TiIVn9DAY iroiSo iii ,■.* to ’*'■ v.-i’ • ;!5 - S" i- iin I.iil! •* - .wHiiaigMyag , paitiif i Wi®Wo ®cillaWMa‘Firty Ocnfsrif not: Tho‘4° tbrtoi'WU bb rlgii U, “adhered to in ovory Instance. No aubadrip !f •{-HlsSontlnooil uhW !«11 " arrearages•nra> i/aid #£SS tllo.optttoot iholEdltor;. . oXsir, «nd not cxoecdingibtiu square', .will bo inserted fiiroa-tlmoß/orlbue Dollar* anfl ; twenty.flvo;tPDlB forcholi flWlonaMnsojtlpb, m?’boBpp£a,firqat r ujjg, ffinipliloU, Blanks* Lnlipls, ko. fi kc.,;cxol cutod' •“ '-mmi: J.. ■>. -toift 'Oi’J’i IjUi' '/ti'ii: in ;, j,Ten'll oobH.l. „ , L iit ter t|ld tirfiamy tonguc that dwells lo rlpXJlinß,'V“»“ tree }:• 8o>iko*to&» old chra). ■■■■:■. ” -tiib whistling Mnl, too ■, nllotpAt rlglt! ; ™«! W.m ft# ~ •- »*c; B fliw airos,' .;f ■ ’ triio 4furipH:porcs above’liisibeada, ,i ■■• - Wijhjzoal [that AQver J wn.nW nor. tirca! ■■. s - Jut holiest rito'flr longest pwyor . ;., •Thatjiput,can. yield ojc wUilora prove* -, Jfjmtli'ejtorimport ct\n,lticivr, - . . ; Th'anj (»/ Fatlicr, Jinjlpwcd by,Thy-panic!” Thd sdvflgo, Whecling'.lo lllb anh ?) ' • ; To give hid tlmnlcs idak’n boon Tlio rtpt«Toa : of'thb idiot ono ' .. Who Idug-jlifl to flee the clear robnd nioon’j The saint.woll taughl'ln Christian lovo, p Moslem prtistrato a't his flame— ill irorsblp’, wondor.atidadoi-o, ' ; 1 ■’ Artd end in “Hullo Wed bo Thy name!” I f 'liafo’er may bo man’s faith or creed,, ' Thosd precious comprise it 8(111; TV*? trace. Ihpm on nientt, . "Ifo have them in the Rowing rill;,', ~ ~ One cliohVa hails (ho Gi'cat’Siiprelrte^ Eocll varied brcotjijng. ss,tho snmo, M tfjie’ittWua may dlfTpr, hut tiib Ibcnio ’, , •ft; lifillowotl be Tjiy'natiib !” , :'*TIS iIME. Wlll!BE THE UEART IS. \ ■ nrsi.s. v'ilson'. flow trao are these words. .1 How touch, can be rcad.in'thisshort sentence. ’Tishomowhero Uic heart'is. It .-matters not; what kind of a homo we may have, whctlicrjtbea costly man" ?ion.surrounded with all,tho luxuries this irorld can.nfTonl. or allltlo.lmt Inrsome,thick forest, purrodndrd with the.beauties of nature, where owe can took from nature up to nature's Oddi and thank him forshpwing his marvelous works to ufljc'cn in thc-liny l ' mountain (lower,. 1 Wo may liavc’n home like either of these and yct'bo happy*; If < there the loved ones dwell, thorowill tbc hcart bo (irmly fixed,and naught but the hand of; death can sever the ties that bind us: ito that cherished, spot. Mark tho plender, vine. 'fhe delicate ivy, twining grace fully around some stately mansion os it rears its proud head above those around It, - seeming to look, with contempt'upon the little whitu cottages ip -the distance. One would almost think such immense walls would ,never decay* But could we view it one hundrcd;ye.*rs from now, you would sco tho walls prostrated, and mouldering with them, tho vine thatoncoshad \ «1 its stalely pillars. .-As the ivy is, so is tho the human heart.; We may bid adieu to’thd ■ homo.of- our chUdhood;;and to all wo lovudiso .dearly. ;thcrc, to the familiar haunts .which their darkgrovcSi'pearly streams, peb .Wy* shores and shady.liooks.' But'ns tlic vine clingeUi.to the decaying.’ruins,; so, will our hearts ,-cling around that place.,-,’Oft will .wo think of tho joys of other years when we were but little children, snorting ir^qur.innocent childhood.' /Then the 4 spriiigUirwc 6f life dawn ed brilliantly .upon «B, shedding its golden rays over opr, pathway, seeming- to adorn it with happiness and future bliss, But the many liipss wo,have, seen these bright hopes blighted, hbould, teach,us/the Justruotite lesson, that ‘fKar.Mliy bopts bloom but to fade.’*; , ,T) u ! Afik.evca. the. brave hearted sailor' as ho spreads tho sails.of his gallantshlp and leaves the.calm shore to plough tho raging Wave of fhemighty,deep.. Ask.him it :hcever thinks of his own native land. - lie will tell you - that hi? thoughts oro continually wafted .across the boundless ocean tptbose whom .ho left behind; Andsarliy will be speak of somo. companiori whom he: saw,isink beneath : lho waves,and listened, to the foaming, billows chanting his fupcral dirge, and the mournful winds singing tho lost melancholy requiem over his lifeless formas it sinks .amidithc coral strands and w;ild, weeds of the fatliomless deep. . Ho will tell yl}U that jWhen his pulse hod ojmost ccasqd to boat, lie gently whispered tho name of,-his fririkisj and . died blessing the loved opes at honic. i; Go to, tlie battle field, stand amidst tho wq undid and! dying.. See that noble form lliat,once foughtso.yaljantly npw prostrated, struggling in the the moo9toe l)eath.-t Thoupanda arc sufiering around him unnoticed. No iehdcr ( or friendship, np.fatniliar voice, no,‘kind parents arc there to, soothe their dying pillows, or- close their eyes in death. — The' warm blood gushes from hi? wounds, staining tho snow.while, plume that a short time,before bad .wqvpd so proudly, over his huhly’brijwr' Vctairtio ‘all his. HUlfennfes ho thinks of hU friends who.ard'far,' far awuy.-r knows lid is' dying 60 the blopdy Add bfbatilbfhls heart is W.ith those whonV ho left, hopingna.ho - bade them; farewell Co meet after victory had ; perched upon ’his standard! 116 fcds now tliia Wifi never be.— Cklmly ho breathes his last,-faintly 1 speaking of, them as the icy chill of death closc£ his lips forcycr. .j ■"Wi may lidvo become strangers in atrango land?,.and in, that land wq may have, gained friends, still,will ppr spirits bo bptMP. bapH: to the friends pi our ypulii. hear'agaiu thfir gentlo voices and revel* in their smilds. We climb again tho craggy sides of our native hills, , and : rob tho mosayi rocks of their - beautiful flowers.,,Agaip; wo,twine wreaths in the sun ny darts of our happy schoolmates, who Iqved with us to tear tho buttercups and violcts from Wtfjr wild-*tf6od'hdln6; : orBlrg!l\vith uft along the tnurfiiuring river, and watch melunbriuds pldy 'wilh tho.ditnnjcd waves qf ‘‘Blue ’Jimiiili'.