.1,5 JY BODN B; bKATi'ON. VOL. 39. 4?oetUal. A MCK OF WILLIE’S DAIB. All else ofliim in death has faded, Except this little lock of bair— Which ouce his noblo forehead shaded. And clustered in bright ringlets there, Its kindred locks arc lying too,' Uoiil,cold, within the silent grave, And this Is all that's led us nuw 'Tis all that wo could save. From off hn noble brow we sheared It. When .Death hod placed his signet there Anilenqred do we hold this relic*- This httle lock of Willlo a hair. This little golden, shining tress, • It bids a thousand memories start ; *T|s all thafalcfl of loveliness. And I will bind it to my heart. 'Tis a momenta uflbc past, That brings to mind his lovely form— Too sweet, too beautiful to lasi, Ton fair to bufTut wind and storm. And though no more we see ills face i Amid our little circle move, ’Tia plcaeingatill to have a trace Of one who shared our ardent love. Tlifs little golden, shining tress, • That gracefully waved upon liU brow, is like a iialcynnis lioto brlptii, To cheer our saddened spirits now, It is a precious, treasured thing— -1 keep it with a jealous care; And naught can e’re such feelings bring. As Ibis dsar lock of Willie's hair. fatoctUancoug. Native Africans in Liberia. IFLUCNCS AND EFFECTS OF THE BELIEF IN WITCHCItAFT. In regard to the various suporsliliuus notions of the ignorant and degraded aborigines of Africa,ii would be difficult to measure llicir extent m any community, or to fathom the depth of degradation and misery thus liarfiicd down from one generation to snuther. Among the numerous nbsurd opinions nf s super stitious chsruclor which prevail in Western Africa, and wliich lead to the most loohsh practices, the universal belief in whichcraft occupies a most prom nont position. A most absurd superstition, common among thorn, is, that no person (except very old and wornoul people) dies, unless by (ho agency of sumo oilier parson, who according to (heir notions, •made Witch’ for llio deceased individual ; no miller what may bo llio circumstances encoding his death whether by protracted disease or by accident. Sus picion generally reels on one individu il, or more, who was known to have enmity with the deceased; or the family of the dead person are con sulted, and they seldom fail to accuse some one of having ‘made witch* for their dead relative. It some times happens, however, that no pirlicular person is licensed ; in which case it is incumbent on the ‘ffree freeman,' or doctor, (a very imporl.irtl and influen tial personage in every community,) to point out the culprit. The accused person is obliged to undergo the in* fallible ordeal uf'drinkmg s issa.wnod,’ especially il Lite deceived had been a person of consequence.— This driuktng of sassa-wdod. which is a universal lest of witch craft, consists in swallowing l.rgu quantities of an infusion of the bark of the snssi woud tree—gulphing it down until the distended fltdmsch will not receive any more. If I lie person reject* from his tomach this poisonoiM mfuanri. und lives, his innocence is established ; but if lio retains it, and consequently dies, his cruel tormentors arc satisfied of his guilt. The natives of Africa generally are very revengeful. They harbor such feelings for a long time ; nor ore they very parlicolir as to the individual on whom they lake revenge; if he or she belongs to the same family. It is enough. Although the drinking of aaa •« wood is professedly regarded as t lest of witch crsfi, yet perhaps, in most cases, the death of the unfortunate individual who falls a victim to this murderous practice is previously concerted ; and in tbo*e esses in which the death ul the accused person is not desired by the principal operator in this trag ical ordeal, (ho infusion is made so weak as not to produce death. I n sumo cases the victim is unccri moniouily boat to death, after having swallowed the liquid So that, in most cases, the result of this op eration of drinking sassa wood is premeditated.— And, though a considerable number recover, after having submitted to -tins absurd ordeal, yel thou* ands, perhaps millions, have been immolated on this altar of African superstition. Power of Music. — A clergyman, says Mr Sigoor ney, puaacesing mucli know ledge of human nature, instructed his daughters in Iho iheory and praciico of music. They were all observed lo bo exceedingly amiable and happy- A friend inquired iflliore wos any secret in his mode of education. Ho replied,— “When anything disturbs their temper ! say to them, 'sing,' and if 1 hear them speaking against any person, 1 call them to sing to mo; and ao they have aung away all causes of discontent, and every dispo sition lo scandal." Bucli a (iso nf this accomplish, inenl might serve to fit a family fur Iho company of angels. Young voices around tho altar, breathing sacred music, at the hour of morning and evening devotion, oro a sweet and touching accom paniment. PmcctousNEss or Time. —C'omlng hastily Into a clumber, I had almusl thrown down a crystal, hour glass; fear, least I had, made me grieve as if 1 had broken it; but airs! how much precious time have I cast away without any regret ! The hour glass was but crystal, each hour n peril; that but like to be broken, Ibis lost outright; that causually, this done wilfully. A better hour glass might be bought; but lime lost once, lust forever. Thus we grieve mnro for toys (han fur treasure. Lord, give mo an hour glass, not to he by mo, but in me. -Teach me lo number iny days.’ An hour glass to turn me, — • that I may apply my heart to wisdom.' — Puller'» Otod Thoughtt. Keef Moving. — If you over expect to bo onytlilng, keep muving. Indolent and stow people now a days • land no chance at all. Make a beginning. This is half the battle. A beginning hr gun, you will bo gin to forget that slothfuilncsa is in you ; and with honor in ono hand and perseverance in the nlhor. Buccvse is euro lo fullow your woke as night tho day. ifanybody in this world looks contemptible.it is kour stand still gentleman. lie is a plague In him self and a nuisance to (he community. Give us a f-eal tearing fellow before a real steady one. The first will have his breakfast before the luilorgcli Ins byes open. Keep moving. (Jj* Milton was naked by a friend, whether he Would ineiruot lua daughter In the different lingua |,ca. To which he replied,‘No, air, one tongue ii hulficcnt for a woman.’ Orncea—When Dr. Franklin's mother in law first discovered that tho young man had a hankering for her daughter, that good old Indy said ahe did not know so well about giving her daughter to a printer, there were already two printing offices in the Unted 6tatea, and she wu not certain the country would support lham. It waa plain young Franklin would depend for auppurt on the profile of « third, and thia waa rather a doubtful chance. If euoh an objection waaaiged to a would-be aon-in law when there were but two printing offices in thg Upl led States, how can a printer hope to get a wife now, when the preaonl ceniua ihowa the number to bo 1567. Not long sinco one of the learned counsel in a email cult deemed it necessary to shake the testi mony of a Naipuel Outtorworth, by impugning his veracity. A witness was called to tha stand. »Do you know Samuel Uultcrworth 1” “Yes.” “What la Dutlerworth 1” “Two and lonponco a pound, (bough some folks have paid as high as three shillings/’ SAY SOT MAN LOVE IS WASTED, 8a; not human lovo is wasted, In a selfish world like ours, Would you clieolt the dew that Callctli On earth's drooping (lowers? Know you not; lovo unrequited Still may live, to bless Many aweary pilgrim,toiling Through life's wilderness. Generous lovp is never wasted ! Like the gentle rain, It reCroahoth earth’s waste places, Bids them bloom again ; Ah! despiao not thou love's mission. Much ofauffering to endure, •What ia there on earth so holy At affection pare 7 SOURCES OF PERFUMES. Whether any perfumed lady would be disconcerted at learning the sources of her perfumes, each Indy must decide for horaclf; but il seems (hat Mr. Do la Rue and Dr. Hoffman, in llicir capacities as jurors of the Groat, Exhibition, have made terrible litvoo among iho perfumery. They have found that'many of the scouts said to be procured from flowers and fruile, are really produced from any thing bul flowery sources ; the perfumers are chemists enough to know lh*t similar odors may bo often produced Irom dis similar substances, and if the half crown buttle of perfume re illy has the required odor, the perlumer docs not expect la bo asked what kind of odor was omiued by the substance whence the perfume was obtained Now, Dr. Lyon Playfai', in his nummary of llie jury investigation above .. Iludcd to broadly tells us lh.it tlii-ho primary odors are niton mo«i un. hearable. " A peculiarly fueini nil, terrm-d fussel ml, h formed in making brandy and whiskey; tins fusel oil, disliili d with sulphnc ..rid and acetate of potash, gives the oil of pears. The oil ofupp'os; is made from the »imc lum-l ml. by distillation with | sulphuric acid and bichromate «l potash. The ml | ol pine apples is obtained fr >m a product of the action of putrid clioeto on euaar, or by nuking a I soap with butler, and distilling II with alcohol and! sulphuric acid; and is now largely employed m! England m making pine.apple ale. Oil of grapes I *«od oil of cogn.c, used to imparl the flivor ufl hrcncli cognac to British brandy, are little else thon * tusul ml. The artificial oil ol bitter ulmonds, now so 1 largely employed in perfuming so.ip, and (or flavoring ' co..f«'clioriary, is prepared by the action of nunc acid 1 off Iho fcciid oils of gi* tar. Many a fair forehand is dumped with eou tie milUjlrutt. without knowing that its essential ingredient is derived from tbo "drainage of cotv houses " In all such cases us these, the chemical science involved is, really, of n high order, and the perfume produced is a bona fide perfume, not one whrl less sterling Ilian if produced from fruits und flowers. The only question is one of commercial honesty, in giving a name no longer applicable, and charging 100 highly for a cheaply produced ttcciil. This mode of saving a peony is chrnnc.i II v right, hut commercially wrong. — Duke n't '■ Houtfltold Wot da." A ItTIF'JCI A L STONK. A gonlletmn named Owen Williams of England, his jiiat t >knn out a patent for the m.imif.icturo of arltjicial alone. which