BY JOBS B. BEATTON. VOL. 39. Dottttnl. MA W Tho human mind—that lofty thing ! Tho palace and Iho throne, Where reason eits, a sceplered king. And breathes his judgement lone, Oli! who with silontalops shall trace Tho boedora of that haunted place, Nor in his weakness own That mystery and marvel hind That lofty thing—tho human mind ! That hum,an heart—that resile** thing ! The tempter and the tried; 1 he joyous yol the suffering— Tho aourco of pain and pride; The guurgeous thronged—llio desolate, The scat oflovo, tho lair of ha'e— Self stung, self defied ! "Yet do wo bless theo as thou art, Thou restless thing—the human heart 1 The homtn soul—that startling thing I Mysterious and sublime I The angel sleeping on the wing Worn by the scuffs of time— The beautiful, the veiled,'the bound. The earth ertslavcd, the glory crowned, The stricken in its prime I From heaven in tears to earth it stole, That startling thing tho human soul! And this is man—Oil! ask of him, The gillud and frogiven— While o'er his vision, drear and dim, The wrecks nflhuo are driven ; If pride nr passion in (heir power, Cun chain the lido or clurin the hour. Or stand in plico of heaven I He bends tho brow ho bows the knoo ••Creator, Father ! none but Ihoe !" TUB TWO BIIIOF.S. 2 saw two maids at the kiik, And bull) were fair and saccl, One in her wedding robe. And ono in her winding sheet. The choristers sang the hymn, The sacred writes were lead And ono fur life tn life, And one to death was wed. They wore borne to their bridil beds, In loveliness and bloom, One in a tnorry castle, The other a solemn tomb. One an the morrow woke, In a world of sin and (iiin ; But the other was happier far, And never woke again. S&i&ttMmnom. Will TK LETTERS, -Not to every body, nor to all lhai ask yon. or you will be taxed beyond your patience, and find it hard to shake o(T • troop of unprofitable acquaintances.— Not to all the girls-who have mode your heart flat ler, lent you kindle flimos you will not ho able to feed—loit you write soft tilings llul will look ndic utoua in your biography—lest some offended damsel ahould bo down upon you for breach of promise. Nol to ail your cousins, lest your classics bo neglected, end your business suffer. A classmate in college ws* reprimanded by the profcscor for neglect of col lege studies. The delinquent plead that the c.rclo ol hts correspondence was so large that ho could (At find time U> attend to his Euclid. Write punctually to those with whom you have business connections. A groat many, who hek 1 neither industry nor resolution, find it extremely hard to write a business note of half a dozen lines. Like, nil ears, it is easier to run forty miics an their track , 1 than a rod oat of the way on either side. A friend 1 of ours who had suffered much for lack of letters i from his vessel when on her voyage, gave a package ' of old letters, directed to himself, into the hands of [' the captain, with positive orders for him to drop ono 1 into lire post office of every port whore he touched. Thcjposl mark on the corner ruißwrrcd his purpose NVrito to yotir sister. Your letters aioa luxury 1 to bar that she prises above her jewelry, and they cost you nothing, or neui it. Bo nl charges fur s ( sheet of paper und a thimble full o( ink. The cig ir i you are smoking cost as much as the postage of il I Tho cigar ends in ashes and smoko; the loiter alrcnth ens tho family lie, adds a slrand la the blessed cords | that bind tbs mombors of 4 common homo together. Write to yuui mother. If you are m good com I pany, sho will SCO il in your Idlers, and bo comlorl- j cd jn your absence. Il you ccglocl. to wmo, her af- , CeClion has hard slrugglcs-witli her fonre lo_ osmre \ her Ihul you have not gone nuirty. lljvc not iimo 1 1 Take time from the buck gammon board, from the | calls of ceremony, from the society of companions, j from sleep, from meals. When you havu not time to write to your mother, you have not tune to look at a crowd gathered in the street. 110 that made lime gave you lime enough. What have you done with it 7 Writo to your father. Your postponement thick on* Iho while hairs on his reverend hood. Arc you busier than he T and Uo writes to you. Ho will not misinterpret your silence ; ho can trust his boy. He knows you are on a busy tide, the stream runs fast. He will forgive you if you do not recognize him wa ving his,goad wishes from the bank. But he must go up soon I end when you have lime to look, his mealy form may have departed. Clive him the cost less soleco of frequent letters, that ho may know to iho Isst that ho is not forgotten. Write to him to day.