®hc American Volunteer.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY HORNING
BRATTON 6e. KENNEDY.
uabket square.
TsbxSTwo Dollars per year If paid strictly
in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid
within throe months; alter which Three Dollars
will bo charged. These terms will be rigidly ad
hered to In every Instance. No subscription dis
continued until all arrearages are paid, unless at
ho option of the Editor.
Ihotegaional (ffiartiis.
Adam keller, attorney at
Law, Carlisle. Office with W. M. Penroso,
nq. t Kheem’s HalL
October a. Om*
JJNITKD STATES CLAIM
HEAL ESTATE AGENCY!
WM. B. BUTLEB,
ATTOnUBY AT LAW,
Offico In 2d Story of InholTa Building, No. 8 South
Hanover Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county,
Bounties, Back Pay, io., promptly
“Applications' by mall, will rccolvo Immediate
“Articular attention gluon to the soiling or rent
ing of Beal Estate, In town or country. In all lot
ters of Inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. *
July 11,1S07 —tf
2r; GEORGE S. BEARIGHT, Den
tist. From the Baltimore Oslleae qf Dcrilal
ery. Office at tho residence of Uls mother,
East Leather Street, throe doors below Bedford,
Carlisle, Penna.
Deo. 1,1805.
x M W EAKLEY, Attorney at Law.
• I ’ Offico on South Hanover street. In tho room
formerly occupied by A. B. Sharpe. Esq,
rn E. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney
p _ and CoUNdrcum at Law, Carlisle, Penno.
Onico on South Hanover street, opposite Bonu s
Store. By special arrangement with the Patent
011100, attends to securing Patent Rights.
Deo. 1,1805. * , . .
nHAS. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attob-
I 7 NBV AT Law. Ofllco in Building formerly
occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han
non’s Hotel.
Deo. 1,1505.
TOHN. C. GRAHAM, Attorney at
»l Law. Office formerly occupied by Judge
Graham, South Hanover street. Carlisle, Penna.
Doc. 1,1865—ly.
MO. HERMAN, Attorney at Law.
, Office In Bheem's Hall Building, In the
rear of tho Court House, next door to tuo Her
old” Office, Carlisle, Penna.
Deo. 1,1885.
VX7" F. SADLER, Attorney at Law,
W . Carlisle, Penna. Office In Building for
raerly occupied by Volunteer, South Hanover
street.
Dec. 1, 1805. ____
TTT KENNEDY Attorney at Law,
VV . Carlisle, Penna. Office same as that oi
the l American ■Volunteer,” boath Bide ot the Pub
lie Square.
Dec. 1. 1805. ;
JOHN LEE, Attorney at Law,
North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.,
t ob. 16, 1800—ly. .
TAMES A. DUNBAR, Attorney at
■ I law, Carlisle, Ponna. Ofllco a few doors
west of Hannon’s Hotel.
Deo. 1,1805. . •
DR, J. B. BXXLER offers bis profes
slonal sorvlccsto theoltlzens of Carlisle and
' Main street, opposite the Jail, In the
room lately occupied by L. Todd, Esq.
April 11,1867— ly • '
Urg OootiS.
1867. SPEINGI 186 T.
BABGAINS
Now opening in
.DOMESTIC GOODS,
DEBSS GOODS,
-CASSIMERE3, SATTINETIS AND JEANS,
WIIITE GOODS,
dress trimmings.
ZEPHYRS ,
RIBBONS and notions
RING'S NEW STORE,
NO. 05 WEST MAIN STREET
Opposite tUo Mansion House,
Next door to the Post Office, Carlisle,
April 18,18G7.
W . B E N T Z.,
has just opened Uls second Fall purchase of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS,"NOTIONS, <fco."
The stock' consists "of the finest selection of
French Morlnoes, Alpoccos, Poplins, Plain ami
Flcured Repps, all colors. Crown Poplins, Cb
burgsr all aliases and widths. De Lalnos very
cheap. . , ,
A well selected stock of
mourning dress goods,
Black Silks. French Merlnoes, Wincey, Serge,
Tamlse, Alpacca, Poplins. Pekin Lustre,
Plain and Striped, Double and Single width all
wool De Laines, Figured Poplins, Crape Vells and
C< A troincndoua lino of Flannels, Bleached and
Unbleached,
Muslins,
Prints,
Checks.
Tickings,
Towelling,
and Towels,
. Sheetings, &o*
A large Invoice of Men’s and Boy’s wear em
bracing Cloths, Casslmeres, Kentucky Jeans, <to.
Notions, Buttons, every variety, Bugle Dress
Trimmings, latest style:
Handkerchiefs, Linen Collars and Cuflb, Zephyrs,
all colors of Fancy Yarns, &c.
In addition to our large slock of Dry Goods wo
are now prepared to matte a great display in tne
CARPET DEPARTMENT.
An Invitation la therefore extended to every
person of the town and county to oaU and mane
Please remember “ The Old Stand,” South Han
over street. A w BENTZ.
00t.10.1857.
HOOP SKIRTS. 628.
WILLIAM T. HOPKINS.
“ OUR OWN MAKE.”
After more than five years experience andt’k ■
porlmenilngln the mamuaclure ot STRXCI."
FIRST QUALITY HOOF SKIRTS, we offer o“ r
justly celebrated goods to merchants and the
public In confidence Ot their superiority over all
others in the American market, and they are so
acknowledged by all who wear or deal in them,
as they give more satisfaction than any other
skirt, ana recommend themselves in every re
enact. Dealers In Hoop Hkirts should make a
note of this fact. EVfcRY
NOT GIVEN THEM A TRIAL SHOULD DO SO
WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. , ■ *
Our assortment embraces every style, length
and size tor Ladles. Misses and Children. Also,
Skiru* MADE TO ORDER, altered and repaired..
Ask tor “ Hopkins' Own Make,” and bo not de
ceived. See that the letter “H” is woven on the
tapes between each hoop, and that they are
stamped " W. T. HOPKINB, MANUFACTURER.
628 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA,” upon
each tape. No others are genuine. ,
Also, constantly on maud a full line ot good
New York and Eastern mode Skirts, at very low
prices. -
. . WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, ;
PHILADELPHIA. T. HOPKINS.
April 18.1807-Iom.
JBrug Store
DRUGS! DRUGS!—Dr. D. Common
having to relinquish an extensive practice,
as well os bis Drug business In tbo city of Pitts
burg, several years ago, on account of ill health,
has now opened ut No. 33 N. Hanover street, be
tween the odice's of Drs. Kiefler and Zltzer, a
DRUG STORE, where ho has and is receiving ev
ery few days a pure stock; of Drugs, Chemicals,
Dye Stuff* and everything generally kept In a
well-regulated City Drug Store. Prescriptions
carefully compouuded aud family receipts will
receive special cure. The Dr. can bo consulted at
any hour, at his office, back of his store, or at his
dwelling. No. 112 N. Hanover street, after store
hours. Remember the place, No. 33 N. Hanover
• Street, Carlisle,
DR. D, CORNMAN.
