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ALessOn for Boys.

Edwin was one day looking at q large
building which they were putting up jusi
opposite bis fathers house. He watched
The workman from day to day as they car.
ried u the brick and mortar and then pla
ced them in the proper order. His father
said to him:
edwin, you seem to be very much Ia
ken up with the bricklayers; pray what
might you be thinking about? Have you
any notion Of learning the trade.
"No." said Edwin, smiling, ''but was
just thinking what little thing brick is
and yet ths' great house is being built by
laying one brick upon another"
Very true. my boy, never forget IT,
Just so it is with oil greSt works. All your
learning is only one little lesson added to
another. liza man could walk all around
the world, il would be BY putting one foot
before the other. Your whole life will be
made up Of one little moment after another.
Drip added to drop makes the ocean,"
Learn from this not to despise little
things. Learn also, not to be discouraged
by great labor. The greatest labor be
comes easy il divided into parts. You could
not jump over q mountain. but step BY
step takes you to the other side, DO not
fear, therefore, "a. attempt great things.-
Always remember that the whole Of the
great building is only one brick upon an
other.
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A Domestic Row.

Morton, the editor Of the Eewbrssks
NeUs. thus describes q domestic row, and
\ subsequent reconciliation, Of which be
was q witness:
Coming down the Missouri, near Been
Lake. between Weston aud St. Joe, our
boat was hailed by a woman on the shore.
The officers Of the craft, with their usual
gallantry rounled TO, headed up stream
and stopped. The lady informed them that
the ''duds and coOkin' consarns' we're all
packed 10 cabin, hard by, ready for re-
InOvnl. and thai It was her desire to take
passage down the river. Immediately the
luds were under way, and fast coming on
,ieck, when a man blowing 10 an adjaceu:
feId, was seen to drop the reins, mount the
horse, aud come charging and yelling TO-
wards the boat. The captsin waited unit
he had arrived. when pufing and blowing
he said: SAun, whar on earth are you going
teW?"
Said she. "Joab, I sllow to 60 where ]
amt to oe cufsd, and cured, and mauled
every Jay, By such brute 8 you are"
Said he, in a very melancholy tone
"Ann, farewell"
Said she dOuhIfully-''JOab, il you'll
treat me better LII stay and live With you
until the breath is clean out Of my body"
And JuSb promised that be would. and
that he hoped to be sternally dog On'd e
thunder, il be wouldn't pay the captsin
for landing, and treat all around il sh'
would just stay, and so she staid. And
the last seen ofthis nearly separated cOUPle
they were sfectiouately embracing each
other on the bank Of the "big muddy
surrounded BY seven little free soil boys
whose shirt tails, like the banners Of Mac
beth. we're hung upon the outer walls. aud
whose eyes were full of gum, dirt and won
der,
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Tue DIaEITY OF AN OATH.-The fol.
lowing scence was said to have occurred in
the Mayors Court at Grand RapiIa:-
Mayor Church presiding. Witness called
up to be sworn By the clerk:
Clerk-"You do soIeInnly swear-"
Mayor, with dignity,)-"StOp! The
witness will hold up bis right hand"
Clerk-AThe man has no right hand,
your Honor.
Mayor, with some asperity) )-"Lst him
hold up bis left hand, then"
Clerk-"Hs has had the misfortune to
lose bis left hand also, as your honor will
perceive"
Mayor, (ssvageIy)-"TsII him to hold
up bis right leg. then; man cannot be
sworn 10 this Court without holding up
sOmethingl Silsuce, gentlemen Our dig
nifty must be preserved"
Wltness sworn on one leg. )-Knier.
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A gentleman from New York, who hsd
been 10 Boston sor tbe purpose Of collect
ing sOme money due him 10 that city, vas
about returning. when be found thsl one
bill Of one hundred dolIzn bad been oser.
looked. His landlord, who knew the debt
or, thought It a doubtful caae; but added,
that IL il pds collected st a'l, . tall. raw
boned Yankee. then dunning . lOdger in
smother part VI the ball. would "WOuy Il
oat" Of the man.
Calling lin up, therefore. be introduced
him 10 the creditor, who showed him the
account
"wal, Squirs,I said Re. 'taint much
use o tryin', I gDesA- / knoH that eritier.
You might as veil try to squeeze lie out
Of Bunker Hill monument, as to elect >
Gebl out Of him. But snyboW, WhAt'll
ysu give. S'POsin ! do try!"
"Weil, sir, the bull il one hundred dol
lsn. I'll give you-yss, I'll give you half
If you'll collect it,"
"Greed." rerIied the collector; "thsrsi
no harm 10 tryin', any WsF."
Some weeks after, the creditor ebsueed
to be 10 B,ston, and in walking up Ire
mont street, encountered Bis soterPrising
friend:
"LOok o'bere," ssid be, esquire. l bad
considerable luck with thai bill o. your'n.
You see | stuck to him like dog TO 3 root
but for the ftst week or 80 'tWant no use
not bit If be was home be was 'shor;
if be wasn't | couldn't get no satisfaction
BV-and.by. says after goiu' sixteen times
III FIX you! says |; 50 I sat on the door
step, and sat all day and part Of the even.
ing. and began early the next morning
but ab ut ten O'Clock he gin in. He paid
me Mt half and I gin him the note"
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Our President.

