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Al Midnight Reyerie.

/ had friend She was Young and
knew no mothers tender care. When
first met her. youths fair morn, had
just been blighted by the cold winds oi
adyersity. Bending, like the reed be.
fore the wintry blast, she arose when
prosperity once more smiled. pure and
seemingly of greater strength sBut
sadness, gnawing like a deadly. worm
upon her yitals, was fast congealing the
leuder font of sympathy and love:
met her and in that meeting. two souls
were joined inseparably. Dreams too
bright 10 last, came and left their mock
iDfS stump, upon my heart, .eaiing the
vibrating chords that swelled with 10Y.
GUS emotions this soul of mine. |
lookeckupen her and watched her as
the miser v atches his gold I nourished
her even as foudiy asttlis rain drops and
sunshine nourish the dropping flowers !;
| lsoothed her aching brow and held her
weary head upon my bosom until the
clouds Of sorrow would pass away in
dreams Of future bliss, All this I've
done, and yet where is she nowG They
say she's happy where she is. 1
don't believe it, Oh, no happy, when
all the love that, tioa,ed around her
heart here is separated from, her -
Sooner~SwouidE i believe that heaven
i and earth would meet sooner. far
sooner would believe the AHeghanies
to crumble 10 atoms, than TO believe
that she now slumbers far beyond their
western slope, was happy, even in her
midnight dreams. Mollie, dost' thou
ever think of me nowi Looking down
along the dark lsbarypthiau aisIes of
the past, canst thou not see the cause of
our blindness ? gazing with weary eyes
back upon the sea of lie, dos, thou not
see the breaker upon which ourbrightest
hopes were wrecked I All tell me.
who have wandered among strangers to
see you, and we, met with but silence
and neglect; l Who have passed three
long years In silent grief eanst thou
not pity met But no! | would not
have you pity me, no, oh no! The
flowers will breathe around me their
perfume the morning will sill greet
me with her radiant smile and orient
bushes friends win still cIusle, around
me, shielding me. from the rude strokes
Of SORROW Then forget me; aud in
forgetting, fare the well. -.
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LooK Cur FOR THE WoMEN.-Young
man, keep yonr eyes open when you
are after the women. If you bite at
the naked hook, you are green. Is
pretty face or form SO attractive or a
pretty face, event Founces, boy, are
no sort Of consequence. A pretty face
will grow old. Paint will wash off,
The sweet smie>of the firt will give
way IL. the scowl of the termagant.-
Another and far different beng will
take the place. of the lovely goddess
who smiles and eats your sugar candy.
The e1nquette will shine in the kitchen
corner, and with the once sparkling
eve and beaming countenance will look
daggers at you. Beware! Keep yoar
eye open, boy, vixen you are after the
women. II the dear is cross, and scold.
at her mother in the back room, yor
may be sure youwill get particular tub.
all over the house. If she bushes wher
found at domestic duties, be sure, she is
Of the dislrag aristocracy-li:tIe breed.
ing and great deal less sense. II you
marry a girl who knows nothing but 10
commit woman slaughter. on the piano.
you have got the poorest piece Of music
ever got uP. Find one whose mind is
right and then. pitch. Boy. don't be
hanging round like sheep thief, as
though you were ashamed to be seen
in the day time, but walk up like a
chicken TO the dough pile, and ask for
the article like aman. tr-E F.. r. =
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eADvERFTsEdENTs. Q
srIItttsa il 4astal. 3 !
Thegofoss,

LUG GlOtts .ftsff S1g1 -
Poetry 10 Sths beautiful expressioS q
truth. The following q an exsmpia of sacl
soppositiop. from, that excellent religious
paper. ,,be AnesiSan Messenger;l . v 3
TheFcrosas tiie cross Oh. that's my gain
Because on chat the Lamb was slain:
Twasthsrs my Lord .SSs crneifed. -
Twas there my savicnr ssrmsaied.a L.a
The stony heart tdissslsesin. tssrs. - =
When TO our view the cross appears;
Christs dying io<v. ~asi s < sssiysA. III .s!:, e.
The Siiest. hsrdest heart doth MELT ~
Here viii stay, and gaze awhile = =
Uponsthe friend Of sipners VIE; - -
Absshed T. view what have done =
To Gods eternal. graeious son. d pS.1; !,
IIessl behold. ss In a siass1a sW rs
Gods glory With .nnveiled fses;s ( ~ :.
And BY beholding, I siisll be ~ - -, -
Made like TO Him who loved me.
