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JEAMNETTE ASiO JEAKJiOT.
Tho follo in( nofj iii t.H the rafjo in 'Paris.
The word are by Charles Jeffreys:
You are poiirg far away,
Faraway hum poor Jeannelle ;
There is no tine left (o love ine now,
AnJ yon, loo, tnny forget:
But my heart will be with you,
Wherever you may gn ;
Can you look me in the face,
And say the same, Jeannot 1
When you wore the jacket red,
And the beautiful cockade,
Oh, I feat you will forget
All the promises you made;
Wiih lhi gun lifioti youT shoulder,
And lhe bayonet by your side.
You'll bo lakina some proud lady,
And making her your bride.
Or, when glory leads the way,
You'll be madly lushing on,
Never thinking if'they kill you,
That my happiness is gone:
If t win the day, perhapi,
A General you'll be,
Though I am proud to think of that.
What will become of me 1
Oh, if 1 were Queen of France, ,
Or, still better, I'upe of Rome, .
I would have no fighiing men abroad,
No weeping maids at home ';
All Ihe world should be at peace,
Or, if Kings must show Iheir might,
Why, lei them who make the quarrels ( "
Be the only men lo light.
Scle c t a I c.
From the Yankee Nation.
THE TWO RRIDIiS1 FORUNES.
"Wnnl.nrc f r liflitt-r love, tlmt .rid their nlms
Of glossy thrturls, which, while the uir's serene,
Hsng grscn'ttlly, nnd spnukle in the sim
Ot' f fTtune, or reflect the fainter bvnins
Vltich moonlight fimt-y s'leds ; but ours
Was blended with lire nolJclt lliinps wc lived for!"
Tai.foitrd.
I ItaJ been wamlering upon the conti
nent for many monl'.i, and on my return
to my native land, I hastened to the house
of my iMher, in the neighborhood of Wind
ermore lake ; and whilst inquiring after olU
friends, did not for-jet the tw o orphans who
nhaliUed a cottage within a few m'les of
us, and who Were generally designated "the
beauties ol the lake." To my surprise, I
found Ihat both were on Ihe eve of mar-
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riarro. ntio inai ine not e numiais were a i
pointed tO tde place t0 the lolloWlllg day
The eldest, Caroline Wilton, Wis tnged
to a Captain I'anifri tl, who had been in the
army one year, merely for fashion's sake
a sort of wild flower, extremely good-looking,
Imt Who wa by no menns particular
es to his modes and habits of life. . .The
younger sister, Emily, had chosen a .Mr.
Effingham, a gentleman almost tinnown
to his neighbors. His fortune wa3 evi
dently limited, although sulficieiit to com
mand all the comforts of life ; nnd he had
nothing in his looks to recommend him,
except a pair of expfesstvand melancholy
eyes.
1 was too much interested in the fortunes
of the sisters to neglect the opportunity of
being present at their wedding. It was a
fine summer's day ; not a cloud passed over
the blue expanse of heaven; and the flow
ers seemed to rival each other in doing
nonor to ine nay. . aronne was cuiiuuiieu
to the altar by L of the handsomest young
honor to the day. Caroline was conducted
,.
exquisites I had ever seen. Ldlilly came
afterwards and Mr. Eflinghain, seemed to
avoid anything like ostentation, waiKeu
nummy oy tier swe to me aitar.
The service was performed, and Pam
frett handed liis bride, with a great deal of
ceremony, to an elegant carriage and four,
which stood waiting at the church porch,
"fhev dlove oil amid the acclamations of a
crowd of villagers, lo whom they gave in
return thrir blandest smiles : and the church
bells rang a merry peal.
'I have no carriage, Emily," whispered
Mr. KHinghanr, "into Which to hand you !"
but the smile of his bride declared more
than words could do that in possessing his
affections the desired nrt rhore.
'God bless you both !" said I.
-I am already blest," was Effingham's
reply ; "and 1 know not what 1 have done
todeServe such a blessing."
the happy pair turned from the church,
and I saw: tiiein winding tlowly up the
hill, till I had lost them beneath the ros
and clematis-hung porch , of EtDrigUam
Villa.
