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A JIOVIIEB’S LOVE.
•Wo lovo tho friends our hearts hold dear,
Our sisters and our brothers.
But most of all wc ought to loyo
.’ , Our dour dovotoil mothers.' ,‘
Although this world is dark and 1 drear,
-Its joys partake of sadness, •
Yet, now and then there will appear,
A hoam pflovo and gladness.
■A friend may lovo ns long and well,
And cling through joy and sorrow ;
ißat then .some evil ctirsod spoil
May chill his lovo to-morrow!
JButjiriuor than tho luyomf.friends/ ’
.'And-strong«rithan.all other,.
TThevpicootliavo-we aver know •
Is that of our dear mother.
A ,sister’s lovo is fond’and .true,
Aud full of tender fooling,
Appreciated by tho few/
Aud often unrovealing ;
.Blit doaror than a-sistor’s lovo,
, And fonder than all others,
-,Tho dourest, swootostlovo’ori earth
Js a devoted mother's. .»
*A brother’s lovo is firm and true,
A father loves us,longer;,
A wife's devotion greater still,-,
Aud her aifootion,stronger;
But dearer than those.loves combined,
Acd sweotor ihan all other,^
There is.no.loveas trait. and kind
As a devoted mother.' >
They toll that spirits hover round,
From evil to detain us; .
That friorids, whom once wo knew on’earth,
In.lXoavon may still befriend us;
But dearer hero than angol’s.loyo,
And purer than all others, 1 ..
The'love on earth wo,need the most,
Is a devoted mother’s.
’Then let us prize ear ’mothers mote,
■ While Liioy aro left to love us ;
And cherish in our'hoarts' their words.
If now they watch above us ;
Arid ne'er forget or, treat with, alight ;, ( j»
;.^uw«¥r v l‘ > »vy itbovcr ftll ot.htirA, . -r <•
•Which filled,-forevui; burning,bright,.' r
Tho hearts of dear mothers.
ffiistellanwmH.
Economy in A FAMinYi—Thoretis nothing
■which {>o69 so far towards placing young
people beyond the roach of poverty as'.econo
•iny in the management of househidd affairs.
It matters not whether a man furnishes little
or much for his family, if there is a continual
leakage in his kitchen or parlor; it runs
away, he knows net how, and that demon.
Waste cries ‘Morel’ like the horse-leeoh’s
.daughter, until he that provided has.nombro
■to give. v
It is the husband’s duty to bring into the
house, and it is the duty of tile wife to see
that none goes wrongfully nut of it. A man
gels a wife to look after his affaifs and. assist
him in his journey through life; to educate
.-.and prepare their children for a proper .sta
tion in life, and not to dissipate his property.
The husband’s interest should be the wife’s
care, and her greatest ambition to carry her
no farther than his welfare or happiness, to-;
gather with that of her children. This should
bo her solo aim, and the theatre of her ex
ploits in the bosom of Iter family, where she
may do as much toward making a fortune as
. she can in a counting-room nr workshop.
Ir is not the money earned that makes a
man wealthy—it is what he saves from his
earnings. Self gratification in dress, o,r in
- diligence in appeti te, or rtiofe co n pany .than
his purse can well entertain, are equally
pernicious. The first adds vanity to extriiv
.aganoo, the second fastens n doctor’s bill to a
long butcher’s account, and the latter brings
intemperance, the worst of all >evtls,. : in lits
train. ’4'" . "
Budding it in:— The following trick was
recently played in New ;—A jeweller
who shall he nameless wns.-lately applied to
by.a nice looking .yp ] ung,,ma,n to .make him a
.gold ring,,having in, it a blade very delicate
.' and- keen, copcckled, except iin.a uaprow poru
; tiny, and opening with a spring. -The jew-:
■eller agreed to .furnish it for thirty dollar's. —
‘On the appointed day the purchaser appeared
and paitl the stipulated price, whio.h was
■fobbed very complacently, and with.an.air of
high satisfaction put.it op,flis finger. The
jeweller of. course, very innocently, asked
what he-wanted to do with such a ring.—
‘‘Cut open pockets with it,’ was the frank ro
iply. ' ‘ Ah,!’ said the jeweller, doubtless in
.■■amazement, * how can you du such things as
'that,noth such an instrument, and not be de
fected?’ The performer replied his art con
sisted in diverting the attention of people
.drum everything that looked like iv design
upon them—that ho rubbed his forehead, ad
justed his. hat., etc.. And that discovery, capm
'Jtoo lata. .lie then,bade him good morning,
- : nud,,w,ent away. Shortly after, the jeweller,
ias ho walked round behind the counter, was
-thus accosted by the clerk: ‘ Why, what is
fhe matter with your pantaloons? How did
.you tear them.so?’ ‘Nothing, that 1 know
■'of,’ was the answer, ‘where?’ ‘-.Why, just
souk!’- When lu.l bis pngket ,was found to
•be out by the artist, with bis new instrument,
land his pocket-book gone, with not only thir
ty dollars .just paid, flm'of'bcut four hundred
beside 1 the last.pe?n oftho jeweller ho was
in search of a detective in the hope of recov
ering his money.
DZ7' A Quaker, intending to,drink,a glass
'of water, took up a small tumbler of gin.—
lie did not discover his mistake until ho got
■ behind the door and.swallowed the dose, when
I'fted both hands and exclaimed ; ‘Verily,
•J have taken inwardly the balm of the
■world’s peonlo 1 What will Abigail say
when she Boudin my breath V
, A. young man, in conversation one
■ evening, chanced to remark : “ 1 am no
prophet," “ Trno,’’ ropliod n lady present,
■Wo projit to yourself or any ono else.”
