t
WM. BREWSTER, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.
(Estate of llari Shively, dm.)
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Letters of Administration on the estate of
Many Shrively, late of Porter toivnship. dec.
having been gra %tut to the undersigned, all
persons indebted to said estate are required to
make immediate payment, ane those having
claims will present them duly authenticated for ;
settlement to
Jacob W. Shively,Admr.
N. 13.—The Administrator will attend in
Alexandria, on the Bth and 15th days of Jan
nary met.
Porter township, Jan. 5. 1E59.
NEW
DOOR AND STATIONERY STORE.
n the "Globe" Office Building, Market Square
HUNTINGDON, PA,
The subscriber respectfully inforul! the chi.
•sens of Huntingdon and adjoining e mattes,
that he has opened a New Book and Stationery
Store, in tho corner room of the "Globe" buil
ding, where may be found a general assort
ment of Mikellaneons and School Books and
Stationery, all of which he will sell at reason
able prices. He will add to his stock weekly
all Books and articles in demand, and expects
in a short time to have on hand as full a stock
of saleable . Books, Stationery, &c., us can be
found in any town in the State.
Having trade the necessary arrangements
with publishers, any Book wanted and not up
on his shelves, will be ordered and furnished at
city prices.
As he desires to do a lively business with
small profits, a liberal share of patronage is
solicited.
Dec.22,',58.4 f.
W3l. LEWIS.
Scrofula, or King's Evil,
is a Constitutional disease, a corruption'of the
blood, by which this fluid becomes vitiated,
weak, and poor. Being in the circulation, it
pervades the whole body, and may burst out
m disease on any part of it. No organ is free
from its attacks, nor is there one which it may
not destroy. The scrofulous taint is variously
caused by mercurial disease, low living, dis
ordered or unhealthy food, impure air, filth
and filthy habits, the depressing vices, and,
above all, by the venereal infection. What
ever be its origin, it is hereditary in the tun
atitution, descending " front parents to children
unto the third and fourth generation ;" indeed,
it seems to be the rod of Him who says,
will visit the iniquities of the fathers upon
their children."
Its effects commence by deposition from the
blood of corrupt or ulcerous matter, which, in
the lunge, liver, and internal organs, is termed
tubercles; in the glands, swellings; and en
the surface, eruptions or sores. This foul cor
ruption, which genders in the blood, depresses
the energies of life, so that scrofulous constitu
dons not only suffer from scrofulous com
plaints, but they have far less power to with
stand the attacks of other diseases ; conse
quently, vast numbers perish by disorders
Which, although not aerations in their nature,
are still rendered fatal by this taint in the
system, Most of the consumption which de
cimates the luuna family has its origin directly
in this scrofulous contamination ; and many
destructive diseases of the liver, kidney's, bath),
and, indeed, of all the organs, arise from or
are aggravated by the same cause.
One quarter of all our people arc scrofulous;
their persons are invaded by this halting in
feetion, and their health is undermined by it.
To cleanse it from the system we must renovate
the blood by an alterative medicine, and in.
vigerate it by healthy food wad exercise.
Such a 'medicate we supply in
AYER'S
Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla,
the most effectual remedy which the medical
skill of our times can devise for this every
where prevailing and fatal malady. It is com
bined from the most active remedials that have
been discovered for the expurgation of this foul
disorder from the blood, and the rescue of the
!system from its destructive consequences.-
Hence it should be employed for the cure of
not only scrofula, but also those otln , r affec
tions which arise from it, suds as Euurriva
and SKIM DISEASES,. hr. .ANTICONY'S Fuse,
ROSE, or ERYSIPELAS. PIMPLES, PUSTirti.,
BLOTCIIP.S, BLAINS 11Ild Buirs, Tymons, 'Dame
and SALT RHEUM, SCALD MUD, Itixawonst,
RHEUMATISM, Syruir,rric and ItciscUaLoL Die.
