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SELECT POETRY.
THE CONTENTED MAN.
MOM THE DERRAN OF JOHANN MILLER.
Why need 1 stiive or sigh for wealth?
It is enough lor me
That Heaven hath sent me strength and
health,
A spirit glad and free ;
Gratelul these blessing to receive,
I sing my hymn at morn and eve.
On some, what floods of liches flow !
House, herds and gold have they ;
Yet life's best joy lliey never know,
But fret their hours away.
The moie ihey have, they seek increase;
Complaints and ciuvings never ceacu.
A vale of tears this world lliey call,
To me it seems so fair ;
It comities pleasure halh for all,
Anil none denied a share.
The little birds, on new-Hedged win?,
.ud insects level III the spring,
For love of us, bill, woods and plains
Iti beauteous hues aie clad :
Ami birds sintj lar and near sweet strains,
Caught up by echoes glad.
"Rise," sing the talk, "your task lo ply;''
The nightingale sings 'lullaby."
And wlirtn Ihe golden sun goes foith,
And all like gold appeals,
Gloom o'eispread the glow ing earth,
And liel.ls liave ripening eats,
think these glorious that I see.
My kind crealur ma le lor me.
Then loud 1 thank the Lord above,
And say, in Joylnl mood,
His love, indeed, is Father's love,
His w ill In all men good.
Then lei me ever uraielul live,
Enjoying nil He designs to give.
pictures of illarvicfc ife.
Fn):n Artlmr'a Il nne Gazelte.
THE THREE WIVES.
EY F. II. COOKE.
Mr. Jedulhtin Spike was an eccentric
bachelor of fifty. His mother died in giv
intr him birth, and it would seem that his
mother-heart died with Iht, for from that
hour the hapless Jeduthun seemed lo have
no perception of feminine excellence, and
:vei ted himself with ridictilnino the loihles
of tlte sex, whose true character was to
him a despised enigma. As a babe, he was
1 and tended by an invalm brother many
ears his senior : anil he afterwards- grew
in stature, anj a hard, uneijal kind of
istlotn, without much iiiatromzing Ironi
anvnody. As wars and pojsessions mcreas-
I, he boarded at a fashionable hotel, where
le cook ami attendants were of his own
sex, and ignored the address of his lann-
ress. His predispositions asamst matrimo
ny were confirmed and strengthened by the
fate of his brother alluded to, who married
somewhat late in life, and, alter an unhap
py connexion of seven years' duration, left
his widow, a permanent inmate of an in
sane asylum, and his three boys to the
suanlianshipof their tincb" The recipient
of this unexpected legacy, who had till
then loved nothing in the whole ol his
mierah!e life, felt a strange pleasure in the
duties of this new and unsolicited relation.
The docility with which the little fellows
arc ):iunodated tbems'lves in the oddities
ol the eccentric humorist, their unquestion
ing faith in his most starllino dogmas, and
their artless exhibitions of personal attach
ment, won upon this isolated nature to a
degree that surprised himself. U seemed
that lliese helpless children were destined
unconsciously lo fulfil to the lonely old
man that feminine missun without which
human life is a failure, and happiness a
myth. With a devotion and patience
hardly to he expected of him, he reared the
fra 'ile boys to manhood, gave them all
needful advantages of hooks, and schools
and pocket-money, and at last saw them
stahlished in business, and in a way to do
credit lo themselves and their connexions.
Judge then of bis painful astonishment
when all three wailed upon him in a body,
to announce that they had jointly and sev
erally lormed the audacious resolution of
committing matrimony. Neither would
have dared approach the subject alone, and
though countenanced by each other, they
felt so much gratitude, reverence and com
passion for the prejudiced old man, that
they fairly trembled for the result.
W hen the confession was made to Mr.