Nature and Old Age.—l love the country
ns I did when n little child, before 1 had ad
mitted into my heart that ambition which is
the first fierce lesson we learn at school. Is
it partly that those trees never remind Us
that we are growing,old ? Older than wo are,
their hollow stems are covered with rejoicing
leaves. The birds build amid their bower
ing branches rather than in the lighter shade
of tho sapling. Nature has ,no voice that
wounds the self love; her coldest wind nips
no credulous abaction; She alone has the
same face in our age ns in our -youth. The
friend with-whom we once took sweet coun
sel We .have left in the crowd, a stranger—
perhaps a foe’! The woman in whose eyes,
some twenty years ngo,a paradise seemed to
qpen.io the jnidst ol adallenworld, we passed
the other day with-a rigid how. .-She ware
ropge and false hair. -But'those wild flow
■ers under tho hedgerow—those sparkles in
the happy , waters—no friendship has gene
from them.!, Their beauty has no simulated
freshness—their smile has no (fraudulent de
ceit. But there is a deeper truth than all
this, in tho influence which nature gains on r'
us in proportion as life withdraws itself fiom
stmiggle.mid contention.
Wo are placed on earth fora certoin pe
riod, to fulfill, according to our several con
ditions and degrees of mind, those duties by
which the earth’s histi ry is carried nri.—
Desk and warehouse, factory and till, f rum
and senate, schools'of science and arts, arms
and letters—by these we beautify and enrich
our common habitation ; by these we defend,
bind: together, exlihlt, the destinies of our
'common race: And during this period the
mind.is wisely fitted less to,’contemplate than
to act—leas to, repose than to toil.. The
great stream of worldly life needs attrition
along its hanks in order to.maintain tho law
■that regulates the-movement of its waves.—
But. when that period of action approaches
towards its close, the soul, for- which is de
creed an existence beyond tho user of earth
—an existence aloof from desk, and ware:
house, factory and till, forum and senate,
schools of science and art, arms and letters
—gradually relaxes its hold; of- former, ob
jects ; .and, insensibly perhaps to itself, is
attached nearer toward the divine source of
nil being,-in Hie increasing witohcry,by which
natiirej-diolinct from man, reminds it of ,Us
independence of the crowd from which it bo-,
gins to re-emerge: And, in,connection with
this spiritual process,.itiis-notieeftblo how in
tuitively in ago we turn with strange fond
ness to nil that is fresh in the earliest dawn
of youth. If we never pared for little child
ren before wo delight to see them roll in the
grass over which we hobble on crotches,—
The grandsire turns wearily from his mid
dle aged,..careworn son, to listen with infant
laugh to tlie prattle of an infant grandchild.
It is the old win plant young trees ; it is the
old who Are most saddened I,y the autumn,
and feel most delight in the returning spring.
Ami, in the exquisite delicacy with which
hints of,the invisdUlC.-eterrial future are con
tveyod to.us, ma-y-roit that: instinctive, sy.mpn-.,
1 1iy; with whidw "'llFc run;iitn’ its cornolctinp;'
circle toward’ trie point at which it touches
the circle of life winding up to meet it, be a
subtle imagination that, from such point of.
contact, .youth will spring torch again ? r-
Alay there he no ’moaning , more profound
than the obvious interpretation in the snored
words, !* Make yourself as little children, for
Kiinh is the kingdom of heaven V’—liuhcer
Lytlon,4<l Jilackwood’s Magazine.
■ A Bear Storv. —At the first settlement of
Vermont, three young men left their, houses
in Massachusetts, with rifles in hand, and
bought each a tract of land, side bv side in
the wilderness, , They erected a log hut, and
agreed .to live together, and workiirst on one
and then on the, other’s farm alternately.—
After a few months harmonious action one
of them became dissatisfied, and won Id not
longer work on the other’s land.. Thus they
continued some time without any thing to
interrupt their course.
One day the two that wore nt.woijt togeth
er wore surprised at the sad outcries of-the
one working by him.self. Tney grasped their
rifles and flew to t)ie relief of their comrade ;
but when tboy.oainc in sight of such a ludi
crous scone as presented itself,to. their gaze,,
it was sometime before they could restrain
.train biugflpg sufficiently to hold their rifles
with a steady' hand. This man was at work,
having placed his rifle against a tree some
little distance oil, when a largo bear came
between him and bis rifle and attacked him.
Finding that there was ho' time to lose, he
.made lor the nearest sapling which was too
slender for. his weight, and it bent'over like
a how, which brought him in such a position
.that he had to hold,on both with his feet,and
hands and the bent part, of his body, .which
was covered with buckskin bung .down.with
in reach of the bear, when he,stood op his
hind Jogs, and with a stroke.of ,his lore paw
set him in.a swiiigingAnotiou..
The hqar very .patiently set on his,haunch
es till he became inure steady and would
then give him another blow, and the same
result would follow ; hut his claws did nip
penetrate the buckskins, au.d the flesh was
noMiorn.
After the two bad indulged .in a hearty
laugh, they drew up their rifles and stretched
po .r 'bruin on the ground.
. 'They united again and worked together
afterwards.
