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Tl'orgh she boasts Of her power,
Could moi sever the twig,
In that perilous hour.
And now its great statue,
Is rated to the;skies,
And upward and onward,
Forever twill rise.
Until its long branches,
May In each cloud hide,
And to play with the elements,
Be its boast and its pride.
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was 50, how came the chair to tip the way 1t
,didA sYOuwefe trying to peep overs the dso~
Go to the Kitchen lss - 10 iafs zaqt

was 50, how came the chair to tip the way 1t
didA 'tYou~efe trying to peep over the dsOx
Go to the kitcheni ~ ~ ie isia zagt
Lucy went out with fallen plumes. Mr..
Clamp took his hat to 90 also.
"Don't 60 :ill ! get You the notes, !" said Mrs.
Kinloch. 4. - l'' y. ~ " go s,3a
As she brought them. he said, q vii. send
these by the next mail, with instructions to
collect.n ,isiTrs1'g sa@Aaa
ea whii. his hand was on the latch, she spoke
- -ts.lY1y 1a. .s.aSssas Bg3I9go Gl1ffl
"Mr, Clamps did you sver look over the
deed Of ths land ne swnlaboat the dam where
the mill stands ?'' asaisH-s8Si = 1eA
"No, ma'ansJ h,va sever ssen.it."
+, aI wish you wuulds have the land Surveyed
|secording 70 this t!sisg;s shssaid. sssQaite pr
vately, vow know. just have the lire run, and
/ let ne know abonti.. Perhapsit win be as
6ell - sreat1Ser rAn.A .AiSsihank auASst Gsmttf
to do it /; he wilikeep quiet about it."
Mr.. -ClAnp stood. still = momestas Here was
awoman whom he was expecting to lead IKE
! child, but who On the other hand had fairly
bridled aud saddled him, 20 that he was driv.n
he knew not whittier. stAss&t9
"Why do you propose this, may ask, Mrs.
,Kinloch ~ aasa n .4t1 .no..saaa
"Oh. have heard," she replied carelessly,
"that there was some error in the surveys
Mr.. tciSlssb ofien talked nf having insortect-
ed, but, likemoH utsnsput il off Snow, as we
may sell the property, we shall want TO know
what we have cot. ,,r silF i.sss xstt RI fliSEs
sfCertainly, Mrs. Kinloch, / will followyonr
prudent suggestions,' adding to himself, as
he walked away, sT shall have tobe tolerably
shrewd to get ahead Of that woman. won
def what she is driving at" ''ase' r ia ,5s s,Is
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the breast of his adversary and waited to hear
"Enough." Hugh ground his teeth, but there
was no escape /; 20 fsint aor sudden movement
could reverse Their poyiti0ns; and out Of
breath, he gsssGpp In snlleA' despair.rr,o aaF
aLet me up" he said, At length Mark
arose, and being by this time Thoroughly So
bsred, he walked Of with bout ! wcrd and pick
ednp his basket 5 o .p,ssess L ! i ae.s ! "
on the. ashsr hand. wss morsand ss,.sd
more AZ & spgry every minute. The indignity ,,he
had suffered was not to be tamely submitted
to. He got into the h,.at snI took his oar The
looked hAtis and saw Mark kicoinmencing work
again; he temptation was too stroag.sHe
picked uR sns of the largest q the Stones fiat
Mark had <mptiea into sths shsilow margin ot
the pond; lie fhfew'it With all his fore O.. and
hurfiedly pushsi Of from shore without stop
ping to ascselah ~ skisnt a the misehiefs he
6id done. sHsa kkSH that tina stbps did bot
,aiss, FOR ksssdW 1faykt fan 4 ssyily To- the
greusA, and Ahst waseasagh. The injury vas
ssTiaus.y Marx was carried to the farm-h6uSs
ara cas- con6ae1 tosbis hSd Tor six wseks. With
1 brain fsysr, bsisg aslifisqs for ths, ,gfssat9r
rsst o. ihetinssssH Hueh BsaaHisg sftupashe
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What is whisky made of

