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VOL. XXXI. WHOLE NO 1618.
CLKAHFI F.LI), PA. WKDNKSHAV, MAUCIl 27, I HO sT
.... "Tha Salt if you Tlcase."
Everybody has a partiality for dinner,
nd one of the most frequent expression
at dinner table it the ono which forms our
title, and in order that our reader may
know something of the substance (hey
r using, we will toll them a few fuels
bout salt. This is a chemical compound,
cf twenty-three parts, by weight, of a
beautifully silyer-wbito but toft nifltal
nailed (odium, discovered by Sir II. Davy
in 1307, and thirty five parts of a pungent
rellowish preen grass, called chlorine,
discovered by Se.ht'cle, in 1774 ; these two
combined firm this, the most widely dif
fused and useful of any one compound in
the world. U is fo'ind in the sea, and in
the rock, from which our principal sup-UiS-n of tl,e frontiers, or boundary, for
ply comet. The most wonderful deposits ' tho Impose of taking in return.
m in Poland and Uungar, where it is! In Iheir origin they had reference to
luanied like a rock, one 'of tho Polish "Pacific injuries in enpturinp. cletaininpor
mines having been worked since 1251. I withholding the property of individual,.
! In lin. nf HnnM ntul taattoil rtnlv in Hi
Thete Tolish salt mines have heard the
;roan of many a poor captive, and have
..... Ik. I,.-, n.n..;... nf !,...
, ... , , , , , though formal hostilities might bo the
nan ; for, until Iatolv, the'- were worked ... . wo
... , . . ' . , ultimate result. Some consider them 'a
entirely by the stato prisoners of Austria, i . , , . , , ,
, ' species of hostilities, an imperfect war,'
Russia, or Foland, whichever happened . ., , r .
. , , ,. , ., but strictly, they aro not a 'breach of the
to b in power at the lime ; and onco tho ,. .. , , .,,
, .. . , , . . . pence between nntionr., though a forcible
nenaer, or tancieJ hindranco to some . ... . . , , . .
, redress of injury is contemplated. The
itber pcron s advancement, was let down ..,',, t ,., , .
' . . force may not inaptly be likened to a
inio mm ud'u riiiiM.iii prison, 110 never
saw the light of day again. So salt has its
liistory as well as science. Other large
ieposits are found in Cheshire, EnglanJ,
where the water is forced down by pipes
into the rait, and is again pumped up as
!rine, which is evaporated and the salt
obtained. To such an ixter.t has this
Keen carried, that one town in the "Bait
country," as it is railed, has scarcely an
upright house in it, all tho foundations
having sunk with tho ground, to fill
the cavity left by the extracted salt.
the Salmon Mountains, in Oregon, ar ca- priety of resorting to this method of
pable of r.flording largo quantities of the obtaining satisfaction agiinst France,
tame material. The brine springs of Ka- I.etteis of marque and reprisal, howev
linaand .Syracuse are well known, and er, with reference to operations at sea,
IYom about forty gallons of their trine one were not known till a much later period
jmhel ufdiilt i- obtained. Thero are also when thu increase in the number of
'xte-nsive salt springs m uino. inennne niaritinio powers, and the advance of
t purnpea t p Horn wells made in the rocK cor,lmerco, cave rise to their necessity. In
nd into which it flows and luns into
boilers. Thsse boilers are large iron ket
lien set in brickwork, and when fires are
lighted under tl em, the brine is quickly of war, often deem it advisable to cany
rivaporttej. I he moment the brine be- lrger crews than usunl, and more or less
51ns to boil, it Incomes turbid, from the of an armament, for purposes of defense,
compounds of tune that it conlains, and Und not unfreq.jently lako out letters of
which are s uulle in cold, but not in hot marque, with the view, if opportunity
water; those first .50 diments are taken out offers, to indemnify themselves for the
with (ndles called 'oil tern ladles.' and the increased ris-k ad expenne of a voyage
salt being next deposited from the brine by taking prizes. Privateers, cr vessels
la carried away to drain and dry. The fitted out at privafe expense, for the pur
remaining liquid contains a great quantity p0.0 of cruising against an enemy's com-
uf, magnesia, in various forms, and gives it rnerco, are commissioned by letters of