It was a iovous sight to me, to see such
good liealts made, happy ; hut I returned to
inv habitation sad and melancholy. Why
is it that extraordinary beauty of any kind
has a depressing influence upon tb J spirit 1
Now that Emily was gonc I fancied that
the world did not contain a woman I could
lovei She was exactly what I had always
fdncied my own wife should be; if I ever
married ; vet i had never thought of loving
her! Now it. was too late to think of it.
At first I could not help wondering what
Emily could see in Effingham. It was my
own opinion that lie was disagreeably taci
turn : but I had not known him a month
when I respected him as a wise and elder
brother; and I found . no greater pleasure
than to spend a quiet evening with mm and
I. is hrlde: '
One fine evening Effingham and I sat to
gether on a hill, which threw its shadow
over the placid lake, where the quiet stars
wi re counting their bright shadows.
licauiiful W'indrrniore ! The silent skies
Oker srch thre with a soft aeicne embrace,
Heautiiul Wuidermcre ! J.llte holy eyea , , , T ,
The stars look down lino thy placid face. . j'. .'
Thoulicat in s lovely resting pkue, , 'V M V
Cradlina thy laic, nod girt by uardiiui IiIIIj ;
AVIiile ninny .tieunts in rocky channels race
T thy curved .bore, and the bhie air distilhi
llr.uty in etury broata, rausia ui aeuaclaas tluilli1
Ure Were waiting ' lor Emily, and the
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conversation turueti ti joh ner merits.
"She is an angel!" exclaimed Effing.
bam. '-Ucfore I kiew her I was discon
tented and dijatisnecl with the world.
lily spirit had been broken by early trou
bles, and I was happiest when alone. lint
my evenings became long, and I grew tired
of reading ; then I pictured a happy vife,
silting and talking by my side. A woman
without education and sense I would not
have; and one possessing those I feared
would not consent to live sequestered and
alone with a solitary being like myself.
Such were my thoughts when I was intro
duced to Emily. She would frequently
leave her gay companions and her dashing
sister to seek with pencil and portfolio the
beautiful scenery around this neighborhood.
In these rambles I sometimes joined her,
and if I remarked a picturesque spot, I found
it a few days afterwards transferred toEini
Iv's album. Whenever she wa9 asked to
sing, she began with the air I had said was
my favorite. Sympathy, that invisible
cloud, which, funning through society,
binds heart to heart, united ours. . 1 fan
cied that I gained ground in her esteem
and I often saw lief forsake gay parties for
a quiet talk with me. AH seemed hope,
e:rcept hope itself, and that uppettred to me
to be presumption. One day, however, it
was so evident that she preferred my com
pany to any one amidst a numerous party,
containing many who would gladly have
been her slave for life, that a light broke
on me which for some time dazzled me ;
but then I 'aid my heart ftt her feet. It
was accepted. And now no day is ever
too long. I am never tired never dull;
she reads to me, sings my favorite tunes to
the music of her harp ; we both love mu
sic, walking, reading, and retirement. In
a word, we love cuct rtier-' Arid here she
comes," he continued, rising to meet her.
Never did the rising sun throw more joy
over the wearied and midnight traveller,
than Emily's smiling face did wherever she
went.
I left this happy pair, and the following
evening visited the Pumfrett.
"A sovereign bet !" exclaimed the dash
ing officer, "lor which of us can drink Ihe
most champagne, or ride lo the sixth mile
stone first !"
I excused myself, and Pamfrett declared
1 was a fool. Mrs. Pamfrett presided at
the dinner table that evening with the 6tate
and majesty of an Eastern queen. Can
this, I mentally exclaimed, be sister to the
gentle Emily?
"Have you seen Mrs. Effingham lately?"
inquired ftlrs. Pamfrett.
1 replied that I had enjoyed that plea
sure the evening before.
