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'’There is something pio.vqs o,u strangely In old ruins gray with years ) Yot {hero’s something far more touching In an bid face wofcyrith'toars, v And ho sat there, sadly sighing • O'er his.feebleness and wrongs, Though the birds outside his window ' Talked of summer in thoir songs. - But, boboldi a change eomOß o’er Mm: Where are all his sorrows now? . Could they leave Ms heart as quickly As the gloom clouds loft his brow ? _ Up the green slope of his garden, • -Past the dial, no saw run ~ Three younggirls,. with bright nycJ\ pliininj Like their br6wri.bballa^id;th«-sun : I There was Fanny, famed for wisdom •, And .fair'Alice, famed fortprido; Audone that could say “My uncle/’• Ami said little also beside. - And that v.ieiop startled hid all scenes of strife, Sending,‘floods of hallowed.sunshine Through the ragged rents of life.' 5 Then they took'him from his study, . Through lung laiies and tangled bowers, t out into the shaded valleys,' .Richly tinted o’er with flowers.. /And ho blessed thoir merry voices, || Singing round him as lie wont, | ■ For the sight, of their wild gladness H ' Filled ,Ins own heart with.content. And, that night, thorn camo about him Pur-off meadows pictured,fair. And o/d wopils in winch ito wandered hre he knew die name of ca^e.•' , ' Ami ho said: *’Theao angel faces ' l«l<o thc vv ,whiteness frqm one’s hair-1”, WsttHmousi. SlttillliS FOB HIE LITTLE PAIRS, Beyond Hie tia;drit Gale. JiiWren" said Mrs.-Jay, “ you may play, ilmre but dot/c go beyond -th,o gai'dotj I lju you hear me, Deter ?” *■ Yes, Pff/ said Peter,. looking-up. from bin r barriju’’ ; “ Do not go beyond the gar pin!” Mother then," seeing her Tittle)- pil girl quietly at play in the yard, put P rum.et uml and. Went down |ler ami Jessie, his littje sister, had nice | together. He used''to , mi?Re"lier ber |iio was a horse, and' draw liar on.his I s . or she make him tjelicvo’ sho„v,ms, g S'kin, arid bo carried in his wheel hiir-. | or they would both make believe cows |ot up ii terrible mooing; indeed, there 110I 10 mi to the different characters ../jiiyi |alnho ttbile keeping very kind to each'. I- their plays, tliis, afternoon led them | to the bottom of the garden, where | was a gate, hasped inside, which-open- 1 1 11 ' le W of thick hn,dey brush aud trees, Pg a «wn to a lower part of the’villago. liras tlio forbidden gate. |«ish wo could go out into the'.woods,” a liter; “ perhaps we should find a bird’s I, otcr unhaapod tlve gate, and he and p ookeil and saw the pretty woods.— f what did mother, tell us asked Jos -1,1 P 8 fhe was afraid of bears,” an- I , e . c *' °r,the water in .'these woods,-' ; but there are no bears. Oh 1 is a squirrel on that tree 1 . See him, I i easie ; and away ran Peter tii.the’ £«n<Uway ran> him, -.The, ,■ ■ an d the children went on, bop ... *, a, ' ot, 'vr. ”They strayed down a ,i I? 4 -® 0 , a Brook. and little pond. iht’un I**ll^weinto 1 ** 11^we into this P on d, „ i „ 10 ™ asn n she cautioned us against ol Peter : “ but we shan’t rnrii ” S 5 “ No," answered Jessie, Ini . nt J’° they ran round, and let h-w-w 1 ’? nd pioked, flowers, and. at. Id '.v u" t le K ar den gate safe and un r ' '.'"'f Anybody knowing they said Peter,, “don't you <S|.„ ' at '■.mother ask's?”• asked jes holdiT° n 1 ns,k >" B aid-Peter.' ' nt nn nor did Jessie toll, and after ii , amo “s usual. Saturday bn,l tvi 18 children’ wet-e’ washed, and ed ,«'?? tft Ble «p. Peter and his moth-' niv uF ,\ or ’m ‘hey often did on Sat !.R'' ' p rtor said : “.yVlohhetv I v have. eek ”' T0 <i wr b°J°nd, the gab-den- gate ,irl , '"hen did you eo ?” she nothii U| \ ier . ' ‘‘And mother,”, ho 111 ,i • PPS-PPd to,us there ; 'we 8 t 0 v ,e water, or tear our clothes; aa , u P. . Why didn’t yon want ’baifi u" me^1 ' n S la * ] afternoon in the t„. . 't’other. “ Lost something?” ant) 1 '?- *l° bought of his knife, slate ftlH i a three cent piece itn ’ lO hadn’t lost one of them, he ini* Ure ‘ " s >” repehted his moth m , mom °t>t what you have missed "'you have lost something.” Peter oent thought his mother must he a , °r- how could she know when he "7 himself * “You will recollect I 1 s aid she. Peter nut his head bo , 9 ui >t, for ho began to see ho . mo, hing; end the more .he thought o sure lie W a B 0 f it. “ Mother.” ho aid in a li * tie sorrowful voice, “ I oiuntliipg in those woods, “ I did ; e nappy out of my heart.” Ah. that 11 a sml loss it is when a child los- I'Py out of his heart. "oi always concern a child to know why his parents forbid him this or that; his duty ks obedience. Nor because nothing be falls him in a course of dissobodionce, must he conclude no barm is done at all. Peter and Jessie got homo safely ; but was there no lyirm done? Yes, yes; the happy loft their little hearts. Tlmv. wcro afraid-afraid tlioir mother would find it out. This is th<j way doiii** wrong wrongs, you. It wrongs yoif out o° that peace aiid comfort which God made you ,to enjoy ; and all Peter’s play in the woods did not make up for.this logs until he told his mother and received her forgiveness wit' her good night kiss. Wliat one Blade-Bended Worm Did, ',That’s n splendid sycamore !’ said a gon tletpau toJiis'.friond, to wJioia. lie iva-s show ing. his grounds. . . .Ves,' replied liis friend, who was a natu ralist ; ‘ but see 1 hero is a wood-worm forcing its. way under the ,bark. If yim let that worm alone it jvill kill the tree.’ ' ■.The wqnp ,wigj pi'.mijan looking, black headed thing about thr.ee inches long. The Owner of the tree pooh-poohed . lit/Tie idea'of one such worm killing so noble.a tree, anti said: ■ ■ . ‘ Well, well, we’ll see. I’ll let the worm try it.’ ' , The worm soon worked its way under the bark. The next summer the leaves of the tree dropped off very early. A year later it was a dead and rotten thing. One worm had killed it. Only one I ’ ~,Sonictiines/ see bpys. and girls with .beau ton! faces, graceful bodies, and prefly fair characters. _ They are merry, polite,' hopeful boys and girls, but they will cherish some pne favorite fault. . One will be proud, and another vain ;■ a , third will be'envious,'.a’ fourth will be passionate now and then ; a fifth will lie, a sixth will break the Sabbath,, a seventh will disobey father and inothbr, an eighth will quarrel, and,fight;. in sh u-t. some one fault or other cun be seen working upon their characters as clearjy and hiisljy’as that black beaded worm wjis-sdeu, boring iutu the tree. ■ : ‘ ' ‘ , One .of or girls is reading tliis ,l|,n.G,iusla,nQ.w. tl'.have.a’vvhiapor for you, my little friend, fdon’t want to apeak if out loud, so 1 just say softly in your oar ; , . ‘ If yqjl/et your one great fault alone it will ruin your soul I’ •..'l'( l<! j: e -'iAui 1 ;wj)l you ? Think .of if, my .child, Untilvyou to keep' yoor fault. Tliep go anil ask" liihi to wash'it away in' his most precious blood, will, you ? Tfte Phiinsoplier ami the, Clii/d. ■ A philosopher asked a little girl if she,had : a soul. * She looked up into his face with an inr of astonishment aud, offended dignity.arid rep ied: ” ; •« .. - ‘To be sure I haye/ ■ ‘ W-hut makes y'm think you have V. * Because X_ have/ she promptly replied. ••.‘But how do ypn kngw you linv-o a s.‘ml V ‘ do know/ she answered njjain. . ,'Tf was a, child’s reason j. hiit the philoso-i p.hw eouid. hardly')mvo g v h;ejV a, better. 1 -' ’ VAVeIJ, them. said he,after a moment’s consideration,. *.if you know you have-a soul, can you lull me what your soul is?' ‘ VV'Jiy/ said she. * J jim six years old, and don't you suppose that 1 know what my soul is V • Perhaps you do. If yen will tel) me, I ■shall liuil oil t whether you door 'not.’ ‘ Then you think I don’t know.,’ she replied, ‘ hiit I do; it is uiy think.’ " 1 Vour think !’said (lie philosopher, aston ished in. hia Mini ; ‘ who told yon so ?’ ■ ... •Nobody.' - I should' ho ashamed if I did not know that without being told.’ The philosopherTmd'puzzled his brains a great deal-about the soul, lint lie could not have given a better definition of it in so Tow' words. Lile iHiil Love. .jVi.iat.lessons are .embodied in thy tcaeli- ! ings-f sferu ,lessons, us wiviu our days el liiqie and happiness, could never think enceniKir iiig lis we set sail under sunny .-Ties, ;ihd dar bark glided pleasantly over smooth .waters; wo did up I dqeiuu <)f the ciouds; the.storm, the' tempest,' that u wiike us iron).yuqfdnd'security.. ' '' " |. Time, .the great monitor of all hearts teaches us tlie’uiideuiahlo.aiid stern truth, that change is written on all" things;, but the, saddest is death, ~ ,(Jh limy terrible is the wreck of hearts aud hemes, When- the messenger resistless and sparring in his march, takes from our midst the bravo and strung; prayer and tears are of no uvail; life’s lesson -we must nil learn, life’s burdens we must bear. Who has not seen spine of their loved ones wrapped in tjjo_cold Jje'icmebPs' of t.hogravd and borne to the innumerable city of the dead? when we remembered that in our .wan derings through life’s paths wo should meet them no'inore t see their kindly beaming smile, hpar their'Lived tones hq.more,Tiuvipwe not, in anguish of utfered the wail of a bleed ing heart, lot me dio for in all this broad earth T have nought to live for;’ hut' v we cannot die vy.lien wo wish at many a grave heCova ivo rcao.i our own. Who has not wept over broken hopes and severed ties ? who has not seen, one by one life’s cherished dreams depart, its golden chalijee.'.jurned to ...bitterness; or snatched rudely from our grasp the hope and trust of years ? Oh; wlm rannot say, when all our hoarded hopes aye crushed, our household goods are scattered and broken, I would not live al-. ways? il l)!ollicr’s Grave. EaT-th has some sacred spots whops wo feel like loosening the shoes, from our feet, and (reading witlijlydy v/Jievc, oomd •nion words.oJlplflasui'care unfitting; 'places where friendship's hands have lingered in each other, where vows have been plighted, prayers offered and tears cf . parting shed.— Oh, how the thoughts hover around suoh pla ces, and travel back through immeasurable space to visit them.' -But of all the spots on tho.green earth, none is so sacred as that, whore rests, waiting the resurrection, those we once loved and cherished. Hence, in all ages, the better portion of mankind have oliosen the- Joyed spots they have loved to wander at eventide and weep alone. But among, the charnel bouses of the dead if there is one spot more sacred than {bh'e’rest, it is a mother’s grave, there sleeps, the brother of our infancy—she . photo ’Heart;’: was ti stran ger to every other fooling hut 1 lave, and who could always find excuses for us when wo could none for ourselves. There she sleeps and wo love the very, earth for her sake. O* The lady who passed a five cent piece in one of the horse ears in Boston, last Tues day, was very much confused by the wonder ing gaze, of the other.passengers. ; The con ductor