-’f often ddph he who- Jwbk'pifktjilo frdiri jwodV dHyVVverd oVcr,*'lhirik.'of all tho bleak*; ■U11& b'tf dftcql enjoVedT. ' drtqri 1 ' ddtllfdntl 1 him' 'ljhojJijjh't’qf other, i Uic tcarsf , i'l ,Of years, ~r r , . ~ oflovp spqlccp,’* i Ho thinksof.tho many,schoolboys who once; •JM-With him iil-tholold schoohhouso, where [hey were first taught by .tho gray-haired slra A,.«, 0, or who guided their. tiny fill-} tot the.first tiuuj overall sheet of paper,' os* ( J| 8 ” n 6.thcjn -very :much aa theyi thought, in »e Herculean tusk of makidg Ptrokcs.aud pot -} •nfit t« n^nos t imagines ho hears the sound l ‘°. ft hd sees, tho old gray' steeple peerH above the’ ' lxultcivV)6f, .'although' uiftl only a few tnoßH'Oovorcd 1 logs Hd UU I wdund; to tcll a building brfeb stdod' YrU. C ;' Ho thinks - of the playground omhtlio ihSlr* ' vl^h whom ho hail Joined so often' in , >r sports. •iCut'- whispers thbyj BY JOHN B. BRATTON. Mi' ■ 1 orcjnot there. > Now, others have taken- tlicir places, apd they aro ; . ' • , •. :-1 i! -.irict ‘■'All Scattered and sundered by mountain atid waVb;* 2 • • . .i 1 And; some in the Silent embrace of tljo grave;” • |‘Yet liti knows' Ihd clear cold Spring still gashes froiA tho gray Vbeks,' play ljig : with ‘the raosS tbd cool ' shades of the old b,uttop-wood ’’ tr&v’bh 1 whoStf 'trunks were 1 Carvid illb’ panics''dif maily 6< his youthful friends. lid-feels that kb changes could come over, that raQuntam'.dprlifg-where the old wood* on'bbckM had becii 1 tilled so often toqucngli the thirst of Indny.” Again he secs the whit* chbrch ptepirtg but "froth the green trees,where he bad been so .Often led.by kind friends/ sbmo of whom, are now; laid in the quiet, churchyard; where! f llobin and •Rqvo, sing their,vesper and niatih fibng dbove their graves, and where the spriug flowers bud and blossom nrourld’lho Wllitb mfu-ble slab's on. whoso .surfaces are cn- , names of the departed' ones; He feelsithat tile circle td: which Ho onco'belonged is broken;* that the golden chain that bound them together has been severed, and somo Of tholbrightfcst links have been hid in the cold earth. • The hbtnc that was once his, maj’ now Uo occupied byiStraugers,' yet his heart is there, it will still 'clingiarOund that spot as long as he rertmins on earth. lie: may 'gain' friends in a fitrangothmd, ao may cross the mighty : dcep,’ and; gather pleasures from, cyory passing'mo ment,ncar.-his. heart will bo theremem brand' of hisi oWn street home. 1 From Jl}>pU(on , s Ornaments of Mahory. The T^red 1 Soldfcr; 1 ' ' A SKETCH DV MEXSMER KARft. ‘Sister, there is ft Strange man by the well!' cried' liltlbToirtdtlo. ( -■ ‘•'l' is only ft soldier,’ 'added tlic aunt,-!.; > ■ ■ 1 ' . Sister sighed. , ;: *My Francois waft a soldier,’ she rejected. But this was ft grief,os llircc years’^'standing, and though she sighed, she fornid 'impossible td : give liCr mind an ab rtipttwirl to some other subject.. • - Thp)e ; hc ) Sftt,by the well—a,travel-worn ftnd sun. soldier. >( A paticrU, gentle man.; lie seemed! (oo! ; g^onc'lhat had Verne and suf fered’ too 1 nVany great hUMship# ahd griefs xo be lightly moved by trifles. Courage arid forti tude,render, some men defiant and unbelieving —they hail inllutnced this man Into kindness anil'silence. “ Possibly tho fatigues of the day’s journey had wearied: hiln into apathy, for ho gazed on the, parents ,aud children earnestly, yet said nothing. . (?|i . - 5 . , ‘A warm evening,• friend,’ quoth the old man. Maria said nothing, but 'gavehirri a pitcher filled with fresh .water.' ■ ■ He: drank ea gerlyj .qnd returning it with thanks, gazed ft gain into her face jWfth ft and some* yhat’sdd air.' ‘‘ ' ( . •• ‘You'arcniarrlctl? 1 heinquirod/yct hr ft'tbiic which gave no offence. , ■ - ' •K; r v ,‘jlc is dead/ npswered Marie, hcr,cyos flllipg with tears., ‘Why do you talk so?’ • 'Here tlio old : gcntlctnan, who was posted bc himlMKno, had been intently scrutinizing the stranger? winked to hilnsclf with un airofsat jsftcjl. sagacity,. dodded. smiled downwards with the right corner of ; his mouth, mjd.laidjii. 1 } hnhd on'the‘old lady v s Shoulder. That tijuch said distinctly; 11 , ' '' ‘Hush I Keep still. . Here’s something com ing olf! , ; ‘ .J . ' Not yet,’ replied the soldier to Marie,mean' Ing that Pierre Unsil was still alive. ‘Ngt yet. And looking intently in her brown eyes,ho ad ded : •Don’t you know mo, Marie?* There was no fainting or extravagant joy manifested. Bolli had seen and suitered too mnUi , f«i‘ that. But Mario clasped her arms around her lover's neck and kissed him, and as her tears ran down his brown cheek she whis pered : . ■ , " ‘Pierre, I have always been, and always will be, thine.’ 1 Me Core of Vonr Thought*' * 'Sin begins in iho heart. If you can keep Vour thoughts pure, your.life will le.ss v ,Tt»c indulgence of sinful thoughts, and desires produces sinfulness. When lust hath cjoiicelvcd, it brlngethforth sin. Tire,pleasur able conlcmplnlion of- a sinful deed iri ustinlly followed by its comrhission.' Ncvcr nllbwyonr. golf topausu,and consider the pleasure or pro tit you might derive from this or that sin. ,Close your mind against the suggestion at ohcc, as you would,lock and bplt your doors against a robber. If live had hot plood parleying with the devil, iihd bdniiringlho beautiful fri/lClhe earth might havo'yet been a paradise. No'o'no becomes a; tliief, fornicator,.or a mUrdcrcr at once.. The mind roust, bo .corrupted., The wicked suggestion roust be indulged and re* vhlvcd iiV the thoughts, until, its, nenious.de formityl, and the anticipated g'nlri oi 1 pleasure cornea ID outweigh-Iho evils of Uio tk-anigrcfi* sion. • -Vour imagination is'aptto pftihtfthbidden pleasure la gay ami-dazzling,colors.'j Itiia the fipriwhtj’fl.chanii, the picture, .lntruder to got albdgcmynt.