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Ladies* and Gents’ Guard Chains, iU.-UI/ bold by Jewelers at Iruin $5 to s3o£ocb * •d Children’s Neck Chains, Liautiful patters’ .rilllaut, enamelled and ruby settings; Crossed enamelled, fur $1 each, retail prices fromin livery style and variety of Jewelry unj dcarre for $1 each. - ‘ • tlio above prices, will continue long enough »ur inum-H.-M* stock, which wu» porchasodlta ilko fjv»m Manufacturers who have failed ,xke yon: choice foe $1 each. ' - SPECIAL NOTICE, t 'UIOW TO SKNI> , nii- lilacs? of UcshU-Dce, County and. tU um( thdtnci. aa we can make nothing oubof U’tt.-r- with WAX. :uvEnre!opes scaled with gum v.VuU* easily ujH'ned—the CoiueuU taken oitt x i. J. Attend tu this, and we wiU_l»c responsible i«UvV. INDIXEMKXTS TO AGENTS, i uUitig ica Agent, -who will (*Xkd us atpjie ! v. ill give a Gold limiting Caw Watch* extra. Gold hover Watch. ' - _• •• Silver Watch. . .'iijd the articles selected fremtho above Lit t at r Each. ’►rdoring by mail must send $1 an&lS caobiii mVK v:< A TRIAL. -Aiuulcatious luusi-ttc to V.ILUAJI FU.ST, Xo. bi:* Mrtrket Street, rhiladdiihia, Pa. 'March T. ISGI-Cm. rilE ri’l>LlC.—T H E s UiK [ OKU iharins tnken the c^tabliahiaentheretpioro N«n;u--ll.v.'i ul«lrv#|iuctfiillTun- ip* ‘ - • citizen-..f Altoona and vicinity,' !tinuv*if hi* iVHOLESALE AND RETAIL fHft t. r-uu>.\ HU i:k <& stove srojiE/Jf^ t-J r on Anni-:- strop t, between uJid r t-. bn-t All>«ma t ,where he WiU keep constant- I i larg** n.'S-jituit’Ut of everything in hbtlliw^ i'ill ufc-n r rt and jvill keep up U:uid an aosortmeht of top isM kettles, Ac. iofjohworir i Knotty attended Jo.* : ofliuhik- pxttDiutgc is nwiectMlly eoltclUd. SIBMUQi WCiIEB3, .U’.imis, isoo. uAI>KI,PHIA i. Pok 3i k n occv pa nt, •iW-mtl lias h-ust-d liiyiv hr will keep u largo at«ortmentof(loU "N Utchc-s. br.Ajin*rk’i4u« Kugiigb and £wLa man-' l li.e nu*t CUeLrurM maker*. In u&Utlbo to be found always on Jiricty of Jewelry, Silverantf Sijyor Ph&*}ware, ixh h p-uu-fal aia'urtiucnv of tufcli goods jm «e |>t in a firit-cla>< Watch iiud jewelry Store, oui afO. CofinoT, an.! those of the RUbveritar. lib the public generally ore luvitod tocalh naj tcvhv n gust article for theij* xaK>h£y. JU lam kin do a cash business,. goods will be ao)d very itnjf Qrock Snf*** is the motto of this kwnt. LEWIS It. BROOHALL, „ Formerly 0. Conrad, - k.. N. Second St., cor.of QiniTv. Phtiada. GREAT QUESTION WRiOJI agitates the mind of eveiy - I pel the best article n regard to other matter*. the I;d !»<>t attempt to direct, but ling in the hue «f - ' loots -ojv shoes _.. •Sw- Its an exaihhiation of his stock and trork. constantly on hand nr; nsMi ri men tofTVoota, Shoe*, |»;>eivv. Ac., which he offers utlh|r prices. r ; 'e fcl«fctal attention to co-dom Wprk}■•llvl I - wairuntM t<>givesatblkctleii. Noueballhe :: nr* eiiipl.iycd • ' ‘ ' ; T my shop is on V irginja atffel, immediately ♦ der’i* l>rwg Store. r;:. U- HOBKETS. ery and Grocery Store. Si ESCRIISER KEEPS CON ■ThV on hand Kakod Bread, Cakes, S*. !ED, BACOK, FItQTTB,-' groceries, a diofcc-Tut uf SKGAiIS anil TOBACCO. . JACOB EINK, ; Vii»inia Street, Inflow Annie St** s *- fc SHOE ESTABLISHItEJFT .’NDEKSIGNED AJiNOUNCK utlugu of Altootui and vkAaity they h*'° 1 AND SHOE SHOP riiEBT, 1 door oW If interf jr« th»y will keep on hand a good MWtmei* bho« at thdr own manufacture ?«Jar attention given to mrtking Z&3^ Iky Invite k ibprs «f |?tat they can reader entire iatirototloii. _ in. 10, • JOHN SIIMfEY 3NAi; POLICE GAZKXTB r ijWiul bi Ctimc a&4 andlj Vjdety circulated It contains alHto o*-eat |>nMtriate KditormUtm pi Orianaal Matters, Hot H*«r, • l2 per.aminm; $1 for »ixmonth*.*' r »ttl»crnjen(, (who AouW comitj utd Slate whero To O. nr. 3tiTSEttTW»i »r * I*nip*r. of Jfew Totkpo^.fljgnj.,. ■ ' Jfap Jwt W SHOES.—THSipf !■> dov od band «od«riU,iwifc; t ;s [ ifep* tejSbpSluaatc - WhtoMTOlßeiit of MrjMda,' ur audit io v«uMitGaK*Bhoeit ftvrk Mrfqp t&e SS- WO& SALE; * iHraBl.118) mm blt. ajwnafrsift Ap^p~oiLafMi' ATMcCOHMIi ■. - For. Zh** l iUtooua MoCRUM & BERN, VOL. 6 d® DIC^ AKP C f V C N SK.IHJE^OJeriMC. 