"Pleasure!" cried the lady. "O, dear,
to think it so ! It is three months, I fancy,
since 1 saw her ; she quite offended me by
marrying that poor melancholy man. She
must be miserably dull. ' I could not live
without my parlies1, and Pamfrett is the
ing ol all games. have quite niv own
way, and am admired by al! ; whilst Effing
ham is very eccentric, sullen, proud, and
bearish. The ladies are all envying me,
and wonder how I succeeded in obtaining
the hand of one whom they had vainly
tried lor ; but Emily, poor dear ! they won
der how she could possibly have married
such a dreary creature as Effingham."
I left the two brides thus enjoying their
fortunes, and went again touring on the
continent'. It was four years before I re
turned to Windermere. Four years! what
changes occur in, that time. A day or two
after my return, I sought the cottage on the
hill, where I had left Emily and her hus
band in the enjoyment of all the human
heart could wish. A beautiful boy was sit
ting Oil the grass before the door, placing a
wreath of wild flowers round the curly
head of a lovely little girl. "Bless the
sweet creatures !" I exclaimed, as I stood
watching them: and for some time endea
vored to trace a likeness between them and
the happy pair whose children I at once
concluded they were.
''Is papa at home r' I at length inquired,
when the little fellow looked up from his
play, pointing to the door.
"Yes sir, in there."
And I heard both laugh the unchilled
laugh of infancy, as 1 turned towards the
house.
Mr. Effingham received me as a Ions ab
sent brother, but on inquiring for Mrs. Pam
frett, I was startled to bear that she was
ad. . .
"Yes," continued Effingham, "Pamfrett
was always gay and wild, and he was at
length induced to gamble on a great scale,
and Was rui ried; One ni?ht he embarked
for America, leaving a letter for Caroline,
wherein he stated that she had always been
her own mistress, and might continue so;
and that it It had nol been for her pride,
his fortune would not have been wrecked.
"Poor Caroline was now destitute," con
tinued JUr. i.uingnam. "We lorgol ner
conduct towards ourselves, and did every-
thili1' in our power to alleviate her sorrow
and Jjeartfelt degradation. Emily al length
induced her to come and reside with us. -
I managed her affairs, gold the estate, 'and
paid what debts h?d been incurred, With
the exception ot those ol is-"honor,M from
which her ' husbarid had fled. Isut Caro
line's pride had received too deep a wound
to be healed : she pined and laded, and
within sig months of her husband's depar
ture, died. All that now remains of that
once grand, proud family , is the dear boy
in the garden, Who Is plavinir With the
little girl."
The entrance of Emily prevented any
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lurtner reterence to ner sister's meiancnoiy
history. She looked, if possible; more
handsome than ever. Her face wore the
beautiful expression of habitual content.
So good hearts live! And may they lira
and prosper ; eternal sunshine dwelling o'er
their heads!
j . . I '
A secret society 6f aeyenty thieves has
been discovered In Cuialonia, comprising?
many persons"' of 'respectable station. The
greater part have been taken, and are to be
judged by a military commission.
ilcucv Skcttl,.
iiarxhill, Tim i ni:i:nooTrit
on,
A rtnl Trnp on Large Sailr.
At the foot of an assemblage of heautiiul
picturesque rocks, called Mingo Crags, that
overlook the vale ofTeviot, there are the
remains ol an old square tower of prodi
gious strength, but ol the simplest and ru
dest form.
This tower was the residence, in remote
times, of a fierce outlaw, or Ilorder never,
of the name of Barnhill, of whom the fol
lowing story is told. Having been much
annoyed and interrupted in his forays into
Cumberland by the captain, or military go
vernor of Bewcastle, in that country, he
determined to rid himself, by a contrivance
no less bold than ingenious, at once and for
ever of this troublesome enemy. Ilarnhill's
tower, though it might be described as we
have already described it namely, as a
simple square building yet there was a
slight departure from this simplicity of
form, occasioned by a small area or court
yard in front of the structure, formed by
four very high walls, and through which
only was the tower accessible.