Jeduthun Spike, he turned his hack on the
agitated young men, and walked quickly
to the window. After standing silently
lor gome minutes, he turned and said very
calmly :
'Well, bovs, I have nursed you through
the measels, and the scarlet fever, and the
whooping-couzh, ana I did my best lo al
leviate what 1 could not prevent. You
are now the victims of a disease quite as
zeneral as the other, and for which there
is no remedy but experience. Neither
precept nor example," here his lips quiv
ered slightly "have been of any avail in
your case. (Jo then, and marry, it you
will. I give my lull consent, on one con
dition only. It is that you all present
yourselves in three years Lorn this day and
hour, and declare solemnly, upon the worth
of your remaining manhood, whether you
are unhappy, and why. The cansei of
misery in wedlock are very various, out
the result is uniform. I will excuse now,
boy?, as I have an appointment with my
tailor.'
Jt is needless to say that the three neph
ews availed themrelvei of the permission
thus unwillingly given, and that any elf
reproaches they might feel at deleating
the cherished wishes of their kindest bene,
factor r!id not seriously embitter their hon-
ot, ., ' f..ll J
ev-nioon. 1 ne inree years m mnowru
stole a handlol of erey hairs from the bald
forehead of Jeduthun Spike, and, ai if
ashamed of th theft, secretly restored
them hidden anionj the chestnut locks of
bis young relations. And, as a farther
restitution, the same silent agents transfer
red unnoticed a portion of the hopeful ten
derness of the youthful Benedicts to refresh
the withered heart of the disappointed
bachelor. The time for the interview so
long anticipated, arrived at last. In the
luxurious rooms of the lonely uncle, Hen
ry and Charles, the two eluer nephews,
waited impatiently the ariival ol llie
younger.
'It is useless looking for Edward," said
Charles, at last. "We shan't see him be
fore evening. His wile is now looking for
a needle lo darn his stockings, and replace
fhe missing buttons upon his coat.''
Yet, os he spoke, a cheerful step was
heard without, and the tardy brother en
tered the room, breathing quickly, and with
a smiling apology for his delay. The two
firstexchanged mtatiing glances ; but the
merciless uncle cut short their merriment,
by saving gravely :
"Henry, my boy, ynti are the oldest. It
is just that you should lead upon this occa
sion. Tell us frankly, how do you enjoy
married life 1"
The young man paused lor a moment,
then, with a comical grimace that ill-concealed
his reluctance, he replied :
"It is a bitter dose lo swallow, I confess.
Uncle, you are revenged."
There was a slight movement of surprise,
for Mrs. Henry Spike was recognized as
decidedly notable.
1 thought," said the uncle, drily, "that
yiurs was a pattern wife."
'Only too much so," returned (he neph
ew. "It is toy belief that she was model
led upon the most approved patterns and
made up to order. If ever tlwre was a
mat bine for performing mechanically eve
ry outward virtue, it is .Mrs. Henry Spike.
She never losi-s her temper; indeed, I
doubt if she has any lo lose. She never be
trays any flutter of vanity or wounded
feeling. To the calmness of a statue, she
adds an instinctive perception ol decorum,
a rigid adherence to rectitude, which
leaves nothing to hope or lear, and very
liitle to enjoy. Nothing can disturb her.
When our infant was dangerously ill, she
moved about his cradle with the same un
perturbed countenance, and dropped his
last cordial, as we thought, into the cup
with an utitreiiibling hand."
"I hardly see how you enme to marry
her," remarked Edward, par parenlicse.
'She was pretty, and 1 mistook her nat
ural roses for blushes, and her silence for
delicate rcs-rve. I u as much moved when
she once left me in tears; I have since
learned she had the toothache. 1 can nev
er find in her deportment any'hinglo for
give, and I am tired of praising w here cor
rectness seemed inevitable. Besides, she
don't care for praise. She was wound up
at birth, and her heart pulsates with the
regularity of a pendulum. If I should bans
myself some morning of pure ennui, I know
she would airange everything lora respect
able buriai. My condition is desperate.
In passing through New York last winter,
I religiously avoided seeing Lola Montez,
for I knew should be smitten at a glance.
The slightest touch of human frailly seems
absolutely refreshing. Speak, brother," he
added, after a brief pause," and in merry
point out some delect in Mrs. Charley
Spike."