-Sept, 13,1
flic Amman lolmiteet
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY,
S?totoea, ©niuare, &c.
ANTED! WANTED
EVERYBODY
TO CALL ON
Messrs. WALKER & CLAUDY,
AT GORGaS’ OLD STAND,
CHURCH ALLEY,
IN BEAR OF HHEEMS HALL,
to See tub lakgest stock of
STOVES AND TINWARE
EVER OFFERED IN CARTSLE.
As the season is approaching for house-keepers
and others to look for a GOOD STOVE, wo would
beg leave to call tholr attention to our stock of
COOKING STOVES,
among which may bo found tho following now In
tho market:
REGULATOR,
QUAKER CITY,
NOBLE COOI?,
SUSQUEHANNA, .
NIAGARA,
COMBINATION and
EXCELSIOR PENN,
all of which are warranted to bo tho best
ROASTERS AND BAKERS,
With aU the MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.
We would call especial attention to the REGU
LATOR COOK, which possesses advantages
which should recommend It to all. It has a RE
VOLVING TOP, by which arrangement the cook
can reverse the cooking utensils to any position
desired without the NECESSARY LIFTING. It
is decidedly tho beet cook stove in the market.
Messrs. Walker A Claudy have also on hand a
large stock of
OFFICE, PARLOR
AND
DINING BOOM STOVES
among which may bo found tho celebrated BABE
BURNING
MORNING GLORY!!!
MORNING GLORY.
SOLD BY
WALKER * CLAUDY,
Solo AaenU
VOH CAHLiaiiH
MORNING GLORY.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OFFICE AND PAELOB STOVE
EVEIt OFFERED TO THE PDDLIC.
Too much cannot bo said In pralso of the
MORNING GLORY, which so far has taken the
lead of all other stoves In the market. It is a gas
consumer, burns Its own cinder, and requires
very little attention after the lire Is made, it be
ing so arranged that It will . s
PEED ITS OWN COALI
For proof of what we have stated wo would re
fer all to the following gentlemen of l and
vicinity, who have haa the MORNING GLORY
In use last winter, and will cheerfully testify to
Us merits:
JOHN CAMPBELL, GEO. WEISB.
DAVID RHOADS. W. B. MULLIN, Esq.,
H. L. BURKHOLbER, JOHN DUNBAR,
J. M. WEAKLEYvEsq., JACOB RITNER, &c.
Wo would respectfully ask those who wish to
mrchase a No. 1 stove to call at once and exam-
THE HORNING GLORY!
Wc also havo on band tho
MORNING GLORY HEATER!
WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO GIVE
ENTIRE SATISFACTION!
FISHER’S FRUIT CANS
constantly kept on band and for sale.
Our stock of TINWARE Is eoraplote In all its
branches and will be sold at reasonable prices.
TIN ROOFING AND SPOUTING
AND GENERAL JOBBING,
promptly attended to and done In the most
workmanlike manner.
JJQT* Do not forget to glvous AN EARLY CALL
WALKER & CLAUDY,
Qoroas' Old Stand.
August 1,1867—6 m
JAMES M'GOHIGAL,
SLAJHJFACrtJRER AND DEALER IN
STOVES TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE,.
Souih Hanover Adjoining Blair & Son's Grocery,
CARLISLE, PA
The subscriber thankful for past favors, re
spectfully Informs his friends and the pitblic,
that he has now on hand a largo supply of the
latest and best Improved
COOK ami
PARLOR STOVES,
HEATERS and RANGES.
In tho Stove Department we desire to call par
ticular attention to tho following, comprising as
they do, tho very best Cook and Parlor Stoves
now In use; - .
NIMROD,
QUAKER CITY,
EXCEiaiOB, PENN,
NOBLE COOK,
NIAGARA,
SUSQUEHANNA and IRONSIDES.
To speak at length of tho different Stoves would
occupy Coo qucq space, bub we deem It necessa
ry to call tho attention of tho public to tho
empibe gas bubneb
This truly wonderful Parlor and Office Stove
Is so constructed that the cheapest quality of
coal (liimebnrnor’s). can be used with success.—
It bumsooutlnuoualy and the tiro Is easily Kin
dled. It Is capable of healing one room below
and two rooms above. There Is no dust and no
escape of gas, and an actual saving of coal, which
In two or three seasons will pay for the stove.
The Empire has many valuable qualities which
can only be fully' appreciated by seeing It in op
eration. Wo claim that it Is far superior to any
other Stove now In use, and wo feel satisfied that
wo can convince all who will favor us with an
examination of the Stove at our shop of this part.
We have on hand a full assortment of
T.I N W A B E
Repairing promptly attended to. Roofing done
at the shortest notice. Spouting will bo put up
on reasonable terms and with despatch,
Please give us a call at No. 83, South Hano\er
Street. uJjolnlng Blair’s «-^- M . GONIGAL ,
Sept.uo, 18C7 —Cm
Plain and fancy printing of
every description wofty executed at the
VODVNDUS Office*
UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY, EASTERN
DIVISION.
MILLER'S PARTY—OEN. PALMER AT OANTA FK—
GEN. WRtailT’a SURVEY—THE RATON MOUNTAINS
—SURVEY TO AL BUQUERQUE—THE LINE TO FORT
CRAIG—COL. GREENWOOD COMING FROM DENVER
TO GO THROUGH ON THE THIRTY FIFTH PARAL
LEL, ETC., ETC.
[Spco'nt Correspondence of the i*rc.w.
Santa Fe, New Mexico,
September 18, 1807.
On the 15th Inst., Mr. Miller, after hav
ing made a satisfactory survey of fcheSau
gro de Cristo pass and the other obstacles
in the Rocky Range immediately east of
Fort Garland, reached Santa Fe with his
party. On the road down' tho Rio Grande
lie was joined by Major Calhoun, who was
returning from tho examination of tho
country to the north and west. At Santa
Fe we met General Palmer, tho able and
energetic treasurer of tho road, with ills
courteous secretary, Captain W. F. Col
ton. They were accompanied by. Doctor
W. A. Bell, our young English friend,
and life greeting the Doctor received from
every member of tho parly showed how
strongly we had treasured his memory,
and how glad we were to find him in good
health.
