D3LLAS PER ASN'JM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOWANDA : glprsYin fUormmj. SJoucinbcr 13. 183 U. jsflcctcb |joctrn. [From tLe Knickerbocker.] AUTUMN AND ETERNITY. IF'*. 0 Autumn ! shall f dare T>) thy gorgeous hues ; Tiic softness of thy m rning air, Ti.ine evening's pearly dews ; 'i'iie solemn grandeur of thy uight, V. h >-e starry crwu is set Vfita gem-, in re radiantly bright, Thau earthly coronet I The th till ; Oh ! wh l ran gaze upou the skies, A twilight shades thein o'er, And nit from earthly dreauiings rise, Their Maker to adore ? The wrath of fading summer flowers Is vet upon thy brow. But a.l the mirth of Summer hours Is changed to sadness now, And -et. up >n th it dyiug head As d.- U.i l-iatylies,' M >re gl >ri • than the riches spread 'Xeith Summer's gl ovlng skies. Tver. 0 Ant inn ! shalt TIIUC be To i s an emblem meet Ofspir ti sii king peacefully To .slumber calm and sweet ; Th egh THY delights not long may last, Yet oi its shall still increase ; Tin reign be >oon forever past, But oi us shall never cease. Ah ' not Uke thee shall pass away The Christian's hope and joy ; We ! .JK ' T an eternal day, And Miss without alloy K - glories hid from mortal sight, lit vto.led ia realms above— }\ r failt ieus crowns of heaven light. And pt l ft ctness of I JYC. % iuMiitioarmi Shctclj. Daniel Morgan, & his American Riflemen. The outposts of the two armies were very nr to each other, when the American roni is-'ier, desirous of obtaining particular infor •iinum respecting the position of the tulversa 'y, M innioiii ii the famed leader of the Rifle en, Colonel Daniel Morgan, to head quar ters. It arts night and the chief was alone. Af '• r his usual polite, vet reserved and dignified salutation, Washington remarked : " 1 have •cut for you, Col. Morgan, to entrust to your oymity a small but important enterprise. 1 * -'i yon to reconnoitre the enemy's line, villi . \itw to your ascertaining correctly the posi ' "it of their constructed redoubts, also the en .•!!:■ nts of the British troops that had lute . nr: veil, and those of their Hessian uiixiliar • Select, sir, an officer, a uon commissioned 3 -ii i:o in-count whatever are you to bring on y skirmish with the enemy; if discovered, ■ike a speedy retreat : let nothing induce you • fire u .single shot, I repeat, sir, that no ret of circumstances will induce yon to lire it single shot. I repeat, sir, that no force of .MiiiManccs will excuse the discharge of a -mule rille on your part ; and for the extreme prccfseiiess of these orders, permit me to say, I have inv reasons," Filling two glasses of *'.(. the General concluded: " And now, •ol Morgan, we will drink a good night, and •access to your enterprise." Col. Morgan vied the wine, smacked his lips, and assured s l-.x<-riicncy that his orders should be punc •■■( V ol served, and left the tent of the Coin bininler-iii-t 'hicf. ( inm dat being chosen as the executive svr i(l u during enterprise, the leader of the a O(Ki-t!.en repaired to his quarters, and calling V Gabriel Long, his favorite captain, order '•tl linn to detail a trusty sergeant and twenty •'time fellows, who being mustered and order dto lay on their arms, ready at a moment's varniiig. Morgan and Long stretched their j:| Niv tonus before the watch lire to wait the -"'"It (lowij of the moon, the signal of de jirttire. A little after midnight, and while the rays 'he si tting moon still faintly glimmered in ' *-stcru horizon, " up sergeant,"cried Long. s ':r up your men," and twenty athletic fig *cre on their led in a moment. " Indian • march," and away they all sprang with the "A. and yet light and stealthy stop of tin *"u 1 tr> by which the road wc have ju t THE BRADFORD REPORTER. mentioned passed, at not exceeding a hundred yards. " Down boys, down cried Morgan, as the horse approached ; nor did the clansmen ol the Black Roderick disappear more promptly amid their native heather than did Morgan's woodmen, in the present instance, each to his tree or rock. " Lie close there, my lads, till we see what these fellows are about." M eantiine the horsemen had gained the height, and the officer dropping the rein on the charger's neck, with spy glass reeonuoitered the American lines. The troops closed up their lilts, and were either caressing the noble animals they