if 03LLW PtR INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
T( )>VA N DA :
ftireftin fHormnn. Jaamup 29 'S37.
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THE LAST FOOTFALL.
T' ■- .-I'''ion -aJness in the toue,
Vn.l aw >:-ture in the eye.
Mid .1 tß'mldiujt sorrow in the voice.
W lien we bid ;i last good-bye.
li..t -ad.Ar fur than this. 1 wren.
(i -adder far th in all.
|. the heart-throb with which we straiu
Te catch the la-t footiall.
The la-t pre*- of a •- 4 ing hand.
Will <-ai;se i tin ill of pain.
V hen we think. " Oh. should it prove that we
never meet again,
c a- iinperingly the hand- unclasp,
Tin li'it. quick drop- will tail :
Pet 1 tu rt r are the tear- we .-lied
Vi .teu we hear the la.-t foot lull.
iv,. rcver felt how dear to us
W"a- tin -omid we 1 ived lull well,
We i ever knew now musical,
Til u- la-t echo Ml ;
\ ] t .l wo heard it pass away
Fur. '•' U'i'ond recall,
u< never th- ughl what grief 'twould he
\ :, ar that la*t footfall.
vid the voir- and days that long are passed.
\ v.< -, eues. that -KFXF.H forgot,
-U tl r -ugh the m ad like wetcoi-light
nv ,xi2t ronl ho *pot :
\ til, lli a.- that were a- nought.
i! -. aow .11 be our all.
i to us like an echo low
.' ■ i-t. the ia-t footlal!!
(I'i>r ihe Bradford lU*p"rUT.]
COM MON SCI LOOLS.
M 1! :*!Tor : Sin e the excitement ot the
ticul eampaigu is over, anil knowing
. y interest yon feel in the cause o! popu
ition, I thought a few words on the
of Common Schools might be deemed
-i v A notice. Their importance as the
: medium through which the masses re
•st met ion, makes this subject oac that
. - a large <hare of attention. Noto 'y
r,'•■at politically, education is the great
. _ ■of our country. In proport.on a>
of anv country are enlightened, in
l; i rtion will that nation pro-pir aim
ie in greatness. ttspcctablitT ami paw r.
A - ni ■" in a lie put c where the afiairs
.lent are in the hands of tunpeo
p t become doubly necessary, I'rut
" . .!. too. without which no nation can
- sh, is a twiu-sister of education. The
and the s> tool bouse, arc. as it vt re,
i - •1 v side. A? the tn isses arc enl _ l
\ i so tbc comm.ssion of crime beonwi loss
... >nt. :vi.l public safety greatly enhanced,
.oerauce and v.ce ot al! d s.r.pt.ons flee
• the onward march of GOCBCC. \ ice.
a* its a* ode :a uarkne-s, u sapjK'ars a>
: cf Ki.-.-w !•. <:_e t ur: upon .". a;; ;
• to the dark places of iguorave aud
stit a which are BMN congenial to its
' * Hat ;t :> usch ss to sjvak ot ta t-tnt'ji's
.■ >n. Arguments to establish u itioni
■ • ■. use. The best tin of pmm
c. ise of education, is, therefore, a
• •: more imjwirtance.
I it a reform is necessary in our common
■ 1- a fact too obvious to IK* denied. If
•T person doubts this, let him take a tour
.. own town auJ visit the several
• • * i his own observations will convince
. . ' •> truthfulness.
1* < I ,v are our schools so badly conduct
i' k BO lototeiy to a very great extent
• ; a want of competent teacher. Ou
:y Superintendents teli us that from e
--■ntj they are otojtd to iietau many to to*
a: rs if t'.e voung wo are totally
Kit to wcupv that impounihta j*ositiou. be-
UK • n > uot enough to flit all the schools
1 Hut why is this scare, ty of
. hers . It is not because there
C' : , ; at-.-d jxrsons enough : we find
• v. ry hand : but they arc not teaeh-
I. y uie. us thev >ay. found better bu
*-rss V usiuess of teaching has always
b regard ias 000 to which neither honor
I: w. i attached ; and hence nor.e, or
*■' - m ill et gage in it only as a
'' r . v * ipioymeut. And even though a
:. e tea hing with a view tomak
b' -. vioii. he soou finds a more iu
i:t. and atando i> ;t forever.
| k *;r?r useful he was destined to become.