—JV. Y. 7'imeM. L\ZY BOYB. A lazy boy mskos a lazy man, jual as sure at ■ crooked iwig makct a crooked tree. Who ever ycl *t«r a boy grow up In Idlonrpß that did nol make a shiftless vogabond when lie became a man unless lie had a forluna loft him to keep up oppeorunecs 1 The great mass.of theives, paupers and criminals Uiol fill our penitentiaries and almehousct have come lo what Uioy are-by being brought up in idleness.— Xhoat who conaiilulo iho business portion of (ho community, thoao who moke our great and useful men, wore trained up lo their boyhood lo bo indus trious. ... i When a boy it old enough lo begin lo play in Iho sued, then ho it old enough lo bo taught luw to work. Of court© wo would nol deprive children of healthful, playful exorcise, or' the time they should spend ia study, but leach thorn to work lilllo by little as a child la taught In school. In this way they ac quire industry that will not forsake them whon they grow up. Many portent who arc poor, let their children grow up (p fourteen tml sixteen years of ago, or till they can support them no longer, before they put them to | a bor. Such children nol having any Idea what work it, and having acquired habits of idleness go forth lo impose upon Ihclr employers with laziness. There it a rcpplsivencst in all labor set before thorn, and lo gel It done, bo mailer how is their only aim- 1 hey aro ambitious at play, but dull at work, rho con sequence Is they do nol kllck'lo ono thing, bul a short lime i llioy.'rovo nboul tho World, gel into imßcmof, and finally find Ihoir way lo tho prison ur oimshouso. A down easier advertise for a wife in tho following manber ; *‘Any gai whal’a got a cow, a good foalh. sr bed With filin'*, five hundred dollars in hard pow. > one that’* had the moazoU, end understands tendin' children, can , have a customer for life, by writing a billy dux. address, Z— R-—. and stick it on Undo Ebcnozor’s bain, hind sidelinin' the bog pen. LIFE IN TUB PRESENT. Youth that pursuolh with such eager pace That oven way, Thou panlcst on to win a inournfCil raco ; Then stay ah stay I Pause and luxuriate in the sunny plain, Loiter—enjoy ; Once past thou never will come back again A second boy. The hills of manhood wear a noble face When seen from far ; Tho mist oflight from which they lake their graco Hides what thoy are. Tho dark and weary paths those cliffs between Thou cun'si not know ; And how it loads to regions never green, Dead fields of snow. Pause when thou msy’st.nor doom tby fate thy gain Which a II 100 fast Will drive thee forth from this delieloutf plain, A man at lust. Amusing Anecdote- It is not • hlllo extraordinary how many of our most extraordinary discoveries owe their existence to ctiunco. Everybody knows the anecdote about Sir Isaac Nowlon and the apple. Dr. donor and the milkmaid, John Uunyun and Perkins, &c., bat eve rybody docs not know Ilia anecdote of Sir Peter Puntup, who found tho bottom of a coal mine by chance. Sir Peter had been quarrelling’ wilh one of hia workmen the day previous lo Iho cstastrophy I am relating, aboul wages. There arc two way* of da soendmg into coal pita. The usual way i* to bo wound down to a machine; but they to whom llio exit und entrance is a matter of custom content themselves in descending by grasping a rope, which coramuni calcs lo a counteracting pulley. The weight of the i individual in question thus carries him downward to without dislocation, hir Peter, on the day in ques- an* lion adopted the lullcr expedient, as usual, in utter darkness. Judge uC his horror, when on reselling h the extremity ol hi* journey, he found hia feel failed i to touch the ground lie instantly thought the work i man with whom he had quarrelled, had in rovunge, cut short tho rope, lie screamed and bawled till he was hoarse, but til) the operatives hud adjourned to dinner. At length Ins strength failed ; ho tot go bin hold, expecting to he dashed lo atoms in this unfath. I onidhle abyss, and found that he had been fur a full halt hour, screaming aboul three inches from tho ground! Here was a chance discovery which net tlud Sir Peter sorely ; inasmuch that he fell half an gry wiih himself for not having been precipitated some hundred