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nfi .VOTED TOR THE DRAFT;.
hr ini> who was takes ix.
people, vote lor Abe, 1
The Union to restore,
To liberate the nogVo . •
And end this oraol war.
We’ll have no moke conscription/*
Baid thg Lincoln men and .laughed ;
u So vote for Father Abrltbam,
If you'd avoid tho draft.”
** As pohn as roboldbm
fftiall hear the' glorious news,
Of Abraham's election,
They'll tremble in their shoe!),
They’ll throw dway their arms/*
Said the Lincoln tnou and laughed)
** So vote for Father Abraham
If you'd avoid thb dtft’ft.” '
Davis Bob ijee
• Will go to Mexico,
And Beauregard add tlood will hide
Thomeolvca in Borneo,
They'll give ua the'lr plautAtions/*
Said the Lincoln mbn and laughed;
‘‘•So vote for Father Abraham,
If you’d avoid tHe drqft."
I took them- at thoir word,
I voted for.their man.
And sdt up all dec tun nigb't,
To hoar how Shoddy ran.
The telegraph did tick
' The Lincoln men all laughed,
And said “ the Copperheads are sick.
There'll bo another draft!".
No* Copperhead am I
■But still X fool quite sick,
To think the draft should fallow
My vote for Abo so quick.
1 asked tbo Democrats, .
Hew is this?” and they laughed,
And Said ; u How are &o\\ Conscript,
Yon voted for the' draft /’*
Mimllanma.
[From the Ho'tao journal.] ....
Ashes from the pipe of an old siiolp.
The first enow-Rtorno of winter is always
something new aftd unexpected; something
to wonder fit, find waiSh, and enjoy with real
zest.' How the children revel id Anticipated
delights when the ground’ is first covered ;
how they rush up into cobwebby ,attics; ;ond
dive down into,dark,cellars after long-forgot*
ten sleds, and .with what eager impatience
they wait for the‘storm lobe over i brimful
of that .exuberant Spirit which -makes tlmi*
sports so merry, and themselves so irresisti
bly .winning; when they dome in boisterously
from boars of unflagging piny, red, rudely,
h‘nd rumpled, scattering sanshVne all over
the house in scintillant sparkled of laughter J
OU.lthese.children Iwhat a pitifuljihd blank,
and-lonely world this would be without
them! - «
Thick and fast the starry flakes are falling
this gray afternoon-rpure and spotless they
cover all unsightly things as unostentatiously
ns charity covers ein. Already, the .streets.|
and Sidewalks ore carpeted so that the roll of
eaffjiiges anti foot-falls of pedestrians are
muffled and uncertain. The trees bend grace*
: {ally beneath their beautiful burden, and the
hill* stretch up in the distance like gigantic
drifts, biding .their hoary heads in.the clonus.
The ‘profound stillness is ..almost wonder
ful ;• has the. faUin'g snow buried ; all. sound
beneath it T Hark 1 in the distance a silvery
Jml quisling through the air—nearer £nd.
nenror U ttoihes—the clngiug, rollicking, mu-
Sit Sal Ifinghter-of-sleigh bolls. Proudly the
ineUlbd atKod bounds alougwith arched neck
and dilittSd tiostrils ; he seemfl conscious that
' he is the cynosure of all,eyes, and-times each
graceful movement with-, the 'measured ’rip
pling jingle.of fha ifmrry. meVry hells; The
enow clings W his glossy coat: like .flakes, of
In’s own creamy foam ; but, shaking it play
fully from his flowing mane anon, he prances
along quite tie delighted tis bis master at tois
unexpected treat*. Half the’enjoyment of
elefgb-riding is in the relish with >yhioh.oor
norses, participate ,jn it. Ho they not always
. IqoW and’feel >heir best when gliding with
almost 'arrowy swiftness’ alotig the smooth,
icy tract? * I ■* / I ’*
We.babltually speak of sleighing-aa
anjoypiqnt, • and .Jpok forward, to it,yith. no
little anticipation;:but, after all, Jt.rtUßt pon
isßs, soPseirhftt unwillingly, that, to w>_w is
a sort 'of 1 negative pleasure, and that I see
considerable ingenuity tin; thd-idevice <of thp
churlish, husband whO give his
trife .a .sleigh proposing instead that
they should sit in the hall with the front door
wide open before them, and * their feet in ft
tdh of ice water; whiltf- he brandished o
whip with one hand and rung the dinner-bell
with the. other. " A miserable brute, of
course he was,-not to gratify his wife, even
at'the expense of his own comfort;-but 1
cherish'&n involuntary and half-defined sym
pathy for him, nevertheless, simply, because
1 imagine him td. have-been as sensitive to
cold as I am. There are plenty of good peo
ple, however, who cannot sufficiently express
their indignation dt such salfiishness, and
who enjoy sleighing with sueh an evident re-
Hih'that Z sometimes envy, them, wondering,
at the .same time, bow they eqdure the in
tense cold which is most favorable to their
pet wntop. sport. I , can readily conceive
that it must be,very nice for acongenml par
ty of three, four, or-half ft dozen, to get into
f large double sleigh, and sit on soft cush
ions, under the_elegant robes, while the more
exposed driver attends to the
the luxurious conveyance'; but only the fa
vored few oan ride in splendid slcighs .ih
Cental! Parle and when it' comes to driving
one’s own horse, directly in the teeth of the
keen wintry blast, thb thing is differen't.de
oidedly.