will be of immense value to builders and others on linn mile of the Atlantic The following says nn Enghih piper, arc the in gredients used in prennrmg it : 1lb« pitch, 4 j g ils, dead oil or creosote, 18 lbs ro«m, 15 lbs sul.diur, 45 lbs finely powdered lime, 180 lbs gyp«um, 25 cubic het of sand, breeze scoria, bricks, stone, or nhlhor bard mulcrmls broken (■> pieces, and pissed llirougli a h <)f inch sieve The sulphur Is first niched whli about thirty pounds of the pilch, after which the rosin is added, and then the remainder of llio pilch with Iho lime and gypsum, which arc introduced by degrufs and well stirred, und llio mixture brought io bul. The sand, nr broken earthy or stony in atonal is then added, snd the whole miss well stirred, after which the dead oil i« in a fit slate to he mo j'd- d into blocks. In order to consolidate the blocks, pressure is applied to them in (he moulds. Too patentee gives also Iho proportions of the above materials to bo used as a cmnposiiiun for laying pavements, as a cement fur uniting to each oilier blocks of (he first named composition when used fur buildi-’g purposes, and as a coiling for bridges, the roofs uf buildings, Ac. Tho artificial stone hardens in about a week, when it becomes as stubborn aa granite. Tho com position is not only very durable, hut a very cheap one, il costing less to erect but’dmgs out of this m h lor in I lh»n from the commonest uni of brick.— A roadway plastered with tins material, becomes a smooth and solid flooring of rook in about ten days. A Noble Thought. When wo contemplate the fall of empires, and the ixtinctiun of the nations of tho ancient world, wo ice but little more to excite our regret than (hu nouldcrlng ruin* of pompous palaces, magnificent nonumenla, lofty pyrimids, and walls and lowers of lie most costly workmanship. Dot when the empire America shall fall, tho subject for contemplative sorrow will bo infinitely greater than crumbling brass or marble can inspire, it will not then bo said, '* (lore stood a temple uf vast antiquity hero rose u D j bio of in visible height, or there a place of sum pi u< ous ext rs vagance but hero—a painful thought 1 the noblest work of litintah glory, tho fair cause of Freedom rose and fell! Wisdom of Town Ladies. —“ Pa, why don't you buy n hen, so we could have nil tho eggs we want 7" •* My dear, dno tibn would nut lay oil the eggs wo rshl." *• Why, Jros it would. Pa, wo only use a dozen 'ggs a day, and a good lion Would certainly loy tat many." Our devil aayft this ynug lady is a sister tn the one vho Ihotight that milk was pumped out of cows and ho tall was the pump handle I Tho following ia a copy of a note sent Id (ho clerk of a palish in London—“ Mister, my wiof ia ded, and wanls lo he Ucrrld 10-mofow at wonner clock- You knows wiierc to dig it, closo by my other ivicf; but Id it bo dip," A western editor says that “ a child was run over street by a w.igun three years old crosseyed with pnnlakla on, which never spoke afterward#. 1 ’ A prdlar indignantly demanded why a man cannot, iiwk good# wiiliout ii license, in (hi# land nf liberty, n Informed by a justice of llio peace, that liberty is ml license. “The euro of all the ilia und wrongs, tho cares, (ho sorrows, and crimes of humanity, lies in that word Lovk. It is tho divine vitality that every whore produces pnd features life. To each and ovory one of ua it gives tho power of working miracles, if we will.” “No sincere desire of doing good need make an enemy of a single human being; that philanthropy haa surely a (law in it which cannot sympathize with (ho oppressor equally as with (ho oppressed.” Philosophers tay that shutting the oyos makes the senso of hearing more acute. A wsg suggests that this accounts for (he many closed eyes that are soon tn our churches on Sunday. "The sun U all very WfiU" said an Irishman, “but in my opinion the moon is wurlh two of it; lor the moon affords us light in (ho night time, when we really went It, whereas we have the sun with us in (bo day tlmg/whon wo have no oaeasiun for it." How melancholy tho mo«n must fool when it has enjoyed tho fullness.ofproipcriiy and got ro ducod to its last quarter. “You quarrel with your wiffr, roy friend, and why I—do you not think and wish alike f ’* “God knows wo do!” Bald poor Caudle, “oaoh of us wants to be master,” I* OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS OK RIQUT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY." CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1852 DEATH OF KINGS. William tho Conqueror died from enormous *at, from drink, and from the violence of his passiots. William Rufus died tho death of the poor stags that he hunted. Henry the First dled'of gluttony, having ealtn too much of a dish of lampreys. Stephen died In a few days, of what was calUd iliac passion, which we suppose may bo a royal word for prussic acid or something like it. Henry tho Second died of a broken heart, occa sioned by (he bad conduct of his children. A broken heart is a very odd complaint fora monarch to die of. Perhaps “rat’s bane in his porridge" meant the same thing as a broken heart. Richard Cceur de Lion died like the animal from which his heart