The Democratic• Watchman.
BEIA,EFONTZ, PA
808 WHITE.
, v N. O. 697.111LP.D.
Hall-way ripe le thet47;csrheat,
Abroad In the fields where it stands breast
high ;
soft an a whePr, and strangely sweet,
Tie breat of the wind as it wanders by;
"Bob White!"
Hark I whose is it, the voice I hear?
Galling aloud in the tall grain near,
"Bob White!"
Hotter each day grows the warm June sun,
A shade more purr the sky's deep blue;
And the bright Juno roses havejnst begun
To sprinkle their le
White!" aves with an ashen hue;
"Bob
There it la Calling again and again.
Swett and clear from the amber grain,.
.'Bob Whiter
"What does the little bird twig, my eon r
The father ask' of hie fair-haired boy,
Where over the porch the wild vines run,
And the humming-bee murmurs hia song of
Joy;
"Bob White I"
Sounding aloud All the voice draws nigh,
And the Innocent lip" of the child reply,
"Bob White!"
One shrill note and a whirr of wings,
Away In a moment, flying low.
As over the loose wall lightly sprit:kip
The farmer lad with his rake and hoe;
"Bob White l"
Whistles the boy. while blab* blank eyes
Follow the flock wherever It flies—
Bob Whlle I '
A soft, sleek coat el a darkish brown,
And a speckled waistcoat of lighter shade
('casing to white where It reaches down
With breeches of chestnut trimly ma cs,
-Bob White'"
'Phi. Is he whom we hear repeat,
All day long to the ripening 'theist,
"Bob White"'
Two half Metes around the throat,
lino pale streak on his trordship'• crown,
And all over the hack of Ida quaker coat
Paler streaks of a yellowieh brown;
"Bob Whiter
la he who fattens and thriven,
'town the wheat where he calls to his wire,
"hob White r
A (immix Mormon is he, I'm told;
Full of love for the witter sex
With a heart like an eagle . ., quick and bold,
And a spirit fiery and easy to vex ,
"Itch White t"
la It his own or another's name
That he keeps repeating always the same—
..ltob White r.
A tew dried leave. and some bits of hay
Under a tun of 'haltering grape,
Bid in a hallo% out of the way,
Where only by chance a loot may pas.--
"Nob White."
Thus he call. now the nest le made;
Thum he will call till the eggs are laid,
"Bob White l"
Yellowleh white the brittle ellen
Speckled with brown like hie own little breast,
Watched, and tended, and awarded In 11,
A dozen or more In the homely tliCli,
"Koh Whiter
Far leen frequent and eornethlog dry,
The noire of our friend am the deye go toy—
.Rob Whlun I
A smart young fellow his sou sod hell-,
Ready at once from hls nest to rooms ,
Little of trouble and little to rare—
Brings the boy to the mother at home
Rob White'"
Almost allemoed the onea clear tone
Now that the season of lore Is flown
-Rob Whim r
There In the prrana where the dew hong. damp,
Ever watchful of any harm,
Huck to hark Ina circular comb.
Ready to rine at the leant alarm,
Bob White
Site from the time the twilight hullo,
All through the night, while h r nltrill throat
Ml=
Hy-and-by when the ..simmer la deed
And the glowing hand of the salitumu wee see
iorn 0111. patterns of purple end red
Vl «h !Old and limn n In the orellerel'ele•ren,
"Bob White I"
Down in the stubble piping low
NO hanger shall cell, on Ulr lalght del.. ✓IW,
-Doh Whin. "'
THE MAD SKATER
The broad bosom of (MC of our
northern rivers was cot err(' with a
smooth sheet of ice; and, at a point
where the stream widens, after passing
through scenes rich in binomial inter
est, King Winter seemed to have taken
especial delight in spreading a table so
attractive as to draw Iron' out of their
houses nearly the whole population et
a thriving village that ft. t
iss. own its
banks. lieu, women and children
had turned out to participate in the de
lightful sport of skating, or to aalch
the evolutions of the skaters.
It was, to truth, a grand sight to ob.
