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Cultivate Cheerlulness.

We should first wildly realize the
beauty and dignity of that mood of
inward content and outward bene6-
cence, crowned as it is with life's
choicest blessings, in order to see how
mean is that spirit which, starving
its sympathies to glut its antipathies,
crabbedly grumbles DR. haughtily Sulks
through existence, pervcrsely fertile
in plants amidst bounties which, in
a cheerful heart, would call forth p@-
ans. We should cultivate that fresh
ness of perception by which we have
satisfying delight in little things,
so that WeEhove through comihon
pleasures d4E familiar scenes asif, in
the e&quisi$ phrase of the poet, "Life
we're one loHg and sweet surprise. -
We should void the error, SO pro-
life of disc tent, which, mistaking
abstract Exceptions for inspiring
and product I've ideas, places SO wide
a gulf between thought and action
that everything we think satirizes ev-
erything we do. We should not on
ly hold the rein on those vices and
selfish passions which naturally end
in despair, but should explore the
causes by which the virtues and lof-
tier sentiments, when they disdain all
alliance with the sense of beauty, the
sense of humor, and the sense of en-
ioyment, too often exhibit a morbid
hatred of evil rather than a genial
love Of good, and tumble into the
Slough of Despond while seemingly
in the suburbs of the Celestial City.
We should sympathetically purify the
intellect from egotism and delusion /;
see things in their real dimensions
and right relations, and not as they
are detachedkand exaggerated by our
passions; seAk the good rather than
good appearances learn to smile at
our own follies before we laugh at
those of others and, through wide
and genial communion with nature,
society, and good books, feed the mind
with the wholesome food which builds
up vigorous and cheerful character
But especially must we watch and
W$it for those precious moments, not
common to the most bountifully en-
dowed natures, but coming at inter-
walls to all, when Heaven seems gra-
ciously to open on our minds, ahd
we BECOME compact of bliss-wRen,
through inlets of inspiration suddenly
lifted, stream thoughts and sentiments
which, for the time, make existence
ecstasy! Fix these modes in the mem
ory, hoard them in the heart, assim-
ilae them to the very substance of
the soul; for they can eudear life,
and make it beautiful and sweet, long
after their impayadising rapture has
faded into the "light Of common
day" "Hold," says the Eastern
proverb-" hold all the skirts of thy
mantle extended when Heaven is rain
ing gold p
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Trust in God and Do the Right.

Courage, brother! do not stumble,
Though thy path is dark as night;
There's star to guide the humble
Trust in God and do the right.
Let the road be long and dreary,
And its ending out of sight J,
Foot it bravely--strong or weary,
Trust in God and do the right
Perish "poIicy" and cunning,
Perish all that fears the light;
Whether losing, whether winning,
Trust in God and do the right.
Trust no party, church, or faction,
Trust no "leaders !" in the fight,
But in every word and action,
Trust in God and do the right.
Trust no forms of guilty passion, ~;
= Fiends can look like angels bright;
Trust no custom, school, or fashion,
Trust in God and do the right.
Some will hate thee, some will love thee
Some will flatter, some will slight;
Cease from man, and look above thee,
Trust in God and do the right.
Simple rule and safest guiding,
Inward peace and inward light;
St4rupon our path abiding,
TRUST IN GoD AND DO THE RIGHT.
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4 Roland for an oliver.

b, In d small town on the Susquehan-
ha River, there is a church in which
the singing had "run completely
down."
:. It had been lee. for many years by
one Of the deacons, VIII ose voice and
musical power had been gradually
failing. u
One evening the clergyman gave
out the hymn, which was in metlical
measure, rather harder than usual,
and the deaconl led off. Upon its con-
clusion the minister arose and said .
Brother B. will please repeat
the hymn, asI cannot cdnscientious-
ly pray after such singing"
The deacon very composedly
pitched it to another tune, with q
manifest improvement upon the first
effort, and tho clergyman proceeded
with his prayer. Having fnishe d,
he took up q book to give the second
hymn, when ne was interrupted BY
the deacon gravoly getting up and
saying, in voice audible to tho
whole congregation
"Will Mr.. -- please make an
other prayer? 1t will be impossible
,for me to sing after such praying as
that !"
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HARDWARE AND STOVES.