the name of 'bittern,' from tho taite rnarque. The terrr is now applied, in a
peculiar to magnesia in et cry form. general sens?, lo the authority under
.'But how did this salt coma into the which all lawful private armed ships
1 Ook V is the natural query, and the won' ac t.
dcr seems greater, when wc reeolloct that In the United States, the power of
salt bedsaro found in nearly every one of granting letters of marque and reprisal is
the strata composing the earth's crust. vested, by the Constitution, in Congress.
This fact proves another, that as the mas In the war of 1812, th:s po ver was exet
jcrity of these salt beds have come from cised in the act of June, 1812, declaring
the Wise 9 left in the hollows of the rocks war, ard provision made for the guidance
ry the recpdenceof the sfa, the sea has, and regulation of parties" applying for
through all the geologic ages, been as salt such a commission, and of vessels
as it is to day. Let us take ihe Great Rait sailing under Ihem, by the acts of June
Lake as an illustration ; it being the livr-t 20,1811. These acts were temporary in
gest salt Lko in the world, but by 1:0 their design, and are now obsolete.
means the only onp, as such inland mas Special legislation would be required upon
ses of saline water are found over the any future occasion which called for a
whole earth : but as this is the greatest in , renewed exercise of this power,
extent, it w'll form tho best ex-j It would be a violation of the Neutrality
ample. Itissituated at nn elevation of Act of April 20, 181?, for an American
4.200 feet above the sea. on the Kocky j tessel to be commissioned by a letter of
Mountains, and has an areaof 2,000 square inarquo in the service of any foreign
wiles ; ret, high as it is, 'once upon a power against a nation with whom we are
time, tut the story-books of our juvenoL ! at peace, or for any vessel to be fitted out
ity used to say, it was part of tho sea, and armed in any of our ports for the
which retired, by the upheaval of the
rocks, and thai great basin took its salt
water up with it. There aro also however,
salt rocks taking their place in regular
goologic series with other rocks, inter-j
.,,.,! I,lir.,n r.,1 ... t . UlOrS, Udell a W IIOIO 11 IB Ol I OB BllUg.yUl-
- J - . - --. - . .... WDIUIJ v., i 1 1 U, 1 1 . 1 .
and carboniferous strata; theo wo can
only account for, as we do for other stra
ticded rock, vis: that they were de
posited from their solution in water, or
carried mechanically to tho spot where
now found by that ever mobile liquid.
t.
A Nct to Crack. A certain aged and
respectable femsde in the apple trade
purchased stock at several times as fol
lows:
SO apples at 2 for 1c
Sl apples at 3 for lo.-
amounting to ISe.
mounting to lOo:
' '.Total He.
60 applet at S fur 2o. amounting to 24c
Believing the rate in each case to be
thsxsatue, 5 for 2o, she is at a loss to kuow
"ty the first 60 cost lc more than tbt last.
Who can tell herf
Letters of Marqn Their Origin and
What They Mean.
Letters of Marque (says the Richmond .
Whi,) are extraordinary commissions,
granted by public authority to owners of .
a vessel, authorizing such vessel to make
capture and prize of the persons, ships
and property of another nation which has
comtniueu injuries, out neglects or rtu-
ses to give proper redress thciefor. The
vessel itself which bears such commission
is sometimes called a letter of Marque.
The term marque is derived from the
Anglo-Saxon mearca bound or boundary.
Letters of marque and reprisal, as they
are more fully termed, signify literally,
therefore, commissions authorizing the
party injured, cr his agerjs. Their issue
was not regarded as a declaration of war,
redress for rent, which, in a measure, is a
remedy placed in thehands of the injured
party the landlord himself.