The Oldest Continent. —Prentice, of the
Louisville Journal, is occupying himself arid
instructing his readers, by writing a series
of geological articles. We extract the fol
lowing paragraph from his last essay. Corn,
mending Sir Charles Lyell’s new work.be
says:
The intelligent reajior piqy ijearn t,a6
North Au)6rio,an?Contipent was the first dry
that rose above the waters. There are
op -this continent many regions that were
geologically very ancient, at the very time
numerous places in Europe that are hoary
with historic age were not.yet born from the
womb of waters. When Europe and Asia
were not continents, but represented only by
a few islands, consisting of what are now
tfceir pipan,tain peaks,, soatfeivd oyer ,-p. vast
expanse^f, bagan;;..wji(jn ipf. vEtnn .wps yet
unlormed, and the Island; of -Sicily wps etiil
hurled beneath the Mediterranean-; when toe
Atlantic scabofd; back to. the Appalachian
•Mountains, and the Valley of the Mississippi
up as far yet bepeath the
ocean, there were roaming among;tho Man
vats Torres, of Upper Missoiri, in the midst
of profuse vegetation, some of the strangest
animals that have over gladdened the mind
of a naturalist. -They became extinct before
the era of the mastodon and elephant, and,
they differ net only-from all living species
but from all fossils obtained,from oontompo
rauoeous geological for(natlpna elsewhere.
jjgy The remedy of to-morrow is too-late
for the evils of to-jjay.
O* All things arc soon prepared in a well
ordered,store.
“OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS Bj^RI&IXT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY.’’
Village Wedding in Sweden.
1 will endeavor to describe n village wed
ding in Sweden. It shall ho in summer
time, that there may ,bo flowers j and in a
.Southern province, that the bride may bo
fair.. The early song of the lark and of the
chanticleer are mingling in tho clear niorm
ing air, and the sun, the heavenly bridegroom
with golden locks arises in the east, just as
our earthly bridegroom, with her yellow hear,
arises in .’the south. Jn tho yard there is a
«nu.d of -voices and trampling of hoofs, and
horses are saddled. The .steed that is to bear
the bridegroom has a bnneh of flowers upon
his forehead, and a garland of corn - flowers
.around his neok. .Friends .from the neigh
, hialng,farms,cnme.Tiaiug.in, ithefl*.blue.clunks
.streaming in tho wind.; and finally the hap
py -bridegroom, with a whip in his bund and
a monstrous nosegay in the breast of his
black jacket, comes forth from his chamber;
and then to horse and away towards the yil
Inge, where tho brido already sits and waits.
foremost rides the spokesman, followed
by some half dozen village Next
comes the bridegroom between, his .two
groomsman, nrid then forty or fifty friends
and tho wedding guests, half of them, per
blips, with pistols and guns in their bands.
A kind of baggage’wagon brings up the rear,
laden with food and drink for those merry
pilgrims. At the entrance of every village
stands a triumphal arch laden with flowers,
and ribbons, nod evergreens ; find ,03 they
pass beneath it, the wedding guests fire a sa
lute, and the whdle procession stops; and
straigh t from every pocket'-flies a black jack
filled with, punch or brandy. It is passed
from hand to hand among tho crowd ; pro
visions are hruudht. from the wagon; and af:
ter eating and drinking, and hurrahing, the
proedssion moves forward again, and at length
draws negr the house of tho -bride.. Four
heralds .ride forward -to- announce that a
knight and hls’aftendants are in the neigh
boring forest, and pray for hospitality. * How
.many are you.?''Asks the bride’s t'other.-
‘ At least three hundred/ is the answer; and
,t > tilin' thejhride,replies, ‘ Yus, were you seven
times ns many, you should all be welcome,
arid in', token thereof receive this cup.’—
Whereupon each herald.receives a can of ale,
and soon after tho whole jovial company come
streaming into the farmer’s yard; and riding
round tho May pole which stands in the cen
tre, alight amid it grand salute, and flourish
of music. ' 1
In the hall sits the bride with a crown up
on her head and a tear in'her eye, like the
'Virgin Mary in old church paintings. :She
is dressed in a red -boddicc and kinle, with
loose linen sleeves, There is g .gilded holt
around her waist. and around herneek-stripgs
of golden beads and a gdl Jen chain. On the
crown rests a wreath-of wild roses, and be
low it another of cypress. Xsmso over her
shoulders fnUsdter.flasen hair, and her blue
innocent-eyes.'are fixed on live ground. O
thou good sonl 1 thou .hast hard hands'liut a
soft heart! Toon art poor. . ’five yevy-ovjpx -.
.nidtits ’tliiVu hot thine. The bles
sings of heaven be'upon tbco I So' thinks
the parish priest as he-joins .together the
hands’of tlio bride-and bridegroom, saying
in a deep solemn tone, ‘T give thee in mar
riage'this damsel to he thy wedded, wife in'
nil honor, to share the half of thy bed,-thy
jock and key, and every third penny which
you two may posess, or rjiay inherit; and adl
,the rights which Uhland laws provide, and
the holy king B'ris gave. .
The dinner is served, and-the bride-.sits
between the bridegroom and the priest. The
spokesman delivers an oration, after the cus
tom ot his fathers. Ho it well
with quotations from the Bible, and invites
the Savior-to bo present at the marriage-feast
as he was present at' the marriage-feast ot
Cana of Galilee, The table is not sparingly
set forth. Each makes a long arm ; and the
feast goes cheerily on. Punch and brandy
pass round between the conrsivs,'and hero,
arid there,,n pipe is smaked .while wgitipfi'fur
the past disJ). Yl'lief.nit .lopg gt the table;
h.utj>s all things must-have an,end, so must
•a.Swedis.h dinner.- Thonthe dance begins.
,lt is led off by the bride and tire priest, who
perform a sole.mn,.minuet together. Not till
midnight cornea ,-the just dance. The girls
form airing, ro.qn.d the, bride, tojteepdier Irani
the ‘hands ,of the .pjarried women, wdio en
deavor to break through the magic circle and
seize their new sister. - After a long strug
gle they succeed; and the crown is taken
from her head and the jewels from her neck
rind her boddieods.pnlaced and her kirtle ta
ken p.ffViitnd like a vestal virgin, elad all in
white she goes, but it is to her marriage
chamber not to her grave ; and the wedding
guests follow her with lighted candles in their'
hands. And this is a village bridal. —Lonff
■Jelluw.