Here doth ths Lord Of lie proclaim -;l,l
To aii,ths world his saving uapieg Z ~
Repepting souls, inhim believe ;i;'<se -,
Ysrwounded. look on him and live. q, :. -
No flaming sword doth gard ihs place,
The etossof scbrst prociaims free gfass;
AllPilyrims oswould heaven win,
BY Jesus cr6ss must enter. in. - z sssk&'
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GIRLS, DoN'T Do Ir-There is
practice. quito prevalent among young
ladies of the present day, which we are
old fashioned enough 10 consider very
improper. We allude to tIieir giving
their daguerreotypes Of themselves TO
young men who are merely aequain.
tanees. We consider. it indelicate in
the highest degree. We are astonished
that any young girl should hold herself
so cheap as This. With an accepted
lover, it is, Of course. all right. Even
in this case. the Hkeness shcald be re
turned, IL the engagement shonld, by
any misunderstanding. cease. Ii this
little paragraph should meet the eye of
any young gih about to give her ada-
gaerreoype to a gentleman acquain.
lance, let her know that the reInasks
made ky young men when together,
concerning what is perhaps, on her
part, butts piece Of ofignornnce or impu-
denee; would, il she beard them, cause
her cheeks to crimson with shame and
anger. =" Were il a sister Of oars" we
have often said, with q flashing eyeA-
were II q sister. Of ours but that no, be
ing the case, we give this advice 10 any.
body's sister who needs il, most anxious.
~ desiring that che sbonld, az all
times, preserve her dignity and self
respect t--Adp;ee "a, Young WoHsn.
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GRACE GEEESwoop thus describe.
the S.imax Of heroism in private life :: d
,>, The young man. ardent and tender.
who turns from The dear hove Of wo.
man, ana bnries deep j. his heart the
sweet instinct of paternity, to devote
himself TO the care and support of aged
parents or an unfortunate sister, and
whose life Is long sacrifice in manly
eheertniness and majestic uncomplaint.
Is a hero Of The rares, .typp-,he type
Nof Charles Lamb. I have known but
Two SUCH" - -, -'..r 90.
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A GOOD story is told Of a Connect
cut parson His country parish raised
his salary from three hundred 10 four
hundred dollars. The good MAJ oh.
Jected, for three reasons. First" said
me- " because you can't afford 10 give
more than three hundred. Second, be.
esuss my preaching isn't worth more
IMAM tbat. Third, because | have TO
collect my salary, Which, bereto ofore has
been the hardest part of my labor.
among you. If,I have to collect AN
additional hundred, 1t will KILL me,,n
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ausnItrtstiilg starugJ:.: uJ.:
ovERcoMs EVIL WITH GOOD

"Mother mother r. screamed little
Susy Read, - she came bounding home
from school, one snltry Juiy evening.
Joe has run away from school again,
never was there, one ;clsss, alter Tecess,
and Mr.. Moggs said / Inusttell YOU. as
noon M icalile home -, g.. -.
"Oh. dear, what shall i do with that
child Z" sighed Mrs. Read, as lshe mos
toned with one hand TO little Susy to,
soften her voice lest she should waken
The baby. g" He Is going 10 be ruined
unless stop can be put 10 this run.
ming away, Think there neyer..was.
such a set Of boys as those Place bows.
They donf go 70 school, having poihs
ing 10 do, and so make mischief for all
tho smaller boys IN town. But an end
must be put to this playing truahtt al.
SONS rate" ~ - trs =
The weary mothoi of siss s,ials chill:
dren got up carefully and laid the sleep.
ing rosebud npon her breast into its
tiay cradle, :wi,b loving hand, aud hash.
ed il tosiumher again by.a Joud lula.
by, while the troubled face siold how
sad were her lbpughts over her traani.
boy. 'T%SF =; ". : ...gs,syJ.s.s go
!Joe did not come home. til the ssun
was down, aud then efepts up. a back
stairway, and his inother found him in
bed and fast asleep. when. With her
night lamp, she sopght his chamber,
before fetiting. to ses II oil was well 2
Oh, there is never q. time vtse1 9ths
m6,her's heart resls so qaictly ia bef
qosom, when IL throbs wiih 90 steady q
beat, &C when she takes her walk of
lose aroapd her home bslore she herself
lays down 70 pleasant dfsams,a and
looking IN the faces OF. her little ones,
finds written upon each health and hap.
pness. Joet was, q bssuiifal boy OF
seyens full ef susrgyz and lIfs, fail of
snbition and power Nd . boy at
school could estrun him in foot race, or
wyestle him dorm upon the, ground.