But thare are many okquisitely brilliant
moonlight nights, which are just a paradise
for the lovers of- sleighing, ‘{who are quite
j likely to be lordrs of one another, as well,)
1 and,if:l prefer to sit by.my bwnsnug fireside,
with clouds of tinted smoke onwroathjng me,
I am no less thankful to them for filling,the
clear, frosty air with such merry-jubilant,
psals of tnusio, ' ■ ■;
There Is something in hell-musioso unlike
any .other; I think it seems, .somehow, to ac
cord more completely with nature’s gentler,
harmonies, the hum of bees and insects, the
rippling of some tiny brooklet, gleaming .ip
the summer sunshine like-a ‘golden .thread
hfretohed through a tangle of daisies ; and,
buttercups > the. murmurous iEolinu strains,
of the south wind in 'the pines, or thrilling
bird songs,heard.from afar, in the depths of
the forest; I have heard the most_cpthploto
find effective military and ofclioktrnl bands
in the land,; I have, heard, some of the. first
pianists Wd Violinists, as Well ns the great
I organ in Boston Music Hall.; hut, much ns I
found to admire and, love in them all, X am
forced to admit that no instrumental tnusio
I have ever beard so delighted and fascinat
ed mo as thfit ‘created by ii family calling
themselves Swiss Bell Ringers, whom I heard
many yonks ago. After admiring the faojlity
knd dexterity with whieh they handled their
bells,, for a few .momenta, I became,-all .at
once, sensible that I was listening to each
music as I hod never heard before, and gave
myself up to the entire’ enjoyment of it, Irri
tated and impatient when occasional singing
interrupted'Us liquid fhyrtinlioal flow. As
.1 recall my sefiSdtiona now, I find mys6Tf Un
able to analyze or describe them—and the
music itself, as.it seemed then, is equally In
describable. I only roinember tbit .1 sat
dazed and enchanted,.utjoonsoious of my sur
roundings;, ray soul soSßied born aloft, as the
strnngo weird sweetness smote the quivering
air, add. thrilled me through and through
electrically. While I wondered- dreamily, if
the angelt in heaven over heard sweeter
sounds, a balmy, ih id summer rtmosphero
seemed to float inatound me, a bprst of hap
py sunshine molted into a mazy Wilderness of
hriU’mtit and fragrant flowers, and I -lay
warm-lapped in n thicket of creamy-white,
drooping, bell-like lilies, which swung softly
•to and fro, making the music which I heard
not, because I had become .a part of it.. I
was full, overbrimmed, dmuken with melo
dy.. _ '
Phskionatoly fond of music, as t am, only
once since that time have I experienced emo?
tions at all similar, and .that was when I
heard, for the first time, the “ Vox Iluipana
Stop,” in the great Boston organ. Intricate
fughfeh delighted, soft melodies charmed,
-and t,he full power ot the immense instrument
terrified and awed me ; but, until tho.yunta
ifil, introducing that wonderful stop, hqd be
gun, I had not realized at all the capacity of
the organ, nor the sublime, and almost pro
fane, ambition which, had enabled man-to
I create a human voice.. It .was uU I hoard—
that living, breathing, pulsing humanity in
the music. It was night, the tremulous star
light gleamed, faintly through deep, forest
aisles, a silence profound ns that qf,death,
brooded, over everything. I stood alone .in
the shadow, And, with every sense painfully
alert, listened to. singing nfdr off—so far that
no words reached my ear, only the distinct
echo of some rare human voice chanting, a
hymn of unearthly sweetness dud purity. I
shall never forget it; fora moment it seemed
as though asudden gale of divine melody had
pushed apart the pearly gates of Paradise
.and swept. down to earth, bearing on. its
wings a holy benediction of peace and, good
will to men. When it ceased a pang-of do-:
solation struck my Bedrt—such as .wetfeel
‘when death drops his.sable curtain-,between;
us and some loved.one, and seems to.shut us
out- from all light,.and hope, and-.gladness;
evermore. ...
I had sometimes wandered that so "many i
good-people loved to imagine heaven a. vast
palace of music,-and that they found happi
ness in,the thought that their dead friends
were singing forever around the Great White
■Throne ;i but, since.this experience, I, have
felt less like stalling at such ftlndieS, because
the impression-clings to me that God (hits, al
lowed His creatures, at last, to gain through
musid S,foretaste of that perfection which is
!lhe crowning glory of our ideal heaven,
! »X have never-outgrown my boyish partiality
for bhll-musio. I love to sop (air, white fin
i"ors sweep' over -ivory keys gracefully and
artistically, and to hear the medley of sweet
sounds which.they evoke; hut I love better
to listen, to the sublime strains^ which ooiho
clear and grand from-tho chime in some lofty
church-tower ; and, on Sabbath morning,
ringing of the many-voiced church bells is a
inever-ending source of enjoyment—a beauti
ful npthhm ascending to tho Being whoifi we
worship'. iTlio joy-bells that ring, in the an-
Iniversary - of. ft nation’s birthday, mingling
their sonorous clangor with .the. booming of.
Inrid-throoted cannon, make an; inspiring
ohorus of which I hover tire. And what can
be more mournfully touohing than the flrei
bells, quivering through the hushed air of
some black midnight,, when afar off wo see
thq -angry forked flames darting, up with
.fiepoe and unquenchable fury, licking the
clouds with seething tongues ofliving fire.
" Dh, the bells bells, biills!
What d ta)'e tboir terror tells
Of despair I ' • ,
How thoy claugi aud claahy and roar I
'What a horror they outpour'
; On'th'o bosoin of tho palpitating air!”
I never hear, Uißir thrilling
l music but thtfW'btda of JadfeSr Poe’S exquisite
'nbem eeqmtPiiplngle apd.nngin with , them
!m.n .weird'sort of .Udrinany,,
Still the s’npw fnlis.siidntly.aHO SwiflWiAS
if impatient to fulfill mbV utmost its beau
tiful mission, and the day is, fast, wearing
away,. ATT through the ooniihg mghUhe
fragile, feathery, frost .particles*will float
downward slowly, and to-morrow morning the
sun-Will gleam oyer, tlje .hills, astonished,at
the flashing whiteness which will hurbpaofc
its golden brilliancy, Then, hurrah ; for fun
and frolic among young,ami old r pitting in.
the gathering twilight, I.seem .alreadyJo.seo
the air thick with swift-flying snow-balls; the;
Hill-sides jubilant with dashing, gliding sleds;,
the highways merry with sleighs ; and the
music of happy voices, ohmiing with the mu
sic of many bells, will steal into my heart as
I stand apart a mere, looker-on and, without
participating. ! shall.be ss merry as the jol
fiest pleasure seeker of them all.,
OT “ Don’t you think; husband, that you
are apt to believe everything you hear ?