~r ‘Mcct'thb the threshold, ilhu’ U| ; fvo Jt from 1 your heart.'' "As'a rtilo tho ihdfc fimllHhr you become wilhbln, tholcss.hfttofullitappears! ho that,tho morecompletelyyou. preserve,youy mirtd froth unholy, and wished thoughts,” tho 'better. •AVoid the society wheVo'bbsconitydiVd •blasphemy is heard. 'Cultivate thcriobloly- of ■tho virtuous,, flcas nothing that Is unchaste br immoral. ><: Mnkb ft covenant \vltliVom* byes. ;I?amili«rir-c not your mind- with * tho loathsome disuse nf-crjmo. Never ‘hnrbdr. ulillicioaaior: CAvioits'thoughts! Pireqt vqiit tfiopgblP .tOf, wards pure and lioty objects. , Cohlcninjatp the character of tho spotless - aria perfect San of Gpd., . Kccp„-yp\\r sjnrits .untainted, your, 'hearts unconinijhnalcd, ho shallypur Jim, he; virllio'ds. As a thiinlliinkcth/so ho Take •cftrooftho thoughtspaiid tho actions’Will take care of themselves* > • ■ '■ - ; ■ 1,,: '' Bovs Should Lkauh a Tuapij:—St. I’nul was a niakcr of tents. ' Mb'was ft thorough workman, bpt n thorough scholar a mastering,only. of hiSiOWO native Ilqbro\y t but other languages.-- It-was the custom among) the Jews .to have sheir sons.tftUght some.trade,; a custom tlip.nqorcrpljisficrt N,t also practiced, by , tfyq wealthy. custoip ivak tiAviso’cnb/aiid ,it were Well if th6'fathers. Of 1 the present day ‘would • tnmi 'nll' thiii* chil dren, to some uaefol employment. by which, in! case their means of support fronjothel’' sources! shotild full; 1 they inky 1 yet 1 got ti 1 bomfortalilo livelihood. ...i".;; -> ;nri ;■•:: ' ( .:r ’’ .•II > ’ I. • SOMEBODY TBOD IIPOMT; , *‘l guess somebody trod upon it when it was alittlo fellow” , , So said a child'whin asked' if lie could'tell \vjiy a.full grown, vigoi oqs grew /c oked. llqw pfjihfully. suggestive the reply,, “.trodden hponwKcnit'lvrnsa littliT fellow*”' Tnadew and thesunshine, lent tlicir aid to beautify,tlib riun and* the fruitful earth' to'strenglhcn, but it availed pn;-whcn it was' at i‘littlc fellow,'” sompbpdy'trod, ppon it; its- glossy, green stem grew curved;, its juices turned into new, chan* nels, deformity claimed the young tree and bowed its princely Head. l \ • Wi'thooght ofthc tall old man, bent, shriv elled,and hoarding a button that ho might coinjt gold, locking hisihead in iron, put-* tingdns vcry.smilcH.out at iuteregt. ; Onccjic wpa a generous, triistjng-bpy; once benevolence his ! crbwning Virtue. IjVhat shrivelled its vitals into"prematureaVaricc? Alas! when It was a little Allow somebody trod upon it* The sweet little germ had hardly expanded its lit tle leaves to the light of day before cold calcu lation lifted Us leaden foot, and,crushed,it Out of al^bcauty.,Ttye tree grew crooked .until its (jfcformlty shamed, tlic heavens—and the gener-.’ ous child became the radii 6f 'adahidnt. • • >l ' • A little' girl with every:winning •’grace of 1 phUdhopd Jopked) frgnt her stately home upon I groups of., happy children, and begged to' jpin | them; She saw them ' chase the butterfly and ' bury then* hands in' the cloVcr'blbsstfms. She ’ »aw their ringlets toss upon-Sunburnt shoul-' 1 dcro.mud sliook; sighingly, her own curls pf Sab- 1 in gloss. Sihe saw them stain, their hands with berries, dance Ip life, music of their own , voices, hunt’the sward for mossed, and shft begged to' put otfhcr finery.fmd } go ima'&hlto frock that would leave, herfirabs free, that she might laugh and .gliout and danlo witjhthcra. .Butfalsc pride and stem prejudice said no. .Yeats af ter, a woman "trod thchalls offashion. Crowds followed her; for she was beautiful, bdt hollow hearted, note, ftnd cruel asi beautiful; . It was | qhpwhpin her childhood bad'longed, to bo; a child. Pure as ,as an. angel, lovely in all her . attributes! hhtnility had then lifted its’palp blossom in hci* littld turajft,‘ when “somebody trod upon U,’’ audit grcwncithcr straight nor fresh,nor tall forever after, ; _ And oh, bow maity blighted human trees tnerc are on which tins heavy foot hns left its token! Whploforests of them—rcrookcd,. un sightly, gazed at with a shudder and hewed down without regret. Sricl! very sad iho tho’t, we, with our cold, calculating worldly may so impress tho'youlhful hearts about ms that we may change that which ,is spiritually pure into moral deformity, Mothers, fathers, dbn’t ‘put your foot upon the little fellows,’ — Some days ago a very diar'friend was walking in tho garden .with; us. r Wo ■ were looking at the little ground nut blossoms; did you ever see them?' th'oy 'arc . most delicately lovely.— Well,' one had just put Its head but of the green carlh, capped With the : bld shell of its former existence. Our friCnd atruck it slightly i with his foot, paused a'moment, bent over it,’and then rcsumcdjns walk. In the evening, when 'we .were;,thinking.uponi another.subject,:Jic faco ckt opce Yith a-Tnosfrpeful self*, donvibuon, as 'he said, “poor little fellow, X ' Imtt it.’ ,liJ ! • ' •' '■ , Looking in' surprise,, we hskcd liis meaning; .‘fWhy, .enid -lio, *Hhopoor little ground nut blossom. I,struck it,too roughly,nndX fcar,l havqknicdii. 4 ’.'' /’ “ 1 'And there W'a 1 ftcllfig r in cvciy tightly con* sliluted mindmvcrso.lo injuring the tcndcrcat things, of ,Ood’« creation, ’ cyeti the .vojoclcss plants, Jn this instance our friend had felt so badly that lie had been pondering all the even ing; because ; ho had blighted’what bo could hot restore;, but : think, think of the-injury we of ten do to little human hearts,- putting our feet upon- generous impulses—holy hcaVcn'born convictiohSk 1 ’ ' ’ I ■' •"0 ! let us allbccareful how'wo , *fread lipoh the little follows;” least our condemnation be mord icrrible thin 1 weean 1 Technical Observations. : A few dayd ago a'couple of men gOl into ft fight,: and as,a consequence,it being naturally the cose,a ring of excited individuals got aroimd the parties, and each, according to his own feelings ip the matter, gave his advice.? •Deg it into him,’ said the shoemaker, ‘liarn,- mcr his dnper Icpther for him, that’s it ! wax him, m’y'lnii ; beht'hls soic'out bfhim.