BY DAVID OVER.
For Ihe Inquirer.
THE JEOLIAN HARP.
One never having heard the ASolian Harp, can
not imagine the heavenly sweetness ef its tones.—
Clear, silvery, ringing and mournful, its tones thrill
the heart with feelings peculiar only to itselt.
Sweetly sings the harp yKolian,
Fastened in the window frame,
High and low but never ceasing.
Sings it still for aye the same.
When the gentle breeze prevailing,
Soft and slow the measure floats,
While our hearts are touched with sorrow,
At the low and plaintive notes.
Changeless, low, and sweetly mournful.
Is its thrilling monotone,
As it seems to sing in sadness,
Of the time and friends by gone.
Halcyon days of sweet enjoyment,
Seem the burden of its song,
Or of pleasant hours squandered,
Or of some unhappy wrong.
Or of home and friends forsaken.
Now in lands far, farjaway,
Where we ne'er expect to see them,
Till the close of life's short day.
Sweetly sing thou diapason,
Tones that thrill through every heart,
Teach our souls to meet in heaven,
Those from whom we ne'er would part.
Akersville, Feb. 3, 1860. J. M. A.
The Story of the Cross.
Behold, behold, the lamb of God,
On the Cross ; on the Cross ;
For us be shed Ins precious blood.
On the Cross; on the Cross;
Oh hear his all important cry,
Eloi lama sabacthani,
l)raw near and see your saviour die,
On the Cross ; on the C'Oss.
Behold his arms extended wide,
On the Cross ; on the Cross ;
Behold his bleeding bauds and side,
On the Cross ; on the Cross.
The rocks do rend, the mountains quake,
While Jesus suffers for our sake,
While Jesus doth atonement make.
On the Cross ; on the Cross.
Come, sinners, see hira lifted up,
On the Cross; on the Cross ;
He drinks for you the bitter cup,
On the Cross ; on the Cross.
The sun witholds his rays of light,
The Heavens are clothed in shades of night,
VFhile Jesus doth with devils fight,
On the Cross; On the Cross.
Wher'eer I go, I'll tell the story,
Of the Cross ; of the Cross ;
In noth ing else my soul shall glory,
Save the Cross; save the Cross.
'Tis this my constant theme shall be,
Through time and in eternity,
That Jesus tasted death for me,
On the Cross; on the Cross.
Let every mourner rise aDd cling
To the Cross ; to the Cross;
Let every christian come and sing
Hound the Cross ; round the Cross.
-Aod let the Preacher take his stand
And with the Bible in bis band,
Go preach the doctrines through the land,
Of the Cross , of the Cross.
ASTRONOMY OF THE ANClENTS.— Professor
Mitchell, in his lecture on astronomy, related
u very remarkable 'act. He said that he bad,
not long sipce, met io the city of St. Louis,
Missouri, a man of great scientific attainments,
who, for forty years, had been engaged in
Egypt deciphering the hieroglyphics of the
ancients. This gentleman had stated to liirn
that he had lately unraveled the inscriptions
upon the coffin of a tnummy, now in the British
Mueenm, and that, by the aid of previous ob
servation, be had discovered the key to all the
astronomical knowledge of the Egyptians.—
The zodiac, with the exact positions of the
placets, was delineated on the ooffin, and the
date to which they pointed was the autumnal
equinox in the year 1722 before Christ, or
nearly three thousand six hundred years ago.
Professor Mitchell employed bis assistant to
ascertain the exaet position of the heavenly
bodies belonging to our solar system on tbe
cquicox of that year, {1722 B. C.,) and send
him a correct diagram of them, without bav
log communioated his object in doing so. In
compliance with this, the calculations were
made ; and to his astonishment, ou comparing
the result with tbe statements of his scientific
friend already referred to, it was found that, on
tbe 7th of October, 1722, B. C., tJbo moon and
planets bad ocoupied tbe exact positions in tbe
heavens marked upon the coffin ia the British
Museum.
What is ibe difference between a printer and
a locksmith t One locks up the form* and the
other forms the lock.
