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A PRETTY FOOT.
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There's magic in pretty "foot,
And well the ladies know it—
And she who has a pretty one
Is pretty sure td show it;
At times you too are martyred by
The nicest little ankle„
That shoots an arrow through the eyes,
Within the heart to rankle.
Of course you turn your gaze aside,
A od all your blushes stifle,
For well you know she's not aware
Her skirts are raised a iride ;
But should you think she might perchance
•Have on a loosened gaiter,
Your fingers itch to play the part
Of honest lady's waiter.
Though tantalized till he is crazed--
Stark mad 'with wild romancing,.
That witching foot along hrs brain
A thousand waltzes dancing.
The while it merely lightly pats
As Thoughtless she may move it—
No modest man would dare to dream
There is a leg above it,
But ,viben it trips across the street,
Through wind, and mud, and vapor,
By sbeerest,accident you see
/ How beautiful the taper;
• And as it steps upon the walk,
Amid the crowd•to mingle,
Two roguish eyes look up and say,
" I wonder if he's sink !"
But I would have no lady think
I fancy her a schemer,
And beg her to remember that
The poet is a dreamer;
He sees what others do not see,
And seeks for hidden beauty—
N. , pretty foorran lure him from
The pith of moral duty !
illistellaneous.
A BORDER TALE.
BY FRANK • "."'""
In "the year 1831, while acting as surveyor in the
now Stale of lowa, 1 was a witness of one of those
real and startling tragedies which so often occur
along the borders of civilization in the West
While serving in that capacity, I had often witness
ed deeds of valor and desperation, and a fool hardy
courage which made my blood grow cold—but the
incident to which I allude displayed, on one hand
such unmitigated vindictiveness of spirit together
wilh the moat reckless daring and total disregard
of death, and on the other, such pure affection and
such delicate refinement for the then Wild wilder.
ness to exhibit, that it stands out td bold reliei
above the memory of the many startling scenes I
witnessed and th 6 trials and the hair breadth es.
capes that I underwent.
One night after having nearly completed my op
eraions in that part of the country; arid preparatory
to taking my final leave ol it, I wilk:ed forth from
the tent in which my companions were busily en
gaged in devouring their supper of broiled venson,
and strolled along upon the banks ol a quiet stream
that rolled its deep and silent waters through a vast
and fertile country,.finally to empty into the Miss
issippi. The sun was fast declining in the west,
his bright rays danced only at intervals through the
dense forest, intercepted by the banging boughs and
hoary trunks of huge oaks that perchance had stood
the fierce blaits of an hundred winters still un
scathed. The gay Catol of the forest birds was ify
ingiaway while they sought. wittti,yielding wing
their places of nightly rest—the alniost ceaseless
chatter of the squirrel was still—the sound of the
cracking bough, as it fell beneath the hoof of the
fleeting deer, was no longer heard, and all nature
seemed wrapped in the silence of repose.
Unheeding my footsteps, I wandered far down
along the banks of the quiet stream, and seated
myself upon a broken and decayed stump, nearly
encircled by the trunk of a tree on either side. My
mind was enshrouded in that deep reverie which
so often steals over us as twilight's balmy hours
come ou, and might long have remained so:had
not my attention beensuddenly aroused by the ap
proach of a group of Indians along the banks Oldie
stream. Instantly my hand had:grasped my ever
faithful pistol when suddenly, the foremost Indian,
changing his course, entered a, thick clump of bush
es and soon emerged from them, walking upon the
trunk of a tree, that had fallen acrofa and complete
ipscanned the stream that rolled quietly below.—
The other Indians followed in quick succession
their leader, whom I now saw, as his manly form
rose towering above his followers, was a destined
chief of the tribe that occupied the country around
me, and which I had for some months been engag
ed in. I had met him once only, but I was greet
ed with that respect and , welcome which a stranger
ever meets among the Indians.
