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KISS MEJ "Kim me !" said an artless child, Tossing her sunny curls asido, And clasping then, with dimpled arms, A youthful mother's neck with pride : "Ki me !" she said, "my mother, ou," Al though unseen electrio chords V'ere charged with eloquence of lore, Which might not breath or spouk in words. "Kiss me '." tald a maiden fair, At she twined, with graceful hand, Her parting lover's raven locks, Ere he sped to a far off land i "Kiss me!" she said in sweetest tone, "And leave thy truest love with me ; My heart shall blend its own with thino And bring them both unchanged to thee." ''Kiss me ?" said a dying boy, Al a tear strayed down his pallid cheek, And nearer drew his sitster's check, To catch that voico so soft and weak ; "Kits me!" be said. "I'm dying now, As fade the sunset hues of even; But, sister, I n ill watch for thoe, And meet thee at the gates of Ileaveu !" XONXHT TO THE IILUE KIKI) Sweet messenger of Spring, complaining bird, How from (be budding top of yonder elm, That bang- ii'c-rwa ing thoe, I've stood nnd hca rd With throbbing heart, the embassy of love, c'iroet bird ' nrt thou commissioned to cur realms Ambassador In ilieer the wasted grove, To tell the d-ii.-j when to lift its bead, To whisper to the tulip tnut 'tis time With fearless smile to loavo a wintry bed; Or dost thou sing to wake the red-breast up, To rouse the sleeping songsters to their chime, And tell theiu all, the nipping frost is o'er Oil, If joa come for this, sweet bird of Spring, Welcuine, thrice welcome, for tho news you bring From tho Home Journul. Tales of the South. BY A SOITHEKN itiS. THE AVENGER. Cvntinucil from lust Hi'cJ'.J Of the guilt of Ormo he felt morally cer tain. But as he pondered upon the cir cumstances by which his mind had been brought to that conclusion, ho perceived that they were not only not absolutely con clusive of guilt, but admitted of an expla nation entirely compatible with innocence, fue possession ot his father's sleeve-buttons for so long a time as he stated iu Mo bile thathe hud owned them, though, with out doubt, a highly criminative circum stance, if sustained by other and more positive proof, was not alone, or even hen aided by slightly corroborative evi dence, sufficient to prove his participation in the murder, since they might, original y. have come to him by lawful transfer Jfoin another, and have lain unobserved, ojr accident, in a corner of his valise or Jfunk for years, or they might even have wen retained, by design, in his possession, w other and very different purposes, than edehborate suppression of a means of proof against himself. Tho mutilated fin ger might be a mere coiucidenco, owing it force, as a damnatory proof, to the bo Jef, already engendered in his mind, by J unexplained possession of the buttons lot thirty years or more, that Orme was m of the murderers of his faiher, At'lie u events, a doubt as to the guilt of Orme 1 "'gilt be extracted from the criminative ejfeumstances thus far developed, and that enough to determine a person so con- ! juentious and just as A. M . to for- WV decisive action 11nl.il iIia ilnnht. wa at i j, ()y more conclusive testimony. ! ' "inuea no tlanquo s ghost, in the shape n unappeasable regret for having, per- I iT'i anea innocent blood, to hover over i , l'umway through life, refusing to l.e because hn nrwuoacrxl nnt. tb pxoi J.of indubitable proof that the killing j." Jut; and, therefore, he determined, " he could not make tho facts which he yeauy knew, tributary to the attainment f jBora satisfactory proof against Orme, L rou,d abftntlon t,ie pursuit of him Ph hazardous and unjust. After long patient reflection upon the many con ng plans which suggested themselves v" nil"4 a likely to produce the result afight one WM eloctod which he felt "'eiit would produce the proof he "d, or establish that it did not exist rV ana