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SELECTING SCHOOL BOOKS.
'Tis often seen
Adoption Btrives with nature.— S'h ak.ipeart.
What a dreadful subject ! "Selecting School
Books." "How dare you, sir, approach this
subject," vehemently exclaims an old sinner,
who bus never bought but two books in his life,
so he says, a Bible, and a copy of Horry's
Life of Marion ; the former was presented by
the Bible Society, under the supervision of the
Rev. John Lyon, and the latter is an inheri
tance from his grandfather, good old soul, who
"fought, bled and died" in the "Whiskey In
surrection," and was buried with the "bravest
of the brave" "Bow dare you, sir, mention
this subject, when you know that we must be
continually buying books to meet the changes
that are everlastingly taking place iD the sys
tems in use. Sir, I have made up my mind
that I won't buy any more, so uo more changes,
or no more selections for me."
Well, just as you think in the premises !
After buying such a number , who doubts your
reluctaney to purchase new supplies? certainly
Ido not. You are not the only ono 1 have
beard making use of the same logic, and 1
have known them to practice it. I have known
men to pay from sls to $25 school tax, and
send their cbildreu to school an entire wiuter
without procuring for tbem the requisite books.
The only reason advanced for this delinquency
was the inability to pay such heavy taxes, and
then pay a coup'e of dollars more for school
books. Oh Heavens! defend us from such
economy ! This is speculation, with a ven
geance! To pay sls or $25 school tax, and
lose every cent of it, when a dollar or two
spent for proper books, would enable him to
reap a half-dozen times its value. Bo you
comprehend, Mr. Sordid ? Your children can
do nothing at school without books. Will
you pay your taxes without a recompense ?
A few paltry dimes will save you a half-dozen
times the worth of your money in the educa
tion of your children. No, you are more of a
speculator than to make such a bargain, 1 feel
confident.
The method of selecting school books now
in practice, is not the best system that might
bo adopted, aDd like many other systems, it
has its difficulties to contend with, aud they
are cot a few; nevertheless, in the absence of !
better method, it must answer. School Di
, rectors are nut always the Lest qualified per
! HODS to choose such books as the schools in
their respective Districts require. They
have their objections to changes, and have
a decided advautage over those who ob
ject to everything, in being able to put their
objections into practice. Self-interest goes fa:
in making up a basis of action. Peter cries
most lustily in faro- of the Bible in school as
i a "Text Book," because he is confident Par-
I eon Windy, ir. his "Discourse ou the Degcne
j rate sons of Adam," spoke from that good old
text, "The proper study ot Mankind is Man,"
and why not adopt a text book with such sub
lime philosophy ? and if others were not as
well supplied as he is, why he can dispose of
a copy or two at cost and double the carriage.
Paul vehemently urges the adoption of some
by-gone Hardshell affair, that has long since
been applied to filling nooks in book-oases, or
crevices in the chimney, save a half-dozen or
so on a bookseller's shelf, which were eventu
ally sold at auction, for one-half cent eaoh,
and purchased by Paul, who is now willing to
have them adopted, and to supply the commu
nity as far as his few copies go. The many
honorable and intelligent exceptions to the
above Peter and Paul alone have saved us
from a worse fate than being plunged into uni
versal ignorance, and to these let us lift up
our voice in thanks, until the hills, mountains
and vallies echo and re-echo again and again.
Teachers are not always infallible on this
point. One strenuously espouses the cause of
Oomiy's Grammar, from force of education;
another vociferously bellows for Old Cobb's
Series, which is jast one hundred years be
hind the age, and still a third for Davies'
Arithmetic, a rather ancient institution.—
Each has his peculiar reason for the step ho
takes. I would not wish to associate modern
teachers with this last class of worthies, for
they are behind the age, and, therefore, neces
sarily belong to another era.
It would be well for the modern teaobers of
Bedford County to assemble in Convention to
select & series of books, to be recommended to
the Directors at their trieunial Convention in
May next.— J. R. JJurborrow.
