V v ■ rOHN B. BRATTON. ‘ -r—■■■■ - ■ . • OUR COUNTRY MAY IT ALWAYS BE Rl( r—‘BUT RIOIITOR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” ' " " -- --- - -^= VOL.. 39. THE WONDEBFUIi IMAGE. FROM THE GERMAN. The mother hoard iho daughter say '*l fain would go to church end pray, Before an imago there.” For holy thought* had moved tjjal day The maiden young and fair. ri Oh child! for Ihco my bosom bloods, The Scripture curses all such deeds. , pod’s word thou should’st believe, Twill help the in the greatest need, These idols but deceive !” M Tho idol, mother, let mo say. Which draws me to the church to-day, Is not of wood or stone : II is a youth right brave and gay, Well built of flesh and bono. Sunh Idols have (he power, *tis said, To draw to church both man and maid, And oft by (horn unsought, Without the slightest holy aid. Groat miracles have wrought. JWmccUßucoiifl. TUB OLD-TIME MAY-DAY. May-day was a gallant season Tor our English sires. 1 The old time customs celebrated it with the blow. 1 ing of horns,and the drinkingofhorns, with music and the dance, with branches from the woods carried in triumph, adorned with nosegays and crowns of flowers; fresh boughs wore hung upon the door posts of houses along treo-lrimmcd streets ; hawthorn nnd sycamore flourished in (ho churches, and the choris ters with gonial hymns greeted— •• Tlio flow'ry May, who from her green Inn throws Tiie yellow cowslip amt (he pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May I that doth inspito Mirth and youth, nml fond desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth Imam thy h'ossing, Thus wo salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee and wish ihee long.' 1 Far back among (lie Druids the festivities of the season were not unknown. On M.iy-ovc (hey lighted vast fires on high places in token of their joy. But It was In latter and more * merrio’ ages that we meet the true old English celebration of May Day. Flora was the goddess of the time. Under her kindly in fluence, Nature awaked from her wintry reposo to greet her seconded lord : and now, whilo grass is newly up springing, nnd fresh juices ore circulating through ail forms of vegetation, while (ho lender buds are swelling, and odors are exhaled like Incense, when the flowers appear on the earth, and the time of the siaging.birds has come; oh, what puritanism shall say that (ho kindred joy of man shall not break forth into singing, that wo shall not go into the woods and mingle our feeble tribute of grateful thankful ness with the raany-volcccd anthem which reviving nature pours forth from upland and vole, from for est and stream ! Who shall say (hut wo shall not enthrone the May.Quocn, that wo shall not bring in the garlanded May-polo and sol it up as a spire, that the tripping feet of men and maidens shall not ac company the thrilling notes of birds, that when all things about us are sparking with sunshine or re dolent of flower perfume, wo shall pul on sack cloi h and ashes, and gloom over our Toolings with snarling precepts dragged up from the tub of Diogenes?— Rather let us proclaim the old invitation ; And away to the May-polo trio ; For every he hu got him n ohe. And the minstrel'* standing fry Washington Irving tells as in choice language how at the Aral sight of the May polo, winch wan qn the banks of the Doc, near the quaint little city of Cheater, his fancy adorned it with wreaths of flowers, and peopled tho green bank with all the dancing revelry of May-day. The sight of it gave aglow to his feelings and spread a charm over the country, and turned all into o perfect Arcadia. Now are theso historic andanccalrul recollections heighten ed by the gladsome scenery of the lime, when Spring comes on, clothing earth and sky and woods in (heir richest garniture of flower and sheen and Ailing the groves with melody, so that our sad world neems transfigured into avast cathedral, bedecked, na for the joyoua riles of the ' bridal of the earth and sky,' where nature, from her own animate and inanimate works, provides the vestures, the inccncc and the harmonica of the temple service. Listen, yo 1 budge doctors of tho stoic fur,' to tho ctiron icier who tells you that ‘ on May-day in tho morning, every man, except impediment, would walk into tho sweet mend uws and greeno woods, there to rejoice their spirits with the beauty and savor of swede flowers, and with the harmony of birds prnysing God in their, kind. I find that la the month of May tho citizens of London, of all estates, lightly, in every parish, nr sometimes two or three parishes joymng together, had their aeversl msying. and did frlcli in May poles, with diverse warlike shows, with good archers, morrla-dauncers, and other devices, for pastime all the day long, and towards tho evening they had stage playcs and boncfirca in the afreets.’ And an old ballad soys : •• Upon tho first of May Willi garlands fresh am) gap. With mirth anil music sweet. For such a season meet. They pnarv their lime away , They dance away sorrow. And all tho day thorow. Their loga doc never fhyle. Behold tho bringing in of the May pole : “ twen t(o nr fourllo yoke of oxen, every oxo havying a sweete nosegaio of flowers lycd on the tippe of his horns, and these oxen drawe homo this Male poolc, which la covered all over with flowers and hoarbos, bound round about© with slrlngcs from tho top to tho bottomo, and some tymo psinlod with variable colours, with twoo or three hundred men, women and children foliowying it with groalo doyotion. And thus baying roared up, with handkerchiefs and flagges streaming on the loppo, they * trow ® l,l ° grounds aboato, blndo greeno bougbos about It, sol up sommor haul os, bowers and arbours hard by 11, and then fall they to banquet and feast, to leap and daunco about.’ , . But wo must coaso this rambling omong tho by. gooes. Puritaniam pul an end to aueh festivities, and we atlppoao they must not bo revived in these fastidious times. Lot us part, however, tn a friendly mood} and if for you wo pray— •• God bless you all, both great and email. And aond you a Joyful May t" , vou will, wo trust, unite with us In lamenting mat— ' •■ No more tho May-polo's verdant height around. To valor’s games th* ambitious youths advance , pfo merry balls and tabor's sprightly sound. m Wsko the loud carol and too sportive dance. The fllaryaße Ceremony* An anocodolo is related by Mr. Halo, of Now Ilamfahlfo, in ono of bio Free 801 l speeches, lo Ihlo C • a couple como to mo ono night, and wished mo to join thorn in wedlook. I cooaonlod lo perform (ho ootoroony, and oald to tho man— •Do you toko this woman to bo your woddod rtr«t* •Do yqu t»ko this man lo bo year law/bl hus band r • Then you aro naan and wife—that's all.' Bolh looked at mb with great astonishment, and the lady asked— • la that all 7* • WoV^Vo'remarked, ‘taint ouob a mighty affair after all.* An infant was almost killed in Pittsburg, on Sunday week, by Up Inhuman paronlo odmimoloring wblikoy to il. From the Washington Union. Interesting letter from Australia, The following' Idler is from a composilor from Hub dlj, who loft last summer for Iho golden land of Auslralin. Its alalomcnls may bo nf service to those and particularly printers—who contemplate a journey to the far off land, with the idea of bettor, mg their condition: , Melbodrn, Nov. 15, 1852. v v . , Y ° U " ro “ waro lh “ l wo RRilod from U,ri 4 Th rn lh J 3d ?. f Wo drived hero on Iho 14th of Ootober, alt in good health, only having hod one death on Iho voyage. Six emigrant ships canto up by Iho same lido, having allogolhor about 3000 passengers. • • . Immediately upon landing, 1 looked out for a boarding house ; but mot wallido success, as every place wae ae full as it could bo, and thousands of people wore living in tentsm and about iho city. However,! wandered a mile or two out of town, and contrived to gel into a shed at the moderate rent of £2 2s. per week There arc but two newspapers in the place, and two jobbing offices [lho wrllor was lucky enough to gel a situation on a daily paper shortly after arriv ing, and considered it a pieco of good fourluno most ’unaccountable.’} Our paper pays 2s. 6d. per thous and ema, and 2s. 6d. per hour, or £6 per week. (830) I can earn as many pounds hero as I could dollars m New York. There is not another paper, however that pays so high a pf|cp t and wo have to labor dor many disadvantaged Wo have no wotor and no gas. There are quite as many compositors walk, mg about tho streets idle, as there arc employed.— Thousands of poor creatures land in this city with scarcely five dollars la bless themselves, and by tho lime they have had a few mouls they are without a farthing. Nearly all my follow passengers went to the diggings, and several have returned quite dis couraged. They say those who are there, are barely , making their expenses, and that two things ore in , disponsably necessary—cnpilol and a proper knowl edge of mining. 1 have received several letters from several parlies at the mines; they nil tell the same tale, and all are anxious to leave the diggings and follow other pursuits. There are. no doubt, mony 1 opportunities in this city at present for a man of, capital and enterprise, but one without either had I better remain home. Wages have boon very good, I ! 1,1,1 uro now decreasing on account of tho vast in flux of people, nad WO *ro o.pnnlmg ooory «J.y hear of our wages being lowered. On tho other hand, provisions nro the same price now os they were a month since. Bread is 2a. 6d. per 4 pound lojf, flour, £47 per ton, potatoes, $l5 per ton, eggs. 4d. and Gd. a piece, opplca, Is. 6d. per pound. 1 have lasted nothing in the shape of vegetables, except po tatoes. since 1 arrived in the colony ; 1 heard that ss. was asked (or a cabbage. Ale and porter are 2s. per quart, beef and-mullun Is. per lb. Furniture is , amazingly dear. The bouse 1 now live in is a small one of two rooms on the ground floor, something similar to one of those Irish shanties in the suburbs of Now York, for whloh my Isndloid pays £2 10s. per week. There is scarcejy a hundred respectable looking house in tho wholiTplaco. Building lots sell at the rale of £l6 per fool in some parts of Afclbourn. There seems to bo a very little doing in this city, though there is plenty ofcapital and plenty of labor in the market. There is no public works in opera tion, no railroads, no canals, no telegraphs, to bo found anywhere. Everybody says things cannot last long In this way—they must come to a crisis. Things are in the same stale at Sydney, Adelaide, and Hobart town. • • » The climate is not good by any means ; tho changes of (empaturo are much more sudden, and moro extreme than those of Now Yui k. Met bourn is about t lie size of Nowan», a3vi^oftf'ioming to this place to slay at home. There are ten chances to one that ho will do bettor in America than here.