It is unnecessary to trace the modifica
tion and regulation to which letters of
marque have been subjected from their
erigin to the present day. Repria1s
between nation and nation, as one means
of obtaining justice, are of very ancient
origin, and have their foundation in the
nature of the relations of different powers.
UP , Though not of frequent occurrence now,
jet as late as 1834, President Jackson, in
In Virginia there are beds of salt, and lii8 Annual Message, suggested the pro
modern practice they are seldom, if ever,
issued till war has been declared, or is in
immediate prospect. Merchants, in time
purpose of cruising under letters of
mirque against a friendly power.
Take Aback One of the ridiculous
mishaps which will sometimes befall sol-
f . t r t i-!M..r.t- . 1
tired military of New Orleans on the day
of the Twiggs reception. They were
drawn up along the street in front of a
building in course of construction, and
close in their rear was a long mortar bed,
two feet deep, with that plastic composi
tion, ready for the workmen. The space
between tho files for the passage of the
C&rriflfroa ttpmtr ralKoi narpnw Ilia nfliior
ordered his men to take a step tHck.!
They did so, and about Uenty feet of j
sogers inBtantftneoubly disappeared from'
sight backwards, the tront file, in close
order, prereoting the rear rank from
recovering themselves when their heels them "" llJ'e"c"y. o that they
stumbled oaint the tnortar bed. They m bo rand 8ft,n- lso b,etter V'.
were submerged, and every soldier of h wa,,teJ of ,Lo dePre9'ed condition of
them had Lis pretty uniform spoiled the country than fhee same letters.
They took cabs and absquatulated instan- gtirThe virtue of others is always a tel
ler, i ror to the wicked.
Washington and the Czar.
The Oovernorof South Carolina, on the
2,t ultimo, in reilvtonn address from
tll6 Commander or the "Pic-ken Cadets,"
rel(Uo( lll0 followine interetine fuels:
" I romembor while in a distant court of
Europe, and at tho most despotic of all
Governments, (hat on a memorable oeca-
gion T visited (he magnificent cardens that
.surround Pelerhr.fr, ...... ct.
.The carders and crounds were dedicated
to the enjoyment and peaceful pursuits of
the greatest and most brilliant of courts.
On a remote island of these magnificent
grounds that had been set aside for the
private enjoyment and private walks of
the Etiperor and Empress, a tree was
pointed out tome in that gRrden, cnlti
vated by particular and devoted bands,
surrounded by wire wicket work, and
flowers flourishing all around it. There
stood on one branch of the tree a large
brans plate, and on one sido of that plate,
in Germen.and on (he other in Sclavonic,
wa written, 'This tieewas planted in
1839, by Nicholas, from an accrn that
grew near the tomb of the great Washing
ton.' This was the inscription upon that
tree, placed there by one of the most ab.
solute rulers that ever swayed the sceptre
of empire. And yet in his private, se.
eluded gardens, he paid this deep and
heartfelt tribute to the memory of tjio
greatest and purest man the world ever
saw. lie did not take an accrn from near
the tomb of the great Elizabeth ; nor did
he take it from the garden of the'Tuillerf.
ies, grown in the time of Louis XIV.; nor
did be take it from the tomb of tho great
Napoleon ; nor did he take it from the
garden of the Cajsars, near Homo; but he
took an acorn from the tomb of a pure
and mighty man, in the wilds of America,
who had planted tho seeds of a govern
ment consecrated lo the freedom and in
dependence of nations, whose every prin
ciple ras directly at war with tho prinri-
pies of its own government; and yet so
great were Ihe virtues and integrity cf
Washington, that even this mighty mon
arch, in private and secret, paid to him
his heartfelt and deep tribute. The tree'
was watereu ami i-uumuru nun mine
t 1 1 ..1 .;. t. . .
care than any of the trees in that garden,
It was flourishing and green, and I trust
in God it will continue to flourish fresh
and green until its branches shall over
spread the civilized world. I have also
seen tho Cossack of the Pon and the
Volga ; I have seen (he Lancers of Jwi'si.i.
and 1 have seen the Tartar and the Arab
in the wildsof the interior ; and yet, not-
withstanding their semi barbarian life,
....... ,1,.., rtrt..i'nrca la miftitr Wn.ll
'
initon in tnni' tents ri nigni.
thn." tents rt night. There is,
no portion of the wcrld that has not heard
hi name, and love ami admire his great
and manly trulhfulness and virtue."
