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TOE FIRST DISAPPOINTMENT.
BY ÜBS. a. J. BEVERIDGE.
‘i.saw.a youthful,mother,
Once, on a summer day.
Set-down a smiling infant
To watch Us frolic play ;
It gambols on the flowers
. That decked the carpet o’er;
And seemed with childish wonder.
Each otijoct to explore.
A. sotiltithing on tho instant
Its glad career arrests,
And earnestly it gazes where
,A'golden.sunbeam rests;
While on the new-found glory
. It fixed its wondering eyes,
And trustingly reached forth its hand
To seize.tho glittering prize.
And now its tiny Angers clasp
The treasure rich and rare,
Which'in'its baby innocence
, It surely thought was there.
But, ah ! that hand uncloses,
And to its'earnest-gaze-.
Reveals no gem of beauty—
. Nb bright imprisoned rays!
Add then the first of many tears
Fell bn the cherub face —
The first sad disappointment .
In life’s uncertain race !
And thus it has been with, ns all,
Who its dark game has played—
Wefve sought to grasp the
And only found the shade.
CIBBITY.
In the hour of keenest sorrow—
In the hour of deepest woe—
Wait not for the coming morrow, *
To the sad and sorrowing go—
Make it thy sincerest pleasure’- ■
To administer relief;
Freely opening thy treasure
To assauge a brother’s grief.
Go and seek the orphan sighing—
, . Seek the widow in her tears,
■And, on mercy’s pinions flying,
Go, dispel thoir darkest fears..
Seek the stranger, sad'and weary,
Pass not on the other side,
Though the. task be sad and dreary.
Heeding not the scorn of pride.
Go, with manners unassuming,
In a meek nfld qniet way—
O’er the father ne’er presuming, ,
Though thy brother sadly stray ;
fTfs a Saviour’s.kind compassion—
’Tis His righteousness alone,
Ail unmerited salvation
That around thy path hath shone.
When thy heart is warmly glowing
With the sacred love of prayer,
Be thy works of kindness flowing.
Nut as with a-miser’a care;
I>uty o’er wpTihf bo thy watvhTTtml— -V ■
Pity drop the balmy tear j .
Always toward the fallen cherish
Sympathy and love sincere. ■
■; WmzMmmr
THE DEATII OF UECTOR.
A 'IRAN SLAT lON,
11 v C. U. OBESSWELL.
Fair and bright was the morning in proud old |
Troy. The young prince Hector arose from !
the aide of his beloved wile and infant and be
gan slowly to don bis glittering armor. . The
ied Sun smiled upon her face, and Andromache
awoke. Her soit eyes rested on-her husband,
“ Whiter goes thou, my heart’s adored ? Ah,
leave mo not this day ! I had a dream of thee
—a frightful dream.”
She rose from her couch, and withhor infant
in her arms, knelt at the feet of Hector,
“ Thy son—look on him ; canst' thou leave
him and me ? Ah. my heart forebodes that wo
shall never behold thy dear form alive if thou
goest forth this day.” .
The .young prince took from her arms his
lovely son and smiled proudly upon him.
“Dear, Andromache, fear not for me. My
ditty calls mo forth ; to day I meet the great
Achilles, and with the gods’ assistance, I shall
.return a conqueror to thy arms. Would’st have
me stay ignobly here, and Troy’s proud dames
and warlike sons attaint my fame ? Bless thee.
my son; may’st tliou, when grown a mighty
chief, transcend thy father’s fame. Sweetwife,
bo resigned—thou knowest ’tis our part to sub
mit to fate, and if I return not to thee living,
then bo it thine to mourn—not now. .Fare
well.” - ' i • ' ; ■
In his fond arms ho raised her, and she wept
not then, but when he had gone fhrth in bis
manly beauty, she called around her the mai
dens of her train, and with them;wept, “the
living Hector as the dead.”
Irt Priam’s stately courts soon Hector stood.
■High on his throne his noble father sate, and by
his side Hecuba, the queen.
“ Whither goest thou, my son ?”. she chiod.
- ej go to battle,” was the chief’s reply.—
.“Father, thy blessing give, and mother, thine.”
■ At their feet knelt the warrior.
“ May all the gods protect thee, valiant son!”
the. grave old monarch cried. . -
. The stately queen her eyes upraised to Hoa
.Ten's blue vault, then said—f
Minerva,-hear—bo with my son this day,
’and bring him back victorious.”
BuMJieir prayers were vain.
’• • • « . H •
f'orlh to tho flght went Hector with glittering
Shield and (lashing spear. Ho saw not around
him the dead—ho heard not tho groans of the
dying. In his oyo a proud light shone as afar
lie beheld the mighty chief, Achilles. Onward
■ho came in his hnariial pride—onward came his
t thundering chariot —onward came the «inged
coursers, trampling in their proud indifference
the dying and tho dead. Onward ho came—in
vulnerable hero—struck by. a thousand darts—
{hey harmed him not. Death was in his hand'
-,—destruction ip bis careen
Galmly stood -Hector, awaiting his approach.
||L' tThen Achilles’ eyes fell upon- him. lightning
flashed from their depths., Few.were tho words
f’jp.'he spake—
m-, “ Prepare thyself for death I”
But Hector answered not—his spear ho tight
i :S r er grasped and firmer stood.
■ iC Achilles from bis chariot leaped and rushed
-upon his foe, as a whirlwind upon the sturdy
(forest tree. Yet, as the mighty oak withstands
■itho angry wind and totters not, so Hector stood
'•unmoved, and on his shield the blow was Spent.,
... , With all the force of his mighty arm, Hector
, (Ihop raised his spear and drove it fair; against
■*,|lho glittering helmet of his foe. But it glanced
f 3»way, and Hector’s arm fell powerless at his
side. His spear was broken. Then, terror
stricken turned tho Prince and fled. Three
•. 'times. around the walls of proud old Troy fled
, "Hector, by his foe pursued. At last the pods
with courage filled his soul again, and pausing
in his (light, ho.turned and drew.his sword, and
S®, on Achilles I jko a lion (lew. But high tho flam,
tng shield was raised, and thus received the
blow.- Then in the conqueror’a, hand tho bril
-1 Hunt spear was firmly hold,-and"with a god-like
ifMV’" -
ImerifW
BY JOHN B. BRATTON,
, VOL 45.