— There arc thousands of people In this country who nru cursing the day they over decided to come to Australia. There are now about 100.000 people at the mines, and the escorts during (ho fiat four weeks have not brought down anything near GO.OUO ounces per week on an average. Munnp.it and Roananr. —A few months since (wo soldiers deserted from Fort M.iso i rlniaol Is. Wander cd about for days on llic-ir return to (lie Staten, in It-ar at any moment of filling into the hands either of ht elilo Indians or of troopn in pursuit. They mol with another dosoitcr ai d die three were overtaken by o party of trading Delawares, conni-lmg of tho nqui w cl a trader, her brother, and name nine or ton mules. The Delawares fed the fellows, ami agreed that they should (ravel with them to (ho frontier, giving them mules to lido on. With all thin kind nesn tho villains conceived the dastardly design of murdering of murdering the squaw and the man for the money which they learned she* had about her, and taking the mules to the Stales for sale. Tho trader hod died somewhere near Salt Lake, and they were returning to p*y bis debts, uiul commence trade on (heir own account. Ono day at noon, tho parly stopped lo din* «nd tv»(er tiro moles, and the hutelfbry was commenced. They followed (ho Del aware down to tho water course, and soon dispatch ed him. They (hen returned to (ho woman, cut her throat, and throw her body into a gully, through which—as if Providence had ordained it for this particular purpos^—tho water flowed. Tho villans divided the money and made their way to tho States, sold the mules, and went to St. Looin. Tho woman afterwords managed to crawl out of tho gully, and was at length picked up by a tribe of Indians who brought her to tho frontier, and (hen gavo such in formation as led to tho arrest nf the throe scoundrels in St. Louis, by on officer, who look them up the country, whore they were recognised by tho squaw, and fully committed for (rial by tho mogislratos (hero. How to do it. —Tho Albany Dutchmen “lots off" any quantity of 'good things' weekly, and among other sensible advice, says: “Thoro is nothing to bo gained by dangling for a twelvemonth offer a sensible woman, talking un meaning stuff—words without wisdom. Tull her you wish, like a man, and not liko a blubbering school boy. She will novor triflo with your affoc lions ; and if (horo aro three grains of common sense in your mucklo carcass, she will bo your own boforc a month hss passed. See tho history ofßobocoo, in Genesis, S4lh ohoplor and 571 h versos When Abra ham’s servant lisa concluded tho preliminary con tract with Mrs. Lahan, on tho part of bor daughter to become tho wife of Isaac, tho old man was anx ious to got homo, to show his young master (ho bonny lass ho had brought with him; tho mother wished him to remain a few days to recruit himself and his camels. Ho persisting, it was finally refer, rod to tho daughter. 'Wo will call tho damsel and inquire at her mouth,' said tho mother. When Re. booca appeared, her mother asked—‘Wilt thou go with this man ?' Uobccoa replied, ‘I will go.’ Thoro was a noble girl for you. No tear starting from her black eyes; no whlnnlng, nor simpering mako bo. liovo, nor mock modesty ; but what hor heart wished lior tips uttered. Liko on honest maiden, abo re plied, *1 will go.' Now, young ladies, go thou and do likewise. When the roan whom you prefer bo fore all others In tho world says—‘Will you go with me?' answer,'l will go.' By the by, ladles, when you wish to road a truo, simple and unsophisticated lovo story, just road over tho twenty fourth chapter of Genesis. (CJ- Tlio Waohlngton Ropnbllo proposes the fob lowing i ••If a body which no power can atop, moots a body which no power can move, what would bo tho effect of a oolliasion 7’* According to opr figuring a lUtlo kicking up behind, old horse.' (CJ» Tho Earl of Ellesmere ia said to bo coming lo No* York with his family, to act at tho ropro eonUtiva of (ho British nation at tho groat exhibit ion to bo held there. CARLISLE, PA.7rFC/isMY, MAY 26, 1853 -v x.lo About a Head. | A Sudden Dentil* Teli.fclro'w!”. b '„"“ k , n l e ' n t,h ° h °ye°a to Doctor! Wo were witnesses tho other day of a sadden ns big as General Jackson™'” Ho dink”?” 1 “ h"” 1 i f e | “, 11l—01,0 of 1,1080 instanlanooas end onaceoon our rosneoliUe fnllnn ei?i. n . nrr? i f ? r oT ° n ' akle where the.silver chord in na loosed, for coolness bo .. .1 *', d “ 1 but BuddeD| y snapped, where Ihe golden bowl falls Norfh Po" ’ 00,1 ““ ‘ hl!lip top of 11,0 and i 8 broken, where IhXower and fabric of hu- Ono day, Dr. Tnlisferro, upon tho cession of tlio dron's^inlo'rohi premon T n ° r 88 ™ing cause, commencement of a Medlctl College* „f w ki oh i lO 1 dr< JP, lnto ru,n * . , \ hold ihe chair of gave a dih cr Amonir r l '? ero wa,kiD S B,on g one of the mam streets hie guests woe a well ’ L ttlo :i[ ;°‘ the cl . l y» a "d just befpre us was walking a man tho evening, oftop the bottle bad done i,* wor k the ' . 