EASES. Dnora', Dxsrarsia, DEBILITY, and,
indeed, ALL Cosmatars Antoine 'most VrTIA•
TED on Litman Limon. The popular belief
in impurity of the blood" is founded in truth,
for scrofula is a degeneration of the blood. The
particular purpose cod virtue of this Sarsapa
rilla is to purify mai regenerate this vital fluid,
without which sound health is impossible in
contaminated constitutions.
Ayer's Cathartic Pills,
FOR ALL THE PURPOSES OF A FAMILY PHYSIO,
are so composed that disease within the range of
their action can rarely withstand or evade them
Their penetrating properties search, and cleanse,
and invigorate every portion of the human organ
ism, correcting its diseased action, and motoring
its healthy vitalities. A. a consequence of these
properties, the invalid who is bowed down with
pain or physical debility is astonished to find his
!di or energy restored by a remedy at once so
: ' and inviung. •
-tot only do they cure the every-day complaints
of every body, but also many formidable and
dangerous discos.. The agent below named I.
pleased to furnish gratis my American Almanac',
containing certificates of their cures and directions
for their use in the following complaints: CUM . ..
sled; Heartburn, Headache arising from disordered
Stomach, Nausea, Indigestion, Pam in and Morbid
Inaction of the Bowels, Flatulency, Loss of Appe
tite, Jaundice, and other kindred complaints,
arising from a low state of the body or obstruction
of its function..
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
Pon THE RAPID CURE or
Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Hoarseness,
Croup, Bronchitis, Incipient Consump.
Lion, and for the relief of Consumptive
Patients in advanced stages of the
disease.
ho wide is the field of its usefulness and so nu
merous are the cases of its cures, that almost
every section of country abounds in persons pub
licly {mown, who have been restored from alarming
and even desperate diseases of the lungs by its
use. When once tried, its superiority over every
other medicine of its kind is too apparent to escape
observation, and where its virtues are known, the
public no longer hesitate what antidote to employ
for the distressing and dangerous affections of the
puhnonary organs that are Incident to our climate.
While many ulterior remedies thrust upon the
community have foiled and been discarded, this
heswtined friends by every trial, conferred benefits
on the afflicted they can never forget, and pro
duoed cures too numerous and too remarkable ts
be forgotten.
DR. J. C. AYER & CO.
LOWELL, MASS.
JOHN READ, Agent Huntingdon, Pa.
Nov. 10, 1850.--ly
11 Intl igktit
tictt gostrß.
LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE,
--..e.._
"Old man, I prithee, tell me why
You always wear a smile;
Though others oft look wan and sad,
How do you care beguile ?
Though doomed to care and penury,
And bowing down with age,
Yet still tight-hearted, blithe, and gay,
You tread lire's weary stage."
"I'll tell thee all, my yom l :S u i f r i en d,"
The good . 1 .`, 1 . man replied--
'Whe.te'er may hap, I always look
Upon the brightest side.
O'er all the land, there's not a man,
How hardloe'er his lot,
But. if he will, ens often find
A bright and sunny spot.
"I've lived and toiled for many a year
Beneath the summer's sun,
And in the winter cold and drear,
My labor still went on ;
And in that varied course of years
Did much cf ill betide,
But still I always strove to look
Buon the brightest side.
"When sickness came, and hours of r ain
Dragged wearily along,
And mouraings sad and murmurings will,
Drooped from my feeble tongue,.
Kind hearts were there, nod kindly words
Fell softly on my ear,
And loving ones were always nigh
My fainting heart to cheer.
“And through a long and wearied life
I've loomed this lesson well--
That in this world of care nud strife,
There's more of good than ill ;
And e'en in poverty and toil,
Peace with as will abide
Man may be happy, if he will
But see the brightest side."
dal *tarp.
LIZZIE'B
FlhSl AND.E4ECOND LOVE.
AV MAUD EVELYN.
