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The Victim of Passion,
BY MRS. N. A. LIyERIORE.

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Morning dawned on the earth in light
and glory, and Lucy Allan awoke from
sweet sleep and sweeter dreams, to greet
the new and beautiful day. She rose
from her pillow, and thrustug her little
feet unstockinged into her slippers, re-
moving the cap which confined her lux
uriant hair, 50 that it fell around her in
1;-"ovalled masses, and gathering about
her more closely the folds Of her night
dress' she 'nre" up ''7 "'"do" ana sal
oo"" o7s'oe It, 4 NJ 0'o"yn VI INC carry
nou' came s"e'P''9 u'"'' -io"i '"0 . 60"
mus anu p'"e-c'"o mountains o' "es'e'"
0iaS'"cnuse',s' O''n9ios wiz" " "'o''''
ana oeau'y' u'sS'P''''e .N' '','' ''''' ''i"'
huhS over '"e so'''sHu'Hs Oo'"7c'cu''
IKE ven o' sau@9 over '"' race o' d
MIRROR ana sI''N''s '"o '"' .soHe" ouo' :
from 'ne c"oHces oI '"e o"''n-u's''I'''s Z
flowers untH the morning an was heaVy
with perfume. A thousand sonsaters
were ~ ."e'' 'Nt'''''' III ''o '''H .o'' :
trees and sbrubberY, g thousand bright
wings Of bird and insect were gIancIng
in the sunlight and The dawdrops that
lay impoarlad on every leaf flower and
blade Of grass shone with such diamond
like resplendeuce, that it was not strange
that the happy gr' halt iancied that ma
ture had decNed HefesI '"u' rSeou.'y'
II h'nor oil ''r oIla'h ""'c" '""' Gay
was 10 witness
Long d'd ihe beautiful Lucy gaze o''
upon the '"r eaI''' her own n.I'-iuI iee'-
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his lips, and as soon as time allowed such
a step, to despoil her Of the legal right
to bear his name, and even Of the child,
which now alone bound | er to life-and
be ratified bis oath by grinding to powder
beneath his feet the painted likeness of
her, which till then he had borne in his
bosom.
Three years rolled away-God alone
knows how crowded they were with
crushing sorrow, with unsoothed grief,
with seasons of weeping and hours of
deIrnm to one-with loneliness, remorse,
frenzy restless, ilI-coacealed heart sick
ness to the other. Then Henry Wood.
bridge sought a lsgal dissolution Of the
nominal tie which bound him to his wife
and possession Of his child. Never once
during that long period Of five years had
he bchcId bis once fondiy loved Lucy, nor
his little Harry, nor had ,here passed be-
tween them any messages save those
which we have recorded. lie knew not
how that interim of time had been passed
by her, and he strove to believe her pos
sessed Of so Indifferent and uuleelins a
nature, as to be equally as happy in the
present state Of affairs, as though they
were more favorable.
a man of the law was engaged-tho
usual formalities were passed through,
aud Henry Woodbridge was divorced
from his wife and was informed that his
son would be sent him on the day that he
should assign. Contrary to his cxpecta-
tons, feeling Of regret came over him
when all was over, and he was wholly
free from that Lucy whom he once loved
-ay, even then loved-and a compunc-
ton Of conscience visited him as he iho't
how probable it was that, though the mo,
ther Of his boy had ceased 10 love him,
She yet loved her child and would, like
Rachel mourn and refuse ,o ha comfor,-
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can 1t oe '""' you nave never Heen IN
'o' ''"eo o' ner cohu''loh' 'na' she lies at
'N' P''"' o' ue"'h
20" OF heaven what Go you say Z!
S"'a oouorase' starting to ms feet
II 'o-'ilorro" morning near OF her
o7"'n' 1t VIII De only "hat expect
" oo"oT'uSe sroanea Aloud and sink
ing mo Il c"air' covered ms face with his
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r gave ner only daughter to the care o
: another. But no piece of statuary couI,
have appeared more unmoved than she
; and while tears dimmed the eyes 0
, strangers, as the officiating clergyman
committed the sweet flower Of Allan
place to the cherishing of Henry Wood
bridge, and bade him guard with ahec
tionate watchfulness the young wife tha
he had taken to his heart, her brow re
axed not from its sternness, nor did hei
. ~, .4ois,on vim nenug. ana wheI
the twain were pronounced one, and The
bridal party went from the church, altho
strangers fingered to praise the beauty o
the bride, and to utter fervsnt prayer.
