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• ' inE &UAIIDWS IN THE VALLEY.
dt n. 1. n.Asa.
There’s a mossy, shady valley,
" Where tlio waters wind and now,
Arid the dairies sleep In winter,
• 'ifontli a coverlid of snow,
And violets, bluo eyed violets, •
Bloomln beauty In lho‘ spring,
And tlio sunbeams kiss the wavelets,
Till they sectulo huigh and slog.
Sut in autumn, when tho sunlight
Crowns the ccdar-covcred hill,
Shadows darken In tho valley,
•Shadows ominous and still 5
And the ydllyw leaves, like banners
Of an EKln-hoat, that’s fled, '
Ting'd with gold arid royal purple,
Flutter sadly overhead. -
Ami (hosts shadows, gloomy shadows,
Like dim phantoms on the ground,
Stretch their dreamy lengths forever
On a daisy coveted mound.
And I loved horj yea, I loved her,
, Cut tho angels loved her too,
So she's sleeping in the valley,
'Neftth tho sky so bright and blue.
And no slab of pallid marble,
Hears ItB~whtto and ghastly head.
Telling wanderers in tho valley
, Of tho virtues of tho dead.
But a lllly Is her tombstone,
'And & dew-drop, pure and blight,
Is (he epitaph an angel.
. Wrote in, tho stillness of night.
And I’m mournful, very mournful,
For my sou! doth ever crave
For tho fading of the shadows
From that tittle woodbind grave.
For tho memory of (ho loved one,
From my soul will never part;
And those shadows in tho valley,
Dim tho sunshino of my heart.’
THE POET MBS.
?Wpurfda Bills, are tinged with gold,
The evening horn* dfawinz
And yet, near yonder cloud, behold"' ~""
Tho lark, Is soaring in the sky I
Why is ho (here at such an hour?
• The twilight croups tho valo olong.
The drowsy beo now quits the flower,
Tho thrush hath closed his vesper song.
I heard him o’er tho waving corn,
Herald (ho dawning of tho day,
And now, on fluttering pinions bomo,
Ho chants Us parting roundelay.
Hark 1 how the little minstrel sings,
Among tho golden clouds of even,
’ While tip ho springs on trembling wings,
As If his spirit were In heaven..
Is it ambition calls him there,
- There prompts so sweet a song to flow f
•*Ah I - noV no. ?tU all for hdr ’
Who nestles In tho valo below.
For her ho mounts, the clouds among, -
For her attunes hts melody—.
Anil thus, ray iovo, expressed In song,
Is all that I can give to thou (
Histtllnnfona.
IDE WOOD OF IDE CROSS.
I norcr hoard of our Lord's cross having
boon made of elder wood. The common idea,
legend, or tradition, that prevailed formerly,
was, that the upright beam of (he cross was
made of cedar, (ho cross-beam of cypress, the
piece on which tho Inscription was written of
olive, and tho piece for the feet of palm.
Tho legend concerning the wood of tho cross
is very curious, and may bo analysed as fol
lows i When Adam full sick, ho sent bis son
Seth to tho gato of tho garden of Eden to beg
«t tho angel some drops of (ho oil of mercy (hat
distilled from tho tree of life Tho angel re
plied that none could rocelro this favor till five
thousand years had passed away, llogavo him,
however, a cutting from tho tree, and It was
planted upon Adam's grave. It grew into a tree
with three branches. Tho rod of Moses was
afterwards cut from this tree. Solomon had it
cut down to mako of it a pillar for his palace.
The Queen of Sheba, when she went to visit
Solomon, would not pass by it, as she said it
would one day cause the destruction of (ho
Jews. Solomon then ordered It to bo removed
buried. Tho spot where it was burled was
afterwards dug for tho pool of Bethsaido, and
the mysterious tree communicated tho power of
healing to the waters. As (ho time of tho Pas
sion ot Christ approached, the wood floated on
0 ° r and was taken for tho
iprlght beam of fho cross. See this curious
™‘" longlh In tho - Gospel of Nl.
S#J?r»V * lO “kegonda Aurca" at the feasts
X .i b 0 Discovery and Exaltation of (ho Cross',
t,U f*ni tl » a ona# forloa of tho Levant," p. 102,
and Uldron's “ loconogmphy," p. 007, Bohn's
edition. ■’
I think, however, (hat I can explain tho ori
- 1 1». Thosfjon put to Rubl by bis poor pa
rishoner as to tho cross having been of elder
wood. IBs question may havo sprung flrom n
corruption of an old tradition or legend regard
ing not our Saviour, but Judas his betrayer.—
•ffudaa Is said to have hanged hlmsolf on an elder
tmo. Sir John Maundovlllo, In his description
Jerusalem, after speaking of tho Pool of Sl
!*oe,tddsi
./‘And fast by It Is still tho older tree on which
’JOaas hanged himself for despair, when lie sold
*a<i betrayed our Lord,”— p. 175, Bohn's edl
non. [ t < •. ■
i7° IS nr , n ’ Tood o( ,ll(> cross. In Sir
Jolra MaudoTlll's time a spot was pointed outnt
Jerusalem, as tlio spot where Iho tree grow t
J' "o tlio west of Jerusalem Is a fair church,
•wnoro (bo (rco of tha cross groTr.’*—P. 175 ’
And ha speaks of (ho wood of (his (rco os
wmn*aaco boon used os a bridge over Iho brook
t'jdron, (p, ICO.) Henry Maundroll describes
u C . onron i lliat v ,, ° v,BUod * ftbout kalf on
. u m* distance from Jerusalem«
-/‘I T *? Bfc which most deserves (o bo noticed in
«, is (ho reason of its namo ami foundation. It
10 l'? . l“ " l 0 ">»t neurlshed the
V‘ s , 1 tree, that yielded the Umber,
•list made the cress. Under the high niter von
,-«nho o tro n o*stjS.” °“ 8 r '> u “»'v"««"-<un.p
T * r ° •»"•» of legendary traditions
awarding tho history and site of tho wood ol
~mnaT Q ° f "'° 1,0 ““ ,0n ° f CMS ''
S'
Worth—Tlio Now.