examined the piece very carefully to satisfy himself that it was genuine. CROCODILE 111/STISG. Crocodile Life In Soiitii America. Don Kamon Pucz lias recently publiahod in England a Book of Travels in South America, which contaiua some exciting ad venturea. Here is a sketch of Crocodile Life and Death. While walking along the hanks of the Por tuguese one may see these Inigo lizards col lected in groups of half a dozen or more, busking in-the sunshine near the water, with their jaws wide open till their ghastly palates are tilled with flies or other creatures alight ing within them. ' We tried in vain Shooting them with guns;‘the reptiles were so wary that the moment we took aim they rushed into the water. Being at a loss how to pro cure a subject lor my pencil, I sought the advice of an old roan,an angler by profession, who lived in one of the huts near the river, lie agreed to lot me have his canoe, with his son to paddle it, and the requisite number ol harpoons, providing I could obtain the assist ance of an Indian hoy from the neighborhood, jWho was a capital marksman with the bow and arrow, ‘What!’ I exclaimed;in astonishment;‘do we expect to kill one of these monsters with so slight a thing as an arrow ?’ ‘ No, Senor- i to, ’ he 'exclaimed ; but you must first know I where to find him under water before you can strike’ hlm'with ths.har'ppun ; thq.amiw of which I speak we use In catching turtles.’ These arrows are constructed- so ns to al low the head, affixed to the shaft somewhat ’in. the, %tD|ier*of v to come , off the moment it strikes ah object in thewater. -A slender cord, several feet in length,-connects it with the shaft, which last is made of a light, buoyant reed ;.around this tliechrd is wound | closely-unljl the point where the head’ isj "then fasleped securely. Too shaft, being extremely light, floats'on ; jiie surface of the wafer the moment it is set free from the. head by - the struggles.of.the animal,- thus acting as a guide for-its recovery! -.The old angler then proceeded t to,explain that the operation'inust he conducted'first by., settling, one of those arrows into,the body of -the-, crocodile to mark his position under wa ter;-and then, if practicable, we might plunge a harpoon into the only vulnerable spot we could hope to reach,'viz: the nape-of flje neck, after which the animal could ho easily . dragged’-im shore byeneans of strong ropes attached to the.harpoon. . Accordingly, 1 went in search of the In dian hoy,' whom I found under a tree, sealed like a toad on his hum.dies, skinning a por cupine he bad just killed.' Atony approach lie raised Tris-:ncnd aiid lixed.hu me hisufi meanihgeyea., 'When spoken fo,. ho only tepUed to all my .questions with the mono syllables, si, no. .After a little coaxing, and the promise of some fish hooks, ho followed me, to the canae'vyvithuut uttering a. word move- Wc wore not lopg ? ln..getting, a ; chants to lest the sfyri’of . mytrew nwjuaiWancc. As \ye ap'prduch’ed the river banks a largo'croc odile hove in sight, tloating down the stream like a lug of. wood. Our position w.is 1 most layoruhle to send an arrow rattling through ids scales,arul-my voting Ninimdlost jio'tfaie in .improving the opportunity. .Stepping a few juices in and heading gracefully over the, precipice, lie let fly at the reptile's hviid his slender,yellow, reed, pm- ehn-.ic/o/i, viz : .shooting the arrow up int iThe' Iff af liti angle nf flirty-five degrees,- which caiises it In, descend with great force .upon the object, after describing an arc of a circle in the manner of a' hqndi.-sliell. , : .. .1 'A(iivoVigh'thddi’stanl;c,\Yas : riil,!y three linn -dred. paces, the afiow struck tile murk with the precision of a rifle bull. A violent plunge of tin! huge reptile was the first intimation that-the trial hud been successful, aud a mo ment after I perceived the giilden reed, now. attached to him, skimming swiftly over the surface pf the water. We hastened, for the canoe and immediately gave chase up stream, as the crocodile had taken that diroc ion.— Wo-were rapidly gaining upon . him, when, alarmed at the sound of the paddles, ho sank iiVviiry deep water, as-wiis indicated .by tfi'c reed.' 1 This circumstance-rendered it impos sible to employ nor harpoon.; Wo tried in vain to start him ; he stock to the muddy bottom, whence neither pulls nor curses could hnovc Win. Wc‘hoped Unit in time how hold come to the surface ,to-hrea.tlie, afil '.tli'en-'we might strike him with a h’avpedu ;'hut in, this wo were equally'disappointed. After waiting for him-two hears,..we'gave him up,-along with the arroiv li'e'ifil'-sticKing iff his own; body. 1 made various other at tempts to secure a apec'upbn, hut with no hotter result, as the river Was yet'tod .high to sound fur them. . ' '' , While in this place I.was tyld several inci dents ill relation to Uie curiuiiig and iusiinot of thdao 'sdiiria'na.’one of .