Dower ’twas driven into Hector’s graceful neck.
Down on the buttlu-fieid tho wounded warrior
sanki and to another land bis exiled spirit went.
Achilles then with vengeful hand the pros
trate body stripped,* and in tho sinewy ancles
bored a place; wherein strong cords ho fastened.
Then to his rolling car he tied them last, and
o?er. the ground.,unhappy Hector, drugged, hi.s
beauteous head low trailed upon the sandy
plain. Around the walls of Troy the conquer
or smote his steeds and thundered onward in'the
sight of all , ,
High on the walla; with giief-djstracted cries,
Priam and Hecuba flaw their son low hunibled
in the dust. With lamentations loud they rent
the air. and nil the city in their sorrow joined.
. Andromache within her halls, at length dia*
cerned the; melancholy cries, and to her maids
she said— ■ • ■
Arise and' follow me j what do I dear 7”—
Some frightful thing has chanced, some strange
disaster befallen Troy’s fair sons.”
. And forth she went, followed by her maidens,
till they came where Priam and Hecuba stood
lamenting wildly.' Too soon her eager eyes
fell oh the di.st-stained, bleeding form of her
heart’s idol dragged along the ground. With ;
one wild-shriek that seemed, to rend tho azure
skies above, Andromu.che'fell fainting, senseless •
to the ground, and lay as if no* breath of life
would ere again that pale and beauteous face
re-color with the flowing blood. Yet onward
sped tho victor, till tho clouds of evening sha
dowed all the plain. t
, A green-looking, customer observed a sign
hanging over a grocery store, reading thus:—
“ Wholesale and retail store.He worked his
way through the crowd ofladios and gentlemen,
until he got facing one of the clerks, who was
exhibiting some fine sugar to a youiig lady when
ho broke out with : • .
“ Saj', Mister, who’s boss here ?”
“ The proprietor has just stepped out, sir.*’
. /« Veil bo this a retailing shop
. The young man hardly comprehending gree
ny’s.thoughts, simply answered : ,
“ Ves'sir; a wholesale and retail store.”
“ Guess you-understand your trade.”
O, yes,” replied the clerk, wrapping up a
bundle for his lady customer, “ what can I do
for you.”* . ' :
“ Veil,” as the cold weather is coming on, I
thought 1 bought as well come and give you a
job.” . .
“I don’t understand you, stranger,” replied
the clerk, who began to think the fellow wus .in
the box.
“ Zactly sd; well I’ll toll you.” . . .
“Explain what you mean, ny.friend,” said
the clerk* as ho saw him produce a bundle from
under, his coat.
“. Veil as I said before, the co|d weather’s
coming on, I thought I mought ns well be fixin
for it. Como mighty near froezin* t’other win
ter,teU ye I did, but—” :
“ Stranger, 1 hope you will tell me what you
want'so I may servo you,” interrupted the
clerk, seeing there wore.a number of customers
waiting to be served, but who in fact, had al
most forgotten their errands in the rich conver-'
sntion between the clerk and his droll custo
mer.—
“Cartainly; squire,* cartainly, I always.do
tnjtlhurijy..and.iuat*aa qniclga3..th^.old
Old■ woatvt 1 IUU*IIH ytitl, A j-- a ,or'u*i CrsltT
these bid shirts ! Let ’em come down to about
the knees, kaso X don’t wear any drawers!”
The effect may, be.'imagined, but, as iho no
velists says, can’t bo described. The loud-burst
oi laughter-which followed, served to convince
the poor fellow he had. committed .himself, and
his long legs were put in motion at the rate of
2.40. '
The conductors of the London Punch -seem
tq know something about the: difficulties which
surround printers : —in which class-are embodied
publishers. We copy tho following paragaaph,
in order that our readers may see tho loasuna
blcness of the demands of the public upon mem
bers of the craft:
“How nice is this thing being a printer?. A
public servant, and withal a servant ot the devil.
A good natured fellow—must always smile
bow to everbody—must bo killing polite ,on all
occasions, especially to- the-ladies—must always
be a dear duck ot a man; always witty, always
dignified; must never do anything that would
not accord with the strictest sense of. propriety
of the most precise old maid, and must always
bo correct in everything hb does and says 5 he
is always expected to Jtdow-the.latest news, is
styled ‘muggins’ if ho is not posted; must
please everybody, and is supposed never to need
the one thing needful ( must work for nothing
and board himself; must.trust everybody, and
is thought a gieat boro if he presents his bill,
must be a ladder lor all political aspirants to
step into office, who very soon become mdo*
pendent, don’t owe him anything, consider the
Printer as best a sorry dog, who cannot expect
any belter treatment than kicksand cuffs,finally
summing it up, be is, expected to be,a “.man
without a model, and without a shadow.
How to Equip fob a Kansas Tbip.—A tra
veller in Kansas, who was evidently “ biisb
whacked” before, lor lie talks like an old west
ern pioneer, or a modern gold-minor, thus ad
vises all who intend making a Kansas tour:
“ My advice to all travelers is to take along
a small sacLof coake.d.piovitions. a good buK
tie of brandy to mix with the water, lor it is so
different—sometimes freestone, sometimes lime
stone, brook, branch, creek, river and spring—
that you’ll have thunder and lightning below, in
twenty-four hours, without it- Also, 1 a buffalo
robe or big blanket, with a box of matches, and
with yonr gun, get your meat camp out, have a
little bag of ground coffee and a tin cup; with
those you can travel from Jericho to Jerusalem,
and avoid the taverns and other annoyances,
otherwise-encountered traveling in now coun
tries. Boil or fry your meat, on the coals, use
b rk for a plate; if you have flour make up the
dough in a piece of bark, off a tree, (wist it
around a bending stick, stick one end in the
ground, while.the’dough end hangs over the Ore
nniil baked, and yon have a sweet biscuit. A
little bag will carry along all the articles neces
sary to be used, and you can squat down any
where, af any lime; turn out yourfeam to grass,
and’ become; in reality, “a squatter sovereign.”