We presume that the lovers Of the ardent
will thank Us for all information given, OF
suggestions made, in regard to the compo.
nents Of that beverage. The Cincinnati Ga
setts says: We saw two pieces OF iron,
yesterday, which had been used only a few
weeks in pumping still-slop, which were SO
badly eaten by the acids as to require to be
replaced by new ones. This, we are inform
ed, is the uniform result. II such is the ei-
feet on iron, what must it be on the human
stomach Just so the stomach is sup.
posed to be SO delicate in it's construction.
and its coating of so tender character, as
to be easily injured, even by the forcing into
it of unmasticated food. II is not lined
with membrane Of iron, and yet we see
that If it was, such is the nature Of the pro.
duct Of the still, that it would be but few
weeks before it would need new lining
Drinkers may talk of the juice of corn or
rye, and suppose that they are imbibing 1t
in its purity, but the fact is that they are on.
" swallowing the extract of strychnine, OF
some other substance, whose properties are
most destructive. '.~ "" s-"t
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Practical Joking.

"a few days since," writes an attorney
"as | was sitting with Brother D, in
his Office in Court Square, client came in
and said, .. . r ..
"'Squire D, Wiggins, the livery
stable man, shaved me dreadfully, yester.
day, and want to come up with him.
estate your case,' says D.. @
"Client--'I asked him how much he would
charge me for horse and wagon to 60 tc
Dedham. He said one dollar and half.
took the tenn, and when came back, ]
paid him one dollar and half, and he said
he wanted another dollar and half for com.
ing back, and made me pay it,
"D-- gave him some legal advice,
which the client immedi ately acted upon, as
follows:
"He went to the stable keeper and said
How much will you charge me for q
horse and wagon to go to Salem =
"Wiggins replied, Five doIlars.'
Harness him up =
"Client went to Solem, came back by
railroad, and went to the stable, saying.
Here is your money paying him five
dollars. r'..
"'Where is my horse and wagon 7" suys
Wiggins.
"'He is at Salem says client, Il only
hired him to 60 to salem.'"
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shaving Note.

Old Skinhint was the most celebrated
broker in Philadelphia--his "shaying" ope-
rations were famous, as he usually took not
only the beard end whiskers, but zone pound
Of flesh in addition" Young Harry Sea.
rum was one Of those dashing chaps who
loved wine and horses, and who form ma
jority of the borrowers. Harry having many
wants, on various occasions borrowed of
Skinfint at three per cent q month "of;,'
and having at sundry periods made "raises,' u
paid off his responsibilities. At last he gol
tired Of such constant borrowing and repay.
ing. 1t would be six years before his es.
tate could be sold, under the terms of bis
fathers will, who had prudently postponed
that event until Harry should reach the age
of "thirty," and Harry concluded it would
be better to make heavy operation at once
and be rid Of the botheration OF continual
borrowing. Away TO Skin1int's he hurried
determined to procure good round sum-
and so be done with it.
| "I want ten thousand for six years."
"Hem What security will you give I"
"Oh, you may have my bond--that will
bind my property"
"Hem What discount will you give 4
You know my rule is always to take dis
count 'off'-besides, you owe me one thou.
sand, due to-day, and lent you ten in the
street the other day."
"l won't pay what I have been paying /:
one and a quarter per cent, is enough. You
take 1t 'out' and what owe you BESIDES"
"Hem! we'll, here's bond for ten thou
sand dollars at six years; sign it, and it will
be all right"
No sooner said than done. Harry affixed
his autograph, and hummed tune while
Skinfiint got his check book and made q
calculation.
"Huve you got ten dollors about you !"--
asked Skinflint in moment "if SO, let me
have it."
GAIL right, old boy" said Harry, suppos.
ing he wanted to make change, "here it
is."
"Hem hem !" cried Skinhint, locking
up his desk, and making preparations for
''shoot."
"stop, old fellow" said Harry. "Where's
my money 7"
"Your money ! you've got it !"
"Got it what do you mean 3
"Why, was to take off the discount,
wasn't !, and the thousand I"
"Yes want my money /"
"Why, my dear fellow, you've got it,
Ten thousand at one and a quarter month
for six years, is nine thousands thousand
you owed me--und just paid me the ten
it's all right, my dear boy--a foir business
transaction"
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Instructions to a Jmry.