The first movement in Uamhill's con
trivance to effect the purpose alluded to,
was to have similar fastenings attached to
the outside of the door which led into the
courtyard spoken of with those by which
it was secured on the inside, so that a per
son from without could fasten the door as
effectually as a person within, and thus pre
vent all egress from the building. This
done, liarnhill, attended by some followers,
rode into Cumberland, and committed such
depredations on the governor of Newcastle
as he knew would lead to immediate repri
sals. Having effected this part of his ob
ject, he returned homewards, sending his
retainers on before him, with the booty
which had been taken from the governor.
liarnhill, as has been said, calculated on
being attacked in turn by the party whom
he had spoiled; and he concluded rightly ;
but it happened that this retribution came
upon him a little foenrr than he had ex
pected ; although, as the sequel will show.
this circumstance did not in the least mar
the success of his plot. Happening to look
Lack as he was leisurely about to turn (he
brow of a hill, within two or three miles
of his own resilience, and where he con
sidered himself in perfect safety, he saw a
party of eight or ten horsemen Coming as
hard as they could drive in the direction in
which he was, and immediately after heard
the deep baying of a bloodhound.
It ve be the captain ol Newcastle," said
Uarnhill to himself, as he looked at the
horsemen,' "this is inair thau I bargained
lor." .
The captain of Dew-castle it certainly
was, and Uarnhill was indeed the olject of
his pursuit a fact which the latter soon
discovered, and immediately took to his
heels ; for he was at this moment on foot,
having, not half an hour before, sent for
ward his horse by the only retainer he had
kept about him, with the booty with which
it was loaded. But, though Darnhill might
have defied the horsemen, by taking to in
accessible places, such a proceeding would
have been of no service whatever in secur
ing him from the pursuit of the dog, who
was fast gaining on him, and whose fero
cious growl was becoming every moment
more and more audible.
There was but one way of arresting the
career of these ; savage animals, when in
pursuit o( their prey; and this way, Darn-
hill, from long experience, knew very
well. It was to spill some. Hood in the
way of the hound, which has the effect of
lestroying his scent. Aware of this, as
we have J.iid, the courageous outlaw quickly
bared his left arm, drew a knife from his
belt, and inflicted several deep wounds on
his arm, and steadily passed the streaming
limb over several yards of ground, until he
thought he had made such a track of blood
as Would certainly arrest the progress of
the dog.
This done, he proceeded in his flight.
In a few minutes afterwards, the hound.
keeping the precise track of the object ol
his pursuit, csime upon the blood, and was,
as a matter ol course, instantly thrown out.
ThB ballled dog was shortly joined bj' the
norsemen ; and, lor sometime, tne wnole
party were at fault. Soon discovering,
however, the cause of the interruption, they
resumed the pursuit ; but Ihe time lost ena
bled Barnhill to gain his castle belore they
could make up to him. It was a close run,
however; for the former had hut little
more time than to enter his own gate, be
fore his pursuers were upon h!m. These,
on arriving before ihe tower, hastily dis
mounted from' their horses; and knowing
they were close on' Rarnhill's heels, for
they saw him enter the gate, rushed sword
in hand, and with lend shouts of exultation
into the little courtyard, already described,
in front of the castle, thinking that, as the
gnte had beon ' left open, which they at
tributed to the hurry of the fugitive's flight,
they would find easy abcera. td thp interior
of the building. Full of this idea, they
rushed on the door which, opening from
the court, led immediately into Ihe tower;
but were rather disconcerted on findimg it
well Secured. For some time, however,
they endeavored to force it open; but,
(hiding this vain, Ihey were about to retire;
to consult on some other - plan of getting
into the building, whrn;!o! td (heir utter
consternation and diimfly, ihey found the
outer gate shut, and no means of egress left
them! They . discovered, in short, that
they were iairly entrapped.,. While they
had been employed in attempting to force
the inner door, Barnhill had fdung a man
down with a rope Irom one of the win
dows from th hack of the tower; and this
person having stolen round to the front gate,'
had secured it, unpercetverj," in the way
mentioned, and then quietly awaited the
result ; but not, however, before he had
taken possession of the invaders' horses, an
additional booty, and removed them out of
the wav.
At the moment that the captain of Dew-
castle and his men made the discovery of
their real situation a loud shout ol laugh
ter arose from tha battlements of the tower,
when the hapless invaders, looking up, dis
covered Daruhill and his men looking down
upon them, quietly enjoying their dilemma,
and in raptures with the success of the con
trivance which had brought them into it;
for they were, in truth, now like as many
rats in a trap.