The selfishness engendered by dwelling
in a large community, whore it is impossible to
sympathize with all, and each must look to his
own interest—and the suspicions temper created
by frequently detecting, imposition—above all,
the constant whirl of business and amusement,
particularly indisposes the mind to feel any in
terest in religion.' Again, the dread of singula
rilo makes many pious people try. to appear
like those around them—to carefully avoid
speaking on various subjects, and affect to boas
much engrossed by the plaything o! the minute,
as their neighbors, even when they have scarce
ly risen from their knees. These grow luke
warm in faith, while others gathering strength
from their weakness, openly make a jest of all
that is sacred.
A Mr. Jennings, of New York, says he
cmnlovs four men cons' antly to catch ms. and
he has obtained upwards of 3 000 from the As- '
tor JTouse. and 1.000 from the St.* Nicholas 1
■Hotel: and about the same number from the 1
New York Hold, nnd lots from Taylor s and a |
number of other hotels, lie supplies a great
number of cities of the United Stales will: the
animal. Baltimore alone being his' customer to
tho extent of about 2,000 per month;
A Hard Customer
The Printers.
A DOT’S TRIALS.
The Springfield Republican. lias.a capitalnr
tide on this silbject. Here are some of tbe ex
tracts:
• Hl3-UEGULATION3 WITH.THE “OLD MAN-”
We suppose that the first severe trial a boy
■has to undergo is to submit his will ; to the bid
man. whom he is taught to consider his father.
I To be restrained in donrs at night, to be for
; bidden to go in swimming five times a day, or
to be hindered from pinching the rest of the
. children just for fun',is an .interference with
: natur.il inalienable rights, every way; injurious
to the feelings. And then, when upon some
overwhe tiling tempmtion*. the boy asserts his
: independence of parental control, and'receives
a •tanning” with a switch;from a quince bush,
either upon his back or his bare feet, it becomes
really a serious thing._. We ■ never cou'd'see
that the smart of an operation like this was at
all assuaged by the affectionate assurance that
it was bestowed out of pute love.
SITTING IVITII THE GIRLS.
The next great trial of -that boy is to be
■obliged by a cruel master losil with ihe girls
at school. Tins usually comes before the de
velopemeut of those undeniable affinities which
in after life, would tend to make ilie punish
ment more endurable. To be poinied out as
“a gal boy.” to be smiled at grimly by the
master, who is so far delighted with his own
ineffable pleasantry as to give the little boys
license-to laugh aloud and 10 be placed by the
side of a gir who had no handkerchief, and no
knowledge of the use of tha. article, is, we sub
mit.; a trial of no mean magni tide. Yet we
have been there, and have been ob igcd to “sit
close” wi-h big Rachel. laughing and blushing
till we came to hath her name. We wonder
where the overgrown frowzy creature is now,
and what the condition of her head is-?
THE FIRST :I.ONG TAILED COAT.
We do noi believe that any. boy ever put on
his first long tailed coal without'a sense of
shame. He first twists his back hall off look
ing at it in the glass, and then when he steps out
of doors, it Seems to him as if all creation was
in a broad grin. The sun laughs-in the sky;
the cows turn to look at hjpw there are faces
ai every window ; his vedyshadqw mocks him.
When ho walks by the cottage where Jane lives,
he dares not look . up for his life.” The very
boards creek with consciousness of-the strange
spectacle, and the old pair of pantaloons that
slop a light in the garret window nod with .de
rision. If he is obliged to pass ii group of men
and. boys, the trial assumes its nibsl terrific
stage His legaget-.all mixed up wnh embar
rassment, and the nap of the dangling append
age is felt upon them, moved by the wind of his
own agitation ; he could hot feel worse were it
a dishcloih. worn as a badge of disgrace. It is
a fiappy time for hitiv when he gets to church
and sits down with his coal tails under him :
but he is still apprehensive with thinking of.
the Sunday school, and wonders if any of the
children; will ask him to, "swing his long tail
blue.”,,',
place after .boyhood has . passed away yei a
multitude takCrthe initiative before their,beards
are prescmable. ft is a great irial, .either to a
tender or a rough age.- ' For an overgrown boy
to go to a'dooi 1 , knowing that there are a dozen
girls inside, and to knock or ring with absolute
certainty that in-two minutes all their eyes will
be upon him. is a severe lest nf courage. To
go before the girls and make a satisfactory,
tour of the room yviihduf.-stepping- on their
toes, and then to sit down and dispose of one’s
hands without putting them uiro Hue’s pockets,
is an achievement of which few hoys can boast.
If a boy can gei so far as to measure off ten
yards of tape with- one. of these girls, and cut
it short at each end. he may stand a chance to
pass a pleasant evening, but ct him nor Halter
himself that all.the trials-of-the evening are
over. There comes at last the breaking up.
