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By Jolm B. Brattoki.
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Radical
r iIlE ANGEL BEAPEP,
‘•tueuk is a reaper whose name is death.”
In the fresh and sunny spring time,
■\Vhcn the Helds arc green and bright,
In the summer’s riper beauty,
In the autumn’s solemn light;
And when wintry winds are sweeping
From the dreary desolate North,
O’er the hills and o’er the meadows,
Goes the Angel-Kcftpor forth.
1 have seen thee, Angel-Reaper,
1 have traced fhy silent way
Over valleys, white with flowers,
Smiling upward to the day.
Meekly bowed the tender blossoms,
By the hand of beauty riven,
As if in them dwelt a spirit,
And that spirit bloomed for heaven !
Ami again, I saw llico standing
In u shaded silent room,
■Where the flower wo loved was fading
From this world of night and gloom.
Thy white wings then so softly (bided,
And thy sad and shining brow,
On her forehead fair reflected
Something of immortal glow.
Whither dost thou bear the blossoms
Of the gentle welcome Spring f
Is there here no Isle of beauty
Where thou art not lingering f
Whither dost thou bear the blossoms
That have twined their lives with ours /
Tell us, Reaper, of our lost ones—
Tell us of our faded flowers !
Angel Reaper! Angel Reaper!
Teach us of that far-oll'shore,
Where the hmls which thou hast gathered,
Change and whither nevermore,
M here we shall no longer see thee.
Crowned with shadow a and with gloom ;
But n bright messenger of Heaven,
lladmnt with celestial bloom.
Bisrrl!
From the Knickerbocker.
A PROFESSIONAL SCAR.
DT AN OU> I.AWYKII
Vourkiml letter, Henry, came duly to Imiul;
and you will bo surprised to learn Unit a earless
question of yours will draw forth enough to cov.
or a sheet: “What caused the scar on my tem
ple V*
It is a professional scar, Harry; one that I
have carried ever since my earliest practice; ami
nit hough I have now arrived at a tolerable old
ngo, and have many, many intimate friends, it
is a most singular fact that you are the first and
only person that Inquired into its origin. 1 can
tell you all about it, but must avoid mimes and
places, fur the’parties most interested in the in
cident ure yet living, and I am under strong
bonds of eecresy.
In the year , alter passing through a long
examination before grave judges, and shrewd
barristers, I )Ytia pronounced a properly.quail
fled person to appear before juries and courts
for others as jvoll us. myself and at oncq-pro
ceeded to-a>largo .southern city, where,'by a
niodostjittle sign over the door of a modest li(tie
office, I announced my residence to'commence
the practice of law. Fur throe months I waited,
but alas I no business came, and i sat in my of
fice on tt dreary night, at about eleven o’clock, i
in this very comfortable position ; my mono) i
was gone entirely : my board bill was to bo paid
in thy morning, and my rent the day following; !
and I absolutely feared to go to my boarding [
bouse, and waited in what seemed the forlorn ;
hope that something in the way of a foe might I
appear, either dropping from the skies, or sud- j
deuly appearing on my desk. Outside, no '
was heard, and us I occasionally glanced thro’
my window, the flame of the street-light moved
by the wind, would seemingly move me home
ward} but I would not go. A footstep sounded
in my entry ; a second, and a third, and more, 1
but so light that my heart-beating prevented m>
counting them ; ami thou a little delicate knock.
I compelled myself to say “come in” with a
calm voice, although I expected to be instautlv
vis-a-vis with a young woman ; the door opened
and I saw—an old one. • ’ \
I had only time to move toward « chair he
fme she huh in the centre ol the room and .speak
big :
“I have not time to sit. Young man, von are
n lawyer; are yon good for anything
My insulted dignity was e«)ntndled hy an ef
fort, and I answered that I flattered myself that
I possessed some talent for my profession, or I
should not have chosen it.
"Well, wofl, no gas 5 can you draw a paper?”
Hero again I ventured to remark, that it de
pended somewhat on its nature, tint I saw irom
her Impatient manner that she wauled no (ri
ding. Uoforo I finished (ho sentence, she in
terrupted me with a fierceness of maimer ex
ceeding her former rough one, saying:
“I want a will drawn ; quick! hurriedly! but
so strong that all the furies in h—ll can’t undo
It I Can you do It ?” and she fairly glared at
mo with impatience for my answer.
Now you know, Harry, that my legal educa
tion was obtained entirely in a surrogate’s office,
and you may presume that 011 the law ami forms
ol hut wills and testaments I felt myself suffici
ently posted up. I therefore assured her that 1
could draw a will which, although I could not
warrant it to pass the ordeal she mentioned,
would, I was sure, bo proof against all the law
yers In Christendom^
And now her manner changed from the fierce
nud bold to the anxious and hurried.
“Como, then, quick ! quick ! young man, and
shall pocket one thousand dollars for your
uight’s work 1” she exclaimed.
And, amazed ami bewildered ns I was, I found
inysoll at the neighboring corner, stopping Into
ft hack, before the startling lu'. comfortable
2m thoimml dollars for your night’s
. lliul cmisjd ringing In my cars. My
conductress followed mo, and without orders
wc woro rattled furiously along the streets to the
nr ~U flu» fjon largest hotel In tho city
Myvlß.ons of bno thousand bright dollars kept
iwn fimw lo b I ! ftml 1 waa M 111 silunoo up
. Ishta of stairs Into a suite of rooms coinprl
slng parlor and two bod rooms. Tho parlor,
nn I.M C n r .* » Wna , « ccl »l>*oyl by n bed, In which lay
wiMi »ii ,>( * 1 0 '^ iontly dying man, A servant was
1.1 m » but ho lolt, upon n motion .from tho
and sldd' 0 con,lmuion ' who approached tho bod
ccoj " Uorn °y lioro, sin slmll ho pro
cln’rlL 01 ' 1 mai ‘! B oyoB briahlonod up, aud, oflor
*“ “if vn. “ raolnont . »poko i
for I iinfrfl Can ai “ w my w«l. ilo 11 1 quick, now,
or f uuist anvo my brontli.„
pons "hilt* row! 1 * 10 bldu wiloro I found paper,
llglit’oftwo«M°rm? lhi n g " ocussllry i a " d l)f l |lu
dlo-stlcks r „? r i ca hdlos in honvy sliver cun
will. ’ 1 Wa “ “ 00 “ Inully on B a E od In the
In tl-oul| l 0 l J' oll with tiio details, nor,
fosnylhati W° lnbor t,lolnl but !*■ 1“ onongh
poraonnl i,!! i go amoun t of property, real and
mor tgllgoa( J to< ; w / r > lort> |n
*JOUBolcn f m° f H* 0 W t 0 <n, y K OOll
Stod? ZT* Angollno ,S s rt token of gra
vice » *°m ong > Mtbful, unci meritorious nor
ahftll nov. r r lO ? on cliHllng words of tho will I
ftll never forget j they wore written from his
NT
' !‘:j> ‘E.z^
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL. 40,
own mouth, and made mo shudder as 1 wrote
them. There is something fearful—yes, devil
ish—iu this deliberately recording, in what pur.