Serve hundreds of both sexes dressed
in various costumes, and gliding rapid
ly over the smooth, translucent sur
face, while shouts and peals of laughter
rang mellow and merry on the still
night air. A great bonfire, kindled on
the ice, avail!. its red flames, throwing
its light far along the river, over the
quiet village nestled near its banks,
glistening from a frosted forest on the
other side, and rendering the sidle 1.0
wild and fanciful, that the skaters, as
they glided to mid fro, might easily
have been mistaken for the ghostly in
habitants of mottle supernatural world.
"What splendid skaters r was the
exclamation passing through the crowd,
as a lady -anti gentleman made their ap
pearance upon the ice, coming up the
river frowi below. They are now skat
ing hand to hand, now backward, now
forward, stow performing some difficult
feat, or whirling around in weeping
circles.
"Who ere they ?" was the question
asked by many arming the spectators.
"Kate Clinton and Frank
wall the reply, pointing them out ar
belonging to the two moat prominent
latniliek in the neighborhood, whore
aplendidmansionestood near the river'm
hank, little further down.
The two rimers, who had thus un•
expeotly made theirappearance, at once
became the objects of universal nttrac
tion, and an admiring crowd soon col
lected around them.
tthserving this, and not appearing to
like such a public exhibition, the
young lady whimpered some words in
the ear ofhereonmanion, who, suddenly
wheeling, and carrying her round along
with him, by a few forcible strokes, shot
clear of the ctowd, and skated rapidly
away from it"'
A murmur of disappOttintent follow
ed , their departure, -while &nevi of
stetting like dittapproval were cast
a et-diem, as-they-Thikd otilinder the
gleaming moonlight.
"They appear vexed at our leaving
them,'; remarked the young gentleman.
"They don't often see such an accom
plished skater an you, }irate."'
"As yourself, yon mean, Frank. It
was i your performance that gate them
ptFaure. Aiid now I think of it, it
wasn't very gradeful in meto have Been
the eatllo of disappointing them. Sup-,
pose you go back and show them a lit
tle more of r ,
.skt: Deb Fiank;
can stay her o r
"inytkin ,p 1 y inyrdeale
Kate." •
And so 84 ties, i asegftruiri re.
leased the tiny-glov and °l s hii fait
partner; and, after a long shot, was
once more in the midst of the villageny.
gratifying them with the display so
mi , ch desired.
More than free. minutes were thus
spent, during which time the accom
plishe4 skater wka repeatedly cheered
and greeted with complimentary speech
es. Then, bethinking him ofthe fair
creature he had left alone and in the cold,
he was about to break otf, when the
eager spectators entreated him to remain
a moment longer and once more show
them a figure— that had 'elicited their
most enthusiastic applause.
He,. consented, repeated the figure
called for ? and then, resisting all further
appeal, with one grand stroke lie glided
out from among the spectators and on
toward theltpot where he had left the
young lady on the ice.
On nearing it he saw that she was
not there nor anywhere in sight.
Where could she have gone 7
It occurred to him that while he was
entertaining dm village crowd she might
have rejoined it, and became herself
one of the spectators.
With all speed he skated back again,
and quartered the crowd in every direc
tion, scanning the faces and figures.
But among them he aaw neither
features, nor form, bearing any resem
blance to those of the beautiful Kate
Clinton.
"Oh I" thought he, "she's been play
mg a little trick, to surprise me. She
has slipped in under the river bank . ;
and ,while I ant rushing to and fro in
search of her, she is, no doubt, stand-
Mg in the shadow of a hemlock, laugh•
ing at me."
Yielding to this conjecture he once
more plied his skates, and went back
down the river, keeping close alongside
the hank, and scanning every spot
overshadowed by the dark fronds of the
hemlocks.
But no Kate Clinton War there,
either in moonlight or shadow; nor was
there any score made by skates on the
inshore we.
It now occurred to him that he might
discover where she was gone, by get.
fling uptin the track of her skates, itnd
following it up. With this intent, he
hastened to the spot where he had left
her standing.
On reaching it, a cold thrill shot
through his fizttne, ILA if the blood had
touldenly became frozen within his
reins. In addition* to the two nets of
skate tracks,-left by himself and the
3 (mug lady in their up and down excur
sions, he now saw a third, whore bold
scores upon the ice, rimmed them to
ha%e been from the feet of a man!
