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Ths de&d ftlnno Ara great K .
While heavenly plants abide on earth, ,
The soil is one dewlew dearth ;
But when they die, n morninpr shower "'
Comes down, and tnttkes their' memories
-', .. 'flower i ,i .(,'- y '. !
, With odert sweet, though late. ..
- The dead nlons nte fair I .'.'
While they are with us, strange lines play .
Before oar eyes, and chnso away
God's light; but let them pttlo anil die,
And swell the stores of memory t "
Thee is no eny there.' - - t .. i :
The' dead alone nfe dear ! ' - ''''.'
While they are here, long shadows full ' '
From our own form-, and darken all; .i
But when they leave us, njl the shade
Is round our own sad footsteps made,
And they are bright and clear. -i
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The dead atone areblpstl . ,.
While they are here, clouds mar the day.
And bitter snow-falls nip theii May J
But when the tempest time is done, ' 1 ' '
The light and heat flf Heaven's own sun ' '.'
Broods on their laud of rest. . : , ! r !'
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' , . From the Kiiicker.wcker ,
" ( A PROFESSIONAL SCAR. ,
' ' ''" BY AS OLfl'LAWYEB. ' ' '.'
Yotir kind leltpr, Hnry, came duly to
hand ; and you will be surprised to learn
that a careless question of yours will draw
lorth enon-jh lo cover a' sheet :' What cau
sed that scar on my temple!1 '
it is a professional scar, Marry t one that
I have carried ever since mv earliest prac
tice; and although I have now arrived at
a tolerable old age, and have many, many
intimate friends, it is a most singular fact
that you are the first and only person that
inquired into its origin, i can tell you all
about it, but must avoid names and places,
lor the parties most interested in the inci
dent are yet living, and I am under strong
bond&'of secresy. - " : '.-'
In the year , after passing - through
a long examination before grave Judges
and shrewetj barristers, I was pronounced
a properly qualified person to appear be
fore juries and courts for others as well as
myself, and at once proceeded to a large
southern city,"' where by a modest little
sign over the door of a modest little office, I
announced my readiness, to commence the
practice of the. law. For threw months I
waited, but alas! no bo sin ess came, and I
sat in my oftice on a dreary night, at about
eleven o'clock. inthis very comfortable
position : my money was gone entirely
my board bill was to be paid io the morn
ing, and my rent on the day following :
and I absolutely feared to go to 'my board
ing-house, and waited in what seemed the
forlorn hope that something in the way of
a fee might appear, either dropping from
the skies, or suddenly appearing on my
desk. ' Outside, no step was heard ; and as
I occasionally glanced through my, win
dow; the flame of the street-light, moved
by the wind, would seemingly move me
homeward ; but I would not go. A loot
step sounded in my entry ; a second, and a
third, and more, but so light that my heart
beating prevented my counting them j and
then a little delicate knock. I compelled
myself to say Come in' with a calm voice,
although I eipeeted to be instantly vis-a-vis
with a young woman: the door opened.
and saw an old one.- '
" I had only time to move toward a chair
before she was in the centre of the room
and speuking. ......
'I have no time to sit. Young man you
are a lawyer: are you good for anything-!'
My insulted dignity was controlled by
an eflbrt, and I answered that I flattered
myself that I possessed some talent for my
profession, or I should not have chosen it.
'Well, well, no gas; can you, draw a
paper V
Mere again I ventured lo remark, that it
depended somewhat on its nature, but !
saw from her impatient manner that she
wanted no trifling.' llerore I finished the
sentence, she interrupted me with a fierce
ness ol manner taceeding her former rough
oue saying : j
I want a w.ll drawn ; quick ! hurriedly !
but so strong that all the furies in h II
can't undo it ! Can you do it V and she
fairly glared at me with impatience for my
answer. , , . ., u
Now you know, Harry, that my legal
education wts obtained entirely in a sur
rogate's office, and you way presume that
on the law and forms of lust wills and tes
taments I felt myself sufficiently posted up.
I therefore assured her that I could draw a
will which, although I could not warrant
it lo pass the ordeal she mentioned, Would,
I was sure, bo roif against tht efforts of
all tlio lawyers in Christendom.
