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SAY FA^
keep pushing —’Us wiser
Than setting aside, ‘
■ And dreaming and sighing
And waiting the tide.
Jn lifo’s earnest battle
: They, only prevail
Who daily march onward •
Anincvtr say fail!
With an eye’ever open)
A tongue that's not dumb,
And a heart that will never
To sorrow succumb;
You'll battle and conquer,
Though thousands assail; •
How strong and how mighty
Who never say fail!
tho spirit of angels
Is active I know,
As higher and higher
In glory they goj
Methinkson bright pinions
..Prom heaven they sail,
tfo chccr and encourage
Who never-say fail I
Ahead, then, keep pushing,
. And elbow you way,
Unheeding the environs,
All'asscs ilmt bray ;
All obstacles vanish.
All enemies quail.
In the might of their wisdom
v , Who never say- fail I
In life's rosy morning,
In manhood's fair pride,
Let this bo your motto
Your footsteps to guide;
In storm and in sunshine,
.‘Whatever assail.
We’ll onward and conquer,
Arid neversay fail!'
THE WORLD IS ERIGUT’BEFORE THEE.
BY FITZ QUEEN HALLECE.
The world is bright before thco,
It summer (lowers are thino;
It's calm blue sky is o’er thee—
Thy bosom virtue’s shrine.
And thine the sunbeam given
To nature’s morning hour,
PuV-c, warm as when from heaven,
llTbursts from Eden’s bower.
There is a song of sorrow,
The death-dirgoof the gay—
That tells e’er dawp of morrow
Those charms may fade away.
The sun’s bright beams be shaded,
. 1 That sky be blue no more:
- Tile summer flowers bo faded,
, , And youth’s warm promise o’er.
.-^ 7 . ( 4JoUevclt.not ri thftdghJonely .
■ : h' The evening, homo may be,
Though beauty’s bark'can.puly,.
Float on a summer sea: *'■ ‘
Though lime thy bloom is stealing.
There’s still beyond his art
Tho wild,(lower wreath of feeling—
- Thu sunbeam of tho heart.
Hfeftllniimn.
I HAVE KO MOTHER.
"Mayn't I stay, ma’am? I’ll do anything
you give me: cut W.od.gb for water, and do ail
your errands.’ 1
The troubled eyes of tnc speaker were filled
with tears. It was a lad that stood at the out
er door, pleading with a kindly-looking woman,
who still seemed to doubt the reality of his
good intentions.
The cottage stood by itself on n bleak moor,
or what in Scotland would have been called
such. Tho time was near the latter end of Sep
tember, and a.ficrcowind rattled the boilghs of
the only two naked trees pear tho house, end
tied with a' shivering sound into the narrow
door way, ns if seeking for warmth at tho bla
zing fire within.
Wow and then a snow-flake touched with its
soft chill the cheek .of the listener, or whitened
4vllh>the angry redness of the poor boy’s be
numbed hands.
The woman was evidently loth to grant tho
hoy s request; and (ho peculiar look stamped
upon his features, would have suggested to
ahy mind an idea of depravity far beyond his
her woman’s heart could not resist t|io
Mrr °w in those largo, but by no means hand
somc. grey eyes,
“Come in, nt any rate, till the good man
cotnes home. There, sit down by the fire; you
look perishihg’wlth cold;” and she drew a rude
chair up to the warmest corner; then, suspi
ciously glancing at the child from the corners
of her eyes, she continued setting tho table for
aunper.
Presently came the tramp of heavy shoes,
1 '!> u or was BWun ff °P cn with a quick jerk,
wia tho “good man” presented himself, wearied
labor..
A look'of intelligence between his wlfohnd
'Wnsclf;' he, 100, scanned tho boy’s face with an
satisfaction; but never*
r. <3o *? im , 00,00 t 0 th c table, and then
ebloyed the zdt riith which he dispatched hik
• • V
! I)oy after (lay passed, and yet the boy bogg
ed to be. kcjpb "only till to-morrow so the
good pebble, after duo consideration, concluded
tfiat; so long as he wan so doci|c, and worked
so heartily, they would retain him. »
One day* jn the.middlcof winter, a pedlar,
long accustomed To trade,at the cottogc, made
his IppOaranct, and disposed of his goods read
ily* as if ,ho had been waited for.-
“You havo a boy out there, splitting wood,
*sW,* f ho said, pointing to the yard.
"Yes; do you know him?”
“t have seen him," replied the pedlar; eva
sively. ; ‘
"Amt where? Whp Is ho? What is he?”
"A j.iilbird/’ and the pedlar swung his
pnpk oyer'his shoulder. , "That boy, young as
M 0 looks, I saw in court, myself and jicard his
months,” He’s a hard oho—
y°ujo do. well to 100ki carefully after him.’*
vh I jhcro wan spmclhing' so horrible in the
word "jnil,” the poor woman trembled 1 os she
wnl away her pm-clidwti; nbr.oould she be easy
tdl she oitl.ledklic boy In, and admired himthat
t*no knew that dark part of his hislory.
' Ashamed, distressed, tho boy hung down his
vf^T*. c |iCckB Seemed, bursting, with tho hot
yd; his lips quivered, and anguish rtoapalnt-.
** wyivldly upon lits forehead, OS if the words
lnto the flesh. .
. ‘.Well," ho muttered, his whole frame relax
®» |f a burden or guilt or joy had sudden
i{« » lnft y os well go to ruin at ono’tl
od u SQin.my trying to do better; cto
yoody hate# anti despises mo; nobody cores
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL. 43.
about me; I may as well ge to ruin at onc’t.”
“Tell me.” said the woman, who stood off
far enough for flight, if that should he neces
-B?r^r,,? r^r, , **^£ w camo you to go to that dreadful
place? Where was yout mother—where?”