“ No, madamt not when you talk.
iry Fashionable.sooiety has just two faults
—first, in being hollow-headed, and second,
in. being ■bollowhoatled.
‘•OUK COBSTttV—MAY IT ALWAYS JBM B.telhv-B.inP'iftfittAi Oil WatONO 001 l OUUJi’l'IU’.”
- serpent poison.
' The opinion that venomous Serpents do not
eat 'fhe animals they kill by the poison of
their fangs, like many other popular notions,
turns pttt fojbo an error. This I.know froui
my own ; and for the
eatisfiiotio'n ,of nttUiralists a few particulars
are giveft. .My specimens were. plnoea in a
box, covered with glass, and, having a wood
en lid secured by look and key. A few small
holes, (or were made in the sides
of the box, but too small to allow the escape
of even a spouse. Birds, when put into tlib
box, in the division including the rattlesnake,
would often hop around and over it, for hours
unmolested; bat at length, whan in a favov
'tvb eposuia'n.the snake would strike thq fa
tal blow, and death ensued in a few minutes.
One .instance only need be noticed; a half
grown bird, when struck, at once commenced
screaming, with wings outslrcohed, and, turri
’ffig round oniio'ot twice, ke’fethed to droop and,
sicken rapidly. In three or four fMnutos
from the moment it was bitten it foil forward
toward the month of the rattlesnake and ex
pired. The movements of this bird were in
accordance with such actions ns have been
observed in eases.where fascination alone was
supposed to be employed. In this case -the
.charm Was a fatal one truly, being nothing
less than th'e poison of the serpent coursing
through its veins.
The birds placed in the box were not swal
lowed by the rattlesnake, seemingly,, a's after
ward appeared, because it would not incum
ber .its jaws, so as to bOtinprepared for defense
while 'the huranff eye rested upon it. In ex
perimenting on tbo non-veno'mous species,.it
was found that they, also, would not tUke
their fo6d whert afiy "person Was present; but
that when alone and secure they would eat
ravenously; one 6f them, the common Bull
snake, having eaten nine young birds in a
few hours. Profitipg by this discovery, a rat,
two thirds grown, was thrown to tharaftle
snake, when it-immediately struck it twice.
Th'6 victim soon exhibited signs of dying, and
tho.box was closed and looked. Upon exam
ination, fifteen minutes afterward, the rat had
been swallowed, and the serpent's thicknCfiß
proporfinnably increased. .
By this, experiment, and’ others similar, jt
was ascertained that the rattlesnake docy fehs
food which his tfc’effi By its own bite,
and that it ia probable that.it always captures
its victim's by striking,them, as, unconscious
of danger, they pass its place of concealment ;
the poison of its fangs being a much more ef
ficient agency than tile fascination of its eyes;
It may be re marked, in explanation,.that,
although tho'poiso'n of serpents, into
the veins and arteries, is always fatal to the
smaller animals, yet it may bo received into
the stomach without injury, ns it is easily di
gested, and exerts no prejudicial influence
upon th'e system. In the smaller animals,
killed by tne bite'of the snake; VW ipflama
tion, no swelling of the body takes place, in
the case of the larger animals, for the' reason
that the extinction of life pccurs too'soon to
illmv of any such ev'ccts. '
If, then, the venomous serpents oat the fond
killed by their own poison, and the non-ven
oranus spcoi'eSjcah cliinh almost everywhere
that birds bitild their nests, where is the ne
cessity' of tiny of these reptiles lining endow
ed with the powers of fiisoinntioH ? They
possess the .means of attack and defense,.in- 1
a'eji'eHdelih of the power of ohiirmirig, itkft de-,
gfee fully equal to the necessities of,their‘ex
istence, and in this respect are not behind
any. c.ther order in the, animal kingdom.—
■Wlif, then, should they bo given such an ad
vantage iia fascination would confer oyer the
other orders of iß'e Irrational creatures? —
But, \vo need not prolong our rotfldrks on those
topics ; another claiming some attention in
this connection.— American MontMif.
'< A’SVoNDERFiir, Bird;—A wonderful bird
from China is the subject of a'Paris; letter to
.the' Chicago 110168. ' -The Write* says;
“ Allow'nte to commenofto the profound
consideration •of Philanthropists; and' of
iapdstres of progress io general.' a late Impor
'tatiun which tins arrived as a gift to the Jar
din d* Acclimatization in the Bois do Bou
logne. It is a new fowl, the eating of which
makes men intelligent according to Chinese
authority. This bird is called a .tragopans,
and is a species,of pheasant. The one Just
received is thofiret of the kind ever sent out
of the Celestial empire, and was presented to
the Acclimatization Society by the French
consul at Har-Rioh. These pheasants are
called Too-ohiovo-fet the Chinese, meaning
the bird that vomits flukes of silk. They are
brought from the mountains Sea Cherson,
and also from the Hong Tong districts, where
they fire much esteemed by thb ifthiibitiinlß
for their plumage, and fur' the delicacy of
their flesh. Viceroys and rich people always
keep a number of them in cages as curiosi
ties. The sjze of the tragopans does not ex
ceed thitt (if a common hen. Its plumage dis
plays tdfi'mcsf varied and brilliant'colors.—
The' head is jet b'laok,'with a golden yellow
crest; the dyes itro Ucgo rtrtd bordered vtith
blue ; the fleet! is sky-blue; the Breast a fiery I
redthe : back and abdofnSa an spotted white
upon a red ground. , ... ■
“In summer it displays its magnificent
plumage puffing itself oat 1 and atfuting
abntft like a peacock, every now and then ut
tering a hoarse ‘ caw, 1 at the same 1 moment
thrusting out its tongue, u foot long, of
bright blue color, with fiery rod spots along
the middle, while the lovely blue horns make
their appearance on its head. This curious
show is kept up for about a quarter of on
hour, when the tongue ip drawn in, the horns
subside, and the usual every-day toilet and
sober demeanor are resumed—the end of the
display being accompanied by a mocking
scream, as much as to say. ‘Bh, how do you
like it? I could doit better if lohose.r-
The Chinese say. that, the moat wonderful
qualifies of these birds are not their external
attraotfdti, or their wholes omen ess as an ar
artiolS tff fond. They Are affirmed to respect
their parents—are models of filial_ piety,
tvfltohing otfer their parents when they are
ilt or grow old. I take it for granted that
the administration of. the Jardm d’Acolima-,
tization will -keep strict watch to discover
Whether these praiseworthy points pf pharoo
ter d6velopo themselves in a/breign country.
