The Democratic Watchman.
BELLEFONTE, PA
BE A WOMAN.
Oft i've heard a gentle mother,
As the twilight hours began,
Pleading whit a non, Ott duty,
Urging him to be a man.
Bat unto her blue.eyed daughter,
Though with love's words quite as ready,
Points she out the other duty,
"Strive, my dear, to be a holy."
What's a lady? In it nornethlng
Made of hoops, and silks, and airs,
lined to decorate the parlor.
Like the (Rory rugs and chairs?
lilt one that wastes on novels
Every feeling that is human?
If' tie this to ho a lady, .
'Tie not alds to tle a woman.
Motler, then, unto your daughter
- tines& of something higher far,
Than to be mere fashion's lady—
" Woman " is the brighter star.
Ilya, in your strong affection,
Urge your son to be a true man,
Urge y cunt daughter no less stronger
, To arise and be a woman.
Yea, a woman—brightest model
Of that light and perfect beauty,
Where the mind, and /tout, and body,
Blend to work out life', groat duty—
Be a woman—naught Ix higher
On the gilded lint of fame;
On the catalogue of ririnc
There's no brighter, bolter name.
Be a woman--on to duty,
liaise the World from all that's low ;
Place high In the aerial heaven
Virtue's fair and radant bow I
Lend thy influence to each effort
That shall raise our nature human;
Be not fashion's gilded lady—
Ito a bravo, whole-nouled, true woman
TALE OF A MASQUERADE
=I
A masquerade would not be much of
an affair if there were not some ludi
crone scenes attached, to it or connected
' with it: Last evening, that of the Mu
sical Society was no exception to the
F enerul rule, glad any number of funny
incidents transpired.
No Jerson failed to notice a conspic
uous costume present, a gentleman
dressed as a Spanish cavalier—a very
heat and athletic . frame. The gentle
man, whom we 'she'll call IX., paid par
ticular, indeed, most devoted attention
to a pink domino enshrouding a sylph
like form acting as her escort at all
times, and paying no attention worth
noticing to anybody else. In prome
nading or in resting they were in earnest
conversation, and the ladies, who could
net fall to twiticelim, thought be must
be a divine tittle angel to listen sode
votedly to all his colt things. Perhaps
both of them were , Mat w hat they hail
the credit of being.
The cavalier was a legal gentlemen
of our city, and the pink domino was
—no matter who just now.
The gentleman is married and has a
small family lie loves his wile, but
people do whYpper that sometimes he
loves other people's just as touch. The
cavalier proposed sonie tune Mace to go
to the ball, but his wife inshded that
her health was not very good, and as
there would be something of a crowd
present she would not go—to her, mas
querinles were tedious affair', at best.
That X. was delighted with the deter'
mination there is no doubt. Ile did
not Kay so, however , but the day his
wife decided not to go he met in corn
pang it young and pretty widow, arid in
the heat of the eteitement, asked her
to accmnpany him to the masquerade.
The widow was poieseised of a bosom
full of fun, and she consented to go.
X. fitted her out with a costume and a
pink 'lonia o. and, as eierybody saw
who noticed it.;very pretty and expen
sive. Now, concluding to go, she had
sonic object in vita' evidently, for yea
terday, so runs the story, sire taw X. go
away from home, when she sought the
presence or his wife and told her the
whole story, and in CAICI I / 3 1011 she
said :
"Now you've heard the whole thing.
That good•formothiag husband of yours
has beim paying too mtanyattxauons to
Inc of late, and Ido not hive, tt. It you
are a woman of spirit, you will play a
trick on him for this, and it you are
nut, why, I'll—l'll go wt It Into to the
masquerade, and 1 will flirt with him
all the eVelllll.2 just as hard as ever I
know how."
It m presumed that the wife was not
a woman of Rptnt, tor la , d evening a
bout ten o'clock a carriage drove up to
the widow's house, and a Spanish cav•
slier very devotedly and very love like
assisted a domino into it, and drove to
Music Hall.
,tt the hall the eoniple paid little at
tention to the funny iwenes idiom them.