fuel, according to bis reasonable ex pectations. “ It Own’t bo Done.'t This is the cry of wrikne »«. lmloci«nn. indi ffior- 1 once, and Indol nco. What can't be done? Some. Hung that another nun has done. Well, you cun do ii: or you cun do domclhing towards doing it. At all events ymic i n try, Until you have tried—tried I once und ugain tried with resolution, application,, and industry to do & thing —no one is justified in saying “it can't bo done." The plea in such a ease is a mere excuse fur nut attempting to do any thing at all. You remember (ho atury of Robert Bruce and the spider in tho chvo. Trying to climb to o certain point, tho spider full to the ground again and • gam ; and still (lie little croaluro roio again to tho laak, and at the fortieth iIT-tl succeeded. “ Surely,” said Bruce, “vt - a-spuJur can succeed after so many I'oilurcs, I ulWrny defeats," and he sallied from tits hiding-place with new hopes, raHied his men, and ultimately conquered. So in all things j Wo must try often, and try with increased resolution to Boccccd. Failure seems but to discipline the etrong ; only the weak oro overwhelmed by it. Difficulties draw forth tho beat energies of a man.— They reveal to him his strength, and train him to the exorcise of his noblest powers. Difficulties try ' his patience, his energy, and his working faculties.— | They test (ho strength of his purpose, and the force of hie will. 11 Is there a man,” says John Hunter, " whom difficulties do not dishearten, who takes thorn by the throat and grapples with them 7 That kind of man never failo." John Dunlor himself, original ly a working carpenter, was precisely a man of that sort ; und front making chairs on weekly wage*, liu fufo to be Iho lust surgeon and physiologist of his lime. yj’ “Scmival, Semivul. beware of the vtmmin that roads no newspapers ! Your father married a vo man tlul road none, and you’re Iho consequence! You're «o hlgnoranl as • *orst>J Utgnorsnt people ■ay-it's throwing away money to lake paper®, and foolin’away time to read ’em ! but Samival, when you loom to reed, yon toko iho payers—take the papers—tarb the r*rEas— TAKE THE PAPERS!' And your life will bo happier nor a king's, Ynur children will road and wrile, And talk most wisely of men und tilings! Yes, take the paper®, Samiwnl! Ago and experi ence speaks to you now ; hearken unto your doling f.lhcr’i- last dying request—Uko papers '.-—Sam Wei icr, Sen Maukb ok tiik GkntlkuaM. —No man is a gentle, man who, without provocation would trout with in civility the liumb'eal of bis species. Il Is a vulgar, ily for which no accomplishments of dress or address can ever alone. Show me the man who desires to make every man happy around htm, whoso greatest solitude i® never to give just cause of offence to any une.ond 1 will show you a gentleman by nature and practice, though he may never have worn a suit of broadcloth nor cvir heard of a lexicon. lam proud to say, for tho honor of oar species, that there are men in every throb of whose hoat^ there is solicitude for Hie welfare of mankind, and whose every breath is perfumed with kindness. “Sicu a Gsttino ur Stairs ! rt —Said an old preach er once, "Fellow sinners, if yon were told that by going 10 the top of tlioflu stairs you see, (pointing to the rickety pair of at quo end of tho church,) you would secure your eternal snlvolion, I really believe, hardly any ol you wopld try it. Bu'l 10l any man proclaim that there was live hundred dollirs up there for you ; and 1 bo bound there would no ‘such a gel ling up stairs as you never did tee." An enterprising genius thus announce* hi* bus iness on a board in front of bis door in Philadelphia; “Hero Pizo and Kakps and Dior I soil, And Dieters stood and in the shell, And Frido Wuns low for them that chews, Aud with dispatch blacks lutes and shews." Whon wo hoar, says tha Poston Post, men and women speak lightly of tho part of the community, wofqel just like tracing book , their go. nealogy. Wo have done so In several instances, and you would boi surprised at what we learned. Tho most aristocratic man of -our acquaintance is tho grandson of a fiddler, the proudest woman the daugh ter of a waaher woman. At it and TiiiiouoA it. —Wo hoard an anecdote a few evenings since which la 100 good lo bo confined . to private circles. Il.is as follows: | A negro preacher was holding forth to his congro. gallon upon tho subjeOl of obeying the commands ofi God. Says lie, “Urodron, whalobor God tolls mo to' do in die book, (holding up llie blblo.) dal I'm gwoin , lo do. 11 1 too in ll dal 1< must jump troo* stun wall, I'm gwoin lo jump at it. Gwoin troo it 'longs i lo God—jnmpio ot it ‘longs lo mo l'*—*fttcfiwwnci in- Iquuxr. * “OOR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS DB RrQUT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1852 DEATH OF KINGS. Ffom Dr Brewer's Guido to Science. 