His dress was richly fantastic—his face covered
with many colored'paints, his moccasins embellish
ed with curiously wrought beads and a huge pain
ter's skiu Gaut hia brawu) thou:Jets, gave
him an air of superiority over the rest.Ae they pass
ed singly over the stream, I saw that each was
more than ordinarily tastefully dressed, Which de
noted some unusual occurrence. I remained con
cealed Lill the last had passed over and entered the
thick foliage upon the opposite bank, and then
stepped forth, I saw them berrying down by the
side of the stream, in the direction of the old
ehref's.lodge, whin I knew to be some half a
mile below. They were soon lost to sight; and .
while musing, partly upon the beauty of scenery
around, I, was 'tarried by the sound approaching
log footsteps, seemingly from behind me. I 'had
hardly sank back into my hiding place, when, thI.OP
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the dim twilight,:t saw approaching me a company
of five or six persons. They came steadily towards
me, till when a law feet where the ban i ran above
their heads, entirely concealed them from my view.
Here they halted; and. one of their number began
to address the other in a mixed dialect of French,
Engliss and Indian. I soon surmised that the
speaker was a noted half-breed, of whom I heard
not a little, and seen somewhat. His father had
bean offs of the first French traders, who penetrat=
ed the country west tp' the great takes for traffic
with the Indians, and his mother was the daughter
of a chief of a tribe inhabiting the North Western
Territory. In this character was combined all the
bravery and cunning of the Indian, together with
the total regardlessness of death manifested by the
Frenchman, and a jealousy and vindictiveness of
spirit not often seen in either.
From what I could catch of his broken harangue
I learned that he had formed an insatiable passion
for the chiefs daughter, who was that night to be
united to the noble young man I had seen pass
over the stream but a short time before and who
was to succeed her aged father as chief of the tribe.
The half-breed had often seen the beautiful 4, val
ley ftower"—as she was called—and had as often
uowed that he would possess her. But hie efforts,
thus far, had proved fruitless, for when by stealth,
he had gained access to her, an•d whispered his
adoration (or her in softest accents, she repulsed his
base and treacherous words and lied from him in
disdain. Aphis cunning and stratagem were of no
avail to secure her, his most artfully laid plans had
been thwarted, and his tasked ingenuity had sig
nally tailed of placing her in hie hands. This night
he had resolved to use force before she should be
come the willing possession of another, from be•
neath who-e watchful eye nothing but the hand of
death could remove her. The details of his plans
I could riot hear, as he spoke in an under tone,
but soon I saw them stealthily approach the stream,
and crossing over, were quickly lost to sight. I
was about to rise from my concealment to return to
the tent, and with my companions come to the res
cue of the fair maiden, when the sound of voices
warned me that still some of the party remained;
and that such a step—aye, even the least intima.
lion of.'my pre / Sence, would be the signal for one
of the savages arrows to have sought a hiding.
place for its poisoned top about the region of my
heart.
I could not have escaped from the flying foot of
the Indians, nor eluded their swift tomahawks, and
yet had I avoided all, their fast flying arrows would
probably have ,reached me and I would not have
lived either to assist in rescuing the maiden or tell
this tale. So I was forced to resort to the fertility
of my imagination while waiting for the time to
come when I could act. I gazed eagerly forth in
the direction the Indians had taken, watching the
least thing that aroused my attention, but all was
still, and there were no indications of the tragedy
soon to be enacted.
The sun had sank far down in the west and al
laminated the horizon with his departing rays; the
new moon was following closely his brilliant path
way, the scarcely mooving breeze stirred not a
single leal,the silent waters gave not forth a'ripplirrg
sound but reflected i❑ solemn stillness the moon's
pale rays ; the harsh howl of the- wolf upon the
distant bill, and the wild cat's shrill cry was un.
heard, and all things seemed wrapped in the still.
ness of death. I contemplated the heavens above
with momentary rapture, the myriads of copstella-
Lions sparkling far and near amid the vast space of
the etherial regions. I gazed upon the moon, pale
and wan, and then looked upon the silent waters
and saw mirrored in mimic glory the images of
bright realities on high, and that like many who
boast of their high position on earth, they would
not be there if it were not for the bright originals
in heaven. Thus musing, 1 sought objects to amuse
rne, ever watching with an eager eye in the di
rection in which I anticipated an exciting scene.—
My anticipations' were too true, for I bad not long
remained in suspense when I distinctly heard a
wild cry of horror rise from far oft in the distance.
