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SNOW FLARES.
„ Hark! the wild north wind la frolicking,
Mid the leaves thaUitrsd low,'
And Tin watching, I’m watching,
For the first falling of the snow.”
Tlie clouds look dark nnd thrcat’nlng,
And chilling winds does blow j
yvt to mo there's something cheering,
In (ho soft puro flakes of snow.
I love to see them dancing,
So lightly in tho air,
On every rtdo they’re glancing,
uicnrfl mragmjfo i»o», «uuLluir.
x ‘. They hid us Book for.happiness
Around (lie liomelftvalilo;
; Where busy hands, and loving, hearts,
; Make the moments swiftly-glide.
Then our qufet winter evenings,
When seated round the hearth ;
With books, —or music ringing,
Hearts tilled with joy and mirth.
So none of us feel lonely,
-Bat all rare comfort take ;
Ami watch with joy each falling
Of tliu'suft pure suow-flako.
Thanks! to our Great Creator,
Who all our wants provide;
Oh! may wo all remember Him,
Around (hat homo Urosidu.—— Bkhtha
fcnllnncoiijj,
From the Courier dti JEfa't Unis.
THE POISONED BOQUET.
A STOBT OF TUB ITALIAN OPEBA.
** Madame La Grange, after accomplishing
Vtr first brilliant success in the concert room,
had made, hut a short time previous to our
story, her debut on the stage w ith an eclat
which gave ample promise of the rich renown
her name has since borne. The second engage
mint she made,in her lyric carter was at Pavia,
where her you thful talent completely eclipsed
the reputation of a rival songstress, engaged at
the same time. Each icpresentation was at
once a new triumph,to her, and a new defeat
to the lady who shared with her the persona
lion of the leading parts. This overwhelming
superiority against which there was no remedy,
it up in the soul of the vanquished artist, one
jf those j(jalousies, which, as it proceeds, in
ux-aww Into bitterness, and is transformed into
i furious thirst for vengeance, no matter at
ivhat price or by what means.
There are still furious passions in these Ilal
an brains on which the sun casts its hot glnfl
as on tho Shularailc of sacred song. The
irima donna, whose name we refrain from giv
ug, is a proof of their existence.
She was one of those dangerous syrens whoso
well got up charms dazzle and fascinate the
iumginationff Dfyouths.ol' twenty. NjnsvPavia,
fci'wo know', is the seat of a University, aud it
is not a matter of much difllculty to find a
noug the students, ardent and ready for every
Iforiug folly, a blind instrument to associate in
ImT dark designs. The youth whom she fixed
Jajn to carry out her project was a native of
Sfetiice, a city celebrated for its 'mysterious
m.yds of vengeance and of love indulged at tlie
»iut of the dagger, lie was of high birth aud
IBmfiiderable fortune, allied by name and blood
Sot only to nobility, who arc hut a memory,
But to the Church, which Is a power of Venc-
Ban Lombard Provinces.
aOh, she. was a clever woman, this! She
anew how to chouse her man, and having chos
him, knew' how' to make him fulfil her pur-
Bokc. Tlie young Venetian, enveloped in her
Bet, lost all conscience. !Iu ended in having
Blither sight our sensation except what came
ilirough her, and by degrees reached that point
[lf madness in which his passion would slay at
Bio crime. Thu moment fur action had come.
Now every earning of representation, Mad
mo La Grange reaped lier harvest of flowers
mi wreaths, und among the to juets which Ml
i her feel wns one of small dimensions, but
omposed of moss rosscs, whose fragrance was
ft. her an especial Joy. This faithful tribute
as invariably tendered to her after the andan-
: of the grand cavatina of Nahucco, an opera
Inch then set the crown, in all the absorbing
terest of novelty, upon tho growing fame of
erdi. Ordinarily, Madame La Grange fixed
0 boquet jn her girdle, after having drawn
om its perfume a new inspiration on which to
rotp away all opposing feelings.
One night it happened tho boquet was more
luminous than usual. The moss roses, ar
nged in a circle, formed the ring round a not
green leaves which occupied tho heart.—
Ilia unusual bulk, rendering it difficult to
ace the flowers in their accustomed spot in
r girdle, Madame l<a Grange held them for
1 instant in her hand, bowed her acknowl
gcinciUs and passed.tho boquet to one of the
lendants,.begging her to carry it to her dres
'g room—the act ended.
At the fall of tho curtain tho triumphant
inia domm descended to her little chamber,
d was rather astonished not to find her maid
liting.behind the scene. She opens tho door,
id uttered aery of terroi*. Stretched on the
or Uy tho maid, to pll appcarapccs a
Skse. ’
n hearing tho cry of Madame La Grange,
cnly persons ran at once to tho room, raised
the poor girl, who exhibited scarce any signs
life, and not "knowing how to render assist
ed. began to discuss tho probable cause of
ch an accident- No ono dreamed of uttribu-
B It to the boquet, whichday almost broken
dcr foot. in a corner of tho room where
had rolled,' without any ono caring about
They &U continued to hang for flvo or six
nutefii round’ the unfortunate girl, already
Ackedfby. the insensibility that precedes;
uh, when a man rushed into the little chain-
r * h. ts features stern, his,voice commanding,
his gestures irrefutable.
‘‘Tho boqnct'rtho bonnet,!’* ho.cricd, sufio-
embtiou. Those around atoned
doway for him, and perceived Dr. Marroz
the regular physician of tlio prima donna.—
1 Is heaven which has sent you here Doctor!"
•cried, “so tl)o fctatpo" . But.with
•attending to ought ; else, Marrozzi contin
*to callout,- “The boquet! tho boquet!"
