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. ' ,; . ' From llouichold Words. .
THE FLOWERS' PETITION.
We flowers and shrubs in cities pent,
From fields and country plncoa rent,
(Without our own or friends' couseut,)
In deoperate condition,
Yet on no wilful outrage bsnt,
Do humbly here petition.
Wborcns : against our 6i1cnt wills,
With loss of sun and purling rills,
Cooped up in pots, on window Bills,
In rickety old boxes
' Tho city's breath our beauty kills,
And makes us gray as foxes.
Condemned in walls of brick nnd lime,
In narrow beds of clay and slime,
To ope our buds and shed our prime
We need some kind defender j
Wo pray, oh, let us live otir time !
And we are very tender !
' Oh, client us not of Heaven's dews ;
No air (however stale) refuse ;
God knows 'tis little we can use,
So choked are all our vitals ;
No slightest euro will we abuse,
Nor fail in foud requitals.
We'll breathe onr delicate perfumes j
We'll glad your eyes with choicest blooms;
But do not shut us up in rooms,
Or stifling, crowded places
The sky, in clouds and light, assumes
To us fur lovelier faces.
Our sooty and bedraggled fate.
Uur evergreens turned chocolate,
o we ascribe to spite or hate 7
No ; we are Rtiro you love us j
Yet. half ashamed, wo beg to state
lis love tho sun above us.
Then treat us in your gentlest ways
And next unto the sun's own rays,
With beauty's homage, incense-praise,
Wo ever will caress you,
And to the ending of our days
In gruU-ful silence bless you.
cSflttt Ciile.
From Graham's Magazine, for Augu.t.
TEE OLD BONNET.
By UAKRirr .v. bapb.
"I do wish Sullie Curtis would not wear
that old bonnet !" exclaimed a lady as she
entered tho parlor of a fushionablo boarding
house, which some half dozen families mis
called home that sweet word, which the
heart can only apply to the place that shel
ters our own household baud 1
"Why does Miss Curtis' bonnet trouble
you !'' asked her husband laughingly.
"Trouble met indeed it does it takes
away all my comfort in church I It looked
badly enough iu tho early part of tho season,
but now that all tho ladies in the pews
around them have such elegant new hats,
Sullie and her mother do look most forlorn in
their old straws 1"
"Is Isr mother's as bad as Lcrs t"
"Yes : and a hundred times worse. It is
shameful for ladies iu their position to dress
so meanly ! 1 beg your pardon, Mrs. T ,
I did not see you," said the lastspeaker, with
a bluth.
"Oh, you need not apologizo to Ma, she
sees cousin Sallie's hat iu the samo light in
which you do, and aunt's too !" spoko up a
young lady, at the sido of tho person ad
dressed. "Yes, indeed ; and I am not surprised at
their being the subject of remark. I told
them it would be so, when I saw them fixing
up their bonnets, (for they trimmed them
themselves with ribbon they had in the
house ;) but I hoped then they would only be
worn for a few weeks, until etild weather set
in j but they are bent on. making them do
servico during the entire winter! Such a
foolish notion us my sister-in-law lias in her
head; because this is a hard winter, and
business men are cramped for money, she is
determined to save a dime wherever she can,
without causing effectual sutlering to herself
and family I lam lecturing her continually
on tho absurdity of her course, but I cannot
move her. I told her that Sallio could not
possibly do with jut a new bonnet this winter.
eveu if she did. A married lady, von know.
may occasionally eniov the privilege of beimr
careless about her own dress i people take it
or granted tliat in iier anxiety about ber
family. 6he has forgotten herself; but it is
absolutely necessary for a young lady to be
always well dressed, and'l am sure I am
ashamed or bailie, this winter! My Julia
wouldn't wear her best hat, even for "a back
bonnet." "
'No. that I would not !" said the vounff la
dy. "I should be afraid of losing caste, if I
uiu so i
"But I thonzht Mr. Curtis was a man of
wealth !" said au intimate friend to Mrs. T ,
in a lower tone.
"He is considered so : but now even the
wealthiest men are embarrassed, you know.
f'J nusoaua says tuiu one dollar, this winter,
is worth more than (ico were last year !" she
said, langhing.
"15ut you are not obliged to ecnnnmi t"
and the speaker glanced at the rich velvet,
costly furs, and the "lovely hat" in which Mrs.
a ' was arrayea.
