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the choicest liquors. In short, it i my purpose
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FODTY.
OCTOBER.
Upon the brown and far off hills
The haze lies soft and blue,
Where nuts are dropping thick and fast,
here Summer wild flowers grew.
The Maple's gold and crimson leaves
Like blood-stained banners gleam,—
And purple aster's ope their bloom
Beside each forest stream.
The woods like some grand temple stands
Beneath the glowing skies,
While down the long dim aisles, the haze
Like slumb'ring incense lies.
No organ's deep, majestic notes
Come peeling on the air—
No choral strain triumphant flies
Along those arches lair—
No voice is heard—no sound, save but
The brooklet's rip'ltng flow,
Or whistling quail in covert thick,
Where scarlet berries grow.
Perchance some frightened rabbit's tread,
May wake an echo there,
Or drowsy hum of hooey be.
Fall on the dreamy air.
The sunflower and the golden rod
Their gaudy hues unfold,
And seem as if some Midas touch
Had changed them into gold.
The grapes in purple clusters hang
Upon the dinging vine,
And in the orchard, 'mid the leaves,
The ruby apples shine.
But through the forests, o'er the bill
A voice comes whispering low—
It mnrmnrs of the wintry winds
And of the falling snow.
The crimsoned leaves to earth must fall,
And breezes o'er them sigh—
Oh ! sad it seems that aught so fair
Should ever fade or die.
We read on every falling leaf
This lesson most sublime,
That Resurrection's holy power
Shall triumph over time.
For though the summer flowers may fade,
The Spring with sun and rain
Shall call them from the vale
To bud and bloom again.
IUISCDHTTFMI.S.
AHBIYAL OF A I.IVE GORILLA
FROM AFRICA.
T1 E NJW York lost of September Both,
says: For the first time there is a live
gorilla in New York—a goriila like those of
which Du Chaillu has told us so many won
derful stories in "Equatorial Africa," and
"Asbango Land."
At a late hour, yesterday afternoon, there
was an extraordinary excitement in the
neighborhood of Barnum's Museum. The
gorilla had arrived, and his roars attracted
a crowd of spectators.
The animal was caught in the interior of
Africa! and was put safely on board the sail
ing ship Harding, and conveyed to this port.
The box in which it was caged during the
voyage was made of teak wood plank—the
toughest material that could be found in
Africa. A huge cart-cbain, fastened to the
neck of the gorilla, passed through this box
and was nailed fast to the outside.
From the jarring the gorilla received yes
terday during its transportation from the
ship to the Museum, it became exasperated,
and growlod furiously during the trip. Af
ter the box had been taken into the Mu
seum, Mr. Charles Brothwell, tho Museum
carpentor, loosened the chain from the out
side of the box, and, by direction of Pro
fessor Davison, attached to it a rope, by
which the animal was to be led froui the box
to the cage, by running the rope through
the bottom of the cage and then fastening
the chain to a beam of the building beneath
the cage.
The rope was attached, when the gorilla
began pulling in his chain. Professor Davi
son and Mr. Brothwell both grasped the
chain, and several men behind grasped the
rope, but their united efforts were unequal
to tho task. The animal, with apparent
ease, pulled into his box both chain and
rope, and untying the rope from the chain,
dropped it from a hole in the cage.
Mr. Brothwell then got the la:.gest cage
scraper in the building—a huge wrought
iron bar, an inch and three quarters thick,
to which is attached a small spade—for the
purpose of bringing out the end of the chain.
This scraper had been used successfully in
several contests with the lions of the estab
lishment, which had vainly tried to make
an impression upon it with their jaws.
Mr. Brothwell and Professor Davison
each took a scraper, and fiom opposite ends
of the cage endeavored to foil the gorilla,
and grasp the end of the chain. Finally
the gorilla seized the bar which Mr. Broth
well held. Another man, who is noted for
bis muscular strength, came to the rescue.
, but the animal proved their superior, and
• bent the heavy piece of iron double, so that
the ends touched.
During this effort, however the chain was
secured and the box put to the cage, the
animal entrapped, and his chain secured to
the beams underneath.
During all this excitement, the gorilla
growled furiously, the sound resembling the
excited roar of a lion.