was named, by an arrow from an arobpr. John died nobody knows how, but it is said of chagrin, which, we suppose, is another term for a dose of hellebore. Henry the Third is said to hava died a “natural death,” which, with kings in palaces means the most unnatural death hy which a mortal can shuffle off liis “mortal coil.” Edward the First is likewise said to have died of a “natural sickness,” a sickness which it would puzzle all the college of physicians to de nominate. Edward (he Second was most barbarously, in decently murdered, hy ruffians employed by his own mother and her paramour. Edward the Third died of dotage, and Richard the .Second of starvation, the very reverse of George I lie Fourth. Henry the Fourflt is said to have died “of fils caused by tinetißineas,” and uneasiness in palaces at those times was a very common complaint, Henry lire Fifth is said to have died “ml a pain ful affliction, prematurely,” 'Fins is a courtly phrase for getting rid ol a king. Henry the Sixth died 'n prison, hy means known only to hia j-dtor, and known now only in heaven. Edward the Fifth was strangled in the lower by his uncle Richard the Third, whom Hume de elates to have possessed every quality for govern ment. This Richard the Third was killed In bat tle, fdtrly, of course, for all kinya were cither Kill ed lair, or died naturally to the court circulars of i those days. Ilonry the Seventh wasted away, as'n-miser ought to do, and Henry the Eighth died of ear buneles. fat, and fury, whilst Edward the Sixth du d of a decline. Queen Mary is said to have died of “a broken heart,” whereas* she died of a surfeit from eating 100 much of black pudding, her sanguinary being prone to hog’s blood or blood of any sort. Old Queen Boss is said to have died of melan choly, from having eacrtffbud Essex to Ins ene mies. James ilio First died of drinking, and of tho ef fects ol a nameless vice. Charles the First died a righteous death on the scaffold, and Charles thu Second died suddenly, it ts said of apoplexy. William the Third died from consumptive habits ol body, and from llio stumbling of his Queen Anno Hind from tier attachment to “strong w.iicr,” or in other words. (Vo o drunkennesa, which >he physicans as politely callucJ Uie drop George the First died of drunkenness, which his physicians as politely cnlUd an apoplectic ftl. GeO r gO itlO Second till'd by a mpluro on iho heart, which iho periodicals of the day termed n visitation of God. It is the only instance in w hich God ever touched his heart. George the Third died as he lived—a madman Throughout life ho was at least u consistent inmi arch. George the Fourth died of gluttony any drunk' enness. William (he Fourth died amidst the sympathies of l.is su hjecia. Sally Ann Sharp*! Curiosities. '*Pa, do chimneys make pictures 1” ‘•N >, child, why do you ask V 1 “Why I heard Mr. Lampledon say ours draws well “Ma, have steamboat boilers wings V *•(), don’t bother me—no!” “Why, la, 1 heard a gentleman talking about a boiler Jlue." “Pa, can (bat gold ring of raa’e run." ‘•No, child, no.” “Well, I heard a gentleman say that it was chased." “Ma, can steamboat wheels hug 1" “No, child, what pul such a thought in your head I" “Why, I heard a man talking about wheel arms, 1 did." ]{tell. —At a late festival, a pretty miss watted upon an editor with a pie-plate of antique tnano fact ore, in the centre of which ho espied Iho fol lowing interesting couplet: “ One sweet kiss Is the price of this." Tills pTcilod his naturally amorous disposition, and as soon os opportunity presented, ho motioned iho young lady to his side, and pointing with the knife to the lines said t “\’our pay Is ready, whenever you present your bill !" A young sailor passing up Washington street, Boston, in a somewhat inattentive manner, came very near running down a lady who Came sailing along just below the Old South Church. Hastily stepping lo ana side in order lo pass, ho encoun tered the lady, who made a precisely similar move ment at the same Mine. Another mutual dodge brought them again at a stand still, face to face; at which Jack planted himself firmly on the curb stone, saying, “Look hero, madam, Tin anchored now. eon if you can pass; for shiver my timbers if 1 weigh anchor again until 1 have a clear sea!" - When the llrv. Jesfio Lee, the father of Mothod iBtD in New England, was a a hod why there were no doctors of divinity in his denomination, he promptly said ‘‘Because our divinity is not sick/’ “Well farmer you lot J us your place was a good dace for hunting, now we’ve trampled it lor three lours and found no game." “Just bo—well 1 caloulaled as a general thing, tho less game there la the room hunting you have." A young lady once remarked that there was but one word in the Oiblo<sho wished altered and that was in the passage, **wh"Boovershall smile thee on the right cheek, (urn unto him the other nlao," site would have the word smile changed to Aim. i A rcoent writer asserts (hat the less a man knows, the wider ho carries his mouth open. He says—“lt la as Imposslbln for an ignoramus to keep his jaws closed as It is /or a eiok oyster to keep his shell shot.” If you wish to feel like a bbll who'"has made up his mind to consider every color scarlet, come home some day and catch your wifo sewing a eus* pender button ou Mr. Thompson’* ** wbat*-y ou-call- W!’» Ohio was fifty years old (slno? her admission as a Slate) on tho day of the Presidential election. JOHN ALCOHOL, BIT JOB. John Alcohol, my Joe John, When we were first acquaint, I'd money in my pockets, John, Which now I know there ain’t. I spent it all In treating, John, Because 1 loved you so; But, mark me. how you’vo treated mo, John Alcohol, my Joe. John Alcohol, my Joe John, We've been 100 long together, So you must take one rood, John And I will take the other; For we must tumble down, John, If hand in hand we go, And I will have the bill to foot, John Alcohol, my Joe. ?