We wish, for the credit of Darnhill, that
the story had finished in the same spirit of
humor in which it begins, ami with which
it is marked throughout ; but we are sorry
to say this is not the cate. Reversing the
usual conduct of dramatic exhibitions, Barn
hill gives us, on this occasion, at any rate,
tragedy after farce. When that fierce Bor
derer andhi8 men had exhausted their mirth,
and the joke of the captured invaders had
become stale, these ferocious outlaws might
be seen coolly preparing, even with the
smile yet on their faces, to finish in blood
what had begun in laughter and glee. -Bows
might now be seen stringing in all
directions, on the top of the tower, and
deadly shalts fitting to the cord. We need
hardly say What followed. The unhappy
captives were deliberately shot at from the
battlements, in the midst of as much fun,
and frolic, and widy jest, os if they had
been a herd of deer, until the last man had
fallen, when the outlaws, rushing down
with swoids in their hands, completed the
work of death which the arrow had left un
finished and thus perished the captain of
Bewcastle and his men.
FrnTi thn New VorV Tribune.
.VOISI.I'.MLM.
Br C. T. STt'AltT.
The noblest men I know on Earth,
Are men who.e hands are brown with toil ;
When, backed by no ancestral graves,
Hew down the wfiud and till the soil,
And Win thereby a prouder name
Than follows kings or warrlcis !atne.
The working men! whale'er iheir task,
To carve the stone, or bear the hod
They wear upon their honest brows
The royal slnmn nnd ileal of t!od !
And btiuhler are their drops of sweat
Than diamonds in a coronet '.
God bless the noble woiliinff then,
Who rear the cilies of the plain :
Who dilthe mines, nnd build the ships,
And drive the Commerce of the main :
God bless them! lor their ewatthv hands
Have wronjj'it t'le friary of nil lands.
'j in: rr AitiM ss of dllh.
The deer is the most auule animal we pos
sess, and adopls the most sagacious plans for
the preservation of . its life. When it lies,
satisfied )hut the wiud will convey to it an
intimation of the approach of ils purfiuer, it
gazes in ntiolher direction. If thero are ar.y
wild birds, such as curlews or ravens, in its
vicinity, it keeps its eye intently fixed on
ihem, convinced that they will give it a time
ly alarm. It selects its cover with the great
est caution, and invariably chooses an emi
nence from which it can have a view around.
It recognizes individuals, and permits the
ahepheids to approach it. The sisgs at Tor
napiess will suffer ihe boy to go w illiiu 20
yards of them, but if I attempt to encroach
upon them lliey are off atonce. A poor man
who cariics paals in a creel on his back here
may gq J'cheok by jowl" with thorn; but I
put on his pannier the other day, and attempt
ed to advance, and iniinedijilely they sprung
away like antelopes. An eminent deerstalker
told me the other day of u plan one of his
keepers adopted to kill a wary stag. This
animal had been known for years, and occu
pied part of a plain from which it could per.
ceive the smallest object al liie distance of a.
mile. The keeper cut a thick bush, which
he carried before him as ho crept nnd com
menced stalking til eiyltt in the motnitig;
but so gradually did lto move forw ard that it
was five, in llio afternoon before he stood in
tiiiitiipli with liifcf.Kit on the antlured kinfi
"I never fell so much for an inferior oieatur,"
said the gentleman, "as 1 did for this deer.
When I came up it was panting life awny,
with ils larrn blue ryes lirinly fixed on ils
slayer You would have ihouphl, sir, that
it was accusing itself of simplicity in having
teen so easily letrnyd.,: Internes Cour.