rode, adjusting their equipments, or gazing upon the surrounding scenery, now fast brightening in the beams of a rising sun. Morgan looked at Long and Long at his superior, while the riflemen, with panting chests and sparkling eyes, were only waiting some signal from their officer "to let the ruin fly." At length the martial ardor of Morgan overcame his prudence and sense of military subordination. Forgetful of consequences, reckless of everything but his enemy, now with in Ins grasp, lie waved his hand, and loud and sharp rang the report of their rifles amid the surrounding echoes. At jaunt blank distance, the certain and deadly aim of the Hunting Shirts of the Re volutionary army is too well known to history to need remark at this time of day. In the instance we have recorded, the effect of the fire of the riflemen was tremendous. Of the horsemen, some had fallen to rise no more, over the adjoining plain, others, wound ed, but entangled with their stirrups, were dragged by the infuriated animals cxpiringly along, while the very few who were unscathed spurred hard to regain the shelter of the Bri tish lines. While the smoke yet canopied the scene of slaughter, ami the picturesque forms of the woodsmen appeared among the foliage, as they were re-loading their pieces, the colossal figure of Morgan stood apart. He seemed the very genius of war, and gloomily he contemplated the havoc his order had made. He spoke not, he moved not, but looked as one absorbed in the intensity of thought. The martial shout with which he was wont to cheer his c omrades in the hour of combat, was hushed ; the shell from which he had blown full many a note of battle and of triumph on the field of Saratoga, hung bv his side ; no order was given to spoil the slain ; the arms and equipments, for which there was always u bounty from Congress, the 1 shirts of which there was such a need, at that, the sorest period of our country's privation, all, all were abandoned, as, with an abstracting air, and a voice struggling for utterance, Mor gan, suddenly turning to his captain, exclaim, ed, " Long, to the camp, to the camp." The favorite captain obeyed, the riflemen with trail ed arms fell into file, and Long ami his party soon disappeared, but not before the hardy fellows hud exchanged opinions on the strange termination of the late affair. And they agreed, arm. con., that their colonel was trick ed, (conjured) for assuredly, after such a fire as they had given the enemy, such an empty ing of saddles and scattering of the troopers, he would not have ordered his poor rifle boys from the field, without so much as a few shirts or a pair of stockings being divided among them. " Yep," said u tall, lean and swarthy looking follow, as he carefully placed ins mocas siued feet in the foot-prints of the file-leader, " Yes, my lads, it stands to reason our colonel is tricked." Morgan followed slowly on the trail of his men. The full force of iiis military guilt had rushed upon his mind, even before the report of his rifles had ceased to echo in the neigh boring forests. He became more convinced of the enormity of his offence, as, with dull and measured ftrides, he pursued his solitary way, soliloqu'zing : " Well, Daniel Morgan, you have done for yourself. Broke, sir, to a cer tainty. You may go home, sir, to the plough; your sword will be of no further use to you.— Broken, sir, nothing can save you ; and there is the cud of Col. Morgan. Fool, fool, by a single act of madness, thus to destroy the earn ings of so many toils, and of many a hard fought battle. You are broken, sir, and there is an cud ol Col. Morgan." To disturb his reverie, tin re suddenly ap peared at full speed, the aid-de camp, the Mer cury of the field, who, reining up, accosted the Colonel with, " I am ordered, Col. Morgan, to ascertain whether the firing just now heard, proceeded from your detachment." " it did sir," doggedly replied Morgan. "Then. Col. Morgan,"continued the aid, "1 am further ordered to require of you your im mediate attendance upon his Excellency, who is fast approaching." Col. Morgan bowed, and the aid, wheeling his charger, galloped back to rejoin the chief. The gleams of the morning snn, shining up on the sabres of the horse guard, announced the arrival of the dread commander —that be ing who inspired