mining regions, a country in which the mountains are full of Pyrites.

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A TEMPERANCE SONG.

Strained Verses Dedicated to Unstrained Water.

BY A. FILTERER.

Bring a glass of sparkling water,
Fill the goblet to the brim,
Let the microscopic critters
Take in it a harmless swim.

Here are meat and drink united,
_Life_, indeed, in this we see;
Who'd exchange so rich a fluid
For the baser _eau de vie_?

Give us, then, no ale nor porter,
Logwood wine, nor other drugs;
But a glass of sparkling water
Filled with sportive little bugs.

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Musical and Mechanical.

The coopers of New-York City intend to start an organ. It will be