080 B .' ze an< * seeming strength contrasted strik convcreallon turned upon courage, and | ]o Doctor I w ' l^e naiserablo and tailored garments he boasted considerably of his favorite manlike. Ho woro— *°° mean and 100 poor for the poorest and offered to bet that nothing could scare hin'j an( j ;j,i a meanest occupation. Suddenly he slopped* or bet the ventriloquist took up, naming atbo some ralher ha lf slopped, and without a word or motion Umo the tost he wanted Imposed. Jake wa, on i f or 110 betray cause or consciousness, fell dead upon . x i . mc -j . | the side walk. He was Immediately lifted up by Jake, said (ho Doctor, 4 I have beta 1a* 0 sum Ihe passers-by and put upon his feet, for It seemed * ,°h I !nl O w n . yOUr v" d ’ aDd you muBt win 1 Do t 0 00 one * certainly not to ua, that this could bo ‘ Bcrrv wnll !!!,(„, i ~ , T i , • ( death—so quick, eo sudden, so totally unexpected, niceor whll di' . Jh» H ,“, kC ,' jn f‘ " dis | ond willloul shadow of warning: But all as ‘."."Jr;-.Tho“w-r L- d Win j,nd two dead bodies there. Cut off J of h is visit. 0 | WU^, ft ar ®° knjfo wt»iot« yon will find i j fhe man, thus smitten before our very eyes, was “ ko ifc n dr f,l r. l b°H f b no,of r r° s ' cUas ' ♦ Dal’s all \p ‘ ” : B Iqd had brought htmselt his own fate by excesses iJal’e all is i( 7’ inquired Jake. ‘ Oh! berry well. IT , w , , ... (, r I’ll do dal aliuro for .Inin ; and a. for bain* fright- ° s ? lrac ° waa oloarly pernepublo. Dm for all enod, the debil ain't going frighten mo’ t t he was a man, similarly constituted with Juke accordingly sot off. reached the dissecting 0 , er mPn ’ w,lh ll,eir ho P eB and fear<, « aspirations room, and grouped about until ho found the knifo ?' depressions, joys and troubles—in life perhaps and the bodies. Ho had just applied the former to ' er ' or 10 most, but made royal by death, and the neck of the latter, when from the body ho was I od lnl ° a region of reverence. He, poor, de aboul te dccapitaie, a hollow and sepulchral voice ex- g »ded, and despised—a drunkard and an outcast, claimed— i i object of ridicule, contempt, and commissera- I * Lot my head alone !* in, perhaps without a homo to shelter him or a *Ycb, sah,* replied Jake, < I ainl particular, and fund to aid—passed in one instant and at one luddor head’ll do jea as well.’ [biathlrom his tottering, staggering debasement' Ho accordingly pul the knife to the neck of the. j ( this world, to the presence ol’such grandeur as o ier.corpse when another voice, equally unearthly j(“ has not entered into the heart of man to con- 1 is one, sineto out— clve.” Just now grovelling here before our eyes i ' Let my bead alone ’ , , b , b ,. ■ r i tl » i j . c . i . , t such sin, shame, and snua or as it was painful Juke wus puzzled at first, but answered present . . . V , • .«_ ,• 1 ' ’ 1 t eoniomplale, a fit object for police and paro-j c ial regulations, ho soared suddenly into the re alization of truths that neither the learning of locke nor the piety of Pascal could conceive, and btcnme in an instant ages In advance of all tfio si.ges and savans he has loft behind. ‘ Look a hoa ! Musaa Tolliver says I must bring ono ob do heads, and you isn’t gwno lo fool mo no how !’ and Jake baked away until bo separated the hood from tho body. Thereupon half dozen voices screamed out— I R'ing K-~1. I t.-inff 1 1 Kant/ •• Jake had reached tho door, but on hearing this turned round and said— * Now—now, see yah ! Jes you keep quiet, you fool, and don’t wake up tho woman folks. Mass’s any gwino to look at tho bumps.’ ‘ Bring back rfly head at onre!’ cried the voice. * Tend you right away sah !’ replied Jake, ua he marched oft with the head, and tho next minute de posited it before the doctor. * So you ’vo got it, I boo, said his master. * Ycs, sah,’ replied the unmoved Jake, * but please bo done lookin’ alliim soon, kazo do gemmoo way. me to fold) him back right atold The Rifle, Many persons who ire very expert In tho use of Iho rifle, know nothing if (ho principle on which it operates, and would bo i>t a loss if asked why a grooved barrel throws a baM truer than a smooth bore. Tho reasons are lliest ; In the first place, no bullet. is or can bo cast per foclly spherical. Ono eiHo is xlways heavier than Iho oilier, and .[ho ball, tberofore, swerves from the right lino of projection. Howevoi hard it may be to prove this, theoretically, practice Demonstrates it. The same smooth boro immoveably fixed, twice load "♦* orjlli llm ann>c rli.rnn of the Some s- H Willi balls cast in the same mould, win nm plant toon, 1...... ,|| (HQ Barrm «*«<uv dial*,- The rifle barrel is a female screw, whlob pives the lightly driven bait o rolory motion, sc that if the bullet, or rather the slug, swerves w'' lll ono I wi«l of the screw, another revolution cornets the error.— There are but three motions '*» 8 r| fl° ball l * lo straight (or ward, the spiral, and the downward, caus ed by the power of gravity* A rifle of thirty to the pound drops its ball abo“t 8 f°°f * n 8 hundred yards Rifles are sighted the-efore to meet this deviation.