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The Word "selah. !"

The thoughtful reader of the Psalms
cannot have. failed TO ask himself what
the>word "Selah means. It is He.
brew word or sign, which the translate
ors of the Bible have been forced to
leave as they found it, from their iguor-
ance or disagreement as to its correct
signi6cation.
The Targum and most Of the Jewish
commentators give to the word tha
meaning of eternaliy forever. Rabbi
Kimchi regards it as sign to elevate
the voice. The authors of the Septua-
gint translation appear to have regard
ed il as musical or rythmical note.
Hcrner regards it as indicating change.
Of tone; Matheson, as a musical note
equivalent, perhaps, to the word repeat.
According to Luther, and Others, it is
equivalent to the exclamation silence
Gesenius says that I" Selah " means,
Let the instruments play and the sing
ers STOP" Wocher regards it as equiv
alent to sursam corda ! (up, my soul y
Sommer, after examining all the seven
ty-four passages in which the word oc-
ours, recognizes in every case "an ac-
tual appeal of summons TO Jehovah !;
they are calls for aid, and prayers to be
heard, expressed either with entire di-
rectness, or, If not in the imperative
Hear, Jehovah y or awake, Jeho-
yah !" and the like, still earnest address
es to God, "that he would remember
and hear," etc. The word itself, he re-
CARDS as a blast of trumpets by the
priests. Selah, itself, he thinks, is an
abridged expression used for litigation,
indicating the sound Of s,ringed instru.
ments, and Selah vigorous blast of
trumpets. - IL i
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JEsrINo UroN ScRiPTURE.-The evils
arising from this practice are greater than
appear at first. 1t leads, in general, to
irrevcrence for Scripture. No oman would
jest with the dying words of his father
or his mother; yet the words Of God arc
quite as solemn. When we have heard
u comic or vulgar tale connected witlln
text Of Scripture, such is the power Of
association, that We never hear the text
afterwards without thinking Of the jest.
The effect of this is obvious. He who
is much engaged in this kind offalse wit,
will come at length to have large por.
tion Of Holy Scripture spotted over by
his unholy fancy.
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MiHrtIIanfula :Raaina.
Drifting.


