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THE STAR OP THE NORTH.
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VOLUME S. ...„.,■
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h published entry Thursday Morning, by
R.\W. WEAVER.
■OFFICE—Up stairs in the New Bnek building
an the south tide of Main street, third
square below Market.
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within aix mouths from tne time of subecri
bAQs; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid
within the year. No subscription received
for a less period than aix months: nodiscon
linuaace permitted until all arrearages are
paid, unless at the option of the editors.
AnVBBTisuMBNTs not exceeding one square,
will be inserted three times for one dollar, and
twenty-five cents for each additional insertion
A liberal discount will be made to those who ad
artist by* the year.
[The following piece is by MOTHERWELL.
It surpasses in the simple and touching mel
ancholy peculiar to the kind of poetry to
whioh it belongs, any thing we have lately
aeon. Indeed, we recollect nothing from
BURKS that would be at all disparaged by
comparison with it.]
My Head Is Like to Read, Willie.
My head is like to rend, Willie,
My heart is like to break—
I'm wearin' aff my feet, Willie,
I'm dyin' for your sake!
Oh, lay your cheek to mine. Willie,
Your head on my breast-bane—
Oh, say you'll think of me, Willie,
When I am dead and gone!
It's vain to comfort me, Willie,
Sair grief maun hae its will—
Bullet me rest upon your breast.
To sab and greet my fill.
Let me sit upon your knee Willie,
Let me shed tiy your hair,
And look into the lace, Willie,
I never shall see mair.
I'm sittin' on your knee, Willie,"
For the last time in my life——
A poor heurt-broken thing, Willie,
A milher, yet nae wife.
Ay, press your hand upon my heart,
And press it mair and mair—
Or it will burst the silken twine,
Sa strong is its despair!
Oh, wae's me for the hour, Willie)
w When we the 'gither met — •
Oh, wae's me (or the time, Willie,
That our first tryst was set!
Oh, wae's me for the loamin' green
Where we were wont to gae—
And wae's me for the destinio,
That gart me love thee sae !
Oh, dinna mind my words, Willie,
1 douna seek to blame—
But oh, it's hard to live, Willie,
And dree a warld's shame!
The tears are linitin' o.ver your cheek,
And hail in oweryour chin !
Why weep ye sae lor woithlessness,
For sorrow and for sin !
I'm weary of the world, Willie,
And sick wi' a' I see—
I canna live as I have lived,
Or be as I should be.
Bui fauid unto your heart, Willie,
The heart lhat still is thine—
And kis> once mair tho white, white cheek,
Ye said was red largsyne.
A stoun' goes thro' my head, Willie,
A sair stoun' thro' my heart—
Oh, haud me up and let me kiss
Thy brow, ere we twa part.
Anither, and anither yet!
How fast my life strings break .
Farewell! farewell! thro' yon kirk yard,
Step lightly for my sake !
The laverock in the lift, Willie,
That lilts far ower our held,
Will sing the morn as raernlie,
Abune the clay cauld deid.
Ann this green turf we're sittin on,
Wi' dew draps shimmerin' sheen,
Will hap the earth that luvitthee
As watld has seldom seen. ,
Bit oh ! remembor me, Willie,
On land where'er you be—
And oh ! think on the leal, leal heart
That ne'er luvit ane but thee! .
And oh! think on the cauld, cauld moots
That file my yellow hair :
That kiss the cheek, and kiss the chin,
Ye never will kiss mair!
THE NEW PORTAGE LAW.
The following are the previsions of the
new Postage law, so far as it relates to Let
ters, Newspapers, Ac:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representative* of the United States of A
merica, in Congress assemblod. That from
the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred
and fifty-one, in lieu of the rate* of poitage
pow established by law, there shall be char.
