wives, tshildrvn, anj e.'Ar tJ2aSf"""
The House adjourned.
The Whio Victort in Dktkoit, Michi
gan, is attributed, by Ihe Advertiser of ihtt
city, to I he popular feeling against ihe Ne
braska bill, the Whig nominee being opposed
lo it, while Ihe Uemocruuc nominee wa.
known to bo in favor of it. The mnjoiity
for the Whig candidate was nearly one thou
sand votes, in a city which usually gives a
Democratic majority of eight hundred.
Donation parlies to clergymen are every
Ihv affairs, but to physicians tare. Lest
week Ihe people of Willow Place, L. L. sur
mised their good old doctor, who tins stood
between death and Ihern, battling skiliully
for a good part of a century, -wilh a donation
visit, which left him richer by SJ00 in cash
ami another hundred in fruit, und its Cognate
coiufurls.
The Charleston Standard says: "A friend
from Florida assures us lhat he has discover.
J a :n1l s iano Island upon tb wattaru
eosst of -!?.."
The Roman Catholics. of Boston content.
plate the erection uf a cathedral in the south
p irt of that city, which shall ouldo in dimen
sions, costliness and splendor, all lhat this
country has ever seen in the way ol archi
tectural splendor,
Te detect cotton in woollen or silk goods,
draw out a thread and put il betweeu the
teeth, by which the mateiul is easily delec
ted ; silk, wool, and cation, each has its own
peculiar feeling lo ihe teeth, which, wilh
very lillle practice, can readily be detected
by any one, not ouly wiihout expence but
wiihout altiaciing particular attention.
Tho New Oi learns Delia call New Oileut.s
a paradise of printers," and contends that
the bill of mortality among piinters is not so
Hi eat as in Northern cities, while ihey get
higher wsget.and can live cheaper in New
Oilcans than in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
Yuik, or BjsIoii.-
Uun Ge-oige W. Wood waul, of ihe Su
preme C'Uil of this Slate, has bad the Jeire
nf D uttui ul Laws coiifcire I upy.i Liin by ibt
Trustees uf the J. rUutm I fllee
O.i Saturday, tt roups uf choice fowls,
rompiisin.ifch.ii gh.il, Chinagune, fluid and
Silver Pubtud, Indian G.init, r. ntlteh Usi.lHm
Lo , were sold u Nvwaik, N, J, The Ch.t
lugongs averaged l in price, antl the Sba'ig
J halt i,J).
Ma. DuciithAX's RisiOKsca li i '''
tlut for a respectable and dnemly fiimiehed
hnus.ofi ep.e.l by Mr Bnchnai'. i.t Loudon,
he iM.n,i anni.tsl lent cf fcJaSUO-"""-ih-na
Ib4 of -Vr '''",! "