All the beasts in the building became ex
cited, and the plat* resounded with their
cries. Women fainted anil children cried,
but the crowd would not leave the room
until the manager ordered them to be put
out by force. A large barricade was creeled
and the doorway blocked up.
The gorilla is now safely in the lion's cage
and co tiieddown. An immense chain, with
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a resistless force of six thousand pounds, is
attached to the animal.
For five years past, Mr. Barnum has
been endeavoring to secure an animal of this
species, and ordered his agent in Africa, to
soeurc one without regard to cost.
.Mr. B. P. Clayton, Mr. Barnum's agent,
a few months siuee wrote that he could se
cure one for SB,OOO, but that tho ' British
Government were making every exertion to
secure it for the Zoological Garden in Lon
dbn. Mr. Barnum sent word that he must
have this one, if it cost a much greater. Ac
cordingly, the gorilla was brought to Amer
ica, and is now safe at the Museum.
When standing upright it is about five
and a half feet in bight, apd is about the
color of an elephant. Its face has more the
appearance of a human being than of a
monkey, with an eye exactly like that of a
human being. Its band is as delicate as that
of a woman's, and it would not seem possi
ble that there is in it such muscular power.
This morning it exhibited an intense ha
tred of Mr. Brothwell, who was yesterday
instrumental in its capture.
Pofessor Davison feeds the animal upon
vegetables, but allows nothing of acid to be
placed in the cage. If the gorilla becomes
irritable it is soon quieted by placing a few
cloves or nutmegs in its cage.
MISS V INN IK UKAU.
A correspondent of the Anti-Slave)y
Standard writes from Washington: In one
of the chambers of tho Capitol, appropria
ted to her by Congress since her commission
to execute the statute of the late President
Lincoln, the almost child sculptor has her
studio. Light and airy, tastefully decora
ted with flowers and evidences of her crea
tive skill, it is the fittiug abode of art. We
found Miss Ream busily employed upon a
group in elay, to be entitled "America,"
which will fitly symbol our country when a
true reconstruction is perfected. Under
her skillful manipulations, clayey outline
daily more nearly approaches the form of
tho martyr President; and she hopes to
have the complete moded wrought in time
to enable her to sail for Italy, at the latest,
within three months. Orders flow in upon
her, and busts and statuetes, crowding the
niches of her studio, speak etoquntly of her
employment. Familiar faces look upon you
from plaster; names well known spring to
your lips as you gaze alternately upon Sen
ators, Generals and dignitaries, evoked from
the past, or reproduced with marvelous fi
delity from the present. The "Great Com
moner," Steven-,; the sad-eyed Lincoln; the
•-'"tute Rcverdy Johnson, are among those
the eye recognizes as most happily depicted,
but in many ethers are r"— , - 1 ourrcct de
lineations.
He who, from fancies connecting mascu
linity wieh art, has formed impressions of
size or coarseness of mould, would be as
tonished to see, in the gifted artist, so detite
a creature, apparantly more fitted for the
drawing room than such a walk of life.
Born in the free West; surrounded the
greater part of her life by adverse circum
"tanccs, Miss Ream was early taught habits
of self reliance, and in taking up her beau
tiful art, to which she was irresistibly at
tracted, she did it without any of the tor
tuitous aids that rarely accompany strug
gling genius. Yet in the continuous effort,
resulting in the removal of those obstacles
one by one from her path, all that is sweet
and been preserved. There is
an atmosphere of purity about her. Iler
uaturc is artistic. Never was woman more !
truly womanly, yet she is as wedded to her
art as though all of sweetness, refinement,
j and tenderness of nature were not hers, and
looking from her to the busts aud figures
on wliicii she has breathed her artist inspi
ration, one lias a broader scope, a grander
vision of women, when a girl, almost wholly
self-instructed, could have thus conceived
and wrought. Easy id .manners, possessing
a fund of intelligence scarcely to be expected,
joined to raro conversational abilities, Miss
Ream causes the visitor at once to feel at
home in her studio and take an interest in
her studies even though not a commissioner
in art.
