Vt(Coltam Ortritson, Vroprittors.
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X 0 , 1 7. .AND PHYSIC.
A clever man was Dr. Digg, .
BlkfortUrie Well he bore; •
He neier lost his-patients till
Ho had no patients more;
And though his practice once tali, large,
It did not swell his gains;
The pains he labored for were but •
The labor for his pains. •
. Though "art it cat& got abort,
•And well might Galen dread its -
For who will trust-it name Unknown
When merit gets no credit
' To marry seemed the only' way' •
To ease fibs mind of troulthal
, Misfortuttes never singly come,
And misery made them double.
He had a patient, rich and fair,
That hearts by scores was breaking,
And as he Onee had felt her wrist,
He thought her hand of taking;
But what the law makes strangers du
Did strike his - comprehension ;
Who live in th,t;e2linited Slays; -
Do first dettate intention.
And.so he called—his beating heart.
‘With anxious fears was
swdlling—
And half in habit took her band,
And on her tongue was dwelling:
but twice, though he essaicd to. speak,
Ile stopped, and stuck, and.blundereci,
For
.say, what mortal could be cool
Whose pulse was 'most a hundred! •
"Bisaam.'nt last he faltered out—
El l is lore had grown courageous—
"l Stare discerned a new complaint,
I hope to prone contstions;
And when the symtoms 1 relate,
And show its dingnosis,
Ah; let me hope from those deer Bps
Some favorable proporis.
"This done," he cries,",let's.tie those ties
Which naught but death can sever;'
Since • like cures like; I dO infer
That love tifires love forever."
Ile paused—lie blushed; however strange
It seems on first perusal,.
Although these was no promise made,
• (3.- ` 4 gave him a refusal.
'7 cannot marry ono who lit:-es
By other folkss distressv3—
The man I marry I must forty,
Nor fear his fond caresses.;
For who.. •
nowever strange the case is,
Woulitlike to have a doctor's bill
Stuck up_ into their faces r
Perhaps you think, 'twist love and rage,
Ile ;took some deadly potion,
Or with his lancet b . :Tallied a vein
To ease„,,his pulse's motion.
To guess the vent of his despair, - .
• , . The wisest. one might miss it;
Hr reneged his office—then And there,
_lle charged her for the risk •
ARiscetiantous.
DUTY AND KINDNESS.
A SIOT for Parents.
aT T. S. ARTIICS.
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There wa,. an angry frown on the counte
nance of Deacon -Jonas Browning. There
wore tears on the sad face of his wife.
• He shall be fent to •sea,' said Deacon
Browning, sternly..
J . The're was a pleading look in the eces of
grownii)g, IV4 she lifted them to the
face of her husband, that no -words pa sed
her lips.. •
• Ife a:I be sent to sea It is Inv last
hope!'
• Philip is - vets young, Jorins,' raid Kris.
Browning.
' Sot too \•Dung foi evil,- and, therefure,,
not toO young for .he 'first -diicipline needed,
to eradkrve He;, shall .go 16 sea !
Captain Ells sails in the Fanny •Will;arns on
Monday .nest. 1 will;eall uponliim this very
day.' - .;
Isn't the Fanny Williams - a whaler Y" - The
lip' of Mrs. Browning quivered and her,voice
Lad a choking sound.
" Yes,' was firmly answered.
I wouldn't send him away in a whaler,
J jean. Iterhemember he is very young, not
thirteen until neat April.
'Young or old, Mary, he'sgot to gel . said
the stem 'deacon, who, was a stern believer in
the gospel of law. He was no weak advo
cate of theta! suasion, RS ittisfamiliarly term
ed ; he went in fur law,attd, was a - Strict con
structionist. .
obedience was the
statute for home,and all deviations therefrom
met the never withheld - penalty.
Mrs. Browning entered into no argument
with
-her husband, for she knew that, it.wo'd
be use!ess.• She had never 'changed his pur
pose by argument 'in her life. Ani so she
bent her eyes meekly to the floor again,while
the tears crept over her face, and - fell.in large
drops upon the carpet. .I)acoia Browning
caw the tears, but they did nut move him. -
He was tear. pro Of.
he offending member of the Brown
jag family ' was a bright, active, ttstless,
hoy,„who from the start had been
as
unreasonable - authorit y , Ind - as a
matter of course against' -authority both just
and reasonable.'
Poiti.lonents hod 'Only- hardened -hilit ,. --
inerea.ing.instead of ditninishing - hiss pow
ers of endurance. The par-it:Oar 'offence for
'which lie was•now' in - - disgrice, . wii, it inuit
be-owned, 4..1.e.601.18 cite,. _.'••• -
He had, is ..e.ompaoy with, three, other
boys of his age,"knOwq is 1141grviritest repro
bates ,iii'lh.;_ • tlila,g,e,rified a chotee pi limb tree
. belonierWt 4-neighfaii Of ail the fruiiit con
tained, and then killed a favorite dog which.
happening to discover them at their wicked
work, atternp!al to •iirive them out - of the
' gallium r The neighbior Aiad complained to
Deacon BrOW - rsinit, 44..Tint - pattYjog• the com
plaint with a ducat to harve .- I'hilip : arrested
1..1 stca!ing. .
•
If you don't do something with that'heY
of Yours' be addeil'Avith considerable feeling,
end-his days in the- States Prison, or
'on the gallows. •.
Hard words were these for the earl of
Deacon Browning, the rigidly righteous !
hard words, and a 'prophetic- conviction in
'them: He had not a very creative imagine.
tion, but in this instance the prediction of
his angry neighbor conjured' in his mind the
image of a prison and a gallows, causing
a sht.dow to pass along his items, and the
cold-perspiration to start from his forehead.