GEN. WIUOIIT’S SURVEY,
It will be remembered that Gen. Wright,
accompanied by the divisions of Rnvell
and Eicbolz, left Jfort Lyon on the 132 d of
July last to make a survey of the country
along the Purgatorle, and thoroughly to
examine the passes through the Raton
mountains, distant one hundred and
twenty miles. They .found tho country
along the river exceedingly fertile and
capable'of high culture, while the coun
try buck from the line suitable for irriga
tion, abounded in grass, which goes to
corroborate the statement I made In a re
cent letter about the grazing advantages
of Colorado. On reaching the Raton
mountains the difficulties apprehended
vanished, and Gen. Wright discovered
that the question was not to find a pass,
but to choose one. Four were examined,
each having its peculiar difficulties and
advantages. The Raton pass was found
perfectly feasible and straight, with a rol
ling country extending six miles from its
lower opening to the South. The Treu
chura pass, at its highest point, had an
elevation of seven thousand and hundred
and ninety-two feet, a grade of ninety-six
feet, with a short tunnel would carry the
road across, but it was determined to ex
plore* the passes thoroughly, and then see
which was best. The Wancho del Buro
(lame donkey) pass was found the most
difficult, though the explorers were well
repaid by finding in it a vein of very fine
bituminous coal. Through the eastern
slope of the mountain, Mr. Eicholz found
a line superior to the others. It could be
surmounted with a less grade, and could
be passed without a tunnel. I have men
tioned the elevation of the Trenchura, and
in this connection will state that it is the
highest point on the whole proposed line
to bo found between Wyandotte and San
Diego, Ca;, the eastern and western ter
mination of the Union Pacific Railway,
eastern division. In the passes of the
mountains were found groves of moun
tain oak, well suited for ties, and in quan
tities sufficient for building hundreds of
miles of road. The mountain was cover
ed with pine to the summit, and this fact
would be of great importance to the road
were it not that timber in unlimited quan
tities is to. be found on the whole moun
tain ranges.
THE LINE TO FORT CRAIG.
At Las Vegas, Mr; Eicholz, with his
division, entered on the'survey of a line
to Fort Craig, via the Ato pass. He is ex
pected to complete this work by the Ist of
October, when he will be joined by the
other divisions.
BUNK’S DIVISION,
under the immediate direction of Gener
al Wright, is running a line directly to'
Albuquerque, which will ' bo linished
about tile date of this writing. At Albu
querque, Mr. Miller’s party, no wen route,
will join Mr. Bunk, and both division#
will unite and run a line to Fort Craig,
via the .Del Norte.
THE RENDEZVOUS.
At Fort Craig the throe divisions under
General Wright will be joined by Colonel
Greenwood's parly, which is now hurry
ing south after its successful survey of the
lino from Fort Wallace to Denver. At
Craig the whole engineer corps will be
reorganized and divided into two parties—
one to take tho lino of Both and the other
the :l2d parallel through to the Pacific.—
That this will be successfully accomplish
ed there can bo uo doubt, for in addition
to the able corps of engineers and acien
lillc gentlemen, the working parties are
thoroughly trained and equal to their
work. I take pleasure in stating that not
one of our party has been confined to his
bed by sickness; and the winter’s survey
through southern Arizona promises to be
an escape from the snows and frosts of the
northern winter. It is said the Apaches
are troublesome, but we have nothing to
fear from this, as General Getty has pro
mised to supply an escort sufficiently
strong to protect tho camps and working
parties.
NEW MEXICO.
I do not intend that this short para
graph shall exhaust New Mexico, I men
tion it merely to state the agreeable dis
appointment all of us have felt here. So
very little is known of its latent wealth
and undeveloped resources in the East,
that I hope to do some good by giving
publicity to all the reliable information I
can obtain about it. This I will do in the
letters following this, and after I have
satisfied myself of the truthfulness of re
ports which, if correct, place New Mexi
co first among the miniug regions of the
Republic. I must acknowledge to being
prejudiced against this Territory, and
this feeling was increased on my first
acquaintance with it. I entered it from
Conejos and on tho west side of the Rio
Grande. Our party,, after 1 crossing tho
supposed line, found but one stream, in a
long day’s march through formats of gi
gantic pines lined either side of tho road.
At Oho Calientc we found one of the most
remarkable places I ever saw inhabited.
As tho name signifies, this place has a
number ot hot springs, which are resorted
to by every class of invalids in New Mexi
co, and it is said with good effect. The
Charma river flows through this valley,,
and at one time it appears to have been
confined to banks large enough only for
its limited waters. This has been very
recent, too, as the large number qf vacant
adobe houses show. Now tho stream has
washed out all the arable laud in the val
ley, and where once the plough was driv
en, white glaring sand now tires the eye,
and opposes travel. Occasionally a cot
tonwood that resisted the flood rises from
tho waste,and offersasheiter to the Mexi
can and his buro. The desolation of this
valley impresses one, and tho ruined vil
lages add to tho effect. Indeed, the
whole region below the St. Luis valley,
bordering on the Rio Grande, looks as if
ithad but just escaped from the Noachian
deluge. One striking feature of the coun
try referred to is its mesas or table lands..
They look as if their surfaces at one time
marked the original elevation of thecoun
try. The average height of the niesas is
about three hundred feet, and in some
cases they are many miles in circumfer
ence and perfectly level. - It is curious to
note that they are covered with wool pais,
the boulder-shaped scoria, that denotes re
cent volcanic action. Ami looking down
tho steep sides of the mesas, the observer
can see the strange order displayed by a
perfectly even deposit of trap rock, rest
ing on alluviie base and literally recoflng
the mesa.-
SANTA CRUZ
and Sun Juan are two adobo Mexican vi
luges ou opposite bides of the Rio Grande,
thirty miles northwest of bauta Fo. «1
mentioned them to state that San Juan
was built ou the west bank of the Rio
Grande, but owing to the changes in the
bed ot the river it is now three miles
buck, while Santa Cruz, ou the east side,
which was originally four-miles from the
river, is now within three quarters of a
mile, aud gradually getting nearer, puch
changes only occur where the banks are
low aud clayey ; so that the Rio Grande
CARLISLE, PA.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7.1867.
opposes no obstacle to bridging, where it
runs through a rocky formation.
LOS PUEBLOS
is the name applied to tho Indians who
live in villages along the Rio Grande, and
who are said to be civilized; perhaps it
Would be better to say “ they are tamed/’
for their manners and mode of life are
not elevated. These Indifans are said to
Ido the descendants of the Aztecs, who
were d riven north, and afterwards enslav
ed by the Spaniards. I almost quest!: u
the truth of this statement, for the Al
lowing reasons: There are some seven,
thousand Pueblo Indians scattered alo tg
tho Rio Grande for three hundred milts.