5 moment that ho saw that -Mddaiho La
in B° had sustained no injury beyond tho
■°r natuaraliy created by tho condition of
attendant, ho hastened to give his atten
„ ~‘ 0 dying girl, but still repeating. “The
boquet!" This exclamation, so
jn°Ußly persevered in, and tho meaning of
p n «. '*1 01,0 present could understand; at last
cted notice to tho boquet, whioh up to this
i ‘ , been forgotten.. Some one took it up
11,1 t 0 Wsa* Ho seized: it- with a
go eagerness... “What i possible signiilo
*l.! ,^ r * f Ba ‘d Madamo La Grange, “can
iS U ?.u ? U,ia “Alas," ho an
t«J, “it is poisoned ! M
csation of terror at onco ran round, and
MMfii
BY JOHN B. BRATTON,
YOL 42.
Madame La Grange, escaped by a miracle
from a death that had been intended for her,
she had scarcely time fully to comprehend tho
horrible truth when the signal for ncr appear
ance was sounded. The curtain rose and she
had to appear on tho stage.
She camo out, pale even under her coating of
rogue, her heart wounded by an inexpressible
agony, ond her mind haunted with the thought
that death, m passing by its intended victim,
had almost touched her with its Wing. She
sang, nevertheless: her voice fbll of a brilliant
treumlousness. Her eyes shone with an unac
customed fire, her gestures were almost wild:
while the public, attributing these effects to
the inspirations of the part, applauded with
frenzy theirfavorito Abigail. The curtain fell
on an ovation ,of enthusiasm, tmd the singer,
who.jicarcely knew what she mid b&n singing,
or comprehended her new stfct : ssUpmshcd dis
tractedly to her room, and there learned m its
fullness the horrid truth.
Dr. Marrozzi ifsccms, traversing one of the
lobbies in« the excitement proceeding, had ob
served in an isolated spot, this young Venetian,
whose expression seemed to be strange. On a
sudden the vanquished rival of Madame La
Grange opened the door of her box. and the
young man grasping her hand in a peculiar
manner,quickly uttered in passing, these sin
ister words spoken in Italian : “The deed is
accomplished—she dies!” “The boquet?”
asks the Italian songstress. Tho young man
answered by an affirmative nod, and retired
quickly. The doctor had a certain illumina
tion. Ilc'undcrstood all; rushed to the en
trance behind the scenes, nnd there found a
woman poisoned by a boquet. But it was not
Madame La Grange.
Tho deadly boquet was handed to tho police;
the contents were analyzed nnd found to hold
a subtle and implacable poison. They arrest
ed the guilt}' Venilian. and for n while it was
thought justice would have had its course.—
But in Italy if the culprit is connected with
the nobility or the clergy, in the person of any
of the highest dignitaries, or if he posses a for
tune nnd the crime is not of a political charac
ter, it appears that he is beyond the reach of
the executioner. He was released after having
denied everything, nnd the rival songstress who
had conceived and inspired the crime was nev
er for a moment disturbed.”
It would be interesting tons to know the
fate* of ihe poor girl, which the relator seems
to think of little moment. In recent treaties
on poison too —for instance in Taylor's stand
ard nnthorilv—it is held impossible to convey
poison in <* boquet, unless the inhalation be
very long, though stupor may be created.
CHAPTER ON « EATS."
Wo noticed, says (he Hartford Couranl, the
systematic attack made by rats in New Haven,
on some children, each singling out his victim,
ami jumping with a simultaneous squeal upon
the little girls playing In tho yard. A litflo boy
of two years was caught by tho knee, and held
until the child's grandfather went to his assist
ance, and then, as the rat scorned to run, it hud
to be killed. Attempts had been made to poi
son these rats, with partial success, and it may
have been in retaliation tor tUßfepoisonoua at
tempts that tliis concerted charg? ,p - aa n)ttdo, ..
Tho rat is one of (lie most Infci'esllngonhuals
on the globe. In Europe he makes historical
eras—dilferonl hordes of invaders brought their
peculiar rats in their train. Europe has seen
the rats o t the Goths, the Vandals and (ho
Huns. Europe now has Its Norman rat, and its
Tartar rat, and tho groat rat of tho Parisian
sewer is of recent date and Muscovite origin.
Tho brown rat, othenviso known as tho Nor.
man rat, bus established itself all over (ho world,
by thu commerce of civilized times—it had pos
session of Franco (or the last six or seven cen
turies ; but within tho last it has found its mas
ter In the Muscovite and Tartar rat called In
Paris tho rat of Mountfaiicon. These new rats,
previopsly unknown to Europe, descended from
tlie heights ol tlie groat central plateau of Asia,
from which the Hun and Mongol horsemen des
cended, who spread light and left and took pos
session of Konto on the one hand and Pekin on
tlie other.
Tho establishment of flic Muscovite rat In
Franco commenced with the extirpation of tho
brown orNormnn rat—that rat has almost dis
appeared, and is found only In the cabinets of
tho curious collectors—while tliO'Muscovite rat
is daily Increasing in size, forocltyand courage.
The Hessian rut devours the dog, tho cut, and
attacks the child asleep. The corpse of a man
Is a dainty tor Ibis beast, and it always com
mences by eating out (bo eyes. Its tooth is
most venomous ; and the author from whom wo
derive most of (his article, states that ho has
known often cases of amputation of tho leg, ne
cessitated by tho bite of Mils rut.
The cat turns tail upon this rat, in Its most
ferocious state. A good rat torrlor is tho best
destroyer, but fortunately, rats and ratopbngus,
eat ono another, fight duels, indulge in broils
and intense feuds, and grand destructive battles.
Wore it otherwise, they would mnko this world
an unpleasant place for man to live in. Wo
should lave to tight our way, and not unfro
quontly, like tho Archbishop of Maycnco, should
bo drugged from our beds at midnight, by an
army of rats, and devoured upon the spot.
The rat is the emblem of misery, murder, and
rapine—a cannibal and a robber—devoted to the
principle of war spoliation. Will it overdisnp
pear 7
Frnnkliii a, d Bookseller.
