BY DAVID OYER. o t 1 rq. OUR COUNTRY'S CALL. BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. Lay down the ax, fling by the spade ; Leave in its tract the toiling plow ; The rifle and the bayonet blade For arms like yours were fitter now; And let the hands that ply the pen Quit the light task, and learn to wield The horseman's crooked brand, and rein The charger on the battle field. Our country calls ; away ! away ! To where the blood-stream blots the green. Strike to defend the gentlest sway That time in all his course has seen. See, from a thousand coverts—see Spring the armed foes that haunt her track ; They rush to smite her down, aad we Must beat the branded traitors hack. Ho! sturdy as the oaks ye cleave, And moved as soon to fear and flight, Men oi the glade and forest leave Your woodcraft for the field of fight. The arms that wield the ax must pour An iron tempest on the foe; His serried ranks shall reel before The arm that lays the panther low. Aad ye who breast the mountain storm By grassy steep or highland lake, Come for the land ye love to form A bulwark that no foe can break. Stand, like ycur own gray cliffs that mock The whirlwind, stand in ber defense : The blast as scon shall move the rock As rushing squadrons bear thee thence. And ye, whose homes are l>y ber grand Swift rivers, rising far away, Come from the depth of ber green land As mighty in ycur march as they ; As terrible as when the ruins Have swelled tliera over bank and bourne, With sudden floods to drown the plains And sweep along the woods uptoro. And ye who throng, beside the deep Her ports and hamlets of the strand, In number like the waves that leap On Lis long murmuring marge of sand, Cme, like that deep, when, o'er bis brim, He rises, all bis floods to pour, ADd flings the proudest barks that swim, A helpless wreck against his shore. Few, few wee they whose swords, of old, Won the fair land in which we dwell, But we are many, we who bold The grim resolve to guard it well. Strike for that broad and goodly Land, Blow after blow, tiil men shall see That Might and Right move hand in hand, And glorious must their triumph be. [ —N. Y. Ledger. EE*. PATTERSON. The Be?. Mr. Bmitb, Chaplain of Col. But* terfield's Regiment, in a meeting, made the fol lowimg statement in regard to General Patter son: Having aoted as chaplain of Col, Butter field's regiment during the three months cam paign, he was able to speak understanding!; of certain military operations, and particularly of the movements of Gen. Patterson, to whose column the 12th Regiment (Col. Bute terfield) was attached. Mr. Smith said that Patterson was directed to do one of these three things: either to attack the Rebel General, Johnston, at Winchester, or, if be was Dot strong enough to attack him, to at least keep him in oheck, and prevent him from joining Beauregard; or, in oaso Johnston gave hiin the slip, to follow him to Manassass and attack that position in the rear. But Gen. Patterson said he did not wish to shed blood, he conducted the war on peaco principles. Co!. Butterfield was then aoiiog as Brigadier-General, and appealed to Pat terson, time after time, to be allowed, with hi 3 single Brigade, to attack Johnston in his in trenchments. But Patterson steadily refused. When pickets brought intelligence that John ston bad left Winchester, and was in full march to join Beauregard, Patterson discredited the story, and resisted ail entreaties of officers and men to follow. Instead of th*t, be uiade • nigh: march of 20 miles in the opposite di rection. and thus kept his 30,000 meu out of harm's way until tha bloody disaster of Bull Run, which be might have arrested, fell like a pall upon the country. The speaker said,there was but one opinion of Gen. Patterson among ;be soldiers of bis division. That was that he was a traitor.— He bad beard the Rhode Island Begiment call him traitor to hie face, and h>ss, and groan, and hoot him back to his tent. Mr. 3. said that Patterson left his eommuud at midnight, and intimated very strongly that if be bad remained much longer be would have been in danger of assassination from Ins own men. A bad wound may heal, but I bad name is *W>et tors to kill. A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, Ac., &c—Terms: Que Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. "Call a Man.'' A LOVE AND SNAKE STORY. John Jaokson was a very industrious, hard* working young man, of twenty three years.- - Being the eldest child and the only son he had alwaya remained at home, assisting his father on the farm. John was much respected by every one in the neighborhood, and many a bright eyed girl had searetly thought that she would like to change her name to Mrs. John Jackson. But John was no "ladies' man."