JINGLE BARKER would respectfully in.
IL form the inhabitants of Lawrence and
of the Territory of Kanz2s that his man.
moth Hardware and Stove Store, No. 8
Massachusetts street, is now open, where
he has on hand and will keep constantly
for sale, for cash only, the largest and b?st
selected stock of Stoves, Agricultural I'M
plements, American, English and German
Hardware, Nails, Window Glass, Oils,
Paints, Willow, Wooden, Cruckery and
Glass Ware, ever brought into the Territory
of Kanzas, at WHOLESALE or RETAIL,
at prices that cannot fail to suit all.
/ ask the special attention of COUNTRY
DEALERS to an examination of my large
stock before purchasing elsewhere, as am
conf dent | can fill all orders in my line to
a better advantage than small dealers can
obtain them from any other source, as buy
all my goods from manufacturers and i'm.
porters out of first class jobbing houses at
The East for cash. My facilities for doing
a jobbing business are unequaled in the
West.
/ also have connected with my establish
ment TIN SHOP where / manufacture all
kinds of TIN, COPPER, and SHEET
IRON WARE, attend to all kinds of Job
Work, Tin Roofing, Sp5uting, Guttering,
Brazihg, Plumbing, DC. Special attention
will be given to this branch Of business,
and none but first class %orkmen employed,
am practical workman ia the different
branches of my business, and hope Sy fair
dealing and strict attention to business to
obtain a share of public patronage. Try
me. Look out for INC big Tea Kettle.
l4tf INGLE BARKER.
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ing University within one-half mile Of
here, which, when completed, will be sec
ond to none west of the Mississippi river.
With these facts in consideration, peo-
pie in the States can have no grounds fol
hesitating to remove here for fear of debar-
ring their children from educational priv.
leges.
PRAIRIE CITY.
Is fairly under way, with more improve.
ments and better prospects than any other
town on this great middle thoroughfare,
Such is our position, that we defy success
full competition. Our main street already
has business appearance, and several
buildings are now In profess of erection.
No place in the Territory will make greater
returns to the capitalists for moneys invest
ed than will Prairie City
TO MECHANICS.
No class Is needed here more than me-
chanics. TKe most liberal Inducements arc
offered them by the Association. One, two,
and three lots are donated to them--accord-
ing to the occupation pursued and the
amount invested in improvements. Me.
chanical occupations of every description
can be followed here with great safety,
affording harvests of profits to the enga.
gers. Families emigrating from the States
generally leave thei household goods behind
to avoid paying the exhorbltant freight
age up the Missouri, and consequently
they rely upon the Territory for a re-fitout
Thus it will be seen that X be demand for
everything Indispensable for housekeeping
must necessarily be great.
10 People desirous of obtaining informa-
tion about Prairie City will have all in
inquiries promptly and satisfactorily an
swered by addressing either in person or
by mail the Secretary of the Prairie City
Association.
Gen. JAMES H. LANE, Pres't.
Capt II. j. CANNIFF, Sec'y.
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Golden Blossoms.

The "Autocrat in the June No.
of the Atlantic Monthly, has, as usual,
some most beautiful thoughts sng-
gestivc and full CT meaning. We
Gull few blossoms from the bounti-
full garden of wit, poetry and meta
physics he lays before the public:
Our brains are seventy year
clocks. The Angel of Life winds
them up once for all, then closes the
case, and gives the keys into the
hand Of the Angel Of the Resurrection.
:. -Wheneyer the wandering de
mon of Drunkenness fnds u ship
nLrift-no steady wind in its sails,
no thoughtful pilot directing its
rourSe,--he steps on beard, takes
the helm, and steers straight for the
maelstrom.
THE way to argue down vice
is not to tell lies about ito say
that it has no attractions, when eve
rybody knows that it has, ,--butrath-
er to let it make out it's case just as it
certainly will In the moment of
temptation, and then meet it with
the weapons furnished by the Divine
Armory.
II think you will find it true,
that, before any vice can fasten on a
man, body, mind, or moral nature
must be debiltatcd. The MOSES
and fungi gather on sickly trees, not
thriving ones; and the odious para
sites which fasten on the human
frame choose that which is already
enfeebled.
-WoMEN-Their love first in
spires the poet and their praise is
their best reward.
Shabby gcntility has nothing
80 characteristic as its hat. There is
always an unnatural calmhess about
IT'S nap and an unwholesome gloss,
suggestive of wet brush.
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JOSIAH MILLER,