gOd the following rates, to wit: For every
tlbgto letter in manuscript or papei of any
kind upon whioh information shall be asked
for or commnnicated in writing, or by marks
jpr signs, conveyed in the mail, for any dis
itfiv* between places withir, the V- States
• exceeding three thousand miles, when
-e upon such letter shall have been
* * V ,"ut*s ; and five cents when
prepaid, three o* „ ,
'foe postage thereon s^ 1 not have been pre
.paid; and for any distance .jceedins three
thousand miles, double these rates; tor eve "
<ry inch single letter or paper when convey
ed wholly or in part by saa, and to or frowr
a foreign country, for any distance under
twenty-five hundred miles, ten oents, (ex
cepting, however, all cases where each poe
tage hae been or shall be edjusted at differ
ent rates by postal treaty or convention, al
ready concluded or Lereefter to be made ;)
an 4 for • double letter, there shall be barg
ed double the rates above specified ; and lor
a i re ble letter, treble those rates; and for a
quadruple quadruple those rates; and every
letter er parcel not exoeeding half an ounce
in weight shall be deemed a single letter;
aud every additiorial weight of half art ounce,
-et additional weight <f !• than half an
ounce, shall be charged witb an kdditlonal
' po.tnge. Atfl all drop letters; or let-
BLOOMSBURGL COLUMBIA COUNTYrfe. MABOH 20, 18-31.
era placed in any post office, not tor trans
ion, but for delivery only, shall be oharged
with postage at the rate of one cent each ;
and all letters shall hereafter be advertised as
remaining over or uncalled for in any post
office, shall be charged with one eer.i in .ad
dition to the regular postage, both to be ac
counted for as other postages now are.
Sac. 2 And be it further enacted, That all
newspapers not exoeeding three ounces in
weight, sent from the office of publication
to actual and bona-fide subscribe rr, shall be
charged with postage as follows, to wit: ALL
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ONLY, SHALL CIRCULATE IN THE
MAIL FREE OF POSTAGE WITHIN THE
COUNTY WHERE PUBLISHED; and that
the postage on the regular number of a
newspaper published weekly, for any dis
tance not exceeding fifty railea out of the
county where published, shall be five cents
per quarter; for any distance excee
ding fifty miles, and not exceeding
three huudred miles, ten cents, per quar
ts : for any distance exceeding three hund^j
miles, and uot exceeding one thq' u g&nd, fif
teen cents per quarter, fo; distance ex
ceeding one thoue&ud miles and not exceed
ing two thousand miles, twenty cents per
quarter, for tny distance exceeding 2000
mile* and not exceeding 4000, twenty five
ceuts per quarter, and for any distance ex
ceeding four thousand miles, thirty cents per
quarter; and all newspapers published moah
i ly, and sent to actnal and bona-fide subscri
bers, shall be charged with oue fourth of the
foregoing rates; and all such newspapers
published semi-monthly shall be charged
with one half the foregoing rates; and pa
pers published semi-weekly shall be charged
double thoee rates; tri-weekly, trebble those
rates; and oftenerthan tri-weekly, five times !
those rates. And there shall be charged I
upon every ether newspaper, and each oircu
lar not sealed,, handbill, engraving, pam
phlet, periodical, magazine, book and every
other description of printed matter, which
shall be unconnected with any manuscript,
or written matter, and which it may be law
: ful to transmit through the mail, of no great
! er weight than one ounoe, for any distance
! not exceeding five hundred miles one cent;
j and for each additional ounce, or fiaclional,
! ounce, one cent; for any distance exoeeding
| five hundred miles and not exceeding fifteen
; hundred miles, double those rates: for any
: distance exceeding one thousand five hun
! dred miles and not exceeding twenty-five
hundred miles, treble those rates; for any
distance exceeding two thousand five hun
dred miles, four times those rates; for any
| distance exceeding three thouaand five hun
dred miles, five times those rates.
Subscribers to all periodicals shall be re
quired to pay qne quarter's postage in ad
vance ; in all such cases the postage shall be
one half the foregoing rates. Bound books,
and parcels of printed matter not weighing
over thirty two ounces, shall be deemed
mailable matter under the provisions of this
section. And the postage on all printed mat
ter other than newspapers and periodcals
published at intervals, not exceeding three
months, and sent from the office of publics
tion to actual and bona-fide subscribers, to
be pro-paid; and in ascertaining the weight
of newspapers for the purpose of determi
ning the amount of postage chageable there
able thereon, they shall be weighed in a dry
state. And whenever arty printed matter on
which the postage is required by thjs section
to be prepaid shall through the inattdStion of
postmasters, or otherwise, be sent withoni
prepayment, the same Bhall be charged with
double the amount of postage which would
have bean chargeable thereon if the postage
has been prepaid ; but nothing in this act
contained shall subject to postage any mat
ter which is exempted from payment or pos
tage by any existing law. And the Post
master General, by and with the advice and
consent of the President of the United States,
shall be and he is hereby authorised to re.