If they laughed at all, it was at thotr
own wit. Prying eyes tried hard to
find out who they were. They sunlit.
ered about until tired. They took re
freshments and occasionally a glass 01
wine. They made no attempt to peop
beneath each other's masks, fur it was
evident they knew each other well. At
all times the cavalier seemed whisper
ing the' softest things to the domino,
and a close observer mi,tht Lave seen
that occasionally the words were %cry
soft, fur they made the lair domino start
and tremble just a little, Intl, she seem
ed .to have good control over herself;
but there is no doubt that could her
face haNie been seen there would hate
been traces of blushes.
It was not a very le,te hoar when the
cavaher anti the domino had disappear
ed from the scene. When the maska
were removed at twelve Velock, anx
ious ones were looking to ere who the
people were, but they were gone, and
all were disatipointed- • Let us follow
them to the- house of the widow, where
they drove in haste, the cavalier very
happy, very talkative, and almost be
side himself` with joy—the domino very
quiet and very reserved. They were
shown Into the drawing-room i the dom
int. throws herself upon a lounge. The
cavalier atepe forward to turn up the
gas a little, -but a pleasant voice, "T
will do it for you lir. X." and the
rptun, ix ablaze with' the light. The
voice „was' that or tbe young widow,
and the bltze of her( showed the law.
y,tr leaning upon a elixir, perfectly
aghast, with • astoninamynt, looking
11'01111 the window to the doniino yet un
able to utter a word.
"Why, what to the matter with Mr
X r' asked the widow ; "you looliastom
inflect I expected you, and have been
waiting Ibr you some time. Your wife
told me she vxottld conle itects,",
"My wife l'qalltredlie calttlar.„
4
"Ye .your Wifi, V , , i 4 is!the
Matter with y9a It
t lily malllr, ,
The mallet ea ' to knoW
whether he was un el or ' not,. lie
turned to the domino. She removed
her mark, and lie saw his wife sitting;
before him. Still he could say nothing.
The wife was too indignant 4771 litaak.
The widow, came to the relief of both.
"I tell ion what it js, Mr. X. she
said, "you've ouc of the beet women in
the world for a wife, and you abuse her
worse than any man I ever knew. I
just wish I was in her place for about
five minutes."
The cavalier looked as if he wished i
nothing of the kind. The widow went
on :
..._
You ins ulted me in asking me to go
TrTlind a big brother able
to whip you, he sliduld.have done it,
and if it had . not been that a woman
cannot do any of those things, 1 would
have done it myself. You deserve it
any way—you agly monster. As I
could not do it, I told your wife, and
we 'determined to punish you, and I
guess you had a pretty good lesson,
and one which will last you some time.
I know by the way your wile blushes
you have said all sorts of insulting
things to her, thinking it was I ; but it
wasn't, and I guess you have found it
all out. You've had your lesson; now
go home, and if ever 1 hear 9f you ne.
electing your wife again, or running off
after other women, I'll tell the whole
story, and have it published in the Ad
vocate, with your name in great big
type-0 you big monster.
Poor X was suffering terribly. lie
had never been caught so. fairly before.
The perspiration was pouring down
his forehead, and the air of,,the room
- seemed terribly confined. He mentally
cursed masquerades dominoes, be
witching widowsand his own stupidity,
and it waP l l.'lo/Whe- 1 1 /tie w-ife-tuti
mated ihit they lad better go home,
and the poor ea% alter slunk away like
a whipped school boy. We trust the
lesson will be a lasting one to him.—
Wood's Household Adrocate.
ONE ofthe strangest 'places in Venice
is the Exchange for Pawn Brokerage.
It is in one of the old palaces of the
dukes. It is under the control of the
Government as much as tiic Post Office.
Soldiers parade before the door, and
men in uniform are in attendance. The
utmost order*and system prevails. Not
a loud word is spoken ; no crowd, no
confusion are allowed; A motly craw
wait on this institution—tnen and WOOb
en of all grades, characters, and dress,
without shoes, bonnets, hats, in full
fires“, and in the garbs of medicants.
They staild in a long line, waiting their
turn at a small window. The goods
they have to pawn are all the way up
from dilapidated clothes to watches and
diamonds. A regular tariff is placed
on every thing ; such a percentage only
is allowed. A. small billet is grim to
the depositor, who Uses it as a cheek,
and goes to another window where the
looney is paid. Goods can be redeem
ed at any time after twenty four hours.
A small fee only is charged for the
Use of the money. Soldiers and guards
are in cicry part of the building to pre-
serve order.