\vhich appeared .to ho most remarkable in an nniui'nl of the rep tile'tribe. The ferryman hero possessed a great many gnats. One day he perceived that several of them had disappeared, and, not being able to account for it in any other way, ho at unco laid the blame on the hotted crocodiles, qlthough tlic.se creatures seldom carry their attacks beyond their own e'ement. His suspicions; ho discovered in the end, were well founded, having'witnessed the destruction of one of his goats'in a. very sin gular manner. It appeared blliit a-crocodile had in some mysterious way discovered that •goats delight in jumping from place to place, but more especially irom rocks and mounds. Iloeks, however, being rather scarce in the country, their treacherous enemy undertook to gratify their taste for this innocent paa (jmo, and, at the same time cater to his own. Approaching the water’s edge to. within a few feet of the hank, ho swelWil out his back in such a manner nato give it.thc appearance of a small island or promontory. The stupid goats, perceiving this, varied’ thbir gambols By’jiimping from their secure places on shore upon the seeming island, which they, how .over, never reached, for the crocodile, tossing up'his head jut the right instant, received them into his open jaws, and“ swallowed them without difficulty. . JSTo person can, venture near the water without danger‘from their attacks," hcihgsn treacherous that they approach their intend ed victim near enough to ‘strike, him with their powerful tails helof’e ho is .even aware of their proximity. The bubbling sound of a gourd being filled, in the water by some im prudent person sp-eeially attracts them. To obviate this dongor, a calabash howl, with a long wooden handle, is usually employed for tlib puvpqs'o ; yet, even this is not unfrequent ly snatched from the hands’ of the water carrier. If by accident a hunmn being falls a prpy to this tyrant of the river, tlio.reptUd’is then called rchado, which appellation- implies eve ry thing, that is bold, ferocious,' nnd treacher ous in an animal of the species, ns from tlpit time they not only waylay persons, ,but follow them in the canoes, in hopes of again securing this dainty, morsolo There are, however, men bold enough tp meet the enemy face to face CARLISLE-, -PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1863. in his own element. The pian who makes up his mind to this encounter is well aware that this must bo,.a-conflict to the death for one of the antagonists. fenytyii} related to us n feat of gal lantry, wdrjjij .of better cause, performed a* Lfanfiro 'with one of these monsters,— The man was drihis way to San Jaimo"tih'a pressing errand. : Being in haste to get there the panic da’y, he would not wait for the canoe to bo brought to him, hi it; prepared to swim across, assisted hy his'horse, lie had already secured his saddle'.andClothes upon his head, as is, usual uri ainiilar occasions, when the ferryman cried out to hinrto beware of a cai~ man cebacio, . then lurking near the ‘pass, urging upon b,in:, nt‘the same time, to wait tor the canoe. Scorning this advice, the lilancro replied with characteristic pride, Let him come; I was never yet 1 afraid of man or beast.’ Then If part of I llia ponderous equipment, ho placed his two i ed K eJ dagger between his teeth and.plunged fearlessly into the,river. ' ' P [ ile had not proceeded far when the monster rose and made quickly towards him. The ferryman crossed himself devoutly, and mut tered the holy invocation of ‘ Jems, Maria ij Jose!’ fearing fur the life, and; above all,'for ' the toll .of the imptudeut traveler. In the meantime, the swimmer continued glidin'"- through the water towards the approaching crocodile. _ Aware of the impossibility oT striking his adversary n mortal blow unless he should reach the armpit, he awaited the moment until the reptile should attack him ,to throw his saddle at him. This being ac complished so successfully .that the crocodile, uouhtless imagining it. to lie some sort of good eating, jumped partly put of the wafer to catch it. Instantly the' Lfnnero plunged his dagger up to the. very’hilt into the fatal spot, A hoarse grunt and a tremendous splash showed that the blow was mortal, for the ferocious monster sunk beneath the waves to rise no more. iPrmid of this achievement and seorninv the tardy assistance of the ferryman,' wild of- pick ho waived ins bloody dagger in the nir, exclaiming, as tie -did. so, ‘ Is there .no other about here? and tlign. turning, be swam leisurely, back to take his horse across. The tanpero Ivh6 re luted this adventure tbe’n,ikj'ii)d,‘'‘ go delight- • ,*I was I on that occasion. that, I. killed'my fattest heir,to treat tlie man to a good sail- . W : k n ) .l'* r 'the. caiman had tievotiied.aU.' ljiy goats.’ " ■ ,■' ■ ' . the; SE.ific. Nature lias supjilicM the n-.ost of ijiankind wS'lh l>cin-ds»_aiul •in very ancient tifnes, the use. «(', a razor upon '/if xv;.*.u\i!:nftwin.- In Greece, the first instance of sl'mvinVbt'ourred in the reign of Alexander This • warrior ordered the. Maeoilnmena To bo shav ed lest the,hoards y( Jiis snldiers,should aff ord handles tn .tho.ir enemies.' iTho sarenstic Diogenes, when he once sine someone whose ‘chili xv.as ■ sjiionfh. Vaid : - I am afraid you ’ think yi;u have great ground to acidise na ture for .havin'; inode .you a man and. not a woman.’ In Cicero's time the genuine beard was.not worn' in. society. But the bufhuta /f'lroi'teiObspeinsVto Inivn hoy:! .a.ffcrtod by the J youngd-honan ''eweiK” ; '' 1 ■ The /hoard- begiin.to revive, again, in the litre: of (he Emperor Hadrian; But of all i!,:'e.r;m[a‘rors'n'ho wore that ornament, none creates s' Sftupfi interesf'lii posterity ns the. einporor Uis , beard is tin; most fa mous-beard iii history. Speaking of it, ho sa'Va: “/ commence Wi ll.my Cnuotei, ance. It Inid nyf.iing regular, or partiuiilnrlf agree-' it I'-lc,about if; and out.of humor and Whimsi cality, and- -ihat to punish : it. for nht h'tbn"- lianilsonic, 1 have made it ugly by carrying this long and peopled I e ri.’ The Brittons, like the ancient Gauls, al lowed 'the hair to grow thick on the head,; and, although they shaved their beards close on the chin,.wore immense tangled mousta ches, which sometimes reached their hfuifsts, .It niay be presninod 'tli.at 'the northern" rio tiona'felt,'the' symbolics -fi fee of these' tt| p->h■ ,dagos; \yp have a well, known"'passage, -,’n Tacitus about the Catti,.wild says, made a general-custom of what, among other Gor man people ’was tin affair of .private daring- - .the lotting the ‘qrineni barbamrjue' )|'row till they had killed- an enemy.- The Normans, .when "they oomptored England, ■ .were, well l shaven, on the hack of the head; ns on the i-f o•; hot the Saxons wore fob I cards.' In Edward Xl.’e reign, hoards were worn apparently by persons rn years, great officers of State, and knights templars, but noE.gon torall.jr. .jolrn Jlliindotlille, the traveler, who died ,A\ D. 1372, was called Sir John with .the. Beard _ (persumtibly from its size.) In EdwatgJ lll.’s- time—the hey 'day of chiv alry, of feudal ornament, of. love poetry, of heraldry—long bear ! and fine mustache were in honorable oatinftition, 'ln Iliehaftl ll.’s reign, the fashion continued. The board was ‘ forked,’ and if, all knightly effiges the mustache is long and drooping on each side of the inooth A. sober and well governed gentleman of Elizabeth's time, regulated Ms bcaiffl as ho did his dress, mirpi; manners or conduct. -.'Tt was an index of his status Or profession ; an , emblem of Ins feelings and tastes-a symbol to be! respected like his coat of arms:. The Reformer, John Knox, cherished a large and profuse one, obviously from its patriarchal character, from the honor shown it in (ho Jewish days, from whoso*sentiment lie drew bis inspiration. The scholar; such as George •Buchanan, wore' as oho who followed Knox and Calvin. * ‘ ' w “ The hair, as we nil know, played an im portant symbolic part in the civil wars of , England ; and the same rigor which the Pm. 'ritan exorcised'on the head he exorcised on his chin.'and trijntiled big b’eafll iis closely as he trimmed his locks. The Vandyke hoard is the typical one of this period.- .Peaked lieardk ahd mustaches were popular among tljo opvalibcs'j'nbd were.at least pret ty generally worn. Beards went out of fashion for more than two hundred years, among the Anglo Sax ons of Europe and America; but they have been revived again, and are now cultivated and defended upon Scientific considerations. The mustache is approved,, because it is sold to be a natural respirator ; a defense to the lungs against the inhalation of dust, and the beard is defended as a protection for the throat against cold. It has been recommen ded that all preachers who are subject to throat diseases should, allow their 1 beards to grow. Travelers in sandy rbgio.uk, 'ipillors, bakers and all mechanics should allow the beard free play. 80?" Crazy, aa George the .Third was sat’d to have been, there was evidently a method in bis madness nt times. Speaking to Aroh- Bishop button of .bis large family, bo used the expression, ‘ I holipveyom grace has bet ter then a dozen?’ "‘No, airo,’ ropliedt.be Arch Bishop,' ‘ only eleven.' ‘.Well,’ rejoin ed the,King, f is not that better .than, a doz en ?’ THE PARSON GOING TO MILL. Xho parson satin bis house ono day,-. WUUo wintry storm did rage;, High rapt, ho drank in lofty thought i’roiti Hooker's classic page. But as ho sat, and holy breath Into his broaUt did steal, Jlis pwool wife opened tho dooranjl said "My dear, wo have no rafcfißV* "With a deep groan and saddened brow Ho laid aside his book, And in despair upon tho hearth With troubled air did look. "My people think that I joust break To them the'broad 1 ot‘heaven. But tboy’ll not give mb bread enough Throe whole days out of seven." "But bnngoris thing, And it is sud tb hoar. - ch,il«lron’a\nournfnl. ory, for bread . "Loud ringing- in "your ear.' 1 V"'‘ * I So .straight he mounted his old horse, With ineok and humble will, And on his meal-bag, patched and coarse, He journeyed to the mill. The miller bowed io’hitn and said ; ** Sir, by your ehurcli aluOplcJ : T vow I.give you praise lor this, •'Butnone to your church people." The parson mounted his old horse— He had no time to’lag— And rode, like hero, to his boino, Bigh t on bia old meal-bug, Butns lie rode,hio overtodk A'proud and-rich layman, Who, with a close, astonished gaze, The parson’s bag did seau. • "My reverend sir, the truth to tell> It.makes me Tool.quite wroth, To see you compromise this way The honor'of ypur cloth." "Why told.you not, piy reverend friend, Tour meal was runuiug low? What will the neighbors tbink uf ua, If to the mill you go?" • “My wealthy friend," the parson said, ■ " You must not reason so; .. For bo assured,-as a sullied thing, My meal is always low." "If my dear people wish to know How to promote my bliss, I'll simply say, a bag of meal .Will novef come amiss.' Just.keep the store-room well supplied, • And X will keep right still; : But if the ificul' ruiia but again, /' 1 must go to the mill." ■ . HORAh. I/jiymen ! it’ncods po miracle, . •/' No haref, liiboMtfusdoil; To make the pdfsou’s. mual-bag liko The widow’s eruise- of oil.' • ' Bour forth into his wife's store room Your gifts right plentiful) v ■*;. The rairuefo is'simply this— To keep it'always full I Profit and Loss. As rather an unscrupulous fellow’ named Ben was coming down one morning, he met- Tonftaud stopped him. ” 1 ; ‘I any, Tom/ he said, 'here’s a pretty good counterfeit jbree. If you pass it, I’JJ divide.’ . ■’ ‘Let’s see the plaster,’said Tom ;• and af ter examining it carefully, put’it in his vest pocket, remarking: ,‘lt is an equal’ division—a dollar, and a-i half a. piece V : 1 ■ ‘ Yes,’ said Ben. ‘ All-right,’.said Tom. ■ And oft'he wont.’ . A few minutes afterward, he quietly, step .pod into the store of hie,friend Ben, and pur chased ,a can of oysters for a dollar and a half, laying down'’the' thil.ee dollars for'them i The clerk looked at the hill rather douhtirig ly ; when his suspicions wore immediately tqtlmed by Tom, who said: •’ , ‘ There is iVo use in : looking,for I received the note from Bed himself nut ten minutes ago,’ - ’ . . Of course the clerk; with this assurance, lorkejd‘ the dollar and a half in ehaiige ; with rhis'doposit and a can of oysters. Tom left. shortly afterward he met' Ben, who’ asked him if hp had passed the note. ‘ Oh, yes,’ said Tom at the same.tinid’pnss ing over the doling and a half to Ben. That evening, when.Bon made up Ids cash account, ho was. surprised to’.find the. same, old countoifeit thi'eo in'rho dfawer. Turn ing to his'locum tonans, lie asked; . .--‘..Whore did you get .this cursed Ante?— Didn’t you know it was counterfeit,?’. " '| ‘ Why,' said the chirk; ‘ Tom’gave it toxic ant] I suspected it was fishy,; hut ho said ho had just received it from you, and I took it.’ The thing, had penetrated the whul of Eon: With a particular' grift',"he - muttered, Sold 1’ iind charged the can of oysters to'profit and loss account; . . An Item tor the Home Clrcms.—Sum body ahd'truly too, that there arc few families* anywhere, in which love is not abus ed os furn isbing.tho license for impoliteness. A bus bait<K fiitlidf,''*dr VotlVerf speak harsh' words to .those Wjores best, simply because the socuvdty of'lpv&’ .und family pride keeps him frbm'gcVting 1/is bead b‘raken. \Jt is a ahame'fbat a man will speak more impolitely* at times,to li‘is wife orsister tlian‘'b'e : ;y«-t)uid to any other female, except a lowWiclofts one. [t is thus that tlio honest affections of a man's nature prove to be a weaker protection to a woman in Vbo'laihiiy ifcVtfle fhaffi the restraints of society, and 'that ft ffoninn t/snally'ls in* debtod for the kindest of life to tbobo not to her own. household. Things plight not to be so. The nnin who, because it will net bo resented, inflicts bis spleen and bad’'temper, upon those of his bcavtstonc, is a small crowd and a very mean man. Kind words are circulating mediums between true gentlemen and ladies at homo, nml no polish exhibited in society can atone for the harsh language and disrespectful, treatment too often indulged it? between tbosp bound together by ,Gdd‘a own ties of blood, and the more sacred bonds of conjugal l(Mo. A Man op Bone.— Here is a curious fnot for you. The flesh of a living man once grow into a honor It seems hard to believe, but we suppose it was so ; for in the museum at Dublin, Ireland, there is, or was, the skele ton of one Clark, a native of the city of Cork, whom they called the ossified man one of the greatest curiosities of hatu’ro.' .It is the car cass of a man entirely ossified in his life timo, Hying in that condition for .several years.— Those who had known him before this aur prising alteration, affirm that ho was a man of great strength and ability. ■ lie felt the first symptoms of this surprising ohengo some time after a debauch till by slow degrees, every part grow into a bony ’substance, ex cept his skin, eyes and intestines : his joints settled in such a manner that no ligament had its propor operation ; ho could not rise up without assistance. Ho had at least no tone) in, his body, yet when ,ho wps placed, upright, like a gtqno, ho jcould stand, but eo'iild not move in the least.' His tooth wore joined, and formed into one entire bone ; therefore a hole was broken through them to. convoy liquid sustenance for his nourishment. The tongue lost its use, and hk sight loft him some time before, he expirpd. Preluding Animals from Rain Storms. I he! icvo that formers generally are not nrfnro how much loss they sustain in tllb Hesh of their .domestic animals, and how much they suffer during tho cold storihs of r-ain m tho summer, or at auy other season of the year. Warm showers never injure animals ; indeed, they iinfsear to haven good j relish for such n sprinkling as they frequent ly got,.providing it is not as cold as ice ~ Most animals.will endure pretty severe cold as hing as they con keep dry • but as soon ns their hod*6a have, been wot, anrl are Ico'pt wot, evaporation commences. And as evap tration is a cooling process, the bent of their bodies IS olirried awiiy. very rapidly ;and tile •sudden transition frunr lient to cold chills thorn, in a very short time/and injures'them more than a’severe storm,in winter. ■ Animals will eddure a vbfy s.udden'chnngp from cold'to heat, with' imp'miity ; but sad- ' den 'changes from heat to cold are often at tended with very serious consequences. AVo lire apt tu think.because it is summer, of not freezing weather, that a'storm of rain will, not hurt our animals 1 , flat could they coni- I municate to us their feelings duririga storm (if cold rain, there wou.hlnot he so much neg ligence about protecting them, especially during the cold and stormy days and nights of autumn. . -i •. • ■ ,• -.