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Tie WhIg Parry.

From the tops Of lofty mountains--from the
deep and sounding main
From valleys spreading far and wide-from
city town and plain,
Comes the loud, eIulting shout Of The foes Of
Scott and Clay
The Wings are dead, the Wings are dead,
Frank Pierce has gained the day.
FOrgetful Of the tropics won when under Tip
and Ty:
Faint-hearted friends amid our ranks are fright.
ened at the cry,
And traitors, with US but for spoil, proclaim
the party dead.
Although victorious in the field when Rough
and Ready led.
But never an party die whose principles are
just.
Whose leaders gallant. brave snd true. are
such as nations trust,
Who in their party conflict, in the long uncer.
tain fight,
Rejoice when they are fortunate, but more
when they are right.
When the orange ripens on the oak-when on
the pine the pear
When the lotus blooms with dsisies--the birch
with roses rare
When youths and bIushing maidens forget the
art to love
When the lion mat.tb With the lamb the ca.
gle with the dove.
The Wings, fOrgetfu! of their name. shall then
desert their cause,
And leave to fierce Democracy the country
and its laws.
When orient pearls and golden sands no
more attract the eye
When diamonds in the public streets are pas
sed unheeded by,
When the great and glorious dollar hath no
charms upon its face,
Then believe, but never sooner, that the Wings
have run their race.
Long as our mighty rivers roll their waters to
the sea
Long as the Alleghanies lift their peaks above
the lea
Long as the halls Of Tammany remain to tell
the fate.
OF rampant LocofOcos seeking Offices OF State,
So long shall the Wing party live, with bays
and laurels crowned,
And with hymns and lyrics in its praise shall
all earth resOund. DRAPIER.
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Can it be can you look back into the
depth Of those clear. blue eyes that seek yours
in such eonfding. innocent trust en- you
deck those dimpes so "fearfully and wonder
fully made ?" can yon watch with him the
6rst faint streak Of light that ushers in another
happy day ? canyon point out 10 him the gold
and purple sunset glory can you look up
ward with him TO the shining ghost or place
in his eager hands he & I'D flowers that bend
their deWy eyes with grateful thanks, and new
er name "0ur Father 70
When at dead Of night you watch beside his
sick couch when you hush your very breath
to listen to his painful means when you turn
with trembling hand the healing drops /;
whe every click Of the clock seems beating a.
gsinst your heart when the paid face looks 90
bes| hingiy into yours, for the help you can
not give ; oh where can turn the supplicant
eye, il you see not the Great Physician ?"
When health slowly returns. when the eve;
brightens and the red colors lip and cheek
when the vacant chair is filed, when the feet
are again busy, when loving arms in playful
glee Iwine around your neck, comes there from
that womans heart Of thine, no burst Of CRATE
ful thanks to Him who notes even the spar
rows fall?
Suppose death comes You fold away the
useless robes you turn with fearful eye
from the toys and books and paths those little
feet have trod you feel ever the shadowy
clasp of little hand in yours; you turn heart
sick from the happy mothers who number no
missing lamb from their Aocks sunny ringlet,
a rosy cheek, or piping voice, gives your
heart death pang. You walk the busy street
and turn your head involuntarily when little
strange voice calls out Mother p Oh where
can YOU look for comfort il you believe not
that the Great Shepherd" folds your lamb to
His loving breast
There is prrfdy at iour household hearth
there are broken VOWS. which you may breathe
to mortal ear. There is treachery repaid for
trust--Chidhood looks on with sad wonder;
you must 90 backward and cast the mantle of
evasion over the moral deformity Whence
shall strength come to your slender shoulders
to bear this heavy cross How silence the
ready tempter voice ? Where shall shall all
III Sc warm affections now be gathered up il not
in heaven
Oh you have no anchor no rudder or
compass your little bark is adrift at the mer-
cy OF every pitileSS gale ; the sky is dark and
fearful the pillows mountain high the sky
black with darkness if you turn from the
Great Pilot. FANNY FERN
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A Yankee Shoemaker.