with a degree of awe every one who approached him. With a stern, yet dignified composure, Washington addressed the military culprit : " Cuii t be possible, Col. Morgan, that my aid-de-camp has informed me aright't Can it lie possible, alter the orders you received last evening, that the firing we have heard proceed ed from your detachment / Surely, sir, my or ders were so explicit us not to be easily misun derstood." i Morgan was brave, but it has been often, and justly too, observed, that man was never born ol woman who could approach the great Washington, and not feel a degree of awe and veneration trom his presence. Morgan quail ed for a moment beloro the stern, yet just displeasure of his chief, till, arousing ail his energies for the effort, he uncovered and re plied : " \ our Excellency's orders were perfectly understood, and agreeably to the same, I pro ceeded with the select party to reconnoitre the enemy's lines by night. W e succeeded even beyond our expectations, and I was returning to the head-quarters to make my report, when, haiing halted a few minutes to rex I the PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'HEAR A GOODRICH, " REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FRO* ANY QUARTER." we discovered a party of horse. coming out trom the enemy's line. They came up imme diately to the spot where we lay concealed by the brushwood. There they halted, and gath ered together like a tloek of partridges, afford ing me so tempting an opportunity of annoy ing my enemy, and, may it please your Excel lency, flesh and blood could not refrain." At this rough, yet frank, bold and manly explanation, a smile was observed to passover the General's suite. The Chief remained un moved ; when, waving his hand, hecontinued : " Col. Morgan, you will retire to your quarters, there to awa t further orders." Arrived at liis quarters, Morgan threw him self upon his hard couch, and gave himself up to reflections upon the events which had so lately and rapidly succeeded each other. lie was aware lie had sinned beyond all hopes of forgiveness. Within twenty hours he had fal len from the command of a regiment, and be ing the especial favorite of the General, to be what ?—a disgraced and broken soldier. Con demned to retire from the scenes of glory, the darling passion of his heart—forever to aban don the " fair fields of fighting men," and in obscurity to drag out the remnant of a wretch ed existence, neglected and forgitten. And then his rank, so hardly and so nobly won,and all his " blushing honors," acquired in the march across tlie frozen wilderness of the Kennebec, the storming of the lower Town, and the gallant and glorious combat at Sara toga. The hours dragged gloomily away, and night came, and with it no rest for poor Morgan.— The drums and tiles merrily sounded the sol dier's dawn, and the suu arose, giving " pro mise of a goodly day." And to many within the circuit of this widely extended camp did his genial beam give hope, and joy and glad ness, while it cheered not with a single ray the despairing leader of the Woodsmen. About ten o'clock, the orderly on duty re ported the arrival of an officer of the stall' from headquarters, and Lieut. Col. Hamilton, the favorite of the Commander-in-chief, enter ed the marque " lie seated," said Morgan ; " I know your errand, so be short, my dear fellow, nud put me out of my misery at once, i know tiiat 1 am arrested ; 'tis a matter of course. Well, there is my sword ; but surely his excellency honors me indeed, in these last moments of my military existence, when he sends for my sword by his favorite aid, and most esteemed friend. All, Hamilton, if you knew what I have suffer ed since that accursed horse came out to tempt me to my ruin." Hamilton, about whose striking intelligent countenance there always lurked a playful smile, now observed, " Col. Morgan, his excel lency has ordered me to" '• I knew it," interrupted Morgan, " to bid me prepare for trial ? but pshaw, why a trial ? Guilty, sir, guilty pa.