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don't Stand on the Track"

"The train" says Railroad Gazette.
''may steal suddenly upon you, and then
a little trepidation, slight mis.step. slip
OF the foot, and we shudder to think OF
your crushed and bleeding body" So it
is in the journey Of life: perils are around
you on every hand. But don't stand in
their path and defy them; don't stand in
their path and disregard them. Perhaps
you now and then take little intoxicating
drink. My friend you are standing on
the track" while the car of re,ribution
comes laundering on-moving in right
line-approaching with steady and rapid
wheel. Will it not bear down and crush
you9 Perhaps you spend an occasional
evening with party Of friends. amusing
Yourself with cards or dice, stalking small
sums TO make the game interesting. My
friend, you are "standing on the track. :"
Thousands have stood there and perished.
Don't wait to hear the rafting Of the rush
ing wheels. but fly from the track. At a
safe distance, stand and view the wrecks
which yon poderous train will spread be-
fore YOU Look well to the ground on
which you plant your feet. and forget not
for these many days our parting words:
..Don't stand on the track"
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"A Mans a Man for a. that"

"'rhey were only Foreigners, heart
lessly remarked some cool-blooded per-
sons and passes into his business. And
what if they we're foreigners? Is not life
worth as much to German or an lrishman,
as to an American? Do not Germans
have wives and children to be cared for?
Do they not have beating hearts as well as
other men? Do they not feel the loss Of
children just as keenly as the truest YAM
kee? Are lives to be thrown away. and
people talk indifferently, because the first
breath was not breathed in American air?
Away with such narrow, heartless talk.
We are all of one blood, all descended
from the same parentage. We all alike
have human souls, we are all made in the
same image-that Of the great Creator
Human life is most sacred. ltmatters moi
under what roof it commenced, or what
language it used to give expression to its
wants. On some accounts the fact that
the disabled, the MANNED, and the dead
are from foreign shores, deepens our sym.
pathy and sorrow. Five thousand miles
they have come to seek home with us
They had left kindred, they had brought
with them the gathered fruits of years o.
toll. They were in search of an honora.
BILE livelihood in free America. If they
mad died al home in the midst Of friends
and been buried in the old graveyard BY
their fathers, the case would not have been
so bad.
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STATE OF OHIO, MONROE COUNTY. IS.
PROBATE COURT, JUNE 81, 1853.
David Trembly, Executor OF Colbert Harris. decd.
Catherine Harris, Thomas E. Harris, William
Harris. joni N. Harris, Sarah A. Harris, Jer-
emiah Harris. Joseph Harris, Emily E, Harris.
Isaac Harris. Merryman Harris and Huldah j
Harris.
PETITION TO SELL LANDS TO Fay DEBTS -
TIE defendants will take notice that on the 2lst
day of June, 1853. the said David Trembly, Ex-
ecutor of Colbert Harris, decd, filed his petition
in the Court Of Probate in said county, setting
FORTH amongst other things, that tn personal prop
erty oi the estate OF said deceased insufficient
pay the debts of said estate, and praying tor per-
mission to sell the following real estate, of which
the said Colbert Harris was, in his lifetime, seized
as in fee simple, to wit: Parts of section 8, in
Township 5, of Range S, and section 2, T. s, R.
5, beginning for the same at post near the creek
below McMion's mill, thence south ll6 and
tenths rods. thence west 1872 and 90 hundredths
rods. thence north 80 rods, thence north 10 de-
grees west 81 rods, thence east l40 rods to the
place Of beginning, containing 81 acres more or
Iess also part OF the ncrth half of the east half
the south west qusrter of section 2, T. 5, r. 5, be-
ginnlng for the same at the north west corner OF
said half quarter section. thence south rods,
thence east a rods, thence north rods. thence
west A rods to the place of beginning containing
22 acres more or less.
ARCHBOLD s. DAVENPORT,
June 20, 1858 Atty tor David Trenbiy.
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Jan. 10, 1853.
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wrong" said Mrs. Grey. "and ! am sure
he will do so no more," she added, as
Charles hid his face and wept.
After Edward had gone, Mrs. Grey talk
ed long and seriously to her son, and
though shall not tell you all she said, yet
l assure you it had the effect TO make him
a better boy.
am sorry to say there are great many
children like Charles. They become an
cry at some slight thing, or even at acci.
dents, and commence quarrel, perhaps
fight, and then tell fine story for them
selves, throwing all the blame on their com.
panions.
How much better would it be for :heir
parents, their teachers, and themselves, il
they would say, like Edward, II do not
think he meant to hurt me-" or, like the
apostle Peter we read Of in the Bible,
Brethren, Ibelievefhas through Ignorance
ye did these things: s:-Ihe Student.
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Chancery Notice.