He YVES aIesys fiFst best IN bis class,
and ne. boy IN All the school was 90
foyed q Jos Read. - - q ~. sz'af
: Hin hair Nas II brilliant .subora. his
sk3n briaht and :fais. and bis featsrea
GssscsjIy ehisSIsd, snd - he lsy tbsre
fass asieer ppon his pillow, fse.S,.sy
washed from llss clssr running sstteam,
his bright Iossis newly dried with .iis
roexet comb. and tprped In sliping
folds 70 op4. side, bis mcaksrN thaught
shs bea neses assn her darling move
-. Sssla sbs,s ,sks ..sEsa .hss:slf,
~thSk shsS1 Sas apy tnsIjripusaeas In
the beesf ~ Be- chid. hse:msas hish
% disb blsdient 70 her ootnib1hda so'EsA-
Ire, ysa~ De ifss ptips ! sf Nr
&ls4 ~ kAs.ss ii ssE So.
: -; -. SyN asisStsd, AssslFsv
-. - 49, : v Sssssbao 'sAs alvs
sss~. vAlla > WA lssgs 9. 9: "".'
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How TO KEEP MEN At HoME.-
There would be fewer wretched mar
riages, fewer, dissipated, degraded men.
Vt women were taught 10 feel the angel
duty with devolses on them to keep
the wandering steps of those who are
tempted so much more than they, in
the paths Of virtue and peace---to make
them feel that in the busy world is
noise and confnsion-tlrat at home
there Is order and repose-that their
eyes look brighter when they come
that the smile of welcome is ever ready
ito receive them, the books are eve,
ready to be laid aside TO minister TO IN,
husband'e pleasure, they would finc
amusement then ut home; nor strive stc
seek 1t elsewhere. And net alone 70
The higher classes of society should fbiS
be taught--it should be a lesson! instill
ed into the minds of ali-Righ and low,
rich and poor. Fewer heart broken
wives weeping and scolding, wouid
stand waiting at the doors of public
houses, 10 lead the unsteady steps, of
their drunken husbands home, if that
home had offered a room as cheerful, a
hire as bright. welcome as ready and
cordial as the tapsroom they free aaent.
Duty has seldom so strong hold on
man as woman; they capnot, will moi,
for duty's sake, remain in dull. tedi.
ons or managed quarreIsome home,
but leave il to find elsewhere the com.
fort and amusement which fails them
there; aud when roit and revelry have
done their work, the wives and sisters,
who have done so little TO make them
otherwise, are pilied for their bad hus.
bands aud -Exchange.
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DO RIGnr.-A man who has soul
worth sixpence, must have enemies. 1t
!" utterly Impossible for the best of men
to please the whole world :. and the
sooner this is understood, and posi-.
ton taken in view Of the fact, the bet.
ter. fou cannot escnpe them by doing
wtong, and it is little gain to barter
away Your honor and integrity, and -di.
vest yourself Of moratcourage TO gaiu--
nothing. Better abide hy the truth
f'own down all Opposition, and rejoice
IN the feeling which must inspire d free
and independent man. .....-l - =. :
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sTKRN ADVICE TO PARESrs.-.In
recent sermon upon the trainipe of
chDdren,s Henry Ward Beecher gave
the following stern advice TO parents
Never strike a child upon The head
frov'dence has provided other and
more. appropriate places for punish
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TwiLToHr One less to
meet met Whose heart have touch
ed; to whom do these words, come
homel Who has felt too deeply the
import Of tliem! One less TO meet me?
Yes;,return TO that sacred spot, home,
where is centred al! your affections, and
find a--blank. You feel that one smile
less beams upon you there is one voice
less TO welcome yon Go, into the
room in which you have passed many
hours with the near cherished one in
health !. and when disease fastened it.
self upon that form, reducing it almost
TO a'mere shadow, you fingered beside
the couch, and feared TO feel the pulse
lest H. might .hrob, family. Look
around at the familiar objects some
favori,e book. perhaps, with pages tnrn.
ed down. The Bible Is in its acc,,stom. !.
ed pla ce = you open, and find the pas.
sage, THE Lord is my Shepherd" dis,
timely marked, while, The form Of the
departed one seems to fiit before Sou. a,
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A CoNNEcucUr editor having pot
. into a controversy with a contemporary
congratulated himself that his head wa>
sale from "a doukey's heek.n His4eo. :,
temporary aenetH inferred, from. tbi.
that he,was unable "to make both end.
meeet.nS - 'S-I>,s'' s'' .Snoo
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SAP JoKE.-A publisher Of a news.
paper .oat west IN the first isste Of his
joornat, Ireiurns thanks to. those Who
have loaned him pecupisry means, and
gratitude to heaven. that there Is no
ias in. the. State enforcing jmprison.
inent for debt, = g; =
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o., a WOMAN with more heart than
oraln, more soul Than intellect, M ero
emotion than Imagination, with an
agreeable share of health and beauty, i.
the rose without the thern."I,- 80.