] °,r‘ T T ?.T n t mt 01 P«»Wenc<. Journal
lLl, » tho following good story i
“ * • l »Wy looking man ncoo.lod nnollicr vU
™' , h Y fomwklng. « You a,moor to 1,0 wolli
<vk«t do you visit this piano for I” «To onloy
"W 1 1 are you ill T” Ob, terribly «n.'> «.Tlion
remark, asaftlond, (hat oven If
U Jr 01 " 0 1” l 0 footf robust health, you oat at.
much. At this sickly looked a llt
• ■o indignant, but (ho next moment ho fooled
°* n » *°d replied, ««I llkb your couvbrsatlon
»»!? toil w * mt *»n earth Is a roan to do
&*&)** ■ two dollars and a half a
'lhe.niab.of ;Uuunaa, nhicli
°“ uuls *™)t.ujion liio reason.
BY JOIDJ B. BRATTON.
VOL 43>.
BE.IUTIFDt SENTIMENT.
A man without religion is at best n poor-rep
rebate—tlio foot-ball of destiny, with no lie
linking him to infinity and the wondrous eter
nity that is within hiinl But a woman that is
without it is even worse— : a flame without heat;
a flower without perfume.
A man tuny, in some sort, tic his frail hopes
and honors with weak slilfling ground, and
tackle to his business of tho world; but a wo
man without'that anchor which they call faith,
is a drift and a wreck. A man injiv clumsily
continue a kind of responsibility or motive, blit
can find no basis on any other system of right
action .than that of spiritual faith. A man may
craze his thoughts and his brain to thought
lessness in such poor harborage as fame and
reputation may stretch before him--a woman,
where can she put her hope, while passing
through trials, storms and tribulations; if not
in heaven ? '
And that sweet truthfulness, that abiding
love, that enduring hope, mellowing every
scene of life, lightening them with the pleasant
est radiance—wlien tho world’s cold storms
break like an nrmy with cannon, who can be
stow it all but a holy soul tic to what is stron
ger than on army with cannon ? Who. thot
has enjoyed the love of a God-mother, but will
cchoc the thought with energy, and uallow it
with a tear 1
The worldly being has no points where di
vine grace can rcach him ! Take away the ob
ject of his ambition, and he is soured: add to
it, and he becomes intoxicated. Send him
sickness, and ho only writhes liken wounded
snake. But tho unsealing of the human heart,
by cutting off its earthly objects of love, luma
the foundation of that love direct to Heaven.—
The bereaved soul looks its Heavenly Parent in
the face because of its chastisement. Sacred
indeed, then, is that heaven-lire whose presence
gives happiness on earth, and even whose ex
tinguishment serves to open the vision to the
eternal glory ftud reward of Heaven.
THE DEVIL'S CHAIR.
A letter from Manchester, New Hampshire,
in tho Boston I*oxl, says that at Amoskeag
Falls the Devil’s Chair is visible, in consequence
of the low water in tho Mcrrimac, which lias
not been tho ease for mony years :
bottom
architecture.
forms tho bed of tho river. No mathematical
measurement could calculate this furniture
more accurately, nor could any chisel cut it
more srooothely limn the water has.
The tradition connected with this chair is,
that the devil used to frequent these parts, and
made that particular place his scat, from whence
ho used to amuse himself by tormenting thcln
dians with such diablerie as stopping the salm
on, shad ond eels that used to frequent .these
waters, driving them back down the river,
drinking up all tho water of tho river, or task
ing it all into at the falls, and casting it
into Tho air, and thus occasioning the long
rainy days. . . TV ;*■ >
They were rid of him at length in this wise:
Paasaconnway was rt giant among the Peni
cooks. He was more to them than Hiawatha
to tho Dacotnhs. He was a sort of Jupiter
Motor among his trilie, and was prevailed upon
by the prayers of all good Indians, and driven
by repealed injuries, to remove his evil spirit
from his throne. lie did it to the eminent sat
isfact on of all time, ond is entitled to the
thanks of the Amoskeag Water Power Compa
ny: for if he were here now, drying up the wa
ter, it would cause infinite mischief to all this
machinery now running here.”
THE PRESENT QUEEN OP GREECE.
The Queen is a woman of 35, who will not
grow old for ft long time; her cnl/ouporiif will
preserve her. She is of a powerful and vigo
rous constitution, backed by on iron health.—
Her beauty famous fifteen years ago, may still
be perceived, nllhougl, delicacy has given way
to strength. Her face is full and smiling, but
somewhat still and prim; tier look is gracious,
not affable: it would seem os though she smiled
provisionally, and that anger was not far ofi.
Her complexion is slightly heightened In color,
with a few imperceptible red lines which will
never grow pale. Nature has provided her
with a remarkable appetite, and she lakes four
meals every day, not'to speak of sundry inter
mediate collations. One part of (he day is de
voted to gaining strength, and tho other (o ex
pending it. In tho morning the queen goes out
into her garden, either on foot or in a little car
riage, which she drives herself. Sh« talks to
the gardners, she lifts trees cht down, branches
pruned, earth levelled: she takes almost, as
much pleasure in making others move as in
moving herself, and she never has so good an
appetite as when the gardners are hungry.—
After the mid day icpast and tho (blinking
siesta, the queen goes out riding, and gels over
a few leagues at a gallop (o take the air. In the
summer she gets up at three in (he morning to
go and bathe in (he sea at Phalmmi: sheswima,
without getting tired, for on hour together.—
In (lie evening she walks, after supper, in her
garden. In the Iml] season she never misses a
waits or a quadrille, and she never seems tired
orsatisfied.