\ NDREW McPierce and Catharine 8. Nc
"A Pierce. his wife. William G. James and Ruth
E. James. his wife, who reside without the State
Of Ohio, will take notice that on the 9Th day of
June, A ID 1853. James Jones, Of Monroe county,
Ohio. filed in the court Of common pleas OF said
county. his Bill in chancery against them and oth-
ers. the object of which said bill is 70 foreclose
mortgage given to Daniel o. C. Jones by said de-.
fendauts and assigned to complainant, dated Octo-
Der 80, 1852, upon the following property, situa.
ted in the county aforesaid, to wit: Town Lots
No. SO and 81 in Jamestown; emo also part OF
Section IL, in Township 8. Range 4, beginning
for the same at the west side of Wood street, in
Jamestown, aforesaid, on the Township line.
thence west 80 rods to the N. E. corner Of lot
decided to the deacons OF the Christian church,
thence south $40 rods to the south east corner
Of said Lot to stone. thence east 81 rods to said
street, in Jamesto wn thence north 3. 10 rods to
the place of beginning, containing 81 rods more
or less. and to enjoin rents due and to become
due for said premises; that unless the defendants
appear and plead, answer or demurr to said bill
within 60 days after the next term, that at the
spring term of said COURT 1884, the matters in the
bill will be taken as confessed and decree enter.
ed accordingly.
HoLLISTER. OKEY & HoLLIsTER,
June Is, 1853. Sol'rs for com'pt.
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The Broken Nose; or, how Ben Brisk
Bled to Death.

Ben Brisk is now leading member Of
the Sons, and w. P. Of certain Division
in the interior Of certain State. He is a
great friend TO the cause, and bitter ene-
my to ardent spirits, is Benjamin Brisk.
ESQ high shoemaker, and cobbler-general
to the solezess inhabitants of Toppleton viii
lage. But Ben-we are very sorry to say
was not always so. There was time
when he liked his ..tea" as we'll as the
next man-to tell the truth he did get
"beastly" sometimes.
Keeling home one night, as usual. lit
tie top.heavy with gin. he bluDdered into
the room, and ,umbled over a chair, righ,
into the floor. Did you ever know man
10 enter a room in the dark without falling
over every chair in it? Well. Ben, like
you and l, had q nose on his face. and
upon gathering himself to his feet, he i'm
agined that he had done great bodily harm
to his nasal projection, and that the "red
wine" was pouring ,herefrom in perfect
stream! So up went the window, and out
popped his head. 1t had been raining a
little, and small stream was trickling
from the caves, and fell upon the pavement
beneath him-patter. patter. patter-and
Ben thought his nose was doing ''the clean
thing" For the space Of half an hour
he heard it distinctly trickling down upon
the stones. He became alarmed. Still he
heard it patter, patter. patter! He fel,
himself growing weaker, and weaker, and
finally he sank down fully impressed with
the belief that he had bled to DEATH.
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clsasiag the BARK 81 frees.

W. hays oflen recommended the use Of
whalS 81, sosps potash. &C.. for cleaning
he bark 81 ifess. and supposed that no
application could exceed It for this pur-
pose a fsw weeks since We visited the
seat of b. Rennie, Esq., near the Lodi
Print Nerks, and there saw the cleanest
lruit Hess Il has ever been our lot 10 meet
with. Mr.. Rennie informed Us that he
used solution made Of one pound Of
best hleacher's s soda. fcarbonate of soda
dissolved III one gallon Of water, and ap.
Piled tito the surface OF his trees. All the
iun6i, dead bark, &c., are softened and
readily exfoliate from the healthy part ol
the berk. during the growth of the tree
the surface of the cherry, peach, plum
nsctarine. apricot. and many other kinds
81 trees, seemed polished. and Of color
more closely resembling the new growth
81 the ends Of the branches than usual;
the trees were in excellent health, and We
were informed that they bore superior crops
10 ihose not so treated. Within the last
few days We have applied the soda wash
% our srees, and for the purpose Of ascer.
tainR whether 80 strong solution would
not injure the tender parts Of the plants
have sprinkled il over the leaves OF many
tender shrubs. but A. yet they are unin'
iured, while the inert parts Of vegetables
are readily decomposed by it.
Professor Mapes.
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AGRICULTURAL.
The Curculio Headed.