Ono fine morning when Franklin was busy
preparing Ills newspaper lor tho press, a lounger
stepped Into tho store, and spent nn hour or
more looking over the books, ec(,, and finally,
talcing ono iu his hand, asked the shop-boy tho
price.
" Ono dollar,” was (bo answer.
" One dollar!” said tho lounger; "can’t you
lake loss (turn (hat 7”
“ No, Indeed ; ono dollar la tho price.”
Another hour had nearly passed, when tho
lounger asked, "Is Mr. Franklin at homo 7”
" Yes, ho is In tho printing office.”
" I want to see him,” said tho lounger, with
book in hand, addressed him thus : "Mr. Frank
lin what is tho lowest you can toko for this
book 7”
"Ono dollar and a quarter,” was tho roady
answer.
"Ono dollar and a. quarter 7 Why, your
young man asked only a dollar 7”
"True,” said Franklin, "and I could have
hotter afforded to have taken a dollar then, than
to have been taken out ofthc office.”
The .lounger scorned surprised, and wishing
to end tho parley of his own making, said,
" Gome, Mr. Franklin, toll mo what is the low
ost you can take for it.”
"Ono dollar and a half.”
t Ono dollar and a half ? Why, you offered
It yourself for a dollar and a quarter 7”
• “ Yes,” said Franklin, "and I had hotter
have taken that: price (lion, than a dollar and a
half now,” ,
Tlio loungor paid down (ho price and went
about.his business* if ho Imdany—and Franklin
returned Into the printing-office.
K 7" How should a secret bo painted?
Answer—in violet.'
How would you paint an absent minded lit
erary friend? .
Answer—in a brown study.
(D* Why would ladies make bettor traders
and peddlers than men?
Booahso (hoy never get shaved,
“OUft COUN"
HQW MONTEZUMA DINED.
[Dr. Doran, In his Table Traits, gives tho
following interesting account of the magnifi
cence of Montezuma’s palace and table, at tho
time when Cortez invaded Mexico.]
On the terraced roof of his palace, thirty
knights could tilt at each other, without com
plaining of want of space. His armories were
filled with weapons almost as destructive as any
to be found in any of the arsenals of civilized
Christian kings. Ills granaries were furnished
with provisions paid bv tributaries: three hun
dred servants tended the beautiful birds of his
aviaries ; his menageries were the wonder and
terror of beholders ; and his dwarfs were more
hideous, ond his ladies more dazzfing, than po
tentate hud ever before looked upon with con
tempt or admiration. Uis palace wilhiu and
without was a marvel of Aztec art. ItrwcSfitir
rounded by gardens, glad with fountains, and
gay flowers. One lliousnnd ladies shared the
retirement of this splendid locality, withatnaa
ler more glittering th»n anything by which he
was environed,—who changed his apparel four
times daily, never putting on again a garment
he had once worn, and who, eating off and
drinking from gold, (except on state occasions,
when his table was covered with services ol
Cholnlan porcelain,) never used a second lime
the vessels which had once administered to the
indulgence of his appetite. - •-.*
It is said eulogistically of his cooks,that they
had thirty diflerent ways of preparing meat, —
a poor boast, perhaps, compared with that of
tho Parisian chefs , who have six hundred and
eighty-five ways to dress eggs ! Three hun
dred dishes were daily set before the monarch ;
anu such as were required to be kept hot at
table Were in heated earthen stands made for
the purpose. And it is even asserted, that this
autocrat occasionally killed lime before dinner
by watching the cooking of his viands, a prac
tice in which, according to Peter Pindar, that
lioncst old English King used to indulge, who
dined off boilc-d mutton at two, and to whom
the funniest sight in the world was the clown
in the pantomime swallowing carrots.
The ordinary dishes of Montezuma consisted
of very dainty fare; namely domestic fowls,
geese, partridges, quails, venison, Indian hogs,
pigeons, hares, rabbits, and other productions
of Ins country, including—it is alleged by some
and denied by others—some very choice dairy
fed baby, when this choice article happens to
be in season! In cold weather enormous
torches, that flung forth not only light but
warmth and aromatic odors, lent additional
splendor to the scene; nnd to temper at once
the glare and the heat, screens with deliciously
droll devices upon them, framed in gold, were
placed before the brilliant ilatnc.
The sovereign ant, like his links, also pro
tected by a screen. He was not ns barbarous
as most Christian kings of France, who fed in
EK *■' i; nor wasbc personally tended like them
kward Ganymedes of a middle age. Four
stood by the low throne and table of
their master, and these poured water on his
hands, and offered him the napkin, white as
driven snow, or os the cloth on which the four
hundred dishes stood wailing his attention.—
Women ns/air. promoted
even' .these Jr.ir, mimsUrs'mimf tt ftrw'st<?p3,‘
when his sacred majesty addressed himself to
the common process of eating. Then a number
of ancient but sprightly hoblcs took their place.
With these Montezuma conversed ; and, when
be was particularly pleased with o sago obser
vation or nsprightly remark.a plate of pudding
bestowed by the royal hand made one indivi
dual happy, and nil his fellows bitterly jealous.
The pudding, or whatever tho dish might bo.
was cat.cn in silent reverence ; and while an
Aztec emperor was at meat, no one in the pal
ace darvd, at the peril of his life, speak above
his breath. Montezuma is described as being
but a moderate eater, but fond of fruits, and
indulging, with constraint upon his appetite,
in certain drinks which were of a Stimulating
quality, such as arc found in countries where
Civilization and luxury arc al their highest.
“One tiling I forgot, and no wonder,” says
Bernal Diaz, “to mention in its place, and that
in. during the lime Montezuma was at dinner,
two very beautiful women wore busily employ
ed making small cakes, with eggs and other
tilings mixed therein- These were delicately
white, and when made, they presented them to
him on plates covered with napkins. Also.an*
oilier kind of bread was brought to him on long
leaves, and plates of cakes resembling wafers.
