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BY II. BUGHER SWOOPE.
CLEARFIELD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1855:
VOL." t-m 4.-T0TAL, 56.
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THE . PRESS.
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"When oTcr tKe moral world, the pall
That told KeFigion JciiJ, was flunij
AnI superstition's chilling thrall,--. ,
; On Gpd'd.doierted altera hungi; . , -.Then
in tha full ncd of the tins o. ' - :'
.-.1'htre flamed abovo the arth- .' ' . :
That gloriots star, wlioso light sublime
Proclaimed the promised Suviour"S. birth.
tkoasand year3 had waned away, '
' The T.orld in mental midnight rolled
Tho age of daikned and ilecay '
From memory crushed the age of gold
"When, from the void of ignorance,
-.flashed out tho lightning of the Press
r heaven-created radience
Xo warn, to comfort, and to bkji.
And, as from land to land it flew. -The
longing people blessel the light,
- 1'or with it, Freedom o'er them threw
The magic shield of human right :
It showed the tyrant's reeking sword ;
' It liglitediip .the bigot's den ; - . ... -Jlurlod
down tho kings whom fool adored,
-- And raided the inas from slaves, to men. '
31aal(o"iLe Press! Forever on,
Ita raind-iliu.ming march will be,
Till it shall bring to every son " '
- Of Adam, light and liberty. -. ' .
Wrought by thetirclcss arm of steam. '
. . The lightnings to iU service given,
.So may it speak as shall beseem
The inightics power under heaven.
THE LOST S'LOWBBS.-.'
- A SCOTTISH STORV. 7 : !
It was a '"beautiful morning in Mar, when
JeanieXi ray,, with a small bundiri.in Imr hand,
xook Ler leave of the farm-house of Jryiaw,
on the expiration of lier half-year's terra of
service.'- Shu. li.id ut a sliort distance to walk,
the village of Flsington, -about-thre? miles. Oil",
being her destination. As she passed down
tlic 'little' lane leading from the farm to the
main n ad, two or three fair-tairod children
caMv' ; louiidiiig over a stile to her side, and
filing alltfttiort at ely aroimd their late attendant.
' "Oh,' Jeaiile, what for maun ye g"ang away ?
if annua wadna let us oe you out on the roa.i
a bit, but we wan away to you by rauuin'
round the &tnck' -raid." - : -' ' '
Jeanie stood stiil as the eldest of her.' late
charges fpoke thus, aiid, sAd : . "Marian, you
fcLioull have hal- iuair sense than to come
when your mother forbad you. Kin away
back, like guid bairns," continued she, ca
ressing 'thorn' kindly : "rin away harae. I'll
maybe coma and see you again."., .
'Oh, be sure and do that, then,' Jeanie,"
.snid the eldest. .'
''Come back again, Jeanie," .cried the
younger ones, as they turned sorrowfully away.
From Buch marks of affection, displayed by
those who had been, under her care,' our read
ers may conceive that Jeanie Gray was pos
sessed of engaging and amiable qualities. This;
was indeed the case; a more mo lest an I fcind
hearle J creature perhaps never drew the breath
t.f life. , Separated at an early aje from her
parents, like so many of her class that class
so perfectly represented in the character of
Jenny, iu tha "Cottar's Saturday Night,"
she had conducted herself, iu tho several fam
ilies whic'u she had entered, iu such a way as
to acquire uniformly their love r.nd esteem .