I M Oewtor sliall see 5t to change the
| •***-'■ we ntav not expect to find per
, fifiigh of the <eti->aerific;;g
l to teach for half the pecuniary reward
' and more pleasing occupntiMW af
\'\
i "PUT le USI it i< MUMB,) the busiucss
\ g .'aid be made ay ■ *V.<o t Men
' re for it as they are required to
' ' u<. even those of far ks> im-
Au t I hojw* yet to see the day.
• t t'.; - large and comntodioa- school
■ ' r etc i a neat cottage for the
I*"*—as ;he custom with some churches
rtbeiK puutUN at the present day.
* * teaching take the place that it
I g the pkfofessioas. until it becomes
- 4- ,i\- When the teacher ?halt
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
receive a just recompense for his wearisome la
bors ami find employment the whole school
year, then will there no longer be difficulty in
procuring a supply of not only good, but ex
cellent teachers.
Let a school district in Bradford county who
have been in the habit of paying their male
teachers slt> per month, resolve to pay
and they will sooti find no difficulty getting
plenty who are capable of earning that money.
No incompetent person will apply for a school
in such a district, for he supposes from the
salary they propose paying, that they expect
to have a good tcuchrr, which he knows he is
J not, and feeling his inability to meet their ex
i pcctations, contents hituself to go where the
! " almighty dollar" is more worshiped, and
the intellectual grow th of the rising generation
less cared for.
A majority of the teachers in Carbon and
Schuylkill counties, are from Bradford and
Susquehanna ; while in those as well as in
; other northern counties, I am informed, there
is a great saircitji of teachers. \Y hy is tin.- ?
Why is it that you educate teachers and allow
them to go abroad to occupy distant fields
wheu they are needed at home ? Why do you
sow the seed, and allow others to reap the
harvest ? The answer is straight forward and
plain to be understood. Here, instead of $lO
per month, aud the privilege of boarding
"'round,'' tiny receive STS or £4O, aud seek
a home where it be-t suits their convetiieueo,
and where they may employ their leisure in
improving their minds ; a tiling of no .-mull ac
count with him who is striving for higher at
tainments in his vocation. There, ten) a male
teacher cannot get employment more than three
or four mouths in the year, while here tb •
| term of schools vary from five to ten months.
1 am fully aware that the day is not _\et
come, though 1 hope it is not far distant)
whcii the sv-tcm o! boarding is to be laiel aside
; in Bradford and the adjoining counties ; but
if you must subject your teachers to such i: -
• convenience and ! of time, you must ui-oiu
creas • their salaries to make up the loss of
-uch adva .tag -. before you can ex j vet t call
home those who have found it to their inter
est to seek more profitable situations by migra
ting south.
A not i.er t!it! g which would tei 1 great'v to
. u-;] rove the condition of our schools, is li Aof
| visiting them by parents. Soar, even the di
re-vtors are seldom, if ever, seen within the
trails of the school house, not withstanding the
law makes it their duty Where -uch uttev
1 ueer.: rn is man.rested on rise j art of paren s
IHI d rectors, it cannot but i>e expected that
the teacher, in ansae erases, jnl In all t > some
I extent, will imbibe the saw spirit and slacken
his etT r:- to advai , e his pupils. Every teach
: who has bevn farore-u with frequent vi-its
. from the parent- ot his pup'!-, know full well
j that they have a mo-t happy iff-.ct ou his
; school as well as on his own tniud.
W. i you hire a man to work ou your farm,
aud allow him to work on month alter month
w.rhour ever examining his work to sen? if it be
well done ? or whether it l>e dote at ail ? By
no in.an-. i tie woik ot the teacher ot so
• much less importauee that i: is not worthy of
j even a pa--iug glance ? Sneh i- the inference
jif we judge fro.a in- ;'s •/HS !
BMM are detenud from school-visiting from
the fact that they fear they w .1 uot be a wel
come guest at the school room. Tiiis -houid
make no difference. If your teacher be of the
i r.ghustump, your presence in hi- school will
be a source of gratification to him ; aud should
vc.j find your-eif con- -iered as an i tnu; r.aud
p-.-rh An- receive a hint that com pa; y is a -oarce
jof annoyance, yoj had better get rid of -uch
a teacher as -ooa a- jtossible, for no one who
I aoderstaads Ids buwmess is at'raid to work i i
the presence of his employer.