BE entered lbe White House with .
promise Of Freedom TO Kansas. on bis lips
and 3 scheme foS eDsIAyiBg il, 10 his
pocket. He dseIsred war against CircuIa-
Iing EOtes-and 10 six weeks was issuing
them himself Before the ink Wss dry
which pledged 'EcOOOmy'-bs bad drsin.
ed the treasury Of is last dollar. Before
the printers we're done stsreOtTping bis 10.
flexible discrimination never 10 bonvW-
be vas 10 Wall street soliciting q loanl
He congratulated the County on the
fnal end Of Slavery agitatiOn-and be hss
been sgitatiDg it ever sirce. He ordered
Psulding to stop the FilibusteD--and then
csllei him for doing il. Walker Of Mic.
arAgua be pronounced an Outlaw -snd
rendered bin the huspitalities Of the White
House. Walker Of Kansas hs furnished
with written inslrdctIons-au turned him
out for obeying. Ia 1857 be took of the
heads Of ell POstmasleFs who eoulI not
''hurrzh for Popular Sovereignty" In
1853 he takes off the heads VI oil who re-
peat ;he cry Of 1857.
He withheld troops from Uab, where be
proclaimed there was VAIN order to
keep them in Kansas, where be insisted sll
vas Pesce He sells forts at the west for
tithe Of their eost IN order to buy site,
for fortes at the East at ten times their val
ue: bis subordinatss in bVlh cases pocket
ing the difference He is continually ssk-
ing for new Steam Frigates; but be will
not use those he has, either on the coast Of
Africa, or in the Gulf Of Mexico. He
sends out steane1oStensiLlv to catch tue
Stvx; but with private orders in the Cap.
tain s desk to 60 nothing Of the Sort
Claiming to be one Of the most frugal Of
Presideuts--he has spent more than sly
of his predecessors. Assu ling to be
abOvs party pr.judices. be makes parliIan
ship the basis even of bis invitations to
Diuner.-AIGGny Journal.
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BrAur,yuL ANroporr.-A baDpier Il.

BEAUTIFUL ANEcDorE.-A happier il.
lustrstion Of the wonderful character of the
Bible. aLd tie faculty with which even a
child may answer by it the greatest ques-
tions, and solve the greatest Of mysteries,
was perhaps never given than at an exam
ination Of deaf and dumb institution some
yeats ago in Loudon.
A little boy was asked in writing "wbo
made the worldi He took the chalk and
wrote underneath the question, "In the
beginning God created the heavens and the
EARTH" The clergyman then enquired in
q similar manner, "why did Jesus Christ
come into the worldi A smile of delight
and gratitude rested on the contenancs of
the little fellow as he wrote;
"'This is faithful saying and worthy Of
all acceptation. that Jesus Christ came into
the world TO save Sinners"
A third WAS then proposed, evidently
adapted to call the most powerful feelings
into exercise:
"Why were you boin deaf and dumb.
when l can hear and speak?"
"Never," said an eve witness 'shall !
forget the resignation which sat upon his
countenance,as be took the chalk and wrote:
"Even 80 Father, for il seeIneth good in
thy sight"
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-07-21

PHTLosoPHY OF FLOODS. AS we re.
marked the other day about the great 9 'Od
on the Mississippi, there eeens to bs = reg
uIarity iu their return once in seven years
At least the truth Of history" establishes
this fact. At the same time the late great
food WAS rolling down The valley Of the
Mississippi, there was a destructive food
washing the hank of the PstapscO at Bal.
more, which seems to have been the re-
farming 81 years food which has visited
that city for several regular aud successive
periods Of 81 years lapse. These extraor-
dinary overfows have visited Baltimore 10
the spring of l796, August 0; 1917, June
II, 1887, aud June II, IS6s,-E.
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Heading Prayers.