I gazed more earnestly in the direction and saw be
tween the boughs and trunks of the trees the red
flames of fire rising up towards the skies. The
sounds grew louder and nearer, and the Indian's
shrill war-hoop rang out clear upon the night air.
Soon the dull obscure flames had grown into a
fierce and lurid fire ; and shot up above the forest
trees, winding .upon itself in fierce fury like an
enraged' demon. Louder and (limier rose the cries,
and the stillness of the night soon enabled me to
hear the sound of approaching steps hurrying along
the opposite bank, as the crackling bough broke
beneath the foot-fall. I started from my place of
concealment,:but remembering the Indians, I again
sank back, while every nerve within me thrilled
with the most intense excitement. The sound of
persons, flying in almost every direction, now
came towards me; the war-whoops ander and
nearer, and the flames spreading, from the lodges
of the Indians into the forests and catching the dry
leaves and bashes ran rapidly in every direction
and rose nigher and higher, till they seemed to lap
with their fiery tongues the few flebting cloud ;that
hurry over the scene.
A moment only I gazed upon their fury, ind
-casting my eyes upou the oppotale bank, I saw ap
proaching wbat I discerned to be the hall-breed,
bearing the frightened and nearly unconscious
maiden. Instantly I sprang forth, and grasping my
pistols, I stood resolved to fire on him ere he cross.
ed the stream*. Twice he assayed to gain a footing
upon the log which served as a bridge, bat failed
from sheer exhaustion. He then called to his as.
eistanee, the Indians beneath me, one of whom•
bad already sprang upon the log, and was fast cross
ing when I raised my arm to sire, but scarcely bad
L done so, when be tell with a heavy groan upon
the log and rolled off into the water ; pierced by
an arrow from an Indian rapidly advancing from
below. Hardly had the first Indian fallen, when
seedier sprang upon the log to Wm him, and
again, before I could raise my pistol, ha too fell
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with a heavy sound into the water. The third and
last was now" rapidly passing !moss, when an ar
row went whizzing past me and stuck in • tree
over my head. Instantly my finger pulled the trig
ger and the sharp crack of a pistol rang upon the
air as the Indian leaped from the lOg, and fell with
shrill cry of horror into therstreatri. My pistol had
done its work but the flash revealed my person to
the hall-breed, who drew fOrth his tomahawk and
was about to burl it• at me, as the lover of the
maiden sprang out behind him. Suddenly and by
an almost superhuman effort, the halt breed with
his precious burden, gained a footing upon the log
and was fast crossing, when I raised my arm to
fire upon him,'but suspecting my design, he shield
ed himself by bringing the form of the maiden be
fore him. Scarcely had he done this however,
when the swift and sure tomahawk of the lover
buried itself in the arm that bore its treasure, dtvid•
ing its tendons so that it released its hold and the
maiden fell heavily upon the log. Not so with the
half-breed, however, for the blow from the toma
hawk caused him to loose his footing and fall, but
as he did so he grasped with one arm the garments
of the maiden, and dragged her alter him, mutter
ed :
" I go not alone, but thou shalt die with me!"—
and both sank beneath the water.