- ports to bo the Inst written wish, a curse upon
your own offspring. And I felt, as I wrote it,
an involuntary desire to tear the paper into frag.
» mentfl, and to rush from (he room, but the thou
sand dollars were like so many anchors, and I
staid and wrote:
“I leave to my daughter Doha all the satisfac
tion she can obtain from my hefirty curse. When
rags whip about her in her only homo, the street,
and dogs share with her the refuse of the gutter,
she may regret that she disobeyed him who once
loved her. but who, dying, cursed her.”
There was something like a chuckle in the di
rection of old Angelinc ns the dyjngwretcb dic
tated these tearful words { hut as 1 looked and
saw the stern face ns rigid ns marble, I conclud
ed I must have been mistaken. I could not,
however, divest myself of a certain feeling (hat
all was wrong. A rich old man, accompanied
by an old housekeeper, and dying in a strange
city; her anxiety to have this will so-fitrotig;
the. curse on his daughter, and the largo foe, all
conspired to make mo feel that I was being in
strumental in the accomplishment of some villa
neous object. Again I meditated the destruc
(lon of the paper, and again my foe and my
wants conquered. The will was finished and I
rend over aloud, the old man groaning, and the
olil woman looking an occasiotfffi assent; but
when I read the terrible curse, a n(nv actor ap
peared on the scene:
••nil ! trar it! (.jar it ! o|, G„d you know not
what you do !”
The plaintive tones of tlio voice touched inv
heart, oven before my eyes bcltiTW its owner';
but when I saw her, heavens ami earth ! what an
angel she was! The hingngago is yet umliscov
, Harry, that is competent to give you a dc
i acriptirtn of that face, the eyes dancing with cx
-1 citemenf, yet liquid with tears: the mouth proud
as Juno's, yet compressed with anguish. But'
' <l° I attempt description I The most nui-1
p-stic, yet the sweetest countenance I eve; he- i
I held appealed to me, and uni in vain : for while I
the old man, weak as he was. jumped from his I
j bed screaming ‘.Kill her! kill her!” I tore Um
- ; ull l n, “ fragments,mirl we both fell to the floor. |
i | shinned by a blow from (he,
heavy candle-stiek wielded by ihe old hag, An
gelnie.
I IMiou myron.oioiisnos rotiirnoii. T fouml mv- I
| '•■II m mv own 1.0. l nl my l.nanlius lionn., „’„■
1,. 0.1 11 ml 1i0k1,.,, „,y atlninl.tnlH. Mv ml,ill 1
cl ;'", r O’C "mmonl I looko.l about mo,ami I
i '"'T ' 111l 11 " 1 '“7." I'toutrlit In.mo. ami was now ,
0..n11n0,l Iron, |l,o otToota of Hint 1,|,,w. I 1
vi-'l to ktn.p nty own mttnsol, ami to aaoorlaitt 1
« hnt I could of the snheqnent proceedings uf the
night. 1 pon inquiry. T found that I had been I
I bQl'irlil Immo t,y n f-onltomnn in near
, nago, who had left funds for (lie employment of,
, 11 physician, and Imd also left a letter fnV mo. 1 !
j opened the letter ns soon as I was alone and i
i found a fifty dollar hank note, with these words; I
|. “1 on did last night a deed worthy of more
gratitude than our present means enable us to
• express. The property which so nearly helong
. ‘‘ ( * JC infamous hag who struck you, will soon
be ours, and you shall (ben hear from us. May
the same kindness which prompted vow to tear
the paper, seal your lips hereafter as to the pain- '
fill scenes of last evening.
Gratefully yours.
Don a as-» hkh HisnAxn/’
My first act wns_to conceal the letter beneath
my piljywr-Suy seComT-to call my host and ten.
derblm the -nmountV. nwjjoatd ’*111? to m}
ho ,tok Aio 'Skjny 'ibmptmlph:
leUaiSFllsccmsl raybd
a little about my Inabllltjs-fo pnymv host while
I was unconscious, jurtl thus the ‘husband of
Dora (for I bad no doubt it was ho who brought,
I me home) had ascertained the fact and paid my I
' bill. Added to this my wound was not severe !
i enough to need any fiirgery more than was of
fered by my kind landlady; so when I had re- I
covered, (which was soon.) I had only my ofllce ;
lei.l in pfij, and then resumed business with the •
larger part «( Ilfty* dnli.us in m\ treason. I
made cautious inquiries about the House
as to the subsequent movements of my mystcri- i
oils clients, hut could only ascertain that the old I
couple arrived on Unit eventful night, the old!
man ordering a pleasant room in which he could
die; that the young couple came by another
conveyance, and had taken other rooms; that
the old man’s body was immediately boxed up
and shipped lor the north under charge of his
man-servant; that the old woman went oil alone;
uml that finally the young man paid the whole
hill, and lett also w lih h, s wife. To do my wor
thy host ami his kind k.dy u,U justice. I must
say Uml they inner even hinted at the mailer,
uml I nevei hud a question to answer; 11 oy
probably look it tor granted Unit I hud been (he
v let mi of some broil, and avoided anno) ing me
h.v "iiy reference to it
1 hirty yours nt hard work lulled hy, Harry,
•luring which I ae<{iiirod a family, fortune, mime
and gray hairs ; hut 1 newt in a'll that time, saw
or hoard Irom my olionts, with the exception of
one loiter, which was received sonic yems alter
the occurrence which 1 havo related, and, which
contained two more fifty dollar hills, with (he
words:
MVc are very happy : may God bless you !
Hojia.”
Ijul In all that tirno, I have never forgotten
that beautiful angelic face, nor the mute appeal
which it made to my hegrt: tho answer to which
cost me thu deep scar which is fho object of
your present curiosity, and a one -thousand dol
lar fee less the amount received from the young
folks. Neither did I, in all that time, regret the
course I took.