Some mistresses, it is true, are. scarcely able
to appreciate a good and dutiful servant; and
of this class was Mrs. .Smith of Jrylaw, a col I,
haughty, uiistriistfiil wn'man, Who, having'f;uf
ie'red by ' l.'a-l servanis, had come to look upon
the best of them as but sordid workers for the
penny-fee. To such a person, the tilnidity
and reserve w hich distinguished Jeanie G ray's
character to a fault seemed only a scrceu,
cunningly. and deliberately assumed ; and tho
proud distance which Mrs. Smith preserved,
prevented her from ever discovering her. er
ror. Excepting for.thc sake of the children,
therefore, it ia not to bo wondered at that
Jeanie felt no regret at leaving Drylaw.;
; ller'destination on departing from her lato
abobe was, as we iiave already mentioned, the
vilHage of Elsingtou; and it is now necessary
that we sbonld divulge a more important mat
ter she was going there to be married. Jeanie
Gray could no .ba called a beautiful girl, yet
her cheerful . though pale countenance, her
soft dark cyg and glossy", hair, and her sorac
what handsome form, had attracted not a few
admirers. Her matrimonial fate, however,
had been early decided; and the circumstance's
tinder which it was about to be brought a
happy issue, were most honorable to both par
tics interested.' 'At 'the age of eighteen Jeau
j&'s heart had been sought and won by VTi'.l
au Ainslie, a young tradesman iu the neigh
boring town. Deep was the affection tlrat
sprang up between the pair, but they combin
ed prudenco with love, and resolved, after
binding themselves by the simple love-vows
of their class, to defer their union until they
should have earned enough to insure them a
happy and comfortable home. For six long
years had they been true to each other, tho
they had met only at rare intervals during the
whole of that period. By. industry and good
conduct, William had managed to lay by the
sum of forty pounds, a great deal for one in his
station; and this, joined with Jcanie's lesser
earnings,' had encouraged them to give way to
tho long-cherished wishes of their hearts. A
bul-and-a-ben, or a cottage with two apart
ments, had been takenand furnished by; "Will
iam, and the wedding was to take place tn the
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day flowing the May-term, in the house of ' while Je.riie, still incapable 'of utterance,
tho bride's sister-in-law. , .n : . . .:. . -i crtnlJ only liul.t v.pjicr hSds depreciatingly ,
. Wo left Je.anie Gray on her way from the : he cu.it on l;er a glance of mingled sorrow and
farm-house of Drylavv. After her moment jry '-rebuke, and left tho room. J lis '.wile bis
regret at parting with the children, whom the . bride stricken in the, first t!us of -her ma
allectionate creature dearly; loved, as she- was ; tronly joy and pride, sunk from her chair on
.disposed to do every living thing around her, j his departures-insensible ! t ' ' '
her mind-reverted naturally to tho object that i It was rather late, from a cause that his
lay nearest her heart. The bright suu above i been alluded to, before William Amslie re
sent his cheering radiance tlirough the . light j t'urncd to his home that nilit. His wife had
fleecy clouds of the young stimnu-r. the riyjvi- ! retired to rest, but her sister-in-law, w ho had
fled treos cast their shades over her p ith, the i- been sent for by Jeanie, was in waiting for
mn-ry Urk rose leapiugly fr'oiii the fields," j him, aud revealed the utter falsehood of Mrs.
"and the sparrow chirped from the hedge at i Smith's accusation, she having been an eye
her side everything around lief; breathed of ! witness of the receipt of the flowers, as a pre
hajvpiness and joy, and her mind soon bright-; sent from another lady. " : . . '
ened int unison with the pleasing influences, j ;Take cue o' Jennie, William," said the
Yet ever and anon a flutter of indescribable , sister-in-law; "she is ill a charge o' that kind '
.emotion thrilled thro' the maiden's heart, aud is tnough" to-kill her." . This prediction un
made her cheeks, tho unseen, vary in hue. At ' happily had truth in it. . On the ensuing mor
an angle in the road, while she Was moving j ning the young wife was raving incoherently.
along, absorbed in her own thoughts, a manly
voice exclaimed: "Jeanie !" and a well-known
form stirted up from a seat on the way-side.
It was William Ainslie The converse which
followed.. as the betrothed pair pursued their
way, and laid open their hearts to each other,
we can not, and shall not attempt to describe.