HtrooiNd.-ji-'An editor inlowa has been fin
ed two hundred dollars for tugging a girl in
oburoh. — Exchange, , ...
Cheap enough!;Wo oboe hugged a girl in
church some ten years ago, ind it has cost a
thousand a year ever since.-rToinifl'America.
That’s nothing I. We kissed a girl m school
some twenty-fire,years ago and hare had to
support her and the family ever since l—
oga Democrat. • ■ • , . „
Whew! You don’t none of you.know how
,to do it. We hare been-kissing and hugging
the girls for the last thirty years, in church,
in school and out of school, at homo, abroad!
and it never cost us ’.nary red. —Hospital lieg
"jJstlor than thall We know of follows who
have made fortunes by simply hogging a
girl-. ■ .
H .
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' X remember once when alttd.rtt
Rcho.t 1. a fig'tt between two bulls. Though !
was nut 'more than eight or liino jears of
oge, l ean never forget, tbd 'scehil. It hap
pened in this wisQ.:. .... i
Ke.ur tbo house, an unpi'cteridirigl edifice it
,wn«; rim ft deep and rnpUTrivor.Across it
had Tm<in thrown a high wooden
hendrrtVTmg of; which time.had destroyed.rr
Tho gudind on Vho opposite eulo of the stream
wbs owued by different persons, arid' farmed
by therm One I rememher-A-it
as if it wore yesterday, tlihdiutfr ofnoon bud
arrived, and a fun-seeking group of boys
were sent out for recreation.
On a.'sudden tho roaring of two bulls that
had broken out of thoir hahtiaoitieut attract
ed our attention.
The beasts'wore not yet iri sight of each
other, but were approaching, ftt ft rate of
speed which .caused them to'meet nefcp 'tho
centre of tho high bridge Tyhich I hare de
scribed, and beneath which ran the river,
between steep, bffiilcs,' Tho more daring of
us gathered'near’tho bridge to see th'e an
ticipated fight. And we were riot disappoint
ed. • ’
' Nearer and noarer approached the pavring
combatants. B.idmu never -produced two
brutes oj fiercer aspect. 1 \
Presently, os they simultaneously ascend
ed the respective abutments, they came in
full eight of each ''HieV, And they went at
it with a gusto.. Front to front, their horns
looked, every* strained, they were
fighting only as hulls can fight* It, seemed
ad even match. - . ,
JfdwonO would proas back hid opponent‘s
few paces, and then you would hoar quick,
shalp. ehort steps, apd hia adversary would
pi*ess bafck in his .turn. The fight was bard,
and noW and thou sAVago. Fur a time neith
er gained. ‘ .
Hitherto they were pressing each other
lengthwise of the bndgo. " On h sudden they
began to wheel, nod in a‘moment they were
facing each other cnmw.lsoL They wore at
right angles with; tho bridge, which shook
with their tranuding and strife. ‘. .. , v
It was the work of a single moment', one 1
of the bodsta. however, as if conscious of its
■edition,-made a desperate plunge forward,
and pressed hia antagonist back, so that there
was but'anothor. step of the plank between
him and the water beneath.
The rhomenb was one of intone© interest to
us spectators. Never vras tho amphitheatre
of ancient Rome tho scone of n more exciting
■combat. Another step backward ; yes, the
unfortuoato bull was forced'fcb'do* it. Back
ho is pressed, and -over tho’ bridge ho goes.
Snob a sight I never saw and never wish to
see again.
Imagine a largo and powerful bull pitch
ed backward over a bridge, and tumbling
thirty feet over And over.' Ho turned once
or twice. I thought he turned fifty tiroes,
there seemed inch a confusion of horns and
feet revolving in tho air. '
• Down he went—the river wan very deep—
and he disappeared-from view, leaving a
whirlpool behind him, amKnmking the wa
ter undulate far and wide with -the concus
sion of his weight. , . " 1
The other beast did not laugh, because I
supposed at the time ho coilld-uot.
. But we laughed arid shouted bur applause.
There stood the Victor,- looking directly down
into the abyss below into which he hurried hia
unlucky foe. lie stood but a moment, and
then, as if, as frightened at tWb prospect, he
began to snort ana step back ward.
•But be retreated- wilh*his bond in the
same pugnacious attitude as when in combat,
back, still another slep, and over heyvonton
the Opposite sids .of the bridge,-
jilsC as manV and ludicrous flomersots as his
adversary had done a moment before.
It was a scene to bo long renumbered, and
the performance called forth immense ap
plause, - , ,
In about five minutes Upth'bulls m.ght bo
seen, well sobered by their ducking,- and
dfibpihg wet, scratching up the.steep banks,
each one on his own side of the. river,
“Those bulls will haver fight again,” said
i a boy behind mo. > •
His prediction proved to bo correct, for
two more peaceable bulls* iMan they wore
ever fiftdrward could uotbave been found.