Wood berry, Pa.
If a neb old gentleman has a thought of
marrying, let him consider well beforehand
what it is that be stauds in need of—a wife, an
beireas, or a nurse.
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1860.
Slgrirnltural.
From the American Agriculturist.
Valuable Experience with Clorer is
Renewing Worn Out Land.
In the Winter of 1848 I purchased six acres |
of land which lay adjoining my farm, and which
the former owner had pronounced almost worth
less, from the fact that it was, as we farmers
term it, 'run out.' It lay at the extreme end
of his farm, and a piece of woodland lying be
tween that and the rest of the farm, with a steep
hili to ascend, made it impossible to get manure
to it, at least so be thought. He had cropped
it with rye for several years, until it would not
produce enough to pay for the labor bestowed,
his last crop being but five bushels per acre-
This so discouraged biui, that he offered to take
ten dollars per acre f:>r the piece. I bought it
thinking that I could bring it to its form? fer
tility, which was sufficient to raise 40 bushels
of corn per acre. Iu the Spring I sowed six
quarts of the large kind of clover seed to the
acre, aud let it lie that Summer, turning noth
ing on it. The clover took as well as could be
expected on such land. The next Summer it
came on a lirtlo better, and would have been
perhaps a third of a ciop bad it been mowed;
hut as soon as it was well iu the blossom, 1
plowed it under, and about tbe first of Septem
ber sowed it to rye, seeding to clover in
the Spring. The result was nine bushels of
rye per acre, which was so much better than 1
exported, that I resolved to continue the pto
cess. In In 1853 the clover was Considerably
better than before, and in duly I turnr-d it un
der again, sowed aud seeded a.- before: —produce
124 Lush els to llie acre. Petfottued the same
operation in *55 and '57, with the following re
sults: in '55, 15 bushels, and in '57, 22 bush
els to the acre, when I considered tbe laud strong
enough to bear corn.
Accordingly I let tLie clover grow, and io
October turned it under to plant to corn next
season. The rye was always threshed in the
field, and the straw stacked aud letr until the
next crop was sown, theo spread on top just be
fore the grouud froze, which, in ;i measure, pre
vented the rye from heaving out.
It is true that I have not derived any benefit
from it except what ryo it produced over and
above the cost of cultivation, but the increase
in the value of the laud will more than pay all
expense, for the former owner has offered me
S3O per acre for the piece. 1 have uever pas
tured it one week since I have owued it, so it
is an easy matter to come at the profit or loss
in the speculation.
Oak Hill N. Y, 'FARMER BOY.'
REMARKS. —The experiment of 'Farmer Boy'
and its results, like that of "Squire" Bunker
given in the January Agriculturist , should he
carefully studied by the owners of "worn-out"
lands. To make it as clear as possible we have
re-arranged the figures sent by our correspon
dent, plaeing them in tabular form:
V
Cost of cultivating and harvesting 6
acres ryo 4 years,at $6 peracre.per
jer ' SH4
Clover seed and sowing 44
Interest and taxes on land 10 years 50
Total cost $238
350 bushels Rye at average of
700 $245
Lncrease in value of land 120-$365
Clear Profit $127
This would bo sl2 70 per year, or about $2
per acre, which is a profit of 20 per cent on
the investment, over the regular rate of iuter
oat.
Perhaps some skeptical anti-book farmer may
say 'All very well, and easily done, when you
can buy laud at such a bargain, but you could
get uo such figures from land at S3O per sore.
Let us see whut may be done. "Farmer Boy"
obtained for the first crop, 9 bushels per acre ;
2d, 124 bushels: 3d, 15 bushels; 4th, 22 bush
els—an average increase of over 4 bushels per
year. Snould the same course be followed, it
would be safe to calculate upon an increase of
4 bushels per acre far the next crop, making
the yield 20 bushols per aore. The accouut
would then staDd
DR.
Cost of cultivation (1 aore) $6
Clover seed aud sowing 5
Interest and taxes two years 5
Total cost sl6
Ca.
