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AN ANCIENT TO4ST.
■' it was a grand day in the old chivalrio time;
r th‘o wine circling ,around a board in a noble hall
and the sculptured walls rang with sentiment
and song. , , , ,
The. lady of each nightly heart was pledged
■aloud by name; and many a syllable significant
■of loveliness hadTiecn uttered, until it came St.
•fceoh’s turn, when, lifting the sparkling cup bn
high— ■'
«t drink to one,” he said,
! . -‘Whose imago nbver may depart,
, Deep graven on this youthful heart,
, TUI memory is dead.
“To one whoso love for mo shall last.
VVhon lighter passions long have passed.
. glo holy ’tis, and true:
To one whose love hath longer dwelt,
Mora deeply fixed, more keenly fell.
Than any pledged to you.”
Each guest upstarted at the word; ,
And -laid a hand upon his sword,
With fury flashing eye:
And Stanlov said: “Wo crave the name,
Proud knight, of. this most peerless dame,
Whoso love yoit count so high.”
St. Leon paused, as if he would
Not breathe her name in careless mood.
Thus,lightly to another :
Thou bent his noble head as though
To give that word the reverence duo,
And gently said, “My Mother.”
THAT SILENT MOON.
nr o. w. b.oa.ve.
■That silent moon, that silent montl,.
■ Careering now through cloudless sky,
Oi wlio shall fell what varied scenes
Have pass’d beneath her placid eye,
Since (list, to light (his wayward earth,.
She walked in tranquil-beauty forth I
How'oft has guilt’s unhallow’d hand.
- And superstition’s senseless rite,
Aud loud, licentious revelry
Profaned her pure and holy light :
Small sympathy is here 1 ween,
With sights like these, that virgin queen !
But dear to her, in summer eve,
By rippling wave, or tufted grove,
-When hand in hand is purely clasped,
, And heart meets heart in holy love,
To Smile in quiet loneliness,
.'And heajj each whisper’d vow and bliss.
Dispersed along the world’s wide way,
When friends are far, and fonds ones rove,
How powerful she to wake the thought, ...
■ And start the fear for those we love,
Who watch with ua at night’s pale noon,
And gaze upon that silent moon. ■ ..
How powerful too, two hearts that mourn,
The' majic of that moonlight sky,- e
To bring again the vanish'd scenes—■
The happy eves of days ?one,by;
Again to bring, ’mid bursting tears, ,
The lost o(Tothn£^cers. T
And oft she looks, that silent moon, .
On lonely eyes that wake to weep
In dungeon dark, or sacred cell,
Or couch, w hence pain lias banish’d sleep,
O I softly beams her gentle eyo
On, (hosts who mourn, and-those who die! "
But, beam on whomsoe’er she will,
• And fail where’er her splendors may,
There’s pureness in her chasten’d light,;
There’s comfort in her tranquil ray :
'What'power is here to soothe,the heart—
What power, the trembling tear to start!
The dewy morn lot others love,
. Or bask tliom'in tho noontide ray ;
There’s not an hour but has its charm,
, Prom dawning light to dying day;—
But, O! bo mine a fairer boon— ,
That silent moon, that silent moon !
■3®Wlaiitonjff.
Tlie fairest Rose.
The following sweet allegory is from the
German of Hans Christian Anderson :
. A great Queen oiice reigned, in whose garden
bloomed the loveliest flowers from all parts of
the world, at every season of the year. But
above all other flowers she loved roses; and
therefore she possessed the greater variety of
these, from the wild hedge-rose, wiih green, ap--
pie scented leaves, to the most beautiful rose of
Providence. They grew on the castle walls,
twined round the pillars and over the casements
of the corridors and saloons, and the roses va
ried in scent, form and color. >
... But care, and sadness dwelt in that palace ;
the Queen lay on her sick-bed, and the physi
cians said.she must die. “ There is however a
!remedy for her,” said the wisest among them.
.*< Bring to her the fairest rose in the world—
the one which is the expression of the highest
and purest love—if that comes before her eyes
ere they close, she will not die.” ' •
And the young and old came from all lands
with roses, the loveliest that blbom in every
■garden, but hone was the right one. The flow
er .must be broiight from the garden of love ;
but what rose could , be the expression of the
highest, purest, love ?
And the jioela sang of the fairest rose in the
wdrld-Trcach' one named his 6,win And rocs
'sengora weroysent through all the countries
.round, to every heart that beat with Ipye—to
every rank and every age.
“ No'one has.yetnamed theflower,” Said.the
. wise man-; . “ No one has shown the place from
whence itsprings in Us beauty; Uds not one
Of 'the roses.from the bier of Borneo or Juliet,
.or frSih AValburg’s grave, though these flowers
' will ’ever bloom in legends and songs. It is not
oneldf these roses that,blooip forth from Wink
-elrieff’s “blood-stained lance—from the holy
blood which flowed in death from the breast .of
the herq for the fatherland, though no death is
sweeter, no rose is redder, than the blood which
then flows. It is, also, not that wonder flow
er, for the cultivation of which man gives his
. fresh life away in years and days—the magic
rose of knowledge.”
“I know where it blooms !” said a happy
■ mother who came to the Queen’s 'couch with
her tender bubo ; “I know where the fairest
rose in' the World' is to be found—the rose
which is the expression; of the highest, purest
love. It blooms on the blushing cheeks of my
. child, when it opens its eyes, refreshed by slum
ber, and smiles at me with its whole love.”
“ Yes, a much- fairer one,” said one of the
women. “ I have seen it—a holier rose blooms
not. But it was-pale, like the. petals.of ■ the
tea-rose. I saw it on the cheeks of the Queen ;
she had laid aside her royal crown, and :was
nursing her sick: child in the long,- sad night.
She wept and kissed it, and prayed to God for
it, as a mother prays in the hour of anguish.”
“Holy and wonderful is the white rose of
sadness in its power : but it is not tho ono
sought for."
“ No I saw tho fairest rose in the'world bc-
IlEirifOl
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL. 44.
fore the alter of the Lord,” said the good old
Bishop. “I saw it shine as though ait angel’s
face had shone itself. The young'• maiden
knelt there; she looked up to God with her
whole soul ful! of purity and love. . That was
the expression of the purest, highest love.”