They live in seventeen communities >r
villages (Pueblos), and, with the exco
tion of two villages, all sneak a dlftere it
dialect; and can only understand eat ti
other by using the common language )f
the country ; still, these people, thout h
supposed to be Christian, adhere to t io
olu sun worship of the Aztecs, and n
each villingo the sacred fires are .keDt
burning though hidden from the wh te
man’s gaze.
Tile name “ ATonfczutna” is to th»n
what Mahomet is to the Arab and Turs.
And ns the Christian looks for tho second
coming of Christ, so do these people watch
for the reappearance of the Aztec king.—
Eqch morning as the sun rises they look
to the East, and the old men stand on the
chapel tower to announce his coming. A
Catholic priest told the writer that ho be
lieved the Pueblos still adhered to human
sacrifice. Ho hud known persons to dis
appear without being inquired after, and
he had every reason to believe that In
fanticide was common.” Tho Pueblos
dress like the other tribes that are not
civilized, and go armed with the bow and
arrow.
There is much that is interesting about
these people, and after I have learned
more 1 will acquaint you with the facts.
Arc.
A LAKE SUPERIOR LEGEND.
11l the summer of 1804, while in the
Lake Superior country, I took n notion,
one day, to have a swim. So, donning a
light bathing-dress, I dropped into the
water. "The plunge almost took my
breath'away. I had anticipated coolness,
but I had not anticipated such icy cool
ness as this. The Lake Superior Indians
never bathe. The reason they assign is,
that the water of the lake is never warm.
A great many years ago the waters of the
mighty lake were warm in the summer
season. The Indians were the sole in
habitants of the land In- those days.—-
Manabozho was a great manitou (good
spirit), and the Lake Superior tribes wore
his favored children. But sometimes
Manabozho used to put on his seven
league boots, and stride away over the
mountains on a visit to his mighty broth
er of the setting-sun. He had gone on
such a journey one melting day in July;
and the Indians lay in their forests
dreaming dreams about the fairy-land of
the East.
There was a bad spirit who hated the
Indians fiercely. This bad spirit was a
monstrous snake. He, was very much
afraid of the good manitou Manabozho,
and when Manabozho was at home the
bad spirit stayed in his fiery lake, away
back fn the forest.
But now Manabozho was gone on a
journey. So the bad spirit resolved to
take advantage of his absence to destroy
the tribes whom he bated. He had a
large number of demons in his service,
Who were ready for any work he might
set them at. He dispatched an array of
these demons to annihilate the Indians. —
For his part, be set himself to watch for
Manabozho, in case that good manitou
should return unexpectedly.
The Indians saw the army of demons
coming, and knowing that in the absence
of the chief they were poworloas to light
against them, Uiey gathered their women
and children together and paddled away
in their canoes across the lake. The de
mons could not swim, and had a great
dislike for the water, and when they saw
the Indians piuTdliug away, they howl
ed in their rage, and belched forth great
clouds of tlarao and smoke. Bub as soon
as the Indians had safely reached an is
land, a thick covering of ice suddenly
overspread the lake, and the demons, yel
ling with joy, rushed upon it. When,
they were all safely upon the ice bridge,
it parted as suddenly as it had appeared,
ami became an ice craft, and flouted hith
er and thither. The demons were in
grout distress, being unable to get to either
shore. And now the form of Manabozho
rose in view. Manabozho understood the
situation ot once, aud stretching out his
mighty arm, larger than a pine tree, roar
ed with a voice louder than thunder,
“sink, sink, and rise no more.” And
the raft sunk, and the demons perished,
aud the Indians came back and wor
shiped Manabozho. And this is why the
waters of Juako Superior are so cold.
MASTODON REMAINS.
In digging a drain recently near Ft.
Wayne the remains of three mastodons
were found ; one, at least, believed to be
nearly complete aud in excellent preser
vation. The owner of the skeletons and
the Director of the Chicago Academy of
Sciences are now engaged in prosecuting
their investigations in the locality with
the hope of making further discovei ies.—
The finest mastodon in this country be
longs to the estate of the late Dr. Warren,
of Boston, and may be seen in that city,
where It occupies a building constructed
especially for it. Remains of the animal
are, however, found all over the conti
nental portions of both North and South
America, although several different spe
cies are believed to be included in the
number. Our readers, perhaps, hardly
need to be told that the mastodon bore a
close resemblance to the modern ele
phant, although - of larger size—like it,
possessing a trunk, aud differing princi
pally in the structure of the teeth. Al
though long since extinct, it is not at all
improbable that it roamed through the
forests of America at the same time with
Its earliest human inhabitants.-
The true mammoth, as described by
European writers, is likewise an extinct
kind of elephant, and in its character
more like the living species, differing
principally in much smaller ears, longer
tall, aud in being covered with course
hair, to enable It to resist the rigors of
the cold climate in which it flourished.—
The entire carcass, flesh and all, has on
several occasions been found frozen up in
the ice of Northern Siberia; and oven at
this day the tusks are collected by the
natives of Northern Asia, aud supply a
very large percentage of the ivory of
commerce. Remains of the same, or a
very similar elephant, are also found in
North America, especially in the north
ern part of Alaska, although the ivory is
not as well known as that brought from
Siberia.
Wouldn’t Stay Dead.— There Is a
curious story in Houston, Texas, of an
indignant individual who kicked the
cover off the coffin tho other day as they
were bn the way to the “dismal grave.
It seems he was foolish enough to sup
pose he wasn’t quite dead, and hence the
catastrophe. After some dispute with
the pall bearers whether he was in his
“ right sense and milid,” he was brought
back hud put to bed with a fair chance of
recovery.
The Dubuque Herald says that
“great excitement prevails on account
of the late heavy decline in domestics”
in that city. This does not refer toser
vants, but to dry goods.
BSy “ Patrick, do you know the fate of
tho drunkard?” , .
“■Fate? Don’t I stand upon the most
beautiful pair you have ever seen?”
s@- Nearly 50,000 francs were found in
the hovel of an old beggar woman, who
died recently near Alenoon, France.
3?orilkaL
LIGHT AND SHADOW.
••If love be sweet, then bitter death must be;
If love bo bitter, sweet is death to mo.”
Tennyson.
Why should I not look happy—
‘ The world is all so bright?
You know ho said ho loved mo; '
Ho told me so Inst night:
Ho loves mo so I
Such words of love ho whispered,
I felt my blushes rise;
But half (ho said) ho told mo not,
The rest was In his eyes;
Ho loves rao so I
Ho said to watch and guard me
Would bo his temlcrcst care;
If I om but beside bird,
Joy will be everywhere: ,
Ho loves mo sol
If love will make life happy,
Mine will bo very bright;
His love will shod a lustre,
And 11H It all with light;
Ho loves me so!
Then should I not bo happy—
The world Is all so bright?