* • ‘Out it into him, old fel/said the butcher j rknock him on the head; Say I why don’t ycr punch his rjbs, ? You’re a regular cajf, 3’ou arc! KnncklO Imp, po\v 'ycr got hun ; and make inihco’meat 6f him. 1 :’Dress him'well, 1 said the tailor ; ‘see How he papts; fejl him i give him ft stitch in Ills ribs ! button up-his lips,.and JcnockJiim bang up/ ■ ' • i ; ‘Tmvlm hide,* said thc 'councrj ‘peel the bark oil’ his nose—and damage his skin.’ ‘That suits mo exactly,’ said the lawyer; get liis head in chancery, nnd bleed' hlnv till he plcads>: then lioVa good case/ Then' advan cing to the other one, he said* ‘lie’s doing,//yop an injuryi he’s perfectly /cc-rocioiis; take thp law on him, and I’ll look out for the rbnidin dcr; 1 • 1 ■ 1 •I saw him strike yOu first,’ said the carpcn* ter; ‘nail him; knock his uprights from nuder him ; cross cut him until hc'lays'dormdnt: I’ll bet n bask.et.ofjHlmvlngs on you, old chip.* ‘Ding him m the eye.’ said the,tobacconist; ‘get a doubloon Him, imd then clicw him up. — Don’t let him stump you ; give him onO'bli lifts. niggorhOad.*'' ’ ; ' ' 1 " •What’S the row ?' said tho police, coming Up> after every one had i gone. • ‘Show us a chance to grab at somebody;' SI • 1 ,i : - • <: A/i'-y, Picayune'*' ' bovn in SarAr.r. walkwl.onoj btfght spring dfty. hlongbno of thogrechl’ftrks 1 in' BoridonV admiring;, Clieibriglitl I gravel-wnlkW, | 41m verdant, folipge,i itho. silver barked flteihs and-elegant hr 0 ! 10 ) 108 ’ of obsoWed 1 lllb, company, I 'saw two .very ‘small girls—o’no,"indeed; Wai 1 d'btfbC—hOfttiy alid, gcriteely .drcsscdiin . light 'blue plaid flbeks, 1 movtil on bcfohi mebjumping;and'laughing in tho very joy of their hearts. By'•'ftcfcia'citt .the Ussev/ofthd twoffclil whcn thO otller.ilnuta 1 ofift creature,'arishming'ftlb.lhij protective kind-; ness oflft moth'oTi lifted nn :hcrifallcn' , Hlstey, wiped away carefully thd’ults of ghtvel-that stuolc.in hqr tipyliands, ,apd kissed, and com-! forlod Jicr until her face won lit up with a smile. I do like to see instances of love ill small tilings:, for they arp,thp germ and'.hud.of what) shall bjosrfdm ( and; bring fqrlb, jhp fruit of kindly deeds in after years! Go oit,.my little riiaUlciis; hot oiilV' 1 along thd graHl’ wallas' of Hie green Park! Gut tliro 1; iho -thorny paths-'df ,lifo< alao.lwith’.your hands arid your hcartfj united.. i And may Uo whO' Bftid, nSufler’little children to coiho!unto rtie, and forbid them hot; for Ofnyoh iii the kingdom of Heaven,'* ihoVoyou'r^iido J arid cojnforter.f“3Vcrcl il/pgv i" Philosophy does pot regard 'Shb did hotrCcClvi Platons fti'nohlo, but'hhttdd ■himboi; f ■ V ;■ V!.‘, HC7* All wmnen arc in, Bmpo ( degree, jspica irt llnaginationv angola id, heartland dipl ( iuwind. ~ * n 2 rrii'C “oq% oo(nramr-4ur tf ' Sisni, oß ; irnoNo, oun oouktbt.” CARLISLE,, PA., ;: 8,1855. : “By anil'Dy.’V • • There's : muslo chough ib Ihpkc ihrcc words for the burden’of a spng/- 1 "T’hbtc is hope wrap* ped up. ii) them, an. aftictulWd bcit of Iho, fau* man heart/^" '■ '''r./ 1 ' ‘ • ; ;bv rttia>y! : .i.y;, 1 ‘' AVc htard it' as ,i]fl TCtnfcmbcr, , nfheti pm ndejbri'ef ,aps Journeys from I cllnir.w.ialile and frorp, tabje.lpi chair again. ..I L‘ iWo hcard it the, other ; t\vo parted , that had been ‘loving fn (help aives,' one to Cal j ifomia, h c ;'i 1, Everybody l >or TheUttlehoy-wmspcwit WhoW'hb' dreams of exchanging the little Btubbed-boots like n man, Themdn murmured lifcVmiddlo watch'he sccs hts'plansj'hhlf nhd' his hoped, waiving in the cold’ late spring: : ,1 ‘ '• v ‘ T v ' ; Thoold man hplhlnksof put ting ofTthe Mortal for tlicsuihioftal, to-day for, to-morrow:.'' The weary wat'ctl for and while away the dark.wUH‘‘by jintj,sf*” » . - Sometimes'it sounds ,filic a §ong ; sometimes (hero is.a.sigh, init.;,..)ybat would'nt tfic world give toflnqjt innjroaiiacs—setdown.; somewhere,' no matter,if in .the dead of Decern her—to know that it would - purely come.- • But fairy like as it is; flitting:like n ■feunbeam over the dewy shadow: of ycarsjliuhbddy can sparO it, and we look upOn, the frta'ny ■limes these words have.’ “ ” kroory of the silvery,“by nriseof Os sian, “plea? -oul.” Tell gi_. uaacUtCMs.‘.v. ho dark rough earth, who gave to Von beautiful fOnn,yoUr unfolded l ibldsfcotnS'l Smd wlmtdc-, 15ght;uid ye feel,'is, .the genii (were rockiug themselves upon your,leaves I v Say to me, quiet flowers, bbwjdid they dis tribute aqjong themselves their, joyous task, andibcckon to each other/whilst, they so' skill fully-spun,and variously hddrnei and embroid ered your ddicatctoxtufc.-- U % . But,ye ore,silent, happy.tclpjdrcn. and enjoy your existence. ...\VeU,-.then, :,thc Instructing fable sJk' H relate .to'.' mo’ U\at;-,of wliich your fhbuth idsilenti 1 ’ !*'‘.’ r As oncethecarlh stood 'a naked rock, be-' hold a friendly band of boar down to it-tbe virgin soil,- and kind genii stood ready to deck tho.harp; rock with flowers. Variously they* distributed, among themselves the task.— Soon, beneath theshowahd in tfyc cold-short grassi'began modest Humility, and wtwo the : Self-concealed violet. Hope stopped forth close after her, hnd flllcd'with cboling fragrance the little cup of thoircfreshing;hyacinth. Then came, since these succeeded so well, a. proud glittering train, of irfany cqlorcd,beauties; The .tulip raised; bis . bead.; the narcissus; looked around with, languishing eyc.r Many, other genii and nymphs’wcrc busy in manifold j ways and adorned the earth, cxalting-in fheir | beautiful forms. And to'l when a largo parti of theirwork, with its glory and their .delight in it, had failed ’ away ; Venus Spoke to ; tbti gracesalsW—J.-y , [ 1 *’ . >’• - - ‘'•Why' dd yc'tarry-yO sisCcrs'drgtbcfntntesV Up/hnd weave from your charms, too, a mbr ’ taVvimblc’flOwcr.’’' ' , j ' Th’cyiddcehdcd to the caVtl/.'