Unless her visitor be some one with whom
ceremony is expected, she does not cease
from work, but, industrious asthe bee gath
ering sweets, converses as she labors. Her
j dress, as worn daily, is plainness itself,
i That of no cottage maiden could be simpler.
| Yet, as she flitted from one ease or model to
I another, touching the cold elay with her
j delicate fingers gently as though it were
something animate, I thought of Hilda,
that glorious creation of Hawthorne's and
queried whether fairer picture than sho
made with her dark brown curls floating
I over her shoulders, closely fitting calico
drocs and long check apron, was ever pre
sented to vision. Her only ornament was a
Maltese chain, suspeuded from her neck,
with a cross, the latter of which may typify
the trials she must expect to encounter from
calumny and prejudice as she treads with
i free step the future's glorious aisles of art
EFFICACY OF ONIONS. —A writer' says:
We are often troubled with severe coughs,
the results of colds of long standing, which
may turn to consumption or premature
death. Hard coughs cause sleepless nights
by constant irritation in the throat and a
strong* effort to throw off offenseivc matter
from the lungs. The remedy I propose has
been tried by ino and often recommended to
others with good results, which is simply to
take into the stomach before retiring for the
night, a piece of raw onion, after chewing.
The esculent in an uncooked state, is very
heating, and tends to collect the waters \
from the lungs aud throat, causing imuiedi
ate relief to the patient. Sliced onion, in a !
ruw state, will collect poison from the air, I
ami alo from the human system when taken
internally, or externally applied to tho arm
pits.
BEDFORD. Pa.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1867.
GIGANTIC MONOPOLY.
George Alfred Townseud, writing from
Canada to the Boston Pout, mokes the fol
lowing carious statement concerning the
Hudson Bay Company: "W hat is the gigan
tic monopoly, with two-thirds of acontiuent
for its game preserve? Whence come this
modern Nimrod, slaying his millions of bea
ver and buffalo every yew? Are we aware
that upon this hemisphere there is a private
corporation owning nearly as much land as
the United States? This is the Hudson's
Bay Company, founded in 1670, sixty years
before a house stood in Baltimore, twelve
years before the Quakers sailed up the Del
aware, and three years before Boston had a
wharf. King Charles 11. wade tho Hudson's
Bay Company arbitrary and despotic over
all the region watered by the streams of
Iludaou's Bay, and for two centuries its
Governors have shut all this world away
from civilized mankind. They have lied as
to its capacity for cultivation, preferred to
keep it a heathen wild for the hiding of
wolves and catamounts, and the English
Government has backed them up, to the
wrong of the Canadian people, who have
just been excluded from the fairest of the
Northern lands. This enormous monopoly
employs 3,000 white men to haul its boats
and make up its furs, and 100,000 Indian
hunters. With two million seven hundred
thousaud square miles under its control, on
ly 120,000 people live in it. For 110 years
it paid anuual dividends of seventy percent.
As far back as 1689—a hundred years be
fore our Government organized—it paid div
idends of fifty per cent. It ate up a rival
fur company, the "Northwestern," about
forty years ago, and in 1865 sold one million
two hundred thousand gold dollars worth of
furs, which cost it in imports only two hun
dred thousand dollars. It has one hundred
and sixty-four trading posts, is subject to
no law, warus people of its immeusc estate
as you would warn a rnau out of your office,
aud protests that grain shall not grow in
the haunts of the raccoon, nor prayers be
-aid where the lynx crunches the bones of
the Indian squaw. This association of deer
slayers killed in 1856, 90,(XX) beavers, 161,-
000 martens, 2,000 lynxes, 10,000 bears,
33,00*1 foxes, 300,000 muskrats, 12,000 Ot
ters, 18,000 skunks, and about 50,000 lesser
animals, besides 140,009 buffaloes. It gives
the Indian a pint of glass beads and a bot
tle of rum for a silver fox skin, which itsclls
for $250 in gold. It steals, besides, from
United States lands, $200,000 gold in furs
every year, and we ought to have bad a
military post on Bed Biver twenty years
ago. At the north end of Lake Winnepeg
.iicre ■ Xorway House, where
the Governors of five sub-territories meet
Governor Dallas, commander over the migh
ty region, and the spoil of the year is prompt
ly divided aud the Indians duly swindled.
The hunts for buffalo are two in number,
each lasting two months, and begin respec
tively June 20 and November 10. The cap
ital of the company is seven millions of gold
dollars, and they own a million gold dollars'
worth of property in American Oregon, se
cured to them by the treaty of 1846.
