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EaIBLEMATIc coLoRs.

In very early art, we find colors used in
a symbolical or mystic sense; and, until the
ancient principles and traditions were who'll
ly worn out of memory, or set aside by the
later painters, certain colors were appropri-
ate to certain subjects and personages, and
could not arbitrarily be applied or misap-
piled. In the old specimens Of stained glass,
we find these Specifications scrupulously
attended to. Thus:
White, represented by the. diamond or
purity. innocence, virginity, faith, joy, and
life. Our Saviour wears white after His
resurrection. In the judge, it indicates in
tegrity in the sick man, humility; in the
woman, chastity. 1t was the color conse.
Grated to the Virgin, who, however, never
wears white, except in pictures OF the As
sumption.
Red, the ruby, signifed FIRE, divine love,
the Holy Spirit. heat, or the creative power,
and royalty. White and red roses express
love and innocence. or love and wisdom, as
in the garland with which the angels crown
ed Saint Cecilia. In bad sense, red signi-
fies blood. war, hatred, and punishment
Red and black combined were the colors of
purgatory and the devil.
Blue, or the sapphire, expressed heaven,
the armament. truth. consiancy, fidelity
Christ and the Virgin wear the red tunic
and the blue mantle as signifying heavenly
love and heavenly truth. The same calors
Were given to ST. John the Evangelist, with
this difference, that he wore the blue tunic
and the red mantle in later pictures, the
coiors are sometimes red and green.
A. r a.
sun :rof the goodness of God. initiation, or
marriage, faith, or faithfulness. In pictures
of the apostles, St. Peter wears yellow
mantle over blue tunic. In had sense,
yellow signifies Inconsistency, jealousy, de-
ceit; in this sense it is given to the traitor
Judas, who is generally habited in dirty
yellow.
Green, the emerald, is the color of spring;
Of hope, particularly hope in Immortality !;
and of victory, as the color of the palm and
laurel.
Violet, the amethyst, signi6ed love and
truth. or passion and suffering. Hence it is
the color often worn by the martyrs In
some instances our Saviour, after His resur-
rection, is habited in a violet instead of a
blue mantle. The Virgin Magdalene. who
as patron saint wears the red robe, as peni-
tent wears violet and blue, the colors of
sorrow and consistency. In the devotional
representation Of her by Timoteo della Vita,
she wears red and green, the colors of love
and hope.
Black, expressed the ear,h--darkness,
mourning, wickedness. negaiion, death
and was appropriate TO the Prince of Dark
ness To some old Illuminated MSS, Jesus,
in the temptation, wears black robe
,, White and black together, signify purity of
life, and mourning or humiliation hence
adopted by the Dominicans and tho Carme.
lites.
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SOLDERING WITH TIE GLIDING Or
Here are CARELESS, daring sort Of sentences
from an officer in the Crilnea; but they have
meaning for those who encourage the mill
itary spirit, and delight in holiday parades
wi.hou, thinking TO what they may lead:
1--WE are out here soldering with the
gliding off. and many young gentleman
would be forever cured of his love of arms
il he could see but one days fighting, and
have one days parade with the men who do
it. Fortunate il is, that we have youth on
whom to rely, and that there are in old Eng
land men who delight in war; and who
will be ready to incur privaiion, danger and
death at her summons. As to young ladies'
suffering with the scarlet fever, who are
forever thinking Of heroes and champions,
of browning conqueror's brows with flow
ers,' and wishing for Arab steeds and fall
chions bright-if they could but one instant
have stood beside me and gazed into one OF
the pits where some thirty clods of the val
ley.' all covered with scarlet and blue cloth,
with lace and 'hroidery and blood, were ~
ing side by side, and staring up to heaven
with their sightless orhs as they were about
to be consigned to the worms, they would
feel the horrors Of their hero worship, and
would Join in prayer for the advent OF that
day-if come il ever may-when war shall
be no more, and when the shedding OF blood
shall cease"
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LINES

