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The BIacksnlith's Daughter.
BY KATE GLENMORE.

81 wish to exact promise from you, Fred
on this anniversary ofmy birth day-shallit it
be given'"
"Most assuredly Lucy, if it be anything
consistent, unless, indeed, it be that shall
relinquish my cigars" ..-
"No Fred, that is not what am aiming at,
so rest easy, will not tease you on that
point to-day; but it is one of infinitely more
importance. So say yes" ,ams
"Tell me first what l can promise. 1t is
too much like leap in the dark, to say yes
to an underlined proposition, My sister
knows would not willingly refuse her any
request to-day" b. aas97 ai ..t
"Well, then, it is simply this, that you
pay Susan Howard no further attentions
''How SO, Lucy!" What has Susan How
ard done to offend you, or what can you
bring against her that will justify you in
making such request"
II should not suppose you would ask that;
is not her parentage enough!" m5a.
~ cannot see what. She is the daughter
of honest respectable blacksmith, who has
always supported his family honorably, and
given his daughters an education that will
render them ornaments to the best society
in our land" '''4@
"How absurdly you talk, Fred; where can
you have picked up such sentiments! ]
think that society would be vastly obliged
to you, were you to introduce blacksmith's
daughters to grace it's circles"
"Well, it might be Lucy; for notwith-
standing your prejudices, let me assure you
there is not girl among the circle of your
acquaintance, WHO, for the sterling qualities
of mind and heart, will compare with Susan
Howard" ....,.s.
81 know nothing Of her sterling qualities.
She doubtless does we'll enough for the sta
ton in which she moves, and which she is
assigned to fill, Us the wife of some sturdy
mechanic; but you as well as she, would
find she was quite out Of her sphere in more
refined society:'' 0 3oi;.no&
~ am sorry to hear you express such SEN
timents. What have We. the children of a
republican governmental to do with such dis.
tinctions' Worth is the criterion by which
we are to Judge, not the accident Of fortune
and family. This is one Of the chief beau
ties Of our republican institution that. j
grants to every man and woman the power
to become the architect of their own FOR
tune. To be something or nothing!"
aAll that sounds we'll to politicians, snt
will doubtless havea very good effect il
electioneering purposes, but | have no ambi
ton, because live under republican gov
ernmeat, to become so very republican il
, my feelings and associations. The distinc
tions of society should be observed, els
what would it become!"
$50 they should, Lucy, and so they eve
'1will. The distinction between vice ant
virtue, ignorance and intelligence, !cnlleo. !canlnlo
be too nicely drawn, though fear il weul'
be to the exclusion Of many who now swell
|. the list of our would be aristocracy, thougl
the admission of our worthy blacksmith ah'
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RAVENNA, THURSDAY, AUGUST "a, 1854.

the benefactresses Of this terrible place
those meek and lowly women who have
deemed it their right and their prerogative to
relieve human suffering, to administer SYM
pathy and consolation to dying, despairing
wretchedness, to give succor and assistance
to the wanderer and the outcast! Who in
the sight of Heaven, is the most woman'
Who, in the Divine Judgment, most fulflls
her mission, of making the world holer, pur-
er than it is! Is it her, ....... ......
"Who, seized with oratoric pangs,
Gives happy birth to masculine harangues?'
Or she who, in quietude and gentleness, like
an angel-genius from some better world, go
eth about doing goods Oh! you unwoman-
ly women, who are talking of Congress and
politics, elective franchise and aboltionism,
g g You do not know one half the woes
.. The very poor must bear; ....'..-fr
You do not see the silent tears
By many mother shed, .7
-. As childhood offers up the prayer
'Give us our daily bread.'"
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MY LITTLE FLOWER.
BT J. }. BARKER.

"My little flower, o may II bloom,
A fadeless flower beyond the tomb"
D how we love the first green bud,
That tlseth on the brow Of Spring;
And fondly cherish those fair flowers,
She sestters from her velvet wing:
'ris sweet to see the opening flower,
Its varlegated wings expand,
To catch the fragrance OF the breeze
That noateth DER the smiling land.
God made the nowers-thoso precious gins,
Natures own beauteous tInselry-
o how they speak abroad their praise,
And teach our hearts humility:
God made the flowers, all beautiful,
Smiling in beauty everywhere,
Yet they through all the changeful year,
His glorious "lmage" cannot wear.