"Mis. Charley Spike," responded (he
person addressed, "is not absolutely stupid,
nor entirely indiflerent in matters of feel-
ing. She gives some variety to life in which has dcsunited our city. It is, we trust,
point of temper, and permits me to hope - the maximum point of our calamity. '1 he
to please, as well as fear to offend. But repot led deaths for ihis perod, were '-'GO, of
like your U-ctina, she has, alas! one para- j which 230 were of yellow fever, and fifteen
mount idea. 'Order is Heaven's fust law,' ; nre not stated. To the tho Crescent adds
and it is not the iessthatof my immaculate1 2S) rpplle, , i,,.,, been interred in St. Pat
Vesta. Especially does she insist upon the ! wil!ltml ce,linc.ltp am! 13 in ,he He
mast spotless neatness, at the expense of all , tVmeIolit., No,. , ,, 2 fl0;n whi,h
other considerations. 1 discovered soon I . . . ,,
i uUtr my inarnag
.i . ,i , , , I
Ihat the world was a.
little to,, .mod to live in. The narlnrs were
shut tip to exclude the flies: the chambers, ; Tlli nil,U 31S f"r
to avoid the dust. The dining-room ftirni- ' Iwtiily-fout hours, which is more than dou
lure was robed in Holland covers, and ugly j ble our usual weekly mortality, when nol af
mats deformed every tquare yard of 'car- 1 dieted by an epidemic,
ptting. Canaries were bani bed because j Mr. D. Wolf, who has resided in New Or
Ihey littered their cage, and my pet span- ! ea.,s ,oine jiar9) m, U1 0f njs household
i. l dismissed for neglecting to wipe liii i,,. ltj r0, i,;. r,!l.,.r m.,it, iv.n ,.f
feet. Then pickle? spoil the cutlery, und
eggs corrode the silver; coffee is liable to
stain the linen, and even butter, if incau
tiously used, may be the parent ofa grease
spot. Cigars I have long since abjured,
because spittoons are an abomination. If I
sit, it is, 'Mr. Spike, your chair mars the
wall,' or 'Charles, you are rocking upon
the rug.' If I walk, it is, 'Pray leave your
boots at the door, Mr. Spike, and let me
bring your slippers I sometimes think I
will remove to a hotel, and send home my
compliments daily in a perfumed note. I
shall expect soon after lo see the whole
establishment modelled in wax, and repo
sing under glass, like a collection of fanci
ful wond rs. Come, Edward, your wife is
no paraxon, luckily. Confegsyour misery,
and don't detain us long."
"Mine is not a pattern wife, certainly,"
was the response ol the younger brother.
"She is not distinguished for order, nor
laultness in neatness, nor unerring in dis
cretion. She is very far from being a
piece of clock-work, and there is a great
uncertainty, sometimes rielijldlul, some
times painful, as to what she will attempt,
and wneiner me result will he success or
failure. There is room for doubt as to par
ticulars ; none at all as to the general ten
dency of her conduct. She is astrue-heart-ri
a woman as lives, 'and that which she
delights in must be happy. You may
unile if you choose, but 1 do mog frankly
assure you that I am happy, I know not
what Beatrice is doing at this moment, but
I feel sure that, in aims and efforts, she is
true to herself, to me, and her maker. 1
am euro that the loves me more than all
the world beside, but not so much aa she
loves truth and duty and self-respect. Her
errors are all mistakes. Thy are tht re
dundancy ol a loving, generous, richly
gilted nature. She is no model housewil?,
but she has made great improvement, and
she has the strongest incentive to improve
ment, a sincere and unselfish affection. It
is true that I was delayed lo-day by wait
ing for a few last stitches from her practis
ed needle, not however upon my clothing,
as I see you imagine, but upon a pair of
slippers she has just wrought for uncle Jed
uthun. Let me ee them tried, my dear
sir. I have an idea they will fit you."
"Why, yes, tolerably," said the good
man, who seemed mole gratified than he
cr -d to a knowledge. "The truth is," he
added, speaking with hesitation, ns if he
fell the need of an npolnev, "The 1 rut h is,
I am going to live with Edward, and give
lessons to Heatrice in housekeeping.'
Wsndell, Mass.