There %ere contured curves and
zig
zags, as if there had been a etruggle,
or come alight difficulty in starting; hut
beyond that point, there v.cre two gets
of straight i•untnious lurrov4 a, runping
parallel, and ride by hulk. ac rl the
tdaters had; gone away with joined,
hand. , I
The &rectum wati down the river—
toward
At a glance Frank Hill repo sized
the thin tiny ' , Owe, left he the slender
blade on t he lee of 1.14 Clinton.
_Bat
the wen who had gone skating so choke
by he, ride—n ails lie?
A !Milan I suspicion through his
brain. Ile remembered that shortly
after lea% ing the house they had pa! ,
sed a Milli upon the Ice, alto Nan also
on skate«. Thies hind brushed SO near
lion, in , In Net who he was, and in tire
moonlight hail beheld a countenance
bearing it most sinister cast. It was
the lace of eltar'es Lansing, ksllolll
Frank knew to be a rain suitor for
the hand ot Kate Clinton.
This man had made his apperance
it the neighborhood, sonic pli ree months
before; coining no one knew a hence.
'ln fact, there was nothing known of
him, but his name; and this might
easily ham* 66611 ao 11~114 , 111C4 one. Ile
put up at the principal hotel in the vii
lage,apiwared to have plenty of Motley,
and to lac H gentleman ol birth and ed
nention. Was Charles Lansing the
man who had come to Miss Clinton
on the ice and carried her away aOh
ldnd It could be illlother , 101 Hilt
now remembered !limn_ heard the ring
of skates behind, as they were coining
up the river from the place where Lan•
sing had been seen, and shortly after
they had passed him.
The first thought of Kate Clinton's
lover was one of a most painhil nature.
It was, in fact, a bitter pang of jeal.
olisj. Had the whole thing been pre
arranged, and had'she willingly gone
away with this sr ranger, who, though
a stranger to others, might be better
knuan to her? Lansing, if nut what
Might be railed a handsome man, ants
gotsblooking enough to gi‘e cause for
Jealousy.
It was a fearful reflection for Frank
Hill; but, fortunately, it did not long
endure. It passed like a spasm ; au
other, nearly us painful taking its place.
He recalled arlonor that bad been for
some days current in the neighbor
hood—qf aatrangenetts ohntrved in the
behavioi of the hided jilitut, what had
caused doubts about his Astnity. Ars.l
more forcibly came' back to 'ruelt
Hill's mind that lie had heard tb t very
morning—how Lansing had pr nted
himself at the Louse of Mimi Clinton's
father, proposing marriage to her, and,
when refused, had, acted in such a
strange manner—uttering wild speeches
and threats against the life., of the
young lady—that it became necessary
to use force in removing him from the
premises.
Could this be the explanation of the
disappearance? Warthe maniad now
in the act of carrying out the menace
he had male—wine terrible ;node of
vengeance under the wftd pronVinge 'of
inaanity
The 'thought cat*, %nick,' for this
series of surprise anti conjectures did
not ocbopy three seconds of time. And
with the last Of these Jirank /Jill brew,
all his strength into a propulsilie it,
rind shot vir like a p arrpar4 . The
river. I,', *,'
4 bent wig 44, paired, °yea
i
Myhre* tl*e m a irreitek of ter ice
tentnil l a y mtire tillt n ',mile.
wa 'at 411 e, hither en Wl' fbrms
• ertk, //Nairn* it at utpl)n the still,
Nal' air`cooli h 4,411ien of
skates, at intervals repeating their
strokes.
Frank Hill had no doubt about one
of these being she of whom he was in
search; and, nerved by the eight, be
threw fresh vigor ink• his limbs, and
flewover the smooth surface like a bird
upon the
On, past ruck, and tree ? and hill,
and farm-houses eleepim to silence;
on, in long sweeping strides, his eyes
flashing, but fixed upon_ the forms,
every moment getting more clearly die
cernible as the distance became lessen•
ed by his speed.
And now he was near enough to see
thnt it was Lansing.
The latter, glancing back over his
shoulder, recognized hie purener ; and,
taking a fresh hold on the wrist claim
apparently unwilling partner, he forced
her onward uith increased velocity.
