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The Ikfr authoress will please accept tliia apology for Us uonappoaruacc.J Ed. Agitator 1 For Thd Agltntor. * THE LAST PROMISE , BY MSS M. L. DOVD. ‘‘lso. lam with you always, oven unto'the end of the 23 fh 20 Upon the misty mountain's’bight, Tlie Savinrmet Hl« chosen band; •» And ’ncath the young golden light, lie gave to them Ilia last command. The fragrant breath of .hunting buds, Floated upon the pure fresh air; And nature's music gushed around, E’en from Ills ouoc loved haunt of prayer. All joyous sounds iccmcdfhcro to meet, In lonc-i of softest harmony*— That late sad bamk with trusting feet Mow trod the hills onGaUlee They jn?cd upon their risen Lord. Ilia wounded hand* —Jlhf feet—llls-tdJe, Thoy listened to Ui« gracious word*— ".Smuers might lire since Ue hatl c2ie<i To all the wnrhl He l»a«le them bear The tiihugrt of Ilia boundless love; His bU**t>' av.eat —llis dying prayer, The heavenly home prepared above To spread this truth from polo to pole, ’Til every heart In prayer should bead; Hearing tlm promise iu the aoui— “ Ixi X am with you to the end No earthly hones, sueh joy can give, As llußcrt round those holy words; No friend a legacy can leave, Denr as that promise of our Lord. Oh, Christian, for thy Sfftfltor’B sake, Exiled from where loved voictfc Ulenil, * Could aught from thee that promise buy f <• Lo I am with you to the end 7t !■* the holiest purest light, {nial e'er to enlng man was given I it cheers hun through the ilia of life, And opes the shining galea Of heaven. Kewtox. lowa Select tfSiocellans, LIBBIE MAY; THE IOUWQ SCHOOL TEACHER. «• Well, my dear Libbie,” said Mr. Walsoo, " you must go and keep school.” We don’l know what you are, what you are going to be, or what you can do. Yes, yes, 1 think you had better keep school.” Mr. Watson was a man of property, a man of business, a thoroughly practical man, a close observer of character, and withal a lover of youthful enterprise and promise.— His young nieefe, now just fifteen, was grown' tall, red-cheeked, sun-burnt, laughing, wild, wide awake, and a keen girl, who had gone Ihrough the arithmetic, grammar, geography, and some score or’iwo of spelling, writing, and reading books, and had dabbled a little m philosophy, and m astronomy of the heavens 1 She was an expert in these matters already, without being in bad sense at all, a part,~ She was a roving, wild girl, being good at a run and frolic, through her uncle’s orchards or tall grass, and nt scrambling along the lences, amt at storv-ielhng and games. Bui Mr. Waison, her uncle, hardly knew whether she had a practical, {every-day son of promise in her exuberant character or not. 'She was a clever, sensible gin —but would she ever be a woman . ho Mr. W atson, thinking How he might best arrive at me Knowledge tie desired on that point— a very essential one—concluded lhal i: was best (or Libbie to teach school. In tins he did no; so much consider the school side of me question as his own and Libbte's, Ills probable, that he thought the school would do well enough, or it wasn’t of much account how that might be, as all schools had to run the self-same risk lhal grows out ol a young girl teacher. As Libbie was a stout, strong girl ho knew that she could shake the scholars well, if disciplinary measures called lor such use of her powers. If talking to mem became necessary, as he had seen her play school tinder the old pear tree and arbor, where she talked lo her dumb brack-pupils till they couldn’t utter a syllable, he Knew she had a quality for that. And as she scarred up the bark of the tree with her lerule, and trimmed her pupils under the ar dor till she bad blistered her own hands, he thought her perfectly reliable for these things. Now whether she had any judgement, good sense, discrimination ; a genial hutnoi in the midst of trials, a power of progression under discouragements, and a method of mind lhal would gleam out and show a true and instinc tive womanly characier —that was the great mnuirv—and —yes, there is no other way promism: “ Libhie you must have a school.” As for Libbie, why she had never thought much for self, any way. What her uncle proposed, she always esteemed about right, and prepared to execute it. Bui on this occasion she was a little thun der strucK. " How m ihe world,” said she, “can I, who'am but Sfyoung girl, keep a real school 7 and where may one be found in want of me ?" “ We will see about that, Libbie,” said net uncle. The spring came,. It was April. Mr Wat son had just taken his tea and ,set down to read the evening paper, when it occured to, him that he had a message for Libbie. “ Here Libbie," said ho, “ come to mo.