1 Tho London Timet, j Wet«rt«r»* Eloquence* William tho Conqueror died from enormous fat, ScICHCC Answering Simple Questions. Tho morning after tho death of llio Duko of Well’, The following beautiful extract we give from a from drink, and from tU. violonc. or Hi. punoiu. . . n . . ingloo, 100 Londoo Tioio» proiootod Ibo public wllli .crulon by Rev, Thorn.. AtoiiUgo, pro.ohod B.b- Willi.™ Rufus died .1.0 de.lh of .bo poor .tog. ho Why .. r»m wo sofn-Beoauso ~ .a no. ,m- .hr., loog ooluoioo, ombr.o.og a corroc. 1...- b . lh 7lh in „ , in 1110 of lh . burned. prognaieo wun earm anu minerals. I lory of Ins hfo ; ood Uis said (hero is not on eim- M /lt , . Henry llio first died with gluttony, having oaten Why 19 U more easy 10 wash with soft water nont living man in Groat Britain or her possessions. Norfolk street Babtist Church, Now York, from Jod 100 much of a-dish of lampreys. (than willi hard I—Because soft water unites fteely | whoso lifo tho Times has not got in readiness a 21): 7—lo, and 20—23: .Henry the Second died of * broken heart, occasion, j with soap, and dissolves u instead of decomposing moment’s notice. A writer has recently furnished Nature had formed him for eloquence. A eigaifi. od by ibo bad conduct of his children. A broken U, as hard water does. I some interesting Items relative to the Interior man. ( cant grandeur of parson formed on inviting tenement heart is a very odd complaint for a monarch to dio [ Why do wood ashes make hard water soft 1 | ligament of this popular and Inin, ‘.table journal. | for a princely tenant. Grace, dignity, aolsomnily, of. Perhaps'rat’s bane in his purridgo’ meant the 1 i s t. Because the carbonic acid of wood ashes Tho managing director of tho Times commences majesty, and massiveness, threw about his personal same thing os a broken heart. combines with the sulphate of lime in the hard hi* nightly task at nine, and never loaves tho office presence an unwonted awe, and sot (be teal of true Richard Ctrur do Lion died like on animal from j walefj an( j converts it into chalk ; 2dly. Wood ' fivo o’clock In tho morning. 110 rc.oppoara at greatness upon him. Yet ho felt himself] that neither which his heart was named, by an arrow from an aa |, o9 cou verts some of tho soluble salts of water' ono *° the afternoon and is occupied until six, cither splendor of person, fluency of speech, grace of maa ttrehor. j nlo insoluble, and throw them down as a sedi- arranging matters fur the following day, or seeing nets, nor power of voice, could mako an eloquent John died nobody knows how, but it is supposed which the water remains more pure. j tho persons from whom that information, which is to man. Hence ho uniformlv declared •' it must exist of chagrin, which wo suppose, is another lorin for a Why has rain water such an unpleasant smell £ u,do world, is derived. During that period -in tho man, in tho subject* and in Ibo oocasldn."— du.o of hellebore . when il is collected in a rain water lob or lankl- «vor,lhinp mu.l bo organized, .nd o.orylhing Hi, eloqoenee ... pocll.rly b|. o«o. Tho dif- Henry tho 1 bird, is said to have died a natural . oimnod, tho business of tho week arranged, parhmen- feronco bolwoen his eloquence and thst of ht^ewtom death.' which., ill. ting, in pol.ee. nc.ni tho moil] UecaoßO it la impregnated wuh ~ou. „0.. i .ictrc.eo • por.ry, Mr. Ul.y, w.a very mamed. Mr. Cl.y I unnatural death by which a mortal can shuffle off nio matters, wasiiod lrorn roots, trees, or uio casks i oul and expunged from police reports, and tho gen. overflowed with passion, made his wit sparkle ood I his‘mortal coil.’ in which it 18 collecleu. . oral duties of tho gravest responsibility fulfilled. J flash at pleasure—gave wings to his fancy—attuned I Edward the First is likewise said to have died of Why dons water melt salt. Because very Ho has numerous assistants at command, subedi-* 1 his voice lo iho key of thunder, or mellowed it to the a 'natural sickhcss,’a