STAIITI.IN'S I F.AT
A Paris correspondent of the New Yutk
Times gives Iho follow ing account of the la
test nmnsmenl devised lor tho wonder-luvinz
Parisians :
The feat of jumping from n balloon, the
jumper suspended by an India i libber rope,
wns duly performed On Thursday. It was
the most stndendons exhibition of daring nnd
address that the Parisians have yet been per
mitted to witness. Fiom one side of thu ear
of the balloon hung tho India-rubber cord,
descending 150 feel, an. I then reiurnit'Z and
heinj faslened to the other side nf the car.
It thus formed a strnuj loop. The athelele
was iltcssed as Mercury ; his body, fiom the
neck to tho small of his hick, was enclosed
in a frame noik, which enabled him to en
dure the suspension without wrenehini; or
dislocation. Thu rops pissed through mi
ejlet ill the mi.ldli? of the back, placed so
that he was held in perfect equilibrium.
When the balloon had reached an attitude
double that of the snpfn-ed elasticity of the
cord, the voltiguer appeared on tho eilye of
the car, looked over, shut his eyes, and dove
ofT into the i-pace. The eyelet slipped along
the rope, so that the first 150 feet were a
positive fall lhionjjh the air, without any re
sistance or break. The rest of the way was
an elongation of the rope, ll stretched four
limes its length, making in a',1 a descent of
600 feet, accomplished in two seconds. Af
ter having attained its lowest point, the rope
contracted once, perhaps. 200 feel, and then
descend''. I iiiinin. Tln re was ro fun her re
b mud, and no oscillation ; the vohiuuer lay
calmly ciadled in mid nir, and p'obably
spent the lei'ine liu was now permitted lo
i erjey l i n covern y his breath find conleni
! !;iti::j the prospect The ccronaut above
now commenced at the. '.vnnllasss, a'ul grad
ually wound his danaling fi ieud up again
In four minutes he climbed over the side of
the car, h iving made tho fastest time that
any human beiim has ever achieved, except
such as have been chut fiom cannon, as 15. iron
Munchausen s:ii he was, I think. CJO feet
in two seconds is at thu late of three miles
and a half a minute Wo are waiting npw
to know what will be done next 1
TIIE BLA K DAY.
The New Oilcans Delta, of llio 23ul in
stant, says: The twenty-four houis fiom 6 o'
clock, A. M., on Saturday, till f o'clock on
Sunday, the 2 1st, constitute the blackest day
in the ejoomy uiuials nf the fearful pestilence
I u n I'O if lull ore rifiini i.w w i mi. nt,.-
,. 1 , , ,,,,,,,.,
"P "' (:' u,Mru'"
si-ters, and bis n' phew. One of the daugh
ters who bai been in New Oi leans some
yea i recovered, but returned lo life lo find
that those she loved were occupant of the
grave. AH knowledge n their death and
, burial had been kept from her.
J A man w ho marries now-a days, mariies a
great deal. He not only weds himself lo a
WOinaii. but a laboratory of prepared chalk,
a quintal ol wlialeuone, eiym couee nays,
purl ofa bale of collon, half a silk store, four
baskets of novels, one poodle dog, and a lot
of weak neives that will keep four seivant
gills, thiee doctors, a tyrauical nuisc, nnd
' my dear ma," around lho house the whole
blessed time. Whether the fu'l pay for the
powder requires a 'mijjhiy deal of nice con.
Moderation "
To make a Candle Ben? all Night. I
remember seeing, some year since, in an
agricultural work, now out of print, nn arti
cle ou "Economy in Candles," which may
be new and useful lo many of your readers.
When, as in cases of sickness, a dull light is
wished, or when matches are mislaid, put
finely powdered salt on the candle I'll it
reaches the black part of Die w ick. In this
way a mild and steady light may be kept
through tho night, by a small piece of can
dle. Tbe best way to succeed, is to peaererp.
Isas Newton, on being asked how ha
Covered iha laws w hich govern the universe,
replied, By always Ihmking of them."
Again we aay, persevere. The man who
neter hollers enouph always whip.
SOCIAL LIFE I rVEW VOKK.
nv a new York correspondent op tub na
tional INTEt LICENCCR.