— Here is a letter to me from John Howard of Halifax, a school-committee man, offering to hire you for the summer ns a teacher in the south district school of that town. Noty what do you say, my child—will you go?” “ Why Uncle Watson, you know I am not fit to have the ca.re ofa public school.” “ Ooh 1 hoo 1 Not fit! .That’s a grate mis take of yours, Libbie. I have.told,Mr, How ard you were just the, one.” , , “ Now Uncle Watson—how could you)” and the girl, laughed outright.. " I declare,” said she, “ it*is too serious affair to letogfi at now can 1 laugh ? Still it a laugh -—for look, how. ridiculous it is;” and the. poor girl laughed again till she almost.cried, “ Ha! ha! ha I Libbie. VVe shall make you a famous tepchdr yet. I shall bo proud' my niece, I dare say, even though she be-' "ms at fifteen '' TTHTu i , ... »/ 1 Ifh-VITi;;:.;, t - ,»J -.n ' ’ " ‘* * *o .1 ■ | ■ ■.t,i -n m... f f—»- * .COBB, STHRROCK „&. CQ., , „.,. = yol. j. It Was settled that Libbie should teach flic schi'd) Ot'Hfllilix.'The whoIC lime tvasiwCh- 1 ty weeks, per wCek,' ! and“ board round. 1 ’ The ‘'board,” was assumed in the district on (arnilies'iosaveeXpense/otlore-' duce it, the iamb being deducted frornihetax list "of the individuals. ' ' ' There'was a verbal’agreement that if the schoolwas large, i. e,, above thiriyscholars, Libbio should receive twenty five cents move a week;’ Our young teacher wa&'set down at’ the school house door by John Howard, Esq.,' one bright Monday morning in April, having her dinner in a basket, because the board walk was too distant to go home to dinner. — When that "gentleman bovVed himself off, Lib bie found herself installed in the red schctol bouse of the farming toWn of Halifax, as the school ma’am of the district. Although the situation was one to disturb' her serenity and try her fortitude, it did net crush her ? but really brought out her charac ter. Necessity is the motherof invention; and as Libbie hajl “ taken” the school, and' was left with her pupils; she presently ttjo’f eff ways and means to carry it on; ‘ There was thirty pupils the first day;* thirty-two the next: thirty-eight the third; forty the fifth, and so on., the* school numbered, ih'all fifty, but its average attendance was not far from thift'y-lwo. The young teacher was sorely perplexed often by' the older arid bad s'chdhjrs,'' but she wgp set-' dom, wanting jn 6f the school to secure the goyeffJfnent, ahd she' became (Juite popular. The little ones loved' her, the large scholars appreciated 'hdr'atten tion, and the old folks in the district Were' glad of her.society during her week’s board.' But Libbie had many a tedious walk tp and from her hoarding places. Sometimes, it rained, and then it blew, anon it Was exceed-' iogly warm and debilitating. But it all bro’t out character. •“ Yes,” she thought, “ this is Uncle Watson’s idea; so I will not com plain,” Poor Libbie) she worked very hhrd in her school. It was reklly too bad, that one as young os herself should bh shut up twenty' weeks'with a school of more than thirty pu pils ; that ;hav» her patience so greatly tried, and atTher^xertippa,called out, now to encourage a group, of dull scholars and then to quell the insurrections of large revo lutionary ignoramuses, Still she did not al low herself (ogive up,in despair. She coaxed.' and. flattered the little ABC pupils—she pwUed the third andTourlh classes, the young spellers and readers—she helped on the arith metic and grammar scholars, and despite all. her trials had much to comfort and But lime at last wore away. The examina tion came. That, was of course a trial, yes for the minister came, the dooiot <»,«»■>. and another great committee man, and they all looked and acted very gravely. It was a day of great trepidation. But the school behaved orderly... and she got along to the end very well, and the committee praised her before the whole school. Well, the great undertaking, the Halifax school, closed. Everybody was satisfied, fully satisfied, and Libbie received her twen ty dollars. It really seemed lo her that she ought to have had the other twenty-five ceuts a week. But the committee said money was scarce, and that the average attendance was about thirty— and as Libbie was,, young, it wouldn’t make much difference with her whether she had it or not! Libbie looked long at the twenty dollars.