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W)L-15.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. NOVEMBER 1, 1855.
NO-; 49:'
Published by Theodore Scliocb.
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AT THE OFFICE OF
WUITTEX TOR THE JEFFEUSOM.VX.
Miscellaneous Enigma, .
am composed of 23 letters.
G, 2, 3. 10, 22, is used by a dentist.
J!y 13, 10, 22, 8, 14, is a town in IT. II.
My G, 10, 5, 1, 22, 12. 9, are eat by many.
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iIy 1, 12,20, 13, 21, 4, W a Co., in Tcmi.
r a .-) n oo i
o, , .o, is a town in iuass.
Aly 22, 13, 1G, 19, is used by the farmer,
My 18, 23, 1, 1G, is a river in Europe.
2Wy 7, 4, 21, 8, 12, is used by a.choir.
" My 23, 9, 12, 2, IG, is a country in Asia,
My 19, 8, 21, 12, 10, 4, is the name of a
distinguished American.
Wv 4. 15. 0. G. 22. is a division in Africa. .
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My IG, 0, 12, 8, 21, 23, are used in a Print-
ing office.
' - My whole is expected from all persons,
" u ho wish lo prosper. Answer next week.
Slroudsburg; Pa.
j. v. n.
A Dollar or Two.
With cautious steps as we tread our way thro'
This intricate World as other folks do,
May we dill on our journey, be able lo view ,
" Tlie benevolent face of a dollar or two;
For an excellent thing
Is a dollar or two ;
No friend is so true
,. As a dollar or two: ,
.g Through country or town.
As we pass up and down,.
. No passport so good
As as a dollar or two.
Would you read yourself out the bachelor's
crew,
And the hand of a gentle divinity sue,
Vou must always be ready and handsome to
- do
Although it would cost you a dollar or two.
V(, Love's arrows are tipped
With a dollar oi two;
And affection is gained
I ' By a dollar or two; k
The best aid you can;meet,
In advancing your suit, ;' '
Is the eloquent chink
Of a dollar or two.
1
-,Vou!d you wish your existence with .faith to
, .imbue,
And enroll in ranks of the sanctified few,
To -enjoy a good name and a well cushioned
pew, - . .
You must freely come down with a dollar or
two. . .
The gospel it? preached :
I For a dollar or two, '
And salvation is reached
By a dollar or two;
You may sin at some lime?, .
liut the worst of all crimes1
Is to find yourself short
Of a dollar or two.
From the Home Journal.
A i rnm m1 Teltnrl pnnf nlin tor
Mv 1" 53 3 4 3 a pist war in Europe ; cnlncry lrora Iorge and foundry, even to through the solitude, and he as happy as
' iieinTio o on'MVi L.tnu.ni.,T?rnnL' ' tbls da We enter; there is ink on the a knight fresh from a tournament. .And
' o ,n ' " Tn !door' the print of five small fingers. In- that was the north "N. S. E. W," the
, My 19, 10, n 12, 18, is a county m N. C. cine your car deicate r(Jadc u s the Kacg of tboe od d Bufc what'tbere
thus prettily answers the song "Call me Pet!four t3 of a wry grayiah blue pa-
( ,.ii 1 per, but the proprietor was "passing rich
1 ames j at less than forty pounds a year. It is
Ask me not, darling, to call thee "a bird," publication day, and editor, pale apprcn
Swcet though thy song be at eventide heard, 1 tice, and dingy devil are inan active
Captive, I never could list to thee sing, state of unrest. The editor writes, and
A. n. II.
Free, thou mightest ever be trying thy wing, j says "we," and "our readers" he has
Tenderly seek thou another "fond word;" j tw0 D"ndred and fifty and then the
Ask me not, dearest, to call thee "my bird." Pri?ter sets, and thln ,the Polisher
' looks over the "form," and then the press
Ask me not, darling, to call thee "a flower," man places it on the press, and then
That wastes its soft perfume on air and on "comes the tug of war." It is pull and
shower; repeat, pull again and again reneat. and
That Jurcs the wild bee and the butterfly
urir
ht;
o
That weeps with the tears of the dew-driven
night;
That droops when 'tis borne from its own na
tive bower:
Atk me not, dearest, to call thee "my flower." ;
Ask me not, darling, to call thee "a star,"
'Whose brielitness I worship, alas, from afar;!