— The fact was, John was bashful. He would rather hoe potatoes all day than undergo thg. ceremony of an introduction to a young lady. Not that John disliked the dear oreatures; far from it. We believe that he, in common with all bashful, well meaning men, entertained the very highest respect and admiration for them. And this, no doubt, was the principle cause of bis bashfulness- He felt that they were su perior beings, and that he was unworty to as sociate with them upon terms of equality. But we cannot stop to moralize. Nancy Clark was the daughter of a very respectable farmer whose lands adjoined the Jackson farm. Nan oy was a pretty, saucy little witch, and she liked John Jackson. When they were chil dren tbey attended the same school, and as he was a few years her senior, was usually her companion in the childish disputes that arose, and her oompanion in going and returning. — At last John became so much of a young man as to be kept from school, as she had been n past years. John discovered too, that he had been growing in stature and it seemed as if he had been growing out of shape. His feet and legs appeared awkward; he didn't know what to do with his haDds; bis face pained him, and taking it all in all, be was iuciincd to think ho was not more than half put together. Now the trutu was, John Jackson!was re ally a fine looking yonog man, and nothing but his admiration of Nancy could have sug gested any each foolish thoughts about himself. As novelists say, it was a lovely day in August. The heavens were clear, serene, and beautiful, the trees were laden with golden fruit, and tbo beautiful birds twittered their songs of love in the branches. Earth—(there, we've slid down to earth once more: such lofty Sights, they make our head dizzy.) We were about to say the earth had yielded har boun tiful harvest of ayer's grass, and clover, and honeysuckles, which the noble yeomanry of Cbesterville had gathered within their store houses; but upon a seoond thought we have concluded to word it thus: "The farmers of Cbesterville were done baying." John JacksoD's sister had a quilting that afternoon. His father had gone to "Keith's Mill" to get some wheat ground, and John was left to repair some tools, to he ready on the morrow to commence mowing the meadow grss<. Suddenly it occured to Johu that if he remained about the house in the afternoon be would he called in at tea time and required to do the honors of the table. To avoid this be quietly shouldered his scythe aud stole awiy to the meadow, half a mile distant, fully re* solved that ha wolud not leave there until it was so dark that he oould not see to mow, and and thus avotd seeing the girls. The meadow was surrounded on all sides by a thick forest, wbieb effectually shut out what | little breezes there might cbanee to be stirring. The sun poured its rays as though tho little meadow was the focus point where the heat ! was concentrated. John mowed and sweat and sweat and mowed, until he was obliged to sit down and cool off. Then it occurod to ■ John if he took off bis paDts he might be 1 much more comfortable. There oould be no impropriety in it, for he was entirely concealed I from observation, and there was not the slight- I est reason to believe that he could be seen by aoy person. So John stripped off, and with j no cover save his linen—commonly called a shirt—he resumed his work. He was juat con gratulating himself upon the good time he was having, and the lucky escape be had made from meeting with the girls, whon he chanced to disturb a huge black snake, a genuine twis ter with a white ring around his neck. John was no coward, but he was mortally afraid of a snake. "Self-preservation" was the first "pasaage" that flashed upon John's mind, and "legs take care of the body" was the next. Dropping bis scythe and spinning aronnd like a top, be was ready to strike at a 240 gate, when at that moment the snake was near enough to hook bis crooked teeth into John's shirt just above the hem. With a tre mendous spring he darted off with the peed of a locomotive. His first jump took the snake clear from tbe ground, aod as John stole a hasty glance over ! his shoulder, he was horrified to find the reptile securely fastened to tbe extremity of his gar ment, while tbe speed with which he rusbad forward kept the serpent extended to an angle of ninety degrees with bis body. Here wag a quandary. If he stopped, the snake would eoit around his body and squeeze him to death; if he continued his race, he urnst soon fall from sheer exhaustion. Oa he flew, scarce daring to think bow this dreadful race was to end. Instinctively be had taken the direction for home, a feeling- of security came over him. Suddenly flashed across bis mind tbe trne state of affairs—his father gone —tbe quilting, aod worst of all, ths girlt!