You know ho said ho loved me,
Ho told mo so last night:
Ho loves me so J
Why should I not look mournful—
Tho world la all so sad?
Uccauso, you know I love him:
Such love Is never glad:
I love him so!
I’ve listened for his footstep
All through the weary day
But oh 1 'twould not bo weary.
If one word ho would soy.
1 love him sol
Sometimes I thought ho loved mo,
Then all tho world was bright;
But nowali hope Is ended,
Quite dead since yesternight;
I love him so!
'Twos In the crowd of dancers;
I felt that he was nigh,
I longed so for his coming:
He came—and passed rao by:
Hove him so!
Ho turned to some one fairer;
I saw him flitting past;
But mo ho never heeded—
O Godl that dream la past:
I love him sol
Then should I not look mournful?
'Twill ne’er bo bright again;
For still, you know. Hove him,
Such love Is only pain :
I love him so I
Before God’s shrine she stands,
A veil thrown o’er her head;
The priest now joins their hands,
While holy words are said.
Bathed In mellowed light,
A wreath around her brow;
Clad In robes of white—
A bride, behold her now 1
Music is stealing round—
To chant of holy hymn;
Hark! how the solemn sound
Steals through the arches dim.
They sing “ Bleat may she be J
Her work of day by day
Bo blcatl O happy she!”
’Tis thus for life we pray.
Laid on her narrow bed,
Clad In a garment white,
A cross above her head.
She’s taking rest to-night.
Flowers are scattered round, .
Her bands crossed o’er her breast;
No more shall earthly sound
Disturb that qalet rest.
Sweet music steals aloft— *
The chant of holy hymn,
Those notes, so low and soft,
Steal through that chamber dim.
They sing: " The dead are blest I
• Their work of day by day
Has ceased, and they rest;”
’TIs thus in death wo pray*
Lifo to the Joyous seems tho best;
Tho weary, only long for rest.
—Dublin University Magazine.
igiuttaitento.
almost a heroine.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.
•' Now, Kitty, be sure the puJdinggoes -
over to boll at four o’clock, and keep an
eye to the roast meat, for the Deacon don’t i
like It burned.”
" Yes ma'am, I’ll bo sure and remora:
her,” said Kitty Clifford, curtesy Ing pret
tily.
“ A-nd Kate,” said Deacon Osprey,
“ don't let stragglers in. whatever you do,
for there’s that five hundred dollars in
gold in the back bed room chest, and all
the silver spoons.” .
“ I will be very careful, sir,” said Kitty.
“Kitty! Kitty! Come here aud tie my
cravat,” said Silas Osprey, who was fldg- .
etftig before the mirror.
So Kitty stobd up on a footstool, blush-
Ing and smiling, to tie Mr. Silas’s cravat
for. meeting. . ...
. “I wish you were going with us, Kit
ty,” said the young man, with his chin
elevated stilly in the air. “Next Sunday
I’ll take you.” , _
“Oh, that will be nice,” said Kitty,
growing pinker and pinker, as her slen
der fingers pulled out the bow, and ad
justed the ends. “Will, that do, Mr.
Silas?”
And Mrs. Osprey who had followed her
husband out to the solid-looking old lum
ber wagon, gave a meaning, backward
glance.
“I think Silas is getting fond of our
Kitty,” said the mother sagely.
“ la he?” said the Deacon, with a dis
turbed face; “ But, wife, bow little we
know about her, except sluco the day she
came here with her little bundle under
her arm, asking for service.”
"Yes, that’s very true,” said Mrs. Os
prey ; “ but she’s pretty and smart, and I
Know she is good, aud "
"Silos! Silas! Are you going to stand
there oil day ?’’ called out the father, and
so they drove away, with Kitty standing
at the lonely farm house door, her silken
brown eurls blown about in the dismal
November wibd, and her blue eyes spark
ling beneath their pretty-arched brows.
■ ste went back into the house, singing
softly under her breath, to prepare tilings
for the tea-dluner which the hungry
church-goers would oxpeol when they
returned —a brisk, neat-handed little
Phyllis, whose step was scarce heavier on
the pine floor than a falling leaf would
have been.
She had put the pudding on to boil as
the kitchen clock "chimed four, and ran
down into the cellar to get the vegetables
from their bins. She was gone but a
minute or two, but when she returned,
the door leading up stairs, which she had
left closed; stood wide open, aud on tho
lower stair a muddy footprint, was dis
tinctly imprinted. , „ .
Kitty’s heart stood still with undefined
terror, as she remembered the bag of
twenty dollar gold pieces lu the big back
chamber Cheat. , .. , -
And while she stood there, holding by
tho table for support, she heard confused
footsteps up stairs and the murmur of
deep voices.
Then there was more than one. Kit
ty’s first instinct—that of defending her
master’s treasures to the last, even were
it with her life—gave way to more prac
tical considerations. She thought of fly
ing out into the road and crying aloud for
help, but then she remembered with a
pang of despair, how lonely was the des
olate hillside, with the nearest dwelling
full a mile distant.
“ What can Ido? Oh, whatoan Ido?”
thought. Kitty, clasping both hands over
her throbbing forehead.
But while her thoughts ran all In a
whirl, and her heart beat tempestuously,
the footsteps neared the stairway—the
unwelcome guests were* once more com
ing down, instinctively Kitty shrank
behind the jagged brick projection of tho
old chimney.
Two stout-built, short men, dressed In
coarse gray, slouched down into tho
kitchen, with tho easy confidence, of
those who imagine themselves entirely
without witnesses. Kitty had nfever seen,
them before, yet they seemed quite
“ posted” as to the various rooms in tho
straggling farm house.
“Como on, Jim, we’ve got nil we’ro
likely to get In tills confounded old shan
ty,” said one, balancing his font on one
of the iron fire dogs, “and besides the
folks will be home presently.”
" Sandy BUI afraid!” jeeringly called
out the other, who was opening and shut
ting the various cupboards and drawers
about the apartment, greedily eyeing
their contents.
“ Hullo I‘ here's some silver spoons.”
“ Stow ’em away, and lets bo moving,”
said Bill. “Confound this bag! It jin
gles like a string o’ slolgh bells I”
“ Well, come then,” said the other dis
contentedly. “ I opine five hundred
ain’t a bad day’s work; bub somehow I
thought, from the looks of the crib, there
might ho old silver or some such grab
bllnga.”
And they lounged out, side by side,
with a cool deliberation that was almost
appalling to the trembling girl who lurk
ed In the .shadow jagged brick
work.
But Kitty Clifford’s mind had been at
work while she stood there; her resolu
tion was taken.
Hurriedly tying a shawl around her
head and shoulders, she sprang out of the
house, by the back wai ? , and hastened
through a lonely piece of woods which
formed a short cut to the road they must
presently emerge upon.