. "uc , ,. jr i
A fair one, though distant, coquetishand free,!
Whosc smiles beam on fpuicrs as wen as on me,
Who nc'jr could be woo'd from the heaven
.afar :
Ask .me not, dearest, to call thee "m7 fitr- (highways of white paper in an hour?
i yhere were tho busy " jours" and the
"fondly, my darling, I'll call thee "mine own," difcGrjai corps7 Where tbe steamers and
Vmc only, mine ever, in true "lovers low jbe railw trains and the telegraphs,
n .1nC,M r . c t, panting and Bhrieking and flashing, to
Thrilling, as first, from. my bosom it came, transmit that paper's contents to the
,Tcll me, .where is there a sweeter pet name! woria's dim, cloudy ends?
f Stars set, flowers fade, the birdling is flown; J rphe m0rning comes, and tho inky imp
, But ever, forever, shall thou.be "mine .own." of yesterday, indulges in a clean faoe,
.9' I his unkempt locks are out of snarl; ho is
i A. Lad in a state of mental absence, transformed into a Mercury. Forth he
cave three cheers for the stars and stripes, 6oes . packages, of papers benoath each
v .. i n j . i,. arm, m his capacity of carricr-boy. He
ngpo).Iioawland.porPoiycd hjs cr- nJne 0f you? brisk, .pert fellows, of the
ror when he got the etnpes .without tho'now.a.aay order, but very meek is he in-
stnrs. " I deed: and when the Pfjuiro speaks out to
The Old Village Printing Office.
BY O. F. TAYLOK.
. . . .
Uut tbc old village had no hotels: only
.
two houses of entertainment. One was
, .
up street, and that was an inn; so-and-
;. ii, rtxL. ,D t4rt
so ,DDJ tue 0ltxQt was down street,
UUUlUaL TOU StagC 110USC. UtC StOCO
, , i .i n S
( house, where, ouce a day, the yellow, mud-
besPattered 6tage rocl:ed UP and brought
UP l0' and tho wo11 conditioned bouiface
rising out from the grated comer
m the bar room, like on over-fed old spi-
i ur, uutiDcu iuc siago coacu aoor anu let
always UUUgry WUeu tuey got mere, lor
: breakfast was just ready for southern em
igrants and dinner for northern; but then
the landlord was not an old spider, but a
j.vcry jovial, pleasant sort of man, who
made every body feel as much at home
no was, ana naming more nome iiko
1.11.-? 1 11.
I. - -1 -il ' . 1 im
we are just now passing an orchard, and 1
tlicro. with ?i lmnrlrr r.bv1nnfnrr nf inn
r - V J J - ,
bark, is the nrinimo-nffin wl,nnM wns i. '
1 i r
sued weeklv in olden times, tho Black 1
. j i
River Gazette. The office, a low, white
building, once tenanted by a lawyer, who
had gone up to a higher court than any
they have organized yet on earth, stood
next the church. So they were, for once,
i6idc bJ side. the pulpit and the press;
J l. J 1 1 .1 1 - A i. t.
uuu uu wuu ,,aa luaruuu lo luru ouu 6UUU
devil's Not he who wears but one boot,
i and is disagreeably redolant of brimstone,
but tho begnmmcd urchin in shirt sleeves,
I just creeping through the broken pickets
"of the orchard fence, with apples in each
hand, and one in his mouth, followed in
his flight by something bearing a strik
ing resemblance to a brick-bat.