“0!” exclaimed the boy, with a burst of
grief that was terrible to behold, “0! I hain’t
no mother! 0! I hain’t had no mother'evtr
since I was a baby. If I’d only had a-moth
er,” he continued, his anguish growing more
vehement, and' the tears gushed out from his
strangedboklng grey eves, “I wouldn’t ha’
been bound out, and Kicked, and cuffed, and
! laid on to with whips. I wouldn’t ha’ been
saucy, and gobknooked down, and run away,
and then stole because I was hungry. 0! I
hain’t got no mother; I hain’t got no mother;
I haven’t had no mother since I was a baby.”
The strength was all gone from the poor boy
and ho sank on his kness, sobbing greht cho
king sobs, and rubbing the hot (carsaway with
his poor knuckles. And did that woman stand
there unmoved?—Did she coldly bid him pack
up and bo off—the jail-bird ? v
No, ho} she had been a mother, and though
all her children slept under the sod in the
church-yard, she was a mother still.
She went up to that poor boy, not to hasten
him away, hut to lay her fingers kindly; sofily
on his head; to tell him to look up, and from
henceforth find in her a mother. Yes, she even
put her anus about the nock of that forsaken
and deserted child; she poured from a mother’s
heart, swict, womanly words; words of coun
set and tenderness.
0, how sweet was her sleep that night; how
soft her pillow ! She had linueJ a poor suffer*
ing heart to hers, by the most silken, the stron*
gest hands of love; she had plucked some
thorns, from the path of a little, sinning, but
striving mortal.*,
Did the boy leave her?
Never! Ile : is with her still, a vigorous,
manly, promising youth. The unfavorable
cast of his* countenance has given place to an
open, pleasing expression, with depth enough
to make it an interesting study.. Ills foster
father is dead; bis good foster-mother is aged
and sickly, but she knows no want. The once
poor outcast is her only dependence, and nobly
docs he repay the trust.
TOE BERBER'S GHOST.
The following- story is old, but a precious
good one. We laughed heartily over it “long
time ago,” and presuming many of our readers
never heard it, wo give it up for their edifica
tion : j
A gentleman traveling some years since in
the upper part of this State, called at a tavern
and requested entertainment for the night.—
Tho landlord informed him that it was out,of
his power to accommodate him, as his house
wos already full, lie persisted in stopping, ns
he, and his horse, were almost exhausted with
traveling.
: - After much solicitation, tho landlord consent*
ed to his stopping, provided he would sleep in
a certain room that had not been occupied for a
long time In cpnscqucoco of a belief that it had
been -tyqnted .by the ghoatiofttU barber,--who
was reported to have been murdered in that
room seme years before. .1
“Very well,” says the man, “I’m not afrait
of ghosts.”
After having refreshed himself, lie.enquired
of the landlord how and in what manner the
room in whjch he was to lodge was haunted.—
The,landlord replied that shortly after they had
retired to rest, an unknown voice was heard in
a trembling and protracted accent, saying.
“Do you want to be sh-a-v-c-d ?"
“Well," replied the man, “if he comes he
may shave me.”
He then requested lo be shown lo the apart
ment; in going to which he was conducted
through a largo room, whore were seated a
freat number of persons at a gaming table.—
ccling a curiosity which almost every one pos
sesses after having heard ghost-stories, he care
fully-searched every corner of his room, but
could discover nothing but the usual furniture
of the apartment. lie laid down, but did not
close his eves to sleep immediately, and in a few
moments he imagined he hoard ft voice saying,
“Do ifour m-n-n-f to he shavedt” Ho arose
from his bed. but could discover nothing. lie
again went lo bed, but no sooner Imd ho begun
to compose himself to sleep, than the question
was ogam repeated. He again nroso and went
to tho window.-the sound appeared to proceed]
from that quarter, and stood awhile silent—af
ter a few moments of anxious suspense, he
again heard the sound distinctly, and convinced
that it was from without, ho opened (he win
dow, when it fell full into his car, which start
eled him not a Utile. Upon a minute examina
tion, however, he observed that the limb of a
large oak lice which stood under the window,
projected so near the house, that every breath
of wind, to a lively Imagination, made x noise
resembling the interrogation, "Do you w-a-n-t
lo bo s h-a-v-e d ?”
Having satisfied himself that the ghost was
nothing more nor Jess than the limb or a tiee
doming in contact witli tho house, again went
lo bed and attempted to sleep; but ho was now
Interrupted by peals of laughter and an occa
sional volley of oaths and curses f om the room
where the gamblers were assembled. Think
ing that ho could turn the late discovery to his
own advanjage, lie look a sheet from his bed,
and wrapped it around him. and taking tho
wash-bason in his hand, and throwing tho taw
el over his arm, proceeded lo the room of the
gamblers, and suddenly opening tho door stalk
ed in, exclaiming in a tremulous voire, "Do
you w-a-n-t to bo sh'-a-ved ?” Terrified at tho
sudden appearance of the ghost,, the gamblers
were lhrqvVn in tho, utmost confusion, m at
tempting to escape it, some jumped through
Hip wjnqqvvs, and others tumbled head over
bccla down stairs. Our ghost taking advantage
of a clean rpoiu, .deliberately swept , a large
' '?• ' n r' cy f,om into
bnsoii. nnd ict.nKl miami.in ),(„ o(tn rool “
‘ Th® noxtiinornmg lie fouqd the-housoin the
utmost contusion. Ho «•«» immoliMcly nuked
" C ’ l ° " lll ' h 1,0 rc pli«l in tbo nf r
“Well no wonder. 1 ' «nid ilia Ini.dlord “for
the ghost, instead of goipg to bis own room,
made a mistake, and camo to ours, frightened
us all out of the room, and took every dollar of
our money.” . '. :
The guest, without being tho least suspect
ed, quietly 010 his breakfast; and departed’
many hundred dollars Holier by the adventure.
, son, take that jug and fetch’ mo
spine beer.
Qlvo me tho money, then, father.
Mv son, to get beer with money, anybody
can do that: but.to get beer without money,
that’s a trick.
| So tho boy took tho jug and out ho goes;
shortly ho returns and places the Jug before his
father—'
Drink, said the son.
How can I drink said tho father, when there
is no beer in tho lug ?
To drink out or a jug, said tho boy*,when
there is beer In U, anybody Can do that, but to
drink beer out of a Jug when there is DO beer,
that's a trick.