duce or enlarge, from time to rime, the rates
of postage upon all letters and other maila
ble matter conveyed between the United
I States and any foreign country, for the pur
pose of making better postal arrangements
with other governments, or counteracting
any adverse measures affecting out postal
intercourse with foreign countries; and post
masters at the office of delivery are hereby
authorized, and it shall be their duty, to re
more wrappers and envelopes from all print
ed matter and pamphlets not charged with
letter postage, for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether there is upon or connected with
any such printed matter or in such package
any matter or thing which would authorize
or require Ihe charge of a higher rate of pot
tage thereon. And all the publishers of
pamphlets, periodicals, magazines, and
newspapers which shall not exceed eixteen
ounces in weight, shall be allowed to inter
change their publications reciprocally free
of postage : Provided That such interchange
shall be confined to a single copy of each
publication: And provided, alto, That said
I publishers may enclose in their publications
the bills for subscriptions thereto without
an y additional charge for pottage : And pro
vided, farlhsr, That in all cases where news
papers sfoail nol contain over three hundred
square inches they may be transmitted
through the maiu* by the publishers to bona
| fide subscribers at one the rates fixed by
this act.
Sure SING —A place where the railroad de.
tains a good many people who ought to go
by, and where tho laws allow a good many
to go by who ought to be detained.
From the Albany Duttkman.
Crwßbs for All Kildi f Chickens.
UNNATURAL.— What we deem unnatural,
vety frequently means only such acts as are
tmvmtal. It would be considered at the
preseent time an unnatural piece of oppres.
aion for us to hang Quakers because they
praise God with their hats on, and yet the
time has been when the quakers were as
regularly strung up for this offence, as oni
ons were—the act not being considered un
natural, but commendable. We think can
nibalism unnatural, and yet if we had par
taken of broiled olergymen as often as the
South Sea Islanders have, it is quite likely
that we should look upon the act as the only
beneficial mode of obtaining religious in
etruction. It is not the wickedness of acts
which makes us look upon them with hor
ror, but their unftwhionableness. It was
once considered unnatural for women to
products ioortion; there are oolleges in N.
Yq-.x at this very moment, the professors of
whieh teach ohiid murder as a science.
What a pity that pleasure can't be multi
plied in the same ratio that pain can. The
man that gets a dollar a day will find his five
dollars for the same quantity of time- In
crease his income, however, from five dol
lars a day to ten, and you will not add to his
happiness a particle. As five dollars a day
will get a person all the comfort he can pos
sibly desire, any increase of that income
will add to his troubles rather than to his
pleasures or contentment. Surplus wealth
brings real estate, real estate litigation;
which litigation very frequently ends in bro
ken sleeps, loss of appetite, bad digestion,
melancholy and suicide.
A yonng gentleman, in describing the ef
fects of his firM waltz, says he thought he
was going to heaven on a band of music.
For fifteen minutes he appeared to be swim
ming in a sea of rose leaves, with a blue
angel. This soon changed, he says, to a de
lirinm of peacock feathers, in whieh his
brain got so much mixed up with low neck
ed frocks, musk and melody, that he has fed
on flutes ever since.'
"Unrequited affection" has a very depres
sing effect on the spirits. We care not how
mnch of an exquisite a youth may be, let
him "get the mitten," and his contempt for
bear's grease will know no bounds. His care
of his boots will also undergo a change,
while hit disregard for public opinion will
be so exalted, that he won't care a "cuss"
whether bis trousers are broken or not.
A large portion of our happiueaa springs
from ignorance rather than from knowledge.
To make an evil endurable, all that's neces
sary is to be unconscious ot anything better.
To those who have not seen oysters, clams
are considered the best of shell fish—while
"prepared cider" is just as good as cham
pagne to those who have nevei "hearn tell"
of Heidsick.
It is obedience that onslaves men, not ty
ranny. Nero would have been as powerless
as root beer had he not been made formida
ble by the cowardice of the Romans. To re
duce the Sultan to suppliant, all that's re
quired is to have Turkey say "I wont," somo
day, and stick to it.