After Jeanie had parte 1 for a time with
William, and was seated quietly in her sister-ia-law's
house, a parcel was handed in to Ler
from a lady in whose service she had formerly
been. On being opened, it was found to con
tain some beautiful artificial flowers', which the ;
lady destined as a present to adoru the wed !
ding-cap; an o'nyui.ent regarding which, bri les j
among the Scottish peasantry are rather partic- i
ul.ir. ..The UiLuIiJcis displayed in the gift,
more than its yalue, auectcd Jcanie's heart,
and brought tears to her eves. Sim fitted t he
flowers' to' hvr cap, and wan pleased to l.oar
her sister-in-law" praises of their beautiful
eflect. Fatal present ! butletusuotanticipate.
The wedding caino and passed,- not accom
panied with boisterous mirth and uproar, but
in qntot cheerfulness,: for William, like his
bride, was peaceful iu his tastes and habit.
Let the reader, then, suppose the festive occa
sion over in decent order, and tho newly-marr
ried pair seated in their new house their m-jn
house at dinner, on the following day. Wiilr
iim had been at hia work that morning as he
was wont, and his .young wife had prepared
their huini. la and neat dinner. Oh! ho.v io-
licious' was that food to both! Their happi
ness was almost too deep lor language. Looks
of intense affection and tenderness were its
only expression.
"I maun be a truant, Jeanie, to-night," said
the husband. "My comrades in , the shop
m'.uHi a foy fre in?; sineo w e'eoul Ina ask
them a' to the wedding, ye ken." ; '
, "Surely, ",, said his w if'e raisin,: her timid,
Confiding eyes to his face, "wlr.tfever you
think right, William ; 1 ken you are nae wt- j
er, and they wad hae shown the same kin inr-v i
to you." , , j
"I hope you'll find mo nae waster," return- j
ed her husband smilintr: "nor am I icar'd foi !
you turning out ane either, Jeanie, lass, tho'
ye was sac very braw about the heal list
night." By tho direction of his eyes to tho
artificial flowers which had adorned her wedding-cap,
and wb.i-.ih were lying on the top of
her new stand of drawers at the moment, Jea
fiie saw- to what her husband alluded.
"Oh, the-flowers !" said she, blnshingly;
"thev didna co.l me nittcfile'. "William.
The conversation of the pair was at this mo- i feel regret at having charged the loss upon the
metit interrupted by the 'entrance of Mra. j guiltless. Ignorant of all that had passed at
Smith of Drylaw, who mentioned, with an ap- ! Elsinton' ia -the iterval, she determined to
jwarance of kindness, that, having boon acci-! call, at William Ainslie's on her. first visit to
dentally ia. Elsingtou that day, she had tho't t the village, and explain her mistake,
it her duty to pay a friendly - visit to - Jeanie ! That call ws ma le two days after Jcanie's
and her good man. Whether curiosity ha 1 ; death ; and on Mi s. Smith entering the room,
fully as much share in bringing about the vis- j sh-j found William sitting by his bereaved
it as friendly feeling, it matters not. Jeanie , hearth, with bis sister-in-lawiand Another kind
and William receivcsl her as became her rank, j neighbor, bearing him company. '
and the relation in which the former had Into- j uOh ! by-the-by those flowers!" said the
ly stood regarding her. Bread and, cheese ' unwelcome visitor in a tone and in a manner
were brought out, and she was pressed to taste which she meant to be condescending- aud iu
a drop of the best lhpior they possessed. j Binu iting. "how sorry I am for what happened
Alas! how sndden are the revolution of hu- 1 about those flowers! Where do you think I
man affairs. The party were in the midst of found them after all 1 in a rose-bush in the
an amicable conversation when Mrs. Smith's ; garden, where Jemima "had put them. Aud
eye Jiappened to be caught by the bo juet on j now-"-1 am come to say I am sorry for it, and
the top of the drawers, and a remarkable j hope that it will be all over." - -;
change was at once observable in her manner. ; ' William Ainslie had risen slowly during this
"Jeanie," said she, with deep emphasis and : extraordinary speech; and now,' raising his fin
rising anger, "I did not expect to find my i ger toward his lips, he Approached aud took