A t'Ase in New York develops a
new mode of swindling. It is done b)7•
orderipg from a store a number of yi
nabl4" articles, to be sent to a house in
some respectable neighborhood; per
haps to the dwelling of 90111)C welbknown
citizen. Then the following genie is
played :
The thief, having ordered certain
goods, stationed himself in front of or
conveniently near tin:dwelling or store,
as the case might be, and stood on the
natch (or the carrier. In n few mo
ments, seeing him approaching, he
quickly run to the stoop, and on the
arrival of the carrier addressed him
thus
"'Phis ix
a pretty time to bring these
things [ told your boss to be !outlet',
lar about the hour, as Mr. Roberts for
Mr. Smith, or Mr. Anybody), would
he sure to be away if you came lati r.
Now, as he is rot in, you must leave
the bill and call again, and tell Mr.
Booby how it happened."
"Ohl it's no matter. Mr. BooltY
told n e to ere kiid to hand this
list of latices to Mr. Roberts, and tell
hunt that he'd be glad to have him for
it customer.
"All right, then; tell Lim to be more
punctual next time, and as I buy every:
flung for Mr. Roberts, tell 111111 I'll
buy all my grocersiitk there if lie is
punctual."
" l will, sir."
No sooner had the carrier turned
Ilia bark 46an Master Thief took an
opposite direction and ran oil with his
prize.
The very next day the foxy roeng
had the itnpuden( e to mil and get gro.
eerie& Of course, the groCetryinam
not expecting anything wrong, but, bn
the contrary, deeming liiineeif greatly
fortunate in the atquipition oleo weal
thy a cnatonwr all Mr. Itottrta, filled
the ordern and—learned a leasou.
Old Billy 8— was dying. Ile was
an ignorant man, and a very wicked
one. Dr. D—,an exesllent physician
and 'a veryplods men, was attedding
him. The old fellow asked for bread.
The doctor approaching the bedside
and in a very solemn kne °marked,
"My dear fellow, man can not live by
bread alone." "Igo," said the old fel ,
low, slightly, reviving, "her bleeged to
have a few wegetablas." The subject
was dropped.
A bashful young man escorted hhrn
an equally bashful young ladL. As
they were approaching the disci n
g of
the damsel, she Paid rntreatjtigly.,"Ze
i
kiel, now don't tell anyho'dyyea be u'd
me houte.'! "Mary," said he empho teal.
ly "don't you mind ; lam as unh
ashamed a it. as you are." •-•
The Upis Tree
i t
i ,„
, Everybody has hear lic ) the fitr4,gmed
gas tree 4 Java. T Ilrolk ecekhnt of
i was giv4l, selpeClg yillsllllo, by
ersch, ilteu on in ie *vie of the
telqasitin a Cou.any, ire states
that h 1* I treetlaitmlaill. ',./t• was
about ptve ty-e Onje4guosOomiliitav
0., and we4Surrmuldeer on 4 sided by a
clrle of high hills and mcictitaina. • To
the distance of ten or twelve miles In
every direction, neither tree nor sfiruh,
not even the least planter bladoof grass,
was to bosom 'X'he easiest ascent of the
hills was from the part where an old
ocolesiastic dwelt. From his house the
criminals were sent for the poison of
of this tree, 1111Cillit0 the polseh the
points of all warlike instruments were
-dipped. The poison procured from the
tree wns a gem that issued out between
the hark and the tree itself, and was of
very high value. Malefactors sentenced
Attdie were the only. persons sent to pro
cure this poison, and this wns the only
chance they had of saving their lives.
After their sentence was pronounced,
they were asked whether they would die,
by the hand of the execution', or go to
the urine tree and collect a box of poison.
If they chose the latter punishment, and
return safe, 'they were provided"for by
the Emperor.
They first visited the house of the old
ecclesiastic,' who prepared them, by
prayers and admonitions, for their future
fete. Ile then put on them long leather
caps, with glasses before their e3es. Ito
also provided them with a pair of leath
er gloves. With these preparations,
sftcr having carefully attended to the
direction of the wind, they approached
the tree so that its exhalations were al
ways blown from them The convicts
were accompanied on their way, by their
friends and relations, about two miles.
Out of the number who went to this
tree, scarcely one in ten ever returned.