After lie had dined, they presented to turn three
little canes, highly ornamented, containing
liquid amber mixed with an herb they call to
bacco ; and when lie had sufllcieiitly viewed
and heard (lie singers, dancers, and buffoons,
he look a little of tho smoke of ono of those
canes, and then laid him down to sleep. The
meal of the monarch ended, all his guards and
attendants sat down to dinner, and, as near as
I codld judge, about a thousand plates of those
eatables that I have motioned, were laid before
them, with vessels of foaming chocolate and
fruit in immense quantities. For his women
and various inferior servants,his establishment
was of a prodigious expense, and wc were as
tonished, amid such a profusion, at the vast
regularity that prevailed.”
The Magnitude of Numbers.
But few persons have any correct idea of (he
real magnitude of numbers, and large sums are
often named with a very limited ami indefinite
conception of their immensity. A million Is
often spoken of as a small item in our “national
expenditure, and yet if a man were to count 8
hours per day. it would require nearly three
months to count a million of dollars; and if tho
dollars were 11 inch in diameter and laid tou
ching in straight line, they would reach 130
miles; und 14 wagons carrying two tons each,
would not be sufficient to convoy them.
A quadrillion of leaves of paper, each only
(he two' hundredth part of an inch in thickness
would form a pile, tho height of which would
bo 330 times liio moon's distance from tho
earth. The seconds in 0000 years am less 11A
the ono fifth of a trillion. Suppose a man to
count one in every second of time, day and
night, without stopping to rest,to cat, to drink
or to sleep, it would take 32-years to count a
billion, or 32,000 years to count & trillion, even
os the French understand -that term.
oomo writer staled in an article headed,
"What becomes of all the pins ?'* that "mil
lions of billions of pins must vanish, ” nobody
can tell how; or where, in the course of a year.
Many pins, undoubtedly, vanish every year ;
but any mathematician-will demonstrate to us
that a single billion has never yet been manu
factured. A billion, according to Noah Web-,
ster, is a "million of millions” —a number so
vast that the human mind has not tho capacity
to comprehend It. A manufactory, making a
hundred pins per minute, and kept iu constant
.operation, would only make fifty-two millions
five hundred and ninety-six thousand per an
rmm, and would require near 20,000 years, at
the same ratio, without a single moments hes
itation, to make that number called a bil
lion.
Q “J '•This way, Captain,’ shouted an Eng
lish soldier, at Inkortnan, T have a prisoner.’
‘Well, bring him hero.’
‘I should like to do ' it—but the scoundrel
won’t lot mo go.”
CARLISLE, PAV TEU]
From the Saturday Eii
AOEMW&-
BY Af.ICE CAQI.
One time I henrd (lie borrowed notes
Oi robins, all tho twilight through,
When girls came homo witn petticoats
Pearled heavy with tho bml-Moy dew,
I heard, as though I did rot hear,
I saw, as though J did not see,
For present sunshine is IcedU?ar
Than shadows cast from-petuory.
Shadows that track mo’ere^Wlicrc;
When first tho cloudy sumtio blinks,
I scotn to ace my love!s bla?k|hair
Tangling, along tho garden jnnks.
We c*mo^gelUoMe>l«<iii6odt'
Of qursweet home, tiiaTis to be,
And knocking, sho wept in-before
on marriagc'robefyifor mo.
’Tla weary work loVait oolong,
But truo lovo knows not How to doubt—
God’s wisdom fashions scorning wrong
That wo may tlnd right meanings out.
SCENE IN A IENATiC'ASYLCJI.
The following curious iticldcU was related to
the editor by Dr. Patterson, formerly assistant
physician In the Lunatic Asylutn, Columbus.
Ohio. lie is now connected with the Board of
Superintendents of Lunatic Hospitals, and if
we arc not mistaken, has at lU(s time charge of
the State Asylum of lndiana.«> -
Every one accustomed to vfiit the asyjum in
Columbus, from five to fifteen years ffgo, has
observed a most, singular genius, known to his
acquaintcnccs by the self-appropriated title of
“Bishop George,” or the “Birihop,” as he was
more commonly called. This unfortunate man
had a fine physmal form, with a enormously
large developemcnt of the lovopf dominion. It
is by no means unlikely that! lie might have
been a Bishop in reality, if hejhml not been a
lunatic. The fact, that even ip liis lunacy, he
claimed the title of ‘ Bishop” ao pertinaciously
that all his acquaintances, oven his insane com
panions conceded his claim', jmd were quite
willing to do so, rather than iisk the conse
quences of disputing a point.of so much im
portance to In in, ’may be rtfgarilcd as some ev
idence that the natural tcndcudtfi of Ins mind
were in Dial direction. I
The “Bishop’s” propcnsilicsjfor discussing
theological questions, were most/uncomfortably
active, and it is even possible (hat Ins capacity
for such discussion was not inferior to that of
some persons who«havc operated in a wider
sphere. ’ ! ' '
The superintendent of the asylum, Dr. Awl,
who also officiated as chaplain at the lime re
ferred to, was accustomed to relate a vcry,droll
story, illustrating the “Bishop’s** propensi
ties for religious disputation. On a certain
occasion, when Dr. A. was conducting services
for the instruction of the inmates, the “Bish
op” interrupted him suddenly, telling him to
sit down, and let one preach who knew how.
Tho doctor slopped a moment, hoping to quiet
his opponent without Uie neccKsli&cl nfoiovina
himself df (his paufo.'anndlfnced AKroipcivwhtefr
was the oft-repeated one, t, H r A6%i i he did fare
know, them he did also predestinate.” lie be
gau by saying he had hitherto both an Armen
ian in sentiment, and had been accustomed to
teach and defend those doctrines; bit had late
ly become a uorvert to the Calvaqistic creed,
and thought it his duly to lose no tjrtm (n an
nouncing the change In his bcntimcnlir. Hav
ing made a fow remarks explanatory of his
text, ho requested his auditors/ to giro special
attention to a passage he would quote from kho
writings of Solomon, and which appeared to
him to prove tho doctrine of predestination be
yond all controversy. The text was, *• He is
better to dwell m a house lop, than with a
brawling woman in o wide house. 1 * This ter
minated the gravity of the assembly, tho pa
tience of the doctor, and the “Bishop’s” dis
course.