But here we arc. The walls are cob-
v'ea an dusty; tue windows are cur-
laineu wiin ucwpapcr.ja very aim lan
tern to hold a great deal of light Click.
i click; the footsteps of type, and there in
the corner is the editor, publisher, pro
prietor and printer, "setting up" an edi
i torial from a very queer old case, Click,
! click; there's a pale young man busy with
, a "death." D-i-e-d, and so he goes slowly
; on as though he were actually following
tne uier. jtut tnen a aeatn was a very
rare thing, very rare in the village, and
round in the woods, and it was worth
, , ,
pondering over. True, ever
it already, but it must go into the paper, j
i. l r v j '
Tipporthp oao inr thorn rpna anma hnrl r. nr l
fi,. u a t Ai ttA
other, that had gone out into the "Gen-
' . .? . , j ,i i. ,
essee country " that loved the living, and
' ,. , c , c
so the paper must follow him away there,
fir it could, that he might mourn the dead.
O 1
AvnnrifirFnl neerrntinn5 their nro nnnn '
the walls; what marvellous
borders to th 1
q v ' xi . i
handbills; what wonderful, "Selima" that
U .tii i . , j , , .
could hardlv hold- what "rreat sales" of "
coum nardiy Hold, what great sales ot
as merry as punch.
But not a picture of railroad, or a reap
er, or a steamboat. A strange old office
in those days.
But there in a further corner stands a
square frame of heavy timber, like a huge
1 loom. It is a loom, such as they wove
! thought on: it is the old "Ramagc Press."
i Its huge lever, its lazy platen, its pond-
I T .1 T tl Xn--Mn. .X.. m.iiX ihIt liti lln .X..
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creaking, groaning mechanism there it
! stands in all its rudeness, the greatest tri
I umph of this or any other age. A pair
! of tin sockets swung up by a wire above
Uhe dingy engine, bearing each a "brief
'candle," were the Castor and Pollux of
Jxi,i' txi. j i. la
I IUU JJJaiU. XU bUV bUi UUl 1U IUC UUI A, DIUUU
a solitary keg of ink; not a great way off,
' the "inside" comes off, sheet after sheet,
with the gravity of so many elephants;
the candles get briefer and dimmer, but
the two hundred and fiftieth is off at last,
'and they all, editor, publisher, printer,
and pressman get into tbe same coat and
beneath the same hat, and leave the dev-
lo the PaPert and SWCe? 0Ut
'.. , ,
Where then were your compound lev-
glittering cylinders, your faith-
fui roHers your panting furnaces,
your press, instinct with life and energy,
that jarred on like a chariot over whole
biuuu uriieies: wnau gay coacnep, nuing , .. . , j -nr
. . . ? 'innr nnwfler will nnnae if. tn nrnlnrir We
on the.top of a cloud, the four m hand & f, , ... ,
ii J xi u ' 'j ' would describe the method of its manu-
all running away and the "nine inside" , facturQ did f d ,
bim strong and hearty, "good morning,
my boy," he holds down his head and
IIIITink.lTU Til1 I) II L' IT" n Y" I TI 1111' 1 1 fl I'l Til IT LT 1 T 1 T
i .1 ii . i i
" " "
. were a very delicate thing, and not yet
bi t fl ' j d tl ?' -x
, uy. ijiho ueaiu, no yi&ub every
house, and bis burden grows higher as
! 1 -i n- t i
he proceeds. Ho does not chuck papers
l thflv i n nnw ntwr tli irnf n nnrl nnnW 1
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the fence, but decently and demurely
; places it folded and damp into the hand
, of somebody commissioned to receive it.
; But he don't "ring" for there is nothing
to ring in all the town, except the church
bell, that tho Doctor brought homo in his
w
whero thereway.