- She had looked back, and saw who
was coming after. Th• silver light of
the moon, Cuing upon her face, show
ed an expression of sadness suddenly
changing to hope ; and raising her
gloved hand in the air, she sent back a
cry for help.
was not needed. That wan face,
seen under the moonlight, appealing to
Frank Hill for protection, was enough
to nerve him-to the last exertion of hiux
strength, and lie kept on, without speak.
ing a word, his whole thought and soul
absorbed by the one gredt desire to
overtake and rescue her.
From what? From the grasp of
maniac, as the behavior of Lansing
now proved hint to be.
Merciful Heaven! .What is that
sound heard ahead, and at no great
distance?
le did not need to ask the question.
Ho knew it was the roar of water—he
knew that a cataract was below. And
near below ; for, on sweeping around
another curve of the river, the-smooth
black water could be seen rushing rap
idly forth from under the field of ice,
quick whitened Into froth as it struck
against the rocks cresting the cataract.
The pursued saw tt first, but soon
after, the pursuer.
"My Goal" gasped Hill, in a toice
choking with agony. "Can the man
mean to carry her on—over? Stop,
madman !"
Lansing heard the call and looked
hack. The moonlight, falling full upon
his face, revealed an expression horri
ble to behold. 'Hie eyes were no longer
rolling, but fixed in terrible stare of
determination, while upon hie features
could be traced in smile of demoniac
triumph. lie spoke no word, bit, rani
unemployed arm, pointed to
the cataract.
Thews/voltld be no mistaking the ges
ture; but what followed made Fain
cleaner his intent. Giving a loud shriek
that ended in a prolonged peal of laugh
ter, he Need once niore toward the
edge of the ice. Then, throwing all
Tiirvii nail energy into the effort, he shot
ntraight for it, dragging the young lad)
along with him.
The crisis had now Mlle. A MO
meat more, and Kate Clinton, strug
gling in the arms of a Madman, would
be carried oven the cataract, (km n to
certain destruction on the rocks below.
With heart hot, ar if ow fire, her
loser Nita her peril, now proximate and
extreme. Bat hut head wan ,till cool,
and at a glance he took in the mann
tion.
By hearing direct . upon them he
would only increame the momentum of
their sliced, mid force both over the
edge of the ice. Him only hope lay in
making one tact vigorous effort to get
between them and the water. A grand
sweep might do it; and without wait
Mg to reflect farther, be threw his body
forward in the curve of a parabola.
With hands and teeth tightly clench •
ed, woh ey et. Hxed u pon one point, and
though concentrated into one great pun
pore, he pammed over the minimith our
face, like an electric flash, ending in a
shock, .am him body, came in contact
with Mat of Lansing. A blow from
one arm, already raised, sent the latter
mtaggering upon the ice, at the manic
time detaching him grasp from the wrist
of his intended victim. ft wan liimtant
Iv nelvd by her reseurer, who, contra.
omi t ; the sweep thus intercepted, sac.
seeded in carrying her to it place of
mufety.
In vain tire tnadman tried to recover.
lintimelf. The monteuttilli of him own
',onions rpeed, increased by the power
MI blow front hill's clenched lint, ment
hint spinning on to the extreme edge of
the ice, where lie fell Hat anon him face.
Perhaps he might have been mitred,
but for him own frenzied ptimmion. As
the skaters, following along die curve,
swept clone to where he lay, the skate
;If the young lady almost touching him,
he made an effort to lay hold of her
ankle, as intending to drug her over the
cataract along with him. Fortunately
he failed, but the movement was fatal
to himself: A piece of rotten ice on
which he rested, giving away under
his weight, broke oft with a loud crash;
and in another moment the detached
fragment, bearing him laxly along with
it, swept over die falls, to be crushed
to atoms in the seething cauldron be
low I
The lovers, now cafe from all danger,
14064 fdr a time silent, with arms cross
ed and listening. But, after one wild,
appalling shriek that rose from the
uninittc'm Bpi, as lbr n moment him
body balanced upon die combing of
the cataract, they heard no more—
only the hoarse monotone df the waters,
to be continued to eternity.