CHAPTER 1
. a pleasant room into which we will
introduce tl.e rraoer. The blinds are. clo•
sed, the curtains 'frown to exclude the cold
(r-sly air front without. The light burns
brightly, and the fire glows cheerfully iii
the grate. Seated on the sofa, near the
fire, is a gentleman and lady. shall I de•
scr be them ?. 1 think I will not, for they
are neither of them remarkable for beauty
and I don't know how to give a descrip•
tion of a lady that would !oak well in print
—(by the way 1 wonder if there ever did
one of these paragons of beauty exist, only
in a story book I Bat I am digressing; sit
down here with me in this shaded corner
and we will listen thelrconversation.
"So you kayo iomorrow, Lizzie, tar
your friends? I'm will see much guy
company. and form 'many new acquoin.
Moroi. I hope you will not forget the
lover you loft ut Immo."
.oh, never fear Charlie. I shall prove
true to toy first lovo, it would be impossi
ble for we to love but once. I don't be
lieve in second love—DJ youl"
will reply to your question, said her
cornpanion, playfully, by telling you of my
first love. She was a little blue-eyed girl
I met."
A. don't .want to hear anything about
her; you have deceived me," suid she,
springing to her feet, and speaking rapidly
dt shall consider our engagement at an
end. 1 will - never marry any one that has
loved before."
"But stop! hear me Lizzie.'
will not; I don't want to hear any ot
your explanations."
'•But if my first love was—." She o
pened the door, slammed it, and was gone
before he could finish the sentence. Charles
Sackett steed a moment, looked at the
door through whiCh his amiable lady love
had vanished, whistled, took a turn about
the room, sat down, concluding to wait a
while, thinking, perhaps, the little lady
would repent and come back, but he wai
ted in vain, and finally took his hat and
went home, in not the most enviable stat
ot mina imaginable. But as this was not
the Erbt freak of his betrothed's hasty tent
per that he had seen, he was not very
much frightened, but resolved to punish
her.
• IVhere was Lizzie Canning all this
time? She was very angry when she left
the parlor. and thought herself very much
abused; her' temper, though vary hasty,
was not lasting, and when she found her
self alone in her chamber, and hnd had
time to consider on what she had done,
she began to repent. She sat up watch
ing listening for a long time, thinking th tt
her love; would either come back or write
in the latter she was not disappointed.
There was a hasty ring at the door, end
" LIBERTY AND UNION, NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPARABLE. "
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1859.
in a few moments a servant brought her a'
note directed in that well known hand
writing; she opened it eagerly, and read:
“Miss tanning—You have said that
our engagement was at an end. Cu it no;
you have invited your own fate. From
this moment I Anil forget you.
C. SeckETT."
Poor Lizzie read this cold letter and I
burst into tears. What should she do so? I
She rezolved at first to write to her lover;
but pride came to her aid. No, said she
sadly, if he can give me up so ea§ily. I
will not try to win him back. •
CHAPTER 11.
Charlie Sackett was alone iu his office,
buried in a profound reverie. At last he
started up, and exclaimed aloud. "Yes,
I have it, that is the very thing. and Har
ry Bell is just the one to help Inc. I will
go to morrow." And our friend Charlie
gets up, puts on his coat, lights a rigor,
and walks out with a very self-satisfied
air, leaving us to explain to the render
that Harry Bell is an old friend of Char.
lie's, and lives in the same city and in the
immediate vicinity of Alice Grafton, who
who is the friend and schoolmate that
Lizzie Canning has gone to visit.
Standing on the platform of the railroad
depot, in the city of P-, among the
usual crowd of hurrying expressrnen, im
pertirent potters and bewildered passen
gers. for the want of something better to
do to hill time, is Harry Bell. The down
train is a laggard, but it comes at last with
a whiz, pug and a shriek, and stops before
the depot. Among the numerous passen
gers who are crowding forth, there is one
who is immediately seized by [-lorry Bell,
who exclaimed, 'Why Charlie, my dear
boy, how are you? lam deuced glad to
see you, but what brings you here? Only
a week ago you wrote me it would be im
possible for you to come this winter, but
us you ere here I wont question the good
Genii that sent you."