" i' '
Anecdote of Jefferson.
While this.distinguished statesman and pa
triot was Vice President of the United States,
it was customary for tho individual holding the
second high office to attend to business more in
person than the refinements of modem times
will allow. It happened, on one occasion, that
some important matter required his attention in
Philadelphia, or some other place distant from
the capitol. In those days a journey was not
made in a few hours—it was two or three day’s
travel, and not of tho most pleasant sort either.
On his return, he stopped at Baltimore. It
was about four or .five in the afternoon, when
the Vice President rode up, soilless and unat
tended, to tho tavern of a Scotchman, by the
name of Boyden, who kept tho hotel of late so
much improved, and now so handsomely sus
tained bp our worthy townsman, Boliahoovcr.
The bucks of tho town were assembled in the
large hull, smoking, strutting, crocking jokes,
and otherwise indulging In the ct ceteris of tho
day. Boyden was at the bar examining the
books, and doubtless making calculations re
specting his future prospects. Jefferson had
delivered his horse in the hands of tho hostlers
and walked into the tavern in order to make
arrangements in regard to his faro. Some one
touched Boydon on the shoulder, and directed
his attention to the stranger, with whip in hand
striking occasionally upon his muddy leggings.
Boyden turned round and surveyed him from
head 16 foot, and concluding him to be an old
farmer from the country, whose company would
‘add no credit to his house, he said very abrupt
ly, ‘Wo have no room for you, sir:’
Jefferson did not hear the remark, and asked
if he could be accommodated with a room.—
Ilis voice, which was commanding and atlrac
live, occasioned another survey of Ids person
by tho honest proprietor of tho house, whose
only care was for its reputation, lie could not
find, however, in bis plain dress, well covered
with mud, anything indicating cither wealth or
distinction, and, in his usually rough way, he
said to Jefferson:
'A room?' ,
Jefferson replied, ‘Yes. sir, I should like to
have a room to myself, if I can get it.'
‘A room all to yourself ? No, no—wo haJo
no sparo„room in tho house—they are all very
full—all occupied—can't accommodate you.’
Tho Vico President turned upon his heel,
called for his horse, which by this lime was
snug in his stable, mounted and rude off. In
a few minutes one of the most wealthy and dis
tinguished men of the town carao in and asked
for tho gentleman .who rode up to the door a
few minutes before. .. ...
‘Gentleman,’ said Bdyden, ‘therehas been no
gentleman hereon horseback this afternoon, and
no stranger at all, but one common-looking fel
low, who came in and asked if ho could have a
whole room, I tell ycr. I told him -X hod no
room for such chaps ns him.' '
‘No room for such chops as him V
‘No. by the pipers.no room for anybody that
don t look respectable.’
‘Why what arc you«talking about, man! He
is the Vice President of the United Slates. 1 ’
> ‘Vice -President of tho United States.!’ ex:
claimed Boydon, almost breathless in‘astonish*
• , • - •. ..
‘Why. yes sir—Thomas Jefferson, tKoVice
President of the United Stales, and the greatest
jjhan olive.* • ' .
■ j'.Murdcr!—what hare I (lone? Ilorc Tom,
Jim, Jerry, Jake—where nrdyou all ? l/tro/iy
you villains—fly, and tell that gentleman that
we’ve forty rooms at In’s service; By George!
Vice President—Thomas Jefferson ! * Tell him
to come back and he shall have my wife’s par
lor—my own room Jupiter ! what have 1
done!—Here. Harriet. Alary, Jule, clear out nil
the family—he shall have the best room, and
all the rooms, if he wants litem. Off. you Hus
seys, put clean sheelson the bed—Bill, lake up
, this mirror. George, hurry up with tho boot
jack. By George ! what a mistake !’
| For fifteen minnics Boyden raved like a mad
man, and went fifty limes to the door to see if
his wished-for guest was returning.
The Vice President rode uplQ market street,
where he was recognized by many of his ac
quaintances, and by them directed to the Globe
tavern, ol Market and Charles streets.
Heroßoyden’s servants came un and told him
their master provided rooms for him.
•Tell him 1 have engaged rooms,’ replied Jef
;ikoh.
Boydtfh’a mortification can belter be imagin
ed than dQcribed ; the chaps Who were Inker
ing about the bar and the largo had, and-had
laughed heartily at the disappointment of thu
muddy fanner, had recoved from their astonish
ment, and were preparing to laugh at their
downcast landlord. After some time ho pre
vailed upon a friend to wait on Mr. Jefferson,
with his apology, and request that ho should
, return ond toke lodgings at his house, promis
ing tho best room in tho house, and all the at
tention that could bo given him.
Mr. Jtfierson returned the following answer:
‘Tell Mr. Uoydim, *1 appreciate his kind atten
tion, but if he had no room for the muddy far
mer, he shall have none for the Vice Pretident/
Jhllimore Alhenum.
Stubbs Seeks Revenge.