Stone ten years ago, ns you prohublv remem
ber, 1 spent a winter in Havana. 1 boimlodwith
a .Spanish landlord, whose house was geneially
tilled with American visitors. Hut. strange to
say, 1 passed one week with him without a sin
gle American urriut]; and 1 was mentally resolv
ing one day to leave lui New Orleans, where I
could find troops of friends, and rid myself of
the ennui consequent upon my solitary position,
when I hoard my host calling mo s
•Sonor, Senor, los Americanos—Americanos.*
Looking from my window, 1 s;iw a fine, portly
gentleman at lending to ids luggage, and onswer
mg tho demands of tho thousand and 0110 leeches
ol porters who each claimed to havo brought
Hometiling for him. Thinking 1 might bo of
servic * to him, I wont out, and with two or throe
(limes dispersed tho vlllinns who, knowing mo
fur an old stager submitted to my orders. Thu
gentleman turned to thunk mo, but suddenly
started hack, then glanced at my temple and
seeing the ond of my cnndle-stick-nmrk peeping
out honeiith my sombrero, ho caught mo by the
hand exclaiming :
“\Vb have met before, sir!—how glad I am to
boo you I”
And then, without explanation, ho drew'mo to
tho door-way in which stood a matronly but stilt
beautiful woman.
“Soe, Dora,” said lie, “is not lids our old
friend ?”
At tho word ‘Dora/ I started, und there before
mo, sure enough, stood tho Dora of thirty yours
previous, still retaining many of her charms, but
with the marks of time, notwithstanding, im
pressed upon her features.
You may well believe our re-union was most
pleasant 5 ami utter dinner was over, and wo
wore out enjoying tho sea-breeze, the whole
story was told mo. I will not give you the de
tails of It f it was long, but (he main features of
t were about what I had surmised. Dora was
the on y child of her wealthy father j lior moth
er died when she was a more child 5 old Ango
ino had remained with her father In tho onpncl
ty ot a house-keeper, and had, whllo Dorn was
away at school, acquired, as is generally tho
caso, complete influence over him, Dora was
wooed and won by apoofclorkj tho ftithor would
not listen to it j an elopement was the conso-
quonco ; and the old man in his rngo broke up . f |?AiH X^IIVD
home-keeping, and inking old Angelino with ‘yr'r
him, had'Startcd for tho South. Dora follmvc.i , l/ttuTt
him with lior husband, although she knew he Tho following lines are fr»m a v<.|-
would not see her, and although ho hud always umc ofpoomabyJaMßa-T. Firm*, of Boston .
boon.harsh and unkind to her, yet she kncwlm 0 who’can telf .hat never sailed
was in the last stages of consumption, and she Along tho ghiasy sens,
S?mi rmi A e » d *i lf ( ! ! 0S3lbl r c ’ t .° bo him when he How fresh am} Welcome breaks the morn
died. At the time of his death, they had been That ushers in tho breeze !
following him about a month from place (o place, "Fair wind! Fillr wind!” alow, aloft,
keeping concealed from him, and eluding even All hands delight to erv,
the keen eyes of Angehno. When Dora appear- As leaping through tho parted waves,
hi.. th , h 0?: 11 " us .‘> n, y because the man ser- The good ship makes reply.
\ant, who had been with her father, and who, as • ■
you remember, left (he room when I entered. While fore ancl.-pft, all staunch ami ligl t
had observed their arrival and had kindly gone Sho spreads Her canvass wide, " ’
to her and informed her that her father could The captain widjvShifcrcalm, the deck,
not live an hour; she was entering the mom to With more tlsn monarch's pride .
make one last effort af reconciliation, when my For well ho knows the sea bird's \\ mgs,
voice reading the fearful words of her father's So swift and/Wro to-day,
curse caused the outcry and denounenient.— Will waft him ftmny n league to-night,
Her husband, who followed her in, found the old Xu triumph drills way.
man dead, Dora in a swoon, mo senseless, ami ' 't \
old Angelino in vain living to put the manv Then welcome Jo foe rushing blast,
pieces of the will together, raving aud cursing That stirs thdAvatprs now
like a bedlamite. He and tho man-servant put To white plumejJUCndds of the deep,
the old man’s body into tho bed, took Dora to Make music Refund her brow!
hor room, and while tin* servant kept guard over Good tho roaring gale,
Angplino, lie took me home in a carriage. The Lot stormy tKmipctablow ;
rest yon know. Rut chain ton fathoms down |
I have only to add (bat, whenever 1 wander The below.
north, either alone or with my wife and family, V* ; i
wo always stop at the house of our kind friends! AuVClltUlfl. JlDOng tllC IntllfHlS. I
| The) have spent one winter with ns at the smith j On my returnjl&j|s short excursion, I had
I Cf , ftpiun u . t ~le s,, ason. fastened my mulo-flohe night to a tree w Inch
inv instnirf| n f Kii,1 f L, } mn "" ,0 Btm l . e ‘ law li,l(l "r stands in front ofoyr.block-hou.se on .Mo-omito
.my instruction, and who now* nraotfeo. liiw wiiii ~ . , , , ..iV' l
n.y ... „„ the sign with J™* runnn.g it ,
ncr, nllhongli lie lines ill; tlie business,) is Item s ' u 'j
son and from certain conscious looks and briidil td ‘ , . I looked, round for the beast next i
blushing on mv pretty daughter’s cheek w hen I n,ormn S‘ U hnd unfastened, and had dis- I
lie culls, f imagine ho may possibly be mine ft PP car «l» together-with halter and rope. I !
too. But of this, Hurry, rest assured—l shall imi V p difttoly conjectured it had been -tol.-n b\
not curse her if she marries him. Indians, and set otu| straightway in pursuit, in
order to recover it again, V Of course, I need no i
say that my rifle and revolver, both canfulh
loaded, accompanied mo. Four miles higher
np the mouutnin there is an Indian ramp. I
, searched it thoroughly, but found no trace of
my beast. I then sifted oil for anoth. r camp,
about seven miles where I Alt certain
I I should find it, but I came on the much
, sooner. Two miles In thjrear of (WffrM ■•amp.