-L all doubt, lint then, recollecting himself, "iierhaps my services may plead—nonsense—against the disobedience of a positive order ; no, no, it's all over with me. Hamilton, there is an end to your old friend, Col. Morgan." The agonized spirit of the hero then mount ed a pitch of enthusiasm as he exclaimed : " Hut my country will remember my services ; and the Dritish and Hessians will remember rue ; lor, though I may be far away, my brave comrades will do their duty ; and Morgan's Ri flemen will be, as they always have been, a ter ror to the enemy." The noble, the generons-souled Hamilton could no longer bear to witness the strug gle of the brave unfortunate ; he called out, •' 11 <:ir me, my dear Colonel ; only promise to hear me for one moment, and 1 will tell you all." " Go on, sir," interrupted Morgan, despair ingly, " go on." " Then," continued the aid-de camp, " you must know that the commanders of regiments dine with his Excellency to-day." " What of that ?" again interrupted Col. Morgan ; " what has that to do with we a prisoner" "Mo, no," exclaimed Hamilton ; no prison er—a once offending, but now forgiven soldier; my orders are to invite you to dine with Lis excellency to-day, at three o'clock precisely ; yes, my brave and good friend, Col. Morgan, you still are, and likely long to be, the valued and famed commander of the Regiment." Morgan sprang from his camp-bed, upon which he was sitting, and seizing the hand of the great little man in his giaut grasp, wrung and wrung it, till the aid-de-camp literally struggled to get free, then exclaimed : " Am 1 in tpy senses ? but 1 know you. Hamilton— vou are too noble to.sport with the feelings of an old brother soldier." Hamilton assured his friend that 11 was true, and gaily kissing his hand as he mounted his horse, bidding the now delighted Colonel to remember 3 o'clock, and be careful not to disobey a second time, galloped to headquar ters. Morgan entered the pavilion of the Com mander-ill chief, as it was filling with officers, all of whom, after paying their respects to the General, filed off to give a cordial squeeze of the hand to the commander of the ltifle Regi ment, and to whisper in his ear words of con gratulation. The cloth removed, Washington bid his guests till their glasses, and gave his onlv, his unwavering toast of the days of trial, the* toast of the evening of his " time honored" life amid the shades of Mount Vernon, " AH our Friends." Then, with his usual old-fash ioned politeness, he drank to each guest by name. When he came to " Col. Morgan, your health, sir," a thrill ran through the manly frame of the gratified and again favorite sol dier, while every eye in the pavilion was turn ed on him. At an early honr the company broke up, and Morgan had a perfect escort of officers accompanying him to his quarters, all anxious to congratulate him upon his happy restoration to rank and favor, all pleased to assure him of their esteem for his person and services. t&f The man that can stop rum drinking " whenever he. lias a mind to." has gone west dniv- wiUioTuotual motion. Epidemics. One unvarying character of epidemics is, that they are nil fevers. The Black Death of the fourteenth century, an aggravated form of the Oriental or Bubo plague, was a fever, de riving its name froui effusions of black blood forming spots on the arms, face, and neck.— The Oriental plague, still in existence in Egypt and eastern Europe, and the sweating sickness of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, were ; both fevers ; and even the cholera of the pre- I sent day, in the last or perfect stages of its developments, is a fever. All the ordinary ! epidemics such as typhus, scarlet fever, mea les, and small-pox, are rccoguized fever. Epidemics arc generally preceded by 2 signs. Oue is the influenza. The plague, cholera Ac. have all been heralded by this disease. The first attack of cholera in England was prece ded by an outbreak of influenza, which resem bled in the minutest particular that which ush ered in tliu mortal sweating sickness of 1810 ; and the cholera of 1818 was preceded by the influenza of 1847. Epidemics are periodical. The first appear ance of the sweating sickness was in 1485. It spread over England for a year, then dis appeared. After a lapse of twenty years it broke out again, went over all its former liauuts, and after six months died away. In eleven years it came again, and again died away in six months. A fourth time it returned after a sleep of eleven years, continued six months, then disappeared. Its fifth and last visitation was after a period