From fifteen to eighteen miles around
this tree not only no human creature
could exist, but no animal of any kind
had ever been discovered. There were
no fish in the wateri ; and when birds
flew so near the tree that the effluvium
reachsd Isliepb they dropped down dead
This account appeared so remarkable,
that when the Earl of Mscartney Is em
bassy to China stopped at Batavia, n few
)ears later, Dr. Gilleni and others of the
cnitinoy made inquiries concerning this
wonderful tree. "His [Foersch's] rela
tion of a tree so venomous as to be de
structive by Its exhalations al some
distance,"' says the historian of
the embassy, "is compared there to the
fictions of Baron Munchausen. Yet, as
it was a discredit to the country to be
stopeeted of producing a vegetable of SQ
venomous a quality, a Dutch dissertation
has been written in refutation of OSP
story From this dissertation it appears
that- information was requested, on the
part of the Dutch Government of Bata
via, from the Javaneie prince in whobe
territory this dreadful vegetable 'SRI RS-,
sertest to be growing, and that the prince.
in 1115 sinswer, denied any knowledge trf
such n prod ucti , ,n. -
Still it was a common opinion in Ba
taeia that there existed in the country a
vegetable poison, which, when rubbed
on the daggers of the Javanese, render
ed the slightest wound from those weap
ons ineprebre ; and one of the keepers of
the medical garden at Batavia tesUred
Dr Gillen] that a tree distillmg a pois
onous juice was in that collection ; but
its qualities were kept secret from roost
people in the settlement, lest a knowledge
of them should find its way to the slaves,
mho might be tempted to make an
uso of it.
From later accounts it appears that
Focr , ch gut two stories nailed In the
vicinity Of active volcanoes in Java,
and an old craters, is gas escape; like that
which is formed when a friction Instch
is lighted ; and ono of these localities
Wltl the famous valley of poison.
" Late travelers, as we learn from pro
lesgor Itickinere's "Travels in the East
Indian Archipelago," raw in this val.
Icy a great number of dead animals of
various kinds—dogs, cats, tiger., rhi.
nueeroses, squirrels, birds, and es en
'makes—that had lost their lives in
that fatal place.
The arms tree, with its poisonous nap,
also exists; but instead of a single tree
on an open ',lain, there are many both
in Java and Ceylon. They are found,
however, in the densest forests and in
the iiios fertile soils,
The inner hark of the nom is some
times made ink a eourPe cloth. When
this bark ham been well Bleeped, arid
well awaked in wilier, and well beaten,
it ma) be worn without danger.
lIS VEILIAI it is corning. The
first blush which that hitherto Deino
eratir State • New Jersey, has shown of
it aa. observable one day net week, at
a very fashionable wedding at .1 _rirey
City. The fair bride wore, of course, It
train, a 1.4111111er of a train, nay three
yards long or so. Ellie had the usual
eOlll Bluetit of beautiful bridesmaids,
but she had more than that. There were
beats Brown and tiracr• Charch.
dead an Cresar)—a corps of big hunk
niggers as pages to hold up the trains
of the lovely bride and her fair maids I
The rlisrkeys gracefully performed.the
delicate and delightful duty, from the
house to the carriegemider a canopy
and over a soft carpet, arid when arriv
ed at the church, under a canopy anti
Over a carpet to the door, theriee up the
tale tramp, traingo, tramp, did the obse.
pliollB E34.“01,08 march with courtly
grace, file royal train all
the way i „and, the ceremony over, the
Hanle imperial style was carefully ob
served back to the residence m the hap.
py couple. We were hardly krepared
to believe that Detn'ocratic Jersey
46iild take ao large a swallow orint
psrinfistn as to go to the buck nigger
pages but these sort of things are
shockingly seductive when one has the
means to make a spread. Whatsnext.
my lord ?—N. Y. Day Book.
'We have Plat mtuan amusing story
of a showman who was describing to a
select audience the wonders which were
to be seen in hie picture of Waterloo.
Amongst the ludicrous expressions
which he gave vent to, was the follow
_ing: "In the centre is the 'Duke of Wel.
lingtoti, riding on a white home Out
you can't see him, for the smoke I"
TRIP LIGHTLY
Trip lightly over lreublk
Trip Heldly over wrong,
'We only make grief doctble,
By dwelling on 11. long,
Why elegy *We handsito tightly?
Why st, bloneongt dead?