4 , 1 hank you, Harry, for Jour kind
welcome, but perhaps you won't be so
pleascd when L tell you, that if you had
been thy only magnet I should not have
come.'
•'Ah, indeed! what can it be? It can't be
possible that there is a lady in the case.'
"Ali, but there is. By the way Harry,
do you know the Graftons?"
“The Oreftens of Percival Street? Oh
yes, everybody knows them. There is a
little divinity on a virit there just now, a
Miss Canning, that list nearly stole my
heart away.”
..Yes, I was aware of the fact, not the
loss of your heart, but the lady is the very
one I am in pursuit of."
We will leave Charlie to tell his story,
as we are too well acquainted with it to
care to hear it repeated, and laok in uppn
them two hours - after, where they are
coiCortubly seated enjoying their cigars
in 1 - 1. B.'s private parlor.
.So you you think, Harry, that I could
disguise inyselt so even Lizzie won't rec
ognize mite?"
“Yes, my dear fellow, to bo sure you
eau. Just stain your white face a little,
odor your eyebrows,. put on a black wig,
whiskers and mustache to match, and your
own mother would not know you. I will
introduce you as my cousin from St. Lotus
give you some high sounding name, and
the ladies will all be after tho handsome
Southerner.”
CHAPTER 111
There is a Inrge party assembled at the
residence.of Mr. Grafton. Music swelling
rich and loud, sounded through the bill.
liuntly lighted rooms. Reclining on the
luxurious ottoman, or whirling amid the
mazes of the wnliz, young hearts beat gaily
and age cast oft the mantle of tier years.
A bustle near the door announced a new
arrival. It was Harry Bell and n hand
some stranger entered, who was iatrodu.
ced as Henry Marsten. As Lizzie Can
ning heard the sound of his voice, she star
ted and tamed pale; there was Ull lodes
cribable aomething about him that re
minded her of Charles Sackett; she soon
forgot, but again and again, when con
versing with hint, his voice would thrill
through her soul, like a remembered lay
of plat happy hours. The night of the
party was not their last meeting. They
rode, walked, sang-and talked together.
(Perhaps sotne one will ask, "had Lizzie
then forgotten Charles?" No, she had
not forgotten him. She had waited for a
long titne, expecting every day to receive
a letter of reconcilation, but continued dis
appointments had made her indignant.)
She often wept when in the solitude of h r
own chamber, for the true love she had so
recklessly thrown from nor, but she was
surrounded by kind friends, and gay com•
puny, and she did not have 'ouch time to
brood over her lost love. She had be
come insensibly, deeply interested in the
handsome Southerner.
One evening, some weeks after their
first introduction, Marsten came in, and
finding Lizzie alone, surprised her by an
offer of heart, hand and fortune. It
would be no Aless to any that Lizzie was
much pleased, for she had learned to love
him devotedly, in spite of her old asser
don. This love was first awakened by
his fancied resemblance to Charlie, and
she was too frank not to 'tell him so, after
she had given him an affirmative answer.
Whht effect do you think the confession
had on her listener? Well, I will tell you•
He sprang to Ins feet much in the manne r
of a ce rtnin young lady we met on a mem
orable occasion, in the first chapter of
this sketch, and exclaimed:
"You have deceiver? me. I supposed
your heart whole, and you commence af
ter accepting my hand, to give mo a des
criptton of a former lover, that, I dare say,
you now love better than you do me.
Oar engagement is at an end I would
nevhr love any one that has l'oved belore,
Adieu."
Lizzie leaned her head on the sofa arm,
and burst into tears; she felt that she had
been justly punished. She supposed her
self alone, but on looking up, who met her
astonished gaze, but Charlie Sacicett, sit
ting in an arm chair, looking very much
at home. On the centre table there lay a
strangely familiar ant of whiskers and wig.
