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T HEGAY WORLD.
. BY CII.\ItLS S WAtIN.
1ass on. Ilhou World,
Follow tie prosperous and the grat.
Nor syinpathisu with sutYriteg fate
Nor let on fear for-others fliw ;
Pilss or.:-uthe poor and fretIeteuss know
'Tis n-i for loung!
Thy halls are bright
'WVith% mlusic, beauty. all that Wenlth reveils ;
Why. should thou p ause to think what umuiwr;
feels;
Wilh what Pad terrors poverty miust Cujpe
Pass On-tie wretched look to heaven, at
lihope
'Tis notl for lonw,
Thly pusia unld Inavuss
Yield health, and boom, anud over peneefr
skita,
Why seek the couch where haggard sieknes
lies
In streets coinflued-in alleys cheer aund lorn
PaEs on-there is God's rose for sorrow's thrsi
'Tis not for long!
ILL-TESIP:R.-It is untldotedi .
ttrue, that more misery is proucce
*irmong ui 'by the irregularities of ou
irs, tlan by real misflortunes
Aii. it haylptens unfortunately, tha
thCsO irregutrities of the teimer at
most apt to display theumslves at oni
firesides, where cveryt'iing ought to b
tranquil -and serene. But the truth is
wye are* awed by thle presenice of stran
grers, and are afraid of appearing wveat
r' a !
or ill-natured when we get out into thl
world, and so very hecroiQcally reserve a!
.our ill-hiumouir for our wives, childrel
aid servants. We are meek where w
might meect with oppsition, but fee
ourselves un launtedly b-hl where w
at-e sure of no effectual resistance.
HITSTO tAD1s.--Mcn of sens
00-I spc4 notoffboys of eighteen t(
Aive-and-twenty, during their age of de
dsta bility-men who arc worth th1
roublc.0f Mnug 'inj wict', autt tile
tuss and inconveniwi. of bieinig narr
ed to, and to whon~ one mnighlt, after
SomlO inWard Conftst, mii a1 courise
U~rhaps of fastin, and~e '-l~tmniliatio,u
submit to fifil tt~se ill-omned i vows~
* of obedience whichtre e~xactel ;at the
alter-suchdnen' want for* th~eir coim
pallionhs wOitlne not (hs; i nd Woinien
-vWllo would slut such. ~en are just atd
capable of loving fervwntly, deeply, as
the Ringlettina, falhf song andi senati.
ment-who can liot iddh-eantaot rise
in the mom ----chinet tie her bonnt-~t
trings-faint KWshe. ins t> lace her
joots-nver' inher liib brushed out
her beautiful hair-wou~d not, for thme
world, prick hoin delicato finger with
plain sewing'; but who ca work harder
than'a fac tory girl upon aslamb's-wool
.shepe~rdless- dance like a deivise at
Almnack's -ride like a fox'-hunti---and,
whilst every breath of air gincs her
cold int her father's gloomy rouitry
1ihousc, and she cannot think hiowpeople
cant endure this climate, she caii gto out
.to dinnemr-parties in F~ebruarwy and
March, wvithi an inch of sleevc and half-.
a-qumarter of boddice. [Mrs. ThogsmO.
Tra.: Koor-1l-NoJR IQL Nxt.-'*
great din nohd.unp jt uraed Itutely at Liaf"
bay the~ Entgl ishi mmrmy, and whicuh is them
lirgest, thme umost booautiful , amnd lheo moisl
~valuablo gem that is Io ho foturid. in the
world, is not to go to the Crownl, that is,
tmo Queenm V ioia, its 1booty, but1 is taken
by to Enrgli19h1lEnist Incdiii Company 'n
iec(ounit:' I hat is, ns the E~ngl ish pup
siay, "it is I ai bn pprEopintied to itihi'liti,
n' of iho mccumtiulited udebt duioby e
af the. Stnaes tin, th Iladia~ govermrfent..'
