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the effects we often see after thunder We
know that stones or bricks when struck with
lightning, often present vitriied appearance.
and the common people finding such here or
there IN the earth after thunder storm sup
posed that they were thunderbots which fell
during the phenomenon. This is, believe, a
remark OF Beccaria on this subject. Thunder
and lightning sometimes occur in a clear and
serene armament Horace says he was con-
vlnced of the existence of a deity from Witness
Ing such phenomenon; and pretends that he
therefore renounced Epicurism -
For angry love, with mighty force,
Whilst all the skies were bright and clear,
Shot through the heaven with pointed flame,
And shook the universal frame:
lie lately drove his thund ring horse sI.1.
And flaming chariot through the air. -.
Thunder storms are great purifiers of the at
mosphere, and often Danish plaques and epi-
denies, as they destroy what we call dry fog.
In DR.. Prouty's Bridgewater Treatise we find
an account Of one Of these dry fogs,' which in
1923, extended over all Europe. 1t was of
blue color; and the sun, at noon, appeared
through 1t of a reddish dye. This haze has a
peculiar odor, and depusited in several places a
vlscld liquid of an acid taste and unpleasant
smell. AT the time there were earthquakes in
Calabra and Iceland and volcanic eruptious.
an epidemic catarrh, or influenza, prevailed
through Europe, during the continuance OF the
haze, TILL thunder annihllated the foeyy vapor.
and cleansed the air in the summer of 1885,
J. T. Dunno.
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The Higher Law in Practice.

A few days ago, pending the trial of one of
the rescue cases In Boston, it was suggested
that one OF the jury then sitting in the case,
was wholly prejudced in favor of the prisoner,
and determined in advance to consent TO no YER
dict against him. Upon inquiry before the
Court, 1t appeared that he had repeatedly made
declarations of hostility against the Fugitive
Law, had counselled resistance to it, and had
stated his belief that no jury ever would or ever
ought to convict any man who violated it.
The proof was ample, full and conclusive, not
only of his prejudice in the case, bat that this
prejudice was deep and violent, and in all hu-
man probability, not 10 be controlled. Judge
Sprague dismissed him from the panel with
some remarks of very appropriate charac-
ter.
This is practical result Of the Higher Law
teachings, under which every man becomes a
law 10 himself. Here was a jnryman sworn
to impariaity, and yet proved TO be predeler-
mined in favor of the accused. Here was a
farce of trial going on before a tribunal.
where any result was impossible, unless an
| acquittal was had. Here is an instance of JUS
tice disturbed and poisoned in It's very fountain,
and thus disturbed aud poisoned uuder the au-
thoruy of men who pretend To love Justice
with more than ordinary tervor. To what
consequences the higher law teachings
would lead, il generally believed in by the
community, it is not difficult 10 see. Socie-
" would be dIsorganized, aud government
become impossible. The jury trial is one OF
The most sacred rights guaranteed To us by
| the Constitution. So important i, it regards
ed by some persons, thai they think a tugi-
i've IS entIted 10 it in the place OF lis arrest,
instead of having II, or in addition To hayIng Q
II, IN the place from winch he fled. YET
here IS a man, who, under the pretpnce OF
| love Tor The fugitive, and desire 10 give him
| jury trial, strikes u bow at the very Jury
system itself, nnd does his best 10 bring i, IN.
TO tlisrepuIe. Really, in view OF Tins case,
we cannot he p saying, that when nIau is
perjure himself III a supposed love Tor The
blacks, he is very clearly unfit 10 he trusted
with any control over tie rights and interests
of the whites. From the advlce OF such men
may heaven deliver The slave; and from the
madness OF such men may heaven deliver the
| Tree citizens OF the United States.
We alluded yesterday tD the nctr COnstiiu-
tion winch is said 10 have been prepared by
| MIR. Calhoun for the proposed Southern Con-
iederacy. This project was bad enough -
but whether the new code of higher law NOR
alty, as pracIi>ed in Boston, is not as bad in
ject proposed at the South, we leave our
readers Judge for themselves. We have no
fellowship with either.-Argus.
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The Dignity of Labor.