— This new horror sent tbe blood back, curdling •boat bis heart, and ha came to • dead halt.— Tbe next moment be felt tbe body of the cold •Ummj monster in contact with hie bare legs, bis tail creeping around tbem in a sort of a cozening way, as though bis aoakeehip only meditated a little fun, byway of tickling John upon tbe knees. This waa too much for bum&n endurance.- With a yell, such as men never utters save 1 when in mortal terror, poor i?ohn again set BEDFORD, PA. FRIDAY. NOV. 1,1861. forward at break neck speed, and onee more had the pleasure of seeing tße snake resume his horizontal position, somewhat after the fashion of the tail of a comet. On, on they flew! John forgot the quilt ing, forgot the girls, forgot everything but the snake. His active exercise, (ho paid particu lar attention to bis running,) together with the excessive heat, had brought on the nose bleed ing, and as he ran, ears ereot and head thrown back, bis chin, throat, and shirt bosom were stained with the flowing stream. His first wild shriek bad startled the quilters, and forth they rushed, wondering if some mad Indian was urt prowling about. By this time John was within a few rods of the barn, still running at the top of his speed, his head turn ed so that he might keep one eye on the snake, and with the other observo what oourse he must take. The friendly barn now concealed him from the eight of the gitls. He knew they were in the yard, having caught a glimpse of them as they rushed from the bouse. A few more bounds and he would be in their midst. For a moment modesty overcame fear, and he onee more halted. The snake, evident ly pleased with his rapid transportation, man ifested his gratitude by attempting to enfold the legs of our hero within bis embrace. With an explosive "ouch!" and urged for ward by "oireumstanees over which he had no control," poor John bounded on. The next aiomant he was in full view of the girls, and as he turned the corner of the laru, the snake oaine round with a whiz, somewhat after the fashion of a coach-whip. Having roachad the barn yard, to his dis may, ho found the bars up. But time was too precious to be wasted in letting down bars.— Gathering all his strength he bounded into the air, snake ditto, and as he alighted on the oth er side, his snake-ship's tail cracked across the upper bar, snapping like an Indian cracker. Aguin John set foiwurd, now utterly re gardless of the girls, for the extra tiekle from the snake's tail, as he leaped the bar 9, banish ed all his basbtulness and modesty, and again he bad the pleasure of finding the snake in a straight line, drawing steadily at the hem of his solitary garmeut. The house now became the centre of at traction, and around it he revolved with the speed of thought. Four times in each revo lution, as be turned the corners, his snakeship ouiue around with a wlrz that was quite re freshing. While describing the third circle, as he came near the group of wonder-struck girle, without removing his g-ze from the snake, he managed to cry out— "cutl a mm!" The next moment ho had whisked out of sight, and, quick as thought, reappeared upon the other side of the house—" call a man;" And away he whirled again, turning the cor ner so rapidly that the whis of the snake sounded half way between a low whistle and the repeated pronunciation of double-o. Beforo either of the girls hud stirred from their tracks, be had performed another revolu tion — "call a mm!" Away be flew onee more, bat his strength was rapidly failing. Nancy Clark was the first to recover her preseuce of mind, and seizing a hoop pole, she took her Btatioa near the oorocr of the house, and as Jobu reap peared she brought it down upon the snake wiib a force that broke bts back and bold up on John's garment at the same time. John rushed iuto the house and went to his room, and at teatime appeared in his best Sun day clothes, but little the worse for bis race, and to all appearances entirely cured of bash fulness. That night be walked home with Nancy Clark. The next New Year they were married, and now whenever John feels inclin ed to laugh at bis wife's hoops, or any other peculiarity, she has only to say "Call a man," when be instantly sobers down. A NICE I'LACE TO