-1101.1st:es Is the beauty of God ink
pressed uatu_the sokkand the impression
everlusTrtir"l3lbOr s be - iitirr if but fa
ded flower time. 'well plow lip doe
p
furrows upon the fairest fass, but this
will lw fresh to, eturnitx!_
THE DAY'S THAT WERE
Down by.tho shore of the grand old river—
_ifeek. and bench are before me now,
t e
Whertt i l4tv toyed with the shining pebbles,
Aril a the water my heated brow,
O'er the d Its, so slimy and slippery,
!2 , Pack lot , . wibqn the tide 0s tow,
on 1 ha#geotindotl,prith &elite flattest
I Would:tot stare Se trust Agin no*l
1
Out . jp the woOde thOreEe et ocrio,l l P''
Ei4Uy *unreel& A ve go ; , ...
Ositring no rs with, sl ono's,
ping II with the b kleVellow,
Purple violets out of the gr sea,
Creston Pale from the etreamlet's side.
And basket full of the varied mosses,
Brought I home at the eventide.
Many a time hare I curled into ringlets
The dendellon's hollow stern:
Or blow its seed into airy vagnmee,
And laughed in my glee, as I followed them;
Racing to lcoo the poor t hin from falling,
Or waiting l
am hastUy up. some tree.
Bubbled thatburst in their re n w splendor,
Were not so bright nor fair to me I
Oft in the height and heat of summer,
Have I laid me down in grasses deep:
Watching the butterflies float above me,
Peering Into some ant's sand heap!
Wondering much, in my childish fancy,
~
How they got the sand•grains up: ..
I could tumble them down so easily;
I could gather them in soup.
•••••• • • • • * *
Many a time hath my frock been tattered,
Many a time have my feet been wet,
Seeking for black-caps by crooked lancet.,
Seeking the blackberry's balls of Jet,
Little I eared for the old ann-bonnet,
More often seen on the shotilders than head;
Sometimes forgotten for days together.
Nobody scolded and nothing wan said.
Later still in the autumn breezes,
I was out in the woods to seek
Chestnuts guarded by wounding prickle/1.
Butternuts browner than was my cheek.
Little I heeded the wounding prickles.
, And lean the brown stains on my hands,
ileppler I in my careless freedom,
Than had I been lady o'er many lands.
A Mule Ride in Florida
A gentlentan writing from Fernandi
na, Fla., fo. ad)tralo Commercial Ad.
certiser, gives the following amusing
account of his adventures with a gentle
mule. Ile; 'nays: The boys insisted
that I needed relaxation. My health
required it. I had a pretty fair article
of health, I thought; enough to last me
as long as I lived. But I must accum
ulate a Mock for futureuse. The south
was the place to get it. And riding was
healthy. The sand is so deep to ride,
except on horseback, se I thought I
would take a ride. I applied to the
livery man for a horse. Ile had none.
Ile looked sorrowfully at me, as though
he pitied roe. Did I ever ride a mule?
I never had. lie had as good riding
horses as were ever saddled, but if I
wanted a !'llock Me toSleep, Mother,"
style of a ride, I would take a mule.
I don't consider myself a first-class
judge of mules. I had some vague no
tions in regard to them ; supposed they
would do a large amount of work with
very little feed, and were immortal.—
I had read of one being driven over the
Sallie route by the same boy forB7 years,
and was a young mule yet. Bring forth
the mule, the node was brought.—
He was a meek looking beast a perfect
"Itriah Veep" of a mule, so far as
"Uniblenesn" was concerned. At least
that was the view I took of him. Ile
was saddled, and I mounted. For a
rfiile or two he paced beautifully. I
thought those old monks I had read a
bout knew what they were doing when
they traveled on mulct , . I had a high
respect for their judgement. Just then
my mule began to show nymptoins—
symptoms of what I did not know.
I found out. Dropping hie head
between his legs, his heels described a
parabo'ic curve, in the air, and I got
off and eat on the ground. I got on
over his head, mid I did it quick. I'm
not so old but I can get off an animal
of that kind as quick as a boy. Then
I looked at the mule to see if he was
hurt. Ile didn't appear Abe. Then
I inquired around to see how I was.—
I an abrasion of the left hip and
a confusion on the lower end of my
back. Then I thought I would pro
nounee a let-handed blessing on that
mule, and on his forefathers and fore.
mothere before him, and onhischuldren
after him. But I didnt. 1 wonder if
lie would stand fire. If I had a pistol,
I would hove put the muzzle to his ear
and tried him. Not that I was hostile
toward him, hut I was afraid somebody
might take a ride on him someday and
get hurt. But I had no pistol, so that
benevolent and sanguinary Wes was
frustrated. Then I got up and shook
the dust off my feet and brushed the
sand off my trowsers, as a testimony
against the place. Then I led the mule
carefully home, and stated my owe to
the livery man. But when I looked
t ha the shot] Idpffer to send for a doctor,
or a Samaritan, to do uic up in a rag,
awl }tour olive oil and champagne ou
me ',mine, he only laughed—then he
relied, off the trneh and laughed. It
was rediculime. But I've learned a
little wisdom.