The dear girls dim their hoods, and put .on iheir
shawls, and look, saucy, and mischievous, and
unimpressible. as if they did not* wish any one
10 go home with them. Then comes the pinch,
and-the boy who has the most pluck makes up
to the prettiest girl, his heart in his throat, and
his longue clinging to the roof of his' mouth,
and crooking his elhnw stammers out the words,
r-Shall I see you home ?” She touches her fin
gers to his arm. and they walk home about a
yard apart, feeling os awkward as a couple of
goslings. As soon as she is safe inside her
own doors, he struts homo and, thinks he has
really been and gone and done it. Sleep comes
to him at last, with dreams of Caroline and
Calico, and lie awakens in the 'morning and
finds the doors of life open to him. and the pigs
sqnea'ing for breakfast. -,. ■
CONCLUDING BBFI.ECTION3
We have passed over churning and learning
the catechism because we are fearful of nm
king Ibis article (oo long..allhough we mighi
have talkyd of hiiner iliut would not be pur
snaded locome, and .perplexities of literary turn
of mind.’and a head that measured temi and
a quarter when asked what the chief end of
man was. Boyhood is a green passage in man's
experience in more senses than one. i t is a
pleasant thing ip think over and laugh about
now, though it- was’serious enough then.—
Many of our present trials are as ridiculous as
■ hose which now touch the’nsiblesin the recol
lection, and.when we get to the other world and
look upon'this, and upon the infancy of the
soul through which we passed here, we have no
doubt that we shall grin over the tria's which
we experienced when we lost our fori tines, when
our mills were swept away or burned, and when
we,didn’t get elected to the Legislaiure. Men
are bift boys of larger growth.
Fabrication of Diamonds.
One of the most curious sights in Paris is to
be afforded a visit to the east workshops of M.
Bourguignon, where the whole process of trans
forming a few. grains of dirty, heavy looking
sand into a diamond of the purest water, is
daily going on with the avowed purpose of de
ceiving everybody but.the buyer. The color
ing matter fur imitating emeralds, rubies, and
sapphires is entirely mineral, and has been bro't
to high perfection by M. Bourguignon. Many
operators are employed .whoso business it is to
polish the colored stones, and lino the false
pearls with, fish scales and wax : the scales of
the roach and dace are chiefly employed, for this
purpose. They mnst be stripped from the flesh
while living, or the glistening hue. so much ad
mired in the real pearl cannot be imitated.
• A PuitANTiinonsT Some few years ago,
Douglas Jorrold,ordered a brougham. On go
ing to his coach maker’s to look at it before it
before it was sent home, he spoke highly of its
beauty and finish, especially of tho mirror like
glossiness of tho varnish. “Ah,” said ho, “it
is unflecled by a speck now, but those back
pannels will soon havo their share of scratches
from the saucy urchins who indulge in grntui
lons rides behind.”
“O' sir,” replied the coach builder, “a row
3l spikes will effectually curb thhir, climbing,
tendencies.” , „
“Spike it not’’retorted the hum.mbswag.
“bolter a thousand scratches on my carrftige
tuan one on the band ot a foot-sove lad townoni
a stolon lift might bo a godsend.” '
“otm oouNTnr —mat it always bb bight—but bight ob wbono, oub oohntbt.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER .2,1858.
A mall may have wisdom and worth,
And humor and wit aphis call,
But what do these matter on earth,
If ho has not the wherewithal 1
His homo may oo eircietTwith friends,
: If he only beep up ;
But friendship soon changes and ends
If ho has hot the wherewithal.
Then seek for the wherewithal—
Make sure of the wherewithal,
For pleasure, like friemh-llip. soon ends;
If you have not the where withal.
The pubse is the dial whoso face
Shows best where the'sunlight doth fall;
He is always flr.it in the'raco
Who is tlrst witli I
Some say that the high can bo mean—
Some say that the gfegt can be small;
But trifles like these are; not seen,
If blessed with the wherewithal!
Then seek for me wherqjvithal—
Make sure of the wherewithal,
For pleasure, like friendship, soon ends.
If short of the wherewithal.
. '
Love smiles on the casement that shows
A picture within to enthral;
When gold’s in the heart of the rose,
There’s love in the wherewithal.
Yes. men may have wisdom and worth, :
And humor and wit atjthoir call,
But what do these matter on earth,
If they have not the wherewithal 1
Then seek for the wherewithal—
Make sure of the wherewithal,
For pleasure, like friendship, soon ends,
If short of the wherewithal.
Home! to,bo at the wish of the sea
man on stormy seas and johely watch—is the
wish of the soldier, and fender visions mingle
with the troubled dreams.'of the trench and ten
ted field. Where the jiaijh tree waves its grace
ful plumes, and birdsof jewelled lustre flash and
flicker among gorgeous flowers, the exile sits
staring upon vacancy; ft: far-away homo flies
upon his heart j' and horfio upon the wings of
fancy over intervening seas and lands he has
swept away to home and hears the lark singing
abi ye his father’s Held, and secs Ins fair-haired
boy, with light feet and bhiklish glee, chasifig
a butterfly jty his native stream.
. And in huffiest hours, home, his own sinless
home, a home with his father'above the starry
sky,!.wiil bo the wish of every Christian man
He looks around him j the world is full of suf
feting j ho is distressed by its sorrows and vex
ed, hb often turns his eye upward saying:—-‘I
would not live herb always; no not for,-all the
gold of the world’s mines.; not for all the pearls
of the seas; not for all tin! crowns of -her king
dom would I. live here; always. Likq a bird
about to migrate to those sunny lands where no
winter sheds her snows or strips the grove, or
binds the dancing-streams, ho will often bo
pluming his wing for ttiefbour of his flight to
glory."
; Marriage oL a; Girl.
■A CaUfornia ofonb of -piir ex
■ Last Tuesday Stakes -and ■
Miss Agatha MandevilloT.ihe latter well known
throughout the State as one of the-• Pennsylva
nians,” were married..- A .number of, friends
witnessed the ceremony; and the evening wore
away to the delight of all. All. did we say ?
No. not nil. The record of the same court tells
us of one who could not ‘give her congratula
tions to the good wishes of others , who could
not shy to the pair, peacS be with you; who
could not raise a hand to heaven and supplicate
a blessing .upon the union. - •
Born beneath a sky whose Warm breath kiss
es the liiv from the cheek, and makes the heart
the home of impulse and of passion, shodtnd
learned to love the bridegroom and had lavish
cd upon him the undivided aflectinnsof a sim
ple heart. When told that he,was about to be
married, reason left its throne, and she attemp
ted to destroy a life which frenzy whispered to
her wou'd be a burden too great to bear. The
design was frustrated, and she yielded herself
to calm and.rigid,despair, which looked out va
cantly from her fgarless- eyes, and blanched to
ashv whiteness the brown of her sunken check.