This cormorant company is now a stum
bling block in the way of progress. It is a
dark age romance to see its canoes come
down the rapids freighted with furs; to see
its tiles of half-breeds disappear into the for
ests where all the long year the Indiau has
been slaying the game, making a bloody
wilderness war, lyiug in ambush against the
wolf, and challenging the white bear to sin
gle combat. At last the long period of his
hunting is over; the overflow of thirty mil
lions of people will make a freshet up the
streams of the Winnepeg to drown out beast
and slayer together. and take by the throat
tho uncircuiucised corporation that would
plant its avarice across tho gates of a hem
isphere and turn back the sluices of man
kind.
A TOWER OF SKULLS. —Lamertine in
his "Pilgrimage to the Holy Land," writes
as follows:—"When Iwas about a league
from Nisa, the last Turkish village, almost
on the frontier of Servia, I saw a large
tower rising up in the midst of the plain, as
white as Parian marble, I sat down under
the shade of tho tower to enjoy a few mo
ment's repose. No sooner was I seated
than raising my eyes to the monument, I
discovered that the walls which I supposed
to be built of marble, or of regular rows of
white stone, where composed of regular
rows of human skulls. Bleached by raiu
and sun, and cemented by a little sand aud
lime, formed entirely the triumphal arch
which now sheltered me from the rays of the
burning sun; there might be from fifteen to
twenty thousand. In some places, portions
of hair were still hanging, and waved like
lichen or moss, with every breath of wind.
The mountain breeze was then blowing
fresh, penetrating the innumerable cavities
of the skulls, and sounded like a mournful
and plaintive sigh. These were skulls of
fifteen thousand Servians who had been put
to death by the Pacha, in the late insurrec
tion in Servia. However, Servia is now
free, and this monument will teach their
children the value of independence, by
showing them the price at which their fore
fathers purchased it.
GOVERN TUYBELF.— An Italian Bishop,
who had endured much persecution with a
calm and unruffled temper, was asked how
he attained such a mastery over himself.
"By making a right use of my eyes," said
be. "I first look up to heaven, as the place
whither lam going to live forever. I next
look down upon the earth, and consider bow
small a space of it will soon be all that I oc
cupy or want. I then look around me, and
think how many tire far more wretched than
1 am.
WHIN was beef-tea first made in England? ;
When Henry VIII dissolved the Pope's bull. |
NIGHT SCENE IN A HOAUDING
IIOLSE.
Mistakes in boarding bouses for la lies and
gentlemen are not unfrequent, aud often
they givo rise to considerable gossip aud
scandal, receive the renown of a nine-days'
wonder, and then are forgotten. We have
heard of gentlemen mistaking their rooms
because of the important fact of the doors,
and frame work, and hall carpets, being
pretty much like. Besides this, sometimes
gentlemen are in a doubtful state of mental
or vinous uncertainty, all bed rooms, at such
times, are pretty much the same to them—
iu they go, and perhaps half undressed,
throw themselves upon the bed, and soon
become an wrapped in the dreamy embrace
of somnus, flavored with Bacchusand tobao
co.
Boarding houses furnish much material
for shilling novels that would unquestiona
bly sell well. This hint is gratuitously giv
en to amateur authors, who may improve
upon the following:
A lady, whose husband is in Calif >rnia,
Calcutta or Chicago, suddenly awakened
from her sleep the other morning about two
o'clock, and springing from bed, dashed out
of her room, en dishabille, screaming at the
top of her voice, "Murder ! help! murder!
help! man in my room!" &c. &c. Under
the circumstances this was quite natural, in
asmuch as more than one mistake of this
kind had happened in the. house recently.
Now, it appeared that no less than three
husbands were absent when they should
have been there, and consequently there
was more or less wonder, mixed up with a
species of apprehension, on the part of
three wives, each one wondering whether it
was her husband who bad just forgotten
himself or the room.
"Oh! come up quickly," shouted, the ter
rified female, holding on to the outside door
knob, "I've got him in!"
"If it's my Josey," said another discon
solate, "I'll learn him better. Confound
these night suppors; now he's been at one
of them, and has mistaken the room, and
there I've been alone all night."
"Has he got whiskers?" anxiously asked
the wife, upon reaching the landing on the
upper floor.