] 1 s aw six or seven livtltansin the distance. Ini-iU
, engaged in dragging my mule up the lull by ,
, means of tho ropo. I;thuiidertd to them m
; Spanish, to stop: they heard my shout, hut did
; not obey it; on the contrary, (hey dlsapj ennd
in the bushes, with tho exception of one, who
seemed determined to - bolt with tlie mule, and
. hence tried to mount it. He had one h g al- f
ready crossed over the back of the brute, w Idle
, the other was still resting on a stone. This ■
fool I chose as a mark for mv rifle—a crack,
and the bullet hnd*broken the n.bUr'n ankle,
bone. As he fell backwards, my mule boun
ded on one side, but ..then galloped down the 1
bill, in obedience to my .whistle, and was soon :
by my side. I pitted it, put the rope in its ,
im.mhaS a rein, bounded on its back, and away I
we cantered ImmcviArds. At tins moment an
anow. fortunately rvA poisoned, was shot from
a pnckly pear bnelyand .wounded me in the
j groin i di,i not lofibmy Senses, however, and
had Mililcicnt strccgfli to. Spur my mule into a
, gallop. At this hv»jncnVthe Indians sprang
: from the bushes arjl tried to surround me. To ■
J pvoy.ido ngaijg^lWvl already held my revolver)
j oiicmics, where, I 'Sliinot sav, but iv terrihTo)
outcry filled tho air. A second Indian had in
1 the meanwhile sprung forward, and had *-given
me a stab with a knife in the right foot. At
the next instant my mule started suddciilv, ami 1 1
carried mo offal a tremendous gallop. Bnt.be- 1
fore this, I had find a second bullet at this-fop; ‘
and bad Uiesatisfaciion ofsieing him bill. Tin? 1
other Indians sumcl at first inclined to pursue 1
me, but soon gave up their decision, it-mi mule' '
kept np its pace, and I fired several bullets a- fc
immg them. In a few moments 1 was dear of
my enemies, and out of the rfiach of their ar
rows. Now I had time to draw the arrow mil :
of the wound, and then rode as quickly ns pos
sible to our Mosquito (hdch. When I arrived
(here, my senses left me. hnwcur. m conse
quence of (he great loss of blood. I Mink inn
fainting state from my mule, and found nn self, 1
when consciousness returned after a dav m* I wn. I
on a bid of sickness. My two companion'', bad
carried me thither, and had fraternally pn.vid- j I
ed me with a physician and all that could be ' (
of any service to mo. Thanks to m\ faithful!,
friends! 1
llnnlrr's Story
nu see, folks tlmt siiut used lo the woods,
sometimes get mightily flurried when they meet
i 1 these wild animals. There is now n man
in the next town whowentoul after moose,and
when he heard one trottingalong llie same trail
, lu* was traveling, squatted behind a slump to
i shoot him—but the fellow having never seen a
| moose, had no idea of the sort of game he was
'', , a '" l when a great hull six year old, of
i h bigru ss of a horse, and horns that looked for
( iUI mam,,, as if they nevei could pass between
1 uie trees of those woods, came crashing the
; bianc.ies uith his big hoofs, the man kinder
1 ",|'lV C “ >"g. “"J Rays ho lo tho
ooso, .ir y , iu It only k ( „I <lllL ., m yul ,
, » ‘ (,W . the fellow in Ti only kmw about
turn " lm hcnnl l,s ,ra Pl"''* speak about
, T’ 3 '"' 8 ■ " Ul ' n ,lozl ' ll 'n 11-dr
I “'"Ills, anil hoinulmii's killing 0 „ r dogs for us
J'l.in wo g„ i„ „, k , Hum m,T„r™„ tn,,,.s ift r
himghokithcoc i.y Ul( . marvuig
don t know how many days. Well, this nmn
was on the lake watching m his boat r„ r dc r
when hearing a plunge and a splash, he pnlK
round an Island, and limbs a great she 1„ -u
-swimming across the.lake. Ikiima g o ,„i
low will, ins oars, he-judls at once to cut olf
tie beer from the opposite shore, which made
the creptur change its course, and try and swim
round the l«nt. The man, however, again turn
i • ,Jcar oncemore.iUtorcdher course,
i i.AS f l 1 clwisrto.-which she
I had been steering. Gathering spunk, now, tho
man, m turning the third time, rowed nearer to ,
• thebeftst, expecting in this way todrivoher back I
a little, so as to kicp tho bcarout in the middle of I
the lake until some'ono could come and help
him. lint when the stern of the boat in swing* 1
mg round, came near ihc bear.she put ) IL . r . mws ,
! upon it ami raised herself right into the stern of 1
; the Unit, and tliere she sal on end, looking the
man m the face, just as quiet as a bear could '
l.iok. ell, the man. ,f he’d o n ) v know’ll .
; w here to hit a bear, might have brought one of
I ,lls oai '« do 'rn on the back of her skull, just as
, easy as say rq, and lough ash is better than a
idle ball with these \annint. But he didn’t like
that kinder quiet look the creetnrgave him : and
there they sat —the Liar looking at (he man.
and the rnnn looking at the hear. At last, when
I he got over his fright a little, he began to move
j Ins oars slow iy, in order (o creep towards the
, shore from which the bear hail started, but the
i credit wouldn’t allow this : she moved from her
i seat a little toward the man, and showed her
teeth in a way he didn’t like ; but as soon as he
I turned the boat, the bear took her old place
| again, and sat there just asquint osyon please;
| so the man pulled fur the shore to which the bear
( had been swimming, watching tho bear’s face (
i all the lime. And would vmi believe it. now,
| Unit bear made him back his boat toward a rock,
j upon which the cretur stepped from the stern!
j and turning round, gave the man a growl for
, Ins pains before she walked off into the woods !
lonnented lightning to be treated so by a con
founded bear I Why, I would have died right
upon tho spot, before that bear should have left
the boat without our trying which was the best
of us.
, A Hint; on rim Hack ok a Hvk.va.—Doctor
Sparman tells a curious story of a Hyena, which
was told him at the (.’ape of Good 1 lope. One
night the soldiers had a finst near the Cape, [
when one of them, who was a trumpeter, drank !
so much that he could not stand up. Ihs com
panions, not wanting him in the room, carried
, him out of doors and hud him down beside the
1 house, to get cool ami sober. The trumpeter
■ hud there and went to sleep, when a hyena came
! along, and thinking him dead, began to carry
him away, so ns to make n meal of him undis
turbed. It was some Lime before tho man awoke
sons to know the danger of his situation. When
ho did so, ho found himself on the back of a hy
ena, which was making off toward the mountain
with him ns fast as possible. Heing horror
struck at finding himself in the power of the
ferocious beast, his fear brought him to his
senses, ami seizing his trumpet, which hung
around ids neck, lie sounded an alarm. The
boast, thinking he had only a dead man, was
as much frightened at tho sound of the trumpet
as the man was at his situation ; so, dropping
his prey, they scampered away from each other
os fast as possible. It is not probable that any
other man but the trumpeter would have escap
ed so easily.