•Poppy, old Smith’s grey colt has broken in
to our cabbage notch ogaln.*
*I!o has, has he? Well, just you load my
nlle, my son, and we will see if an ounce of
had will not lead Mr. Smith’s colt to reform
his habits.*
This culiloquy passed between Mr. and Mas
ter SluhUt, just after tea. As soon ns ‘dark
came, Mr. {Stubbs takes his rifle; marches Over
towards old Smith’s farm, and when '\ykhin
about thirty rods of old Smith’#.barn, ho rais
ed the ‘deadly tube/ took ami*-pnlled thctilg
gcr, and dropped ‘ono of the ; best-looking grey
colt# in the country/
Stubbs hhving fulfilled Ins mission, returned’
home, went to bed, and slept }vhh a lighter
conscience than lii had enjoyed during the last
eight months. Theuojit morning, whlle'scat
ed at breakfast, Avho .should' be seen'.’striding
towards the domicile of Mr. Stubbs butqldMr,,
Smith.. Jjmiih entered the house—Smith was
excited, and ft/r a'moment lacked words to ex
press himself.' : ••• •. : - •
•Mr. Stubbs, I've come overdo tell you that
n horse .was shot near my barn las; night.*
•Sorry, to hear it, Mr. Smith, although not at
all surprised, for that .grey , colt of yodrs wna
not calculated to make friends/,
i ‘lh*l it Wasn’t my cole ilmt got shot/
■ wasn't your grey oolt? Well, which horso
was it?* * ’
,‘lt wasn’t mlnq at ,a1I; but:one of yonra+-
that grey colu-ou nurch.fujoil lust week
l ,roke ' nt ,° , >ny posture- lust
evening, I intended to .Bind him noino this nior
ning. but it'd no nso now-his brains’loy;scat
tci*c<| around the barmyord;' •- ! :
Mr. Slubbs was IhumKrslruolo. .Thu idea,
that ho had killed wrong horse, droyo him
to dcHpernllon, and caused him lo seek relief in
a direction that v nilhcr o/Uonished. hm house*
hold. Tho last wen of Stubbs, ho was chasing
Ills oldest boy. Jim, down tho turnpiltewlih an
eight fool sapling.,'
[ man who can crack n. joke inlialfn
ininulo aUcr a flfiy-Bix has 'fallen oa his tqcQ
.may be called excruciatingly funny.
"oim coDNTitr—hay it aways be E^^nT. oa‘wtion.o/ oua' oouNthy.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1857.
... % , , .. ■, i i-■ ■ ■
Dow the City of ; Sondnsjtyvtfas sokil from
Famine.: !
The Buffalo Republic is for the
following, which is as good atfSnythibg of Us
kind since Locke’s moon stoj i y ( -: ''
“Years agonc, when'the cofafcii of trade ran
in a counter direction to what >e now behold,
owing to a severe drouth, Iheteily of Sandusky
underwent all the horrors of'jv protracted j
inc. The water on the bar at tho month of the!
bay was so low that vessels rwero unable to
reach the port, and os there was.no land trans
portation at that time whs|i ;) could bo relied,
upon in ease;of sudden emergency, it appear
ed as if Providence had forsaken the place en
tirely, and that its inhabifftrtp'nfdst soon per
ish. For days and weeks tfrfcir stock” of provi
sions had been gradually disappearing, until
soon all was gone; and their-only reliance was
upon the few fish which they Were ■en a bled to
obtain from the waters of tl|Q'bay, and an oc
casional meager supply oTjpVUc from the neigh
boring forest. 'v-'&i tv. ' '
‘‘At the time of the woods
in that vicinity; and in TtSst” throughout the
Western Reserve.’ were freqejected by vast num
bers of wild hogs which a bountiful
subsistence and grew fat d'JSpniiho shack which
everywhere abonndcd.Vi’hCSe hogs were doubt
less originally cslroys, bubiihd 'fipnrscness of
the population in the intertoy, and the rapidity
with which they, multiplied,--rendered them
strangers to man and very ahy-of his presense.
During the drouth, of. wmfh-'-miintipn -has al
ready been made, largo .drmtesiqf.these quintals
wended their way to the*Jo£c, sh, the neighbor
hood of which they conUnfledio'. remain.
, “Sandusky,Bay, in was a favor-1
ite place af resort .for: lhOT,"lnv the waters ofi
; which they were, accustomed''to* after i
slaking their thirst. Those whO nrc;fibquaint-1
cd with the locality of. njiichi'tvp speak,-will
remember , tho nfmoyancc .to- Which the early
settlers were exposed in the shape of . a fine red
sand winch covered thq;,beach; and which, in i
times of high wind, was not only troublesome,
but exceedingly dangerous; Thotlsandsof hogs,
In conscqucnccof frequenting.lbis”Bpot, became
totally blind;.but still, with .all'the cunning
I which belongs to this pervcrse riico in their nat
ural state, they coming , to elude their hunt
“ Ono day, when the'femme*’ in the city was
at its height, and when it was apparent that
even tho strongest mtist Joe
B took down'‘ptß;gun.and resolved to
make a last effort iqi^scqb.hia:wife and little
ones from a fate.the mpat horriblo x>{ which the
mind has any t.AH. dfy long had
their sunken eyes nndjshnveleil hands implored
him in vain for brcad-rikhUalasl he knew too.
well that not*wilhmJtlic whole city was there a
moulhful lo be had/thougH ho were to ofler In,
exchange thrice its weight in gold. Nerved to
desperation by Uis reflection, but still with
feeble steps, hotook-biS way to tho forest, re
solved,not to’ return, without relief hr some
shape.
“For a lr
-«r a long lime he bunted'ln Vain, travers
ing miles of weary, palhaayi without so much
as seeing a singloAyjdcnco of anljbatcd nature,
-?pti).ho y ieldtac to.despair,
j At this moment a? noise, asof approaching foot-
I stops attracted his attention, and *ho .paused,
I with even* faculty rendered keen by hunger, to
listen. - Nearer and nearer catno the tramping,
1 and just as Joe, to screen hitnscir from obser
vation, took shelter behind A.tree,, 'o wild hog
emerged from a thicket, advancing directly to
ward him,, followed’ immediately by another,
and another still. .
.“The hunter, trembling with anxiety and ex-'
citcment. raised his gun, hut suddenly paused
in astonishment, at the singular,phenomenon
before him.- Tho drove, (for drove there was)
was approaching him in Indian file, and headed
directly for the bay. The second hog held in
his mouth the tail of the first, the third that of
the second, nnd so oh to the number of sixty
and upward, each was holding last to (he cau
dal appendage of his predecessor, and all were
being led by the foremost of tho drovc, and he,
being the only ono’lhat could see, was thus
convoying his nfllictcd companions.
“The hunter comprehended the scene In a
moment, and Instantly decided upon his course.