An Item for the Home Ciiici.f. —Sopihndy
says, and truly ton, that there arc few families,
anywhere, in which love ia not abused ns fern:
lulling the license fur impoliteness. A hus
band, (tuber, or .bruthei, will speak harsh
words to (hose he loves-best, simply because
the security.of love and family pride keeps
him from getting his head broken. It is a
shame that amnu will speak more impolitely,,
at times to his wife or sister than he would
to any other female, except alow vicious one.
It is thus that the honest affections of a man’s
nature prove to he a weaker protection to a
woman in thefamily circle than the restraints
of society, and that a woman usually is in
debted fur the kindest politeness of life to
those not belonging to her own household.
Things ought not to he so. The map who,
been use it will not he resented, inflicts his
spleen and had tripper r ppnn those .of Ins
heqrtstone, (s a snip.!! crowd,and.e, very mean
.jnaii. circulating mediums
between true gentlemen nod ladies at home,
and no polish exhibited in society can atone
for thb harsh language ami disrespectful
treatment too often indulged in between those
bound together by God's own ties of blood,
and the mure sacred bunds of conjugal loao.
A Battle Incident. —At the kettle of
Monticello, Kentucky, a soldier of the Qluo
Regiment, who waa
the ,elose of,the .-day on puf;loft,
alibis qaps.ppd ppked a man by his side to
let-him hpve .a part of dus, -;The reply wae
Unit he had no more than he needed for him--
self. AVith that a poor wounded rebel; no
doiibt a conscripted. Union man. exclaimed ;
‘ Buys, I’ve got caps,’ and running his feeble
hand into his pocket, pulled out what he had
and handed them to the Federal EoUlier.
‘Now, hoys,’said ho, ‘ can’t you give mo
some water?’ Unfortunately, their canteens
were emptv, and they had none to give.—
‘ Well,’ ho’oxclaimnd, ‘ won’t you raise up
my head and place something under it for it
seems too low?’ In the midst of the fight
the soldier raised up the dying man’s head,
and made him as comfortable as he nould,
then went on ia the discharge of his duty.
[Py-Beware of women who seem very
sweet. Dealers in candy are not always can
did.
CARLISLE, PA.,
iET ME.”
a moment have
ptatloris besot roe.:
o.d'ear little rubiosyou raised,
rid be if you’d—lot mo.
‘or what I have done,
sworn to forget .tpo -;
ptiUioa too pouting to shun,
Doubd not ,hut —let mo.
When your lips wUh«quivQr came close to my cheek
Oh, think how hojStehing it mot mo ;
And plain ns .tbo.oy&ora Venus could speak, .
•Yoar.oyos soomod|o say you would—let mo.
Then forgive the traSi?grosBion,nnd hid mo remain ;
■ For, in truth, ifl gf' .you’ll regret mo ;
Then, oh, let rao try/jliO'transgressioii again,
And i’ll do all if you—lot mo.
. ANSWEII% I’LL LET YOU.”
If a kiss bo doligbtfijfe.sn-terapting my 'lips .. -
That a-thousand besot you,
I vow by tho nectnr|ffiit-Jupßor.sips,
On certain- you.
If you swear by my eh&rms that you'll evor bo true,
And. that no other jjamsel shall get you/;
By rlio stars that that summit of bide,
■ Perhaps, air—perhaps; sir-.—l’ll let you.
If not urgcdAiy a passion as floating, as wild/
That makes all tbovnrtuoa forget you,
.But atTcction unsullied, soft, fervent and mild,
You ask fora indeed, love-riUetyou.
Tlic Agt’fof o«r Enrlli.
Among the astounding discoveries of pmd
ern science, is that uf the immense jieriifils.
that have phased in-the gradual formation of
the earth. So vast was the cycles of the
time preceding even the. appearance of man
on- the surface of .our globe, that our period
seems as yesterday'when cum pared with the
'epochs that havegikie before it. Had n-o on
ly ,the .pvidaueeAf'the,deposits of rocks heap
ed above each other in’ regular strata by the
slow accumulation/ of materials, they a’lone
w-ould-convince us uf the lung,and slow matu
ring of God’s work, on earth; hut when. we.
add to these the/successive populations of
whose life this world has been the theatre
and whose remains are, hidden in the rotpks
iuto which the mud or sand, or soil, i r what
ever kind on. which: they lived, has hardened
in the course of ti»ii’Av—or tlie enormous
of mountains, whose upheaval divided these
periods of accumulations by.great convul
sions—or the different nature in the quiet
.cuuflgpnitiu.ris.ilf oar globe, ns the sinking of
.{puds,beneath- the .ocean, ortho gradual ri
sing uf.continents and islands above ; or the
slow growth uf the coral reef’s, whose 'wonder
ful sea,walk’s, raisej by the little ocean ar
chitects, whose o\vi» bodies "furnish both the
building’stone nmlfraeiiiont that binds them
.together,.arid who iavo worked so busily du
ring the long centuries,, .that their extensive
countries; mounlaii.ichains, islands,and long
lino’s of CliAsU.’-fiAiptlniA.rojc
’iiiiiiiih-(-ur 'irro,';/w'n^b ;^.foi '6sts. that.. havS;
gi-evvn up, fiuuri'sliqd sutd (le’cayed, to fill the
stm-cliouscs of coal.,' yVc‘l..feed tlie fires ”of the
hiiman nice—-b 'wc eflmilder.pU these records
of thev. (last,' the intellect fails to grasp a
clironulogy ot’o h ichour experience furnishes
ho data, ami time that lies behind.us seems
.as niuolt nri eternity to our conception, ns tjie
luture that stretches indefinitely hefuro.ps.