0011 Evkninos.—Evenings at homenro among
the most prolUnblu privileges tho business and
working man cun enjoy, if they are judiciously
provided for. Hero is the programme—a frolic
with tho baby, a quiet chat with wife—an a
greenblo book—nuts and apples, may bo—all
around a bright fire in a cozy room. On that
bill of fare, let tho bachelor consider and resolve
to amend his ways. But while ho is consider
cring on that question, ho may not bo altogether
without social pleasures) which combine intel
lectual prollt.
(D* There are several reasons why women
should dispense with beards. A Frenchman lias
said that God gave no beard to women, for they
would not have been able to keep from talking
while shaving. On tho other hand, a Yankee
has asserted that women could not wear long
beards because the babies in their arms woulil
be pulling them constantly.. Physiologists tell
us that women do not need tho beard, as their
branchial apparatus is sufficiently protected to
adipose matter.
c>
"oitb, cor.vrur—.may it always aijl^lGnT—but rioiit ou whomj, 01-ii cocvrur.”
CARLISLE, PA., pmiiSDAY, MAY IS, 1854.
Jack, ns In- was calUnl. seeing lusmnshr nml
some companions tlnnkmg, with those mnin
t ivc |inwi'r-> tot \\ tiicli his species is renini knMc,
timling half ti glass of whiskey left, took it up
anil ihank it nil - . It Ikw. of course. to his head.
Amiil their roars of laughter. he began In .-ki|i,
hop, and dance. Jack \m-drunk. XVxldav,
when they went, with the intention of repeat
ing the ftm, to take the poor money from Ins
Imx, he nas not to he seen. Looking m-nle,
there he lay. crouching in a corner. ‘•Ci.ine
out,” said his mailer. Afraid to disobey. he
came walking on. three legs, the fore-paw that
A Liberal .Honker was laid on his fort heml.sn\ mg. ns plum us word*
f i XT . , ‘ I could do, that he laid a headache.
,1 "IV P,llp 'T 1T " 11 na>K:r . nni " Kin K 1 Invliif- left 1d... -„.,.e .Int 1., get well and re
., suuj.ikey. It seems that she and Sir sin..,' In-. gain y, tinv nt I.nfrtli earned Ijim (ill
( ha.les Napier during their travels, on one Il„ the .0,1 *vne ..fu'wl, On enlering, ho,.veil
'ZrZJ ° Unl - ' T/T*. f '”' " ' "«■' tosses "HI. lorrur, sknfki ,g V
spot uh, cl, was inhabit,il hy a tnho of „„.n- , Inn,l the chair, and, on Ins master ordering him I
heys. I hose bcnsls were drawn, by their in- to drink, he 1.0111.1, and lie was on t)ie hmise
tcusc curiosity, close to the travellers, and Lady | top in n twinkling. They called him down.—
.Napier sent for some mils, put them inln the lie would not emne. ills ma.sler shook the
pocket of her apron, .ml fed one which was i whip at linn. .hiel,. ~stride.m the ridge-pole, I
ladder end tamer limn the rest, will, them— I grinned delhmce. A gun, of uluel. he was „1- ,
" hL , n V- c> " ,thdr( ‘' v In f° tl,e tl ‘"L ‘he apish , wavs much afraid, mis pointed al this disciple 1
‘V'T'v 01 •™ l “ ’ m ' xt of temperance ;he duelinl Ids l.ead, and slinphl
morning, Lady Napier was slarlied on linduig 1 over to the hark of the house— upon which,
that her purse, wine, was in the pork el of her ' seeinghis predicament, and less ufuid, uppercut-'
apron, had hern stolen m the night. An in- j ly, of the lire than of the lire-waler,the monkey
.pury was instantly made ami a search insti- leaped ala hound on the chimney-lop, and
luted m her room for it, hut m vain ; and si,e getting down into a Hue, I,eld on hy his tin
came to the conclusion that some of those In- ] paws, lie would rather he singed than dnnk.
I bann.i.l,ers who can steal the si,eel from m.-1 He triumphed ; and. although Ids master kept
h "" S ' V "' h "V‘ U ',T I o' l '.* ™ . dim lor t\\elve years alter that, /„• c, r Jl,t
pi, n, rt} . for the loss was cons.,lerahle. When ! per,-,,,,* ,/„■ /„ hi.tr rr
walking, hy chance into the back enclosure of try.—lire. Ih. tinllmc's Ohl IWs H un,-
I the tent, she found her friend, the monkey, mg
I seated, in grave dignity, with her apron On, ini
■ dating her ycslcr-ovening’s action, and supply
ing the want of nuts will, her gold and silver
coins, which ho scattered liberally around iiini. "Robert,” paid an indulgent mother to a
He was suffered to empty the purse, and then youngster of nine, who was amusing himself...
they tried to catcli him, but, so far ns wo re-, tllc corncT with pulling the tail of a respectable
member, did not succeed: ho returned lo ids I 'dd.y cut, who will, the utmost force of feline
woods, clnd in n black satin apron and doubt- i hl "K s was expressing her indignation at such
less played, for the future, the purl of a n.on-1 treatment. ■•Hubert, what would
key who had scon the world I ,vuu like lo have me buy you for a present I—
.Shall il he a top!”
“A top! Xu, I’m too <>M for tops,” was Uic
reply.
IC7* Elder Knapp occasionally gels on a good
thing, notwithstanding his bad ones, lie was
ono evening speaking of the prevailing tendency
of some religionists to long prayers ; and re
marked that ho could find no example for these
in the Scriptures, The prayers of our Saviour
were short and to the point. The prayer of the
nenitcut publican was a happy specimen. When
Peter was endeavoring to walk upon the water,
to meet his Master, and was about sinking, had
his supplication been as long ns the introduction
to ono of our modern prayers, before he got half
way through, he would have been jifhj feet tin
ier water!
[C7“ Here’s a wise man of the yeast. Wo
understand that the Mayor of a town in the
West of England, has sent round a circular on
his own responsibility, to all the bakers of the
place, recommending them during the high price
of Hour, to leave out the yeast, us he had reason
to believe that it is thc/ycast which makes the
bread rise.