The great mass of mankind are laborers
The broad sweep Oi that universal law, that
in the sweat OF our face we shall eat our
bread, pays on the race the stern alternative
work or srarve. In some light this looks
like the law OF hard master and the phIo-
sophie TREND OF humanny is saddered at the
spectacle OF all IhIs WEAKNESS and toll, bar
ren alike for body and SOUL and very nartIr-
ally wonders how tins ,Irudgery aud care can
he made 10 harmOniZe with the dignity OF
mems nature or the beuevolence of man )
Creator. What relation has bent back The
lurrowed brow, and the hard hand und the
worn>out frame, and the overtasked brain
and The weary sinking heart, with The growth
of the immortal mind, and with all those
better aspirations of the soul, THOSE most
characteristic marks of the Divine finger
which formed il
These aud a thousand questions like them,
which pass through the thoughtful mind,
would be hard 10 answer. if there were not a
brighter side TO The decree. But once find
in Tins law the noble purpose and the hene-
fetal results OF labor lie; down upon ibis
busy, Ioiiing scenes of life the beautiful light
OF the Creators love, aud the difficulty VAN
Ishes. Work is mans appointed taek-the
great mission he is sent upon. Labor is not
merely necessity, but duiy-the iulilnent
of a responsible trust--ohrdience TO wisely
imposed and benefcent law.
You are Obliged to work. Thank God
and ali your stars for II Out OF his Iltle
infinite treasure house OF gifts, we know not
that the Creator could find :, more precious
one then this same necessity. In the midst
of your ~earinpss and pain. thInk n moment /:
-lsbor Of soiue SORT lies at the foundation ot
all progress, all hope all good, here or here
alter. From first 10 last HE is a school 10
tench activity. etfor', labor. Every sense
and every muscle of the body must he train
ed +; every inte lectua aud moral power within
us has TO he brought aud cultivated. Nature
is a vigorous old school dame !; and her
morning greeting and evening" charge 10 her
pupils is, what the voice Of 9 od is, and what
the conscience within us Is,-he that will
not work shall not eat. We are not SEN,
into The world 10 be sheep, TO crop The spon-
taneous heritage of the fields, and then
recline on fall sromachs 10 thuughtlrss
repose. Nature gives. nothing but the raw
material, which we must work up Tor oar
wants. Thoughts as well as wool, must De
cOmhed aud spun virtue as wei as so'd'
must he dug out, cleansed and essnyed non
or, station, power-aiI good must be bu'it up.
course by course, ,tOiline wand anxiously every
step to the top. II nature had her way, the
monarch in this world wuuId be the greatest
worker, and tho only order ot nobility COM
posed OF those rha, achieve the largest and
best results. Labor is llfs's great function.
with spade and p'ow, with shaft aud furnace,
with ire and steam, amidst the noise end
whirl Of swift and bright maehinery, abroad
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Maine Historical Society.

By the kindness OF the fathers of Bowdoin
College, this Society has been furnished
with convenient room in the new Chapel
at Brunswick, for the reception OF its library,
manuscripts and musuem. This enables il
To preserve such valuable documents as it
has, or NAV he presented 10 it, until more
spacious accommodations shall lie prepared,
as contemplated to The liberal grant OF half
township OF land by The State for that pur-
pose. The Society wish to call attention 10
this institution, that our citizens may he in.
duced 10 Contribute TO its means OF useful
ness, by the presentation of old and rare
books, diaries, old aimanacs and registers,
manuscripts and documents, which are little
valued by them perhaps, bur which often
furnish important hints and aids to historical
Investigations = biographies Of our elder
physicians, lawyers and mInisters-the his
tory o! old religious societies, their origin
and progress, will be interesting, if not now,
most certainly hereafter, when time shall
baye Cast his shadows over The past and
passing events, and when the same reckless
parsonage shall have obliterated and crum-
hled 10 dust the records of by gone ages
Portland Advertiser.
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GERMAN RATIoNALisM, which robs God Of
his power and grace in revelation. and man
Of his strength and hopes, is defined, by
German writer, as
admit any supernatural, immediate and
miraculous revelation from God to man, bu,
asserts that there is only one universal reve.
lation which takes place through the contem-
plation Of nature and mans own reason
that the sacred authors did not write under
the immediate inspiration Of God; that
Christianity was not designed TO reach any
mysterious truths and doctrines, but only TO
confirm the religious teaching ofreason and
that man neither can nor should accept any
doctrine 10 he true which cannot be reco2nlz-
ed and proved to him by reason.