flowers lying there. Say not a word I see it j Mrs. Smith by the hand, beckoning at the
all I gee it all you have been a t'kUfr there j same time to the two women who were seated
is the evidence of it I shall not stay another j with him. They seemed intuitively to com
instant in your, house." : ! prebend his wishes; and rising, moved toward
So saying, the infuriated and reckless wo- ,! the Led, around which tho curtains were close
man rushed from tho dwelling of tha wonder- 1 ly drawn, William leading .forward also the
stricken pair. Jennie, as already niontioned, unresisting and bewildered visitor. The wo
was timid and modest to a fault. Whon her ' men drew the curtains aside, and William,
late mistress thus "addressed her, she motion- fixing his eyes on Mrs. Smith, pointed silent
ed to speak, but could not, though the blood j y to the body of his wife, shrouded in the cer
rushed to her face, and her bosom heaved con- i ements of death, and lying with the pale, un
vulsively. When left alone with her husband, ! covered face upturned to that heaven for
she turned her eyes wildly toward him,' and a which her pure life had been a fitting ptepara
flood of tears gushed over her cheeks. What '. tion. The wretched and false accuser gazed
thought William of all this? His emotion was ' with changing color on the corpse of the dead
scarcely less on hearing the accusation than j innocent, and, turning her looks for a moment
his wife's; and recollecting her saying that the on the silent faces around, that regarded her
flowers cost her nothing, alas! he feared that j moro in sorrow than in anger,. she uttered a
the charge Was but too true. The more than j groan of anguish as the truth .broke on her;
feminino delicaef, and ' timidity of his wife's j then bursting from the hand which held her,
natnr.. w not. fnllv known to him, and. her I she hastily departed from the house.
voiceless agitation appeared too like ah inabil-
ity to confute the' imputation. . He rose, and
iu a slate between slumber and waking. A
deep flush remained permanently upon her
countonauce, most unlike the usual fairness 'of
her complexion. Her ranttsred exclamations
i shocked her husband to the soul.
"Oh. William, you believed it ! Cut it's no
true it's no true it is false !"-was tho lan
guage she continually murmured forth.
. Medical skill was speedily seen to be neces
sary, and tho surgeon who was called in in
formed William, that inconsequence of strong
excitement, incipient symptoms of brain-fever
had made their appearance. The utmost fjuiet
was prescribed, and blood withdrawn from the
temples iu considerable quantity. Fora time,
these and ether remedies" seemed to give re-
lie f and the poor bush'and never left, the side j
of the suri'ercr. .Indeed, it seemed as if she
could not bear him to be absent ; her mind al
ways reverting, when he was out of her sight,
to tho idea that ho -believed the charge which
had been inad-i against her, aud left her forev
er. The oft-repeated assxirances to the contra
ry, from his own lips, seemed at length to pro
duce conviction, for shy at last -was silent on
the suiject. But the charge the blow had
struck too deep'; : Jeanie Ainslie if we may
call her by a name, she was destined so. short -a
titne to. bear fell after two or three days' ill-U'-ss
into a states of stnpor,vrhich continued w ith
short and' rare. ! titervaisariu ' on' the eighth day
after her 'nuptials,' her pure 'spirit departed.
William Ainsiie had shown on many Occa
sions' in life great Sriaiiiis and self-command ;
atii now, though deep 'suffering was .written on
his brow, he made, wilii at least external ccni
pysure, the ro i-isiie preparaltous for' la in
in the grave the remiins of her whom he had
loved so long and so truly. As to r.tribid!on
npoh.the head of 'the person who hi-A bjen in
strumeiital, through inconsiderate liasliuess
only, it is to be hoped, in producing his mie
rv. tiie bereaved husband thought not of call-
ing for it. Yet it did come, to a certain extent;
for our errors seldom j' iss. even in this lite,
without a pang of punishment and remorse.
Severr.l days after charging the innocent
Jeanie with t:;.- abduction of her flowers, Mrs.