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To *c.L we weuld s«y write, and we will send Informatien of a sure, well-tested, and never-fulling Preventive. »Ve will mail frs?, to any ono applying for It, THE JOCRNAL OF MEDICAL REFORM It Is a largo and beautiful paper, and contains tho most i.lui’.bW* lafuroatlon on or Seminal Woakr w*. Tha.cause, effects and cure, showing the awful c*f k-'tfi ef the disease, Uu ;U1 other diseases of the Sexual Organs, a full expla- the yrlgin of Syphilis, the means'of prevenlion wi ruxo. On Consumption, that fearful disease. '.’n the hirer. Heart. Stomach and Skin. Fo 4 imh>~CoaiplaiuU. ■Jn the various Schools of Medklu**. :ho modes of Treatment how practiced. O.i the False Treatment of Dkeaees. On the various Medical Humbugs. Cm the Physiology of Marriage. On the Common sense of Medicine. On Diet, ExqrcimiS, and Ablution. JUw tho Physician should be. •*?, 11.>w to prevent Pragnancy. And many other things. SENnron it, Thii Journal should be Id the bands of every one. d. I.CMELL, M. 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U Farewell to my mountain Lome, Where many! a day I’ve passed In sadness, grief and lonely thoughts, Vet now I'm freed at last. Though few there be whb’ll grieve for me, When I from them deport, For malice strong is mode to burn Within the cruel heart. An d envy bold, of color green, A cruel monster, he Still lurks within and *• plainly s«en With cruel hate to me*. Yet far from strife and.cruel hats, My bark shall move along, And silent p«ace, a constant guest, Be with me while I roam. Vet some there be who show to mo ] True friendship iu return; With eye so meek and smile so sweet, My heart for them shall mourn. For friendship true I fain would grieve, Though found In lonely cell, Or mountain cot, or lonely spot, ' Where sorrow ’« made to dwell. Hflfd Hiiscellang. THE MYSTERIOUS ORGANIST. A, LEGEND OIVfHE HEINE. “ Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.” Years and years ago, at a grand old 4 cathedral overlooking the Rhine, theri? ap pieared a mysterious organist. The great composer who had played , ; tho organ so long had suddenly died, and everybody from the king to the peasant, was wonder ing \yito could be found to fill his place, when, one bright Sabbath morn, as the sexton entered the church, he saw a stran ger sitting at the crape shrouded organ.— He was a tall,: graceful man, with a pale but strikingly handsome face, groat black, melancholy eyes, andhair like the raven’s wing fur gloss and color, sweeping in dark waves over his shoulders. He did not seem to notice; the sexton, but went on playing, and such music as'he drew from | the instrument no winds of mine can dc- I scribe: The astonished listener declared (that the organ seemed to have grown hu j man—.that it wailed, and sighed, and | clamored, as’ if a tortured human heart ! were throbbing through its pipes. When the music at length ceased, the sexton has | tened to the stranger and said— t Pray, who are you sir ?” “Do not ask my njune,” he replied; “ I have beard Hint you are in want of an, or ganist, and cajnc here on trial.” “ You’ll be sure to get the place,” ex claimed the sexton. ' Why, you surpass him that’s dead and gone sir !” “ No, no; you overrate me,” resumed the stranger', with a sad smile ; and then, as if disinclined to conversation, he turned from old Hans, and began to play again. And now the; music changed from a sor rowful strain to a grand prnon, and the mysterious organistr— “Looking upward full of grace. Prayed till .from a happy place, Ood’S glory smote him on tbe face,” and his countenance seemed not unlike that of St Michael, as portrayed by Guido. Lost in the harmonics which swelled around him, he sat with his “ far-seeing” gaze fixed on the distant sky, a glimpse of which he had caught , through an open window, when there was a stir about the church door, and a royal party came sweep ing in. Among them might be seen a young girl, with a wealth of golden hair, eyes like the violet ‘in hue, mid lips like wild cherries. This was the Princess Eli zabeth, and all eyes turned to her, as she seated herself in the velvet cushioned pew appropriated to the - court. The mysteri ous organist fixed lus gaze upon her, and went on playing. No sooner had the mu sic regohed her earl, than she started, as : if agbost had Cr&aed her path; The' bloom faded from her oheok, her lip quiv ered, her whole frame grew tremulous.— At last her eyes mlt those of the organist, in a long, long, yearning look, and then the melody lost its joyous notes, and once more wailed, and sighed, and clamored. “ By my faith," whispered the King to his daughter, “ this organist has a master hand. Hark ye, child, he shall play at your wedding!” - 1 - The pale lips of the Princess .parted, but she could not speak—she was'dumb with grief. Like one in a painful dream, she saw the pale man at the organ, and heard the melody which filled the vast edifices. Aye, full well she knew who he was, and why the instrument seemed breathing out the agony of a tortured heart. H. C. BEEN, When the service was over, and the rojal party had left the cathedral, he stole away as mysteriously as he had come.