LIVE. —Tho disputed territory between the two armies south of the Potomac mu3t furnish anything but quiet and peaceful places of residence. What with pioket skirmishing and the depredations of marauding soldiers, to say uothiugof the con tingency of a furious battle, one would think that the region would be oompletely deserted by all save the eoutcndiog armies. Yet it seems not to be so. The army correspondent of the New York Post srys that a Connecticut gentleman who owns a small estate near Falls Cbarch went over a day or two since to look at his tenant. The family has remainedMn the dwelling through all the troubles of picket skirmishing, aud source a day bus passed for a month that they have uot witnessed sanguin ary scenes from their windows. The building lay between the pickets, neither party vcutur ing to it. On one occasion a Federal soldier vontvrcd down to the well for some water, and was shot dead by a rebel bullet while drinking. There the body remained for a day or two. The house itself has been pierced with bullets, but ooue of the couragoUs family were harmed. CURE FOR THE BACK ACHE, It is custom in Brewickshire, Scotland, among women-workers in the field when their baoka become sore by bowing low down while singling turnips with short a sbanked hoes,{to lie down with their faces to the ground allowing others to step oo the lower parts of their backs with one foot, several times, until the pain of fatigue is removed. Burton, in his •First Footsteps in Eastern Africa,' narrates a very similar custom of fe males who lead the camels, who, on feeliog fatigued, 'lie at full length, prone, standing upon each other's backs, trampling and knead ing witb their toes, and rise like giants re freshed.' This custom is aalled *fogsi,' in Afri ca, and in our country, it is sailed 'straight* eoing the baolf.' — JVoJm and Queries, A Sketch of Manassas Junctioo* The village ot Manassas, or Tudor Hall, as the Post Office is oalled, is very much smal ler tnan is generally imagined, in the vil lage proper there are not in abovo three or four miles, perhaps not more than five or six innab itants. The statioD is situated on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, some quarter of a mile from its juootion with the Manassas Gap Road. There is no regular depot, but a rude ly constructed building answers the purpose at present. One plain two-story house, with a porch in front to which you mount by half a dozen steps, was formerly the hotel, while the only remaining roofs the place can boast is a etnali white cottage, now used as a hospital, and a small rough office occupied by the Adams Express Company. The telegraph is in two horse oars, like those used ou the city raHroads, on one of which the battery is placed, and in the other is the op* eraiing room, receiving room, baggage room, dining room by day and lodging room by night of the busy operators. These ears are placed at right aDgles with each ether, closely con nected, and over tLeui, among the numerous wires which radiate from this common centre, floats a large and very handsome Rebel flag.— Close beside the cars stands the field telegraph with its large coil of wire wouud upon the cylinder ready at a moments notice to be laid Irom headquarters to any point. The chief here is Mr. Barnes, and lie and his assistants are constantly kept as busy as bees. Just beyond the telegraph office is that of the Express Company, which has quite the ap pearance of a curiosity shop. The building itself is filled up with all kiods of eurious boxea and parcels, addressed principally to men in tbe army, and which bad remained here for some time uncalled for. Outside a large reetaogler shed has been built, beneath which the larger boxes and barrels some three hun dred in number, are retained till called for by the owners; notwithstanding the seemiog con fusion of the place the greatest disorder pre vails. AH the vacant space is now filled, and a new board bouse is being built for winter quarters. The Express messenger leaves here but once a day on sevon A. M. train. I said there was no regular depot building, but I am mistaken. There is ouo—a low, dingy looking house, extremely dirty, one end of which is used as tbe Tudor Hall Post Offioe. and the other a variety store, where, by the way, a soldier can apend a great deal of mon* ey with as little satisfaction as in kvy place this side of Kansas. The trade here is prin cipally in matches, pipes, tobaooo, shou strings, thread and buttons, and is divided betweeu this store and three sutler shops or tents in the immediate vicioity. There is a long triangu