Ami now her manner c hanged from the
fierce and bold to th anxious and hurried.
Conie,thn, quick! quick! young man,
and you shall pocket on thousand dollar
for ydur night's work ! she nclaimed.
And, amaicd aud bewildered as I ul(
fouud iuvrlf at the OfiiihUuioj corurr,
stepping into a back, Urlor the start Iiuk
but coiiilorUUe words, Ja thousand dol
lar for your sila'a work !' tud ceased
ringing- in my tan. My coudavlrv (ul
lowcd n, ami without rdr w wr
rttlUd furliHi.lT ilonf the streets lo the
House, thru th Urgrst held in III
city. My visions uf tin IbouaaiiJ blight
dollars ke4 ny (uilu bridled, i u4 1
UJ in ssleUC UJI two flight of stairs into a
suit ut ruoincompriin; parlor and I wo
aed-room. Tlio parlor however, was tc
euj-icd by bad, in which lay an old id
vldrlitly djfill MI4Q. A SinUIlt Wl With
biut, lut k M. Vr"4" ""ttoit flottl lit
b.n l ol Ml Cuiii4JilJi, wUw p'lvMI-tl(d
I till U4 'W Mid .
. SUHUltY, ..NOltTllUlMIjEULAND COUNTY, TA., SATURDAY, JUKE 3, 1854., J?
, I haVe an attorney, here, Sir; shall he
proceed V"'1' ."' ' , ' '' "' ' :
' The old man's eyes brightened Up, and,
after glaring on me for a moment he spoke :
; lf yon can draw my will, do it ; quick,
now, for I must save my breath.'
I turned to the table where I found pa
per, pens, ink and everything necessary J
ami by the light of two sperm candle in
heavy silver candle-sticks I was soon busi
ly engaged at the will, ; . .- i .
. I. will not trouble you with the details,
nor, in fact, do I remember them ; but it is
enough to say that a laige omount of pro
perty, real and personal, bonds, mortgages,
etc., were left, in the words of the will to
'my good and faithful housekeeper, Ange-
line , as a token of gratitude for her
long, faithful, and meritorious service.'
But the concluding wordsof the will 1 shall
never forget ; they were written from his
own mouth, and made me shudder as I
wrote them. There is something fearful
yes, devilish in. this deliberately record
ing, in what purports to be your last writ
ten wish, a curse upon your own offspring.
And I felt, as I wrole it, an involuntary
desire lo tear the paper into fragments, and
lo rush from the room, but the 'thousand
dollars were like so many anchors, and I
staid and wrote; ;.- ;
I leave to my daughter- Doha all the
satisfaction' she can obtain from my hearty
curse. , When rags whip about her in her
only home, the street, and dogs share with
her the refuse of the gutter, she may regret
that she disobeyed him who once loved
her, but who, djnng, cursed her.'' , .
: There was something like a chuckle in
the direction of old Angeline as the dvin
wretch dictated these fearful words; but as
1 looked and saw the stern face as rigid as
marble, I concluded 1 must have been mis
taken. I could not, however.Hivest mvself
of a certain feeling that ofl was wrong. A
ricn. oij man, accompanied by an old
housekeeper, and dying in a strange city j
her anxiety to have the will so slron? : the
curse on his daughter, and the large fee, all
conspired lo make me feel that 1 was. bein"
insTumental in the accomplishment of some
villanous ' object. " Aiain 1 ' meditated
thp destruction of the paper, and njain my
lee ana my wants conquered. The wll
was finished, and I read it overcloud, the
old man groaning, and the old woman
looking an . occasional assent : but when I
read the terrible curse, a new actor appear
ed on the scene, j ......... .. .,
'Oh! tear it! tear it! Oh God vou know
not what you do !' .
The plaintive lones of the voice touched
my heart, even before my eye beheld its
owner; but when I saw her, heavens and
eartn ! what an angel she was ! The lan
guage is yet undiscovered, Harry, that is
competent to give you a description of that
iace, ine eyes dancing with excitement,
yet liquid with tears; the mouUi proud as
Juno's yet compressed with anguish. - 13ut
vhy do I. attempt description 1 The most
majestic, yet tne sweetest countenance I
ever beheld appeared to me. and not in
vain ; for while the old man, weak as he
was, jumped from his bed screaming 'Kill
her! kill her!' I tore the will into frag
ments, and we both fell to the door, he
dead,and I stunned by a blow from the
heavy candlestick wielded by the old hag,
Aneeline. ,.....!