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NEWSPAPER DEBTs.-ln the Common Pleas
Cour, IN Philadelphia, dav or two since,
the proprietor OF the Germantown Telegraph
sued subscriber Of twelve years sub,crip-
ton, aud recovered. Ii was in evidence that
the paper was left at Il certain place al the
express direction of The subscriber. The
defendant pleaded that the debt was cut off
10y the statute Of limitation, and second, that
The paper should have been left at the defend
anl's residence, instead of at a public house.
as ordered. The judges charge is thus
noriced in the Phladelp phia papers:
Judge Kelley charged the jury, that where
person smbecribes for a paper, and gives
directions where it shall he left, he is bound
To pay for it, unless he prescriues the time for
which il shall be left. lfa subscriber wishes
10 discontinue his paper, II IS his duty TO
square his accounts, aud give noIce for a
d'scon,inuanre. Ii a paper is sent TO person
through the post office, and he takes it out.
he is bound TO pay for II. II a subscriber
changes his residence, il does noi follow that
the carrier must take notice oi u, and de-
livery OF the paper N the place where he was
Fl 81 directed to leave it, is delivery 10 the
subscriber, unless the publisher receives
notice To discontinue, or send It to another
place The statute of linitation did not
affect the case, ms the defendant had paid
something on account in juno, l644. Yer
dict for plainuf, S22 so.
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IN the silent fields under the roofing sky
every where and always man must work,
always be experimenting, pushing, progress
ing. He is man only when he works he
is faithful to ife's great law. and Gods ex-
press will, only as he tolls ON, in imitation of
the nature that supports him.
Yes, thank God for labor Ii is the only
way of happiness and self-respect. Luxuri.
Gus Incidence never yet did for man, and
never will. There is a law against ~
Every good thing in this world has
its price. Whatever is obtained without
effort, by necessary law OF the mind, is
used without pleasure. To enjoy thing
we must strive for it and usually The meas.
ure OF the enjoyment will be the leng and
stress OF the toi by which il has been obi ain
ed. The mother loves not one of the group
that cluster around her fresiie. and claim
her affections as she loves The poor, fra ag,le
plant whose life and growth have been the
fruits OF manifold warchings, and cares and
tears. No dividend nor instalment is half
so sweet 20 the possessor OF millions. as that
first precious dollar that rewarded his early
toll. The heart glids with thousand pre-,
cious affections, the object it strives for and
tolls for. The world over labor aud peace,
toIl and pleasure, work and happiness 60
hand IN hand. The sweat of the brow turns
into diamonds and drops upon our path.
Nobody has right 10 live who does not
labor in some way. A lazy man is dclaul-
Ter in the most precious trusts and, tried by
just standard. he deserves to he shured-if
not shut up. Nature has no respect for The
man that will not work. She uses him very
roughly Indeed. If it were not for his
friends, or for his crimes he would be s,ary- :
ed and pui out oe the way. Ii YOU ask The
stars, or The ever swelling sea, or The untiring
forces ofearih and air, they will tell you, lie
is only living like man, and worthy the
honor Of manhood, who masters his tasks,
and goes about his appointed duty manfully.
All others are intruders, drones, or some-
thing worse.
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BY LOUISE MAYBuRY.

Ask Of the winds that wildly roar, when the
winter snow piles deep,
As they rage in their loudest revelry, or sink
in their death like sleep;
Ask softly, of the friends of youth, and list to
their dirge-like play,
As the answer floats on their downy wings
alas ! they have passed away
Ask Of the pillows. as they roll white-crested
on the shore,
In their deep and endless murmurings of tales
of a-witch lore;
Breathe softly, for they still their dark deep
waves to say,
With shrek and hoarse and billowy sound
thy friends, they have passed away
Ask OF the sod-like star of day as it mounts
in the eastern sky,
Ere the lark's last note. unearthly sweet, is
borne down from on high;
Ask genty-see the clouds obscure its bright
ly cleaning ray.
And its darkly mournful aspect, gives the an
swer-' passed away
Ask OF the dove, who mourns her love-, with
her gentle beaming eyes.
Ask of the little violet, as it breathes its per-
fumed sighs,
Ask of the tiny bee, or bird that sings the live.
long day,
And still the answer is the same thy friends,
they have passed away
But turn thee then to the church yard green,
where the marble coldly CLEANS,
Ger the hillocks of the sleeping ones, who rest
meath the cold moonbeams;
Where the glove hangs her crimson bell ;
and the scarlet berries grow.