A bill to suppress bronchitis will bo intro
duced, bj Senator Schoonmaker, on Tues
day next. Senator Babcock has also given
notice that he wi 11, on some fntnre day,
bring is a bill incorporating the "Vesuvius
salve," for the eradication of cutaneous and
other eruptions—political as well as social.
Price 2 shillings a box, label inclusive. A
gents supplied by calling on the Senator, at
his rooms.
The virtue which resiMs temptation is
most noble, but that which flies from it most
secure. Morality is all very well, Mr. Fer
guson, but a good pair of legs is far prefera
ble. Insuring your house is a good way to
guard against a conflagration ; baring no
fiie in or near it, is, however, still belter.
The best of insurance offices may "bust.
Fault finders are the great pioneers of pro
gression. Things which are not censuerd,
are never improved. Had nobody aver at
tacked srage travelling, railroads would nev
er have been dreampi of. A contented mind
is very well for an individual, perhaps; to
benefit a community, however, give us the
ill-natured devil who spends his whole life
in abusing things.
Old Gent. Waiter.
Waiter. What sir!
Old gent. A mackerel salad.
Waiter. He v thing else, sir I
Old Gent. Yes a broiled cocktail in the
shall.
The love of obatinacy is so great in the
human family, that we actually believe that
if the legislature should make it penal to
help man in distress, the number of Howards
that would spring up in the community
would be equal to the felons. Put a man on
the free list, and his desire lo visit theatres
falls to zero in a moment.
"Please, Doctor, I want to get three cents'
worth of hoppodeldock and a shillings' worth
of Mctjasksy Oil, mixed separate."
"Certainly, my dear; blow yenr nose."
Among the cariosities lately added to the
Schenectady Musenm, is a musquitoe's
bladder, containing the souls of 24 misers,
and the fortunes of 12 prints"—nearly half
fell.
TnUh ud light—CM fttf
stmmißY and EMfc railroad.
We gird here an important extract from
General Packer's late speech in the Penn
sylvania Senate on the subject of our pub
lic improvements in this region of the state.
He concludes thus
Bat, Mr. Speaker, the Sunbury and Erie
railroad is the great improvement that Phil
adelphia must resort to, at last, to secure the
trade of the lake*. It is the route that Penn
sylvania railroad should have adopted—and
Philadelphia will yet be driven to it in self
defence. In a speech in the Chinese mu
seum. In that city a few years since, I en
deavored to impress npon the minds of her
capitalists the importance of this measure,
but was unsucceasful.—This, sir, was the
favorite prajeot of the late Nicholas Biddle,
of your city—and whatever may be seid of
bim as a politician, er a financier, aU agree,
that en questions of internal improve in sot
! and commerce, he was one of the moat sa
gacious and far-seeing statesmen in this
Union.—His fault was, if fanlt h be, that ha
was twenty years in advanee of the age in
which he lived. Sir, his towering mind,
enabled him, afar off, to
—"Seethe tops of distant thoughts,
Whio h men of common stature never saw."
Had he lived, and maintained the strong |
hold which he once had on the affections of
Philadelphia, that city would long since have
been placed in relation to the trade I have
attempted to describe, where New York and
Boston now are. But, lam pleased to ob
serve that your very intelligent Board of
Trade, sir, have at length turned their at
tention to this long neglected improvementJ
their views are those of enlightened wisdom
and I commend them to the attention, not
only of Senators, but of every business
man in Philadelphia and Baltimore. In
their last annual report they say, "that it ia
time that we should look elsewhere than to
the centre of the State and to lines of cen
tral communication.—From tho mouth of
the Juniata to the harbor of Erie, there is
one mile of railroad constructed ; and thiii
though a population, according to the cen
sus of 1850, of upwards of 400,000 people
is there to contribute, by their industry and
products, to our business prosperity. A rail
road communication from (he bead waters of
the West Branch to the harbor of Erie is
known to be practicable. Surveys have
been made, and its probable cost ascertained.
Philadelphia has too long turned her back on
that wonderful region ; for wonderful it is, at
least in its mineral resources, with its inex
haustible and accessible masses of iron and
bituminous coal, through which, by almost
bridle pashs, (for there- strd yet, to nor tkuu
be it spoken, wildernesses in Pennsylvania,)
the traveller passes from the mouth of the
Sinnamahoning to the head waters of the
Allegheny and of the Lake streams. While
New York is pushing forwanj its Erie rail
road along our Lake shore, and through our
neglected territory, we are content to see not
only north-western Peansylvania, bnt all the
intermediate territory, influenced by adverse
policy to us, pass away to commercial alle
giance in another State. It is high time that
oureyes should be directed in this direction.