26 bushels rye worth at least 75c per
bushel sl9 50
Profit $3 50
near 12 per oent on the investment after paying
or legal interest, labor, etc. A result that can,
aud ought to be obtained, by a rational system
of farming.—ED.]
IMPRISONED IN A VAULT EIGHTEEN
YEARS.
A newspaper published a: Coletua, Mexico,
on the 24th of October, tells the following
frightful story, and caiis upou the public to
punish the criuiiuals:
When General Paeblita entered tbe town of j
Ayo, in September last, he exacted a forced
loan from the people, and a share of it tell up
on tbe curate of the place. The curate acted
as though he would pay, but he did not make
his appearance at the point designated for pay
ment, and Gtn. Pueblita ordered biai to be ar
rested. A party of men "went to his dwelling
ami knocked at tbe door; there was no an
swer, and tuey broke in. They found no one
in the bouse, and were about to leave it, when
they heard a frightful voice, proceeding from
the ground, saying, 'J am hungry!' The offi
cer in command went back to General Puebli
ta and told him abou' the voice, ibe G neral
appointed a commission to txiur>> • the bouse.
This commission went to the cur J'S dwelling,
atV'l, after & careful examination, they touud a j
moveable stoue in the floor, and uud-r tais j
wa;i stairway leading dowu lo a vai U, which
wis entirely dark, and had uo eouoe. on with
tne air, save by the staircase, aud t> ratal) bole 1
tb-H sjerved as a ventilator. In this vault were
some books, a few articles of furniture* aud a
wouun who bad beeu shut up there for eigh
teen years, tjim was taken to Geo. Puebiita's
guartcrs. VViteu brought into the light, where
she saw a number of persons, she tainted.—
Atter site had returned to her senses, a ibou-
Siti'i qecstious were a.-ked of her, to which she
replied ouly that elie had been buried iu that
vault for eighteen years, without going out for
1 a moment; that sbe had been married, ami had
children by her husband, but she Knew noth
ing of their late; that white imprisoned in tbe
! vault she had children by the curate, but knew
j nothing of what had become of these children;
and sfter say ing this much she became obsti
j nately silent. While this was passing, a ser
geant of :lw Pueblita Brigade, then present,
! di-covered that this wouiau was his mother,
i and she recognised him .s her son and embra
ced him. Tue sou theu ran to his father, who
1 came am) recognized bis wife. The husband,
j fiiteen years ago, was imprisoned three years
j under charge of having murdered his wife,
! this wotuau.
The Weak Point
Oue of Governor Corwin's puDgent wittioisins
in his Brooklyn lecture, a few days since, was
iu contrasting "Young America" of to day
with twenty years ago. Said ho :
Children of the present day, who were but
three or four years old, thought themselves
endowed with more kuowledge tbau their fath
ers had fifty years ago. Sir F. Bacon aud Sir
Isaac Newton, if they had children, they were
l oin liko other people's children, with gastric
juice in their little stomachs, clamoring aud
crying for milk ; and it was so with every
other animal, lie woull relate them a Mo
hammedan legend of the creation of man which
would exemplify what that gastric juice was.
Mohammed had away of carrying kuowledge
to three hundred millions of human beings.—
In order to get this knowledge of the cieation
of man, he mounted his horse, which he called
"Abbo Rock," and the horse galloped up with
hint into the third heaven and there he was
told siugular things. Among others be was
1 told about the creation of man, something
: similar to what was found in the Book of
Genesis, but not exicl/y tho same. [Laugh
ter.] Ho then learned that when God made
man of red clay, aud set him up to dry, as our
: artists tuada busts, [laughter,] He sent for the
Evil Spirit to Him his eaudid opinion
i about him. He sent, He said, for His devil,
who was struck with adui'ration at so splendid
ja work. The devil told Him it was tho best
1 piece of workmanship he had ever seen.—
i [Laughter.] But, said Mr. Corwin, he (the
devil) stepped up to the newly made mau and
touched him here, (pointing to his stomach,)
and said ho, (the devil, not Mr. Corwin.) "it
souuds hollow here. [Laughter.] "Yes, said
the Maker, 'that is the place for the stomach.'