The following seems to as the most ra-
ionetof all the remedies heretofore invent.
edsNgainst the ravages Of the rascally Cur.
culio. partial success only, we believe,
has attended any heretofore used. Al.
though out Of season, anything which Of.
fords = rational hope Of relief for the fl,.
tare. cannot be but interesting:
The CuRcuL1o AGAlN.-The "Maine
Farmer, which has long been doing good
seryics in the field Of agriculture, pub.
fishes an application Tor curculio, which.
We can have no doubt, must be efficacious
TO dislodge this foe to good fruit. gen.
ileman owned two plum trees, but obtain.
cd no plums. being anticipated by the cur
culio. Whereupon he set about an ex-
pertinent to cut him Off
81 procured a pound of -four Of sulphur,
and placing small iron furnance filled
with live GOALS on high stock as near to
the lower branches as could with safety,
sprinklad the sulphur lightly on the Goals.
This was early in the morning, while the
atmosphere was perfectly calm. As the
iumes OF the sulphur ascended through the
tree. | watched closely, for the purpose Of
asoersaining whether any effect had been
produced upon my unknown foe. Scarce
~ had the vapor arisen to the topmosi
branches. when observed several round
looking objects falling. Upon examina-
ton found them TO be insects which were
entire strangers to me. showed them to
ATTEND somewhat skilled in entomology
who at once pronounced them to be the
cufculio-the scamps that had the pre-.
ceding year destroyed my plums.
Much delighted with the discovery,
Immediately renewed the sulphur fumiga
ton, continuing it for more than week
and always with success against the foe
The result was most gratifying. The tree
which had been fumigated bore me fair
Drop Of excellent fruit, while on the Other
scaroely single plum came to perfection
This spring my two trees blossomed pro-
f1sely. I again caused the sulphur 10 be
applied, and Al the period of writing, I an
rejoiced in the prospect of fine crop o
plums."
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Hon. James Buchanan, late Secretary of State;
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Lecturer ON Commercial Sciences.
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Professor of Mercantile Law.
p HAYDEN, A. NJ, Professor of Mathemat.
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This Institution occupies five spacious apart.
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United States. What is said oft by the most EN-.
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the Principal as Practical Accountant, as an ex.
perienced Teacher, and as an Author, as also o
his colleague. Mr.. Williams as Penman, will be
found in the pamphlet circular of "a pages.
Duff's Book Keeping, PIP. 1872. Royal octave
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Duff's Western Steamers Accountant-Pric.
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Merchants and steamers can always be supplied
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Dignity of an Indian Chief.

Wedoubt if the annals of ancient his.
tory furnish reply, surprising in elo-
quence and grandeur the following from
the untutored savage:
As Tecumseh proudly approached. Gen.
Harrison rose 10 receive the Chief, and
pointing to bench prepared for the pur-
pose. said: .Your white father requests
you to be seated"
Tecumseh cast upon the American Gen.
eral look OF unmitigated, scorn and in.
dignatlon. "You my father?" said he.
No! The sum- pointing to that lumina-
ry in the heavens, '.is my father! The
1earth,'' pointing to the ground sis my
mother!" And, throwing himself on the
ground. IL will rest nowhere but on her bo-
SON.
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Household Economy.

sAn experienced housekeeper, who has
had much occasion in former years to re-
fsf 10 L. M. Child's "Frugal Housewife, !"
60 the best work extant on household econ
omy, among number Of failures in the
rules there given, has practically tested the
utility Of the following. which have been
found valuable:
II you happen to live in q house which
with slds; this. in time, destroys the polish.
They should be busted; the spots taken
of with nice oiled cloth, and then rub
bed dry with q soft rag.
IF You wish TO preserve fine teeth, al
ways elean them thoroughly after you have
saien your last meal at night. We have
preserved half decayed teeth many years
by washing them after every meal and
rubbing them once day with fresh char.
co6l from; the FIRE.
About tho last Of May or the first OF June,
the iislls miIlers, which lay moth eggs, be.
aiii "a appear. Therefore brush all your
woolsns. and pack them away in dark
pleoe, covered with linen. They should
Be- ~sll wrapped in linen. This is easy
and vary sficacious. The same book
.soommends tobacco, as repulsiye oi
neths--but il failed entirely on trial.
Solid camphor succeded well.
If you have strip of land do not throw
away suds. They are good manure for
sushss and young plants.
Snst keeps good all the year round, il
chQped and packed down in stone jar,
severed with molasses. Mince pie meat
may be kept equally well, if boiled, chop
ped. and similarly packed.
Do not let knives be dropped in hot dish
wsfsr. Thousands of dollars worth oi
knifs.hsndlss are spoiled every year, by
oaselsssness in this particular.
Straw beds are much better for being
boxed 1t the sides. in the same manner
uphelstsrers prepare ticks for feathers. !!
straw beds are stitched through like mat.
trassss :hey are greatly improved, and
nee1 no stirring up. s
Tbs .oftener csrpets are shaken the
LONGER ahey wear; the dirt that collects
under them, grinds out the threads. Dc
not have carpets swept oftener than abso
lutely necessary; broom wears it very
much. Pickup shreds by hand, and brush
orums into the dust pan.
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The Two BOYS.