sickness which it would puszlo note panicles of water insinuate themselves into tors and subordinates to manage details, but as ho is soften of tho lute, when and as ho ploasod. Now, oil ihs college of physicians to demonstrate. tho pores of the salt, by capilloty attraction, and < accountable before the world, ho cannot toko any- ho charged his artillery with logic, then, with figure Edward the Second was most barbarously, inde- force the crystals apart from each other. I thing for granted, and all that thoy havo done muit —now with vehement denunciation, then, with play ccntiy murdered, by ruffians employed by his own How does blowing hot foods make them cool Ibo revised by him. Manuscripts from secret con- ful imaginings—now. with fervid persuasion, (ben, mother ond her paramour. It causes the ail which tins been healed by (ho tribulors must bu road, and every sonloDoo weighed, with hissing irony. In tho meanwhile,every aspifa. Edward the Third died nf dotage, and Richard llio food to change more rapidly, and give place lo so that no heterodox opinions aro allowed lo pass, lion —every motion —every look—every mtuclo in Second of starvation, the vory reverse of George tho fresh cool air. 1 and the consistency of the paper bo maintained.— tho man came to the aid of his lips and was convert- Fourth. Why do ladies fan themselves in hot weather 1 One loading article must bo measured by another,' cd under his magic,into a living tongue,a slillsmall Henry tho Fourth is said to have died of fits caus- ’fhni panicles of air may be brought in con- ftnd those profound discussions-wlncl) mako Ministers voice. No matter what the theme—tho right* of cd by uneasiness, and uneasiness in palaces at those lacl w j (1) i|, c jr face by the action of tho fan; and tumble, and all Europe respond, must be noted word man, or the vindication of law—tho claims of the li.no. ... a very common complain. . r , I 9 every In-nil panicle of air absorbs some’ heal b J , I wor . d -„ , r , , , 1 government, or llio pr-lncllno of Iho defence!...- Henry llio Fifth is said to havo died, ‘of a pmnlul . ■ , . . ihnm * n addition to those wonderful demands on bis Ins eloquence was always attended with tho tamo allliclion, prematurely.’ This is a courtly phrase of • rof | l lt s lf1 ’ 18 con an c tango ( lime and intelligence, the parlhnontory debates must tliundonngs, «nd ligtilnioga, and fascinations, and gelling rid of a king. Cool. . . . bo looked after, and short leaders bo written in tho sallies, and quaking*, which entranced or overawed Henry the Sixth died in prison, by moans known Does .i fan cool the au INo, U makes t»e air „p SCC D f Q u , o , nen i f or mnllcf* that admit uf no do all who hoard him. When his clouds rained,they only lo In, jailor, end known only in hoa.cn. Holler, by imparling lo II iho ills heat of our face, | ay . To sustain oil this exertion, and produce a pourod floods and tornado torrents like (he overbur- Edward llio Fifth was strangled in the lower by 1 but coo.» out laco by transferring ils heat to the journal such as tho Times is, six days in Ibo week, n duned water ►pout, whoso precious fullness reads it Ins uncle Ricluid llio Third, whom Humes declares J air. man must have a head conversant with all human ia I wain, and sweeps all before it! to have possessed every iprriity- fur government. -This j Why is there always a strong drought through learning, and a body un which fatigue makes no un ( Cut Mr. Webster's eloquence was of another typo. Richard tho Third was killed in battle, fair It, of iho key bole id, a door 1 Because iho nil in the room press ion. , In its structure, thcro was more of tho head but less coureo, for all kings were cither killed fair, or died we occupy is warmer lhan tho atr in tho hall ;; of tho heart. More exposition,jbut lest passion.— naturally lo (lie court circulars of those days. J therefore, tin 1 air from tho hall rushes through the J THE CHAMELEON, More definition, but less boauiy. Mote history and Henry tho Seventh wasted away, as a miser ought keyhole into the room, and causes a draught. I officer in Africa thus writes of tho habits oj nvomory, but less action. Ho was always colm, and d<>, and Hcmy the Eighth died of carbuncles, ful Why is ibere always a strong draught under the . - . . * accurate, and legal. Ho was always weighty, and id fury, whilst Edward the Sixth died of dedmu. j door and through the crevices on «ach T I)« . um anm '“ l * 'sombre, and even. Ho look Ins tone, his key-oole Queen Mary is said lo have died of a “broken l C(jl ml nation- Qurahon by Counatl Sir, you any you attended iho bjlo on Uio oxccutiun spoken vl. Did you keep illo minutes of Iliut solo 7 IVi/ness—Don't know, sir, bul I did don’l rec oiled whether I kept tho romuics, or tho Sheriff, or nobody. 