When my consciousness - returned, I
found myself in my own bed at my board
ing house, my host and hostess my sole
attendants. . My mind was clear the mo
ment I looked about me, and 1 knew I had
been brought home, and was now confined
from the effects of that blow. I resolved
to k eep my old counsel, and to ascertain
what 1 could of the subsequent proceedings
of the night. Upon inquiry, I found that
I had been brought home by a young gen
tleman in a carriage,' w"ho had left funds
for the employment of a physician, and
had also left a letter for me. I opened the
letter as soon as I was alone, and fouud a
fifty dollar bank-note, with these words:
You did last night a deed worthy of
more gratitude than our present means en
able us to express. The property which
so nearly belonged to the infamous hag
who struck you, will soon be ours, and
you shall Inen hear from us. Mav the
same kindness which prompted vou to tear
Ihe paper, seal your lips hereafter as to the
painful scenes of last evening.
Gratefully yours,
, . , DOBA AND HKB. HuSDANIh' ,
My first act waa to conceal the letter
beneath my pillow; my second to call my
host and tender him "the amount ol my
baard bill; to my astonishment lit told me
that my companion paid it when he left
the letter. It seems I raved a little about
my inablity to pay my host while I wjs
unconscious, and thus the husband of Dora
(for I ha I no doubt it was fie who brought
m" hqiue) had ascertained the fact and
paid my bill. Added U this my wound
was not sever enqugb lo need any surgery
mor than was odVred by my kind landla
dy ; so when 1 bad recovered, (which was
ooit) I bad only my odic rent to pay, and
then resuined busies with the larger pari
of the. fifty dollar in my treasury. I made
cautious inquiries about th - House a
to th subsequent movements of my myste
riojii clients, but could only ascrrtaiu that
he old couple arrived on that eventful
night, th old man ordering a pleasant
room in which h could die; that the
younf coupl ram by another conveyance,
and had taken other room ; tlut th eld
nan body was immediately boied up and
shipped for th north under clurg of nia
nun-servant ; that th bid woman weul olf
Ion ; and that Anally th young mas paid
th whole bill, ait) I. II also wii bis wife,
la da my wothy bos and hi kind UJy
loll i'ul.r, 1 Uiua4y that tary osver )
hinted el Hi jnallsr, tad 1 ) bad
q.Ksiiuu la answer ; lhy probMy look it
tut iiii4 Ihsl I bad b h vidua) ot
.!ll IW, aud voided UUl)Ml His; by
11 JKl;IH lo It.
Thirty jeftrs of, hard work rolled by,
Harry, dutinz which I acquired a family.
fortune, name, and gray hoirs ; but I never,
in ail that time, saw or heard from my
Clients, with the exception of one letter,
which was received some, years alter, the
occurrences which I have related, and,
which contained two more fifty dollar bills,
with the words: We are very happy" i
mav find IiImcs vnn ' ; ' . . '., .'
j . , v.. . .. .
i . " ' -' . r.it Dona..
But in all thai time, I have never for
gotten that Seatitiful angelic face, nor the
mute appeal which it made to my heart ;
the. answer to which cost me the deep rear
which is the object of your present curiosi
ty, and a one thousand dollar fee less the
amount received from the voting folks.
Neither did I, in that time, regret the
course I look.'- i - . :' ' ' . . ! ,' .'
: Some, ten years ago, as you probably'
remember, I spent a winter in Havana.
I boarded with a Spanish landlord, whose
house was generally filled with American
visitors. Bui, strange lo say, 1 passed one
week with him without a single American
arrival ; and I was mentally resolving onp
day to leave for New Orleans, when. T
could find troops of friends, and rid myself
ot tne enntie consequent upon my solitary
position, when I heard my host Calling
me:v ,1- ) j..,-s.;' j .'c .v ;. : ,
. "Senor, Senor, los Americanoes Amer
icanos." Looking from my window, I saw a fino
portly gentleman attending to his luggage,
and answering the demands of Ihe thousand
and one leeches of porters who each claim
ed to have brought isomethin for him.