' Why ello to forme uslghtlyl u
Why no seek Joy Instead?
t h e
TnOugg all the day be dark,
The attorney shine to-morrow,
nrtipaly_ping the hark;
INIIr hopes Have not departed,
Though roses may have fled;
Then never be downhearted,
But look for Joy inetendd
Trip lightly over esdnenn,
Blond not to rail at (loom;
Wove earls to !Ming of gladneme,
On MIN elde of the lomh ;
While Mars ore nightly shining,
And tho heaven is ovorhead,
ltnemirnire not repining,
But look for Joy inetend.
Finding A• Baby
My mine is Anthony'Vont. lam a
drover, and I live miles and miles away
upon the Western prairie. There wasn't
is house within sight when we moved
there, my wife and I, and now we
n havn't many neighbors, though those we
have are good one's.
(inc day, about ten years ago, I wont
away from home to sell some fifty head
of cattle—lino creatures as ever I saw.
I was to buy some groceries and dry
goods, before I came back, and above
all, a doll for our youngest, Dolly She
had never a store doll of her own, only
the rug babies her mother had made
her.
Dolly could talk of nothing else, And
went down to the very gate to call after
me to "buy her a good one." Nobody
but a parent could understand how full
my mind was of that toy, and how, when
the enttle WC! e sold, the first thing I
hurried off to buy was Dolly's doll. I.
found a largo one, with eyes that would
open and shut when you pulled a wire,
and had it wrapped in paper and tucked
it under my arm while I hodtbe parcels
of calico and delaine and tea and sugar
put up. Then late as it was I started
for home. It might have been more
prudent to stay until morning, but I
felt noxious to get bock and eager to
hear Dolly's prattle about her toy.
I was on a steady-going old horse of
mine, and pretty well loaded. Night
set in before I was a mile away from
town, while I was in the middle of the
wildest bit of road 1 knew of. I could
have felt my way, though, I remembered
it, is so well, and it was almost that
when the storm that had been brewing
broke, and pelted the rain in torrents,
five miles, or may be six from home yet,
too.
' I rode as fa:t ns I could, but all of a
sudden I heard a little cry like a child's
voice. I stopped short and listened ; I
heard it again, I caIW and It answered
me, I coultin , t 44+44 a thing; all was as
dark as pitch. I got down and feltabout
the grassy—called again, and was an
swered Then I began tel l , wonder I
am not timid, but I wi t s known to be a
drover, and to have money about me.
It might be a trap to eaten roe unawares
and tob and murder me.
I'm not superstitiou4—not very But
how could a real child be out on the
prairie in such a night and at such an
hour 7 It might be more than hu
man. The bit of a coward that. hides
itself in most men, showed itself in me
then, and I with half inclined to run
away, but once more I heard that cry,
and I said
"If ony moil's child is hereithouu
Anthony Hunt is not the man to let it
the ''
I senrclied again At last I bethought
inn of a hollow under the hill, and
groping that way, sure enough, I found
a little dripping thing that moaned end
sobbed us I took it in toy armb, I called
Trey home, and the beast came• to un•, and
1 mounted and tucked tile little soaked
thing under my coat as well as I could.
promising to take it home to mamma.
It Seemed tiro(' to deatli,and pi etty soon
cried itself to sleep against !sty bosom ,
It hod slept more than an hour when
I anw my own windows There were
lights, in them, and I euptsaied toy wife
had lit them for my sake , but when I
got into the door yard I saw something
was the matter, and S tand still with a
dread fear for flvif minutes before I could
lift the (Mob. At last I did it, and sa w
my room full of ottighbors,and toy wife
amidst them weeping.
When oho Paw me S he hid her face
"Oh, don't tell him!. nhe cried ; "it
will kill him "
"NVliat is it, neighlair '" I asked
_Am" or said "Nothing now 1 hope
—what's that in your arms 1"
"A poor lost said I , "I found
it in the road. Take it, will ?