1 think it wn ono of u». Counsel —Woll, sir, will you tell me whal articles wore told on (hat cxoculion 7 Mere the Witness herniated, not willing to commit i himscll by going into particulars, until tho palionls lof tho counsel became exhausted, and ho pressed a special interrogatory. Counsel Did vou on that occasion sell a thresh mg machine 7 ll’i/ness—Yes, I think wo did. Counsel — 1 wish you to bo positive. Are you sure of a 7 11 iLncis —Can't say that I am sure of il; and when I come to think of it, 1 don't know us wo did ; ihiuk wo did'nt- Counsel —Will you swear, then that you did not aoll ono 7 IVifnns No, sir; don’t think I would ; for 1 can’t say whether wo dm or didn't. Counsel — Did you sell * horso power t lYilnvss— Horse power 7 Counsel— Vos, boric power! Witness — Horse power ! Well, it seems to roe wo did. And then it seems to mo did'iil. 1 do not know now as i can recoiled whether I remember there was sny hurao power there j and if thcio wasn't any there, 1 can't say whether wo sold it or not; bul I don't think wo did ; though it may be, perhaps, that wo did, after all. It is eomo llmo ago, and 1 don t like lo say certainly. ... Counsel— Woll, perhaps you can 101 l mo this: did you sell n fanning mill 7 Witness— Yos, sir, wo ajjld a fanning mill, 1 guess lam sure of that. / Counsel Well, you swear to that do you 7 that olio thingi though 1 don’l 000 it on tho list. Witness-Why. 1 niay bo mUloken about it ; per haps I am. U may ho il was somebody clsc's fan ning mill at eooio other lime; not sure. Counsel (to the court)—I should like to know, may it ploaso tho court, what this witness does know, and what ho is sureof. Wit net * (to counsel)—Well, sir. I know ono thing, that I sen suro of; and that is, that on that sale wo sold either a threshing machine or a horse pototr or B fanning mitt, or ono, or all, or neither of them, but 1 don’t know which ! ‘‘You are from Iho country, arc you not sir ?' said a dandy dork iu a bookstore lo a homely dressed Quaker, who had given him some troubls. “Yea." ~ ••Well lioro ii an ..toy on llm routine of calves ' "That,” Bj»d Aminodab, ta be turned to leave Ibo store,‘thee bad belter present lo liiy mother.” (Xj* ‘Suppoeo thoro are aix chickens in a coop and ilia man sells three, how many are llioro loft ?' •What lirao ob day was it?’ • What linio yb day waa ii 7’ 'Why wlul do dobblo iiua that got (o do with it ?' „ . . , •A good deal, honey. K \\ w»» after dark, dor wouldn’t bo none loll; that ia. if you happened to come along that way.’ •Look boro, nigger, just atop Ihom personalities.— If you don't I’ll explode your bead with a pump ban die. 1 will atrliu na Mosoa!' A woman baa no natural grace more bewitching than a sweet laugh. It ia like the sound of flutes on water. It her heart in a clear, spark lina rill, and the heart that hear* it feola if bath ed iu the exhilarating cpringa. "Nobody likes to bo nobody } but everybody ia pleased to think liimaolf aomehody. And everybody ia uoincbody, but when anybody thinks himself to bo somebody,bo generally thinks everybody elao lo bo nobody.” •Didyou say that my brother Join did'nl know as much ua Smith's yellow dog ?’ •No, I said Smith's yellow dog know more than your brother Jem,' . I The ideas of eternity and infinity* ore moats in I the human mind as attractions towards perfection, las Indications and promises of incalculable olovo ] turn. ' / eaten. AN AUCTION KCBMS. Strolling through our city, we chanced into an auction room tu seu w hat bargains we could tmiko. Tho auctioneer was on tho aland with a piece ul calico. Kiirlu oonli a ysrJ tvns bid. giro you ten,” says unoihor. ‘'Going at ion. Going.’ gone. Yours, madam; walk in and settle.” “I didn't bid on it,” exclaimed the old lady, ad vanning. ••Wo’ll thank persons not lo hid if they don’t want an article," said the auctioneer. ••Going then at oglu! Who says more than eight 1” • Nmol nine! Who soys ten! Going at nine! Going, gone ! Yours, sir. Cash lakes il at tune cents." •■1 didn’t bid," said tho gentleman. “I don’l want ii; I wouldn't givo five cents for the whole piece." (Auctioneer getting angry.) “If sny one bids again they will have lo lake tbs article, or got into trouble." (Throwing down angrily the piece.)