Judges, in this part of the world, are some
times far from lucid in their "charges;" and
in reality, quite as foggy, though seldom as
truthful, as his honor who addressed the pa
tient twelve at the conclusion OF q long trial,
somewhere "out west :"
"If the jury believe, from the evidence,
that the plaintiff and defendant were part
ners in the grocery, and that the plaintiff
bought out the defendant and gave his note
for the interest, and that the defendant paid
for the note by delivering to the plaintiff a
COW, which he warranted mot breachy,' and
the warranty was broken by reason of the
breachness Of the cow, and he drove the
cow back and rendered her to the defendant
but the defendant refused to receive her, and
the plaintiff took her home again, and put a
heavy yoke or poke upon her, to prevent her
jumping the fence, by reason of the poke or
yoke, broke her heck and died; and il the iu.
ry further believe that the defendants inter-
est in the grocery was worth anything, the
plaintiffs note Was worthless, and the COW
good for nothing, either for milk or beef,
then the jury must find out for themselves
how they will decide the case; for the court,
it il understands itself, and it thinks it does,
don't know how such case could be decid-
ed." 'ia....
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The Foot OF a Horse.

The human hand has often been taken to
illustrate Divine, wisdom---and very well!-
But have you ever examined your horses
foot! 1t is hardly less. curious in its woy.,
Its ports are somewhat complicated, yet their
design Is simple and obvious: The hoof is
not, as It tappears to the careless eye, a mere
solid lump Of insensible bone, fastened to the
leg by joint. 1t is. made up of a'series Of
thin layers, or leaves of horn, about FIVE
hundred in number, nicely fitted to each 9TH
er and forming lining to the foot itielE-
Then there are as many more layers belong.
ing to what is called the "cofin-bone," and
fitted into this. These are elastic. Take q
quire Of paper, and insert the leaves, one BY
one, into those of another quire, and you will
get some idea of the arrangement Of these
several layers. Now the weight of the horse
rests on as many elastic springs as there are
layers in his four feet about four Thousand
and all this is contrived not only for the
easy conveyance of the horses own body,
but of human bodies and whatever may be
laid npon him.--Amsrican Agriculturist.
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A Trick:DiscOvered.

An artillery officer has detected glaring
imposture in performance at circus,
which has for months been drawing crowds
of Parisians and provincial dupes. 1t is q
man who calls himself lhomme cannon. He
prof fesses to sustain on his shoulder, as on o
gun-carrisge, what seems to be a piece OF
ordnance Of the calibre ofSa ten.pounder,
which is discharged within few inches Of
his ear, loaded, ofcourse, only with wadding,
but with full charge of powder. The
shouts Of applause at the explosion are in
stuntaneous, but to the professional ear there
was q want of sufficient simultaneity be.
tween the fash and the report, which varied
often most uncannonically. To the profes-
sionAl eye there wos an; absence Of recoil
which full charge must create. 1t now
appears.Itha :mere Roman candle is shot
from this formidable object, while immediate.
ly under the stage tin box crammed with
powder, is made to explode among some
sand bags, and the smoke circles round the
intrepid performer. - Paris Cor. LondOn
Globe.
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How to Take Life.

Take life like man. Take il lust o.
though it was-as it is-an earnest, vital
essential affair. Take it just as though you
personally were born to the task of per.
forming merry part in it-as though the
world had waited for your coming. Take
it as though it was a grand opportunity tc
do and to achieve, to carry forward great
and good schemes, to help and cheer suf
fering, weary, it may be, heart broken bro
ther. The fact is, life is undervalued by Q
great majority Of mankind. II is not made
half SO much of as should be the case.-
Where is the man, or woman, who accom-.
plishes one tithe Of what might be done p
Who cannot look back upon opportunities
lost, plans unachieved, thoughts crushed, as
pirations unfulflled, and all caused from the
lack Of the necessary and possible effort -
II we knew better how to take and make
the most of life, it would be greater than it
is. Now and then man stands aside from
the crowd, labors earnestly, steadfastly, con.
fdently, and straightway becomes famous
for wisdom, intellect. skill, greatness Of some
sort. The world wonders, admires, idolizes;
and yet it only illustrates what each may do
il he takes hold Of life with purpose. II
man but say he will, and follows it up, there
is nothing in reason he may not expect to
accomplish. There is no magic, no miracles
no secret to him who is brave in heqrt and
determined in spirit.
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Social Intercourse.