His rounds are soon made; meanwhile
a sorry sort of horse, an editor's horse,
you know is blowing a solitary
j bout a large manger, the last survivor of
I n verv laro famifv Vrpttv soon
nnf. n
K . O - - - J 1
ante is led forth, and a Dair of saddle -
r
with dough-nuts what has become of
fl.: -1 9 j
OUUb UIU-IU&UIUUCU IWlSbUU 1USUI VI UIlU !
i, j i- lJ.,.J
u llu cmui.ii.-u iu a uuiluu-uuiu uy a
ne mnr. otni. t : c,
w.u jk fi wu smug, in in vritu u aui uui' o a
.sheepish importance that ho mounts bv,ho was a man of immenso wealth in Lng-
. - .
way, as they were very fond of savins 1
"out in the country," as if the old village
was not positively lost in the very bosom
of it.
And so he went, his horn resounding
ays
was in the Gazette, and who they were
that, read it, must be passed over in tho
silence like that, that now, alas! hangs
like a great wing over the most of them
the fairiest, and loveliest, and best.
Cayuga Chief.
Percussion or Fulminating Powder
If the word "diabolical" can bo proper
ly applied to any substanco that chemic
al artifice has produced, it certainly be
longs to this, which, from the teirifio
power and force of its explosion, de
serves that title. The extraordinary power
of fulminating mercury, or, ns it is com
monly termed, percussion powder, pro
hibits its use as a projectile, beoauso we
have not made any cannon capable of
withstanding its force, in any quantity at
once. Sufficient to project a ball or a
bomb-shell, would completely shatter a
, cannon on the instant of explosion. It is
A ,
mg powder, such a combination as none
1.
(but a rue chemist would think of mak-
r 1 j
ing. Culminate is prepared with nitric
; , . . . r e .
acid, (that is, spirits of wine,) and mer-
I v m -u u
f .. r., , , . , t
contnfiron nt ihn nfmnenhann f tin hnfnn.
-. . '
C an mDcra Portions of the world; i
althoug they are here united, they h
and
ave
xitiiv: umiuny tu eueu uiuui, uuu mo wait-
rn::i x u xt i :x
1Dg to asunder at tbe slightest call
The faU of a feather fulmin
, some of our ingenious readers should at
I tempt to produce it. None but persons
j of the greatest experience should ever
! touch it. Not long ago the principal op
. erator of Apothecaries' Hall, a man ex
tremely cautious, and of profound cxper-
an ounce of it.
As a means of igniting gunpowder,
it has proved in warfare of great service
' . r c xi j
as it adds to the force of the powder.
j Eight and a half parts of powder fired
I with percussion caps, arc quite equal in
T A LCU KT
,, Tay Dy
.flmt." One oun
force to ten parts of gunpowder, fired in
means of the "gun and
i
ounce oi luimmate is more
than enough for charging a thousand caps.
In charging tho caps, the fulminate is
mixed with a quarter of its weight of wa
ter and half its weight of gunpowder; tho
whole is then ground together with a
wooden muller upon a marble slab. Per
cusssion powder, like gunpowder, owes
its teprific force to tho concentration into
a solid form of the elements of air in the
immedcato juxtaposition of combustible
materials, which when fired, assume in
stantaneously the air, shape and bulk,
which is, by the heat developed at tho
instant of explosion, fearfully inorcascd
in size. All substances that contain a
great deal of oxygen will "explode more
or less when in contact with combustibles;
although not included in the category of
warlike stores. Thus, at Gateshead, du
ring the late fire there,- dreadful explo
sions took place, although no gunpowder
was present. Some of the warehouses
contained vast quantities of nitrate of so
da, a substance of similar composition to
nitrate of potash (saltpetre.) The napthai
and the sulpher being mixed with this,'
tho aid of the proprietor, and wends his,,uuu- A1U WU!' lu uavu ver ui&
at-
formed a compound precisely similar to, the intofligenco and tbe humanity, alike
although not identical with gunpowder. f th Esecutive and of tbc QovLJ& not.