“ Blessed is it,” said the wise man : “ but
no one has yet named the fairest, rose in the
world.” ,
Then stepped a child into the chamber, the
little son of the. Queen. Tears stood in Ins
eyes, and on his delicate cheeks* He earned a
lurge closed .book* bound in velvet, with large
silver clasps. “Mother,”, said the little one,
“oh hear.what I have read,”
And the child seated itself on the bed, and
read out of the book of Him who gave Himself
to .die on the Cross, in order to save men, and
even unborn generations. Greater love is there
not! ’ •
And a rose blush spread over, the Queen’s
cheek’s : her. eyes became so bright, for she
saw the fairest rose spring forth from the leaves
.of the, book—the likeness of the one which
bloomed from the blood of Christ on the Gross.
“I see it!” saidshc. “They never diewho
look oh this rose—the fairest in the world.”
AB ASHLEY’S FEAT IN MELLON STEALING.
< Ab Ashley, was a real live Iloosior, notori
ous for everything in general, and stealing mel
ons in particular. -in melon time he was the
dread of the whole neighborhood for When he
patch, he made it a rule never to leave
until it was entirely destined. This was n
singular trait in hjs character—something un
accountable—for aside from that, he was con
sidered one of the best fellows in the world.—
Stealing melons, and plundering patches, seem
ed to be part of "his nature, fur it was evident
that it did not arise from any niggcrly disposi
tion or selfish motives. He was'a real open
heart kind of an individual, always growing
more melons than anybody else, and giving
them away more freely than anybody else,—
They, were no object-lo him, and yet he could
not resist the temptafion tostcal.from his neigh
bors, just for the Tun of the thing. . But ns
some one said. “Itis a long lane that has no
turn and likewise had Ah followed the prac
tice of stealing melons dll his life he would have
got to he a melon thief of. long standing. But
suchastate of things was not destined to last
always—“A change canie over the spirit of his’
dream.” I recollect, once, jin melon season,
some youngsters called at A|s’s house, and af
ter telling him of the fine patch that Deacon
Aikcrs bad. proposed to visit it. Ah was oh
hand without a moment’s hesitancy', and so the
company set out as soqn as it .was fairly dark.
Before proceeding further, I may say of Ah. in
the language of the poet. "He loved whis
key,” qs well as' he did melons, and the boys
in whoso company, hq was, had looked to the
future and brought along a bountiful supply of
the “good critter,” he was soon enjoying ■ him
self hugely. Round and round went the com.
pany. They soon got to bo very merry—so
much so that apparently they paid no attention
to.road or path, hut. went right through, the
woods and brush, the same as if they had been
walking. on. a barn floor. At length, after
winding abou t in
'Wany trees and worm
fences, that lay in their route, they arrived-at
the patch ami'pitched over the enclosures. Ye
gods what a sight!-. There lay the huge mel
ons, so thick that oat; .adventurers could
scarcely walk for them. There (ay grcat-.mca
ly “ red cores apparently calling out in their
own language "Arise,'slash and cat!" They
w.ere none of your little Idnj^‘"wizzed up"
things such as find their way to the market
stands! and which one would suppose had fall
en from the vine in a fit of the "blue devils
but they were great, plump, jolly, good natured
fellow's many of which were already showing
their red interior, having apparently, burst their
sides with laughter. Ab was right in his glo
ry, and so, hauling out his jack-knife he fell to
slashing round with a vengeance. . The others
followed h|B example, and very soon there was
sad havoc in the melon-patch.
■ Having satisfied his appetite. Ab fell to
stamping and crushing all that came in his
way.
The other boys hesitated to participate at
first,-, urging that it was really too bad to treat
the old deacon in such a manner : but Ab swore
that it was really good enough for the old hyp
ocrite, and he would not leave as long as there
was a whole ‘melon. Finding there was no
stopping him, they lent a hand to the perform
ance. and very soon every nylon was destroy
ed: not only that, but the vines were pulled up
and heaped in one corncr:6f. the patch.
“Now,” said Ab. mounting the pile, which
was someTir.e or six feet,” give me the black
bottle, and let me drink the old Deacon’s
health—that good man iii honor of whom we
have Jiist erected this monument.”
The bottle was passed up and Ab began,
f * Deacon Aik.rs—may he live to planl many
a patch like this, and Ab Ashley and his friends
have the honor of harvestin’ il fur’ cm.”
Hats went round three .times, after which
the bottle started, and made a like number of
revolutions.
tQ Now fotolj me that pole yonder, till I erect
a standard, to show that man has been to the
summit, and the work will be completed,"said
Ah.” :
Thie pole was brought, and after tearing a
strip oil an old cotton handkerchief, and attach
ing it to the end of the polo. Ah stuck it up in
the pile of vines, dismounted, and all started
for home. In a space of time truly incredible,
they arrived at Ab’s residence. Ab pressed
his friends to stay till morning, hut they
would not hear it. Some pressing business of
course prevented, and so they set out leaving
him to snooze off the effects of bad whiskey.
Early next morning, Ab Ashley was aroused
from hisdound slumber by one of his little sons
running to his bed and calling out. “Papa,
Get up. quick —quicker ! Some
t n all nooks cr—’er water melons. ”
*’What !” oxclaimed Ab.
” Why some some’n hooked ail’er- water
melons, an mashed cm’up!"
Ah arose cursing and swearing, vowing that'
he’d find some clue by which’to identify the
villians, and then they might look out for rough
times. Ab went to tho patch—what a sight
presented itself! not a whole melon, not even a
vine, was left'—all met a total destruction. •
; ” Whero’n thunder and lightnin’ could I have
been last night, that I didn’t.hear the infernal
villains ? Its lucky for me I didn’t here ’em or
some ofem'd been dead now. What could they
have done with the vines!’’ said he.