"Me 1 oh, 1 cau't do it ; and if I couW,
where would be the Use of worrying and sla-
ving myself to save a little here, and a lit t!
there? What would it all
the end t A few hundred dollars, which, if my
husband is going to fail, could not prevent
him, and which I may as well enjoy while I
can I My sister-in-law says that if her hus
band becomes involved, it shall not be through
any extravagance of hers j and that she is
resolved to make no unnecessary purchases
this winter. I represented to her that with
all her efforts, she could not save more than
a trifle, and that she had better give up the
strutrcle and take things at thev coma b.
er earnest answer was "No, Klizabeth, al-
mougQ ma sum may oe ever so triding, J m
resolved to exercise self-denial, in order that
I may have the satisfaction of - feeling that I
have done vhat I could I It has really become
quite a mania with ber, and Sullie is just like
her mother. Whenever I tell her of anvthinir
the needs, ber reply invariably is "I can do
without it at present, for we wish to econo
mize," or, "we are trying to retrench."
"What a pity I She it u a floe-looking
girl, when well dressed."
. "I know It: and I km to glad you alluded
to Ler dress, for I mean to tell ber it bat
been remarked upon, and I tball do my beat
to prevent ber pretty uce ceing again lean
under that old boantsw
Tho Indies who carriod on the above conver
sation, had a listener, of whom they little
dreamed. Mr. II , a wealthy and elegant
gentleman, who had spent several years in
Europe, and had lately returned home, with
nothing to do bnt to seek enjoyment and a
wife, lay on a sofa in the adjoining parlor try
ing to rend, but unceremoniously taking in all
that the ladies said.
"So Miss T -would be afraid oflosing
caste, if she wore as old a bonnet as her cou
sin's, would she?" he repeated to himself,
sneeringly. "How finely her position in soci
ety must 'be established, if so slight a thing as
a straw hat could hurl her from her place 1
When will onr women have that noble inde
pendence which should be their birthright
and as the voices died away, he lay musing
for tome time upon the old straw bonnet and
its wearer.
Despite the eloquent way In which Mrs.
T reported to ner niece the remarks that
bad been mado upon her old bonnet, Sallie's
pretty face was still seen under it at church,
and on tho street.
'You foolish child !" the aunt persisted,
"what nre ten or fifteen dollars to your father,
in his business, when he has thousands of dol
lars to pay out almost every day ?"
"Very little, I know; bnt then the consci
ousness that I am trying to lighten his cares,
is a great deal to me ; nnd mother says that
tho feeling of independence, which wo coll
forth by our self-denial, will be of lasting ben
efit to me."
"Pshaw 1 yon don't know the disadvantage
it may prove to you 1 Just at M ago when
the appearance you make will have a great
influence on your future destiny ; it Is all-important
thnt yon should look as well as pos
sible ; and tt-hat girl can appear well in an old
bonnet?"
"Mother, just think of it," exclaimed Julia
T . a few days after, ."Sullie funcies she
con go to that party In tho white dress that
she has worn, I don't know how many times!"
, "You don't mean to say that she has not a
new dre9s for this occasion V
"So she says."
"So I told her, myself. I wouldn't go into
society in an old dress, if I never went at all,
for I should not expect to receive tho least
attention ! But let me tell you the funniest
thing you ever heard, ma 1" continued the
vonng lady, laughing immoderately, as if she
had just recalled something excessively ludi
crous. "Sbe thinks she can't even afford
a new pair of gloves for the party, nnd so
what do you suppose she has done? Taken
soap and milk and cleaned the pair she wore
to Mrs. C 's; I laughed ready to kill
myself, when she showed them to me with
tho assurance that they wero 'just as good as
new I"
"How did they look ?"
"I couldn't see for laughing ; and just think,
mother, they have dismissed tho seamstress,
and Sullie is going to do the family-sewiug,
until times are easier, she says 1"
"Why, is there anything especially wrong
in her father's affairs ?"
"Oh, no ; only the old story of, 'he is em
barrassed, and I wish to do what I can V"
It is said "stone walls have ears ;" I do not
know how true it is. but somehow or other
Mr. It overheard this conversation, as
distinctly as he had the one about the old
bonnet.
One word respecting that gcntlcmon.
Young ladies said ho was about thirty ; cer
tain spinsters had affirmed that he was "all of
thirty-five," while he laughingly owned to
thirty-threo ; but ho was so lively and inter
esting in conversation, that even very young
eirls forgot his oro.
After the above revelations respecting the
economy of Miss Curtis' toilet, bo certainly
expected her to present a shabby appearance
at the party ; and he began to dread seeing
her pass through the trying ordeal of feeling
herself the most illy-drested person in the
room ; and enduring the slights consequent
upon that circumstanco, she did not appear
until quite lute, and as he looked around upon
the rich satins and gorgoous silks, in which
many of the guests were arrayed, he found
himself hoping that tho might uot come at
all.
