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I POET Rr. I ♦> ♦ THE TEAR OF BEAUTY. ft: down Eliza’s bllifts ing cheek , The tear offoft compnftfion flow ; These tears a feeling heart bespeak, A heart that feels for others woe. May not thy -: drops, that frequent fall, To my fond hope propitious prove ? The heart that melts at pity's call, Will own the ftf ter voice ft love . Earth ne’er produced a gem Jo rare, Nor wealthy ocean’s ample ftp ace ho rich a pearl as that bright tear, ‘That lingers on Eliza’s face. So hangs upon the morning refte ‘The ckryftal drop of iseav’n refin’d ; A while with trembling luftrc glows —• Is gone, and leaves no ft ain behind —— ANE CD 0 TES. One of the criminals lately un der sentence of death in Newgate, was Vis ted by the Ordinary, who gravely urged him to acknowledge the justice cf his sentence, (Ac. ; — to which the culprit aftfenting, the divine demanded to know whether he “ renounced the devil and all his works.” The poor fellow shrugging up his ftsoulders replied, he begged to be excufted \ as he was going to a strange country , he did not wish to make him]elf any enemies. An drifts man was lately brought before a justice at Brijlol, cn a charge of having fix wives l the inagiflrate aftked him hew he could be Jo hardened a villain as to ds • hide Jo many ? (< Plecfte your lerdfhip,” fays Pat, “ I was trying to get a good oneA CN TOLERATION. London, April 16, 1704, C'i A) Some time ago being in com* par.y with a friend from North America, (Dr. Franklin) the converfaticn happened to turn on the fubjedt of perlecution.— My friend, whole mderflanding is enlarged as his heart is be nevolent, did not fail to urge many unanfwcrable arguments ugainft a practice so obviously repugnant to every dictate of humanity. At length in iiip port of what he had advanced, he called for a bible, and turn ing to the book of Genchs read as follows : CHAPTER XXVII. 1. And it came to pass after these things, that Abraham fat in the door of his tent } about the go ing down cf the tun. 2. And behold, a man bowed with age, coming from the way of the wilderness leaning on a sass. 3. And Abraham arose and met him, and /aid unto him , turn in I pray thee, and wafts thy feet, and tarry all night; and thou jha.lt arij'e early in the morning, anr go on thy way. 4. But the man fail, nay, for I will abide under this tree. 5. And Abraham pressed him greatly ■, Jo he turned, aid went into the tent ; and Abraham ba k'd unleavened head, and they and and cat. c. And ywen sir rasa. 7: ot s that the man bleftfed not Cod, he said unto him, wherefore deft thou net worship the mcfl high God, creator of heaven and earth ? 7. And the man avfwered and said, Ido not worship thy God, neither do I call upon his name ; ‘ for I have made to myftelf a God, which abided) always in my heufe, and provideth me with all things . 8. And Abraham’s zeal was kindled agdtnft the man, he arefe, and fell upon him, and dr avs him forth with blows into the wilder - nfts. 9. And at midnight God called upon Abraham, faying, Abraham where is the fir anger ? 10. And Abraham answered andJ'aid, Lord, he would not wor ftsip thee, neither would he call upon thy name therefore have I driven hint out from before my face, into the wilderness. 11. And God fetid, have I borne with him these hundred ninety and eight years, and nottrijhed him, and clothed him, notwithstanding his rebellion against me ; cov.ldejl not thou, that art thyfelf a firmer , bear with him one right ? 12. And Abraham said, let not the anger of the Lord wax hot against thy servant j 10, I have finned forgive me, I pray thee. 13. Arid he arose, and went forth into the wilderness, and fought diligently for the man, and found him: 14. And returned with him to his tent ■, and when he had treated him kindly, he sent him away in the morning with gifts . 15. And God fpuke again unto Abraham faying, for this thy fin, shall thyfeed be afflicted four hun dred years in a strange land. 16. But for thy repentance will I deliver them and they shalt come forth with power, and with gladness of heart , and with much substance. I own I was struck with the aptness of the palTage to the fub je<ft; and did not fail to express my furpriie* that in all the dif ccurfes I had read against a practice so diametrically oppo iite to the genuine spirit of our holy religion* I did not remem ber to have seen this chapter quoted i nor did I recollect iny ever having read it* although no stranger to my bible. Next morning turning to the book of Genesis, I found there was no such chapter* and that the whole was a well meant invention of my friend* whole Tallies of hu mor, in which he is a great maf | ter, have always an ufeful and benevolent tendency. With fome difficulty I pro cured a copy of what he pre tended to read, which I now fend you, for the entertainment of your readers j and you will perhaps think it not unreasona ble at a time when we are more particularly called upon to com inemmorate the amazing Jove of Him, who poilefr the divine virtue of charity in the moil supreme degree, laid down his life even for his enemies. I am, &c. W. S. From the evening fire-side. Having met with an ’ excellent. piece of advice to married per ft ns, and believing it to he u efui to many ft the readers oft the 7- r~. t.ynq- T :t ”. r j . made from it the following ex tract, and new offer it to you for infer lion. ’ A FRIEND TO PIETY. • An addrffs to married pefforts. The duties between man and wife are various and important. They suppose the union not of * persons only, but alio •and par ticularly of afFe&iohs. It is not joining of hands, but of hearts, which constitutes marriage in the fight cf God.