- luvas the tribute-money of character I Char acier, brought out in long weary walks apd wearier day of effort to teach her pupils— character that was not paid the deserved and promised twenty-five cents! Character lhal rewarded mainly the possessor. The tears came into her eyes. Yes —it was a good deal of money, but it was not quite as much us it seemed to her it should have been. She had worked hard, and long, for it honestly, beyond her strength, far, far beyond her years—twenty weeks—and here was the pay ,—twenty dollars ! The rich old farmers of the school district paid her the money, and Libbie went her way. This was her first earned money, and she never forgot it. In after years Libbie May had money, but none that ever seemed sp full'of character— to have cost so much, and been so highly prized as that. ■ Her uncle secretly thought as she did,' about the twenty five cents that was unpaid her, but he perceived that the great object had been gained. Libbie promised to te a wo man !—What cared he whether she was paid one dollar, or one dollar and a quarter a week I Alter this, Libbie was sent a year orTwo to the talented school of Miss B——, to pros ecute further her own education. ■ ‘ She left it rather reluctantly to act as an' assistant teacher in a seminary in Massachusetts! Af ter : (his she (aught a young ladies? seminary' in oar own town. She Went'alone far off Ur Tenpesse, and was for sometime one-of the most sucdedsful hnd 'pCpular teachers in one of,it«.principal towns, 7 S.he, jeceiv.ed thpre the. highest compensaliqn for.her .services, and was esteemed and, beloved, by p : large circle of .the most intelligent, citizens of.the place. . Genera I, Japkaqn complimented the talented and lovelyyqpng.foapner, and.ojien invited her .to bis house. . , „ i „ By and. by Libbie returned to in the.. North, ,j . , , In the meantime good Uncle - Wetsop.hfid died, in hie will .leaving his “ beloved nere’e, Liobta”’ five thops&nd^doll'ars,''in'Considera- tion of 1 '" dharacter brOghlto'lJghKih KStf'fittV dlatritt ' school, when she' was ! fifteen ‘years' of age.” 1 Sleep, on ; calmlysleep yeWho' righteously go to your rest," wfej remember the deseiVitig— ybui- names shall (never die"! • The girl of fifteen, had ripened into one of ;V.; fn- * » u WELLSBOROUGH, TIOGA COtiOTY. I A., TIIURSBAX MOtoIXG, JASUAI<Y 29, m• ' : . NO. £. the most accomplished and beautiful ofladiesr- She Was in the pride ofher beauty; at twenty Seveni there, was,not ;ajinq of decay ' on her , brew; not a blush wantioginharcheek, not a lock from her long heavy. raven hall: miss ing. Her form was symmetrical, her carri age dignified (and; attractive. In dress she was lnodest but-tasteful. The labor of twelve years had but given her a fuller.’ maturity; not induced by premature deCay, too oAen. witnessed early Imour AmeHcan-ladies. V ■ She and her aged mother removed to her own handsome residence ’in the favoritecity; Of ■- ' • ’’ I 'S’"l I ’ / ■ • I, In a little time it'become known that a gen tleman' of 'her ownS'ge, a-rising, talented: lawyer, who had long been her admiretvand who way entirely worthy, to succeed, had made her on offer of hie heart and hand, and had been accepted. - ). . There is no brighter ornament in the refla ted circles of ladies in the city of r——* than Mrs; George B-—fvour young and “ chat* acer formed” schobl teacher, Libbie May>-i' She is n'ow the respected and idolized wife of' one of the’best of huabandafthe happy moth-; er of two beautiful children, theinfluential and' useful member of society™ tliecultivated cir-- clesofoneoUr very best northern cities. .r, So much lor Libbie' the young and : earnest school teacher whose first-twenty weeks of school instruction were thboght; well paid in’the cruel sum of twenty dollar* I > Asfor ourselves' we go for Woman’s Rights, when' il is proposed to employ a female teacher for one of our district schools, five, six, or seven months’ at four dollars a month I Meagre, meagre pay! Ypung girts, ldaohei% of sixteen sum mers, jdo not : desptiir. Refuse not even (he twenty dollars'for your hard, constartl, in all’ seasons constant, and self-denying efforts.