Smith of Do law found, by a discovery' of her
new st-rvant, that one of her younger chiidren,
i:upati-ut for the flowering of a rose-bush in
the lif.ie garden near tho farm-house, had
Lghted upon the artiiicial bopa'et in her moth
er's dressing-room, and had caried it out and
stuck it on the bush.' Thorp the flowers were
accordin'lv found ; and Mrs. Sniith, who was
far from being an ovil-isitentioned woman, did
There is little now to add to this melancholy
1 story, which, unhappily is but too true. The
little we have to add, is l.ut in accordance with
the tcnot' cf what; has been teld. . vfter the
burial of his Jeanie, William Aiuclic. departed
from Elsingtou; and wht wera his future for
tBnea no one can toll, for be never was seen or
heard ,of again iu hid native place;.. As for the
unhappy, ,wimari who was the occasion of tLc
lamoulsblo' catastrophe which wehave related,
she lived to deplore the rat.hu.ess of which she
was-guilty. "Let U hopeMhiift .the circum
stance hud an influence on hurfi-ture conduct,
aad will not be without its moral efilcacy iu
the minds of our readers. r .,;
A "Strange" Fu'eacher. His name was
Strange. Many will think his conduct was
strange also, lie was" a zealous preacher sxnd
a sweet singer. JXothing gave hi to so' much
pleasure as to go about the country preaching
and singing. A benevolent' gentleman, 'well.
off in worldly gear, desiring to make him and
his family comfortable iii their declining years,
generously presented him a title deed for three
hundred and twenty acres of land. Strange
accepted the donation with thankfulness, and
went his way, preaching and singing as he
went. " But after a. few months he returned
aud requested Lis generous f riend to take back
the title-deed. Surprised at the request, the
the gentleman inquired:
"Is there any flaw in it?"
"Xot the slightest." " ' ' ' ;
"'Is not the laud good?" :
"First-rate.". " '
; "Isn't it'hoa't'hy " ; ' ' -
"Xone more so."" ' " ' "
"Why then do you wish me to take it back?
It will be a comfortable home for Vuu when
you grow" old, and ' something for j our wife
and children if you should be taken away."
"Why, I'll", tell you. Ever since I'vu that
deed I've lost my enjoyment" ju singing. I
caxi't sing my favorito hymn with a good con
science any longer."
'' "What is that '" "'
' '.This- ' .; ' y -
" '-No foot of land do t possess,
Iso cottage in the wilderness.. -r
r A poor wayi'aiiiig man.
; ' I dwell nwbi'c iiLteuO? below, e .': v...
Or g'rtdly wander to au-t fro, ...
liil t 1113-Ciiiiaagaiu.
Youder's my hnue and ponion fair,
ii : My treasuee ant my heart are there, "
.:: : ' -: And luy sbilitig home.1' :
- 'Tiieid.'" said' Strange, ''I'd ir&ther sing
that hymn than' own America. I'll trust the
Lord to take care of oivwife and children."
. Tito Prije cf fucccss.
Effort is the price of success in every de
partment of human action. -From the attain
ment of rudiineutal knowledge to the salvation
of the soul, every step in our progress is made
by undaunted toil. The boy drones over his
book, a slave to listless laziness, thereby secu
ring for himself a place at the feet of society.
The Christian who, like Buuyan's Timorous
and Mistrust, flees at the voice of lions, is un
done. The man who shrinks from difficulty ia
his business or profession, who refuses to climb
bacause the rock is sharp, ami the way steep,
must make up his mind to slide back and to lie
in the shadows below, while others use him as
a stepping-stone to their own rising. For this,
such is the constitution of society, there is no
hope. The poet. wrote truly who said .
' Thou muit either soar or stoop,
Fall or triumph, s'and or droop ;
Thou must either serve or govern;
Must be slave or must bo sovereign; .
ilust, in fine, be block or wedge;
,' Must bo anvil or bo sledge.'" .-, ,!... .