,d' it wa Htilhttedh by treaty listt tis~
1,0 duonm shmould ho indtio of ii, otheorwi ,
* ~ hi' e ~ runmmmiiry booty, an ,d
aas -1h, htayu hmn i at the dihsposal of I t
iri ii h sodteig T ho Kool. noor din
* ioild wveighu mm o it 1nghoiusanid citarats,
mud. mis the vilutos anonds~i i enteui
levt l'I mill Iiot f(Cii"0~
BtuItANT REIPARTEE.-The dexe.
terous leap of thought, by which the
mind escapes from a seemingly hopeless
dilemma, is worth all the vestments of
dignity which the world holds. It was
this readiness in repartee ihich con.
tinually saved Voltaire from social over
turn. le once praised another writer
very heartily to a third person. 'It is
very stratge,' was the reply, 'that you
speak so well of bim, for lie sayi that
ou are' a charlatan.' '1!' replied Ao
tirie, 'I think it very likely that botii (f
us may be uistaken.' Again, you
imtust all have heard the anecdote of the
young gentleman who was discoursing
very dogmatically about the appropriate
sphere of woman. 'And pray, sir,'
screamed out ait old lady, 'what is the
appropriate sphere of woman?' 'A ce
lestial sphere, madni!' Robert Hall
did not lose his power of retort even in
inadlness. A hvpocrital condoler with
isisfortunes once visited him in the
mail-house, and said, in a whining tone,
-What brought you here, Mr. hall?'
significantly touched his brow with his
finger, aId replied, 'What'll never
bring you sir,-too much brain.' A
rapid change from enthusiasm to non
chalauce is often necessary in society.
Thus a person one cloriuently eulogiz
rig the angelic qualities of Joan of Are,
was suddenly met by the petulant ques
tion, ' W hat was Joan of Arc made of ?'
She was Maid of Orleans.' A Yankee
is never upset by the astonishing. IIe
walks ao.ng the Alps with his hands
iu his pockets, and the smoke of his ci
gfar is seen amnig the mists of Niagara.
One of tiis class sauntered into the
o!liec of the lightning telegraph. and
asked how long it would take tc transmit
a message to Washington. 'Ten min
utes,' was the reply. 1l can't wait,' was
the rejoin-der. Sheridanm, who nlever
was without a reason, never failed to ex
tricate himself in any emergency by
his wit. At a country houise, where hie
vas onice on a visit, an clLrly Inaiden
lady desired to be his Colipanion in a'
walk. Ile exesed hiniself at first on
the ground of tihe badness of the weath
er. She soun afrterwards, however, in
tercepted lii in a ttempt to escape
without her. "Well,' she said. it ii
cleared up, I sec.' 'WVy v yes,' he an
swered, it has cleared up eniough I'r
ne, but not enough for two.' It was
this ieadiness whii eli mntle J-1hn1 lRani
dolph si teo rible ill retit. lie tras the
Therite (f(Congress, a tonlgue-stabbler.
No hyivpe-bole of conite mpit or1 scorni
col.Id ie ra nehled aginiiist him, but
Ihe coub!.l ove r top it with somuethinig
more Sc'o!ul aIl c'itemltuous. Op
positioll (.1lV itnad-lelled hii iito ilore
brilliait lit terntess. 'Isn't it a sham ,
Mr. Presideni,'said he one day in tle
Senate,'that the n1ob0le bull-dogs of tleI
ai niti stration sholl1 lde wasting their
precious time in woirr-ing the rats Ur.
the opposition.' a linei diat ely the Seu
ate was inl ani uprar, andI he w aS Clain.
rousl cAlld to order. The presidtingi
'!Tcer, hoivrr, s-istainedc him;~ atnd
poiniting . his long, skiiny fini gers at his
the ui'in us beauty. the ", tibin, iwl
heler eveni thieir sen ses. - f clea n!i
n ss is t! e fshtioni, then cleant!iiiess is
admiairel1; if dirt, hiair p ivder-, and po
moatmn i, ar th de 1ash ic n, theni dirt, hir
;tier and jHonialttt atu Waltite jtist
Stas mni. if uit im're, ruini thir bing
dlisagr'eeale Th' 'le seecret is, thiat fash.
lona is imni at ing: in certain thingts that
are on our p orweri and that arie tearily
ind'iffeent ini themselves, those who pos
sess certaini other advantages that are
no't in otur-1~ poei-, and th at the poisse's
oirs are as little disposed to pail' nith,
as they are eamger tio obtru-de thml i ui pot
the notice of others 1by every e-xteirna~l
symbol at theiri- n tuediat'e contrtol.