LIVE 1'OK aoMKTIIINO. ,
Thousands of men bienthe, move mid live ;
passed the! Blajjoof life, are heard of no more
Why t Tby did nol a patticls of good in
this world ; and none were blessed by them ;
none could point to them as ho jiistiumeiiU
of iheir redempiiou; not a liua tilwy wrote,
not a word ihey fpyke could be recalled ; and
ao they perished, theii light went out in dark
ness, and they wera not remembered more
than the insects of yeslerday, Will you thus
livu am! die. Oh ! man immortal ! 1 iv for
something. Do good, and leuvo behiuj you
a monument of virtue that the storms of time
can never, destroy. Write-your name by
kindners, love and mercy; on the hearts of
the thousands you come in contact wilh year
by year, and you will never be forgotlem
No! your name, yduf'deeds, will bo as legU
ble on the hearts you leave behind, as the
stars on the brow of evening! ' Good deeds
will shine as brightly on the earthasthe stars
of heaven. " ' ' " 1
A villainous fellow, iq oua of the vrcetern
counties of Virginia, who had whipped his
wife, was ducked ey a parly of youngsters,
whereupon he auexf for datnagng. The jtiryj
after retirittg ten "niniits, returned a tinea
ment to the court,' In the furm fnllnwinp, to
wit : "Verdict of the Jury jartVrf Aim right
John Siinpoiij Foiemau ''
THE HERO AXD THE PRISTER..
"When Tamerlane had finished building
his pyramid of seventy thoi saud human skulls
and was seen 'standing at the gate of Damas
cus, glittering in steel, with hisbslte-axe on
his shoulder,' till his fierce hosts filed out to
new victories nnd nmv carnage, the pale
looker-on might have fancied that tiaturo
was to her death throes; for havoc and des
pair had taken possession of the earth the
sun of manhood seemed setting in ' sr .s of
blood. Yet it might be on that very jjala
day of Tamerlane, a liltla boy was playing
ninepins on the streets or Mentz, wTiose his
tory was more important to men than that of
twenty Tamerlane?. The Tartar Khan with
his ehapgy demonsof the wilderness, 'passed
away like a whirlwind,' lo bo forgotten for
ever; nttd that German aitisan has wrougli'
a benefit which is yet immeasurably expand
ing ilself, and will continue to expand itsolf
through all times. What ere the conquests
of the whole corporation of captains, from
Walter the Pennylessto Napoleon Uonaparte
compared with these moveable types of
Faust? Truly, it is a mortifying thing for
your conqueror to reflect how perishable is
the metal which he hammers with such vio
lence; how the kind earth will soon shroud
up his bloody foot-prints ; and all thai he
achived and skilfully piled together will be
but like his own canvass ciiy of a camp
this evening loud with life, to-morrow nil
struck and vanished 'a few earth-pits and
heaps a of straw.' For hero as always, it
continues true that liie t'.ceresi force is the
stillest; that, as in the fable, the r.iild shin
ing of ihe sun shall silently accomplish what
the fierce blustering of the tempest in vuin
essayed. Above all, it is ever to keep in
mind that, not by material, hut by moral
power, are men and their actions governed,
flow noiseless is thought.' No rolling of
drum, no tramp of squadrons, or immeasur
able tumult of baggage-wagons attends its
movements In what obscure and sequester
ed places may tho head bo meditating w hich
is one day to be crowned with more than im
pel ial authority! for kings and emperors will
be among ils ministering servants; it will
not rule over but in all heads -and wilh these
its solitary combinations of ideas, as with
magic formuLi, bend the world to its will !
The times may come when Napoleon hinist;ll"
will be better known for 'his laws than for
his battles, ami the victory ofWatetloo prove
!ess momentous than the opening of the first
Mechanics' Institute Cavlyh.
Drtam Boos. We are not advised of the
authorof tho following short drenrribook;
but he would certainly win the prize nt and
exhibition of tho works of writers inthisline:
It is very lucky fornn editor, or in fact any
business man, to dream of mos.piilnes ; it be
tokens customers that will s'tlle their liUa.
' To dream of books is unfavorable ; it de
notes yon are '-looked" for a 'small amount.'
If a young lady dreams that she is a saint,
:t is ominous that her stockings arc holy.
' For a tailor 10 drolm of being imprisoned,
is a gentle admonition I hut his last lot ofra-
tVtj.'e was altogether too extensive.