this plan he prepared to carry "ujwuaie execution. It was now night, and tho eight. In a somewhat shaded r'3 10 nmgnilieent gambling l.all which has I T, 1 V ,luwv(m'-nt uouo could decide; eon already described, a thin m n " 0 1 ft ' ''18t be orved, a continu lum height, was gazing, with B ,r eves ' . he.CMm accry. at . the scene before hi,,,, end watching n .vu .m.,uimiivo scrutiny the foim nnd feu tures of every new-comer into tho room In a short tinto four men. till newlv arrived in tho hall, seated tl . I .w inn nun, seaiou themselves for n tunic Jut a table, not far from tho place where ' ,,ot ri,r ,m,n ,!) place Where t,MS ol'sl'rVt,i- w-.ts Maji.;in No intent We,e thcy UP" their approaching game, , ..." : km j uMiiir. (,(,i'ru uscu io me hiiMhng scene around oo them, that they s.coio.d utterly uiiuh-ci- 00 vant of all other persoi. sand tliin-sii, tho 00 room. Bv aec idei, i. il... I i " repulsive looking nun ,. tjlP lour seated himself directly opposite to the shaded re - cess above alluded io, and thus Urine ar d a. iu were lrou-ht vi.a-vii to each other, theonestandiiiLMn iluM,nlvKl,,i,,u- a Tl r . ", and the other seated in tlio n.i.i.-t .,(' i',.'. uiuzing light ot that brilliant ludl. The jilay began. Tho stakes, though moderate in. amount, Beenied to excite the cupidity and to kindle the zeal of the players, quite as efl'ecttvely as if tho sums had been large. Their eyes Hashed, their feelings rose, and the demon of the nlace. possessing them all, -oeined to bo driving them, fut and furious, whither he would, At the moment when tho excitement seemed to have become tho greatest, and while they made a brief pause in tho plav to gulp down tho fuming toddy just brought in by the waiter, a servant, appa rently a stranger to all present, entered, inquired for James Orme. and. havinc him poinieu out, approached, Uelivereu a let ter, and immediately withdrew from the room, Tho eye of Ormo instantly cauht tho address, Mr. James Orme, vastly impor tant, open and read without delay," and he at once broke the seal, and read as fol lows: Mr Dear Obme, I came over by tho mail-boat from Mobile to-day. When I left, it was beginning to be whispered about town that a pair of silver sleeve-buttons which ''ou lost at tilav with Hualies ana l.eiu, once belonged to a man who Having reached the wharf, Orme passed was murdered, and thirty or forty years 'along the levee, examining the names of ago. in what was then the Mississippi tor-' tiie vessels, and the handbills posted in ntory, and that you were one of the two ;front of many of them, announcing their men that killed lum. It was also rumored, destination and day of departure. He that one or more ol the detective police. pilg0,f nt length, in front of a steamer were already in New Orleans, or would be here, in a few days, in pursuit of you. As a friend, I give you notice of these facts. If you ut e liinocont, you have nothing to fear by remaiuin;' where vou are. Hut if vo lie ou aie guilty, I would adi-,e you to leave i'0 lmniediatelv. (jo to dalve.-inn by the steamer which leaves early to-morrow fo: that city. Cut ofl'j our whiskers, sliorti. en your hair, change your dress, and in every way disgui.-e youi'.-elf it unieli as you can. Kegister your name as J hilij l eas, keep toyoursell while on board, am stay in Galveston iinti I write lo you ' u -ii i , i i when it will be safe, i ever, lor you to1 1 . , 1 . .1 . 1 1 11 comeback. And it is that I nmv be ab e 4 ... .1.1 . i to write to you. that I suggest he name 1 ;' ,' ,,.11 .1 .v.. . 1 to you. 1 give you all these direct ons as . ' , . e 1 . . . . ... i to what you ought to do. because, it vou , ': t i . i .ii 1 1 arc guilty and have to fly, you will be so excited that vou will scarce know what to do, and then these hints of mine will be of service to you. I should have seen you and told you all this, if 1 hud not been uverw iieiuieu viiu uiiMiie:-. 