— On leaving the biwrol, Iho bull moves above the lino of sight, continually falling In a parabolical curve, till it intersects it. The point of intersection is Called the point blank. Who invented Iho rifle is not known. Its princi ple was known to the North Amoricon Indians be fore the discovery of the continent. Their arrows are feathered spirally, and move precisely in the manner uf a rifle ball. The Mad Stone. Our readers will perhaps remember a paragraph which appeared in our paper iwo or Ihrco weeks ogo, giving sumo account of a wonderful stone which was said to have the power of curing hydrophobia. Wo thought the story an extraordinary one, but conloss to a Urge amount of incredulity, nolwith. standing the confidence with..which, the. statement tram macro, and published it rather as a mailer or curiosity than anything else. On Friday, however, wo were called upon by a gentleman bf this county, Mr. Moses B. Wolmaly, who informed us that ho had a mad stone in his possession, and that its virtues had been tested in many eases, and invariably with Iht happiest results. Ho says ho bought the stone in Boone county, Kentucky, whore it had been brougal by a Virginian, wbo broke the stone in three piccts, giving one of them to each of his three children. Two of them emigrated to Illinois, taking their portions of the stone with them, and our informant thinks the stones alluded to, In the paragraph copied by us, are parts of that to which his piece belongs. Mr. W. describes the ‘mad stone’ os similar to Qiht, but so exceedingly bard as to resist oven the hardest file. The slouo is applied to the wound, if recent, or .f not the skin near it is lacerated until, at Mr. W. says, It has be come filled with the poison, and then drops off, when it Is washed in warm spring water, or milk, and again applied. The length of lime it remains at tached to the wound depends upon the violence of the disease—generally from two to sixteen hours. — The latter is the longest time it has over boon known to adhere to any one, and that was the case of a man who had boon bitten by his own dog, and did not have the stone applied for eight days. Uisson and several of the cattle wore billon by the sane dog. The father and son wore cured by the implication of the stone; but the cattle exhibited uncuslakoabio symptoms of hydrophobia, and died. Mr. Wolmsly wo do no not know, but ho appears, to bo a very respectable man, and from his appear* anco, wo should bo disposed to place gput confidence in any statement bo might make la reference to any other matter. Ho has promisedua to bring this wonderful stone to our office, when Iwo may possl. bly have something more to say aboat it. — Cin, Ga. xelte. , Tub Lkadsrs of tub Guineas Rs/suuon.— Letters from Canton slalo that of all tho Jtorlee connected with the groat rebellion In China, hono hna boon ao poraovorod In from the commonclmonl aa that as signing loadorahlp and influence lo foreigners, and thoro really aooma many grounddfor tho bollef.— They aro called by many the 'Clkiellane, 1 the ‘God worshippers,’ and U la said that observe Sun* day. Tho lakes this form : “Thoro aro four men, wearing the Chinese dreaa, but not talking the Chinoio language well, who aro at tho head of tho robed council of war, an® without whoao aanoiiwn m/ atop fa <«b«o. Tjioao men are generally auppoaod to bo French Jesuits; and If Catholicism forma an element of the combination, tho further north they go tho stronger they become, ae that religion la more widely diffused in that quar ter. Their success In batllo against (ho Imperialist* and tho military skill which has characterized some of their moVtmonta, give additional strength to tho, supposition of foreign aid." (nr Children rcooivo their drat impressions from their mothers. No doubt of it; wo have seen them given with birch rods and the flat of the hand- A ml now beyond l tic slnra." Wo have seen deaths in many shapes, but never ii any so terrible as this. There has always been s»me premonition—some warning, no matter b>w brief—and the possibility of escape. Dal in this case the wisdom of a thousand physicians , would have been worthless, and tho strength of an army without avail.— N. 0. Picayune. Can Insects Talk 1 ! A striking instance of the possession of & capabil. ity of spreading intelligence, and that of a somewjmt abstruse Character, is furnished by experiments that have boon made by Huber and others upon bees.— Every ono is aware that the queen bee is an object of the greatest solicitude and attention to all (ho workers of the hive, and yot, among so many thous ands, all busily employed in different and distant parle of tlio colony, it would appear impossible for them to ascertain, at least before llio lapse of a con siderable time, whether she was absent from among (Item or not. In order to see whether bees had any power of conveying news uf this kind, the queen bee has been stealthily and quietly abstracted from the hive ; but hero, as elsewhere, ill news was found to fly a one* I*'.lf soma half hour nr an the ln*B Rncmcd .casing buzz of agitation gradually announced the growing alarm, until shortly the whole hive was in nn uproar, and all its busy occupants were seen | pouring forth their legions m search of their lost monarch, or eager to avenge with their slings Iho insult oflVrcd to their sovongn. On restoring Iho captured queen to her subjects with equal secrecy, the tumult speedily subsided, and the ordinary bust ness of the community was resumed, ns before the occurrence. That in such eases ns above narrated information, and that of rather a complex character, was transmitted by ouo insect (a another, cannot bo doubted —but by what moans? All that has been J ascertained upon this point is, that the ants and the . bees cross their antenmo in a peculiar manner with 1 the anlnmm of the others that they encounter, and . this action being repeated again and again, seems' to be a mode of communicating intelligence common I among the insect race. Rymer Jones' Naluial His- ' lory of Animals. I Conundrum!, I. W li.u is Iho difference between a bare head and a hair bed 1 A barn head (lees fur shelter; a hair bed's a shelter for fleas. 