Among the mot emineot, and By no
mesns the least witty. Of the CoBgTega.
IiOnAl CIergymen Of The last generation in
this vicinity, was the Rev. Calvin Chapin,
d. ID. Many yes7s sgo. before Albany
was linked 10 Boston by irOo bands, a
meeting Of the American Board Of Com.
niiSriOners for Foreign Missions was beld ii
Albany, and Dr.. Chapin, with another Of
other clergymen from this region, attend
ed, performing the journey BY stage. AT
The close Of The meeting they returned BY
the same conveyance. The stage started
at four O'Clock in tue morning, which at
that season was before daylight AL the
passengers in the stage but one were Con-
gregAtional Clergymen; aud thst one was
young Episcopal Minister. At fra
starting the passengers were all silent, till
after some time our Episcopal friend, with
somewhat more Of courage than discretion,
proceeded to deliver himself substantially
Is follows:
IL have been examining those portions
Of the scriptures, lstely, in which prayer
Is spoken o., aud have satisfied myself that
prayer is never spoken Of 10 the Bible
where tie circumstances do not make il
probabIe-yes | may say certain-thSt the
prayer must be read"
To this somewhat startling proposition
no one made any reply, but our young
friend, nothing daunted, went 90; Il vii
defy any gentleman present to bring for
ward an instance where this is not The
case"
There was again a short silence, which
was broken by. Dr.. Chaplin, who said il
his blaDdest and moA de!erential tones:
II do not mean to deny your position,
sir, but there is one question | should like
10 ssk, il you will be 30 kind as to answer
II"
"0h, ask as many questions as you
please, will answer tbem," was the reply
Of the young man.
"The question I wished 10 ask was,"
said DR.. Chapin, very deliberately, "who
held the candle for Jonah, when he read
prayers in the whales bellyF
1t is said that TIE juvenile divine main.
tanned dignifed silsucs during the rest
Of that journey.
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Where Mosquitoes Come Prem.

People are puzElei N know how these
pests Of summer originate, and they m4y be
grati6el 10y chapter on natural history.
Furnished by living eBtomologist: The
mosquitos proceed from the sninalcule,
commonly termed the "wiggle tail" l
took bowl 0f clean water Aul SET It 10 the
sun. In few days some bal: dozen Swag
gle tails" we're visible. These continued
to incrense IN size, till they we're three SIX
ieeDtm Of an inch in length. As they ap.
preached their InHluity, they remained
longer on the surface, seeming 10 live ia
the two meliums Of air and water; finally
they assume chIyssls form and BY an in
creased specific gravity sank To the bottom
Of the bowl. Here, 10 q few hours, per-
c. ived a short, black furze or hair growing
out on every eide Of each, till il assumed
the :Orm Of a minute calerpiller. And thus
It's specific gravity being counteracted. or
iighteued, It readily 10 ted 10 the surface,
and the slightest breath Of air waited it a.
gainst the side Of the bowl. In q brief
spSce Of time afterwards. the warm atmos.
phe,e haIcbed out the fly, and il escaped,
leaving its tiny horse upon the wster. How
beautiful yet how simplel After the wa
ter had gone through this process | found
it perfectly Tree from auinalcule. there
fore came to the consideration that this
"wiggIe tail" is species Of the shark who.
having devOured whole tribes Of animal
cule. takes himself wings, and escapes in
10 different medium, 10 torture mankind
and deposit eggs upon the water TO pro-
duce other "waggle tails" who 10 turn pro.
duce other mosquitoes. 81. ..,-
Any man who has kept house, with a
cistern 10 the yard, has d 'ubIless observed
the same effect every summer. Open your
cistern cover every merning in the mOsqui-
to season. and millions Of them will fly up
in your face. Close the windows of your
c'om at the risk Of being smothered for
want Of air. being careful at :he same time
previously to exclude every mosquito, and
go to bed with pitcher of that same els.
tern water in the rom, and enough will
breed from it.during the night to give you
any satisfactory amount Of trouble. In fact
standing by a shallow, or stagnant pool, in
midsummer's day,you may see the "~ag.
gle tails become perfectly developed mos.
quitos, and they will rise to the surface Of
the water. and fly into your face and sling
you. What is necessary to know at this
day is-hss there yet been discovered any
positive exterminntor Of that great pesi, i,sud
disturber Of nights slumbers, the mOsqui-
to?
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TO Der father. She site neaF me IS write,
her heart toe fsarfuIly wrubg foi much eI.
ternal emotion. Perhaps DO individual sa.
we'd, suffered more in getting ashore than
my friend, VIM. Bradley, of Keokuk. late
Of Columbus, Ohio. He was too late for
the gangway and plank. and sfler spend.
ing bis best exertiOus to save some children
who clung to bis limbs,and some who per-
sistently refused 10 leap into the Wsier, 81.
though small boats we're visiting ss near
IS the flames would permit, he LET himself
down from the guard and fell exhausted
into Akift, then bali full Of water. He
reached the shor,,snd was saVed-but that
was all. The boy who lsaped frSm the
deck snd swan 60 finely, nd he never swan
before in bis life-but preferred drowning
to burning, and 90 sprsng overheard. In-
stinct taught him how 10 swim. aud be was
saVSdi
A bridegroom and bride,young and Joy.
ful, late from orim, N. Y, got sshorv; be
dressed in the unique costume Of hat an
shirt--she do, less the hat. Scarcely any
baggage WAS saved. l have ten checks il
my pocket. but not trunk or carpet bag
"Chariie" had on a night gown, and bis
mother was costumned Ia the BRIDE above
mentioned. Unfortunately for me | hal
deposited my money in the safe. all but a
few dollars, and the safe proved to be an
iron box ouly; everything within 1t being
utterly destroyed. The citizens Of Red
Wing are q human hearted people. All
our immediate wants are being relieved,
and We shall take the next boat mp. with.
out money, and no baggage to trouble us.
Please excuse our perSOnalIsug this letter.
An individual experience iS good repre-.
sentative Of the whole, and ! can give my
own easier than anothsr's. ,, ...
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The Fight in Pennsylvania.