This incident in onr hero’s history will serve
lo introduce him to the render, and show that
he was tho man for an emergency. And now
for Dr. Patterson’s story, winch is a good deal
more serious and important than tho one just
related:
A young theological student had been brought
to the asylum in a slate of alarming cerebral
excitement. He preached all the tlm4, a dozen
sermons a day, and as many more at night.—
The usual remedies had failed to reduce Ids ex
citement, and the ease was considered a dan
gerous one, Under these circumstances the
physicians determined to try an experiment.—
They brought him into the “Bishop’s” apnil
ment, a portion of the inmalts having nssem•
bled for tho occasion, and introducing the
young man to the congrcgralion, told him he
might, if he pleased, give them a discourse.—
The result anticipated, immediately followed.
Tho “Bishop” sprang forward, and would have
put nn end to the ministerial operations of his
rival in a very short lime, had he not been ar
rested and held by the attendants. That,how
ever, did not prevent him from stamping and
vociferating In tho most furious manner, say
ing, “Sit down, sir, you are out of your place
—this is my congregation:” at the same time
the young theologian, being encouraged by tho
physicians, and told to go on, begged his audi
lo pay no attention to that crazy old man, but
listen to what ho hod to-say. And then fol
lowed a scone such os is seldom witnessed, ei
ther in or out of lunatic hsylums. Jf*or a full
hour, the rival preachers used their lungs with
as much diligence and energy os possible,each
at the same time, doing his utmost, to get'the
attention of the audience, and break down the
inliuenco of his competitor. At tho end of a»
bout an hour, tho young man burst Into tears,
fell in a fainting slate, and was carried to his
room.
lie did not attempt to preach again while in
the asylum; remained only a few weeks, and
was discharged cured.— New Chunk Herald.
A PniiKNOLOOisT PosßD.—An Itinerant
phrenologist stopped at a rustic farm house,the
proprietor of which was busily engaged in
thrashing.
•Sir, lam a phrenologist; would you like
to have me examine the heads of your children?
I will do it cheap.*
•Wtll.’said the farmer, pausing between
two strokes, ‘I raythcr guess they don’t need
it. The old woman combs ’em with a tine tooth
comb onco a week !’
[E7“ Jacob’s ladder, says bishop Reynolds,
which convcyeth to heaven,may hare its foot
in the smoking cottage; and there may bo a
trap-door In a stalely palace which may let
down below.
(ET* The editor of a cotemporary is so thin
that only ono of Ids political opponents can
blackguard him at the same time. They draw
lota fur chances at him ! ’
ffT* When onco Infidelity can pcrjiuado men
that they shall die llko boasts, they will soon bo
brought to live llko boasts also. j
All other. knowledge is hur(lul to him
who has not the science of honest and good na
ture.
Volunteer;
on wrong, ocr country."
SSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1855.
ling Poif.
A Touching Incident.
A little girl, in the family of my acquaint
ance, a lovely nnd precious child, lost her mo
ther, at an age too early to fix the loved fea
tures in her remembrance. Sire was os frail os
beautiful, and ns the bud of her heart unfolded,
it seemed as if won by ihnt mother’s prayer to
turn Instinctively heaven-ward. The sweet,
conscientious, prayer-loving child was the idoi
of the bereaved family. She would lie upon the
lap of the friend who took a mother’s care of
her, and winding one wasted arm about her
neck would say : “Now tell me about my ma
ma !” And when the oft-told tale had been
repeated, would softly ask, “Take me into the
parlor, I want to sec my mamma.” The re
quest was never refused, and the affectionate”
child would tie for hours, contentedly gazing
on her mother’s portrait. But \
“Pale and wan she grew, ond weakly,
Bearing all her pain so mockljt
That to them she still grew dearer, '
As the trial hour grew nearer.
That hour at last, and lbc\ivropmg
to see the little one die.—
The dew of death was already on the flower as
ils life’s sun was going down. The little chest
heaved faintly, spasmodically.
“Do you know me. darling ?” soblxd close
in her car the voice that was dearest; but it
awoke no answer.
All at once a brightness, as if from (lie up
per world hurst over the child’s colorless coun
tenance. Tho eyelids flashed open, (he lips
parted, the wan. cuddling hands flew up. in
the little one's last impulsive effort, os she
looked piercingly into the fur above.
“Mother.” she cried with surprise and tran
sport in her tone, and passed with that breath
into h*T mother’s bosom.
Exercise in Ihe Open Air.
From the Harlstenc’s expedition to the Po
lar Sea, we extract the following: i
“Naturehas qualified man to breathe an at-)
mospherc 120 degrees abo\ c zero, or 03 below j
it. a difference of 183 degrees, without injury j
to health: and the doctrines of physicians that
great and sudden changes of temperature arc
injurious to health, is disproved by recorded
fuels. There arc very few Arctic navigators
who die in the Arctic zone; it is the most |
healthy climate on the globe to those mlioi
breath the open oir. We have among our ns- i
socialc observers one who observes and
the changes of temperature in Australia.where j
the temperature rose to 150° at 3 o’clock.P.M.
and next morning at f) was down to 40° —a
change of 75° In 14 hours; there the people are
healthy—and another at Franconia, N. H.
where the changes arc the most sudden, the
most frequent, and of .the greatest extent of
any place with which 1 am in correspondence
on the American continent; and yet there is no
town of its size that has so great a proportion
of ils inhabitants who pass the age of three
score years and ten. It is the quality of the
changed air that constitutes the difference that
physicians notice, and not to tcmeralure.”