-nna -Aglaia-tbo ct*a’cO of JunOcencO formed the lily. , , Thalia ISurihrosyiic wove with foptcrly Imnu ; the flower of joy,and love\, the virgin rose. . Many flowery p£,the field hhcl garden envy each other. -The lily and tho rose envied none, and were envied of,all. aistcrliko, they bloom .together npon upon tho same field.of. Flora; and..adorn each other, for sistcr graccs have woven* them con jointly. ‘it i ' ‘ No ono who bps ever toiled from, morn till night,.earlyand late, the whole six-days on* pointed to; labor, can properly; appreciate luo Sabbath ns,a day of rest; Howtho'woary and wornlong -for lnat day, that they vmy rest from their labors! how sweet' in' prospective beams that hallowed day uponthcfrjiatli, like a totW in a desert land, like n spring in A thirs ty plain, like a troad shadowing trep, in the noohlidp hour! ' . “Oh I yrlsli to-morrow was Suqday!” cries the Watry laborer who feels tbp tension of sln,- cw 6, ripd her,via can hold out hut a little while lohgcr : without relaxation and rest.*., ; ,vj6)i 1 aip glad tp-niorrow.is,'Sunday ex claims the laborer's wife, tired .tp. tho .last dc* grcc of cooking, washing, scrubbing and mCndt ing. ,* j i • . '.Ob! blessed day of rest, when man and bcostmaylawfully rest from thdr labors, re lax the wearied limbs, and' refresh tho droop ing spirit by. quaffing of tho writers of life free ly. And: blessed tho laborer, who- feels as rip other-the luxury of repose (liable hard curbed. Thus toil is in-tf measure its own reward by tho sweetness of Its rest. ... Those'Who seek only the pleasure pf thislife, and 101 l in wearisome, monotonous luxury,may Wish tho Sdbbath as nil other days,-that nb re strninfmriy bo placed uponlhdrcorouSingand pleasure , hunting. Bui never , shall; tho day loose and Us , lovers, so,,long as there orb those who toil for daily bre/id 1° hail its blest return { so long as there arc thbsriwho labor not alone for the bread that ncrishetli, but look forward to that rest which God giycth his beloVcd. when physical rind mental toil ccdfeeth, tho spirit with spirit dwells'.' OUve'Hranch. PjOllf URTWEKN A RATTLESNAKE AND,IIOGsJ —Tho State Bights Democrat published' at KI-, ba, ‘Ala., narrates thP'fbllowing';— : “Two ? gcn* J tlemch werd lately in thawPoda, when theirat ,pttpntjon was attracted by. an uproarious liloiso of hogs.' Thinking that something uncommon was to pay, they repaired to the spot, and' found'that the hogs hadbetti In a fight with a, tvery largo rattlesnake.. The light, from dp- had bpcu.a long and doapcrale one. Tliq snake was lorn lb nieces, three hogs dead, apd!a fourth’dying. VThey say that,as.the lasVhdg Would gfoah; 1 {lib. snake Would*raise his head; being tihribllj to'dA anything' cist.— The,snake and fourth hog soon dicdl ' They re port that for thirty yards around ,lhc grafts and ground .wcro.torn up. Tho snake was six and a-half or. seven feet ;loifg*-. .The, hogs, in the flght ?( hftd (icpiolis)icd (ill the rattles except two.j ,' r T . ... , o:7* An, ofncq-jiojains chap licing ashed how, .Im contrived tp Ijoithofllcu undo: aqcofts-sivofu*‘| pipiistrationa, .mull'd,' ‘that tnnstbu diitiic'j'sixirtrtthat could chongto often-, orlhahlioionld;* •• • * . ; * ago is gutting more and more; nice*. VAfdsA by pliy oilier Ijamo would Hindi n 3, Hwoct/ is now rendered ns follows! *A l|owcr| ;is capable ofoxccling Iho sanio tililatory inlla oncu uudcil i\ny mul every cognotaciii <■ ; ; '‘.Ain't you nfraul you \vill brcaU_, while rolliflg ft chap ni tlio i>it of ft circus* tplthb.clown* • - ■ <1 . ; c '^WjiyßdV.'ft’aKod itio latter. • , , voir arftft tinnblcr,' replica Inowng. TfaoiolovfQrolritcUw ••'• 1 . f '< ' ; 1 ' ”* ’K^'A mau. Three jolly husbands,'out in tho country,by the-names of Tim Watson, Joe Brown, and Bill Walter; sat late'One . evening drinking at the ; viUngc; tnvcrpv until being pretty well corn- 1 ca, tliey. agreed that each one on. .returning hbmc'shbnld do the first T thing that his wife 1 told him;-in default of which he should thehext 1 morning, pay the bill. They then separated'for i Ul9,night, meet again the; next i morning,_ and give an honest account of their ' proceedings at home,’feo for ns they related to i the bill,*! The next tnorhihg Walker and Bh)Wil were early at; their posts, but it was some time before-Watson, made his appearance* Walker began first ': , 1 , ‘ ’‘yon sec when I entered tny house the candle wnsb'ut, and the fire givi'rig but a glimmering ofdigUt.il came neap walking into a pot of bat ter that the pancakes were ,to : he made of in the morning, My wife, who was dreadfully out of hhrhor, said to «ne sarcastically ’ i+’ffilli do put your fobtin the batter l' I :‘Just as yohfflayv Mbggy ’ said I, ‘and with out the least hesitation I put my foot in the pot of batter/and then went,to bed/ ' Ncxt Joo Brown told his story: !•' ‘My wifd had already 1 retired in our asunl sleeping-room which adjoins thot/kitchen, the door,of ; which was.ajar ;,-not being-able to navi gai«?'tbbrougbly, ybu know, I .made a dreadful clatterirtg among tlic household furniture, and ray wife m no very pleasant tone, bawled out • 'Do break the pmding pot ! f ‘Ko sooper said than.dooc; I seized hpld of the pot, and striking it against the -chimney jamb, broke it in a hundred pieces.' After tins exploit,* I retired to vest, and got a curtain lec ture all night'formy pa*ns.' > . It was now, ,Tim Watson’s turn to give an . riccbunt of hinVsclf, wluch he did with u very ’ long face, fts follows : •My wife gave mo the most unlucky com mand in the world ; for 1 Was blundering up [ stairs in the dark, when she crir;d out • 'Do,break your nnk r do, Tim /’ ‘l’ll bc cursed if I do, Kate,’ said T, ns I , gathered thyself up. ‘l’ll sooner pay the bill.’ , And so'landlord, here’s the cash for you: and | this is tbo last time I'll ever risk five dollars on '■ the command of my wife. , ' ' 1 National Intelligencer. A friend told us a story, a few days since, illustrating the free generous character of the Irish which we consider 100 good to be lost, and therefore‘give it to our readers.: Our friend’s wife being in delicate health it Was resolved that a girl should bo procured to do the housework, that the lady might have an opportunity to recover her health and spirits. . After visiting an intelligence office two or three mornings, a fine buxom lass of about twenty years of ago, "but six months from from swatolrcland” was selected, and instruct ed as to the duties that would be expected of her. • then, 1 says this lady, ‘pour the ground collcc into the pot, then pour on the hot water, .Qud.laftaLU.few mmulqi, put. in ouc-hdfoC an eggrsoand thdltwly mualravcd CaCii-, dc> scriplTon hy demonstrations.’ ‘You under stand, don’t you'l* says the lady. , • . r ‘lndhdol do.’ mnroi- VfM the response’? ‘bilS. the co(fco, grind: in tho water, and* dr6p in half nacffg. ‘fin’t that it, mum ?’ /Ail right,’replied thq lady. ‘Now, then, to-bidjroW'inorhirtg well see how wcllybii re member it. ; ■ ’*'• To-morrow morning came, and the coffee was as good as could bo expected. The third morn ing camc.and to the astonishment of our friends and wife, the coflob was undrinkable and nau seating ; even the odor Pf it was sickening— Bridget was called and qpcstiond as follows: •Bridget, did you first put the ground coflco m' the pot ?’ ‘XndadeT did, mum V ‘Pid you then pour in.tho hto water T ’ ‘Sure, I did,’ . ‘How long did you let it boil V •The Sabbath; ‘Five minutes, mum.’ ■ ‘What did you do then ?’ ‘l.pab in,the egg. mum.’ ‘dust as I showed you tho other morning ? ‘Wei, to tell you the truth, rmim/said Jlrid get, giving her garments a hitch p ith her hand, ‘tP tell ye tli6 truth, I would nv put in (he hall ov the egg; but it was a bad one. and I tho’l ye would i»t mind about kapen the half ov it, and so I dropped the critter in as it was.’ Lively Yeast.— A very good widow Indy, who was looked up to by the congregation to which flho belonged as nn example of piety, contrived.to bring her conscience to terms for oho little indulgence. She loved porter, and one day, just ns she received a half-down bot tles from the man who usually brought her the comforting beverage, hhc (oh. horror !) saw two of the grave elders of the church approaching her door. She ran the mnu out the back way, and put the bottles under the bod. Tho weath er wm hot, and while conversing with her sage friends, pop- went one of the corks. /Dear: ipo/ exclaimed (he good lady, ‘there goes that bed-cord ; it snapped yesterday just the same woy. I must have a new ropo pro vided/ In n few moments pop went another, follow ed by the peculiar hiss of escaping liquor. The lope wouldpT do again, but the good lady was not at a loss. •Dear me,’ says she. ‘that black cat of mine must be nt sOmo mischief there. ’Scat!’ Another bottle popped off, and tho porter camo stealing 918 ffom tinder tho M-curt^up. •Oh, dear mV says she, ;t |ia 4 >Jlo.l;fori California, 1 thinks ispnde than/i/ioc to the diggers.' c “ 1 ' I .Vul-'-l'/.J \a •••. I - 'a fc" ,: ‘ -sk ■' H I H I' 1 i' : i 'l' i' ' The Three Jolly Unsbandit. Using a Whole Egg. ATS2.OO PEE ANNUM, NO. 22, The last or the Bonflolplis—A Ntphew cflf John Randolph. A sonlhern correspondent of the Home Jour nal sends it the following interesting sketch: ‘•paring the summer of 1854 I hod some business- transactions which called mo to the county of Charlotte, in lower Virginia. A mild and lovely Sabbath morning, found rao scatbd in one of, the comfortably cushioned pews of the village church,at tho'Court Uouse. As it wonted tt fcwrainntdS (0 the hour of service, my eye wandered over the large and rcdpcctful-looking audience,assembled, ahdwos finally attracted by a very eccentric. Individual, who was just entering—a rather aged man, tall, of dark corp pclxiort, long white hair waiving plentifully over his shoulders, and an unequally venerable beard-flowing on his breast. His step was ac tive and graceful, his form erect and manly— But his peculiar actions were in striking con trast to his dignified''appearance. At first,! thought him only eccentric, hut a few moments of further observation proved to me lhal he w afe insane, , “Immediately on entering the.pew he knelt towards the wall, crossed himself, and appar ently, repented a prayer. lie then sat down, drew out a white cambric, dclicataly perfumed, wiped ; his .brow, removed bis gloves, stroked n!s Jiair and.beard, look up-his Bible.. kissed it and read, examined his Cane, used his hand kerchief again—and all the lime keeping him self in constant motion. I say nil the time, but, occasionally, he was pnssivetfor a few min utes—his attention, apparently, aroused by' some truths from the minister—but these times were rare. His countenance assumed all kinds of expressions. Contempt, alarm, pleasure,! earnestness, sorrow and anger, flitted across it in rapid succession. It reminded mo more of what children call ‘making faces’ than any thing else. “After the services were over, I ascertained that this gentleman was no other Limn the nephew of John Rnndolp, of Roanoke. lie calls himself Sir John Si. George Randolph, and is sole heir to his celebrated uncle. Randolph. himself, remarked with bitterness, during his last days, that their blood flowed in the veins of but one single scion, and he was dutf, dumb and insane. So much for human greatness.