**• I well • romom,her that about twenty yeafa ago there was a sevfero fain' storm in the. mouth of Juno; and although our sheep hdd been sheared more than two Weeks, we . ■ thought they ought to he brought, homo to the barn.. But ninny of them were so cold j and feeble in consequence of the rain that it Was ri eccssiiry to go after them with a wa gon- !' . ~: , 3 .About the .Ist of ilnly, IBGI. there was an other very cold storin of rain, which swept away hundreds ofsheepin the town where I . resided. One farfner lost about sixty of his choicest sheep, although they had .‘been, sheafed several days before tho.storpi cams'' on.' ,I'have hegi‘d‘of: tnoi% than throe hunt dred lost during the storin. . ’ ’ ; ... It is mfinitely.hotter for animals to keep them in a stable or shed,' whore they cannot get a mouthful of food .for t\ve,lvc successive -'■hours;; than’"to allow shem fdjbe exposed for oilTy twir'hours'to a stin-itgof eiild rain'. '- ’ ■ Wheal was accustomed’ to.keep sheepJi was always careful' to let ’tlVctir.ha.yc the hen elit.ofa shed, if they Tiaed.dd it, not only in winter, hut during'ijiimfiler ; and iUyasvery unusual that our;liih;Ses,and npat eattloAyero left fur one hour, in.the field during ',a.cold storin. Gold storms not only make cattle look bad, but they, do really injure them, by rendering them .stiff and dull; and they.often contract a'severe cold, which many times ’ will superinduce catarrh and glanders! Young calves aiid colts often suffer’ex tremely from exposure to cold storms, even in summer; and to shelter theni, will be time and money well appropriated. ‘ A mer ciful inairregardeth the life pi his beast.!— Country Gentleman. Tiuxir or it.— How idly and flippantly the word death is said. ■ Who eaa tell what a day can bring forth ? We nro hero to day,-, and to morrow numbered, with the dead.— Our ,fathers, whore are they ? ’ To use a oor rcet.fignre.of speech—seventy grains of sand ~taken from the 'mighty ocean, represent the usual number.of years allotted to map. But what mortal can. compute eternity? The aando of the hpuridless.decp, aye, and'ot crunt ■tess’ worlds, in theimmensity of space; all would bqexhausted in.computing annual po-- finds of time, similar to this material world. Reader pause 1 Every pulsation that beats the inner man is a quickstep towards etor ty. , Bo therefore prepared for the spiritu world nnd’a'vast'eterhity either forbetter for worse. . ■ Si.vniiL.ui Ci’^roM.—A. part of Bohemia, called Egra, scoms’to lie the only place where ’a wedding is lint considered nn occasion of rejoicing. There it Would bo deemed inde .corpus lor a.hride to appear in white garments nr adorn herself with jewels and ’ white .(lowers. She wears the . usual black dress;' with a .blank df the same color, with a rose- mary in one. hand, and in the other a veil' with which to cover her during.the ceremony! In ibis dismal.attire," she demurely proceeds to the church attended by her relations, who preserve flic utmost solemnity of countenance during the ocfcmcnios. . Ojy" There ie a beautiful.legend.’illustmting the’ blessedness' efj'pqrforniing our doty at whatever’cost.to ini'r inclination, A beauti ful vision of our Saviour had appeared to q monk, and in silent bliss lie was gazing upon it. The hour arrived in which it was Ids duty to feed 1 the prior of the convent. ’ lie lingered iiVd in Ids coll to opjny the vision, hut left it to perform his humble'duty.— When' he returned he found’ the lilessed vision still wailing for him, and uttering (he o words : ‘.lladst thou slaid I must have lied.'' ’ . . . A ChiE/V- CuiupsiTr.—.Oa Saturday Inst, as on'o of the ndisoris, at the .West Harrisburg market house, was dressing one of the stones of which the building is being constructed, upon chipping off a . block, be found a larce petrified rattlcsrthko in the inside. The rmakc’ia in a most woiuicrfpl state,of presorva lien. ‘The scales arc perfect, the back bone is clearly defined, and,it is one of the most interesting specimen of petrefaction probably .ever discovered. The gentlemanly superin tendent of the work,-yUr. Charles Swartz,, has possession of -the reptile at present.—► IfaiTisbury'l/nion. , A Uo-T.ur.nn.—A newsboy rushed into a retail store on Hanover street, the other day, ,afld thhs.accosted the proprietor: ' ‘ Say, Mister, do you retail shirts hero ?’ ‘ Yes, my son ; wo have them to fit you,at one dollar each—very nice onhs,’ f ‘.Oh, blazes k I don’t want a whole one.— J)ut. I seed on'yduf sign : Shirts retail and wholesale, and I thought you might re-tail mine, (or it wants it had ; a dog got hold of it,,and wouldn’t lot go if I’d kill’d, him.' EA jolly fellow had an office next door to a doctor's. -One day. an elderly gentleman of tjio old- fogy school blundered in.to.tho wrong shop. ‘Ts the doctor in ?' 1 bDon’t live hero,’ earn the lawyerwho wns in full scribble over some documents. , 1 Oh ! I thought this was his office ?' - l.Ncxt door.’ 1 Pray sir,,can you tyll me has the doctor many patients ?' ‘ Not living.’ The old gentleman told the story in the vi olnfty, and tho doctor threatened the lawyer with a libel,suit. O’Many say that trumpet-players are deputed to short lives, We doubt it; wo have known men to blow their own trumpets incessantly,’knd achieve a good troublesome old age. ’ BREVITIES. Wise and Gihetwise. lE S " Givo neither couasei'ndr suit fill rod Ore naked for it. ' The nioro the merrier,the fewer thfe better cheer. trouble trouble till trouble trou bles y°u. ' . 