for her happiness; the mother of the
sweet creature who had Just been welded
bowed coldIy to her acquaintances, and
hurried her to her carriage, as if to avoid
all congratulation, A few hours after
her only child, and that child daughter
Of seventeen summers, passed from the
parental roof, where she had spent al
most every hour Of her life, to be absent
for months: but on this occasion of the
first separation Of mother and daughter,
there were uttered no tender adieus, no
words of kind and regretful farewell. no
parting kiss was given, and no maternal
blessing was pronounced upon the gentle
girl, who crayed more the sunshine Of
love, than the richest gifts of earth be-
side. 4 slight touch with the tips Of her
jewelIed fingers, and an almost imper-
c2ptible bow, we've all the leave takings
OF the singular woman, and the carriage
rolled from the door on lis way TO Sara.
toga.
Mrs, Allan possessed naturally strong
powers Of intellect, and passions Of fear
strength and predominance, in connec-
..I
- '''' '''''0'1 '''u'y ''''' '""J9'''c
appearance, made her a being more to
be feared and admired than to be loved.
II was SAID that IN early life She had sut-
tered much from poverty. and that, all
though at one time ldoIatrousIy attached
70 young man OF distinguished worth
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1Y '''' -1''' vas
'o'''''' ~ "'u " Hi''''o'i"''e'
o'deF 'han Her ia'her' Her former lover
terminated MS HE Oy MS own suicidal
"''o' III an insane hosP''a'' ana her nus
O'"a uIeu' uhregrelIed Oy hIs "iIe' IE
ABOUT TWO years a'ler 'he o'rth OF Lucy
'"e'' o'l'y c"''u' - Seeu'en very strange
'"al so hau2nty' coid ana false woman
snonid nave been the mother OF so gen
"'' fue' ana LoVe'y chiId as Lucy
one could not ont wonder from whom
'he inherited her truly feminine quail
ties, her soft and yielding temper, and
her Passiveness of spirit. To Mrs. Al
Ian, who had almost hated her child from
the moment Of her birth because she was
not boy, and who was rendered yet
more obnoxious to her because Of the aE
tection lavishcd upon her by her loathcd
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gentle girl lad fully enlisted In her own
heart there was not a selfish motive, OF
interested consideration, but loving and
trusting nth her whole soul, she looked
forward to a long heaven OF rpouited
Io,o to an aternol snnshioc or oF.ot;o,
D.. = ,a,ro.u;or t,l,o,,;ro ~ 10 ooa,Ia
aowors or domestic bIiss
,rL.oo month, ro,,oa .,,.,r ara IJa,r,.
,U.,l..;l.,o oadL;, uiC ro,nr,ad =, Al
H., ,,r,oa Troye, evtoo,.d r,ea,,s If
observation. intercourse with refined and
cultivated society, and above al. tile hao.
niness of heinz beloved had taken from
tbe manners of Lucy their rrp.ttaftv and
oiven TO her an air of graceful ease and
seIfno.ses.;on which be.ore She had lack
ed So that she met her mother IN vboso
nresenca she had alvays trembIad with
an air Of oojpt and re,nocrfoI dionitv
which Greatly a.foni.h,d tba o,,iGoioI
woman But when She baba1 her ma.
vior in graceful baso,v anor,. tbs oa,
and fashionable guest, That ,bronoed ,o
AIIan-n,aca in acceotaooa or fnyit,,io,.
which bad boo, evt.odoa 70 tl.,, and
r.lao .bo som Lou olu,;,;., NOV.
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! ifs s0rigfv- cvcant duTinT fLr nirLf- m
even then. if lis father bapnenad 10 h
ohso,t As ,niob, hovo hsen f,rosoor
his ror,or.tranoo ma, ,,i,I, o. h,rst or u
oent indignation. Accustomed to i'm
pIiclt obedience, to prompt compliance
with her wishes, this first rebellion
against her authority almost fronzieC
Mrs. Allan with rage.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-07-16

SAVAGE ExPEDIENr TO OBTAIN WATER
Livingston, the African traveller, describes
an ingenious method by which the Afri-
cans obtain water in the desert: 1.-The VIC
men tie bunch Of grass to one end Of .
reed about two feet long, and insert it in a
hole dug as deep as the arm can reach.