lar platform beyond the depot building, upon wbieb is piled a large amount of freight, which is received for the different regi uents. Three or four sentinels are constantly on guard here, but these are not vigilant enough to prevent about one third of freight soDt here from being stolen. Many things have been taken within tbe last few days. MRS. FREMONT* Mrs. Jesse Fremont is one of the leading women of this country. She possesses, in a remarkable degree, those qualities which dis tinguished her father, Hon. Thomas H. Ben ton. She has an energy which is unconquera ble—a will which is entirely her own; her face is an evidence cf superior intellect, and her whole bearing is tbat of one •Who knowa ber rights, And knowing, dare maintain.' Mrs Fremont is acquainted with several of the modei u languages of Europe, and is well read in the history aud philosophy of ancient and modern times. In all the relations of life sbe appears as the elegant lady. She married Colonel (aow General) Fremont be cause she loved him, and she has followed him through evil and good roport. She has been bis support in tbe brightest hours, and she does not desert him when the dark olouds of envy and malice gather about him. Mrs. Fremont is a noble woman; her heart is enlisted in a noble cause; sbe realizes the tremendous responsibilities resting upon ber husband, and she rises to tho dignity of the great occasion. We sincerely respect ber, and hope for her success. General Fremont may be superseded, but the true men of this oountrv will understand the caases, and do justice to his memory. We trust that the good sense of the Administration will prevail, and that General Fremont will be permitted to demonstrate —as we are satisfied he can dem onstrate—his ability to oommand a great ar my. Mrs- Fremont is doing her duty; she is sus taining her husband in the hour of trial— When the battle shall come—as ootne it must at an early day—Mrs. Fremont will be found a* near as womto can approach, to the elasb mg steel and the bursting bomb; and may ha who watched our Israel 'Through the foaming flood, And o'er the desert sands,' protect ber in this hour of trial.— Cincinnati Timet. The great Comet which attracted so much attention last summer, is still seen with a tel escope, not far from the star Eta, in the con stellation Hercules. It is entirely shorn of that wonderful appendage known as tbe tail, and nothing rcuoaius but a nuelues enveloped in a nebulous shroud, the whole not unlike in appearance of a small plaooetary nebula. The philosopher Fraser say a that, "tbongh * man without money is peor, a man witb nothing hut money is still poorer." SHE WILL AND SHE WONT. Doestieks seems to be resusoited by mar riage, though too much disposed to imitate his mother-in-law. He says; "One reason why it iff so difficult to please a women iff that she seldom kuows herself what she wants. In most cases it is as hard to sat. isfy a woman as it wouldjbe to content a cap taio who should tell you to steer bis ship and wouldn't tell you whether he wanted to go to Jersey or Japan. They wouldn't be satisfied whatover you do. "Especially in the matter of war. "Particularly in the matter of the present war. Your wife, or mother, or sister,-or who ever may be the woman that owns you, refo. j sea to be content, no matter what you do. If you don't join a military company, she sulks, insinuates you are a coward, turns up her nose, and 'wishes she was a man,' It you do join said company, she scolds about the expense, grumbles about the loss of time, aDd growles whenever yoa go to drill—though, in spite of her growling, she always saves the chcisest part of the dinner when you do come. "Then she laughs at you, and call* you a dressed-up monkey,' the first time she sees you in uniform; and then, as soon as you are gone out of the house, she rushes over to Mrs. Jones to tell what a 'splended officer' her hus band is, and how magnificient be looks in bis new military dress. "Then, if your regiment is ordered away, aDd you insinuate that 'business affair.