Lizzie saw it all at a glance. The scene
that ollowed can be imagined, enough to
say that the fashionable circle were very
much astonished at the sudden and unac
countable disappearance of Mr. Henry
Marshes.
Lizzie Canning And Charlie Sackett
went home•ta company. They Wel: short
ly after married, and are living very hap•
pily. Charlie often tells_ the story of
Lizzie's Loves, with great glee, affirming,
to end with, that she inarriAd her secants
lover, which story Lizzie as steadily de-
Our story is onded we will wish the rea
der ADIEU.
EDUCATIONAL.
SCHOOL VIS I TATION,
Hon. Dr. Jno. H. Wintrode was deputi
zed to visit the schools of Penn, llopewell,
Tod and Cass Districts, nod a part of_Un
ion. That duty has been performed, and
the Dr. makes the following return. The
County Superintendent in this county, has
hod but little assistance from educational
men, in any way, but Dr. Wintrode's ad
vice and assistance has always been at
hand in time of need, add „it has been ex:
:ended in good faith. If we had a few
more such men in that part of our county,
now day would dawn upon the education
al prospects of it :
TOD TOWNSHIP
Paradise Purnace School.-13enjanun
Eiouck, teacher; twenty-five scholars;
males 20, females 5; average number in
attendance 20 ; studying grammar 3 ; geog
raphy 3; written arithmetic 5; whole school
is exercised in mental arithmetic; 13 write;
4 study algebra and composition. Osgood's
Primary Lessons and a set of Owline Maps
are furnished by the teacher. Government
of school good.
Newburg School.—John H. Clark,',en
cher ; number of scholars 38 ; males 20.
females 18 ; over. attendance 33 ; 3 study
grammar; 2 geography, arithmetic 10 ;
writing 12. Scholars aro well drilled to
reading, and some urn very good renders.
Chestnut Grove School.—Miss Mary E.
Hum, teacher; scholars 42; males 15, fe
males 27; average number in attendance
36; 6 study grammar ; 2 geography ;
metic 10 ; 20 write and read. School is
supplied with Osgood's Charts. Govern
ment good.
Green School.—E. H. White, teacher;
thirty scholars; 17 males, 13 females; 6
study grammar; 4 geography; arithmetic
4 12 'write, and as many read ; attendance
regular. Much attention is given to oral
instruction iu the several branches taught,
and the beneficial results are apparent.
Cook's Mill School,—Elijah Chilcoto,
teacher ; number of scholars 20; males 16,
females 10 ; 2 study grammar ; 7 arithme
tic ; 8 read end write ; attendance good.
Smith's School.—Miss Mobs Hudson,
teacher ; number of scholars 16 ; males 11,
females 5 ; number studying grammar 3;
geography 1 ; arithmetic 5 ; writing 7 ;
attendance regular. Teacher deserves a
better house, a larger school and a higher
salary.
Pleasant Grove 5ch001... 7 0305. W. Mc-
Clain, teacher; scholars 44; males 20, fa-
jMnl
males 24; 13 study grammar; 5 geogra
phy ; written arithmetic 14; mental arith.
mom 7 ; writing 24 ; attendance good.
Beavertown School.—Walter R. Whit
ney, teacher; 28 scholars; 12 male,. 10
females; average attendance 18 ; 1 is stu
dying grammar; geography 2; arithmetic
10; writing 14.
Little Valley School.—Not in operation
at the tiale at visiting
The school houses of this district, with
one or two exceptions, are pretty good, and
furinshed with good benches and desk■
They are nearly all provided with black
boards, though some of them are of a ra
ther diminutive species, Visitation by Di
rectors and parents is very much neglected
but there are many and encouraging evi
dences of progress in the oause of Common
School education. 'rod is Rrogreseive.
UNION TOWNSHIP.
Bland Chapel School.—Benj. F. Glas
gow, teach-jr; number of scholars 42; males
18, fe:nalds 24 ; 4 study grammar; 3 geo-
graphy ; arithmetic 24; 30 read and 25
write; overage number in attendance 35.