If vou wish to see the standard of education
elevated in Bradford county, pay your teach
er- such a salary a- the importance of their la
bors demand ; provide couifortaiJe and pitas
m places of instruct.on : show tnose uiuier
whom you place your chiidrtu for inteUeetgal
culture, that you feel interested in tiioir labors
bv often visitiug titeir their school-, and im-
I proveuient will Mnn begin to manifest itseif,
the noxl v ffcct of which wiil not only le te.t
bv the present, bat by succeeding geueratons
throniiiioat all coming t iae.
11 .v M LIN Kid HI-
S; i't Hill. Cart mi cr>-. I'a-
A-•*■•• ■;.•< —T •• following is the latest ema
ua'.'o.i from Terreii. t ;e inveterate {HJiister of
of the Lafayette Ind Journal:
A tattling corresfxeideiit of the New-Aork
11-r.i I, writing fr en Lancaster, pretends to
give *he gu*.*ge of a drink he had witnessed the
President elect tike, one fnxsty morning at the
siiieixonrd at Wheatland, recently. He irrever
oatty estimates it at " a coujke of inches and
expresses the opinion that the depth of the
" Sage's potations liAlf increases with his
vears. There is nothing womierful :n :io. for
ha-n't it passed into a jwoverb, " Tie UJrr • e
Um<i; t*t sUjftr cat i ■"• f"
ia*" Among the many errors into which hu
man tv "rs more than apt to fall, is that ot
magnifying the faults and deireciating the vir
tues of their neighbors, entirely forgetful of
i tlidr own siu-.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA. BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'.HEARA GOODRICH.
" REELARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
Eucoaater in the Dark with a Lion.
Owing to the accounts I heard of an enor
mous old lion who was ruining his neighbors,
in the vicinity of the camp of Drean, I sent for
my weapons from (Ihelma, and left Bone on
the 2fith of February. At five o'clock on the
evening of the 27th. I reached the douar of
the Ouled Bon-Azizi, situate altout half a mile
from the retreat of the beast, who, according
to the old men of the place, had lived there
BO years. 1 was told, on my arrival, that eve
ry evening at -un-et the lion roared on leaving
his den, and that in the u'ght lie desc ended
into the plain still continuing to roar. A meet
ing seemed inevitable, so 1 loaded my tw o guns.
Hardly had 1 finished this operation, which ul
ways requires the greate-t attention, when I
heard the roaring begin in the mountain. My
ho-t offered to accompany me as far as the
ford which the lion would have to cross ou de
scending the mountain. I gave him my second
gun. and we started. It was too dark to see
at two steps distance. After having walked
through a wood for a quarter of an hour we
reached the border of a brook that flows at
the foot of the Zebel Krounega. My guide,
much agitated by the roaring, which drew
nearer and nearer, -aid, " The ford is there."
I tried to reconnoitre my position ; but all
around was so dark that 1 could not even see
tlie Arab, although lie touched ine. As mv
eyes could distinguish nothing, I began to de
scend towards the brook, feeling all the way
with my hand-for the track of a horse or sheep.
It was crt duly well sheltered, and diffi -ult of
access Having found a -tone, which I used
a- a - at at the edge of the brook, and just be
yond the ford. I sent away my guide, wIO
wished for nothing better. While trying to
i make out the ground about me, he did not
cease saying, " Let us return to the douar ;
the night is too dark : we will look for the ii
oa to-morrow, during the day." As he did
not d ire return to the douar alone, he crouch
ed down in a group of lentises about fifty step
from me. After telling him not to move un
der any circumstances, 1 took my position on
the stone The lion was roaring still, and
drawing gradually nearer. Having closed uiy
eves for some minutes, 1 saw, on opening them,
that at my feet there was a perpendicular ditch,
formed, no clou't. by tie* overflowing of the
brook, widen ran some yards beneath me ; on
the left, and at the very muzzle of my gun.
was the ford. 1 formed my plan instantly.—
If it ware pos-ible to distinguish the iiouinthe
bed of the river, I meant in lire at him there
—tht ditch ix-iug ain ans of protection for
me in case I wounded him severely. It might
have been nine o'clock when I heard the roar,
about a hundred yards beyond the brook.—
Wiih my elbow on my knee, the butt end of
my gun ou my shoulder, a d my ey> - fixed on
the water, wiuch I eoul I distinguish fr n time
to tint, I waited. The time sensed long
w hen I heard, ju-t in front of me. ou the ojv
i }H>s;te side of the brook, a long, guttural moan.