It has ceased to be a question of rival
routes. And whenever these improvements
north-westward from the Susquehanna shall
be seriously begun, then taking Sunbury
and Catawissa as the points on which the
river is ultimately reeaohd, Philadelphia,
witbrits works extending north from Harris
burg, and northwestward irom the head
waters of the Sohuylkill, may elaira it all,
beyond the reach of rivalry."
Mr. Speaker, the lumber trade, alone, of
the last yer, on the West Braneh of the Sus
quehanua, amounted in value to more than
#1,000,000. The village of Williamsport,
in whioh I reside, shipped by oanal, over
16,000,000 of feet of lumber'—and this trade
is but beginning. Give us a direct commu
nication by railroad to Philadelphia and
Baltimore. Abandon the idea that Philadel
phia will not be benefitted, unless her citizens
can see the smoke of the locomotives, and
hear the cars rumbling over the Market Meet
bridge. Such ienota broad, liberal and
statesmanlike policy—it ia uuworthy of Phil
adelphia.—Throw open all the avenues lead
ing from the interior—give our iron masters,
our lumbermen, our miners and our farmers,
the advantage of the beet markets, where
over they are to bk foeod. You will then,
sir, see tho wilderness of the West Branch
disappear, her valleys will be made vocal by
the pantings of tbo engine and the hum of
induMry and enterprize; yeu will see her
"floods clap their hands, and har mountains
be joyful together."
JUDGE STRICKLAND,
Of the West Chester Republican, suggests
a substitute for the Canal Board, which he
thinks will notonly give greater satisfaction
to the people, but will bring about an aetual
saving to the Commonwealth, ol on* hundred
thousand dollars annually. Hia subMitute
provides for a Department of Internal Im
provements, with a Secretary, to be elected
by the people for 3 years; and imposes npon
that department and officer the dn ties now
pertaining to the Board ot Canal Commis
sioners, with such limitations nd exceptions
as stall be prudent and proper. Six year*
have bnt elapsed' since the Board of Canal
Commissioner* were made elective, and it
ia not very probable lhat a change on the
present syMem will be effected at so early
a period, however practicable the Judge's
| suggestion may appear.
From the Washington Commonwealth.
THE PEAT WIVES.
(A Laughable Occurrence.)
The incident we ate about to relate occur,
red some years since, in the Granite State,
and as we abide beyond striking distance of
the parties and their immediate friends, we
shall be a little more free in our description
of the circumstances than we otherwise
should be.
Nathaniel Ela, or "Uncle Nat," as he was
generally called, was the corpulent, rubi
cund and jolly landlord of the best hotel in
the flourishing village of Dover, at the head
of the Piseataqna, and was excessively fond
of a bit of fun withal. He was also the
owner of a large farm in New Durham,
about twenty miles distant, the overseer of
whioh was one Caleb Dicker, or "Boss Kale"
as termed by the numerous hands under his
control and sufficiently waggish for all prac
tical purposes of fnn and frolic. Caleb, like
1 a wise and prudeut man,.had a wife; and
so had ''Uncle Nat," who was accustomed
to visit his farm every month or two, to see
how matters went on. On ihe occasion ol
one of these visits, the following dialogue
occurred between Uncle Nat and Mistress
Ricker.
"Mr. Ela," said the good lady, "why have
you never brought Mrs. Ela out to see the
farm, and pay us a visit—l dare say, she
would be pleased to spend a day or two with
us. and I would endeavor to render her stay
as pleasant and comfortable as possible."
"Why, to tell you the truth, Mrs. Ricker,"
said Uncle Nat, "I have been thinking a
boat it, for some time, but then she is so
very deaf as to tender conversation with her
extremely difficult—in fact, it requires the
greatest effort to make ker hear anything
that ia said to her; and she is consequently
very reluctant to mingle in the society of
strangers."
"Never mind that," replied the importun
ate Mrs. Ricker, "I have a good stror.g
voice, and if anybody can make her hear, I
can."