The young Indian had already sprang upon the
log, and as the garments of the maiden rose to the
surface, he leaped in, eager to rescue her from the
grasp of his enemy. The wily half-breed, soon
as he saw the atm encircle the maiden, rose upon
the surface of the water, and with his hunting knife
commenced an antack upon the Indian, who hav
ing to sustain both himtelt and her whom he priz
ed more than life, could only parry the throws of
his assailant. The conflict was only momentary;
for the half breed was so deeply wounded that af•
ter one or two blows he disappeared beneath the
water, and-the young Indian, supporting his pre
cious burden, was nerving all his strength till as
sistance could be rendered. I had already sprang
upon the log, and was about to leap into the water,
when a shrill cry, !hat still rings in my ears, rent
the air, and casting my eyes down, I stood horrified
to behold the life blood spirting from the mouth of
the maiden. The half.breed's knife had done its
!work, and sank with its Possessor to the bottom.—
As I stood gazing upon the strange and tragic scene
the young Indian turned one glance upon the now
liteless form of the maiden, and then folding it to
a stilt closer embrace, they sunk thro' the water to
a long and last repose. In a moment more, not a
ripple was left, but the smooth, quiet stream rolled
on as silently as belore, leaving no trace to tell the
sad tale.
Thus perished the remnant of this once power
ful tribe, for the old chief, when hearing of the sad
late of his daughter, returned to his burning wig
wam, and in the frienzy of his grief cast himself
among the burning ruins and became a part of the
unfeeling conflagration; while the remaining war
riors either joined another tribe or faded before the
advance of civilization. By the light of the lurid
flames, I wandered back to my tent where my com
paniiiiis stood horrified at beholding the greatest of
scenes—a forest on tire.
A MAN Bunk ADAM -A conglomerate work,
to use a geological phrase, has lately been publish•
ed in Philadelphia, entitled " The Types of Man
kind," made op of contributions from the late Dr.
Morton, Agassiz, Usher, Nutt and Gliddon. This
work is destined to create something of a commo
tion in the religious , world. The idea of the unity
of the race of man is totally discarded by the au
thors, one and all. Dr. Usher makes the astound
ing statement in this work,, that a human fossil had
been found in New Orleans, in the course of some
excavations in that city, to which a pre•Adamite
age ia attributed. According to his authority, the
skeleton of a man, of the conformation of our native
Indians, was discovered at a depth of six'een feet,
lying below a succession of four fossil cypress for
ests, to each of which the age of 14,400 years is
given. Agassiz is said to have accepted this as a
a fact, and based upon it his assertion that man ex
isted upon the earth at least 150,000 years ago.—
The theologians must either disprove this state.
ment, or be compelled to admit a new exegesis of
Holy Writ.
The work to which we have alined makes, by
the-bye, liberal drafts upon the interesting treatise
on the " Black Man," first published in the Even
ng Post.
Fern's FOR biscrusics.—St Paul wu a median
ic, a carpenter. The great architect of the universe,
in the mechanism of the heaven. and the earth with
productions, displays a power and skill which
human hands may attempt to imitate in vain.
Next to farmers, mechanics are the most flamer.
ous and important cleans of the community, and have
much inducement to become men of science and
knowledge. His operations bring into use scien
tific principles, which it is his interest to under•
stand.
Every apprentice boy who spends a abort time
datly,in reading, W likely to beCome a man of in-
finance. and respectability. Character is the beat
capital a young man can have in commencing bu
siness.
Mechanics, like farmers, make enlightened
statesmen. In 1826, a few farmers in a small vil
lage in Massachusetts, organized a Lyceum for mu-
that improvement. From that humble origin hat
risen the general institution of Lyceums in every
section of both continents.
It is evident that if the farmers and mechanics
throughout this vast country should enlist in ear-
nest in.the great work of self-education, they might
reform and hand down pure republican posterity.
Q; " Mother, don't yon wish we had the Ues
of evil in onr garden
11 Why, Josh, you serpent, what do you ms.n 1"
As money's the root *fall evil, if we had the
use couldn't we get all the precious stuff!"