We inkth cut of a coat line,because
a year, wi Ih a fino house, and a line
car-ria:ge; a-i we cannot get the tein tho'u
saa I a :. 'he house or the carriage,
we eyt wL c an----the cut of the line
.gentle~t~ ma'A e t and thus are in the
faushtion.
PaN Y ~frut teintlv the foumudafion
of ill r-eports 'here is a jealousy in
some chiaract ' iich ienders the sue
cess of otheris Lie subject of inlevolence
jgsteadl of a probation. Tfhe suddon
deressioti of those with whom they are
coi~wctedl, would glive fecility; but if
thoj..iire egtlted'in the scale of society,
zimdl cooo'the jrist oneumiums of iner
it, i; 'oed1te lb~ro, Thoy nowr peggo
OnghgoI th; and as thioy
n mt&~ ' h!at pm iniciphes they
ha;ve ie they seek to avoid
eu~tp temto detract either
f1rvm t.i omn~a iztctulletal qualities of
thos.-v once loved, Thus
int .I 'ently immolgted upon the1
tie f Nprico, or deypjed to the sul- 1
leVa lu~k of sitsnicion,
'EMPERANCE IN WINE COUNTRIES.
-My observations in France, as well
as in Germany and 'Italy (says Dur
bin in his "Observations on the His.
to0y ofEurope"), satisfy me that the
people in wine-growing countries are
much more temperate than in the North
Df Europe and itv America. The com
mon wines which, are used on the soil
that produces them do not intoxicate,
but nourish, forming a Irage itein in
td-ed in the pabulum of the peasant.
WN'hen he goes out to his daily toil .he
carries with him a loaf of coarse black
bread and a canteen of wine, and these
refresh and sustain himn: he rarely
tastes meat, butter and cheese. This
vin ordinaire makes a part of his break
fast, of his dinner, and of his evening
meal; and costs him, perhais, two or
three cents a bottle, if he pui chase it.
It is the juice of the grape, not deri
ving its body or taste from an infusion
or spirit and skil ful combination of drugs
as in our country, but from the genial
soil and beneficient sun. The truth of
what I have here said is supported by
the general remark, that drunkenness
is but seldom seen in France; and when
it is, it does not proceed from the use
of the common wine which enters so
largely into the sustenance of the peas
antry and coninon people, but from
brandy and foreign wines, particularly
the first, to the allurements of which
the hard-worked and closely confined
mechanics, artizans, and dense factory
populations of the capital and large
towns are particularly exposed. I am
obliged to believe that the use on the
soil of any native wines in any country
is-conducive to health, cheerfulness, and
temperance; antl I -un as equally cou
vinced that. all foreign wines are injuri
otis in all these espee's. A.lene the
had effects ui the wines imported ot
used in England and Ancrica.
There is a great difference between
thelower of giving god advice and the
ability to act upon it. Theor*il
wisdom is, perhiaps, rately v oeited
with practial wiStdomt; ani ve oftVtn
find that men of no talent whatever
contrive to Iiss through life with credit
and propriety, under the guidance of
a kind of instinet* These are the per
sons who seem to stumble, by mere
good luck, uplon the philosopher's snoe.
Il the coimerce of life every thing
they ouch seems to turn hito gold.
it is not essential to the happy home
that thele should be the luxury of the
carpetel fluor. the ri-bly cushioned so.
la, the Soft shade of tile astral lamp. -
'These elegaicies gild the apartmients,
but thev reach nt the heart. It is
ieatness, order, and a elicerfil heart
which liake home that sweet paradise
it so often is fotid to be- There is
joy, as real, as heartfelt, by the eot tage
fire-side, as in tle most splendil sa
looni of wealth and refinement.
What a lovely picture has Burns given
usof the returmn of the cuttager to his
hoine, after the lab.ours of tile day:
.\Ito-h-,;th his huno--y col appears inl view,
iiie.th ,heobh er of an aged Iree,
through,
To ine, t the.r dai, w'th lultering loi-e atid
cio ite l Iiil' latlit 'W d -8 Su k
'hie lumxuies and elegancies of life atre
ilt to bie despiise-d. Thecy are to he r
:eived with gratitude to Ilim who has
'rovidcd them for- out- enjoymeint. Bunt
heir posCssionIls does riot insure happti
iess. The sour-ces of trute joys are not
to shallow. Sennie pesos like somlie
-ceptiles, have the ficulty of extr-acting
loI5isi froim every thing that is beautiful
mid sweet; others, like dhe bee, will
athier honey from sources in wnich we
bhoudld thintk no sweet could ho founid.