“They would bo bidden away some
where, long before I could 'summon
help,” thought Kitty, “ No—whatever
is done I must do myself.”
On either side the road was shut in by
stunted cedar bushes, mingled with the
clever growth of the gleaming sllver
blrcb, and Kitty knewsoe could keep In
sight of them unseen.
“If they should see me!. If they
should suspect my errand,” thought poor
Kitty, with thrills of cold terror. “On,
it would be bard to he murdered in these
solitary woods ; to have my master think
I stole the gold, and Mr. Silos—”
While the thoughts passed through her
mind, the ring of coming footsteps echoed
on the hard, frozen ground. Kitty’s con
jecture had proved correct—they had ta
ken the Hilt Road.
Onward, steadily onward, they pushed,
Kitty contriving to keep nearly parallel
with them, though she had to fight her
way through matted vines and thorny
bushes. Fortunately the wind had risen
and its mournful, rustling sound through
tho tree-tops, bid the noise she unavoid
ably made, else her detectlon would have
been little short of inevitable.
But with every precaution the peril was
great. As she stepped. unconsciously
upon the fallen branch of a decayed tree,
itsnapped beneath her trend with asbarp,
splintering sound! The two men paused
to listen, seemed to consult together an
Instant, and then turned quickly toward
the very copse in which sue was hiding.
Poor Kitty! She sank noiselessly
down like a wounded bird, crouching
away in mortal terror. But, although
their footsteps almost touched the flutter
ing ends of her brown shawl, the gather
ing dusk stood her friend, and they pass
ed by, unconscious of her presence.
It was several minutes before Kitty
dared to rise once more to hor feet; and
then they were half-way up the hill side,
dotted with blackened stumps, where a
charcoal burner’s shanty, long unused,
and in a ruinous condition, stood with
Its one unglazed window seeming to sur
vey the valley like an eye.
. Kitty saw them disappear in this hut
—she saw them emerge once more, de
scending the,uneven slope with long un
seven strides, and striking once more into
the road.
And when they passed the concealed
watcher, the muffled, jimrlingsoutid that
had heretofore accompanied their foot
steps whs gone.
“You’re a fool, Bill!” sullenly exclaim
ed one as they stopped to rest on the edge
of the road, and the taller stooped to
drink from a clear little stream, using the
hollow of his hand as an impromptu gob
let. •»
“No I ain’t a fool,” said Bill, dashing
the bright drops away from his mous
tache; “ but I don’t see no use in run
ning unnecessary risks. Suppose w©
should meet some one?”
“We shan’t!”
“ I’m hone too sure of that. Anyway,
it’s best to be on the safe side, and to
morrow night—”
Their voices lowered.a little now, died
away into the distance, and Kitty, stand
ing alone in the woods, tried to collect her
scattered thoughts into some definite plan
of action.
“ Shall I follow them? or shall I go up
and see if they have not hidden their
booty in that hut?”
For one moment she hesitated, the**
she.began to creep up the hill side with
, weary feet and Jagging limbs, for fatigue
and terror were, beginning to tell upon
her slender frame.
It was nearly dark when aho crossed
tho mouldering threshold and stood in the
solitary cabin. Through the started tim
bers of the roof the steel gray sky gleam
ed with unnatural light, while the half
decayed boards of the floor creaked and
gave beneath- her weight. A fluttering
noise In one corner made her heart turn
chill, and the next instant she perceived
it was but a dusky winged bat, beating
itsoir against the beams uud rafters.
She stole tremulously forward to look
into the black, yawning chasm of the
mud chimney, the only place, ns it seem
ed to her, where anything as large as tho
Deacon's canvass bag could be concealed.
And as she picked her way a board sprung
beneath her feet—aboard which had been
loosely laid across two ben ms without any
securing hail. Instinctively ahostopped
—and there before her, wedged in between
the heavy timbers, over which had lain
tlie board, was the canvass bag.
• She caught it in both hands, hugging
it close to her breast, and hurried towards
the door. But, as she advanced out of
tlie close, mouldy air of tho cabin Into the
gray Novemb§r twilight, the strength
seemed to die out of her limbs, the vital
ity to ebb from her heart.
“Surely, surely T am not going to per
ish now” she thopght, wildly, “ when
the danger is all surmounted, tho peril
all past! God will never let me die in
this lonely place!”
The half murmured aspiration was still
on her lips when all sense and feeling
left her, and she sank utterly -unconscious
on the door-step, with the canvass bag
eiill clasped to her heart!
It was quite dark when, the old lumber
wagon rolled up to tho door, and Mrs.
Osprey came Into the house, carrying the
“ extra” shawl upon her arm.
“ Kitty! Kitty I Why, where is the
child!”
In vain she called. The fire had died
out upon the hearth—tho pan of vegeta
bles stood upon tho table, just as the girl
had left it—the doors were open, and al
together there was an air of confused des
olation about the dark and dreary house.
“Deacon Osprey,” said the frightened
matron, grasping her husband’s arm,
“ what does this mean ?”. ' . A ..
The Deacon set his teeth tightly togeth
er, but made no answer. He walked si
lently, up stairs into the back room, and
presently returned. ~ . , ,
“ It means, wife,” ho said, in a huskj
voice—
“ Hush!” said Mrs. Osprey, with a
start. “What’s that?”
“Somethingat the door,” sauV Silas,
rising to open It. Arid as he did so. a
slender figure, drenched with chill rain,
and robed in soiled, brier-torn garments,
tottered forward into his arms, and the
bag of gold fell to the kitchen floor with
a dull, neavy sound.
VOL. 54.—N0. 21.
mother, It is KU-
“ Kitty t n bo cried .
ty, and she Is dying I”
But Kitty Clifford was not dying—sho
was fainting from fatigue and over exer
tion, and Mrs. Oaproy's kindly care soon
restored her to strength and animation.
The Deacon listened silently to her story
and when sho had finished he stroked her
bright hair right down with a gentle
touch.
“My little girl,” ho said,
been very brave.”
“Were you not frightened, Kitty?”
asked Silas tenderly.
” Yes, but it wm worse when I came to
myself after that falnti ug lit in the cabin
on’ the hill. O, it was so dark—so dis
mal —so solitary, with owls booting In
the woods, and a hut flying round and
round close to the ceiling.”
When Messrs. “Jim and Sandy Bill”
came after their secreted treasures the
next night, their state of minds may be
easily fancied. But they never suspected
who thp marplot was. Leastof all would
they have dreamed of pretty Kate Clif
ford, who was just engaged to be married
to Deacon Osprey’s son Silas.
AN ILLINOIS WFDDINfI,
BY A MtN'THTEII'3 WIFE.