ScniPTURAL ush op tub wonn Forty.— I This
numeral, which occurs so frequently in Scrip
ture, ond in places where its introduction Is
apparently at variance with passages that pre
cede ond follow it, Is, in (he East, constantly
used as a general term; implying ‘many,’ or
an indefinite number, ns wo use the word
‘score,’ or a 'dozen or tw:.* A ruined palace
at Persepolis is called ‘Cliclralnat,’ or ‘the for
ty pillars,* though it lias but nineteen standing,
and when perfect had 200. Tho Arabs also
use *ono thousand and One* in a similar man
ner. Thus Moses was in tho Mount 'forty*
days, meaning many days. .The Israclits lived
many, not ‘forty’ years in tho wilderness.—
Hus meaning explains humorous difficulties in
scriptural history;* and Persians, Arabs ond
lurks, still use tho term 'forty* in this sense.
tip*. A French writer has recently published
fln interesting work on tho subject of suicide, in
which ho enumerates among tho causes, drunk*
enness, wont, misconduct, insanity, domestic
grievances, love, quarreling, pride. Jt is nioro
common gmong niales than females, mul In ccn
ires of population than where the people arc
thinly scattered. It i$ more frequent in un
married and widowed persons, and occurs very
ln youth. In Franco there is one suicide
in every 18,461 inhabitants. The number is
at Its muxirnum In the north, dcoroaeca in the
cast, west and centre, and Is least In tho south.
More suicides are committed hy day than by
night, and more In summer tlion in winlc>.—•
Among ftbo aged suicide is practised, though
quite rarely.
IC7* The historian 4s tho sovereign censor to
decide upon the renown or Infamy of his fellow
men—ho is the patron of kings and conquer
ors, on whom it depends whether they gJjaU
live in after ages, or »mj forgotten ns their an
!« >p ?«r® ; r ° ro l^cm * Tko tyrant may oppress
wh lo tho objcct.of his tyranny exists; but the
historian possesses superior might, for his
power extends ciruhc/oud lUograi o.
THE VEILED PICTURE.
A story is told of two orlist lovers belli of
whom sought the hand of a noted painter’s
daughter. And the question, which of the two
should possess himself of the prize so earnestly
coveted by both, having come to the father, he
promised to give his child to the one who could
pamt the best. So each strove for the maiden
with the highest skill his genius could com
mand. One painted a picture of fruit, and dis
played it for the father's inspection in a beau
tiful grove, where gay birds sang sweetly
among the foliage, and all nature rejoiced in
the luxuriance of bountiful life. Presently the
birds came down to the canvass of tho young
painter, and attempted to eat tho fruit he had
pictured there. In his surprise and joy at the
young artist’s skill, the father declared that no
one could triumph over that.
Soon, however, the second lover came with
his picture, and itwas veiled.
“Take tho veil from your painting,” said
the old man.
“I leave that(o you,” said tho artist, with
simplicity.
The father of the young and lovely maiden
approached the veiled picture and attempted to
uncover it. But imagine his astonishment,
when, as lie attempted to take off the veil, he
found the veil itself to bo tho picture! We
need not say who was the lucky lover; for if
ho who deceived the birds by skill in painting
fruit, manifested great powers of art, ho who
could so veil his canvass with a pencil as to
deceive a skillful master, was surely the great
est artist.
Tim Fatal Flower.
> Travellers who visit the Falls of Niagara, aro
directed to a spot on the margin of the preci
pice, over the boiling current below where a
gay young lady a few years since lost her life.
Sjie was delighted with the wonders of the un
rivalled scene, and ambitious to pluck a flower
from a clifi where no human hand had before
ventured, ns a memorial of the cataract of her
I daring; she leaned over tho verge, and caught
n glmpse of the surging waters far down the
battlement of rocks, while fear for a moment
darkened her excited mind. But there hung a
lovely blossom upon which her heart was fixed;
and she leaned in a delirium of intense desire
and anticipation over the. brink. Her arm was
outstretched to grasp the beautiful flower which
charmed her fapey, theturi yielded to thenres-
HUIC a shriek she de
scended like a fallcn%\iA shore
and was borne away gasping in dcaiu.*^ 3 *®^
Ike Marvel.
. Adzacklv.—A minister was passing a field
in Starkee County, a few days ago. in which a
boy was ploughing some stubby and rooty
ground, at which he swore very wicked oaths
every few paces. Ho remained on his horse
until the profane little teamster came up to tho
fence at the end of his row? when, ho accosted
him:
•aty hoy. couldn’t you get along with Vour
ploughing without swearing so wicked?*,.
,-,.*Hqvdamn it. or.jau ’ r ~.-- •, .
At it tho spectacled dignitary went, the
loam hearing a strange voice, moved on rather
briskly, which at every sticking point nearly
ierked him out of his boots, and finally tossing
ins hat in one direction and his specks in an
other, while he would exclaim at every such
trouble, ‘Why I never saw the like.” until he
had repeated it about Forty times, when the
boy become Impatient, took bold of the plow
with— *
‘Get away, you old fool—you might as well
swear os to tell so many d d lies about it,
constantly saying you never saw the like, and
seeing it all the lime.’
£7"’ Here Is an Englishman’s idea of Marcy.
A correspondent of one of tho London papers
has met him, and writes as follows : "I must
not pass in silence one remarkable man, who
rolled Ihrough.lho assembled crowd very much
like a bear, ond tho crowd fell awoy from ns If
he were indeed such. This was Governor Mar
cy. I looked at him with much interest. He
is a remarkable man, and carries tho evidence
m lus appearance. The awkward and some
what, unwieldy person, tho large and shaggy
eyebrows, give one. ot first, an idea of sturdy
obstinacy. But, on closer look, we discover
the other trails, ondarc puzzled by the strange
mixture of courage and cunning—as if the
heads of a hull-dog ond fox had been run to
gether. To this add a twinkle of humor, and
you have the outer man.