Observe the effect of social intercourse
A man shall pursue his ordinary avocotions
for length Of time in solitude. Gradually
his mind becomes listless, dull-his soul
power, lacking use, becomes enfeebled.-
A bright thought perhaps-a vivid train oi
reflection accidentally passes through his
mind, and he is again uroused-his soul is
again manufacturing power, and he lives to
some purpose, even though it be but the
enviable reflection Of his own conscious
power.
But this frightening ruy soon vanishes.
and he is again dull; souess almost as the
brutes that surround him. But let him now
approach his fellow human beings. Let
him enter into their feelings. Let the elec.
tricity of his soul intercommunicate with
theirs. and mark the effect. He is no longer
listless, his soul is expanding, he is giving,
at the same time that he is receiving, power;
his benevolence is excited; gloomy misan-
thropic thoughts fade, and make room for
schemes for mans happiness, regeneration,
universal good-the millennium on earth.
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Madame de Genlis, in her memoirs, do.
scribes the tanning she underwent to fit her
for Partisan society in the last century ~
had two teeth pulled out | had whalebone
stays that pinched me terribly; my feet
were imprisoned in tight shoes, with which
it was impossible for me to walk (; had two
or three thousand curl.papers put around
my head, and / wore, for the first time in
my life, hoop. In order to get rid Of my
country attitudes, l had an iron collar on
my mock; and, as / squinted a little at times,
was obliged to put on goggles as soon as
awoke in the morning, and these wore four
hours. was, moreover, not d little, sur.
prised when they talked of giving me mas.
ter to teach me what thought l knew we'll
enough already--to walk. Besides ell this,
Lwas forbidden to run, to leap, or 70 ask
questions" ss s.ls4 / s.ost 81. sarr9i
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Jflisttllalrtorrs.
Superiority Of Modern Glass.

The modern art OF glass painting has lit
tie in common with the older methods.-
When the art was revived, after the long
neglect which it had experienced, the i'm.
in the quality provements OF glass, especially
itsgreater fusibility, made it impossible to use
the cid pigments, prepared for harder ma
tcrial. Their composition, and the methods
of applying them, were also unknown or SO
imperfcctly understood, that new processes
were necessary, and the ever fruitful science
OF chemistry was called upon to invent
them. The results were SO successful that
the ancient colors and methods have been
equaIled, and sometimes surpassed, in beau
" and in every useful quality. And in re-
tpect to glass itself, the modern is far superb
or to the ancient in Transparency and white
ness, and in whatever gives to g lass its pe-
culinr character and beauty. 1t is often
said that the art of coloring, particularly of
making the ruby of the ancents has been
lost. But such an assertion could be made
only in ignorance. There was time when
the manufacture Of white glass was discon-
tinued, not because the art was forgotten,
but because there was no longer any demand
for it. The number of metallic oxhyds was
never greater, and the mode ef employing
them never better understood than at prese mt
II Is not in the materials and mechanical
resources that the art of glass painting is at
the present time deficient, if it is de-
ficient at all, but in that exquisite taste
and unerring artistic judgment which are SO
manifest in the old master pieces of the art.
Many Of the old glass painters had another
advantage. They were architects as we'll
as decorators; they planned and constructed
the ed;ice, and then finished the ornament
the glass paintings among them, with their
own hanss. In design and coloring they
were, therefore, in perfect keeping with the
style Of architecture; each adorned and in
terIreted the other. But now the practice
is reversed.
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Influence Of the Moon on tie
-.r Weather.