-' will keep you at home, ail ber fire is blazing in an instant, and she upbraids you for 'backing out' at the critical moment, and insinuates that you are a play-boy aoldier,' and then she wishes that she were a man —she'd show folks how to fight. Then, when you finally make up your mind to go to the seat of war, she bursts into wet tears (which spot your new uniform and tarnish the gold lace on your sleeves) aud thinks you, ought to be ashamed to go off aud leave your family.' She vows she 'don't be lieve you care a straw for your wife, or a cent for your sweet children;' she 'knows you would rather he anywhere tbsu at home,' and 'wish* es she were a man, she'd teach the President better lhaD to send men away from their fami lies.' •'Then when the day comes for you to start, she vows that she will 'never epe*k to you again if you persist in going.' Then, when you take a paper out of your pocket and pre tend to read a furlough from the oomaianduu', excusing you, and giving you leave to stay at borne, she throws her aproD over her bead, sits dowD on the floor, and howls aloud,'to think that she should have a coward for a husband' —'that ber husband should be afraid to go to th* war.' AD i tea, wl e i yoa tell her that its alia mistake, aud that you are going alter ail, she bowls louder than ever, because sbc knows you willj be killed,' or sbe feels it in ber bones that you'll come home with two woden legs, and then how esn you take her to the Acade my on opera nights? Then she tesoits in turn to every one of the immense list of female tac* tics to keep you at home—she weeps, she ban ters, ebo pokes fun at you—she wishes she was a man—she gets mad—she sulks—she threat ens to go home to her mother—she coaxes— she 'won't ever live witb you another day'— she scolds,she entreats, and, as a last resort, she faints —in this case she always falls into ; your arms, if you mr.ks an offer to catch her, if you don't offer, aod if it's early in the morn ing, and she hasn't made her bed yet, she'll fall on the carpet so as not to muss the bed; if ! the fainting dodge don't work, aud you still are resolved to go, sbe vows she 'hates you and that she'll never speak to you again,' and then, to prove the bitterness of her bate she goes off packs your havetaack full of all the dainties and delicacies cf the season, then, af ter all, at the very last moment, sbe comes and throws her arms around your neck, and whis pars that she 'loves you best of all in tbe world,' and that she'll 'be such a good girl till you come back, aud that she'll 'take such good care of tbe children,' aod that you mustn't fret about ber, and that she'll write every blessed day, and that you must write just as often as you eaD, and tbat she 'loves you best best, best,' and a thousand messages only for you, but all kind and loving aud all told with out a tear, for she deesu't cry sow until you are out of tbe house; and when you are gone she weeps like a shower bath tor half an hour, then suddenly stops short, wipes her eyes, and doesn't waste another tear till she sees you a gain- "That's the way they all do; and, talk as peacefully as you oan, she is never satisfied iu her heart till she sees you in uniform." issanlt aod Capture of a Castle of tbe Knights of the Koldea Circle. The Uhio State Journal contains au account lof the saekiog of a castle of the Knights of tbe Golden Circle, in Marion, Ohio—where, and in the vicinity, there are supposed to be some nine hundred of the fraternity—and tbe capture and incarceration of a 'commander.' The scheme of eutrappiog the members of tbts treasonable organixation was brought about by the aid of a man named Samuel Cheneye, who got himself initiated into the gang and then exposed the purposes of the organization. This man, at his initiation, had to s'wear, amongst other things, that he would not 'rest or sleep until Abraham Jjiocoln, now Preai dent, Bhall be moved oat of the Presidential chair; and 1 will wade in blood np to ray koeos as soon as Jefferson Davit sees proper to march witb his army to take tbe oity of Wash ington and the White House.' The records of the fraternity have been aeiaed, and tbe people are greatly excited against tbe Koights, yrhom they are determined to crush out. V0L.34, NO. 44 1 Natural Bridge io Wisconsin. A correspondent of a Philadelphia paper, writing from Pine river, Wisconsin, gives the eubjoioeri description of a natural bridge, dis> covered in that region: At the mouth of the west branch of Pine river is a great curiosity — a natural Oridgt almost as wonderful as the oue over Cedar ereqjc, in Virginia. Here • stream much larger than Cedar creek,is span ned by a bridge of rook and earth, tbo handi work of nature berself. The west branch of Piue river flows through a most beautiful and! fertile valley, eastward, until it nears the main stream, when a high bluff seems to forbid tha blending of tbeir waters. But 'where there is a will there is a way,' and the branch find* an opening through the high bluff which skirts tbo western shore of Pine river, and tbeir waters t mingle and murmur on toward the 'father of rivers.' Here is a natural tunnel, from