"You hain'tno occasion for jer nor moth
in, suppose" said a jolly son of st. Crispin
from the land of wooden nutmegs, as he en-
done up in his apron.
Wonder if hain't." was the reply of the
boss. "Why, | should like doS n if l could
get 'em; what kind of shoe can you make?
"Oh as to the matter O. that" said the
snob. II reckon as how can make a decent
sort OF craft"
"Spread your kit, then" said the boss; "Ill
give you pair to try, and if your work suits
can give you a steadv seat Of work"
Orispin was soon hammering and whistling
away, as happy sa calm at.high water, and
which detained him two or three hours; mean
while, the trumper jer had produced a thing
whiyh bore some faint resemblance to shoe,
and feeling somewhat ashamed Of it, hid it in a
pile ofeather chips that lay on the floor AID
proceeded to make another which he had bare
" time to Gnish when his employer enter
ed an began to examine it,
Look here mister" said he, II guess you
needn't make the mate to this; it is the
greatest botch that was ever made in my shop
that's fact"
"Perhaps you'd like to bet trife on that
said the snob.
"Bet!" responded the boss; "why III BET a
ten dollar bill againsta hand Of tobacco, that
there was never shoe made in this shop hal
so bad as this"
"Done," said Crispin. at the same time cas-
ting sly wink at his shopmates; "but stop,
let me see If I've got SO much OF the weed with
me. Oh, yes here's whole hand of Caven-
dish," and laying it on the cutting board he
ventured the propriety of having the suet skin
laid alongside Of, which was no sooner done
than he proceeded to draw from his hiding
place the other shoe.
"Herp, boss" said he "you must decide the
bet; say which of the two shoes is he worst?'
"Well, guess I'm fairly sucked in this
time replied the boss, pushing the Cavendish, >
and shinplsster towards the rightful owner and
throwing a nine pence to the youngest appren'
tice. The boy needed no further instructions
as to bis duty, but was off in the twinkling of {
bed post, and soon returned with a quart o
black strap, After all hands had sufficiently
ragaled themselves, the shrewd Yankee pu
his sticks together, and bidding the boss a hsr
ty good BY, started again on tramp, yer,
well satisfied with his forenoon's work.
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ing. She often sat musing and dreaming a.
way her moments, whilst tears flowed as one
thing and an other reminded her Of her falls
lover. As she sat thus she was the very i'm
age Of the picture painted BY Fanny Kemble
"All shrined in lOveIiness,
Her white hands clasped-her clustering locks
thrown back
From her white forehead, and in those bright
eyes,
Tears radiant emanations drops Of light,
That fell from those surprising orbs as though
The starry eyes Of heaven WePt silver dew"
Winter came aud wrapt nature in 8 glacial
robe-but with it came no peace for Efie.-
Too late she knew her error-lhe victim OF
hesrtless libertine, As soon IS she found she
was indeed deserted, nothing could stay her
intense agony.
March at last came. She lingerered few
days and then all of sudden disappeared,
and the first thing we knew vas taken from the
river, !ifeless
Unfortunate Effe thy sun set at mid day
its brightness suddenly eclipsed BY the dark
night Of shame and despair, Bit must not
lnger-her story is so sad that it were better
som told.
In the pocket Of her dress was a sketck book,
and on one Of the leaves was just dscernable,
IN her own hand, the following
Condemn me not could net live and pass
my hours in such intense agony as have done
for the last few months. You know my histo-
ry ; pity me, and pass by my failty and fall
remembering me only as one who fell in the
snare Of deceitful man, whom, however love
till death. He is ever present with me. and
though his victim, with my dying breath will
breathe blessings on him. But enough
Death |! welcome you joyfully to ne you
have no sting Friends adieu Death well
come. EFFIE ALLEN"
And thus she died !
She was buried near the spot where she was
found /; it would have drawn tears from the
mother weep, as Effe was lowered into her
cold damp resting place she wrung her hands
in the agony Of despair, and tseemed as though
she could willingly lay herself down BY the
side Of her daughter in that dark tomb.
When spring came, the young girls Of our
village planted flowers, sweet flowers, which
she loved ST. well in her lifetime, over her
head and strewed the spot around with violets
and the gentle zephyrs fingered near, as il 10th
to quit the hallowed spot, whilst its gentle MUIR
mur seemed to be requium or the dead. A
plain white stone marks her resting place o N
It is engraved these words, 'SHE LOVED AND
DuED," and just below the lines:
"Tread lightly DER this spot,
Where ruined maiden sleeps
Pity the fearful blot
That DER her fair fame creeps
She loved, but love begat a pain,
Which proved to her fearful bane /;
In pity, reader, drop tear
For Efie Allen resting here;"
Ere summer waned, her mother slept the
sleep which all must sleep, and she was laid by
her side,
Reader, gentle reader this is sad recollec-
ton. this short history of Ellie. Let US trust
she is resting from her sorrows in that better
land where pain and misery never enter to
corrode the joys and blessedness forever reign
ing there.
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The Love or HOme.