Yet this fair aopsr, oftendor growth, .....
Just waking In its rurlty,
Has written ON Its lovely form,
His "imago' of Divinity:
There's love within that laughing eye,
My heart hath never known before,
And music In that strange new voice
I'm sure cannot wish for more.
The rose was fading day by day,
Its sgorgeeus leaves were paled and scared,
The flowers of spring had passed away
When this my OWR snest flower appeared:
The Httls angel, bright and pure,
Just lent us from the upper sky
We're glad with this distinguished gift,
And glad 1t has no wings TO 1y.
With carefal hand and watchful eye,
I'll guard Its soft disclosing bloom,
And well protect my opR speet yfOUer,
Ny Father planted incur home.
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A New RELIGIOUS Sect IN ENGLAND
There is sect which has arisen in England
called The Disciples. They believe that
Christ will appeaa in 1864, that the Russians
will triumph over the Turks, and the Jews
will become nation in the Holy Land, and
that Christ will be their King; that Abra-
ham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the rest of the
righteous Jews of old, and the few elect
among the Christians, will rise from the
dead; and live in Palestine; that the heath
en- and and wicked Jews and Christians will
sleep eternally.
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Beautiful Sentiment.

Ike Marvel. in his "Reveries of a Bache-
lor," thus writes:-A man without some sort
of religion is at best poor reprobate, the
football of destiny with no tie linking him
to infnity, and to the wondrous eternity that
is begun within; but woman without it is
even worse-a flame without heat, rain
bow without color, a flower without per-
fume. A man may in some sort tie his frail
hopes and his honors to this weak shifting
ground-tackle, to his business or the world;
but woman without that anchor called
Faith, is a drift and a wreck! A man may
clumsily continue sort of moral responsi.
bility out of relations to mankind; but wo-
man, in her comparative isolated sphere,
where affection and not purpose is the con-
trolling motive, can find no basis in any 9TH
er system or right action but that Of spirit
ual faith. A man may craze his thought and
his brain to truthfulness, in such poor har-
borage as fame and reputation may stretch
before him, but woman--where can she
put her hope in storms, if not in Heaven!-
And that sweet truthfulness-th abiding
love-that enduring hope, mellowing every
page and scene of life-lighting them with
pleasant radiance, when the worlds storms
break like an army with smoking cannon
what can bestow it all but holy soul, tied
to what is stronger than an army with can
non! Who has enjoyed the love of chris
tian mother, but will echo the thought with
energy, and hallow it with tear.
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III or The church is still in existence at
whose door Luther hung up his 95 PROPOSE
tions against the Church of Rome, and offer
ed to defend them against the world. The
same doors still remain: the alter has been
removed, and in its place is erected the Pull
pit. in which Luther often preached. Near
ly under the centre Of the church are laid the
bones of Luther and Melancthon. sanqs
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~ GT CruehyIis the result of fbaseness and
and cowardice. 7qs.sgeg
Or To suffer for having acted well, is it
self a species of recompense.
GF We grow old more through iRdoience
than through age. gea .sa. a.,
aifsT This life is like an inn, in which the
soul spends few moments on its journey.
tFNatme designed the heart to be always
warm, and the hand to be often open,
e3r6F When the winds of applause blow
fresh and strong, ,ithen steer with steady
hand. 800 1aA 5ad' g* 5
. Or There is species Of pleasure in suf-
fering from the ingratitude Of others, which
is reserved for great minds alone,
o. On every part Of creation is inscribed
this sentiment, "Not for ourselves, but for
others. "''1" ,2 go " '
or Life becomes useless and insipld,
when we have no longer either friends o.
eIeA enemies Its .rsllib yeut bfa .ah esIi a9ifa
OF There is q star above vs. which nnites
souls Of the lfrst order, though world ana
ages ,seperate them 4 tls Ilig stssaessos
). fET. .Gracefuhimanners are the loutwafd
form ofire6hement in the mind, and good af-
fsctions inths heart. Tdf rsate ea9t bs.t ia8
mr. one bad habit indulged or submitted
- 4.s IL q "a & s, s,s,, s,ss..sf
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i IPray for the Loved at Home.
ny Il. l.. A.


pray for them when sunset
Is gliding every hill,
And darkness steals tho twilight,
And all around Is still:
When l am tired and weary,
And all my work is o'er, .
'Tis sweet ~ pray at close Of day
For those l see no more.