Raising his gun deliberately, he fired, and sev
ered the tail of the lender close to the roots.—
His affrighted leadership, with a loud squeal,
bounded into the thicket aud disappeared, while
his blind companions came to a dead (hdt* Joe
quickly divested himself of his bodlSNohd crept
stealthily up the first of thtf which
stood auiotly holding in his mouth the amputa
ted tall of.nis former conductor. This the
hunter seized and commenced gently pulling
upon it. First one hog started, then another,
then another, until soon, like a : 11-nin of cars,
all were in motion, and without pausing to rest
for a single iustanl, Joe led them quietly into
a huge pen near his residence, where they were
soon slaughtered, oivi the city teas saved/'
Damascus. —lndependent of its control posi
tion, Damascus has attractions in itself superi
or, perhaps, to rtny city in the East. 'We have
heard of “rosc-ricq cities half ns old as lime,!’
but Damascus is at least ns old ok any received
history, apej Is, in fact, the oldest city we know
Of, whigh preserves to this day its original im
portance. . From lliciimc left his homo
ybetween therivers,”, to Journey westward to
wards the “Land of Promise,’’ its name has been
familiar; Its beauty and richeijlmve'bcen prover
bial for 4000ydws; and'has'bcen a link never
broken, between the palrfardinl ages mid' tiih'l
Of the steam engine niid clculrio telegraph.’ . It
has conic under the dominion of David, of Jero
boam, of Pharoah Nccho.'of - Nebuchadnezzar,
of Alexander, of the Ptolemies, ofPoinpcy, of
Cloqpatnti'ofTiered, of the Muslctpofthe Cni
soders. of Timour the Tartar,, of, the Sultans
of Constantinople, and tho'. Pashas of Egypt,
yet it survives nnd still flourishes. Hero is
still the “street called Strait,” where Ananias
come,'directed by a vision, to call for “one
called Saul of Tarsus ” Here is Mill shown a
window—by the way, of Saruccnio origin
from .which it is said tho Anostlo wa.*) letdown.
Ilcro is the site of St. Paul’s conversion, also
misplaced, bqt the improbability of which is
cvihi cited as a proof oF Its genuineness., And
here on the tomb ot .Balndluv.lhc hood of John
tho Baptist, (he house of NaWnnn. aml tho
Mosque of.Sultnn Selim. So varied are the as
sociations, near and remote. iVid hr apocryphal,,
of a city which crowns thenroll by Its position
and luxurient verdure, its gardens, its pasture/
hnd ns “lucid streams^’—its Abnna and Phar
hr, “better than all the waters of Israel.” ,
j tO* There should ho ns little merit for loving
n ik-omdii for Her beauty os In loving* man for 1
his prosperity, both being equally... subject to
change.,, . . T .. •
i (C7*ThicaUlvaiionof (lowcrftis, of oil the
diversions of mankind, the ouo to boiseleclcd
|and approved as the one most innocent, in ;it
self, and most perfectly devoid 'of Injury or an.
noyanco to others.
(C 7“ “I say Jake. what do they
does with the corpses on shore r f “Blast
tOo.if'lknowa." *’Vy, blovf me if thoydos*
:on't nail'em up in boxes and'direct'em. ' ’
In the pretty village-of Haddonftcld, New
Jersey, some years ago, there resided an old
who was. familiarly, known, In'town and
county round, as ‘‘Old Joe."
ticular occQpatioDj'oxccpt doing' ‘chores’ or cr
rands—nor any particular location. Ho ate
where he could get, a. bite, and slept wherever
ho could find a Iqdging-place. Joe was a reg
ular old toper, and Jersey lightning had no
more effect on his insides than so* much water.
Ho generally made hia head-quarters at the
lower tavern, for there were two in town. Ho
| would slecp away the afternoon on an
iold bench' iti'one comer of the bar-room, but
was.nlways awake when there was any drink
ing going on. When he was not asked to drink
he drained the glasses of the few drops.deft in
them. One afternoon, Dr. Bolus, the village
physician, was in the tavern, mixing up a pre
paration. He placed a tumbler half-full of
acquafortis on the bar, orid turned round to
mix up some other ingredients. A few mo
ments after he had occasion to use the poison*
cos drug, when he found, to his dismay, that
the tumbler had bo«n drained to the last drop.
‘‘Mr. Wiggins,” exclaimed the Doctor in af
fright to the landlord, “what has become of
the acquafonis I put on the bar a few moments
ago_l”
“I don’t know,” replied the landlord, ‘’un
less Old Joe slipped in ond drank it."
In this suspicion they were soon confirmed,
for the hostler said he had seen Old Joe swal
low the fatal draught. The Doctor, knowing
that ho must die after such a dose, instituted
a search at once. After Sortie hours spent in
looking through' the barns, out-houses, and
woods, for three or four miles around the vil
lage, Joe was abandoned to bis fate. It was a
cold night, aud as the village topers assembled
around tho blazing hickory fire in the bar
room. nothing was thought of.ortalkcdof. bul
the unfortunate end of poor Ola Joe. Some
four days had elapsed, and nothing having been
heard from Old Joe, they nil came to the’con
clusion that he was a goner. Thu Doctor, about
this time had occasion to visit a patient, some
eight miles distant i whtit was his surprise,
when about five miles from tho village, to sec 1
Old Joe in front of a farmer’s house, splitting
wood.
“Why, Joe.” said the Doctor, riding up to
the fence, “I thought you was dead aud buri
ed before this!”
“Why. what made you think that, Doc
tor?’.’ said Joe, leaning on his axe handle,
“Didu’t you drink that dose I left on old
Wiggins* bar, a few days since 7”
“Yes, ** replied J6o, half-ashamed to own it.
“Do you know what it was?” asked tho
Doctor.
“No!” returned Joe.
“Why, it was aquafortis—enough to kill a
dozen men!”
“Well; now. Doctor, do you know (hat I
thought there was something queer nbbutlhaf
darned stuff, for after I drank it, everyJpne I
Mowed my nose I burned a hole in my pocket
handkerchief. 7 ’ *
rilnV
• Ait-Afflicted HusbandsA bcrcavcd hus.
,gTaxQ ,of his deceased
wife; '‘refused to bo tp jr
friend as ho turned towards hirh' and laid Ins
head on his shoulder, “I've lost horses,’and
I!vo lost likely- calves and shoats, but J never
hail anything id cut me up like this ! " Wasn’t
that nn anUctcdjnourner.