[lhe chteerful heart, like the kaleido
US to artigti~e thiemsel ves into hatrmolly
nid beauty.
thci'tTP.\Tlo N FOn. Cili ntI-t:N.--Thle
mbihits of cihlren provet that occ-upationt
s a necessItv withi nust of flhem.
lie v love to bte b usv even ab ot iiothi
ug, still it're to be usefuilly emplioyed.
With somei children it is a strongly de
relop ed physical niecessityv, and if nt
urnt edl to good accout wuill be prodiulie
ive of positive evil, thins vetrifying the
>ld adage, that "idleness is the mother
>f mischieif."' Chiireni shiould lbe en
:ourage-d, or if indepiendant, diciplined
n to performing for themiselv tes every
ittle ohlice relative to thejir toilet, which
hey arec capable of per-forming. T1hey
hould also keep, their own clothes anid
ther polssessionsi, in neat order, and
etch for thenmselves whiatover they
vant; in short they should learn to lae
rs independent of the services of others
is possible, fitting them alike to make
;ood use of prosperity and to meet with
'ortitudo anty rever8s of fortune that
nay befall thoem. I know of. no rank,
towever exalted, in which ich a ys
cm wtould not proen bonneinit
INCONSISTENCIES OF GENIUs.--Of
the relations of authors to social life, of
their habits, mannors, dispositions in
society, as contrasted .with those dis
played in their writings, a great deal
that, is inter esting might be said. A
iman of letters is often a man with two
nature,-one a book nature, the other
a human nature. These two often
clash sadly. Seneca wrote in praise
of poverty, on a table formed of solid
gold, with two millions of pounds let
out at usury. Sterne was a very selfish
man; yet a writer unexcel!ed for pathos
and charity. Sir Richard Steele wrote
excellently well on temperance, when
he was sober. Dr. Joliusonl' essays
on politeness were admirable; yet, his
'You lie, sir!' and ' You don't under
stand the question, sir!' were too com
mon characteristics of his colloquies. -
lie and Dr. Shelbeare were both pen.
sioned at the same time. The report
immediately flew, that the king had pen
sioned two hears, a he-bear and -a she
bear. Young, whose gloomy flancy
cast such sombre tinges on life, was in
society a briEk, lively mut, continually
pelting his hearers with puerile puns.
Mrs. Carter, fresh from the stern, dark
granduer of the Night Thoughts, ex
pressed her amazement at his ilippancy
'Madam,' said ie, 'there is much dif
ference between writing and talking.'
The same poet's favorite theme was the
nothingness of worldly things; his fa
vorite pursuits was rank and riches.
-lad Mrs. Carter noticed this incongru
ity, she might have added. 'Madam,
there is much difference between wri
ting didactic poems and living didactic
)oems.' Bacon, the most comnprehen
sive and forward-lo'.king of modern in
teLlectts, and i:1 fCling one of the most
lenevolent, was trtamI' ayma "Wickedly
ambitions (f pa -:.- WhiiphIs Lect
tura.
Cox--u lbe many
aulthor wiho undeist uI is art, but
few . ho practice it, though it is far
f-om being the least important that be
longs to writing. True, the production
o)f ideas must ever stand first, but to
what undue lengths will the unchecked
faney go even in the strongest minds;
and it is only by keeping them within
proper bounds, discarding the weak and
superfluous. and adopting the true and
bealutif'ul, that we can ever hope to give
anything worthy of tihe admiration of
posterity. Some can never write a letter
without filling the whole sheet, and if
the ink holds out they will write across
and across the paper again; so that what
at first was searcely iitelligible, at last
defies not only tihe skill and ingenuity of
oman to uminderstand, but defeats every
atteipt to read it, while a clever man's
letter is ever short, pilhy, and initelli.
geit, and vou feel satisfied on arriving
at the end of his epistle. Many a young
atithor of' real talents, begins ins ro
fessioun by lubvuritng to.) much in the
collecting and joining together of words
To collect words will ever be a common
ambmerialan ..tjmortpnatnd con
dense ideas a rare ad difficult one.
The very best autho is but an artificer
of a higher grade. and~ be assurtedl that
by learniing to condaetise you will great
Ily inceas z the umiher- of y our readers.