feel faint " I lifted op the Bleeping
thing and taw the feet. of my own child
,—my little Dolly
It wile pry darling, and none other,
that I had picked up on the dienched
road
111 y little child had wondered out to
meet "daddy" and the doll, while her
mother WILN et work, mid whom they
were lamentipg 11.1 one I I rad . f Omitted
heaven on my kneur bef9re them all
It is not much of n story,neighbor+, but
think of it often in the nights, end
wonder how I could bear to live now if
I had not stopped when I heard the cry
for help upon the road, the little baby
cry, hardly loudet than a squirrel' , 4
chirp
A BEAUTIFUL INcinENT —A naval
officer being at ism in a dreadful storm
wife, „rho was sitting in the cabin
near Mid and filled with alarm for the
safety of tlcie Afebbel, wa,s so surprised with
his composure and serenity . that nho
cried put :
"M„Y dear 114 . 0 you not Afraid 7 flow
is it possible you eau tin sir calla In such
n dreadfUl storm 7'
He roan from his chair, lashed to eh&
dock, supporting himself by a pillar of
the bed-place drew his sword and point
ing it to the breast of his wife, exclaini
ed :
' , Are ybu afraid of that sword 2'
"fithct itu4a4ly.litifixered 'GC:
I •'WhT ?" ea@ the officer.
"'Beeanie " 'rejoined the lady, "I'
know that it is in the hands of my hue_
bond, sad ho loves me 140 well to hart
rue."
"Then," said lie, "remember, I know
in whom I believe, and that. ho holds
the winds in • his' fists and the water in
t e hollow of his hands."
An Hefrau In Migraine
,
The St.'Joseph ofd re
cent date relates t Dt`ell3Vlll somewhat
,romantie story : timeasc - fall a
catpt to St, Joseph from
the El to spend the winter with, a rel
give, passuming, handsonVe, grace-
Old inlelltgent. she ereatedL a most
timetable lutpresston with those who
enjoyed the pleasure other' acquaintance
and formed an agreeable addition to the
social elide in which she moved. She
was reniarktibly retired and quiet in her
manners, and studiously sought to avoid
all ostentatious display in Lee apparel,
but at the same time exhibited in bar
dress the most exquisite taste and in her
manners this most elegant refinement.
Shortly after the lady's arrival she was
called upon by a young gentleman (a
resident of this county), who had form
ed her acquaintance in the East, and
soon thereafter his visits became fre
quent and his attentions marked and do.
voted. It was noticed, as the friendship
of the two ripened into intimacy, that
the lady began to institute, in a very
cautious manner, inquiries for the pur
pose of aaaertaining whether the gentle
man had the least idea of her history and
condition, and particularly of her finan
cial affairs. These inquiries were pros
ectited for some time, and seem to have
resulted satisfactorily. At least, after
courtship of some months, sh? commit
ted her happiness and fortfines to the
care of the gentleman alluded to, and
the celebration of the nuptials wore duly
recorded in the early part of the present
spring The happy couple immediately
started for the East and are now residing
at, the former home of pfe bride. And
now comes the sequel. The quiet and
unassuming young lady was in reality
the possessor of immense wealth and the
undoubted heiress of an Potato worth
over 54,000,000—a inci wholly unknown
nt the time even to the gentlemln who
had le right her heed and heart. She
had taken this method to test the sincer
ity of her admirer, and finding his heart
true geld, hail committed unhesitat
ingly a golden treasure end a pure, warm
heart to his keeping, without even per
mitting the many gallant youths of St.
Joseph to catch the faintest idea of the
glittering prize apparently within their
reach,
VANITY
The eon paa up and the Pun poem down,
And the day and the night are the came au
one,
Phn year grows green and the year grows
brown,
And what to it nil, when all isdone?
(:r !no of eornbre or shining mind,
filtchng into or out of the hand.
And men go down In ships to the seas,
And a hundred ships are the same an one
And Peek ward end forward blows the breeze,
And what in it all, when all Is done?
A tide with never a shore In sight,
Setting meadily on to the night.
Tito fishermen droppeth his net in the stream
And • hundred, itreania are the same 4:
Ana a maiden deenmeth her love-I it dream,
And what in UM', when all I, done'
The net al the Ocher the burden break,,
And alter dreaming the dreamer awakes.