1 ;ss. I am com pelled to return by tho mail-boat to-morrow, and have a thousand things to attend to. I shall not put my name to (his, lor if I did, and the bearer should bo unfaith ful, or the letter fall by accident into other hands than yours, I might get intoditli culty. You shall hear again from rue al most as soon as you reach Galveston, and then, as I s!)ull sign my name, you will j find out that I am truly, A Fiiieno. Ormo had scarcely finished tho perusal of the -econd sentf nee of this letter, when 111s iaco oecamo aunosi as wuuo as 1110 nzed nation on ihe globe, it is alike re sheet on which it was written; as he pro- markable for the ex lent of tho facilities it grossed, his hands trembled so violently 1 ull'ords for loading and unloading cargoes, that ho could scarce hold the paper, and ' and for tho variety, importance and value by the time he reached tho conclusion, he of the cargoes themselves. The produc seemed ready to faint arid fall upon Ihe tions of nearly half a continent find their lloor. All immediately around noticed exit to market through its avenues, nnd his extreme agitation. Rising, or rather over its surface spreads the tido of that staggering, from his seat, he stated to his refluent commerce which carries the ne associates in tho gamo ami those around, ccssaries, the comforts and tho luxuries of that tho letter he had just received con- life, to an almost boundless interior. Dur. tained most distressing news in relation to ing tho most acti ,-e portion of the business a near kinsman, and otlering that as an season this wharf is covered from morning excuse tor not continuing me game, no immediately left the room. 1 Rapid, however, as was his exit from the hall, there was one who had already preceded him, and stood, deep in tho shadow 01 too veranoa, ciose 10 uie uoor, mazo 01 apparently wonurous aim niexiii awaiting him. Orme rushed out like a eahlo confusion, through which, however, madmnn, and seemed utterly bewildered tun the guiding lines of an order that di in both mind and vision. As he passed reet.? the wholewithout ajar, and confines the sp'jt whero A. M was standing, all the parts within the orbit of their pre- was muttering audibly the fumes of liquor he had drank, and his mental per" , i.n l.uiion i.nnibininir to make liim both loquacious and imprudent. Tho only words which the eager ears of A. M dis- tincllv cnucht. were these : " Found out l ii . irlw-,W liava t.linnnlit. it f fonfonnd 1 the sleeve-buttons; mustleaveherequick." Thus ho went on, muttering as lie walked, mid increasing his paco almost to a run be- before ho reached his hotel, into which ho darted, or rather hurr.edly staggered, and disi ppcaied. j rung, when he stepped on board, careiuny A. M remained stationary in his shading his features to avoid bbing seen position near tho door of the saloon, while by Orme. who might, in tho thon excited the retreating Orme was staggering across state of his faculties, be able to trace a re the street. His stratagem had boon crown, semblance between him and his father, ed with complete success, He bad now whom ho very closely favorod In both elicited indubitable proof of the guilt of form and feature. For reasons, also, too Orme, and it only remained to select the obvious to require specification, he regis means, the time, and the place of his pun- tered under a pseudonym, and reiirod at Ishment. I onee to his room. Orme had not register The business of the present, however, 1 ed at all. fearing, doubtless, to risk even was to guard against his escape by flight, the atiai suggested in hi apocryphal let Allhoucli he evidently credited the au- ter. thentiofty of the letter which he had just The vessel was the brag sailor on the reoeivod, their was nothing to indicate line, and cut the blue waters, of the Gulf whether he would adopt its suggestions with no laggard prow. The beams of the "EXCELSIOR." CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY "aPKhso, 185 ,h" reir?ttt- J "" l-ii.t which Li. I'Ol'tuiiatelv tho nii.l. u.n ... ... i cloudless, combining tho temperature of ............ nu U10 translucent mr of mid winter. j'he moon, at tho full, lit nn rh , Htroets nnd alleys ot'ilm vtv j.. i i r : ' 1 ui- f , mm08t 01 d"'' 11)0 ti.iontf of 1 ' . ! ' TS Ur" tho strfict' u,ul f visitors ' ,f . T "' Until ,nidnil,t- '""Jo it prac- ' ' , 11 ,lls watch, without the V'"' ),1"1'tlol,llir '"Uco, alteriiali-ly upon ! i s"ailei snlownlk and in tho corner of tho veranda which he h 1 V0,,'5'1 At twelve o'clock, to avoid 1 y clillll'J")19 and observation of the po ' , ' tp,'r,-',l 1'imseif in n pile of lj l.s.u.w. 1 ..I'. i . T "'ii over nignt on tlie street i l", I'D removed in tho niorniiiL' a l.osition i w!".ch c,)"bled lum to see the Mown hotel. niwiuui, oeing een by tlie watelimnii. "no Dy one the hours vain hod lVom tho uuu-piute of time, their departure ,oin te uuieu uy tireless, metallic tomme in heitry and steeple. The solitary watcher a.um.mieu not ai his covert post, but no .ui,,, gnuou iorui irom tho opposite hotel io. uee, iiue tno vagabond am. to somo ntr on lanu, because the stain of his broth era uioou was upon his hand. Could it bo that Orme had escaped by some rear j'u-iMigu or niuuen avenue, and thus evad ed the watch of the A vender ? The day was beginning to dawn when a man, witn smooth iaco and short hair, nauitea in a hsherman's smotk-cont and coarse trousers, a large cap being drawn uu.Tii uter me loreiieaa and brow, etnerg eu irom the brown hotel and started, with a quick step, in tho direction of tho bont- wharl of the city. He had paid his reck oning me nigni beiore, and announced that he should leave very early in the morning, on a sail-boat for l'oint '-'lear, a lasnionuble resort ot JUobilians nnd the citizens of New Orleans, during the sum mer months, lie carried a well-filled val ise in his hand, and moved wiih thu alert step and absent air of a man who was both absorbed and in haste. which displayed a flag on which he read these words: tot Galveston, this day, at nine o'clock." Looking up and down tho wharf, and seeing no one in sight, not even A. M , who had retired behind a pile of cotton bales as soon as Orme stop ped, and was pooping at him through a convenient crevice, ho went on board the vessel, and soon disappeared behind the bulky furniture of the boilordeck. The sword of retribution was beirinninir . i to sharpen on the anvil, but tho destined ,', , ,," Y,, 1 " . p" e V4 v'"-u ilea h the hammers of tho aveneini! furies. . r ,. . ,, ... "'"0 'u'"-3- .. m , satisfied that I rmo would net 1. ,.,i. . 1 . , 1. , t leave the vessel, returned to the St. Charles ,t.- , . 1 ., 1 r ., , , taking care, as ho retired from Ihe wharl, ,,i. ' , i: , 1 . to Keep somo ol ect, as a screen, between 1 , 1 ,1 ', ' lr iiiliiocii Ulivt 1111: 01-llllJL'l . 44I111U ITl lllull to his fmn;I , , inlpoi.tanlbbusinoss rclerred to in his last letter from Mobdo inquired his presence in Galveston, and, perhaps, elsewhere iu Texas, ho directed I,;- 1............. i, i. steamer, and immediately returned to the wharf, which, by this time, was beginning to fill with tho multitudinous concourse that daily throngs its spacious surface. The wharf, or, as it is more popularly called, the levee of New Orleans, is, with the exception of Bro.idway in New York, tho most magnificent thoroughfare of bu siness on tho western continent. Stretch ing for miles along the cresee.it margin of the Mississippi River, and frequented by tho trading vessels ot every commercial, and of nearly every civilized aiidsenii-eivi- till night with a vast multitude oi people, draught animals, vehicles, productions and cargoes of every description, both outward and inward bound, all mingling, moving, whirling, .lying and piled together, iu a scribed activity. A cottg d' ail ot this grand panorama of commerce, obtained from any elicililo noint of observation, cannot fail to impress the beholder with a high esti- mate of tho wealth, importance, and bu- siness operations of the Crescent City. 