The Body of a Man Fodnd in a Trunk —
A. Woman Tryiny to Aid a Deserter. —A
German woman named Mary L. Linder ar
rived at Baltimore on Friday. last, on the
Norfolk boot,, with a very large traveling
trunk. She employed a haoktnan to take
her and her trunk to a boarding house where
she stopped during Saturday. < Her move
ments were mysterious. She wont about
deeply veiled, and 6nnlly employed another
hack man to take her trunk.to.,the Northern
Central Railway and remain there until her
arrival. The trunk was diieotod to a man in
Chicago. . , i. .V' ...
The hackmap waited, b,i3t'the woman, did
hot Appear, and thp cars left. " He tarried the
trunk back, arid it was finally, taken to the (
trStoh house last night,, and on being opened
the dead body ofa man,'thirty-five years old,
arid 'well dressed, ' was ■ found inside. It
pfoved to be n soldier, named'Samuel Pros-,
borri, of the Twentieth New York Cavalry,,
now stationed n’t Norfolk. : . • , ; ! ' ;
The woman came up on Sunday rtntLoon
fdssed she was aiding the roan to desert in
this way.. He Jiad been in the trunk sever
al days, and slept theta rather
but it is supposed Be flrifilly suffocated, pr
was kitted by the trunk being carelessly
knocked n'bout, or was frozen to death/--- /
The woirian makes a clean confession’ of
her complicity, and ip now in jail to await
trial for aiding desertion arid murder.' <
A Ci.erical Anecdote,— Tlioßev.P-—,.
of Brooklyn, belonging to the old school- di
vines, while, attending.to Ip usual Sabbath
fflinistratione, managed: to discover who of
hie ddhgregatiou were absent, his first duty
on Monday mof lung being to. call on the ah;
sootees and to find out why they were not at
those whose places wer? often va
cant, was one man whb. da.red -but. little for
the %oßty, of the holy day, or the teproof of
the minister. . ;
Oh takinghis usual Monday morning rounds,
jlr P was sure to .visit Mr. 0,, as,we
Will call him. Said the-gobd' mao, * Why
wora’yoii not at oTMroh yesterday f’^
‘Had other business to attend to, was the
said the clergymen; solemnly,
•there will he.no preaching in, hall.’ ; ■
* Well,"it wont be for the' want ofmims
tors,’ was the quick rejoiner._- • • •
This Was a hard out, and the good old doc
tor Shook bis head, and went on his way, ru
minating, doubtless, upon the doctrine ot to
tal depravity. .
ass- New kind of Copperheads—The Re
pdblioans that stole coppsr from ths Philadel
phia yard,. • .
Bull Piglrt.! /
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M ‘^1865.
Tlit Slfsfatt/Riiby—Wfiat Pantfa Sttji About It.
■ Tile t.iihdoil Pencil lias tiie following:
j’r.ince. 'Ei'Si/\s ‘. Cafiri Circular.”— Tfiß
grout 'slitinfiiotion vjlnqh was given to the
mothers "of England-' by the faithful. narra
tions about Prince-Batyr which weVCßiipplied
during the feociittdiir’pf.Prlnoe Babe’s roy
al parent's'/ and thedelight which wasTelt in
feiidihg/ iii'li 'shljijtqtlfeiii; court circular, (hat
lij) hud, boon out for an airing,, has induced
hip friends and “godTaflicr, Mr. Punch, to
nisika ariliiigeraents fdV'tho regular prepara
tion of u court'circular tlint shall bo
.mly td : Prince Baby. ' The following id the
ehronicle.of the past week ;
•‘•Sunday—ll- R. H. very poor indeed.—
.Slightly incensed after church at being in
terrupted in sucking the velvet, on mama’s
prayer-book ; hut instantly pacified. Grab
bed at a wine.glass and threw it down, hut
r.nly.laugWod at Uitf pieces, and wanted an
other. ' ' ' ' '
“ .VI induy— 11. R. II; did not cry during
the wli.du day. Observing from the window
his royal parents going out for a ride, dis-.
tipotly remarked,*Ta-lar,’ innocently uncon
scious that they, were but of hearing. _
“Tuesday— a. R. ll.’s usual amiability
Win disturbed by a special petition, on the
part of his head nurse, that ho would put the
coral into his mouth'instead of Shorn, Him
and dapliet, whom ha endeavored tb intro
duo there all tit once, Eo, was graciously
pleased, however, to'substitute the elephants
for the family of ftf.'dih,'
“ IVedno'sdav—E. ft. H. evinced a great
desire to eat his toes. During a ride in the
ifternnun he •distinctly pointed at a horse,
aVid made a remark, which the head nurse is
inclined to believe was * see,’ bat which the
second nurse considers to have been ‘gee P .
•• Thursday—ll. R. 11.-very ..slpepy ! ; tut
the medical attehdftfits did not think thnt the
symptoms were in the least alarming, though
his remonstrances nn being moved certainty
were. lie was pleased to break a Sevres cup
in the forenoon, and to laugh Very much at
the crash. ' 1 't, ■ ,
“ Friday—H. R. E. much displeased at
a bib being inserted under his double chin,
and hd 'spat out bis nutriment with much
vigor. Afterwards a sudden clutch at his
mother’s Dagmar brooch slightly hurt his
hand, hut lie Was delighted when the naugh
ty brooch was well whipped, _ .
"•• Saturday—H. R. 11. in the highest spirits
and kicking vehemently. An attempt to swal
low his red sock was liniiffily frustrated, and
hi. royal father’s watch wont into his mouth in
stead. lie enjoyed his evening bath exceeding
ly and i! tterly refused to allow himself to be re
moved from the water. At length an Angola
kitten effected a diversion, and 11. R. 11.
concluded the, week by ‘going'to sleep with
the affectionate kitten’s tail in his hand.”
BisltFunNEss in Yourn.—Young people on
their Heat iulniisrioh to this outer world are
especially afflicted by false shame, so that it
may he regarded as one of the moral diseas
es of the mind's infancy. It is at the bottom
of a great deal of their shyness. They ecu
not feel at ease because they mistrust some
thin;; about themselves or their belongings,
and have that feeling of barrenness and ex
posure in the presence of unfamiliar ryes
which attaches to sensitiveness under Untried
circumstances.