Office Hunting in Washington.
A late telegraphic despatch from Wash
ington says : " The past week has brought
to us Rome of the strangest looking beings
ever seen in this city. Their appearance
indicates an) th ing but civilize J life.whilo
their arts in piying in and about the dif
ferent departments and private rooms,
clearly show them to be unfit for civil
ized society. Where th?y came from, or
who they belong to, nobody seems to
know. Thoyaie seen in the halls and
ante rooms awaiting their turn for an in
terview with the Secretaries, They arc
also seen at the Capitol, on the streets,
and in tbo White llrue ; f.nd at all times
and on all occasions, they carry with them
their little half-worn out carpet bag, from
which they take, during the time they are
compelled to wait for the Secret aries, their
little bundle of refreshment, which they
quietly munch. So far as asceitidned,
these gentlemen are applicants for clerk,
ships in the Departments here, having
letters and petitions to the Secretaries,
signed by the local clergy, their friends
and townsmen, and tho schoolmasters of
their districts who in nearly every case
is the author of their petitions. One man
cslkd upon Mr. Chase yesterday, having
with him his wife and children, and ex
pected, as he expressed it, to bo set right
to work. Ho eame from Indiana. 1'he
children, the wife, and the baggage, were
all up to the Secretary's olliee. The
clerks are much annoyed by these people,
who seem to have the impression that
they have a pertect right to pry into every
book o r paper comingwithin their grasp.
Te application, for ofOce per letters con-
. . , ,
Treasury Department Gve extra clerks
have been engaged to open and slow them
Tho way Banks evade the Usury Laws.
The banks havn a pluu o simple and
eflectual for evading the usury laws that
It is not probable that they would g:.vo
one cent to have these laws repealed.
When the market rateof intercut is 14
per emit a year, Ihe pl.-m j for a mer
chant to get notes discounted at 7 per
cunt fordouble the amount of money that
I, n ,i. "! to tie carried lo 111s
credit, on condition that he is to draw
out but half of it : thus if he gets $5,000
from the bunk ha nays interest on $10,
000.
The way tho bank mangei to have its
customers leave a portion of the money
carried to their credit, is this. Several
merchants ofl'er notes at the bank for
discount, und when they call lo know
whether the directors have decided to
lake the notes and piytho money for
them (after taking out tho interest,) one
merchant finds that his paper has been
discounted, while the ollerings of unotli
er have been declined, Tho unsuccessful
applicant calls on tho cashier and asks
him :
" Mr. Chandler, why was not my paper
d(ne to-day ; were not Ihe names satisfac
tory ? "
The cashier replies, " The ditcctors
found no fault with the names, Mr.
fiintin, uut wo no., applications .or a., o.
were bettor than y.-uis, and we fell bound
to give them the preference."
l'.y the " accounts being letter " is
meant that these firir.s have larger mins
to the credit of their accounts, on which
they are paying intere-.t, lut which they
have left with the bank to be loaned
to somebody else, Ihus enabling the bank
lo pet double interest on its funds.
Most merchants living in cities, expect,
when they hire money, to pay the market
rate of interest, but the obstruction of
the usury laws work a serious ineonvc-
ni(M1(, jn borrowers, especially when
dealing with banks, as they can use only
a portion of their receivables, having to
leave a portion with the banks merely for
the pui pose of evading the usury laws.
... . . .