— Be was not seen again by the sexton till the vesper hour, and then he appeared in the organ loft, and commenced his task. While he played, a veiled figure glided in, and knelt near a side shrine. There she, remained till the worshippers had dispers ed, when the sexton touched her on the shoulder and said— “ Madam, everybody has gone but you and me, and I wish to close the doors.” “ I am not ready to go yet,” was the re ply ; “ leave me —leave me ?” The sexton drew back into a shadowy niche, and watched and listened. The mysterious organist still kept his post, but his. head was bowed upon the instrument, and he could not see the lone devotee. At length' she rose from the aisle, and moving to the organ-loft, paused beside the mu sician. “ Bertram,” she murmured. . Qgick as thought the organist raised his head. There with the light of a lamp suspended to the arch above falling full upon her, stood the who had graced the royal pew that day. The court-dress of velvet, with its soft ermine trimmings, the tira, the necklace, the bracelets, had been exchanged for a grey serge robe and a long, thick veil, which was now pushed baejk front the fair, girl ish face. “ Oh ! Elizabeth, Elizabeth ?” exclaim ed the organist, and he sank at her feet, and gazed wistfully into her troubled eyes. “ Why are you here, Bertram?” asked the Princess. “ 1 came to bid you farewell, and as I dared uot venture into the palace, 1 gained access to the cathedral by bribing the bell-ringer, and having taken the vacant scat of the dead organist, let my- music breathe out the adieu 1 could not trust my lips to utter.” A low moan was his only answer, and he continued — “You are to be married on the mor row ?” “ Yes,” sobbed tbe girl. “Ob,. Ber tram, wbat a trial it will bo to stand at yonder alter, and take upon me rows which will doom me to living death !” Think of me,” rejoined the organist. “ Your royal father has requested me to play at the wedding, and I have promised to be here. If I were your equal, I could be the bridegroom instead of tbe organist; but a poor musician must give you up!” “ It is like, rending soul and body as sunder to part with you,” said the girl.— “ To-night I may tell you this—tell you how fondly I love you, but in a few hours it will be a sin ! Go, go, and God bless you!” She waved him from her, as if she would banish him while she had strength to do so, and he —how was it with him I He rose to leave her, then came back, held her to his heart in a long embrace, and with a half smothered farewell, left her. The next morning dawned in cloudless splendor, and at an early hour the cathe dral ;was thrown open, and the sexton be gan to prepare fur the brilliant wedding. Flame colored flowers nodded by the way side, flame colored leaves came rushing down from the trees and lay in light heaps upon the ground; the ripe wheat waved like a golden ikea, and berries drooped in red and purple clusters over the rocks along the Rhino. At length the palace-gates were un closed, and the royal party appeared, es corting the Princess" Elizabeth to the cathedral where her marriage was to bo solemnized. It was a brave pageant; far brighter than the untwined foliago and blossoms were the tufts of plumes which floated from stately heads, and tbe festal robes that streamed down over the hous ings of the aupefb steeds. But tbe Prin cess, mounted on a snow-white palfrey, and olad in snow-white velvet, looked pale and sad; and when, on nearing the church, she heard a gush of organ-music, which, though jubilant in sound, struck on her ear like a funeral knell, she trembled, and would have fallen to the earth had not a page supported her. A few momenta af terwards she entered the cathedral. There, with bis retinue, stood the royal bride groom, whom she had never before seen. Blit her glance roved from him to the or gan-loft, where she bad expected to see the mysterious organist. He was gone, dud she was obliged to return the grace ful bow of the to whom she had begn betrothed from motives of policy.