One fine day, early in winter, my hus
band received a summon’s to Burk’s set-
tlcment to unite a couple in tlie bonds of
wedlock. It was specially requested that
his wife should accompany him —that we
should be expected to remain all night
and participate in the festivities. It was
twenty miles to the settlement, and we
reached the log house of Mr. Burke, the
father of the expectant bride, about noon.
A dozen tow-haired little children were at
the door awaiting our arrival. They tele
graphed the nows Instantly.
“ Marm ! marm! here’s the .preacher
and his woman! They’re nothing but
folks! She’s got a man's hat on, and a
turkey wing on the front of it; and his
nos© is exactly like dad’s—crooked as a
cow horn squash !" Alas far Mr, Morri
son’s aquiline nose, of which he was a
little vain. “Sam!” called a shrill female
voice from the interior of the cabin.r—
“Run and grab the old rooster, and I’ll
clap him in the pot. Sal, you ouit that
churn and sweep the floor. Kick that
corn dodger under the bed I Bill, you
wipe the taller out of the cheer for the
minister’s wife and bo spry about it.” —
Further remarks were cut short by our
entrance.
Mrs. Burke, in short calico gown, blue
petticoat and bare reel, came forward
wiping her eyes on herapron. How d’ye
do, Elder? How d’ye do, marm ? Must
excuse my bead; bain’thada chance to
comb it since last week. Work must be
done you know. Powerful sharp air haln’t
It? Shoo there? drive that turkey out of
the bread trough. Sal, take the lady’s
things. Set right up to the Are, rairm.-
Hands cold? Well, just run em in Bills
hair, wo keep it long on purpose.”
Bill presented his shaggy head, but I
declined with an involuntary shudder.—
“Land if she ain’t actilly sliiverin. Hero
marm, take this corn dodger into your
lap—its as good as a soap stone.” Adicad
fui squall announced the execution of.the
rooster, and shortly afterward he was
pouncing about in a four quart pot, hung
over the Are.
Sal returned to the churn, but the ex
traordinary visitors must have made her
careless, for she upset the concern ; but
ter and buttermilk went swimming over
the floor. “ Qrab the laddie,Bill!” cried
Mrs. Burke, “ and dip it up. Take keer
thar and don’t put that snarl of hair into
it. Strange how some folks will be so
nasty. Dick, keep your feet out of that
buttermilk; It won’t bo At for the pigs
when the butter’s gathered. Drive that
hen out quick, she’s picked up a pound
of butter already. There, rial, do try .to
be a little keerful. If you are going to lie
spliced to-morrow, you needeirtgo crazy
about it.” “ I advise you to dry up!” re
marked the bride elect, thumping away
at the churn. By this time I got warm,
dinner was ready. You may be sure I
did not hurt myself by overeating. JNight
came on early, and after a social chut on
■he events of the morrow, I signitied my
readiness to retire, rial lighted a pitch
pine knot, and began to climb a ladder in
one corner of the room. I hesitated.—
“Come on," she cried, “ don’t bo afraid.
Sum, BUI, and Dick, and nil the rest of
ye, duck yer heads while the Elder’s wife
goes up. Look out for loose boards, inarm,
and mind or you’ll smash your brains
out agin that .beam. Take care for the
hole where the chimney comes through.”
The warning came too late, T caught
my foot in the end of a board, stumbled
and fell headlong through, what I sup
posed lo bo an interminable space, but it
was only the room I had just left, where
I was saved from destruction by Bill,
who caught, me in his arms and set me on
my feet, remarking coolly : “ what made
yur come down that way ? We gincraiiy
'line the ladder." I was duly commisera
ted, and at last got to hed. The less said
about that the better. Dick and Bill and
four others slept in the same room with
us, and made the air vocal with their
snoring. I fell asleep and dreamed that
I was being llred from a Columbian, and
was awakened by Mr. Morrison, who in
formed me that it was morning. The.
marriage was to take place before break
fast, and Sally was already clad in her
bridal robes when I descended the ladder.
She was magnificent in a green calico
gown, over crinoline full four inches lon
ger than the restof her apparel. She had
on a whitb apron with red strings—blue
stockings—a yellow neck ribbon and
white gloves. Her reddish hair was fas
tened in a png behind, and well adorned
with the tail feathers-of the defunct roos
ter before mentioned. When it was an
nounced that Lent Lord, the groom, was
coming, Sally dived behind a coverlet,
which had been hung across one corner
of the room to conceal sundry pots, and
refused to come forth. Lem lifted one
corner of the curtain and peeped in,- but
quickly retreated with a stew-pan follow
ing close behind him and a few sharp
words from Sally, advising him to mind
his own business.
Lem was dressed in blue with bright
buttons. The entire suit had been made
for his grandfather on a similar occasion.
His hair was well greased with tallow,
and his huge feet was encased in sheep
skin pumps. Very soon the company her
gan to gather and in half an hour the
room was tilled to overflowing.
‘Now Elder,’ said the groom, ‘drive
ahead I I want it done up short. I am
able to pay for the job, do your best.—,
i 'omo Burke trot out your gal. Sally re
fused to be trotted. She would be mar
ried whore she was, or else, not be mar
ried at all. Wo argued the case with her
and coaxed her, but she was as firm as
the rock of Gibraltar. It was at length
concluded to let her have her own way.
Mr. Morrison stood up. The happy cou
ple joined hands til rough a rent in the
coverlet, and the ceremony proceeded. —
dust as Mr. Morrison was asking Lemuel
“ will you have this woman," etc., down ,
came the coverlet enveloping the bride,
groom and pastor, and filling the house
with dust. Dick had been up in the loft
mid out the string that held the coverlet.
Mr. Morrison crowded out, looking de
cidedly sheepish. Sally was obliged to
be married openly. To the momentous
question, Lemuel responded: “To be
Hiiro, what else Uhl I coin*? here for?’
Sally said : “ Yaas, if you must know.”
“ Salute your bride," said Mr. Morrison,
when the ceremony was over.
“ I’m ready to do anything reasonable,
Elder,” said Lem, “but skin me If I
know how to do that. Jest show mo how
and I’ll do it If it kills me.”
My husband drew back nervously, but
Sally advanced, threw her anus around
his neck, and gave him a kiss that made
.the very windows clatter. “I vum if I
don't do ditto!” said Lem, and hastily
taking a huge bite of a (deco of maple su
gar, which he drew from his pocket, he
made a dash at me, smashed my collar,
broke my watch-guard, tore my hair
down, and succeeded In planting a kiss
upon my nose, greatly to the delight of
the company. Then he turned to my
husband: “Now, Elder, what’s the dnm-
Hates fox
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Oarm. Haotdilu, CzßQuzAse. and svery oft*
or description or Job and Cabj> Printing execu
ted in the neatest style, at low prices* . ■
age for VUlo ero JoXii x»m*t iw nfroui tu “
speak.” “Whatever you please,” said
Mr Morrison.* Lemuel produced a piece
of fur from his pocket. “Thar, Elder,”
said ho, “ that's a muskrat skin. : Out on
the sited you will Hud two heads of cub*
huge. Yoq are welcome to the whole of
it.” My husband bowed his thanks and
the young folks went to dancing.