A Maine man, (not a Maine Law roan,) once
had occasion to call upon Gov. Marcy, ond po
ked into his room unannounced. There hesaw
a pair of cow-hide shoes, tied with leather
strings, sticking over the edge of a table, and,
supposing them to belong to some Irish door
keeper or Janitor, called out to know ‘when old
Marcy would be in.’ Tho ‘stogas’ stirred not,
but agnilfvolcocxpccloratcd, ‘here isold Mar
cy, what do you want with him?’ **
Gbkrrous.—-A writer In the Burlington
Sentinel says that in one of tho back towns of
a neighboring Slate, where it is the custom for
the district school teacher to "board round,”
the following incident 6ccurrcd,and is vouched
for by high authority :
A year or two ago, an allotmcat being made
in tho usual manner .for the benefit of .the
school mistress, it happened that Iho proper
lion of one man was Just two days ond a half.
The teacher sat down tu dinner on the third
and was beginning to cat, when tho roan ol the
house addressed her as follows :
"Madam, I suppose your boarding time is
out when you have eaten half a dinner, but as
I don’t want to be mean, you may eat, if you
choose, about as much os usual.”
. W hat is this Prior op Ducks? -A gentle
man was asked *Whnt is the price of ducks?*
when ho confessed he could not tell. Ho had
been out that very day with his wife, and she
purchased no fewer limn three ducks. Firstly
there was a ‘duck of a dress;’ secondly, a ‘duck
of a parasol:’ and thirdly, a 'duck of a bon
net.’ The first was made of Ocnoa velvet, tho
second was trimmed with Valenciennes lace,
and tho third n magnificent hunch of ostrich
feathers. The united cost of the throe dtioics
was $275, so that the ducks had stood him no
less than $9l and a few shillings apiece. He
supnosesduoks were in tho market cheaper, hut
for himself, when ho hears his wife mention the
word ‘duck,’ he trembles from bend to foot, for
ho knows at once that it means something In
ordinately expensive.
K 7“ Presentations nro getting quite Com
mon. The captain of a canal boat out west
has just been presented with.a service of five
years in the penitentiary, in consideration of
the distinguished ability with which ho plun
dered a passenger and then kicked him over
hoard.
man may possess the ability to ac
complish much, but. without assurance ho will
accomplish little.
tiZF Truth is a plant wjlhin tho human
heart which isUoo often neglected-And remit
ted to wither. !
K7* Never loose your dignity.
“OUR COUNTRY— HAT IT ALWAYS BB RIGHT —BUT RIGHT OB WRONG, OUR-COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA./ THURSDAY, AUGUST 28,185 G.
'IIB. EDITOR I’S/iT A SIN?
An Impudent propounds the
following Questions lo ft Inodest editor out west:
When a lady gfctslßtaUecl In the gutter
That mna Jna.nopMpns street,
(Like a fly (hai ls fitrdnd£d in butter,)
And Jia*s to uncbvcriifr fectj
As gently the Called liflfll fiho, -
And gives It a graceful sweep;
Is n follow to blame When ho chances
To give her ahkicsla’ppcp-7
Just to soo if thoyfronlilck or they’re thin,
Mr s Editor;Jsß tjsln 7
Or when n phirapbowVp’s uncovered
With Loco,
♦Whoso whftenpwliko'full blooming lilies,
Contrasts wlth-tMiipsoon tho face,
flotreiwlb flower,
(If I may bo allovlc{t ; so to speak.)
Should a fellow be oflhpkjd It he’s curious
Within (bo laco mfohjci to peep 7
Just to judge ofi-ithe.^rdntents within—
. Mr. sin 7
TnE BWJiIIN JAPAN.
Tn Japan there exlstsfl very ancient frater
nity, enjoying a:very lfgh degree of. respect.—
It is that of tWhUncj ages and conditions,
and which owes it£}orjgln to the following clr
cumstanecs. on ancient Emperor
of Sapan fell dCeplytlrupyc with a young prin
cess, who hitflpassion'wlth the same
ardor. the lovers were per
fectly happy irt Other's society, hut that
happiness was by tho death of the
princess, and so .dccp.ims the grief of her lover
that he became blind dint of weeping (as is
the popular belief ).orsicrhapa from some other
cause. Tn order .to, (fohsolo himself fortius
double Infliction; with a view lo
immortalize the memw-y of the object of his
passion, ho instituted/a -fraternity in which
none were to Ikj received but blind persons.—
That society exists at-lhc present day, but its
members arc never sccfylo beg nbout the streets
or at the church dooM.; os in Europe. During
several centuries this society continued to exist
in a very flourishinglbondilion, but at present
it is only composed —priests and
other persons connected with the service of the
temples. . It fell iijto, decay in consequence of
the birth of another of blind persona,
into which ore admitted :os members no others
than persons of higs or station,
who may have become blind. This, too, owes
its origin to a remarkable event, supported by
better historical or at least much less apocry.
‘V* the former. At one period
of the history ol was
tom by internal divisions, a General command'
ing tho armies of on&of the two claimants to
the throne having Ixlcn defeated and made pris
oner, the conqucroiyjwho had a high opinion of
both his integrity and military talents, was de
sirous to attach him.-to bis cause; (ho General
replied, “All thatt;can - do for you is to tear
out these two cyesr which excite me only lo
your ruin. I canjmfc turn them toward you
W i th<sut_fccl i n tj resist ivhl c desire to
dcpnvo you of life,'tbit Imay avenge my mas
ter.” Having Said this ho tore o.ut his eyes,
put them on a plate, and presented them to the
monarch. A mixture of horror and admira
tion having secured him hia liberation, he quit
ted tho court and founded the second congre
gation of blind persona. # /This fraternity is al
so m a flourishing condition, maintaining it-,
self honorably by Its’ jhdnfctry, and by such
manual labor .as the unfortunate condition of
its members permits them to cxrrcisct Severn]
apply themselves to poctiy and music, which
secures to them answer ready welcome to the
tables of the great, where they entertain the
host and his other guefiU by thetr talents, their
wit, and their immense stock of historical re
collections and traditionary information, on
the correctness of which the fullest reliance is
placed, it being considered of. an authority
equal to the nnnntsof (ho empire, ns neither
these, the histories of celebrated men, or the
ancient titles of families are considered surer or
more reliable historical monuments or eviden
ces than the memory of these illustrious blind.