Casting his eye a along the fence, he discover
ed the viiica nicely piled np like a small hay
stack*. .From the top stood a pole, with a strip
of red floating at the end of it. Ab started to
wards it, but before he had proceeded many
steps he stopped to think. Something seemed
to be coming up in his mind. At last he mut
tered, “ can’t it all be a dream or actually d'd I
do it 1” Waiting a little longer he said, “ No,
by thunder, its ho dream I- Them cussed boys
has been play in off oh me. Blast their’infernal
whiskey, I wish they had it in all their cussed
inwards red hot I “ Mind, I tell you. I’ll bo
even with ’em if it takes ine a hundred years
from now, ” and then camp an-awful vollev of
curses such as could never appear.in print. * He
0
fairly blubbered right out with rage. ' ,
It was, indeed, true—they had been playing
off on him—for after getting him a little
•• light,” they had brought him back to bis
own melon-patch ; and under the impression
that it was Deacon Aikcr’s he destroyed it. It
is said that Ab Ashley was nerer known to as
sist in the plunder of a melon patch after that
eventful night.
How Tom Conrin rid His Sister of on Obnox
ious lover.
Every end has beard of the eloquent,pathetic
and humorous stump orator of Ohio. Some,
twenty years ago ho used to tell, with great gus
tp, the following story: ' A
“In early life—so early that I cannot remem
ber the removal—my lather ‘pulled up slakes’
.andcarrying wilfa-lihu the household goods,went
from Bourbon'county, Kentucky, where I was
was born, to Ohio. Notwithstanding a rough
and tumble struggle with the world, be 'had a
hard lime to get on; owing to a numerous and
rapidly increasing family. Well,f«milymalters
had not much improved when I had reached my
thirteenth or fourteenth year. . ■
“At this time there lived in the neighborhood
a young man named Pickering: Ho hud inher
ited a wvll-sfocked farm, was gopd looking, and
made a strong profession to religion. The last
qualification caused him to find peculiar favor
in the eyes of my father,who always was blinded
by professions of extra piety.
“This fellow had a strong hankering after one
of my sisters, who was a very pretty girl; To
her ho was peculiarly distasteful. She seemed
always excessively annoyed at his presence.
Yet ho was over at her side. She dared not
dismiss him entirely, for fear of paternal anger.
Things’went on in this way for a year or two,
and as I partook largely of my sister’s hatred to
him, I resolved to get rid of him in some way.
I cast about for a plan for some time, but noth
ing occurred that gave the slightest hope of suc
cess. .■ • '
“At last, returning home Into ono summer
night from the mill, I found the family nt their
nightly devotions. Passing by the window of
the room in which they were assembled,.l saw
that Pickering was there, and pretty soon I dis
covered that Tie was nodding, and finally his
head dropped/ Now was my opportunity, I
stole slyly into the hall, and reaching the hall
door, which was sligtly ajar, and close by which
lie was, on bonding knee,l reached in,and quick-'
iy pulling his chair from under him, ho rolled
heavily, as a sound sleeper would, upon the
floor. The noiso alarmed all. The old gentle
man stopped in (he midst of hit interminable
prayer, and saw the position of Pickering. .AB
the family laughed outright,- even my mother
smiled. '
. “Pickering ehdeavored-fo.pick himself Up as
rapidly as possible, hut ho had touched the
old man upon his tendorost point. ft was evi
dent, from the rubbing ol his eyes, that.ho had
slept under the old gentleman’s ministrations ;
and had not niy father a reputation far and wide
tor the fervency of his ministrations, and. was
hot Pickering his professing brother? It was
too nwell.: Slowly, yet most digniliedty, did
(lie old man approach hini. , ‘Begone,.hypo-1
crite I’he cried in thunder tones,‘never enter
niylioiise.again/
/ “Pickerjrig was thunderstruck. He felt that
tfjr ttie"fnarilK’!7lle. /iad no ihspihidn of file exte
rior force nhlchhsdhided him in .'his ffl-11. •-He
nt once found his hat, took up his line of march,
and. completely crestfallen, passed-by hi 6 as I
stood grinning in tho shadow, of the porch.
“At a suitable time I entered, got tny suppor,
was told by a brother in hurried whispers what
had happened,and then I stole off to bed, affect
ing ignorance, and laughing most heartily, as X
ensconced myself in the sheets, at the complete
success of my plan.
“Next day I cautiously imparted tho secret
to my interested sister. She was in her room
at the time, and she threw herself upon the bed
and rolled in agonies and convulsions of laugh
ter. She had been emancipated forever from
the attentions of an obnoxious lover- Tho old
gentleman did not hoar tho real state of the facta
for full twenty years afterwards j but when he
did ho laughed heartily.”
Every ono who has read the Bible, has fre
quently come across this seemingly unmeaning
word standing, at the end of a verso, apparently
disconnected from everything that has proceed
ed it. The following iniormation in regard to
its meaning from tho Bibliotheca Sacra, will be
very acceptable aijdjgf m ueb importance to many
of our readers : -
. “The translators of the Bible have left the He
brew Selah, which often occurs in the Psalms,
as they found it, and the .English render often
asks his minister or learpcd.frlend what it means.
And tho minister or learned friend often
been obliged to confess ignorance, because His
a matter in regard to which, the most learned
have by no means boon of one mind. The Tor
gums, and most of tho Jewish commentators,
give to the word the nicaning.of .eternally, for
ever. Rabbi Kimehi regards it as a sign to ele
vate the voice. 'Thoauthors of tho, Septuagint
translation appear to have regarded it ns a mu
sical or rythmical note. Header regarded it as
indicating a change of nofo s Matliowson ns a
musical note, equivalent perhaps to the word
repeat. According to Luther and' others, it
means, silence! Gesenius explains it to mean,
•Let the instruments play and the singers stop.’
Woolier regards it as equivalent, to.s'nrcumcorda
- up, my soul!., Sommer, after examining all
tho seventy-four passages in which the word oc
curs, recognizes in every case ‘an actual appeal
or summons to Jehovah. They are calls for
aid and prayers to bo heard, expressed either
with directness, or it not in tho imperative,’
•Hear, Jehovah!’ or, ‘Awake, Jehovah!’ and tho
like still earnest addresses to God that he would
remember and.hoar, etc. The word itself ho re
gards as indicating a blast of trumpets by the
priest.' Selah, itself, ho thinks ah abridged.ex
pression used for. Higgaion, Selah—Higgaion
indicating tho sound of tho stringed instru
ments, and Selab a vigorous blast of trumpets.