Thinking I might be of service lo him, I
went out, and with two or three dimes dis
persed the .vidians 'who, knowing me for
an old stager submitted lo my order. The
gentleman turned to thank mp, but sudden
ly started back, then zlanced at my temple
and seeing the end of my candlestick mark
peeping out beneah my sombrebo, he
caught me by Ihe hand exclaiming :
'We have met before, sir! how glad I
am to see you !" -' ' '
, And then, without explanation, he drew
me to the door-way in which stood a ma
tronly but still beautiful woman.
See Dora,' said he, 'is not this our old
friend!" - ...
At the word "Dora," I started, and there
before me, sure enough, stood the Dora of
thirty years previous, still retaining manv
other charms, but with the macks of time,
notwithstanding, impressed upon her fea
tures. '- "
' You may well believe our re-union was
most pleasant; and after dinner was over,
and we were out enjoying the sea-breeze.
tne wno.'e storr was told me. . I will not
give you the details of it ; it was long, but
the main features of it were about what I
had surmised. Dora was the only child of
her wealthy father', her mother died when
she was a mere child j' old Angeline had
remained with her father io the capacity
of housekeeper, and had, while Dora was
away at school, acquired, as is g-enerally
the case, complete influence ovtr him.
Dora was wooed and won by a poor clerk 1
the father would not listen to it ; an elope
ment wa9 the consequence : and the old
man in his rage, broke up house-keeping,
and taking old Angeline with him,' he start
ed for the Souths Dora followed him with
her husband, although she knew he would
not see her, and altho' he had always been
harsh and unkind to her, yet she knew he
was in the last stages of consumption, and
she determined, if possible, to be with him
when he died. At the time ol his death,
thj-y had been following him about a month
from place to place, keeping concealed
from him, and eluding even the keen eyes
of Angeline. When Dora appeared in the
room, it was only because the man servant,
who had been with her father, and who,
as you remember, left the room when I
eutered, had observed their arrival and had
kindly gone to her and inlormed her that
her lather could not live an hour; she was
entering the room to make one last effort
at reconciliation, when my voice reading
the fearful wordsof her lather's curse cau
sed Ihe outcry and denouncement. Her
husband, who followed her in, found the
old man dead, Dora in a swoon, me sense
less, and old Angelina in vain trying to
put the many pieces of the will together,
raving like a bedlamitie. He and the mau
servant put the old man's body into the
bed, took Dora lo her room, and while the
servant kept guard over Angeline, he took
me home in a carriage. The rest you
know. ' 1 .
I have only to add that, when I wander
north, either alone or with my wife aud
family, we always stop at the house ol our
kind lriend. ' They have spent one winter
with at the south, and we expect them
again in the coming season. And the
young gentleman who studied law under
my instruction, and who now practices law
with my name on the si;n with his (is
enlor partner,.' although he doe all Ihe
business,) is Dora's son and from certain
conscious lixjks and bright blutiinj on my
prstly daughter cheek when ha rails I
imaitin h may possibly be mine, loo. Hut
of this, Harry, rest assured I shall not
curse her if she marries him.
Corros) i Kiau. Ch.ules Plcketi. in a
late Miimberui bi mIImmIiu1iI Welds,' alter
vuuiueialli'ii lb sinking fails lf col I no,
"Lot any social or phjfsieul mivuUumi
visit th fulled Stales, aud Knulaml would
fl th brk fieiN land's Hud 10 Jubu
ll'Uicals. Tua Iim f SMMily tw wilUusMi
f Mil MMUi!yMisi at df psmdeul upoit lb
oiiuti rip wf Ameiiva; Ihoii destiuy way
be Mid, tsiibuul auy il ui bypaibule, I
bang iipati a ilnead. ttu,l4 any due .
Until befall ik land el (nMt, a iiuMMitd
d imiI nti.ui! alii owU mi idly in dwvb j
US lUMiud kUills sM4t Up iksn busy
Lxmit, and I am million mi.'U'U euU suite
ui U id uvd W U4 'Umi "
WID0W0L0QY PHILOSOPHIZED.