On the death Of Della, ,Dife Of William Dickinson
She's gone. her place is vacant now,
Her once loved voice Is hustled aud still;
Why she wa called We must not ask,
Twas her heavenly Fathers will.
That mothers heart is clad in gloom,
Once aud again she's felt the rod
Her burdens hard, but he who deals
Is Justify God!
That sister deeply feels her less,
Her sweet companonship IN lie is DER
But may you meet her, sister, brothers, all.
On Canaan's bright and happy shore.
Her husband. far in distant land.
Feels that his heart IS we'll nigh riven;
Though short their union here OH earth,
May they united be m heaven.
And to the little one she's lie #
May loving hearts be ever gi, en-,
To lead i, through hfe's dreary waste
And tit il for an angel bright in heaven.
We saw her not since fell disease
Had settled on her youthful brow
But mid and cheerful was her look,
And full Of love-methlnks see it now.
But no! they say she's gone,
Loving and beloved, early 10 the tomb
But 10 those stricken ones may hope arse,
DispeIling every shadow, every gloom.
And may these sad impressions he
Forever craven deeply on our hearts
And realize the truth, that youth
As well as age receives the fatal dart.
Like as the day succeeds the night
Aud morning hues the even,
So may the rays OF ii.ht divine, descend,
And light our way through life to heaven.
II.
Bantam Falls, June 1858.
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Hawoja Yacoob was accustomed to sit by
his money bag, wishing that SOM great spi-
ri, would endow it with the marvellous quail
tiles of Fortunatus' purse. One night. the
voice Of the buIbul was echoing louder than
ever through the desolate old castle, and the
miser's heart trembled with anxiety and fear
Somehow or other he had secret PRESENT.
ment that all was not right-that some UNI
seen evil hung suspended over his head in
the air. Drat the bird ~ quoth the mser,
I" her hateful song draws silly people forth
from their houses, even at this late hour, till
darkness and the terror connected with this
neighborhood are fast being overcome "Drat
the bird ~
GAY, ay! what's that you say1" growl-
ed deep unmelodious voice, close to the
startled miser's ear. "Drat the bird. sir I
Why that bird is our sovereign lady, the
Queen Of the Forest"
The trembling old man could scarcely
gasp for breath, as c.utching tightly with
both hands his favorite sack of gold he look
ed fearfully over his shoulders and saw a
face and head. without any body, floating in
the middle of the room, with pair Of dread
fully ghastly-looking eyes staring at him
full in the face.
"Tha,'s my gold" quoth the head with
terrible oath.
Now, although the miser was ready to
faint away with fright, the bare idea Of re.
linquishing his darling treasure, brought
him TO his senses again: so tie stoutly de.
MED that any one but himself had the ghost
of title to farthing's value of what he pos
sessed.
"But do" said the head. " lay claim
to all the gold in the world; and to prove
to you that am correct, I'll bet you there
are fifty millions Of billions OF doubloons in
that sack, and hundred millions times as
many more"
an take that bet" was the miser's re-
ply, as his heart leapt for joy again, so con-
fident was he Of success
Welt, il took him long time to count be-
fore he came within fifty doubloons of what
he knew the sack ought to contain-now he
only wanted ten-now only fve-now one.
and still the sack was as cram full of doub-
looms as ever.
"There is some cheating here" quoth the
miser. +" won't count any more"
You dare stop, and see what I'll do to
you." was the ogre's terrii. reply.
And so the wretched miser went on count
ing and counting, and never came to the bot
tom Of the sack, through, heaven only knows
how many long years when the last crumb-
ling ruins Of his tenement fell in, people
came TO Craze their cattle in the neighbor-
hood hut the shepherds could never be in
duced to remain there over night, because
they said the noise of people counting mo-
ney, and letting coin drop and Jingle again
on the old stones. was really too awful 10
listen to. especially if the night proved to
be particularly dark and stormy.
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FoR INvA1.rDs.