IL has been favorite prejudice that the
weather is influenced in some mysterious
manner by the moon. The moon can be
supposed to act on the earth only in one of
three ways, namely, by the light which II re.
hects' by its attraction, or by an emanation
OF some unknown kind. Now the light Of
the moon does not amount to the 100 ,OoOth
part oil that OF the sun and the heat which
II excltes ID so small as to be altogether un-
aPpreciable by the most delicate instru.
ments, or the best devised experiments. No
effect can be attributed, therefore, to the
moons light. With regard to the uttrac.
tlon OF the moon, we see its influence on the
tides of the ocean, and might therefore be
disposed to allow it a similar influence on
the atmosphere but when we take into &C.
count the small specific gravity of atmos-
Pheric alr In comparison with water, and the
consequent smallness Of tho mass to be act.
ed upon, it will readily be perceived that
this influence also must be extremely feeble.
AS to the remaining suppostion, tina. the
moon may act on the atmosthere by some
obscure emanution, it is sufficient to rema rk
that no meteorological observations that
have yet been made, afford the slightest
traces OF any such connections between the
earth and its satellite. The registers kept
in various observOtores and other places.
also prove contrary to the popular belief,
that the changes Of weather are In no wsy
whatever dependent on the lunar phases.
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tribunal has had any other object than the
reward Of.Partizanship; no higher quGlidca-,
tons seems to have been sought, than devo-
ten to the requirements Of slavery exten-.
6ioH y =f5 t. i 'l';.'"= -
Such wholesale allegations can be an
swered best by wholesale denial. This Cd
dress sbOundS in just such cslnmnyp6n this
great tribunal-@as wanton as it is mischiev.
ous. 1t teteais, however, the purposes Of
this party. They are to overthrow 1T. and
as step towards the overthrow of the, con.
sttution of tbeif.country., Their Views. are.
radical and destructive; such as tend to make
life and property unsnfe; and tend directly
to anarchy. No worse service can denRa-
gogues do than to break up the respect and
confidence which the nation enteFtainS to-,
wards that great tribunal, the Supreme
Court. @ tIs. -.
What was the head and front OF the Of
fence of the Supreme Court in the case. Of
Dred Scott Its decision was 10 the, vital
point, that it belonged to the sovereign state
Of Missouri to determine, BY her laws. the
whole question of slavery within her juris-
dictioh. subject only to such express Obliga.
tions Gas the return Of fugitive slaves) as arc
to be found in the federal constitution; that
this right grows necessarily out Of the inde.
pendent character OF each state; that the
laws Of other states; as enacted BY their leg.
islatures, or srpounded BY their courts, cannot
affect rights growing out of her own laws;
and this principle is equally applicable to
each state belonging to this confederacy.-
Thus Massachusetts makes her own local
laws as to slavery end this law is expounded
by her local courts, and the rule laid down is,
that the Supreme Court will not reverse the
judgement of her local courts on this subject;
but will follow them. Hence the decision
of the state courts are final decisions. This
is the Dred Scott decision, which but follow
ed late prior decisions; and the Supreme
Court, in declining to overrule the courts Of
Missouri, It Is admitted in the Law Report.
ers, returned to an old and sound rule Of the
court. If this be not decision in favor Of
state rights, we know not what can be cali.
ed such decision.
Now this infamous New York address
without single citation from the opinion o (
the supreme court, pronounces it to be an
invader Of the rights Of the states ! Was
thopa .aveP c,,rh hnId uhhlvahine, m ttrarra.
sentations and calumny! The politicians
that continue this warfare OH the Supreme
court deserve the severest condemnation
which truth and patriotism can utter. aat
Shame upOn'these infamous effosss to SOW
the seeds Of sectional hatred! Out upon
these viliiers of the Supreme Court They
are triflers with the pomentous interests or
our common country. Boston Post.
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DIR. Chalmers and the Barber.

The celebrated Dr.. Chalmers records in
his journal, the following adventure with o
London barber "Wednesday 26th-Start-
ed at 9, much refreshed. Got hair dresser
to clip me-a great humorist (; he undertook
at the commencement Of the operation to
make me look forty years younger. by cut.
ting out every white hair and leaving all
black ones. There was very bright cor.
ruscation Of clever sayings that passed be.
tween US while the process was going on.
I complimented his profession, and told him
that he had the special advantage, that his
crop grew in all weathers, and that while
had heard oil over the provinces the heavy
complaints Of "a bad hay harvest, his hay
making in the metropolis went on pleasant.
ly and prosperously all the year round.
He was particularly pleased with homage l
rendered to his peculiar vocation, and assur-
ed me. after he had performed his work
that he had made me ct least thirty years
younger. told him how delighted my wife
would be- with the news of this wonderful
transformation, and gave him half q crown
observing that 1t was little enough for
having turned me into youthful Adonis.
We parted in rour Of laughter, and greet
mutual satisfaction with each other. WIZ
e "a . 81