^ou»eltcepcr. Difference la Housekeeping. What a difference we see In housekeepers, provi ded we are observing and keep our cyea about ua.— While wilh Romo, everything ia clean, neat, and in iia place, without noise or fuss, with others everything looks disjointed, in confusion and without system.— Doing things right, and at (he right time, it requires bat an ordioory-vdcgroe of labor and attention. We have always found (hat where there wore industry, economy, and good sense, (hero were order, system, end prosperity. To Boil a Calf’s Head. Wash and dense the head thoroughly; lake out the brains and so.»k them in cold water, mid pick them quite r!o«n. Boil tho head slowly lor an hour and a half; then pul llio brains into a nmicepar, mid boil them 10 n h i If pint ol die liquor lor halt mi hour Then lake up iiie bond m a dish, rnish the bruins and season iiinn widi pepper »nd mil; turn them , back into a In i It* s iu or pan, add a few bread crumbs, | a lump ol bolter rolled in flour, and a gla-s ol wine ; shake ull wed together, ju-l give n a boil and serve it lor si inv. «it In-1 poured over thu head, or senar-i to ly in a bowl. Tho liquor will make oxcccllont soup die next day. Some cooks bone the head previous to boiling. To Bnhc dpplfs, Sweet apples properly baked and eslen with milk arc excellent Tho ho-l method of biking apples is lo tnkc die furusl and largest in size, wipe them I clean, if thin skinned, and pure them if the skin is < 1 thick itnd tough; cut out the l»rgest portion of the ; core a l one end, mid place the fruit on well gUtcd curthcrn dishes or pans, with die end which has been cored upward, and fill the cavity widi refined pow dered sugar. Then place in (ho oven or oilier »pp>- raius for baking until suffieiondy cooked. Then take out. n>id when cold diov are perfectly delicious, es pecially d calun wilh rich milk or cream. To Boil Fresh Pork Take a fat blade hono of country pork, commonly ( Said a bed bug to * mosquito whom ho chanced (o called the oyaier, l.iko out tile bone, mid put »Pnl,mcct: •‘lfow is it you mn be nut to extract an much muffing in its place. wrap it inn clean cloih. and pul umre o( lile’a current dm n myt-cll, when I ca n lute it In n PHurep mof boiling w alor. witli n liltlo soli; «e»efc ly mb vou V Ilmv r.m v'»u crphin It 7"— lei il boil ulowly fur nn hour and u Imtf or an hour ' t'or parneolnra. nee small bills," quoted the moi nod ihrce qu trier*, according to the size : it nlmuld, qm'o, wnli dignity. however.be well done Serve il up wnh pursclyi ‘’* • and butter poured over 1 1 plcnlllully. Tina u a nio«l A youth Nat week, wishing lo Commit BOiride. rich, nod »t the mine lime a mnnt delicate dish. P llfl h <scd .1 porcu«"ion c «|i, plari-d i' (Tpon hi* head, equal to boiled (owl and pickled puik, wlncli, indeed, *‘ ,fl,c k m wnh un id.a,and M exploded and blew (lie U greatly resembles | uiilariuiule youngster's brain, into an indigo bag To Boil Pifklrd Pork llnvlng wiiklied and scraped il. pal il into boiling water Mill) ibe akin side uppermost Il Hbe thin, a piece nt tdui pounds will bn done m less ihnn on botir ; « log ol i igbt (Millnd 1 * w ill l"kn three hours.— Pork shmtri be dnne i-imugli ; lm> il bmled too Pi-1 or 100 long it will become j-llv. K -«|> (ho pol wall -Pur*,.* Vfr S.n.ib, p ~.py w.m. m know if rou skimmed. ami .mil U i«. tlm ' 'hie with peas pnddi g wool lend him Hie model ul your b..l 7” ■nd g rcnn«. Some perrons like carrots, parsnips, and my eon, m h»( tor?” turnips ulho | • ||< muiub 'o mukqji^scire crow to keep tho corn Arrowroot Blancmange. .„d . ... ... Beat up two ounces of" «r row pool, with a lit Me milk, h , ndlo. lo the IhirkiM'ss nt cream ; then pour upon it three : gills nfl.nihi.g milk, stirring U all Iho lime ;tl »vnr As m inducement lo lltcir elicit!*, Ihe Circlovillo with csccncn ol biller Mmonds, and sug.r In y.«ur J"Ui nal as v a 'hat <■ II subscriber' i» ymg in >*dv . nrp, tuslo ; boil il len minbles stirring it utl the lime.