"There is ono young lady here, dressed in
such pure artistic taste, cun you tell me who
she is?" inquired a friend at bis elbow.
"There, talking to that very tall man with the
light hair !"
Air. U looked, and recognized Salhe.
But he Bought iu vain for evidence of her
dress being old, or unfit to grace a sccno like
that. Its snowy folds were a positive relief
to the eye, dazzled by so much splendor, while
her dark hair which formed so fine a con
trast to her alabaster skin and white dress
was most tastefully urrangod and ornamented
with a few white rose-buds. The effect of
that simple toilet was perfect, but he remem
bered what hud been said of tho gloves, and
looked eagerly at her hands.
"If they are tho same, she was right iu
pronouncing them as good as new," he suid to
himself; and so absorbed was he by these
profound reflections, that he almost forgot to
reply to his mend.
The crisis that business men bad appre
hended came, and those whose credit bad
stood highest, were the first to fail. Among
them was Mr. Curtis.
"So it seems that with all yonr worrying
and economy, yon wero not able to keep your
rutherrrom luiliug r said airs. I to lier
niece.
"No, aunt, we did not expect to be able to
do that."
"Then vour wisest course would have beeu
to eniov lifo while you could. Here you have
been denying youjselves all winter to no pur
pose r
"Hut, as mother says, we nave tne satisiac
tion of feeling that since father bus been
pressed for money, we have not caused mm
one needless expenditure I and she looked
radiantly happy.
"Will you permit me. Mist T , to ask
you a direct question ?" inquired Mr. It ,
of that young lady, as they found themselves
left alone in one of the parlors.
"Certainly," was the gracious reply, "asis
me any question you like, since I can use the
privilege of replying to it or not, just as I
happeu to be iu the vein I"
"liut I hope you will deign to answer this
one in which I am greatly interested is Miss
Curtis mucn depressed at ber iuluers luii-
The OUOfction was different from what Julia
bad anticipated, but she replied with a laugh ;
"Depressed I you should set her ! Were I
in her place, I confess that I should be plunged
mo id oepta or woe, at tba thought or tne
retrenchments, and the change that must be
mode iq their style of living j but Sallie it at
light hearted at a bird I"
"Perhaps tba does not realize it yet 1"
"Oh, vet she does ; and sha Las ner plant
all laid out as clearlv aa wa had 1a nnta Hnwn
the various revolutions on our historical charts
at school, and she talks about their moving
into i small house, and keeping only on ser
vant, as gayly as if she were planning a
pleasurs trip I And that is not all, sha says
afas bu beea rTiwio kr ttsdles wiifc i
view of teaching, so that they can thus" con
tinue her little sisters at the expensive schools
they are attending. Just think of her stoop
ing to become a teacher ; isn't it absurd I"
"I confess, I should prefer seeing her oc
cupy a different positiou,-' said Mr. It ,
with emphasis.
As long as her father lives he ought to be
able to support her, aud I told her that if I
were in ber place, 1 would reserve that degra
dation for some greater emergency ; bnt she
said she would rather prepare herself, by her
own exertions, for any emergency."
"I suppose they see no company now ?"
"Oh ves, just the same as usual.
Mr. It-- called on Suilie that evening,
and to his delight found her alone. He was
really relieved at seeing nocloud on her young
face, but instead, such a joyons expression as
only springs from a happy heart.
In a manner not to be misunderstood he
told her how glad he felt at seeing her thus,
aud she answered frankly
"Why should I not be hnppy ? my father Is
reduced, but he can never be dishonored 1
Perfect integrity nnd uprightness hnvo char
acterized all his dealings, and if ho has been
unfortunate, tho way in which ho bears up
under it makes me more proud of him thnn
ever !" and tears filled her eyes as she spoke.
I don't know much about business," she
added, with a smile "but I am. told that all
father's liabilities are to be met, so that no
one else is to sr. (for through his failure."
"But do you not shrink from tho changes
that must take place ?"
Sallie wondered to herself why it was that
she felt so perfectly free with Mr. It , it
seemed as if they had known each other all
their lives, us sho answered
"Oh no, thcro is tiothing very hard in that !
Cousin Julia has been trying to convinco me
that I ought to bo very wretched, bnt she did
not succeed in her inisskn."