2. What throat is the best for a singer to reach high notes with 1 A soar throat. 3. What city Is moat opposed to the introduc tion orgns t opormacoif. * 4. Why Is a dinner like Spring ? Ans.—Be cause a single swallow never makes it. 5. Why are the fair sex like the letter 1.1 Ans. Because you cannot make love without them. 6. When are lady archers in danger of having ill-tempered husbands 1 Ans.— When they select cross-beaux. A Two Million Dollar Diamond. —The Goshen Democrat and Whig tells the following queer story;—Having recently heard much of the repor led good fortune of the Rev. Robt. Armstrong, of Newburg, in purchasing among other minerals, what lie supposed was a topaz, hut which turned out to bo a diamond, we have taken pains to got at the real facts of the case, and find them to bo these : Mr. Armstrong, who lias for some lime past devoted much of Ins leisure time to minorlo gical pursuits, purchased a lot of minerals, some months since, of an Englishman in Now York, among which was supposed lo bo n topaz. Upon a ro-oxamlnalion of those minerals a considerable time after their purchase, Mr. Armstrong was struck with the close resemblance of ins supposed topaz to llio ronl diamond, and was led to subject it to a lest of its qualities. This lest confirmed his hopes, and llio opinion of others, acquainted with the subject, was sought, and given in favor of the valuable character of llio gem. Mr. A. lias boon offered 500,000 for one half of llio brilliant, but the proposition. Its weight is two ond>» half ounces, and if a ronl diamond, its valuo wiij bo more than $9,000,000. Mr. A. is now taking measures lo have the character of the mineral pul to llio severest scrutiny, aud wo be lieve ho has little doubt but that scrutiny will re sult according lo bis wishes. If a diamond, It is iho largest known in the world. It has passed in disguise through several hands, its valuable qua lities not having boon discovered by the person who originally look It from the earth, nor by any Into whoso possession it subsequently passed, un til U fell beneath the scrutiny of the present pos sessor. If genuine, It will pul the Reverend gen tleman in possession of Immense wealth, and this wealth, wo have no doubt, ho will use in a com mendable way. Gordian Knot.— This waa a knot mado by Oor dies. King of Phrygia, In one of the cord- of Ms 1 yoke, or, as some have it, In tho leathers of his aharlot harness, which waa so very intricately twist ed that It was impossible to discover whore it began or ended. Tho oracle of Appollo having declared, that whosoever should unite tho knot should bo master of all Asia,many attempted it, but without success, till at last Alexander the Great, after attempting in vain to untie it, out it aisundor with his sword, and . thus either eluded or fulfilled tho prediction. Every fool oan find faults that a great many wise men can’t remedy. Toanff Diem There is no moral object so beautiful to mo as a conscientious young man. I watch him as Ido a star in heaven ; clouds may bo before him, but we know that his light I s behind him and will beam forth again ; tho blaze of other’s popularity may out shine him, but wo know that, though unseen, bo il luminates his own sphere. Ho resists temptation not'Without a straggle, for that is not virtue, but ho resists and conquers; ho bears the sarcasms of the profligate, and it stings him, for a trait of virtue, but heals with its pure touch. Ho heeds not the watch word of fashion, if it loads to sin ; (ho Alhicst, who says, not only in his heart, but with his lips, '‘There is no God 1" and rejoices in it. Woman is sheltered by fond arms and loving council; old ago is protected by experience, and manhood by its strength, but the young man stands amid tho temptation of the world like a self-balanced lower. Happy ho who seeks and gains the prop of morality. Onward, then, conscientious youth—raise thy standard, and nerve thyself for goodness. If God L , 9flHu n ‘,’*V?(SVof‘lAL4C tie said ol llico, “lie‘holpcrf lo swell the river of am by pouring his influence into its channels.” If wou art feeble in mental strength, throw not that drop into a polluted current. Awake, arise, young man ! assume that beautiful garb of virtue! It Is difficult lo be pure and holy. Put on thy strength, then. Lot truth bo tho lady of love, defend her.