Woman’s Locomotion. —An exchange says,
the most awkward thing in or out of all crea
tion, is a woman trying to run. They can’t do
it. They are not a running institution —except
with their tongues. If there are two arrange
ments in the world that were never made for
(lectncss on the pedal, they are women and
ducks. -
jg|S|k
THE GIMUmAN mKE,
n journey from Baroche to Dhuboy. a Mr. [ The following piece of roguery is translated
rorbes stopped at Nnrrah, a large and mined frou, l c Conner ih* Pt„u , • , ,
town m the Hast Indies, which has been burned I C °“7 * Uuh I,us, and is saul (o
by the Mahrattas. The principal house has Have occurred in I ansa few weeks ago;
helogcd to an opulent man. who emigrated du- ° ne not lon g since, there presented bim
j ring the war, and died in a distant country.— self before a dealer in curiosities, at the Palace
-Mr. Forbes was privately informed that under VI , I E y°j in 6 ma n poorly clothed,
one of the towers there was a secret cell, formed . 4 he, showing a violin which he car
lo contain his treasure. The information could <4 l 11111 a musical artist, tliis is the season
not be doubted, because it came from thomnson i Halks and soirees ; I have just had a long ill
who constructed the cell. Accordingly the man : I,css * u 'hich has exhausted my purse; my only
conducted him through several spacious courts , coat is in pawn ; I would be much oblig
at'd apartments, to a dark closet in a tower. )’ Oll "‘W lend me ten francs to redeem it.
The room was about 8 feet square, being the ! * IVol ‘ld leave ns security one of the violins
whole size of the interior of the tower, and it I 3" ou for I have two. It is an excellent in
was some stories above the place wherctho trea-1 ; 1 will return to lake it again as soon
sure wassaldlo be deposited. In the floor there 11lI lls ’ l hmiks to my coat. 1 shall have earned
was a hole, largo enough for n slender person to sonK ' moiu *y at bulls and parties.” The young
passthrough. They enlarged it and sent down ’ ,nnn had such an honest bearing that the deab
two men by a ladder. After descending several \ n l*' 11 * 1 bixu tin francs, and kept the violin,
feet they came down to another floor,'composed | 1C bung pu in his shop.
In like manner of bricks and channum ; and here ( biy but one a gentleman, well
also was a similar aperture. This also was en- crossed, wearing at his bntlonhole the riband
larged, torches were procured, and, from their l be legion of honor, wns choosing from the
light, Mr. Forbes perceived from the upper a- \ stock of goods some shell work. Sec
parlmcnt a dungeon of great depth below, as in g the violin, he look it up and examined it
the mason had described. He desired the men I nan o Vl' -
■to descend and search for the treasure ; but they* ( ' Hat is the price of this instrument ?” said
I refused, declaring that wherever money was con- ,w *
ceali'd in Hindustan, there was alwu> s a demon,
in the shajie of a •serpent, to guard it. He
l.mghcd at their superstition, and repented his I
orders in such a manner as to enforce obedience, I
.though his attendants sympathized with the j
men, ami seemed to expect the event with more |
,of fear and awe than of curiosity. The laddei j
j was too short to reach the dungeon: strong
ropes were then fore sent for, and more lurches.
The men reluctantly obeyed, and n- they were 1
lowered, the dark side-mud flu-moist floor of I lie
dungeon’ exlingni.-hid (he light which the\
earned in their hands. But liny had not been i
many seconds on the ground belbrelhev scream- |
id out they were mrlosul w nb a large serpent. .
In spile ol* linn* bcriams Mr. Forks w n \, m-'
ciedulous, and declared the ropes should not be
let down to them till he had seen the creature.
Their cries were dreadful ; ho, however, was
inflexible, and the upper lights wireheld slcndi- 1
ly, to give him a* distinct a view as possible
mlo llie dungeon. 1 here he perceived some- i
thing like billets of AVO..-1. nr ralher. ho sa\s,
like a ship’s cable seen from the deck, coilednp ,
in a large hole; but no language can express
his sensation of astonishment and terror, when
he saw a serpent actually roar its head over an j
immense length of body, coiled in volume.- mi 1
the ground, and working itself info exertion by I
a sort of sluggish motion. “What I bit.” hV
continues, “oil seeing two fellow creature- ex
pos, d by my orders to this fiend. I must leave '
to the reader s inmginal mn. ” To his inexpri—i- ,
ble joy they were drawn up unhurt; but almost
lifeless with fear. Hay was then thrown down
on the lighted tore-bes w hich they had dropped. I
ben the Haines hud expired, a large snake,
was found scorched and ibnd, but no inoiuj . |
Mr. Forbes supposed llial the owner bad eaV
riul away the treasure with him. but forgotten
jto liberate llie snake which no,bad placed there
[ for its keeper. \\ helher the snake was venom
, uus oi' not, he has omitiid to mention, nr per*
\ flaps to observe. Tf he were not, it would have
yfor. no defcucu for Uio trcas.ne: and if it were,
nt scans to have become too torpid'with jnohf-
I tion, confinement, and darkness to exercise its
I powers of destruction. ‘Where the popular be
lief prevails that snakes are guardians of hidden
treasure, and where the art of charming ser
pents is commonly practised, there is no difli
nilly m supposing that tin\ who conceal a I
tnasurc, (ns is frequently done under (he op- 1
pr*.•'>!' >■ ;u»\ eminent of I tie cast.) w ould soine-
pl.it i il iiiulci such proUciK'ii.
i “Then, perhaps, you would like a slul or n
pair of skates f”
“No I don't want them.”
"Shall I get you n bow and arrows, or n pic
ture book, or what would you like best f”
"Old lady,” said Robert, with dignity. " re
spect the feelings of a gentleman, ami do not
aggravate me further: keep your bon s, arrows
ami picture books for them that like cm. If
you want to know what I would like, I will tel!
3 r ou—a box of cigars and a shawl!”
His mother fainted in surprise. When she
recovered, sho expressed the conviction that
Robert was theforwurdcst boy ofhisageshcknow
of, and she was sure ho would make a
orator some of these day. She thought proper
to deny him the cigars, but as for the shawl—
perhaps you have seen a figure of three feet or
under, promenading Broadway within the past
week, closely enveloped in a thick gray shawl.
Well, that’s Robert.
03?" A young Mins accepted the offer of a
young nmn to gallant her homo, and afterwards,
fearing tlmtjokes might bo cracked at her ex
pense should the fact become known, dismissed
him about half way homo, enjoining secrecy.