From-that moment the resolution of-Des
eon Hive ping waslaken. The boy was on
the brink of ruin, and Must be saved at all
hazards. As to the .mmtni of doing thity-it
never entered into the heart of Deacon
Browning to conceived any other than.such
as involved harsh discipline. • The Canaanite
wits in the lend, and must be driven outlty
fire sad - sword. With him the word duty
load a stern significance—lie had always tried
to do his duty, moving steadily -onward in
the Path of life, 'crushing dawn - an vanities
laud evils that sprang-up by the way under a
/
heel shod with iJ
on.
1 -• He shall be sent to sea r That was the
ilast despera'e remedy. In his mind, as in the
! minds of many like him, -some years ago a
ship was the great school of reform • and
when a boy - was 'deemed incorrigible, he
was sent off to tea, usually to have all his
evil inclinations hardened into permanent
qualities.
When Deacon Browning met his son Phil
ip, after receiving intelligence of his greet
offence, it was stern, angry repulsion. He
did not see the the look of appeal,the sign of
repentance. the plea for mercy, that was in
Isis - eye. A single word of kindness would .
have broken up tbe great deep, of the hoy's
been, and impelled by the warmer impulses
inherited from his mother would have flung
weeping, into_ his father's arms. But
Deacon - 13towning had separated duty from
kindness. The one was a. stern corrector of
evil, the other a smiling approver of good.
From his home to the wharf, whet c the
Fanny Williatns lay, all equipped for sea,
Deacon Browning took his way. - Captain
Ellis, a rough, hard seamart, was on board.
. After listening to the fathers's story and
request ; he said hluntly :
•If you put your boy on board the Fanny
he'll have to bend or break, that's
certain. Take my advice, and give the mat
ter a second thought. have a dog's
life of it in d'uhater.- . it's my 'opinion your
- boy hasn't stuff enough in him for the exper
iment.'
. 'lll ri,l it,' replied tie deacon. 4
got too much stiff in him to stay at home,
that's•the trouble. ;The bend or break sys
tem is the only. one •in which I have any
anuthi'r h "r
,A*l;etttio you sail I' was inquired.
'On Monday.' -
Very Well, I will bring him down to
morrow.
-The thing was settled, but the deacon id I
not fell; altogether condonable in m
Philip was young for such an experiment, a.
his mother had urged. And now very op
portnnely, a leaf in the book of his Memory
was turned, on which was written the'story
of a poor bov's;wrongs and sufferings at sea.
Hatay years before his beart had grown sick
attire record - . lie tried to look away from
die page. but: be could not. It seemed to bold
his eyes by a kind of fascination..
Stilll4 . l.e did not relent. Duty required
him to go steadily forward and execute his
purpo•e. There was no other hope for the
t or. •
• 'Philip 1' it was thus that be announced
his deterinirwion, • I ant going to send you
to sea with Captain . Eilis. last hope.
Stemlily lent as you ar,, on evil, can nu
longer suffer you to remain .at home. The
boy who begins by robbing his neighbor's
garden, is in danger. of. ending his career on
the gallows: To save you. if yossitle, from
a fate like this, I now send you to sea'
Very stonily, very harshly, alinost angrily.
was this said. Not the smallest impressiun
did it seem to make upon the boyorlin stood
with his eyes cast down, an image of stub
born seltts ill and persistent rebellion.
Wkli sharper denunciation did the father
speak, striving. in his way to shock the feel
ings of his ebi!d, and extc.rt Signs of peni-
Waite. •,•-I3Ut it was the hammer and the anvil
—blow and rebound.
, Vera differentwere the mother's efforts with
the child. :Tearfully - she pleaded with him— .
eiimetly she besought him to ask his father's
forgiveness for the evil he had d /tie. Itat
Philip said —=
No. mother, I'd rather go to sea. Father
don't love me—he dont care for m.o. Ile
hates one I i believe.' .
' Philip! Philip! Don't Speak in that
way of your rather. Ile does love you; arid
it, is only for yougood that ho is going to
send vou to sea. 0, how could you do such
a wivked thing I'
Tears were in the mother's eye% But .the
boy bad something of the father's stern spirit
in .him, and showed no weakne-s.
'lt isn't worse than" be did when he trai a
boy,' wag. thOnswer.'
• Philip!'
• Well it isn't . ; for Iheard Mr. Wright tell
M. Freemen, that father and he robbed orch
ards and hens' nests, and did worse when
they were boys.
Poor Mis. Browning was silent. Well did.
she remember bow wild a boy Jonas Brown
ing was; and how, when she was a little girl
sbe had heard all manner of evil laid' to his
charge.
Very unexpectedly—at least to Mr. Brown
ing—the called on the evening of
that troubled da. After some - general re
marks with theifamily, he asked to hare a
little private conversation with tbe deacon.
Is it - true, Mr. Browning,' he said after
they had retired to:an au adjoining .room,
that you are going to send Philip to sta I'
'Too true,' replied the father, soberly, it
is UM last hope. From -the beginning the
hot itsa been a rebel agasnst just authority;
and though the weakness of natural feelings,
yet resistance- has grown and • strengthened,
with his strength until duty ruires me to
use a desperate remedy for a desperate dis
ease. It- is a painful trial bit the path of
duty is the only safety. What we see to be
right, we must execute with unflinching emir
age: I cannot look back, and accuie myself
of any neglect of duty towardic"this boy
through weakness of flesh. - From the begin
ally, have made obedience the law of my
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_l, 1857.
household, and suffered no deviation there-
from to go unpunished!