— The porioiousness that you have well and truly done your duty, Wil( bring out character that will in some fdlure Say of your history outweigh thousands of gold and silver, and lead you to despise'the meanness that would rob ytm bf a just remuneratioh for your ser vices. Ohi' no, I never gossip! I have enough to dq to . take care, of my business .without, attending to that of ray neighbors, Mrs, S. Why, there’s Mrs. Crocker—she. deals in scandal by the wholesale. It does seem as if.that woman’s tongue must be almost worn, out; but no, there’s no danger of iftat. ]lf everybody warlike me there would be little trouble in the world.! Oh, I never gossip, but did you know that Miss Elliott had got a new silk dress, Mrs, Smith 1 You did'nl ? Well oho how. U*« » I*ooll hmonde : I SftW It IDV self. Ido say it’s shameful for ner to bo'So extravagant. I mean to give her a piece of my mind, Mrs. Smith. You believe her un cle gave it to her? Well, I don’t care if he did. Why, it’s only two months since her father failed, and now to see her dash .out in this style, it’s a burning shame, I suppose she thinks she’s goipg to catch young lawyer Stanhope ; but guess she’ll hod herself mis taken. He’s got more sense than to be caught by her, if she has got a brocade silk dress. And there’s; (he upstart dressmaker, Kale Manly, selling | her cap for the doctor’s son. The impertinence of some people is ab solutely astonishing.’ I don’t think she’s any heller than she ought to be, for my own part. I nqver did like her, with her mild, soft look, when any one’s around. My word for it, she can look cross enough whpn there isn’t. Then she says she is onjy seventeen ! Good ness knows she's asjold as my Arabella Lu cretia, and she’s mofe than seventeen, and F am not ashamed to oyvn it. either; but I guess Dr. May's son will have more discretion than to think of marrying her. Some folks call her handsome! welj, I don't. She aint half so good looking as my daughter Jane. Then the way she does up her hair in such flyaway curls: aridif you believe it, she had the im pudence to tell me,she. couldn't make her hair as strait as my JVfaria Jane’s. Im pertinence.! If she’d let curling-papers and curling-irons alone, 4 l’d risk but what" her hair^ would be as slrpit as anybody’s. Strychnine.—The source from whence this poison, which has gained so World-Wide a celebrity recently! is Obtained, is thus no ticed in Dickens’ Household words : * «• In Ceylon and arid ‘several disiricts of India, grows a rfadderate sized tree, with thick, ‘shining (eaves and a short, crooked stem. In the fruit season it is readily recog nized by ' its rich orange-crilored berries, about as large as golden-pippins; the rind is hard and Smbdth, atid clivers a white, arid puff), the favorite' Mod of many kinds' of birds; within'Which are the flat, round seeds not an inch 'lri diameter, ash-gray in dolor, arid covered with very minute, silky hairs. The Germans fancy thet can discover a re semblance in (ftetnto gray eyes, and call them crow’s eyes’; but the resemblance! is only iriiaginetry. The tree is the Stychriirie nine vomica, and the peed is the deadly poison nut. The latter'war early used as a medi cine by the Hindoos; as its nature and ’prop erties were' undpistepd by Orientrir ddClors, long before‘lf was knowft to foreign nations. Dog-Killer;and Fish-scale are twotef ils Ar abic names.' Ills stated that 1 at present the natives Of iSfteii take it for Wny morilha coritinuoUSiy iri mudh tbb'stjirid Way • as an opiuti' Cater efts opium.'. They tebm- ; mepce 'wlth faking (I e eighth of a nut p day and gradualiy ihcrea iltig their ; nlloWanfte. to' an entire nut, which would r be about iwehiy grains/ Irthey eat" Ijrectiy, before'or afier food, 1 ho unpleasante lects ate' preduced; but If 1 they 1 neglect' teipp spasm? f result. 1 The most dshgero is klnd of'bat that flies at might is a brickbat, ! <! 