An Utile Wiater's Walk
Dr. Kann gives, iu his account of the GIUNNICLL
Expedition, just published by the Hamm, the fol
lowing notice of a walk:
Now let us start out upon a walk, clothed in welt
fashioned Arctic costume. The thermometer is,
say-25 deg., not lower and the wind blowing a
a royal breeze, but gently.
Close the lips for the first minute or two, and ad
mit the air sospicioo-dy through nostrils and mus
tache. Presently you breathe in a dry, pungent,
f' t
but grac and agreeable atmosphere. The beard,
eyebr eyelashes, and the downy pubescence of
the e , acquire a delicate, white, and perfectly
enveloping cover of venerable hoarfrost. The
mustache and under lip form pendulous beads of
dangling ice. Put out your longue, and it instantly
freezes to this icy crusting, and a rapid effort and
some hand aid will be required to liberate it. The
lees you talk the better. Your chin has a trick of
freezing to your upper jaw by the luting aid of your
beard; even my eyes have often been so glued as
to show that even a wink may be unsafe. As you
walk on you find that the iron work of your gun be
gins to penetrate through two coats of woolen init•
tens, with a sensation like hot water.
But we have been supposing your back to the
wind; and, if you are a good Arcticized subject,
a warm glow has already been follpwed by a pro
fuse sweat. Now turn about and face the wind;
what a devil of a change! how the atmospheres
are wafted o@! how penetratingly the cold trickles
down your neck, and in at your pockets ! Whew
a jack knife, heretofore, like Bob Sawyer's apple,
" unpleasantly warm" in the breeches pocket, has
changed to something as cold as ice and hot as fire ;
make your way back to the ship ! I was ranee
caught three miles off with a freshening wind, and
at one time feared that I would hardly see the brig
again. Morton, who accompanied me, had his
checks frozen, and I felt that lethargic numbness
mentioned in the story books.
I will tell you what this feels like, for I have
been twice "caught out." Sleepiness is not the
sensation Have you ever received the shock of
a magneto electric machine, and had the peculiar
benumbing sensation of " can't let her go," extend•
ing up to your elbow joints! Deprive this of its
paroxysmal character; subdue, but diffuse it over
every pas of the system, and you have the so-called
pleasurable feelings of incipient freezing. It seems
even to extend to your brain. Its inertia is aug
mented ; everything about you seems of a ponder
ous sort; and the whole amount of pleasure is in
gratifying the disposition to remain at rest, and spate
yourself an encounter with these latent resistances
This is, I suppose, the pleasureable sleepiness of
the story book.
I could hll page after page with the ludicrous
miseries of our ship-board lite. We bare two
climates, bygrometrically as well as thermometri
cally at opposite ends of a scale. A pocket hand
kerchief, pocketed below in the region of stoves,
comes up unchanged. Go below again, and it be-
comes moist, flaccid, and almost wet. Go on deck
again, and it resembles a shingle covered with lin
em f could pick my teeth with it.
Batnatt " Cortsoo."—As many persona do not
understand what is meant by . , "Consols ," which
are always a prominent article is the English mon
ey quotations, we give the following definition,
from the Bankers' Magazine :
" They are the three per cent. English stock,
which had its origin in the act of the British parlia
ment, consolidating (hence the name) several
separate Government stocks called in the act
"-consolidated annuities," and commonly quoted
for brevity, "consols." When the consolidation
took place the principal of the several funds thus
merged, amounted to £9,137,821, but by the fund
ing of additional and sabsequeott loans and parts of
loans into this stock, it amounted on the sth of
January, 1836, to X 356 , 760,282. Since that period
only one loan has been raised—that for compensa
tion to the West India Planters in the emancipation
of slaves—£2o : ooo,ooo—and a few millions have
been paid oft. The total in January 1843, was
$317, 824, 981 English debt, and £6, 194, 874
Irish debt oat of a total debt of £772, 401,851 ster
ling. The stock, from its amount and the immense
number of its holders is more sensitive to its finan
cial influence than any other, and is therefore, the
favorite stock of the operation of speculators
and jobbers. Its dividends are payable semi
annually."