TaUio is afraid of a lion.
Dr. Livingston says, when tho breeding im
pulse is upon these animals, and a man happens
to pass to windward of them, both lion and U-
oiness will rush at him, hut'under ordinary cir
cumstances the lion is a cowardly animal, and
never, attacks a man except stealthily, unless
wounded. A very curious peculiarity about
him is, that at the very last lie will not make
an attack where he sees anything to. produce
the suspicion of a trap. A horse belonging to
Captain Codrington ran away, but was stopp
ed by the bridle catching a stump.- He remain
ed a prisoner two days, and when ho was found
the whole space around was marked by the
foot .prints of lions, which had evidently been
afraid to attack the halted horse from the fear
that the whole thing was a, snare. : It is a com
mon belief (says Dr. L.) that (he.liun when he
has once tasted human flesh v prefers it to any
other, but the real state ofdhooaspis that,a
man eater is always an old lion, who has grown
too infirm to catch-game; he resorts to-villages
for the sake of the goats, and if a woman or
child happens to go out they fall a prey too. —
This being his only source of subsistence,' he of
course continues it until the villagers dispatch
him—a work of little difflculty.
** OUR .COUNTRY —MAT IT ALWAYS BK RIGHT OB WRONG, OUR "COUNTRY.,
■ ~ ; ” . “■
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1858.
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The Word; ScWi.
JSnds.
“lam afraid.” said a fricndhjT 6uvs inter
ested in fruit growing, “that thfeopen weather,
which has prevailed of late, wilhpaiise the buds
to start, too soon for safety, and that there will
be another failure of the fruit.” :
How illustrative of the experience of human
life! Slany arc the buds of hope that arc de
stroyed by the frosts of adversity , ere the blos
soms are fully blown, so that t|io fruit never
comes.
■Sec that young mother, with first-born.
It; is the bud of parental bliss to’lier. In her
dreams of future, and of the fruiLOf its grateful
love, she is. happy as mortal can lie. Its mo
lion and its very tone are watohed-with delight,
and the heaths of its countenance are as the
rays from angel’s eyes ti her soulf.
Would we could insure the unfolding of that
bud even irtto the childhood’s blossom, to Say
nothing of the fruit of a malurer fife! But we
cannot 1 , Ere the spring-time is gone, the_ frost
of disease may have nipped and blasted ft ut
terly,- or (what is worse, left it lo oxiat as a dc
crepid suflerer through lohg'i’ears of agony !
See that : bud of girlish , pro
mises it gives of fruition, rich and’Ktro, in wo
manhood. What exultant expectation on the
part of scores of admirers. They .impatiently
iwait the escape from the restraints of the
school-room, and removal of the barriers' to her
acquaintance and. favor. Alas! they may wait
in vain !. That hour may never .vctime, See
already the hectic flush .upon-her.yxping cheek !
It makes heyappear all the more beautiful. —
But it points to the sepulchral vtfult rather
than tlTe bridal, hall. Consumption has already
been sent, as a messenger of Death-itself, to
claim another victim. The fruit oft Ker matu
rity will never come ! ;
Ycrily, uncertain are all the fruitions prom
ised by’ the buds of human hope.- |
Humanity.
■I liavo .ever'thought that.thero is jn certain
degree of justice due from man to the creatures,
as from man to man, and that an excfcssivo use
of the creature's labor is an injustice 10r which
he must account. I have therefore noways cs
tcemedit as part of my duty, and; it. has al •
ways been my practice, to - be merciful to my
beasts ; and, upon the same account, I have
declined any cruelty to any of God's creatures,
and, as much as I could, prevented it In others
ns tyranny. I have abhorred those sports that
consist in torturing them, and if any;noxious
creature must be destroyed, or the lives of crea
tures for food must be taken, it lias been my
practice to do it in amanner that may be with
the least torture or cruelty ; ever remembering
that, though, God has given us a dorajmbhover
his creatures, yet it is under a law of justice,
prudence and moderation—otherwise wjs should
become tyrants, not lords, over God's creatures:
and theiefore, some of, those things which oth
ers have, practiced as recreations, I hayfl avoid*,
cd as sins.— Sir M.,Hale. V.v.
Co-operation of-the ■
There is much good sense 'arid lnittwip the
remark of a modern author, Jhatmo jmajsucver
or rewords bis. JaboA-witb an cnUt-dnng..srniie,
with What cdhHdence.wilt he. raer
chnndiso or bis farm; fly over dands, sill over
seas, meet difficulty mid encounter danger ; if
he knows he is not.spending his,lime jii vain,
but that his labors-will bo. rewarded by the
sweelsof home ! . Solitude arid disappointment
enter into the hisiory of ■ every man.’s life ; and
he has not half provided for his voyoge, who
finds but an (.associate for happy hours,' while
for months of darkness and distress no-sympa
thizing partner is prepared.
The ‘•Sister;”,
There is something lovely in the name, and
its utterance -rarely fails to call up the Warm
affections of l the gentle heart. The.thoughts
that circle round it are all quiet, beautiful and
pure. Passion has no place with it's associa.
tions. The hopes and fears of love, those
emotions, powerful: enough to shatter
and extinguish life itself, find no homo there.
The bride is the star, the talisman of the heart,
the diamond above all price, bright and blazing
in the noon-day sun ; a sister, the gem of milder
light, calm as the mellow moon, and set in a
coronet of pearls.
Early Rising.
There is no'time spent so stupidly os that
which inconsiderate people pass in . a,morning,
between sleeping and waking. He who is
awake, may be at work or at play.; he who is
asleep is receiving the refreshment necessary to
fit him for, action ; But the hours spent in doz
ing and slumbering are wasted, without cither
pleasure or profit.; The sooner you leave your
bed the seldomer you wjll be confined to it. —
When old people have been examined ip order
to ascertain the cause of their longivity. they
have uniformly agreed in one thing only; that
they “all went to bed, and all rose early.”