The evening of the marriage came. She could
not control herself. The thought was madden
ing Frantically she made her way to the house
in which the ceremony was being performed,
and in front of the door, with haif dishevelled,
reiit'the air with her screams until borne away
by officers of the peace. That one, at least—
the poor frail one—was not among the delight
ed Heaven help her ! let the lesson hoof
service to others. ,
A Cathedral in Havana claims the honor of
sheltering the remains of tile navigator. A re
cent traveller thus describes the place:
•‘A mural tablet in the choir, on which is a
bust of the illustrious Genoese in alto relief, in
forms the public that all thin is mortal of him
reposes there ; that whilst be .has left the coun
try he discovered, to bo the home of prosperous
millions, he bus made a voyage to a still more
distattl-land-from which no traveller relurns.-
Oueof the officials, who had an eye to busi
ness during ihe services, presented,me .with a
printed card, idling the story of, the hegi’ra of
these illustrious bones. Though Columbus
died at Valladolid, in Spain, his remains were
not permitted to rest there. They were first
transported to a Carthusian monastery at Se :
vill: negt they were remov'd across the seas to
St. Domingo, and finally dey were disinterred
and brought to Havana. Here in the Antilles,
with.which the discovery bus rendered his name
immortal, and has so intimtte connection, it is
fitting that his dust should repose. The land
which his heroism revealed to an astonished and
admiring, world, may well afford him enough
wherein to sleep bis long sleep. ’’
(£7= A modest young gentleman at a dinner
party, put the following conundrum : “ Why
are most people Who eat turkey like babies .
No reply The modesf min blushed, and would
have backed out, but finally gate this .reason:
** Because they are ford of Jhe breast. Two
middle-aged ladies fainted. 4od the remains of
the young man were carried out by the coroner.
O* A London writer says there is in that
city 4 a young lady from Baltimore, who is the
moat beautiful lady in the British dominions.—
She is the dream of the poqt, the bean ideal of
the painter, ihe unequaled heavenly mould of
the inspired sculptor. eyes reflect both
heaven and earth and arenndre brilliant than
either.” .The fellow must Ijo in 4 * luy.” ,
A person preaching a, tircßoriio sermon
on' ImpniucßS or-hliss, wheuno had done a gen
tleman told him ho had forgotten ono sprt of
happiness: n happy are they who did not hoar
your sermon.”
Politones is like an air cushion—thbro
may bo nothing in it, but it oases your jolts
wonderfully.
. DS^ - “I can't boar you,” us the sea said to a
ibiKy ship.
THE WHEREWITHAL.
The Blessed* Home,
The Ashes of Columbus.
1 o Inutffr.
The Earthquake. Panic in London.
There were, (in 1750.(.wi1d prophecies and
alarming convulsions of nature,, such as Eng
land had.yet Itille known. The first days in
February were as sultry ns the hottest days
June; thunder and lightning were frequent an
on the eighth day of the month the first shook
of an earthquake was felt throughout London
and Westminster. On the same daynu the
next month the inhabitants were awakened
from" their slumbers by their pillows rising,
their bells ringing, and a strange rumbling
sound ns of carriage wheels It was said that
Sir Isaac Newton had foretold that there would
be a great change.at this time, and had express
ed a wish that he could live to see the pheuom
ehon. As the second shook had occurred ex
actly a month after the first; it was affirmed
that earthquakes were now io be- periodical in
England i and anind life guardsman prophesied
that the next shock; which, was punctually to
take place od the Bth of April, would swallow
up ihemet.opolis. The. panic now became gen
oral. On the day before that Of the nnticipa id
calamity, the roads were crowded with the car
nages of the fashionable and ihe wealthy, tins
lemng out of the devoted capital. Seven hun
dretl and thirty coaches passed Hyde park Cor
ner that morning. Women made ihentsilves
flannel wrappers, which they called earthquake
gowns, in order to set up all night in the open
air. Not a bed could be procured in Windsor.
All the lanes and fields in the neighborhood of
London were blocked up wi.h carriages, carls,
and other-vehicles. Tull of people of all ranks,
waiting with treinbing anxiety until the dread-,
cd Ijour had passed They (.hen returned laugh
ing and exulting to ihe town, to resume, as
though their lives would never terminate, the
same pleasures, and the same occupations in
which thej- had.(or one moment been disturbed.
Life and limes of Edmund Burke.
New Weapon of Defence.
The London DiiM News after a hasty sketch
of modern-improvements in various kinds of
arms, describes a view weapon invented by
Charles Shaw. It sayl?: .
Seeing that we cannot rifle onr cannon, be
cause of the mass of metal we have th deal with
Sir Charles Shaw—the'author of the invention
which we now proceed to describe—proposes to
divide our cannon itself ns well as the shot.—
He replaces the he'd piece, cannon or howitzer,
by a row of rifle barrels, twenty jive in nimt
'her. These are necura cly placed on the st.n’O
level: each-barrel diverging slightly from the
central one so that the volley of rifle, bullets
discharged by the barrels will cover a width, of
about live yards at a distance of eight hundred
yards.' Sir Charles Shaw s rifle battery is in
deed a reproduction of Pieschi's infernal ma
chine, placed on .wheels, and made far lighter
and (ar more riianagableyhan a light brass nine
ppundergun.