"If you think so, and will risk it," said
Uncle Nat, "she shall accompany me on my
next visit to the farm;" and this having
been agreed on, Uncle Nat left for the field,
to acquaint Boss Kale with what had passed,
and with the plan of future operations, tou
ching the promised visit of hie wife.
It was finally settled between the wicked
wags that the fact that'their wives could both
hear as well as any body, should be kept a
profund secret, until disclosed by a personal
interview of the ladies themselves.
The next time Uncle Nat was about to
"visit the farm," he suggested to his wife
that a ride into the country would be of ser
vice to her; that Mrs. Ricker, who had nev
er seen her, was very anxious to receive a
visit from her, and proposed that she should
accompany him on lhat occasion. She read
ily consented, and they were soon on their
journey. They had not, however, proceeded
far, when Uncle Nat observed to her that'
Mrs. Ricker was extremely deaf, and she.
would be under the necessity of elevating
her voice to the highest pitch, in order to
converso with her. Mrs. Ela regretted the
misfortune, but thought, as the had a pretty
strong voice, she would be able to make her
friend hear her. In a few hours after, U nele
Nat and his lady drove np to the door ol his
counrry mansion, and Boss Rieker, who had
been previously informed of tha lime of Un
cle Nat's intended artival, was already in
waiting to help enjoy the fun that was to
come of a meeting of the Deaf Wires!
Mrs. Ricker, not expecting them at the time,
happened to be engaged with her domestic
duties iu the kitchen ; but, observing her vis
iters through the window, she flew to the
glass to adjust her cap and put herself in the
best trim to receive them, that the moment
would allow. In the meantime, Boss Kale
had ushered Uncle Nat and hia lady into the
parlor, byway of the front door, soon after
which, Mrs. R. appeared in the presence of
her guests.
"Mrs. Rieker, I will make you acquainted
with Mrs. Els," roared Uncle Nat, in a voice
of thunder.
"How do you do, madam," screamed Mrs.
Ricker to Mrs. Ela, with her mouth close to
the ear of the latter.
"Very well, I thank you," replied Mrs. E.,
in a tone of corresponding elevation.
•'How did you leave your family 1" contin
ued Mrs. R., in a voice quite up to the pitch
of ber first effort.
"All very well, I thank you—how's your
family ?" returned Mrs. E,in a key which
called into requisition all tha power of her
lungs.
In the meantime, Uncle Nat and Boss
Kale, who were convulsed beyond tho pow
er of endurance, had quietly stolen out of
tho door, and remained under the window,
listening to the boisterous conversation ot
their deaf wives, which was confirmed on
the same elevated letter of the staff for
some time, when Mrs. R., in the same led
ger-line key she had observed from the first,
thus addressed her lady guest:
"What on earth are you hallooing to rae
for—l a'nt deaf I"
"A'nt you indeed 1" said Mrs. E., "but
pray what are you hallooing to me for—l'm
sure I'm not deaf t"
Each, then, came gtadually down to her
ordinary key, when a burst of langhtor from
Uncle Nat and Boas Kale, at tho window, re
vealed the whole trick, and even the ladies
themselves were compelled to join irt the
merriment they bad afforded the otltsidete,
by the ludicrous character of then interview.
MRAs e
The man must lead a happy life
Who's free from matrimonial chains;
Who Is directed by a wife,
Is sure to suffer for his pains.
Adam could find no solid peace,
When Eve was given for a male ;
Until he saw a woman's face,
Adam was in a happy Mate.
la all the female face appear,
Hypocrisy, deceit, and pride :
Truth, darli-g of a heart sincere,
Ne'er known in womas to reside.
What tongue is able to nnfold,
Tne falsenold that in woman dwells ;
The worth in woman we behold,
la almost imperceptible.
Cursed be the foolish man, I say,
Who changes from his singleaess ;
Who will not yield to woman's sway,
. Is sure of perfect blessedness.
To advocate the ladies' cause, you will
read the Ist and 3d, 2d A 4th lines together.
GUTTA PERC HA.
We hear the question often asked, and
very seldom answered, what is gutta percha,
and where does it differ from India rubbe'r?
Therefore, we prepare ibis article for the
information of those who may not possess
knowledge on this subject. Gutta percha is
the concrete jjuice of a tree of the same
name, which bounds in the islands of Bor
neo, Lingapore, in Sarawak, and along the
Malayan Peninsula. The name is Malayan.