Their information U traditional luatory, which
no one ever thinks of calling into question.—
They have their colleges or unlvcrsitics.in which
they take degrees, and they record in verses
ana set to music tho most memorable deeds ol
of the heroes of their country. They are like
wise employed in certain solemnities nt publc
festivals, in processions, at marriages, and on
other similar occasions. Whoever lias once
been admitted a member of the society can ne
ver quit it. The General resides at Mcaco, in
the enjoyment of a large revenue; the others
arc dispersed throughout the empire, Tho or
der is governed by a council composed of ten
of the oldest members of (hoarder, and it exer
cises tho power of life and death over tho mem
bers, but the sentence, before it can t>o execu
ted, must be by the President of the
Supreme Court of the Empire, who sits at Mea
co. This council sends into tho. provinces su
periors. whose cilice is not dissimilar to that of
tho visitors and dclimtors of' tho religious or
ders in the Church of Rome.
Tub Pbootikm of Life.—Mon rejoice when
the aim is risen j they rejoice Also when it goes
down, while they nro unconscious of Iho decay
of their own lives. Men rejoice on seeing the
face of n now season, ns ot the arrival of 000
greatly desired. Nevertheless, tho revolution
of seasons Is the decjiy of human life. Frag*
mqnts of drift wood meeting in tho wide ocean
continue together a IHtlo space, thus parents,
wives, husbands, children, friends, ana riches
remain with us but a Abort time, then separate
—and tho scporatlon Is inevitable. No mortal
can escape tho common lot { he whomoums for
Ids deported relatives has no power to force
; them to return. One standing on tho road would
readily soy to a number of porsons-msalog by,
I will follow yon. Why, then,, should a person
grlovo, whon Jotmioyfpg tho same road which
has boon assuredly trodden hy.all our forofath
ors? Lite resembles » cataract rushing down
with irreelstablo Impetuosity. Knowing (hat
tho end of life Is dentil, every right minded man
ought to-pursue thnt/which Is connected with
hnppluoss and. ultimate bliss.-
Tub Obavr or tub BEtovKi).—lfow pleasant
Is tho spot to tut whore rests tlia remains of a
clear friend or rolalivo In whoso society wo onco
took so ranch delight- Tho mother loves often
there to retire, ami while standing bosido tho
grave of her beloved child, to call to mind tho
scene of by-gono days, when the loved one,
now reposing In silence in tho grave, smiled up
on her, and called her by tho endearing name of
mother. Tho lather spends hours In looking
hack to (ho Umowhonho know Ids promising
son, whom none knotvbut to lovo, was tho Joy
of his heart nnd the object of his greatest care
and solicitude. Tho husband nnd wife hero
come to meditate and mourn over tho loss of n
departed companion j nil, fVom tho nearest rela
tive to tho warm hearted and sorrow stricken
friend, hero resort to meditate on the happy sea
sons of (ho past, ond look forward to tho tuluro,
when they too shall bo laid beside those whom
they lovo and with (hem enter another state of
being;
. ttT* Poetry, says Pickens,, makes Hfo what
.lights nnd mnsin do tho stage. Strip the one of
Its.false embellishments, and tho other of Its
illusions, and what it Uwro tygl in either to Uro
or wo lor,
Visit to tie folate of tlic Saltan Jmlr Ahmed.
Presently tho blear-eyed guide with the an
gry voice returned from within; rcicosed us
from tho importunities of certain forward and
inquisitive youth, and motioned ns to doll our
slippers at a -.stone step, ah rather line, about
12 feet distant from the palace wall. Then en
sued a long dispute,.in tongues mutually unin
telligible; about giving up our weapons; by
dint of obstinacy we retained our daggers and
my revolver. The guide raised a door curtain,
suggested a bow.-r(rtd I stood in the presence of
the dreaded chief' ills appearance was that of
a little Indian Rajah, an etiolated youth,’ 24 or
25 years old, plain and thin-bearded, with a
yellow complexion,- wrinkled brows and* pro
truding eyes. Jlis dress was a flowing robe of
crimson cloth, edged with snowy fur, and a
narrow while turban - tightly twisted round a
tall conical cgp of red velvet, like the old.turk
ish head gear of our painters. Ilfs throne was
a common Indian Rtirsi. or raised cot, abdutfi
feet long, with back and sides supported by a
dwarf railing. Being an invalid he reseed his
elbow upon a pillow, under which appeared the
hilt of a dutch sabre. Ranged in double line,
perpendicular lo the Amir, stood lho /court/
his cousins and nearest relations, with right
arms bared after the fashion of Abyssinia. I
entered the house with a loud 'Peace bo among
you!’ lo which 11. 11. replying graciously, and
extending a bond bony and yellow as a kite's
claw, snapped his thumb and middle finger.—
Two chamberlains forward, held my
. forearms, and assisting me to bend low over
the fingers,,which, however. I did not kiss, be
ing naturally averse to performing that opera
tion upon any but a woman's hand. My two
servants then look their turn; in tills ease, af
ter the back was saluted, tho palm- was presen
ted for a repetition. These preliminaries con
cluded. wo were led to and seated upon a mat
in front of tho Amir, who directed towards us
a frowning brow and an inquisitive eye. Some
inquiries were made about the chiefs health;
he shook his head captiously and enquired our
•errand. I drew from my pocket my own let
ter; it was carried by my chamberlain, with
hands veiled in his Tobe, to the Amir, who, af
ter a brief glance, laid it upon the couch, and
demanded further explanation. I then repre
sented in Arabic that we had come from Aden,
bearing tho compliments of our Dalunh or gov
ernor, and that wo had entered Ilarar lo see
tho light of 11. 11/s countenance: thisinforma
lion concluded with a little speech, describing
tho changes of political agents in Arabia, and
alluding to the friendship formerly existing be
tween the English and the deceased chief Abu
hakr. The Amir smiled graciously. This
smile.'TmflsVoWTfi.’dew L„ was a relief. We
bad been prepared for tho
poet of affairs ip the palace was by no means
re-assuring.,
A paragraph, about (ho Amir Ahmed will
amuse our readers: .