— Mechanically she knelt at his side on the alljer-s tone—mechanically listened to the service and made the responses. Then hejr husband drew her to faun in a convul sive embrace,'and whispered— IN EVERYTHING.] ALTOONA, PA| THURSDAY* SEPTEMBER S, iM. “ Elizabeth, my Queen, my wife, look up!” Trembling in every limb, she obeyed. Why did those dark eyes thrill her so ? Why did; that smile bring a glow to her cheek ? Ah ? though the King wore the royal purple, and many a jeweled order glittering on his breast, he seemed the game humble person who had been em ployed to teach her organ music, and had taught her the lore of love. “Elizabeth," murmured the monarch, “ Bertram Hoffman, the mysterious or ganist, and King Oscar are one,! For give my stratagem. 1 wished to marry you, but I would not drag to the alter an unwilling bribe. Your father was in the secret." While tears of joy rained from her blue eyes, the new-made Queen returned her husband’s fond kiss, and for once two heai ts were made happy by a royal mu/ A Queer . People. ' Chambers’ Journal, discussing a recent book of missionary travels in Africa, thus alludes to one -of the tribes which are found in that terra incognitia. But the strangest of all are the stories told of the Dokos, who -lived among the moist, warm bamboo woods to the south of Kaffa and Susa. Only four feet high, of a dark olive color, savage and naked, they have neither houses nor temples, neither fire nor human food. They live only on auts, mice and serpents, diversified by a few roots and fruits; they let their nails grow long like tatons, the better to dig for ants and the more easily to tear in pieces their favorite snakes. They do not marry, but live iudiscrimi native lives of animals, multiplying very rapidly, and with very little maternal in stinct. The mother nurses Tier child for only a short time, accustoming it to eat ants and serpents as soon as possible ; and when it can help itself it wanders away where it will, and the mother thinks no more about it. The Dokos are invaluable as slaves, and are taken in large numbers. The slave-hunters hold up bright colored clothes as soon as they come to the moist bamboo woods where these human mon keys live, and the poor Dokos cannot re sist the attractions offered by such superi or people. They crowd around them, and are taken in thousands. In slavery they are docile, attached obe dient, with few wants and excellent health. They have only one fault—a love for ants, mice and serpents, and a habit of speak ing to Yer with their heads on the ground, and their heels iu the air. Yer is their idea of a superior power, to whom they talk in this comical nature when they arc dispirited or angry, or tired of ants and snakes, and longing for unknown food.— The Dobo seem lo come nearest of all peo ple yet discovered to that terrible cousin of humanity—“ the ape.” tQ_One of the ordinances of the city of Paris fixes the legal weight of a passen ger at 150 pounds. All who weigh over that have to pay doable fare. We have always thought that some distinction ought to be made between fat people and lean ones,,in dur public conveyances. A bul lock weighing 1,000 pounds always pays twice as much freight as one weighing only 500. Now, there is no more reason why an omnibus or car should carry a SOD pound passenger for the same fare as one who weighs only-100, than that the freight should he earned at ’ a uniform rate per package, without regard to size or weignt. agk» We find the following in a late number of the St. Louis Democrat; “ W T e learned last evening from reliable sources that tbe State of California has of fered the Government 50,000 troops, and that the War Department has accepted them. The first order from the War De partment went out last night by the pony express. It directs four regiments of in fantry and one of cavalry to proceed to Western Texas. It is stated in official quarters that the 50,000 men will reach the Mississippi valley within forty days.” I®. An English lady, who went to make purchases in Jamacoa, accompanied by her black maid, was repeatedly addressed by the negro shopman as “ massa /’where upon her sable follower exclaimed, with a, look of infinite contempt, “Why for you apeak such bad grammar .Sabby ? Why for you call my missus massa 1 Stupid fellah—him’s a she I” tST" “India, my boy,” said an Irish man to a friend on his arrival at Calcutta, “ is jist the finest climate under the sun ; but a lot of young fellows came but here, and they dhrink and they die , and thin they write home to their friends a pack o’ lies, and say its the climate as bos killed him.” . Sfjp* As we stand by the sea-shore and. watch the huge tides come in, we retreat, thinking we will be overwhelmed; soon, however, they flow back- So with the wave? of trouble in the world; they threat en us, hut a firm resistance makes them break at our