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adder that has brought so many of their ancestors to an untuned, end. The monster that has shown its hydra head in almost every nation tribe and people on the globe, every where working the same fearful results, they fondly fold in their embrace. It this consists its most dangerous peculiarly that in slaying one it makes friends rather than enemies of others. Its victims it uses as bates to draw others into its coils. As one commences sinking, he grasps hold of his associates, dragging them down after him In any community the more extensive its savages and numerous its captives or unclear the more easily it ceizes upon fresh victims. The fall of one instead of freightening others, appears but to make for others to explode themselves to the same fearful fire. It is slow in its effects. Did it come down like the swift lightning men would tremble at its terrific force. But as it descends gently as a snow fall wrapping multitudes in its winding that it is but little noticed. Many amuse themselves by sporting with this dangerous weapon, because of its power as a child would delight to learn a caged lion, they dally with a weapon which yearly sweeps 30,000 to drunkards graves in these United