— Wll be trim led lo u iiral rule oblluary notice in uase pour it inio mmjlds This should be made the day ul dnuih before it is In bo used Difference In Milk A dai r v maid soon discovers ilic diflVfcnco in ilic milk <i( different cows, if kept arpar..lelv • Indeed milk varies «o mock in richness, l/tul while • pound of boiler lina baon made from seven quarts of (lie richest milk, it ta kos nineteen or twenty quarts o< l lie pour us l to make a pound of tuiller, Uusli, II ia very common to make muili by boiling it a few intitules. This ib all wiong. It should bu bmlud one or two liou'B, and il longer will do no hum. li will bo nccußiury lo ncc.imonnlly udd hihiio w*lit, lo keep the man liiin and prevent burning, and give it 4 thorough (during every five ur tun minutes. A Strange PlnyilacUe, A few days biiioo u lady of our town narrated lo u« ilie allowing curious incident. which alio derived Ir.im a near relative, Iho molhur of a' bright (Mile boy not a yeat old. The child urai one day sealed nuar the edge of a porch, a litblo spoon with which to amuse itself being placed in ila hand A Her a Mbort tune Iho mother happened to look toward Ihv babe, and perceived that it was leaning over the porch, and o luttuusly extending the spoon toward iho ground, then suddenly withdrawing il. with a hourly luugli each lime ilia! il drew Us hand buck.— This manoeuvre the infant repeated frequently ; its mother, supposing il lo bo playing wild a kitten, paid nh particular aitenl lon to il for Iho moment At length, Ilic childs frequent bursts of laughter, and in prolonged enjoyment of the sport in which 11 was engaged, induced the inutlior to approach- and look over its ahoulders lo »co what il waa that ex cited its glee so much. Groat wji her nalomahmonl and horror »n observing 111 it the plnymnto of her little boy, during oil ihj* time, hud been a largo and dangerous tnnke. »liloh, with mouth gaped widely open and t-r • | rudmg loogu , w.is coiled op in the altitude peculiar to that P p'tlo when shout to strike, snd tied been darling at the spoon (it supposed in play) esc!) time wiien extended toward il. The itlirlli of the infant was created by success in baffling Iho attempts of the reptile to roach its plaything Tho alonncd mother, not daring to leave the spot, hurriedly culled her husband, vba succeeded in up proaohing the serpent and despatching il with an axe.— MaJiton County (flJo.) Herald. A Wife Staked at Cards. —We h«ve heard of •la von be mg si ••bed on a game of chance on the Mis siaslppi, and wives being put at auction in GugUnd, hut wo behove it lias boon reserved lor the French to introduce tho staking of wives at s game of curds ! A recent French pjper reports o case that was brought bolero the Corrections! Police, in which Madam T. brought a suit for divuico against her husbund. In the course of tho evidence it was pro wd that on two didurent occsßions (ha wifo hid been •tsked and lost at curds, end ilia koy of her room handed over to the winners! In tho first e.«se she escaped by jumping out of tho window, nnd in the other (ho winner was (ou much intoxicated to be dsngeroas. Tho Court granted sn sat of separation | but refused to divorce the parties. This onto prr. i sente rather a curigus picture of French manners and moral*- Mr. Jones, will you toko some milk In your coffee 7 ' >• fro, t thank you, 1 prefer (py water clear." Jones Uvod at a twenty Bhllllog'boirdloi^hourp. An Important Question.— The following question was first propounded by un aiionymus Scotch maid en, many years ugo, but to our knowledge, has never been an*werod: "If a body meet a body coming through the rye Ifa body klta a body need a body cry I" So far as wo sro informed in such matters, (says the Lowell Vox Populi,) wo do not hesitate (o express our opinion that, under these circumstances, there ia not the slightest occasion for tears. An old gentleman by the name of Gould, married a girl of nineteen. Ho wrote ■ loiter to a friend, in- him of the ovonl. with this couplet: “Bo you see, my dear friend. (hough eighty years old, A girl of ninctean fails In love with old Gould." Ho received a reply io these words: “A girl of nineteen mny lovo Gould, U Is true. Out. believe me. dear etr. Ii i« Oould wi tliout U.” Wucn Moj. Jiirk Downing called on Oen Andrew Jackson ul Uie Wt.ile House for llio first tunc.he wan reg'iiled by ihu President with champagne and ••lives. Tito doughty Major tried both—the first he liked, the second ho did not fancy, «nd laying the fruit back upon tho plulo, scarcely lasted. b«id.— "General, your cider is good, but darn your pickles A Kentucky paper nays it is getting In bo very fashionable in that quarter tn enclose n dollar with marriage notices, when sending them to the printer A good custom, that ought to prevail everywhere: Six dollars to printer and priest, No sensible man could rclaso ; Five dollars to render him blest, And one to publish (he news! A country physician went to see a patient, and look with him his gun, that lie might wing any ga me ho encountered in crossing tho fields. Afi lend inci ting trim on the way, asked him whither he wm going. "To soy n psilenl," was the answer. "Wli.l then, said his friend, "do you really fear you will ; ■mss him in llio ordinary way, that you have lo lake your gun with you 7" • An Irishman on arriving in this country, took a fancy In ‘lie Yankee girl-, and wrote to his wile, "Dear Nurull : These melancholy hues are to in form you ilial I died yeatorduy, and hope that you are enjoying llio mime blessing. I recommend you lo marry Jemmy O'llnke, and take good euro of the ctulder. From your dlTuoiiunaio husband till death." One J lines Hayes advertises in iho Hamilton,! Can <d.i. Spectator, far a wife: "He desires a lady | worth 11 >ow thousand dollars, of good common sense. ! wn h a taste for fine oris, ■ lover of science, about the (indium sue, wiih un open, cheerful countenance. h (Ten mg in disposition, and capable of taking care of a largr family." I ’•PKTfiß.nnv pnv. Joes you understand do sevonlli iikii.indnienls /" -Y iw." •V t mli iiim drri t" ‘You shall not play tc luoyfot mil your neighbor' from liißrcl*. I<> ceding Willi corn. 00 Iba. ground goes a* Tar as llO lbs. In the kerm I Mom and I. kb. — "II ... ..ocol.r ' Tu.nip. of •"..11 .U. li.vo d..uW. lb. nn Mloa. ■ aid « 1.,.10r-. ■)i,iri > nlica lo 1... nu.lrr, a. il.c 1,1... ' mo'iai U.