I raised my eyes in the direction of thu strange
*uii*l, ate; pore,-., d the ey > i: tin I .on ' xe>.
oo me, aud looking like two red-hot - ods.—
The fixed lo k drove ba k all the I>!.h>l in my
veins to my heart. A minute before I shud
dered wit i rol l, now the perspiration stream
el oil u.v forehrud Aay one who has not
sen a fuii grow n *a i t wild state, :uay be
liev-.' in the j>os-.bility of an arui -d man srrug
glitig with it ; but any p rs >n wlio has seen
oae. knows that a man Struggling with a lion
is l.ke a mou-e in the claws of a eat. I have
said that I had already k.lied two lion*, the
■ smallest of which weighed five hundred pounds.
The latter, with one movement of his claw, had
s'opped a ho.se at full gallop, ami l.a 1 k • i
I init i hor-c anil man. Fro-n tiiat pcrii>l Iw is
seftdeutiy weii ucqniiuted with tiieir severity
: to know what I had to expect from leonine
scratches. Accordingly. I have never looked
upon a dagger a- a wvupou to be depended
on. I*i ease a lion sLouid not fail beneath IUV
dr>t or second bullet, . which i< pmrilih
enough, 1 have dtltrui—d when he spri
upon me ami I re-i-t the shock, to endeavor
: to force my gu-i dowa his throat up to the
' atock : then, if ids powerful daws hove ueit icr
turo.vu me to the grou i i nor jx-.r - d uje i k -
a harp-oil, I must eit :rr ..track bin: iu th
eyes or uear the heart, accenfiug to fhfj QWaint
of action left me. If I fall at his attack, which
.s more than probable, provided I have my
two hands free. I suall feci for Ids heart with
the left, and with the right deal the blow. If.
j on the foiiowing day. two bodies be not found
i entwined together, mine wa . not have left the
' field of honor, and the lion's will uot be far
; t'roui i . The dagger will tell the ltd I had
tyasfc tli aw aay dagger from tha sheath, ami
: placed it in the gro md withiu reach, when the
c ml hto (fa downs towanis the tat auk. 1
to *k a mental farewell of the world, aud ma lc
a vow to .i.e in a maim- rof witich those who
were dear to me would be proud ; yet. w iaen
i my finger moved -oft'y towards the trigger. I
j was less agitated than the lion himself, who
. was a'ut taking to the water. I hear i his
j first step iu the stream, which ran aflwri ssly
\ and rapidiy IK lore us. Ttos, ail was Blent.
Wu> he standing s*..li ? Was ho eommg to
| wards iae ? Th. so w re the MUftioiis I put to
• myself, as I sugbt to pierce the oha.Bitty by
; which I was lamlnprd aa ail s,.ie-. u . ss sud
, deihy 1 thougiit I heard, dosa ou my left, the
j - >uud of bis stt-p in the am i He had indeed
j ixune out of the brook, and was slowly a.-,
i nig th; steps of the ford, wkua a movement I
aap|x*iied to make causeil him to stop. He
was four or five steps from m-*, arid might
spring upon me at any moment. I: is u-elrs
to look for the sights of your gun when you
I can't even see the barrel, I fired .as best I con id.
with my head erect and both eyes open. The
dash euabkd UN to see aa euormou hairy mass
of indistinct form. A fearful roar rent the
air, the liou was levrsj de combat. The fir-t
cry of paia followed by a series of dull, threat
ening moans. I beard tae annual writhing in
the mud ou the edge of the brock, but after
a short time all was dlert. Tniokiag he was
dead. I returuevi to the douar witn my guide.
: who, froai what he had been able to hear, ai
so concluded that the lion was now no more,
jU! v.' tr:; I rvaiainol aw.k; al! n*gi * At
daybreak we reached the ford : but no lion I
We could only trace him by the blood a- fm
as the stream. The day afterwards,"the Arab?