Tur. M. WHO lExii GAT°len IT
veteran drinkist once "I
have mingled with drinking uteri all illy
life and ho ve enjoyed u very extensive
acquaintance with the eln.o.' In feet, I
have known few outside of them, but I
never knew but OHO 1111 , i1 who had
gauged the boldness down to tiO
nicety. He knew just when to drink,
just whore to drink, and just how much
to drink, And never upon ayy ea:lmam
did he deviate from what long experience
'had taught hint was the thing to do.
"lt.•v, sir," said the veteran drinker re-
Ilectively, "I never know but one man
that had gauged it down to qemnplote
bystem.
"But what bocarim of him?" we en
quirati with ranedutireat.
"On I he thed—it killed him I".
PRAYING AND WORICINO.-4 HIM that
saying of Martin Luther ). when he says,
"I have so much business to do to-day,
that I shall not be able to get through it
with less than three houreprayer." Now
asost.peopkt.would.say,“l have NO much
buidnets to do to-day that I have only
three minute's prayer; T cannot afford the
time." Rut Luther thought that the
more belied to do, the more ho must
pray, or else he could not get tlireugh it.
that iP a blessed kind of logic : nay we
UnderPtioni itt ".Praying uud provender
hinders no man's journey,." It we have
to slop and pray, it la no more a hindrance
Man when the rider has to stop at th e
rimier's to have his horse 4 e shoe fastened;
fire if lie- went on witlmnt attending m
that, it may be that ore long he would
Come to a stop yfu far more serious kind
The National Debt of England.
Theliational Debt Of Vngland began
with the relinquishment of the old cus
tom of extortinalPee l tllll*Pie and
subStitikting bolt wing' , therefor, to
Sleet pablio exigeheies. Charles I. bor
rowed )argely trOM hisritans but
all ilia' debts wen eitin kilted by the
revolution. u r his sons,
Chitties 11, and. James 1.1., that the
foundation of a ~perteUtrient debt was
laid in England. On the accession of
William 111, the debt was £664,263.
During his reign, however, the system
of credit was expanded tlfroughout Eu
rope. A large part of the annual ex
penditure of the governnient was de
'ftityed by borrowing money and pledg
ing the state to pay the annual interest
upon it. At Williams death the debt
was £15,830,439. From his time to
the present the process of borrowing
his been continued in all exigencies
such as war, the large payment on ac
count of negro emancipation, &c. In
periods of peace and when the rate of
interest haa, been low the government
redeemed small portions of the debt, or
it has lowered the annual charge by re
ducing, with.the consent of the holders,
the rate of interests. The debt, then,
oonsists of several species of loans or
funds with different denominations,
which have been in process of time va
riously mixed and mingled, such as con
sole, i. e. several different loans consol
idated in one stock,3 per cent., reduced
consols, new 3 per cent., &c.
The public debt continued to increase
until, at the accession of George 1., in
1714, it was £54,145, 363. Some two
millions was paid of during this reign,
buf (luring that in 1763 it had reached
the sum 0f£138,865,430. During the
peace from 1763 to 1775 ten millions
wire paid, but at the conclusion of the
A4nerican revolution it was £243,851,
528. In the peace which ensued from
1784 to 1793, ten and a half millions
were paid. Then came the great mor
al,4tnd political revolution of Europe,
in "tie course of which England sided
with despotism. She formented quar
rels, caused coalition to be formed,
spent more freely to uphold every ab
solutist, subsidized every despot and
was the persistent enemy of the people.
Dating this insane career she contract
ed an increase of debt, exceeding "six
million sterling," so that at the close
of the war, and when the English and
Irish exchequers were consolidated, the
total funded and unfunded debt in 1817
was £830,850,491, and the anuel
charge upon It was £32, 015, 941.