;. - - in AadralhL_--_
! Ifetrjjtjjp f 1 1 V 'cou Alry/fiPcms ibeYavodUoJiomc.
of insect iifdi “insects hcro-aro endle9s;ifTnura
bers and form. Many arc most singular and
curious, but tho ants, the flies, the centipedes.'l
and the scorpions arc a terrible nuisance. The I
bite of all these is severe and venomous. There
is a red spider, too, whose bile is said lo bo I
deadly ; but the nnis are (he most numerous,
next to the flics. They cover the whole surface
of the ground. I might almost say of the whole
Colony . of all colors and sizes, and almost eve
ry vanity of them stings keenly* Nor;
is it the ground only on which they
swarm ; there is not a log lying on the ground,
not a tree standing in the forest, up and down
which they are not creeping in myriads. Trains
of them are constantly ascending lo the top.
most twigs of the loftiest gum trees, two hun
dred and fifty feet high, and other trains des
cending. They appear to be the main cause of
the prevalent hollowness of (he trees, ns they
pierce to the centre of the youngist ones, and
eat out and make their nest in their hearts
They the wood of the boughs, so that im
mense arpis fall with a sudden snap, just ns if
ihov had been cut ossundcr by an axe. The [
other cut down n young stringy-bark •
tree, and split it to make some trestles, and
the heart of it was all eaten out and occupied
by ants. These insects, many of them an inch
long, fierce 1 )’ contest the ground with us when
we arc pitching our tents in any fresh place. •
and their sling is os severe as that of a wasp. 1 ,
Tiik Eftbcts or Frau.—Thu extraordinary !
power exerted by fear over the human mind .
was exhibited at Vienna, in a remarkable man- [
ner, a few days ago. Dr. ,an emenenl I
physician in Vienna, obtained leave from the
(oca) authorities to try his experiments upon
the person of a prisoner who hud boon condom
n«d to dentil. According, an offer was made
to the individual in question, holding out the
promise of the remission nf lus punishment, if
he would consent to pass the night in the bed
of n patient who four hours previously had
been earned ofl by cholera. The prisoner con
sented. and was put to bed, and after the ex
piration of three hours or less he was seized
with violent vomiting, and all the attendant
Symptoms of cholera. He was attended im
mediately by several physicians, and ultimate
ly (being a man of strong and vigorous consti
tution, was completely resume!. Ihs
astonishment was great when informed that
the bed was perfectly clean and pure, and that
no cholera patient had ever lain there.
Skju r.n tiiku Hiaiir.—A number of young
ladios wero out walking in the country and met
a gipsoy woman who offered, for half a dollar n
piece, to show them their Allure husband's faces
fn a pool of water that was near. In their frolic
thov agreed lo It, and paid her the money, the
more readily as she promised to refund it if she
did not fulfil her engagement. The girls wero
!od , to the water, each anxious to gel a sight of
her ’intended, hut Instead of the form and faco
they expected, they saw only their own rosy
chocks and laughing eyes below.
“ Surely you nro mistaken, woman,” said ono
of thorn,«*wo see nothing but our own faces in
tho water.”
“ Very true, Mias,” replied (ho gipsy, “ but
will not those ho your husband’s faces when yon
are married V*
There was no disputing this, and the girlssny
they wore neatly taken in, promised each other
not to (oil of it, and in (ho course of an hour tmd
laughed over thojoko in half a dozen gay cir.
oles, where they heard only this remark, “Good
enough for you—served you right.”
(Ey* Tbo umbrella men in New York hove
been compelled lo 111 out a dozen whalers for
the purpose of pelting whalebone enough to
keep up their business. The ladies have pul
tho whole stock on hand Into their petticoats.
tE/MVhat arc political platforms?' asked
an old lady.
•Oh,’said her worscr half,'they are plat*
form scales ; on which President's are weigh
ed.'
lE7” He lives well that lives In peace.
AT 82,00 PER AKKUM.
NO, 29,
How America wag formed, ami Itic consc of
the Flood.
Clark Mills, of Washington, slates that the
fountains of the great deep being broken up,
the waters must have retired in great agitation
to the cast and went from the sides of the ris
ing continent. The various opposing currents
caused immense deposits to be made, and the
rush of water, with the flaming ocean beneath,
generated an immense evaporation. The winds!
which, before this moved from cost to west a
round the globe, weresuddcntly obstructed by
the lowering burning mountains. They rolled
back ns if astonished at the new phenomena,
laden with the vapors of a boiling ocean. The
douds. in the sublime evolutions moving in
of the waters to the oast and west
from America, met in awful array over the Old
Y There they discharged their burdens,
the vapors descending for forty days, and after
the earth revolved ISO limes in her cumbrous
mantle, the waters retired to the Caverns from
, whence our continent arose.
SentimtiUullsm.
Miss Swisshelm, m nuticing the publication
of a new love story, says :
j “All that stufTnbout woman’s love has been
said over and over again a hundred thousand
limts. to (lie great detriment of the best inter
ests of humanity. There is no kind of necessi
ty for using the press to persuade silly girls
that it is very romantic and womanly to love a
scoundrel—to leave her affections unguarded
by reason or experience, and drift helplessly
into sin. shame and despair, as an evidence of
her unsuspecting womanhood.
• It is not trne that woman's rflectini.s arc
any stronger or, more durable than man s. We
think the opposite is the case, and that two
thirds of all the women who pine away or die
of love, do so for the want of something better
to do. Everything calculated to make love
sickness a fnnuiinc acquirement is a gnat in
jury : hut to strew the path of the suicide wiih
the flowers of poesy and romance, is in a
degree reprehensible.
“The best motto to guard young girls thro'
the mazes of love is ;
‘Do right, and trust in God.’