! 'Oh,' said the devil, 'tho stomach ! Will he
| thirst liko an ox V 'Yes.' 'Hunger r 'Yes.'
| 'Well,' said the devil, 'it is hero his weak point
I is—l'll attack him here.' [Great laughter.
LACTATION IN THE HUMAN RACE.— In
vigorous women the secretion of milk is copi
ous. The amount ordinarily furnished by a
good nurse is from oue and a half to two
quarts daily, or from four to five pounds; but
cases o'ten occur to which two children re
ceive abundant supplies from one mother, in
volving a secretion of eigbt pounds at least.—
An infant, three months old, will take from
forty eight to *ixty four fluid ounces daily, in
six or eight half pint doses. During the first
year, therefore, he will take from one thousand
to thirteen hundred pounds. In one thousand
pounds of milk there are twenty six ounces f
salts, of which nine ounces are phosphate of
lime. ID thirteen hundred pounds of milk the
salts amount thirty-three and a half ounocs, of
which twelve ounces are phosphate of lime. It
thus appears that, during the first year, the
child receives from one hundred and teu to one
hundred and forty three pounds of dry solids.
He may thus readily gain fifteeu or twenty
pounds io weight—implying less than three
pouuds of dry solids—aud yet have a large
residue, from one hundred and seven to one
huuerod and forty pounds, to bo expended in
the production ct heat, and in the activity of
ao energetic vitality. A cbTld thus nourished
OD make teeth and bone without difficulty.
SEWARD, LOUIS NAPOLEON AND THE POPE, I
About three months ago Senator Seward, |
who was making the tour of Europe, called on !
the Emperor, who happened to be at Oompiegoc. j
The Senator was showa into an ante-chamber,;
and Napoleon soon made his appearance. Af- j
ter tne usual sal at ion, and taking his position,
standing with bis back to the fire, he offered j
the Seuator a scgar and commenced emoking j
another himself. He asked biui all about New ;
York and Col. Webb, and tbeu asked him!
about his visit to Eutope, and whom and what [
he 6sw. Mr. Seward, among other objects of
interest, said he had seen the Pope. "Oh yes,
the Pope," responded Napoleon ; "tell rnc all
about him. What doyou think of the Pope?"
The New York Senator hesitated a moment ; |
but notwithstanding bis characteristic caution,:
the Emperor wormed out his opinion, and Se-!
ward said, "I confess I tbiuk biui much uiore i
of a priest than a statesman." "Precisely so,"
rejoined the Emperor ; 'you have just hit the
nail on the head. That, too, it my opioion."
This anecdote, whieli we have on excellent
authority, shows that the manifesto which is
now giveu to the public, was tbeu working his
bruin. The Pope be regards as ouly fit to be
a piicst, and he will ooutiuo biui to his high
vocation. He will stiil call him a temporal
sovereign, to couciliate the Pontiff's pride aud
make tue matter smooth to those who might be
hostile, and he will even consent to his being
the Sovereigu of llome, but not with Swiss for
his body guard, nor eveu his own Remans, but
with troops of the Italiiu Confederation. One
party in Europe demanded the abolition of the
temporal sovereignty of the Pope—anoihrr in
sisted on his temporal sovereignty being up
held. Napoleon has happily reconciled loth
ideas in his admirable plan, which suits the
transition state of the popedom, and will
please all parties, lie thus proves himself a
profound philosopher, a great statesmen who
1 compreheuds tbe spirit of the age, aud is liirn
| self its foremost represent (live in Europe.—
| Boston Journal.