Mrs. Burke went.to getting breakfast,
and at my earnest request, Mr. Morrison
got out our horse and buggy and we
started home. I never coula have lived
through another meal in that bouse. I
have since heard that Mr. Lord said if ho
hud seen the Elder’s wife before she was
married, Bally might have went to the
Dickons. Alas! ** it might have been.”
“ you have
ODDS AND ENDS.
What is the largest room In the
world? The room for improvement.
Why is the freight of a ship like a lo
comotive? Because it makes the car go.
If iuk stands why can’t it walk? Be
cause, if it is tit for anything it always
runs.
What is the difference between a bar*
bur and a mother? One has razors to
hhUvo, and the other has shavers to raise.
Why are young ladies generally bad
grammarians? Because few of them are
able to decline matrimony.
An inveterate old bachelor says that
ships are called “she” because they al
ways keep a man on the look out.
Why is a man who fails in kissing a
lady like a shipwrecked fisherman? Be
cause lie lost his smack.
A western man says he always re
spects o'd age except when some one
sticks him with a pair of tough chickens.
“ What is the difference between a
smooth prairie and a leaden image of the
archfiend?”
“ Why, one is a dead level, and the
other is devil ?”
In one of Josh Billings 1 late papers ,he
says: ’The-sun was a going to bed, and
the heavens far and near was a blushing
at the performance!”
Husbandry.—The pleasantest husban
dry. known to a man is said to he the dgr
stroying of weeds—a widow’s weeds—by
marrying the widow.
It has been remarked that the driver
of horses Is the man who most assiduous
ly cultivates the science of haw-tlculture
and gee-ology.
Wanted.— By a maiden lady, “alocal
habitation and a name.” The real estate
she is not particular about, so that the ti
tle is good. The name she wishes to
hand down to posterity,
A “ Bull” Somewhere. —A country
paper says: “ A cow was struck by light
ning and instantly killed, belonging to
the village physician who had a beauti
ful calf four days old.
Isn’t it very affecting to behold at a
wedding a sorrow-stricken air of a parent
as ho “gives his bride away,” when you
know that for the last ten years he has
been try ing to get her off his bands.
“Do not take that egg. The hen will
not lay without you leave one egg In the
nest,” said a mother to a child five years
old. “Do they keep the egg for a pat
tern, mother?” asked the child.
Some wretch of an editor says that an
other twist to the present mode of “ do
ing up” the ladies’ hair would take them
off their feet!
“ Vitals cooked here,” is the appal
ling announcement pi lycarded in the
window of a New York eating house.—
That is probably where the good “livers”
all go.
Otnt devil says that when you see u
young roan and woman walking down
street leaning against each other like a
pair of badly matched oxen, it is a pretty
good sign they are bent on consolidation.
“Tins is the smallest horse I ever
saw," said a countryman on viewing a
Shetland pony.
“ Indadc, now,” replied his Irish com
panion, “but I've seen one os small as
two of him.”
AN American luwyerengaged in a case
lorinented a witness so, much witli ques
tions that thepoor fellow at last cried out
for water. ’'There, ’ said the Judge, “ I
thought you’d pump him dry."
A onusTy old doctor declined to pay
paver’s bill, saying " his pavement had
been spoiled and then covered up with
dirt to hide the bad work.” “Doctor,”
was the reply, “ mine is not the only bad
work they put earth over."
A man being awakened by the captain
of a boat with the announcement that bo
must not occupy his berth with his,boots
on, very considerately replied :
“O, the bugs won’t hurt ’em I guess;
they are an old pair. Let ’em rip?”
“ I wonder where these clouds are go
ing?" sighed Flora pensively, as she
pointed with her delicate linger to the
heavy masses that floated in the sky.—
"I think they are going to thunder,”
said her young brother.
“ Jennie,” said a Puritan to his daugh
ter, who was asking consent to accompa
ny her urgent and favored suitor to the
altar, “Jennie, it’s a very solemn thing
to get married.”,
“ I know it is, father,” replied the
damsel, “ but it is n great deal solemner
not to.”
The Boston Post gives publicity to the
following diologue about the vexed ques
tion of the weather.: . .
“ I think," said Isabel," the tearful airy,
Is wooplug sadly—only hear It sigh;" .
•• Do uot," said Qullp, *• compensate its woes;
It does not weop—lt only blows—lt snows.”
A man who was brought to King
James I. could cat, it was said, d. wholp
sheep at a meal. “ What else can he do?”
asked the King; “ more tbaii other men ?”
“Nothing,” was the reply. “Hanghim
then," said James, “ for ’tis a pity a man
should live who cats the share of Twenty
men and can do no more than onp."
A yodno lady possessing more vanity
than personal charms, remarked, in a jes
ting tune, but with an earnest glance,
“she travelled on her, good looks.” A
rejected lover being present, remarked,
lie “ could now account Tor the young la
dy’s never having been found far from
home.”
A Jonft Bull, conversing with au iu?
tiiuu, aaked him if he knew that the aua
novel 1 seta on the Queen’s dominion.
“ No,” said the Indian.
•» Do you know the reason why?” ask
ed John.
Because God is airaid to trust an Eng
lishman in the dark,” was the savage’s
reply*
The editor of a country paper, who no
doubt has more delinquent patrons than
he ought to have appeals to them in the
fallowing touching strains:
“When other bills and other dans
Their tales of woe shall tell.
Of notes m batik without the funds,
And cotton hard to sell;
There may, perhaps, In such a scene,
tiomo recollection he
Of bills thot longer due have been,
And you’ll remember me I”
Hesuv Timrod, a Southern writer of
verses, died, and is lamented by a Charles
ton Journalist thus; “Young in years,
but old in achievement, he has cleft for
Tfimself a niche in the temple of fame
over which we now see hovering, for au
instant, his spirit, a rainbow formed by
the light of genius shiniug through the
waters of truth."
i On Saturday evening. when the con
gregation of one of the up to wn churches
wore leaving the house, it commenced
raining. ■ The iady-said to thegeutleman
who accompanied her. and her sister,
11 why, it rains— send and got an umbrel
la.” “ Why, my dear,” said the gentle
man, “ you are neither sugar nor salt,
and rain will not hurt you." “No,”
said the lady,. • but we are taeses.’ It is
I needless to soy he sent for an. umbrella.