Duty, said the minister,' has a twin -sis
ter:
Me spoke in a changed voice, and with a
manner that arrested the attention of Deacon
Browning, who looked at him with a glance
of inquiry.
'She is lovely and gentle, IS' be is hard
and unvieldini,
The deacon still looked curious.
When the twin sister of 'Duty iss away
from his side, he loses more than half his in•
fluence; but, in ; her beautiful presence, he
gait's a dignity And power that makes his
precepts laws of life ,to all who bear him.—
The stubborn heart melt*, the iron will is sub
dued ; theispirit of evil slinks away from the
human soul.'
- There was a pause.
'The name of that twin sister is Kind
ness!'
,The eye* of Deacon Browning. fell away
from the minister's countenance and dropped
until they rested, upon the Boor. Clinyictlon
flashed Upon his heart, lie had always
been stern in. executingthe law—but never
kind.
`Jas that beautiful twin slater stood ever
byte side of duty I—has love been in the
law, Deacon Browning r
Sid? by 'side with the minister stood Duty
and kindness—the firm, unshrinking brother,
and the mild, loving sister—and so his words
had power to reach the deacon's heart, with
out giving offence to his pride.
'Kindness is weali,:yielding and indulgent,
and forgives when punishment is the only
hope salvation,' said' Deacon Browning, a
little ,recovering himself from the .first emo
tions 'of self condemnation.
' Only when she strays from the. side of flu
ty,' replied the minister. * Duty and Kind
[less must 'always act together.'
Much . marei and to the.same purpose, wa:
urged by the minister, who made only a luier
visit, and then witlitirew,,that his admonitions
might have the desiied effect.
What, Deacon Browninz.eaMein frnni the
front door of his house after patting with the
minister, her drew a chair up to the table in
the family sitting room; and, almost involun:
tarily, opened, the large family Bible. His
feelings were : much softened towards his boy,
who, with his head bowed upon his breast,
sat a little apart from his mother.- The atti
tude was not so much indicative of stubborn
elf-will As suffering.
Deacon Browning thought he would read
a.chapter aloud, and F o he drew the bolt'
book closer, aml befit his face down over it.
Mrs. &owning observing the movement,
waited for him to begin. The deacon cleared
his throat twice but his voice did not take
up the words that were. in his heart. how
--mild they !
uatfl' - priF ft, - the heart of
Deacon Browning for his rebellions and un•
happy boy I Nay—had there not heen wrath
instead !
' As a father pitieth his children "-- 1
From a hundred places in the mind of Dea•
c in Browning there seemed to come an echo
to these words, zn l they had a meaning in
them never perceived before. Ile'closed the
hook and,remained in deep thought for many
minutes; and not only in deep thought, but
in.s'ern conflict with 'himself. Kindness was
.striving to refrain her place by the side of
Otry i. who had so long ruled without a rival
in the mind of Deacon Browning, kept -all
the while averting his countenance from that
of his twin sister, who had been so long an
- exiled wanderer. At last she was successful.
The stern, brother yielded, and clasped to his
bosom the sister who sought hisiose.
From that instant; new tho:lgh a, new
views, new purrcves ruled
,the mind of Dea•
~on Browning. The discipline or a whaler
was too b .rd and cruel fir the boy, young in
tears, and by no means as hardened in ini
quity as he had prmitted hiniself to imagine
A cold shiver tan along his nerves at the
very thought of doing what, a few minute:
-lie bad so resolutely intended. 'Kindness be
gan sOispeling iii the ears of Duty:, and
crowding them with a world of new curses
Cont.. , The.heait of the stern man vas soften
e! ; and there flowed into it s, m thing of zi
tendert,ess. Rising -up at length,
Deacon Browning raid, in a low 'nice, so new
in its tones to the ears of Philip, that it made
his young heart leap--= . --
Nry sot', I wish to see you alone!
The deacon went into the next room, and
Philip followed him. The d!acon aat down.
And Philp Ftood before him. -
• Philip, my son,'*Deaeon lirown'ng took
the boy's hand in one of his, and looked him
full in. the face. 'The look RAW returned—
n a defiant look, but one of yielding won
der.
Philip,il am not going to send you to Pen
with•Csptain Elli.. I intended doing so;
but on reflection, I think the life will be too
hard for you.'
'Very Wray, yet very kindly the deacon
tried to speak, but the sister of Duty was
playing with his heart-strings,"and their tone
of pity was echoed from his voice,• that.fal
teted when he strove
.to give it firmn e ss.
The eyes : of Philip remained 4ed upon the
countenance of his father.
son,'—Dencon Browning, thought he
Ind gained sufficeint self control to utter
calmly certain mild forms of admonitions;
but be was in error; his voice was still-not
under his control, and so fully betrayed the
new born pity and tenderness in his heart,
that Philip, melting into tenderness, exclaim
ed, as tears gushed from his eyes—
'9, father ! I've been very wicked, and
- am very sorry'
Involuntary, at this unexpected confession,
the arms of Dea-on Mow:ling were stretched
out losard's his repentant boy, and Philip
threw himself sobbing, into them.
The boy was saved. From that hour, his
father had him .under, the most perfect subor
dination. But the twin sister of Duty ever
walked by his side.
A large portion of the swamps of Florida
are said to he capable of producing 500 frogs
to the acre, with . alligators enough fur fenc
ing. An emigrant wandering there in
hearCh or neighbors would soon meet settlers,
M. S. Sullivan; of Campaign county,
hes a farm of 20,000'acrea. 7;000 of which
are wrier cultivation. He employs" 100
The widow of Duuatat, the-faithful Mame
lake of the Emperor Napoleon 'lately expired
at VetsaillieNat a very advanced age.