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A MlSEß. <—Michael
Bard, who lived near Lutie 3torif, Pennsylva
nia, was a miserable miser, His father left a
valuable farm of 500 acres in the vicinity of
iork, with some larmiug and household arti
cles. Michael kept tavern a number of years
married, and raised four children. He ac
cumulated an immense estate, wbieh ha reserv
ed so tenaciously that he sever afforded a doi
dar for the education of hisehildreu. He nev
er was knowu to lay out one dollar in cash for
any article he might he in need of; he would
either do without it, or iind some person who
would barter with him for Sumethitig which he
could uot coQveoien'ly sell for money. He
farmed largely and kept a large distillery, which
he supplied entirely with hie own grain. He
kept a team tor the conveyance of his whisky
to Baltimore, where, when he could not sell for
money to suit kirn, he bartered for necessaries
for hie family and tavern. In this way he
amassed KD estate worth §400,000.
Such was his attachment to money that he
was never knowu to credit a single dollar to
any man. Upon the best mortgage as security
that conld be given he would not lend a cent.
He never v.-sted a dollar to public funds, neith
er would be keep the notes of auy bauk longer
than he could get them changed. He deposit
ed his specie in a large iron dbest, until it would
bold no more. He then provided a strong iron
boopod barrel, which he also filled. Atter his
death his strong boxcsyielded $250,000 in gold
and silver.
The cause of bis death was as remarkable as
the oourso of bis life. A gentlemau from Vir
ginia offered him sl2 a bushel for 110 bushels
of cloverseed, but he would not do it for less
than sl3, and they did not agree. The seed
was afterwards sent to Philadelphia, where it
was sold for $7 per bushel, and brought in the
whole $550 less than the Virginian had offered
for it. On receiving an account of his sale, he
waiked though ins farm, went to his distillery,
aud g tve directions to Bis people; he theu went
| to his wagon house and hung himself.
SIGNATURE OF THE CROSS. —The mark
which persons who are unable to write are re
quired to make instead of their signature, is
in tho form of a cross, and this practice hav
ing formerly been followed by kings and no
bles, is constantly referred to as an instance of
the deplorable ignorance r>f ancient times.—
This signature is not, however, invariably
proof of such ignorance; anciently the use of
this mark was not confined to illiterate per
sons, for amongst the Sax<>Bß the mark of the
cross, as an attestation of the good faith of the
person figuing, was required to be attached to
tho signature of those who could write, a well
as to stand in the place of the signature of
those who could not write. In those time*, if
a man could write, or even read, bis know
ledge wa9 considered proof presumptive that
he was in holy orders. The word clericus,
clerk was synonymous with ptuman; and 'be
laity, or people who were not clerks, did uot
feel aDy urgent uecessity for the use of let
ters.
Tbe ancient use of the cross was, therefore,
universal, alike by those who could and those
who could not write; it was, indeed, the sym
bol of an oath from its holy associations, and
generally tbe mark. On thts account, Mr.
Charles Knight, in Lis notes to the Pictorial
Shakspeure, explains the expression of 'tsod
save the mark,' as a form of ejaculation ap
proaching to tbe character of an oath. This
phrase occurs three or more times in the plays
of Sbakspeare; but hitherto it has been left by
the commentators in its original obscurity.
Miss Tucker says it u with old bachelors as
with old wood; it is bard to get theui started,
but when they do flame, they burn prndigiot^a
ij-
VOL. 33, NO. 8.
The M. Ec Chiircb.
The Christian JJdvorcte and Journal gives s
statistical synopsis of Methodism throughout
the world, and it is claimed that these figures
are rendered with sufficient skill and care to
vouch for their correctness. Its ecclesiastical
system affords "peculiar facilities" for the col
lection of such information. We clip the fol
lowing ;
Methodist Episcopal Church 'north) 956,555
" " " (south) 700.000
Canada Wesleyan Conference, 43,672
Eastern British American Conference, 16,935
Methodist Episcopal Church, Cauada, 14,352
American Weslcyan Methodists, 21,000
Methodist Protestant Church, 70,018
African M. E. CLurcb, 20,000
African M. E. Zyou Church, 6,023
Albright Methodists, 21,076
Total lay members iu America, 1,868,811
Add traveling preachers (except
Albrights,) 11,458
Total American oommunioants, 1,880,269
The value of eburcb property North is esti*
mated at two and a half millions of dollars.—
The number of churches North aDd South is
estimated at 14,000- In tbe last two years,
in the M. E. Church (north) alone, there haw
been built 790 churches,
"I ":os."— Miss Harriet Austin, M. D. one
of th 'Bloomer' school of Reformers, at a re
cent meeting of the National Health Associa
tion, t. ok occasion to say the following good
things about legs:
"Besides, who could conceive any idea of the
beautiful torm of even the fairest woman by the
shape of her dress, from the waist downward.