AN AN: EC0Th Wt1.r., Tom.m,--Du
inmg thte recent Ramilroan C'onvention
at this lace, towards the cloinmg scene
a m esoluion was initroduced by omne of'
our Antderson f'rienids. -rop osinmg thmat
theo Compamny proceed to' purchtase lanmd
and erect work shtops at A iudersont vill
age for thme enttire route. Vatrious
amendImnits were offer'ed whlich cut
downm :and altered the resolution materi
aly-whmen Gen-m. Whitnier arose, anid
wvith muimch gr-avi ty remareked, thtese
amnend~ments i'retided hmiim of' ani ance
dote r-elated bjy Dir. F~ranlin of' a cer'
taini J ohni Ihrown a ba~tter by tr'ade,
who desiring to advertise drew up an
ad vertisemtent as f'ollows, "'Jo/rn 1hrown
nwkAes and481/ ells t,Ifor ready c'ash"
-but beforem' publishming it, he concluded
to consult his friends. Showing it to
one lie advised him to strike out "'for
readly cash,' for" said lhe, ''vour patronis
will soon learn your termis.'' Brown
thought ti s well enough, and meeting
anomther', his counsel was to "'leave out
'makes,' for- it is no matter' who makes
them,'' and this was stricken out, and
the advertisment then read "John
Brown sells hats." Pruesentiing it to a
thir-d in this for-m for hmis views, ho repli
edl, "who ini the name of Iheaven would
suppJcse that you gave hats away', I
would leave out -sells hats' also,' which
was done, and the adver-tisemnent then
read simply, "John Brown."
Th'lis anecdote was told in an admiira
ble style, and never was one meore- ap
pr-opriately thrown in to illustrate a po
sition. At tho recital of it, the whole
Convention was convulsed with laugh
-Contentment~ is this world bam~ie,..
WHAT IS PREJUDICE.-Prejudice is
the contrast of judgment, since it antic
ipates reflection. It has often been
acknowledged that precipitation of
thought, as well as of speech, entails
very fatal consequences; and that the
man who, through life, can wisely steer
clear of this double inconvenience, de.
serves the appel'ation of happf. He
thinks, and thinks again, before'oe lets
his tongue mingle in the flow of conver
sation, and consults his inmost self ere
he ventures to decide. He has also
learned by experience, that Nature has
its mask, Science its obscurities,- the
World its artifices, and Merit its ene
mies; and, he consequently never deter
mines, without having first deeply
searched into the matter. He lifts the
veil that unfolds each object, and dis
covers that it would be madness to
judge too harshly and at first sight.
What would the result be, if we
trusted to our eyes only? Why, the
sun would be pronounced to turn
around the earth, instead of the latter
encircling the orb of day.
The prejudices of a single mind can
easily be destroyed; but when they
have been reduced into i egular systens,
and found their way into social circles
formed to accredit them, there is no
remedy.
CONSoLATIoN FoR GENIUS.-Let no
man, who is in anything above his fel
lows, claim, as of right, to be valued or
understood: the vulgar great are com
prehended or adored, because they are
in reality in the same moral plane with
those who admire; but he who deserves
the higher reverence, must himself con
vert the worshipper.-The pure and
lofty life; the generous and tender use
1of the rar: creative faculty; the brave
udurance of neglect and ridicule; the
s rarge and cruel end of so much gi
owus and so much vi:iuc-these are the
lessons by w hich i 1e sympathies ofman
kind must be interested, and their facul
ties educated, up to the love of such, a
character and the comprehension of such
an intelligence. Still the lovers and
scholars will be few: still the rewards of
fame will be scanty and ill-protioned:
no accumulation of knowledge or series
of experiences can teach the meaning
of genius to those who look f r it in
additions and results, any more than
the numbers studed round a planet's
orbit could approach ne'arer infinity
than a single unit. The world of
thought must remain apart from the
world of action, for, if they once coin
eided, the problem of Life would be
solved, and the hope, which we call
heaven, would be realized on earth.