Chemrsts are however, .acquainted with witbstandj n tbe result arrived afc in'both
many substances far more explosive than the8fi bstancs wcre unquestionable.
fulminate, such as chloride of nitrogen, a -urxi x.i . i xi
., P Within the same period, a gentleman
pound of which would annihilate the of tbis cifc gaw ft jof 'h in Lon-
strongest fort m the world Bj thc timo;don for fcoahs J fiil cantpitcher.
the chemist have taught us to control this Edwflrd Fail Brbown wag h iBoston
frightful power , let us hope that the .peace ,forbur lary committed in the house of
Of nations will have rendered it useless.- Captainfa 0sfa3 Goodwin, in Charter street,
ScumUfe American. ari stealirjg therefrom sundr-y articles.-
'' 1 once owned a set of tho Old ttoiley Tri-
"My wife is very attentive to.the pigs," als, (1775, 1825,) embraced in a series of
eaid a geqtleman tho other day, iiuthe perhaps fifty quartto volumes. Tho ear
presence of several ladies. - 1 -liest of these volumes. contained the de-
"That accounts for her attachment lo tails of tho trial of the unfortunate Dr.
ypu,"respondcd one of the fair damsels. Dodd, for forgery, whose touehingapjienl
T-VUf.- clUi-r, ;rtTl-lnfT iUnt for llioror r,rrn rnnnrflnfl. WflK frill tlfiSsl V
"Beware of an Imposter."
Some of the citizens of Chambcrsburg
bave recently been imposed upon by an
J imjiuotu ujiuu ii; nu
iraposter, in a shameful manner, as the
r
subjoined card will show, which we copy
1
.from a late number of the German Re-
formed Messenger.
Sir Walter Percy Beaumont. An
Englishman, calling himself by tho abovo
name, and who claims to be nearly rela
ted to many of the most distinguished of
the British Noblemen, made his appear
ance in this place about the beginning of
March last. He called, on llev. Mr. Gey
er of the Methodist Church, and pretend
ed that he was a minister of said Church.
He preached two or three times in the
.Church, and because he was not fully
T?o?in-'confided in) ceased his clerical services.
' - tLl, uowuver, iormcu a email party in tue
in I 1- 1. 1 . t r m 1
TT 1 r .1 - 11 i .1
represented himself as having rc-
Cfcivcd hi5 letters from Tjnrrland tlirmio-ri
o O"
Mr. Cramnton. tho British Minister tit
. r 1
Washington. Accordinor to his fctatement.
I l x I l l i
means m next May-
lie preached to the negroes in their
church. lie was as he said, a very god-
ly man. Ho made parties at other peo-
plo d expense, that were attended by re- t
spectable ladies and gentlemen. He gave
JCicuv;u0 to on uamea lumruy, uuuuuu,
to tho Earl of Dacie, near Bristol, and to
the Duke of Northumberland at Alnwick
Castle, Northumberland Shire, England.
He purchased a carriage, and several
horses, though he was not successful in
obtaining the horses, as he could not pay
down tho pewter. Ho passed sometime
at Graefenburg Springs, and terminated
uia uaici iuuiu uy puiuuaaiug wuu d- yjnco tu,g time) mucu Lag Lcen donc
tablishment at a high price. He obtain- in England by Komilly, Brougham, Slack
ed good clothes and some money on ao- intosh and Sidney Srait)jj and ag mucl
count of his great pretensions. He also perhap3 more by kindred philanthro
satd he was to receive 10,000 from La- pists 0D tbi id f tfa Atlantic
J TJ r T 1 1 i iL. l Cil. 1
uy x erey ui Xiuuuoii, ou or uuoul iuc luiu
of September last. Tho money was to bo
sent by a draft or bill of exchange to the
St. Nicholas House, New York. Her at
torney was to bring it, and his attorney
was to come, at the same time, and the
nierehnnt, nf this nl.iee tn reeeive liis ten
thousand nounds. Dromisim? to return in
i J - t
n. fow d.ivs. tn nnv for nil ho hnrl hnnrrht.
i a
He was very profuse in his promises;for !