From that time to 1854 there was a
continued reduction of debt. On the
let of April, 1854, it was £760, 647,249.
But then came the Crimean war, and
afterward the war in India. Immedi
ately following these came the necessity
for increased expenses -in placing tile
navy and army in preparation for a
general European war. The Crimean
and Indian war increased the debt more
than all the reductions which were made
during forty venni, and to-day cannot
he Ices than £B5O, 000, 000.
A SHORT STORY
fly the Mide of a murmuring et ream,
An elderly gentleman eat ,
On the top of hin head wart hie wig,
And a.lop of him wig wax bin hat.
The a and ii blew high and hiew strong
Ax the elderly gentleman rat,
And it tore front hix head In a trice,
And plunged In the river Itia hat.
The gentleman then took his cane,
Whitten In by hla side on he sal,
And lie dripped In the river his wig,
In attempting to get out, his hat
iii. breast It grew eold with deapitir,
And full in his eye Mille. eat,
F. he thing in the river him eane,
To vain] with ita wig and his hat.
Wisnum —The following terse com
plication of wisdom was communicated to
the Now England Farmer:
Too many beans are deficient in winter.
'Money in vc,ted in needed tools pays
a logh !kyr cent.
The more comfortable you can keep
your animals, the more they will thrive.
A good cow Is u iraluable machine,
rend the more fisal she properly digests
the greater the profit.
A few roots dully, to all the stock,are
as welcome as apples to boys and girls.
Iron s hoes on sleds last a life time.
They are really cheaper in the end than
woili,,en ones.
All annuals are fond of sunshine. Let
them bask in it, if possible.
Replace all the bars, when you often
pass, by strong gates, and then wonder
that von didn't do so before.
A horrooed t.od, if broken, !should
promptly turrertinettel Ay a 111%w one. A
II 5et11.4.1 of honor in such matters
touch to Ito commended.
It Peollik strange that hdusekeepers
don't buy pails and tube with brass hoops
and trimmings. They costa little Amine
at first., but last wonderfully.
Build safe, easy stairs wherever needed
In barns, and save breaking your tames
climbing dangerous ladders.
Give a quart of meal daily to each of
your young animals, and you will soon
be praising them to your neighbors.
W here a wuterirg tub is needed abroad ,
At should be a deep one, and let partly in
the ground. It will not treto then in
the coldest weather so as to give much
trouble.
A 114 A RR: SOK M AKICR.-W hen profess
or Aytoun was waking proposals for
marriage to his first wire—a daughter. of
tho celebrated Prof Wilson—the lady
reminded him that It would be necessary
to ask the approval of her sire.
"Certainly," said Aytoun; "but as I
am a little diffident in speaking, to him
on this subject, you mustjust go and toll
him my proposals yourself."
The lady proceeded to the library, and
taking her father affectionately by the
hand, mentioned that Professor Aytoun
had asked her to become his wife. She
added : Shall I accept his offer, papa
lie says he is too diffident to name the
subject to vou himself."
oliftlll'M TM - 4r, "I had
better write My reply and pin it to your
back."
lie did. So, and the lady, returned to the
drawl nk.toom. The anxious suitor read
the gnorter to hie message, which was in
Haire words, "with the author's eosp,pli
rnented '
AU Sorts of Paragraphs.
"ITatinlo bird---a duck
of 11,
—Foot races between girls are attrac
tions at lowa cattle sbows.
—Of all the dust thrown in men's
oyes, gold dust is the most blinding.
—Who discerns what is infinitely
small I Only one--th e Infin hely Great.
—To make your coat last, avoid using
it; to make your virtues endure, use them
continually.
--There is a stone house standmg in
Sadsbury township, Lancaster county,
that was built in 1714.
—The Grand Army of the Republic
has 2,056 poets in the United States,
and is rapidly increasing.
—The Venango county Democratic
Convention favors the nomination of
Col James K. Kerr for Governor.
—Men, like their books, at their be.
ginning and end, have blank leaves—
infancy and grephaired old age.
—Equality means being a little
richer, better looking, finer dressed and
more favored geuerally than your neigh.
ighbors.
—Old people are long shadows,-it ie
true, and their evening snn lies coldly
on the earth, but they all point to the
morning.