Oh none of your boarding-school misses,
Your ''sweet, timid creatures," for mi
Who ravu about Cupid and blisses.
Yet know not what either niuy be;
I dnnt feel at all sentimental, -
Nor care 1 for Byron a rp- ' 1
But give me a jolley aud gentle . ,
Young widow, in n eeds and a cap I
To her 1 would olTer my duty,
For in triitli all beliel it exceed,
To co how lliei blossoms nf beauty
Is biightL'ned by peeping from "weeds."
Shu is turned tap a-pie for li e struggle
To hor c;ip I it captive belong,
And lliu wink ol her magical oglo
Is a challange to laulitar and song.
The tremors of girlhood are over,
Lure's blossom has ripened to fruit ; '.
And her "first love," asleep under clover, .
Is the soil where my passiqn took root ;
'Tis pleasant lo know "the departed"
Was tenderly cared to the last
And then the will not die broken-hearted,
- If ( should pop tiff just as fast. ' 1 '
Her temper is never so restive . ., .
N Iler duty she knows and a shape
Is never so sweetly suggestive, 1
'As when it is mullled in crape, :
The maid wears one ring when she inarriesj
In proofs she all others discards ,
But the widow-wife wiselier carries
: A pair of these martial guards !.,
So none of your boarding-school mise '
Your sweet, limid creatures for me, '
Who rave about Cupid and blisses, ; . i
Ycl know not what either may be!
t don't feel at all sentimental,
' Nor care I for Byron a rnp
Give me a plump, jolly and gentle
Young widow in weeds and a cap !
THIS PHOt'ESS OF tOISI.NO GOLD.
The United States mint has been comple
ted in San Francisco, and is probably ere this
time In active operation, coming down daily
vast treasures of golden ore. ' It was intend
ed Ihst it should bo prepared to coin thirty
millions of dollars yearly. The following
description of Ihe systen which is about lo
be established there, will afford a good gen
eral idea of the ordinary process of coining
gold: ,. . , :
1 he metal, alter being received in the de
posit room, is carefully weighed and a re
ceipt given. Each deposite is then melted
separately in the melting loom, and moulded
into bars.. ' These bars next pass through the
hands of! the nssayer, . who with a chisel,
chips a small fragment from each one. Each
ohip is then rolled into a thin ribbon, and
.filed down until it weighs exactly ten grains.
It is then melted in a little cop made or cal
cined bone aslie, and all the base metals,
copper, lin, 4c, are absorbed by the porous
malorial of the cup, or carried off by oxyda
lion. The gold is then boiled in nitric acidi
which dissolves ilio silver which it contains,
and leaves the gold pure. It i then weigh
ed, and the amount p-hich it has lout gives
the exact proportion of impurity in iho ori
ginal bar, and a ceit ideate of the amount of
c Jin due thu depositor is made out aocord
inglyl . . . ' ' . ,
' - After being assayed,'' Ihe bars are melted
with a ceriain proportion of silver, and be
ing poured into a dilution of nilrie acid and
water,, assume a granulated form. . la ihis
state, (he gold is thoroughly boiled in nitric
acid, and rendered perfectly free from silver
or any other baser metals which may happen
to cling to it. It is next melted with one.
ninth its weight in copper, and thus alloyed,
is run into bars, and delivered to the coiner
for coinage. The bars are rolled out in a
rolling mill until nearly as thin as the coin
which is In be made from them. By a pro
cess of annealing, they are rendered suffi
ciently ductile lo be drawn through a longitu
dinal orifice in a piece of steel, thus reducing
Ibe whulo lo a regular width and thickness.
A culling machine next punches small
round pieces from ihe bar, about the size of
the coin. These pieces are woighed sepa
rately by the "adjusters,", ami if too heavy
are tiled down if too light they are re-in el
ted. The piece which bar been aJjosted
are run through a milling machine, which
compresses them lo their proper diameter
and raises ihe edge. Two hundred and fifty
are milled in a minute by lh- machine
They are then again softened by the piortea
of annealing, and after a thorough cleaning.
ar placed in a lube connecting wiib Ihe
stamping instrument, and are taken thenee
one ul a lime by Ihe machinery, aud stamp
ed between ihe dies. Ttjey are now fiiiiahcdi
and, being thrown into a box, aid delivered
to Ihe Treasures for circulation.