In no place probably on the habitable globe
is the "almighty dollar" woihipped with
such an intensity oTddVolinn as in this great
city. It is indeed the Alpha aad the Omega
of her citizens in the most extended sense.
Wealth, wealth, weal h, is the cry and the
pursuit of every one, from the extreme of
the Battery lo lOOih, 150th and 200th slieet,
and from llie extreme point of the eastern
most pier on East river to the western boun
dary of the most western pier on Ihe Hud
son, the pursuit is made by every one with
an eagerness w hich bailies descrptiou. Wa
king or sleeping, walking, riding or yachting,
in llie street or -the house, at the counter or
lho desk, at weddings or funerals, dinners or
routs, money, money is the god of their idol
atry, before which Ihey bow with more thsn
Eastern devotion. Colonel Hamilton, of thn
British army, in his Book of Tiavels in this
country, published some years since, bit off
Ihis New York feeling very happily in de
scribing nn evening party of gentlemen to
which he had been invited, where his host
had something to say of the wealth of every
guest to whom hp inlrodused him, nnd final
ly, on Ihe entrance of a new comer, tho goo
lleman of the house brgsed the colonel to al
low him to present him Mr. B, who "had
recently made one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars in lallow."
The general style of living and the heavy
expenditure in New York has no parallel
either in this country or in Europe, in the
same rank nnd class of society. It is, to be
sure, far exceed by tba immensely rich no
bility of England, but the baukois, merchants
and traders of England ate very far exceeded
in theii style of living and personal expenses
by the couesponding classes of this city.
There is also heie nn absurd rivalry ou this
subject. The man w ith 550,000 wishes to
live on footing with his neighbor w ho has
8100,000; Ihis laller with another w ho has
accumulated 8500.000 ; and this hitter again
nullionare of the fifth avenue. This disposi
tion and iheprncfue of it is exhibited iu ever)
form by the men, in their town and country
houses, in their furnilure, fast horses, and '.he
quality and price of their wines; by the wo
men in their bonnets, dresses, laces, cash
mere shawls, equipages, ball, an,d soiree ;
and the geneial desire'of show Dud parade
extends not only to their weddings, but oven
lo iheir funerals and lho habiliments of
v no.1'
The ?-ir7i men are, with some few excep
tions, thu grcur men of New Yotk; nnd
though a Hamilton or n King, a Webster or
an Eveielt, w ould be fully and properly np
pieciated by very many in this city, still a
huge majority would regard with more do
feieuce, and Ireat w ilh a greater degree of
respect arid attention some noodle who had
a million of United Stales six per cent, stuck
standing in his name.
There is also in New Yotk a geneial, and
it may lie called a vulgar practice to eslimite
or tell the cost of every tiling. If you ore
al a ball or a soiree, if you do not hear it at
the time, you nre sure to leain it in the gos
sip of llie next forty-eight hours, that the na
tural flowers displayed iu the rooms or on
Ihe supper table cost so njany bur.dred dol"
lor, that Wellcr was paid such a sum for li.o
snppet, that the hire of the extra plate and
glass cost so much, nnd that the baud had u
like amount l r i's services, and that the
whole entertainment involved on outlay per
haps of two or three thousand du'lats If it
is a dinner parly, you are sure to learn that
Weller or some other ' cookery man"' char
ted fifteen dollars for each goes! for his vi
ands, besides the oruan.e.,ts und tho dessert,
and that ihe M.ideiia wino was 5 IS, and the
sparkling Moselle 0 per bottle.
But it is on lho occasion of a wedding
n.noug the ,:uiiper ten" that gossip feasts and
levels. Kevery part nn pared of the tuidur
array has its cost announced lo the veiy dol
lar. Her lace veil cost SS00. presented by
such a relative ; her diamond pin or stoma
cher 3 1000, presented by another relative;
necklace SI 500, piobably presented by the
gioom ; her dress of such mateiial cos! 100f),
with so many yauls of lace on it at 930 per
yard ; and altogether her entire costume and
purure as she slood up at Ihe ceremony cost
liOOO, or SS000, or may be 10,000 ; ihen
she had one cashinoie shawl which cost
$1500, another i 1000, an I such and such bii
dal piesonts, piesented by such and such
persons, thai cost S1000, $800, S100 S200
and $100, respeclivly; the poor bride, it is
to be hoped, being all ihis time ignorant of
these discussions, and equally so how such
informalion got about.