One calm summers evening sat up.
on the rivers bank, gazing listlessly
down the stream; watching the current
as it eddied and whirled along over its
rocky bed and listening to the low MUIR
muring Of the waters. I was thinking
of the world-of human life, its respon.
sibilities, its cares-of the various in.
fluences at work, and their manifold re.
suits. Just then little boat, which
had been moorcd near the shore, left its
fastenings and began to drift out into
the stream. Slowly and almost imper-
ceptibly at first, it floats along, Lorne
onward by gentle evening breeze, its
speed gradually increasing as it nears
the current into which it is soon drawn !;
and now, with increased velocity, it ia
impelled forward and out of sight by
the resistless waters. -... .6
How strikingly, thought /, does this
resemble some phases of human life
A boy, the pride and JOY of his fond
and dotng parents, endowed with a
good intellect and an amiable disposi
ton, brought up thus far within the
charmed circle" of, parental influence, is
to- be educated. He is sent TO college.
For while everything goes on well.-
He is attentive to his studies, and ex
emplary in his department.. The pre-
cepts instilled by his parents are still
fresh in his memory, and he is enabled
to resist the allurement incident to col.
lege life. By.and by q change comes,
scarcely TO be observed at first, but soon
quite apparent. He is not so regular in
his attendance at his recitations-they
are not quite so we'll prepared-he dress.
es q little finer-may be seen usually
with the "fast boys "--carries cane
frequently has cigar in his mouth
takes drink occasionally--swears q lit
tie, just little, once in a while-neg.
lects church and sabbath school, and so
on. That boy is drifting. His little
barque, freighted with the hopes and
anxieties of his fond parents, and the
interests Of his own immortal soul, both
temporal and ETERNAL lie drifting out upon
the broad river Of Immortality. Soon,
unless its course is arrested, it will be
drawn into the current and borne on to
destruction--to sink beneath the dark
waves, to rise no more, or wrecked upon
the rock of crime and disgrace. God
lhelp that unsuspecting boy! God pity
his loving parents, the stay and prop Of
Whose declining years he was to have
beenl
! A young man starts on in life. lie
10 handsome, talented, and has means
enough to begin with. lie engages in
business-is industrious, attentive and
polite. For while he gets on finely,
his business increases, and his heart beats
high with hopes Of success. Soon, how.
ever, his attention to business begins to
slacken; instead Of always being at his
office, you now frequently see him down
town ; he dresses more elegantly, smokes
q finer segar, and drinks aner wines and
more Of them--goes more into fashion
sble society--drves fast horses-fre
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to gaze sadly, but not fearfully, at the
white tombstone glimmering family in
the dark and desolate ground, for the
stars shone brilliantly in the clear cold
sky; then shouldering the iron bar Of
which Isabella had spoken, lie sat out to
return. :. ..,...-.. .. ..
He had proceeded about half way,
when in the gloomiest part of the road,
he saw white figure emerge from a
clump of willows and come up towards
him. II looked like a walking corpse,
in a winding sheet, which trailed on
the ground. All Martins strength of
nerves was gone in an instant. Cour.
age gave place to desperation, his hair
standing erect and his blood running
chilled with horror, still he stood his
ground. The spectre drew nearer,
seeming to grow winter and larger as
it approached. We cannot tell what.
frenzy seized upon the brain Of the un.
fortunate youth at that moment. The
guests at the clergyman's heard terrific
screams. Dreading some tragic termi-
nation TO the farce, they rushed TO the
spot, one of the number carrying n
lantern. They found Martin kneeling
on the PROSTATE figure, his fingers
clutching convulsively its throat, while
he uttered frantic shrieks for help. His
wild features exhibited the extremity of
terror.
"Only two Of the most courageous
young men dared approach him. One
of them forced Martin TO release his
hold on the throat Of the figure, whilst
the other tore away the folds of the
sheet. At that moment the bearer Of
the lamy came up. Its light fell on
the blood-stained, distorted features Of
Isabelle i Martin uttered one more un-
earthly shrek and fell lifeless upon the
corpse. He never spoke again, bxt
lived-an idiot ! ,. .
"a frightful confusion on Isabella's
temple bore evidence that in his frenzy
he had struck the supposed spectre with
the-iron bar. The blow was probably
the cause Of her death, although such
a grasp with. his hands must have de.
prived her Of breath. lie never knew
afterwards what he had done, for never
a gleam Of reason illuminated the dark
ness of his soul; and now the tolling
bell has told us that Heaven in its mer-
cy has finally freed the spirit from its
shackles Of clay, and given it life and
light i'm q better world"
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The WIFE.-It is astonishing to see
how we'll man may live on asinall in
come, who has handy and industrious
wife. Some men live and make q far
better appearance OIL six or eight dollars
a week, than others 10 on fifteen or
eighteen dollars. The man docs bis
part well, but his wife is good for moth.
ing. She will even upbraid her hus.
band for not living in rs good style as
her neighbor, while the fanll is entirely
her own. His neighbor has neat,
capable and industrious witA, and that
makes the difference. His wife, on the
other hand, is whirlpool, into which
n great many silver cups might be
thrown, and the appearance Of the water
would not be changed. No Nicholas,
the Diver, is there 10 restore the wasted
treasure. 1t is only an insult for such
a woman TO talk TO her husband about
her love aud devotion.
Southern Homestead.
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EVERY man who is the head of a
family, and who has his home In the
country, and who is anxious 10 make
that home a place Of happiness that
shall be looked back to with fond re-
collections by bis children, when they
come to leave him and 90 out into the
wild world, should by no means neglect
the cultivation of fruit. In the days of
childhood and youth, the appetite Is
keen, and the tasting Of good apple,
pear, peach or plum, imparts most
pleasant sensation to the palate. And
although we may like to partake of
those fruits in after life, their pleasant
taste will never give such a thrill of en-.
joyment as was experienced in our ju-
venile years.
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Sin sntrrrsting 5targ.
THE T0lLlAG BELL.

Not many montbs aoo. In one of INV
summer rambIes. i found myself. on a
beau,;fuI Sabbath morning. the guest of
a wo,tby and intelligent family, in a
Quiet country village.
Tbe early break fast was over. .parents
and children had Joined in reading a
chaetsr. ia the Bible; Mr.. Sedgwick,
she head of the family, had then offer
ed up a feryent PRAYER, at the conclusion
of which we all arose from our knees.
when our cara were greeted by the clear
deep peels of the ringing church bell.
$50 late p exclaimed Mr.. Se6pwick,
looking at the clock. !" Our time piece
must be wrong.n
aThatis mot the first bell for church, n
renlied her husband. so,emnly. aTbere
bns beeo a death in the village. The
bel, /, going 10 toll for Martin Lord
aSucb t6en. is his unhappy end ~
mu,ed his wife. - Well It will, be
WRONG, TO mourn. his death. If death
was ever a mercifnl' proyidence. il il go
IN ,,,is casen
ala & a,person who bas been long
s;cl ~, I asIed
Instead Of answering INV ouest,eu di.
rectIy. Mr.. Sedgw;ck said;
q There & : Sary melancholy history
oonnactaa With tbat vouno man. II Z
49, sc.sa.;.,s .;nee thae s,e;,s.,,A.t %.
casioned nv b;s stranoa tfagedv died
away; but the tolling Of the bell this
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A MATHEMATICAL PHExoMsxor.---