MiSll2l
A Illesnarkable Store. of Gairrlck.
The celebrated English actor, Garrick - ,
made a trip to Paris in 1775, when he was
at the height of his talents and fame. Ile
did not, es many of our artists do now, make.
the excursion for the purpose of speculation,he
did not come to Paris to perform and . make
money. The family of the English actor was
or French origin ; they fled the country upon
the revocation of the edicts of Nantes. In
the mail oath which bore them from Lon
don-to Dover ; Garrick found for a fellow
traveler, Sir George Lewis; a gentleman- he
had met several times before-in company,and
knO an for a constant frequenter at the Drury
Lane Theatre. They took advantage of his
Casual encounter, to improve their: acquain
tance; each was delighted with the other.—
After crossing the channel together they came
to Paris in the Same vehicle, but when tbsy
reached the capital, they separated. The ac
tor went to his frieuds who were expecting
hint, and Sir George Lewis took up his lodg
inga in one of those eplendidly furnished hous
es Of the Quarter de Ia Chaussee d' Antitr,
which then began to be a very fashionable
part of the town. The two traveling cam
panions.had promised to see a great deal of
each other during their stay in Paris,- btit
the very different life they red reridered'it im
possible for them to execute their resolution.
Sir George L.w:s was.a men between forty
five and fifty -years old, with a very. singular
' face, Whose irregularity and prominent fea
tures Made his physiognomy most eccentric
and expressive..
During the whole journey; Garrick had
admired that countenanee,thiriking what an
effect it would produce on the stage; Despite
. his age which should bave couled the ardor
of his character, and have engaged him. to
abandon the follies of youth, Sir George Lew
is lited in the midst of dissipation and pleas •
tire. He had come to Paris to amuse him
self by gaily spending a large legacy unex
ioqedly bi:queathed to him.. Ile was pa'.
sionately fond of gaming, and the:satisfaction
of this passion led him into a vety tinted com
p iny, as indeed ate all companies where gam
bling is indulged, since these men are valued
by the sum of money they are ab'e or willing
to stake On 'the cards, a test which allows tun
ny sharpers to slip in. - The, actor lived in a
very di ff erent sort of society, and during the
fttur months of their stay in Paris the two
traveling companions scarcely met above two
or three tunes. Just ail lie was about leaving
for London, Garrick called upon Sir GeOrge
Lewis,. to bid him good-bye,- and enquire •if
he had any commands for London. To his
horror, he .was informed • that the unhappy
gentleman had been assasinated the previous
evening. His laxly had been found that eery
morning in the Forest - of Bundy covered with
wounds, , u d b ath e d ii '
refuel.
pee: z to i to4rpoit z v ; I e
1(ie ,.. ;;;;:
of this deplorable event. _. Ire its-tined that Sir
George Lewis liad been one of a party of pleas
ure to visit a chateau in the environs of Bon
dy, where a large company of sportsmen and
gamblers were assembled. lie intended to
remain there some days.. The first evening
of his visit he won a largo sum of money at
the gaining table. In the afternoon of the
second day he received a note from Paris, en
gaging him to a gallant rendezvous, and • im
mediately on -receiving it lie bade adieu
to the company. They tried to retain him,
leas oet•of politeness, perhaps, than the desire
of wining. back the money he ha-I taken from
them, and this desire was so vehement as to
carry them to the resolution of dismounting
his carriage. But' Sir Gorge Lewis was_s-a
man etwill, and h determined to return - to
Paris on Loseback. - He leaped on his horse
end galloped away. Further than this Oar.
rick could learn nothing. •
. The police Were inclined to believe the ca
tastrophe one of the usual advertures then
frequent . in the : Forest of Bondi t; but Garrick
pointed out. to them that Sir George Lewis'
?istuls were found leaded mid in the holsters,
and that while his l urse had Leen taken from
WM his gold watch, his gold snuff box and
diamond .ring were found untouched, front
whence Le concluded ; firstly, that Sir George
Lewis had not hems, attacked by banditti, but
by some aequaintance, who perfidiously took
him off- his guard, and secondly that the per
sonal properly !ay untouched merely because
e robber was eh: I 1 of compromising himself.
The society assembled at their chateau was
then secretly scanned by Garrick- and the po
:ice, and suspicion alighted-upon an. Italian,
called the Cheralier Gmtan. •
Sir George Lewis bad his portrait taken by
Latour, and Garrick went to Latour's studio
to study the portrait anti "make np" himself.
Thelts'.itte fetched the Italian from the goal
and earrle I him, well escorted, to Sit George
Lewis' rooms. When the chief of police said :
'Sir George Lewis is not dead. Ile r ceises
you of attempting to assasinate him. I 'am
going to confront yon both." The Italian
tremb!td, and he caul l scarily speak, his.con
fidence all forsook him. Ile was carried into ,
the-roses where Garrick stood : the great Re
tor represented Sir George Lewis to the life : be
had his face, features, expression, gesture, and
it was in every tone of the deceased knight.
G.trriet exclaimed : "Yon wretch! and assess
in ! I‘o you dare deny your mime before
me! The-Italian: was thunder-struck, and
f Tito upon his - knees confessed the crime and
begged for mercy. He was hung,
' TUE TAIT. WILL STICK OUT t .--11013. D. S.