— The subject of this sketch—although physical ly, and now mentally, defective—had a mind cultivated in the highest degree. In his youth *hc was sent to Paris, where, under the protec tion of a celebrated abbe, he received a thor ough education. Having the capacity to re-1 edve, and the wealth to command, no pqins were spared in the improvmcnt of his intellec tual faculties. But >t was labor lost; for, on 1 returning to his home in Virginia,he met with, and loved a young lady, whom ho addressed, but was refused, on account of his physical do i! feels. On becoming aware of,the truth he was tinged m.the mostprofound grief, from which • was at last aroused, but—insane. . “lie has considerable wealth, which is man ned by* his friends; and, being .harmless, ho' Dines arid goes as he pleases, and .is gratified i all his whims.. Wrecked ns his mind is, ho tilhdftbaftlfrasTtgpcct y mid his peculiar man icrs do not attract attention of ids acquaint ances,‘or cscilo merriment, as one would sup josc. •. . ; IV’ '’Sdtri-—'Bob/that »s a fine hftrefe you have there:' what is he worth.?’ ‘Threp hundred nndfifly dollars.’ ‘No, not so much ns that ?’ •Yes, cvcVy cent of it, and another fifty on t6p Of it.’ •. ‘Arc you sure?’ ‘Yes, I'll swear, to it-’ 'All right.’ ‘What are you so darned inquisitive for V ‘Merely for assessing purposes; I (im the assessor tor-this ward and only wanted to know whit you rated your nog at.’ Rrxovatinq old Orchards. —If, os we fear is the Case, your orchard has not been nianured for some years, prepare and give it n dressing of compost made as follows : Mix together, layer and layer about, for each Acre— ' Six loads of wood mould, marsh or river mud. Two loads of rotten dung. Two bushels of bone dust. Five bushels of ashes. 0 One bushel of plaster. Two bushels of salt. Tho whole to be thoroughly mixed together, thrown Into bulk, ami permitted to remain so for three weeks ; then shovel it over and apply il broadcast over the land ; plow it i|> about three inches deep, fid as not to injure the roots of the trees, then harrow and roll. This done, dress the trunks of the trees and the limbs, ns far as you can reach, with a while wash brush, with a mixture made in the pro portion of — One gallon of soft soap. Quarter pound Hour of sulphur. One quart of fine salt. If tk' bark oh your trees is rough, mossy or dend-likc ; scrape it olf before you apply the mixture. Tho consequence of this treatment to yoyr orchard Will be renewed vigor to your trees, increased prolillcacy, and fairer fruit. N. K. Former. How to “Go It.”— Go it strong ih theproiso of the absent. Some of it will bo sure to gel round. Go it strong,\yhcn you moke love ta a pret &viriow. More people have erred by. 100 cthan'by too mm*li in particular.' ' fto’it strong whciwtftklhfr’up obnlrlbufions fbi? charitablc pnrposefl. It will pay - ."' Go it strong when you irnikoa publicspeech. Kino pconlo out of ten never take any allusion unless it cuts like a short-handled Whip or a Thinosceros cowhide. Go.it strong when yon advertise. Business is like architecture—its best supports arc full columns. Ekkmieb— -A Fadi.k.-t-A gnafone day asked a lion whether they ought to be friends or enemies. ‘Get away', yon silly insect/said he, with contempt.‘least I should crush 011*0 with my iboti .what hurt or good cbhld you do me?! :■ *Wc soon.shall know,’said the gnat} upon winch lid Hew Into the lion’s nostrils, and went to stinging him as hard as ho could. The royal beast roared like thunder, lashed his shies with his tail, (ore his nostrils with his talons, and rolled himself id agony hut in Tain; the little gnat kppt.ou stinging till, the mighty lion was obliged, to own himself ovcj*como, by, *thc Httld 'gntit, Which'he had just' now despis ed. 1 • • • 1 . If is Sometimes justly said, tjrat nq person is so small,qr iincap, but tlqit.bq hq» it in Ida nowqr to, injure or to do good: (md that there who pcifebn whoSo IVieiidtildp U not highly de sirable.* i;: i • I ■’ 11 ■ ■* 1 ANuiis PDiNT ok has .been sug gested to our friend,Mri Tjricllesa, that Ids o pinion \VoulJ bti very valuable oh the question, whether la iuimi Who dies before he hasi«il« wilh his eMUora, may he considcrod'to ia y shown an undue preference mW"g of nature before his other liabilities. f Q'i'jr Fall piowmglTor Spring crop's—Last yearwb were onthefann’ of Mr.~ Willianr W. Fmmbnfrv Rigo.Monrob diunlJrV N, Wtf pf the Country Gentleman, and Mr. E, pointed out to us SJacha, oTlatid, hti Which;, 1a’,1352 hfc had a heavy - crop: of ,corn aftcr-lho com was off,.the litndc wos,plowcd> in tho Jail, and the next spring worked; with an I(lc’s (Tub tlvator—without’plbwiiig; and sown to bdrlpyl. The crop w&s over fifty bushels pcr -acrc.'' y '£.a soon h? the barley was of!, the land wak td once, cultivated, and- sown -to wheat,:thO yicldof which waaforty.hushcls.to.tho acre.-* Such facta prove that the soil of tho Gciicisco country. is T not so impoverished that Wheat culj luro has tqb'o abandoned, and the' la*rid f Mia dowh to grass,'as Prof.'Jbhnstohin his noted of North Abicricd assorted/'- /.uu, To remove vcrinln plior gum in newnnn.making the liquid prct? ty strong of camphor, and-apply it on various parts of the body.of the animal. It is a horrat tcss-appliqation, so.for.as the animal is .con cerned, leaving tnc coat /reeana plcar, but.de fetroya the lice.' In about tWobf three - weeks after the first application, rub'orr the. liquid againi in order to kill,the 'young- vermin;, tjiftp may have hatched out after the first titphjpg- I know of no other safe application which wiU prevent the c£g'a 6r nits fronvhntchifigi ; Correspondent of N. B.\Farmer. *1 A Vermont farmer l says^l-wintered? last season; about two hutidrCd'sheep ,on whcn,t straw, with one bushel of oil cake moil to ,tho brie hundred sheep per day, and now r thcy are fat, although but thin when I bought them. t;,J To curb broken tlio rnutlla tcd'hom.nnd bind tho stomp with a olothtocll tarred’or pitchedany, fabric will .do ;to- mod with,- if the wounded part be first well covered with tar or pitch. .. / Charcoal for Hogs—See that your hogs.arc freely supplied with charcoal. Keep a box in their styes, and lot it bo filled with the artfold; and your animals will rarely be . troubled-.with disease.