-1 I .rj|= 0n... I.uvc, w.> |irr«.mg a liubl.il.-J c 0... •Mb. l the mo., 1b... .. ■ 1> K J '« '>'» "' o ' " Kr '"' c * In ml. ul some tiling*, the Ima llicro if!” jtufiou* qu.«hlie* 11 mcnaaca in aiae “Hniv can Ilia I be 7" aaui ilia IsHor. “Why. (here** that huh'ijlcd coal—itio Ittt yon make llio (oil, (he more bob it ia." Maybe (ho gnoao did'm Hy ..bool lhal lime. Excrm of Caution. — An elderly single gentleman travelling by railway, objected lo go in (he same cn r i Mgr wiili Ins sister in la we'a wot nurse, for fca r of catching cold. Punch Buys ihc end of man'll lilo i« glory. Tiic end ol woman’s life is about Iwu and lliirly. Dutchman —Coot morver, Paltick , how you lux 7 Irishman —(xood niornni till ye, Mike, think ye, will we gi ' stiy rum the diy t Dutchman —O, I Kess no; vo never hal much rain n a li fy iry dinio. * Irishman Faith, and ye’re right there, Mike; ind linn, whenever il gels in the way o’ ruioin, the fiv l l u hit u* dihry wither will we git as lung as the wit spill huwlds. i; y A person lately complimented a lady on her improved appearance. “You are guilty i f flattery," said ibo lady. "Nut so.” replied he “for I vow you are as plump na a partridge." “At first," said the lady, *'( i huughi you guilty oT fit lory only, but 1 find you actually makcgtrrrtc ol ino.” A western farmer, being obliged to sell n yoke ol men lo pa V his hired man.toiJ him ho could not Keep him any longer. ■Why,'s <id ihc man; I'll stay and luko aumo of your nows in place of money.' •Uul what shall I do when my cans and oxen are nil gone 7’ • Why. you can then work for mo, end got them back again. flj» There la a place in Now Hampshire where Iboy never have miy old maids. When a girl resell os Iwrntv nine, and is still on the ladder of ozpeela lion, (lie vmmg fellows dull together and draw lota for her. Those who esoape pay a bonus to the one who gels Iter. ‘My lad,* said a traveller to a little fellow whom ho had met oUlhed in ‘pants' and roundabout, but without n very necessary article of apparrel t ‘My lad. where's your shirt?* •Mommy's washing it.* ‘II 'Vo you no other ?' ‘fro other i* exclaimed the urchin, with irrdlrnsnl acorn { 'would yun want a body to bays a thousand shirts?' •I wish I was a ghost, blamed if I don’t.* said a poor envy the other night, os ho sal soliloquising In ■he cold. ‘They gn wheetor they please, toll free They don't owe nobody nothing and (list** comfort. Who ever hr aid tell of s man whu had a bill against a ghost 7 No body. They never buy hats and vitiuls, nor has to snw wood and run errands as 1 dn Their shirts never gels diny nnr their trowaers »«ut it the kneoss a I over heard toll on. 1 railly wish 1 was ons. The arms of a pretty girl wound tight around tlx neck is wonderfully curative la oases of sooe throat It beats peppsr us. AT $2 00 PEE AfiSCM HOME. Home’s not merely tour square walls, Though with pictures hung end glided 1 Home is where affection calls, Filled with shrines the heart has boilded; Home!—go watch the faithful dove Sailing 'neath the heavens above Home is where there’s one to love, Home is where there's one to love as. Home’s not only roof and room, It needs something to endear its Home is where the heart can bloom, Where there’s some kind lip to cheer It 1 What is home with none to meet! None to welcome, none to greet till Home is sweet, and only sweet, Where there’s one we love to meet ut! MB. WEBSTER. The following paragraphs ere from a letter from the Marshfield correspondent of tiio New Kork Times : "The burial case it of a very noal pattern, covered with black velvet end ornamented—not profusely, however—with silver plalod mountings and handles. The inside is lined with while satin, laid in small p| ius. A plain though massive silver plate upon tho lid contains the simple inscription, “Da met Wu* STKR ” The corpse is arrayed in such lubilimrols a* hi* compeers ol ilic Senate have often seen hint in, whoa <m a bright summer morning ho soagiit lilo Sentta 11 ill, to pour'ho words of wisdom nod the light of truth upon some iropio of surpassing public interest. A blue coal, with plain gilt buttons, vest and pints of spotless white, are subtoituied for the shroud. A white neckcloth encircles the throat, over which la turi.cd tho shirt collar. The feel are eocnaed in silk* un hoes and shoes of patent leather. Tho hair oflho deceased is parted and disposed as in life, and hts white gloved hands are crossed upon his breast. Tho lips iiro slightly