| A correspondent Of the Country Gent 'emen
says Among the many virtues, the pos
session OF which renders a man useful and life
pleasant the love of home is one Of more than
minor importance. call j; a virtue. How
shall We increase our love Of home, and instill
the same into the minds of our children By
rendering hone peaceful, pleasant and attract
i've. Invest il with the charm OF beauty a.
dorm its exterior surround it with trees and
shrubs, with the maple, the willow, the ash
and the evergreen let the oak and the chest
nut be there years will but add to their beau
y and grandeur.
Conceal all that is unsightly in the massy
foliage of the grateful grape wreathe each
column Of the verandah with festoons of the
climbing rose, and forget not the dark leaved
ivy with all let the fragrance of flowers
sweeten every breeze that passeth over your
home.
Thus much for the exterior. Now for a.
view of the hearth stone, first promising that
where the former is thus established, the lat
ter will confirm thereto, for the taste which
produces the one will render the other at
tractive. Let comfort and convenience, per-
vaded by taste and refinement, be paramount
III tue Vi VIC BCu~
crosby and hospitality be the rule Of action to-
ward the neighbor and stranger, while affec-
ton kindness and love, cement the fre-side
circle. So will you have home which angels
NIGH envy-on which will irradiate life with
happiness, and iIlnmine your pathway with a
blaze of sunshine. Such home each child
will love, and the memories Of Its blessings
will be undimmed by years.
From such home, we turn to eontempla.
ton of one which is the type Of far too large =
class Of rural homes. Lone and dreary, tree
less, sbrubless and sun-struck, unblessed> by
the fragrance Of flower or the shadow Of a
vine, it stands with no companion, save its
ut-buildings. 1t matters little whether such
home be old and timeworn, or modern fab
ric dressed in glaring white ; it will possess
little of it's owners love- His children will e.
vince the strength oftheir attachment by leav-
ling it as fast and early as practicable.
Friends, farmers, you OF all Others can and
should have pleasant and attractive home -
; if that which you now occupy. be not such,
time taste and attention, will soon render il
right. The ability of selection is yours
choose, and may you never regret your choice
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THoMAs HOOP
Poor unfortaaste Eflie !