of the district, who bore considerable ill will
towards their nocturnal visitor, being convinc
ed that he was dead, proposed'to me to go out
and look for him. There were sixty of us,
some ou foot and some on horseback. After
several hours' fruitless search, I returned tc
the dofhr and prepared to take my leave,
when I heard several .-hots and cheers from
the direction of the mountain. There was no
room for doubt, they'had found my lion. I
started off at a gallop, and soon convinced my
self that this time, at all events, my hopes
would be realized. The Arabs were tlyimr in
all direction-, and shouting like demons. Some
of tlieui had reached the other side of the
brook ; the others, to the number of ten, em
boldened by the fact that they were on horse
back. and that the lion had only three legs at
his disposal, had formed a party to finish him
(as they said) ; they were commanded by the
clieik. I had just passed the brook and was
going to dismount, when I saw the horsemen
with the clieik at their head, turn round and
start off at full gallop. The lion was after
them on his three legs, clearing tiie ro-ks and
shrubs in a far better style than the men on
horseback, and uttering roars, which so terri
fied the horses that the riders had no longer
any control over them. The horses were still
galloping, but the lion had stopped within an
space, in a haughty and threatening at
titude. How grand he was with his jaws open,
breathing menace- of death against all who
were there ! Il >w grand he was, with his
black mane standing ou end. and his tail beat,
ing angrily against his sides ! He was about
a hundred paces from the spot. I dismounted
and called to one of the Aral)-, who had been
keeping themselves at a safe di-tance, to take
me horse. Several of them ran towards me.
and I was obliged to leave my buruoa-in their
their hands, in order to prevent them putting
ine ou my horse again and carrying me away.
A few of them followed me, in order to dis
suade me from my project : but as by degrees
I quickened my pace and drew nearer to the
lion, tiieir number diminished. At la.-t one
man only remained with me, and he was the
gui le of the previous day. '* I received y>u
under my tcut," lie -aid to me, " arid will an
swer for you before (Tod and man. I will die
with you." The lion hail left the opeu space
aud hud buried liiui-elf in a in a-- of trees,
wiiieh were elo-e by. Walking with caution,
ready to fire at any moment, I tried in vain to
find the animal's track. Tiie soil was rocky,
and the lion's wounds had ceased to bleed. I
had ju.-t searched the trees forming the group,
one by one. w hen my guide, who hail remained
a .-iiort di>tauce from ine, -aid—" Death wiil
not accept you : you have passed close to the
lion without being touched by him ; if your
eves had only met his, you must have died
without l>eiiig able to tire a shot. I to.d ioui
to throw ,-oiiie stone- into the lion's place of
retirement. One of the shrubs opened, and
aftef looking oa all sid- s. out -prang the lion
in the d reetion of myself. He was at ten
- from m ■. hi- tail straight, hi- mane -find
ing on eud, hi- neck extended. V* .tii hi- bro
ken leg hanging back, and his claws turned
inwards, he had alt .gether the apparan o'
a dog pointing at game. A- sooa as he made
Irs appearance, 1 seated my- if o.i t ie earth
with the Aral) behind ru-*. shout-tig ine -sant
lv, " F.re ! why don't you fire ?"—exclama
tions which he mixed up with hi- prayers.—
The lion made a boaad of four or fiv._- stepc
towards me. and w as probably about to follow
it tip with another, when he suddenly found
hiiu-eif -truck with a bullet at about an inch
a njve toe rigiit eye. He at once fell. My
Arab was already returning thank- to God
when the lion turned round and rai-.-l himseh
on his hind le-g-, hke a horse rearing. An
other bail, with a more fortunate result, foil mi
the animal".- heart, and at ia-t stretched h;u
dead oa the ground.— Lion Hunting in Algt
ri.i. A? JUs (rtrard.
Tt:V MABHASK FES. —The fate Dr. I'oyin
ton ns once disputing with a firmer alx'Ut
the ea-e with which a mini-tor earned hi? mo
ney.
" Now." says the fanner, " when you are
celled u;>oti to marry a couple you never > x
peet a less -am thaa three 1 Mars. and you
- u times get ten dollars —this for a few uii
nut "- serv
" l\-oh 1" replied the doctor, " I would agree
to j: re yor. half of my very nest marr.age fee
for a iei-he! of jtotutoex.
•• Vcrv weii." s i .l the farmer, " 111 take
T' ur and send you the potatoes."*
A few days afterwards, the doe tor was ca'l
ed on to splice a loving couple at I>ogtow:.. a
place about four tulles fiom where tie fired.—
Wbea the ceremony was over, the bridegroom
sa i to the worthy minister :
Well, parson, i "{>oe I most fork over
so m thui; f'r your trouble. Wu#t -ay you to
uk.ng one of uiy terrier pups ? Tae lx-t
breed. I tdl you in thrcoaatry. Shocking lice
to hare in the hara. Worth fuM fire dollars,
and I Vpose* tjgVTC two would do for the
spi •.*, t u V
The doctor took the pip with joy. Tie joke
was too good : he hasteued to the
sag. now. fneud, here i? my fee—how shail
divide it ?