! Th m.u-hinery, of course, for all the pro
eusee inu.l b of ! nicest kind. The
weihiim st-ala alone, iu III deposit room
of lb California Mint, coal tlOOO.
A Naw ind lUsiTiri'L Tar in Oaioea
A Mr. Bruoks, writing iioiuOlympmjllregon,
sa)s:
MA atranga and beautiful Ire has Utvly
been found hero, wbn-b is from oe lo arii
(t high, willi a leaf leaeinbling that of the
pear, and the trunk aud braubs iboMuflh
Orange. Th upper si I ( lb leaf i otd
iib gum, uf lit eoiisisiei ue of oil, and ll i
bitfbty fiagian', th olu resembling thai of
beigainol oi lip fiuil. It will t highly
ornamental aud diibla add it toil Uiours'r.
deua, aail iao rgin."
( uwtsa laoat Lu,vua Daiatiaa Bea
misii m tU siuploy W li. TbuiiM Uid aws,
HI Mtsesiuii, lecvully died til cbuleia WHbiil
rwu l ibiw d). They bad bean pi 14 mi
a!uiJy fm touts sati wuik.auJ wuKuuJsy
Indulged iy fivly bi Veer, ale, aidwi and
takes, and i lugbl mad a biiy sapi on
lisb b.b 4 lb ai.lil aud en aleudaii
sUieu wti lsl .k wl bitt ii 44
HtVKStlOH-ojn for rntlTRV
,, ., . tasj.
.By., a recent invention, , peonle livins
town whete bo coal gas company is or can
be profitably formed, may still obtain th
luxury of a brilliant home-made gas ligh', at
a cost cheaper than that of the ordinary oi
or fluid. This important improvement was
in complete opeiation, a few evenings since.
at the residence of a well known literary an
scientific gentleman on Spring Hill, Snmer-
ville, Jlass, being the first house Into w hich
it has been introduced jn this section of Ihe
country. The light produced is superior to
that of coal gac, being clearer and more povr
erful, as the flame is of fuller Volume and
burns with greater steadiness, while Ihe ex
pense is about the same as coal gas a. $2,50
per thousand foot. It is the combustion
of benzole, a resinous liquid, sold at $1,50
per gallon, mixed with atmosphoric air the
gas being generated by means of an ingeni
ous and not inelegant apparatus, which may
stand in the house entry-Sway, or even be
placed on a closet shelf, and from which
common gas fixtures may extend in all direc
tions and givo the light in any or every room
at pleasure. . The apparatus generates n
more gas than is immediately consumed, and
requires for the purpose only Ihe heat of one
of the burner nsed as a light so that the
whole cost of the gas is that of the apparatus
and the benaol. . . , . ,
An apparatus of sufficient capacity for a
good sized dwelling house i afforded for
150. It is so constructed that, by means of
a rotating air pump, which is revolved by a
cord and a weight wound up by a crank, a
stream of air is forced into the generator,
winch is partially filled with benzole. The
generator contain a vaporatof exposing a
arge surface of benzole to the action of the
air as the latter is forced through both apart
ments by the pump and weight and Ihe
thus vaporated benzole combining with the
air, produce a gas of the highest quality for
illumination. The apparatus is so perfectly
simple, safe and durable, that . it may be
managed by the dullest domestic, only re.
quiring ihe weight to be wiund up before
use and the generator to be filled twice a
month, or not so often if the lights are not
employed. '
This beautiful invention was patented in
August last by Mr. O. P. Drake, a practical
electrician of Boston, and must be regarded
as one of the most utilitarian improvements
of the time. It is applicable lo houses, shops.
hotels, faotories, or other places in ihn coun
try, and even on shipboard. Hereafter the
dwellers on the remotest hill-tops, or in Ihe
deepest shades of , the "back-woods," may
enjoy as much as those of the cities in the
way of artificial "enlightenment" in their
domestic arrangements. . '
INDIA" THEOLOGY.