Dining-Houses fob the Million.— ln the
city of Gluscuw an example worthy of very
general imitation has born set, in'providihg
new eating-houses jvhevE.cheap meals of ex
cellent food e,an : ho obtained .hy ineehauies
and laborers and others. These have been
Called,MCitehens for the Million.’ , They are
simply public dining-rooms like our restau
rants, where a wholesome and substantial
meal can be obtained for four pence sterling
—about eight cents. Those are not charity
institutions nor common soup-kitchens, but
healthy commercial enterprises—a great im
provement upon-old-fashioned dining houses
in supplying mechanics with' pitla able anf
cheap meals, and yielding the proprietors a
bantlsoino pr ofit. The fame of these cheap
eating establishments having reached Don
don, a correspondent of the London Times
paid them a ;visit,i.und vvritesjn high terms, pf
their .management, lie says: -'JSxfc four-/
peiioe;h.alfpei|uy ;I got a pint pf pea soup, a
'plate of. hot minced .oollpps, .{minced heel
steak, stewed,-) a plate of potatoes, and half a
pound of broad. Mr. Stirling, a wealthy
gcMtlcnnui of ,Keir, got for the same sum a
pint of brut|i, a pl.a.ie ofeold beef, a plate of
potatoes, and a slice of plum pudding. Al
terwe had thus dined, we called, in passing
through the lower room, for a cup of coffee
and u slice of bread and butter, and were
supplied, on paying two-pence, .with a large
,cup of coffee and ,mi|ki end four ounces of
.bread, butter, &c. The remarkable feature
of this entertainment was that every article
was of the best Better broth, soup,
potatoes, and meat are not to bo had in any
club in London than in these Gluseow dining
rooms. At no railway station that I have
over stopped at iii Great Britain are suuh cof
fee, milk, bread and butter over sold at all. 1
These cheap dining rooms, of which there
are several in Glasoovv, have been undertaken
by ft company, and the cooking is all per
formed-in a special central department un
connected with the dining rooms, where ( ' lO
food is kept warm for the cnstopiors. ,The
dining rooms are spaoigus, very, clean and
neat,.and each presidedgyer'by a matron.who
superintends tjie serving out of the rations.
The waiters lafe all girls, dressed in short
vvjiito linen sacks, dark skirls, and their hair
.onnlined in nets. Everything around the ta
bles—knives, forks, eppuns, plates and wat
ers—are kept scrupulously clean. No beer,
wine or spirits of any kind can be bad, but
good coffee, soup, tea, and refreshingly cool
water. The prices of provisions, coffee, su
gar, etc., in Glascpw are about the same as
those in Now Turk, but house rent and city
taxes are much lower.
The Doctor Knob's. —An amusing thing
occurred in the 24th Ohio. few days.sinße
a soldier, in passing to the lower part of the
onqan)pment, saw! ; o others front his compa
ny’,miiltioga rude coffin, ,|le inquired who
it was for. ' ,
* John Bunco,’ said the others.
‘ Why,’ replied ho, ‘John is not dead yet.
It is too bad to make a man’s coffin when you
don’t knuwif he is going to dio or not.’
‘.Don’t you trouble yourself,’ replied the
others. ‘.Dr. Con told us to make his coffin,
and I guess he knows whal lie gave him.’
The roots of some catch on the centre
of the earth, and blossom oyer a cottage door
in sight of .heaven.
BSP There is nothings') sad as the slave of
despondency when he attempts', to dance in
the chains of rhvme.
O” Why is a lover like a tailor? Because
he presses his suit,
'IIURSPAY, JULY 3
io, mi
.Sorrel Horse Question.
Some years since, when the State of Mis
souri was considered. ‘ Far ’West,’ there lived
on the bank of tho river of the same name of
the State, asubstantial farmer, who hy years
of toil, hud accumulated a tolerable pretty
pile of castings, owing, ns he said, principal
ly to the fact that he didn’t raise much ta
lers and unyuns, but right smart of corn.
This farmer, hearing that good land was
much cheaper farther south, concluded to
move there. Accordingly, ho provided his
eldest son with n good sorrel horse, and a
sufficiency of the heedful to defray his travel
ling arid contingent expenses, and instructed
him to purchase two hundred acres of good
land, at tho lowest possible price, and return
immediately home. The next day /ferns
started for Arkansas, and lifter an absence of
some six weeks, returned home.
‘ Well, Jeepis/ said tl(B old mpn, ‘ flow’d,
you find land in Arkansas?’
„ ‘ Tolerably cheap, dad/ • . . I-v,
did you-?’
‘ No, not one)-two hundred/
* How much money have y.pu got left!''
. ‘Nary red, dad/
‘Why, I, had no idee travelling was so
’sponshe in them parts/ -
1 • Will, jest you try once, and you’U find
out, I reckon.’
">i-Wul, never mind that, let’s hear ’boutthe
Ipnd, an,—but war’s jure boss?*
‘ Vt iiy, you see, dad, ns X- was going nlong
one day,— ’
- ‘But war’s yurehossf
‘ You hold on, dud, an* I’ll tell you all
about it. You see, I wasagoiti’ oue day, an’
bimeby I met a feller as said he was agoin’
along my . way tu/
‘ Bat war’s j/iire boss?’