! pray for thee my father, g.. p.
When night 10 stealing on,
And tho last ray Of daylight
Without sigh has gone:
pray for thee, o mother,
Ny dearest friend on earth:
Tyls sweet to pray at close OF day
Away from JOY and mirth.
see my little sister,
With dark eyes fuii Of tears,
And pray that brightest angels
WIN guard her future years:
When am tired and weary,
And all my work Is O'cr
IT'S sweet to pray at close OF day
For those sec no more.
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includes our aim, our destiny, and deathiess-

inciuues our aim, our destiny, and deathless-
ness. f Fan. ..... .rss r..s..s u,
Thou and he and we may not dream of
love; and we may set our heart against it,
and say in bitterness of spirit, and with Gym
ical pride, we seek it not; but we perVert
the All-wise purpose if we do, and break
with desperate energy the holy vessel that
contains our bread and balm of life. aa.r
Days and Distance and Circumstance, ,and,
more than all, Ourselves may interpose be-
tween our love; but tits expectunt of our
coming, and longing for our embrace, with
sense of weariness and pain. s-g. '.f
And we shall find love somewhere and
sometime. No Fate, however, stern. no de-
feet of our own, nor act, nor resolve can pre-
vent this end OF Nature; and when we find
love, happiness will be with it, and Heaven
in Earth, and forevermore. r ..s
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PRIMITIVE MAN.-Horace Mann says, in
his inaugural address, that for more than
one third part of the duration of the human
race not q single instance is recorded Of a
child born blind, or deaf, or dumb, or idiotic,
or malformed in any way! During that whole
period, not a single case of natural death in
infancy, or childhood, or early manhood, or
even middle manhood, is to be found. Nor
does he think that during all that period any
one ever died of disease. The first instance
on record of son dying before bis father,
occurred two thousand years after the crea-
ton. He. thinks the introduction of disease
was the result Of the long continued viola
ton of the laws of our physical. and organic
nature; He says oman came from the
hand of God SO perfect in his bodily organs,
so defiant of cold and heat, of drought and
humidity, SO surcharged with vital force, that
it took more than two thousand years of the
combined denominations of appetite and ig-
norance-it took successive ages, of outrag-
eous excess and debauchery--to drain off
his electric energies, and make him even
accessible to disease; and then it took ages
more too breed all these vile distempers
which nowinestle, like yermin, in every Or
gan and fibre Of our Christian Ad-
Uocdte. ,sthyya H,tt @Gf - #"N''sd" gE
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0E, When Jackson and Adams were can
didates for the Presidency; Jackson Penn
sylyanian charged Adams with having for
his wife the daughter Of George III. An
Adams paper conceded that, but stated that
Jackson married two of them. ..-r.a-
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PAssISG AwAV.--There were l52,76l
soldiers engaged in the revolutionary war.
OF this number, there are now less than
fourteen hundred living, whose ages must
average nearly ninety years. Seventy three
have died during the past year. A few
years more and these venerable octogenari-
ans will only be known in the pages Of his
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! Or Young man, when you go forth from
your fathers roof, and set out unattended,
upon the broad field of fife, let activity and
usefulness be your first and steady aim.T
Let not the transient and fckle, Temptations
which are strewns alohgIthe path detain or
turn yeuifrom your course. Sety yonr mark
high: commence with i firm step and deter
mined resolution not 10 cease in your efforts olt
till you have mounted the summit. When
there you will find your position easieE to
keep than to ascend and easier to fall than
toikeep. 90 allogRrsPat e fi9sl y 4iss 81,
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,s Or The lady who did not think il respect-
ableito bring up her children tOwork has
lately heard from her two sons. One of
them ID bar-keeper on ! fatboat and the
other is steward of brick-yard, + t4ss 50
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A MAMMOTH CANA large camp meet
ing is being held near the Red Lion, Della
ware. There are already five hundred and
twenty tents on the ground, which is about
one hundred more than last year, when it
was thought to be the largest in the country.
On Sunday last there were not less than ten
thousand persons assembled, and nHotwiith- InHotweiittlh
standing the crowd, the religious services
were attended with the utmost decorum, and
the preaching listened to with profound At
tention. The, camp is on the route of the
Baltimore Railroad,and three trains run thith-
er five times each day. s.,g 3, se 4, ,,1.