Everything then assumes a magnified, ex
aggerated character, the place they occupy
on the one hand and the importance of the
occasion on the other. The. present compa
ny is the world, tllp universe, a convention of
men and gods, all forming a deliberation and
'irreversible judgment upon them, and deci
ding t» their disadvantage on aoojunt of some
oddness; or awkwardness, op passing slip in
themselves, nr in .accessories ahjiu t them.—
Bat, in must persons, time and experience
bring si muoh humility as teaches them their
insignificance. It is ndf, we apon learn, very
likely that at any given time d mixed assem
blage is thinking very much about us; and
then the horror of a conspicuous position los
es its main sting.,
This on the one hand; on the other, weave
not ns dependant on the award of society as
we wero. Even a roomful comprises, to. our
enlarged imagination, By no means the whole
creation. Thorb. is something worth oaring
for outside those walls. And also wo have
come to form a sort of estimate of ourselves.
There is now a third party in question, in the
shape of self.respect. \Yo realize that we
are to ourselves of immeasurably more con
sequence than any one else can be to us.—
Thus, either by reason or by the natural
defi,iiig an ; d strengthening process of the out
er air, most people overcome any conspicuous
display of thpwoakness, By tho time youth
is over, they have either accepted their posi
tion or set about in n business-like way to
mend it. —Essays on Social Subjects.
■ A Jower op Skulls.—Lamartine, ih his
“.Pilgrimage to the Holy Land,” writes as
fpllowa i’ ~ , ■ _
When I was about a league from Nisa, the
last Turkish town almost on the frontier of
Seryiri, I sitw a large tower rising uj> in the
midst of the; plain as white as Por’mn marble.
I took the path which led to il. I desired a
Turkish’ fad who accompanied me to'hold tpy
horse, and f.sat down under lheahade of tlio
tower to pnjpy n few momonta’ ropoao. No
sooner was I seated.thnn raising my eye to
the.mOiihment, I discovered that the walls
Which I supposed to be built of marble or of
regular rows of white stone, were composed
of rogalaf tows'of human skulls, bleached by
rain and euu, and. cemented by a little sand
arid lime, formed entirely the triumphal arch
which how sheltered' me from the burning
sun 1 There must bo from fifteen to twenty
thousand’. In sorti’e places portions of half
are still bunging, and- waved like lichen or
moss 'with’ e very breat hof wind. The mound
tain.breeze was, then,blowing fresh, penetra
ting the innumerable cavities of .the skulls,
Arid sounded like a. mournful and plaintive
sigh.- Thesp wersjskulls of;fifteen thousand
Servians whp lidd boon put to death by the
pooh ain the fast irisurrootion'of* Servia.—
Spvvia, However, is now free,'and this mono-,
mont Will toaolv .their children tho vaiuo of
independence by Showing them- the.price
at which their forefathers purchased it.”
—Children and fools,tays the old adage,
always tell the,-truth: *
‘'Mother sent me’ said, a little girl to a
neighbor, Ho ask,you.to oome and lake tea
wilt, her, tfilk evening.’ ’
■‘‘Did she say time, my dear ?”
. “No ma'am ; sha only said she would asfe
you, and then the thing would be off her
mind ;. that was. all ehe said. ■ -
{£/" Many a mail 'would like to ho a Stuar
verweigerungverfaaauogsmuisigb,oreobigt.
In-Oermany it’s a ohap who isn’t obliged to
pay iaxes.— Exchange . , , ■
Such a olass i« rapidly, -getting a. foothold
,Jii this country.-
Fill Toor Own Place. —lt ttkoa nil sorts
of characters to complete this groat world-dfa
pia, and sooiOjjody mast not thorn. In other
Words, I believe that every man has his place
in {he world.apd that ho was made specially
for that ble.ee. It is only earnestly,by filling
that piece that' he fulfills his destiny, mid un
,fwerS the end for which, pud emoted him.--'
Confus'dn and disappointment only arise .rum
out efforts to got into some other •, u')\cc
than-the one for which wo we're ihten led.—
The change of our is limited hy the the chap
ueter God hasgiton to us, and the oircauistoti-'
ces.by wjiioh he hath surrounded u§. and
which hnvo modified that character r.iid de
veloped those fjpjuJties., : ti ;
Each man is dilated witti certain possibil,
itics which determine the direction ho must
go, and ’the height to which ho may rise,—
We need not, therefore remain in doubt. , Our
path is bo .plainly .marked out for us- that we
need not seek long for it, it wed'ava willing
hearts and willing hands to do if;
“No triivn isborno inio Ihb world whoso work
Is not born with him ; thero is niway* work
And tools to work withal, for those who will/'
Tlio same power that created yon, and
trained you for your work; Inis: brought that
work for you. Do opt go out of yoiir way to
seek for something grand and imposing to do,
but take up at once the simplest aud plainest
duty that lias before you, ana you will not
go wrong. Do not stand waiting for signs
and wonders .to reveal to you what God would
have you do, but listen to the voices within
yon and and around you calling you to work.
’Crust thitsa voices, have faith, in humble
things ; then God will seek you, and light
and strength be giyon to you as your path o
pens wider, and higher before your advan
cing footstebs.
I believe God calls men to humble duties as
well as great ones, for to Him nil duty is o
qnnlly gi'Oaf, biui VVUO id- to hibi who 'disre
gards that Call. We are willing to recognize
this call to the ministry; then, why not the
other pursuits of life 7 Is XireaCimig the
gospel the only duty ihut God recognizes ?