Ladou A CoNsoLEn.-r-There is a perennial
nobleness, and even sacrcdncss in work. Were
he ever so benighted, forgetful of hllThigh call
ing, there is.always hope in a man that actual
ly and earnestly works ; in idleness alone is
their perpetual despair. Doubt, desire, sorrow,
remorse, indignation, despair itself—all these,
like hell-dogs/lie beleaguering the soul of the
poor day-worker as of every man; but.he’
bends himself with free valor against his task,
and all these are stilled—all these shrink mur
muring far oil'into their caves.- — Carlyle.
A Bhaijtifw, Truth.-— Benj. F. Taylor, the
author of “January'and Juno," once said that
“she who Ims been a good daughter, a loving
Wife and an old fashioned mother; is pretty
near ready for an entrance in to‘the Kingdom of
Heaven.. A homo without a girl .in it is only
half West; it is an orchard without blossoms,
and a spring without song.- A house lull' of
sons is like Lebanon with its cedars, but
daughters by the fireside, are like, the roses in
Sharon.”
(C7* Pride is ns loud a beggar as want, and a
great deal more saucy. When you have
bought one fine thing you want ten more, that
your appearance may , be.all of, a piece ; bdt it
is easier. (0 suppress the first desiro, thafi to
satisfy all that follow it. — Fvuuklm. ,
Bovs Got AT Nioht.—Wo find the following
truthful paragraph in one of pur exchanges,un
der the caption of “Boys Outat Night.”
“Night riir.hing is ruinous to the morals of
boys in all instances. They acquire, under the
cover of night,-an unhealthy state of ihind; bad,;
vulgar, and profane language; a lawless and
riotous bearing. Indeed, it is in the street after
nightfall, that boys principally acquire the edu
cation of’ tho bad, and capacity'tor becoming
rowdy, - , disolute toon.”
• [LTr.Thero is a family in Ohioso lazy, that it
takes : lwo of them to sneeze. omT to throw tho
head back and the other to ihalce the noise.
K 7” • Among yo bo it,’ as the old lady said
when She heaved the meat a strut lier children.
Ifllatttffr.
The Iron Horse ns Seen by, a Countryman.
“When we got to the depot,.wont around to
look at the iron boss. Thnndoration !it war n’t
no raoro like a hosa than a meetin’ house. If
I was goin’fo describe the animuio I’d say it
looked likc-fiwell, it looked like—darned if I
know what.it looked like unless if was a regular
lip devil, snortin’smoko all around,and pantin’,
and hbavin’ and. strollin’, and. chawin’ up red
coals Jiko (hoy was good. A fellow stood in a
house like, feedin’ her nil the time j hut the
more-lie got the more ho wanted, and the more
he snorted.. . After a spell the felleroatchod him
by the (ail, and great, Jerico! be sot up a -yell
tb t split tbe groundfpr.more’n a. mile and a
half, and tbe next minif y found my legs a tvag
gin’ and found myself- At t’other end’of -the
string o’.vohiclos. I.wasn’t skeored but I had
three chills and a stroke of the palsey in ..’ess
than five minifs, and niy face bad a curious
brownish yeller green bluish color in' it, which
was perfectly unaccountable.' “Well,” says I,
‘comment is super Jlnous and I took a seat in
tbo nearest wagin or car, as they call it—a
consafned long, steamboat lookin’ thing, with a
string of pews down each side, big enough' to
hold about a man and a half. Just ns I set
dowiT, the boss hollered; twice and started'off
like a' streak, pitchin’ mo head- first at the
stomaoii of a big Irish woman, and she gave a '
tremendous grunt, and then ditched mb by the |
head, and crammed mo under the seat; the cars 1
was a.jumpin’and tcarin’along at nigh on to 1
forty thousand miles an hour, and everybody. 1
was a bobbin’ up and down like a mill saw, and 1
and every wretch on’em had His moiith-wide 1
open and’ like they was-laffln’, but I could not
hear nothin’, the cars kept up such a racket. 1
Bimeby llioystopped all at once, and such an
other laugh busted out o’them passengers as I '
never hearn before, Laffin, at mu, too, that’s ;
what made mo mad, as X was mad as thunder,
too. I vis up, and shakin’ my fist at ’em, says
I, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, look a here I I’m a
peaceable stranger’—and away went the darned J
train like small-pox was in tho town, jei king .]
mb down In.the seat with a whack like I’d been, 1
thfb'wn from the moon, and their.cuased mouths
flopped open, and the fellers went to bobbin’ 1
up and doivnTfcaiii. I ]iut on an air of magnan- ;
imbus contempßike, and took no more notice 1
of ’em, and very naturally went to bobbin’ up ;
and down myself.”
How Joe Won the Pencil.
Joe B is unquestionably the-handsomest
married man in Cincinnati.
Joe sports a wife, besides several other crea
ture comforts. -Well, he and his wife, Harry
John —i and George—; , and
their wives all boarded, at the samchotise. A
day or two ago,; while they were at table, lux
uriating upon ihd.detatchcd portions of a boiled
turkey,.which had been, stuffed 'with oysters,
the conversation turned. on Christian names,
when Mrs. Harry— : —— contended that she
could name more distinguished men who had
borne the name of Harry, than any gentleman
could of his own natrie ; and concluded by of
fering a gold pencil as a wager against a suita
ble equivalent should she win. .
* ..The trial commenced, Mrs. Harry ,
started off with “ Harry of the West;” adding
a,dozen others... , ; , Vi-.
Wasiiingtbn/tho tour Georges of England, Lord
George Franks, Ac,
■ •• Now'MK-Johftri__;—, what have-you to
say ?”• said the charming Mrs. Harry.
“ Oh ! I can give you a hundred—the two
Adams, Lord Johri Bussel—John Tyler—John,
John, bring me some water,”
.“Stop, stop, you cant win. Mr. Jocsph
.now your turn comes,” continued the
juicy little gamstcr.
Now,, if ever a bashful man lived, it is my
friend Joe—he dared not lo.ok up. .
lie had been racking his brain for an answer,
but to no purpose, and in despair, he made oho
grand efibrt, and raisirighis head replied—
vMy dear madam, I have lost. I .cannot
noW think of an y very distinguished man who
ever bpro the nariie of Joseph cxceptthe gen
tleman we read about in the sacred scripthres,
he who was such a favorite with Mrs. Potiphar,
but I will not offer him. for I think he was the
fool X ever did hear of.”