When a young man who lias spent a good
portion of the night at an inn, di earns of sae
iug tho devil, il duuotes that ulliet spirit;
havo fallen.
If a printer dreams of staryir.g lo dcalh, it
foretokens an abundance, of jt
For a coquette lo dream of a largo waist,
admonished that she is uaisting nway tho
best pot lion of her life in idle llirlatiuns.
, To dream cf colors is b.id ; as ittuoal gene
rally turns out a dun.
For married people tu dream, of music, oi
attending a ball, lut wants Ihem thai there is
1 bnu-l in llio little angel's threat.
Gini.s, RcD This. A few da)s since, a
young gentleman related to us llio following:
. ., . i .i... .. ... ..,..i ;., ,i.
evenm" at lha social borne circle, of -for-
t,.e'. cLan"e.a.id reiraiked, ' ihat in hei
110 salu mat ina niutiici n.i m mu j
"iilheod, el asocial parlv, where ihero was
' . 1 .. ....
music and dancing, a young blue-eyed, light
haired boy n'ed her to dance, frhe refused
and thought him rilher presuming, as he was
the sou of a blacksmith, and she tht! daughter
of Captain , a viilitia captain. There
was n diffoieuce in ihe social position. Thai
boy is the jn'fseiif Uuvtruor cj Mitxmchusttts!''
liofton I'ost.
Ltisi at Hours. il was a beautiful obser
vation ii tha late Hatlil, that there is room
enough in human life to crowd ultivist every
art and science in il. If we. pass "no day
without ihe company of u book wenay
wilh case Gil libraries or empty them of iheir
contents. The mere we do, tho more we can
do; the more busy we are, lha mora leisure
we have.
Hcaa's a Ciiascf..--A young lady adver
tises in t'B. '-Cleavcland I'laindenler". for a
young guptleinan to act as an amanunsis.
He must be able to , write in cyphers, and
when thua engaged, he will be expected: lo
road poetry wilh feeling, converse with, easo,
and be able to pleycribbage anil, backgam.
mon. He must expect to be kissed when she
is pleased, and cuffed when she is nut, but
us her temper is acknowledged o be good,
ther will . probably be more kissing than
culling. There's a ood chance for some.
h'y- ,: .. ,...
MivT.ennoT, the purchaser of the Washing
Ion MS., has a fortune which ) ields 120,000
per annum. He is a bachelor, and a mai
of "tho tiiiist 'princely liberality nod benevo
lence. Il is said Ihat hit ch'niuble conli frui
tions amount lo $60,000 pit annum one-hall j
f his income-'
. EfrCOlfcTEftWITil THE ILCPliANT.
Major Rogers had just had capital sport
wilh a herd of elephants'; his four guns had
all been discharged, when an elephant made
a charge al him Irom the skittsof the jungle.
There was no hslp for it except to ruri, and
for four hundred yards the major kept just
ahead, feeling at" every step the animal's
v.runk try ing to insinuate itvclf round his loins.
A tuin round a trco gave him a momentary
advantage, which he made mot of by spring
ing irp the branches, (ho was as nimble as a
cat ant! as strong as, a linn ;) one foot higher,
and he would have been out of the elephants
reach but before he had time to draw up his
legs the elephant had got him firmly clenched
in ihe coilsof his proboscis. Still Rogers pulled
ngsinsl him, thinking it better to have his leg
wrsnched from the socket thau to fall back bo
dily into th- power ol the animal. The strug
gle however, did not last long, for to the delight
of the pursued and the chagrin of ihe pursuer,
the Wellington boot which the former wore
slipped off, extricated the leg, nttd saved the
leg of poor Rogers. The dilemma, however,
did no! end here, for the elephant, finding him
self baulked of his prey, after destroying tho
boot, took op his quarters beneath tho branch
es, nnd kept his anticipated victim in the
tree for twenty-four hours, when a tapal.or
country postman, happening to pas; by, Ro
gers gave him notice of his position ; and on
this being intimated to tha nearest village',
the elephant was frightened away by tom
tom!, and yelling. Had this occurred in f
deserted part of ihsj ingle, 'poor Rogers would
indubitably have been starved to death In
ths tree. Spr-rting Magazine.