It is because we wait for God to manifest
ilimsslf in the lightening and thunder that
we fail to hear Uis voice in our hearts, and
in the indication of circumstances about ua,
and thus go astray, groping our way blindly,
and stdmblifig on our way in darkness and
doubt. No man ever accomplished much
who had not this idea of vocation, who did
not feel that he was called of God to do that
very thing. —Professor Wilson,
God’s ffimoEs.— Here are “God’s heroes”
of the sick chamber, and the vigil by theoan
dle-side; heroes of poverty, and heroes pf
the work-shop; of silent, patient endurance,
■■having learned through much tribulation
that waiting and suffering are their destined
work; the heroes of Jonjv-sufforing. forbear
anoe, and charity, or of victory over pain; of
the ostentatious self denials of the household
the lowly and toiling women, climbing mounts
of sacrifice under heavy crosses, without a hu
man hand hold out in sympathy; the noblest
tinny of martyrs who have found op cl follow
ed the Master’s footprints in the daily rounds
of humble duties, transfiguring that despised,
oircumsoribod, care encumbered life of theirs
into a living testimony of the truth of Christ’s
evangel; the lonely sufferers, priests by n
heavenly oouaOCrtllWri', offering tjjo sacrifices
of praise in garret and cellar, men and wo
men far from stimulating delights of success
ful activities, co-workers with Christ, sowing
in hope the ebbil whose increase they never
reap; “the sacramental Hosts of God's elect,”
ever ascending with songs most jubilpnt from
the taithful performance of earth’ lower min
isteVs to the upper sanctuary, with its peren
nial and unhindered praise. They are pass
ing up through the gates of morning into the
city without a temple, and it is fur. other fin
gers than ours to weave the amaranth around
their lowly hrovr.—North British Iteoieib,
Dueuno in the Russian Since
the return of tlio 'emperor to St. Petersburg
ho has decided on the sentences to be p'assed
on several officers of tiro equestrian guayd,
who were concerned in a duel which cost the
liib Of a brother officer. The emperor's an
ger was justly Aroused, for, in opposition'to
his known wish to p’revent duels, the officers
of the regiment fomented thecfuarroT between
the opponents, instead.of endeavoring to ap
pease thoir mutual anger. The original sen
tence passed on the offenders by the, court
martial was very severe. . The principals
and the two focoqds wore,condemned to the
loss of their rank, their orders aud medals,
and their civil rights. The principal, a colo
nel, was also sentenced to twelve years’ tor
ced labor in tbn mines ; and tbo seconds, a
captain and a lieutenant; to be.confined in a
fortress for ten years. The council of super
vision approved these sentences, but, in con
sideration that the officers “ had acted order
the inspiration "of deep-rooted prejudices re
specting military honor,” the grace of his
majesty was solicited, and it was recommen
ded that the colonel should lose his rank and
orders, and should serve asa private soldier,
while the seconds should be confined in u for
tress for three months. The emperor was
pleased to approve these milder, sentences.
, Fashionable Cali..— Enter Mis Lucy, nonr
lyout of breath with tho exertion of-walking
from her papa’s carriage in the etreet.tu the
door of her friend. . : . „„
. tjuoy—“ Oh Mario, hoW do you dot How
delighted lam to see you. How have you
been einco you wore at the ball last Thurs
day evening? Wasn’t the appearance of
that tall girl in pink perfectly frightful? Is
this''your shawl on the piano? beautiful
shawl 1 Father says he is going to send to
Paris to get me a shawl in the spring. I
can’t bear •home-made shawls. How do you
like Mcjnsier Espbroy? Beadtlfpj man ain’t
he? Now, don’t laugh, Maria, for lam sure
I don’t care anything about him! Oh ray!_ i
must be going. It’s a beautiful day, isn tit?
Maria, when are yod'coming up to see me?
Oh, dear I what a beautitnl pin 1 Ihe pin wag
given to yon; now I know.it was, Maria,
don’t deny it. Harry is coming up to see me
this evening, but I hate him—l do, really:
but he has a beautiful moustache, boon t be,
MaHa? Oh dear, it’a very warm. Good
morning, Maria,! Don’t speak of Harry m
oonhcetioU with my name to. any one, for I
am sure, it will never amount to anything,
but I bate him, awfully—l’m sure I do—
Adieu.” , .
The Difference.—A tasty, lawyer lately,
in one of our court®; found himself bothered
with a knotty witness, who wouldn't explain,
as he desired, the difference between, the
“thick” and “long’*' kinds of whalebone.—
*'W»y, man,” ho said, .“you don't seeiu to
know the distinction, between, the. tluok ana
long.” u Yaas f t dew.V . “Explain it, then.”
“Wall ijon’ro ploaguy .thickheaded, but yon
aiu 1 1long-headed,,no heow.” said the greeny.
, Pittsburg has one. foundry, fop-about
each thousand of its population, and,.a dozen
drinking.saloons for each foiindry;—
I Urb oy inn Arim.in 'l’he firsjb
time you are walking w;Uh your arms aldd
erty. atop moving. tnem v an{ljndd tjiera Uv
your sides. ’ YTi»u will be surprised to find
iiow soon your companion will leave you bt
hind, although you imiy hurry, twist, wriggle,
and try very;hard to keep, up. One reaaop
for the slow walk among girls is, to bo found
in this practice of carrying the arms
less. Three miles an hour. ■ With the arms
still, is ha hard work us four miles with the
arms /roe.
\ have s&»ri the queens t-f the stage walk.’
1 have sepn it few girls and women of quemy-
Iv hearing walk in ‘the street ami drawing
room, j They movcLtheir amis in a fr,co and
graceful.- manner. .Xlould tins habit become
universal aownggirl.vthojr chests would en
large, ami their bearing he greatly improved.
See that girl wulking with both hand* in h.ey
muff, limy -die wriggles and twists her shoul
ders and hips I This is because hop arm?
nvp k Oive thorn freo swing, and
her gjiit.W i *nhi soon become more graceful.
Yon ,hr?v** seen pictures of rur muscles.— r
Those of the uprer part of the ho ly, you re
member, .-pcad out. from, the slionlder, in nil
directions, like a ftpi. Now. if you hold tip*
shoulder still, the .muscles of the chest will
•httnk, life sh- ulders'stoop, and the wholn
chest bccuyies, thin ii/ul ugly.