'I'lirouch this rjLthllv patherini? mass of the men of tho implements ol commerce. A. il wandered to ara no, never going far, however, in any direction, from the anchorage ol the imlveslon steamer, until tU second nnd final signal bell was moon of that almost frii.L'e.1 with (lian.o.,,1 light oaoli sud and spar. fh.CL.e.l ,lw !wr, HuBBed down a apectae e never hefore Boeiircven on ... . " v II, 1111 ftivn u.i, IM IMIIiniil K..n.l ... i'""""i uecit or ft tinuDitnima i he culprit and th nv. .i.' " unconscious of the neam ofhi ' .eril W100 "er too painfullv conscious ji e necessity that was upon him to !, u;u unuer a sense ol dutv wem together in a land wIip ni . ( , -'w mo Ulill Ul (A I '1 atlon was ready for th lm...:.i..i . So ui,t .1 ii "i iiui. bv i ii li n i t r'l v 1 ! ll,n' but I"-o"l'tl .. . k y, h'PlCT !nol'es and with re- suits infini ly more benignant and useful to the world t.A .o..,.. ,.i ... . and his V I '""a rcu to Hio n,n7..l J"l,re.ying together which saved the son because he .uuu. uj-sHeiuice. l nt Mwn as l n no cloudlesu gun ond i : rf(l' ,M,!'"iw!Z'C "iokoshaehoJom ten 1 . .1 mr gunc, una (-ven or uuma 11s mo 11 .... ..i.i . .. 10 Tilll itv nn.l su-cnuui 01 our ... '.. JUVLIIOII, uie saenliees actually made in nlmili,.,, mil iiit i . , I..... 11 their behests. Sp the culprit and the aven- I"1 U,"K." !'on together to the yet un known issue that awaits them. During tho voyage A. M , jS(Ja. tod 11 his room, matured the plan, to be developed in tho subsequent progress of the narutivo, which ho trusted would bring upon the slayer of his father the punish ment he deserved. Only once did he ven ture a visit to the deck below, and that was to satisfy himself, by ocular proof, that Orme was still on board. Having seen him sitting apart, moody and silent, he remained closely in his own room thoie mainder ol the Aoyage. The run from New Orleans to Galveston was made without accident, in the usual time ot tho steamer. As soon as it touch ed the warf. Orme. vulisn in lnt,i in,.,i on shore, and started on foot in quest of a boarding house in the city. A. M ordering the lirtt porter ho encountered w cmry ins baggage to the hotel for w hich ie served, iiurried oil the vessel, and fol lowed him. keeniiiL' bin piHimmn. distance in the rear. rt Orme, it turned out, was a sf ranger in oalveston, havim? nevi.r vwii,.,l 11. . 1.,..., . .... ......... i.ia'.lT before, went straw it. bv ncei.Innr- probably, by previous direction. In i, quarter of the city mo-t frequented by men of his own pursuit in life, and put up at a hotel kept by a professed and very no ted ganibVr, registered his name as J'hilip Peas, and retired to the room which had teen assigned hmi. A. M , who lound no ditlicultv in nscorfninm,, n.i facts, without being observed .by Orme, went to his own hotel, registered upon the' sanio pseudonym ho had used on tl. steamer, and then sought, in his room, the grateful and touch needed refreshment of repose, in an unsnaking bed, on his native dry land. Continue! next week:) The Fate of a Bachelor who went Ska ting with Mary. WHO MARY IS. Mary is as pretty a picco of humanity in the shape of a woman as you could find this sido of Heaven. .Such eyes! such hair ! such teeth I and her hand ! Well, now, there 1 I think it was just the small est, the whitest why ivory is blow to it. And her foot was like a little white rose bud, its snowy leaves just showing enough to set off the neat covering that concealed the rest from profane eyes. It did not seem a foot, as one saw it reposing in its Kid slipper, like a Canary bird in its nest jur.v has ntr. skating- fever. Well, sir, this Mary taught the skating icver, wnicu is now raging so learfully. 