0“ The dog wags his tail, not for jou but 'for the' bfend. [C? - The fox.is very cunning, hut he is more cunning who catches him. O” “ Short visits are tho best,” ns the Dy said when he lit on tile stove. _ 037” What .church deynn attend, Mrs. Par tington?—Oh, any paradox church tho Gospel is. dispensed with ! ID” Why is matrimony like a besieged city ? Because those who are in it wish to b'o out,’ and those y/ho are out wish t'a be in. If a man is murdered by his own hired men sholild the'coroner fihd:a verdict of kilj ed^y^his'own'! hands? ■- ••' ; 03?’ There is a town down east, whore the people are so committing an assault that it is with difficulty they can bo persuaded to.striltE a fune in church. • ' KIT” The ’true way of.reaching the right is through the heart of the wrong; he who goes around it finds but tho other side, of wrong, and tho wrong side of right. ' ■' 837" A Soldier, who was mrrestod' for stcal- Jng!a ; rebel's ~cooso, ;paid lie found the bird hissing at the 'American flag, and arrested if for Jrehspn, . ' . 'Th'e 'pUico are after tho perpetrator of the following conundrum: Why is alovelyypung lady like a hinge 1 Because she is,: spipe- Ihiug to a-dpre. • : "V, .. ‘"Was ypur son engaged before he went. ,tp the War?’ asked Mrs. Ruggofa neighbor* ‘ ■No, but he has had several engagements since,’ bl'.o replied. ■■■■", ‘WSjy.ffian’t ynvtr father tako;a newspaper?’ said:a gentlehian to a little urchin, whom ho caught in the not of pilfering ouo from his di)br step. .. : 1 Cause he sends me to take it.’ • : D37” Dresses hro coming down. The sign before the door of a mantua maker’s. Ahbp, in the city, reads thus : ■ “N. P.—Drcssos uiiule lower than ever.” . OQj“ If you wish your neighbors to notice you, buy a dog and tie him up in the eelltfr all night. , They won’t sleep tor thinking of you. ' 037" Have said , that if men should rise, from the dondand road their epitaphs, souio. of them would think they had cot into, tljp wrong grave. - 037* War was-Adam the best runner that ever lived 1 Because he was’the first lotto human race. ■ The richest genius, lifeo the most fertile soil when uncultivated, shoots op,in tho rank est weeds;,and instead of vinos ami olives for the pleasure"and use of man, produces to its slothful: owner the most abundant Crop of poisons; A tavern keeper'at, Leigh,. Lancashire, Jln gland, is apparently‘too proud to adopt the usual-sign.of his calling, and prefers to an nounce,it by tho somewhat pithy inscription Just 'over bis' doorway— 1 Mv Sirn’b 'in tie .Collar/' ' •' ■ O” Among tho addresses presented upon the accession of Janies I, was one from the ancient town of Shrewsbury, wishing his' majesty might rein as long as the sun, moon and stars endured. ‘Faith, men,’ said"tho King to the person who presented it, * my son then ihust reign by dandle light/' ' - 1 ' , . K7"W hat strange creatures girls are.- Offer Ope of them good Wages to! work for you,, and, ten chances to one, if tho ‘ old wo man cai i','spfarc'ant) of 'her girls' —put just ’propose matrimony, "and sde if they don’t jum p at tho chance of working a life time 'jfyf victuals and clothes. . , . jjgy That, was st very pretty conceit of & romantic ’ husband hnd father whoso name was Rose, who named his daughter ‘ Wild/ so that slm.. grew up, under, Qfe nppeljnitipp ‘Wild Bose. “But the romance of tho iiarile was sadly spoiled in a few yearn, for she married a man by the name of, ‘ Bull.’ ,' BZf: P at was hungry, and got off tho cars for refreshments. Tho cars very!, thought lessly wept on. ’ ‘ya spalpeen I’. ,ho dried, starling on a,run and shaking his, i?st as' ho Hew alter them. ‘ Stop there, ye .old atamo waggin, ye. murtherin stamp engine, ye’ve' got a passenger aboard, that’s left behind 1’ U3 ? ” , ‘Jlr. Timothy,” said a learned lady; who had been showing off at the expense ,of a. dangler, “you remind ,me of a barometer that.is, lilted witU’nptliipg in the upper story” “Divine-,Almirtii”me.ekiy replied her,ador er, “in thanking you for that - compliment, lot mo remind you that you occupy the upper story entirely.” , , An' OnxiON ok Mono an.—lt is related that tin old woman ventured out in the midst of Morgan and his men in, ; a li|ilOj town In Indiana,, and inquired, of: a’ fobol, who wjw silting backward, upon his ‘ frame,’ ;.Whiif'is (he Tpiyhller ?’ ■ ‘ D’ye mean John Morgan?’ ‘ Yana, jest so, - ■ • . ‘There he in,’ said-the rob, pointing to .John'- -- ■’ ■' . ' ( Well,’ said tlie ojd lady, eyeing him from bead to fpot, J.W e’ve got bettor lookin’ horse itbihws ncr. him in .Hoosier,. an’. Jess said hbbdY’oip.too/- '•} : ' tCT” When Gen. Lafayette, was in the Uni- - tod States, two young mon were intruduofd to him. Ho said to ono: ‘■Are you, iparried,?’ ■ ‘ Yes sir,’’ was the reply. ‘ Uappy man,’ qiioth the General. He put the .same question' to the other, who.replied: ■ ‘ f am a'bachelor.’ ’. Unlucky dog,’ said the General. I This is the best essay on fcj&trimony, ex tant, ’ •' ’ . Avoid Decevtion.— Persons who practice deceit and hrtifioo,always deceive themselves .more than they deceive others. They may feel great complacency in view of the sueoeps of their doings;! but they are in reality cast ing a Inidst before their own eyes. Such, persons not only make a- false estimate ,01 their own character, hut they estimate' false ly the opinion and conduct of others,. ' IJo porspn, is .obliged to .toll all he thinks phut both duty arid self, interest ifopbic| fiim .ever to make false pretences. ” • " : NO. 19.
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