of twenty-three years. It raged—as it had raged before—in six mouths, as usual, disappeared ; and since then, this 1551, it has never been known in any country whatsoever. The oriental plague breaks out in the East every ten years ; the fever epidem ics of London occur every ten or twelve years; the Irish typhus epidemics have been decennial visitations for the iu>t liundercd and fifty years. Epidemic cholera remained with us fifteen mouths, on its first visitation. After sixteen years it broke out again, for exactly fifteen months us before. Again—this time after an absence of only five xears—it came for seven teen months : coming earlier and leaving ear lier than it bad done before. According to this rule we may expect it again, after oven a shorter absence. Epidemics are rapid in their effects. Death generally occurs after a few hours ; seldom, if the disease can be protracted. The great ob ject of all modern treatment of cholera, for in stance, is to gain time ; for if the disease does not kill at once, the patient will ofteuer reco ver than die after a prolonged attack. It is the shock, rather than the exhaustion which dest rovs. Lastly, epidemics are alike in cause. Over- i crowding, filth, exhalations from foul sewers, ; livers, ditches, canals, etc., putrescent animal . or vegetable matter, impure drinking water, unwholesome meat,decayed vegetables, unsound grain—these are some of the predisposing per sonal causes of epidemics, which make all those living under such conditions more likely to be attacked than those in healtlaercirciimstances. But of all predisposing causes foul air ranks as chief. The condensed air of a crowded room gives a deposit which if allowed to remain for a few days, forms a solid, thick, giuteuous mass, having a strong odor of animal matter. If ex- j aniiued by the microscope it seems to undergo a remarkable change. First of all, it is con verted into a vegetable growth and this is fol lowed by the production of multitudes of ani nialcuhe—a decisive proof that it must contain organic matter, otherwise it could not nourish organic beings. This was the result arrived at by Dr. Angus Smith, in his beautiful ex periments on the air and water of towns, where in he showed that the lungs and skin gave out organic matter, which is in itself a deadly poi son, producing headache, sickness, or epidemic, according to its strength. Why, if few drops of the liquid matter, obtained by the couden sat ion of the air of it foul locality, introduced into the vein of a dog, eati produce death with usual phenomena of typhus fever, what incal culable evil must it not produce ou those hu man beings who breathe it again and again, rendered fouler and less capable of sustaining life with each breath drawn. Goon HUMOR. —Keep in good humor. It is not great calamities that embitter existence ; it is the pettv vexations, the small jealousies, the little disappointments, tiie minor miseries, that make the heart heavy and the temper sour. Don't let them. Anger is a pure waste of vitality ; it is always foolish, and always disgraceful, except in some very rare cases, when it is kindled by seeing wrong done to an other ; and even that noble rage seldom mends the matter. Keep in good humor. No man does his best except when lie is cheerful. A light heart makes nimble hands, and keeps the mind free and alert. No mis fortune is so great as one that sours the tern -1 per. Until cheerfulness is lost, nothing is lost. Keep in good humor. The company of a good humored man is a perpetual feast ; he is welcomed everywhere— eyes glisten at his apprtviuh, and difficulties vanish in his presence. Franklin's indomita ble good humor did as much for his country in the old Congress as Adams' fire or Jefferson's wisdom ; he clothed wisdom with smiles, ami soiled contentious minds into acquiescence.