Thero was a pnnso, and then the conversa
tion was renewed by Mr. It , but wo are
not going to tell tho reader what he first
said, though all tho light that he can get upon
tho subject from the remarks that follow, he
is welcome to. Mr. It , spoke for about
ten minutes in on earnest tone, Sallio, at first,
looked down, and then raised her eyes to his
face with an inquiring gluuce. At length
she said
"Had you spoken so, to me, half an hour
ngo I should have supposed you ignorant of
the change in our circumstance ; but you
know nil.'
"I do 1" was tho answer, and he went on to
tell Sallie of the effect that knowledge had
produced uponhiin, and again theconversation
was too earnest and too low lor our cars.
At last he seemed to bo urging her to reply,
und if wo give her answer, just as it full from
her cherry lips, we shall have to record the
very trite words, "ask futher 1"
"Arc you aware, sir, of my fuiluro ?" in
quired Mr. Curtis, in answer to something
Mr. R said to him next morning in his
counting room.. "My daughter is now pen
niless." "I know all that," was the reply j "but sho
is a fortune in herself 1"
"That is most true ; and, since yon can ap
preciate her, take her, and may (Jod bless you
in proportion as you mnko her happy !"
"Thank you for the precious gift !" said
Mr. It , much affected; "and now, sir,'
may I talk a little about business ?1
The merchant bowed. "
"1 have lately received,, from a relative, an
unlooked-for gilt of thirty thousand dollars,
upon condition that I will go into some kind
of business. I have been puzzled to know
how to invest it, for, of business matters, I
am sorry to any, 1 am most profoundly ignor
ant, "i ou havo experience and patience to
bear with my want of knowledge ; now nro
you willing to consider my ready cash equal
to your practical luiormaiiou, auu so luwo me
as partner?"
'1 ho business nrrunsrcmcnlbciiifr satisfacto
rily concluded. Mr. It was urceut to
have tho wedding to tuko place as soon as
possible.
"Why didn't you offer him the uso of your
money before, it might have saved his "fuil
uro ?" asked a friend of M r. It .
' I did lontr to do so, but was afraid to have
the girl I loved feel that she was under obli
gations to me t I never could have hoped to
win tier allections then I
"Pshaw ! that would have been tho very
way to get her 1"
When Mrs. T and other friends were
offeriug their congratulations to the blushing
Sullie, her husband said
"By the way, aunt, did I ever tell you what
caused me to full in lovo with your niece ?"
"Her own loveliness, of course, drew out
yonr love 1"
"No sucb thing ! it was ber old straw bon
net !"
Why, aunt, you told me, I don't know how
many times, that my old bonnet would pre
vent my ever marrying."
How had that iright or a bat anything to
do with your admiration ?"
"Why, you see, I wanted n companion in a
wife ; not a mere doll to please my fancy by
her pretty face and costly dress ; so I said to
myself, "a girl who can reason thus correctly
about economy, and who has indeitendcnce
enough to carry onr that reasoning by wear
ing an old bonnet, has a mind above me ordi
nary herd, and powers of which any man
might be prond T
DLaCKBERRY WISE.
MTrt tnnl'A tt-iiin Ofinnl In vnlnA it, rmrt
lalra ri,,A Itliif'Lhprripu np ilpw.hprripa. Biwl
press them ; let tho juice stand thirty-six
( . e . . .1,; tr .1. 4
Hours VU icrilieilfc , smui uii nuuioict iiaca iu
the top ; then to every gallon of the juice add
a quart of water nnd three pounds of sugar,
(brown augar will do ;) let this stand in open
: i.e.. ... r 1 . -t-i.., .i :
veaBeie 1U7 iwcilljr-tuur iitiuis , emu, ctuu buuiii
it , then hnrrul it nntil March, whpn it alinnlil
be carefully racked off and bottled. Black-
,F i i . .1 i: . I .
oerry coruiui is niuuu uy puuiuj one puuuu ui
white sugar to three pounds of ripe blackber-
vina olli.u.iiw tliain is, Qtnnrt Iwnlva tinnra ,
theu pressing out the juice, straining it, ad
ding one-tuird spirit, ana putting teaspoou-
e i i. . , n . .: :.. - ,
IU1 oi iiiieiy-powuurcu unsiMi-e in evcijr iiimi
tf t l.a milinl ft la nl AlirA fit fni USA. I'llis
wine and cordial are very valuable medicines
... . m r .. 1.
in the treatment oi weakness ot tne svoniacu
and bowels, and are especially valuable iu
the summer compiaiuis oi cnuureu.