We never knew a usury law in any
j community which was not system itically
M.t generally evaded; and the ineonve.
nience and expense of thn.evasions always
fall upon the borrower.- S icnilfic Amer.
Mevoiiv of the F.i.n'iiAM.- A female
'elephant, belonging to a gontlemnn at.
Calcutta, who was ordeiod from the up
'per country to Chittagong, on t lie route
, thither, broke loose troin hor keeper, aid
making her way to ihe woods, was Inst.
'I I.. 1 ..r.. mn.la .oa' avmiGi I t'ini i
1 '
cute himsell, which the master 01 ih" an'
imal would not lister, to, but branded the
man with carelessness, or something
worse ; for it. was iritnntly supjiosed that
he sold thn elephant. Ho was tried for
it, and condemned to work on the roar!
for life, and his wife and children were
sold for hlaves. About twelve years af
terwards, tins man, who was known to be
well acquainted with breaking elephants,
was sent into the country with a party to
assist in catching wild oves. They came
upon a herd, and ibis man fancied he saw
among the group his long lost elephant,
for which he had been condemned- He
resolved 10 approach it nor could the
strongest remonstrances of Ihe party dis
suade him f om Ihe attempt. Having
reached the animal, he spoke to her, wheu
she immodiatolv recognized his voieejshe
waved her trunk in tho air, as a token of
salutation, and spontaneously laid down
and allowed him to mount her neck.
She afterwar' agisted in taking other el
ephants, and decoyed three young ones,
to which she had given birth in her ab
sence. The keeper returned, and the
singular circumstances attending the re
covery being told he regained his charac
ter and. as a recmomnrnso for his tin'
merited sufleiing. had a pension settled
on him for life. This elephant was aftor-
ward in possession of Warren Hastings,
when Governor-General of Hlmloslan.
Pupnlur Xiitural History.
Cue ati so Goivo Ov. Somo years ago a
gamo of poker was being played in this
place. Jim C was in it, ami during
the game contrived lo steal tho four aces
and lay them on his knee, to bo playod
at ihe proper time, Tho player u iio sat
next to him siw the move, and slipped
the aces from their hiding place, pulling
four other cards in their stead. When
Jim's turn eame to deal, he called on all
hands to go it blind. " I'll go over all of
you." W hen all wero in deep enough to
suit him, ho reached for his aces, and
brought up something else. Throwing
his cuds on the table, in a tone of indig
nation he exclaimed t
"Gentlemen, I can't play in this
game ; there's choating going on 1 "
"Charity Ectrins at Home."
A bill has passAil (he House of Pepre-
sfntatives st Ilnrrisburg, appropriating
thirty thousand dollars for tho relief of
the peopbiof Kunius. They people afore.
said may need it helping hand and they
may not. In either case, however, it
strikes us that tho House has gone a
f reat ways to discover obieotx p' honi
nnce when starvation is btunding ut their
own door.
For inttince: In February, 1RC0,
there were nine thousand persons etn
ployed in the wholesale clothing manu-
factories of this city. Now there are but
eighteen hundred. In February, 1?00.
there were eighty. five hundred boot and
shoemakers engaged by wholesale houses
in that lino. Now there are less than a
thousand. Tho same startling contrasts j0u tho wharf, from the dimmed super
are to bo found in the tatting, lace and scription of whirh they made out the
tassel, cotton and other leading factories, words "cartridges" and " Ticltens."
A large proportion of the most thrifty F;red with zeal, they seized the incendbv.
and careful of this tortior. or our indus- J ry, and reported a shipment of nrois pre-
trial classes, have been robbed of the men- j vyntod. Thu'owner appeared, however,
cv laid by, by Ihe failure of other saving and explained to their luminous under
funds ; and, it. may be safely said, at least standing that " cartridges and Pickens"
ono-half of the unemployed men and
women o"" this city alone are now vibia
ting betw?en moderate poverty and ex
treme starvation.
