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<i air ru& | l(?s f rom iho hall, to supply Um , r ‘. um .\ k ’* uf • ““ d
h«*art,” whereas she died of a sutfoil from eating 100 hv lh . rs _. r)e of ’ , IlJlf the lido that flowed from hit 1 ps was about as deep,
much black pudding, her sanguinary being prone to ..' , ' ond cloar, und ponderous, as tho. abyss that throb*
holt’s blood or blood of any sort. .up ttto rhtmni'y. Kr. and hooves about its key-stone. When men heard
Old Queen Bess is said lo have died of melon. 1 V^ h y 13 there always a draught throng Mr. Clay, they felt, and decided, and acted; when
choly, from InviiKT sacrificed Essex to his enemies. ’ w 1 udow crevices' Because tho external air, Wo they hoard Mr Wohslcr, they slopped, and pondered,
James the Ftrbl'died of drinking, and of the effects’tug colder lhan the au of vho room wo occupy, and thought. Of him il may be said, in Iho words
ul u nameless vioo. rushes ill rough the <* inflow crov ices Vo supply iho of tho text, •• Unln me men gave car, and kept sl-
Cliarlca llio Fust died a righteous doalli on tho iMictency caused by Iho escape of llio warm au Icnco at my couosol; oflcr my words thoy spake not
scaffold, and Charles tho Second died suddenly, it is up the chimney, &c. ng-nti.”
said of apoplexy It you open the lower sash of n window, there
t Willmm tho Third died of consumptive habits of |* (n oro draught lhan if you open llio upper sash,
i body, and from tho stumbling of his horse. ' Explain the reason of this 1 ll ihc lower bash bo
Queen Anno died from her attachment lo “strong opm, cold external air will rush freely into the
water,” or m other words from drunkenness, which foom an j caugo a g roa t dniughl inward; but if iho
her physicians as politely called the dropsy. upper sash bo open, the healed air of the room
George iho I ourih died of drunkenness, winch his w j|j ruB h out, and of courso ihero will bo less
phyMc.ans ns pulilely called on opopletic fit. draught inwatd. I
George the Second died by a rapture on the heart, w , |ji;h mt . anB j 9 a room better vontilatod— 1
Ihc iioModio.l. of Iho duy lenned q vi.i ..lion / j or , mv6r sas |, , A „„„„ is |
□ . Ood I. Iho only inflUnce in wlml. Ood o.ot ve „; naled n|)enlng „ ppP , ; ho
'“oV.'rso'iho"Third d.od .. ho lived-. o,.dra.n.- j«»« U.e hoi, vm.lod air. which always ascends
Thronehool life h 0... .1 Ic.al a conai.lant raun . low aril lie celling, can «aca|.e more ea.lly.
j t • By which moans is a hot room morn quickly
” Ocoreo llio Fourlh died of glollony ond drunk coolod-=hy oponn.j iho upper or loner sash \ \
cnnr»s hot room h cooled more quickly by opening the
William tho Fourth died amidst the sympathies of lowtn ».»al. ; liecauso the cool air can entur more
his subject*. ilreely at the lower part of the room than at the
upper.
| \\ by iint‘9 the wind dry dump linen ? Ik'ransn
dry wind, Uku a dry sponge, Imbihos llio pHrnclcs
of vapor I ruin the surlace of ihu linen as fust an
they are funned.
Winch is the hottest place in a church or cha
pel! The gallery.
Why i* the gallery of all public places hotter
than the lower puns of the buildings l Because
tho healed air ol ihu building ascend*; and all the
cold air übidi can enter through iho doors ami
windows, keeps to the floor till it lias become
hculetl.
\V by dn plants often grow out of walls and low
era 1 Either because lhe \\ inri blew llie seed there
willi the duM; or else because some bird, flying
over, dropped seed there, which il had formerly
Cross»fCx<> 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
<m ice cieani.
A member, in alluding in the bill for the benefit
of married w omen, before the Missouri Legislature,
asked M it would not be belter for the mmwbora \o
do something for the benefit of single ladies, and
not lioublo ihomselvos with other mrn'a um - ea.
A liuiuiiT nddrisaing an audlonco, contended
with tiresome prolixity, that art could not improve
nniure* niton one of his hearers, losing all pa
tience, set the room in a roar by exclaiming—
•• How would you look without a wig 1"
flivrrtt. f’cnrt.K.—’l'lio young lady who lelf
her mother do the ironing, for fear of spreading
her hands tho miss who wears thin shoes on a
rainy H.iy, And the young gentleman who is asham
ed to be been willing wuh Ills lather.
To niial u»o will ihoy cuuveil oast iron nezlf—
They ato now pulling down cast iron pavements, in
Huston ; and putting up cast iron houses in pit (ho
cities. The roof of iho new congressional library
apartment, nl Washington, is rnndo of iron | and h
great many subscribers to newspapers have cast trail
consciences !
A recent writer asserts (hat (he loess man know#/
i the wider ho carries often, lie says-—*' It
is ae impossible fur all ignoramus to keep his jaw*
rluscd ae it is fur a sick oyster to keep hit shill
•hut."
A resident of the west complaining that he Could
nut *|uop one mg lit summed up Ibo causes. “ A
wailing babe of seventeen days—dug bowling under
the window—oat fight in the alley—a colored seren
ade at the shanty over the way —a tooth ache—and
a pig It y lug the back-door."
A Ipa chcr io a Sunday school was lecturing a
claaa uf litllo girl* on tilo ioHuenro of pioua inatruo
lion in Ihu formation of youthful character. “Ah,
Mias Caroline," said ho to ono of tht class, “ whali
du you think you would hare Icon without your good
father and pioua mother 7" " I suppose, air,” an
swered Miaa Caroline, “ 1 should have been art or*
phan."
An Irishman waa 0000 brought baforo a magistral*
charged with marrying aix wives- The magistral*
naked him how ho could be so hardened a vidian.—>
“ 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.
<Xj* Labor In England is rapidly rising in price.
Tho industry of all parts of England continues th *
highly prosperous aiaiu, am) Micro la a tohdeucy.
everywhere to a nao ip prices.* Tl(u dpipatld fur
iron continues beyond the 'means uf auppty, am}
further considerable advance baforo Chnalmiis is i«-
gardvd as inevitable. '
A recent writer asserts that tho levs rman knows
the wider lie carries hii mouth upon. Übssys—*li
ia as impossible for i»n ignoruuus to kosp hlsijaws!
cloned us it >■ for a aick oyster to if»ep his fbfll)
shut.” ,
| Carpenters arc In great demand at Savannah.
(Georgia. Ono person «d?eriltea' for