In some advice to consump,ives, DR.. Hall
says: Eat all you can digest and exercise
great deal in the open air, to convert what
you eat into pure heathiul blood. Do not
be afraid Of outdoor air day or night; do
not be afraid of sudden changes Of weather;
let no change, hot or cold. keep you in doors.
If il is rainy weather, the more need for your
going out, because you eat as much on =
rainy day as on clear day, and if you ex-
ercise less. that much more remains in the
system of what ought to be thrown of By
exercise, and some i'll result, some conse.
qnent symptom or i'll feeling. is the certain
issue. If is cold out Of doors do not muf-
file your eyes, mouth and nose in furs, wells.
wooden comforters, and the like. Nature
has supplied you with the best muff1er,-
with the best inhaling regulator-ihat is
TWO lips. Shut them before you step out Of
warm room into the cold air, and keep
them shut until you have walked brisklya
few rods and quickened the circulation lutte;
walk fast enough to keep off a feeling of chill
illness, and taking cold will be Impossible.
What are the facts Of the case Look At
railroad conductors, going out of hot air
into the piercing cold of winter and in again
every five or ten minutes, and yet they do
not take cold cftcner than others; you will
hardly find consump,ive man in a thou
| sand of them. Ii is wonderful how afraid
consumptive people are of fresh air, the ve-
nv thing that would cure them--the only
obstacle to a cure being that they do not
get enough off and yet villa. infinite pains
they take to avoid breathing it, especially
if it is cold, when it is known that the
colder the air is the purer it must be. Yet
il people cannot get hot climate they will
make an artificial one, and imprison them
selves for whole winter in warm room,
with a temperature mol varying ten degrees
in six months. All such people die, and yet
we follow in their footsteps. Ii | were Sc
rously i'll of consumption, would live out
OF doors day and night, except i, was rain
ing or md-winter, then would sleep in an
upholstered log house. My consump,ive
friend, you want air, not physic; you want
pure air, not indicated air; you want nu-
triton. such as plenty of meat and bread
will give, and they alone. Physic has no
nutriment; gasping for air cannot cure you;
and stimuants cannot cure you. II you
want to get well, go in for beef and outdoor
| air, and do not be deluded into the grave by
newspaper advertisements and un6ndable
cerliders. ...,.
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-06-28

ANEcDoTE OF HoGARTH.-A few months
before this ingenious artist was Seized with
the malady which deprived society Of one
of its most distinguished ornaments, he pro-
posed to his matchless pencil the work he
had entitled Tail Piece the first idea Of
which is said to have been started In compa-
ny while the conyivial glass was circulating
round his own table. s aR'fEh
"My next undertaking." said Hogarth,
s.shall be the End of all Things"
"lf that is the case," replied one Of HE
friends, your business will he finished, for
there will be an end 10 the painter. - '1f
"That will be sou answered Hogarth,
signing heavily, g and therefore the sooner
my work is done the better"
Accordingly he began the next day. and
continued his design with a diligence that
seemed to indicate an apprehension he
should not live ill he completed 1t. This,
however, he did in the most ingenious man.
ner, by grouping everything which denotes
the end Of all things--a broken bottle, an
old broom worn to the stump, the butt end
Of an old fire. lock, cracked bell, a bow un-
strung. crown tumbling In pieces, towers in
ruins, the sign-post of tavern called the
Worlds End tumbling, the moon In her
wane, the map Of the globe burning. gib-
bet falling. the body gone, and the chains
which held it falling down, Phebus and his
horses dead in the clouds, vessel wrecked,
Time with his hout.glass and scytbe gone.
a tobacco pipe in his mouth, the last Whit
of smoke going out, play book open with
"EreUnf omnes" stamped in the corner, an
empty purse, and statue of Bankruptcy
taken out against nature.
$50 far so good" cried Hogarh J" moth.
ing remains but this" taking his pencil In
sort OF prophetic fury, and dashing of the
similitude Of a painters pallet broken: 'fnis,'
exclaimed Hogarth, "the deed 10 done, all
is over"
II is a remarkable and weIl-known fact
that he never again took the pallet in hand.
1t Is circumstance less known, perhaps,
that he died in about year after he had
finished this extraordinary tail piece.
Anecdotes Of English Artists.
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The Pleasures OF Scllool-Teaching.
ByA TEACHER.
Delightful task to rear the tender thought;
To teach the young idea how to shoot