How TO PROPAOATZ Cucumscas.—After the
plants are well above ground, and have been prop
erly hoed, I cover the ground between them entire
ly over with sawdust; this answers a four fold pur
pose: First—lt suppresses the weeds. Second—lt
keeps the fruit clean „from any grit that would wash
upon it in violent showers. Third—lt keeps the
plant moist in case of draught. Foanh—lt is a rich
manure for the coming season. J. J.
Perhaps I ought to have added that it makes
no difference from what wood the dust is ob
tained.
[The treatment here suggested for cucumbers will
no doubt, be found equally or more valuable as
applied to strawberries and tomatoes, both of which
are liable to injury from coming in contact with the
earth during bard showers. Stall bay, or other
cheap refuse matter would, no doubt, answer the
purpose as well as saw-dual.] En. Dom.sa. News•
PVICR.
BIIVIRIIIIO STILICRII.--NeVer UM force. When
you wish to put the yoke on for the first time, cos:
them with an ear of corn or $ little salt. After they
are yoked don't use the whip, but Woes them to
follow you for the corn or other feed you oft!,
them. In that way you will save yourself much
trouble, and your faithful lemma much istrow-Ar
riagtor.
(gr Bum ups jnatbl i , tha but put of beauty is
that whinh a plant:stunt express. _
Letter from lowa
Ma GOODRICII : My son, the writer of the enclos
ed letter, having originally learned the art of type
setting in the office of the Reporter, when published
by your father, I hand it to you for publication—al.
though a private letter, and intended only fol the
eye of the family—l have no doubt he has; numer•
one friends who would read the letter with satisfac
tion. The novelty of his choice and the success of
his enterprise in the famous Nebraska territory,
time alone can only determine the correctness of
his judgment. Yours, &c.,
Towanda, May 24, 1854
ST. MARY, MILL CO., lOWA,
his 7 3, 1853.
DEAR FATHER * *. I presume it is soft
tient to refer you to the above date. This place is
situated as you will observe by the paper I send
you, on the banks of the Missouri river, and by
looking out the window I can see the far famed
territory of Nebraska. t visited Nebraska last week,
but watt not far in the interior. The country border.
ing on the river is beautiful. The plots on both aides
ol the Missouri are very extensive. There are nu
merous Indians directly opposite this place ol the
°machos tribe, and a very indolent set they are.—
Those on the frontiers are generally vagrants, as
they depend upon begging for a sustenance. There
is, however, some excuse tor the Omachas, as they
are at swords points' with the Sioux, who are much
the strongest—they will not permit the Omaches to
go on their yearly hunt for Bothlo, hence their va
grancy. I had to.day a visit Irom two ol the Oma
chas Chiefs.—they speak English well, and have
aornewhat of an education. There wits some war
going on here yesterday. These Indians, in order
to gat a few dimes, undertook to exact toll of some
emigrants as they were passing a small bridge.—
The emigrants ol course, refused to pay, when one
of the Indians fired at them, bu. fortunately did not
kill either of the emigrants, only wounding one
sligh ly in the wrist. The Indians run and the
emigrants pursued them and killed two and wound
ed the third. I understand that the Chiefs have or
dared their warriors tä kill the wounded Indian if
he makes his appearance on their stores, for viola
ring the treaty with the United States. None of
the tribe regret-the death of the Indians that were
killed.
This frontier country is only half civilized. Persons
do not consider themselves safe unless armed with
a pair of revolvers and a Bowie-knife, carried in
bold-relief.
Council Bluffs is situated twelve miles above this
point, and is five miles back from the riser. It is
generally believed, that this place in a few years
will take the lead, although very small at present
The Missouri is a strange river: in some places it
changes its course every season, and looks as mud
dy as any " mod-hole" you ever saw—caused pro
bably the banks wearing away. We have a arm
Steam Ferry boat at this point, of great capacity.=
A large portion of the emigration for California
leave the States at St. Mary. There is, neverthe
less, a great strife between this place and Council
Bluffs in regard to this emigration.