To shake off an indolent spirit, or stir one's
self to exertion, to reach constantly upward, to
struggle for a firm foot-holJ' on the most slip
pery places to wrestle manfully, even when
principalities and powers are our foes, to re
fuse submission to any evils, however frown
ing, are conditions we must cither fulfil,or sink
to littleness, to uselessness perchance to ruin.
Therefore, with a brave heart and an uncon
querable spiritevery man should address him
self.to the work ot the'day ; striving with pure
views and religious trust for an increase of his
talentand for a victory, whicK w ill euablehim
to stand unabashed in the last day. r Tie who
thus strives need fear no failure. His .triumph,
though decayed for a time, 6hall come at last.
' Hight Kind of Preaching. ' '
It was a beautiful criticism made by Lon-
ginus upon the eflect of the speaking of Cicero
and Demosthenes. He says the people would
go from one of Cicero's orations exclaiming,
What a beautiful speaker ! what' a rich fine
voice! what an eloquent man Cicero is!"
They talked of Cicero; but when they left De
mosthenes, they said, "Let us fight Philip!"
Losing sight of the speaker, they were all ab
sorbed in the suiject; they thoughtnot of De
mosthenes, but of their country. So, my
brethern, let us endeavor to send away from
our ministrations the Christian, with his
mouth fullof the praise, not of "our preacher,"
but of God; aud tho sinner, not descanting up
on the beautiful figures' and vyell-turned peri
ods of the discourse, but inquiring, with th
brokeiiess of a periitent, "What shall I do to
be saved ". . So shall we be . blessed in our
work; and when called to leave the watch tow
ers of our spiritual Jerusalem, through the
vast serene, like tho deep melody of au angel's
song, heaven's approving voice shall be heard
'Servant of God well done.! . -
Thy gloriona -warfare's past;
. The battlo's fought, the victory's won, -,
And thou art crowned mt lart.-".
.-0 . Tiaughing Gas.
.This sing r!?.r tubftiiuce, discovered by Dr.
Priestly, in i77o, vs broegbt into particular
notice by Sir Humphry. Davy, tho latter being
the first to notice it stirnt:W.sg properties.
I' When taken into the lungs it induce the mojt
r.grecahle 6taie of revsric or intoxtcatioii, fre
quently accompanied with physical . ell &s
i mental excitement, wlu2.l1 last.1! for a few min
utes, and then subaideq without any unpleas
ant, consequences. Persons ho breathe it
feel an indeEcribs.ble pleasure tmi happiness,'
so much so ns.';to induce laughter, and hence
the naiae (laufukg gas) iveu to this sub
stance, but which chemists call nitrous oxyd.
Enough laughing as may be prepared for a
single experiment by. heating two ounces of
nitrate of ammonia ia a retort, baring a large
ox-bl.dder attached to collect the.sss. . The
process is. first to uvseit into the neck of the
j bladder a wooden-pipe, cr stop-cock, made of
elder, with the "pith pushed out; next moisten
the bladder, aud squeeze it up, to remove the
air; then fix it to the retort containing the ni
trate of ammonia: Now Leat the salt with a
spirit-lamp; it first liquifies, then boils aud de
composes, producing water (which remains in
the retort) and the gas (which passes itto the
bladder); when the bhidoeris full, tho experi
ment can be performed. Hold tho bladder in
the hft hand, placing tho thumb over the pipe
to retain the gas; with the riz'tl hand close the
nostrils; then empty the. lungs b a Ion? expira
tion; after which, insert into the mouth the pipe
attached to the bladder, and breathe the gas in
the same manner as if.it was air; in one or two
minutes, if the experiment be suceessfuj, an
elysian sensation will follow, more exquisite
than can be described. Hcptimui riesse.-
Mysteries on Every Side.