Pine Grove Sehool.—Miss Matilda
Wilson, teacher; 89 scholars; males 21,
females 18; 4 study gramttar ; 3 geogra
phy; arithmetic 14 ; writing `29; average
attendance 34. Teachers report favorably
of the t isitation by Directors, especially
by Mr, Hazzard. the President of the
Board.
CASS TOWNSHIP.
Locuat Grove School.—.W, W. French,
teacher; scholars 47 ; males 28, females
19 ; 2 study grammar; written arithmetic
10, mental 5 ; 17 read and write; average
attendance 29.
Outman's School.—E. G. heck teach
er ; number of scholars 38; males 14, Ii
males 14; grammar 2; geography 2; arith.
Bietic 10 ; 12 read and write ; average at
tendance 19.
Bowman's School.—J. R, Crownover,
teacher; twenty two scholars; 12 males,
10 females ; 2 study grammar; 7 arithme
tic; 0 write; the average attendance is 17.
Park's &hoot —D. 1-1. Heaton, teacher;
scholars 31, males 18, females 13 ; 2 are
studying grammar ; 7 arithmetic; 10 write;
10 read ; average attendance 17.
_Twiny Grove Sehool.—J. H. Curfman,
teacher ; number of scholars 20 ; females
13, males 13 ; arithmetic 5 ; 14 write; 13
read ; average attendance 20.
Barnett's School.—W. H. Greene, tea
cher, scholars 28; males 12, females 10;
1 studies grammar; 4 study arithmetic ;
10 read; 10 write, average attendance 14.
l'he teachers of this township are, in the
main, well qualified, active and energetic,
They teach about as well as they can, un
der existing circumstances The school
houses are ordinarily good, but poorly sup
plied with school furniture. No series of
books has been adopted, and the principal
reader in use is the new testament. Visi
tation by Directors is almost wholly neglec
ted. The schools run but three months,
and little interest is manifested in their suc
cess, Cass must do better.
CASS VILLE BOROUGH.
By an arrangement between the Board
of Directors and the Principal of Cassville
Seminary, this school is now taught in the
Seminary building, and enjoys superior
advantages. It is divided into two depart
ments. The more advanced classes are
under the care of Prof. J. H. Hughs, and
the priwary department under that of Mrs.
Darwin, assisted oy the Misses Walsh and
McVniae—the whole being under the gen
eral supervision of Professor Walsh.
Number of scholars 91 ; males 52, fe.
males 89 ; 5 study algebra; 25 grammar ;
geography 20 ; arithmetic 38; 30 write ;
40 rend; the average attendance is 78.
The nirectors of this district are anima
ted by the proper spirit. They are pine
tool in iheir visitations, and, generally,
man feet a determination to contribute their
mite toward making the Common School
System a "power in th, State."
AN ITEM Fon MAGISTRATES.--It ii
common praCtice for Jus.ices of the Peace
to commit pers MIS to jail for ten or twenty
days, as the case may be, for disorderly
conduct and other petty offences, and re
lease them at the expiration of the time of
sentence, upon the payment of a fine and
costs, and frequently on the payment of
costs only. Judge M'Cluro, of Pittsburg,
holds that a Magistrate has no more right
to discharge a prisoner upon payment of
fine after he has committed him in default
t han he (the Judge) would have to eis.
charge a convict from the penitentiary at
ter sentence. In other words, a commit
ment tor any number of days is an abso
lute sentence. If this be the case, Magis
trates hove assumed a power for years (as
far as our recollection goes) that does not
belong to them.
leirThe ocean of love is not always a
Pacific ocean.
MORAL MINIATURES.---NO. 18
MISFORTUNE.