Now l liko Ihe people of Ihis place, who
i-t i I . A.
are a generous, iioeiiu mm, mnw iiiieuiuuir
all Ihis. and I sincerely wish that every man
and mother' son of them would make
' $150,000, by tallow'1 every year of their
live ; nor do I mention their oddities with
ihe least unkind feeling, bul only in the hope
that it may lend lo reform them in this re
spect, and make them think and talk less
about money as ihe only good and desirable
thing iu Ihis woild, as their eoulinued recur
rence to it i aome lime rather annoying.
can, al their cplendid dinners, enjoy a
thigh of woodcock, or a piece of Weller'
delicioua fricandieu, and their old Madeira
or sparkling hock with more satisfaction than
when I am given to understand by a friend
or another guest, that my share of the eata
bles cost our host $15, and that he had paid
Gov. Davis, of Coney Island, $1S for the Ma
deira and 7 for the hock, particularly if I
had tucked ooder my vest a pint of the for.
mt and a whole bottle of the latter.
(K ENTl'CRY REGARD Foil FAIR PLAY
In Ihe year 183S I wns travelling with a
stiolling theatrical company, and arriving at
a small town in Kentucky, it wn lesoiVed
to treat Ihe inhabitants to u bit of legitimate.
A suitable place having been secured, no.
tices were stuck up informing the public that
on thai evening would bo performed, by otto
of the best Iheatricul companies in the Union
the admired mil popular drama of "Win Tell,
the heroic Swis."
Night came, and lho room was crowded
by nn anxious audience, many of whom had
never seen a theatrical performance. The
piece passed off very well, soliciting much
applause, and enlisting the sympathies of the
audience in behalf of Tell, ns they took sev
eral occasion to cheer Ihe patriot on. When
the shooting scene came, great excitement
was manifested amrigl the group of the har
dy sons of Kentucky they began to think
lhat tho thing was real. At lhat moment
when Tell remonstrates w ith fJesler for hav
ing picked out tho smallest apple, and tho
tyrant says :
"Taka it ns it is: thy skill be greater if
thou Inttest it.
To which Tell replies-
Tine, true, I did not think of that ! Give
me somo chance to save my boy ''
One of the group I have mentioned a har
dy sapling who woulJ measure full six feet
two inches iu his stocking , sprung upon tho
stage confronting Gesler, and shouted :
' Give him a fair chance! I vow to snakes
itr too mean to make him shoot his son !
sposc I lot him shoot one of my niggers; or
if that won't do, I'll let him have a crack at
me. provided he puts a pint cup on my head
instead of that cussed lill'e apple !''
It is almost useless lo add that this caused
a scene, especially as. thrco or four of Ihe
Keutuckiau's fi iends jumped upon ihe stage
to back him and side with Tell.
ll took some lime to pacify and assuie them
that it was n play.
"A'ell, stranger, we won'l stand any foul
play in these diggings, and seein' as how it's
only a show, why we'll step out," and val
iant Kenluekian, as well us his friends, re
sumed their seats.
DEATHS IX HIE LATE GENERAL TAYLORS
FAMILY.
The New York Mirror, in recording the
death of Col. Bliss, whs fell a victim to yel
low fever, at Pascngnuln, on the 5;h oil.,
Ihus fctlingly alludes to ihe occupants of ihe
Presidential mansion a few years ago :
'Only a daughter (the widow of Col. Bliss,)
of the victor of Buena Visln, of ail his family
who occupied ihe 'While Hjiiso' is left.
What u startling change since Iho hour that
saw the republican soldier botno by Ihe hur
ras of a grateful people from thu field of bat.
tie and peril, and to him of undying fame
and honor, to the highest sent of earthly
power. Then, all was life; the proudest as
pirations lhat could fire a mortal heart were
fulfilled ; the loftiest ambition repose. I satis
Bed under the shadow of a goal reached un
solicited, a fame perfected without blemish.