The world is full of mysterie. The Cham
her in which the infant opens its eyes is a uni
verse of mysteries. Tho father's voice, the
mother's smile, reveal to it slowly the myste
rious world of aii'ections. The child solves
many of these mysteries; but as the circle of
knowledge is enlarged, its vision is always
bounded by a veil of mystery. The sun that
wakens it at morning and again at night looks
in at its window to hid it lavewoli; the" tree
that shades its home, and in whose branches
the birds come anu sing- ln for the dews are
dry; the clouds with shining edges that move
across the; sky-, cairn and staetly like the df:r
iot of an angel, all are mysteries. Nay to
"gTown up man there is not a thing which the
hand touches or on which the eye rests, which
is not enveloped in mystery. The ifower that
springs at your feet who has revealed the
wonderful secret of its organization ? Its
roots shoot down; and leaf and flower rise up
and expand into thoufinite abyss of mystery.
We are like emigrants traveling through an
unknown wilderness; they stop at night by a
flowing stream; they feed their horses, set up
their tent, and build a fire; and as the flamus
rise up, all within the circle of few rods
around is distinct and clear in its light. Hut
beyond und bounding this re rocks dimly
seen, and trees with vagueouf line dimly stoop
forward to the blaze; ami beyond the branches
creak, and the waters murmur over their beds;
and wild .unknown animals howl in the dark
realms of night and silence. Such is the light
of man's knowledge, and so it is bounded by
the infinite realms of mystery.
"Don't fSpeaiTso Cros3 !" .
"Don't speak so cross," said one little boy
yesterday in the street to another. "Don't
speak so cross, . there's no use in it." We
happened to be passing at the time, and hear
ing the injunction, or exhortation, for it was
made in a hortatory manner, we set the juven
ile speaker down as an embryo philosopher.
In sooth, touching the point involved in the
boys' difficulty which. made becasioa for the
remark, he might .properly be considered at
maturity. What more could. Solomon have
said on occasion ? True, he hath put it on rec
ord that a "$oft answer turueth away wrath,"
and this being taken as true, aud everybody
knows it to be so it is evidence in favor of
the superiority of the law of kindness over
that of wrath. But our young street philos
opher said pretty much the same thing sub
stantially, when he said "Don't: speak so
cross ther'a no use in it." On the contrary;
it invariably does much harm. Is a man .an
gry t it inflames his ire still more, and con
firms in bis enmity him who by a kind word
and a gentle and pleasing demeanor might be
converted icto a friend. It is in fact an ad
dition of fuel to the Came already kindled.
and what do you gain by it 1 Nothing desira
ble, certainly, unless discord, strife," contcn
tion. hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness
bo desirable. The boy' spake tho "words of
truth and sobernera,". when he said "Don't
speak, so cross there's so use in it."
Cuedit. Credit is one of the best things
man has devised, aud about the worst thin.
abused. Thousands live on credit who have
no right to any such a thing." None but an
honest man ought to be able to pass his word
instead of coin a rogue's word is not worth
its face, no matter how rich he may be. No
one should have facility to t un in dbt for the
means of ostentations of sensual gratification
or of hazardous adventure. "Earn before you
spt-na" thouli be the general rule, credit
should be extended mainly to those who use
it to fill themselves with the means and impie
nients of useful productive labor,. rety
: R vim and its Vender. .: ..--i
A few years ap-o a poor miserablevictrnrtf
strong drinkrnftr squandering all he iK.-ses-!rd
t a neighboring rum store, died, leaving
four sruall children to be provided for by hi
abased and almost heart-broken widov.- Af
ter etrupgling on for some time in poverty
nd want, fhs was advised to apply for work to
the w ife pf the wealthy rum seller, who had been
the ruin of her husb.ind. . In compliance, with,
this advice, she waited on this person, who,
with the appearance of kindness,, olfcred . to
supply Ler with, sewing. She gave her a cOup
Je of shirts to make at twenty-five cents each,
promising that if they w ere made to her satis
faction, she would suppby -her with a number
more. Upon bringing them home,' she was
told that they gave full satisfaction, but the
lady said that she was not in the habit of pay
ing for work till it amounted to fivo dollars,
and she would supply her with work to that
amount. The poor woman toiled night and
day fo make up eighteen more shirts to earn
this amount, in the meanwhile being driven
by actual want to beg and boil potato peelings
to keep her poor children alive. At length
tho shirts were all finished. The poor woman
set out to carry them homo, thinking all tho
way of the five dollars and the food it would
buy for her famishing children; and it "never
seemed to her llit five dollar's was so much
money before. Upon delivering them they
w ere pronounced well done, the poor woman
was asked for her bill, the rum seller's wif
then called for her husband, and after convers
ing a few minutes iu an under tone, he put
his luLud into his pocket und took out a due
bid, signed by her murdered husband, for five
dollars, and presented it to the poor woman
for her pay! Sho uttered a scream and fell
sense-loss on the floor, aud had to bo carried
home to her starving babes, to awake to a seuso
of the wretchedness caused by these fiends in
human shape. Guiigh.. - ;
Arsenic Smokers.