A Ttrivnun Fockd in PENNSYLVANIA. A
supposed diamond, of extraordinary site, it
it stated, has recently been found in Lao
caster county, Pa., and is deposited in Pro
fessor Pbillip't office, Philadelphia. It is
colorless, pertectiy crystalline, resemoung a
drop of clear spring water, in the middle of
which you will perceive a strong light play
ing with a good deal ol spirit. Tba geologi&J
does not announce it to be of tha first water,
although there is not the least doubt of its
being of considerable value. Offers of im
portance, it is said, have been declined for it.
Nothing, it is tupposed, ljks it, was arer
dlscorr4 bfo.-s tis Ci.ui EtsUs.
) 0 ( 1 IT t.
"DARN IT !"
et rniu srcNCER,
Breathes there a man with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said,
If he perchance should bump his head,
Darn it
T.h-fte. Ilmrn ti lmlv wlMi ft mnffl
- J ...... .- .........
Who, if ho chnnre lo stny out late,
But would use theso words to vent her hate
Darn it I
Where is the man thnt would nrt say
If his snspenders gavo away.
While dancing brisk with ladies gnv
Dam it !
Suppose, when dancing ot a ball,
Tho pumps you wore wero 'most too smnll,
Who would not theso two words let fall
Darn it !
Or who, whpn shaving in morning cold,
Hath gashed his chin with razor old
And could these powerful words withhold
Datn it !
Or, if a fellow with love is smitten,
And letters to his love hns written,
And after all should gel tho mitten
Darn it I
Or, when one's notes or bills fall dur,
And banks are hard and won't renew,
Iu these two words there's comfort true
Darn it I
Or if when ridinir in a sleieh.
Yonr horso takes fright nnd runs away
Aud turns you out, who would not say
Darn t !
Were's the man who, on ice or slippery
stoue.
Hath fallen nnd jarred his crazy bone,
And uot exclaimed in angry tone
Darn it I
We used this brilliant excinmation
When candidate to rule this nation
"f is said he cried in desperation.
Darn it!
When one is bent in writing rhymes,
And tried in vain a hundred times,
How well these words with any chimes
Darn it !
To all young ladies we appeal,
Who haven't a hole in their stocking heel,
IT these two words are not genteel
Darn it I
In short, when things havo gono past bear
ing.
All into threads one's patience wearing,
Theso words aro better far than swearing
Darn it !
Beautiful lines these on a rerv tnnnliinrr
subject the early dead from the pen of a
iuuy :
The blessed little children 1
Who dio in early years.
Their gentle lives are never dimmed
By misery and tears.
The happy littlo children 1
Who brighten earth awhile,
And then clasp gladly death's cold hands,
And leave us with a smile.
The blessed little children 1
They sin and snfler not,
Nor live to mourn, in later years,
Their dark and weary lot :
They only see upon tho earth
The gladness uud the sun
And then, with smiles upon their lips,
Their pilgrimage is doue 1
Souls of tho blessed children 1
I envy yo yonr rest,
That ye so quickly could lie down
In earth's warm, quiet breast.
I wish my hands had long been bound,
As atraightly us your own,
And that your silent company
Were ull that I had known.
O dead and blessed children,
Why did I draw my breath ?
Why were my eyes not gently closed
In sleep that brought mo death?
Why where your heurts so calmly stilled,
Whilo mine is beating yet,
And why upon my lips wus not
The seal of silence set ?
0 blessed angel children !
I cunnot join yo now,
Eurth'8 cares aro beating in my heart
And throbbing on my brow,
Aud bitter words aro on my lips,
(Alas ! they draw their broulb !)
Aud worldly passions light my eyes,
While thiuo are calm with death.
And now, oh blessed children 1
I cannot leuve the earth,
Alus ? that still I seek for love,
Tor happiness and worth
1 am nut pure enough to dio,
1 am too worldly now;
But 1 wish 1 were a buried child,
Who pcribhed long ago,
0 hnppy, blessed children !
Your hearts nre calm, in rest,
While mine beats wild and wailing ttill
In my unquiet breast;
And yet, earth's joyauce is so sweet,
Earth's love aud hope, so dear,
That for iff sake we still would live
To love aud sorrow hero.
LoREt.E.
Tub Pbicm ofWubat Hunt's Merchants'
Magazine publishes a table of the price of
Wheat at Albany, ou the first day of January,
for sixty-one years. It is from the minute
kept at the office of the Van Rensselaer
Manor, at Albany, where large amounts of
rent are payable m wueai, or casn equivalent,
on the first of January, each year; and as
two parties are deeply interested in the price,
it is probably tho most reliably correct of
any record that cau ta obtained, j nis ina
commences iu 17'J3, when tho price was 75
cents a bushel only five times iu the sixty-
one years wheat has been or upward, per
bushel, while it was seventeeu times ut $1 or
under twice at 75 cents. Only once in
thirty-seven vears, that is Since 1817, to wit
in 1837, has it reached $2. The average
price for the whole period, is $1,38. For the
lust thirty years It is Hl.ii.