another, don't like Edward Orne,"
said Charles Grey, on coming home from
school one night.
"Why do you not like hint" asked his
mother; 81 am sure Edward is a very fine
little boy"
HE hurt me tonight, mother he threw
his ball and hit me on the head. and ne
meantto hurt me, too.''
80 my child. you don't know that
Perhaps it was an accident, and you must
not blame him for what he could not help.
But even if he did intend to hurt you, you
should forgive him, and try to overcome
evil with good"
"Well, | told him he was mean boy,
and | would never play with him again,
and that he might fish by himself to-mor.
row, for | wanted nothing to do with such
a fellow"
1--WE will say no more about this now,
my son, you are too angry; there is cloud
over your good nature that prevents you
from seeing clearly but we will talk about
this matter when you feel more kindly to.
ward little Edward"
Mrs. Grey said this because she knew
that her son had done very wrong in using
such unkind language; and as children
like to have it appear that they are more
innocent than their playmates, she was
sure Charles was as bad as Edward, ifno.
worse.
In little while Charles was playing a.
way as merrily asif nothing had happened
and his mother was about to call him in to
talk with him, when Edward came in on
an errand. Helooked sad, and Mrs. Grey
saw that one Of his eyes was inffamed.
"What is the matter with your eye, Ed
ward ?' she asked.
"Oh, not much, he answered, blushing
alt was hurt at school to-day"
"Who hurt it,"
"Some Of the boys" said Edward, and
then asked for what his mother wanted, as
1if he wished to say no more about his eye
But Mrs. Grey called Charles in, and
insisted that Edward should tell who hur,
his eye. He hesitated awhile and then
said, "Charles did, but ] do not think he
meant to do it, II must know the whole
and from you, Edward. Why did he
hurt you?"
Edward looked very much panied. and
replied: 81 was tossing my ball. when il
bounded and hit Charles. Then he struck
me, for | suppose he thought | intended 10
hurt him. but indeed, Mrs. Grey, did
not =
ibid he call you names -
'sIIe said was mean boy and il
would have been mean If had intended
to ithim; but hewas SO angry. Mrs. Grey,
am sure he did not know what he Was
saying 2
II regret much that he has done %
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Think Again.

"Oh, mother, | wish you would whip
Edwin; he struck me in the face with his
hoop stick" cried little Emma, as she
came running home from school, with the
blood gushing from her lips.
"Why, Edwin,' exclaimed the mother,
''how came you to hur. your sister SO bad
Iy? You surely could not have intended
to do it,"
"No, mother. Sister knows that il was
an accident. She came running in my
way, when was driving my hoop, and the
stick struck her, l did not"
"Come to me, Emma, and let me wash
the blood from your face; then will pun.
ish your brother, if you wish me to. Shall
do so ?''
Eyes, mother. He is a careless, naugh.
ty boy"
"Bu, think again, Emma; you may be
sorry after it is done. You are satisfied
that it was an accident, and that you were
as much to blame as your brother.
"You were both careless, and that was
the way the accident occurred. III pun.
ish him, shall hurt him more than he did
you.
"Would it do you any good to see him
cry2 Would it make your face fee! any
better to know that he is Suffering pain
Think again. Twill do just as you wish
Shall punish him %
"No. no, mother" said Emma, quickly
and the tears fell faster than before. 81
know he did not mean to hurt me-"
"Then go and kiss him and tell him yo,
forgive him for his carelessness and ash
him to forgive you, for your anger .owart
him."
II was sweet sight to see the loving
children locked in each others arms kiss
ing away their tears!
Little children, never do or say anythin,
in anger but think again, and you will al
ways find the second thought is the wisest