A MATHEMATICAL PHENoMESor..--
A young man has up-sprung in New
York, who has been gifted with unpre-
cedentod powers Of calculation. He
carries about with him, for their exhibi-
tion, wooden slate and piece Of
chalk. On this slate, in one instance,
five columns Of ten figures were placed,
which were replete with the heavier
numerals. Mr.. Hutchinson (this is the
phenomenon's .name) was not permit
ted to see the figures until they were all
marked down. He then seized the
chalk, and, with convulsive jerk, put
down at the bottom the correct sum
total, with rapidity that scarcely al.
lowed him time to glance at the figures.
The youth does, with the same lightn-
ing rapidity, sums in cube and square
root. He is engaged by Barnum, and
will give lessons at the museum. The
Post says that il has been suggested
that any one wishing to stump this
remarkable but not ven, NOUS adder
has only TO ask him to add up the
enormities Of our late Legislature, or
the profits that the Gridiron speculators
will make out of the city Railroads"
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A FABLE.-A young man once pick.

A FADLE.-A young man once pick
ed up sovereign in the road. Ever
Afterwards, as hc,walked along the road, /,
he kept his eyes steadily fixed on the
ground, in hopes Of finding another.
And in the course of long life he did
pick up at different times good amount
Of gold and silver. But all these days,
as he was looking for them, he saw not
that Heaven was bright above him, and
nature beautiful around. He never
once allowed his eyes to look up from
the muddy filth in which he sought the
treasure; and when no died a rich old
man, he only knew this fair earth of
ours as dirty road TO pick up money
rs you walk along.
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5rlfrira partrg.
Gray Hairs.

. ny MRS. L, n. sIeoURSEY.
Gray hairs! marvel why they strike
.k Such terror and dismay rla.- ~
No mark Of wickedness OF shame,
Or foul disgrace, are they. .
As silent as In infant dreams - ~ {
Steal Ger tho cradle-down, -
They weave their sparkling silver threads
Into the black OF brown,
Gray hairs tho waning beauty shrieks
Before her mirrors face,
And forth tho 'umblest invader Hies
.. Uprooted from It's place.
Oh, lady, stay that lilly hand
II ono sueh guest should fall,
They say dosen more viii como
To attend the funeral.
Gray hairs I saw the Queen Of France,
Arraycd In regal state,
Receive tho elite of the land,
The titled and the great,.
And whilo her dignity and grace
We're praised by every tongue, -
The. long, white ringlets, DER her brew b
In fearless clusters hung. y SO.
Gray hairsi when sprinkiod hero and there,
In beard and whiskers too,
Inspire respect and confidence, ,
Moro than the. youthful hue.
OF knowledge, Of manhood they tell,
Pcrcbance Of serious thought
And loss at tho expansive school
or sage oxpcsienco taught
Gray hairs! think them beautiful .
Around tho ancient face;
Like pure unsullicd SHOWS that lend
The windry landscapes grace, 8 :,
When found in wisdom's way they crown
With wealth.s exhaustless store,
A prelude TO that home of joy.
Where change Is known nomoro.
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Courtesy.