Limr) Watk in Brsad. It has lately
been found that wutcr saturated with lime
produces in bread the same whiteness, soft
ness and capacity of retaining moisture, as
results from the use of alum ; while the former
removes all acidity from tha dough, and sup.
plies an ingredient needed in the structure of
tbs bones, but which is deficient in the
etrea'i.
TIIK MCIIOLAS MARE.
Tho "Nicholas Mare" was a beast of extra
ordinary shced and endurance. Like most
rare animals,, whether human or brute, she
was eccentric in bor habits. It matters not
who owned her at the timo of the incident
wo are about to relate, suffice it to say ber
owner was a eensiblo man, and a thorongh
horseman ; his predilection for horso-flesh,
moro than anything else, having driven him
into t' o livery business. Next to the wife
ofhis bosom he loved the Nitholns mnre
a Tact of which both females were sensible,
without being ot all jealous of each other.
For this reason tho mare was hired only to
particular customers ; and, when let, tho
party hiring was always carefully instructed
ns to the peculiarities of the animal. A par
ticular friend, unacquainted with tho animal
of her habits, and troubled with an impedi
ment in his speech, as well as with a native
infirmity of temper, which prevented him
exercising any charity for living creatures of
slow and tardy motion, onco upplied to our
1 1 very man for a horse, for a journey of a
dozen miles or so, taken for the purpose of
bringing his wife home from her father's house,
whither bIic had been on a visit. The con
tract runs thus :
"I w-w-want a horse a good 'un one
that'll s-s-s-start the minute you s-S-sa-say
I'w-I'wh-Pwhistr a-an-aud'U go Lko thun
der." "Suit yon, I guess," was the reply.
"We-we-well, out with her, then."
The mare was put between the thills of a
nice light buggy, her harness thoroughly
adjusted by the owner, the reins carefully
laid over tho dashboard, and the usual chap
ter of advice opened concerning her manage
ment. fT-f-f?'t out w'tu your directions. I can
drive, I guess," interrupted tho lesseo ; and
picking up the reins, he sprang for tho seat,
but landed heels up upon tho buggy bottom.
The mare wus off! but tho driver being
game, had the command, as ho thonght,
through recovery of the lines, upon which he
pulled as though resolved "to do or die." A
slight smile was visible upon the demure face
of the lessor as the vehicle receded from
sight at a killing pace, and nothing more
was known until the next day, when our
friend with the impediment mado his nppear
anco with tho mare, but without his wife.
As he drove up a cloud o'ersproad his face
as ho saw the lessor at the stuble door.
"W-w-what k-ki-kind of an incarnate b-br-brnte
d'ye c-cu-call this?"
"Best horso in tho stable."
W-w-well ! I started forD ."
"Yes, I know it."
"W-well, before I could stop, wont to
II , (33 miles.l drove back tliis morning.
You k-kn-know father's door yard half a
mile wide I
"Yes, well ?"
"W-w-well old man my b-br-bro-bro-therJim,
hired man, und visitor besides,
t-t-tri-tri-tried for two hours to get w-wi-wifo
into the wngon and couldn't do it; d-d-de-devillsh
critter danced collego hornpipes all
r-r-round ; an-an-und over some of us but
uot a passenger could we get iu."
"How did yon get in."
"Tell you. Old man's foxy as a lawyer.
Told me to take her out. I did. Toid me
to g-g-get in. I did, and nfter I got in they
hitched tho mare, nnd hc-hc-hcre I be. y.
w-wo-wouldu't give a Spanish dollar for tho
mare, though she did como the twelvo miles
in f-forty-eight minutes."
"Why?"
"Look nt my hands."
They were onebliftcr. The lesorsmiled.
"If you had listened to me all this would
have been avoided ; allow the lines to remain
untouched until you nre seated, and sho
never starts till you tell her. Drive her with
a slack rein, she will go as slow as you de
sire." The truth of this statement was nt onco
tested by trial, and resulted as was asserted
precisely ; but tho driver was punished for
his impatience, and ever from that day in
sists upon having a horso that won't "s-st-start
the minute you say P-p-phwist 1 and
go like thuuder." Worcester Transcript.
ARSENIC SMOKERS.