The precise idea which the western In
dians entertain of a future life is Ihis; As
toon as the Indian threw off the flesh, he
would find himself standing on the bank of
the river, the current running with great ra
pidity. " Across this liver was a slender pole
stripped of ll bark, and lying close down t
the water. The Indian who had lived a
good life, then sees a bright object on the
other side; lhat waa "Right." He would
then,'-desirous of embracing the object he
loved so well in the world, walk across the
pole'unmindful of the raging torrent beneath
his feet, arriving in safety on the opposite
shore ; and Right would then lead him
amongst mountains covered with gold and
silver, into noble hunting grounds, where he
would bunt for eternity. But, on the other
band, the man who followed "Wrong" all
his life, when attempting to cross the pulp,
after death, would fall into the foaming
stream, and be swept down into a whirlpool
surrounded by rocks; there he would be car
ried round for many centuries, until, at last,
he would be gradually sucked in towards
Iho centre of the vortex, and finally engtil
phed in an immense bottomless hole What
became of the unfortunate tinner, the In
dians could not surmise', further than be lived
forever.
, The marriage of the emperor of Austria
and ihe pi incest Elizabeth, of the Bavarian
dynasty, which took place on the 24tb ull.,
has been followed by numerous magniiicent
fetes at Vienna. Tha imperial couple aro
closely allied by blood as well a marriage,
being first cousins, th children of two tit
ter', on of the Princes Sophia and lha other
of the 1'riuceta Louisa of Bavaria. The em
press Elizabeth wa bom on lha 34ih Ducem
ber, HIT; th Emperor Joseph Fianei ih
IMih August, 1830. The Kin press Elizabeth
It granddaughter on Ihe fathet'a tide ef Pius
At
Ittigutlns, cotinl of Brkenfield OebihausepJ
dii
litpotsetttd by Ihe French in 1794. Tho
titter of Pitta Augntiu matried in 108 fto-
impair Marshal, Uerlhier, prinre uf Way.,
ram. Their ten i now pnnce nf Wagiain,
smialor of III French empire. A young
daughter of Ibspiineeof Wagta-rt lit jtui
married in Pari a young American, tn of
Luoien Mural, sow lh Fiencb Prime.
A Prut i. urn IhiMoau T1, following
paragiapb in rvgtid log leuiaikabl di
moud louud iu Iwuiti Aiueiiea appeal in ihe
money julurua id ibe Lendwi 1iau:-
"tbie uf Ik Uigeel dieniuutU kttuwn, wts
drpoailvd )trday l ik bank af KnuUd
l. . I .-a. :. I
vj m i moin u ttt autwigu
Sdf.em IlKlde Jea,..,a. I. il a
ei.lt and Its sstu.sW I 4U la.tJ:4 U
Uiudb, .Mg.. .Use, .be ie.41,,.
f..Jv.taiea..d'
t .
OLD ..SERIES,, VOL1. U; XQ.l t
1 r unicRois mistakb.., ,;,r'i
I A t ranchman, - newly arrived In London.
IO mti.i;.hi ..... .. r . r .
Iv Ma ina inwr, dqi lamriui m no
fimlintj hi way back Id the hotel, carefully
eopied npnn a card Ihe name pointed npon
Ibe wall at tha corner Of the tttebl in which
h was aiinatcd. Thi don he felt himself
safe, and set oat for a ' ramble, much npon
Ihe principle vnlgatly known a "following
one' nose." The whole day long he strolled
and started to his heart's content :- wearied
at last, he jumped into a cab, and with the
easy confident air of a man who felt at borne,
he rend from the card he had prudently pre
served the name of Ihe street bo dealt in. -The
cabmen grinned horribly. . '"This Eng
lish pronotinciation is sadly dilficnli," sr. id
the Frenchman to himself, "ho dors not un
derstand me." And he pluceS the card be
fore the man's eye. , Cabby grinned mora
than ever, gazed in bis . fare' astonished
face, and ended by sticking his hands in hia
pockets, nnd roaring with Janghter. ,.