| have often broodod over life picture drawn
by Hood, and the fountain Of pity would as Of
zen open, and sat and incurred The fate Of the
poor unfortunate, but did not dream that
would be the witness of a re.enaction OF that
drama within the pale Of my personal expert
ence. But SO it was
1t was q. dreary, very dreary morning in
March, when the pride of our village, Efie
Allen, was taken from the riAer-a corpse l.
The wind howled mournful requum over her
form, and the tears thai fell from the eyes of
the grief-stricken company assembled, froze in-
toicy pellets ere they reached the ground.
She had committed suicide ! g. g-.-
One year previous to the opening of our
story, Archibold Jay obtained an introduction
20 Efie. He was new comer-of a prepos-
,sessing appearance, polite demesnor, and had
fascinating power of conversation. No one
however, knew his former character-if they
had, il would have been better for the peace O
Efie. ~ o,aH
They met at an evening party. and ere il
close, Efie felt that hereafter her destiny wa
linked with his he, on bis part, displayed ~
evident attachment, and ere spring had seeded
to summer, they were avowed lovers.
One evening they were taking walk along
the outskirts Of wood, near our village, Wher
ArchibOld told her he had that day received Z
letter from rslation in one Of the Southern
State, and thatit wssimperative that he shouls
answer it in hisperson.
To portray the grief Of Eiie would be impos
sible He endeavored TO console her by say
ing that he would return again within month
For long time his efforts we're fruitless, bu
finally be succeeded in calming her
The next day he was gone
Time rolled on-days disappeared, and wee
Joined predecessors. One month, two months
three months passed and Efie was still alone
not once had she received even a note fror
Archibold. .a 5saLe ,vt
Reader, have you ever, in summer, seen
rose expand in all its loveliness, giving outit
iuvenescent perfume. and then, after Will
noted the leaves falling. the perfume ceasina
and finally the rose, brushed over by win
falling withered to the ground Efie was ia
ding away inst like that rose the bloom lef
her cheeks, and the pale hue of death usurpe
Its place ; the lips often quivered With the vi
uttered sigh; her eyes became dim b vcsI
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AcuR1oUs DooK.--Mr. Jefferson made an or
ginal book out of the New Testament, an &C.
count Of which is given by him in letter to
John Adams, dated October 13. 1918. when
Nr. ]. was seventy years old. He took two
copies Of New Testament and cut out the say
ings of the Saviour, rejecting every verse
which was not evidently his; these he pasted
ina book. and his compilation is decrbed as
covering forty-six pages. He wrote to old
John Adams that this arrangement had placed
before him ''the most sublime and benevolent
code Of morals ever offered to man. ."-BOstO'
TTanscript.
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BEAurY.-Beauty is inexplicsble; it appears
TO us dream when we contemplate the works
if the works Of the great artists; it is hover
ing, floating, and glittering shallow; whose out
line eludes the grasp Of definition. Mendels-
sohn and other tried to catch beauty as but
terfy, and pin it down for inspection. They
have succeeded in the same way IS they are
likely to succeed with the butterfly. The pool
animal trembles and struggles, and its bright
est colours are gone; or it you catch it without
spelling the colours. you have at best stif and
awkward corpse But corpse is not an en-
tre animal; il wants that which is essential in al
things. namely, life-spirit, which sheds beau
ty on everything. p Goethe.
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GET MARRIED GIR;s.

GET MARRIED GIR's.
How bright the smiles, how sweet the word
oh, do not cruel be
To boys who offer you their hearts,
In truth and honesty
But while lovers words are in your ears,
Oh, heed their wOOing voice
And do not let one offer slip
To make better choice.
Get married girls get married, girls
While you are young and fair
While youths bright tint is on your cheek,
Your brow unmarked with care,
While hope still buOys your spirit up,
Ere you have learned to know
The disappointment all maids feel
Whose looks are tinged with snow.
Get married, girls get married, girls I!
For 'tis a happier state
Than hers who live single life
That melancholy fate
Whose only pleasure is to nurse
A kitten, dog, or cat
Who never knows what pleasure tits
To nurse ones own sweet brat
Get married, girls get married, girls
For, oh ! time swiftly flies
A few more years, and spectacles
Will CLEAN before your eyes
Those locks which now are glossy,
Will yield to those Of gray,
And wrinkles, too. will mar that face,
Those lovely teeth decay.
Get married, then, get married, then
For oh the boys won't care,
When time leaves wrinkles on your face,
Aud silver DER your hair;
How bright the smile, how sweet the word
How kind the heart may be,
For winning smiles and Aattering words
Then lose their witchery,
Get married, then get married, then
For, oh twill grieve you sore,
To think ofboys you lrted once,
But now can fiirt no more F;
To think that now your youths speut,
Your summers almost past,
The harvest's reaped and gathered up,
And you're an old maid at last
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From As NeS York Weekly Budgsf.l
DESPAIR