parted, just as when about to speak. The stalemenl that Mr Wohator lay in sort of stu por for some hours before Ins (loath; is incorrect. Ho w<s oxh Misled, Indeed, by physical pruslrslion and protracted anlfcring ; but a hundred lililo luhcns of intelligence and recognition gave unmistakoable evi dence that at no momrnt did ho ever for the instant lose his consciousness. Although it is now soon that the march ol his disease hud been straight for ward and rapid lor some time, and though ho evi dently felt his sinking sit mllun, and was preparing Tor the Ij* 1 groal ehaogo, he maintained Ins olteerful* | nest to the last giving, thereby, hope whinh bis own frame either of bodr or mind could nol justify. Hit {public duties were punctually attended to Even as l ile as Fr id.< y last ho received* the morning's mail, Iliad ns contents laid before him by his Secretaries, I and give directions concerning the business* of which his letters treated. On Monday a week he wrote 1 his last autograph loiter, it was to tho President.” Dad Habits. How is it with yon, gentle render T Uavo yod I not already become (he victim of some sad habit l (tie victim lo sucli an extent that you are ashamed acknowledge the (act; or, have you just entered up,,l, ho*ll ii w i ong p-illi of Mils kind, and at 1 11 possess • ullicieiil »c I* control 'o eht ck. reairain and correct yoiir-oll? Donut di-cnis* the question hastily.— Art- you nut becoming pctiiah irnuble, nnd waspish al home 7 Arc >ou nut mnru ex-chug linn cirrorn* stances require? Do <yon adhere rigidly lo the tiuih, or do you Rum< tunes catch yourself tripping.? I Do you measure your expense* according lo your I income, or mu ) on geti mg a ho bn nf exir-. v»g mce 7 j Arc you envious ol your m ightmrs, or do you find a I (JlNpoßiu.xi i n lomd • I oc ■ •••ms lly creep mg to your I lipH -nd find nil®.mice In in.grneioua luignapcT— I I'ucac iimj pcilincnl qnesii-nr, and there -re 100 manv who c.nnul an-wer Hiem prmnp'li, fairly and Cf.dilaltl) Ills Iti.icfofo lilal no Should Watch , ami btwa ic. Hints 10 Farmers. Toads are the very bust protection of cabbage a. gj'liSt boo. Pi ,iHB. when drooping, urc revived by a fovv grains ol c-i inpliur. Pears are generally improved by grafling on lha inmiMltin ash. Sulphur ts valuable in preserving grape-, &r,, Sthataokm. —Tne followodd u/Trtir is i cil from an exchange; At a country church in Knuland, st the cP-ee of an eloquent ooriiion, and before (he contemplated collection had l M >en made, a stranger rone, and pulling a guinea in his hai, walked around and received a liberal mldnmn In tus Block. The minister attributed hIS zeal in the moving powerVl hia eloquence and hit own charitable spirit; hui tne surprise of ihe wholb congregation was inexpressible, when Instead of 1 going in Ihe vestry. ihey saw the new convert I moving iow«,rds the door. The minister and • th* I cia calling upon him lo deliver up ihe change, which he rulused, wying: “My breihren. freely , have ye given, mid freely have | received,” and jtiiHtiinily mounting hie horse, which waa an ex* ' ceedingly good one, lefi (he premises. A gentleman being asked whether ho was seri ously Injured when a aieamboiler exploded, re pli'd; “1 have become so used lo being blown up hv my w lie, Uiul more sieam line no effect upon mo.' heart of the generous man is like the clouds of heaven, which drop upon iheeanh (runs, herbage, and fl >were| ibe heart of ihe uograielul ukn a desert of Hand, which swallowed) with greediness ihe sliowets that 1011, hui buttoth Ihetn in its bosom, ami prodm-Hh noilung.” John Hums h.ia been orrcMrd in New York for ■ Itempiiri 12 io poiaun hia wife, by pulling etaenlo In uef 'bro.id. Burn* vv >• dia«ipiU-d, and married a aliurl lime aince, «o a young woiinn aged eighteen vo ., r , , bui i(uy bad separated, ««d hi» wife 1» living Will) bor parent*. n*,LH'>*D in Run*.—The grout rollrojd, which wne (mill by Amunc-m enirlnoera OvlWOvilSl. Peter*, burg und M-iaouw ia 400 miloa long, and tl«* a double truck I lie whale long'll. It la aubil oOllallj built, and hie (raina at the rale ol 90 mile* per itoni. Some popple ar« never quiet, other* nre always 80. and tbey ate both to blame i for that whtoh llko vivacity ami industry In ilie one, ta only a roßilossneßß nml agitation; and that whmh pnaau* m the o her f«r nind«railon und reserve,U bat drowsy und inactive fcl «tli. l A “WaALTiif Citi*kn. m — Tha Uoalon Mailatalca that the ye«r ly incmno ol a cerMn rich, ol(iK*u.of lhai town would buy twelve hundred fauna. ||l* Income, aix per cent, on hi* entire wonhh. would *, mount, daily, to more than the wage* of two hundred h-ird working men Ilia Income would buy about# of cider, nr a pair of bool* every throe miiso'ra, Every b*oalh the old imn take* ia worth amuifor nine pence. Ilia enormous capital o»mmnmU the tod. of ono thuuaand laborer* and mechanic* yoafly, to pay tho Intcroal. ' lf*lhero la a man who nm out Ma bread at peace w ith G d «nd maivil it th>t man. who hi-ab’vaurM ,1,.l broad ail of iho oarlb I>, In. .ovo loo.o.i.fl“&«• lit,. 111. oankoioJ by no fraud—ll U [ lour —it ,Ilium) by no bluotf* JN T O. 28.
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