—[Ei>. ,•< . , • *r Blanketing Cows—A ’coircspondcnt. of, lfs Rr/ml fntef/igcncer, who bos’ been' traveling through Holland, says that “grcatcareis there taken of their cows, both in winter and in suraJ mer. In a lowcry, wet day you’ will; sec IJiq cows in the field covered with,blankets: ay. even more commonly than a h'Orsd M blanketed in the winter. Thiscareis wril rdpaid Jiy ! ‘rf greater How of milk and a less consumption of forage.’ . . , Ns \ v ‘ - ” A Fnrm Steam -Engine; One or our correspondents, A. O. Ireland,'of Chilicothe, Ohio, informs ns that a heat, porta* blc steam engine, for diving a grain thrasher and operator, has been constructed at the .ma chine shop of Whi. 'Welsh; of that, place, under l lie superintendence of John Ritchie, and hks been in operation since tho CtR ; of last July* thrashing and‘cleaning frbm five to Sir'hun dred bushels per day< Ft is capable of doing more than this, butH. Wade—for whom it was built—says that this is excellent work,, Tho boiler is tubular, the cylinder is of. 6,.inches bore and 12 inches stroke. It-makcs 174 res olutions per minute, with steam at 40 pounds pressure, and docs more work than any com mon thrashing machine driven by eight holies. Tt is placed on broad tread wheels, fburSfoct In diameter, is easily drawn from place to place by two horses, with the boiler filled, and and - is very economical in ■ the use of fuel. This engine is capable of driving various agricultural ma chines and sawing firewood for tho family.— We have no doubt but portable steam ingmesf will yet come into more general use among bar fanners, as they are so convenient and easily managed in comparison with horses. We be lieve that on every farm numbering a' hundred acres and upwards, a portable, engine could ho profitably used.— Scientijlc American, r ’ •' Democracy Never Dies. In reference to the present cheering aspect of polUioal oflUirs, the All/arfy Argus makes the ■ following remarks: , , . , Now akd Tuks.—A year ago tho fortunes of the democratic party, sccmcdto bo on the do* dine. States which had long been considered towersof strength, invincible strong holds .of democracy, and which .had at nil.times*nobly and successfully Vindicated the democratic party against -tho opposition, defeat, followed defeat; every northern slate pronounced against us, and the democratic party succeeded onlyin electing a few members of congress ofj tbfl * household of faith.” , Then it was that the themied Of' the demo cratic party—those who had, unceasingly def nounccd its men; measures aud principlciiwuh a bittcrncss and vindictiveness unparalcllcclia the annals of political warfare—asserted 'that the democratic party had, passed its meridian:, that it no longcVcotoihahded the confidence of the people; that its principles would ncvcrti gain be in tho ascendant,—in short, it was fir- Wfl. But time brings changes to parlies aq well as men. A twelve-months has passed,and, (hose who were eager to pronounce thcdcatl\ of the democratic plirlV, arc themselves in need of an epitaph. Thought by its enemies tb btf dead, the democrat io.pftrty has sprung into/ new life, from being vanquished, it has again' become victor, and is more firmly tliftri cvc£ enthroned in the hearls of the American pcoV pie. The passing storm has spent its fury,and has left tho democratic party invincible, and tatter than ever prepared to resist the assaults’ of its enemies. ' How to Duivb a Nail.—ln driving a otit nail Into hard wood, its entrance will bc!inucl< facilitate by dipping it into oil. or what will answer nearly as well, wet it with water. Ex pcricnccd carpenters ore in the habit of putting a nail into the mouth to wet it, before attempts ing to drive it into hard wood. When omul to remain permanently, salt water la preferably to oil. as die former will rast the nail and cause it to take a Urmcr'hold. In all cases, il is bet ter to insert a nail so that its widest dismetc# shall stand parallel with the grain of the wood* •This is generally done in thin boards wberp there is danger of splitting, but it should al» ways be done, cren if nailing into a solid piece of timber : for where a rupture does’ hot tala* place by setting (ho wide part of the nail iorosti the gram, yet n alight opening is produced heap tho nail, which admits air and, inoisturo, hastens decoy prjopml it.— Bpstqn ,illow Men Skootu hluii poet gives the loUowinginstruction nnihll Important point 1 When thou orl l marricd,.jsclf to please tiiy wife; Iml listen pot lo ull Says. F:om man’s right side anb wastakoiftd form the woman* and never trod thdro toon'll rib quUo;B|ndght. It brenks bill heads Sli|Co lhgu, it is plain that crooked tbmiier; forgive her faults, and blame hernqj nor let her anger (hod, nor correction nob, ah' U* is vain to straighten what it crooked!” • *•• wr aT** In the time bf Marld Antoinette tijip uk 1 ; dies worn their hbad-dresses so high-that thfj' were obliged, when (hoy rode out, to'slt fin thw ilooi ot (lie vehicle 1,, Now llpjy wooriholr bw nets so far behind, that they are obliged 16’,'6n~ gngb an cstra coach to carry them; - 'I °* A Victim op GopjmEucibr-rA bdjuw on.thp race-course was staggering about with more,li quor limn ho could carry. “Halloo! wha/s the matter now 7” said a chap, whom (ho. Ino. brlated IndlvldmiV had Just run against'. 1 “Why w-hlc—why, tho Ihbt Is, a lot of my (Mends have been betthigliquor on tho race (o-day, and UvtT have got mo to hold (he slakes.” [,. O’* When young men .forget, what is tlw duly, they owe deep thanks .to tho.rncnd whp will remind them dfit'* %wm»ny think How many, per contri.wW turii roundana tell vou tO “mind your own, busmteS ? 1./ , ir?* Somebody says; a .wife, should be Jiko ringed Inmb-ltmlcr mul l ,lcdy ,lrißSijJ.- [ - SomcW/iW Wickedly adds, “ntld without soueo!" ■ 1 ' 1 ■ ' : ' ' ‘ ” (ty.ArbHiolinusoili Cincinnati, bus ft sisp of oir luVoi-ldd bopt, dd n Udicatb Jiint ld delfit qucnl ousiomcra Id “fool up.’ 1