Dtextxsos in the course of a speech made at
the Democratic Convention at Syracuse; told
an anecdote, which for terseness and applica
bility to the Republican_ party,- is ahead of
any thing we have seen. Mr. Dickinson had
portrayed the e%ils of Republican legislation,
and characterized- it as . "destruction which
swept over the State," and asserts, what i.
true, that in a giggle session of the Legisla
ture, the Repubticans had brought the cities
of the State into a state of bondage,and load
the I eople 'with a ,tax twice as large as was
evet done befdre, and, ail this, under the 'false
plea of Freedom for Kansas l The predica
mentor the party he said, reminded him of
the conditiOu of a man who went into. a gro
eery, /tad while the . owner's attention wits 14,i•
verted to a distant. spot stole a .fi*ll. Having
concluded his business he imiired, "If it was
rill right !" The store keeper replied: , "All
right except. ono thing—you must either wear
a longer coat or steal a smaller fish." -The
tail of the stolen fish protruded from under
the jacket, and that? was the position of the
Republican party now. Deformity sticks out.
and cannot be concealed, for the garment is
not large enough to . cover it. •
What the Turks eat, and How.
The following is found' in R late work on
Turkey and 'its ieople:
his majesty's meals, according to the cus
tom of the country, are two ; ono in the
morning between ten and eleven, the otter
at:sunset. They are served by the Scheshni
gear, whose duty it is to break. the seals of
different dishes- intended for the Sultan's
'repast, and after having tasted, to carry them
into the royal presence.. '
Although the Ostnanlis - are great epietires,
their tastes are very singular. Their dishes
are very diversified and numerous, consisting
usually of twelve or fifteen, and sometimes
thirty courses; sweet and meat dishes bOng
introduced in alternate succession ; the meal
commencing smith soup and ending with pilaf
or a preparation of rice peculiar to Turley.
They have a species of pasttY or pak/ava,
which is remarkably light and delicious;
and the mahallaby,. or Turkish blancmange,
is much liked, even by Europeans. Fruit at
Constantinople, is very abundant and deli
cious, and is partaken of frequently during a
repast. - Indeed, the grapes of Scutari, called
Tchavousli, are unrivalled, and even more,
delicious and delicate than those of Maderia
or Malaga.
The order in'whieh a dinner is served is as
follows f—soup,- kebab, for 'roast meat in
small piece.) entremet, (or vegetables and
meat cooked together,) pastry, roast, fish,
entremet, inohallebv, entremet, maccaroni,
(041 - 8, je:l3*, - etc., until at las it winds up wi b
the significative pilaf and aherbert, or besti
al,.
• No wine or liquor . is served at the table,
but his sublimity oc•casionally during the day
visits the- pantry, doubtless, "for Iris stom
ach's sake, and his often -i-nprtivities." lin•
. f..ntuna . e . y,modern civilization has some vies
as well as many virtres; and the fashion of
esces-ive drinking has, among.others, lately
crept into Turkey, to which some of the (le
pants me h-coming„ much addicted, and, ere
long, they may perhaps excel even the para
gon. John
Although many other inuovr,e, n; and at
tempts at ref ortn have succeeded - in Turkey;
vet the original style of -eating has not been
.much hnproved. they sae neither sArt;to nor
faille -5; but a low stool being placed in the
-middle of the room, a large -circular copper
tray is plAtel upon it.
No such paraphernalia as cloths, napkins,
knives, fork., plates glas.es, etc., . are
; loaves of bread, alternately with
s nail dishes of fruit, pickles. anchoyies,cheese
etc., are, indiscriminately scattered around
she ed t zec of the tray, in the middle of wbi t il l
the ditirent preparations of food are succes s '
sivelv'placed by the ayraz or scullion, and
the (Rod is eaten with the fingers, excepting
the livid dishes, fur which wooden spoons
are prova:Cd. Around ILO tray the company
mtEtrip, •1 ‘ncm,
and all eating from the dish in the middle;
reminding us of tl o customs ofannient times,
when it was said, "It is one of the • twelve
Who dippetb with me in the dish." • I
• One long narrow napkin is firovided,whieb
70e.5.a1l mound the tray, and lies upon the
floor, each person slipping under it as he sits
down. Their tables being accessible to their
friend: at all :itiaes, dinner parties are never
given, except .._on state occ asions ; for hospi•
talitv being one of -the characteristics of the
East, turd especially enjoinkl . by ihe Koran.
no one is exclude.' from their. board ; and
if the number present is Po large as not to al
low them to sit comfortably, they place
themselves .vide ti•ist. or. in- the sort of spoon
fashion, as though they ereleaning upon one
another, and thus JJ,lustrating the scene at
the.rassover.
In some of the Louses of the wealthy, and
especially of thrse whose owners hare been
to &trope, the European mode of - eating i,.
itn'tated, when the inotly company, which
is als•ays assembled, sometimes presents a
most luaicreus scene.
Once a Turk at. such a table, wishing to
conform to the custornS of life, et: ,
deavored to use the fork. Failing in several
attempts.-to take a piece of meat, and deter,
mined to 'overcome gaucherie, he resolute-
Iv took liold of the morsel- with his fingers,
and placing one end- of the fork against his
breast, -stuck the Meat upon it with an ittr.
!manse efiort, and then carried it to his mouth
quite contented with his own success, and the
..'applause of the company. During the sacred
month of R,amazan, however, the European
IMode of eating is :Dever practiced, - even by .
the most enlightened and liberal. Knives
- forks, tables and chairs, are then altogether
set, aside, as being too profane.
His Majesty usually breakfasts at the' Ma
heyn, and always quite alone: for no: one
being equal to him, can have the honoi a his
company ; and his evening tepast is'often
.taken, weather permitting, at some beautiful
watering place.