1 heard her express a wish for a pair of skates, and the next nay she had the best pair that could be found iu the city, and nobody knew who sent them to her; but, bless mo how my blood boils nt the thought of the consequences. Mary putt her t'uvt in it. We went down upon tho ico, and there that little witch of a Mary, just sat qui etly down, ordered me on my knees, and quietly placed that foot, the foot, tho poet ic myth, in my lap, nnd bid mo put on her skte. Nir, had Venus dropped down from Heavon, and bid mo rub her down with rotten stono and oil, it could not have twt nished nio moro than when the divine foot was placed in my unworthy lap. I felt very faint but 1 buckled on the skates, and stood up, with Mary by my side. The Bache?ur'f Head Sirimt. Have you ever taught a woman toskatc? No j well, let me tell you. You've been in a room lined with mirrors, haven't you f You have soen a kalcidoscope.with a few old bits of glass, &c, in a tin tube, and turning it have seen all sorts of beau tiful figures. Just imagine a kaleidoscope, and in place of beads and broken glass please substitute blue eyei, curving eye lashes, lips, ivory ,wavy hair.crinolino, gai ter boots, zephyr worsted, Cupids, hearts, a clap of thunder, a flash of lightning, and "auld Nick." Imagine yourself tho cen ter rf a system with all tilings revolving round you, and a violet bank breathing sighs upon you all tho while, and you have Mary and her victim iu tho first ska ting lesson. Rut just let me try to dwscribo our per formances. Mary and I start she on my left arm, all square. Lord have mercy on my poor puzzled brain while 1 try to on ravel tho stirred rainbow of sighs md sen- j timents. first, Mary s littlo gaiter biots present themselves to my astonished vis ion, and before I have lime to wonder how they came up before me, feel them pressing their blessed beauty, with em phasis, into the pit of my stomach. Maty jntchci into hhnGencrnll. Next sceiio wavy hair, with a thirty dollar bonnot and a divine head, conies pitching into my waiatcoat, with such force that I feel the buttons against my N E VV gninu Nevi r ti V. " ... .lTM ur? S" up-at mo from ... i.i ' , 1 i.u ; .JM. " '' l'er nose is thrust i.wr. k IIIO ftl rtr it . . J -".-".i. . . " v Dllll L II ' ... 1 I . "TT Bemc" nd itudy on tho mvsterin,,. . iiij irienu. an r. vX i'f" ,,tw h comparatively in of f-L 1 ' ' fvn.im year of 1850, the : Z Za ' . vl" J"'s I,en "v and I vu,ll1 miormation ? Maru ,.h.l,., - I . v "Kill Dear M.n-v i r ,... i . . . ; "j ' "iiuieu invscii to tier i I e,y 11110 ' turned up or came round. all lut I wish to enter mv sole, ev i protest before the worl.l l,t Ji. ..i.. 'con , innt i , , i-juerea mo. Jiut who , oul "hen surrounded bv an "iiuy oi warvs on skno t . i . v... I f. " - j " ra r 1 uiu uers DUt L1 60l.,AhK I have learned - ' Ms'stm ton h bteakes, by ham. mering and pounding. TllE lU'KT Srir,.,, Hf . .... . iUAcnixE. i no very best seu inif m.i..l. .... . . - ... uiuii can nave is o wife. It is cue that requires but a kind lu B" " n motion, rarely gets out ol repair, makes but little noiso, is seldom v,.u.- v, uusl) ftt onee in motion, will go on ui.intcrrupte.lly for hours, without Di.g.uebs iruiiming, or tho smallest 1 , , K , 1011 ''0111S hece'sary. Jt -. ...,,,, pocKei nandker. hiels, cut yU. rumiures, ami mimulaetui o childr ll'OCks Ollt nfimir .1 :.. . rn . i .i ' .; ' J'o'i ''i''V "ive uiiu hush will .10 behind vour just as well as before your face.' Iu buck fact, you may ieavo tiie lioiiso lor ! will go on working iu-l tho iy, fnd it it does get out of order a little, from hcine overworked, it iiientls j,gt.f ,y fl(.jn saiuii. it M" "oooii nine, niter which it reiurns to its sewin" with 1 1 . .... -? renter vigor man ever. I H cou; vary a groat dr er than others. be sewinrr machines I. Nome nro lmeli quick- 1 1 iiei icnds m a vwt hleas- mo upon the particular