You will see by the paper I send you, that I am.
engaged here —My employers have been troubled
with' one-horse•' printers, and because I have had
rather more experience than the former publishers,
they think I am " some," and do not hesitate to tell
me so: Wages to journeymen printers is S4O per
week. A friend of mine is anxious to have me join
him in the publication of the "Nebraska Palladium,"
to be printed as soon as the territory is open for set
tlement. For the present I shall remain here, and
at the same time shall make a choice in the now
called Belleview (an embryo city).—lt is thought
that the Capital will be located at Belleview,which
is directly opposite St. Mary. I shall endeavor to
make a choice in the aforesaid town, and if I am
lucky, I will make a "pile," and if not, shall be no
worse ciO, which is a " consideration devoutly to be
wished." I am very well satisfied thus far with
the enterprise I chalked out for myself previous to
leaving good old Pennsylvania, whose institutions
and last, not least, its sound Democracy, I shall
ever cherish through life; and although I have cho•
sen for a local habitation not exactly the garden of
Eden, I hope in a few years to see the wilder
ness blossom as the rose," arid myself standing 5
feet 8 inches, a man among men.
Affectionately,
A BOSTON BOY'S INDCPENDENCE —An old gentle
man of Boston, who was at the head of a large mann.
Lactating establishment, held an apprentice addict
ed to a rather uncleanly practice, termed by anx•
loos mammas, "picking the nose." Often had his
employer expostulated with him on the impropri
ety of such a habit, to no effect. He was a rather
olose-fisted old customer, and one Fourth of Joly
he informed the youth in question that he must
work that day. The boy, of course did not relish
this mach, but went away grumbling, and on his
" boas" calling at his place of business, to see how
matters progressed, he found the boy instead of
being at work, busily engaged, as usual, with his
nasal protuberance. " There, John ! this, is the
twentieth time this week I have detected you in
that filty act !" he exclaimed. "I don't care!"
blabbered the apprentice; " it's my own nose—and
I'll pick thunder out of it !"
Otr The following notice has been posted on
the door of a church in London : "It is particular
ly requested that mustaches be not worn in this
church duricng Divine service." .
0:r The humble shall be exalted, says the good
book. Therefore those who want to get up in the
world, must first get down. And that a long pull, a
strong pull and a uemendoua pull altogether.
e:r What pan of sotiptore do mils fulfil whoa
they kisses& other I Doitg sato others what they
would that men should do unto them.
An English sailor, named Jackson, spent two
among the natives of the Feejee Wands, in the
South Sea. From the narrative of his adventures
we quote one passage describing a burial Wire. A
young Feejee man was ailing; lie had lost his ap
petite, and fearing to be reproached by the Feejee
beauties rot being a skeleton—shame being an an
endurable emotion—resolved to be buried alive.—
Jackson tried to dissade him from the sacrifice iti
vain,
_and the scene now to be described, follow.