And therefore men
Are cradled into poetry 1-y wrong:
They learn inl suffTering what they teach in
CHUNESEI METHOD OF CoLDRING
HAIn.--M. Stanislaus Julien, the
learned orientalist, has communicated
to the French Institute the Chinese
method of coloring hair. It is said that
thef viuestlmve succeeded in reaching
and tranrforming7vy r omedi
cine and a peculiar ciiet, the lieiiid
which colors the bilous system, and
giving to white, or red hair a black tint,
whlich ma~intains itself during the con
tinued growth. TJhe coloring is pro
duced by meanas of certain substances
mixed with the food and drink. Tfhese
subistanucs are not hurtful to the body,
having for basis aind elements ferrugi
ouis principles which are recommended
by phlysic-ians, aind always succesfully
empulloyed. M. D~ebay, who has writ
ten a treatise on this subject andi pres
pnared a formnula of the means to be cem
ployed. says:
It is astonishing that the phtysiolo
gists who have experimented and suc
ceeded in coloring the bones of living
animals, red, by nmakin g them eat and
dligest madder, have niot thought of
seeking in- the same way to color red
and wh ite hair black. Theli hair and
the beard belong to vegetable life, and
are disposed to the same phenomena.
In fact, after a sufficient quantity of
ferruginous salts has been introduced
into the body, the circulation takes them
up; the blood loaded with these substan
ces deposites them in the follicles of the
hair-, which in turn, pours thenm into
the oil, saturated with iron, becomes
black, and the whole hair with it.
M. Imber at present bishop in Clhi
na, offers, according to the testimony
of the Abba Voisin, one of the directors
of foreign missions, a living proof of this
ifr erual coloring of the hair and bear'd.
1t is byv this method that the Cinse~,
correcting thre vagaries of nature, aied
been able to claim the title from the
highest antiquity of the black-laired
The Pope blessed the Neapolitan army on
their flight from Romran territory, n's follotvsi
6.1 bless'd you matcihing to, tina ay.
I bl-e oe u oo'vednkiassy K
A Gallant s6.dk:- Ahe inier
al honors paid to Worth;-Durcan and
dates, John , .uren delivered an
oration, in h the follow- n
uig anecdotes lf'h ffringr:
'While General Kcott. was under v
charges. by order of General -Jackson, 'k
and a court-of inquiry was investigating.
his conduct nFlorida, a party of gen-;
tiemen met in this city, and after-ditner
the conversation turned upon the sub
jectiof-Scott's services. Worth, indig
nant at the proceeding, was.describing
the part which Scott took in the batle
of Niagara. He said that Scott's brig.
ado were advancing, towards evening,
under the cover of a wood, from which.
they were to deploy into the open field;
Scott had already had one horse shot
under him, and, as the column were
deploying, his second horse fell, and he
became entangled under it. The col
umn wavered, and Worth, then his
youngest aid, rushing to his assistance,
dismounted, and tendered him his horse, I
saying, 'General, can you mount, the
column falters for a leader?' Scott
immediately mounted, and riding to the
head of the column, cried out, 'Advance
men! the night's our own," and Worth
fllowed Scott, ashis aid on foot. At
this moment a discharge of grape from
a single cannon prostrated Scott, the
horse which he rode, and his aid, Worth.
Scott and Worth were immediately
carried to the rear, Scott seriously,
and Worth, as it was supposed, mortal
ly wouided. Attention was, of course,
first paid to the commanding. officer.
After some time a deep groan was
heard, apparently from, the adjoining
tent, and Scott, with that forgetfulness
of himself which distinguishes him on
such occasions, begged thosurgcon to
repair to the qarter whence the sound
proceeded, and attend, as :he tsaid, 'to
poor Worth, who must be dyirg.' In
stead of this, as Worth concluded, 'the
cry of agony proceeded from my faith
ful dying charger, who had managed
to drag himself upon three legs 'to the
edge of my tent, whero..he- ha lain"
down to die.? Pausing for # nient
while there was hardly a dry eye in the
company, he added-'I beg Tour par
don, gentlemen, I find that, m defend
ing Gen. Scott Ihae been incidentally
led to describe mj own service.'
TuE SwEETNESS OF IIQME.-He
who has no home has not the sweet
pleasure of life; he feels not the thous
and endearments that cluster around
that hallowed spot to fill the void of his
aching heart, and wile away his leis.
tre moments in the sweetest of life's
joys. Is naisfortune your lot,you will
find a friendly welcome from hearts
beating true to your own. The chosen
partner of your toil has a 3mile of ap
probation when others have deserted, a
hand to help when all others refuse,
and a heart to feel your sorrows as her
own. Perhaps a smiling cherub, with
prattling glee and joyous laugh, -will
drive all sorrow from your care-worn
brow, and enclose it in the wreaths of
domestic bliss.