" Hero is the pencil,” said Mrs. Harry, toss
ing it over to him, ns she and the other ladies
scud out of the room.
Newspapers,
The Faribault Herald in the course of an able
article on the subject of newspapers and their
influence upon the towns in which they are
published, says: . '' '
“ The announcement that a hcikSpapcr is
published in a town, at once gives a reputation
of importance. A newspaper adds to the value
of town property in a town where it is publish
ed. This is a fact not generally appreciated,
but a fact, nevertheless, and hence every pro
perty holder in a place is personally interested
in sustaining a paper; no money that he ex
pends during (he year returns him such a-pef
cent. : as that which he pays for his homo pa
per.” ~
Judge Louisstrcct, the newly-elected Presi
dent of the South Carolina College,, thus sets
forth the value of a newspaper : Small is the
stint, that is required to patronize a newspaper,
and most amply remunerated is the patron;. I
cafe noteff&V humble and unpretending the ga
zette which he takes, it is next to impossible to
fill it fifty-two times a year without putting
into it something that is worth the subscription
price. . livery parent whose son is oil from
home, at school,-should supply- him with a pa
per. I still remember what difference there
was between those of my schoolmates who had
and those who had not access to newspapers-
Other things being equal, the first were deci
dedly superior to the last in debate and com
position at least. The reason is plain they
-have command of more facts. Youth will pe
ruse newspapers with delight, when they will
read nothing else. :
Curious Punishments, —It is discoverable,
from the “old records of Massachusetts,” that
the following singular punishments were inflic
ted in that colony, between the years IG3O and
1730: -
Sir Richard Slastonstall, fined four bushels
of malt for his absence from the couit.
Josias Plaslow shall, for stealing four bas
kets of corn from the Indians, return them 8
baskets again, be fined £5, and hereafter to be.
called Josias, not Mr. as he used to be
. JoyceDradwick shall give unto-Alexandria
Becks 205., for, promising him marriage with
out her friends consent,'and now refusing to
perform the same.
Thomas Peter for suspicions of slander, idle
ness and stubborness, is to be severely whipped
and kept in hold.
Richard Turner for being notoriously drunk,
was fined £2.
Edward Palmer, for his extortion in faking
325. 7d, for the plank and work of Boston
stocks, is fined £5, and sentenced to be set one
hour in the stocks. .
John Withe, is bound in .£lO to -be of good
behavior, and not Como into tho company of his
neighbor Thomas Bell’s wife alone.
at S2,OOJPJSR annum.
Return of the Poles from Exile.
Wo learn from undoubted private authority
that many-Polos, who bavo been exiled to Sibe
ria in different epochs of the political movements
of,their, native land, have been permitted to
cross the Polish Russian frontier and .return to
their homes; in compliance with the amnesty of
the Emperor’s Coronation manifesto. . Others,
it is true, wore only allowed to leave Siberia,
without, returning homo, residences for them
being assigned in the central provinces of Rus
sia. . There probably was some apprehension of
Jtlic effects of a crowd of Polish patriots simul
taneously resuming their citizenship at home.—
A baseless {fear we think, but a natural fear to
Russians.' ’
- Every exile who had leave to return to the
.Kingdom of Poland received $l6O as travel
money Among the number was Count Peter
tPysockij duct of thoinsnrrectionaiy movement
o i 1881, who hadbeen condemned to the mining
works at Fortcjiinsk, ip. Middle. Siberia, where
ho labored for twenty-six years.' On his way
homo .it; was intimated to'him by the, Russian
Government that he should undertake not to en
ter Warsaw. His former influence in the enpi
tal may account for, and almost excuse thispro
hibition.
Some of the Polls exiles, have been able to
amass .small capitals, of SA,OOO. to SG,ODO, by
farming, fishing, or trapping. Those who pos-,
sessed mcchanicat abilrtics have made consider
ably larger amounts. Several who associated
for hunting, trapping, and carrying .on thejur
trade, wore very successful. Funning was less
profitable, owing to tho high price of labor, not
withstanding the excellent, rich, and fertile soil
of South Siberia. A certain Mr. Pakicwski,
with ability and tact, has a large share in the
copper mines, and is also proprietor of several
steamers, on the rivers Oby and Jenissy. In
fact the Polish .exiles in. Siberia have generally
done.well.
. JULanj’ Poles, not allowed to return home, but
located in tho interior of Russia, actually have
preferred to remain in Siberia. They thought
it would bo more agreeable, to .staj* where flioy
had frlendl and prolitablo occupations. Among
those who have thus remained is Gustavus
Bhrchbcrg. Several of the Polish exiles, arriv
ing at their former homes, after Iwenty-soven
years of absence, found a how generation there.
The place that had known’them once, knew
them how no more. Feeling themselves stran
gers In the scenes of k tlicir childhood and early
manhood, they have voluntarily returned to Si
beria—which had became # a second homo ,to
them, and where they had .Tound or made-new
homes, friends, and associations.
The Czar’s next policy will he toabolish serf
dom In Russia. .A diflicult thing this promises
to bo, for. ho will ccftainly.be opposed, openly
and covertly* by the higher nobility of his em
pire. THowover, as ho is a man of firmness as
well as of feeling, there can be llttlo doubt of
his effecting great moral and political improve
ments in hisextensive realm. '
CiviLtTT to FniENDS^—lt strikes one as
rather absurd (remarks the Rosfou .Po.sf) that’
good manners are employed for ihe .most part
as if .they were only proper in pur intercourse
with, strangers and enemies !—rtliat -while we
I are careful to “ keep a civil tongue in our head”
for people whom we hate, we bestow pur rough
words on pur companions and friends, as if in-.