one person he was to buy "a cottage 'ouso',
for another, a mill, and for another " a
'ouse in town," while ho was to pay for '
the "hoats furnished his 'orsc." I
two were to prove his identity, so that s uaiu,ai ,uaSlu
future remittances would be paid him. aD7 Vth a y? waglnow d.irector of a
With these bright prospects ahead, ho Pting establishment in Paris In their
loft for Now Vnvfc in nnmnnnv with a wanderings they arrived at the town of
" J 1 J - T
When ho got to New York, ho, howcv- ?m DOt "J"0" P"oa. a "
or, made out to 'aye business in tho direc-1 Let !?e wnte a poster for one or more ra
tion of the Hinglish possessions in Cana- j tcrtainmcnts; and if the attraction don t
da," and since has not been heard of.- ! an.swcr .call,mo . n, assista"t a high
Ho is believed to be tbe same person, who Pn,e4sfc J dlablene.
figured at Denton, Caroline county, Ma-1 . A thc urge.nt of,thc larSe and
nm in nn Inn lit i.nf ttinf hn. '. intelligent audience of our former entcr-
is now showing letters in other parts, and
obtaining money on falso pretenses, as ho
did hero. Mr. Crampton, tho British
Minister was written to, and says ho nev
er knew of such a man, and that there is
no English Baronet of the above name.
On some articles of his clothing there is
the name of "James Keys." It is pre
sumed, that ho has a new name wherever
he goes. Ho is about 35 years of age,
has dark hair, is about 5 feet 6 inches
high, and stoutly built. Ho has two
teeth in front, and his side teeth are bro
ken out. His features are rough. Peo
ple everywhere are warned against his
falsehoods and impositions.
Newspapers generally will do a service
to tho public by copying the abovo facts.
JOHN BROWM,
SAMUEL OTT.
Chambcrsburg, Oct. 10, 1855.
Hanging in Old Times.
A correspondent of tho Boston Tran
script gives thc following incidents :
While John Hancock was Governor of
tho Commonwealth, Hacbel Whall was
hung in Boston for high-way robbery.
Her offence consisted in twitching from
the hand of another female a bonnet,
worth perhaps 75 cents, and running off
l with it. The most urgent applications
for her pardon wore unsuccessful. I men
tion this not to the disparagement of tho
Governor. Ho doubtless acted from a
sense of duty thinking it best for the
community that the laws of tho land
however frightfully severe whilo thoy
were laws should bo executed. A lad
of 18 years of age was hung in Salem for
arson,- during tbe administration of Gov
n i nBiinnA rtuj L.nimi vf
ftvnAf. Strntirv r-i lint nrknon I j tin no tn
euforcod by the splendid eloquence of
Johnson. In a later volume, long after
the commencement of the present centu
ry, eight separate capital convictions are
recorded as one days job of a single tribu
nal, the culpritd being all boys and girls
between the ages of ten and sixteen, and
their ofFenccs petty thefts.
One case I remember of peculiar judi
cial atrocity. A young girl of 17 was iu
dicted for stealing a roll of ribbon worth
thrco shillings. The prosecutor's testi
mony was to this effect : " The prisoner
came into my shop and bought some rib
bon. I saw her secrete this piece also.
I personally knew her and was on the
most friendly and sociable terms with her.
When she left tho shop I accompanied
her, and offered her my arm, which she
accepted. Wo chatted together. As we
reached the corner of a street leading to
tho Bow street office, I turned it. She
said sho was going in another direction,
and bade good morning. I said to her,
"No! you arc going with me! I saw you
steal a piece of my ribbon!" She imme-
ately implored me for God s sake to oyor
lnni;,-f MCf
I said to her that I had lost many things hortation, for it was uttered m a exhorta
in this ipiiv. nn.l wnB rnl.od to mnlc lmr ' tory manner, we sat the juvenile speaker
i ' t j.4 .-.. ...,.
UU UAilUjpiU UUU JL UUS UClf llllllLU IV j
iter life" Arm ho rrnt. ift. 1 fin never
T 1 r- i a ... -r
forget how my blood boileJ a3 X read the
teatimony of this cold-hearted wretch.
jn view of tho judgment of a merciful
God, for rather, it seemed to me, would
i have been in tho place of that poor, frail,
erring girl, even on the scattold, than in
the place of her heartless accuser.