pattern vou Be lect. Jt you are fortunate in picking out t ie cl.oi-est of a wife one lor instance, that sings while working, and .seems to be nover so happy a when tho husband's linen is on hand the sewing machine may bo pronounced ierfeot of its kind so much so, that there is no make-shilt'in the world that can po-sibly replace it, either for love or money. In abort no gentleman's establishment is complete without one of these sewing machines in the house Punch. A Modern" William Tell. A ca.se bus been brought boforo the Police Court late ly, at Speryer, in Germany, of which there is scarcely a rival in the police records of any country. A weaver residing in the above mentioned town, claimed tobe a cap ital marksman, and to try his best, he went to his garden accompanied by his son, 8 boy of about twelve years, and placed a potato on his head, and then firing at him at a distance of twenty rods, hit the po tato, splitting it in tho. Tho neighbors to wtiom bo boasted about his skill in handling fire-arms, would notblipv him and to convince them, he made antioint. ments to repeat his master-shot. Mean while it grew dttbk, and when he arrived at the spot, it became so dark that the boy had to hold a lantern. He fired again with the same success, but at tlm kmn time touching the boy's cap. When the above mentioned deeds came to tho know ledge of the authorities, ho was summon ed to appear before tho Court, and being questioned as to his rationality, it was as certained that he was at intervals partly deranged. The Court, for tho first treat ment in his disease, sentenced him to a fine of several dollars, nnd confinement in jinsou iur live uuys, RtIA IV rO"fS!ON OF TIIE fimtiPV Emen. Biblical geographers point to tho i.iiK.e un, in northern .Armenia, and now a Itussiar. possession, as the Fpot where onco was situated tho pardise lost bv tho f...ll T t 1 .11- r . J i.iuit ui jvuuni ana i.vo. muo iMiropean theorists locato tho primitive garden in northern Asia. It oecujiiod all the western and part of the eastern part of Siberia, extending from 4Udeg. to 53 deg latitude, and from CO deg. to 100 longitude. The' Arctic ocean, al that timo as pleasant as the Mediterranean, with tho Ural moun tains as islands, was the Chinese J'.luo or Celestial mountains ; on tho boutli of l'a rajioiiiibUss or Hindoo Koosh ; and on the west t he Caucasus and Ararat. Both the Edens ar now Russian pos sessions. Resides, Russian influence is preponderating in Jerusalem ; and the spot in Roino assigned by archaiologists as tho one where Romulus was nursed by a hIio-woII", is Russian pronertv. havino been bought by Nicholas for the sako of oxcuyatiotif. Ry a curious coincidence, Russia owns in this way the place most sa cred in the history of our race. A S'eezb. What a curious contrivance a sneeze is I The ingenuity of man never did, nor never can, produco a resiiectuble rounterfeit. Then, how clandestine and how mysterious in its visits ; never com ing at one's beck, but always taking a bo dy by Mil-prise. Al! of a sudden you feel it creeping along, titillating the most del ecate nerves of the nostrils, as if with a thousand tiny feet. You hold vour breath. shut your eyes, and lean back your head ; then in an instant, somo secret spring it touched, and ah-whanql (as near as it can h "I" t0 Uunee) oil you go like enjoyment is that snooze 1 God bless the inventor 1 Next lo a hot toddy on a fros ty night, oommend me to a full grown sneeze. But who hasn't, some time or other, had the presentment of a good sneezo coming put himself in order for it turned his nose snivelling up to the sun; and than as he is just in the act of drawing in his breath, with blinking eyes, have the thing provokincly "flax out?" We liav.-rCW'a Jvmi', SF.III C.S-'0l7lvZir ..r f..Y.''"'w-JIr. .W, I ueen to a visitation " 'ri,d J . than before, snv "vt. ',loollier, no wiser and the sin.':.. .V . 