; , civilities, wef*,^
; :esivpcr'relKfe
Andprovcs hy thumping onyourbaolc
: . His sense of your great merit”— '
and a recent writer, whose name we would
print if we know it, talks in the most sensible
and striking manner on the subject of treating
friends with kindness and courtesy. Here is a
passage, so just and well put that it wouldn't
be amiss to get the very words by heart:—
“ Do not Hatter yourself that friendship au
thorizes you to say disagreeable things to your
intimates, On the contrary, the nearer yqu
come into relation with a person the more no.
ccssary do fact and courtesy become. Except
in cases: of.necessity, which arc rare, leave your
friend to learn unpleasant truths from his ene
mies ; they are ready enough to tell them. —
Good breeding never forgets that amour propre
is universal. When you read the story of the
Archbishop and Gd Bias, you may laugh if you
will, at the poor old man’s delusion ; but don’t
forget that the youth was the greater fool of the
two, and that his master served such a booby
rightly in turning-him out of doors.”
Astosisiiino PeIIFOII-MANCI! OP AN A.l IK nip AN
Befoue. Queen ViCToniA. —On the 13th of Jan
uary,at Windsor, Mr. J. S. Rarey, from the
United States of America, had the honor of ex
hibiting belore her Majesty, the. Prince Consort,
and .Royal Family arid Suite, in the riding house,
his miraculous power.over the horse. Several
animals wore selected as subjects of his expork
ments. IXo commenced witli a wild colt, 18
month's old, belonging to tho' Prince Consort,
which was brought from Shaw Farm, and which
had been chosen by Colonel Honorable A. N.
Wood for tho occasion. After being alone with
tho animal for about an hour and a half, the
royal party entered, and found Mr. Rarey sit
ting on his bach, without holding the rein, the
horse standing perfectly quiet. ,Mr. Rarey thou
made a low remarks in regard to his great expe
rience in the treatment of this noble animal ; a
drum was afterwards harided to Mr, Earoy,
which ho beat with fury whilst sitting on the
horse’s back, without the colt exhibiting any
signs of fear- The royal party afterwards with
drew for a few. minutes, and on their return
found tho animal lying down, and Mr. Rarey
knocking his hind logs together, one of which
he put against his -face. Afterwards a restive
horse, selected from Mr. Anderson’s stables in
London, which Rarey .said he had before hand
led, was placed at one end of the riding house
alone. Mr. Rarey went to thp other-end, and
at his command' the horse walked quietly up to
him. Ho then made the horse lie down in the
presence of the Queen, when Mr. Rarey crawled
between his hind logs, and over him in various
ways. Mr. Rarey then rolled tho horse on his
back._ Tho horse was afterwards placed in va
rious'positions, in which it stood without hold
ing, and without a bridle. A third, horse, se
lected by Mr. Meyers, tho riding master, as a
very nervous animal, was then brought in, and
in a few minutes afterwards it was made by Mr.
Rarey to do all'which had been done by the
other horses. At tho conclusion o( this exhibi
tion of Mr. Rnroy’s wonderful power oyer the
horse, his Royal Highness the Pririce Consort
expressed to Mr. Karcy his graliilcation and
thanks. The secret has been intrusted to Maj,
General Richard Airey, in.cpntid.crice, who lias
pronounced that there is nothing in the treat
ment but what any hoyseman would approve of.
A'Cdrrect-Idea of Liberty,
Burke’s idea of liberty is capital. Ho says :
“ Mon are qualified for civil liberty in exact
proportion to their disposition to put chains
upon their own appetites : in proportion as their
love of justice is above their rapacity : hi pro
portion as their soundness and Sobriety of un
derstanding is above their vanity and presump
tion : in proportion as they are more disposed
to listen to the counsels of the wise and good,
in preference to the flattery of knaves. Society
cannot exist unless a controlling power upon
the will and appetite is placed somewhere : and
the less of it there is within, tho more there
must be of it without. It is ordained in the
eternal constitution of things, that men of in
.temperate minds cannot he free. Passions
forge their fetters.”
At n recent meeting of tho 'Philadelphia So
ciety for protecting .Agriculture,'Mr.- Fischer
presented to the society specimens of.sugar,
manufactured from the Chinese sugar Cane. by
Mr Lovering, at his country seat on the ¥ot*
Rond, about five miles from this city. The
experiments prove that at a moderate estimate,
„ 1,200 pounds of sugar Can'be grown on tfrt
acre in Pennsylvania, and probably milch, mof£
in many soils and by means of improved culti
vation. At 5 cents per pound, 1,200 pounds
1 arc worth §6O per acre. An acre will product,
■ moreover, 70 to 80 gallons of molasses of (the
best quality—sufficient to pay the expenses of
cultivation and manufacture—leaving the sff
gar clear profit. In addition, the leaves of the
plant,afford fodder for cattle superior to corn
fodder, and also 30 .to; 40' bushels of ‘seed or
grain, which cattle, hogd and poultry 1 fecd-oA
with avidity. For both of these', SIO wopid be
a low estimate, which, ndddd to the sugar,
.would give a nett gain of $7O per acre for a
moderate crop. There is Jittle doubt,. hpWCveri
■ as Mr. Covering informed me.that 1,500 pbupds
might"easily be obtained. The result
very favorably with other staple productions of
our agriculture. Ah averdge crop df'whtat-Oli
good farms, docs not exceed 20 bushels per
acre, which, at the present price, is worth,S2sj
From this is to bo deducted the expense'(if cul
tivation and of preparation for market.; not.less
tjian §lO, .leaving only $l5 profit, whilst, ,thq
s.traw is inferior to the blades and seed of; the
sugar , cane, for, feeding, and affords, probably
less manure than the bagasse, or stalks, after
the juice has been expressed. The. averhgd
crop of corn is not higher than 50 busheli -pod
acre! wortli about §3O, The expcnso.of culti
vation is 510, which leaves §2O for nett gain, -
less than one third the profit of the sugar caniv
Mr, Emerson said that Air. Covering ■ hadi
comntumcalcd to him one fact which was; not Ift
his book, and that was, that in. boiling the
syrup 2 degrees less 'in temperature was requi
red than In tho West' Indies. Thdrc 240 Re
gress were required, while Mr. Covering's cJr.
periments showed that 0h1y.238 degrees werd
required.. ;. ' •1. j j.pt
Mr. Williams Baid ; that in, the West Tyidfes
5,000 pounds of sugar could he raised .on .a’jy
aero, and in lhjs‘ country only 1,200 pounds
could be produced ! In the West Indies jabbF
was only 25 cents pdf day; while in the north'
ern parts of this countny wages are much high* .
dr. He did not believe that apy profit could be
realized to the farmers of. this country, by the.
production of this sugar;,' 'I '.,
Mr. Fisclief said the machinery used by Mr.',
Covering, in making the sugar, could not have.
cost much.oyer §OO, and any roan'• can ttako
this sugar'easicr than, he can a pot of apple,
butter. Mr. C, was .the first to make, exp,eri-.
ments which would show.that every one could,
enter into its manufacture; There wore noW
about 150 sugar plantations in this country;!,
and tho-pcoplo were taxed 30 per cent, on sir-'
gar to keep up these planters; and if there
should bq several thousand planters at the -
North, with the same duty combined, yre
might enter into competition with the Cubans'
and others.’' . -
NO. 88.