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A BEAUriFCL ExTRAcT,-When the
.suW,ner of youth is slowly wasting
away on the nightfall Of, age, and the
shadow Of The past becomes deeper and
deeper, and life wears 10 its close, il is
pleasant to look through the vista Of
time upon the sorrows and felicilies Of
our earliest years. II we have a home
TO shelter. and hearts 10 rejoice with US,
and friends have gathered together
around our .firesides, then the. rcugh
places Of swayfaripg will have been
warmed and smoo,bed away in The twi-
light Of life. while the many spots we
have passed through will grow brighter
and more beautiful. > Happy, indeed,
ase they whose intercourse. with the
world has not changed The tone of their
hollow feeling, or broken those musical
chords Of the. heart, whose vibrations
are so me!odious, so tender and 50
touching in the evening Of life. ro-
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. A New England writer says tl,at il
has been:found the negroes can be hat !.
Ter trusted than white men not 10. be,ray
secrets' We suppose this is upon tie,
principle that they always (" Keep dark %
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MARf.-Who does not love the plain
yet beautiful name Mary I; 1t is from
the Hebrew, end means "tear drop"
What sweet and joyous hours of other
days--wbat pleasing associations does
not the very name call up in every
heart Who knows III OF Mary -
Who that does not love the. name. ard
has not had every ligament of k,s heart
moved TO melody al is /, meo,ion I II
there be anything genie, valued and
womsaiy. what &%rry possesses it not !
WAS ~ not d-.y who was {" Last at the
'esesss ar earliest At the gravei", And
~as not Mary tho mother Of the Sa.
tyioar Of .the,xorldl Blessed be the
name Of Mary. -,
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luolw att qlassts of aauorking Mlan.


PRoFITABLE TAsrE.-witb t the chean
and beautiful reading furnished 1by The
press In these days, the poore,f man
has many blessings within his reach, as
the costless solsce, of his evenings ana
leisure monents. Franklin forcibly
says: Were l to pray for a taste
Which could support me under, every
vicIssitude Of fortune, it would be q
taste for reading. Give q man this
taste, and moderately. the, .r,eaus Of
gratifying it. and you can scarcely fail
to make Of hima happy man, ppless,
indeed, you place before him a perverse
selection Of books, You bring him in
contact with the best society of every
age: The bravest, the noblest, the pui.
est characters which have adorned, ,hu. =
manity !; you make him an inhabitaat
ofevery cline, a denison of every city"
Way SO MucH BEAUTY IN PoLixp, {,
=" Because" says .Bayard Taylor, .thers
girls do no: jump from infancy TO Young.
ladyhood., They a,e not sent from mlhe
cradle to the parlor, to dress, to sit still
~" 'oA Pie.'S. no, tney are treated
Ms children should be. During child
ho,d, which extends through n period
OF several, years, they are plsiniy, and
loosely dressed and allowed 10 run.
romP and play in the open air. They
are not loaded down, girded about, and
oppressed every way with countless
frili' and .superabundant flonnces, so a.
to be admired for their clothing. Nor
are they rendered delicate or dyspep,ic
by continual stuffing candies and sweet
cakes, as are the majority OF the Amer
'can child'en. Plain, simple food, .free
and various exercise, and an abundance
OF sunshine during the whole. period Of
childhood are the secrets Of beauty in
after liie."- .>a:'. =. ~ +. = -.
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. F.
BLAoK eyed ladies are most apt TO
be nassionate and jealous; blue eyed,
sodifnl, truthful, affse,ionaie. and con.
fiding grey eyed, philosophical, itera-
fy, resoTute, and cold hearted; hazel
eyed. quick tempered and fckls. -, r.
> NorHrss is more odious than The
face that smiles; abroad, but flashes fury
amid the caressesof a tender wife and
children. -, bysssres, = - -.
EysaY Plain girl has ons consolation
though not q pretty young lady, she
will, Il shs iiSes, bes pretty old oue.,
+ Po.rssxss is like an. .air-cushion.
there may be noiling solid in il, but j.
eases the: :jo'ts wonderfully. ,.-,.s !, }, =.
7" Bseo Ans alwsys 'fiod .ons, Kind roi
provision plentiful-Aths- cold 'sheuider.
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A FRKsoaM4s wishing TO take the
stage for Buffalo. was asked by the
driver il he had any extra baggage.