feet. A TALK ABOUT CATS. Gate are übiquitious!. Every body has one. A household would be without one of its moat important outfits if there were none to caper with the little folks. They have become a dcmoatio-necessity and a social blessing. ; In either aspect they may be regarded among the most interesting quadrupedal phenomena of the age. The gentle nature of the female commends her to the highest respect of the housewife, while the irrepressible warfare she wages with those pests of the house, rats and mice, makes her an invaluable treasure. — Among the inmates of the treasury she is an especial favorite, and the young misses are very apt to hug the little pets almost to death. There is something so sympa thetic, so harmless and refreshing, in the frolics of a kitten, that no one can wonder at the hold they get upon childhood. A kitten in one hand and a doll in the other make the little girls happy beyond expres sion. Indulgences of the social affections though in this small and comparatively in significant direction, 'is attended with many advantages. The natural graces need cultivation as well as the intellec tual, and whatever tends to enlarge and strengthen either, is worthy of considera tion. The tenderness exhibited towards these cunning and lively creatures draws out and developcs the characteristics of childhood, and becomes an element of more important moment in after years.— Surround the children with pictures, flow ers, or even kittens, and you foster and strengthen the noblest traits of their na ture. All these aSffiUitiek are displayed, or brought out Q by but one branch of the race. The male animal, however, posesses none of the attractive peculiarities that distinguish bis more gentle companion,— He is a character of a far different type, and by no means so amiable. Ton find him an out door lodger, a sort of rover at large, regardless of all the laws that gov ern his feline partner, and a foe alike of all human and quadruped kind. His notes pitched in every key of the cater? wauling gamut, ring out through all the hours of the nignt. They wont go home till morning folks generally retire at about the period when Grimalkin’s howl , has reached its culmination, and amid noctur nal schreechings, the yelling herd keep up, the let-to-bed gentry get no rest. If anathemas dire invoked upon their heads would exterminate the race, there would soon be no specimens of the genus alive. Lucky for them is it that curses generally return to afflict their authors, and in' these instances, the more they are expostulated with, the more intense becomes tbeir car nival. Gentleman Tom seems to possess a sort of highway commission. Haying no home, he makes one wherever he can find a door open, or a larder unlocked.— Regardless as be is of the rights of others, it can be no wonder that every hand is raised against him. Hunted from society for his lawlessness he makes reprisals up on anything that fails in his way. He is an Ishmael among the brutes. When the poet penned those lines,“ Night’s silvery veil hung low,’’ he never dreamed of the awful perversion of its quiet hours by the shocking cadences of a legion of the squal ling, screaming, snarling crew that make night hideous by their unearthly sounds. The moat effective antidote for them when thus robbing the night of its dreams for the weary, is the logic of a shower of brickbats; a single application of ten, suf fices. The bouse-dog is no match for him, unless he be a huge mastiff, for the cat’s superior agility enables him to keep the most active our at bay. H 4 needs bat a fence to separate him from his foe, and. at any advance of the latter, ho is sore to give him a touch of hie claws. The voice of Tom is likp that of Sempronius, ever for war! His daguerreotype, taken at fe ver heat, would be the impersonation of all the furies. He is the of a Bengal tiger in small clothes, and bears about the same relation to other quadru peds of bis weight, as does a pint of brim stone tp a barrel of chaff But it would require the pen of a; Goldsmith or a Buf fon to' do justice to all the qualities of this rara avis —a few of them only being the burthen of this article.—-ST. T- Express. SOU In the Italian; *ar, it is said, offi cers went into the army armed like pri vates; this being deemed necessary, bn account of the introduction of rifles, to prevent the commanders from being picked off. Why should not this practice be initiated with us 1 The greatest- pleasure of life is love; the greatest treasure, contentment:; the greatest psssession health; ths great est ease sleep; and the best medicine, a true and futhiul fricsbd. SfirYou lost two legs in the army, you say «■what did'you gain by it?” asked a gentleman of a .Chelsea pensioner. *f Sin gle blessedness, of *he replied; “ for af ter tlat, no jiomauirould miwiy ... .