—Mrs. Corie Gilman. Valuable Pills. Some twenty years ago a farmer’s barn in (ho vis cinity of Worcester was struck by lightning and burned lo tho ground. Many of the citizens had gone lo the fire, whan h fop, well strapped and dick , iod, with his cap on ono side of his head, mol tho celebrated Dr. N , and accosted him in this wise: "Can you—oh, toll me, doctah, how fob they have succeeded in extinguishing the conflagration o( the —ah, unfortunate yeoman’s barnT” Tho doctor eyed the individual attentively, drop* ped hie head os usual for a moment, and then slip ping his thumb and finger in his vest pocket took out a couple of pills and handed them lo him, say ing : “Take these,sir, and go to bed, and if you do not foci heller in the morning, call at ray office.” Jr.lTerton’s Ten Rules of Life. The following rules for practical life wore given by Mr. Jefferson, in a letter of advice lo his name sake, Thomas Jefferson Smith, in I 825. Never pat off till to morrow what you can do to day. Never trouble others for what you can do your 80l f. Never spend your money before you have it. Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold. Wo never repent ofhaving eaten too little. Nothing is troublesome that wo do willingly. How much pain have those evils cost ua which never happened. Take tilings always by (ho smooth handle. When angry, count ton before you speak, if very sngry count one hundred. Ladies will sooner pardon want of sense than good manners. Jpot; ®ouscft«}i«;o. Having plcCod thorn into sma'lf pieces, which is absolutely necessary in order to remove the slugs with which this vegetable abounds, wash it thor oughly in several waters, and Id it lay to soak for full an hour before you dress il. Pul into a sauce pan of boiling water, with a lump of salt, and when lender it will bo done ; let it drain in a collandcr, and servo it up with melted butter. Some persons may prefer to eoo thorn brought lo table whole, but they must (hen lake the chance cf being ltd pod ; along with llio cauliflower, lo some unsightly in sect which would be sufficient to disgust llio least delicate stomach; besides, if properly boiled, and laid carefully in the dish, the pretty appearance of the vegetable is by no moans destroyed by its having been divided. Rhubarb Pie. Cut the largo stalks off where the loaves commence; strip off the outside skin, then cut llio stalks in pieces half an inch long, lino a pie dish with a paste rolled rather (tucker than dollar piece, pul in a layer of the rhubarb nearly ftvjpch deep ; lo a quart bowl of cut rhubarb, put a largo lea cup of sugar, strew it over wilii a sail spoonful of salt, and a half I nutmeg grouted ; cover witjj a rich pie crust, cut a I slit in the centre, trim edge with a sharp j knife, and bako in-* qfllck oven, until llio pie loos ense (tom (fie dlmli. Rhubarb pics made in (his way are altogether superior to those made of the fruit stowed, Polled Herring.; Clean your herring, wa «h them well, wipe them dry ; then rub each one witli sail end cayenne pep per ; place in your jars layer of herring, then some gra ins of allspice, half a dozen cloves, and two or three blades of mace, then pul in another layer of herring, and so on till arc in ; cover the herring with cold vinegar, lie up (ho jar closely with several thicknesses of paper, and sot it in (ho oven after the bread has boon drawn out ; let it remain there all night. As soon as they become cold they will bo fit for use.—National Cook Book. Rhubarb, Gooseberry, Plum, anil Cnrranl Pic, Make a good oruit, lay a little round (ho sides o ( iho dish, throw some sugar on the bottom, and pu in a liltllo cup to suck in (ho juice, lay in the fruit’ and pul some more sugar at (ho lop, then pul in a very little water, wot (he lop of (ho crust (hat goes round inside of the dish, put on Iho cover and pinch llio edges together. Cut the rhubarb into Icngihs of two inches, but do not skin il, only trim il at llio lop and bottom. Egg Dumplings. Moke a batter of a pint of milk, two well beaten eggs, a salt spoonful of salt, and flour enough to mako a batter as thick as for pound-cake, have a clean sauce pan of boiling water, lot the water boil fast, drop in tho batter by tho table spoonful, four or five minutes will boil thorn, toko them with a skim mer on to a dish, put a bit of butter and popnor over, and servo with boiled or cold moat ; fur a litllo doe sort, put butter and grouted nutmeg, with syrup or sugar over. To Keep Horseradish If you want to keep horseradish, grate a quantity while tho root is in perfection, put it In bottles ; fill the bottles with strong vinegar and keep it corked lightly. You may thus have a supply at all seasons. Hint to Dairymaids. Farmer’s wives may bo glad to know that when a cow rofiisoi to 'give down her milk,' by placing a a nnok ofgraln or other weight, on ber -back, her power to hold up la overcome, and tho milk will flow. q3*M. Appor’s method of preserving eggs, Is to pul them la a jar with bran, to prevent their break ing s cork end hermetically seal tho jar, put into a vessel of water healed to 200 degrees of Fahrenheit, or 12 degrees below boiling. Tho veaiel with wa iter being taken from tho fire, tho water must cool 1 till Iho finger may bo borne In it, remove the jsr.