The innumerable fae and delicate
thread which true, courtesy weayes, As
~oof and warp, constitute the strength
! of the social fabric. Courtesy is love
embodied, and rendered active and WIS.,
ible; aud love attracts into union and
oneness, and when, contiguous water
drops rush ntomutpal bosoms and form
| river and lake. Conventional obser-
vances may drive men into combina,
tions, rs external hoops force the slaves
to become tho barrel and the cask.
But the drawings OF love will attract,
even through impediment and barrier,
like the magnetic influence that ope.
rates through the vessel upon the min.
ic floating swansBs 1i5g,so-r.
yCosntesy is essentially different from
politeness, etiquette, manners. These
may become mere marks of supreme
selfisliness and hatred 4; and they may
be only exhibitions for praise and profit.
Courtesy has, indeed, no special form
or6 manner, and yet never wars with
suitable and decorous conventionalisms.
Courtesy is inherent, and ever The same;
but forms of polileness are. shaped by
accident hence the etiquette now reign.
ing may he dethroned in time, and the
politeness of 10 day become rudeness or
vulga,ity. ." '..' -" '
| Courtesy cannot be taught or learn
ed, IL cannot be put on or laid aside.
Courtesy is fch-mere politeness seen.
| The former wins love- the latter respect.
The one bows gracefully and profound.
iy; the other would lay down life.
To become polite, read Chesterfield; to
become courteous, read the Bible
! Abraham, the father of the faithful, and
Paul, the Apostle Of the Gentilcs, bow.
ed indeed with courtly grace, respect
fully; but it was their courtesy, mani
tested in look, word, tone, manner, that
revealed their heart love, and melted
other hearts.
The writer was passing once along a
narrow pavement. A young man, in
coarse apparel, at our approach, step
ped aside, with great alacrity, and into
the mud edging the path. lie did not
bow, he waved no hand. he moved
without grace, and yet the whole was
evident courtesy.
After passing, the thought arose,
should we not acknowledge and thank
for the behaviour SO unusual in Young
man in this brazen age. We went
back. Offering our hand, we said:
Young mo iA'}ssl.a-lands with me !"
Certainle fines, Englhy do you wish
It Iosonh nnso InV IohmS5e kind-hearted
ielioS@genscn Watch, and oman you gave
olfrhe Above Watches are inBSjr I would
AZ. er Cases Hunting, and Open Fail, go, ~
...hhc will warrant to keep the best ot"t 'n"n'
vGTVEIaF""", """. VI. t.y may
aas n great vavicty of fJEWELK -.
\ styles. lie deans il needless to meii9 profess
articles of JewelrN but says ho has got saven, if
hing you need. y
) will keep soon,
Silver and Plated Ware, hands
n'i> a. 10 'ne marke'. , our
y REPAIRING, 4Smen,
llkinds of REPAIRING done in Watctb!icans,
I ,s and Jcwelry in n workmanlike mantS or of
Vt the shortest notice.
! - His Shop may be found at the Go
| nsc. . 42-tf #. PeH
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A MOTHER TEAcHISa IIER CHILD TO
Play II is at once an object the most
sublime and tender the imagination can
well conceive of. Elevated above earth
ly things, she seems like one of those
guardian angels, the companion of our
earthly pilgrimage, through whose min.
istration we are inclined TO good, TO
turn from evil. @ fTsHE. .#.
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TNTAL OPERATIORe"oe'