“Don’t bo afield,” said bo, “or my saying any
thing about It, for 1 fool as much ashamed of it
as you do.”
lii!o\ir:i!nl llonkrv
Voting America.
AT $2,00 PER ANNUM.
Tlic Violin Trick.
| “It’s not mine," rri.li.il I lie shnplicopcr : nn.l
I Ik‘ relaUd how he came to pnssiss it.
| *• J his violinJJ continued tin* unkown, “is
| worth mom-)' ynt] is a Cremona. Perhaps its
, ow-ner himself is ignorant of its value. If lie
1 returns, otter him two hnndnd francs for if. Ho
j is a needy nrtt-t who. it may he, will he obliged,
ami w ho can play just as well on another violin.”
Then handing hfiy francs U. the shopman, the
I nnknoun aildid, m takinghis lunt—-Voii w ill
keep that fur \ ourself if tl.ealihu MKVtuls. 1
w ill return in a few days.” I
I '1 wo days after the \oung man re-nppenred.
bringing the Italics, to ndei m his violin, for
which the dialer olimd him two lumdfcd
frnnes. After some hesitation he a(ireid, p... k
el<d the money and withdrew, lamenting the
.->ad necessity winch compelled him to pan with
his favorite mMi-iiment. At the end of a wuk
the dealer not having s«en the d« cunii < d n
tleman. hecame sn-picions. He
violin to an instrument maker, w !m nllered him
three francs for it. He acknowledgr d then
tho’a little 100 late, that he had him Ihe dupe
of two adroit knaves, w hom he described to the
pohee.
The Drucoii’s Order.
j A pioiw, Iml illiterate deacon, in a certain
town adjacent to Worcester. (Mu*s.) ga\e to
tiie l oai'liman a slip of paper, upon winch, lie
said, was written the name of a couple of books.
i which lie wUhed him to cull for nt Sir. A \
ImmiU store. The driver eulhdut the store, and
handing the memorandum to the ehrk. said :
I “There is aconplo of books which Deacon U.
I wishes you to suid him."
1 The elerk afli r a careful examination of the
paper, was unable to make “head or tail" of it,
and passed it to the book-keeper, w ho was spp
' posed to know something of letters ; buttoTiim
lit was also “Greek.” The proprietor was cnll
| ed, and he also gave the thing up in despair;
j and concluded loscufl-thc mcmoraudmjr back
1 tucon; l> ; .sjrVhc
wrong' .‘the coach-
village irin, the driver saw the' deaoOn .waiting
on the steps. •
'Well, driver,’’.saidhe, ‘did you get my books
to day V
“Hooks! no: mid n pood ramson why, for
I hero couldn't a munin Worcester read your old
lion-tracks."
'Couldn’t rend ’riling
! Let me sec the pa-
The driver draw it from lus pocket, and pass
ed it to the deacon, who. taking out and 'care
fully adjnstinghis glasse*. held thememoraduro
ui arm's length, e\elaimmg. as he did so, in a
very .satisfied tone :
"Why it i.n as plain ns llie nose on your face!
— “ To S- \\i U-i -\" — -iw n p>alm books !" I
gues> In.M-lerk.s had iielter go to M-bool awhile!”
Ami h«re the tleaeon made Some reflections
upon the • •ignorance of the tunes.” and the
want of attention to hooks by the "I i-mg gen
enilinn.’’ which would have been all vuv will,
if said liy somehod) tUe.
Tin. Cm sn u. Smi:,-Ulii Kuk<b \u
man of liihor, and li id little or im \. Ie
to SpeiMlllltiollH Us in I lie liit ore. lie wa* w llll.il.
| rather uncouth in the use o( language.
Olio day, while engaged in Mopping up hog
holes alk ml hiaplnee, he w as approached hy a col
portent, and presented a tract.
••WlmCs all (hit* about /“ di*manded Hickcl*.
‘•TImI, sir. is a book describing the celestial
stale,” was the icply.
<•('clef.li.il stale,” said Rickets, ‘•where the
deuce in that I"
My vvoilh} friend, I fear that you have
“Well, never mind," interrupted Rickets.
•‘I don’t wali’t to hear about any better Slate
than old IVnmo U anla. I intend to live and die
right heie if I ean uidv keep the darned hogs
out
ff.’-Alwuvs trust a pretty gial. Ik-auly h
snernl, I f slicdn als you U w ill he a very prettv
cheat. The chances are, howeveu, that sin
won’t. Beauty and goodness mingle as natu
rally as sin. Inimslone and monsters with hugi
Uelh. If you disbelieve, then to the proof.
[TT'AII the true honor and happiness there
is in tins world follows labor. Were it not for
working men, there could bo no progress-in
either science or art. Working men are earth’s
true nohiliy. Those who live w ithout work are
all paupers.
| A Fact.—Always look out for No. 1. It i.s
I iho only figure Unit will enable* you to cut n
figure. This principle refers alike to petting a
rich wife, a pretty companion, freedom from
measles, the best pew in church, and the first
shad of the season.
Pjikttv.—A poetical lover thus happily
praises his sweet-heart. —
Some beautiful maiden—(Jod bless her'-
l.'ueneumbered with pride or «ith pelf,
Of every true charm the possessor,
And given to no fault but myself.’* "
O'" It makes an iyimenso difference whether
a man looks at the world before or after dinner.
What is cloudy at eleven o’clock, is full of sun
shine, roses and things at three. If you wish
to think well of this mundane sphere, don’t, in
heaven’s name, look at it on an empty stomach.
K7*Don t trifle with tho affections of young
ladles. They woru institutions Unit wore never
established for any such purpose. If you dont
contemplate marriage certificates and tho parson,
French bedsteads, a fivo hundred dollar house
rent, and a prospective homo for tho old folks,
just tako.your hat and leave. You’vono more
on with confiding calico, than
ft hollyhock has to pass itself olf for a rose.
tt7*“Thoro Is nothing half so sweet In life as
love’s young dreajnj’* sucking molassoa Irom ft
clean straw, ulono excepted.
Tho follow who klssod tho faco of nature says
‘it didn’t go half as woll as tho busses of some of
his lady friends.
dbbbjer nnfr (Bubs.
(£7 Never despair. , ;
[£7 Types of mankind—babies.
I£7 Always bo respectful to the aged.
[£7 Wisdom is more precious than gold.
• lE7 People can be simple and not /bolish.
(£7 Life is but a dream, and death an awa
kening.
[L7 Why is a kiss like a rumor ? , Because
it goes from mouth to mouth.
P£7 The eye is a sure index, of character.—
Physiognomy reveals the secrets of the heart.