*— Tho eggs may then be taken out and will keep for | sis months. NO. 51. (Dot# nun siuta. Tho farther you go, the worse io year fare. It’s the Railway pace that kills. • Belles call a great many people to church. When you have nothing to say, say nothing. Never reproach a man with the faults of rela tions. Fashion is the race of the rich to get away from the poor, who follow as fast as they can. The expenses of the last Legislature foots no nearly $200,000. Going Up—The thermometer and our subscrip tion list. The First Circles—Mon with just brains enough' lo accuraulaio money and—hold on lo it. Iho lower orders of Society—Men who hate no The emigration from Ireland (bis spring is pro digious beyond precedent. In the new town of Nahant, (here are only thir ty voters, of whom fifteen are office-holders. There is no place like Homo—but the difficulty is to get there. During April, there arrived at New York, 95,447 emigrants from ffurope. Wonder how many children the “mother of pearl'* had 1 The French government maintains 4,428 priests, at an annual expense of about nine millions of del lars. Why are most persons who eat turkey like ba* bios 1 Because they are food of the breast. The war budget in France requires nearly $6O, 000,000 in lime of peace. A Railway is long but life is short—and gene rally the longer the railway, the shorter your life. Irish Advertisement. —“To Let.—The upper part of a cellar, lo a family—rent low. P. a.— Privilege nn lha aidowalk for a hog.** It is computed that 7,318,136 acres, or 11,45$ square miles of land, are now subjected to oonfllc ling in California. I Another new motive power has been discover ed. It is said that an Ingenious Yankee baa a 1 new mill in operation, which driven by the “force of habit.” The great charm about a Railway accident la that, no matter how many lives are lost, no blame ia over attached to any one. Solomon says, “a virtuous woman is a crown' to her husband.” By this rule the most valuable of tho female sex U only five shillings. A complete, minute and exact map of France ia about to bo terminated, after about 35 years* In cessant labor, and at an expense of nearly $9,006,- 000. What's tho difference between a swallow and a milk maid 1 One skims the water and the other skims the milk. A weo little boy, about two and a half fret high, was on Friday arrested In Now Bedford,oncharge “Tom. whom did you aay our friend B married 1" “Ho married Forty Thousand Do/lars —I forget her other name !” was tho answer. Roasting meal by gas baa been successfully tried in several large establishments in England, it is reported to bo a very economical, convenient, and excellent mode of cooking. When is a soldier not o soldier? When he is mustered. Why is a watob-dog larger at night lhan ho is in the morning ? Because be is let out at night and taken in, in tho morning. An infant boy who was drownbd, a few weeks since, near Drancbtown, Fa., by the act of its mother, was found during th? porUmortem exam* ■nation of tho remains to have a double set of lungs. There is one advantage in being old, and that' is, you ran “loaf around the house” without being charged with laziness. Wo look forward to a good deal of enjoyment after wo hove reached ninety. It is said that one-half of the farms in Maine are so barren that you might mow them with a razor, and rake them with a fine tooth comb, and yet not gat enough J>«/ to /odder /, grammhnftjxar fnr lorn weeks. When Is iron like a bank note? When lt*s forged. When is iron like a stone thrown into the air 1 When it’s cast. When is Iron like a pub lic bouse 7 When it’s a bar. When would It do to make sausage of? When it’s pig iron. It is stated by some wiseacre that the heart of & man weighs nine ounces, that of a woman eight. As ago increases, a man’s heart grows heavier, and n woman’s lighter, after thirty. Some girls lose theirs at sixteen. There was at one lime at the French court a viol so largo that several boys could bo placed within u, who sung the air, while the man who played it sang the tenor. It was often thus used at the COD* certs wbfbh were given to amuse Queen Margaret. Mrs. Swiaehelm, in her letters to young ladies, says that “every cbunlry girl knows how lb color rod with madder." This, wo believe, is an ethno logical fact, as wo have always noticed that with all girls, tho madder they gel the redder they col or. Among (ho incidents attending the lose of the steamer Independence, was, that after the wrcc)r, a child was born on (ho beach, and Is now healthy and thriving: (ho mother was carried across the mountains in a hammock, and even walked pari of tho way to tbo boa(. A couplo of sons of tho Emorald ls)o mot near tho Custom House ono day, when, after (he usual salutations, ono said to tlio other, “Well Patrick, poor Horton is dead (alluding to one of lho|r no quaintanoes who died suddenly.) 0 yes, it’s very sickly here; a groat many havo died horo this year that never died before.” A singular discovery Is given by a Caban son rospondonoo of the Raleigh Standard, Dr, Tins* ley—on English practitioner of long aznerltafto In Cuba, and a graduate of Paris—has discovered, in the course of his practice in cases of small poy» .that vaccine virus, alter having onoo passed through a negro’s system, becomes useless as a preventive to the vrhUo race. An old ballad thus gives tbo genealogy of snow; “My father was the North Wind, My mother’s namo wavwator; Parson Winter married them. And I’m the hopeful daughter.” Ttie salaries of tho varloun officers within the gift of tho President of the United Stales, amount to upwards of fifty millions of dollars a year. There is an editor—a confirmed old b*ob-rWho declines accepting a piece of wedding cake vrbso be publishes a marriage. He Bays it IdpM )ikh countenancing matrimony.
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