then ram down the wet sand firmly around
it. Apply the mouth to the free emo Of the
reed, they form vacuum in the grass be-
meath, in which the water collects, and in a
short time rises to the mouth. 1t will be
seen that this silHple and truly pbilosophi.
cal and efftctual method might have been
applied in many cases in different countries
where water was much needed. to the sal.
vaton Of life 1t seems wonderful that it
should have been now first known in the
world and that it should have been habitu-
ally practiced in Africa, probably for cen
turics. 1t seems worthy Of being particu
larly noticed, that it may no longer be neg
lected from ignorance. 1t may be highly
important to travellers in our deserts and
prairies, in some parts Of which water is
known to exist beneath the surface.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-07-16

HALLEcK ON PoLlTlcIANs.-Six hundred
of the children Of the public schools Of ST..
Louis, lately invited Gen. Halleck to con-
cert for the benefit of the poor. He an
swcred in letter from which VIC clip this
paragraph:
"The corrupt politicians Of the present
day will probably, from selfinterest, con-
,inue to fan the fame of civil discord. But
our children should be taught that We are
all members of the same family, and that
our country can never be permanently d.
vided. We must instil into their minds
the sentiments Of fraternal affection and
pure patriotisra which alone can restore
peace to our country, and eradicate all ira
ccs of the aninosities, which have been en-
gendered by this unholy rebellion"
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HONE COMFORTS. Wv ealth is not essen
tial to neatness. We have visited large,
snowy house, in disorder from cellar to
garret nothing home-lkc, nothing invit-
ing; and on the other hand we have seen a
low cottage, whitewashed outside, and en-
lowered with roses, model of neatness
aud comfort inside, with its white window
curtains, and every article Of furniture
handsomely arranged. This was owing to
the excellent housewife. But while skill
and labor within are so important in this
great element Of high civilization, namely
Home Comfort, the surroundings of the
house under the care Of the owner, should
never, for day be forgotten.
Remember-th highest mark of civiliza.
tion is attention to domestic comforts, do.
mestic happiness, and to elevatng the con
dition and character Of the female members
OF the family. Country Gentleman.
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A TERRIBLE SlruArloN.-In a new mele

A TERRIBLE SITUATION. In new melo.
drama recently gotten up, famous robber
is taken, and his head exhibited to the au-
dience by being placed on table in the
center of The stage To accomplish this to
the life, the robbers body is fixed in the
body of the table, and his neck is fitted
into hole, so that, to the audience, it looks
precisely as though the mans head had
been cut off and stood up in q. pool Of his
own blood upon the table. On the fifth
night of the exhibition, wag got into the
third tier Of the stage boxes, and, by some
unexplained maneuscr, managed to blow a
lot Of Scotch snuff over the stage Just at
the time the head was upon the table. AS
soon as the snuff had begun to settle down.
the head commenced sncczing to the no
small amusement Of the audience, and as
the sneezing could not be stopped, the cur
tain fell amid roars Of laughter.
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A LAXENrABLE MlsrAKE.-Many people
appear to think that the human stomach
has power for digestion greater than that
Of the ostrich, and SO they throw in to it a
compound of caustic, crude, indigestible
substances. mixed with -four and then
called bread. Such is the nature of much
Of the stuff produced by the use of common
Saleratus. We advise all who have any
regard for health, and who would preserve
their digestive powers unimpared to rea-
sonable old age, to use DeLand 4 Co. s
Chemical saleratus, the pure articlt, sold
by most dealers, and at wholesale by the
manufacturers at Fairpo:t, Monroe Co.,
New York.
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SocIETY.-The pleasure Of society de-
ponds more upon females than any other.
Gentlemen expect to be entertained, chill
dren are out Of the question, and therefore
it rests upon woman what society shall be-.
The pleasure Of an evenings entertainment
is graduated by the capacity of the hostess
to interest her visitors in each other, and
make them forget that their own indentity
is to be lost in the efforts to make every
one at ease. That is the great secret Of
true enjoyment. Some ladies will enter a
drawing room or social circle, where
every persons neighbors appear like an
iceberg and the whole atmosphere seemep
chilly and constrained, and, by their &c,
NAL nature and well timed play fulness,
throw sunshine and warmth all over the
room, till all commingle in that easy and
yet dignfied cordiality that ever character
ICES true geniality. As lady aptly ex-
pressed it, the hostess is the key note, and
upon her depends the concord Of sweet
sounds and the sweetest of all the Melody.