The Philsdslphia Press takes the fol
lowing glance at the field in Pennsylvania.
1t says:
"LecnmptOu is at . fearful discount in
Pennsylvania. 1t Sill not pay one dime
ou the dollar. 1t is being rejected BY al
the shrewd polite ans, even endorsed a. it
is by Congress. In nearly every Con
gressionsl District in this State, the Dem
Ocrats are either trying to get rid OF the
whole record--to bury it out Of Sight--or
else are bowing their LecomPton Repre-
sentatlves into private life. In the BucGs
aud L-high district. Hen'y Chaprnan's 70
nomination IL demanded as essential t.
the sucsess OF the party, owing TO bis IN.
dspen,le,t resistance of the Kansas policy
of a majority of Congress. In Chest-r
sn1 DelsSsre, the champion Of popular
sovereignty, John Hickman is admitted
to I've the only Democrat that cat be
elt ctel. Ia Montgomery and part Of
Philadelphia. Oven Jones is pertinscious
" begging for = nomination, assisted by
the U. 5. Marshal of the Eastern district.
who is most shamefully prostituling his
Office to help tLis double recrsant into Con
grsss for another term; but we hope that
The Democrats Of Montgomery will reject
this andacious appeal. In Berks, Clancy
Jones is opposed BY the very flower Of the
Democracy headed by the English organ
of the party. Even in the Tenth Legion.
Mr. H Dimmick is not safe, though back
ed by the recollection Of an Overwhelm-
ing majority. There is little hope for
Paul Laidy in the Luzerue district; little
for Reilly in the Franklin district, aud
none at NIL for GilIis Of the Clarion or
Dewart of the Schuylkill district.
Behold the picture, Gentlemen Lecomp-
tonitss. Ponder upon it; and remember
the only sensible action is to withdraw
your beaten horses from the track, and 90
save thei. distance and their honor"
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THE PECULIAR INsTiTrTIoS. .-Au in.
quest Was recently held on the body Of a
female slave, near Richmond. Va, BY which
some light WAS thrown upon the institution.
1t appeared that her Insster, Mr. Barnes,
after returning from church on Sunday.
found bis cooL, Cora. less respectful than
be required, and whipped her with raw
hide on the back, willis lis overseer stood
in front and held up her clothes. This did
not bring hvr to submission, and she was
taken into the yard and chained by the
neck TO the lab of q mulberry tree. The
master then llt bus pipe. and threw him.
self upon lounge to reflect upon the bles-
sed gospel be had heard. aud the Otstinacy
of niggers, and was surprised 10 q few
minutes by the entrance Of bis overseer,
announcing thst Cora bad hung herself
with the chain. Whether this was the
fact or whether the o,erseer bad drawn the
chain triHe too tight in fastening her up,
will never be kuoWn. The jury decided
that it was suicide. and they we're particu-
lar 10 the inquest, because the woman was
only hired BY Barnes, and il be had killed
her the loss would have come out Of bis
pocket.