This reminds us of a scene we once witness
ed in a country store In onoof the oldest set
lied districts in Western Virginia. The shop
keeper was engaged in waiting upon a custom
er, when a sturdy country born Dutchman
came in with a whip tinder ids nrm end said :
“Good morning, Mr. Shoncs.”
“Ah! Good morning Mr. Applehack.” said
Mr. Jones, in reply, “how do you do, and how
is your family ?”
“Well, We’re all well chust now, except my
wifo ; and she is dead agin,” answered Mr. Ap
pleback.
“Indeed ?” said Mr. Jones. “I am very sor
ry to hear it, I have no doubt }*ou arc greatly
tJfSturbcd in consequence of your loss, but you
must bear it with the philosopliy of a Christ
ian.”
“Well, yes,”—he replied, “dot ish so—bo
shurc I don’t know much about Jlosofy —but I
do know dat I would sooner half lost one of my
best horses, dan my wife, ’cause she was sick a
feller for t carrick (work.)
CT* “I have found,” said Addison, “that the
men who arc really the most fond of the ladies,
who cherish for them tho highest respect—ore
seldom the most popular with tho sex. Men of
great assurance, whoso longues are lightly
hung—who make words supply the places of
ideas, and place compliment in the room of .sen
timent— are (heir favorites. A due respect for
women leads to respectful action towards them :
and respect is mistaken by them for neglect or
want of love.”
Tun Breton Women.— Among the many
strange customs winch mark the Breton peas
antry, there is none more remarkable than that
of wearing the hair. For while the men culli
va'c long Creases hanging down to their waists,
and of which they arc very proud, the women
do not show a single lock; and the girl who
might be tempted by the beauty of her c/icec
lure to allow a ringlet to escape from beneath
her closely filling cap, wunld not only lose all
chance of obtaining u lover,'but would* be re
garded by the young men as* f\Ueperude, that
is, a coquettish girl,' unworthy of their , affec
tions, To this strqrigc custom many London
aiid Paris ladies arc indebted for the magnifi
cent hair which adorns their heads, hut which
was grown in the wilds of
Sim.
o^7“They have a man In Mississippi so lean
that he makes no shadow at' all. A rattle
snake struck ot his leg times in vain, and
retired iit disgust, lie makes all hungry .who
look at him. nnd when children meet liflii in
the street they run homo crying for bread.
(O" The debating society of Spring Garden
recently,’After R very animated discussion on
tho question, “whether a gef has a right to
soy. no before she’s’ttxcd.” decided, by nearly a
unanimous vote, that “she hainl. >>
[£/* X wag, upon visiting a medical museum,
was shown some dwarfs and other specimens'
of mortality,'nil preserved in, alcohol.
‘. “ i \ycll’, ,,, HnldlWi; ,, l never thought tho dead
could bo in suyh spirits." (
. (£?* A subscriber,wHtesito a western entitor,
“I don’t want your paper any longer." To.
.which tho.cditor replied, lt l wouldctTl make it
any longer' If you did; Its present length’ suit'
inn very well." 1 . i
Tyiiijg a mackerel to vour coat-tail and
imagining yourself a whale, is ope of ihp first
lessons in cod-dsh aristocracy
Qoon.—The New York Evening Post js res
ponHiliJo for the following conundrum,: ,
Why is an omnibus trap, like the conscience?
' Because; its an intvard ohock upon the out
ward mao. '
A Hard Case.
They furnish very convenient mediums for
the discussion of questions of local interest.
They aid In giving character and importance
I to the county in which they aro published.
They stimulate a taste for reading, and dis
seminate, ip the course of one year a vast
arnoiint of useful information much of which
would not reach a portion of their readers
through any other channel.
They are of essential service in publishing
various items of local intelligence in which the
citizens are more or less interested, but of which
many would remain uninformed, were it not for
thesopapers.
In short—county papers add in a great vari
ety of sways, to the character, intelligence and
prosperity of the country in which they are
published : and therefore, have a strong claim
for support upon all who arc directly or indi
rectly benefUted by them.
As to the objections we not frequently htar
urged against the support of county papers
that the price Charged for them is too high, it
may bo replied, that the price at - which it can i
bo afforded depends mainly upon the number -
ol its subscribes. The chief expense in the i
publication of a paper, consists in setting up <
the matter. One thousand or even ten thon. |
sand copies can be furnished at a very small j
addition to the cost over and above the cost of <
composition, (
There is a valuable lesson to be learned from
the popular use of this word —especially by the
young.
'■ ‘Steady, boys !’ shouts the boatswain, os
the vessel tosses and creaks among the break*:
crs. The gallant Jack-tars catch the sound of
tiro word, and obey. To have dlgrcgaided it,
would have been wreck and ruin.
‘Steady, men I 1 commands the colonel, at
the head of bis regiment, ns it marches to tho
attack, or prepares for the deadly charge of the
enemy—and ‘steady!' is caghl up and passed
from major to captain along the line of bat
tle. On obedience : turned the victory which
perched upon their banners J
‘Steady.!’ soys the comcr-mon at the * raisr
idg,’ nd he receives the end of the log to At it
into its notch. The slightest ‘unsteady’mo
lion might,have brought the heavy log tumb
ling-, and crashing, and crushing, upon tho
heads of tho neighbors who came,so kindly to
give their gratuitous assistance.
Let this bo your watchword in all the doings
of life—in your words and you* deeds—amidst
your triumphs and your defeats—your succcsd
and your reverses. Everywhere, and. at oil
times, study to bo ‘steady. Thus Uje value of
this little word will be learned in the best ot all
schrtols—‘the school of experience.’
I Thai’s a steady young man,’ says one smil
l that a high compliment,youthful
penaori? Would you not desirblb HkveTt said.'
in turn, of you ?. Well, It's In your power to
secure like praise by being 'steady.'
If you ,want -‘.steady employment’ at ‘steady
wages,’ see that you yourself'nro/ateady. ’ —
Kiiy, you must take care of your earnings, too.