"Yes, ma'am, great big bushy whiskers,
laying right alongside of my cheek when I
awoke. Dear me, if my Alexander was
here, he'd learn him better, I'll warrant
you."
"Joseph ! Joseph! Joseph !" shouted the
wife at the door.
No answer came—not even a grunt, inci-
CUui io luebilailon.
"May be has jumped out of the window,"
suggested the four or five females, all at
once, who made a splendid group of long
white drarerv
"Here —help ! bring a light—bring a
light!" shouted several of the females.
Presently a light was brought, and several
of the male boarders appeared, all armed to
give the thief or robber such treatment as he
had justly earned for himself.
The door was opeDed, and in rushed the
valiant squad, and sure enough the fellow
was still in bed, with the top of his head just
peeping above the sheet.
"Come out pf here, you scoundrel!" said
one of the men, at tiie same time grasping
him by the hair.
Tbc tableau was strikingly interesting and
graphic.
The resolute boarder almost fell from the
impetus he had given himself, for, instead
of jerkiDg out a man, it was no thing more
than a "frizzed chignon," which the lovely
occupant of the bed bad forgotten to take off
wheu she retired for the night. It had been
detached in her sleep, and grazing her check
awakened her. The alarm, of course, was
quite natural. The boarders had a hearty
laugh, nnd all retired to happy dreams.—
Philadelphia Press.
LOST TIME. —J>ot any man pass an even
ing in vacant idleness, or even iu reading
somo silly tale, and compare the state of his
mind when he goes to sleep or gets up next
morning with its state Some other dayiwhen
he has spent a few hour in going through
the proof's by facts aud reasoning of some of
the great doctrines in natural science, learn
ing truths wholly new to hirn, aud satisfying
himself by careful examination of the
grounds on which known truths rest, so as
to be not only acquainted with the doctrines
of themselves, but able to show why he be
lieves them, and to prove before others that
they are true, will find as great a difference
as can exist in the same bciug—the differ
ence between looking baeb upon time un
profitably wasted, aud time spent in self-im
provement; he will feel himself in one case
listless and dissatisfied; in the other comfort
able and happy. In the one case, if he did
not appear to himself humble, at least will
not have earned any claim to his own res
pect; in the other case he will enjoy a proud
consciousness of havingby his own exertions
become wiser, and therefore a more exalted
nature. — Lord Brougham.
A DAY. —A Day! It has risen upon us
from the great deep of eternity, girt round
with wonder, emerging from the womb of
darkness; a new creation of life and light
spoken into being by tho word of God. In
itself one entire and perfect sphere of space
and time, filled and emptied of the sun.
Every past generation is represented in it;
it is the flowering of all history, and in so
much it is richer and better thau all other
days which have proceded it. And we have
been recreated to new opportunities, with
new powers —called to this utmost promon
tory of actual time, this centre of all coming
life. And it is for to day's work we have
been endowed; it is for this we arc pressed
aud surrounded with these faculties. The
sum of our entire being being is concentra
ted here; and to-day is all tho time we abso
lutely have Chapin.
YOirMEIO: YO.fO.
HANDKERCHIEF FLIRTATIONS.
Some genius has recently reduced to a
system the popular habit of getting up flir
tations by means of handkerchiefs. The
language of flowers is out of date. It is too
elaborate and roundabout a mode of convey
ing the tender emotions. Commend us to
the handkercbiof. The u*e of it is so bandy
so natural, and so easily acquired, (hat any
one who has tried it will at once perceive
its advantages over the old complicated sys
tem. The iiandkerchief, too, is suggestive
in connection with flirtations. Think of
thu troubles that poor Desdemona got into
by not taking proper care of that ill-starred
handkerchief which tLa Egyptian woman
gave to old Mra. Othello. Tiuly, as his
Moonship remarked, "there's magic in the
web of if." Let any one look in of a Satur
day afternoon, to the matinees at some of
our theatres, and he there is vast
deal of meaning in a handkerchief. But
hitherto it has been an unwritten language,
and those who use it have knowu but little
of its fundamental principles. Hence the
many mistakes and misconception.- which
too often follow, just as with two'persons
conversing in a language with which both
are unfamiliar. The following key may
serve as a useful guide to the young of both
sexes who are ambitious to acquire this ele
gant accomplishment:—
Drawing across the lips—Desirous of get
ting acquainted.