" S.je:i after the C peruica!) system of astro
nomy began lo be generally understood, an old
Cor.neclicnt farmer went to his parson with
the fcliowing inquiry : '-Dr. T., do yon believe
in ihe new story ihey tell about thu "artii
moving round tho sun?'' '-Yes, certainly."
"IXi you think it is according lo lha Scrip
tures? If it's true, how could Joshua com
mand tho 'sun to slant! still!"' 'Umph.!"
quoth tho Toctor, scratching his head, ''Jo
shua commanded the st:n to stand still,
did he?" "Yes." "We!!, it stood still, did
it not?" "Yes" "Very well. Did y'oii
ever hear that ha s:t il t!oing'againV
The St. Louis Organ, of ihe 2Id ultimo has
the following: A friend tells nsthalin com
ing down tha Mississippi river, a short lime
ago, on a steamboat, ono of the passengers
one night ?.ttr;'tej his attcVuion. by exclaim
ing in liis sleep.
"I can beat that dive, any way yoii cari
fixii!"
Our relator immediately looked towardi
the man, when lo '. he saw him tumble, head
foremost, from his berth on the floor'.
"There," r-Md he, "I touched boilcni, any
how!" and liien climbed up Into his beith
again wrtliout waking.
Thk iAsrSrcrcH or Mas. Pahtinctov.
"Fifty-two Sons of Temperance," exclaimed
ihe eld lady "and twenty-five Daughters too!
Why bless me, how many children has aunt
Tempy got ? And I hear thtn talk abouk
Cadets of Temperance. What sort of debts
arethsi." ? But r,o wonder she owes debts
when she has so many children to maintain
how Ip.iy the V.UI criMu,'' And ihe old
huly pulled her spectacles down on fie'r nose
and resumed her knitting.
CuATVirois PitiNTiNti. Tiie Salem Ga
zette has Ihe following paragraph on the sub
;ect, wliiih ve commend lo the. notice of
genllcineu in (his city who are in ihe habit
of asking fur gratuitous piloting:
'There is no sui-h lliingas doing any ihing
gratuitously in a printing office Somebody
mubt pay fi r every thing that is done. Not
a lino can be set that does not cost money for
soiling. Either the pi inter must pay the
r mlverliser niusl pity hi. share.
1 lho "Sy ! 10 b" y Ihe pub-
i !"Vr ilre: u'!la ' i0 Pa' "'""".v " the
1,1,,. t U'l,..i...,.ll. it,; . :.. i:
luboi I What' gioniul has litis party or indi
vidual lo require one to pay for the promo,
lion of ils or his object ?''
If j on d.ei'l wish lo fall in Iotc, keep away
fioni calico. .You can no more play wilh
girls without losing yei'f heart, than you can
pli'.y r.l roulette witli.iut losing your money.
As Dobbs very juaily obseives, the heart
strings of a woman, like the tendrils of a vine
arc alwas reaching out for something to
cling lo. The consequence is, that befoie
you are going. ;ou are "gone," like a one
legged stove at ;lrcel auction.
A negro boy in Louisiana, during tho chol
era, hearing his father say that the disease'
woultl soon bo ulong that way, left his work
and betook himself to the woods. Brinff
found by his overseer fast asleep, He excused
himself on the ground t!it not being "pre.
pared In thind to die," lie had gone to thq
wouds to ''meditate." But said ihe overseer,
"how. was it that you went asleep 1" "Well,
I don't know, niassie, how dat was fzactly,
tut I speck I vvtr, prayed ijiysrl."
' Octbagcols The CumMfW rresby'
letian Church, at Lelapon, Ohio, was entered
recently by umo villains, wfro' tore the Bible
on the pulpit le fiagments, defaced the seals
and fnniituic, and then entered ihe Baptist
Church, wherw they perpetrated similar out
rages; The people were much excited on
the sutyvt, and great effort were making M (
discover the scoundrels. '
! X Poos Drvrt-A man w ho nas no friendV '
but im.se who profess to be such through
If interest,