8 visitation?" the ;on rs:a r a11 their sermons " ??J "'I swop on thus bein. enlSnnT U?!" me worst on f. laughter.) every timo." (Rows of Mississirri Hail Stow ti. Natchez was visited by a sever i,;i ..l an TI,.,.! Courier in referring to it. sav, The "Since the immense hail storm of Thurs. night, the atmosperehas iZS ami quite cool. Just think of ?f iV make any e.imaSd'fo "t45 And ye sue h was the ease in the .to Tot Thurs day. Lvfli, the 'oldest inhabitant' had not K citv erutoi w? L,eard rfMi missiles drojrped from the Xud , to mTo f awe quantity of ice-ereaw for housed hold and neighbors." uouse- icu near the rM,l,.n p ,r . which meaured'S Giiati; Mistake. Almnt il . , month the following aln w","1. made at Dole, Fiance ; two persons had died at the hospital of that town and VeS to be buried at tho same time. Tl, ,bJf.? were a young ui, 1 and a sold,r f ;i?Z7. "son. Roth coiiir. t.;n ..i r.;. .. . "T 6U1" thoafteatf 1 other th- - counfo3 fo i L i t Jt youn' eirl wiw accompanied to her last home by platoon,, with milita ry honors while the young soldier, cover ed with a white pull of flower.,, jlous em- blems Of Purity and innnem..'ii. u-! nn fn- 1'...,,: ' nMBinn i J 71 ' "j10"1001'8. and followed V " v prayers, procession of young girls reciting WOILUS'T Rill Ao 1.. in. bu. agent of the UxtonailS Railroad was going through the ladled car, checking La.'snse. b . " pretty young lady if she had any baggage winch she wished to have taken to a ho'el! Sho replied. 'No m.-' n. t asked her if s!ia woJid UkT a. The vZ Red y'Xne ,mnTn VCry B,rtt "oiiloand replied 'No, sir I am not in R bussing humor this evening.' The agent dropped his mpmnrnnrl,,... 1 r . "Vu" "n.j retmniui' to the baggage car, said he felt unwell. ri srH.-The best thing in the last nuni bor of l uneh, is a picture of "The Queen n her fctore-Room." which vaulted apart ment is exclusively devoted to casks of gunpower, cannons nnd cannon balls Tho Queen has tied a handkerchief .,- elun to ward ofF the dampness and chill and remarks to her lusty attendant- "I uon t know what may happen, Mr. Bull, but 'keep our powder dry ' " ruder the head of "The Imperial Shoo L.ark Rrigado," Louw Napoleon is made to ; :.y to Italy :-"B0g your pardondon't you want your boots cleaned. C.Lnndor condenses Thackeray's loo ture's into a thimble. George tho First was reckoned vile, Viler George the Second, And what mortal ever heard, Any good of Georgo the Third? hen from theenrth the Fourth ascended God bo praised tho Georges ended. ' AVitv He DIok't Kiss Her. The au thor of ' Heart Pictures" aligns the fol lowing sufficient reasons for not kissine Mrs. (.: 8 1. I am such a eood husband. T ernnliln't. even be guilty of the aunoamnca of rf.lnr- alty to my sweet wife. 2. I was afraid tho unvor would see me and tell Mr. G. 3. I ion t think Mrs. would have let me. ray Fanny Fern says, "if oue.half of tn girls knew tho previous lite of the men thoy marry, the list of old bachelors would be wonderfully increased," and the Bos ton Pout adds that if tho men could only look into the futuro life of the women they marry, tho number of old maids wouft be still more advanced. Not Inclixlu. "Whv don't vou whr.nl that barrow of coals, Nod ?" said a learned miner to one of his sons. "Itis notavory hard job : there is nn inclined plane la re lieve you." "Ah," replied Ned, who had more relish for wit than work, the plane may be inclined, but hang ruq if J aw." fti?A country cirl. comim? from fiold, was told by her cousin that ho "lo-,l. ed as fresh as a daisy kissed with dew." 'Well,' said Bhe, "it wasn't anybody by that name, but it was Harry Jones that kissed mo. I told hini-overy one in th vil Inge would find it out. "Oh, pray let me have in v wav. this this time," said a young gentleman to his lady-love. "Well, Willie, I suppose 1 mnst thi onee, but you know that after we are mar ried, I shall always have a Will of my own."