— Keep in good humor. A good (Otiscieiice, a sound stomach, a clean skin, are element* of good humor. Get them and keep them, and—be sure to keep iu good luimur. fvsT A writer of a love tale, in describing his heroine, says :—" Innocence dwells iu the rich curls of her dark hair." Some critic, commenting on the passage, says:—"Sorry to hear it—think it stands u perilous chance of being combed ou,t." tetf- MATTHEW L.vxsixq used to say :—" If you wish to have, u shoo made of durable ma terial, you should make the upper leather of the mouth uf JU 01-.l toper, for that never lets in water." A Schoolmaster " Boarding Round." Extract from the journal of a Yermout school master : MONDAY —Went to board at Mr. B s ; had a baked goose for dinner ; supposed from its size, and thickness of the skin, and other venerable appearances, to have been one of the first settlers in Vermont ; made impression on the patriarch's breast. Supper —Cold goose and potatoes ; family consisting of the man, good wife, daughter Peggy, four bovs, Pompey, the dog, and a brace of cats—lire built in the square room about 9 o'clock, and a pile of wood lay by the fire-place : saw Peggy scratch her fingers, and couldn't take the hint—felt squeamish about the stomach, and talked about going to bed ; Peggy looked sullen, and put out the tire in the square room ; went to bed and dreamed of having eaten a quantity of stone wall. TUESDAY —CoId gander for breakfast, swamp tea, and some nut-cake, the latter some conso lation. Dinner—the legs, etc., of the gander, done up warm—one nearly dispatched. Sup per—the other leg, etc., cold ; went to bed as Peggy was carrying in the fire to the square room—dreamed I was a mud-turtle, and got on my back and could not get over again. WEDNESDAY —CoId gander for breakfast ; complained of sickness, and could eat nothing. Dinner—wings, etc., of the gander warmed tip : did my best to destroy them, for fear they would be left for supper ; did not suc ceed ; dreaded supper all the ufternoon. Sup per—hot Johnny cakes ; felt greatly relieved, and thought I had got clear of the gander ; went to bud for a good night's rest ; disap pointed ; very cool night, and couldn't keep warm in bed ; got up and stopped the broken window with my coat and vest ; no use ; froze the tip of ray nose before morning. THURSDAY —CoId gander again ; felt very much discouraged not to see gander half gone; went visiting for dinner ai u supper ; slept abroad and had pleasant dreams. FRlDAY —Breakfast abroad. Dinner at Mr. B 3 ; cold gander and hot potatoes ; ate these and went to school quite contented.— Supper, cold gander and no potatoes ; bread heavy and dry ; had the headache and couldn't eat. Peggy much concerned ; had a fire built in the square room, and thought she and i had better set there out of the noise ; went to bed early ; P.'ggy thought too much sleep bad for the headache. SATURDAY— Breakfast, cold gander and hot Johnny cake ; did very well ; glad to come off so. Dinner—cold gander again ; didn't keep; I had lost six pounds the last week ; grew alarmed ; had a talk with Mr. 8., and conclud ed 1 had boarded out his share. PHYSICAL ASPECT OK MAX. —An examina tion of 20,000 infants, at the Materuite, in Paris, gives for the weight of the new-born G 1 4 lbs. ; the same mean value obtains for | the city of Brussels For about a week after birth, this weight undergoes an actual diminu tion, owing to the tissue destruction which is sues through the establishment of respiration, and which for a time exceeds the gain from ' nutrition For the same age, the male infant j is heavier than the female; but this difference gradually diminishes, and at twelve years their weight is sensibly the same. Three years la ter, at the period of puberty, the weight is one-half of what it is I'm ally to be, wheu full development is revealed. The maximum weight eventually attained, is a little more than twenty times that at birth this holding good for both sexes ; but since the new-born female weighs less than the stan dard, and the new-born male more, the weight of the adult male is 137 lbs., and of the adult female 121 lbs. The mean weight of a man, irrespective of his period of life, is about 107 lbs., and of a woman, nearly 94 lbs. Tte mean weight of a human beiug, without refer ence either to age or sex, is about 99 lbs. M. Quotelet, to whom we are indebted fur the above statistics, as tiie result of his re searches, states that communities seem to bl under the influence of unchangeable laws, as much as the individual. "In communities, man commits the same number of murders each year, and does it with the same weapons. We might enumerate, beforehand, how many individuals will imbue their hands in the blood of their kind, how many will forge, how many poison, very