God might have made her like an umbrella, and
yet with some means of locomotion, if Hecbocse.
But since he has given her legs—real flesh and
blood legs, like a man's—why should aot she
be permitted to dress so that sbe eould use tbem?
(Applause.) The modern dres was the most
prominent theme for the caricatures of comio
paper. The right to locomotion was one of
tbe dearest rights woman had, and emblematic
of ber power ud dignity. The hands were nry
ble members, but the legs were nobler . No prou
der things was said of a certain woman than
tbt she Lad walked three thousand miles over
the western prairies.
There! who of our readers will dare to say
anything against legs now?
An old man in Mason county Illinois descri
bing "Abe Lincoln," says : "I knew him' as *
youug man, when he would split rails by day
light, and then study surveying by candle-light.
He was as honest as the sun." Another says
"He would walk ten miles in the mud to Spring
field to borrow a law book, and when studied,
would return it to get another, and thus he ac
quired hir profession; and although he never
read law in any office, be is now the most emi
nent advocate in the State." A lawyer a*
Springfield says: "He would scorn to take ads
vantage of any man. The veriest boy in the
profession can meet hiui iu Court, and if he
don't know what to do, old Abe will help him
out'"
THE BEWILDERED PUPIL.—Ia a country
school, the dominie was giving his Bibld lesson
with a gopd admonisher in the shape of a caDO
in his right hand. He asked a young hopeful.
"Who created the heavens and the earth?"—
The lad not being prepared with the reply, the
preceptor asked iu a louder voice, at the same
time raisiug his admonisher in a threatening
manner over the devoted head of the boy: Who
created the heavens and the earth, the sun, the
moon, and the stars, stupid boy?' Tell me im
mediately." TLe lad blubbered, extending bis
hands to protect his head, "I did it, sir; pray
forgive me; I'll never do it agaiD."
HON. TUADDKUIS STEVENS AND THE 'OBACK•
OP DOOM.'—The Lancaster Express , comment
ing on a sketch of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, says;
"The latest and best joke of Mr. S., however,
is the reason bo gives for voting for Penning
ton, of New Jersey. It will ho recollected by
our readers, that about a week since he announc
ed his intention nf sucking to Mr. Sherman un
til the "crack of dootn;" But on Friday he
voted for Mr. Paunington. Supposing, no doubt
that his friends at home wondered how be could
tcconcile that vote with his previous declara
tion, he wrote to one of them to relieve them of
any appreheusions. fie said that on Friday
morning he had been reading an account of the
earthquake in South Carolina, and he thought
that was a '■little crack,' and concluded to go
for New Jersey!"
An honest Dutchman, training bis son in
the way he should go, frequently exercised him
in Bible lessons. On one of these oocasioos
he asked him:
•Who TOS dat vould not shleep mil Boti
pbar's wife?'
'Shoseph!'
'Dat i a goot boy. Veil, vat os de reason
be vooki not shleep mit her?'
'Don t know—sbpose he vaso't shleepy.'
Gov. Hicks, of Maryland, dispatched his
Secretary of State to Washington to pay the
congratulations ot his £xcellenoy to Gov- Pen
nington, npon bis election to the offiee of the
Speakership.
An exchange advises husbands to love their
wives. The suggestion is good, but wc aineud
by adding an admonition not to love each oth
er's wives.
It is an economical reflection that when gar
ments are too short, the difficulty may be ofevi
tcd by wearing them longer.