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GALENA AND CHICAGO EXTENSION, The
Chicago Times says the Gaena & Chicago
road has lately, by means Of a perpetual
lease, obtained control of its connecting
roads in Iowa, SO that it will hereafter run
as one road from Chicago to the Missouri
river, to which point the greatest efforts
will be made to extend it without delay
with view to making it a part of til.
great Pacific Railroad, or at least of find
ing means of transportation for the i'm
mense stores required for the construction
Of that road
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w- The Privates in the regular army
are taught four simple signals, which are
said to be Of much use in active service
The waving Of handkerchief or hat in the
left hand above the head signifies "Attend
to me-" or "Come to me-" Both hands
stretched out above the head means, "Yes," )"
or "All right" Both hands stretched out
downward signifies. "No," or danger" OF
"All wrong" Both arms spread out hori.
zontally means, STOP" A scouting party
often agree upon other signals, suited tc
the peculiar objects and perils of the expe'
dition. But these four are said to be fixed
and inyariable.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-07-16

A LAWYER NOT EASILY FLooRED.-Col.
Tom Stackpole was appointed Capt Gen
OF the White House grounds by ex-Prest
Pierce, which position he still holds. He
was recently met by Major Ben B. French,
the superintendent of Public Buildings,
who cautiously informed him that certain
politicians were after his situation, and
were about to report him as a sccessionist,
and advised the colonel to be upon thu
lookout.
A few days after, these worthy sons Of
New Hampshire again met, hen Ben in.
quired Of the Colonel whether he had
thought of the matter.
YES" replied Tom, "Ive thought of it,
and concluded not to trouble myself about
it at ALL"
why don't you?" asked the Major
they'll have YOU out"
"Oh," said Tom, "Ive consulted law
yer, and he tells me not to have any fears
about they can't start me-"
Consulted 4 lawyer ?" returned Ben
swell, who was it that gave you such ad.
vice as that?''
"Well," said Tom, "it's one of the smart
est LAWYERS in the city. He came from
Illinois, and his name is-Lincoln. He
says needn't be afraid-they can't hurt
me-"
Mr.. French now thinks that the Colonel
will not be removed.-W World
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CouLDN'r SUPPORT IA chap in Vir-
ginia was taken prisoner by the rebels, who
demanded that he should take an oath to
support the confederate government. The
fellow said he had taken great many big
oaths in his day, but he could not eve"
support his own family, and to swear to
support the confederate government was tai
l-r swearing than he dare do.
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Blrr1R DENUNCIATION.-The New York
7ribuns's correspondent on the peninsula,
has been so thoroughly disgustcd with the
conduct of the Secretary Of War in refus.
ing to reinforce Mcclellan when he most
needed held, that he used the following
caustic language, Immediately succeeding
The late entful engagements:
When loyal N. Y. regiments lifted from
their feet by the fire of rebel brigades cry
out Of their wounds and death for help,
when the choicest Of the New England and
Michigan and Pennsylvania troops outnum,
bercd in front and on both tanks by whole
divisions of the enemy, beg for reinforce
ments, say that the blackest crime that
power can commit, is to stalk upon thu
field Of peril and say soldiers, l have no
faith in your commander, let your martyr.
dom proceed and so says this army Of the
Potomac, and it registers to night vows OF
vengeance as it marches in the dark from a
position which their diminished numbers
proven ed them from holding, but which
is conceded to them for ever by their
labors and ;heir wrongs. The politici-
ans and statesmen who left us here to be
outnumbered and cut of from our supplies,
and the possibility OF retreat are doomed,
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WHOLE NO, 800.
Success In Life.

Success In Life.
| A shrewd, intelligent man of the world,
and one, too, who had been eminently sue.
cessful-for from small beginning he had
risen to the highest place in the depart
ment to which he had been attached, and
made the fortune Of his whole family,
brothers, sons and nephews, as we'll as his
own-oncc said to mc THE longer
live the more convinced am that Gversen.
sitivencss is a great mistake in q public
man." He might have said in all men whe
desire to succeed in life. Now wish to be
understood that what is expressed here by
the word "over. r.sehsitiveness,' does hot
signify over. r.scrupulousness. Be as scru.