Indignation on Ihe part of the foreigner ;
he appealed to the passers-by who gravely
listend lo him at first, but beholding bis card,
joined one and all in chorus with Ilia coach
man. Tha Frenchman now got furious,
swore, stamped, gesticulated like a candi
date for Bedlam. He went so far ns to
threaten the laughers ; a crowd assembled ;
everybody sympathised ..with him till they
learned the circumstances of ihe case, when
they joined in the infectious hilarity. Up
came the police, those guardian angels of be
wildeied foieigncrs in London's labyrinth.
The aggrieved Gaul felt sura of sym
pathy, succor, and revenge. He was never
more mistaken. . . ,
The gentlemen, in blue roared like the
rest. .They evidently could not help it.
Compunction mingled wtih their mirth, but
they nevertheless gullawed .exceedingly.
To what extremities . the desperate French
man might have proceeded it is impossible
to say, bad not a gentleman acqnainted
with his language appeared upon ibe scene.
He loo laughed violently 'on beholding tha
card, and when he had spoken a few words
to the Frenchman, .the Frenchman laughed
ikewise, Which was a signal for a recom
mencement ot tbe general hilarity. The ad
dress so carefully copied by the foreigner at
the corner of the street was the following:
"Commit no nuisance!" Blackwood.
THE VOni"Et,AH.' . ,
The translator of the Bible have left ths
Hebrew word Selah, which occurs so often in
the Psalms, as they found it, and of course
the English reader often asks hi minister, or
some learned friend, what it means. ' And
the minister or friend haa most, often been
obliged to confess ignorance, because it is a
matter in regard to which the most learned
have by no means been of one mind. Tha
Targutns and most ot the Jewish commenta
tor give the word meaning tteriuUly, forevtn
Rabbi Kinchi regards it as a sign to' elevate
the voice. The authors of the aeptuaeint
translation appear to have regarded it a a
musical sign, equivalent perhaps to Ibe woid
repeat, ; According to Luther and others, it
means si'Ienct I Genius explains it to meant
Ul the instrument play end the singer stop.
Wochem regards it aa equivalent to tursum
eorda, up my soul I Summer, after examining
all iho seventy-four passages in which the
word occurs, recognizes in every case "an
Actual appeal or summons to Jehovah."
They are calls and prayers to be heard, ex
pressed either with entire directness) or if
not the imperative, 'Hear, Jehovah!" or
"Awake, Jehovah I" and the like still ear
nest addresses to God that he would remem
ber aud hear, &c. The word itself he re
gards as a blast of trumpeis by the priests.
Selah itself he thinks an abriged expression,
used for lliggaion Selah Higgaion indica
ting ihe round of tlio stringed instruments,
and Soluh a vigorous blast of trumpets.
liibliuthcca facra. , . ,
An ArrcCTiNO Ai-pcal.- A small vessel
was found capsiaed on Lake Michigan, wi'h
writing on the bottom, indicating Ihe name
of those w ho had clung lo the wreck until
hope and endorance were both exhausted.
The following touching words were a part of
Ihe writing : .' '
"Whoever finds this boat J. Miller, mnster,
( word illegible) intelligence to my wife
1 100 and 44 dollar and 60 cents loshod
lo ihis boat. II. S. Bushttoll, Pixon, .e Co
Illinois."
Some yeara acn, a lady noticing that a
neilihUir of hei'a wa .not in her seat at
chinch one Sebbutb, called n her return
bum, and wa sutiMHMHt l lin.t the family
' u- A the eutoiod, her fuend addrea.
J n" '
I '''"Xi ' vibere Have yo been lo-day
dressed up m your Sunday clothe f"
lo meeting. '
"Why, what .lay it l'
"Sell slop washing in a minute. labUlh
day I Well did nol know j for my husband
hatgnl to jilawy tiiiijry h wi.ht lik ike
papei now and we know nuthiug. Will
who krtchud !'
"Mr. U ."
t VMiai lie iath about V
"ll ui Ihe delb uf urn cWmii "
"Wb), u be d.all Well, l fctWiri
111,111 lie dJad, and nu l.oihii.g Luil il,
il sun'i du-ttt ti,u bet ihe
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aud l'lta bat gut ,. , .... .4
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