And the willow droops her slender limbs for the
dead who sleep below.
Go there and ask for he:frends Of youth who
repose beneath the sod
And the answer comes in thrilling tones they
have passed away, to God
Bath, july 10, 1851.
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EXTRACT GREASE, PAlNT, &e.--Amohg
the numerous useful properties OF chloroforn
there is one that Is not generally Known
and that is lis power of extracting grease,
paint. erc., from the most delicate fabric with
out the slightest injury TO color or texture.
A rose-rolored silk, (of all tinls the easiest
injured covered with paint can be complete.
" cleansed by il.ihough il has been dry upon
il for months. To use II 10 the best advati.
tage, fold piece Of white flannel into a sua II
packet and lay il under the article to be
cleansed, wet another piece, similarly folded,
with chIurciorm, IA few drops are sufficient. J
and wipe gently the fabric with j; until the
grease Is completely removed. To cleanse
an old Dry RANT stain, it is best 10 press the
moIsrened cloih upon the spot before rub
hing. so as 10 soften the hard surface Of the
paIut.
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The MfSER SILENcED.-One cold winter
when the ground was covered with snow,
and the little birds could not get anything TO
eat. the little daughter Of a misely rich man
gathered all the crumbs she could find and
was going to carry Them out and scatter them
on the snow. Her father saw her, and asked
her what she was going 10 dul She told
him; and he said, What guod will that do 2
The crumbs will not he enough 10 feed one
in n hundred Of the birds j know il. dear
faIher,' said she, but shall he glad TO save
even one in a hundred Of them, If | cannot
save them ALL The father thought a moment;
he knew that mnny poor persons were sUff.
ering m his village, and he had refused 10
help any because he could not help them all. /.
His conscience struck him. and he told his
lIiIe daughter 10 break loaf OF bread into
crumbs for the birds while he went TO scat
ter purse Of money amongst the poor viz
layers. : Christian Witness.
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'OUT WEsT.-They have a lh'Ie town
OUT West which appears 10 have been over
looked by Dickens and other English trav.
ellers, aud which is all sorts Of a stirring
place. In one day recently they had TWO
street fights, hung man, rode three men
out of town on rail, got up a qua ter race.
turkey shooling, gnuder pulling, n match
dog fight, had preaching bv circuit rider,
who afterwards ran II fuot race for apple
jack all around and. as il this was not
enough, The judge Of the circuit court, after
losing his years salary at single handed po-
ker and whipping a person who said he
helped TO lynch his grandfather for hog stea-
ling Journal.
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generous heart, was peculiarly open 10 a ro-
mantle passion, bad certainly found her feel.
ings sleau very strongly towards Charles
Dupont. But rs she hud no intention OF
rivaling poor Constance, she, thus suddenly
checked, succeeded at once in mastering
what was as yet mere growing inclination.
She felt rather proud of being able To do SO,
and promised herself genuine satisfaction in
witnessing The happiness of the young couple.
The artist was eminen,ly successful in his
portrait OF Leone Employment from that
day was moi wanting, and al The end of the
month Charles and Constance were married.
They were happy, and are still happy, for
they love one another. al s
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OPP FANcIEs.-Iienry III. Of France
could not remain alone IN chamber where
there was cat.
The Marshal d. Albeit found himself in-
disposed at any repnst at which there was
served up.a su-king pig or Calls head.
The sight of fish gave Erasmus fever,
Scsl,ger treintIed all over, when he bel,eld
water crosses.
The chancellor Bacon tainted every time
he saw an eclipse oithe moon.
Bayle tell into convulsions on hearing the
noise Of water falling from spoot.
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O. The Philadelphia North Americatt,
commenting upon the great fire at San FIR, NJ
cisco, which is said to have originated
through cafelessness. says "a great error is
made in cries in the appreciation of tho
careessness by which properly is so often
wasted and life endangered or sacrifced-
Morally and legally. we need reform which
shall give to ocarelessness The criminal charac-
ter now only imputed to it by a kind Of
poetcal or rhetorical license. A man who
is careless in crowd with his knife or ffs-
rol, his ghnVowder, his match box, his poison
for rats and dogs, is SD at the risk of other
persons--of mulrltudes in reaIity-and should
be held 10 the full responsibility which Tea.
son suggests and policy requires. The care-
lessness which produces fires is, or ought TO
be held, peculiarly culpable in city; be-
cause The burning Of u house may at any
time cause the burning of the ciy.