T';e farmer relished the joke well, that
he increased the potatoes to half-a-dozen ou
shels.
DOCRMU.XS I);.I Boirn.— Mrs. G coaldal
>'erp on account of the terrible uort ve-ter
which was blowing out of doors. " Horace,
my love, how dreadfully the wind howls ; don't
yoa hear it ? I can't sleep for it." " My dear."
said her better-half, who was a ph'.iccojvber.
ojen the vrimiow. arid pat a {leppenniut ioz
enger outside.'' " Why r asked hp wife. **Be
cause quoth he, " 'tis a good tiling to cure
the wind."
Skaf Th;re is a young woman in town so
. ni'xk-st. that she had a young man turned out
' of door? f.-r -ay lag the wind had shifted
Singular Theory of the Mississippi River.
The Mississippi river is the greatest stream
in the world. The total length is 4,000 miles.
Ou looking over a volume recently issued, en
titled " Lloyd's Steamboats and Railroad Di
rectory," we find the following instructive ar
ticle on the waste of the waters of the Missis
sippi. It says :
So experience will enable a person to anti
cipate, with any degree of certainty, the eleva
tion of the flood in any given year. Li some
seasons, the waters do not rise above their
channels ; in others, the entire lower valley of ■
the Missis-ippi is submerged. Embankments
called leaves have been raised from five to ten ;
feet high, on both sides of the stream, extend-;
ing many miles above and below New Orl.aus.
By this means the river i- restrained within its
proper limits, except at the greatest freshets, j
when the waters sometimes break over every-1
thing, causing great destruction to property,
and sometimes loss of life. The average height
of the flood from the Delta to the junction of
tiie Missouri is obove lfi feet. At the mouth
of the latter river it is twenty-five feet. Below
the entrance of the Ohio river the rise is often
tiftv five feet.
At Natchez, it seldom exceeds thirty f--°t : j
and at New Orleans aljout twelve feet. What
goes with the water ? Itj- known that the
difference between high and low water nuirk,
as high up as White river, is about thirty-six
feet, aud the current at high water mark runs
uearly seveu miles per hour, and opposite to
New Orleans the difference between high and
low water mark is only twelve feet, and the
current little over three mile- to the hour.—
The width and depth of the river being the
same, from which tve calculate that ucarly six
times as much water pass- s by the mouth of
White river as by New Orleans. What goes
with the excess ? The only solut'.ou ever of
fered. i- that it escapes by the bayous " I'ia
quemine," *• Lafourche," and " Iberville," hut
when vie calculate the width, depth and cur
rent of these bayous, they fail vastly short of
atfording a sufficient escapement. The true ex
! plana!ion can. we think, be given.
At low water, throughout the w hole extent,
we see a land structure exposed, underiyinig
i the bank, or that the alluvial structure ou
which the plantations are, is a structure ofde
j posit made by the riivr above it.s low water
; maik, which, opjiositc to the mouth of White
river, i- thirty feet thick. As you descend,
j the river diminishes in volume as the difference
i lietweea high and low water mark diminishes
i and nearly corresponds to it. and wherever the
! bottom i-> exposed, it shows throughout the
whole extent, that the bottom is pure ctntrsr
• ml; exhibiting at many places the ccem
<-L ig'r. through the siqierimpo-ed alluvial
structure mixed with fine sand. The water
|K?rcolat win such facility and rapi lity that
tiie water in a well dug at a considerable di--
tance from the bank rises aud fail- with
' tii- ri-e and fall uf the river, uot varying an
inch, and through the coarse-and and shingles
J! the bottom, it passes a- rapidly a- through
a common -ieve.
By the accurate -urv. y- of several auoati
! lie engineers, it i- a-ccrtained thai the fail of
the M.—ippi river is four inches to the tuiie.