SEEING that we are about to have legal
- authority established in Kanzss, an
nounces that he will attend TO all business
pertaining to the profession of the law
Settling here in August, 1854, and being
editor Of the "Kanzas Free State" which
was destroyed in Lawrence, May 9lst
1856, he is well posted as to the best
places for investing money on speculation,
and as to the true condition ofmaay con
tested claim cases, and will faithfully at
tend TO any business Of that kind.
N. b. That his office Of Judge Of Probate
docs not prevent him practising in all other
courts OF Kanzas, and also gives him au-
thorty to administer oaths, take deposi.
tions, acknowledgment of deeds, and other
instru ments of writing,
~ A number Of l6O-acre warrants, low
for cash or on time
Office 10 Massachusetts, street, opposite
Express Office, Lawrence, KIT. l2f
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Oh What q World this Might Be.
BY CHARLES SWAIN.

BY CHARLES SWAIN.
Oh what world this might be,
If hearts were always kind;
If, Friendship. none would slight thee,
And fortune prove less blind
With Loves own voice to guide us
Unchanging e'er and fond
With all we wish beside us,
And not care beyond.
Obi what world this might be,
More blest than that of yore
Come learn, and twill require We,
! To love each other more,
OH what a world of beauty
! A loving heart might plan
lfman but did his duty, "
. And helped his brother man!
Then angel guests would brighten
The threshold with their wings,
And love divine enlighten
The old forgotten springs.
Oh what a world,of beauty
A loving heart ght.plan--
If man but did his duty,
And helped his brother man s..,,
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RU- There as recently concert
on the skirts 4 Newcastle, and the
audience comyrised some ameteurs
from q mine. SIn the course of the
evening the Paganini Of the orchestra
stepped forward to play "& solo on
tho violin" His ambitious selection
was the famous +" Carnival" through
which he struggled with exemplary
courage, and at the end ho dropped
his bow apd fiddle by his side, right
and left, and made obeisance, expect
ing q burst Of applause instead OF
which his ears were astohishod by
nm exclpination from tho back seats I:
:" Aw say, fiddler, are 70 ,gaun to bo
oil meet tunin' that fiddle o. yourn,
or are yo gpun TO give us a tune ?"
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II is Not q Dye.

XXTE subloin few names ofthose who.
w recommend Mrs. s. A..ALLEN's Hair
Restorer and 2ylobalsam. Prest, Eaton
of Union University, /" Tho folling Of han
ceasod, and my grey locks changed to orig
inal color Rev. q. A. Buckbee, Treas,
Am. Bible Union, N. Y,'I cheeriully add
nv testimony Nv. Degen I'D, Guide
TO- Holiness, Boston, 1--WE can testify to its
eirects.D Row u. r. Fairchild, Cor. Sec,
Ohm Union, N. Y, Used in my family
with beneficial efIetts.' Rev, A. Webster,
"oh'n Era" Boston, "Since using your
preparations, i am neither bald or grey as
heretofore" Rev. ]. II. Cornell, Cor Sec,
etc., X. Nv has restored thehair Of ono
Of nv family to its original color, and stop
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information, send for circular TO Hff
T INV MRS. s, A. ALIENS N
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READY FOR THE
Spring Cam paignlI
READY Yl-TAKE AIMi--FIREl

A ND then charge with all your might
"a aud main with pick'axeS, crowbars,
spades, sbdvbls, stone-baihmors, and every
other necessary weapon, into tho stone
quarry on Liberty Hill, and construct there
a formidable stone fortresss Tor JOHN
GRAHAM, to secure a retroat and obtain
fresh supplies Of building material when
he Is strongly pressed BY tho numerous up
plicationa 10 be madeta. him fCrhis services
In housebpilding Mr., nrah6h is fully
70 execute all ordots that may be
givon him In the etono masonry line, and
will work upon such terms us will be unob-
ieciionable to his employers.
l3H JOHN GRAHAM.
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Worse Than That.