0T *• TI "V- 'mc'm'j jyp'ow nn t ikuMwJSm Wi-Mi -- /•‘•'ilk. _ ... •'HIt II.U-*- ~!o r-TjUdti.M'fWij ' c, tlin’ AOItATIOM'oP yHOBGHT IS THE BEOZNNIIW '■ .ii ' r--—'-> -‘-'i" ’■■l'm; .. ,n ;. .CHS.vI '■ A Hit at Gossips. iu eomittuiUtatfon#* •‘•i ib ''l 'h -»•* ■■•ibX'.ty Agitator. ’ SchooLrPay.ißjßmlntßpancaa.i ‘‘TheSchoolboyaaroiat pfayegaim” Yes, 1 savthemuffi canwini The'street is full of joyous' fellows;-' ■ They havO'juit been released 1 from “ the benches, J ' ü b’ad ! are filled w'ith ecstasyns they 'are" pefftiitto'd to brailhe this cold Wlnletair.; : Somebfthem bound like'the wild deer;of the Tbrest'f'aijd piberU njnka the' stoeelb rbfeal; wi.H .their’ screams,. WhaV'brmgs upthe ‘tobnioif y -of childhood sooner' than to she acompany’pf bdya burst' fromthedpor of a school robin with faces redolent and ey es'sparkling With, delight. Oh," happy days 1' Vt'buld lhaiT might again,enjoy those pleasure?.. But youth once gone never - returns.- Thosahours.of peculiar -happiness can no more be counted mine.- Let' the “tiulo people” l hate it to themselves. No'; I cannot bo’ao generous. I must be permitted ’to share l theirjoys with 1 them—not; as an actor bbt trd ft spectator.—■ Let me watch theirspbrts and 1 listen to their shouts of laughter.' ;I thank the ‘Gbinmiltee, or Teachers, oir Whoever it was that 'brought l the “ Acadbmy” frUttt the hi(l yonder, d6Wn' into the ‘ village.''' 1 A cohipany of boys' wifK' good lungs, wijl dd'tooie’ ti/thbk'b' a'"Wk'bi' cheerful than amorriing 6ath r ' Lel ihem' shout as jppd bs'the please; it will make iis feel better and I presume they "will' nbt 'leel; any worse.''. " ‘ But I wopld cast ho refleclipft upon the old:] Academy bn the hill.' It has sbrvdd its'day. and generatipii, I look upon it os I would an old man—with, reverence for what it has . done. But morp than aught else, T r yvoiitd cherish, it for some o(! the instructions I there received. ‘ " * Where is that company which used to as semble each morning? And where is that tall, slim, clear headed prbfesabr yvh'o used to assemble wilhui? They aregorib—they are scattered—l can retain but ri few of their narfibs. The fact is we are alt growing old, as well as the Academy- That profeasor tojd us then that our schbol-days would not always last, I heard him and thought but liltfe of it. I cap see it now as he then didi. r ; Some of that company have' persevered in their and are now acquainted to sonjb extent with Philosophy, pnd Literature. They have wop prizes in tha pollege, and there won victories in debate. Olliers have taken a shor ter road to fame and fortune • They are active business men —merchants, farmers, mechan ic*r arid their bodies are now in the grave. . But all who are now living of that joyous com pany of boys and girls, arc conscious of one fact—they ate growing old, and will soon be its pleas ures, and go and study wisnomwmJ early school-males in another world. Yes, we are all growing old. Humanity is passing away. The earth is waiting lo re* ceive her dead. The dearest friends must separate. Reader, you and I are growing old. The hand now writing these linos, tho’ vigorous with youth, will soon be tremulous with age, or perhaps with disease in early life. These eyes will grow dim. This body will soon refuse to perform its office. This mind will leave its tenement. This earthly tabernacle will dissolve. We must die. Well, what of it? Millions have died before we had an existence. Is it wrong lo diej? If so, spend your life in mourning over it. Is it right lo die ? If so, have joy in the thought. It Is indeed solemn Tojthink of leaving this world and going to anotherbut it is a beau tiful solemnity. The heart is sad when we think of bidding adieu to earthly friends—the heart is joyous when we think of meeting spiritual friends. , There is a mingled sorrow and joy in the thoughti'of dying. But why is it appointed, for mao to die. I should ask why is it appointed for man to live 1 When we have learned the philosophy of life, wo have learned the philosophy of dealh-also. Great and good men tell us that it is to develop and elevate our spiritual na tures, To grow wiser and belter. To raise our thoughts'above the material. To be ini tialed into that higher life, which Chanhing so often points out in his sermons, and Ten nyson so often breathes in his poetry. > Reader, may you and I make it the object of oUr ambition to elevate, ourselves into that higher life; and Ip