neary as we enumerate, before hand, iiow many births and deaths will take place.'' BE NOT DISCOURAGED. — It is a fine remark of Genolou, " Bear with yourself in correcting faults, as you would with others." We cannot do all at once. But by constant pruning away of little faults, and cultivating humble virtues we shall grow towards perfection. This sim ple rule—not to be discouraged at slow pro gress, but to persevere, overcoming evil habits one by one—such as sloth, in gligctice, or bad temper ; and adding one excellence after anoth er —to faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance ; and to tem perance, patience ; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness ; and to brotherly kindness, charity,—will conduct the lowest Christian to high religious attainments. MOKE GOOD THAN EVIL. —Good never got published, unless it be the good that goes info diaries and biographies, Pharisaic good, good which is on the turn, and to delicate nostrils smells extremely like evil. But the evil that men do fairly gravitates to the newspapers. 1 suppose the reason is, that we arc one day to get rid of it utterly, and it is first of all re quisite that it should come to the light, or be made known in its true proportions. However j this inay be, lam satisfied that the actual I evil of the world, if it could only be utiee ; viewed in the light of its actual good, would | amount to mottling mure than a spot in the j sun.— Henri, Jams. fST" John, I fear you are forgetting me," said a bright evt-d girl to her sweetheart. — " Yes, Sue. I have been for gating you thr-e VOL. XVII. NO. 2:5. TJIL PRAIRIE DOG. —In Captain Marcy's Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana ure given some interesting facts I tout tint singular uniniul, the prairie dog. He S iys : " Passing through these do/ villages, the lit tle auiinuls are seen in countless numbers, sit ting at the entrance of their subterranean dwellings, presenting so much the appearance of stumps of small trees, and so incessant is the clatter of their barking, that it requires ; but little effort of the imagination to I'inov ! one's self surrounded with the busy ham of u ; city." The immense number of animals in some of these towns, may be conjectured from the large space they sometimes cover. Cap tain Marcy passed one of these towns, twenty live miles in length, ami supposing it to be ai large in other directions, it would embrace an area of six hundred mid twenty-five square miles, or eight hundred and ninety-six thou sand acres. Estimating the holes at 20 yards apart, the usual distance, and each dwelling occupied by four or five dogs, the whole pupil lation of this tract would be in round number* forty millions of and others. In nine cases out of ten the wisest policy is, if a man cheats you, quit dealing with him ; if lie is abusive, quit his compui.y ; if he H aiders you, take care to live so thai no body will believe him. No matter who he is, or how he misuses you, the wisest way is gen erally to leave him alone, for there is nothing better than this cool, calm, quiet way of deal ing with the wrongs we meet I)vi NO CONFESSION OF BORGIA. —It is said of the celebrated Ciesar Borgia, that in his l ist moments he exclaimed :—" I have pro v'ded, in the course of my life, for everything except d uith, and now, alas ! I am to die, al though entirely unprepared." KH?~ A naturalist, describing the rook, says: " He loves the blue empyrean, and he quits his loft v height w hen he is IrTouglit to this dull earth by the mere force ol c Uerpdlcry attrac tion." FACTS. —Oid Mr. Singlestick mystified a tea party by remarking that women were facts.— When pressed to explain his meaning he said, " Facts arc stubborn things." A young man recently married, says he , "didn't find it half so hard to get married as I he did to find the furniture." Nothing new. ; How many begin this game of folly at the i wrong end ' The phrase is :—" Marry iu haste, repent at leisure." fsirThe rose of Florida, tiie most beautiful jof flower's, emits 110 fragrance. The birds of i paradise, the most I eautiful of birds, give no i song. The cypress of Greece, the finest of ) trees, yields 110 fruit. Ef-y A mnn who dfclikes mop-handles should be careful how lie spits tobacco-juice On a r< 1 I licadtd woman's .arp t