SAD HS Us FALL.
gAbouta IA Jan was
sent 10 HIN ANDERSCe a car.
go Of srcspectfully inform tho pjPortiand.
Maine. cenyille that he has tNbed IN tho
I,o,,.o S, and ia prepared TO ae ~ ''
house a. In all the branches, wears, and
possessedesiding in the countrymfidence of
his emphSs coming, Sc :" as to AVON to New
sufficient mo-& PRICE the cargo Of
sugar, but wjYS AT II due on a
bought. !"
This your ry competent
in his busine; : :-T.DNSan ordinary
intelligence, and o. O ArtNa "A attractive ap.
pcarance wilhal. + L. one sin, and
that, alas! was a c. generShe. lie had
contracted the hah'oye Rsambling, and
fell, il would seeH; Hfwiss nS'Ss .ey Sprey to the
gamblers OF NACTUREnS. He lost ev-
cry dollar of his vyon IIAJr's money, and
u few days since { styIesa of his being
fatally stabbed. .iE-~' anu 'SaGjaifee.house affray.
e. When VIC gallant fellows have run out
There's nothing left-sxcept to run him
through
A brother in-law (long a resident of
New Oricans) OF the wretched Young
man, passed through the city on. Satur,
day with his coflined remains. A weep.
ing sister had placed white flowers up
on the ignoble yet mousned dead ere il
started for the place which had known
1t in life. In a once happy cottage,
now how desolate in grandly pic
turesque spot, within sight of the silver
ioaming surf. which beats along the
ocean coast, a widowed and heari-brok-
Ell mother awaits the coming of her
dead son. And we pity her, and mourn
the fate Of young man, who in earlier
days was our companion and friend.
Cieapeiand Plain Deuler.
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IT makes great difference whether
glasses are used over or under the nose.
If the former, the person can see and
60 straight ahead-if the latter, the
head is rather apt to 60 where it can't
see at all. A glass before the eyes, is
apt to n1ske man philosophcr--one
before the mouth will most likely make
him a fool.
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CoNsoLAToRY.-There is nothing
more in consonance with our notions
and sympathies when an "old maid +"
is the topic of our meditation. than the
apostrophe Of Jean Paul. who thus ex.
presses his sentiments q Forsaken and
patient one! Misknown and mistreat-
ed! Think not of the times when thou
hadst hopes far better than the present
are, and repent the noble pride of thy
heart never! It is not always our duty
to marry, but it is always our duty to
abide BY sigLt, net 70 purchase bappi-
ness by the loss Of honor, not to avoid
unweddedness by untruthfuluess. Lone
Is, uadmired heroines ! In thy last
hour, when s.l life and the by gone pos.
sessions and bnlwarks of life shall crum-
Lle in pieces, ready to fall down-in
that hour wilt thou look back on thy
untenated existence-no husband, no
children, no wet eyes will be there-but
one high, pure, smiling angelic, beam.
ing figure, God.like and mounting 10
the God-like, will hover over and beck
on thee to mount with her--the figure
is thy virtue u .. ....
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A Mrs. JoHN REID is advertising in
the Philadelphia North American, an
"infant's retreat" established for the
accommodation Of those Babies whose
affectionate parents desire to travel
without encum6rances.
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Ara recent sale of autograph letters
in London, a letter Of Washing toms,
written when subaltern in the service
Of the Colonial Government, to tho
Governor Of Virginia, sold for fl5.l0.
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TnE tongue Of the patient developes
to physicians the disease Of the BODY,
and to philosophers the disease of the
mind.
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A WISE man win dread the begin.
ming OF quarrels. None Of us know
how much Of the eyil spirit 10 either in
himself or his adsessarv. <
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MANY a true heart that would have
come back like dove to the ark, after
its first transgressioa, has been frighten-
ed beyond recall by the savage charity
Of an unforgiving spirit.
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Woman Without RELIGION.

A man without religion, is, at best, a
poor reprobate, the football of destiny,
with no tie linking him to infinity, and
to the wonderous eternity that has be.
gun within him; but woman without
it is even worse-a flame without heat,
rainbow without color, flower with
out perfume. A man may, in some
sort, lie his frail hopes and honors, with
weak shifting ground tackle, to business
or to the world but woman without
That anchor, called Faith, is drift and
wreck A man may clumsily con
tinue kind Of moral responsibility out
Of his relations to mankind; but wo
man, in her comparatively isolated
sphere, where affection, and not purpose,
is the controlling motive, cannot find
any basis for any system of right action,
but that of spiritual faith. A man may
craze his thought and brain to trustful
ness in such Il poor harborage as Fame
and Reputation may stretch before him,
but woman-where can she put her
hopes in storms, if not in Heaven p
And that sweet truthfulness, that abid-
ing love-lightening them with the
pleasantest radiance, when the worlds
storms break like an army of smoking
cannon-what can bestow it all, but a
holy soul.tie TO what is above the
storms, and to what is stronger than
army with cannona Who that has
enjoyed the love Of a Christian mother,
but will echo the thought with energy,
and hallow it with tear?
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WHEN Pride and Poverty marry to.
ge,her, their children are Want and
Crime.
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nr WIS. I, n. sIeoURy.Y.
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kinds of REPAIRING done in watchb b!ics
"a and Jcwelry in workmanlike maniiS or
Vt the shortest notice.
- His Shop may be found Mt the Go
Msc. 42-tf PeH
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-03

Eve CHILDREN BrRxKp.--0n Friday night last SAYS the
Debit DELI Ges Of tue Let inst the house of Mr. Lu.
Their Briggs Of Davenport in this county, was consumed
by fire. and Ave Of his children persisted In the Haues
the evening at neighbours about half mile OFT taking
with them infant child leaving six at home-the Oldest
daughter seventeen and the youngest three years. The
children went to bed the parents returned and the
fire supposed 10 have originated from the stove The
Oldest and slept below and the others MP stairs
The girl waking up finding the house fire. ran up stairs
to wake her brothersthe Oldest OF which lad OF ar
teen Jumped out the window and the GIRL it supposed
attempted down stairs for the child her bed The
boy opened the door from the outside when the flames
burst his face audourned him severeiy but they
Ii ink not fatally.