"DeliehsfaI task to rear the tender thought;
To teach the young idea how TO shoot
How sweet il is to watch the minds unfolding.
To tram the young thought aud the euileless
word
To see where plastic characters are moulding
{" Can 90 out -. My lesson isn't heard!'l
flalf formed ideas ,hro' The young mind flirting
tShan't George be s,il. mann p" Joseph
keeps spiltins!'l
There is ihrong Of glad young faces round me,
And books, and states, aud maps on all sides
bound me,
CsShan't them girls s,op7 they're playing
with strine ~
And eager locks, and minds intent on study
{. Jim pushed me down, and got my books all
muddyr')
No shade Of earthly sorrow e'er has clouded
Their brief. bright lives, so innocent and lair
{" Please marin make John move down! my
seat is crowded !'l
No grief nor sadness-t" Sammy pulled my
harry
Existence is 10 them all sunny weather..
e. Bills been a pinchin' J! Nc | haven
nether.")
4 precious charge to me has been intrusted,
The guidance of each yonng immortal mind
e. Can't write with this steel pen! it's go, all
rusted ~
To nourish gentle thoughts and feelings kind,
To lead them in the path which Heaven pleases,
e My spelling book has got oil tore to pleces!")
Oh. for more strength more gen,leness Of spirit
More wisdom in the better way 10 guide
Is I've got nv lesson now! Oh, please to hear
it!9
More patience to endure when ''ills be,ide y
{'' Jim Taylor give my arm an awful TWIST "
Oh, such confusion school may be-dismssed.
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Tears, idle tears, know not what they mean:
Tears from the depth Of some divine despair
Use in the heart and gather 10 the eyes,
In looking on the happy Autumn fields,
And thinking of The days that are no more.
Fresh rs the first beam glittering on sail.
That brings our friends up from the underworld
Sad as the last which reddens over one
That sinks with oil we love below the verge
So sad. 80 fresh, the days that are no more.
All, sad and strange as in dark Summer dawns,
The earliest pipe OF baf-awakened birds
To dying ears, when unto dying eyes
The easement slowly grows gilmmering square
So sad. so strange, The days that are no more.
Dear as Remembered kisses after death.
And sweet as those bv hopeless fancy felgn'd
On lips that are Tor others deep as love.
Deep as first lnve, and wild with all regret:
o Deaih IN Life, the days that are no more !
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-06-28

FEMALE ScHooLs.-We take it that the
following description of female schools,
taken from an English paper. is not wholly
inapplicable to our own country.
+" Expensive, mindless, Impractical and
useless, our schools turn out accomplished
machines, whose minds are, like Chinese
feet, cramped out Of all symmetry, power
and natural use. A little music, which is
merely manual dexteri,y,a little drawing,
which is only distorted imitation Of distort-
ed copies-for neither art is ever taught in
the breadth and significance belonging to it !;
little history. which is but parrots roll.
cali; some geography. which means dotted
outline ON sheet Of paper, but which in
cludes neither the natural history, nor the
e,hnology, nor yet the industry, of foreign
countries; needle-work, which leads to
every thing but usefulness; modern LAM
guages, which, when " Finished" reveal
neither the literature nor the people, and are
equally unserviceable for reading and for
conversation-ihese, as all the world knows,
make up the list Of English school girls ac-
accomplishments and few parents dream of
a more useful or more intellectual education
for them"
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Tnr Asc,rxr EuYprlAss were certainly

TIE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS were certainly
a people endowed with mighty will, and
carried that will into effect with mighty en-
ergy for, while hundred other nations
have disappeared from the face of the earth,
without leaving behind them even the slight
est trace Of their existence, innumerable
forms, bearing the impress of incredible la
Dor, and that in the most durable materials
gigantic crystalizations, as it were. Of pri-
meval civilization-give US even now clear
view of the manner of their existence, and.
after lapse of more than four thousand
years, stand before us as perfect preserva-
ton as if the last stroke had been put TO
them only yesterday. The Greeks might
undoubtedly have derived from this people
in mechanical skill, everything in design,
far more than was formerly believed.-Dr.
Waagan.
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.v We love to see woman treading the
high and holyapath Of duty. unblinded BY
sunshine or storm. There are hundreds
who do 50 from the cradle to the grave
heroines OF endurance of whom the world
has never heard, but whose names will 10
bright hereafter, eYen beside the brightest
angels. ..Fssl,. J.
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ELEMENTS or SUCCESS IN BusiNEss.-.
What are they. knowledge to plan. enter.
prise toexecute, and honesty and trnthfulness
to govern all. Without these elements
without them deeply impregnated on his
nature, no man can conduct any business
successfully. Without chem he Is like
ship that has lost its rudder, or an engine
that has no regulator. With them, success
is certain--as sureas the DEGREES Of destiny.
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-06-28