Generul Taylor mid his w ife, nnd Col. Biiss
then lived; their present hnnnied and happy,
their past glorious, and their future bright.
They are all dead ! One link of tke lovirg
and beloved circle of that family group, on
which the eyes of the nation tested wbh de.
light, remains. She is. indeed, widowed nnd
orphaned millions w ill shate, though Ihey
may not lighten her gr iff."
FACTS I X NATURAL HISTORY.
The rattle snake lii.ds a superior foe ill the
deer and black suuke. Whenever a buck
discovers a lattle snake iu a situation w hich
invites attack, ho loses no liir.e in preparing
lor ballle. He makes to w iihiu ten or tw elve
feet of the snake, then leap- I'm want nnd
ai.ns to sever i lie body t.f the snake w ith his
sharp and bifurcated hoofs. Thrf onset is
commonly successful, but if otherwise, the
buck repeals Ihe liial till he cuts the snake
in twain Tho rapidity ui.J fatality of his
skillful inaiiauvre leaves but a single chance
for i's victim either to escape or to inject
poison into its nioia nleit an'agonist. The
rattle snake also finds a dreaded opponent in
the black snake. Such is the celerity of mo
lion, not only in running, but in entwining
itself around its victim, lhat the tattle snake
has no way of esceping irotn ist fatal cm
piace. When Ihe black and utile snake are
about to meet for battle, the foimer dails
forwaid at tho height of his speed and and
sliike at tho neck of Ihe taller with unner
ring cerlainly, leaving a font or two of tho
upper part of his body al liberty. In an in-
slant he encircles hirn wilh fivu or six folds,
and then stops nnd looks' the strangled and
gasping foe in tho face to ascertain Iho effect
pioduced upon Ins coiseled body. If ho
shows signs of life, the coils aie multiplied,
and the crew tightened the operator all
the while nairowly watching the couute.
nance of Ihe hopeless victim. Thus the two
remain 30 or 40 minutes; the executioner
then slackens one coil, noticing at the same
lime whether any signs of lite appear; if so,
the coil is resumed and retained until the in
carcerated wretch is completely lifeless.
moccasin i destroyed in the same way.
Fankt Fern on Warm Weather Sha.
(tract), Meshek, and Moluck 1 bow hot i it '.
I pity omnibus horses and minister: I pity
ignorant young mothrwi h teething babies,
I pity ihe Irish who huddle in a cellar, and
lake boarder in each comer, I pity consump
tive eamlfie who "sing the song of ihe
shirt" for six cent per day ; I pity cook and
blacksmith, and red-haired people, I pity
anybody who doesn't live in a refrigerator,
ani hasn't Fat lefemj-tr tho air
o w,
JtlCE.
Th rteen bottle of p.. eiT i f v in
hibited lately U Rj'ii N, , V, -, b-
Willi am R. Smith, o: Wavno C' 1 ?.
five of cherries, two of peaches, j.:jif J ;To:-
ent varieties of currants, one o: '. Vwii.rin
and one ol plums.
They were examined by a co n ti 'le, ami
found Of line flavn', nnd the co i, n .. 3 .v.
pressed Ihe op inien that the n. of nipseivieg;
fruit in this manner is practable, and ht &
fruit, when carefully put op, ran be made to
keep a long as may be desirable.
The method of preserving i thus given to
the New York Slate Society by Mr. Smith i
"They are pre.etned by placing the bottle
filled with the finils, in cold water, and rais
ing thn lempernture to llie boiling point aa
quickly as possible; Ihen cork and seal tho
bottle immediately. Some varielie of fruit
will not fill ihe boltlo with their own juice
ihese must bo filled with boiling water and
corked as before mentioned, after ihosurroud
ing water boils."
WHY DID JACOB WEEP I
"Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifled Up hi
voice and wept." Scripture,
If Rachael w as n pretty girl, nnd kept her
face clean, w e can't see that Jacob had much
lo cry about. -V. Y. GLbe.