"Gutta," meaning the gum or juice of a
plant, and "Percha," Ike name of the tree
from which it is extracted, and is obtained
in a liquid form, by tapping Ihe trees period
ically. When the water it contains has
evaporated, it becomes very hard at the
temperature of the atmosphere—is now
elastic, tough and hard as weed. In its na
ture it is fibery and held together by tho
glutinous nature of the particles of which
it is composed. It differs widely from India
rubber, and is capable of much more gene
al application to use ful purposes, but by
many the two substances are confounded as
one and the same, under a different elite of
preparation. The elasticity and impervi
ousuets to water, gives the principal value to
India rubber. Gutta percha has not mora
than five per cent, of elasticity, when man
ufactured, and when softened by the action
of heat, instead ot becoming soft and stieky
can be rolled in sheets as thin as tissue, OT
worked into any shape, and immediately be
comes rigid again at the temperature of the
atmosphere. It resists the action of all
kinds of acids, oils, alchohol and water,
but can be dissolved in Tarnaptha. which
holds it in solution at summer heat. It la
imporus, good conductor of sound, a perfect
non conductor of electricity, and makes
waterproof soles for shoes. In the combina
tion of strength, flexibility and durability it
excels all other substances, and these are the
properties which make it so valuable. It
can be applied to nearly all the purposes of
life, and even is found useful in the prac
tice of surgery. Softened by water at a
temperature of 108 degrees it can easily be
molded into any required form, without
shrinking when cool, and retains in that
stale, a perfect impression of the most deli
cate foliage. An article thus adapted to so
many purposes cannot help coming into gen
eral use. It was first introduced into Eng.
land in 1843 by Dr. Montgomery, and into
the Uuited States in 1847 by S. T. Armstrong
of New York.
WHY HB WAS REJECTED. —Among the ma
ny interesting facts connected witb the tem
perance canse, is th following "good one
whieh occurred not many years ago in the
county of W— , ia this State.
A young man of some promise was ad
dressing the daughter of one of our plant
ers, and was by-the-bye, making some pro
gress in his anil In the meantime, his "fair
intended" learned that our hero had once
been a member of the churoh, ''and depar
ted from the faith." She alio learned that
he had been a Son of Temperance, but had
"backed from that."
The time was near when our here was to
learn his fate; indeed, the day had arrived,
as he was already in attendance upon his
dulcina—a beautiful black-eyed brunette she
is.
Yes, he was before her, pressing his suit,
and urging in the most eloquent strains his
claims lo her "fair hand."
Greatly to the astonishment and chagrin
of our hero, when ha "popped the all im
portant," he received lor an answer the em
phatic "No," in roniut terms. Our hero,
greatly confused and surprised, and scarcely
knowing what he did, "left for parts un
known" to us, while our fair heroine soon
after appeared before her "doaiiug mam
ma," and the following dialogue ensued;—
Miss —Ma, the string is cut right in two.
Afa—How so, ray deer 1
Miss —Why, Mr. has once been a
member of the Churoh, and couldn't Mick to
thai, and he has bean a Son, and couldn't
stiek l that, *Ol thought be wouldn't stick to
me, and I just told him, no sir-ee.
Ma —Served him exactly right, my child.
come hero and kise your ma.
Young man, when you join the church or
the Sons you had better "stiek to it," or, you
know, tha rest, if there are any sensible girls
about.
Tim on says when men marry now a days
they got mora whalebone thar woman, and
more coffee bsigs then "tin." About these
days, Timou should avoid Broom hartdfoe.
cm MHari H# kimm
NUMfcEft 8,
'it'* J
The muscular phwer of llie htiHitH 6ofr
is indeed wonderful. A tVItNSi pf&er ell]
trot at a rapid puce, add tarry * wMgfft of
sixhurtdred pounds. lUlfo, ■ celebrated Ath
letic Crotona, in hslr, Accustomed himself
to carry the greatest burthens, add by de
gree* became a master in Mrengfh. It is
said that he Carfied 0(n his shot I lew an ox,
four year* old, Weighing upwards of one
thousand pound* for ob'oVe forty yards, and
afterwards killed h with tfne bToW of his fist.
He was seven times o#ned at fhe Pythe
an games, and six at Olympian.