" Extra baggage! what do you cali dat :
/ have no baggage. but my Tree trunks,
Ave dogs, and son black gifl y Ss>t'as
p, s-sSsIs.AAE-s-' - 'I-A ,
"Tur nynph Who waiks the public streets,
And seti her! cap sfor all s,e niests,
; May catch tho fool who turns TO stare. -
eut men Of sense AVOID the snare. .. s-Ez.>
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THE highest and hest interest o. Az,
cietl in the future demand better, "A,
more tsefal,sa more .doIheslic training
OF Your young ladies. .~--::Hart courani.
,MFS are frequently like tea--,hs real
streaetb; and goodness Ia not $prhperlr
drawn 'onl of them I'LL they. have. been,
a short time in bot water. - e. -. 90
AN en,busiastio gill says that die firs,.
time she eves locked arms witli a youu,,.
man she fslt4ike Hope leaning, OH
anchor" - -.
THs- other day two 5ouhg women
kisesl old Buck, When fI,ry TUNED
Aways one said to-. he other, "Wha,
~ "A '@s Il s-ar-s,
tn. berrh de'of revenge Is no, I.
initiate the '~'ss- - - = =.
I So =
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bent figure could ever be improved, even by the
skillful care of old Mrs. Grove, but the progress
OF disease was stayed the long nights Of suffer,
ing gave way to peaceful, quiet sleep, and the
dark bitter words were supplanted by the
grateful love which she bestowed upon the old
lady who seemed to be almost an object Of wOr-
ship to her.
Ninety years had passed over the head Of
! Mehltable Grove when from the pleasant cot
tage where her early married life was passed
and rom the tender care Of the child she had
rescued, she was borne to her last rest. Grand
ma Grove had grown rich in her last years.
The railroad that had cut off a corner Of her es.
tate had not diminished its value and other
things had conspired to throw money into her
hands. And at her death it went to Lefty.
No one objected to this. All of the relatives
elt that Letty-the child of her old age, was
their grandmother's rightful heir, for the two
had been all in all to each other for years. And
no one had helped more than Lefty to that
management which had added to the estate
thus before thirty years had gone over her, she
ound herself possessed Ct fortune, though a
fortune was small part Of the good gift which
she had received from Mrs Grove But the
hunch- backed Lefty Grove had little use for
wealth. She had imbibed to the full, that
strong christian faith which the life Of her pro
tectresS had so exemplifed, whom the Lord
loveth he chasteneth." She remembers and
she has accepted the hardness of her early life,
as lesson, and a preparation for her work in
the world. Now, in the country where she
lives, there is an orphan sylum, endowed from
her wealth, over which she presiies as matron
giving of herself to the little ones under her
that loving and tender care which she knows is
so seldom vouchsafed to the motheress.
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fulfill its imperative demands, remains to BE-
seen. His conduct is but dart of the ''irrs-
pressible conflict" waged by the AbOlitionists
against the Constitution of our common country.
When men thus high in authOrity--msn
clothed with the power of q State, as its Chief
Magistrate, thus set at naught the requirements
of the Constitution, to shield thieves and mur.
derers from just punishment--when q Cover
ner of State thus in effect, says to band of
miScreants, murder the men of the South az
you will--arm their slaves to cut the threats
OF their masters, and come to Ohio, and you
shall be projected, is it not time for the honest
and the patriotic men Of all parties to pause
and reflect upon the consequences that must
nsue if such things are suffered to 90 unrsbu-
ked.
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Funny.

OF all the funny things which are chargeable
to the Republicans, the very funniest of sll is
their attempt to pursuade themselves that their
policy accords with that of the immortal JET
ferson. The grand cardinal doctrine Of their
party is that it is the duty of Congress to pre-
vent the extension of slavery in the United
States On the other hand, the great crowning
act of Jeiferson's administration, was the pur-
chase OF Louisiana and the annexation to the
United States of an extent of Slavs Territory
greater than all the Thirteen Colonies. What
a shabby modern Republican the Sage of Mon.
ticello would have made!-Ne,oark Aduocate
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more, on Wednesday, the 9Th day Of May next
sixteen days after the Democratic, and one
week before the Republican Convention. Eli
ther Crittenden, Bates or Bolts will be the
nominee for President, and some nerthern man
'or Vice President. For the latter position,
Tom CoTwin, Of your State, have heard ma
med more than any one else This third tick
ct has caused considerable commotion in the
Republican ranks, as it "makes assurance doubly
sure" that the Charleston nominee will be eIec-
ted. B.
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WANTEp-A SITUATION. Bv A NEAT Yoryg NAN
w u yeare ~ who spears Frencs EnvlsA Italian
and Spanish; can read and write Eugsh and Italian would
hke y gssel wih gentleman @ snail family ihserpre
boith no y Jeruy Place ALBERTO.