-.- cn« r.-,..tr. i- • ttt- __ . sa. If a servant fill lle fbr hi*m««ter, his master need not be astonished if out setrantliea for himtelf. " " ' " EDITOBSAND PROPRIETORS. HOW IT HAPPENED. Some of our exchanges have revived the following old but good story: A number of politicians, some of whom were seeking office under the Government, were seated on a tavern porch talking, when an old toper named John D— , a person who is very loquacious when corned but exactly the opposite when so ber, said, that if the company had no ob jection be would tell them a story. They told him to “fire ahead,” whereupon he spoke as follows: A certain king—l don’t recollect his name—had a philosopher upon whose judgment he always depended. Now it so happened that one day the king took it into his head to go a hunting, and after summoning his nobles, and making, the necessary preparations, he summoned the philosopher and asked him if it would rain. The philosopher told him it would not, and ho and his nobles departed.—■ While journeying along they met a coun tryman on a jackass. He advised them to return, “ for it will certainly rain,” said he. They smiled contemptuously on him and passed on. Before they bad gone many miles, however, they had rea son to regret not having taken the coun tryman's advice as a heavy shower coming up, thdy were drenched to the skin.— When they had returned to the palace the king reprimanded the philosopher severe ly and said— “ 1 met a countryman and he knows a great deal more than you, for he told me it would rain, whereas you told me it would not.” A The king then gave him faia walking papers and sent for the countryman, who soon made his appearance. “Tell me,” said the king, how did you know it was going to rain ? “ I didn’t know,” said the rustic, “my jackass told me." “ How, pray, did jour jackass tell yon 7" asked the king. “By pricking up his ears, your mages tj, ’' replied the rustic. The king sent the countryman sway, and procuring the jackass of him he placed him (the jackass) in the office the philos opher had filled. “ And here, observed John, looking very wise, is when the king made a very mistake.” “ How so r inquired the auditors, eager- iy- , “ Why over since that time, every jack au tcanto an office! ’ >. A Receipt fob Contentment. —Try. to compute your artificial wants—the number of things which you fancy come under the list of “ must haves” merely be cause other people possess them, and not because you would not be quite as well off and as happy in their absence. Try it for one week whenever your fingers are tempted to dally with your purse strings. Record in your memorandum book what in view of this, you sensibly resolve not to buy, and see what a nice little sum will he left you for real necessaries. It is seldom by these last that one is hampered: andan noyed. M ake the experiment, and see if it is not see. A just economy is not nig gardliness ; and need not be a miser in avoiding the extravagance of a spendthrift.. It is said that while Senator Wil son was making his masterly retreat in Virginia, oh being repulsed by a teamster whoie wagon he sought to occupy, he protested in plaintive accents, that he was Henry Wilson of Massachusetts. The response of the teamster was to the point Henry Wilson be d—d. I nave kicked him off this wagon six times already." —Boston Post. A wag says he knows only one thing better than love, and that is to be throwir fhite a. pond of mush and mjllc with the privilege of eating your way to share. One devii says “ ditto.” Wft.ln moot quarrels, there is a fault on both sides. Both fimt and steel are necessary to the production of a spark; either of them may hammer on wood for* ever, and no fire will follow. ——The less a nan knows, the wider he wears his proth open. It is m Im possible for a fool to keep hie jaws di«t as it is for a sick oyster to keep his shett closed. ■ "“ ——Dr. Holmes tells of * mens* ut terly mean, that if the archangel sbo|Ud iofer tosaye their wuls fo* a sixpence, they would give a sixpence thth a hole In it. :; -- 9Sf There are two classes of disap pointed lorers, those who are disappointed ■&* ones who if , mnst w>mewhs»*>/ fttf■ the wtw of Bwftws be visited ppon the WIPW thsafflsof»sfrths^ A wsre'dafeinds or pinion , r NO. SI.