How do you know that she alapped bis
face for him ? A". O. Delta.
Gentlemen hold your tongues. The cause
of Jacob's weeping was Ihe refusal of Ra
chael lo allow hirn to kis her ngain. Flag.
It is our opinion Jacob wept because ho
hadn't kissed Rachael before, and regretted
the time ho had lost. Ast.
Green verdant, one and all of ye. Tho
fellow boohoccd because she did not kis
him in return. Manchester Adv.
Pshaw ! none of you are judges of human
nature. Kadiael was the first girl that Jacob
kissed, and he got so scared that his voice
trembled, and tears came trickling down his
cheeks. Auburn Adv.
Jacob was a man that labored in the field.
When he kissed Rachael, he had just return
ed from hi labor and had not washed his
lips. After he had soiled Rachael's cheek,
he wept for fear she would think he was
one of the "Freesoileis. Detroit Free Frets.
No, gentlemen, not one of you are correct.
The reason Jaob wept was, he was afraid
Rachael would tell his mamma. Jersey Tel
egraph. Pshaw ! You are all out. The reason Ja
cob wept w as lhat Rarhacl would not let him
stop kissing her, when hu once began.-
Pcnn. Register.
May be she bit him. Yazoo Whig.
May it not be lhat the first attempt at kis
ing ? If so, she ought to have bit bim
Sansemond Etiq.
What a long list of innocents! We know
for we have tiicd il on. There were no
tears shed, nnd the good book does not say
ihere was. It was only his mouth that wa
tered, and ihe tilling tin of his voice forced it
out of his eyes. People's Paper.
How rdiibisrnhieal ! .Lie V a ' fr-es-, ts
i i
Li my opinion the rea'- why Je;-.b ored
a because lie wn s f: ?f' J.jl:. Xclhnal
Dcm crat.
Jacob wept! Y s ;-a:s ':f j ;y' fir well
ho knew h might, wi de Ract.e.il, bssuty
all confessed, stood 'lme his ravis.ied sight.
Louisville Democrat
Yankee Courtship. A love-ir.rn sxft:n
broke a wi-h bone with his heart's quien,"
somewhere iu New Hampshire.
Neow w hal do you wish, Sally V deman
ded Jonathan, wilh a lender gain of expecta
tion. :1 wih I wns hannm," replied the fair
damsel, "hansinn us Queen Victory."
' Jerusalem! what a wish" replied Jona
than, "when you're hausum 'miff neovr.
Gut I'll tell yer what I wished, Sally; I wish
ed you was li cked up in my amis, and lho
key was lost."
Gcs. Taylor's Family. The St. LouU
Republican says: In noticing the death of
Col. Bliss, several of lho paper have fallen
Into Ihe enor of !.pposing lhat Mrs. Bli
was tho only surviving member ofGen.Tay-
or s l.imily. this is an error. There is a
sister, ihe wife of Dr. Wood, Surgeon U. S.
Army, arid Col. Taylor, son of Gen. Taylor,
both still living.
' Over Tkle "The following toast w
given ai a railroad dinner ar Detroit, lately:
"i.ar(ors Ladders on which politicians
climb to power pioneers in all great enter
prise Ihe only class whose labor is its own
rewtrd -the hardest woiked, the poorest
paid, most relf-sacrificeing and abused of all
the professions."
An Irishman, iu distress askej a gentleman
for relief. He wa tepulaed with a "go to
h II." Pat looked at him in such a way a
lo fix his uueulion, and then replied GoJ
bless your honor for your civility, for yer tho
first pinilemaii that' invited me to tiia fa
ther's house since I kim lo Ametiky.
Tub daikey who greased hi feet so that
he would not make a noise when he went lo
teal chickens, slipped from the henroost into
the custody of ihe ow ner. He gave a lesson
Tor hi being there, Dal be ouly com dar to
see ef de chicken aleeped wid dera eye
open." He waa cooped.
Austria ha increased her itidebedneo
inco 1845 omeihing like $170 000,000
mainly in suppressing hbeaty in Hungary aoi
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I'll LSbll VINO rut I Tt.i