He presented himself the sevAnfK tfrte,
but no one had the courage to' enter the list
against him. He was one Of fhe disaiples
of Pythagoras, antf to hi* uncommon strength
the learned preceptor and his pOpils owed
their lives. The pills* whitish supported the
roof of the school suddenly gave way, but
Milo supported the whole weight of the
bnilding, and gtfve the philosopher time to'
escape. In his old age, Milo attempted to
pull up a nee by its roots and break it. lie
partly affected it; but his stVength being
gradually exhausted, tlie tree when cleft re
united, and left his hand pioch in the body of
it. He was then alone / and being unable
to disengage himself died in that position.
Undermentioned that he en# a' man'
whose finger hiring caught in a chain at the
bottom of a mine, by keeping ft foreibly
bant, supported by that means the #eight of
his whole body, one hundred and fifty
pounds, until he he was drawn up to the
surface, a distance of six hundred feat.
Augustus XI., King of Poland, could roll
up a silver plate like a sheet of paper, and
twist the s'rongest horse shoe asunder.
A Frenchman attached to Rockwell and
Stone's Circus last Spring, was able to resist
the united efforts of four horses, as was wit
nessed by hundreds in New York and other
places*
A lion is Mid to hare left the impression
of hie teeth upon a piece of solid iron.
The raoßt prodigious power of Muscle is
exhibited by fish. The whale mores with a
velocity through the dense mediam of watt
•r, that would carry him, if continued at the
same rate, round the world in little leu than
a fortnight; and a sword Itsh Iras beOh
known to strike Iris weapon quite through
the oak plank af a ship.—lT. L Ma.
Education of Worn*.
A woman, whom a good education had
provided with ample resourced, says Bitmap,
can never fee! the oppression of an idle or a
solitary hour Her house wiH probably be
the resort of the cultivated and refined, and
shq will thus hnve all that is most valuable
in society, without its Canities and its toils.
In such a home, eo fitted and formed to de
velope mind, she need have no anxiety for
the education of her children Her conver
sation, ard that of her friends whose intima
cy she cultivates, will do more to eJucate
them, to give them intellectual tastes and
habits, than a thousand schools and colleges.
For after all, the best part of education is
not the dry knowledge obtained from books
and maps, and diagrams, but is imported
when teaching and being taught is farthest
trom our minds. It is breathed into ns by*
the subtile infeotion of puro aims and lofty
aspirations. It is imparted by the electric
communications of right feelings and noble
sentiments. Nowhere oan the mind gain
knowledge so rapidly and so well as in lis
tening to the con vernation of the accomplish,
ed and wll informed.
The best part of edacation must be recei
ved at home, the edueatioo of the heart, by
the influence of a sympathy with those we
love, too delicate to be analysed or defined.
There we daily look info the souls of thortf
whom nature has taught us most to rever
ence and imitate* If there we see, as in a
pure mirror, the images ol tho noblest vir
tues, integrity, truth, honor, justice, piety to
God and kindness to men, wo aro mora like
ly to be transformed into the same likeness
then by any amount ol eloquence or ingenu
ily.
The best part of education is that whicW
forms the character and gives us ju>t views
of human life, —that we are ndt aent hero
esgerly to grasp at and tenaciously to retain
all the advantage over our follow beings thai
we can gain, to lake our ease while other*
toil, to seek our own selfish ends regardless
of the righte and feeling* of others ; bet with
disinterestedness, firmness, patifehce'and hu
manity to take our ehare in the good or HI of
all.
TUB SBUXK MOXUMINT —We at laef bdve
the pleasure of announcing to ih'e many
friends of the late Governor, Fax eras R
SHCME, that the proposed Mohumenf fo be
erected over hie grave, has been contracted
for, bj Propoeal, and the buiMfng of the urns
has been awarded to Thomas Hargrave, Mar
ble Mason, ef Philadelphia;. The MeMnM
will be erected on the 4th of July, next.
Debater, in speaking about hie
says there is e reflected radiance hovering
about her brows, which Makes her appear
when e-eted by the side of ether angels,'
like e dera light house in ri sea of deamalMt
white satin- The young lady bee sad halt,
we believe.
A DAXDT—A specimen ofthe human fam
ily that paries tot a man among women, and
for a woman among the men. His upper lip
is tied 6n with a moustache, while his whole
occupation consists in toting a little care up
and down Broadway.