Since misfortunes, as they are called,
carnet altogether be
_avoided, let us as
humble Christains patiently endure them,
and learn the wisdom they are generally
intended to convoy. 'rhey may occur
through some unnoticed fault of our own,
or be produced perhaps by acts of others,
or are sent as messengers from above by
Divine i ower to fulfill a purpose, at the
time, hidden from our view; but as no
class sect, or community, in whatever
circumstances placed can claim exemp•
tion from this coalition lot, impartiality
is manifested by God, and we should be
content. He who keeps the same digni
ty, nod composed cheerfulness of charac
tor in all stations, and doubts not the utility
of laws, and incidents beyond his control
is tru;y great.
elle who could change not with the chang
ing hour,
.These selfsame men in perkl, and in power
"True to the law of right—as warmly prone
"To grant anothers—as maintain binown."
That “misery loves company," is an
old, and perhaps true maxim, yet to some
it may seem n Malicious and selfish satis
faction, that one man derives comfort from
a sight of his fellow-being similarly cur
rounded with sorrow. The meaning of
this may thus be translated—not that we
are glad to see others in trouble. but that
consciousnes of not being the only sufferer
gives an imaginary relief which lulls our
murmurings. Complaints here are seen
to be a base system of ingratitude, and in
their stead the Christian in lowly contri
tion utters the words of His Savior "if it
be Thy will let this cup pass from me,
nevertheless not my will, but Thine be
dope: , In evety season of adversity we
should be led to reflect and pray. It is the
!nest fitting period of life for it, and by
contemplation we shall clearly see that
misery ond affliction are not less natural
to our constitution and being, than snow
or rain to the earth in .vhich we live—and
it would be ns reasonable to wish for a
year without winter, as a life without a
mixture of trouble. flowerer sWeet and
fair it seems, life is a draught mixed with
bitter ingredients. Some drink deep be-
fore tasting them, but sure it is, that if
they do not swim on the surface, oryouth
to sip, it is ten to one that old age does
not find them thick at the bottom of the
cup. It is the work of Faith to tench us
to drink the sweets with thankful pleas
ure, and to swallow the bitter drags with
out unwilling , murmuring, or reluctance.
"Fortune made up of toys, and impudence,
"That common jade that bas not common
sense ;
"But fond of business, insolently dares,
•'Pretenda to rule, and spoils the world's
affairs;
"She—shulfling up and down—her faro rs
throws
"On the next met, not heeding what she does
"Nor why, nor whom she helps, or injures
knows.
"Sometimes she smiles—theta like a fury
raves,
"And seldom truly loves, but fools, or knaves
"Let her love whom she please, I scorn to
woo her; -
"But if sbe otters once to move her wings,
"I'll fling her back all her vain gew-gaw
things,
"And armed with Virtue will more glorious
stand,
"Than if the jilt still bowed at my command.
There Is no accident so•painfully unfor
tunate but thnt•wtse people will find a ben
efit in some way attached to it; nor any
luck so "fortunate but that fools may
turn it to their prejudice, and evil machi
nation. An important advantage gained
by affection is the lesson of sympathy it
teaches, and to be armed with tranquility
of mind is a sure way either to avoid or
mitigate calamnities. Life is so full of
causes far lamentaticn that it is foolish to
multiply that which we mourn about. Let
us rather lessen our share of sorrow by a
conteted dispo sitton, and shed an influence
that will bless the existence of others,
"Calamities are friends:
"klow wretched is the man tcho never
mourned.
"I dive for precious pearls in sorrows stream,
"Not so the thoughtless man who only
grieves,
"Takes all the torment, and rejects the gain;
"(Inestimable gain) I'll raise a tax on my
calamity
"And reap rich compensation,—from my
pain. Dr. Toon9.
. ~
Turn then ye who mourn to Him who
bids you "Come unto me all ye who are
weary, and heavy laden and 1 will give
you rest."
EDUCATOR.
A.LADY in St. Louis has caused the
arrest of Wm. Fluke, upon the charge of
biting off the tail of her pet cur, and claims
$2O damages. At this rate, how much
would the whole dug cost ?
VOL. XXIV. NO. 11.
elect Pistellang.