ed
D. M. Bum.
"By this time, all his relations had collected
round the door. His father had a kind of wooden
spade to dig the grave with; his mother had a new
suit of tapa ; his sister some vermillion and a whale',
tooth, as an introduction to the great god of Rage-
Rage He arose, took op his bed and walked, not
for l• e, but for death—his father, mother and sis
ter ollowing after, with several other distant 'elm
ns, whom I accompanied. I noticed that ibey
seemed to follow something in the same way that
they follow a corpse in Europe to the grave, (that
is, as far as rastionahip and acquaintance are con•
cerned,) but, instead of lamenting, they were, if
not rejoicing, acting and chatting in a very uncon
cerned way. At last, we reached a place where
several graves could be seen, and . a spot was soon
selected by the man who was to be buried. The
old man, his father, began digging his grave,while
his mother assisted her son in putting on a new taii
pa, and the girl (his sister) was besmearing him
with vermillion and lampblack, so as to send him
decent into the invisible world, he (the victim) de
livering messages that were to be taken by hissiir
ter to people then absent. His father then announc
ed to him and the rest that the-grave was comple
ted, and asked him, in rather a surly tone, it he
was not ready by this time The mother then nos
ed him, and likewise the sister, He said, "Before
I die I should like a drink of water." His lather
made a surly remark, and said, as he ran to fetch
I it in a leaf doubled up, " Yon have been a eon
' siderable trouble during your life, and it appears
that you are going to trouble us equally at your
death." . •
"The fattier returned with the wa'er, which the
son drank oft, and then looked up into a tree cover
ed with tough vines, saying he should prefer being
strangled with a vine-to being smothered in the
grave. His father became excessively ang' y, and
spreading the mat at the bottom of the grave, told
the son to die' faka tarnaque (like a man,) when
he stepped into the grave, which- was not more
than four feet deep, and lay down on his back with
the whale's tooth in his hands, which were clasped
across his belly. The spare sides of the mats were
lapped over him so as to prevent the earth from
getting to his body, aid then about a a foot 4:dearth
was shovelled in upon him as quickly as possible.
His father stamped it immediately down solid, and
called out in a loud voice, ' Sa tiko, sa tiko,' (You
are stopping there, you are stopping there,) mean
ing " Good-bye, good bye." The eon answered
with a very audible grunt, and then about two Poet
more earth were shovelled in and stamped as be
tore by the loving father, and Sa tiko called out
again, which was answered by another grunt, but
much fainter. The grave was then completely
filled up, when, for curiosity's sake, I said myself,
Sa tiko,' but no answer was given, although I
fancied or really did see the earth crack a little on
the top of the grave. The lather and mother then
turned back to back on the middle of the grave,and,
having dropped some kind of leaves from their
hands, walked away in opposite directions to a tun
ing stream of water hard by, where they and all
the rest waehei themselves, and made me wash
myself, and then we returned to the town, where
there was a feast prepared. As as soon as the feast
was over, (it being then dark,) began the dance
and uproar which are always carried on either at
natural or violent deaths. All classes then give
themselves up to excess, especially at unnatural
deaths of this son, and create all manner of uproar
by means of large bamboos, trumpet•aheels, &c,
which contribute to the general noise which is con
sidered requisite to drive the spirit away, and deter
him from desiring to thiefl or even hover about his
late residence."
CUCUMBERS, SQUASHES AND MEl r oss.—N, large,
broad boles, and fill them with hog manure, stamp
ing it down closely, and making it as compact as
possible. Draw on one inch of soil, drott your
seeds, and cover one hall of an inch deep. Over
this covering spread half an inch of the finest old
black manure, mixed with a liberal quantity of
charcoal and house ashes. As soon as the plants
appear, commence watering with urine, and apply
gypsum. Keep the weeds down, and the surface
around the plants flat or rather concave, in order
that the water applied may be carried directly to the
roots. There are many methods of growing these
vegetables, be( the above is perhaps the safest for
garden purposes. In thinning, it is not well to
take out too many plants at first, as those left may
be destroyed, and cannot be supplied by others.—
When they have got fairly into rough teal is soon
enough for this business to be attended to.—Barton
Olive Branch.
M. P. BULL
(1::r " Doctor," said an old lady the other day
to her family physician, " kin you tell me how is
it that some folks are born dumb."
" Why, hem ! why certainly madame. It is
owing to the fact that-they came into the world
without the power of speech."
" La me !" remarked the old lady, " now just
see what it is to have a physic education. Fire ax
ed my old man more nor a hundred limes that are
same thing, and all 1 could ever get out ofhtm was
" Lase dey is."
" Well I'm glad I axed you, tot I never could a
died satisfied without knowing ii."
. When has a man a Light to scold his wife
about his coffee? Whets he has more than sufficient
grounds..
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Buried Alive