—See then, that no motives of interest or convenience* deceive you into a notion that you love one ano ther, while you do not. Gou never winks at the vk> lation cf nature, nor fuiTers it ro take place with impunity. Rut this must take place in every marriage where mutual attach ment is wanting. And that fa mily is uniformly curled with the moftfubftantial wretchcdnefs where there sublists no love, be tween the heads of it. Thou who art the hulband, mistress thy wife with delicacy and dif crerion. Nothing in nature is so indearing, lo winning, so captivating as tenderness; no thing creates aversion so loon, so strong, so inveterate, as rude nefs* indifference, or difrefpeCt. She depends on thee for protec tion and comfort, in her diffi culties. For thy fake she has left her friends, her connections, and all the world, and fnculd she meet with a tyrant instead of a lover, she may repent of this day as long as she lives.—— Never incense or insult her j— and as thou wilhelt to keep thy own temper and peace, ruffie not her’s; for crcfthels and af peritv, especially when they fet tle in morolenefs and ill- nature, are the qualities of a lavage, not of a chriftian. Never on any pretence whatever, squander that in dress, drinking, or difii pation, which thou ffiouldft lay by for the benefit of thy family. By the laws of God and man, of justice and love, they have ex clusive claim on whatever thou canst earn; and every unnccef fary indulgence which thou ta keft, apart from them, it is at their expence and injury. Con sult thy wife, especially in all cases of difficulty, it is her inter est as well as her duty to give thee the best advice Hie can.— Never keep her ignorant cf thy circumstances; this has been the undoing of millions of fami lies. The wife who deserves the name, will never fad to eco nomize, when Hie knows that her partner’s circumstances re quire it. Be not much uneasy, though the world Ihould some times think lhe has her full share of influence. Women of good sense, leldom ahufe their hus bands confidence. And thou wilt fee few happy families in whieh the wife L either a slave or a cypher. Be ye equally yoked is the command of God : let neither leek basely to throw an undue weight on the other’s IhoulJcrs. Suffer no interference from any quarter whatever, to interrupt your harmony ; you are con nected for life. Nothing can separate your fate in this world ; O let nothing divide your af feCticr.s. Regard each other ] with the tulkft confidence; the l least spark of suspicion from ei ther, mult foreverblaft the com j for: cf both. There can be \ no harmony where there is no | faith. A wife Ihould no: only j love her hulband, but on ever; j occasion Ihew him the greatelt • attention. Study by every mean;; to make his home com fortable and inviting. Where the creafure is, there will the heart be also ; and a man’s pre fer, ce, as well as his heart, will always be there moft, where he has inc.lt plcafure. And Hi venture to aftert it as a fact in conteftible, chat he who finds his home aparadife, will leldom ft roil into the wilderness of du? I world.-—While on the other j hand, a {holding wife and a ho: j house has driven many a wretch - [ e&hufband to the tavern, where; cards, women, and wine, lave feakd his ov/n dcftruCtion and that cf his family. In a word, be habitually lov ing and kind to one another.—* Have no separate fecrecs, nor allow yourfeives any airs of my stery: but open your whole hearts to each other. Conceal as much as poflible one ano ther’s foibles, and cultivate ha bits of affability, forbearance and good nature. Never be fulleri cr in a pet with each ether especially in the presence of strangers. And, to lay all in love, live together as the heirs of glory. COMMUNICATION, WORM-SEED. At this time cf the year, and during the warm season, when Colcra Morbus, commonly called purging and vomiting, very often combined with worms, is Jb fre quent amongst children, that ma ny are every day carried off by that dreadful ft chiefs, the worm seed essence will be found an ef f cations medicine. Even should the patient have no verminous complaint, it will accelerate the cure of the cholera, if given ‘in time, and conjointly with other remedies, calculated to temper the acrimony cf the bile, cr correbt the acidity of the juices nsceffary for a good digeflion , the cholera morbus having its cause in the want of a good quality in the File and juices of tbs stomach , betp being necessary for a good digeflion . It will be remembered, that tbefe who do not digefl well, cannot en joy good health ; the Essence of iVonn Seed, as thousands have experienced, is a good preservative and refloraiive *to the stomach , having much the fame quality as the essence of pepper ment, with the advantage of preventing and def ir oying any kind of worms, and may be ufsd with fafety at any pe* riod of life, from childhood to old are. w the dropsy cured. A psrfon who was prodigiously Jwelled with this ‘forcer, put a large cup full of bobea tec into a tea-pot, j;2sped it, drauz itoe l 1 quor by degrees, and cat all the tea leaves, in the couffc of the, forenoon. The fame experiment was repeated in the est erne on end for the two facceding days. Or the second day the water began to deer safe by natural evacuation*, and on the third day it wa* total fv n 1 f/'Et' l s ■