All this may bo merely 'artificial.' No-
my JO ..u... 1
The enawinps of
hunger and the
humiliation attendant
upon real want may not be deemed by
our Legislature of the least moment, when
. .
applied hour own JlMPU, anu, therefore,
they may consider themselves notified m
voting uii'uiu'us 01 inepuuiic money 10
"loubttul objects or chanty abroad ; but it
is a popular ami a Christian belief that
'chant v begins at home.' If it be true 1
Hint 'he who neglects his own household
is worse than an infidel,' then, indeed, is
the present Republican Legislature be-,
yond 'saving grace.' PhUa. Transcript.
Timhst worse TiiiS Hunger. Tho dis-
turbanco to tho general nystoiij which i.i
known by the name of reging thirst, is far
more terrible then tlutof starvation, and
for this reason : During the abstinence
from food, the oiganism can still live '
. ...... .1 . .... 1 ......
, upon us own sunsiancc ; out uunng aosn-
nenec from liquid, the organism has 110
such source of supply within itself. Men
have neen known to endure absolute pri
vation of food for some weeks, but three
davs of absolute privation from drink
(unle s in a moi.-t atmosphere) is, per..'
haps, tho limit of endurance. Thirst is j
the most atrocious (ort uro ovrr invented
by oriental tyrants. It is that which
ino-t effectually tamos animals. Mr. Est-1
ley, when he had a refractory horse, al-'
ways used thirst as tho most effective pow
er of cnercim, giving a little water as the.
rcwa-d for cv ry act of obedience. The'
histories of shipwrecks paint fearful pic
tures of tho sufl'erine from thirst; and
one of the most appalling: cates known js
the celebrated imprisonment of one hun
dred and forty-sii men in the Black Hole
of Calcu tta. Blackwood.
Payivo Fost Ori tcEi. Tho follcwing
1'W'' ?,I0WS t,ie leading post office? that
' r',M revenus over and above their ex-
penses :
N'ew York, Xew York.
St. Louis. Missouri.
IWtor., Massachusetts,
rhiliide'phia. Prnnsylvania.
Sun Fransisco. California.
Cincinnati, Oh'o.
Memphis, Tennessee.
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Wilmington, Ielnware,
Albnnv, New Yerk.
Louisville. Kentucky.
Ivtrnit, Michigan.
Washington, 1. C,
Ilufbilo. New York.
Chicago, Illinois.
Toledo. Ohio.
Nashville. Tennessee
liichmond, Virginia.
Montgomery, Alabama.
Itiilii-nore, Maryland.
I'ittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
SOO.Oo.l S3
2-2.7!S 05
1'J.tfU CI
I5.37S 52
11.329 57
9.2.14 30
5.1W f)l
9.00 30
4.9.17 30
-',700 21
4.f.is7 04
4,11.1 57
3.9M0 10
3.533 82
3.Mi 97
2.970 20
2.907 70
1-7 .7 1 "Jl
2.43S 07
2.343 99
2.217 83
I y' tn our County Court," writes an
, J.tern friend, " one of our smart young
laWycrs was well come up with tho other
,.. sitness in a cisc o! assault and
I battery, was asked by the junior counsel,
'How far was you, sir, from tho purliss
when tho allosed assault took p ace? "
" Four feot livo inches and a half," was
tho answer promptly given.
" Ah I " fiercely demanded the !a yor,
" how came you to be so very exact cs all
this?"
" Eecauso," said the witness, very cool
ly, " I expected that some confounded
fool would likely as not ask me, and so I
went and measured it."
ISSf Value the friendship of him who
stands by you in storm ; swarms of in-
sects will surround you in sunshine.
jgyA sermon in four words, on the
vanity of earthly possession? "Shrouds
'have no pockets."
MISCELLANEOUS ITIMS.
yAs a sleambout was uboul to start
from Cincinnati, one day, a younji man
came on board, loading a blushing dam
sel ly the band, and approne!.;ng the po
lite clei k, said in a suppressed voico:
" I say. me and my wife hcv just got
married, and I'm looking for acorn mo
'Kinking ft. r a berth 1" hastily inquir
ed the clerk, passing tickotsout toanoth
er pass -nger.