This implement may, therefore, be regarded as
a rifled cannon, divided jnlo twenty live por
tiohs. as desUj|jto| hs: grape.or canmsler,,jhot
at
can reach. Conceive a battery of horse artilic'
ry with four of Sir Charles Shaw’s infernal inn
chines substituted for their guns, .What bat
tery of field artillery, what troop of horse. what
battalion of infantry could withstand I heir dead
ly shower of Jlinie balls ? Thecaniion or how
itzer requires nine men at least to serve it, and it
must be dragged by four or six horses : the rifle
battery requires but two men to load it. and one
to fire. It can be fired by one poll of the trig
ger, or in sections of twelve bairels at a time, as
may be expedient.
Nelson Lee's' Account of wliat lie saw
Among the Camanclics.
The Albany Knickerbocker notices the return
to that city of Nelson Lee, who was taken pris
oner by the Catnhnche Indians in 185 G. near
Eagle Pass, while on his way from Texas to Cal
ifornia ;
." Lee’s life was spared because the Indians
could not manage a repeating watch which he
carried The watch saved his life. In the Co
manche camp Mr.’ Lee found no less than 28 cap
tured white women, and some 30 or 40 chi Idren
A day. or two after he. arrived in camp, liter
massacred an English woman,, named Anna
Haskin, m a most cruel manner. They tied
her naked to a tree, and, in the presence of her
two daughters, Margaret and Harriet Haskin.
inflicted the most revolting cruelties , upon her
Before Mrs. Haskin was finally despatched, she
was tortured fwr nearly half a day, during
which time the Indians became excited wjth li
quor. and danced about her like so many de
mons. They took sharp pieces of flint and cut
her flesh in all possible.directions. Mrs lias
kin and her daughters were captured while on
their way to the Mormon settlement at Salt
Lake. The daughters s ill remain with "the
Indians. Their ages are 17 and 19. ' Lee made
his escape m the following manner. He was
accompanying the chief of the Oamanches to a
lodge some miles distant. During the tramp
they met a party of Indians t the Indians gave
the chief. a skin filled with liquor. The chief
drank of the spirits and became excited. Ar
riving at a creek he dismounted and stooped
down to drink At this moment Lee seized his
tomahawk, split his head open, and killed him
instantly. He then took the chief’s rifle, moun
ted the chief’s horse, and put for Mexico.—
When ho reachcd.Mextco he was completely na
ked, while his feet and legs were so swollen
from being cut by the cactus plant, that he
could go only some eight miles a day. ■ The last
hundred miles he did on foot, his horse having
died of exhaustion. The Mexicans treated him
very kindly, and gave him money and clothing
to reach'home. The clothes Jte now wears in
Albany, are those given him by the Mexicans.
A Thrilling Scene.—We learn from tlio
Philadelphia papers ihat Ihe wife of Mr. A. J.
Oalbrath. a lady about 28 years of age, recover
fd Some tithe since frotrra protracted illness, but
unfortunately, at the cxpensfcof a portion of her
reasoning faculties. Since her refcovery she has
insisted that the house in Third street whs
haunted, and has continually expressed a reluc
tance io continue in itspccupancy. Oh yester
day morning abput 4 o'clock, she arose noise
lessly from her bed and ascended to the garret,
where She at once attempted io raise the dormer j
window- In'doing this she made a noise which
aroused , her; husband. The husband rushed
hastily up to the stairs, but the lady had suc
ceeded in’ raising the window. As he rushed
forward and seized her by the clothing the un
fortunate woman had one foot upon the' cave
trough, and .Was alrepdy inclining her weight
oVcr the roof edge..' -A moment of frightful sus
pense had how arrived. 'l,'he life of ihe wpman
depended solely upon the grasp of her hiisjjand
and the strength of her drapery. - Thd’Tatter
gradually gave way. and the life of-tbe poor
woman hung as it were upon a ilifeatl. when,
by a sudden change of mbvcincnt, her husband
grasped.herby the hair, and thus was enab'ed’
to sustain her for a moment more, when assis
tance came to his aid and she was.saved, the'
badly cut by the broken glass. *) i
AT §2,00 PER ANNUM
About Bread Making.
j Ilow many of the young lady Rural readers
, are there who Can make a loaf of bread so that
; it will conic to the table wholesome and palala-
I ble # • Pooh.” some of'you will say, *• I am
; pot going to make bread—simp'e stuff as that
I is! Anybody can make bread !” Not so fast,
1 young Misses. No doubt you pride yourselves
! on making "splendid loaf cake,” and rich pas
tries. tor festive occasions, where you will re
ceive much praise for your efforts : but can you
make good bread—fiom the beginning to the
end of i.he process ? It is a comparatively easy
mailer to weigh certain specified quantities of
flour, sugar, butler, &0., and put them togeth
er, uid bake them. You work by rule, but
bread is made more by rote —of smaller or larger
quantities—and requires skill and attention,
and practice to enable you to produce the fine
grained,. beautiful loaf.
Some of you have probably made yeast, and
mixed bread, while ;Ma,’or the housekeeper,
or some one, was in the kitchen to refer to, as
to how much water and flour, or how hard to
mix. or how long to rise. &c., and consider
yourselves expert, and finished in the art. But
suppose Jin’ was sick, and the servants gone
- make such good bread that 'Pa'
would noi know the difference, or would .praise
yqu for its superiority ? Besides, would Pa’s’
favor be worth seeking? Perhaps the kitchen
girl is raw Irish, or reckless, and the ‘ daily
bread" is poor—mil lit to eat. Did it ever oc
cur to you 10 step'into the kitchen and soil
your fair hands by producing nice bread for
your parents, and brothers, and sisters, to cat
—and would their pleasure more than repay
you ? ■ _ ■
Some yoting ladies wi'l exert themselves for
company’s sake, but "cannot afford to bother
so much for only father and mother,” while all
the time they are mourning or moping because
father is no> ab'o to buy them a piano, or all the
flummery and gewgaws'they would like to put
ou and fftlrade 'o the envy of those less favored
And yet they do not know how to make good
bread, or boil a kettle of potatoes properly !