“Tho Amir Ahmtd is alive to ihc fact that
some state should hedge in a prince. Neither
weapons nor rosaries arc allowed in hia pres
ence; a chamberlain’s robe.acts as'spittoon.
.Whenever anythingirgi.vcn to or takeft from
him his hand must.be kissed. Even on horseback
two attendants fan him with their garments.
Except when engaged on the llaronio visits
which he, like his father,pays to the streets and
by-ways at.niglit, ho is always surrounded by
a strong body guard.- Ho riacslo tho mo.sque
escorted by a dozen horcsrmm.- and a score of
footmen with guns and whips precede him.
By his side walks nn officer shadm.* him with
a huge and heavily fringed red satin umbrella: ;
from India to Abyssinia the sign of princely ;
dignity. Even at hia prayers two or throe cho
sen malchlockmcn stand over him with lighted
fuses. When ho rides forth in public, he is es
corted by a party of fifty horsemen ; the run
ning footman crack their whips and shout
‘Let! Let!‘ (Go! Go!) and the citizens avoid
stripes by retreating into the nearest house, orl
running mto another street.”
MoUlo was a saucy, witty mlschlorous girl at
all times, but doubly so on horseback, nigh
spirited, handsome and graceful, she rode as
though she had a West point (raining. David
Downy, who was a soft-voiced little fellow, was
constantly by her side. Though not afraid to
follow Molllo ovci (ho fences, yet somehow ho
always blushed when ho raised ’his gentle oyes
to hers. Pointing over (he field, he timidly
said, os though ho possibly had some meaning
in it—“ there’s the Parson’s, Moljlo.” The
wicked little mimic only pointed herrldlng-whlp
to a garden-patch, and said—** (hero’s parsnips,
Davy.”
Drops of perspiration stood on his. forehead,
like tho early dew still on (ho grass, but perse*
vorlng ho said—“l don’t doubt my ability to
provide for a wife, and tho’ you nro so young, I
know you could manage a household.”
<< Certainly, and my husband beside; I’d have
his beard grow the most approved stylo by my
correct and tasteful eye, if I had to scissors it
Into shape; ho should wear (ho coat 1 thought
becoming, If I had to putapadlock (hrodghthe
button holes and fasten him in. If, in (ho sum
mer, when 1 wanted to (ravel, ho perversely in
sisted It was too hot, and pleasant enough at
homo, 1 would not squabble with him; but un
known to him, I’d kindlo a rousing Oro in (ho
collar Airnnco, open tho flues, nud beat thn
house until Ids stubbornness would bo forced to
iwtako himself off to cooler quarter*. - Oh, most
positively suro and certain,*! could manage :
him, I toll you, and tho biggest kind of house- 1
hold.” '
Said cxcltod Davy; “ You may oven lather
and shnvo off my beard, whon 1 gotono; I’ll not
Interfere with you spending your summer ot tho
north polo, if yon Wish; I’ll submit to any num
ber of padlocks or any kind of lock, if you’ll
only consent to wedlock,” -
Molly only sold; “Now Davlo, when wo aro
married, don’t forgot a)I this promising.”
Enough for happy Mr. Downy. (Ivor (ho
parsonage fenco they Jumped In fox-hunting
stylo, oud In her ridlng-drcss, tho mod-cap Mull
was married.
Tub Mkiicimnt’s tnri TrnANT.—
Ono day a tyranical emperor went, to tho out
side of tho city unattended. Ife accosted a
He accosted a nian sitting under a tree as fol
lows ; • ■ •
“What sort of a man is tlip empereop of the
country ? Is bo a tyrant or a just man ?” '
“Ho is a tyrant,” said tlmman. ,
“Do you know mo ?”sald Uio emperor..
"No.” said the man.
Tho emperor said, "I am the emperor of the
country." ’
Tho man was frightened and asked, "Do you
know mo?”
"No,” said the emperor.
Tho man replied, "I am tho son of a certain
merchant; every month, during the space of
three days, I become ipad. To-day la ono of
tbofiodays.”
Tho tyranilaughcd and said nothing more to
him.
■ : 0
Xy*To enjoy to-day, atop worrying about
to-morrow.
(D“ Repentance is not to bo measured by
inches or hours. u
[£7“ Music is beauty to tbo car, as beauty is
music to the eye.
Saddle Courtship.
AT $2,00 PER ANNUM.
NO. 12.
Tho Tronhlcsome Pig.
John Lcland was a Baptist minister of great
celebrity, some years since in eastern Now
York and Massachusetts.
He was once called to attend a council in a
.troublesome cose, in which the offender pro
fessed extreme anxiety to do what was right, if
lie could only be made to see what he ought to
do.’ After a long time spent by different mem.
bersof the council, in vain efforts to enlighten
him. John Lcland arose to speak, and all were
intent to hear his words :
"This ease,” said he. "reminds me of a cir
cumstance that occurred, just ns I had moun
tedmy korso to come to meeting. In looking
around I noticed that a pig had broken into one
of my lots, and threatened to do much damage
there. I got off my horse at once and hastened
to the place. I first found the hole where ho
broke in, and then drove him very carefully
towards it. Ho snuffed and grunted, and
Seemed anxious as a pig could posable be, to get
out, and'mademany desperate efforts to get out
where it was impossible. But when he reached
the hole, ho bolted by it with all possible speed
and began again his furious efforts beyond. I
drove him several times to and fro, but every
time he shot post the hole in* great haste and
began with tho most remarkable pertinacity his
efforts to get out, where egress was impossible.