‘ Hum my hide, if you don’t shut up, dad,
I’ll never git to the boss. Wal, as we wits
both going the same way, me on’ this'feller
jined company, and ’bout noun wo bitched
our critters, and sot down aside.uv a brunch,
and went tu oaten’ a snack. Alter we got
thru, this feller says.to me, ‘Try a drap of
this ’.ere red-eye 1’ ‘ Wal, I don’t mincT/ sez
‘ But wJtar's yure hoss f‘
‘Kumtnirig to him bimeUy, dad. So me
an’ this feller sot thar, sorter torkin and
.drifikin, and then he se?, ‘.Stranger Jet’s pl-ty
a little game of- seven ,up/ tekin' out of bis
pooketagreasy/roun’ cornered pack of car/e.
‘ Don’t kqer if I do/ sez I. So we sot up
side of a stump, and kuin.tpencetl tu bet a
quarter up, an’ I tell you T'wus stayin’ him
orjul.’ •
‘ But tear’s yure Jtoss ?’
‘ Kummin’ tu him, dad. We was six and
six/an’ ’t\yas his deal— ’
• Will you tell me war’s yure hpss sgid
tho ultj man, getting riled..
1 Yes, wp was six an’ six, an’ he turned tip
.the ■Jack,’
1 War's yure 'hess ?' ■
. ‘•Tho stranger' won him; a iumitWjup ~lhclt
Jack.’ ' ’ ,
(C/* .A curious scene occurred on the cars
of the .Little Miami Jlailroad'the other day.
Some gentleman on the train; it.seems, had
a device cut out of one of the old fashioned
cents, representing the very Goddess of Lib
.erly. A very pompous and burly.fellow, with
a flashy vest, and an inordinate amount of
jewelry,'took offence at’the’device, whep the
following eonflab ensued:
jPompous Chap—' What in lI—I are you
Wearing that copperhead emblem for ?’
Gent— ‘ Will you answer me a question V
Pomp. Chap— 1 Yes/
Gent— ‘ Ain’t you an army contractor?’
‘ Well, suppose J aim’
. ‘ Ain’t you an .Abolitionist?’.
‘ Yes, dyed in the wool.’
‘ Haven’t you always sung let, the South
slide?’ ...
‘Dam ’em, they ought to have been in h—l
long ago.’, . ..
‘.Don’t you now sneer all the time at the
.Constitution of the United States?’
‘ Constitution be d——d ; this is no tim,e
to talk about Constitutions,’
1 Well, continued the gentleman, do you
overwear any of .these emblems?’ pointing
to the devicel
. ‘Ng, by !’ said the flashy contractor.
‘Then, sir,’ said the jjentlelpaii,.' it is to'
distinguish myself from such arrant hypo
crites, money leeches, pud suonndrels as you
that I wear this/
The'people in the car fairly roared, and
the crest fallen negro worshipper and Treas
ury pimp got up from his seat and went into
another cur.
/■Served him right.
C3f”A few days since a gentleman, being
beyond the limits of his neighborhood, asked
a negro if the r„ud he. was traveling led to u
certain place. Coffee gave 1 the required iu
lormation, but seemed curious to know who
the stranger was, as well us his occupation.
For the fun of the thing the traveler conclu
ded to humor Ebony a little, and the follow
ing dialogue ensued:
‘My name is , and as.to the business
I follow, if yon are at )ill,nmart.yon can guess
tlinc from my .appearance. ,Can’t you see
that J am a timber gutter ?’
‘ No, boss, you no timber cutter/
‘ An overseer, then V
‘No, sir, you no look like one.’
‘ What say you to my being a doctor ?’
‘Don’t think so, boss—doy don’t ride in a
sulkcy/
‘ Well how do you thitik I would do for n
preacher ?’
‘ I softer specs you is dat sir/
* Pshaw, Cuffeo, you are a greater fool than
I took you fur. Don’t 1 look mure like a law
yer than anything else ?’
‘ No siree, Bob, you don’t dat/
‘Why Cuffeo?’
‘ Why, now you see boss, I’s boon ridin’
wid you for more’n a mile, an’ yog baiu’t
.cussed an’ a. lawyer iihyays cusses/
■lnfi.uen.oe qf MotgEßS.—John Randolph
never ceased, till his dying day, to remember,
w)dh unutterable affection, the pious care of
his mother, in teaching him to kneel at her
side, and, with his little hands pressed to
gether and raised upward, to repeat, in slow
and measured accent, the pattern prayer.
’ ‘My mother, ’ .said Mr. Benton, not long
before ho died, ‘ asked me not to drink liquor,
and I never did. She desired me at another
time to avoid gambling, and I never knew n
card. She hoped I would never use tobacco,
and it never passed piy lips.’
A dandy, smoking a cigar, having entered
a menagerie, the proprietor requested him to
take the yveed from his month, 1 lost ho should
teach the other monkeys bad has habits.’
XT’ A valuable but aged dog in San Fran
cisco has been provided with a now set of
artificial teeth.
O* A thousand probabilities do not make
one truth,
Superstitions and Sayings Concerning Dentil.
If a grave is open on Sunday, there will be
another dug in the week.
, This I believe to be a very narrowly, limit
ed superstition, as Sunday, is generally a fa
vorite day for funerals among the poor. I
have, however, met with it in one parish,
where Sunday funerals are the exception, and
I recollect one instance in particular. A
woman, coming down from church, and ob
serving on open grave, remarked : ‘ Ah, there
will be somebody else wanting ii grave before
the week is out. Strangely enough (tho pop
ulation of the place was then under a thous
and.), her words came true, and the grave
wits dug for her.
If a corpse docs not stiffen alter death, or
if: the rigor mortis disappears before burial,
it is a sign time there will bo a death iu the
family before thp.end of the yeaf.
In the c;ise of u child of my own, every
joint of the corpse was as flexible as in life.