The Sensation of Drowning
A sailor named George Forbes, who
WPM lost overboard from a scow in Lake
Michigan and nearly drowned before lie
was rescued, thus describes the feelings
he experienced on the oetrision We
quote from the Detroit Free Press::
1 was feeling more courage and strik
ing out x ith a will, when a sodden
cramp entehed me all over, and I could
riot do nn iffier stroke I felt like a
lump of 14101 My bead began to slim
around, a great lamp rose up in my
throat and choked lee, and my eyes
closed nr if it we gilt had heen Dung on
the lids. I began to drown-1 felt it;
then came n feeling something like a
red hot rid being drown through my
brain My hood felt like fire A hum
ming, roaring noise went through my
ears, and laxly I, It as light AS a feath
er The %%XVI, curried me aboi.t with
out an effort on my port, an I I laughed
—it seemed so curious that I actuallg'
laughed. I didn't core to be picked up
—didn t en], for Lthiie—only wanted
t, float mid drift forcNer on the rollers
'rho water came into my face and mouth,
lout I never tried to keep my head up.
I wouldn't have moved to 1111 , 111 been
aboard this scow. It grew darker and
Burke: , the old fire feeling come through
toy head again Something clutched
me by the leg sod drew me down, 1
rocked to and fro, felt a noise like this
discharge of a cannon, and then dropped
to sleep
Tug Noon bo ashamed,
my lad, it you hare a welt on your el
bow ,it rout kof do c graec It.
speaks Iv, II kr }our indu•trious mother
Vor our part we had ratite' see a dozen
your Jacket than 111 ar ono
rufuno or 1.11;lir word from your lips,
or to smell the fumes of tobacco in your
breath. No good boy will:shun you be
nue- you can not drains* .well as your
companion; and if a bad boy tometimos
laughs at your appearance, say nothing,
my good Ind, but walk on We know
many a rich and good man who was
once at greed as you. Fear liod, my
boy, and if you aro poor but honest,
you will Ito respected a great deal more
than if you wont the , ton of a rich man,
and worn addioteCto bad habits.
A Gettrics Tnotiont—l never found
hearthops pride in a noble nature, nor hu
itiiity in nil unworthy (Mall the
trees, 1 observe that (I,:xt has chosen the
vita.), a low plant that creeps along the
wall ;
of all the Least* the patient lamb ;
of all the fowls, the patient dere. When
God appeared to Moses, it wasq.not
the lofty cedar, nor 'ln the spreading'
palm, but in a bash—as if be would by
these befections Oita the conceited ar
rogance, of man. Nothing produces
love like heinility; nothing hate, like
toride.
STK:O(IS PH.rIiVITOUCHT.
131ackmore, of Hamilton, Ilancock
county, 111., a membes of the Methodist
Church, while inatttendanee uaen a pray
or-meeting on the eveningßiff the 11th
ult , rosy to pwcrthe . snap t ion
tliat faked po
Wed takessesslotr'of her. the
said 'she , Vlll,ll going to diwlrery soon';
thnt she felt that hall the body was dead
already,; She desira4-.her, family to be
sent for immediately. She said SIM 'Of
fered no pain, was not afraid to d(e,bnt
felt calm and happy:- In a few two.
monte after spealtingAncakto bap
in death.
All Sortp. of Paragraph,
A " ground swell "—A Lord of
Acres.
Hunting parties "—Mothers with
daughters to marry:
—Warfare is the worsC kind of fare
for a man to live on.
_To dispel darkness from about yell
—make light of your troubles.
—A truth for the times—Ritualists
ought to be a Romanists by Rites.
—Something for vaulters to remem.
ber—that oho good turn deserves anoth
er.
—Outside shows mny be purchased
but real happiness is of home manufse!
Lure.
—'A round of pleasure sometime s
renders it difficult to make things
square.
Little minds rejoice over the errors
of men off' genius, 118 pm - owl rejoices at
nn eclipse.
The only reakhn why a person do,
not conquernso-veit-habit, he does not
will to,do so.
A stuffed cat, placed upon a straw
berry bed, will it is Bald, frighten away
the bistis which destroy the trek.
iffippiness conaists of being perfect
ly satisfie d with what we have got and
with what we haven't got.
No doubt many ertn:reader:lbn,',
often seen the time when they could
fully agree with Hans lireilmen in say.
ing:
" Oh, vot In all din earthly Oka?
Oh, vot loth man'', nottokaeaa v
Oh, vot 10 h various kinds of (Hors'
Pool vllt Intl happineatt,
V° finds panic note In de nhtren/11,
Next dings der Dank Inn proak .
Vo nd knooks Our 0111nidni in
Van ven ten mhtrike make.