At last I became tired of this sport, and gath
ering some good seized stones, I sent them fly
ing at him. This had the desired effect! The
first that hit him enlightened his mind at once.
He squealed as though ho had been nearly
killed, and making one straight run for tho
hole, was grunting outside before I had lime to
hit him again.
The story savs that the offender who had lis
tened attentively during the discourse, rose at
once, saying that ho now saw tho hole, and
went out by a hearty confession without the
application of another stone.
Grace Before Meat. —A Texas paper is
responsible for the following :
••One of our slock raisers, in hunting some
cattle on a cloudy day, not long since, got be
wildered and lost in the prairc: tho weather
came on stormy and thick, so he could not tell
what course to lake, and wandered about three
days without a mouthful to cat. About noon
on'lho third pay it cleared up a little, and he
struck out for a house he saw a long ways of!.
On reaching it, and making known hia hungry
condition, tho householder—who was a par
son—expressed his warm sympathies for him,
and told him to sit down, that dinner would be
ready after a while. When dinner was an
nounced, “our hero,” suiting the action to the
word, was promptly in a seat, and as prompt
ly began making himself |jcrfcctly at homo
u irii u wSiiitn his reach. At this
crisis, tho of the house
interposed with:
• Stop, slop! wo arc in tho habit of saying]
something here before we cal.”
Our hero filled his mouth nearly full and
without stopping or apparently noticing par
ticularly what had been said to him, replied:
‘•Go on and say whatever youd—n please,
you can't tusn my stomach now.”
Talb Beauing.—Never repeat a story, unless
you arc cc'.tain it is correct, and even not then
unless something is to be gained, either of in
terest to yourself or for the good of the person
concerned. Tattling is a mean and wicked
practice, and he who indulges in it, grows more
fond of It in proportion as he is successful. If
you have no good to say of your neighbor, nev
er reproach his character by telling that which
is false, lie who tells you the faults of Others,
intends to tell others of your faults, and so the
dish of news is handed from one to another, un
til the talc becomes enormous. “A story nev
er losses anything,” is wisely remarked ; but on
the contrary gains in proportion as it is repeat
ed by those who have not a very strict regard
for truth. Truly, “the tongue is an unruly
evil, full of deadly poison.”
• RIXD WORDS.
As stars upon a tranquil sea,
In mimic'glory shine,
So words of kindness in the heart
Reflect tho source divine;
O then be kind who’er thou ort.
That breathest mortal breath.
And it shall brighten nil my life,
And sweeten even death.
A Sextuple Bond.— There is an old, grey
pussy cat In Newark, who has recently had an
addition to her family, of six kittens, all of
which are joined together near the hind legs.
In lifting one op you lift the whole, like a
bunch of bananas. This interesting goup of
fclinity seems to live very harmoniously logclh
cr, with the exception that neither one can tell
which is its own tail! These latter appenda
ges arc so twisted and Interwined that even the
grave and staid mother cat herself cannot un
ravel the mystery, and hence the kittens quar
rcl occasionally.
A Singular Fiibak of Lightning. —The
Exeter (N. 11.) News Letter states that, on the
Blh inst.. the lightning struck a pine tree in the
fluids of Judge French, came down (he (op half
way, without doing damage, and then shat
ton'd in pieces the bottom half and scattered
them for twelve rods around, so quickly (hat
the top half full down straight am! lighted on
tho stump, and stands up ns slmfght as a can
die on tharsliimp! It is supported partly by
splinters stuck into tho ground. The tree was
about forty feet high.
Economy op not Shaving. — A correspon
dent furnishes the Boston Transcript with the
following statistics of shaving:—"Suppose a
man commences shaving at sixteen and contin-
ues the practice until he is sixty, it will be
found that he has shaved 15,700 times. Going
to the barber’s, stopping and reluming, can
not bo estimated at less than half an hour,
which, at ten working hdnrs a day, will con
sume two whole years! At six cents for each
timo the amount will bo so42—enough to build
on ornamental coltago or pay his board for four
years I'* ■
K 7" “There be goes,” said Mrs. Portlnglon
in tho legislature, as a member stood up for the
llflh timo to speak on a question. 4 ‘There ho
goes, like a soda fountain, and just as fluidly
as water. Now, Inane, mind him, and see if
you can’t become a speaker of the house of
rcprehcnsiblcssometime. I declare!” contin
ued she, as a new burst of eloquence reached
her car, “it docs seem ns If the mantle-piece of
Panic! Webster had fallen into him—ho is so
bright.”
tO* Franklin was on observing and sensible
man, and his'conclusions were seldom incor
rect. Ho said that a newspaper and biMe in
every house, and a good Seoul in every district—
all studied and appreciated as merited—arc tho
principal supporters of virtue, morality and civ
il liberty. .
O* Words arc little things, but they strike
hard. .Wo wield them so casliy that wo’arc
apt to forget their hidden power. Fifty spo
ken, they will fall like the Hunshlno, the dew
ana fertilising /rain, but when unfilthy, like
the frost, the hail aud tho dosob *' * tcropcst f .
1 A CLEKicjAtu AifEcroTE.—Soinft thirty-fire
or forty years ago, a clergyinan.bf the old''
school, somewhat oxcentric, came to SoleOi,
from the country, to exchange desks with end of
the brethern hi the ministry. During the Sab
bath noon intermission be said to his.daughter,
,*Tm am going to he down; if St<i -Paul come?
himself don't disturb me;* ”
o. Mr 'i Peeked in ' (he East
Ohurcli, who had been very intimate with Mr.
Williams, but had not seen him for several
years, hearing he was in town, hurried ofl af
ter dinner to make his oldjrcind a call, .
‘ Wherc'is brother Williams V he inquired. OS
he met his daughter.
‘lie can’t be disturbed, sir,- not even if St.
Paul should call.’
‘I must sec him!* was the impatient rejoin
er, in the inimitable manner peculiar to Mr.
Bently.
Resistance to such a must was oat of tho
.question.
The room of. tho sleeper .was designate!.