pulous as you will, but do not be over. SEN
stive on the score Of pride or vanity, or
dominant cgotism. Every successful man,
you may be sure, has had much to mortify
him in the course Of his career. He has
borne many rebufFs; he has sustained many
failures. What if men do not understand
you, are not inclined to encourage you, and
exercise the privilege Of age or superior
position-bear with it ALL Juvenis, your
time will come you may take your chance
out Of the world when you are little old.
er. Bah how does it hurt your lizard
words break no bones;' Saith the proverb
And they break no spirit that is not of the
feeblest. The world may laugh at your
failures what then? Try again, and per.
haps they will not laugh. Try once more,
and perhaps it will be your turn to laugh
"He who wins may laugh" saith another
proverb. If yeu have the right stuff in
you, you will not be put down. If we
have the right stuff in us, these failures at
the outset are grand materials Of slccess
70 the feeble they are Of course, stumbling
blocks. The wretched weaklng goes no
further; he lags behind and subsidies into
life Of failure. And so by this great win
the great Olympic Of life is restricted to a
lew, and there is clear space in the arena.
There is scarcely an o.d man amongst US
An old and successful man who will not
willingly admit that he was made by his
failures, and that what he once thought his
hard fate was in reality his good fortune
And thou, my light wittcd child who
thinkest that thou canst carry Parnassus
by storm, learn TO possess thy soul in pa
| tience. If success were to crown thine ef-
| forts now where would be the great success
of the hereafter. 1t is the brave resolution
to 'dO better next time," that lays the
| substrata Of real greatness Many pro.
missing rpntation has been premature.
ly destroyed by early success. The good
sap runs out from the trunk into feeble off.
shoots Of suckers. The hard discipline of
the knife is wanted. repeat that it is not
pleasant; but when thou feclest the sharp
ness of the edge think that all who have
come before thee have been lacerated in
| like manner.
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Is THE Sun INHABITED Sir David Brew
ster makes the following remarks relative
to the sun: $50 strong has been the belief
that the sun cannot be habitable world,
that scientific gentleman was pronounced
by his medical attendant insane, because
he had sent paper to the Royal Society,
in which he maintained that the light of
the sun proceeded from dense and univer.
sal aura, which may afford ample light to
the inhabitants beneath, and yet be such
distance aloit as not to be among them !;
that there may be water and dry land there,
hills, dales, rain and fair weather, and that
as the light and the seasons must be eternal,
the sun may easily be conceived to be by
far the most blissiul habitation of the whole
system. In less than ten years after this
apparently extravagant notion was cohsid
cred as a proof Of insanity, it was main.
tanned by Sir William Herschel as a ration
al and probable opinion, which might be
deducible from his own observations on the
structure of the sun"
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- Mrs. Partington, on reading an ac-
count Of a schooner having her jibboom
carried away on Long Island Sound, one
night last week, wondered "why people
would leave such things cut o doors nights
to be stolen, when there was so many bug
lcrs about filtering everything they could
Law their hands to-"
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Poetry.


The wife TO her Husband.
Linger not long Home is not home without thee,
Its dearest tokens only make me mourn;
Oh lot Its memory, like . chain about thee,
Gently compel and hasten thy return.
...... Linger net long!
Linger not lons Though crowds should WOO thy
staying,
Bethink thee can the m,rth OF friends tho dear,
Compensate for the grief thy long delaying
Costs the heart that sighs to have thee herel
Luger not long!
Lirger net long! How shall watch thy coming
A. evening shadows stretched DER moor and dell,
And silence hangs ON all things like q spelli
Linger net long!
How shall watch fer thee when fears grow stronger
As night grows dark, aud darker the hill
How shall weep, when can watch longeri
Oh art thou absent are thou absent stilf
Linger not longi
Yet shsuld grisve not, though the eye that secth
me,
Gazsth through tears that makes IL. spueudor dull:
For oh sometimes fear when thou art with ne,
Ny cup OF happiness is all too full!
Linger not long!
Haste-haste thee home into thy mountain dwelling
Haste Is a bird into its peaceful nest!
tlaste skin, when tempests wild are yelling,
Flies to its haven Of securest rest
LinGer not lougl
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TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUN.
McGREGOK, JULY Is, :::: 1856

FINE OPPORTUNITY FOR REFORM. Sen
ater John P. Hale. q month or two ago
said, II declare it upon my responsibility
as member Of the United States Senate,
that the liberties of this country are in
greater danger to day from the sorruptions
and from the proAigacy practiced in the va
rious departments Of the Government than
they are from the open enemy in the field"