" A Li, :!, t thunder and lightning, no,"
g isped the astonished man, "wo hain't
but just married ; we want a place tg stay
all night, jxu know."
isaJf-Vanily Fair, relates an extrnordi-.
nary irstance of New York detective
igilunce. The police discovered ft box
should read " partridges and chickens."
C-jy-A beautiful girl stepped into a shop
to buy a pair of mitts. " How much are
they ? " Why," said the gallant but im
pudent clerk, loft id giuing upon her
j ovea nd rubv t:n5, .. vou ,hM
, ., r , . ,, ,, ,, ,. ,.
I . . , nn- mit(a ...
' , , , ., , T
1 hor eyes spoke daggers, 1 ana as I see
I ive crotjjt jjer0i cjmrg0 U cn your
ibookSi!ind let me kno,vnlien you collect
and sits hastily tripped out.
Bis-Orange or lemon juice left upon a
knife or other piece of iron, will, in a few
days, produce a stain so nearly resem
bling that caused by blood ai to deceive
the most careful observer ; and not many
years ago, in Paris, a man was nearly con
victed of murder, owing to a kuife being
found i.i his poiossion with what was
j pionouncod by sovoral witnesses to bo
blood, but afterwards diucovcred to bo
gimply lemon juice.
Bsa5Con tent men t produces, in sonia
measure, all those effects which the alche.
.1
... .0n .;i,ou ,,, ,!. 1,. -.-.iu thn
philosnplicr's stone; and if it does not
'bring ri'cl,CSi it duos the same thing by
banishing the desire of them. If it cant
not remove the disquiet i:d arising from
a man's mind, body, or fortuco, it makes
him easy under them.
BaT-Joy is heightened by exultant
strains of music, but grief w eased only
by low ones. "A sweet, sad measure "
is the balm of a wounded spirit. Music
lightens toil. The sailor pulls cheerily
for bis song.
jJC2r-Lndy Bless ington s.iid : ' The
separation of friends by tie nth less tert
rible than two hearts that have lovod,
but Lave ceased to sympathise, wh"o
memory is still recalling what they once
were to each other."
JiaTSaid an astronomer to a bright
eyed girl, when talking of rau.bows:
'LMdycit ever see a lunar bow, Miss?''
" I have scii a bow by moonlight, if that'
what you mean," was tho sly r.joinder.
teg An Iribbman being asked what ho
came to Amorica for, said: By the pow
ers! you may be suro that it wasn't
for want, for I had plenty of that fit
home."
Query. Mr. A., and Mr. B., are widow
ers, each having ono daughter. Mr. A
marries Mr. t's daughter, and Mr. 11
marries Mr. A'a daughter. What ielatior,
will their children be to each oilier.
JCfcaTdt is the vice of the unlearned to
suppose that the knowledge cf books is of
no account, end tho vice of scholars t
think there it no olhar knowledge wortl.
having.
Serf" A notice of a fctoaruboat explosion
ends as follows :
"Tno o.rp'ain swam ashore. i did th
chambermaid. She was insured for $75, .
000, and loaded with iron."
' R-irDesth is the only subject npoi.
which everybody speaks and writf-
without a possibility of having experienc
ed what he undertakes to discuss.
CaTdf -i lsehood pa-alyzed the tonguo
what a death-liuo sib.nco would pcrvado
society.
oT'It is very possible to bo too witt"
to bfl earnest, and too earnest to b
witty.
fcaTTho Maine Senate has passed tbt
bill to reppal UieTersonal Liberiy Act, by
a vote of yeas seventeen, nays ten.
ayIIow to learn all your defects -,
quarrel with your best friend.
BfitTlt requires great virtue to supporj
bad fortune far greater to support goor.
JkajrNevor waste a long explanation
I upon one who aannol take, a bint.