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IV' For splitticg rocks without blasting,
a method has been' adopt All by a-gentleman
of Marseilles, France. - The rocks are split by
a compoAtiou which generates great heat,
without, however, causing an explostOn. The
composition is ma le by combining 100 parts
of sulphur by. weight, 100 of saltpeter, 60 of
saw . duA; 50 of. horse manure, and 10 of com
mon salt.. The saltpeter-an d are dissoltr:-
in hot water,-to which four parts of molasses
are added, and the whole ingredients stirred
;Intll thoroughly incorporated together
.in one
mass, which is then dried by a gentle heat in
a room or by exposure to the suit, when it is
Sr for use. It is tampered into the holes
bored for blasting in the rock in the - saute
manner as powder, and is iguitad by a fuse.
It does not cause an explosion upward like
gunpowder, but generates great heat, which
splits the rock..
To KEEP Wlsna Arrt.r.„—As•the season
is approaching when winter apples should be
gathered I forward to vour valuable columns
what in- my opinion, after an experience of a
number of years, is the best method of presery
ing them. 'After apples are picked, they
should be wiped dry, and placed, in a collar
in boxes or bins not more than one foot deep.
The cellar should at all times be allowed as
much air as possible and not let the fruit
freeze. The:apples .should 'be examined at
leat once a month.; all that shove: signs of de
cay be-removed, and if there is any dampness
or mould on them, they should be carefully
wiped with a dry .cloth. Care should be to-•
ken not to irritate theskin: • MI persons pro
vided with a good cellar, can. keep apples the
entire year if the above, simple procers•is ob.
served.
. Shooting Pigeons
: A.'coriespondent. at Chillicothe; Ohio, re=
cords the, following anecdote as it veritable
A week nr .tWo since the . woods -and 'feed
ing lota around this city. ;were perfectly
alive' with pigeons—as.indeed They
,aro.evry
fall and.. Among;, the . ..many: who
seized their double barreled guns. and - rushed
tte'Slangliter was my friend froin
Bucks county, in eager sportsman ; so eager
upon this occasion, iudeCd, that after drilling
at 2,40 speed some five or six. miles from
the tow n,and seeing his h roperty pnt
away,Te'discOvered with'distna ' t
left tis allot bag 'at home. Here' •a di
lernimi:foryou. - , And to make 'the- incident
intolerable, the morning was simply_ perfect,
and _the birds setting and rising in cleudsl
What was to be done I
.That was a question
upon which 'Sam eihausted — his ingenuity,
without arriving at any satisfactory canclu-•
.Having gyrated • two or three - times
around the eighty acre lot, to the - music ..of
some profane exclamations, :he became calm
ecouzli to make up his mind "for the
...rjatu'rn
trip Pigeonless. J ust at that moment lib 'saw
another sportsman drive up•to the fences near
by, and soon recognized Cap'. R= 1 7 - Ah,
how lucky V—thought sem: 'I can beg,buy
or borrow some shot ei him. . 13ut—but--; -
What if he has a short supply, and declines .
to divide in view of the multitude - of birds
,?'
Ah ! I have an idea'
Good morning, Capt—.-. A beautiful
Inprniog, this .for .shooting. and the pigeons
are as snick as blackberries.
Coot'n .Inorgen, Ileer K—,7 responded
the new cOrner, who is one of the most geti=
tlemanly, but not one, of the sharpest of kraut
and sausage consumers; 'me think we have
plenty liooten dis day. .
' Yes r plenty 'sport, Captain. ,But I say,
Cap., do.' ou see yon coffee nut tree - at the
edge of the timber; its big leava.still Lang.
.
ing, look •liko pigeon.- Nosi that ; 0 - ea will
attract all the birdslo, light upoU it. 'pose
we build aldind there, and shoot, together,
to-dar I We can take in a thousand. or
two Iguess 11
-' Very Coot. Heir responded tl:e
Gerrnan. and in a few !nitrates the corn,stalk
blind was erected, and - the - sporistnen enscon 7
ccd behind it, ready for busine•s.
On came the long line, of birds, circ!ine
around the feeding ground fur a Inninent,and
the•t ftf!lng up, nthe coffee nut tree in tea=,
tiCie., hundreds.
• \
~ .ka ready .now, Captain 4 1 - whispered
17:111 exclaitned the captain.
Fire together, ther--bang b3nd! went
I oth the guns and n dozen . birds *ere flutter
ing on the ground beneath the tree, bee;‘tes
two or three - Nutt 5n:1...4
Pretty well dote r exclaimed SArn. 'But
let them lie, Captain ; we will roiti,:r up the
when we:tiet tired of shooting' -
And so tle-; shot all day long,..tiarn taking
especial pains to fire with and when - on
one or two ocetision% he aceileutally
,fired
alone, the d—d gun- hung file,' or seine;
thing got in his eye just as he pulled the
trigger,' and resulted in a clear miss. In, the
ttvening they divided some one hundred and
f try birds betncen them, and diove;ltome in,
high glee over
,their good sport anti heavy
game bag-. To this hour, the eaptain has
not learned the fact That Stun did noQtre a
siAgle charge of vhot alt that day.
JcurrALEss.—The Jerusalem correspondent
of the ./lostort Post graphica4 describes the
rlinand desolate condition of the IlolT City.
He saysi:
• The women, clothed from head•to foot in
white sheets, with their faces concealed bra
black teihresernble so many ghcmts.just•risen
from thOir subtorWinean abodes; moire espe
cially as they have - a great fiinc,' for &lure
tries, where they daily congregii.e to • howl..