But some girls will say, “Swinging the
arms must bo very slight exercise. - True,
it Is very slight if von swing them once, but
if you awing them lon thousand timos in a
day, you will obtain more exercise of tho
muscles of the chest thnn by nil other ordif
nary movements combined,lndeed, if t
were asked what exercise 1 thought; most ef-
fective ini' developing thaches.s of American
girls I should reply flfi once, swinging the
arms while walking.--#}/'. Dio Let pin.
,Jl lafyik Sronr bi* Mb. Li.stoi.n-. Per
haps tlie opinion of the President on Gener
al Thomas' great victory before Nashville
may bo of interest.
“Mr. President,” said a friend to him,
"there isn’t much left of Uund’a army, is
there?” . t . •/,
"Well, no, Medill j I think that Hood's
ttrmy is ahont in the fix of. Bill Sykes’ dog,
down in 'Sangamon County; did yeti ever
hoar of it?”
Of course the answer was "never.”
“Well, Bill'Sykes had a long, yaifer dog,
was forever getting into the neighbors’
meat houses and (thicken coops.. They bad
tried to kill it a hundred times, but the dug
was always tot)sinert for them! Finally one
of them got a bladder of a coon and filled it
up With powder, tying t|ie neiik around a
piece of monk. When ho saw the dog com
ing, 1 ho fired the punk, split open n hot bis
cuit and put the bladder in, then buttered it
nfooly, and threw it out. The dog swallowed
it at agulp. Pretty soon there was au explo
sion. The headof the dug lit on the parch,
the fore legs qunglit astraddle the -fence, the
hind legs fell in the ditch, and the rest of tho
dog lay around loose. Pretty soon Bill
Sykes came along and the neighbor said:
“Bill, I guess there ain't much of that dug
of yonr’n left.” “Well, no,” said Bill,
see plenty of pieces, but I guess that dog, is,
a dog, nin’t of much more account.” Juaj
so. Mcdill, there may bo ftagmeußrof Hood’s
nrinjsaround, but I gaoss that dug, us a dog,
ain’t of much more nooount.”
Another Como vp Fact in Physiology.—
—The Ohio State journal quotes ah extract
from a Memphis journal, which says that a
bout two weeks ago the wife of.a market gar-
at Point in' Memphis,
gave ijirth to twins,wrhioh instead of being
provided with.the head and features of “the
human form divine,” had each the |iead and
neck of a shake 1 Below the bond and shoui
ders children were of natural and come
ly form—from tho shoulder* up they present
ed thq horrible shape and characteristics of
the gerpont. Immediately after their birth
a consultation of physicians was held, at
which it was very p’roperly decided to bleed
the monsters to dentin which was according
ly done. What disposition .was made of the
bodies.we have not learned. The cause as
signed for this Inaus nuinrai is, that several
months ago, shortly after the woman brcamd
.enc/ente, her husband playfully threw a
snake’s head inti) her fane which so frighten
ed her-that the find assumed the horrible
shape into which they wore brought in the
world.
R.inn Cider Put ifib dew ci(far..into
clean casks or barrels, and alknv. it.-.to fer
ment from one to three weeks, according as
the weather is cool or warm. When it has
attained to lively fermentation add to every
gallon three lourths of a pound of white su
gar, and let the whole ferment again until it
possesses nearly the brisk pleasant, tastb,'
which’it is desired should he
Pour bat a quart of the cider and mix .irilh
it one quarter ,of an biinqe of sulphate »f
lime for jgyery gallon the cask contains.—
Stir until it is intimateljr miied, arid p«%
tho emulsion into the liquid. Agitate the
contents of the oapk thoroughly for a few
moments, then let U rest, that the eider may
settle.. Fermentatio'n will ho arrested at
oooe and will nut (.s ■ msumuJ. It-mayne
bottled lit.thp„ pojfrse of a few weoksj or it
only be allowed' to remain in the cask, and
Used on draft. If buttled it will become a.
sparkling qi^lor—better than .what is Called
champaign e wine.
‘ Indian Summer of Li FE.—fn the life of a.
good man there is an Indian
beautiful' than that of our season—richer/
suunior.and more eablimetban the most glo
rious Indian summer .which the' world ever
knew; it is the’lndian summer of the soul.
When the glow of youth is departed, whsrf
the warmth of middle, age is gone »hiT the
buds and blossoms arc changing to. the sera
and yellow leaf, then the iriind the good
nmn.still ripe and vigorous; relaxes its labors,
and the memories 0/ a spent life, gush
forth from thoir secret fountains, enriching,
rejoicing and fertilizing; then.the trustful
resignation of the Christian' sheds arounda,"
sweet and Holy warmth,*dnd the soul, assum
ing a hearenly luster, is no longer restrnvod •
to the harrow confines of business, bhVaoair*
far above the winter of hoary-age, and dwo>is
peacefully and , Happily upf'u,, that, hrighs
spring, summer that awaits .ban within tlid
gates of. Ihfvudiao evermore," * -< ■>
will grant you" all yon,desire*” *nid
jyyonnglady to her lover, “ on: con di t u >i\jib atf
yoiv give me vvhivtyou have nut,, ucVeV can
have, but yet whiit. you cah‘give • IVHut
d|d she a*k bim’forl A* husbanc.
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~-vuon b.h qmqj iaqi.jjaad, bjp
Bto.j imraup am' puu -joqVqiu ‘eie-iq .
.JKU./eSid Bsoi|i >■» .uiiuuqvniii oan
‘ibq fsaltfiq joq oj 'S*f iaqio aqi ‘pjegastuna;
•ej[ V - ,p,inBWOB ~]oroo.iij» jetuoiaj*-,,
Sy Pigeons are beautiful in the
most people prefer thira with a under
anil acrust over thVui*-'. .
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