Why noi become skilled wi.h these more impor
tant ncconiplishmenis within your reath?-then
if, in process of time, you should have an op
portunity, you can learn the ornamental with
out neglecting the useful, team to make and
bake bread, for it is important to know that
dough is not bread tind there is more spoiled in
baking than there is made good, and it is the
most important point of bread making, to bake
properly. Learn to boil potatoes, to make a
good cup of tea. if any/and to cut and make a
shirt, and dress, before yeti [cry for a piano,’or
a carriage. And not only learn to do all these
things, biit do them gracefully, sweetly, pleas
antly. jcheerfully; for it is a mistaken-idea
that grace aiid ease does not very much add to
even domestic employments. If after dll this
you do not gel a sensible, accomplished-gentle
man the truest sense of the term,) for .a hus
band, we will institute an "investigating Com
mittee" to search into the causes, why. and
rwherefore.— A Parmer’S Wife in Rural N'cto
I York: ■ ' ••
V f -i
This, receipt.which'originated with us, and
lias now. had manyyears of trial, we believe to
be unsurpassed us a pickle. Nearly all the mo
dern receipts which have appeared in the agri
cultural journals,. an/1 worth anything, partake
in some instances almost identically, of the in
gredients’ and proportions set forth incurs,
which we first printed some fifteen or. eighteen
years ago. Souieof the receipts lately publish
ed, required a large amount of labor.'and are
not 10 be recommended. ■ At this period in, the
season, when farmers and others will soon be
putting down their winter's, and we may add.
their next year's supply of meat, it may be ol
seivice vo publish the icceipt, which is as fol
lows : ■
To 1 gallon of water,
Take H lbs. of salt,
. i lb. brown sugar,
4 oz. satipc re,
i uz- potash. ■ ,
In this ratio the pickle to be increased to any
quantity desired -
Let these be,boiled together ti l all the dirt
from the,sail am) sugar rises to the top and is
skimmed oft. Then throw the pickle into a
.tub to cool, and when co]d, pour it over your
beefor pork, to remain the usual time, say from
four to six weeks, accoiding to the size of the
pieces, and the kind of meat. ’ The meat must
Well covered with the pickle, and it should
not be put down for at least two days after
killing, during which time itshould be slightly
sprinkled 'with powdered saltpetre.
•Several of our friends,have omitted the boil
ing of the pick e, and found it Ip answer equally
as well. U will not. however, answer quite so
well. By boiling the it is purified for
the amount (if dirt which is thrown oil by the
operation, from the salt and sugar, is surpris
ing.—Germantown 2'cl.
Feeding Horses—A Common Mistake.
The practice of regulating the food of .horses
by the amount of. work they are required to
perform, is a good one. if properly followed.—
Forcsamplcw-horae-whcn.lying-coinparatjvely
idle, as in Winter should have less solid food
than amid Ihe hard Avo/k of Spring and Sum
mer. Again : if a liorso is about to be put ton
work of extra labor, ivjs well to mortify him
for it by a little beforehand;—
But the mistake we refer to ia Ihe practice of
over-feeding'him an hour or so-beforc pulling,
him to work* If an extra service is required of
a horse, on any particular day. and an extra
feed is to be given him, let him have it the eve
ning beforehand, rather than in the nYOrrting.an
hour or two before being put to work. Why
so f Because, if he i- put to work so soon af
ter eating, hi** food does not he coin o digested,
and he is obliged to carry about, with him a
large mass of undigested fodder, which is rather
a burden than a help to him. If he is well fc(J
the evening before. the fopd is assimilated—■
changed to.flesh and blood—ana sends health
and vigor through all the system. Asa gener
al rule, a working horse should be fed regular
ly, both as’to the time and (he amount.'
Pictorial Ballots Illegal. —ln Illinois,
by the nci of February 7ih, 1849. it is provid
ed that no ballot shall be received or counted
unless the sam'e is written or printed upon
white paper, without any marks or figures
thercun, intended to distinguish one ballot-from
another.'’ At the recent election, it is stated
the four Republican members of the Legisla l ufe ;
for Chicago were elected by ballotshaving upon'
the back an engraving I’indicating 1 ’indicating th&t they
were-Kepublican ballots'..
O" Why, dear me, Mr. Longshallow, how
can vou drink a'quart of l,hat fjifrd. cider at a
draught?” said an old lady. As'soon asthe
man could 1 breathe again, he replied : ‘ I brg
pardon, madam, but upon my soul it was so
hard I couldn't bite.it,,oil.”
.Breach op'Promise —The jury at Bowling
Green. Ky., in the rase of Miss Kay vs. Benj.
If Covington, for a hieaoh of,marriage prom
ise. have iijnU'i ed a verdict ol 84000 in favor of
j the plaintifi’. ’
\ . - '*
ET?" A high rent—a hole in the crown 61 your
chipeau. ■ '
■ Q"?- Tho more polished society .is tho less for
mality theto is in it. ■<
EE/” Nature is a pattern maid qf ail. work,
and does best when least meddled with, .
’ Qy True Worth, like thd rose, will, blush at
its own sweetness. • ’
DC?” Virtue is tho surest to longevity but vIcoV:
meets with tin early doom.
■ DE?” A good natured friend is olton an cnomy
in disguise. , ,
_ OS'* Business wbois tho appetite and gives a
rcllsb to pleasure. ' ' . - ■ '
EE?” Ninety clerka are employed in the Chi’,
engo Post Office.
NO. U.
E£7”[ During the month, of .September, 2,273
arrests wore made, by lliO police of Philadeiphjjy
EE?” Tim way to tost good bi)mor,.is-lq wakq
a man tip in the middle of tho flight antfaskhiiii
to. lend you ilvo dollars. :
EC?” It is gohoraMy considoretl bad manners
to order p paper to be stopped without paying
up all Arrearages. , ■
The apple crop of New Eflgland is said to bo
more abundant this year than ibr sovural years
past. -
EG” - Two hundred thousand pounds weightof
women’s hair is annually sold ip- France, and
the price paid for it is usually six cenWTan
ounce. .