I rose from the perusal of these vol
umes horror-struck with the continuous
, record of inconceivable legal cruelty. It
I seemed to me that the 70,000 handings
in tho reign of Henry VIII, were match
ed bv an Gfinallv loner list of nrsons con.
(Iemcd to he hun jn the reign of George
A Successful Trick.
A young and skillful disciple of Rob
ert Houdcn was some time ago traveling
'!n the northern provinces of France, giv
more renowned for its manufactur-
il 1 1 i l l 1 1 n
ers inan Ior lDl natural nnuiancy oi us
m for the na
mnaoiianw. xxere iuc receipts
inhabitants. Here the receipts of the
agjan were absolutely, nothing, and
ueapuir reigueu iu luo uearia ui our au
venturers. What was to be done?
"By my faith, 'exclaimed the assistant
magician, ' it will not do to say that wo
a?j i 1-- t i ?.i
tainments we havo consented to perform
thc astounding feat of makiug the cathe
dral bell ring any hour indicated by the
audience.'
'There how will that do!"
'But how are you to fullfill thc prom
ise?' 'Oh! never mind. Am I not a worthy
pupil of a skillful mechanic? Lcavo that
to me.'
Night ctjmo an with it a crowd of thc
curious. All went off well, and now
came the feature of tho evening. Any ono
was asked to name a number. 'Four,'
came from thc crowd.
In fear and trembling the mighty ma
gician extended his hands towards thc
cathedral, when onel two! threel four!
boomed slowly from the cupalo. The cool
: prcspiration fctarted to tho exhibitor s
brow, and tho audience with delight and
surprise.
'Encore! enohore!' resounded from all
parts of tho room. Again? What was
to be done? But a voico from behind the
curtain said: 'Go ahead old boy it's all
right!'
With a sigh of reliof the exhibitor re
peated thc miraclo again and agatn, and
thc spectors departed filled with enthusi
asm! What in tho name of wonder havo you
been doing?' exclaimed the puzzled prin
cipal to bis laughing assistant, as soon as
tho doors wcro olosed.
'Why, I gave the bell-ringer live fraucs
to stay in tho belfry and ring a3 many
times as I placed candles in the window,
and I think it sucoeed pretty well, n'est
cc pat' replied the other, shaking thc
well filled cash book.
rn .i
luo nest day as tuey were starting in i
the cars, one of tho city counsellors came ;
to them and begged that thoy would ex
plain tho miracle.
It is magnetism, my friend,' said the
magician, with a grand flourish of his
hand, and tho magistrate departed, much
edified and perfectly patisficd.
.
CoOL. 'Sly dear Jcrusba Ann, may I
sec you homo from singin' school to night, 1
and keep the spooks away from youl' ;
No Jouathart 1' pettishly answered the
down Ea?ter'I don't wautyou, nor your
Company.
'Perhaps yor didn't hear what I said?'
asked Jonathan, stepping up to hcr
'Yes. I did. You asked me if vou
onnlil son niA liomoP f
No I didn't,' yawned vTonaha
asucd ycr now yer nioiuor was.
(Ebitf ationnl.
j Truths Well Expressed.
Tn his address at tho New York Statu
Fair, Gov. Wright, of Indiana, made the
following excellent sugestions. They com
prise a volume in a nutshell:
"'We must cultivate the roots, not tho
tops. We must make the family govern
ment, the school, the farm, the church,
the shop, tho agricultural fairs and lab
oratories of our future greatness. Wu
must educate our sons to be farmers, art
isans, architects, engineers, geologists, bo
tanists, chemists in a word, proctioal
men. Their eyes must bo turned from
Washington to their Statc3,counties,town
' ships, districts, homes. This is true pa
' triotism and the only patriotism that will
' perpetually preserve the nation."
j "Pon't Speak- so Cross."
j "Don't speak so cross," said ono little
I boy yesterday in tho street to another.