A young girl who has done no wrong. has
little cause to mourn over the lickl.m-ss of a
pretended lover. Jtettcr he should change his
mind before than nfier marriage. 1 ’
This is the best piece of common sense we
4iavc ever hoard uttered on the subject.
[TT" It i-> an astonishing thing h«nv little a
matter will sometimes disconcert a man who is
accustomed to sneak in public, and to have Ins
thoughts about linn, and ready at command on
almost all occasions.
‘1 was once opening a cpccch from the slump,’
said a distinguished Western political orator to
ns recently, 'and was to warm
with my subject, when n remarkably clear and
deliberate voice spoke out behind me, saying:
•Guess ho wouldn’t: talk-qtHtc so hifnlu
lin’ if he knew that his trowuers was bu’sl
clean out behind !’
•From that moment I couldn’t 'gel on.’ The
. .people ip front began-to laugh, and there was
a loud,roar in my rear, and I damTnot reverse
: l»y ; pAltftm , lbrfcal , «f Imring n'ncvr-audience
of- rayVdhdftfon. “X made or richer invented
Inn excuse for delay, sal down. The ma
licious scoundrel J* - continued the orator; *lt
was only a mean trick after ail. There was
nothing under heaven the matter with my un
mentionables !’
A Rich Scexk. —Yesterday constable Miller
went will) a search warrant to It>ok for some
stolen goods. After some examination they
were found in the possession of a bouncing ser
vant gul. 'Hie property consisted principally
of articles of dress, among which was a fine
worked collar. This t lie officer determined to
gel in his hands, but the girl pul it in her
mouth and 'shut down on it.' The constable
determined not to be fooled in that way, run
bis finger in the girl's mouth in order to puli
out the collar, when she opened, and taking
his finger between her teeth, crushed it almost
to a jelly. The officer not liking that trap,
jerked out his finger, and the girl swallowed
the collar. This ended the search, ns Mr Mil
ler concluded tht collar was then beyond his
jurisdiction. Healthy girl, that, and fond of
delicacies. — Terre Haute Eiprtss.
Mrs. Partixuto.v at a Sondat Conckrt.
“Who is ihntf” said Mrs Partington, in a
big whisper, at the Music Hall, on Sunday
night. during the performance of the oratorio
of Solomon.
••That's Solomon,” said the one she ad
dressed. lapping out the tune on his thumb,
with the libretto.
••And these in front,” said she, pointing lo
the ladies on tho platform, “arc .some of his
seven hundred wives. I s’poso, and the men up
behind 'em, must be the children of Israel.—
Well. Solomon must have been a wi»e man to
know bow to lake care of so many wives, but
he wasn't any better than he should be, if all
stories are true. Ah, wl.al blessed music that
in to be sure! How much better than that folks
[hears on week a-rtnys in play-houses, played
I on godless fiddles!'’
She reated herself in nn attentive attitude
listening 10 the music, while Ike sat counting
the new gns lights lound Ihe hall, and drum
ming ■•Jordan” on the arm of the settee.
Wrinkles—‘lt is said lo have been solisfnc
lorily demonstrated, that every time ft wife
scolds her husband, she adds a wrinkle lo her
face. It is thought the announcement of this
fact will have a most salutary effect, especially
as it is understood that every time a wife smiles
on her husband it will remove ouo of the old
Wrinkles.’
(Tv* The New York Dutchman says that
whoever wishes to get along in tho world has
only to take a few lessons of a hen chasing a
grasshopper. With a long neck and sharp eye.
lake a tew hurried steps. stop short, peep over,
peep under, now to the left, now to the right,
one flutter and ft rnsh.nnd (lien you have him.
That’s the way its done.
(CT ‘Have you ever broken a horse?’en
quired a horse jockey. ‘No. not exactly, 1 re*
piled Simmons, ‘but I bavo broken three or
four wagons.’
[H7* Tho following laconic epitaph, carved
upon a Spanish tombstone, should bo remem
bered. ‘1 was well—tried to feel better —look
physic and hero 1 am.’
‘You ask and you receive not, because
yoiitak a-miM," said a young lady to an old
gentleman who had popped tho question to her.
‘Will you take' something ?’ said n tee
totaller to Ins friend, while standing near a tav
ern.
•I don’t care if I do.' was tho reply.
‘Well,’ said Frank, ‘let’s take a i calk!'
017* “Why dont your father take a newspa
per?” said a man to a little boy whom he
caught pilfering his paper from his door step.
“Ooz, ho sends me to take it, answered th
urchin.
Anecdote of Gen. Jacfaioa.
At the Bonth-west',~tHe people
yarns of Gen. Jackson; of fits daring, loVo of
justice, and the prompt way of administering
“that drticlc,” when no foUQdit necessary; I
was on the Mississippi-last summcivwbfefi-I
heard the following story which never. having
seen in print, I send you for the benefit of the
readers of the Spirit of the Times t
The General, then Judge WIWJ Mld
mg court—long time ago—iti A sharitce at it
little village in Tennessee and dispensing ins
lice, in large and small doses, os seemed to him
to bo required in the case before him. One day
during court a great bulking fellow armed with
pistols and bowie-knife, took it upon himsdf
to parade before the Shanleo Court House and
d —a the Judge, Jury, and all there as
sembled. in good set terms. .
‘.Sheriff,’ sung out the Judge, in
tone, ‘arreit thdt rahn for contempt or Court
and confine him.’
Out goes tho.Shbrifl. but soon returned with
word to the judge that hd bad found it impossi
ble to take the offender. .
*Snmmon a posce then,’ said the Judge, ‘and
bring him before me!’
The .sheriff put out ogairt. but the ta£)c frji*
difficult ; ho could not, or dared . not loy hit
hands on the man, nor did any of the posce like
the job any better than he did, as the fellow
threatened to shoot the first '‘skunk*’ that
came within ten feet of him.