Col Chaffin, a Virginia dwarf, 12
years old, twenty-five inches high, arlli
weighing twenty-live pounds, is aceoni
pained in his exhibition by his brother,
who is six feet four inches high.
—Any bueincess is more respectable
than what is termed loafing. A young
man had better sell soft soap by the pail
ful than to hang around public places,
murdering time and his own reputation.
—Council Bluffs objects strongly to
being spoken of by the papers east of it
as in " the Far West." Tho Noriparid
says that is only the point at which trav
elers gather for the purpose of starting
West
A man in Nowburyport, Mass ,
has ton acres of land in onions. The ten
acres give eighty miles of onion, and
in planting, hoeing, weeding and gath
ering require over a thousand aide%
travel.
In New York, the other day, Judge
Dowling discharged two men, captured
with carpet bairn full of burglars' tools,
on the ground that it was no offense, le
fraity,-lex-cskery ketch implizaen -in-the
day time
—The dead body of a old negro wit,
found near Now Orient* the other do
hanging by ono foot in the crotch of
mulberry tree. The old man had climb
ed after fruit, slipped and stuck there,
head downward until he died.
Each cup I drain brings hither
Rome scene of Wee gone by,
Bright line—too bright to wither
Warm hearts—too warm to die
Till. as the dream comes o'er me
Of those long vanished yeart,
Alas' the wine before me
Seems turning ail In tears.
Within a mile of Elko, on the road
to Whito Pin., is I large natural swim
ming bath, where visitors can choo,r
their temperritute, front tepid to boilinc
The depth is mid to be very great, and
some say that at 2(X) feet no bottom her
been found
There is a ci nductor on the Fitch•
burg. railroad in Massachusetts which
always carries in his mouth or about
his person a blossom, fre,ll and perfum
ed The spirits told him that was the
only condition by whieh he could expect
to meet his wife in heaven.
A a rmp end stationery yonder zn
Philadelphia ring• the dooi bell, sad
Ponds up his card to the lady of the
waits in the parlor till she op
pears, when he grouts her warmly,
an old acquaintance, passes the compli
ment...l of the Pea m', and asks her to
buy a cake of soap or a box of station
ery.
" How much stoney hate you '
suid a rich old curmudgeon to is guy
young fellow courting his pretty daugh
ter " Ohl I haven't much of anythine
now, but 1 have a rich prospect abead
The wedding occurred, and ti.e:old chap
learned from his line ann•in-law that the
rich prospect wise the prospect of marry
ing his daughter. -
n litthi illinrhief mak it4g
Elfin, who in PINT high,
Thwattitly every undertaking,
And lag nikrno 1i Ily-and.iry
Whitt we ought to do thin minute
"Will tie bet ter dote." he'll cry,
"If to-morrow we'll begin it."
"Pet ft otr,* nay. liy.and by.
"Three who heed his treacherous woof 1 g
Will his laithlosa gol t iaaoo rue;
What wo aiways put oft doing,
Clearly weeuill never do.
We shnif reach what we endeavor
If on Now we do rely;
But unto the realms or Never
Leads the pilot Ilpsted•by.
—A gentleman) traveling in Southern
Pennsylvania reports a good story which
ho heard about a worthy mechanic who
aspired to Legislative honors. In his
printed appeal• to the voters, he said
with more significance then he intended,
"that if they declined to elect him he
should remain at home, a cooper and an
htiffttat pan." •
—" Close up, ladies, if you .please."
said a horse car conductor to six-fonfi
njues who had spread themselves over
the extent of the seats. "We shall do•
nothing of the kind," exclaimed one of
the indignant fair. "Clothes up, in
deed, and in a street car, too
to be ashamed of yourself young man."
The conductor subsided. ; you ought
_ Bridget, Bridget I why don't you
bring up the lemonade?" said Mrs. S.,
on the Fourth of July,,from tho top of
NI lc &lied stairs. I,l Pif hy, -mem '
said Bridget, wiping tbesweat from her
red face with, h 9; oiaegkpred, 1 1 ,Kon , as
sho put ber head round the staircase par
tition, " why, Mttirn, you - ifee the ice I
put in the lemonade Is so hard that it
bnen'Crnelted yet, though it's stiring ft
over the fl,re I , 9s. houtt.is t h o
,last, fif
teen minutes or a fo re." '