.s o matter how hiumibc the hotne,
poorly its inmates are clad; if true hea a
dwell there, it is yet a home-a elk& i
t'ul, prudent wife, obedient and affectiow iL
ate children, will give their poset*V
more real joy than bags of gold and
windly honor.
The home of a temperkte, industri
ouis, honest man, will be his greatest
joy. ie comes to it "waary and worn,"
but thte sound of the lilerry laugh and.
hapgpy voico of childhood cheers him,:a a
puunw but healthful meal awaits hui. c
Rnv'y, alnbltioh, and strife hevie o
place there; and, width it cleat coas4
ence, he lays his weary limb~s do~n io
-est in the bosom of his family, and uni
decr protecting care of the poor mn's
friend and help. .
Exrtention.--A i old political .songr
sung in the days of 'homnas Jeffersn
contains the followIng 11: es
Fromn Georgia, to Lao'n (h t~IMn~y
.Fr om seas 10 MississippIPt"
IHow vastly has our conut~yh~~e~
ted since I. What .empirelao ei
added to its doniain. The iip'~
no longer houn~ds ,irt~i~~)fo
the Atlan tio t ti6atiiM ~ lo
St. Croi~ t thfi2Gmndo o r 4R
vaves iyrea.fo of land
should o a~
lG katers tseth
ths tamnri (or countti dvr ~ dhwo
klwgoie'tu miIa he a Ih h h
BhaydT '~t~riifet ter fromvn uld~
nys that thn Vttuihome dim pnod'
a the b the da~
thenmselpe esoQ~'~n,'r
,',A; no*w
nate
0 tile.0
in1
p,
106i hi 1q 70*
By
lae n
rigg
trong l-.t
1atl on m it m
an harily 'ig ny de",
er. It is capable of keioad
rwech, is often as it is fr
idly as a man's hand can ove t
n a cartridge. -This is at the rat
hots per minute, for a pCrso.
iractised with the gun.
A nother variety-of the' same"u
ionrly completed by the p lt
vhich the ramrod ,is a ttbe ortIa
lize, capable of containing 24 ctrt
*vhich are so arranged that they r
n thobarrel one by one and
:Cssively without any-intbrrup id
nomenttliat the 24thd116All _ I
gun may be used as the onrst e
it the breech.
lut the chiefuttength of thi
,reapon rests on the cartrige xwdte
d and for-whieh, Ind t
spressly mahufactured M
hi ,his . also patented, simp W
hal% A holloiccegef
3ylItider to about ote fisch in l t~
filled wt1ipowder, and t'hp red
Witha hinpece of ti
cent're of brehis . sm it
lire from' the pinning, n
which tis ball does, is n
ibh ieverything else coif - a
gun. At forty roda th r
mrri ;ban. fotir inches in tze'.y 14
lfvn butirit.tree
-Th'riming .in sinal 1
100 are placed ina box to 1 66
un supplies itself itho Ii,
E ONa7~t~r~
Hr eTA nagdl
I' om ~txo ight
n . nde inrirr
20, to 2800 he 14vg
Ant n and a qyarte Voy -
s one twelfh th i
>rdinauygupih' e ud_ r t mes aib a
odir ;likfii _)9
ialf ant ourcer ne gun
rom tIll arbab
s.round sio a as ai
un It s ndtconsoling to tfft
nuch inciij isspern by 4,
iing~m till! kllecIothe* )Ai
will -fivgh lcttodite .edgshd 't Iy
uill lose Ith iresfr O i
ier n 6eiiddg
6 e
yaof corplti.Ags*~~
dinhicfues mayi hnoe&s
it hemin uint ti --o ti
vlity e i~how'yscn to ---
o irrq1a twiito 11 ai
inhcl m ddcio~ 'hyt un s a
ithle ain1or'i"n heae tp
er e.-ithe. p ion sftb 1b
anl bod e utr of la e
be f _ ttii i lt es
r~ -~ rgh}
e3rt a cgoho.:nzatio of thb
11id b
fry."e on i i
a~~oit "h
tde de pt;se8
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