BIT HERECs.
oh, GOdl that my strong heart should feel
Such bitterness OF woe,
That | thus wrecked in life, should kneel
Before so weak blow,
That every higher aim in life.
Or wish, or thou ght, or care,
Should by his agony and strife,
Be changed to such despsirl
Now all is black, and dark, and drear-
No hope. no fear, no love
No guiding star my path to cheer,
No thonght of m aboue
The day breaks to me, and | hear
That brightly shines the sun;
The night too comes; they but appear
To me as only one.
Then say that summer flowers arc fair,
That birds are on the wing,
That balmy is the evening air,
That it is beauteous spring;
But unto me thele is no glow,
Which summer can impart-
| only feel, with bitter noe,
IT'S winter in my heart,
The sunny day and starry night,
May change to clouds and rain,
But still the bright and softened light
To each comes back again.
Alas! | may no more be gay;
Bliss harbingers but care;
A night has darkened on my day,
And left me but despair.
My friends my proven friends Of yore,
Speak kindly to me now
Aye, kinder than they did before,
And gaze upon my brow,
As though they thought some hidden weigh
Was pressing on my brain,
Some far too stern decree Of fate,
Some deeply written pain.
Oh God! to think my pride of soul,
My vaunted strength of will,
Can now no more my hopes control,
No more my pulses thrill
And yet, l cannot help but own
That It's just decree,
Since Idd gipe to her atone
The ,rOrship due 10 thee.
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don't see," said Mrs. Partington, as Ike
came from scool, and threw his books into one
chair and his jacket into another, and his cap
on the floor, saying that he didn't get the met
al; ri don't see, dear, why you didn't get the
meddle, for certainly more meddlesome boy ]
never knew But no matter; when the adver.
sary comes around again you'll get it." What
hope there was in her remark for him! And
he took courage and one Of the old lady'l
doughnuts, and sat wiping his feet on a clean
stocking that the dame was preparing to darn
that lay by her side.--Boston Post
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TO make a Good wife Unhnppy.

We apprehend that there are many hus-
bands who will read the following with blush:
See your wife as seldom as possible. II she
is warm hearted and cheerful In temper, or il,
after days or weeks of absence she meets you
with a smiling face. in an afFectionate manner.
be sure to look cOOily upon her and answer her
with monysylables. If she forces back her
tears and resolves to look cheerful, sit down
and gap in her presence till she 10 fairly con-
vinced Of your Indifference. Never think that
you have anything to do to make her happy !:
but that her happiness is to flow from crafty
ing your capricious disposition and when
she has done all that woman can do, be sure
you do not appear grati6ed. Never take an in
terest in any Of her pursuits and if she asks
your advice, make her feel that sheis trouble
some and impertineut. If she attempts to ral-
ly you good humoredly on any your peculi-
arites, never join in the laugh but frown her
into silence. If she has faults, (which without
doubt she will have and perhaps may be igno-
rant OF, never attempt with kindness to cor
rect them By such course you will not fail
to make an unhappy wife /; and ifyou have
children they will not fail to be inocculated
with the example, which they will show in their
respects to their parent. .=
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FAULTS IN THOSE WE LovE.--The discovery
Of faults in those whom we believed to be per
feet, is always sad temptation to injustice
Our vanity is concerned; we have received our
selves but do not acknowledge it, and insist
on believing that we have been imposed upon
bv others. And We fling gull. annoyance an
hatred on person. who certainly was not tht
cause of our mstaking him for what he neve
desired to be though ght.- Gu@hs.
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Knowledge may slumber in the memory but
it never dies. It's like the dormous in the
iyed tower that sleeps while winter lasts. but
wakes with the warm breath Of spring it is
like the life-germ in the seed it is like the
sweet music Ofthe harp-strings, that waits bu
the masters touch to wake it into utterasnce
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Then carry the gc0temsu's baggage" re.
joined the other; aud the Moor rose from bis
stone seat to Ia.e possession Ofny my port
mAnteau.
As active now as he had previously seemed
aPathetic, Allil led the way to Zdania (liieral-
y the Building. par s1cslisAos). hotel which
may vie with the besI in Europe as regards
structure and appearance. but where DR..
Neghebaur had great difficulty in finding any
one TO attend 10 his wants.
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poctiraI.

EF The following is rich specimen Of
"good advice, done into rhyme" and ism.
a bit the worse for that. We Recommend Il to
those TO whom il is addressed.
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When we are youngwe are slavishly en-
lployed in porcuring something whereby We
may live comfortable when We grow old, VIZ
perceive it is too late to live as We proposed
Pops.
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an Affeftiuo Sketch.
From the Star Spanglrd Banner.
EFFIE.

EFFIE.
A SAD RECOLLECTION.
BY WILLIE EDGAR PABoR.
1.-The bleak winds of March
Made her tremble and shiver,
But not the dark arch,
Or the black-Aowing ri'er;,
Mad from life's history
Glad to deaths mystery,
Swift to be hurried
Anywhere, everywhere,
Out of the world"
TuoMAs HooD.
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E A poor widow was asked how she be-
came 90 much attached to a certain neighbor
and replied that she was bound to him b sew
eral cords of wood, which he had sent to heg
during hard winter