Some years ago, as Captain B,
of the steamer Water Witch" was
passing down the Arkansas River,
they hadpreSsing need Of an axe, and
not having one on beard, at the the
first landing the boat rounded 10,
Captain B dispatched at Irish
man to the nearest cabin in quest of
one, Pretty soon Patrick returned
with an axe but when, after having
used it, the Captain ordered him to
return it, he refused ppint-blank,-
4" Shmc an I'd Spake to the baste no
more" "But what is the reason ?"
urged Captain B. "Shure thin,
III till Je. Whin | wint up to the
cabin 1 saw a white woman forninst,
an l axed her perlitely would she
be afther lendin' ME the loan of an
axe, an she tNlled me to ak her hus-
band in the cY Yrn-feld. So, yer hon
or, bwint upfo the corn-feld, an /
saw a big black nager a standin' there,
an | sez to him, sez l, an where's
yer masther p Sea he, pm the mas
ther;' an sez [, pm afther havin'
the loan of an axe for a few minutes,
Sez he go down to the house an git
it, Well, | got the axe, Capting, an
as wint by the door sez | to mesilf,
Be jabers, but I'll be arther givin'
her a small bit Of me mind So |
poked me head into the door, an sez
|, Amt ye ashamed of yersilf to be
havin' black nager for husband :"
An sez she, Law, no l had a sis
ther who done worse than that Sez
!, What was that shure p An sez
she, She married an IrishmanP An
bedOd, I'll be aftRer spanking no more
tothe boste, Capting, beggin yOr hon
or's pardon" Trhe "Capting" laugh
ingly excused i'm from SO unpleasant
o duty.
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NEy- ITha Soulhem E'ra notiC

\ Mv The Southern Era notices
thd MStriaEe Of Mr.. John Ii. Strange
~ Miss Elizabeth A, Strange, all Of
Albemarle county, Va. An exchange
thinks that it ia very strange, but
says. no doubt tho next cvent will be
4 little stranger.
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RBv Albert Smith once wrote an
article in Black'Oood, signed "A. S."
"Tut," said Jerrold, on reading the
initials, "What pity Smith. will
tell only two-thirds Of the TRUTH"
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PRAIRIE.

As fine prairie as there is in this country
Ibis round about in this region.
TIMBER.
There is sufficient quantity of timber
to supply the reasonable wants of the farm.
ers, aud for town purposes. And timber
grows very fast in this couNlry; the Locust
can be grown from the seedin three or four
years, sufficiently large for fence posts.
FENCING.
A claim can hardly be found without
sufficient stone on tho same TO fence
II, and build all that Is desired--Wire fence
can be made at cost of about forty cents n
rod This kind of fence would be, we
think, the most available to start with the
osage Orange will give protection to crops
in about four years from tho seed.
STONE.
We have the best of building stone on
the town sito in great abundance. The
cost Of quarrying and hauling Is about three
dollars cord. Limo and sand can bo had
at cheap rates; and in any quantities.
WATER.
In this respect, we think, Prairie City has
tho advantage over many other towns In the
country. While water as rule, is abund.
ant, and or good quality in the Territory,
still II Is Of better quality and more east
ly obtained In somo localities than others.
Wo think every citizen can have good wa.
or In his yard AZ an expense Of from twenty
to 6rty dollars. This, II will bo acknowl-
edged, is u desidcratum Of greater value
than almost any thing else. II must be h
great drawback to atown, whore all the
water is brought from aspiring, or hauled
from tho river, or obtained by digging from
fifty TO eighty feet to obtain H.
EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES
We cab truthMlly say that In no part Of
Kangas Territory are tho people 80 blessed
with educational privileges IN tho people Of
this section. On "Liberty HILL within
tho city site, Is now being erected n Semi
nary, which Is designed for four teachers,
when completed II will DO two stories In
height, surmounted with On ornamental
cupola. Tho, Moihodist u, Church have
located and now have hawds NJ work erect.
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