•Keckless’ is tho very opposite of ‘steady,*
and it applies as well to the use of money ns
the making of it. The habit of bcin£ careful,
in this respect. i.s but another expression of the
idea we are striving to impress upon the minds
uf our younger readers. This habit has as
sisted 10 secure for an entire section of our coun
try the designation of the ‘Land of Steady Hab
its’—and a proud designation it is, albeit, used
somewhat snceriugly at times.
Bo not reckless, then, youthful '
reader of tho Vot.u.ntkkii. Pass the word
along the battle Hue of life; -Steady, boys—
Steady I’
Sensible Doctor. —A handsomeyOung wid*
oir applied to a physician to relieve her of three
distressing complaints, with which she was af
flicted.
“In the first place,” said she. '-t have little
or no appetite. What shall I lake for that ?”
“For that madam, you should take air and
exercise.”
“And, doctor. T am quite fidgety at night
and afraid 10 lie alone. • Wimt shall I take for
that f”
“For (hat, madam, I caiLpuly recommend
lhatVou lakor-a —husband!”
“Ffo! Doctor. But f have the blues terri
bly. What shall I take for that ?”
“For that madam, you have, besides taking
sir, exerpiso, a husband, to lake—the newspa
por."
Sensible doctor, that.
O’’ To ascertain the lengdi of the day and
night, any lime of the year, double the lime of
sun's rising, which gives the length of the
night, and double the time of Its setting, which
gives the length of the day. This is a simple
method whioh wo guess few people know.
KT’lf ymi wi-ih to be happy, wealthy end
wise, make haste and get married and quit tel
ling lies.
tp* One of our mast dislmguishrd lawyers,
while enterliig Ids cold bed on a sharp night,
lately, was ororiuard to bay lohlm&elfi- *>Vol)
of,all ilio things forgetting n livlnglho worst
tiling a man could follw would be to go about
(own on such nights as this, and getting into
bed for folks.'
j/Jy’* “Txn’To.v," exclaimed on Iriuli sergeant
to his platoon : “front face, ami itnd, to, rowl
call! As man}* of ye os la prcslnt will say
•Here '* end ns many 1 of yo aa is not present
will say Absint I!’ . *
CtT” An Irishman on being asked which was
the elder, he pr his brolhor.’rcplled, “1 am tho
oldest, but if my brother lives three years wo
Khali both bo of ap ago r M
t£/~A Frenchman.being troubled wi»h tho
gout, was nuked what diffenpco there was bo*
tween that and the ihcuniatism. “One very
great difference." replied Monsieur, “suppose
yoii take von vice, put your linger in, vou turn
the screw until you can bear him no longer—
d*tds de rheumatism ;dou ’epose you give him
v ( on funj more—dat la. degout."
EasilySuitrit.—TlioClcvbWnd PlainJcalcr
saysnn alhletio r ;flpccinicn of rvman from tho
Etperald IhJc, called' in • the counting-room of
one of nnr Uivcr slrcct merchants, and there
toak'offhls’lmt to makchisbest bow,
“The lop of tlio morning toyo, Mr. P——i
IVolbutn told yo’ro in want o’help."
“Tve bub little to do," replied- Mr. P-——,
with mercantile gravity.
“I’m the boy for yo’s. It’s but little I caro
’bout doin’—shuro lb's the money I’m a fiber. ”
The youhg lady who sloops wi th a dream
book under her head dm learned Its - contents
by heart. 1
lit
AT. 82,00 PER ANNUM.
NO. 37.
I County Newspapers—-Their Use.
County papers are of much more use tlian
people imagine.
They very naturally aid in directing public
attention to matters in which every citizen of
the county Is more o»* less interested.
They contribute in a variety of ways to the
formation of publio opinion, op subjects of pub
lic'intcrest.
Steady!
Dlsostcr oii r lbe Chicago oDd A
8.-AT/ain Plugged into the. fifter, .u
ThO Missouri Republican., of the
tains tho following particulars of, a disaster;
wWqli has been briefly announced by telegraph:
iTbe recent heavy rains-, washing, away em
bankments, occasioning- slides,- bpdcrmiuirig.
ties, and, sweeping away bridges,.have' beep tha‘
cause of delays; and much ftahl
failures to make connections; and dctcoitionsol)
. the mails, and a general derangement of tho
rail and lines in Illinois and Missouri.- 'lf ibis
were all ,Wo should be glad. On tho Ohlcagp}
and Eock Island Roadyas it crosses thoDaPoge,
: river, five miles from Joliet, the heavy rains or
‘Friday had sWollcp tho river till It overfldyvid*
:its banks, covered the bottom and submdiiddi
the truck on both sides of the bridge. J
• A freight train, consisting of the
tender and seven cars loaded with horses, spf
proachcdHhis river on ThecnrinS p l/
ignorant of any and confident till
tbcdrrancss and safety of the; road, though)
covered,with water, held on his way r plough*,
ing.through a stream two feet deep guided by
tho iron', thick, until hd reached the bridge,'
whett the appalling fadt was revealed -that-tho*
swollen river’ hod not only submerged tbs)
bridge, but swept it. away I Locomotiyf,'tea«
der, seven cars with their freight of horses, one
after another, disappeared beneath.'the surface
of the stream, deep enough, by reason■ ot, lhe !
freshet, to hide from view every vestige .of . the
train. Down with it went all in chahjoof-it/,
and three of them were lost. Oue human. life
destroyed overbalances tho destruction df‘a' f
thousand horses. But who can think,
a shudder, of those seven cars deadly corifimtr
ing, beyond all hope of escape, their noWaf
freight of horses ? ,
IA Repentant Criminal —The Governor of
Mississippi has transmiued to the LegislatUril'
an application mado to him by Richard S*‘:
Graves, former Treasurer of the Stale, and* an
absconding defaulter, asking permission Vtd
make restitution to the State, without liability 5
to criminal prosecution, and promising if thW*
be granted him, td pay up bis indebtedness by
annual instalments. The amount forwhich Be
was a defaulter was £45,000. He is nowJn [
Canada and perfectly free, but wants to get'
back to his native soil, where he’has/Viendsamf*
relatives. Ilero is a striking.instance of fl mado ■
who has escaped the vengeance of. the law,**)!-,
untarily coming forward to acknowledge' h ia
crime, profess his repentapco and asV to b»lbf-' ? '
Riven. The world should be merciful. Bui.Ui*
la questionable whether granting, the request of
Graves, would not bo setting a precedent
dangerous tendency. ’ ■ .