Travellers have already given accounts ol
the arsenic eaters of the Carpathian mountains.
This drug gave them blooming complexions,
and enabled them to endure, long ascending
walks 011 the motintiinj without overtaxing
their lungs. They had, however, to increase
the two alternatives, to stop and dio" of inani
tion, or go on and perish of the '-excess. A cor
respondent of the Tribune, speaking' of the
eame habit, refers to the statements f 31.
MovTtn v, French Cousul in China, in reference
to tho use of arsenic by the Chiueso. lie says
they mingled it in their smoking tobacco, lae
custom ii peculiar to certain provinces, and so
common that, according to the testimony of
the missionaries who lived a long time there,
tobacco, free from arsenic, is not sold. : Tho
r ami witness assured the Council that the arse
nic smokers were stout fellows, with "lungs
like a bhicksnith's bellows, and rosy as cher
ubs." The publication of Moxtigt's state
ment has called out a letter from Dr. Los da,
who announces that some years ago, in the
course of a discussion at the Academy of Medi
cine, on the agents to be employed to curb
tubercular consumption, he told the assembled
doctors that he had found but one successful
means of combatting that dreadful, disease ;
that means was the smoking of arsenic. The
doctor reaffirmed his commendation of his
remedy. How singular it would be, if a reined
dy for tho wide spread plague of consumption
was to be found in the counter-poison of this
horrid and inexplicable habit..",' .-: - ; ; ...
Spiritualism.
The mischief which this wretched delusion
has done, and is still doing, ist almost incalcu
lable. We are ofteu called upon to rocord in
stances of its evil workings. The Boston pa
pers a day or two siucc contained an account
of a young lady, formorly a teacher in one of
the public schools, who has gone mad through
a belief intbatdoetrine. And another instanco
has just come to our knowledge. It is that of
a highly intelligent lady, who, one year ago,
was living in Boston in comparative ease and
luxury, surrounded by all the endearments . of
domestic bliss. But suddenly a change came
over her husband. , lie became infatuated with
a company of "spiritualists," and gradually
neglected his wife and children. His even
ings Were no longer spent at the domestic
hearth-stone. At last, wife was forsaken, chil
dren w ere neglected, home was deserted. The
infatuated husband said he had a vision,"
wherein it was revealed to him that he must
forsake his wife and children; and become the
"spiritual husband" of a certain "medium'f
with whom he was intimately acquainted. And
this he did forsaking the true jwirtner of his
heart the woman he had solemnly. conyenan-
ted to watch over and protect,. '-until death
them should part.'' The deserted wife ' was
thus left to her own exertions . for means of
supporting herself and three children. Sha
is now residing in a neighboring city, whero
she manages to earn a, livelihood by dress-making;
while her husbandshe says, is living in
elegaut luxury at a faahionabla hotel, with, hia
"spiritual wife." Journal of. Commerce. . .
rj-Why are the modern young f ladies llk
Gen. Jackson's army at New Orleans? .-.
Because they conceal iheir bodies behind
cotton breastworks. The author of the abova
conundrum, we learn, lias got bis head, hooped,
to prevent blow up,'. - , . a f ,E -...; .
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