; The distance from Xatdwz to N.-w Orlsaas of
three hundred miles win give twelve hundred
inches, or one hundred feet. The depth of the
river is less than fifty feet at high watermark,
i Tut- river deliouehes into tiie ocean from a pro
i moatory made by itself. The surface of the
I ocean, by neMumeat, below the Ixittom of
the river, above New Orleans, corresponds with
the low water mark below* New (}:leans.there
fore the M -- s-ipp: rive* is HO lring T Trough its
i own bottom into the ocean, the . ape im|H>sevi
weigi.t giving lateral prt-.-ure to hurry the
, subterranean current. If the reader has ever
j stood upon a M -sissippi sand-bar, in a hard
i rain, or Kta water ponrrd from a MM on
the sand i ar. he has seen that neither can be
d me iu -uJi Tent quantity to produce any cur
j rent or accumulation on tiie snriace. The ri
: ver is. therefore, from the time it comes below
! the limestone stratus of Ifliasouii ai l Ken
tucky. wasting itself through it- own bottom
lr tne M.--.-sippi river had to por-ae it
i course, like the O.iio. over rix*ky -trata. walled
' in by rock and clay bank-, the high
! water mark at New Otkaws would reach owe
. .-d'- d feet n ore it- jrev 'i u : but run
I t ' ~
mug over coarse -and. wailed in by a dep->u
• made of sand, ancient deiuviai d tritous and
i vegetable mound, no move water r> abes h
■XVan tl.in the eXc-.-s >ver tiie amount that
perm- at - tic- -urr ui -ii g -tru.dure and pa-.- -
off in the prxvss of p-. reolatiou or tran-i-.-ra
ti-io in A -ii-tterruneaii desxvnt to the ocean.—
I'iv r.ver. without ar.y ot -r restraint from
: rock or day in the bottom or bank, i? iet't fret
to the gi-.crument of no other law tu .n the
| law of hydrostatics. Tiie waddaw )>r w a-t ng
, of the batik- cannot le prev ntcd, though the
i"a\iHg ->r -itding of large j- rtious at oac time
may be easy guarded agaui-t.
m
Crns ft. Hiccn: .h-—Many paper- are
j pobii-titnsj u recipe to cure the hisi(wgh
[staatlj. A srrowlinjr o!J doctor snob to a
' country jager the fcßcviag lui|H —mi iatfd
i'-iT otssai or the money refir 1. He -tv,
j" to are hie-iiie-bio-cups—turn your -ie sel:
wro:ur side hie oat. & :A hie :Le
lie does ikm mehtioa w.i.th ghai V
j to he scraped. bat be prohaliy u..-aa the fir?t
- a.. : } '.u e . .;e a : -•
fczT W oman 1? less ia4qp(dkat than man
' in in i:.r r.-iocts. an! reqaves toexm Le more
i- . -: s ari-i cuGfio.:. Mo-p- '.- r. she ia>
not the initiative. I: is ea>y for a :ai.t to d -
ri ie and offer, when be loves ; last a > ..at>
I may love .tiioat hope of an iTf.-r. Whet.
i mass chooKJ, be proposes; wheu wo;uau choose*,
i she waits.
Ine Spare m ;aeut- ar - I ke the i-da-*
of tune. < h ail fortfors of our life, spare mo
ments are the in >st fruitful iff or ev '
They arc the sajw through which ten.: tab- r*
j find the easiest aetess to the tr*nk-u ft!
! sooL
VOL. XVII. —NO. 34.
Kiss OR FIUHT.—AII Exchange (ells a sto
ry of a country party thus : A stalwart young
rustic, who WHS known as a formidable opera
tor in a " free tight," had just married a bloom
ing and beautiful country girl o:i!y sixteen
years of age, and the twain were at a party
where u number of young folks of both sexes
; were enjoying themselves in the good old fusli
| ioned, pawnplayiug style. Every girl in the
i room was called out and kissed except Mrs.
I>, the beautiful young bride aforesaid, and al
though there was tot a youngster present who
was not dying to taste her lips, they were re
strained by the presence of her herculean hus
band, who stood regarding the party with n
look of sullen dissatisfaction. They mistook
the cause of his anger, however, for suddenly
rolling up Irs sleeves, lie stepped into the mid
dle of the room, and, in a tone of voice that
at once secured marked attention, said :
" Gentlemen, I have been noticing how
tilings have lieeu working here for some time,
and I ain't half satUfied. I don't want to
raise a fuss, but—" " What's the matter,
John ?" inquired half a dozen voices. '* What
do you mean ? Have we done anything to
hurt your feelings ?" *' Yes, you have ; all of
you have hurt my feelings, and I've got just
this to say about it. Here's every gal in the
room been ki-sed mighty nigh a dozen times
apiece, and there's my wife who 1 consider as
likely as any of 'em, has not had a single one
to-night ; and I just tell you now, if she don't
get as many kisses the balance of the time a®
any gal in the room, the man that slights her
has got metoliirht—that's all. Now go ahead
with your plays !" If Mrs. B was slight
ed during tlie balance of the evening we did
not know it. As for ourselves, we know that
John had no fault to find with us individually,
for any neglect on our part."