1 was ..perplexed nt this, thinking that per
all, be ip £
I- ! pt^flj^stfl~ia. : bysfltQ3eF.?lipqki'ag..Te grkvSjq
and evidently havingsomethingbriher mind.
.Qn askViig
ceived for arisw-er: that/\lioflgb slie.d'td not
put any faith in it hei-sclf/yet people did say |
that such a thirig was/ho sign of another
death in.the family within, tlie next twelva
uimith.
If every remnant of Christmas decoration
is nut cleared'(intof church b dore Candlemas
day (the Purilication, February 2,) there
Will be a death that year in the family occu
pying the pew where a leaf or berry is left.
An old. lady (now dead,) whom I knew,
was jso persuaded of the truth of this, super
stition that she would not be conteuted to
leave the clearing of her- pew to'the constitu
ted authorities'. but used to send her servant
on,Candlemas eve to s:e that her' own'spat,
at any rate, was thoroughly freed from dan
ger.-
Fires and candles also' tiffjrd presages pf
death. Coljins flying out pf the former, and
winding sheets , guttering down/roip.'the lat
ter. A winding’"sheet is produced from a
candle, if, after it has guttered; thojstrip,
which hasten down, - instead of being ab
sorbed into the general tallow, remains un
melted ; if, under these circumstances, it
carls.pye.r away from the flames, itis a' pre
sage of.death '.to .the jjotsun ,in whose dtrac
tipn it points.
Coffins out of tlie lire .pro hollow ohlpug
cinders spirted from it, and are sighs of a
coming death in fiio family. I haye seen
cinders which have flown put of the fire,
plotted up and examined to . see what they
presaged ; for coffins arc not the only things
thfit .(ire 11ins produced; .If the,cinder, ip--
stead,of being oblong, is oval, it is a"cradle,,
and predicts tlfe advent of,a btiby ; while, if.
itis round, it is a purse, and means proper
ty-
The howling of a dog at night,tinder the
'Window of a Sick" ri'ibiii7"JB lociked upon .as a
warning of death’s being near.
• Perhaps there juay he«atj>e truth' In
notion. Everybody knows the pecuUar.odor
which frequently" precedes death, grid it is
possible that the,acute nose.of tjie dog may
perceive this! and '.that it may render him
uneasy ; .lyit the sains oanTiacdly h,e alleged
in favor of the notion that the screech of an ‘
owl flying past sign i(ies the same ; for if the
ow.l did scent death, and was in hopes of
prey, it is not likely that it would screech,
and.so give notice of its presence.
Tub Militia pi/miouan' at Work.— There
is olie matter in the account of the great bat
tle at Gettysburg, on Friday, which is deserv
ing of marked attention. This.account says,
that «lien the enemy massed his whole force
for an overwhelming,attack on the right of
Gen. Meade’s position-, and had success al
most within his grasp,,a.column of ijew troops
appeared on our side,..and determined the Jy.te
of the day. These troops were the .Pennsyl
vania Militia- New .York per aid,
which gives the account, says lhat.it will.he
,a ‘ proud inheritance’ for the .children of
those pien to know that they were in arms to
take part in the events of that glorious day.
How this should stimulate the action of those
men, particularly the experienced men, who
.are pot jet in the field, and bow it should in
spire with ardor the volunteert themselves.—
Patriot and Union.
Op the bloody battle-field of Gettysburg, no
truer and more devoted soldiers, were found
than the Pennsylvania volunteers and mili
tia. The above tribute to their valor is well
deserved, and is published, in our columns
with pride and pleasure.
B.xaLtsn Gluts.—The English girls spend
more than half their waking, hours in physi
cal amusements, which tends to develope,
invigorate and rigen the bodily powers. She
rides, walks,„ drives, and rows ~ppon tlj.o
waters, throws the ball, h.urls tjje quoit,
draws the how, keeps up the shiittlo-cuok,
and all without having it pressed forever.up
on her mind that slip is ther.eliy .trusting.fcer
time. 'She does this,every day, .until it be
comes .a habit which she will follow up
through life, tier frame, as n natural conse
quence, is largo, her muscular system is in
better subordination, her strength more en
during, and the while tone of her voice
healthier. Girls think of this.
Epigram.—;
When Eve brought wo to all mankind
Old Adam called her woman, —
But when she woo'd with love so kind.
He then prommboed it wooman, —
But .now with folly and with pritlo,
Their husband's pockets trimming,
The’ ladies ar so full of whims,
The people call, them whnnen,
little girl, showing her cousin, about
four years old, a star, said, " That star you
see up there is bigger than this world.”—
‘‘.No, it ain’t” said he. ‘‘Yes, it is.” "Then,
why don’t it keep the rain off?
J ‘ Why does father call mother honey ?’
asked a boy of bis elder brother.
“ Can’t think, ’copt it’s cause she wears a
largo comb in her head.”
!£7" Paper is so scarce in the South that the
editor of the Morning Traitor writes his edi
torials with stolon chalk on the sole of his
hoot, and goes barefooted while his boy Bet’s
up the manuscript.
TiyAn. architect proposes ta build n
“ Bachelor’s Hall,” which differs from most
houses, it having no Eves. .
(£7"Dogs are said to speak with their tails.
Would it be proper to call a short tailed dog
a stump orator ? . ..
865“ Why is n fashionable lady like a ship 1
Because her rigging.costs more than the hulk
S» worth.
■yajjaadif ham’s fro>ecatoT.
.Our readers -will recollect that the proeeed
ings'against Mr Vallandighnm were conduct
ed by Captain tiutts, Judge Advocate of the
Court Martini which pretended to try him.
This same Judge Advodate is .now himself
on trial before a court martial for various of
fences. To the third specification he pleaded
guilty in these words : V ... . .