EC?” Dr. Evans, the celebrated American den
tist at Paris, was special)} - sent fur.to attend tho
Caar of all the liussias at Warsaw, i . ?.
Cf?” If a Jdurnnytnan 'dycr can earn,two dof
lara a day by dyeing, ivliat should il-coSt hini to
licet
EC?” An old nian named'Daniel Hammett, re-■
siding in Cincinnati, was. burnt to death on,Sa
turday iycck, simply by the upsetting of a light;
dd candle. ' ‘ ■ . : . ,
The parent who would train UJ) a child in' N
(ho way ho should go, must go in tho way ill
which hq would train up the child.
EC?” Waiting for a railroad train Is only less
tedious and annoying than waiting fora train of
thought.
EC7" The less digriify a nian has, tho more ho
assumes; as tho boot which has the moat dirt
upqn’it needs tho most scraping. : ,
QW.Tho Federal Government owns 5*6 acrca
of land within the limits of the oily of Washing-:
ton, all free of taxation.
EC?” When, a man is ahvay/i sneering ut and
saying woman, it is a.snre
sign that he lias always associatedwith the most
degraded o( Hie sex. • -
. C 7” Why was St. Paul like a horse ? Be
cause he loved Tiniothy.
JT7* What was the difference between Shak-,
spearc and his sov.ererelgn ? lie was it ttofl-’
der; she was a Tudor. '
O* An .editor in Minnesota threatens. tt)
bnak up housekeeping, and go boarding With
his delintpient subscribers.
O* An exchange tells a story of a negro boy'
who fell into a hogshead of molasses, and won- .
ders if they lickedhim when they took h'im ouii
O” To converse with the spirits—lay a five
cent piece ph the table at a grog shop,,and
they’ll show'themselves quicker than you cad
say beans. J..? ; ■ .'-t.t"
(ty 3- A' dandy in Chicago bf nice 1 taste
es ins boo s with the oil of bergamot. : Hi?, id
first cousin to the youth who,sleeps ,op..a bet—-
made of sponge cake. ; . , i; : : '* ■
yo“"6 '<-bo
to a inminer for a boniK
make it plain, but at *’
| sit ip a conspicuous
. Boy,” saw
n. ,iutay lau, —will?
lioyrwhaf are you
lain'!"
[Cr - “ This worl
a priest to a culprit
was the prompt rep)
jections, I’d rather.
eer-'”
KIT"* “ I have been' to the. Capitol to see your
friends swear into o(licc,” said a. politician to
an opponent on ility evening of the fourth of
March. “ Yes, and I have been to see yourS
go swearing out.” ’ .
■, [O“An exchange.speaks of a chap with feet
.so large that whtrn it rains, or when he. wants
to get in the shade, he.,lies Sown on’ his back
and holds up one foot. ' tl fully answers the
purpose of an Umbrella.
O' “ Mister, give me back, my money
Them (ire crackers come alb to pieces the first
time I used’uin !” " Didn’t they go off-my
lad?” "Yes’in.’,’ Well, lol'a scc you dC the
same—bite him, Jowler!" Exit boy in haste.
O' The editor of the North Star h is beep to
Chicago, and thus states his impression; *;\Ve
don’t like the place—don’t like the way they
have of swidling a nian ohr of his fast half dol
lar, and then stealing his shirt.”
O'" So there’s another rupture;of Blount
Vociferous,” said ills. Partington, as she put
up her specs. the paper tells us about the
burning lather running, down, the mountain,
but Itdon’t tell how it got a fire.”
O' An old Carolinian once said.; .“ t was
born the last day in the year, the last day id
the month, the last day in the week, very late
in the day; and have always been behindhand!
[ believe it would have been fifty dollars in my
pocket if I had hot. been horn at all.”
O' A sturdy looking' 'man in Cleveland, a
short time since, while busily engaged in cowl
hiding a dandy who had moulted his
when asked what he was doing, replied : *• Cut
ting a swell.” and continued his amusement
Without-further interruption,
-O' The way .td.ffhich eastern., people raise
subscriptions is thus related : One of the chur
ches of New Bedford. Mass , wished to raise
the sum of $250, and at the morning service,
one Sunday, they appointed one of the influen
tial brethren to 1H upon a plan. In the inter
mission'. ho look a pencil, ami against
every member’s name the sum he thought ho
"Ought to give. At the close of the afternoon
service, he read the list, stating that if any one
had beta assessed to 6 mUch, of not enough, ftp
must spgtk. Suffice it to say, silence prevailed
in the assembly, and in ttf.een minutes the.sum
was raised.
As Item for Bovs.—lt is one of the beset
ting sins of the.ydnng luen of this extravagant
and indolent age, to endeavor to get rid of
work—to seek for'easy and laZy employment—
and the consequence is that many of them turn
out worthless vagabonds. Boys, avoid this
whirlpool as you would a plague spot; banish
from your bosom the dangerous desires to live
without work. Labor is honorable, dignified!;
it is the parent of health, Wealth and happiness;
look upOb it as an invaluable blessing, and nevr
er as a burden and a curse. - Shun idleness mid
sloth: pursue some honest calling, and btj not
ashamed to be useful.
By The following marriage is announced iu
the papers: Thomas Butler Chinn. Esq., of
the Close,* Litchfield, to Eliza Tippett ” A wag
who is always'on the alert, wrote the following
cOuplct on the union:
' “ Although the sun is sultry yet, >
The cold will soon set in : ,
And Thomas does quite right to get
• A tippet for his Chin.”
A.votiieu D'eatu Sentence in Baltimore.—
John Still-plums, alias Cyphas; colored, convic
ted ol the murder of William King, also; col
ored, in Baltimore, was sentenced, last Wednes
day, to be hung at such lime ns tho Governor
shall appoint. There are now thtoo persons in
. Baltimore jail under sentence ol death;
Facts Ifid Pihfcies.
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