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COUNTING TOO SrROSG We have heard
a story of an old maid in Vermont, who late
ly preferred a complaint 10 Mr.. Attorney
SAKE, against an ardent bachelor !" The at
torney replied that il was difficult TO reach
cases Of this sort, as The mean tempera-
ture Of courtships was not Set down in Ihs
books why, this is just the case said
the aggreved spinsler, its the mean TEN.
perature Of his affection that don't like |"
The attorney promise to 'rnlk to the man,
and the unhappy sufferer from strong court
ship retred.-Post.
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ramily oPpesed to Newspapsts.

The man That don't take his county paper
was IN town yesterday. He brought the
whole family in a.two horse wagon. He
still believed that Gen. Tavkor was President,
and wnnted TO know if the 'Kamschatkiausf
mad ntkea Cuba, and if So cAers they had tp
zen Y. He he'd sold his corn for twrnty-
i've een.s-the price being thirty -one--bu
80 ~" gong to deposit the money, they told
n'M was mostly counterfeit. The opIs
'aru money ne had was some three-cent
anu those some shafper had run on
INNS for half dimes! His old LADY srr,oked
a COO pipe and would not be,ieve thai auv.
thing else could lie used. One Of The boys
went 10 hacksmith's shop 10 be- measured
tor pair OF shoes, and another mi,took ,be
market house for church. Alter hanging
his hai on a meat hook, he piousfy took Z
seat on butchers stall, and lis,end TO am
auctioneer. whom he took 10 be Inc preach
er. He left before 'meetn' was out aud
had iio great opinion of the 'sarmint.'
One of the girls took lot seed onions 20
the post office to trade them for n ierer--
She had baby, which she carried in u
'sogar-trough.' stopping AZ times TO rock e
on The sidewalk. When il cried she stuffed
its mouth with an old stocking, and sung
'Barh'ra Allen. The oldest hoy had sold two
coon skins and was on bust When last
seen he had called for a glass Of ssody and
water and stood soaking gingerbread and
making wry faces. The shop keeper, mista-
king his meaning bad given him niature
OF snl soda and waIer, and n lasted strongly
Of soap. But 'he'd hearn tell Of sodu and
waller, and was bound to give II fair trial,
puke OF no puke.' Some town feiiow' came
in and called for lemohnde with fly in IL
whereupun our 'soaped. friend turned sis
lack and Quietly wiped several aes iHiO
his drink.
We approached The old gentleman and
tried to get him TO subscribe but he would
mon listen to it. He was opposed 10 internal
improvements and he thought 'Iarnen' was
wicked invention, and coltefwates nothin'
but vanity and wexation.' None Of his
family even learned TO read, hut one boy,
and he reached school awhile and then
went Studying divinity
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Ned, who is the girl saw you walking
with?
Miss Hogg.
.Hogs, Hosa-well she Is TO b pitisd far
having snch . nams. ssss
50 think rejoined Ned, ] pitisd her 70
much thst 7 s6sred her mine, and she is
going 70 take il presently 'a.as
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What did you say?' exclaimed ihs old
lady. looking at her young friend with a..
ronishment; 'what. wash yourself all over9
Why never heard of such thing Only
think Of il; you mis-, get orful wet AGd
the old lady continued peeling onions, ana
crying az il her heart would break. wv.
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CAUTION TO LADIES. A Cincinnati paper
states that a physician Of that city was re-
Gently called on to perform singular opera
ton upon the head Of young lady living on
John street. Il appeared that she had been
lathe habit Of twisting and Tying her hair 20
tightly that the scalp had hseorns parted
iron the stull. and il was found necessary
TO open the scalp to remove the msttsT which
ad accumulated beneath.
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Manv persons complain of being pestered
BY he'd bugs; it is easy TO avoid the incon.
venience. On going to bed strip off your
shr, and cover yourself from head TO foot
with boiled molasses Let every part Of ths
body be covered with it. On coming TO
bite YOU, the bugs will stick fast in tho mo.
lasses. and then you can kill them.
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P 0 E I R Y

Written for the Eastern Times.
The Friends of my Youth-where are
they 2"