Travellers have already given accounts of
tho arsenic eaters of the Carpathian moun
tains. This drug gavo them blooming com
plexions, und enabled them to euduro long
ascending wulks on tho mountains without
overtaxing their lungs. They had howevrr
to increase the doso continually, and life clo
sed between the two alternatives, to stop and
dio of iuanition, or go on and perish or tho
excess. A correspondent of the Tribune,
speaking of tho samo habit, refers to the
statements of M. Moiitigny, French Consul
in China, in reference to the use ofurseuic by
the Chinese. He says they mingle it in their
smoking tobneco. The custom is peculiar to
certain provinci s, and so common that, ac
cording to tho testimony of the missionaries
who lived a long time thero, tobacco free
from urseuic is nut sold. The fame witnes
ses assured the Consul that the arsenic smo
kers were stout fellows, with "lungs like a
blacksmith's bellows, and rosy as cherubs."
The publication of Montiguy's statement bus
called out a letter from Dr. Louda, who an
nounces thut some years ago, in the courso of
a discussion at the Academy of Medicine, on
the agents to be employed to cure tubercular
consumption, he told the assembled doctors
that be had found but one successful means
of combatting that dreadfi.l tli-oase ; that
means was tho smoking of arseuic. Tho doc
tor re-nflinns bis commendution of his remedy.
How singular it would be, if a remedy fur the
wide-spread plague of consumption was to be
found in the counter-poison of this horrid and
inexplicable habit.
Fashions for Acoi-st. Bonnets have ex
perienced little alteration iu shape, except
those that have been crushed by tome one
sitting accidentally down upon them. Shaded
silks uro still seen, tha shading being thrown
in by constant wear during the whole of the
summer, causing the tnateriul to be much dar
ker in somo parts thuu in others. Scurfs will
bo in request, and so will lace ; but for those
who cannot get tho p' lutlace, tho boot lace
will be in a cheap und useful substitute.
Flounces which have beeu for 6ome timo com
ing in, are uow made to slick out more than
ever.
We have seen a very graceful head dress
for gentlemen, which, for evening toilet, is
general. It consists of a cohtikb of mUUm
cottou, with a tassal at the top of is.
A Fortvk8 in PaosPBCT. The vrnerablo
Dr. Nolt, it is statod, has a fortune in pros
pective. T be copper mines at Bribtol, Conn,
owned by bim bid fair to bo very profitable
concern. A vein of ore worth ovet a milliou
of dollars, has lately been discovered.
Two German girls, with a luirdygurdy and
tamboriue. Lava netted 2000 in the short
JC CI tet cmiitLa ju Ai.ilrul.a.
txn.osio ok hir-iir povroiji
MILLS AT WILMUlil U UI-.I,. '
-Four Persons Killed ! Several U'uundid.'
AVh.hixotox, Aug. 3. A terTiM j calamity
occurred thU morning, et (iaroshi 's IVwdor
Mills, roar this city. At eight o'clock, a tre
mendous explosion, which seemed to con
vulse henvcri and earth, announced that nno
ther of those fearful accidents 1't.l takc-11
place, which" can only result from the i.ruitiott
of an immense quantity of the most danctroiiH
material in existence. Severn! tons of pnn
powder hnd, in fact, explodud, scatteiin
death and desolation around.
Trees, buildings, fences wera levelled witli
tho enrth, and every movcaMo object, was
dashed to an immense distance and shuttered
in its flight. Tho sight presetted, when the
catastrophe was fully evident, was pitiuble in
deed. It has been ascertained that not less
thnn four persons Were killed outright.
The explosion occurred in the Drving
House, and extended from thence to tha
Pocking House nnd Grinding Mill, standing
near by. All the workmen connected y,ith
its operations in the drvinghouso were killed
at once, They were blown to a thousand
fragments, as their remains were found at
various distances, from 200 to tOO yards.
Tho names of the persons killed aro. Jnnics
Duplar.e, Francis Fischer. Eugene Perio, all
Frenchmen by birtb, who were in the drying
house when tho explosion occurred, nnd a
boy 14 years ofnge, who was riding past.
Tho namo of this last victim was John Pugh.
Among thoso who were seriously injured w3
Thomos Mullen, whose shoulder was disloca
ted, and two men, whose names we could not
ascertain, were dreadfully wounded ; tho per
sons last mentioned were engaged in tho
Grinding Mill, which stood some 300 yards
from the Drying House, and to which fire
was communicated by some burning portiou
of tho latter being conveyed hither by tho
high wind which blow iu that direction at tho
timo of tho explosion.