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THE MARCH TO THE GRAvE.-What a
mighty procession has been marching to-
wards the grave during the pastycar! At the
usual estimate, since the, first Of January,
1868, more than 3l,5oo,ooo of the worlds
population have gone to the earth again
Place them in a long array, and they will
give moving column of more than thirteen
hundred to every mile of the globes circum'
ference! Only think of it; ponder and look
upon these astounding computations! What
a spec acle, as they "move on," tramp
tramp-forward upon this stupendous ,deae
march, ,,1.l..,s. "a a,r,ga.. .... t-a, sr.,
Life is short and time is fieetng, ..-...,,
-'''t And our hearts, though strong aud brave,
Still, like mufied drums. are beating ~ a'G-
.rf3- Funeral marches to the grave. HIs.a n
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Central Africa.

l
DR.. Vogel, the astronomer and naturalist, wfi!
ting to the AAttsneum from Lake Tsad gives
terrible descriptions of Central Africa. % The forl
esicqnsists for the most psrt merely of two sorts
of accaeiaS, not single tree or shrub is devoid
Of prieklesy There is no fruit or vegetables ex1
eeptj water melons and bread melons, and totnia-
toes and onions, and almost the sole viands con-
sist of meat and poultry which are very p ientil
full IA fowl may1b bought for two needles,
sheep for eighteen-pence, and a large OK for six
shillings. The soil is capable of all kinds OF
cultivation if there were but people there labo-
rious enough to till it. Indigo, cotton and mex
ons grows wild; rice and wheat, the former phr.
ticularly good could be raised in any quantity.-
The Inhabitants instead Following agriculture,
find it more convenient 10 make marauding ex-
cursions into the neighboring countries, and to
carry off a number of slaves, mostly children
from nine TO twelve years Of age, whom they ex-
change with the Tibbu and Arab merchants, for
the trifing necessatSes which they possess, be-
yond the few things afforded them by the soil.-
These consist principally of calico, burnus, salt,
and little sugar, ~ In this kind Of traffic slave
boy Of ten years is reckoned at about l5s., and a
girl Of the same, age is worth about fl sterling
The lake itself is not such fl C clear water
but morass extending further than the eye can
reach, and on its banks, are mosquitoes numer-
GUS enough to sting man and horse to Death
Chamelions, ants, termites, yenomous serpents,
scorpions, and toads, from four to fve inches in
diameter, are very numerous, but beetles and but
terfIes extremely scarce. There are great num-
bers of elephants and 'hippopotamia by the lake,
and large wild cows gazelle, and antelopcs are
also very numerous, The black ladies plat their
hair, employing in the processan .eYtrayagaut
supply Of butter, into innumerable little tresses,
united in the middle OF the head by a comb,
which gives them very much the appearance, Of
having. on dragoons's helmet, Sometimes
they wear also little locks round the head, OF the
form and size, and thanks to the fat, of the con-
sstence also Of bore-chips. They dye the frnot
teeth red, the corner or canine teeth black, SO
that when they open the mouth theyqremind one
Of chess-board. They paint themselves over
with indigo, including even the arms and face,
which gives their complexion an excessively lu-
idicrous blue tint. s'''"a'@5 -'' ..''.
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We should discipline the mind BY useful exercise
that viii benefit US at the same time that Il gives
us Peediul discipline. why s6ornlld boy wade
through . continent Of mud to strengthen his
mental legs1 Why look down a idingy mine Of
crawl into an Egyptian mummy.Pit to strength.
en- or discipline his young souIl What kind o.
discipline. does false spelling giyelr It eumbers
the memory with heap of rubbish that wise
men should be glad to get rid Of, and burdens the
soul with load that we should do our our utmost to
sase the next generation Of" ''.' - - -',.'
The introduction Of the powerrpress make.