In a FiS.—Jemmy Downer had been out aft r
day training—the first lime since Jio woS ebd* ’
sen captain over the Tuckerlown Guards»~ftndi
being pretty well filled with libations of punch
and so forth, got somewhat bewildered as he
plodded along towards his home. Meeting W
boy on the road, he accosted him with, “Wdl r
my boy. can you tell mo where Capt. DuwnCf >
I—ives I” (
“Why, sir, you arc Capt. Downer; arn’t
you?”
“Yea, T know t—hat, boy. But where the
d—evil do I live ? Can you tell roe t—hat I’* ' >
The lad piloted the inebriated officer to hlf
domicil, and then left him to take care of hiip
self. The pillar of the country’s pride andglp 4
ry tried the door; it was locked.‘..He toerf
drew out his night kev*, but could hot find the 1
key hole. “By Gosh!” he exclaimed, aflft? 1
trying in vain to find the incision in tbe.dodr,-'
“if this isn’t a good ’an. Hero the old I—acjty ;
has I —ockcd the d—oor and by g—racious/ *
she has b—uttoned up thek—ey hole, bericV
ca!”
Womax.— A pretty woman is ono of tbo' '
81111111003’ ol this country—ah aigol ioijftf,,
goods and glory. Sho makes sunshine* foprt£. t
of J uly and happiness wherever sfio gops. ' Hef, 1
path •is ono of delicious roses, perfume and f
bcaoty. Sho is a sweet poem written In, raro i
curls, choice calico and good principles. • Moul
stand up beforo her,'os bo many
points, to meUinto cream and then butter.- Hep 5
words float around (bo oar like music, op th#r>
chimes of Sabbaifi bells. Without her, society .
would Jose Its truest attraction, tho church its
firmest reliance, and young men (ho very best of 1
comforts and company. Jlcrinflucncoandgorf.'
orosUx restrain tho vicious, strengthen tho weak,
f raise.tho lowly, flannel-shirt. tho heathen, antTl
strengthen flip faint-hearted, Wherever yori
find tho virtuous woman, you pJso find pleasant '
fireside, boqnots, Clean dollies, order, good
living, gentle hearts, piety, music, light and mo- .
del institutions generally. Sho is tho-dower
of humanity, a very Venus In dimity, and her
Inspiration is the breath of heaven.
GtiAiiMAU.—‘Jim, did you ever study Grant*
mar 1’
•I did.’
‘What case is Squire W c V
‘lie's an objective case.’
'How so ?!
•Because he objected to paying hjs subacrip*
lion, which he has beeu owing for Ovcyearsor
more.'
•What is n noun ?’
*1 don’t know; but I know wbat renoun
■Well, what is it?’
•Runing off without paying the printer, and
getting on the Mack list as a delinquent;*
•Good ! What is a conjunction I
of collating outstanefing gubl
scriplioos. in conjunction with’a constable
never employed by printers until the last ex
tremity.
(C/- The head clerk of a largo mcrdantiro~i
house was bragging rather largely of .th’d'
amount of business done by his linn. •
may judge of its extent,” said ho, “When I telf ~w
dmi the quills fur our correspondence orf- %
ly cost two thousand dollars a year!”—
“Pooh !” soul Iho clerk of another house. wh<T '
was silling by ; “what is that to our corrctf.
poudcncc, when I save four thousand dollars »
in ink, from merely omitting to dot tho
Gentleman.— Tlio word 'gentleman* If cit
dcnily no mark of wealth or station.
• Vounra no gentleman,’ Raid a Walter at A '
tavern, to a person who gave him threepence. . ,
Threepence jnoro would have constituted.lg(f~
gentleman, In the oyes of (hu wulfofi and
mijy have beyn withheld through poverty, • -i
MHmt sort of a person,* said an Individual
|ils landlady, 'ls that who occupied yodV bicki'
parlorf* ”
‘He'la a tailor by trade/ said site/ «butTory*.
much of n gentleman.’ , T .
This meant that htf paid Ids flVd‘ k
week regularly. Thus it seems that (lip-word lr
hot confined by any regard of the individual.—
Thoro is no doubt that wo all bavp a vnguecOß*
ception.of,something when wo hoar oi a man.
toitfgf lf a man cat too heartily 1
ho Is not a gentleman, and Ifanothcr hato noth- 1
Ing to 6at, ho also is not a gentleman.. . ' .
(C7* A paper says that there' U {,
hcmpincrchaut in Sutton street, in that plaee;*
who possesses “tho singular and bcautlflxK**
facility of whistling (wo parts Of a 1 IftVpitt onc&.t
This Is nothing to sopio men in this rcgiop fi
who have the habit of talking on both eidtjf,
of a subject at the same (ipip. 1
in his rcminiwencts, rrilatcs-ihrf>
Coleridge, upon the death of. ft, master Of ft;
school ho had attended when, a boy, remarked,,
*Tt was lucky, that the cherubims who todk
him to heaven', were nothin)* blit facta aria
vVhVgft, or he would have infallibly flogged them 1
on the way." ■ «
. [C?*Two Irishmen one d a y Went aftuntinjj.
and on seeing a doer slaft up, Pat, rnlaing hirf
gun-, look after thoOniirtaf. • / •••*/■
. ‘Pat;’ said Jimmy, •ycreuns nrit
•Faith, bo Jttbpra/ ‘tho wild baste dosej>.|
knovvit.’ * ■ >
Qy* Whoa a man gofa mad and qtopa tys T«w
nor. hoalirayo horroro tno next number of bis
neighbor to sou if (Ho withdrawal of his paper
h*anU killed tho editor ondrtrefcaod the column!
In mourning. Such men aruapttq ImagineUai
tho world rests on their shoulder*
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