“ Of so rauoh'of the third specification ns
stands in words and.figures as follows nnmo
•y
“ In the evening of the same day, at about
half past eleven o’clock, after said lady had
reared tp her room, took a,valise .or port
manteau from his rootn and' place it in pnp
of tlie open halls of the house, against the
jam or door, of said room, occupied by said
lady, placing himself thereon, did look
through the Venetian blind or transom light
over the said door into said room, and at said
lady.”
“ X acknowledge the fact with deep regret,-
hot alleging no criminality, plead guilty of
oil llio rest of tlio aaid.a^Oitication ; and of
tdl ,
pleav^plead
-v TJ'
to i'plpa (M
-legiiig hb ofimimilily,” and'etfuokit.out and
the gallitnt captain was required to plead as
the court directed. ■
The Chicago Times once the-orggn of Ste
phen A. Douglas, makes the following cdc:-
ment.t
“ It was eminently fit and jtroper that the
official who presided at the military.trial of
Vallandigham, and aided by every means in,
liis power in the outlawry there .perpetrated,
should be guilty ol scandalous offences,against
female mudesiy, and when "detected and
called to account, should seek refuge behind
official screens. It is a libclupon mandood
that spell men, live, to say "caught of the
criminality of giving them authority over the
liberty and character, of other men in whose
presence they are not fit to stand,. It speaks
volumes for Gen. Durnside’s dispernmouS
that mep of (lie creation stop out of the judi
cial chair into the depths of vulgar depravi
ty. Tbe man who presided over- the fate of
a scholar and statesman, doffs the ermine p>
peep through the key hole of a Indv’s cham
ber. The individual who arbitrated the des
tiny of the Democratic party on.e. dpy, "atP-mV-'
tip toe the next and looks through a lattice
at.a disrobing lady; and, caught and con
fessed, runs like a paltry coward to his_su
perior officer to shield him frorp. juct castiga
tion. It was for suali a man.that.the drain
a'iat invoked the scorpion" lash in .every hon
est man’s hand to flog him naked,.through
the wqrld. -It > 8 through such men, that,
.decency as outraged and justice defeated,"
A Rebel MiLi,:o,vA,irLE Eegoing. —The, rav
ages of wgr" are" well illustrated by the case
of a Southern man living in the neighborhood
of Snyder’s ISluii’s, who lately applied byli'i
, ter to Gen. IVashlmrno for Bubsiatpnc.o'.fis'-:
,hijnself,and .h\a family. This man was late
ly the owner of seven large and well stocked
plantations, and was estimated to be worth
Sfi;000,000. He was in Europe whan the
war broke out, and did riot reach America
again until after the occupation of New .-Or
leans by General Butler. Slipping through
New Orleans by some means, he came up to
a fine plantation ip this neighborhood,, and
was found hero by our army. He had used
his princoly.fortuno lavishly in, attempts' to
forward the secession" caule. To-day ho .jn
reduced to the necessity of depending upon
tbe .-United States military authorities for the
necessaries of life 1 *
Camels for Sale.: —Since General IS. -R'.
Curtis hits abandoned.' his design of opening
a. zoological garden at hie private farm i'll
lowa, and turned .those camels 'pyer to the
’United States Quartermaster! tbp ‘ rare quad
rupeds, 1 .we learn, ai;eto be sold by the Gov
ernment to the highest bidder. These 1 .ships
of the desert’ are of the number.brought over
to this.country by Jeff. .Davis when ne wits
Secretary of War under President Pierce.—
They are, and were, at the time of their-cap
ttire by General Curtis, the property of tlto
Goyornriient. Uncle Sam does not know
what to do with them, and therefore decided
to sell them. Who wants to go into the me
nagerie business 1 ’
tCT* Thurlow Weed says : ‘ I wnsraqd
of the Republican party and,driven out, of
the Evening Jourf.al, for.urging that this war,
should be prosecuted to 'overcome d.wieked
rebellion, to rorcslahlish tlio authority of the
Governqient, .and restore the Union. This
alone was the ground of irreconcilable differ
ence jvilh my party. That was the lengt]}
and breadth of offending. Every man who
labors to',,restore the Union is sure to come
put or get driven out.of the Republican par
ty. Such a man cannot remain in, or not
with a parly whos.e chief end and aim is.tp
destroy.the Union and establish a new and
entirely different one, ’ with till the modern
improvements.’
O* The lady who passed a five cent pteqo
in one of the horse ears in Boston, lost Tues
day, was very much confused by the wonder
ing gaze of the other passengers. The con
ductor examined the piece very carefully to
isfy himself that it was genuine.
(£7* New Use of OarNOUNE.—The-fietrolf;
ladies put their old crinolines ..to good usm—
They susuond them by a po\a rdhningtbrougjx
the centre, tlius-fupnjing r. circular trellis,
■ground whioh.oypressivioes and morning glo
.riss clamber in the wildest luxuriance.
(£7* Many say that trumpet-players, ar#
doomed to ’short lives, We doubt it; we
have known men to blow their own trumpeip
incessantly, and achieve a good troublesome
old age.
OCT* Why was Adam the best runner, that
ever lived I Because be was. the first ia the
human race. . .
O" The fox is very cunning, hut he is more
cunning who catches him.
O* The dog wags his tail, not for you hut
for the bread.
o*Nevor trouble trouble till trouble trou
bles you.
B6T Tho more the merrier, the fewer the
better cheer. ’ r .i
O” Give neither nptinsel nor salt till’ you
are asked for it..’
What churob 'doyoa
tington?—Oh, any paradox church where th«
Gospel is disposed whh I
K7*Whon is a soldier like a baby ?—W bed
he is in arrt«.
NO 1 . 7.