No sound of -youth— there are no more hslya
iar the street—no sound of wheelstliero are
no carriages—the "dogs, mangy and Wolfish
snarl and snap when you "dist,urb them in
'their daily work as sd:iVehOrt and inak-e . the
livelong ni ,, ht hideous with their-contee tk l_ms
—the very bitis do nit sing, Wit. cry to each
,other with a ci sOnant. chirp or complain
with a harsh murmur. From the horrorsof
the city ifwe pass to the environs,
.
aught hut bate reelts-4 , sitonds atiditlitst.be•-•
neatli—the bright•sun, , reflected from every
object, burns into the
trees—the promenades cemotries—the tr,..ats
are whited,,stpulchres. Here have been buried
Whole generations of Juwa ; here are, the
bones of the Assyrian, the Egyptian, -the.
Chaldean, the Persian, the Greek,- tht; Syrian,
the Saracen, the Crusader, the Turk'. In fine,
Jerusalem is naught but a Heap of• motilder
ing bones and Shattered houses.- . - .
Do is I bro.—The -other morning a fast.
man from the West Ind, entered a refresh-.
meat saloon, where some fifteen or twenty of
his friends are in the habit of congregating.
about eleven o'clock. He,, With Lis usual .
heartinsies and generosity, asked the - crowd
to smile;" they, nothing loth, stepped - nir.
You must all do as I do,' - mild the liberal
friend. ' Oh, certainly, certainly,' was the
universal response, what's yours going to be?
!I shall take brandy and water for Mine:—
'Nery well, we'll all take brandy and water,'
they cried. Tire party drank, and the wag
gish inviter laid down hiS fip on the counter,
alai immediately retired, whispering in .his
softest tones, bo . as I do, - gentlemen.' The
party looked at each other a moment, with
a ma( comic exiession of brae, when one
who felt We full force , of the idea creeping
poiVerlully`through his fiair,exclaimed, 'Sold?
'Here,' bedded, turning to the bar-keeper,
take inyliocket-bok, and treat freely fur
..-•
the next twenty minutes.'
CußLl:cc - it Doe's Tart..-4:funny incilent
came under our notice the other day. .WI,Pe
waiting our turn at the barber's . a fellow- po
ked" hip head in" and asked if they
4i&l cui
ling there. He was.answered in the affirma
tive; when stepping inlide and calling after
him a most villainous cur, pointed to it say
ing--" I should like to have you curl , that
'dog's tail then.", .Nowise' abashed at the
burst of laughter *Weft greeted him, the bar•
bor stepped forward and fetching the animal
a lusty kick, pointed to the continuation 'of
the now yelpingdog,-tightly coiled between:
hi' hind Lep. and coolly demanded his guar.-
ter fM' the . job. The dog .and his., waster
left amid. the,yellSof the excited bystanders
and the barber unconcernedly called for the
'neat-tustemer.
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ro
Vetitinti4; 13 note 3#l.
~„`:l.-,... =",. ~ , , For..*:l).eitierat.
.:5' tig 0 ta t lYANNA_...ca, •ti'AcHEß,si*
..... ,:, ASSOCIATIOIV:.....t';Z.I 7,.a.
t .._,,
Pa rs u an t .to edj/tirtyinettt, the .Susguenenda
Conity Tertalieire Association - met, 'et the-M:
E. CliiirCh, it: ittle - Meadeors;9liFiiday and .
Saturday, Aug..,9Bth and 29th, '57,
As the. weather was Jather , unfeYorable on •
Friday morning, the.orertization of the,Aat
1 sociation Wei delayed untilll,-o'clixi,k, when
a President' •:tind -- , 4eeratitry 'lproO. reit.) were
1 elected- 7 the regider: officers a the,Assocta..
tion being ahsent :: .-_-. . -)„ ' f,,,,,-:- ... ,
Oa inotien;acOmmatee iYaitaPpanted Id
~_..._
prepare Wittiness Sorthe afterneon aession; . af- .
ter witich: - the Associntinnadjournik Until 12
o'clock. „ . .:
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~.
A VTE liN 0 Crn • Stnlittn.-At , the \ ll alifoi tett
time, tlni' AlsotiatiOttViiii-C9tiVen ' The '
committee previously-appointed, reported a
series of resolutions 4 ,spd' the:
,following - 1/111
. taken titileirAlisiOtt? ''- '."'-' ' ' .'•
"Resolved, That no iPersonsbotild be era=
ployed or,/irenird:teteach,%wht.i is not quali.6,
fled to teach thorou.ot. l . all. the.„hranches re.. -
otiired to
. be.,ta n i gh t.iat , the44ool aher . e.sA
t:
.peieon Ss enitiSed.", ~'7;:'-,_.._., ..,,.
-A: spirited discussion ensued in - wI ICVM
Charles It. -- Colin - in Co:StiPeof of fad CO - .,
•\ • ~.
and others :participated.: --"An - ..illestlat l loo of
'''': . :. li"'PnfessOirt`
errors Witt alsin4iveit. y r . .., point
. ing out such as occasionally : - creep into our
_
common rschoels.:- - -'' , ' . . :
.
. A.. B..lient; the President of the Asiottiationi 7
after-taking i the ihair,hriefly- addressed ; -.11R"
I Association.
;T h e resolution under consideration witif,:lif-
leave . - withdiasen ; and the
. .committeit' . `dis.;
charged by request.'„ , .' -- .''-• -• •:' --.'-' .
A machine for teaching. :the . alphabeti
,-,.‘
styled "The Alphabetical. Wheel :11eade,r," .
was then exhibited by 9.. W. Wade ) and the
folirowing resolritien . adOpted :' :. ' '-. - .-'. - ....;
"'Resolved ; ThAt . we - think . ' The . Alphabets
-cal W heti Reade.r,r invented . andexhibited
by 0., .W.. Wade, ,is worthy i • 9f , Arial ~ in. 0110
common schnols,",.