Drawing across the eyes—l am sorry.
Taking by centre—You are too willing.
Dropping—We will be friends.
Twirling in both hands—lndifference.
Drawing across the check—l love you.
Drawing through the hands—l hate you.
Letting it rest on the right cheek —Yes.
Letting it rest on the left cheek—No.
Twirling in left hand—l wish to get rid of
you.
Twirling in right hand—l love another.
l-'olding it—l wish to speak with you.
Over the shoulder—Follow me.
Opposition corners in both hands—Wait
for me.
Drawing across tho forehead—We are
watched.
Placing on left ear—l have a message for
you.
Lotting it remain on the eye—You are
cruel.
Winding it round fore-finger—l am on
gaged.
SPEAK KINDLV.
Much of the happiness in this world ari
ses from giving uttercnce to hasty, unkind
words. Many a sorrowful hour and sleep
less night have been spent brooding o'er
somehar.-h or anim- ri.(vU nas drop
ped from the lips, in a moment of ungarded
passion. llow much pain we would save
ourselves and others, if we would gard all
our ways and actions. Kin,? words, spoken
in the right time and place, do more to heal
the wounded spirit than all the gold which
this world can give. They cost nothing
while they enrich the heart and scatter sun
shine all around, winning many true and
faithful friends.
A little word in kindness spoken,
A smile, perhaps a tear,
"Has often healed a heart that's broken,
And made a friend sincere."
How indellibly does a little act of kind
ness, performed at tho right moment, im
press itself upon the mind.
Many years ago a little child stopped to
admire the flowers in a beautiful garden.
It was an orphan, and already had felt the
hand and bitter pangs of an orphan's lot.
The owner of the garden noticed the child
and spoke kindly to him.
"Do you love flowers ?" said he.
"Ob, yes. We used to have beautiful
flowers in ourgarden."
The man gathered some anu handed them
to the boy, saying as he did so, "here is a
nice little bunch for you." The child took
the flowers in a manner that plainly told his
gratitude. It was an act of spontaneous
kindness, and scarcely thought of again.
Years went by, and through toil and pover
ty the child grew to manhood. It is said
from ordeals like this sometimes come our
best men. ido it proved in the ease of this
orphan. We now find him respected and
beloved by all that know him. Through all
these years he has never forgotten the man
who so long ago spoke that kind word.
When he again met him it was not in the
beautiful garden, cultivating the fragrant
flowers, but in tho cold and dismal abode of
poverty. Then his was the hand stretched
fourth to help the white haired old man in
his hour of need. Thus the little act of
kindness was doubly repaid, bringing to our
mind tho words of the beautiful hymn,
"Kind words can never die."
LIVE FOR OTHERS.— God has writtn up
on the flower that sweentens the air, upon
the breeze that rocks the flower upon its
stem, upon the rain drops that swell tho
mighty river, upon the dew-drop that re*
freshes the -mallest sprig of moss that rears
its head in the desert, upon the ocean that
rocks every swimmer in its channel, upon
every pencil led shell that sloops in tho cav
erns of the deep, as well as upon tho mighty
sun which warms and cheers the millions of
creatures that livo in its light—upon all has
he written, "None of usliveth to himself."
The passion of the French, for theatrical
amusements, and the patieneo with which
they will wait at the doors of theatres for
the sake of obtaining a good place for wit
nessing the performance are well known.
At a great crowded French theatre a woman
fell from the gallery into the pit, and was
picked up by one of tho spectators, who,
hearing bar groaning, asked her if she was
much injured. "Much injured! exclaimed
the woman, "1 should think I am. I have
lost the best seat in the very middle of tho
iront row."
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MAKE the heart right, and the man will
bo right, the woman will be right, the child
will he right; make the men, women and
children right, and the name will be right;
make the homes right, and the town and
city will he right; make the towns and the
cities right, and the States will be right, and
the nation will be right; make the nations
right, and the world will be right.
A GENTLEMAN called to seo a tenement
that was to be let. It was shown to him by
a pretty, chatty moman, whose manners
charmed her visitor. "Are you to he let,
too? inquired ho, with a languishing look.