Mr. Emerson said that if the farmers ocncr-i
ally, entered into, its • manufacture, even’ in at
small way, the aggregate production would be,
enormous. A,gentleman from the West Indies
who was on a visit to this citylaslsummer,,
had. looked with great, interest upon the culti- 1
ration of ths Ghfnese sugar cane, and he ox
pressed his opinion that it Could be produced!
with moreproflt in Kentucky and Tennessce.-
thnn.in more northern latlUudcs..
A ’resolution was 'passed, presenting the
thanks of the spoiety, and 1 a'silver medal to-Mr.
Lovering..
The annual report of the attorney general'
1 contains a tabio noting the names, ages, and.
| birth places of 25 persons, \Vho, according to the
.report o( Coroner Dannoy, have comnptted sni- - .
; &iip, J :d«ring, the- y£ar.dJki7,?,; ■
; was ; tWelyOi,
years of og'o, Francis Hde> a G'emian.. -The eldr,
osf was Richards, aged sixty.six years. The av
erage ago of the suicides was forty-one: years.
Four ! of them wore women—iWaty Mahon, an
Irish woman; Mrs. Sitfrin, a German; Eliza-
Jommeson, a Virginian; and Helena Silliers, a;
German. Oho was a native of Canada, one of,
Michigan, tiro of Ireland, seven of Germany,'
three of Virginia, one of Italy, one of Prussia,
two of Louisiana, one of Switzerland, ;one of
England, one of Spajn, one of France, one of
.China, gnd. (wo whose birthplace was not known;.'
One (Costello) killed himself with strychnine, 1
two by shooting,, six by. drowning, three cat
their throats with razors,live hanged themselves,
two poisoned themselves with arsenic,onejunlp
od from a three story house, one severed'the
brachial artery, two took laudanum, and two
stabbed themselves. One of the. suicides was
under the sentence of death.; Three destroyed
themselves in a lit of delirium tremens, and four,
in a lit of insanity. The report docs not men
tion the mental state of the rest at the tiipe of :
their salbdcstvudtion, but it may safely he as
sumed that all of (hem. Were in some degree in
sane at the lime.
Could wo have particulars as to the circum
stances, tile health, education, and habits of
those who have slain themselves, it would' add
interest to this feature of tho report. Suicides
are increasing in nrimber in this country, fear
fully, for wind cause it is impassible to diseov--
er, unless by a careful arid minute report of rill 1
tho attendant circumstances of each act of
self-slaughter. Wo have no reason to suppose,
that moral sense is relaxing, that religions bars
are less, or that (lie average ills and pains olliftr
are greater now- than in former years. • Thai
dread of tile “undiscovered beyond
the grave, a terror in all times, is just as much iv
terror now. Man, iiy the gift of life, is sustain
ed ,as a sentinel on this “brink and.shoal’’ of
time, to do, to boar,- to’ jVait, and to. antler.. A
right and healthy moral sense tqjls him to await
hid regular dismissal; to end hivtask by his own
hand is desertion. . There is nonpparenfroasoif
wily this sense of responsibility is loss now than
in folnier years.—-A r . O. Courier.
Co Indians Swear? —This is a curious ques*
lion, and the.answer by Mr. Schoolcraft should,
put tho white man to tho blush. This gentle
man, who has foi many years closely studied
the characteristics of.the race, says: “Many
things tho Indians may bo accused of, but tha,
practice oi swearing they canpot. 1 have made
many inquiries into the state of their vocabula
ry, and nothing is more hitter or reproachful
than match anneinoosh, which indicates, simply;
a bad dog. They have terms to indicate cheat,
liar, thief, murderer, coward, tool, lazy naan,
drunkard, babbler, but I.have never heard of an
imprecation or oath. The genius -of the lan
guage docs not seem to favor the formation, of
terms used in oaths, or for purposes of profani
ty. It is the resulj of the observation of others
as well as my own, to say that an Indian cannot
curse.”
Ahmt Movements. —Pursuant to the order
of Lieut. Gen. Scott, a force of thece hundred
recruits will bo sent from Governor’s Island,-on
Wednesday, the 24,h ult., under charge of
Major E. Backus. 3d infantry, to Jefferson
Barracks, Mo., to fill up deficiencies in thellh
infantry, now stationed in Kansas and.Ncbras?
ka. This movement for the strengthening, of
the 7th, infantry is made in expectation that
their services will be required next spring fof
the campaign in Utah. Tho recruits, on their
arrival at Jefferson Barracks,will -bo assigned
to the several companies in proportion to 1 their
wants. , ... :.i
Attempt to Escape.—Last Thnrsdar
■ing, while the prisoners at Sing Sing {Nt Y.)
prison. Were marching towards their mess-room,
five of their number ran to the dock, jumped
on (he ice, and attempted to cross toe
A heavy (ire front tho revolvers of the .keepers
lodged five halls in Ihe body of John Spence,'a
panel thief, four in that of a burglar -named
Quinn, and two struck Pclcr Delvin, a receiver
of stolen goods. They Were soon recaptured,
and two who were unwounded were treated
to a!-shower bath on their return to their! old
quarter^;,-Spence and Quinn are believed to he
tnbrtally wounded. ;
mill MATTERS,
Chinese Sugar Cane..
Suicides in Kc>V Orleans.