fif teen to twenty feet wide and twelve feet high, right through a rocky hill, who*a altitude is 80 feet. The hill is covered with tall pines aod foliage down to both rivers with a dense growth of evergreene. The bridge is wide enough for three teams to drive abreast, and from its location I have no doubt but a through fare will at some future time be established along this romsutic way: Sufficient water passes noder the bridge, even £io ihe sultry month of July, to set a rolling and a rumbling a dozen of tbe largest mills in the State. REBEL I.IBRATITIIBR The following case of ingratitude has few paralells: A soldier called wet, weary, and hungry, at the bouse of Henry Kerooll, a far* roer in Fairfax county, Virginia, and asked to be sheltered from the storm. It was a few days af'cr the bull Bun affair. The farmer took him in. The soldier said he belonged to the Union army, and showed tho Union army uniform to corroborate his statement. The farmer fed and wajtued him, and offered hnn bis parlor, where be oouid securely conceal him, in case his house might be visited by the rebels. After receiving tbe farmer's hospital ities the soldier said he would go to the barn, where he oould better conceal himself from the rebels. From there he disappeared, and not long at'tor the farmer was arrested and oarried to Manassass LUp, where the soldier, who proved to be a spy, appeared before him, and, ut a mook trial, swore to a issue o falsehoods. He was tbe cause of the old man's arrest and 'ruin. After being detained several weeks, tbe farmer was sent to Richmond snd incarcerated :n the common jail, a filthy hole. He was re.* leased a few days ago, and reached Washing ton ou Saturday night. THE FOOT OF A HORSE- The human hand has often been taken to illustrate Piviue wisdom —and very well. But have you ever examined your horse's hoof? It is hardly less curious in its way Its parts are somewhat complicated, yet their design ia sim ple and obvious. The hoof is not as it ap pears to the careless eye, a mere lump of in sensible bone fastened to tbe leg by a joint. It is made up of a serios of thin layers, or leaves of boru, about five hundred ia number, nicely fitted to each other, aDd forming a lining to the foot itself. Then there are as many more layers belonging to what is called the'-coffia bone," and fitted into this. These aro elastic. Take a quire of paper and insert tho leaves one by one into those of another quire, and you will get some idea of the arrangement of tbe several layers. Now the weight of tbo horse resta ou as many elastic springs as there ar® layers in his four feet—about 4,000, and all this is cootrived not only for the easy con veyance of tbe horse's own body, but for what ever burdens may be laid on him, AUTUMNAL TINTS.—No one oan maintain, after this year's experience, that frost has any special agency m tbe autuma coloration of leaves. Scientific men have long understood the matter, and have explainod the ripening of the leaf as a simple prooess of vegetable growth, though the coloration of the leaves at matori* ty can no more be accounted for than tho red of the rose, the blue of the violet, or the or ange of the lily. The color which leaves as sume in the fall is due to tbe same causes. But the popular idea that the leaves are chan ged by tbe host is so firmly established in tbe minds of uosoientifia and unobservant people, that it is difficult to dispel. This year the foliage has assumed the most gorgeous color ing without a sign of frost, and, indeed, seems to be more brilliant on account of its non-ap pearance. This is perfectly natural, a the leaves have beeu able to gradually assume the colors which belong to their ripeness, unob structed by cold. A CAUTIOUS JUDGE..—-Au Irish Judge tried two most notorious fellows for highway rob bery. To the astonishment of the Court, as well as the prisoners themselves, they were found not guilty. And as they were being removed from the ,bar, tbe Judge, addressing the gaoler, said:—"Mr. Murphy, you would greatly ease my mind if you woul d keep those two respeotabls gentlemen until SOTOD, or half past seven o'clock, for I mean to set out for Dublin at five, and I should like to have at least two hours start of them." Eanoy Fern says that it is just as sensible a move to get married without courting, as to attempt to suooeed in business without adver* tising. "Is anybody waiting ooyou v ' said a polite dry goods olerk to a girl from the country.— "Yos, sir, ssid the Washing damsel, "that's my feller outside. He would not come uu"
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