—Many regard themselves tu moral,
disinterested, truth ful , and gentle, merely
becane they inexorably insist that others
shall be so.
—The people of Memphis( complain
of dull times. Last week only tworal
sone ..were killed and four wounded in
shooting affrays
—A son of John Farrel of Youn t ,..
town
,about eight years old, accidentally
fell in a barrel of water on last Friday,
and was drowned.
.-The odor of flowers is never so
sweet and strong as• before a storm.
Beautiful soul I when the storm draws
nigh thee, be a flower.
—"To what secret fraternity do ycu
think I belong V asked a contemptable
I ittle (opera lady.- "To the insect frater
nity," was the reply.
—"I despise mankind," said an arro
gant millionaire to a noted clergyman.
"I see you have studied your own nature
deeply,"waa the quiet reply.
—"Electricity," says the scientific
Jones "travels faster than light." "Yea,"
responded the reflective Smith ; "it ie
easier to shock than to instruct."
son of Mrs. Barclay, a wsl
ow lady residing in _Armstrong town
ship, Bedford county, was drowned on
the llth inst., while in bathing.
—A lazy fellow, on being reproved to?
lying in bod so Into in the morning, re
plieor,"l nist.obtiged to do,it in order to
invent excuses for, not getting up."
—A•minister at a carnp-meetln& said
"If the lady with the blue hat, red hair
and cross eyca, don't stop talking she will
be pointed out to the eongregation "
—Many flowers open to the sun, but
only one follows him in his course.
Heart, be thou the sunflower; he not
only open to thy God. but obey II int,
too. •
oh! are you V asked a railroad
conductor of a little girl wh um her mother
was trying to patio on a half ticket "I
am nine at home, but in the ears only
six and a half."
—A boozy fellow was observed, th,
other day, driving u "porker," !whin - 1g
on to hie tail, andlvhen RA ked what ho•
was doing, replied that he with "Studying
ge-hog.rapty.",
—"Father," iqud a lad, "I often read
of people being , poor, but hone„ ,' why
don't they sometimes say 'rich, but
honest ?' " "Tut, tut my son," replied
the father ; "nobody would bilieve
them."
—At one of the ragged I§Cllooih
Ireland, a clergyman asked the guntion,
"what le holiness?" A poor Irish ron
vert, in dirty, tattered rags, jumped up
and said, "place your riverence, it's to
he claim inside."
—Scatter flowers on theyoung
den'seollin, ye blooming friends I Ye
weed to bring flowers on her bir.h.day
lutists, She is now celebrating the
greatest of them, for the bier is the cm
die of Heaven.
—"Ma," said a little girl, %%110 had
just commenced her lemons iu geogra
phy, "whereabotitashall I find the stat,...
ut "Matrimony I" "Oh!" replied the
mother, "you will find that to be urn:
of the United States." ,
—Pour Portland (hie.) women who
make clothing for New York house
'cat 25 cents apiece for wollen aaok coats,
from 124 to 18 cents for pantaloons, for
ordinary overcoats 40 cents, and for the
heaviest and heft made 60 to 76 cents'
—Mu n eridures opposition and reproof
more readily than we suppose, only he
will not endure them when violent,
even though they are deserved. Our
hearts are flowers; they continue open
to the gently.falling dew, but eltme
against the,stostil.
—A ?:re DICKINSON, tho other eve
ning, gave us the following comfortmg
assurance : "Politics to-day mean an
indecent scramble for office, v/here every
than is forpi mself, and the devil take the
hindmost. ••As fur the foremost, they are
already safe in his bands."
—There uro some precocious chi'
dren in Waterbury, *us the following
eel narrative of the' Waterbury Ameri
can thews:
'nether, what is a 'gone sucker "
"You mustn't aek such question 4,
'Freddy."
,'Hut, mamma, I want t 9 know what
a 'gone sucker' is r
"Freddy, I tell you not to ask me
again."
Freddy however, could not be put
or , urttl a 11 Arcsistestin pressing his
in
w ereupon " mamma " beeene
indignant, add ordered him to bed, and
as a punishusant Vreddy had, to say
prayers by himself, instead of on his
Mother's laNaaueual. tin Freddy prays:
" God bless papa, and mammy, and Iv
by,•but. as for me, I's been At bad boy;
and I gaese I'm a 'gone siteker 1 '