revel atpongthe thoughts of the wise and good. We shall, thus be hap py in life—happy,,ii> death. God will,then love us as his obedient children; and the an gels will be filled with joy when they greet us in heavefr. Soiled wall papers may be made to look as well as hew, in most' crises) by the foJlbty* ing expedient: Take about' two 'quarts of bran, tie it tip. in a bnndle of coarse flannel, and rub it over the paper. It will cleanse (be whole paper of all descriptions of dirt and (Spots, better than anyoibetraearis that can.be used., but dry brrih, is better.. „ Becßwahiir CATtEri;—To ’ every three bushels of, b,uckwheat,n(ldone of good heavy’ oats; as !f; lhpy,.!were; only buckwheat-;'.thus you will have-cakes always light-rind always brown; to 1 say noth ing of the greater digestibility* and the light ening of- spirits, which 1 are equally Certain. Ho who fepjU ph buckwheat may pe grum and lethargic,white h,e pf i|he oat-meal will have eahilargtipp pl.jho brain and content*, raent of the spirit.— 'Exchange. Jt was araoqg.thejavslieatcusiptnsof the ancients to,,JaMry,the young at morning twi light ; for as .they, strove to. give, the,softest interpratation to death, so they imagined that Aurora, who loved the young; had. stolen them to her embrace, ■ • ’ . .si A ,xj ::: vi Itytf? *1 uiii! >At ~ Extriuwdinar.yvoccntroßce at tHe Ym)uc>,Biaau(pn, T* r Bß“|£v -i<;i luS . jai-s who*. ).£i A .jtftn&.rkable. occurrence,, took,, place, at Blue Ridge Tunnel, recently.!, .ftThe.Thirdi pel of workmen wece,eng*ged at:digging, aa Usual, when one of them (Pat Fiagan) nor. liCed’thal the tefclurebf the'took before him suddenly Changed frdfii hardlbpbfr, and4he sounds wet. "Shb'/tly Mepwards a stream of watdp : issued was pticbeededby a heavyprumblidg'sbpritl,, ‘ likd the cars,’ which so frightened the nahds that they all made for the, ppen qir. We(l wasdl for them that tpey didlao I The sound con tinued to grpw louder, and louder fat some minutes, lill-a-crash, wae heard, and immedi ately a vast-strehmof waier rolled ont-of the tunnel. f -Ari eye witness eays that 'the' head of the stream was at least ten-feet high, and that it swept car^f, pgg, jh?i rowB before it 1 like chaff.’ The stream continued to pour a, perfect river till twelve o’clock, When It gradually subsided, and was low enough at three pi m. to allow ns to makefa hasty sur veyor its ! cause., liseemsthatthereis, in the middle of the mnuntain, an Immense erfi or podketj to'Which water from (he melt jug sifow’has bbbnde'posite'dfor years, and that the line of the thnnel-’tapd' ihls ; covern near its Centre. The bbyerh ?a of irtmiense dhd ; wilf'lsifve' the Stale ‘ a gdbd : deal bf ; moiie'f, since ndfurb, lids opeitdd '« road through near ihree'huiidred feet of solid'rock’.' This Will expedite the cbmplelion bf the tun nel greatly ; 'inTqct,, I would not be surprised to see 'daylight phine through the mountain 10-dny. Ido know precisely how much remains to,.cut; ’but Cblpnel Cjegel said, last,, week, that’ there' remained, only three hundred and eighteep feet, and this cavern is certainly hundred feet wide—rprobably. more. Th? Colonel will be greatly surprised when he returns. He did npj( pxpecl to get through before January.” ! He Drinks.— HoWotninobsly that sen tence falls! How we pause, in conversation arid ejaculate—' It’s a pity !’ -V- How his mother hopes he will not when he grows old er ; and his sisters persuade themselves that it is only a Tew wild, oats he is sowing; and yet (he old men shake their heads and feel, sad and gloomy when they think pf it. Young’mao, just commencing ‘ Q Hie, don’t drink. You are freighted, with a precious cargo. . The hopes of your old parents, of your sisters, of, your wife, of your children, all arereated in yqu, In you the aged live bver,again,vheir young daja.j apd through you only can the weaker ones, obtain a posi. lion in society, and from the leyel on which you place them, must your children go into the-great struggle of life. Take our advice, then, ypung man—shun Hrinking-saloon and gaming-table, and you will save manyr pong m iha breasts of those who really love you. You will grow up respected and loved by all, and till a life of usefulness to your fellows, and of pleas ure tq yourself. There is a maddening ex citement in the intoxicating bowl, which leads on lo( ruin and n premature grave; but there is no conscious, ever-present joy to him who partakes not of the liquid poison. He can stand erect and claim to be a man indeed— for he never “ puts an enemy into his mouth to steal away his brains.’ It is a mistaken notion with some young meri that it is manly lo drink. Not a living soul has ever been benefUled, morally or socially, by intoxica ting liquors, and never will be. We repeat it, young man, shun life drinking and gaming saloons as you would the pestilence that walketh at noonday !—Elmira Advertiser. What is a Husband?—A lady cones pondent of the New York Mirror gives the following answer to this interrogatory : “He is the' most acceptable, accessible, accommodating, accomplished, acfiordable, accountable, accurate, acquiescent, active, acute,’admirable, adorable, adverlnnt, affable, affectionate, agreeable, amenable, amiable, amusing, 1 animated, attentive, beautiful, be nign, blameless, calm, captivating, charita ble, charming, cheerful, civil, reasonable, sensible, thoughtful, unoffending, unprovo king, unruffled, unselfish, unwilled, of mor ials—the “my dear” of all, (the ladies,) good wives, Oli! bow I wjsh I.had one!” . It is said that eggs preserved in theTollow ing mariner will keep forever. —Take *a alette, arid cover the' bottom with eggs; ihert,pour boiling water upon theril sufficient to give them a thorough wetting, permitting the water" to pass off through the sieve. Take ihcrii out and dry them ; then pack Ihetii in bran, the small end down. 1 In (be reign of Queen Margaret of Scot larid, the Parliament passed rin act, that any maiden lady, of high or low degree, should havethe privilegeto choose fora husband the man on whom she bad set her fancy. If a mad refused‘to .marry her, he was heavily fined, according fi> the' value of his worldly possessions. Thejonly groqhd of exemption was, previous betrothal. ‘The riew ten dollar Sewing machine in vented by a Mr,'Watson,'arid' described in the last. Scientific Airierican, makes two twisted loop siiicheri;With a'sjrigle thread by simply litrrihg a crri'tfk, feeds itself, rind oc cupies' a space ob the table of five by ejeht iq’ehes,, "It may suit pld 'barihe|drs, but%e prefer ;one that weighs at Tea'll[if fijjq a chair, feeds. hse|f—abd, weats'gaitef. : Florida, with 11*811 voters* has three elec lorrirvotesY loWa,.wiih 92,600’ voters,-has but four ! This is one of lhe “wrongs of thd■Scath. I*'' 1 *'' ’"‘v- ■•ui--'. ■, . ; 1 lay. your coffee, and slanders against you, be tver aiike-Mwitbout grounds,. : ?'ja; Rate* of Advertising. will bechuged .(1 per iqasn of pwntsoF'le* fflkrt‘'l3Urleen ; H B ib 'considered «W « Mn»i«*. Tbtn (allowing rate*,,witt -far charged for' QttWtefly, Jidf,Yearlp ftpd, Yemly advertising;-!; i ;3 month*. 6 month*, ifl 1 -13 50 84 50 WOO-. Suture*,.’. : 4 00 0.00 8 00 J column, . 1000 1500 SOOO -1 column,- ... . 118 00 3000 40 00' All advertisement* not luring! tbsnnmber of in. eerlion* marked upon will be kept in onULor. dcred cot, ana charged eccoi'dinglj. 1 - Bbslcr*, Handbills, Bill,and Letter Heads,and ill kind* of Jd6biAg.''done in country establishments, heatly .and promptly. , Justice*’, Consta. “ l *l er BLANKS, constantly on hand and i printed tp ordpr.‘ ' V j:..’ :j i .-n-j-i: ~ TBaEdT'Story. l '" ■ -i-'s.t,.; •? .t.; r •** _ N ( ' When- thbeleamship Arago came into port - onFridaylastiseveral days behind her usual, lime, she; brought relief to many a heart Which wopldacarce dare trust itself to dream ils appreheDßioot/and yet could not forget how,: but a few short months before, sad eyes were watching for those who should meet their.gaze no.more. . No. wonder. lhen, that when she touched the wharf, her decks were crowded with eager and happy (aces, that kisses were rife, and (hat-manly hands were clasped in the wacm~> est greeting. . • Among those who hastened on board was. one. whose heart, rebounding from the depth’ of .apprehension to thesummit of serene 000-; tent, lent wings, to his feet as ha leaped upon' the deck, impatient to clasp the beautiful form" of her who bad beenpledged lohiro for years,, and who m one short week, was to become his wife* Blessed with ibe perilous gift of beauty i» its most delicate, subtle, and spiritual phase, she had inherited- with it the