Tho Drying Honso .contained abont one
andahulftons of powder. The explosion
was tremendous, and broke a largo quantity
of glass in the dwellings in the lower part of
the city. The Drying Houso had been in
operation for forty years without accident,
and was considered to bo the safest housa
embraced in tho works.
In the Grinding Mill there wero four per
sons, none of whom wero killed, but two oro
dangcronsly hurt, and two others badly
wounded. Peter McGinlcy was thrown
about fifty feet, and it is feared he will not
recover. Ho received a severe contnsion on
the right side of the head, his scalp is badly
cut, and he is otherwise burned and bruised.
Patrick Bnslio was running from tho mill,
and was about thirty yard3 distant when a
lightnine rod descended and struck hint on
the head, fracturing his skull in such a man
ner ns to render his recovify doubtful.
Thomas Mullen hnd got a short distanco
from the mill when his collar bone wns bro
ken by the decent of a piece of timber.
Another man, whose name could not bo
Ascertained, was running beside Patrick
Bnsho when the latter was knocked down.
He stopped to pick up his fellow workman,
und escaped injurv.
The engineer, William Mitchell, wnssoatcd
nt his post rending a newspoperwlicn tha ox
plosion took place. He saw a barrel of pow
der explode, and started to secure his safety
behind the chimney stack, when a second ex
ploded, which blew down a brick wall over
his head. His hand was caught by Bomo
portion oCthe wall and bruised, and ho also
received some slight scratches oh his check.
Patrick Guthrie and Michael Guthrie, who
were on the outside of tho mill, escaped with
sliirlit injuries.
This mill wns also torn to pifces. "It con
tained about 1400 pounds of powder, which
is less than tho qnantity usually stored there.
The engineer says there were three sepa
rate explosions in the mill. To thoso nt a
distanco it seemed like a single prolonged ex
plosion. The trees around the Drying House wero
blown up by tho roots, and the fields wero
literally covered with fragments Of wood,
cinders, and tho remains ofthe victims. Ono
or two horses were killed.
Dr. Ashew, Bnsh, White, Wilson and
Draper, from Wilmington, were at the scene
soon after the occurrenco, rendering all the
professional aid in their power.
Mr. Garesche says the explosion must
havo been caused by one of the Frenchmen
who worked in the packing room being ad
dicted to smoking a pipe. Mr. O. had
cautioned him two weeks previous, and told
him to quit the premises or give up bis pipe.
Mr. G. supposed ho bad abandoned tho
practice,
West Chester, Aug. 3. The shock ofthe
Powder Mill explosion at Wilmiuton, was
felt here very sensibly.
FARIS AS SCC.V TflHOlGII CaCeXV'S)
EVK1
In a lato Jotter from abroad, "Itorace,'1
writes as follows i
Six weeks (consecutively) of Taris msst
be on oterdoso for any rational being,
Frenchmen not included ; and it was with a
feeling of real reHef and satisfaction that I
found myself at last, after severed vexatious
delays, outsido of the gay city nud beading
south-eastward at ruilroad speed, for a few
woeks, wandering among tho glens Of tho
Alps. Paris is a city of delights fur tho
young, the fortunate, the thoughtless, tho
pleasuro-secking ; yet I cannot realize that I
was ever in condition to enjoy it thoroughly.
Of course, I am not forgetting that Science,
Art, Philosophy, have their temples in the
French capitol, and that many of their most
illustrious votaries there dispense knowledgo
to waitiiirr multitudes: I bidce that a vouncr
mun absolutely proof ncmit the sorceries of
sensual enjoyment might thero qualify tain,
self rapidly and certainly for emineut and
varied uselulncss. (lor girls seeking EubsUn.
ti d educations, there is not another city pn
either continent thut should uot bo preferred
to this;) but tho common, (bvious, visible
lite of Paris is so egotistic, so shallow, so
luclitious, thut I doubt tho possibility of
sharing it for even a season, without a decline
in moral sanity. Voltaire is embodied Purls
acute, satirical, selfith. cyiiicul, sensual,
irreverent, va'uing everything as it may l.a
turned to a present use und believing in noth
ing that it cannot bile. Paris bus produr-frd
more libertine novels than all the world bo
side, end rowhere else are the intelloetaaj
clasfet so profoundly, Inveterattly im-lip ir; t
Faiih iu a benign Omniwiienca doct not
nndeilie the gei.crsl life; etiJ p.'.rt;.r
who, Murniuf; from an excuMon j'
couutrv. reported ttf his brethera -t r.-iHra
was badly K )tnp "loo much y.vn" v;th
bad arrangtment of light ana .-.hadw"-wou',J
have been at bum nowlm tU t'n u
The Pottlmao who
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