At this, the Judge waxed wrathy, to have hi*
authority put at defianCe before. all the jgo<H|
people of the vicinity, so he erica out from tfib
bench, (It was literally a bench,) ‘Air. Sheriff,
since you ctm’t obey my orders, summon me,
yes sir.summon me!’
•*You Judge!* exclaimed the Sheriff,amazed.
‘Yes, me, summon me ! By the Eternal 111
sbe what 1 Can dd !*
•Well. Judge, ifyotl sdy sd, though I don’t
like to do it, but if you Will try, tfrlly I top
pose 1 must summon yob.’
■Very well.* said Jackson rising ond walk*
ing to the door, ‘I adjourn this court ten min
utes.’
The ruffian was standing a short distance
from the Stiantec, in the centre of a crowd of
people, blaspheming at a terrible rale and flou
rishing his weapons, vowing death and de
struction to all nm) singular who should at
tempt to molest him.
Judge Jackson walked very calmly into the
centre of ilia group, with a pistol in his hand,-
and confronted him :
‘Now.’ said he, looking him straight in the
eye, ‘surrender you infernal villain, this very
instant or by the Eternal, I’ll blow you
through ”
The man eyed the speaker for a moment,
without speaking,and then let fall his weapons,
with the words :
There. Judge, it’s no use. I give in,’ and
snflered himself to be led of! by the Sheriff
without opposition. He was completely cow-
A few days after the occurrence, the man
was asked by one of his comrades why ho
knocked under to one man, when he had be
fore refused to allow to be taken by a whole
company : and his reply showed the estima
tion in winch the daring and determined spirit
of Jackson was held throughout the country,
■Why.’ said he. ‘when he came up. I looked
him in the eye. and by , I saw shoot, and
there wasn’t shoot in nary other eye in (be
crowd, and so I says to myself, says I hosa,
it’s about time to sing small—and so I did.* *
A Short Mistake.— A few days since, d
German was ruling along Sansom st in Sacra
mento: when he heard the willing of a ball
near him. and felt his bat shaken. lie tamed
about and saw a man with a revolver in hid
bans, and took off his hat, and found a fresh
bullct-holc in it.
••Did you shoot at me?” asked the Ger
man.
“Yes,” replied the other parly “that's my
horse, was stolen from me recently.”
1*; “You must be mistaken,” says the. Ger
man, “I have owned the horse for three
years.” " " »
• the other, “when I come to
loolcjjt'hhn, ! believe I am mistaken.
i£esrr#w.OiVtyou taken drink?”
The rider dismounted, nnd tied hU bprse.—
The two found a drinking saloon: they drank
together, and parted friends. That is theCaJ-’
ifornia way of making acquaintances.
[T7* A country pedagogue had two pupils,to
one of whom he wns very partial, and to the
other very severe. One morning It happened
that these two boys were very late, and wen
called lo account for it.
•You must have heard the bell, boy; why
did you not come? 1
•Please sir, 1 said the favorife, •! was dream
ing I was going to Coliforny, and I thought
the school-bell was the steamboat bdl I wifl
going in.’
•Very well, sir, 1 said thfe master, glad of a
pretext lo excuse his favorite; ‘and now sir,'
turning lo the other, ‘what have you to
sayf
•Please sir 1 said the puzzled boy, *l—l—
?ns n iranfm to see Tom off.'
(T T The Troy H’Aig tells the followingstoty
ol Horace firefly :
' Mr. Greely was trying to read a newspa
per by the ‘dim religion? light 1 of a car-lamp.
In order to see he raised the wick: but htrdfy
had lie done so before the lamn-trimmcr came
along and turned it down. The moment his
back wns turned. (Jrccly raised it up again.—
The knight of the ‘dark lantern' presently came?
along again and partly shut off the light by
winch the philosopher Was rending. Greely
remonstrated. The official thrust his lantern
into his face, surveyed him with a contemptu
ous air n moment, and replied, coolly, ‘Old fel
low, you talk too much. 1 11
A Goon A nkcdotk. — W o are told the fol
lowing conversation wns overheard among the
volunteers. Scene at mghl. Two volunteers
wrapped m blankets, ana half buried in the
mini:
•Jim. how come you to volunteer? 1
■lVhy, Rob. you s«*e. I have no wife to care
a ml cent for me, and so I volunteered, and
besides. I like war! Now, tell mo how yocr
came out here? 1
•Why. the fficl is. you know, I hare got rf
vife, and so I came out here, because I like
icoce! 1
Hereupon both the volunteers turned over in
their blankets, got a new plastering of mutf,
and went lo sleep.
To Keep a Congregation Awake—They lcl¥
ol a new way of paying ofl a drowsy congrega
tion. It was this:
■The clergyman after having nearly finish*#
his sermon, observed a j»reat part of Ida c6hV
;rcgation asleep, and said he thought he h&d
>eUcr go over the whole sermon again, which
he did. The next Sunday the peoplo kept a*
wake ‘on the first rending.’
•' My wife is very attentive to the pigs,” aald
a gentleman tho other day, In tho presence of
several ladles.
“That accounts for her attachment to yon,'’
responded one of tho fair damsels.
Pretty sharp joking that.
BIT* An Irishman was once brought before *
magistrate, charged with marrying six wivci.’
The magistrate asked him how ho could be 80
hardened a villain.
‘Please ycr honor, I was trying to gel a good
uu’.
[£/“ Suspicious tailor to suspected cuslo
•Mnko you a coat sir ? Oh,’yea, sir, with
tho greatest pleasure. There, just stand in
that position, please and look right upon that
sign while I take your measure. 1
Sign reads, ‘Terms Cosh.*
yy I wonder what makes my eyes so weak?
asked a gentleman of a lady, who was a blt bf
a wag.
‘Why.’ she replied, ‘I suppose it is becatn
they are in ft weak place.’
,i*.