Quick WoRK.-It was once the fashion
to wear coats. the material for which had
not long before been on the back Of the
sheep. For rapidity of work in this way.
know nothing that can compete with the
achievement Of Coxetor Of Greenham Mills.
near Newbury. He had couple Of South
Down sheep shorn at his factory, at five o.
clock in the morning the wool thus pro-
duced was put through the usual process /;
and by quarter past six in the evening. it
resulted in complete damson-colored coat,
which was worn at an evening party, by Sir
John Throckmorton. A wager for thou
sand guineas was won by this feat, with
three quarters of an hour to spare. The
sheep were roasted whole. and devoured at
asPIendid banquet. in one day they afford.
ed comfort to both the inward and the out.
ward man.-Habits Of Men.
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E- Instead Of saying things to make
people stare and wonder. say what will
withhold them hereafter from wondering
and staring. This is philosophy to make
remote things tangible, common things q.
tensisely useful. useful things extensively
common, and to leave the least necessary
for the last.
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CoMFonTIse.-To lose small fortune Id
an unlucky speculation, and have all your
friends wonder how you could have been
..sucA foil" Isn't it pleasant
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FRIESDs.--The editor ofthe Lowell News,
who has been absenttwo years. says, among
the first who called TO congratulate him on
his return, was the tar collector.
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IlAPfINEss.- all who are happy, are
equally happy, is not true. A peasant and
a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but
not equally happy; peasant has not ca
pacity for having .eqnal happiness with a
philosopher. A small drinking glass and a
large one may be- equally full, but large
ons holds more than small one.
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II Who cannot keep his own sscfss
ought not TO complain il another tells ies i
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-09-05
Republican Senatorial Convention.

This Convention met at Niles on the
28th inst. 1t was largely attended, near
ly every township was fully represen
ted. The delegates were fully sensible
of the Importance of their acting with
cool judgment, and of making a fair un
biased choice, feeling as they did. that
in this cas., a nomination was equiva-
lent 10 an election. The names before
the Convention, were those of good and
capable men. That of Milton Sutlif
was Withdrawn, at his request, before
ballottIng, he never having authorized
its presentation.
The nomination of Mr.. Tayler, will
give general satisfaction, and he will re-
ceiye as cordial support, from this coun-
ty, as he can from his own.
In the resolutions offered by the mi
nority of the committee on resolutions,
we could not perceive any thing OBJ
~jectionable, but they were laid on the
table, by the convention.
The report which we give below, we
take from the True American
SENATORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
met pursuant to call. On motion of Jo-
siah Robbins, Jr., B. F. Hoffman, ESQ.,,
of TrumbulI, was elected Chairman
c. A. Adams, of Trumbull, and T. NJ.
Rice, of Mahoning, were elected Secre.
taries.
On motion, a committee of three on
credentials, consisting of F. o. Armes,
H. G. Williamson and Amos Allison,
was appointed by the chair.
Delegates appeared and presented their
credentials from all the towns in the Dis
trlct, except Mesopotamia, in TrumbuII,
and Milton, Smith and Goshen, Maho-
ming county.
On motion of B. F. Curtis,
Resot0ed, That Townships partiallv
represented, shall cast the full vote of
townships, and that each county select
delegates for the townships u~nrepresen.
ted.
On motion of T. Z. Hutchins, a COM
mittee of six on Resolutions, was appoin-
ted, the delegates from each county Sc
them.
COmmiaes.-J K. Wing, L. J. Iddings,
and B. F. Curtis, TrumbuIl county /;
I. M. Rice, D. Haynes and F. E
Hutchins, Mahoning county.
After a short consultation, the Com
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-09-05
The Last ofthe beavers,


The following extract from a letter
written by Mr.. R. Irby, Of Not'oway,
A. will, no loubt, surprise many who
do not know that beavers still Iinger in
that Sale.
You WI deem my situation : yerv
peculiar one, when | tell you that one of
the greatest hindrances | encounter in
keeping my fiat land dry is dams made
by eavers. | would not err much in
saying that | have had AS many as twtn
ty dams on ray land, which are rebuilt
as fast as | pull them down. The course
ol large branches have been changed,
and the whole fiat land inundated in
some instances; and not satisfied with
branches. the community has become so
large as to put a dam across the river,
selecting a rock foundation, which no
freshet will remove. This would not
appear so strange if the bank of the river
were not cleared /; as it is, there arc only
a few struggling trees for a mile further.
a fence offers but little impeachment to
them as they soon cut a hole through"