'Don't speak ho cross, there is no use in
i it.' Wo happened to be passing at the
time, and hearing the injunction, or ex-
t down
as an amuryo ptiilosopuer. lit
sooth, touching the points involved in thc
boyish difficulty which made occasion for
the remarks, he might properly be con
sidered at maturity. What more could
Solomon have said on the occasion !
True, he has put it on record that 'a soft
answer turneth away wrath,' and this ta
ken a3 true and everybody kuows it to
be so it is evidence of the superiority of
kindness over that of wrath. But our
young street philosopher said pretty near
the same thing substantially, when he
said, 'Don't speak so cross there's no
ufo in it.' On tho contrary, it invariably
does much harm Is a man angry I It
inflames bis iro still more, and confirma
in his enmity, him who by a kind word
and a gentle and pleasing demeanor
might be converted iuto a friend. It is,
in fact, adding fuel to tbe flame already
kindled. And what do you gain by it?
Nothing desirablo, certainly, unless dis
cord, strife contention, hatred, malice, and"
all uncharitableness, bo desirable. Tho
boy spoke the 'words of truth and sober
ness when ho said 'Don't speak so cross-
there's no use in it.' X.
Early Rising'.
There is no time spent so stupidly as
that which inconsiderate people pass in
the morning between sleeping and wak
ing. He who is awake may be at work
or play; he who is asleep is receiving the
refrcshm ent necessary to fit him Jbr ac
tion; but tho hours may spent in doing
and slumbering aro waisted, without eith
er pleasure or protlt.The sooner you leavo
your bed, the less you will be confined to
it; for early rising conduces to healthful
ness. When old people have been exam
ined, iu order to ascertain tho cause of
their longovity, they have uniformly a
grced in one thing only that they 'all
went to bed, and all rose early.'
Self-Government in Children. "
A modern writer says: I know nothing'
more touching than tbc efforts of self
government of which little children arr
capable when thc best parts of their na
ture are growing vigorously under the
warmthcand light of parental love. How
beautiful is the self-control of the little
creature who stflcs his sobs of pain be
cause his mother's pitying is upon him
in tender sorrow! or that of the baby wha
abstains from play and sits quietly on
thc floor, because somebody is ill! I havo
known a very yonng child slip over to
thc cold side of the bed on a winter's
night, that a grown up sister might find
a warm one. I have known a little girl
submit spontaneously to hours of irksome
restraint and disagreeable employment,
merely because it was right. Such wills
as these so strong and yet so humble,
so paticut and so dignified wcro never
impaired by fear,-but flourished thus un
der thc influence of love, with its sweet
excitements and holy supports.'
jj&f- Music serves to make a homo
pleasant by engaging many of its inmates
in a delightful recrcatiou, and thus diw
pelling tho sournoss and gloom which
frequently arise from pcttcy disputes,
from mortified vanity, from discontent
and envy.
i The wisest period in a man's life is be-
: tween eighteen and tweuty-twoy after that,
j his kuowingness so falls off that by
J tbe time ho reaches fifty-fivo or sixty, ho
; makc3 up his mind that he is a fool,
The ungrateful man's like a leaky cask
1 " t
Von may pour your favors in
But when after a time, without a doubt,
Voa come with a pictherto draw them out,
There is not one to be seen. -
From the palace to tbo cottage, in
Germany, thero is scarelv a room to bo.
found which Rocs not possess its ivy tree.
As you walk through tho streets and cast .
,our eles upon bo bouse3. tbere u scarcc-
ly a wiudow which is not twiued iuto a
virvy bower by the graceful aud gracious
fettoous of ivy. ;f
JO3 The following is the inscrip.tiorA
ou the headboard of a grave on the Plainer
"IVIr. J II was carried away
By the diarrhoea und.chple-raJI
The hoart-strinrrs will 8nai. iuStf-like
harp-adiugs, froni excess of coltlau.,
neglect.
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