"Yj!&," said she; "lam; I'm to be let
alone."
A BOSTON wit, defining the difference
between an accident and a misfortune, says:
"If Andrew Johnson should fall into tlTo
Potomac river, it would be an accident
'Andy J. don't like water,) and if he should
ever get out again, that would be a misfor
tune."
A LADY fell into a river, and a poor boy
rescued her. When she was safe, her hus
band handed tho brave fellow a shilling.
Upon some of the bystanders expressing in
dignation, the latter said, as he pocketed
the coin, "Weil, may hap if I hadn't saved
her. he'd have given me a sovereign."
BEAK AND FORKEAK. —If we would have
lite move on smoothly, we must learn to
bear and forbear. We must indulge the
friend we love in the little peculiarities of
saying and doing tilings which may be impor
tant to him, but of little moment to us.
Like children, we must suffer each one to
build his playhouse in his own way, and not
quarrel with him, because he does not think
our way the best.
COLERIDGE was descanting, in the pres
ence of Charles Lamb upon the repulsive
appearance of the oyster. "It isn't hand
some, Coleridge," said Lamb; "but it has
the advantage of you in one thing."
"What is that?" queried Coleridge, who as
every body knows, was an exiiaustless talker.
"It knows when to shut its mouth," was
the reply.
A BICKERING pair of Quakers were lately
beard in high controversy, the husband ex
claiming, "I am determined to have oae quiet
week with thee!" But how wilt thou be able
to get it?" said the taunting spouse, in "Test
eralion," which married ladies so provok
iDgly indulge in. "I will keep thee a week
after thou artdead," was the Quaker's rejoin
der.
WHAT is the difference between a rifleman
who shoots wide of the target, and husband
w l, n uia ire s eyes? The one miss
es his mark and the other marks his missis.
IT is a singular fact that ladies who know
how to preserve everything else, can't pre
serve their tempers. Yet it may easily be
done on the self-sealing principal. It is only
to '"keep the mouth of the vessel tightly closed.
"PATRICK, how long has it been since you
left Ireland ?" "Eighteen months, my Lord;
but I've been there twice since."
FOOTE expressed the belief that a certain
miser would take the beam out of his own
eye, if he knew where he could sell the tim
ber.
QUILT thinks it rather remarkable that while
several thousand feet are required to make
one rood, a single foot properly applied, is
.pften sufficient to make one civil.
"I'LL teach you to play pitch and toss! I'll
flog you for an hour, I will." "Father," in
stantly replied the incorrigible, as he balanc
ed a penny on his thumb and finger, "I'll toss
with you to make it two hours or nothing."
IMITATE the example of tho locomotive,
lie runs along, whistles over his work, and
yet never takes anything but water when he
wants to "wet his whistle."
"I HAVE the best wife in the world," said a
long suffering husband ; "she always strikes
mo with the soft end of the broom. '
| Ax Irishman applying for relief being told
to work for his living, replied, "If I had all
the work in the world, I could'nt do it."
"AM I not a little pale?" inquired a lady
who was short and corpulent, of a crnsty old
bachelor. "Yon look more like a big tub?"
was the blunt reply.
IT won't do to be so devoted to a tender
hearted wife as to comply with her request
when she asks you—"How tumble over the
cradle and break your neck, my dear, won't
you?" >
A gentleman met another in the street who
was ill of consumption, and acosted him, thus:
"Ah? my friend, yon walk slowly." "Yes,"
replied the mau, "but 1 am going fast."
Men make their wills, but wives
Escape a work so sad;
Why should they make what all their lives
The gentle dames have had ?
THE more a woman's waist is shaped like
an hour glass, the more it shows us that her
sands of life are running out.
A WOMAN'S tears are generally more effect
ive than her words. In such cases, wind is a
less powerful element thau water.
IT is not so much trouble to get rich as i
is to tell when we are rich.
A mau who bumps his head against that of
his neighbor isn't apt to think that two heads
are better than one.
"I'LL take the responsibility," as Jenkina
■aid when held out his arms for the baby.
WHO is the greatest poulterer in Shaks
peare? Claudius, King of Denmark, because
he "murdered most foal."
Nearly every evil has its compensation. If
a man has but one foot, ho never treads on
his own toea.