With no gentle voice,, and a' corresponding
shake, Williams was aroused. lie was deligh
ted to see his old friend Bently, reiterating in
his fervency his gratification.
■I think.-Brother.Williams;*said Mrrßcnt
ly, ‘that you are a little inconsistent.*,
‘How so! how so!' “Brother Bently ?*
‘Didn’t you tell your daughter you. was not
to be.disturbed, even if St. Paul called.? yet
yon glad to see me.* . ' • .
•No. no, Brother Bcnt!y,not inconsistent cl
all. I was—l run' - glad to sec you.
Apostle Paul! why, I intend to spend a blessed'
eternity with him: hut you. Brother Bently,
I never expect to see you again.’—Hingrian
Journal.
ICT” Think before thou speakest:
Ist. What thou slialt speak. ‘
2d. Why Ihoushalt speak.
3d. To whom thou mayst have to speak.
4th., About whom thou art going to speak.
sth. What will become of what thou mayst
speak. ,
Ctli. What may be the benefit of what thou
shall speak. c* ..
7th. Who may be listening to what ihott shall
speak.
Put thy words on the ends of thy fingers, anS
before thou speakest turn them seven ways, and
there will never come any harm from what thou
shall say.
(C7* A yonthfnl reader of tho nations, thus
experimented on his mamma, who was making
bread, a few days since: ; *"
"Mother, it strikes me you arc Very lazy just
now.”
"How dare you say so ? why don’t you see
I’m making bread ?” indignantly returned the
lady.
“Trne, but that’s neither more nor less than
loafing.”
The wit got no more hot cakes for seven!
days. He makes no such puns since.
O* At a recent dinner party in the Fifth Av
enue, a literary gentleman proposed the follow
ing conundrum:
••Why are most people who cut turtles liko
babies V*
No reply.
- “Because they are fond of tho breast /*'
At this answer, two middle-aged maids faint
ed right off, five married ladies fell into fits of
cachinatory convulsions, and the perpefratdrof
the pun was candled from tho parly, for batch
ing so fowl a joke.
itZTOn tho banks of the Niger in Africa,-
they hare a tree called the Shea, from which
excellent butter is obtained. The tree is liko
our oak, and tho fruit somewhat resembles the
.Spanish Olive. Tho*kncrnel of- ihifl fruit is.
<Tned and then boiled*and thobutter
thus obtained is WhiU:r*ftnncr t ond^fA '-richer,.
flavor than that
keeping sweet a year without'
growth and preparation o!
the leading objects of African industry, and"
constitutes the main article of their commerce.
KIT* “If you ever think of marrying a wid
ow, my son,” said on anxious parent to bis
heir, “select one whose first husband was bung;
that is the only, way to prevent her throwing
his memory in your face, and making annoying
comparisons.” “Even that won’t prevent ft,”*
exclaimed a dusty old bachelor, “she’ll,then
praise him and say hanging would be too good
for you.”
{£7* “Reflect, my bperhern,” exhorted *
chaplain, “that whosoever falls this day in bat
tle. sups to night in Paradise. 1 ’ The fight be
gan. the ranks wavered, tho chaplain to bis
heels, when a soldier, stopping him, reproach
fully referred him to the promised supper of
Paradise. “True,* my-son, true,” Wd tha
chaplain, “but I never eat supper,”
DC/* An elderly gentleman, travelling Jn *
stage, was amused by n constant fire of words
kept up between two Indies.- One at last
kindly inquired if the conversation dld'ht make
his head ache? He replied, “well no, madam,
I have been married upwards of twenty
years !” ■ . , ’ . ■
IC7***ne is a notorious coward. lie talks as
if his diet were lion steaks, seasoned with gun
powder and boiled on burning lava, wheras, his
actual diet is brobnblo rabbits' livers* sheep's
plucks, and pigeon's gizzards.”—Prentice..
(D* “Any game hereabouts ?” said a newly
arrived to a Texan.
“Guess so,” said the I .one Star, “wo have
bluff, poker, cuchcr, all fours and monte, and
jist as many others as you like to play.”
(C/* A pragmatical young fellow, silting at
the table over against the learned JohnSoott,
asked what didurenco there was between Scott
and 801 l “Just the width of the table,” an
swered tho other.—Exit Mr. Pragmatic some
what in a huriy.
\C7" An exchange Bays, that down in Now
Orleans it requires three persons to start a bush
ness firm ; one to die with the yellow fever, one
to get killed in a duel, and tbo third, (o wind
up the business.
HIT* An honest farmer thus writes to the
chnirmanof the Kngland Agricultural Society :
“Gentlemen, please put me down on your list
of cattle for bull.”
w IC7* Pon’t yon remember old Towser, dear
Kale—old Towner, eo sliagcy *nd kind; Iww
ho used to lay, day and night, by tho gate, and
seize interlopers behind ?
Ip* A Barrister observed to a learned broth
er in court, that the wearing -of whiskers was
unprofessional. “Bight.” responded .his friend,
44 a lawyer cannot bo too hart-faetd.
Wisdom is an open fountain, whose wa
tens aronnt to bo sealed up, but to bo kept run
ning for the benefit of oil.
[£7* “Massa, ono oh your oxen’s dead—tod
der too': was ’fraid to tell yo\i ob ’em bof at
once, ’fraid you couldcn’t bore It.” !
PC7* A man who dislikes mob-clmdlcssltoutd
bo careful how ; he spits tobacco juloe ona red
headed woman’s carpet. *
a cow for tho sake, of a cat.
This is tho Chinese interpretation of going to
law. . j
[£7* A pood daughter is ths morning sunlight
and evening star of her parents* house. , l
ID* Were it not for tho tears thot flllfoar
eyes, what an occali would fill dur hearts., ,
{£7* Man is streaked animal, composed of fat
vJc«4 and.lean virtues. t
(£7* A lie has no legs, but scandal bag four
wings. , • ■
It?" Gilded roofs will not ehutquk blecples*
nights. 1