A CLEAR SELL. —A shrewd countryman was
in New \ ork tiie other day, giwky, uncouth,
and innocent enough in appearance, but in re
ality, with bis eye teeth cut. PassingupChat
huui street, through the clothes quarter he was
continually encountered with importunities to
buy. From almost every store some one rush
ed out, in accordance *it b the annoying cus
tom of that street, to seize upon and try to
force him to purchas •. At last onedirty look
ing fellow i aught him by the arm and clamor
ously urged him to become a customt-r.
" II ive you got any shirts ?"' inquired the
countryman, with an innocent look.
A splendid ass< . tiuent, >ir. Step 'ID, sir.
Every price sir, and every style. The chtap
e.-t in the -tret, sir."
" Are they clean
*• To be .-ure, sir. Step in, sir."
'• Then," resumed the countryman, with {er
feet gravity, " put on one, for you need it."
The rage of the sho|>-keejK-r may be imag
ine i. a> the e untrvmau, turning UJJU his heel,
quietly pursued his way.
EXPERIMENT-IN-, FOR SAFETY. — A man travel
ing. entered a tavern, and seeing DO oue pre
s-i>i but the landlord and a negro, seated hira
.• if and entered into conversation with the
n-Riro. Shortly, he asked Sambo if he was
dry ? Sambo sail he was. Stranger told
him to go to the bar and take something at hi*
expense Nexro did go, and shortly left.—
Landlord says to the stranger : " Are you ac
quaintcd with that nigger ?" ** No. never
saw him in-fore : but why do you ask " I
wppwd co from your conver-irtg with hirn
aid asking him to drink " u Oh," said the
s uigcr, -■ I was only experimenting. Tim
fact s I was dry my— If. and I thought if yoor
l ; qnor 'lid not kill the negro, I would venture
to t ik- 1 adr ik myself." Landlord's curiosity
was fully satisfied.
A Ban Ouv—Almost everybody has a bad
cold aSjout now. Smith and Jones araong the
r-t A street--or!ler dialogue between them,
sound-d something I ke this :
Smith —" How d'aye do. Jodes ?"
J nr*—" I'wetty bwel!. ody I have a bad
code. How are yoo, SUth ?"
S§-rjh —" I have subtig of a code, too, bat
its bw!! arid."
J- nts —•• What Ivedici! did you take
Smith —•* I fluffed up laadabub al bwa'er
Do you take adythig V
J i'-s —'• Dj, I ju-t grid ad bear if."
DECENCY. —TiIIs ;s defined according to the
: country yum y happen to be in. In Tjrkey
a ai in w ih tight pants on is considered so
rr- at a vulgarian that he is n.;t tolerate*! in
resj- et ibie society. To spit in the presence of
a:i Arab i.- to make the acquaintance of his
cheese k afe. In II issia that man i ooud ier
ed low who refu-. < a warm break fa cuasi-;-
iug of fried can lies.
A'XO - 1 iTHEn. — ' What am Ito do with
you. sir—a hat am Ito do with you Do you
: kr.osr if TOT continue your pr—ent c urvc of
cruelty and cv.wurdi -. ya w ;I foruota
. ir g bat a wafer of CoagnM ?"
. M mm. —" Oh. don't say that lather !—•
uoah. yu will Lam hate the >c ir."
%--£~ We -e.- i; stated thai a piece of ear
i die may ; e made to b:m all oiriit in a
in a si k n><m. or else where a dull litrht is
w.by put :;g finely powdered sail on th
! ca DIE G .ti: t r aches the black part of the
wi it. In th - ray, a mild and steadv ligh*
:i y ■ i-qc. •; r :gti ttte night froia a sma
i piece of candle.
*aT With many readers. brilfisnyv of sty' *
; pisses for affi wncc of though; : they mistake
nttcivuua ill I .:E If tor NMMMMMB fill
mines u.eirr the gK and.— *
Wat is that from which, when the
; w is taken, s. ,_ae ii. suSI remain*—Tuc
a ord w bolcsouie.
——
In reference to ladies' dress*-;. it is .
i |.w." r ■-iistoaiary to say • • T.:•• hcfifljM " b>:t
| '■ the breadth of fashion."