~ ~....,., • . -
.-:.
.;
Prof. Cobitin iheti addressed . the teachers
1 pre:sent, on the dp s ty or t.eaOlieii, itc.; ancrnr:
l ter 'ni usic by the choir, - the . -Aisociatiotued4,
journe:l -until 7 'o'clock. '-:- -. . -- - -,-. ',- ::
• Evexixo- SEsszow.-- , Association called to
order by the Freiiident. ;Afterrsinging by the
choir, "The Syl . tew of Analyec - Inductiiir," .
was_considered,Aud, the .propriety; Of; intro.-
dueing it into . the co.nanien school .discussed
by Peufessors C. Coburn and A: 8.-Wiii •
I
din, after Which the matter was poitpoded. '-,
1
B. F. Tewksbury was then:called foil . but
said he did not wish - to inflict i anything.upori
the •Ass3ciation alkettifirentid -declined'
speaking,
On _Motion, Prof. ' John •F. - - .Stoddard thin' '
addressed the Association i trb)s: dew& bikrimir
• p..,..e. ..t. Tt. ,nr;rsir k--- """ * ""' Lal ikaa 111 '
i r 24 . " P:liial i a.
' After. ringing the song".GO9cl Night, i -tithe
Association adjourned until tile r s; morning;
at 8 o'clock...
SEC tjtD DAY:—FUrursoos Snit:mt.—After' .•
-oal ling to" order, the President read: the Pre=
ceedi tig4 of the, last' Meeting, which .11;ere
adopted by the:ASsociatien.= - _. -.. -
Tha resolution presented yesterday - and' '
discussed, but -finally withdrawnoras again:
r esented by, Dr. .1.- 13arney, and accepted,: ...;
and after heincdiieussed- by Messrs.' •. M.
Citicinsev; A. 8. - .Wigzin, D. M.:Tit:Alai; 1. : -F.-
Stoddara, B. F. Tewksbury,-and others, , in
:reference to- the - literal,renderi nr_ of:the, reeo-:'
l'ution, &e. the-resolution was.atropted.,
- An essay on Mutual IMprerement, by xis!' .
'
A: Lung, -
was then _ read, gild ii 'motion made'
and sari led; soliciting a copy for - publication:
in ' the coutaty Itapers. ' :1- .-- . '. • -,,.-- .=
A report- was then prefented. by . X., .24 ,
Bea rd slee, and adepted try -the AssociutiOni on •
:" What is the heitlietholl .01 instructing 4
:child when first introduced intoschoOlr t ..
Pref.' Stoddard: then conducted an exeriiise,
. - the '
.Association adjourned until I. o'clock.~ 'i • ••• --"
A rra a s oos, Sr.astosrz4The corntni ttee'prii
iously appointed. reported on The propriety:
f forming, a-, 'County'Tesaers'
.. Library:7
Association:,'" The rep o rt was iteeepted - rind,
.after*ards ittid. - on the table; - until the ticiii:'
mew, i ngi 7 Ale following resolution - was. then
presented and adopted I . -
~,
".p.soiced, That we, reeommend-tOlearaneso-,
and ' friends -of education_ to . foiiii' in ' each
township of the county, a Township Taiehere . '
Association, and to send two OratiOre dele.:'
r.ates to each meeting. of the County Teactiersil,
Association." .• - -, . . --
. The teachers then prciiided thernselves with,
books, irhen Prof. Stoddard cenductifinep,
ercise in.readirtl and ah,o , in the eleinentary
~.iounds of the English Language, with profit 1
t o o the teachers as well as credit to himself.,
._ The next time and place of meeting : f the.
Asseciation, was then' considered; and ;wail .
lift 4 n the bands of the Ex.
,
ti-M25.3 J. W. Bissel and NU C. Stuart were—
appointed-to write and piesent mays et tbs ,
next rneeting of ..the,As,o6aticn. -
The following !objects are to be, reported,
on at the next meeting, to Wit : Object LOS:
eons,` by N. B.'Stewart • The l3est Method
Teaching .Geography, ;Is°, Aritinetic, - bY P.
G. Angell.
The following resolution was presented and •
approved : . --
"Resolved, That the.sineere thanks of dm'
Association be tendered to the jebabitanb of '
Littlelleadows, for the kindness and genirotta
hospitality, shown to the members of this -11,2--
sociation also, to Professors Cobuta;' , Wirs . ;
gin, S!oddard and -other; for assistance sea _
doted in the' workings or tho Association: at
this time."
Throughout, this meeting was - well at
tended by teachers of liege Co., Y., aid .
Bradford and Susquehanna COunties, which
indicates that the Educational interest of Abe
age' is not expiring, batinereasing iri strength
7 -not ' dirnini4itte, but , growing in stature,
and that the day is fast 'Coating when sitif
nation "a higher destiny awaits
E. B.:BEARD/3pr.; Bet,
in ()nevi' the interior, pro,einces of India
there ie , said to be a man who,every morning s - ,
goes tole ilisiant tiough,hythe roadside ! att4
tilting it with Water,:reittime to his daily _
ties,• The caravans passing ihat
slake their thirst--he never knoWs veitotialle •
blesses, ant they never know their-baneracitos
He is saiisoed that some
_weary pilgrims**
iefreAlied by his kindne*a, but wbo they smit
matters not. They • newer: MUM CO-10•
ward him personally„but hie reward:- 'jai :thev
conattiotiinen of baring done a getieroaaao,.
Ignorance and , non ceit are two of thell101111:-
qualities to cortibat. It is easier to 'dispute_
with a statesman than with a hickiritimi.