weakness of Constitution which so often cuts short tho brighnhopeswhchsuch.race natures inspire* And it Was with the hope that the tottr of Europe might restore her to health, that she left her home and friends, but a few short' months ago. • The voyage and the life which succeeded it, seemed to have realized almost entirely the hopes of her friends, and those who were with her sent home glowing ac counts of the new charm which the rose tint of health bad lent to-her-beauty. . At length'the day for sailing, for home ar rived, and from • that ■ time the bouts were counted with feverish anxiety. When the regular day of her arrival passed and brought no signs of the Arago, hurried Steps were pacing her wharf, through each weary night, until at- lasl'the signal gun announced her coming tip. the-bay. ■ Then fear gave way 10. perfect joy,- and as she touched the shore, the eager lover leaped upon her. deck and-hasten ed'to meet and greet his expectant bride. A friendly hand' checked his impatient slept, and a voice choking with agony, told him that she whom he sought lay cold in deatlv below. • . Soon after-deaving the shores of England) she sickened with brain Covet, and in spite of all that medical skill and thd lenderest cate could do, sank swiftly down and died, only two days sail from home. They bore her beneath the kindly roof which, was so soon to have shelieredherpup tiais, and thence, 1 decked in the snowy robes and vestal 'flowers which had been prepared for her bridal they took her from the be trothed o( years, and gave her to the cold grave. Familiar as the experience of life compels us-to be, with i strange and sudden bereave ments and reverses, we can scarcely remem ber an instance, in which so many circum stances combined to invest a death with lender and romantic interest. To ihc beauty of which no have spoken, were united mental and spiritual graces so rare and fascinating, that among alt who knew thfc lost one, there was no tongue that did not speak eloquently in her praise. We may no.further withdraw the veil from the sacredness of grief, than to add that this short and mournful history, like many another that the world never heard of, lies hidden in the following simple notice to be found among the deaths in the city papers of Sat urday : Died—At 'sea, on boat d the Aragd, on Wednesday, the 3d inst. Miss Annie M., daughter of J. M. Lachaise, aged 19 years.— N. y. Commercial. Eclipses in '1857 .-‘-There will be two eclipses this year, both of the sun. The first willoccur on the 25th of March. It will be invisible in all that part of theiUnited States east of the meridian of Washington, and par tial west of Washington. The second is an' annular eclipso of the sun, which will com mence on the 17th of September, at : midnight in the United States, and therefore invisible in this country. n POLYGAMY AMONG TUB OFFICIALS OP Utah.—-. Prom a, statement in detail, we learn that the. thirteen members of the Council of Utph hqve 171 wives ; the twenty-six mem bers of the House of Representatives, 157 ;■ and the five officers of the House, 22. Add to these the wives of Brigham Young—6 B—— we see the Legislature of Utah, its offi cers and the Governor, have no less than 418, Only forty men to four hundred and eighteen wives I Polygamy is an institution I Lieutenant Mauby, id a recent lecture, expressed the opinion that there was no ne cessity for ihn heavy cabin designed for lele grnphiccpmmunicaUon through the depths of the Atlantic, and that a .light copper wire,, coaled with gutia percha, would answer every purpose. No larger wire, he said, was needed for the bottom of the sea than for the surface of the land.. ; To Cube Conns,—A‘writer in one of the 1 agricultural papers declares ,on his own ex perience that to pare corns and then apply a drop or.-two of wormwood oil is a certain cure. , • , ’ A'drunken 'man tried lb get a policeman to arrest' his own shadow.’ His complaint was that an ill looking scoundrel kept follow, ing him. a man’s worth depends on his “.acre#” a 'person with eight decayed teeth should be considered .a man of properly. Assessors will pleasd notice. 'r At a. Fair down East, a reporter gave the following da the list of premiums;— 11 Lest bed-comforter—'MifgThoropsort,”
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