Photography, or rapid writing, one Of the neces-
stiles Of the age. Speed in writing should Cor
respond with speed in printing, All publications
explanatory Of these systems can be obtained, Of
LOngly and Brothers, Phonetic Publishers, Gin
cinhati, Ohio. ''' .'.'' w
HIRAM, July %, 1854. D",, .'.a ,i.,. '''
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en-, and to him who hath not, shall be taken away.
even that which he hath. Strange as this may
seem, it is nevertheless true in life. The rich,
on their death7beds, give their money to relations
who have money. A poor relative is, left to his
poverty. But watered and nursed plants soon
perish The oak that springs spontaneous from
the soH, throws its shade beneath q hundred SUM
merssj Il ,alsns ii .aa;r rgsu ,>4}-Saf
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+ e. @E8EtE RSY.sB%7 y
-. "THE RULING PASSION sTRoHG N pEArH."--- y
A Germai woman called "a few days. since upon
Mr. Willard, the City Poor Master, and inform
ed him that her husband was dead, and that as
God was her witness She had no means to bury
him. Mr.. Willard gave her aid; afew days af.
terwards she called or sent again that her chile
was dead, and there was no way to bury it,
Again, Mr. Wiilidrd responded. After time, j
was reported that the woman herself wasill, an,
upon visiting the house it was found that thu
womannherself was iii dying condition, with
child clasped to her breast and on nherperson wa
found belt containing $217 in coin, Mr., Wi
lard invested the amount for the benefit of th
surviving child. Such yisathe lesson scupidit,
teaches.-Dstroit Inquirer. .l,4 ,slA
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Or Theres only one earthly affection. that
cannot dsappoint as, Love offamjly and friends
may be treated with neglect. or held incontempt;
but love of our country cannot lcheatIu Ius, sndf
grows more ardent with Aour years. Whatever
benefit we are happy y'enough to confer upon our
county, isa legacy to posterity g And tobe re-
lnemberedsfcr good deeds, is the noblest hope Of
an aspiring mindos 72iHgs a'a ss&a2 assa-is
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a a .4 - :
0T An instance Of the efficacy Of short pray
er, is related in connection with the history OF
Wyoming Valley. An American who had stray
ed into thes&oods,E the protection Of the
fort, was surprised BY abody Of Isdans who haa
been lying in ambush AAgsayageyeil ana a,fdot
race fesultsda In his fight the Amerscsfi dds
coveredans aged bntan upon his Rhees' pfayina
fer ctionsagainst she savage foeS andin pas
sing near he cried ont 9a'sisS
sold feller, you had better make that d---e
shott;ff yod want to save Your scalp" ssq@ Z ~
The aId man ppSffoHHtsd By the suggestion BY iH ne
mediately lprclOpRcing she amen; and then Jump
Ing nI, eeizedl 1.-The laxtended hand 6f his yonHl
friend, by which means, they both barely escap
] ed the tomahswk,
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AsToNIsHING..Sn mother and old Mrs.
said Mrs. iSnooks, when Twas baby, they put
me in quart. pot and then put the lid on"a a'@
sand did youlive!" was the astonishing in
quiry of Mrs. Stubs. 1855 ass #l4 '.fi
atfFheys tell me did," was the astonishingreE
ply .,4u4-u4 7aarst ,3Ga p s+f .raja sai
swell, did you ever!' and Mrs. Stubs fell to
knitting hkelone possessed. -. s'-gs 81"
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TnEsW Il D Man OF TAMERIcsA. -rtEheres is amin
habitant of the woodsby thesG aboon river, more
to be feared than he.lAfrican boa; is The wild
man Of the woods-znot an ourang outang though
an immense ape--always acting on the offensive
and ready to attack man. The bones OF his exL
tremites are longer than those Of an ordinary
sized full grown man. | have examined them
here, and whilst contemplating the skull, the
jnws and their terrible apparatus, really experi-
enced a sort of 3shudderingse The canine teeth
are upwards Of two inches long, and Of proper
tionateibulk.'f There is a ridge running from the
top of the nose backward, overaheo crown Of the
head ;gto) this is affixed a,muscle, by which the
living animal draws backwards and forwards d
mostIfrightfal icreseof stiff hairs; when ienraged
orspurposing to iufictinjury, he erects them and
draws thea crest forward over his eyes, and utters
most hideous yells at the same time. 1a'ja'ia2',
" Nothing seems to intimidate him. Sometimes
he advances, with boGghs Of trees broken off fol
the purpose Of cohcealing his approach and at.
tack, and suddenly grasps the legs Of the human
being, brings him instantly to the ground breaks
his bones by blows Of his mighty arms and hands
and tears the flesh with his monstrous teeth
The native huntsman, who goes in search ol
meets hitn,9 whilst pursuing less formidable ami
| mails, has learned that the safest way to engage
is to act on the defensive; to let monster draw
near, when he will Immediately seize the end 0
the mlzzle' Of the gun, ready cooked and presen
ted, between his teeth. Instantly it must be dis