[£7“ There are times when ignorance is bliss
indeed.
NO. 49.
f£7 Sorrows show us truths as the night
brings out stars.
C 7 A “stretch” of theiraagination is dream
ing you are being hanged.
[£7 Flattery is a sort of bad money, to which
our vanity gives currency. ’ - p ■'
ITT' fll temper puts as many briefs into tho
lawyer’s bag as injustice.
fL/* True eloquence consists in saying all that
is necessary, and nothing more. - 1
E 7 The thinking man has wings; the acting
man has only feel and hands.
IF7 Wc carry our neighbor’s crimes in sight,
and throw our own over our shoulders.
(£7" A man in Burlington advertises 11 h»m9
and cigars, smoked and unsmoked.” ’
Z~7~ The man who ‘brought down the house, *
ias gone back for the cellar. * *
fnT* Sam Slick says, “ I don’t like preaching
to the nerves instead of the judgment.’*
Cv 3 * V hat is the great distinction between
industrious and lazy men? The latter cannot
be judged by his works.
[../ The present year came in and goes out
upon Sunday. So well guarded, it should bo
fraught with goodness.
!’ { i;'io modesty blushes for everything
that is criminal. False modesty for everything
that is unfashionable.
‘‘ "N hen I am a man,” is the poetry of
childhood; “ when 1 was young,” is the poetry
of old age. *
ITT** There arc as man}- and innumerable de
grees of wit as there arc cubits between tbfo
and heaven.
\\r' Philosophical happiness is to.want little
and mj«u much. Vulgar happiness is to wiuxt
much and enjoy little.
[1 r Somebody says that politeness is likeau
aii-cushmn— there nfay bo nothing in it, but
u ms<.s our jolts wonderfully.'
- r ' A servant maid, who was occupied in
pickling her mistress’s cabbages, took tho op
portunity of cabbaging her mistress’s pickles,
saving it made no difference. ‘
fT7' A gentleman a.sked a negro boy if ho
wouldn't take a pinch of snuff. “No,” replied
tbe darky, very respectfully, “me thank you;
Pomp’s nose not hungry.”
r/" Mrs- Sqnczcr writes to ask if ‘sheet mu
sic, often mentioned in the papers, is singing
in Ind; for she adds, “Mr. Squczcr often sings
delightfully while asleep.”
An enthusiastic girl states, under oath,
that die first tifflo she locked arms with a young
man. she kit like Ilope leaning ou her anchor.
1 netic ymng woman, that.
&T w . l,at nn argument in fUvor of social con
nections is the observations, that by communi
cating our grief wo have less, and by commu
nicating our pleasures wc have more.
0 s * The barber who dressed the head of a
. barrel, Ims been engaged to “fix up" the locks
. of a canal. Great artist, that Professor Hirsute
, alacassar. 5 f . 1
' Ilierb hah editor /iLNorth Carolina with
seven bullets in lus body, received in-duds and
street encounters. His paper ought to he called
the " Bulletin," and contain all loulcd matter.
J D7*, 1 . 1 been staled, .on authority entitled
to the highest credence, that there is more work
done every day in England, by power of ma
chinery, than all the men and women in tho
world could do without it.
IVo op a Family.— “ How well he plays for
ono so young ’ said Mrs. - Partington, as the
organ boy and his monkey performed near her
door; “ nnclhow much his little brother looks
uko him, to be sure!”
. Prepare yourself for the world, as tho
athletro used to do for their exercises; oil your
mind and your manners, to give them the no
irTin n^r S n,d a-
“ ' 'O,a ever wo may think of women's right
■I i ole and legislate, there can bo no disputing
" 1 "r 11 10w arms—and tho prettier the bot
" irresistible. This is a right do
•‘•emltd from Mother Eve.
’*/ ’’lMea-sc lake ji half of this poor applo,”
•ai<l a priilv damsel to a witty swain, the other
•w-mntr. •• No I thank you; I would prefer a
'din Iwl/. Eliza bhusficd, and referred him
o •• papa.”
• [C7' At Malta, duelling is permitted by law.
ml under this curiousireatnetion. Tho duel- *
l’ ,ts arc enjoined, on the severest penalties, to
le.sist and put up their swords at the desire of
i priest, a vvomaii ora knight.
Whiskey drinking never conducted wealth
uu. a man's to his family,
■>r respectability toliis Therefore,
w hiskcy is a uou-conductor, ami it is best to
let it alone.
DFr" In Abyssinia, n grandee sits at tahloand
lias his moulli crammed with raw beef till ho ■ i
chokes, by a Indy on eachsideof him; thcorcr*
|ilns being pa ml oll'iit In's lips. Tins he thinks
■' keeping up his dignity.”
Oy ■ Sterne's Uncle Toby says that one of tho
links of women is to pretend that they have
accidentally got something in their eye, and In
duce a mail to look into it, and he says tho man
is sure gone if he looks there fur that something-
FT [ , f P O,l ~? 1|1,! preserve your pluck, keep
ml ol debt. The same man Hint would fact)
■ ail army null banners,” without a blanche.
Mil no sooner sec a creditor turn a comer than
'l “! k lr .V' lblo 11,10 a bulrush “ tipsy with a
r/-" There is no truth in men,” said n fedy
m company ; they arc liko musical instru
ments, udncli sound a variety of tone." ‘-In
Other words, madam, : ” said a wit. who chanced
O be .present, -you believe that all men ore
ID” The census-takers found great difficulty
orhv'oni nU ' K i“ ECi i of - thc a lar go m
'v,? f “ u Ul " 8 °" ly 81xtccn - In ono f “ m «-
y u a neighboring county, there were found
years o'fagc. B ' Bixlccn and ci B ht «“
lO* Some ill-natured critic says that “it has
recently been discovered that it is necessary for
ladies, who wear wafer-solo shoes, to have from
ten to fifty dollars worth of furs around tho nock
and wrists, in order to maintain an uniform heat
of iho system.”
My good gracious 1” said Mrs, Par
tington, “I wonder what they’ll manufacture
next out of grain. Here’s an account of making
a mr» face, and of another making a Jlowcrv
speech; and then a whole column about tin
corn laics!”
, By Q;;“ r people for ampsement in Grcon
land. Ihcvhavo O play in which every body
pulls lus neighbor's noso;- and the harder it in
drawn upon the louder tho sufferer is .expected
to lough. They sit down to a dinner of bear's
meat, aud-drmk a couple of quarts of grease.