A Feejean Execution.
The Rev. T. Williams, who was thirteen
years n missionary among the Feejea Is
landers, thus describes their mode of exe•
cuting criminals:
Young men are deputed to inflict the ap •
pointed punishment, and are often the mes
sengers of death. Their movements are
sudden and destructive, like a tropical
squall. 'the protracted solemnity of pub•
lic executions of civilized countries is here
unknown. A man is often judged in his
absence. and executed before he is aware
that sc,ntence has been passed against him.
Sometimes a little form is observed, as in
the case of the Vasu to Vann. This man
conspired against the life of Tuikilakila . .
but the plot was discovered and Vases t
to meet death at Somosmo. His friends
prepared him, according to the custom of
Feejee, by folding a large new mast about
his loins, and oiling mid blacking his body
ns if for war. 'A necklace and a profusion
of ornaments nt his elbows and knees com
pleted the attire. He was then placed
standing, to be shot by a man suitably
equipped. The shot failed, when the
musket was exchanged for a club, which
the executioner broke on the Vesu's head ;
but neither this blow, nor a second from a
more ponderous weapon, succeeded in
bringing the young man to the ground.—
The victim now ran toward.] the spot where
the King sat, perhaps with the hope of a
reprieve, but was felled by a death-blow of
a powerful man standing by. The slain
body was cooked and eaten. • One of the
baked thighs the King sent to his brother,
who was principal ort he plot, that he might
taste how sweet his accomplice was, and
eat the fruit of his doings. This is a fair
sample of a Feejean public execution.—
Those who are to die ere never, so far as I
know, bound in any way, A Feejean is
implicitly submissive to the will of his
chief, 'the executioner states his errand,
to which he replies, , whiltever the King
says must be done."
MANY FACTS IN SMALL COMPASS.—The
number of languages spoken is 4,004.
The number of men is about equal to the
number of women. The average of hu
man life is 33 years. One quarter die be
fore the age of 7. One half before the
age of 17. To every 1,000 persons, '1
only reaches 100 years. To every 100
only 6 reach 75 years; and not more than
lin 500 will reach 80 years. There are
on the earth 1,000,000,000 of inhabitants.
Of those 33,:333,333 die cyery year! 01;-
524 die every day; 7,750 every hour: and
60 pet minute, or one every second.
Thew losses are about balanced by an e
qual number of births. The married are
longer lived than the single; and, above
all, those who observe a sober and Indus_
trious conduct. Tall men live longer than
short ones, Woinen he* more chances
of life previous to the age of fifty years
than men, but fe e'er after. The number
of marriages are in the proportion of seven
ty-six to one hunared. Meninges are
more frequent after the equinoxes, that is
during the months of Juno and December.
Those barn in spring are generally more
robust than others. Births and deaths aro
more frequent by night than by day.
Number of men capable of bearing arms
is one fourth of the population.
'I am glad this coffeo don't owe tne any
thing,' said Brown, a boarder, at the
breakfast tuNe.
'Why ?' said Smith.
illecause„ said Brown, 'I don't believe
it would ever settle !"
A Y ANKEE lady pictures a good man
as 'one who is keerful of his clothes don't
drink sperits, kin read the Bible 'thout
spellin' the words, kin eat a cold dinner on
wash days to sive the wimmen folks from
•
cookin'.'
fiC7"An impossibility—to get some of
our subscribers to pay up.
Ne'Booth the .ragedian, had his rose
broken. A lady 'tee Said to him :
.1 like your acting, but I cannot get over
your nose."
"No wonder," replied he, , the bridge
s gone I"
Answer to the False Scales,
in the Journel of the 2tl inst.
The true weight is a mean . proportional
between the t o false ones, and is found
by extracting the square root of their pro-
duct. Thus 16 by 9 equal 144; and the
square root 144 equal 12 Ihs,. tho weight
required.
Question, No. 6.
What ie tne difference between twenty
four quart bottles, and four and twenty
quart bettlee ?