- ‘Give mo something else. All ! gentlemen, here is a Uno piece of nuPtfn; what can 1 got fur this ! Anything you ploaso." “I’ll start at five." “Ten," soys another. “Twelve and a half,” said o third. “Thirteen," cries so old lady. “Fourteen, fifteen," cried several voices. “Fifteen 1 am offered; fifteen—dons at fifteen! can’t dwell! going! g-o-i-n-g! ijonk ! Yours, sir. Slop up whoever hid." No ono came, ull eyus stating in various ports of the room. “Going, then, at fourteen I Voura, air, walk up here.” But the bidder could nol bn made lo walk up. “Thirteen, then, mudutiij you can have it at your bid.” “I didn’t bid. What do you think 1 want of that article I” snid the old lady Indignantly. “Here, I’ll idk» Uat ihiriron,” exclaimed a voice at the other end of the room. All eyes weroi turned in that direction, but no claimant stopped forward. , , ~ “Who aays they’ll take It at thirteen 7 “I do.” said an old fat faced farmer. “Well, sir. w«lk up mid mho it.” * “I’m afraid u’astolen goods 1" »aye the fat faced man. The auctioneer, now quite mad, sprang down, und waa about lo collar the old man whena pereon right behind him cried : • • ‘Don't strike him t It was mo that said you stole ihom," Tim auctioneer turned round, when a dog appa* ront'y right «l his herds, snuffed and barked most furiously. >With o sudden spring upon his eoun* ll>ri ho ordered tho crowd 1 to leave. An aoauumt anci' at our elbow, no longer able lo control him* , anil', bum into a loud laugh. as a genteel little I man paeand out at tho door whom he told us was i Ulna, tho ventriloquist. Sbnt Tits Insane fioßntAL. —Ephraim Goar, the person who attempted lo lake the life of Col.| iFniilamb, at tho Stale House In Philadelphia, has 1 upon a nloa of insanity, been sent to tho Insane 1 I Hospital iu that city. As some of itiO bubjlo ol ilio oliomili’oii mnj nol bo'geneully known, I vs ill lake tho liberty ot men- , tiontng a few of them which catno under my own observation. One morning, on my return from parade, 1 saw, close own tent, a very largo chameleon hanging on a bush. 1 immediately secured him, and provided u box for him to repose in. In the course of a tew days ho became quite ' familiar, and having seen thorn before, 1 knew how ’to gain Ins affections—which, in the first place, was done by feeding him well, and in the next 1 place, by scratching his back with a feather! I used to pul him on my table at brcakfaai, and in I the course of a few nnnuloa 1 have seen turn de | vour at least fifiy /lies, catching thorn in ilio moat | dexterous manner with his Jong and slimy tongue; I nor docs ho ever move ('run his position; bui so sure as an unfortunate lly comes within reach, so ; sure is he caught, and w uli the rapidny of (iiouglit. i 1 In the forenoon 1 a I v\ ays gave Imu a large slico of i | waier-melon, the w hole of which ho devoured, and [ lie generally supped on as many flies as ho could | I manage to entrap, selling at defiance tho “noble theory of thu chameleon's dish. Pro mises would nol have suited him at all, being, at Ulo end of each day, c-oneidorably more like a crammed capon than an air-fed chameleon. It is not true that the animal will change color according to what ho is pul on; but he will change shade according as ho is pleased or displeased.- j llis general hue is a blight green, w ilh tmiall gold I spois over Ins body; ho remains at this shade when Iho is highly pleased, by being in the sun, o r being j fed, or scratched, which lie delights in. When ;mgry— and ho is very easily mady so-—his hue 'changes to a dusky green, almost black, and the I gold spots oro not to bo seen; but I could nevui p»>ic>-»vo any other color on lus body but green, in u variety of shades. Tho spot® enlarge very much when ho 18 in a good humor—so much, indeed, us to give a yellow tinge to the upper part of the animal ; bui in general they nro uinroly Imlo yel low spots here and thero on Iho back and side. 1 earned him to Sicily, w here ho died, much regret { ted. Give us the man who sings at his work ! Be Ills occupation w hat u may, ho' is equal to any o( ' vhuse who follow the name pursuit in Mlenl sullen ness, lie will do more in the same tune, lie will do il better, lie will persevero longer. One is scarcely sensible of fatigue whilst he marches to music. Tho very stars are said to make harmony as they revolve in (huir spheres. Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness t altogether past cal culation its powers of endurance. Efforts lo bo permanently useful must ho uniformly joyous, a spirit all sunshine, graceful from very gladness, beautiful because light. The following advertisement appeared in an Irish paper: “Whereas. John Mall lias fraudu lently taken away several articles of wearing ap parel without my knowledge, tins is therefore to inform him that if he docs not forthwith return ihe same hit name shall be made public. Tho Editor of thu Nashville (Tonn.) 7Vue Whig is tho author of “thcao c'ro Items.” When your wife begins to scold, lot her have it 1 out. Pul your feel up rozily over the ftro mldcp— loll back In your ohutr—light ono of your boat ci gars, and Ini the storm rngo on. Say nothing— make no answer to anything. Tin Farr Soii.krs,— Several Frcosoil pipers, in diffuront sections of tho country, are urging an ear ly call of a National Convention, to make arrange ments for tho PreildcnlGl election in 185 G. They nil urge tho nomination of the lion. John I‘. Halo, and recommend their friends to act upon tho ug grrtsivc, call in members from tho other parties, without asking whore ihoy come from, aud to “go to work with a dolorminod purpose tosucccd in 185 b.” Thus. 9. Frrnon. , of Phil.idolpliia county, is named in (he Hiirnaburg /’rnon, os (ho next Deni octtlio candidate fur Canal Conimissionar. Tho Sliawl Cost of Thibet, from the fleece of which the finest Cashmere thaw Is are manufactured, has been successfully naturalized in Chili. The Peruvian government ha* lately concluded a contract lor the Introduction about eighty animals of the pure kind, will) the object of propagating the slock in ilie mountainous district* of Puru. where it it believed (hoy will thrive as well as in the high table lauds oi Lauak and Thibet, the regions of their origin. Tho town of Rutland, lit Vermont, is said to have turned out a million dollars worth ol marble ths past yoor. A Western papnr, in describing the effect of n aovere thunder storm, Bays: “A cow was struck bv lightning and nminiiily killed,belonging to the village physician, who hud a beautiful calf four years old.’ At Diiioinnali they opened n halo of oollon, and found Urn body of a negro pressed Imo It. So great was tho pressure that tho body of the man was not more then three inches thick. 03” Tho man who minds his own business has go* a good steady employment. Philosophers say that shutting the eyes makes the senaca of hearing more occule. A wag suggest* that .this accounts for so many closed eyas that are seen i iu our churches on Sunday*. IT $3 00 PEI iSICi NO. 28. pathktic. The following linos arc inscribed on & tombstone 1 in I’awluckel: ’( “And ia licr lovely spirit fled, I la harriol emHy reposing with (bo dead. I Alas (bat such A Hour should bloom, I To waste iu fragrance in (bo tomb, j Thus sublunary Joys decay, I Our swceicst comforts pass away." ■Dipby, wijl you have some of this butter 7’ 'Thank you inarm, I can't take anything si rang, I belong to Uio Temperance Society.’ (£j* A nun with wounded feelings walks into the country, and (hero Iho perfumes and sweet aspects of nature accost Ins heart with consolation. 1 Tlio area of Baby ion was 5320 square miles, (bat of Ninpvali 51 It tquj ro inilog, wtulo ihat of London urn} its environ# is but 111 square miles. There arc llireo sort# of friends—your friends ■who likf you, your friends why do not oaro for you, and your friends Out bate you. (TT"! wonder what make# my eyca ao weak V aald ii gentleman. 'Why they are In a weak place,* re plied the Utter. llavpv Folks.— A child with a rattle, a smalt chap drumming on a tin pan, n schoolboy on a holiday, two lovers walking by moonlight, a gent imbibing n sherry cobbler, a boy sucking new el der through a straw, and two country misses over “ IMuae yer honor," says I‘ady, •• 1 was trying to gal a good ’uu.’ A WoNDStlPut. Saw —Of all the ilffl that I ever' aaw aaw, I ncvbr saw a saw saw like that's**" saws. (£j- God looks down hpon those with an «/•' 6f favor who sincerely lookhp to him with an cjs of faith. ■ for a aick oyster to if»ep his fbfll) shut.” , | Carpenters arc In great demand at Savannah. (Georgia. Ono person «d?eriltea' for